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Hamad Port development Phase II to start by early 2019

SANAULLAH ATAULLAH The port will in the presence of officials from THE PENINSULA witness important both sides. development in The Minister stressed that DOHA: The second phase of the second phase, QTerminals has proven its com- development of Hamad Port will petence in managing Hamad Port be announced before the end of especially as work and placing it in the ranks of this year and the implementation for the current international ports. "We are now of the project will start by early phase in terms of embarking on a joint effort with 2019. equipment, operation the Chinese side and specifically The port will witness with CHEC to find investment important development in the and clearance have opportunities in world ports that second phase, especially as work been completed, said support our work and our for the current phase in terms of Minister of Transport expansion and investment objec- equipment, operation and tives," he said. clearance have been completed, and Communications On the latest developments said Minister of Transport and H E Jassim bin Saif Al in the expansion of Hamad Port, Communications H E Jassim bin Sulaiti. Al Sulaiti said that the second Saif Al Sulaiti. phase will be announced before The Minister was speaking to the end of this year and the "port media persons yesterday on the Company (CHEC), a leading pro- will witness an important devel- sidelines of the signing of a Mem- vider of full services in Engi- opment in the second phase, orandum of Understanding neering-Procurement-Con- especially as the port works for Mein Schiff 4 docks at Doha Port yesterday. (MoU0 between Qterminals, and struction (EPC), Build-Operate- the current phase in terms of the China Harbour Engineering Transfer (BOT), and equipment, and the operation of Company (CHEC), to create joint Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) receiving shipments and employment opportunities and for both public and private clearance have been completed, Mega cruise ship Mein Schiff 4 investments between the two sectors. making Hamad Port one of the sides around the world. The MoU signing ceremony most efficient international ports." QTerminals signed MoU with was held at the Ministry of brings 2,522 tourists to Qatar China Harbour Engineering Transport and Communication → CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 THE PENINSULA Mwani Qatar’s CEO Capt. of Interior and the General Abdulla Al Khanji said: “The Authority of Customs to ensure DOHA: Mein Schiff 4 marked success of receiving one of the first class services for cruise her maiden call at Doha Port world’s largest cruise ships in ships visiting the port and pro- yesterday carrying more than Doha port today reflects the viding them with the necessary 2,522 passengers and 1,006 confidence that the port has facilities for checking pass- crew. Mein Schiff 4’s visit is the gained among the world’s ports and customs clearance first of 10 calls scheduled for cruise ship operators and to assure smooth disembarking the 2018-2019 cruise season, reflects its ability to promote and departure at the appro- which runs until May 2019. this growing industry in Qatar priate time,” the CEO of Mwani Mwani Qatar in coordi- in line with the Ministry of Qatar said. nation with the concerned Transport and Communica- Doha Port is now in rede- authorities provided all nec- tions’ strategic plan aimed at velopment mode and will cer- essary facilities to passengers developing maritime transport tainly be a future hub port for who arrived on board the ship, in the state.” cruise ships and luxury yachts ensuring them easy and safe “Receiving such vessels, of all sizes. entry and exit to and from the providing them with best Once completed, the port port, so that they can start services and all necessary will be ready to host multiple their tours in record time and facilities will attract and mega ships at the same time, within a short period of the encourage more cruise ships Al Khanji added. ship’s anchoring on the and cruise lines to visit Qatar,” He further noted that the quayside. said Al-Khanji, adding that 10 port’s transformation into a A special ceremony to new cruise ships will make major cruise port in the region mark the maiden call was held their maiden trips to Qatar this will bring significant economic H E Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti (second left), Minister of Transport and Communications; Neville Bissett and attended by a number of season. returns to companies, hotels, (left), CEO of QTerminals; Li Chen (second right), Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China officials and dignitaries. Com- “Mwani Qatar works restaurants, retail, services and to Qatar; and Tang Qiaoliang, Director of China Harbour Engineering Company, during the signing memorative shields were closely with its strategic tourist attractions in Qatar. ceremony held at the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, yesterday. exchanged on the sidelines of partners such as National PIC: BAHER AMIN / THE PENINSULA the ceremony. Tourism Council, the Ministry →CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Air show on Saturday, Sunday on Corniche New start in relations with

THE PENINSULA by the Reparto Sperimentale Qatar Display Team in the sky synergy and cooperation also Qatar, say Iraqi politicians Volo (Italian Air Force Flight Test of Doha,” said Pasquale Salzano, with the Italian aerospace and QNA DOHA: Some of the most Wing), which is responsible for Italy's Ambassador to Qatar. defence industry.” amazing aircraft of the Italian the study and evaluation of all “This spectacular event con- Valerio Stella, Leonardo Air Force and the Qatari ground and flight tests of aer- firms further the bonds of General Manager in Doha, BAGHDAD: Iraqi politicians have highlighted a new start in the Display Team will paint the onautical weapon systems, and friendship between Italy and commented: relations between Iraq and Qatar after the change in Iraq repre- skies over Doha Corniche with the Italian Air Force aerobatic Qatar, and reflects the warm “I am delighted that Leon- sented in the election of president and the formation of a new stunning colours in a breath- team “Frecce Tricolori”, the welcome of Qatari people ardo’s most advanced aero- government determined to extend bridges of cooperation with taking air show at 1.45pm world’s largest and most towards the Italian nautics technologies will be on the Arab and regional neighbours. tomorrow and on Sunday, the known acrobatics patrol, with community.” show. The chance to admire our The visit of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Italian Embassy announced their ten aircraft performing “It’s an honour for us to M-346 advanced jet trainer, the Foreign Affairs, H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al yesterday. together. bring the Italian Flag in Doha Eurofighter Typhoon and Italian Thani to Baghdad is a demonstration of the desire of the two Organised by the Italian Heir of historical acrobatic together with the excellence aerobatic team as they soar over countries to develop and improve prospects of cooperation Embassy and sponsored by Italy- traditions, this team of the Italian in the Defence sector,” said this beautiful city is something through activating the memorandum of understanding signed based aerospace and defence Air Force is well known all over Col. Luciano Ippoliti, Chief of unique and extraordinary. We between the two parties, convening meetings of the Iraqi-Qatari company Leonardo, the unique the world for their stunning air- the Reparto Sperimentale have long been committed to Committee regularly and contributing to the reconstruction of and extraordinary show will craft stunts, contributing with Volo. providing a high level of excel- Iraq. include the T-346 A, considered their prestige to promote and “This event contributes to lence in technologies and Talking to Qatar News Agency (QNA), Iraqi Foreign Ministry the best advanced trainer air- represent the excellence of Italy strengthening the ties of our col- services for the Italian Air Force spokesperson Ahmed Mahjoub said that the visit of H E Sheikh craft available in the market abroad. laboration with Qatari Armed and with the same dedication we Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani to Baghdad comes within today, and the Eurofighter “We are very proud and Forces and the image of Italy as are working daily here in Qatar the framework of supporting Iraq after the formation of the Typhoon, the latest-generation excited that the Italian Air Force a country of high reliability in supporting the country’s insti- new Iraqi government and enhancing cooperation between the multi-role fighter. will perform for the very first terms of knowhow and techno- tutions with our products and two brotherly countries. Both aircraft will be manned time an aerobatic show with the logical capabilities, enhancing capabilities.” →CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 02 HOME FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2018 Healthcare students take Prime Minister of Romania leaves Doha part in campaign on BP

THE PENINSULA environment and improving particular importance for QU. patient centred care. This event was a complete DOHA: A hypertension The campaign aims to raise success in increasing synergy awareness campaign named ‘Is community awareness on issues and spreading awareness to the Your Blood Pressure High? Let related to hypertension as well community. All healthcare stu- Us Keep It Under Control With as preventative measures dents and faculty members the Help of Your Healthcare through the IPE team. worked alongside each other by Team’ held at Landmark Mall, Healthcare students were on using the quality of education saw the participation of around hand to greet a large number of learnt at the University to give 60 students and faculty members visitors at various stations, each patients lifestyle changes.” from different institutions. dealing with a different topic. QU Health Chair of the They included Qatar Univer- The first station focused on Interprofessional Education sity’s (QU) College of Pharmacy screening and assessment, where Committee (IPEC) and Assistant (CPH), College of Medicine CMED and WCM-Q medical, Dean for Student Affairs at CPH, (CMED) and College of Health UCQ nursing and CNA-Q para- Dr Alla El Awaisi, said, “This out- Sciences (CHS), Weill Cornell medicine students measured reach campaign was a great Medicine - Qatar (WCM-Q), Uni- blood pressure. The second opportunity for healthcare stu- versity of Calgary in Qatar (UCQ) station focused on treatment, dents to work collaboratively and College of the North CPH students provided the public and educate the public about Atlantic-Qatar (CNA-Q). with information on the medi- blood pressure and the prevent- The campaign is organised cation used in blood pressure ative measures that can be taken by QU Health in collaboration patients and counselling. The towards a healthier lifestyle. with the IPE Student Associ- final station focused on edu- “This was a unique oppor- ation. The IPE Student Associ- cation, CHS nutrition and CHS tunity to develop the student’s ation is a society that works to public health students provided ability to learn from each other develop and facilitate inter- information to the public related and understand the different action between students of Uni- to healthy lifestyles and blood professional perspectives in versity of Calgary in Qatar, Weill pressure prevention. dealing with hypertension and The Prime Minister of Romania, Vasilica Viorica Dancila, left Doha yesterday after an official visit to Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Dr Egon Toft, Vice-President see how they complement each the country. The Prime Minister and the accompanying delegation were seen off upon departure College of the North Atlantic - for Medical and Health Sciences other’s roles. The event would Qatar, and QU with the goal of and Dean of the College of Med- not have been successful at Doha International Airport by Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs enhancing collaboration icine at QU, said of the event, without the continued efforts of H E Dr Issa bin Saad Al Jafali Al Nuaimi, the State of Qatar’s Ambassador to Romania, Abdullah bin between health care students, “Interprofessional education is our IPEC members, faculty and Nasser Al Humaidi, and Romania’s Ambassador to Qatar, Cristian Tudor. creating a better educational a pedagogical approach of student volunteers.”

New start in Around 20 Indian firms attend ‘Hospitality Qatar 2018’ relations with THE PENINSULA Indian Embassy in Doha. The Qatar, Iraqi Pavilion was among the largest DOHA: Around 20 Indian international participation politicians say companies participated in the 3rd received by the expo with com- →CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 edition of ‘Hospitality Qatar 2018’ panies representing nearly every exhibition organised by IFP Qatar food product in the sector. The Iraqi Foreign Ministry from November 6 to 8 at Doha Among the major players par- spokesperson Ahmed Mahjoub Exhibition and Convention Center ticipating in the pavilion were PCL said it is the first visit by a (DECC). Foods, Zimdra Foods from the Qatari official to Iraq after the The exhibition witnessed par- Rice Sector, Jay Shree Tea from formation of the new gov- ticipation from exporters, manu- the Tea segment, VNKC Agrocom ernment, and his visit to facturers and traders from food who specifically pioneer in peanut Baghdad and his meeting with and food processing and pack- segment and Fedora Impex from political leaders are messages aging sector as well as the hospi- the Kitchen Equipment Sector. of support for Iraq in the tality sector from over 15 coun- Others included manufactures reconstruction phase after the tries including Qatar, Iran, Algeria, and exporters like Savour India victory over the IS group. Turkey, Russia, Austria and India, representing breakfast cereals; The visit, he said, reviewed said a release. Kaloon Agro - Honey; Evexia - cooperation with Qatar in the The Indian pavilion at the Food Supplements, KCPM & SIGC field of ports through activating exhibition was inaugurated by P. - Cardamom, Orchid Exim - maritime connectivity and Kumaran, the Ambassador of Sesame seeds and spices and opening shipping lines as well. India to the State of Qatar. The others from rice and cereals like It also allowed the exchange of Indian pavilion was organised by KKRM, Meghdoot etc. Apart from views on regional develop- WegVoraus, a business promoter food, the pavilion also had par- ments, the security of the Gulf, and exhibition organiser head- ticipation from the food pack- the crisis in Syria and the sanc- quartered in New Delhi; with a aging sector – Spectra Plast pro- tions against Iran and the war The Ambassador of India to the State of Qatar, P Kumaran, is inaugurating Indian pavilion at participation of around 20 com- viding plastic based packaging in Yemen. In addition, an ‘Hospitality Qatar 2018’ exhibition. panies with the support of the material supplies and solutions. official talk session was held and focused on upgrading rela- tions between the two brotherly countries, and it was agreed to convene the joint Global challenges in network ministerial committee. He stressed that the State of Qatar is “an important partner in the engineering discussed reconstruction of Iraq,” pointing to the existence of cooperation in the fields of oil THE PENINSULA information system, the lectures for school-students in and gas. Mahjoub stressed that Department of the Communica- cooperation with the Public the visit was highly welcome DOHA: The Ministry of Interior tions made an agreement to Relations Department of the as Qatari brothers visited their participated in the conference expand the work to more Qatari Ministry of Interior. brothers in Iraq and it will not held by the Cisco Networking youth in the coming year and The delegation also noted its be the last visit, pointing out Academy for its partners in contribute to the dissemination role in training the staff of the that this visit resulted in talks Europe, Africa and the Middle of the required awareness about Ministry of Interior and the between the two parties, espe- East in Marrakesh. the importance of knowledge of security authorities in Qatar in cially that HE the Qatari The Conference discussed a the basics of cybersecurity and the field of network engineering Foreign Minister was accom- number of important topics in information technology for dif- and information systems for 10 panied by a delegation that the field of networking including ferent groups of society. years. includes government eco- global challenges in the field of It was also agreed to add On the sidelines of the con- nomic figures who met with network engineering and infor- new courses to the Cisco ference, the delegation of the their counterparts in Iraq. This The dignitaries seen while attending the event. mation systems and reflection Academy for Training and Communications Department visit will bring important on the labour market in the Development at Communica- held a meeting with Piotr Pluta, results that take the relations coming years. tions Department in 2019, such Director of Corporate Affairs, engineering and information Qatari student graduated from between the two countries to The meet also reviewed the as the CCNA Wireless course, the EMEA at Cisco, and Ahmed Al systems. the Cisco Academy for presen- new heights, he said. role of the Cisco Academy in CCDA course, the IoT Security Kabbani, Regional Manager, Cor- The conference has made a tation at the conference to be Chairman of Al-Fath addressing these challenges course and the workshops on porate Affairs ME at Cisco. number of important recom- held next year, so that the Qatari Alliance Hadi Al Amiri said that through the development of Network Programmability. Pluta thanked the activities mendations that include youth will be well represented the State of Qatar has training courses that contribute During the conference, the of the Cisco Academy at Com- launching of an initiative to in the world forum. It would help announced its support for Iraq, to the preparation of future gen- delegation presented the devel- munications Department and the educate Qatari youth on the to increase the number of Cisco adding that the Qatari dele- erations such as network pro- opment that took place last year importance of the role of the dangers of the Internet and academies in Qatar under the gation also expressed hope that gramming courses, Internet of with the adoption of the Training Ministry of Interior in leading cyber-attacks and how to secure auspices of the Cisco Academy. Iraq would take up its regional things. and Development Section at digitisation and technological personal and institutional At the end of the conference, and international role. The Qatari delegation Communication Department as development in the region. accounts by holding lectures and Cisco Academy was honoured Al Amiri said that the included Capt. Abdul Aziz Essa a Cisco accredited academy. It For his part, Capt. Abdul Aziz seminars in schools, institutes, with recognition as the best coming period will witness the Al Anzi, Capt. Saeed Mubarak Al has developed as an academic Essa Al Anzi, Head of Training colleges and universities. This academy for CCNA Security openness of Iraq to its regional, Hajri and First Lieutenant Mus- support centre and a training and Development Department may contribute to the dissemi- courses in the Middle East and international and Arab sur- allam Saleh Saeed Al Nabet Al centre for lecturers. of the Communications nation of the required awareness Turkey. Eng. Ahmed Al Sayed rounding as well as the devel- Marri. During the presentation, they Department, thanked the Cisco to reduce the impact, mitigation was also honoured for his opment of balanced relations As part of a joint efforts in explained how the academy con- Academy for its efforts in devel- and scope of cyber attacks. accreditation as an accredited with all, in addition to developing Cisco Academy and tributed to providing training oping the Cisco Academy and It also recommended the instructor trainer for his positive exploring large investment providing technical training on courses for Qatari government providing excellent technical screening of a documentary contributions to students and areas that can be opened network engineering and employees as well as awareness training in the field of network about the success story of a lecturers. between Baghdad and Doha. FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2018 HOME / MIDDLE EAST 03

Omani official: Al Jazeera English wins three Qatar making great advances in awards at The AIBs in London sports medicine THE PENINSULA QNA Fatma’s family is from Eritrea, where FGM is DOHA: Al Jazeera English common, but she grew DOHA: The Director of the Channel has won three awards up in Sweden, where Oman Professional League, in ‘Politics and Business’, ‘Arts the practice is illegal. Hisham Al Adwani, said that and Culture’, and ‘International Commenting on the Qatar is making great Affairs Documentary’ categories awards Al Jazeera advances in the field of sports at the 14th AIBs Awards in English Managing medicine. London on Wednesday. Director, Giles Trendle In a statement following The 101 East – China: Spies, said: “We are honoured his visit to Aspetar, the ortho- Lies & Blackmail was awarded to receive these awards. paedic and sports medicine the ‘Politics and Business’ cat- I would like to thank all hospital, Al Adwani said: “I egory. The film looked at how our journalists and am proud that Qatar, a Chinese authorities exert control teams who worked member country of the GCC, Al Jazeera English Managing Director, on citizens at home and also tirelessly to produce has such advanced technol- Giles Trendle, with the award. abroad. Over several months, these outstanding films. ogies. Qatar is making great 101 East interviewed over 20 Their endeavours have advances in the field of sports people who revealed their moments of Sudan’s turbulent been recognised by our medicine. I have seen a lot of stories of being targeted for history is considered as one of industry peers. These awards things that we can use at the crimes that can include the the largest in Africa, has suffered are a testament to the profes- Oman Football Federation sharing of emails questioning years of neglect and poor sionalism and dedication of and I hope we can find a way Chinese leaders, or supporting storage with many of the film those teams in covering to cooperate with and benefit groups perceived as threats to reels turning to dust in Sudan’s important stories in compelling from this facility to serve our the nation. unforgiving tropical climate. ways. That is something we athletes.” Witness’s “Sudan’s For- In addition, Al Jazeera Cor- pride ourselves on.” Al Adwani said: “It is gotten Films” won the award in respondent won in the ‘Interna- The AIBs are the interna- important for us to learn the ‘Arts and Culture’ category. tional Affairs Documentary’ cat- tional awards for factual video, Qatar, Cyprus discuss relations about the unique approach The film which followed two egory for The Cut film, which audio and interactive produc- here and the special way the men, Benjamin and Awad, who follows Al Jazeera’s Fatma tions presented by the Associ- The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Republic organisation manages and worked for more than 40 years Naib’s personal journey - from ation of International Broad- of Cyprus, Demetris Syllouris, met with the Ambassador of the treats injuries. Aspetar has an running Sudan’s national film Somaliland and Kenya to casters (AIB), which aims to State of Qatar to Cyprus, Sultan bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud. The excellent track record of sup- archive, home to some 13,000 Sweden - to explore the tradi- support, sustain, promote and meeting discussed bilateral relations and ways of supporting porting international teams. films and follow their mission tions and controversies inherent protect its members, wherever and developing them, in addition to issues of common concern. The technology on display is to save the old films. The archive to Female Genital Mutilation they are in the world, via a range very advanced, especially which preserves pivotal (FGM), also known as “cutting”. of specialist services. their altitude rooms.” Mega ship Mein Schiff 4 brings 2,522 tourists Qatari Amiri Air Forces engaged in Nato mission DOHA: The Qatari Amiri Air The Qatari Amiri Air Forces’ Forces have participated in the air transport fleet have been CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Nato operations, with the Air involved in the US-led coalition German Ambassador Hans- Transport Wing of the Amiri Air mission since June 2017 by Udo Muzel said: “It is my great Force moving supplies from transporting cargo of critical pleasure to join all of you in wel- Hungary to Afghanistan through importance and supplies coming the arrival of Mein Schiff its C-17 aircraft fleet. throughout the region. 4 for its first call to the Doha Port in the winter season of 2018/2019. This is a notable occasion which Hamad Port Phase II work to start in 2019 marks an important milestone in CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the development of German- development of the country,” Qatari relations in the field of Minister of Transport and said the ambassador adding that tourism. It was in the presence of Communications H E Jassim bin both countries intended to H H the Amir during this year´s Saif Al Sulaiti said Qterminals will increase the investment. Qatar-Germany Investment Con- receive the charge of man- The two parties shall agree ference in Berlin, that the coop- agement of Al Ruwais Port soon on the working mechanisms eration between our two nations smoothly as per the schedule concerning funding, design, con- in this important economic field made by two sides. “We want a struction, operation and man- was brought to new levels.” smooth operation at these ports agement of the opportunities to “Mein Schiff 4, one of the flag because they are considered be discussed and agreed upon by ships of TUI cruises, is widely lifeline for Qatar which could not both companies. The MoU also famous for being a wellness ship be stopped,” said the Minister. strengthens cooperation between where everybody, from families Qatar and China have a stra- the two companies in the with children to sports enthusiasts tegic partnership that is con- framework of their mutual terms spend unforgettable vacations. I Dignitaries and officials welcome ducive to cooperation in all fields, of reference, to provide the nec- am delighted that this signature tourists who arrived on Mein and ports are one of those essary resources and support to cruise vessel, one of the most lux- Schiff 4 at Doha Port, yesterday. important areas, said Ambas- achieve the intended objectives urious ships in the German Cruise sador of China to Qatar, Li Chen. of this cooperation. Moreover, Ship Fleet, is docking today at “We have well experienced the two parties intend to hold Doha Port, so that tourists from pleasant and safe travels onwards companies in many fields and are regular meetings and form task Germany and many other nations through the Gulf waters, known fully prepared to participate in force to implement their plan of can discover the beautiful city of since ancient history for the pearl the field of investment in ports action within a specific time Doha and its cultural treasures. trade and connecting peoples and or other fields related to infra- frame. QTerminals is a terminal Moreover, I understand that TUI cultures,” added Muzel. structure,” said Li. operating company jointly estab- and other German cruise com- With a length of 293 meters, He said this is part of the lished by Qatar Ports Man- panies will be sending their ships 35 meters in width and 8.27 meter China’s Belt and Road Initiative, agement Company (Mwani during the World Cup 2022 to the drought Mein Schiff 4 is one of the pointing out that Qatar was one Qatar- 51 percent) and Qatar fantastic new Doha Cruise Ter- world’s newest cruise ships. It was of the first countries to have Navigation (Milaha- 49 percent) minal, creating a special “football built in 2014 and began its first trip expressed its willingness to par- to provide container, general staycation” experience for tourists in June 2015. ticipate in this initiative. cargo, RORO, livestock and off- from all over the world! I wish all The ship consists of 15 decks. “There are 15 giant Chinese shore supply services in Phase 1 travelers onboard Mein Schiff 4 Passengers on board can enjoy a restaurants, a 3-level theatre, a a pool deck containing one of the companies operating in Qatar of Hamad Port, Qatar’s gateway an exciting stay in Doha and variety of dining options and basketball court, a kids club, and longest pools on a cruise ship. participating in the infrastructure to world trade. ‘Wall’ art exhibition opens at Katara

RAYNALD C RIVERA on his exhibition. objects surrounding him including THE PENINSULA Born and raised in Qatar, wall, chair, crow, and dome to Monawar holds a Bachelor’s symbolize obstacles, migration, DOHA: Palestinian artist Hayyan degree in Fine Arts major in oil death and hope and in doing so he Monawar captures the obstacles painting from Damascus, Syria. is able to effectively send his Palestinians and everyone expe- His passion for calligraphy and message to everyone. rience in life through powerful painting began at a young age as The artist limits his use of visual imagery replete with a way to express his feelings colours to gold, black and varia- symbolisms in his thought- toward the world around him. tions of gray to emphasise his provoking solo exhibition titled In 2006, he explored a subject message. The artist conveyed his “Wall” launched on Wednesday which had long preoccupied his deep gratitude to Katara for at Katara Cultural Village. mind which was the physical, psy- hosting his exhibition and sup- The 33 mixed media artworks chological and moral barriers to a porting him get his message on display depict sufferings person’s ambition and based it on through via his artworks. human beings endure and their his research on the separation wall The opening of the exhibition attempt and sometimes inability in Palestine. He used this as a was attended by Munir Ghannam, to overcome them, according to starting point to express his ideas Ambassador of Palestine to Qatar, the artist. through symbols portraying Saif Al Dosari, Human Resources “Each of us has a wall to scenes and dialogues between Manager at Katara, several other overcome, and these scenes reflect man and the obstacles he strives dignitaries, artists and art man’s rebellion against the reality to overcome. enthusiasts. imposed on him, looking for a To concretize his concept, he The exhibition is open to the Palestinian artist Hayyan Monawar (left) explains one of his artworks to Munir Ghannam (centre), the better tomorrow without barriers… places the human being as the public until November 20 at Ambassador of Palestine to the State of Qatar, and Saif Al Dosari, Human Resources Manager at Katara, No wall,” commented Monawar central figure in the arworks with Gallery 2 of Katara Building 22. during the opening of “Wall” exhibition at Katara. PIC: BAHER AMIN / THE PENINSULA 04 MIDDLE EAST / AFRICA FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2018 Cabinet reshuffle exposes power struggle in Tunisia

AFP Nida Tounes tells cabinet members to leave govt

TUNIS: In reshuffling his cabinet ANATOLIA this week, Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has deepened a rift with the man who TUNIS: Tunisia’s Nida Tounes party has called on its sitting appointed him and fed specu- cabinet ministers to withdraw from the country’s coalition lation that he intends to run in government in the wake of a Monday cabinet reshuffle. next year’s presidential poll. In a statement, the party —which holds 51 out of 217 seats Just over two years ago, the in parliament -- also urged its MPs not to take part in a proposed 43-year-old Chahed became parliamentary vote on Monday’s cabinet shake-up. Tunisia’s seventh prime minister The Islamist Ennahda movement, for its part, Nida Tounes’s since the country’s 2011 revo- coalition partner, condemned what it described as “attempts by lution when he was appointed certain Nida Tounes leaders to disrupt the positive relationship by President Beji Caid Essebsi. between our two parties”. Palestinian relatives of fisherman Mustafa Abu Awda mourn during his funeral in Gaza city, yesterday. He has since become the Mustafa, 32, was killed at sea by Egyptian fire near the Gaza border on Wednesday. longest serving of the country’s post Arab Spring premiers — a some Nidaa Tounes lawmakers defence ministers — posts that testament to the fragility of have slammed the move as tan- constitutionally require him to Tunisian politics as it adapts to tamount to a coup. The power consult the president. And the Palestinian dead in Israeli democracy after the one-man struggle previously came to a president has little leverage, rule of former president Zine El head in July, when the president beyond dragging out negotia- Abidine Ben Ali. himself called on Chahed to tions or persuading his party’s But Chahed’s ability to resign, and Chahed broke ranks ministers to resign, including the fire in Gaza border clashes govern has been beset this year with Nidaa Tounes in defence minister. AFP by falling out with Essebsi’s son September. Chahed can count on the One Israeli soldier was suspect in the case, the accusa- Hafedh, the leader of the Nidaa The president has made backing of about 40 former and killed by a Palestinian sniper. tions against David Shimron and Tounes party who has been bat- public his displeasure over the current Nidaa Tounes law- GAZA CITY: A Palestinian was The often violent demon- others in the investigation will tling to oust the premier for reshuffle, as his spokesman makers — dissenters who fol- killed by Israeli fire during clashes strations are usually largest on only add to pressure the prime months. The reshuffle is designed Saida Garrach has criticised “the lowed him after the party split along the Gaza Strip border Fridays, but last week’s was the minister faces. to bring the country “out of politics of the done deal”. — when he submits his cabinet yesterday, the health ministry in calmest in months amid talk of Besides Shimron, police political crisis”, Chahed said, after But Chahed has refrained line-up to parliament in the the coastal enclave said. a truce deal between Hamas and said the former chief of Netan- appointing 13 new ministers. But from changing the foreign or coming days. And he can also A ministry spokesman said Israel. Such a deal would see yahu’s office, David Sharan, is expect the support of the Islamist- the man, whom he did not the protests end in exchange for also suspected of bribery, as is inspired Ennahda party, which name, was shot by Israeli forces an easing of Israel’s blockade of the former head of the navy, has become the largest bloc in during low-level clashes east of the coastal enclave. Eliezer Marom. parliament with 68 out of 217 Deir Al Balah in central Gaza. Meanwhile, Israeli police Two other navy ex-generals seats, due to the implosion of The Israeli army said it was said yesterday there was evi- were named as being suspected Nidaa Tounes over the past two looking into the incident. dence to charge a lawyer for of similar offences, as was a years. But “the reason for the At least 220 Palestinians Prime Minister Benjamin former minister, Eliezer conflict between the Kasbah (the have been killed by Israeli fire Netanyahu with bribery in a Zandberg. Referring to Shimron, seat of government) and Carthage since major protests backed by corruption probe, one of several Netanyahu’s family lawyer who (the presidency) lies in the prep- Gaza’s Islamist rulers Hamas cases that have put the premier’s is also a relative of the premier, aration of the next elections,” said began in March. The majority long tenure in office under the police said “there is evidence political analyst Salaheddine Al have been shot during protests spotlight. that he committed bribery Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi holds a press conference at Jourchi. “It is the goal and and clashes, but others have died While Netanyahu was ques- offences and money the Carthage Presidential Palace in Tunis, yesterday. compass of each.” due to tank fire or air strikes. tioned as a witness and not a laundering”.

Sudan ready to work with US to get Syrian army frees 19 hostages held by IS since July AP off terror blacklist east of the historic town of left at least 216 people dead. “We are living the joy of freed in an exchange with the Palmyra. It said all IS fighters in The rare attacks in Sweida victory in Syria,” Druze cleric government last month. Nego- AFP DAMASCUS: Syrian troops have the area where the hostages province, populated mainly by Sheikh Kameel Nasr told Syrian tiations were expected to free the liberated 19 women and children were held have been killed. Syria’s minority Druze, came state TV. “It is regrettable to see remaining hostages but after the KHARTOUM: Sudan hostages held by the Islamic The Suwayda 24 activist col- amid a government offensive the brutality of Daesh” he added, talks failed, Syrian troops yesterday welcomed a US State group since July in a lective quoted local officials as elsewhere in the country’s south. using an Arabic term to refer to launched a broad offensive announcement that Wash- military operation in the coun- saying the women and children The coordinated attacks across IS. Since July, one woman died against IS in southern Syria. ington was willing to remove try’s center, ending a crisis that held by IS have all been freed. the province, which included in IS custody while another was The July 25 attack on the Khartoum from its blacklist of has stunned Syria’s Druze The 19 women and children several suicide bombings, shat- shot dead by the extremists. In southern city of Sweida and state sponsors of terrorism and minority, state media reported. were among 30 people kid- tered the calm of a region that August, a 19-year-old man was nearby villages was one of the said it was ready to cooperate. Sana news agency said in its napped by IS in the southern had been largely spared from the also killed in detention. deadliest by the extremists since The US State Department report that the operation province of Sweida on July 25 worst of the violence of Syria’s Six other hostages, two they lost most of the land they said Washington was pre- occurred in the Hamima area when they carried out a raid that seven-year long civil war. women and four children, were once held in Syria and Iraq. pared to “initiate the process of rescinding Sudan’s desig- nation as a state sponsor of terrorism” if Khartoum undertakes more reforms. Former president alleges It called on Sudan to engage in further anti-ter- rorism cooperation and fraud in Madagascar vote improve its human rights AFP record, and act on out- Thursday afternoon, Rajaonar- standing claims related to ter- imampianina had obtained 3.32 rorism as well as work to ANTANANARIVO: Former percent of the votes counted so resolve internal conflicts. Madagascan president Hery far. Rajoelina had 44.35 percent The Sudanese foreign Rajaonarimampianina yesterday and Ravalomanana was on 41.7 ministry said the talks alleged that “many voting irreg- percent, according to official marked the “launching of the ularities” pointed to fraud in this figures. second phase of the strategic week’s election, heightening Thirty-six candidates ran dialogue with the United fears of protests and a disputed in the election, which is con- States” aimed at bolstering result. sidered an acid test of the dem- “bilateral cooperation” Early counting from a small ocratic credentials of the between the two countries number of polling stations put impoverished island that has a Yemeni pro-government forces gather on the eastern outskirts of Hodeida, as they continue to and achieving “progress in a Rajaonarimampianina in a history of coups and battle for the control of the city from Houthi rebels, yesterday. number of fields of mutual distant third place behind instability. concern”. leading contenders Andry Ravalamonana has called Rajoelina and Marc Ravalo- for his supporters to rally in the Burundi refuses Troops advance deeper into Hodeida manana, both also former pres- capital Antananarivo on Sat- idents of the Indian Ocean urday to “thank them for their to register key island. support.” AFP troops of the United Arab (more than a mile) along the “Many voting irregularities Rajoelina’s spokesman said opposition party Emirates-trained Giants Brigade main road from the interior to and technical anomalies have his team would wait “calmly HODEIDA: Yemeni pro- armed with automatic weapons the east and three kilometres been detected including an and with confidence” for the NAIROBI: Burundian author- government forces backed by and rocket-propelled grenades along the coast road from the invalid electoral register... results. A candidate must reach ities have refused to register Saudi-led coalition warplanes rolled down the city’s streets in south, the sources said. intimidation (and) the presence 50 percent to win outright, oth- a new political party by main advanced inside rebel-held pickup trucks bearing their “Either the rebels surrender of pre-ticked ballots,” said erwise a second round will be opposition leader Agathon Hodeida yesterday, leaving brigade logo spray-painted in the city peacefully or we take it Rajaonarimampianina, who held on December 19. The full Rwasa, according to a letter hundreds of thousands of civilians red, a journalist working for AFP by force, but we will take it ruled from 2014 to September results must be announced by seen yesterday. bracing for fighting in the streets reported. either way,” commander this year. November 20, and officialised Rwasa had attempted to of the Red Sea port city. Three military sources said Moammar al-Saidy said. “All indications are that the by November 28. create a new party, the After a week of intense that government forces and Coalition warplanes votes of the Madagascan people Ravalomanana, 68, and National Freedom Front - battles with the Iran-backed their coalition allies were edging bombed rebel positions as the have been stolen,” he added in Rajoelina, 44, are bitter rivals. Hope of the Burundians (FNL Huthi insurgents on the outskirts towards the city’s vital port ground forces advanced. a statement issued the day after It is the first time they have - Amizero y’Abarundi), after of Hodeida, loyalist troops through which nearly 80 At least 47 Huthi fighters the poll. faced each other at the polls. a new constitution adopted reached residential neighbour- percent of Yemen’s commercial were killed, hospital sources in “We will not let the people Ravalomanana ruled from by referendum in May which hoods, using bulldozers to imports and practically all UN- rebel-held areas said. be robbed of their vote,” he 2002 to 2009 until he was no longer allows a coalition remove concrete road blocks supervised humanitarian aid Medics at hospitals in gov- warned. ousted in a military-backed of independent candidates to installed by the rebels. pass. Columns headed for the ernment-held territory said 11 With only 358 of the 24,852 coup that installed Rajoelina run in an election. Flashing victory signs, docks advanced two kilometres soldiers were killed. polling stations counted by who was in power until 2014. FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2018 ISLAM 05 The kindness of Prophet Muhammad

ALI ZOHERY Once the Prophet (PBUH) said to his wife: “So long as you continue as you are, God will always help you and He will he Prophet Muhammad (peace “0 ‘A’ishah! Never turn away any needy man protect you against their mischief” be upon him) taught love, from your door empty-handed. 0 ‘A’ishah! (Muslim, 4640). kindness and compassion to This was not only a way of his people, and was seen to be Love the poor; bring them near to you and bringing comfort to the mind of the the most loving, kind, and God will bring you near to Him on the Day of worried person but one of the com- Tcompassionate of all of them. The Quran municative techniques of the Prophet Resurrection” mentions his kind and gentle behaviour (PBUH) to assure who ever found in these words: “O Messenger of Allah! himself in that situation to look up to It is a great Mercy of God that you are their sake.” (Quran 35:8). “Your father, then your relatives in order God to be consoled and protected. So gentle and kind towards them; for, had He took a great interest in the of relationship” (Abu dawud, 5120). He it was pointless to preach vengeance you been harsh and hard-hearted, they welfare of all people and had great com- dwelled on the issue of treating orphans to this kind of people suffering from would all have broken away from you” passion for people in trouble. The humanely as he stated that “The best this similar fate. Indeed, Prophet (Quran 3:159). Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) imitated house among the Muslims is one which Muhammad (PBUH) was nothing short There are many instances that show the attributes of God par excellence and contains an orphan who is well treated, of a competent counselor. his kindness and gentleness, especially to translated them into practice in the and the worst house among the Muslims He was always counseling people the weak and the poor. Anas, who was his highest form possible for man. Kindness is one which contains an orphan who is to be goodhearted regardless of their helper, said: “I served Allah’s Messenger is an attribute of Allah, which has no badly treated” (Ibn Majah, 3679). sex, age or gender. Once Asma bint for ten years and he never said to me, limits. It is extensive and encompasses This means that the Prophet (PBUH) Abu Bakr’s mother, who was still an ‘Shame’ or ‘Why did you do such-and- all things and all beings without discrim- cautioned his followers against general unbeliever, came to see her in such a thing?’ or ‘Why did you not do such- ination. Likewise was the kindness of maltreatment of anyone regardless of Madinah. She told this to the Prophet and-such a thing?’” (Bukhari, 2038). the Prophet (PBUH). He extended it to his status. By extending good treatment (PBUH) and said: “My mother has Once the Prophet (PBUH) said to his all beings, both animate and inanimate from friends to relatives and now to come to see me and she is expecting wife: “0 ‘A’ishah! Never turn away any and benefited all without measure. The neighbors, Prophet Muhammad something from me. May I oblige her?” needy man from your door empty- Quranic words for the Prophet’s (PBUH) (PBUH) was intent in making all The Prophet (PBUH) said: “Yes, be kind handed. 0 ‘A’ishah! Love the poor; bring kindness, ra’ufun rahirn (Quran 9:128) humans interdependent as he empha- to your mother” (Muslim, 2195). them near to you and God will bring you are very intensive and comprehensive sized in the following words: “All crea- This attitude of the Prophet near to Him on the Day of Resurrection”. in meaning and convey the true nature tures are Allah’s dependants, and those (PBUH) was equally extended to He also went much further on to say: and extent of the Prophet’s (PBUH) dearest to God are the ones who treat Zainab Saqafia, the wife of Abdullah “Seek me among your weak ones, for kindness to people. The Prophet (PBUH) His dependants kindly” (Rahman, Vol ibn Mas’ud and an Ansari woman. She you are given provision, or you are given said: “One of the finest acts of kindness VIII, p. 154). He emphasised the kind went to see the Prophet (PBUH) and help only by reason of the presence of is for a man to treat his fathers’ friends treatment of women again and again to inquire whether it would be a your weak ones”. (Rahman, Encyclo- in a kindly way after he has departed” in his speeches: charity if they spent something on pedia of Seerah, Vol. VIII, p. 151) (Abu dawud, 5123) Treat women kindly, since they are their husbands and on the orphans God Almighty is Kind, and the The issue of treating friends well was your helpers;... you have your rights under their care. The Prophet (PBUH) Prophet (PBUH) imitated Allah’s example also extended to include relations: “He upon your wives and they have their said: “They will get a two-fold reward, in its perfection by showing kindness to who wishes to have his provision rights upon you. Your right is that they one for kindness towards their rela- his servants and all creatures without enlarged and his term of life prolonged shall not allow anyone you dislike to tives and the other for charity” any regard for their beliefs, color or should treat his relatives well” (Bukhari, enter your bed or your home, and their (Bukhari, 1466). nationality. The Prophet (PBUH) said: 5985). right is that you should treat them well. There are many Ahadith con- “God is kind and likes kindness in all The Prophet (PBUH) emphasised on (from the Farewell Sermon of the cerning his kindness to animals, birds things” (Bukhari, 6601). this matter because he deeply held the Prophet, peace be upon him). and insects: “God prescribed kindness His heart ached within him at the view that “Only kindness prolongs life, Once a number of women com- towards everything; so when you corrupt state of his fellow-Meccans and and a person is deprived of provisions plained to the Prophet’s (PBUH) wives slaughter any animal, slaughter it well; their rejection of One God. The Holy for the faults he commits” (Ibn Majah). about their ill-treatment by their hus- when you sacrifice, make your sac- Quran testifies to it in these words: “0 Bahz bin Hakim, on his father’s bands. On hearing of this, the Prophet rifice good. And let everyone sharpen Muhammad, you will, perhaps, consume authority, said that his grandfather told (PBUH) said: “Such persons among you his weapon and make it easy for his yourself with grief because the people him that he had asked Allah’s Messenger are not good persons.” (Abu Dawud, sacrificed animal” (Muslim, 5055). do not believe” (Quran 26:3). to whom he should show kindness and 1834). He made this kind of statement to In Surah Kahf, we read: “Well, 0 that the Prophet (PBUH) had replied: This condemnation by the Prophet demonstrate his love for both humans Muhammad, it may be that you will kill “Your mother.” He asked who came next (PBUH) himself was an indication that and animals. In essence, Prophet yourself for their sake out of sorrow if and he replied: “Your mother.” He asked no one will be accepted before God who, My relatives are such that although I Muhammad (PBUH) was equally they do not believe in this Message.” who came next and he replied for the while on earth, decided to be unkind to cooperate with them, they cut me off; I showing his followers that he too is (Quran 18:6). And Surah Fatir says: “So third time: “Your mother.” He again women. Another person said to the am kind to them but they ill treat me.” feels pain. let not your life be consumed in grief for asked who came next and he replied: Prophet (PBUH): “0 Messenger of Allah! The Prophet (PBUH) said this in reply: Source: islamcity.com 06 ASIA FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2018

5 dead in Maoist Delhi’s toxic air spikes after fireworks frenzy attack on a bus AFP More than 300 people RAIPUR: Indian Maoist rebels were arrested in Delhi, killed five people including a NEW DELHI: Indian police the world’s most policeman by detonating a arrested hundreds of revellers landmine under a bus in a after a frenzied night of festival polluted major city, restive central state that goes fireworks turned city air toxic where the Supreme to the polls this month, police nationwide yesterday despite a Court had restricted said. It was the second attack preemptive court ban on the public fireworks to in Chhattisgarh in 10 days and smog-fuelling party. came just a day ahead of More than 300 people were two hours in the Prime Minister Narendra arrested in Delhi, the world’s evening and insisted Modi’s visit to the state where most polluted major city, where on use of cleaner he will be campaigning for the Supreme Court had restricted “green” firecrackers the ruling BJP. public fireworks to two hours in The mineral-rich state the evening and insisted on use to mark the festival of goes to the polls on Monday of cleaner “green” firecrackers to Diwali. with a second round on mark the festival of Diwali. November 20, the election But the choking capital’s 20 staggered because of the million residents largely ignored including India Gate and the Red security situation. The attack the court’s ruling and staged a Fort were shrouded in a noxious occurred in Dantewada dis- free-for-all night of colourful, grey haze. Commuters donned trict, a Maoist stronghold. deafening pyrotechnics that left masks as visibility on major roads the megacity’s air more than five was reduced to barely 50 metres. 52 ill in chemical times over safe limits. Ambient air quality touched 595 Firecrackers are traditionally yesterday morning, according to spill in east China let off during the Diwali week but the US embassy in Delhi which worsening air quality at the onset independently monitors pollution A pedestrian crosses a road near the Rashtrapati Bhavan amid heavy smog in New Delhi yesterday. BEIJING: A chemical spill that of winter in Delhi and most of levels. Cities like London and dumped nearly seven tonnes northern India has forced author- Paris by comparison recorded 41 such as Kolkata in the east and “For a few moments of pollution mask, said. “I expected of toxic waste in the seas off ities to call for desperate and 52. Any reading over 100 is Mumbai in the west also flouted enjoyment people are willing to people to show some concern but Fujian province in east China measures, including banning use considered hazardous and a the restrictions, pushing up pol- endanger the planet. It is insane,” at this rate it won’t be long till has left 52 people ill. The of private cars. danger even to healthy people. lution levels. In Kolkata more Pranav Yadav, a 19-year-old every child in Delhi has a respi- incident happened in the Major Delhi monuments Inhabitants of other cities than 200 people were arrested. student in Delhi wearing a ratory disease,” he added. early hours of Sunday when a tube connecting a transport vessel to the wharf broke, spilling 6.9 tonnes of C9 aromatics into the sea. Demonetisation anniversary: Uniting opposition to While the local envi- ronment bureau said the waters had been cleaned up Congress tears into Modi by Monday afternoon, a save nation: Naidu strong smell lingers and local fisherman have complained IANS IANS visible with time and its deeper Singh said that beyond the “We have joined hands to of dying fishes. ramifications were still steep drop in headline GDP save the nation, to save NEW DELHI: Ridiculing Prime unravelling. growth numbers after demon- BENGALURU: TDP chief and democracy... All institutions are Minister Narendra Modi’s He asked the government etisation, the deeper ramifica- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister (being) destroyed. CBI, the Taiwan warships “knowledge of economics”, the not to indulge in any further tions of note ban were still N Chandrababu Naidu termed premier investigation agency, is Congress ripped into him for the unorthodox, short-term eco- unravelling. his joining hands with other party in trouble. Even RBI is under commissioned “reckless” decision of demone- nomic measures that could “Small and medium busi- leaders an attempt to save the threat,” he said. tisation that it said wrecked the cause more uncertainty in the nesses that are the cornerstone nation and democracy, and The day being the second TAIPEI: Taiwan’s President economy and consumed many economy and financial markets. of India’s economy are yet to accused the BJP-led Central anniversary of demonetisation, commissioned a pair of lives. Singh said November 8 was recover from the demoneti- government of “destroying” insti- Naidu said the National Demo- guided missile frigates that On the second anniversary a day to remember how eco- sation shock,” he added. tutions like the CBI and the RBI. cratic Alliance (NDA) govern- are expected to boost the of the Modi’s 2016 decision to nomic misadventures can roil “Notebandi (note ban) Speaking to reporters after ment’s policies like demoneti- island’s ability to counter ban Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes, the nation for a long time and impacted every single person, meeting Janata Dal (Secular) sation have thrown the country’s Chinese submarines amid the Congress launched a cam- asked the government to restore regardless of age, gender, supremo and former prime min- economy into a crisis that the rising military threats from paign “Destruction by Demon- certainty and visibility in eco- religion, occupation or creed.” ister H D Deve Gowda and his mammoth note-ban exercise led Beijing. etisation” highlighting the havoc nomic policies. Addressing the media, former son, Karanataka Chief Minister to the devaluation of currency President Tsai Ing-wen caused by the move and how it “Today marks the second union minister and Congress H D Kumaraswamy, Naidu said and trouble in economy. attended the ceremony for was a complete failure. anniversary of the ill-fated and leader Anand Sharma held Modi the Central government is using “We discussed the future the Ming Chuan and Feng The party will also hold a ill-thought demonetisation... The solely responsible for the note agencies like Enforcement Direc- course of action for forging an Chia at a navy base in the nationwide protest today. havoc that it unleashed on the ban and called it a money laun- torate (ED) and Central Bureau alliance ahead of the 2019 southern port of Kaohsiung A host of party leaders Indian economy and society is dering scheme that helped the of Investigation (CBI) to harass general elections,” Gowda told and reiterated Taiwan’s including former Prime Minister now evident to everyone. BJP and its industrialist cronies. political opponents. reporters after the meeting. determination to resist all Manmohan Singh came out in “It is often said that time is “It was an arbitrary and The Telugu Desam Party “Chandrababu Naidu is threats, her office said. stringent criticism of a great healer. But unfortu- reckless decision that led to eco- (TDP) chief’s meeting with the working hard, as a co-ordinator, The ships’ commissioning demonetisation. nately, in the case of demoneti- nomic disaster and misery, JD-S leaders came a week after to unite the secular parties ahead “again sends a clear signal to Calling it an “ill-fated” and sation, the scars and wounds of deaths of large number of cit- he met Congress President Rahul of the upcoming general elec- the world and international “ill-thought” exercise, Singh said demonetisation are only getting izens, loss of millions of jobs and Gandhi in New Delhi on tions. We share good political society from the people of the scars and wounds of the more visible with time,” he said wiping out of small traders and November 1 as part of his effort arithmetics and have been Taiwan,” Tsai said, according decision were only getting more in a statement. businesses,” said Sharma. to unify the opposition. friends,” Kumaraswamy added. to a text of her speech.

Sri Lanka rally brings chaos to Bangladesh to hold Colombo streets polls in December

AFP AP Zia, 73, has been in jail since February, when she was sen- COLOMBO: A rally of DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Election tenced to five years’ impris- hundreds of cars carrying Commission announced that the onment for alleged corruption in supporters of Sri Lanka’s next national election will be held the establishment of an deposed prime minister on December 23, despite the orphanage fund during her first brought chaos to Colombo imprisonment of the leader of the term as prime minister in 1991- streets as they demanded that main opposition party and the 1996. Following an appeal, the parliament be reopened. banning of its chief partner. High Court extended her sen- A noisy cavalcade of Chief Election Commissioner tence to 10 years. motorcycles, auto-rickshaws, K M Nurul Huda said in a tele- In a second case, a trial court cars and vans took loyalists vised address that all arrange- last month sentenced Zia to of ousted prime minister ments have been made to ensure seven years in jail on corruption Ranil Wickremesinghe to a the election will be peaceful. charges linked to a charity fund rally to hear speeches Candidates must file their appli- named after her late husband. Chinese President Xi Jinping meets former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the Great Hall slamming the president for cations on November 19. Huda Zia’s party says both cases of the People, in Beijing yesterday. sacking the head of gov- said all political parties would are politically motivated. ernment last month. receive an equal opportunity and Also last month, the Election President Maithripala urged all to contest the election. Commission cancelled the Sirisena named former pres- Respect our choices: Xi tells Trump Prime Minister Sheikh political registration of Jamaat- ident Mahinda Rajapakse as Hasina will head an election- e-Islami, the main partner of the new prime minister in a time government as provided for Zia’s party, which prevents it REUTERS shock move on October 26, countries try tentatively to get choice of development path and in the constitution. The oppo- from contesting the election. The and suspended parliament so ties back on track. legitimate interests, Xi added. sition has demanded an inde- court said the party’s registration neither has won a vote of BEIJING: China wants to resolve Meeting former US Sec- Xi said attention should be pendent caretaker adminis- violated election laws and the confidence. problems with the United States retary of State Henry Kissinger paid to “the increase in negative tration, saying the election could spirit of the constitution because The rival prime ministers through talks but it must respect in Beijing, Xi said he and Trump voices related to China in the be rigged under Hasina. the party had opposed the coun- have now spent nearly two China’s choice of development would have a “deep exchange United States”, without Hasina’s arch rival, former try’s war of independence with weeks at loggerheads, and the path and interests, President Xi of views” in Argentina, the elaborating. Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, is in Pakistan in 1971. The party is a move has triggered a consti- Jinping said ahead of a meeting official Xinhua news agency Speaking earlier, the jail on corruption charges. It is fierce opponent of Hasina and is tutional crisis. with the US leader in Argentina. reported. Chinese government’s top dip- uncertain whether her Bang- eager to regain its strength after Protestors had initially Trump and Xi plan to meet China and the United States lomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, ladesh Nationalist Party will par- the executions of its top leaders planned to drive to the resi- on the sidelines of a G20 should correctly judge each said Xi and Trump reached an ticipate in the polls. The party and on charges of war crimes during dence of parliament speaker summit, which will be held in other’s strategic intentions, and important consensus on the its partners boycotted the last the conflict. The polls would be Karu Jayasuriya to urge him Argentina at the end of while China wanted to resolve healthy and stable development election in 2014, when Hasina Bangladesh’s 11th general to defy the president and lift November and early December, problems via talks, the United of bilateral ties in a telephone returned to power with a com- election since it gained inde- the assembly suspension. for high-stakes talks as the two States should respect China’s call last week. manding majority. pendence in the war. FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2018 ASIA 07

Pakistan, Russia Afghanistan govt, agree to step up Taliban to meet for naval cooperation INTERNEWS

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan first direct talks and Russian navies agreed to strengthen bilateral cooper- ation to deal with challenges ANATOLIA Russia’s Foreign related to maritime security. Ministry sent According to Pakistan MOSCOW: Russia will host the invitations to Navy‘s media directorate, second round of the Moscow during their meeting at St peace conference on Afghan- representatives Petersburg, Chief of the Naval istan this month, which its of 11 countries — Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Foreign Ministry bills as the first Afghanistan, the US, Abbasi and Commander-in- direct high-level talks between India, Iran, China, Chief of Russian Navy Admiral the Taliban and Afghan Vladimir Korolyov decided to Supporters of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), a coalition of religious-political parties, hold flags as government. Pakistan, Kazakhstan, step up ‘efforts to effectively they attend a million march rally, after the Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a Christian The importance that Russia Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, confront the trans-national woman sentenced to death for blasphemy, in Karachi, yesterday. attaches to the second session Turkmenistan and challenges and threats in the of the Moscow conference on maritime domain‘ Admiral Afghanistan today is evident Uzbekistan. Abbasi is on a visit to Russia. from the fact that the event, Woman at centre of Pakistan The navy expects that the which will be held at the level chief‘s visit to Russia would of deputy foreign ministers, will [Taliban] will take part in the strengthen defence ties be opened by Foreign Minister conference… It is a conference blasphemy row leaves jail between the two countries. Sergey Lavrov, who was not about holding comprehensive Admiral Abbasi briefed his present at similar meetings on discussions on finding a peaceful host about the forthcoming AFP Syria, even during that country’s solution to the Afghan quandary Thousands of supporters of challenge a review of the multinational naval exercise most difficult periods. and ending American occu- Islamist parties took to the streets Supreme Court’s ruling. AMAN-19, which is being Russia’s Foreign Ministry pation. The Islamic Emirate will ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani of Karachi yesterday to protest One of the most vocal groups hosted by Pakistan in the 1st sent invitations to representa- also give a detailed speech and Christian woman who spent Bibi’s acquittal and call for her in the protests — the Tehreek-e- quarter of 2019. tives of 11 countries — Afghan- clarify its views and policy about eight years on death row for beheading. Labaik Pakistan (TLP) — called istan, the US, India, Iran, China, all aspects of the issue, including blasphemy has been freed from The demonstration comes for “mutiny” against the army’s Australian leader Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyr- restoring peace and security,” jail after an acquittal that trig- hours after Bibi was flown from top brass and the assassination gyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmen- the Taliban said in a statement. gered Islamist protests, but is still the central city of Multan where of the top court’s justices. resigns after istan and Uzbekistan. Former Afghan President in Pakistan, officials said amid she was in custody to a “safe” Following Bibi’s release, the The Afghan government has Hamid Karzai also announced appeals for her to be offered place elsewhere in Pakistan. TLP vowed to return to the harassment row already confirmed that a dele- his intention to attend the con- asylum. “She has been freed,” her streets if she was allowed to gation from the country’s High ference because “any possibility Asia Bibi’s conviction was lawyer Saif-ul-Mulook said in a leave the country. SYDNEY: The leader of the Peace Council will be attending, of peace talks with the Taliban overturned by the country’s text message. “I have been told Foreign ministry spokesman opposition in Australia’s most while the Taliban also said it should not be ignored”. highest court last Wednesday, that she is on a plane but nobody Muhammad Faisal denied media populous state resigned after would send representatives to According to the Russian but she remained in prison as the knows where she will land.” Fol- reports that Bibi had left the he was embroiled in a Moscow. Foreign Ministry’s statement, all government negotiated with lowing protests at last week’s country, telling: “She is in #MeToo row when a female “A high-ranking delegation the invited countries but one — hardliners who blockaded major ruling, the government agreed Pakistan”. Intelligence sources reporter released a statement of the Political Office of the the US — confirmed their cities and demanded her imme- in a deal with Islamists to impose also told that she had not left the detailing alleged inappro- Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan participation. diate execution. a travel ban on Bibi, and not to country. priate behaviour. New South Wales (NSW) state Labor party leader Luke Foley denied allegations made by an Australian Broad- casting Corp (ABC) journalist Dozens of Rohingya flee camps by boat but said he was resigning as party leader, four months REUTERS One boat attempted to set sail the southeastern part of the Bay members of a persecuted Muslim killings and assualt during the vio- before a state election he had from the southern coast of Bang- of Bengal, said Foyezul Islam minority, fled Rakhine following lence last year, while the United been in a position to win. YANGON/COX’S BAZAR: Dozens ladesh on Wednesday, the coast Mondol, the head of the coast an army-led crackdown in August Nations has accused the military “I can’t fight to clear my of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar guard said, while several vessels guard in southeastern Teknaf last year, settling in sprawling of “genocidal intent”. Myanmar name and fight an election at and Bangladesh have boarded left Rakhine state in western upazila. Six Bangladeshis were Bangladeshi refugee camps, has denied almost all the the same time, its just not boats to try to reach Malaysia, offi- Myanmar, according to Rohingya also arrested, he said. according to UN agency figures, allegations. possible to do both. Therefore cials and aid workers said leaders, aid workers and a mon- Kyaw Swar Tun, deputy while hundreds of thousands The new departures come as I am resigning the leadership yesterday, raising fears of a fresh itoring group. director of the Rakhine state gov- remain inside the country in Myanmar prepares to take some effective today,” Foley told wave of such dangerous voyages Officials detained 33 Rohingya ernment, said he was unaware of internal displacement camps and of the refugees back after agreeing reporters in Sydney. after a 2015 crackdown on people and six Bangladeshis aboard a any boats leaving. villages. Refugees say soldiers and with Bangladesh to start repatri- smugglers. fishing boat bound for Malaysia in More than 700,000 Rohingya, local Buddhists carried out mass ation on November 15. Cambodia’s PM defends his sons’ promotion

Pakistan, US to PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen defended the promotion of strengthen ties his three sons to senior posi- tions in government and the military, citing their INTERNEWS Minister Shah Mehmood education and qualifications. Qureshi and Secretary Mike Two of Hun Sen’s sons are ISLAMABAD: Islamabad and Pompeo in Washington last high-ranking members of the Washington made headway in month where both sides vowed military. His youngest son is their ties and agreed on joint to rebuild the relationship a member of parliament and efforts to advance the Afghan “based on mutual trust and chairs a parliamentary com- peace process as their senior respect.” Secretary Pompeo had mission on youth and sport. officials met here to review key said the United States looked Hun Sen’s critics say the items on their bilateral agenda. forward to working with the appointments are aimed at A statement from the US new government of Pakistan in cementing the 66-year-old’s embassy at the conclusion of implementing its reform agenda. control over government and two-day visit of Principal Ambassador Wells met with the economy at a time of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Minister of Finance Asad Umer, political tension after a widely State for South and Central Asian senior officials from the minis- criticised election in July. Affairs, Alice Wells, said the two tries of foreign affairs and “They all have doctorate countries also discussed the interior, and Director General or master’s degrees. Why upcoming Geneva Conference Military Operations Nauman should they waste them? I Fire engulfs slum along Manila Bay on Afghanistan in her meetings Zakria. The US underscored the should find work for them,” with Pakistani officials. importance of all actors in the Hun Sen said, speaking at an Residents look at destroyed houses after a fire engulfed a slum area in Navotas along Manila Bay, The meeting comes in the region takings steps to advance academic award ceremony yesterday. Some 150 families were affected by the fire, according to local media reports. wake of the understanding security, stability, and cooper- for high school students in the reached between Foreign ation in South Asia. capital, Phnom Penh. Philippines marks five years since its deadliest storm AFP storm surge wiping out commu- washing machine, a whirlpool. I highlighted how underprepared of water had killed more than 20 officials said. nities and triggering a global was so afraid,” Amelita Gerado, the disaster-prone Southeast of his neighbours, but his family An average of 20 typhoons TACLOBAN: Philippine humanitarian response. 49, said, describing the onslaught Asian nation was for large-scale of five had survived on the and storms lash the Philippines survivors of Super Typhoon In Tacloban, the worst-hit of seawater that swamped her calamities. second floor of their house — the each year, killing hundreds of Haiyan recalled their terror and city, residents painted grave- home. “We are here to give thanks only structure left standing on people and leaving millions in loss in memorial gatherings held stones in memory of the typhoon “There is still pain, a scar, but to the Lord,” said pensioner Pon- the block. near-perpetual poverty. yesterday for the thousands dead. They laid flowers and lit we are recovering,” said the ciano Cruzata, one of about Several hundred residents But Haiyan remains the most killed five years ago in the coun- candles at tombs and a mass woman, whose brother-in-law 4,000 people attending another also attended a Catholic mass at powerful, with gusts exceeding try’s worst storm on record. grave for unidentified victims. was among those killed. memorial event at the city’s the low-lying coastal city’s Santo 305km per hour at first landfall. Then the strongest typhoon Survivors of the calamity The city government has sports stadium that had served Nino church in mid-afternoon. A surge of seawater higher to ever hit land, Haiyan left more shed tears as they recounted how declared November 8 a “day of as a shelter for thousands after Lanterns were to be than a tree crashed into densely than 7,360 people dead or they had escaped death. remembrance and gratitude” to the storm. launched from the stadium and populated areas, leaving corpses missing across the central Phil- “I felt like it was the end of mark the devastation wrought The 64-year-old retired candles lit at the building after strewn across streets and ippines, with a tsunami-like the world. It was like I was in a by the 2013 typhoon, which coast guard officer said the surge sundown to honour the dead, washing ships to shore. 08 VIEWS FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2018 Watch us before making ESTABLISHED IN 1996

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The truth, and cover and challenge all national carrier of Qatar recently announced to be the relevant sides of all stories. with Saudi Arabia”. pillars of press freedom headquar- Ylaunch customer of GlobalBeacon, a key product So often Watch our coverage, Mr Dermer. tered in the Arab world. solution created by FlightAware and Aireon that provides politicians, It’s available for you and everyone We take our responsibilities as the airline with global, real-time flight tracking. GlobalBeacon govern- else to see. All of our coverage journalists very seriously. We are will enable Qatar Airways to position itself to respond proac- ments, and throughout our long history of responsible to those people we cover tively in the event of an emergency, facilitating communi- All of our coverage corporations reporting from all over the world is in all corners of the globe. We are cation between the aircraft operator and the controller with want their online and ready to be seen. 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We had no agenda. impartiality and dedication. announced that updates every minute or less. In properly Like all the other mainstream media Whatever agendas other people GlobalBeacon doing so, this is a testimony to informed. worldwide, this was a huge story or governments have, we will not is now live and our ever-evolving leadership in So, in response to the statements which rightfully resonated with all bow to their pressure. We have been ready to provide the crucial area of aviation safety made by Ron Dermer, the Israeli media companies. We have also subject to attack many times during and awareness.” Ambassador to America who covered Yemen and Syria since those our 22 year history. Our staff have the airline with Aireon CEO Don Thoma was attacked us for double standards in conflicts began — despite our been attacked, imprisoned, and global flight all praise and said: “With a our reporting of the killing of Jamal network being banned by those some tragically paying the ultimate tracking. modern fleet of more than 200 Khashoggi, I’d suggest he actually countries from operating freely price while carrying out their aircraft flying all over the world, watches our coverage in order to get there. responsibilities as journalists. Our across remote and oceanic air- the full picture. And, we have covered every twist bureaux have been bombed to try to space, Qatar Airways and Glo- Ron Dermer’s argument is that and turn of the diplomatic crisis in silence us. And, as with this recent balBeacon couldn’t be more perfect for each other. 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He United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and watch us before making incorrect to help improve the ability to detect commercial aircraft in went on to claim Al Jazeera is Egypt called for our closure in an accusations. You will see the full remote locations. By combining FlightAware’s data processing “pressing hard to ruin relationships effort to silence one of the only picture when you do. platform and web-interface, with Aireon’s space-based ADS-B network, GlobalBeacon transcends borders and Flight Infor- mation Regions and eliminates coverage gaps in polar air- space as well as over deserts and oceanic regions. At the heart of GlobalBeacon’s proficiency is a culmination of Tighten rules so IT giants cannot abuse their market dominance tracking information from Aireon’s space-based ADS-B network and FlightAware’s contextual flight data including THE JAPAN NEWS business operators. interests.” Establishing intl been moving ahead in placing origin, destination, flight plan route and estimated time of The report called on the rules vital According to a regulations on IT giants. arrival. recisely grasping the government to study the idea survey conducted by the The European Union put Qatar Airways is celebrating more than 20 years of Going actual state of market of obliging these digital giants Economy, Trade and Industry into effect this May the Places Together with travellers across its more than 150 dominance by IT to disclose such important Ministry, 86 percent of com- General Data Protection Reg- business and leisure destinations. 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A governmental panel the overwhelming amount of giants making unilateral The European Commission airlines, competing on a scale very few airlines achieve. of experts has compiled an data they aggregate, these IT changes in their agreements, has presented to each member interim report that calls for giants are increasing their for instance. country a draft regulation tightening regulations on market dominance. It is To eliminate adverse calling for digital platform digital giants — known as appropriate for the interim effects of all kinds, it is operators to make their con- QUOTE OF THE DAY digital platform operators — report to call for the gov- essential to enhance trans- tracts more transparent. Such a including Google and Amazon. ernment to shift into tight- parency and fairness. In light move probably indicates their The panel is set to release ening regulations. of the interim report, the gov- strong sense of crisis over IT I hope that the its final report within this year, Big data collected by com- ernment is expected to giants from the United States. arms race could and the government will panies can become a source of establish a team of specialists Japan should utilise these launch the crafting of concrete bringing about convenient to monitor IT companies. efforts taken by European be stopped and proposals for regulating them. services. On the other hand, Cooperation with the Fair countries as references. we could continue The interim report pointed users have yet to be made Trade Commission, authorised In connection with mega the nuclear out that the business opera- aware of how these vast to conduct compulsory inves- business enterprises that tions of these digital platform records of their searches and tigations, will be key for the operate globally, there has disarmament. operators are opaque. The online shopping are being team. Moreover, there is a been a strong criticism about report went on to sound an used. The interim report has possibility that it may become their avoiding payment of Mikhail Gorbachev alarm over the danger of warned that depending on necessary for the Antimo- huge sums of taxes by placing Former Soviet leader unfair trade practices con- how personal data is handled, nopoly Law to be amended or their main business bases in ducted by these digital giants “There is a risk of impairing a new law to be enacted. countries with low corporate against consumers or other [consumers’] personal European countries have tax rates. FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2018 OPINION 09 11/6 has become a landmark date in Muslim American history

here are some dates that are Michigan’s 13th congressional district the American heartland and Muslim that she did, and their children forever etched in the minds to claim her place in Washington, DC. America. Tlaib’s Detroit is widely who are now inspired to follow in of Muslim Americans — dates Two Muslim women are headed regarded as an Arab and Muslim her footsteps. that live more in infamy or to US Congress, a place they have American capital, with towns like Omar, a progressive supporter T Dearborn and Hamtramck boasting misery, marking moments of unprec- never been a part of. And in the of “single-payer healthcare, tighter edented scapegoating or fear, anxiety aftermath of their historic wins, the minarets in their skylines and estab- gun restrictions and more KHALED A BEYDOUN and the collective bracing of collective prayer of “Please don’t be lished and immigrant Muslim com- expansive immigration policies”, AL JAZEERA backlash. 9/11 and 11/9 rush to mind, Muslim” that follows every terror munities on the ground. harmonises the liberal leanings of numbers that memorialise two days attack was replaced with “I’m so Omar’s Minneapolis is a vivid and her city with the aspirations of her when everything changed for Muslim proud to be Muslim”, uttered by lurid ballad of Muslim life, replete Somali Muslim base. And like Americans — the terrorist attacks in Muslims across the US. with Somali sisters and brothers Tlaib, she was able to form a New York City and Washington, DC Two Muslim American women, working in the airport, a string of supremely diverse coalition of and the election of an orange- one a daughter of a Palestinian exclusively Somali malls standing supporters that included eve- skinned man who rode on a wave of refugee and the other a refugee alongside American strip malls, and rybody from white college stu- Tlaib and Omar’s Islamophobia all the way into the herself, made history by becoming the routine perils of FBI surveillance dents to the LGBTQ community, trailblazing victories help White House. the first Muslim American congress- converging with the mundane from conservative Muslims to reclaim some of the hope Now, 11/6 not only stands apart women in American history. Their routine of everyday life. Black Lives Matter activists. lost with the election from those dates, but directly transformative feat cannot be timed 11/6 has become a landmark date While their religious identities counters the evils and ills they any better, converging with a because of who Tlaib and Omar are, will draw them immediate press of Trump on 11/9, and directed at 8 million Muslims that moment when Islamophobia has not what they became with their and praise and invite backlash and seventeen years after call the United States home. On never been more intense in Wash- victories. bigotry, their substance and what 9/11, retrenches some November 6, 2018, two Muslim ington, and the collective morale of They are both archetypes of the they symbolise is what sets them of the darkness still American women officially made Muslim Americans in dire need of a communities they hail from, and the apart. In an era where identity is history. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat out glimpse of hope. quintessentially Arab and Muslim, flattened, and stripped from the looming above Detroit, of Minnesota, soundly defeated her Their stories are equally pro- and Somali and Muslim, narratives entire anatomy of the story, Tlaib’s Minneapolis and Muslim Republican opponent to claim a US found, and a direct blow to the white integral to the stories of Detroit and and Omar’s faith will monopolise communities beyond and Congressional seat. Two states over supremacist vision summoned to the the Twin Cities. Seconds after the headlines. to the east, Rashida Tlaib over- fore by Trump and the legion of can- declaring victory in her hotly con- But the faith their communities in between. whelmed two contestants in didates that followed his lead. Tlaib tested primary, Tlaib’s mother had in them, and their rooted love grew up in Southwest draped her in the Palestinian flag as for community and clear pro- Detroit, a predominantly she thanked her grandparents in the gressive agendas, is what Latinx and Black com- West Bank, surrounded by a diverse delivered them to Washington, munity sprinkled with sea of supporters, including myself, and into the history books. Arab families, like her in Detroit’s Northwest side. This, in large part, is why 11/6 own, who embraced the Tlaib was, at once, unapologeti- will forever stand as a landmark blue-collar culture of the cally Palestinian and Muslim, wed date for Muslim Americans, today city. with that quintessentially Detroit and moving forward. Tlaib and Omar found safe haven drive that motivated her to knock on Omar’s trailblazing victories help from her country’s civil thousands of doors seeking support reclaim some of the hope lost with war as a refugee in Kenya, during her campaign and ultimately the election of Trump on 11/9, and ultimately settling in Min- knock down a wall in Washington, seventeen years after 9/11, neapolis, Minnesota in DC that made her the first Palestinian retrenches some of the darkness 1995, which eventually and Muslim congresswoman in still looming above Detroit, Minne- became the home of the American history. apolis and Muslim communities most populous and Omar, the first Somali congress- beyond and in between. thriving Somali com- woman in a state home to approxi- munity in the United mately 100,000 of her countrymen The writer is a law professor, and States. and women, braved freezing, xeno- author of American Islamophobia: From the Middle East phobic and unprecedented terrain to Understanding the Roots and Rise to the Midwest and from join Tlaib. of Fear. the Horn of Africa to “Little “We’re going to Washington eve- Mogadishu”, Tlaib and ryone!” she proclaimed, surrounded Democratic US congressional candidate Rashida Tlaib addresses supporters at a midterms Omar grew up in cities that by a community of Somali immi- campaign rally in Detroit, Michigan. simultaneously represent grants, who travelled the same path

D-RING ROAD new report by a US gov- probably between 30 to 40 killed per backbone” of the Afghan economy. POST BOX: 3488 ernment watchdog paints a day. It also noted that addiction to DOHA - QATAR discouraging portrait of It was found that during the first opioids among Afghans has sky- [email protected] AAfghanistan in recent nine months of 2018, there was a rocketed, reaching several million months, detailing continued Taliban dramatic increase in suicide attacks people. 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Also on that list was the October office and its highly touted foreign- ONLINE SECTION In a tense political season, when 18 shooting attack in Kandahar at a funded initiatives to combat cor- TEL: 4462 7501 hopes for change have inspired mil- meeting of US and regional officials ruption and crime in Afghan civilian [email protected] lions of Afghans to vote for a new that killed the regional police and government and military sectors. The intelligence chiefs. The top US mil- report blasted the attorney general, a parliament and hopes for peace have PUBLIC RELATIONS itary commander in the country, Gen. spurred new efforts at dialogue with respected former human rights TEL: 4455 7613 Scott Miller, escaped unharmed in Taliban insurgents, the report advocate, for having a “poor record [email protected] released by the US Special Inspector the attack, which the Taliban took of prosecuting powerful and influ- General for Afghan Reconstruction credit for carrying out. ential corrupt actors” and failing to ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT (SIGAR) casts a sobering eye on per- In an especially critical look at cooperate with US officials. TEL: 4455 7837 / 780 sistent setbacks in the fight against US-funded efforts to combat nar- It cited criticisms by the US FAX: 4455 7870 the Taliban and cumulative failures cotics, the report described a rapidly Department of Justice that the Afghan [email protected] in the wars on corruption and drugs. escalating problem of opium pro- attorney general’s office is “unpro- The report stressed that Taliban duction and drug addiction that has ductive, corrupt and CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT control and influence continued to defied years of expensive programs patronage-laden.” TEL: 4455 7857 expand nationwide in recent months, and investment. [email protected] while Afghan government control or “These efforts have cost US tax- The author is The Washington Post’s influence over national territory has payers more than $8bn since 2002, bureau chief in Afghanistan and SUBSCRIPTION & The report stressed “reached the lowest level” since late yet Afghanistan’s opium crisis is Pakistan. She previously served as a DISTRIBUTION 2015, declining slightly to 55 percent worse than ever,” John Sopko, the South Asia bureau chief and most that Taliban control TEL: 4455 7809 / 839 of 407 districts. special inspector general, wrote in an recently covered immigration in the FAX: 44557819 and influence It said government forces “made introduction to the 250-page Washington area for several years. [email protected] continued to minimal or no progress in pressuring document. expand nationwide the Taliban” in the past three months, The report and also “failed to gain greater said that Afghan in recent months, control or influence over districts, opium poppy cul- All thoughts and views while Afghan population and territory.” tivation has expressed in these columns government control The report also highlighted the reached an are those of the writers, or influence over sustained high rate of war-related “unprecedented deaths and injuries among both high” of about not of the newspaper. national territory civilians and security forces: 2,798 820,000 acres, has “reached civilians were killed and 5,252 and that opium All correspondence the lowest level” injured between May and September, accounts for 19 to regarding Views and since late 2015, a record high. It also said the average 32 percent of the monthly number of casualties among country’s gross Opinion pages should be declining slightly to Afghan military and police forces, domestic product send to editor-in-chief 55 percent of 407 while not officially released, was “the and provides half Afghan National Army soldiers keeping watch near the site office or mailed to the districts. greatest it has ever been” in similar a million jobs, rep- periods of time during the conflict, resenting “a of a blast in Kabul. [email protected] 10 EUROPE FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2018

Woman who Prince Charles: I won’t meddle when I am king spent £16m at REUTERS The heir to the Harrods bailed British throne has at hearing LONDON: Britain’s Prince long been outspoken AFP Charles said he will stop on issues ranging meddling in issues he feels strongly about when he even- from climate change LONDON: An Azerbaijani tually becomes king. and architecture to woman who spent £16m at The heir to the British throne alternative medicine, London’s up-market Harrods has long been outspoken on and critics have department store and was the issues ranging from climate first to be targeted by new change and architecture to alter- warned that British legislation on “unex- native medicine, and critics have if he continued plained wealth” was freed on warned that if he continued as as sovereign he bail yesterday as she fights an sovereign he would put the mon- extradition request by Baku. archy at risk. would put the Zamira Hajiyeva, who Speaking ahead of his 70th monarchy at risk. was arrested last week in birthday next week, the eldest London, faces two charges of son of 92-year-old Queen Eliz- “As a teenager, I remember embezzlement in Azerbaijan. abeth said the role of monarch feeling deeply about this She was held in custody was completely different from appallingly excessive demo- after Baku appealed against his position as Prince of Wales. lition job being done on every a magistrate’s court decision “The idea, somehow, that I’m aspect of life,” Charles said in granting her £500,000 bail, going to go on in exactly the a written response to Vanity arguing she was a flight risk. In this file photo taken on July 10, 2018 Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (right) waves next to Britain’s same way, if I have to succeed, Fair magazine for an interview But judge Jeremy Baker Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (left), and Britain’s Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, on the balcony of is complete nonsense because published this month. at London’s High Court ruled the two — the two situations — “In putting my head above Buckingham Palace as they watch a military fly-past to mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force. there were not “substantial are completely different,” he told the parapet on all these issues... grounds” to believe she would the BBC. Asked whether his I found myself in conflict with journalist Catherine Mayer wrote non-party political, but I think people. He said: “If it’s meddling leave the country. He ordered public campaigning would con- the conventional outlook which, in a 2015 biography that his pas- it’s vital to remember there’s to worry about the inner cities her release but imposed a tinue, he said: “No, it won’t.” as I discovered, is not exactly the sions had caused disquiet at Buck- only room for one sovereign at as I did 40 years ago, then if curfew under which she will not Under Britain’s unwritten most pleasant situation to find ingham Palace and with the queen a time, not two,” he said. that’s meddling I’m proud of it.” be allowed to leave her luxury constitution, the monarch is yourself.” herself, with royal courtiers “I do realise that it is a sep- Charles was four when his home in southwest London obliged to remain neutral on In 2013, it was revealed he fearing Charles would pursue a arate exercise being sovereign. grandfather George VI died and between 9pm and 6am. political issues despite in practice had held 36 meetings with gov- radical style of monarchy. So of course I understand his mother ascended to the Hajiyeva, who was not in wielding no practical power. ernment ministers over three “He has a view of the world entirely how that should throne at the age of 25. court, must also report to a During her 66 years on the years, while two years later, and he wants to impose his view operate.” His supporters say his Beside his outspoken views, central London police station throne, the longest reign in Britain’s top court ruled that of that world, so in every way he causes — such as helping disad- Charles faced intrigue around every day, has surrendered British history, Elizabeth has dozens of his letters to min- doesn’t want to conform to vantaged young people find the acrimonious end to his mar- her passport and is banned never made public her private isters — dubbed the ‘black expectations,” Tom Bower, who work, inter-faith dialogue and riage to first wife, Princess Diana, from travelling outside Lon- views. spider memos’ because of his penned a biography of the prince campaigning against throwaway and hostility in some quarters to don’s M25 ring road. Charles, on the other hand, scrawled handwriting — could this year, said. plastic — are often prescient. his second wife Camilla, the Hajiyev’s husband Jahangir has made no secret of his be released. In the documentary, Charles Charles defended his Duchess of Cornwall. was jailed in 2016 for embez- opinions, acknowledging that Topics included rural said he would operate within activism as heir to the throne, Camilla told the BBC his zling money from the Interna- challenging some orthodox housing, the war in Iraq, food in “constitutional parameters” as which includes founding the drive to get things done spurred tional Bank of Azerbaijan, standpoints had made him hospitals and the fate of the Pat- king. “I’ve tried to make sure Prince’s Trust charity in 1976 to his activism. “He would like to where he was chairman. unpopular in some quarters. agonian Toothfish. US-born whatever I’ve done has been support vulnerable young save the world,” she said. Separately, she is under scrutiny by Britain’s National Crime Agency, who issued a so-called Unexplained Wealth Order demanding that Britain’s Hunt does not she explain where she got the £11.5m to pay for her property in Knightsbridge. see imminent Brexit deal The court issuing the order also heard that she had spent AFP between Britain and France and more than £16m at Harrods to make the case for the closest over a 10-year period. PARIS: Britain’s foreign possible relationship between minister played down yesterday the allies after Brexit. Germany starts the prospect of an imminent France has taken a hard line deal on Brexit and called for in the negotiations, with Pres- trial over refugee greater efforts to be made in the ident Emmanuel Macron negotiations to “understand the insistent that Britain should not centre abuses other’s perspective”. be allowed to negotiate advan- AFP After a speech in Paris that tages for itself as it withdraws sought to soothe tensions with from the European Union. France caused by Britain’s exit Hunt also raised hackles in SIEGEN: Germany launched from the European Union, Paris last month when he com- a mass trial yesterday of 30 Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt pared the EU to the Soviet Union defendants accused of was asked if a deal was within and suggested its members were brutally abusing asylum reach in the next week. trying to punish Britain for seekers in a refugee home. “Seven days is probably leaving. “I an absolutely certain The mammoth trial is pushing it, but I am optimistic that France is keen to reach an being held in a congress centre that there will be a Brexit deal but agreement,” Hunt said. “Not in Siegen, North Rhine-West- I wouldn’t want to be drawn on reaching an agreement is in no phalia state, near the refugee Manfred Weber (centre) of Germany celebrates with his supporters after the results of the EPP a specific timescale,” he told an one’s interest.” centre in the town of Burbach lead candidate voting at the session of the European People’s Party congress in Helsinki, yesterday. audience at the British embassy. Addressing concerns in the that was rocked by the abuse Negotiators have been racing French government that Britain scandal four years ago. the clock to try to agree the out- wants to withdraw from the EU The accused, among them Europe’s political right picks lines of a withdrawal agreement but retain the same trading centre managers, social that could be approved at a advantages, Hunt said that workers and private security summit of EU leaders in Brussels London was “not... trying to have guards, face charges including Weber to lead election fight this month, but hopes are fading. ‘our cake and eat it’.” Britain is false imprisonment, assault EU chief Brexit negotiator due to leave the 28-nation bloc and theft. Staff allegedly beat, AFP for top jobs that will follow EU Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Michel Barnier warned on on March 29 next year but talks tormented and humiliated elections on May 26 next year. the EPP ranks. Wednesday that “more work is on its exit remain held up by dis- asylum seekers or locked HELSINKI: Europe’s main right- Also in the mix are plum spots Orban and his Fidesz party needed” in the talks. Hunt used agreements over managing the them up for days at a time in wing parties yesterday chose to lead the European Council — are accused of trampling over his speech, delivered in French, border between EU member the facility that housed some German MEP Manfred Weber to which represents national gov- European values, particularly to pay tribute to the “bonds of Ireland and the British-ruled 700 people seeking safe lead them into next year’s ernments — the European Par- through strict anti-migration pol- friendship and commerce” province of Northern Ireland. haven in Germany. European election campaign — liament, the European Central icies and repeated clashes with perhaps giving him a shot at the Bank and the bloc’s foreign policy. Brussels over human rights issues. EU’s most powerful post. Little known in Germany, Weber, who leads the EPP Weber — an ally of German Weber has a veteran insider’s group in the European Par- Chancellor Angela Merkel — knowledge of EU institutions but liament, had received the key New demolitions halt search in won the backing of 79.2 percent little experience in government nods of Merkel and the head of of delegates of the European in his homeland. The 46-year- France’s centre-right Republicans People’s Party (EPP) meeting in old former businessman was in party, Laurent Wauquiez. Helsinki, easily beating former the Bavarian state parliament Other leading EPP members, deadly French building collapse Finnish premier Alexander from a young age before heading however, warned of the danger AFP Stubb’s 20 percent. to Europe without ever holding of populism and nationalism. EU buildings along the Rue Citing “terribly long, If the EPP retains its position national responsibility. Council President Donald Tusk d’Aubagne. The search resumed complex and costly procedures” as the largest group in the He is a discreet figure, tackled Orban — without naming MARSEILLE: Pressure grew on yesterday after it was halted on for renovating or demolishing European Parliament after the working quietly to build net- him. “If you don’t like the free press Marseille’s mayor and other offi- Wednesday so two other squalid buildings, Gaudin said May election, Weber will be in a works of influence in Brussels and NGOs, if you tolerate xeno- cials yesterday, accused of buildings could be pulled down. “some people are taking strong position to bid to take over and Strasbourg. In his final phobia, nationalism and anti- ignoring warnings about unsafe Chances of finding any sur- advantage of this in opposition from Jean-Claude Juncker as speech before yesterday’s vote, Semitism, you are not a Christian housing, as hopes faded of vivors “are thin, very thin, but to society’s interests.” But he told head of the European Com- he took a swipe at critics who Democrat,” Tusk declared. finding two people still missing real,” said Charles-Henri Garie, a news conference he would not mission, the bloc’s executive arm. have accused him of pandering EPP vice-president and the after a deadly building collapse who commands the water bri- heed calls to resign, saying But some polls are pre- to anti-immigrant and far-right EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel in the southern French port city. gades of the port city’s fire $40m had been spent demol- dicting the EPP could lose its parties with some of his past Barnier also stood up for the Six bodies have been department. Mayor Jean-Claude ishing or renovating social crown under pressure from comments on the Islamic head- party’s European federalist recovered from the mound of Gaudin defended his adminis- housing blocks since 2005. populists on both left and right, scarf and European identity. instincts and against the lure of rubble where two buildings sud- tration’s efforts to deal with Furious residents along the or the leaders of EU member On Wednesday, both Weber euroscepticism. “We’ll have to denly crumbled on Monday. thousands of dilapidated Rue d’Aubagne, dozens of whom states — who will have the final and Stubb sought to avoid con- fight against those who want to Authorities believe two people lodgings in the city, while calling have been evacuated from their say — might decide not to frontation in their only cam- demolish Europe, with their pop- may still be trapped. for parliament to make it easier homes, have accused city author- appoint a party candidate at all. paign debate and stayed clear ulist deceit, with their attacks Rescue workers are being to compel private owners to ities of neglecting the safety risks Nevertheless, the candidacy is of the most painful subject of all: against the European project,” forced to work slowly because undertake necessary mainte- at the derelict buildings despite a key prize in the horse-trading The presence of Hungarian Barnier said. the collapse destabilised other nance or make improvements. years of complaints. FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2018 EUROPE / AMERICAS 11 Marine veteran shoots dead 12 in California AFP Ventura County Sheriff The sheriff said Long drove Wennerstron said. He said he Geoff Dean identified to the club and shot an unarmed and others smashed their way THOUSAND OAKS: A the suspect as Ian security guard who was standing out onto a balcony and then 28-year-old Marine Corps David Long, a Marine outside before opening fire at jumped down to safety. veteran opened fire in a country random inside. Dean described Jasmin Alexander, who was music club packed with college Corps veteran and the scene as “like hell”. with around 15 friends, said there students in California overnight, resident of Thousand Dean said Long was armed was chaos and confusion inside killing 12 people including a Oaks, an upscale with a single handgun, a.45 caliber when shots rang out. “We were police officer who exchanged city northwest Glock 21, which he purchased just having fun, dancing. All of a shots with the gunman, author- legally. Among those killed was a sudden we heard the ‘bang, bang’ ities said yesterday. of Los Angeles. three-decade veteran of the sher- of the gunshots and it just started Terrified patrons scrambled iff’s department, 54-year-old Ser- going crazy and people were for the exits after the gunman northwest of Los Angeles. geant Ron Helus, who was pushing. We didn’t take it seri- started shooting a handgun in the According to the Pentagon, married, had a grown son and was ously at first... because it sounded Borderline Bar and Grill around Long served in the Marine Corps close to retirement. like firecrackers and everyone 11:20pm on Wednesday before from August 2008 to March 2013 “He went in there to save just dropped down to the floor.” killing himself, they said. and was a machine gunner. He people and made the ultimate President Donald Trump “They ran out of the back attained the rank of corporal and sacrifice,” Dean said. Helus and tweeted that he had “been fully doors, they broke windows. They saw combat while deployed in a highway patrol officer briefed on the terrible shooting,” went through windows. They hid Afghanistan from November exchanged gunfire with Long, he the latest chapter in America’s epi- Member of the California State Assembly Jacqui Irwin and Ventura up in the attic, they hid in the 2010 to June 2011. Long was said, and the sergeant was shot demic of gun violence that came County Sheriff Sgt. Eric Buschow comfort each other during a news bathroom,” Ventura County found dead in an office at the “several times”. just 10 days after a gunman killed Sheriff Geoff Dean said. Dean club by police and is believed to Around 15 people were also conference after a mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, California. 11 worshippers in Pittsburgh. identified the suspect as Ian have shot himself, Dean said. injured, the sheriff said, including Trump ordered the US flag David Long, a Marine Corps Authorities so far had no several who were hurt “jumping 20-year-old college student, said “When (he) started to reload, at the White House and other veteran and resident of indication of a motive, or of any out of windows, diving under the shooter apparently had a that’s when we got people out of government buildings to be Thousand Oaks, an upscale city connection to terrorism. tables”. Matt Wennerstron, a 10-15 round magazine on his gun. there and I didn’t look back,” flown at half-staff. Fears for Russia probe as Jeff Sessions fired Trump to snub Macron’s

AFP ‘Peace Forum’ on As acting attorney general, in Tuesday’s midterm. Whitaker now has the power to Thanking Sessions for his WASHINGTON: President wrest oversight away from Rosen- service, Romney said that it was Armistice weekend AFP Donald Trump fired Attorney- stein and take charge himself. “imperative that the important While the two leaders General Jeff Sessions (pictured), Democratic Senate Minority work of the Justice Department struck up a warm relationship naming a loyalist to replace Leader Chuck Schumer imme- continues, and that the Mueller PARIS: US President Donald initially, particularly during him in a move that raises ques- diately called on Whitaker to investigation proceeds to its con- Trump is set to snub a peace Trump’s first visit to Paris as tions over the future of the recuse himself from the probe clusion unimpeded”. conference organised by French president in July 2017, their ties Russia investigation. immediate alarm bells: Whitaker as his predecessor had, “given Whitaker himself meanwhile President Emmanuel Macron have cooled recently amid a The axing capped more than has been overtly critical of the his previous comments advo- offered little clue about his this weekend as part of World growing list of disagreements, a year of bitter criticism by the broad scope granted to Mueller’s cating defunding and imposing intentions in a bland statement War I commemorations in diplomats say. Trump and president over his legal advisor’s team to probe beyond allega- limitations” on it. to reporters that praised his Paris, organisers said yesterday. Macron are to hold talks decision to recuse himself from tions that Trump’s campaign col- Senator Bernie Sanders, a former boss as a “dedicated Trump is due in the French tomorrow at the Elysee Palace, the probe into Moscow’s inter- luded with Russia in 2016, into former presidential hopeful, public servant” and said he capital along with around 70 the French president’s official ference in the 2016 election, other ties between Trump, his went further, tweeting that “any would work to leading a other leaders for a ceremony residence, French officials said. paving the way for the family and aides, and Russia -- attempt by the president or the department that conformed to on the Champs-Elysees on Macron, a pro-EU centrist appointment of Special Counsel an investigation the president Justice Department to interfere the “highest ethical standards.” Sunday morning to mark the elected last year, has used the Robert Mueller. In announcing calls a “witch hunt”. with Mueller’s probe would be Sessions was the first cas- 100th anniversary of the end of WWI commemorations to issue the resignation in a tweet that In an op-ed in August last year an obstruction of justice and ualty of a cabinet shakeup that the war. a series of warnings about the thanked the former Alabama he publicly urged Deputy Attorney impeachable offense”. had been expected from Trump Many of the invitees, rise of nationalism across the senator “for his service” — General Rod Rosenstein — who They were joined in their following the midterm elections including Russian President world — embodied by Trump Trump right away named as oversees the probe — to “limit the demands by Republican Mitt where his Republican party lost Vladimir Putin, Turkey’s Recep — and has likened it to acting attorney general Sessions’ scope of his investigation to the Romney, a former presidential control of the House of Repre- Tayyip Erdogan and Germany’s “leprosy”. “I am struck by sim- chief of staff, Matthew Whitaker. four corners of the order candidate and frequent Trump sentatives but retained the Angela Merkel, are then ilarities between the times we The announcement set off appointing him special counsel.” critic who won a US Senate seat Senate. expected to attend the opening live in and those of between the of the inaugural Paris Peace two world wars,” he told a Forum, which Macron will host. French newspaper this month. Ending uncertainty about The 40-year-old hopes the No ‘plans’ for whether the US leader would three-day forum will become participate, chief organiser an annual gathering of political new US missiles Justin Vaisse confirmed yes- leaders and civil society groups in Europe terday that Trump did not plan to discuss democracy — along to attend. In an interview, the same lines as the Davos AFP Vaisse had played down the meeting in Switzerland, which importance of his presence and is devoted to economics. BRUSSELS: The US has “no said the Forum was part of It will be opened on Sunday plans” to deploy new missiles Macron’s efforts to organise a afternoon by Macron, who will to Europe, a senior official “fightback” against the threat then symbolically hand the floor said yesterday, despite of rising nationalism. to German leader Merkel and UN announcing it will pull out of “The aim of the forum is to Secretary General Antonio a landmark nuclear arms show that there are lots of forces Guterres who are set to deliver control treaty with Russia. in the international system — the opening addresses. Last month’s decision by states, NGOs, foundations, intel- “The Forum will send the President Donald Trump, to lectuals, companies — who message: This is not only about terminate US participation in believe we need a world of rules, commemorations. This is about the Intermediate-Range an open world and a multilateral learning the lessons of the past Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) world,” he said. “This world and preparing for the future,” sparked alarm from some needs to meet up and defend said former French ambassador European countries and itself,” he said. “It doesn’t matter Michel Duclos from the Paris- warnings from the Kremlin if those who don’t believe in mul- based Montaigne Institute of a new arms race. tilateralism aren’t there.” think-tank. Washington says Russia Macron has been an out- With its workshops and has been violating the treaty spoken critic of Trump’s roundtable discussions devoted since 2013 with a new missile Renovated ‘Charles de Gaulle’ “America First” policies and of to global governance, climate system and repeated attempts his decisions to pull out of inter- change or internet regulation, French Defence Minister Florence Parly stands next to a marine officer as she visits the aircraft to persuade Moscow to come national agreements such as the it is not hard to see why Trump, carrier “Charles de Gaulle”, on the occasion of the completion of its 18 month-long renovation in back into compliance have Paris climate accord, the Iran who has consistently attacked been met with silence or Toulon, south-eastern France, yesterday. nuclear deal and most recently international institutions, obfuscation. a nuclear arms treaty. decided to skip it. While Trump has signalled the US will pull out, officials said that as yet no legal steps have been taken to put the decision into effect and White House bars CNN reporter after verbal duel with Trump American officials are cur- AFP rently in Europe to consult notice,” said White House “President Trump believes “Secretary Sanders lied,” objects to the Trump Adminis- allies and try to reassure them. spokeswoman Sarah Sanders in a free press and expects and CNN said in a statement, saying tration’s decision to use US A senior administration WASHINGTON: The White hours later, referring to Acosta, welcomes tough questions of the press pass suspension was Secret Service security creden- official told reporters in House suspended the press pass who then tweeted that he had him and his Administration,” “done in retaliation for chal- tials as a tool to punish a reporter Brussels that Russian Pres- of a CNN reporter who sparred been denied White House entry. Sanders said. “We will, however, lenging questions.” Sanders with whom it has a difficult rela- ident Vladimir Putin’s alle- with Donald Trump at a news The heated exchange began never tolerate a reporter “provided fraudulent accusa- tionship,” the group said. gation that Washington is conference, during which the after Acosta clung to the micro- placing his hands on a young tions and cited an incident that “Revoking access to the stoking a new arms race was president branded him the phone and persisted with ques- woman just trying to do her job never happened,” the US cable White House complex is a unfounded, saying “there is “enemy of the people” tions about the president’s as a White House intern. This network said. reaction out of line to the pur- only one runner and that’s A visibly angry Trump called repeated and angry denunciation conduct is absolutely unac- “This unprecedented ported offense and is unac- Russia — they’ve been reporter Jim Acosta a “rude, ter- of a caravan of poor Central ceptable,” she said. decision is a threat to our ceptable.” In a later tweet, building these missiles for five rible person”, after the CNN White American migrants making their Acosta shot back at the accu- democracy and the country Sanders said the White House years as fast as they can”. House correspondent refused the way through Mexico to the US sation of misconduct, tweeting deserves better. Jim Acosta has stood by its decision. “We will “We have no plans to president’s orders to sit down and border. “this is a lie” — as his network our full support.” An association not tolerate the inappropriate deploy anything new to yield the microphone during the He asked Trump why he has and a number of Washington representing the Washington behavior clearly documented in Europe,” the official said, conference one day after the US characterized it as an invasion. journalists who had been at the press corps urged the White House this video,” she wrote. stressing that in particular midterm election. Trump said “that’s enough!” and press conference voiced support to immediately reverse “this weak It was the latest in a long there were no plans for new “The White House is sus- a White House intern tried in for him and denied the White and misguided action”. history of fiery run-ins between US nuclear weapons to come pending the hard pass of the vain to take the microphone House allegations that he “The White House Corre- the mercurial Republican leader to Europe. reporter involved until further from the CNN journalist. touched the intern. spondents’ Association strongly and Acosta. 12 AMERICAS / CLASSIFIEDS FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2018 US appeals court rules against Trump on DACA program

REUTERS The court ruling control of the House of Repre- represented another sentatives this week, but he NEW YORK: A US appeals court legal defeat for Trump would have to see how the in California ruled yesterday concerning DACA, Supreme Court rules on the issue. that President Donald Trump’s San Francisco-based US administration must continue a although he has won District Judge William Alsup program begun under former court victories on decided in January the gov- President Barack Obama that other parts of his ernment must continue protects hundreds of thousands tough immigration processing renewals of existing of immigrants who were DACA applications while liti- brought into the country illegally policies. gation over the legality of as children. Trump’s action is resolved. The The decision by the San courts. “And, upon review, we administration in February Francisco-based 9th US Circuit conclude that plaintiffs are likely unsuccessfully appealed Alsup’s Court of Appeals preserves the to succeed on their claim that ruling to the Supreme Court. Deferred Action for Childhood the rescission of DACA — at least The ruling stems from a Arrivals (DACA) program intro- as justified on this record — is lawsuit brought by the University duced in 2012 that has shielded arbitrary, capricious, or oth- of California, the states of Cali- from deportation a group of erwise not in accordance with fornia, Maine, Maryland and Min- immigrants dubbed “Dreamers” law,” Judge Kim McLane nesota and others challenging and has given them work permits, Wardlaw wrote. The ruling rep- Trump’s move to end DACA. though not a path to citizenship. resented another legal defeat for Trump’s move last year had Trump has taken a stern Trump concerning DACA, called for the program to begin stance against illegal immi- although he has won court vic- winding down this past March. gration. His administration tories on other parts of his tough Trump’s action sparked an outcry announced plans in September immigration policies. from immigration advocates, 2017 to phase out DACA, arguing On Monday, the adminis- business groups, colleges and that Obama exceeded his con- tration took the unusual step of some religious leaders. There are stitutional powers when he asking the US Supreme Court to about 11 million illegal immigrants bypassed Congress and created review the case, which stems in the United States, according to the program. DACA offers pro- from a federal judge’s January the Pew Research Center. tections to roughly 700,000 decision to block Trump from Lawsuits both challenging young adults, mostly Hispanics. ending DACA, even though the and supporting Trump’s decision The three-judge panel appeals court had yet to rule. to end DACA have been working rejected the administration’s Trump said on Wednesday their way through the courts, claim that the decision to end that he saw potential to work making it likely the issue will wind DACA was not reviewable by the with Democrats, who won up in front of the Supreme Court.

US ‘war on terror’ claims lives of 500,000: Study

AFP

WASHINGTON: About half a million people have died violently in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan due to the US “war on terror” that was launched following the September 11 attacks in 2001, according to a study released yesterday. The report by Brown Uni- Migrant caravan march versity’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs Honduran migrants heading in a caravan to the US, display a put the death toll at between football blanket with their national colours, at a shelter set up 480,000 and 507,000 people at the Sports City in the Mexican capital, as they begin to march — but said the actual number towards the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is likely higher. The new toll “is (UNHCR) headquarters in Mexico City yesterday. a more than 110,000 increase over the last count, issued just two years ago in August 2016,” Brown said. The death toll includes insurgents, local police and US top court Justice Ginsburg security forces, civilians and US and allied troops. The breaks three ribs in fall report’s author, Neta Crawford, said many of those REUTERS reported by US and local forces as militants may WASHINGTON: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a prominent liberal who actually have been civilians. at age 85 is the oldest US Supreme Court justice, was hospitalized The report states that yesterday after fracturing three ribs in a fall the night before at between 182,272 and her office at the court, a court spokeswoman said. 204,575 civilians have been Ginsburg, appointed in 1993 by Democratic former President killed in Iraq, 38,480 in Bill Clinton as only the second woman to serve on the high court, Afghanistan, and 23,372 in initially went home after the fall, but experienced discomfort over- Pakistan. Nearly 7,000 US night and went to George Washington University Hospital yes- troops have been killed in terday morning, court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said. Iraq and Afghanistan. Tests showed Ginsburg fractured three ribs on her left side The tally does not include and she was admitted for observation and treatment, Arberg added. all people who have died The court is not scheduled to hear its next arguments in cases until indirectly as a result of war, November 26. Ginsburg, who made her name as an advocate for including through a loss of women’s rights, is one of the court’s four liberals. infrastructure or disease.

At least 2.3 million fled Venezuela after crisis: UN

AFP country since its crisis escalated Data from national immi- three years ago, but he stressed gration authorities and other GENEVA: At least 2.3 million that many people leave through sources show that Latin people have fled Venezuela’s “irregular” routes, and “the real American and Caribbean coun- economic and political crisis figure could be higher”. tries host around 2.4 million since 2015, the UN said yesterday, That marks a jump of Venezuelan refugees and warning that host countries’ 400,000 people since the last migrants, according to the joint capacity to shelter them was now tally by the UNHCR on October statement from UNHCR and the “severely strained”. 1, although Spindler stressed International Organization for The UN agencies for ref- that some of the change could Migration. ugees and migration said that reflect data adjustments. “Countries in Latin America more than three million Vene- Spindler said surveys of and the Caribbean have largely zuelans now live abroad. exiled Venezuelans indicated maintained a commendable “Most of these people have that the exodus was prompted open-door policy to refugees left since 2015,” UN refugee by a variety of reasons linked to and migrants from Venezuela,” agency spokesman William their country’s economic collapse, Eduardo Stein, UNHCR-IOM Spindler said. He said “at least including insecurity and violence Joint Special Representative for 2.3 million Venezuelan refugees as well as chronic shortages of Refugees and Migrants from and migrants” had left the food and medicines. Venezuela, said. FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2018 CLASSIFIEDS 13

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REUTERS King, who called for a refer- think the most realistic route to campaign group “Leave Means LONDON: A group of British endum - known by campaigners another referendum is that par- Leave,” said of the call for a business chiefs called yesterday as a “People’s Vote” - on May’s liament votes down May’s deal second referendum. for a referendum on whether to Business leaders final deal. and the opposition Labour Party “Business leaders whingeing leave the European Union on the “This time around it is a fails to trigger a general election. about uncertainty are same terms that Prime Minister including Michael choice between the best Brexit According to that scenario, people calling for a second vote Theresa May hopes to negotiate Rake, chairman of the prime minister has been able parliament would call another which would take a year, make or to stay in the world’s biggest Worldpay, Justin to negotiate and a different referendum and Britain’s EU exit us look ridiculous as a nation trading bloc. King, former CEO decision,” King said. “The dem- process would have to be placed and thus add hugely to even Less than five months before ocratic deficit is that we haven’t on hold. more global uncertainty,” Tice Britain is due to leave the EU on of Sainsbury’s, and actually had a vote what this is Supporters of Brexit say that said. March 29, a deal is 95 percent Karan Bilimoria, the about.” In the June 2016 refer- thwarting it would thrust the According to a survey of done but officials have founder of Cobra endum, 17.4 million voters, or United Kingdom into a major 20,000 voters this week, Britain repeatedly cautioned they are Beer, called for a (pictured), former CEO of 51.9 percent, backed leaving the constitutional crisis and further would now vote to stay in the still haggling over the fate of the Sainsbury’s, and Karan Bili- EU while 16.1 million, or 48.1 undermine confidence in the European Union as more young land border between British- vote. moria, the founder of Cobra percent, backed staying. May political elite. people and those who did not ruled Northern Ireland and EU Beer, called for a vote. has repeatedly said that there “This is unique irony,” bother to vote in the shock 2016 member Ireland. Michael Rake, chairman of “A bad Brexit or a disastrous will be no second referendum. Richard Tice, a Brexit cam- referendum would now vote Business leaders including Worldpay, Justin King Brexit - take your choice,” said People’s Vote campaigners paigner who is co-chairman of against Brexit.

QSE index closes at 10,368.17 points THE PENINSULA Consumer Goods and Services the total trading value. Barwa DOHA: Qatar Stock Exchange’s sector, which accounted for 79.10 Real Estate accounting for 8.99 (QSE) benchmark index gained percent. percent. The Industries Qatar 87.21 points, or 0.85 percent, last The Banking and Financial accounting for 7.99 percent, week when the bourse closed Services sector led trading reports QNA. yesterday at 10,368.17 points. volume during last week with When compared on daily Trading value during last 32.58 percent of the total trading basis, the QSE index gained week increased by 11.26 percent volume. Real Estate sector, which 115.67 points, or 1.13 percent, yes- to reach QR1.10bn compared to accounted for 26.49 percent. The terday compared to Wednesday’s QR994.14m. Industrials sector accounted for closing. Trading volume increased by 13.90 percent, and finally fol- The volume of shares traded 14.06 percent to reach 29.17 lowed by Telecoms sector, which increased to 5,909,884 from million shares, as against 25.58 accounted for 49.12.percent. 4,966,856 on Wednesday and the million shares, while the number The Banking and Financial value of shares increased to of transactions rose by 30.84 Services sector led trading QR259.23m from QR173.31m on percent, to reach 19,972 trans- number of transactions last week Wednesday. actions as compared to 15,264 with 33.52 percent of the total From the 47 companies listed transactions. number of transactions. Real on QSE, shares of 46 saw trading Market cap rose by 0.51 Estate sector accounted for 17.42 yesterday. From these, 27 com- percent to reach QR581.45bn as percent. The Industrials sector panies gained, 122 closed lower compared to QR578.52bn at the accounted for 17.28 percent, and and remained seven companies end of previous week. Telecoms sector, which unchanged. The Banking and Financial accounted for 11.89 percent. Indices of all sector ended in France boosts auto industry Services sector led trading value Out of the 45 listed com- green zone today. QSE Total during last week 44.3 percent of panies 20 ended last week Return Index increased 1.13 French President Emmanuel Macron (left) speaks to workers next to Carlos Ghosn, CEO of the total trading value. Indus- higher, while 24 fell and 1 percent to 18,267.56 points and French car maker Renault, and French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire during a visit the trials sector accounted for 16.10 company remained unchanged. QSE Al Rayan Islamic Index Renault Maubeuge Construction Automobile factory in Maubeuge, France, yesterday. percent. The Real Estate sector The QNB led trading value gained 0.74 percent to 3,929.28 accounted for 13.99 percent, and last week with 21.37 percent of points. China’s exports hold up despite US tariffs Oil prices rise after

AFP record Chinese imports month when Trump meets September. October marked the the extra tariff costs on Chinese BEIJING: China’s exports to the Chinese President Xi Jinping at first full month of US tariffs on products. REUTERS United States and the rest of the the G20 summit in Argentina. $200bn of Chinese goods -- but Analysts are not optimistic cents to $72.78 a barrel by 1007 world saw a surprise jump in Still, in October exporters the tax rate is set to jump from the upcoming meeting between LONDON: Oil rose yesterday, GMT, while US crude futures October, data showed yesterday, continued to hurry goods across 10 percent to 25 percent come the two heads of state will recovering modestly from this gained 55 cents to $62.22. suggesting businesses are the Pacific, with China’s exports January. resolve the friction. week’s three-week lows, after “Crude oil prices are being ramping up trans-Pacific ship- to the US surging 13.2 percent Trump has repeatedly “We do not expect the record Chinese crude imports supported by a jump in October ments before higher tariffs kick from the same period last year, boasted the US could not lose a sideline meeting of Xi and soothed some concern that Chinese crude oil imports... thirst in. according to the data released trade war with China, but Bei- Trump during the G20 would demand in the world’s largest for the black stuff has increased Relations between the by China’s customs jing’s retaliatory tariffs on be positive,” said Iris Pang of commodity buyer may be amongst domestic teapot world’s top two economies have administration. American goods have been ING Bank. flagging just as global supply is refiners,” PVM Oil Associates soured sharply this year as US “October’s surprisingly more damaging to trade so far. “We just hope that the rising. strategist Tamas Varga said. President Donald Trump strong export performance China’s imports from the US meeting won’t create further Record US crude production China’s crude imports rose slapped higher taxes on roughly seems to have been partly due fell 1.8 percent in October damage to the trade rela- and signals from Iraq, Abu Dhabi 32 percent in October compared half of Chinese imports and to a continuous front-loading on-year, while its surplus with tionship,” Pang told Bloomberg and Indonesia that output will with a year earlier to 9.61 million threatened to hit the other half. effect and is unlikely to be a the US expanded to $258bn for News. grow more quickly than barrels per day (bpd), customs Top Chinese officials are long-term trend,” said Betty the first 10 months of the year. - Global trade - China’s expected in 2019 pushed the data showed yesterday. currently in Washington, with Wang, China economist at ANZ. A weakening yuan, which overall trade -- what it buys and price of Brent oil to its lowest “Crude oil imports rose... as hopes that those talks could China’s trade surplus with has slipped about nine percent sells with all countries including since mid-August earlier in the uncertainty around tariffs on US pave the way for a break- the US fell to $31.8bn in October, against the dollar from its the US -- logged a $34bn week. imports and sanctions on Iran through on trade later this from a record $34.1bn in January high, has helped offset surplus for the month. Brent crude futures rose 71 eased,” ANZ bank said. FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2018 BUSINESS 15 Japan’s Fuji Oil may sign new MarketWatch

contract for Iranian imports QSE FTSE100 DOW BRENT REUTERS 9,224.74 7,681.07 25,316.53 $65.74 give the exact volume processed United States granted exemp- at the firm’s sole refinery, but tions to Iran’s biggest oil clients -17.56 PTS -23.33 PTS +75.12 PTS -0.21 TOKYO: Japanese refiner Fuji one official said it ran at full - Japan, China, India, South 0.19% 0.30% 0.30% Dow & Brent before going to press Oil Co is considering whether to capacity during the six months. Korea, Taiwan, Italy, Greece and sign a new contract for Iranian However, the share accounted Turkey - which allow them to crude imports after Japan for by Iranian oil was down from import at least some oil for mid-September. received a waiver from US sanc- 36 percent in the business year another 180 days. The country imported about Siemens CEO cites tions on Tehran, its top executive that ended on March 31. Shibota said that the Jap- 172,000 bpd of Iranian crude in said yesterday, adding that “We bought during the first anese government had not given 2017, down 24.2 percent from Iranian oil is competitively six months (of the business year) it any information on the 2016, and accounting for 5.3 ‘unusual forces’ at play priced against rival grades. but we were scheduled to buy volumes of imports that would percent of total crude imports, The company is one of the throughout the year, so we have be allowed, adding that it would trade ministry data showed. for Iraqi mega order heaviest users of Iranian oil in suspended it,” Shibota said like to retain diverse options for Meanwhile, Cosmo Energy BLOOMBERG Japan, with Iranian crude during the company’s six-month oil purchases even beyond the Holdings has been notified by accounting for roughly 30 earnings announcements. 180-day exception. the government about the MUNICH: After an early charm percent of the oil processed at “We are considering Fuji Oil has previously waiver and will consider offensive toward President its 143,000 barrels per day (bpd) whether to resume (purchases) bought all Iranian crude via term whether to resume imports of Donald Trump, Siemens AG Sodegaura refinery between by taking into account the cost contracts, a second company Iranian oil, Senior Executive Chief Executive Officer Joe April and September, its pres- and grade quality. It is dnot clear official said. Officer Yasuhiro Suzuki told Kaeser (pictured) is now taking ident, Atsuo Shibota (pictured), whether we would go with the Japan joined South Korea in reporters yesterday during the a swipe. told reporters. original contract or buy via a temporarily halting Iranian oil six-month earnings The head of Europe’s Company officials did not separate arrangement.” The loading around announcement. biggest engineering company yesterday turned critical of the administration’s “America First” policy, saying apparent political pressure on Iraq to choose tone yesterday highlights the Walmart narrows price gap with Amazon General Electric Co for a $15bn pressure for both GE and power plant order is skewing Siemens to secure a crucial deal competition. Siemens is also that would go a long way to BLOOMBERG in a similar study the firm con- really not great for suppliers. I the category were less than Ama- vying for the contract, and had prop up either company’s ailing ducted in the third quarter of think they’re both trying to zon’s, albeit by a fraction of a signaled optimism to clinch the power-generation businesses. SEATTLE: Walmart Inc is 2017. deliver the value their customers percent. Walmart has increased deal. The operations at both GE narrowing the online price gap The report highlights the expect and still have an econom- its baby products, including “We have noticed that there and Siemens face a protracted with low-cost leader Amazon. intensifying price competition ically viable model.” adding a new version of its diaper have been unusual forces” at industry slump. The German com Inc. and is beating the between the two retail giants. Overall, Amazon prices were brand, over the past year to lure play, he said in an interview company yesterday reported its world’s biggest e-commerce Walmart, the world’s biggest an average of 13 percent less young parents who otherwise with Bloomberg TV. The prac- power and gas unit swung to a company on prices for baby retailer, is trying to blunt Ama- expensive than other major shop at Target or Amazon, which tices are “obviously affecting loss after it set aside severance products, according to a new zon’s growth by offering more online retailers, according to the also has its own diaper and wipes the level playing field.” payments for thousands of job study. products online with fast study, which compared Amazon’s brands. Price is the most common Kaeser’s criticism contrasts cuts. Siemens and the US Online prices for almost delivery options. Amazon prices for 100,000 products to reason cited by US parents when with his effort to curry favor administration have each 50,000 exactly-matched ramped up the pressure with last the same products offered at switching diaper brands, with Trump in the earlier days claimed to have a leg up in the products were an average of 2.3 year’s acquisition of Whole various retailers including according to research firm of his administration. In fight, with Kaeser having met percent more expensive at Foods Market to enter the brick- Walmart, Target Corp., Home Nielsen Co. January, the CEO sat next to the with Iraqi Prime Minister Walmart than Amazon in a and-mortar grocery business Depot Inc and Best Buy Co. Target “Strategically, baby is an president at a meeting with Haider Al-Abadi in Baghdad in three-month period ending in dominated by Walmart. prices for about 20,000 products important category,” Anderson executives at the Davos World September. Two US officials June, according to price analytics “They’re in a race to the were 11.9 percent more expensive said. “It’s one of the milestones Economic Forum, laying out then said intervention by the firm Profitero, which released a bottom,” said Keith Anderson, than Amazon. in your life when you’re most Siemens’s many contributions Trump administration success- new report yesterday. That’s vice president of strategy and Walmart’s investments in receptive to new retailers and to the US economy and infra- fully quashed a Siemens deal narrower than the 3 percent insights at Profitero. “It’s not baby products appear to be brands and it’s also a moment of structure and exchanging and persuaded Baghdad to price difference between them great for the retailers, but it’s paying off. Walmart’s prices in increased consumption.” pleasantries. The more critical choose GE. BREAK TIME

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PAGE | 18 PAGE | 19 Virat Kohli draws NBA: James, Lakers flak for ‘leave hold off Wolves in India’ remark home thriller Home hero Bassem, Epaillard share podium as final LGCT round kicks off

RIZWAN REHMAT Bassem Hassan Mohammed’s Qatar’s Bassem Hassan Mohammed guides THE PENINSULA Argelith Squid over an obstacle during international show jumping the Doha 2018 CSI5* 1.45m event in the career began at the Doha DOHA: Qatar’s show jumping star opening day of the LGCT final round at Al Olympic Qualifiers in 2011. Bassem Hassan Mohammed yesterday Shaqab Arena yesterday. Since then, Bassem has made a produced a flawless routine with Argelith Squid to share honours with number of key appearances on Frenchman Julien Epaillard in the the Qatari Nations Cup team. opening event of the LGCT final round His first international win came at Al Shaqab Arena. in Chantilly and Valkenswaard Bassem, who enthralled home fans in 2012 with Levicci. In 2014, last year with his spectacular Grand Prix win at the same venue, yesterday he was part of the Asian Games clocked a time of 24.85 seconds, a Gold medal winning Qatari time shared by Epaillard who was team. astride Safari d Auge. The star Qatari rider, 31, was thrilled to share the stage with Bassem qualified for his first FEI Epaillard. World Cup Final with Rosalia “It’s very nice to start the weekend La Silla in 2013. He put in a with the win,” Bassem said yesterday fantastic performance in the with a smile. 2014 LGCT Antwerp Grand Prix “I know Julien is fast and I saw him before I went in. I tried my best with a new horse Primeval and ended up with the win. It feels Dejavu, finishing 4th. Later good to start in this fashion,” he in the season, he became the added. first Qatari ever to win an Both riders won €6,625 each. LGCT Grand Prix when he rode GK Casper, who had Bertram Allen in the saddle, sealed the third spot in Victoria to victory in Monaco. the 145cm competition. GK Casper clocked a time of 25.16 seconds in the two-phased competition as Allen got richer by €3,750. London Knights impress Norway’s Geir Gulliksen (VDL Groep Quatro, 25.45 seconds, €2,500) and Dutchman Maikel van der Vleuten (Arera C, 25.70 seconds, €1,500) com- ahead of Team Finals pleted the top-five out of 51 entries. With riders eager to grab honours GLOBAL CHAMPIONS TOUR course including some substantial overs in the opening contest of the three- and several tall and delicate verticals. day spectacle, Gerco Schroder of the DOHA: London Knights threw down the First in were the Prague Lions lying Netherlands got the first ride with gauntlet to their closest rivals yesterday, in 10th place on the overall ranking. But Glock’s Cognac Champblanc who pro- executing powerful double clears in the it was a hugely unexpected disap- duced a clear round. opening round of the high pressure finals pointment for Peder Fredricson and British star Ben Maher (Madame of the 2018 GCL Team Championship. Hansson WL, one of the top performing X) secured the sixth best time. Nerves were clearly on edge in the horses in the GCL season. They finished Dutch rider Marc Houtzager, high stakes competition ahead of tomor- on 8 faults and team mate Niels Bruyn- astride Sterrehof’s Baccarat, secured row’s showdown to decide which teams seels and Delux van T & L clocked up 5 the early lead with a top time of 30.33 go to the GCL Super Cup at the new GC putting them on a total of 13. seconds but he got beaten by Maher Playoffs with over €10m in prize money. Chantilly Pegasus are on the edge of and two other riders. Qatar’s Bassem Hassan Mohammed (right) and France’s Julien Epaillard pose Calculations were rife as GCL team the relegation zone and every point was Last year, Bassem astride Gunder, for photographs after the opening event of the LGCT final round at Al Shaqab riders, managers and owners worked out crucial. Roger-Yves Bost had 9 faults on produced a spectacular ride in the Arena in Doha yesterday. where they needed to finish to achieve Castleforbes Talitha, but team mate nine-strong jump off to win the final the best possible shot at the Play-offs Carlos Lopez on Hooligan de Laubry LGCT Grand Prix of the season - a full tomorrow. The top teams had their sights pulled off a much-needed clear round two seconds ahead of Janika Sprunger LONGINES GLOBAL CHAMPIONS TOUR (FINAL ROUND): RESULTS - DAY 1 on finishing in the top four of the overall with one time penalty for a total of 10. (SUI) on Bacardi VDL and Peder Fre- ranking ensuring they are fast-tracked to Paris Panthers, in 14th place on the dricson (SWE) on H&M Christian K. CLASS 01: DOHA 2018 CSI5* 1.45 M the semi finals of the Playoffs avoiding the overall ranking, benefitted from a superb Two Phases: A + A, Both Phases Against the Clock Action at Al Shaqab today will quarter final stage. Only 16 out of 19 teams clear round from Gregory Wathelet on RK Rider/Horse 1st Phase 2nd Phase Time Prize commence at 9:00am with young 1 Julien Epaillard / Safari d Auge 0.00 0.00 24.85 €6,625 go to the Playoffs and there was a des- Qualido 3 followed by Yuri’s Mansur on home riders competing in the first 1 Bassem Hassan Mohammed / Argelith Squid 0.00 0.00 24.85 €6,625 perate battle to avoid the relegation zone. four faults. It was to be a disappointing contest of round three of the Hathab 3 Bertram Allen / GK Casper 0.00 0.00 25.16 €3,750 The Knights’ formidable duo of Ben outing for Athina Onassis of St Tropez Series (Against the clock No Jump Off 4 Geir Gulliksen / VDL Groep Quatro 0.00 0.00 25.45 €2,500 Maher and Nicola Philippaerts stayed Pirates after her talented ride MHS Going 1.00/1.15m). The second competition 5 Maikel van der Vleuten / Arera C 0.00 0.00 25.70 €1,500 cool and ended on a clean score sheet in Global put in a dramatic refusal leaving (1.20/1.30m) will start at 2:00pm. 6 Ben Maher / Madame X 0.00 0.00 26.22 €1,125 the fastest combined time to put them her on 15 faults and team mate Edwina The two CSI5* competitions on day 7 Christian Kukuk / Colestus 0.00 0.00 26.70 €750 into pole position for Saturday’s major Tops-Alexander on 5 faults. But their two of LGCT final round start at 8 Michael Whitaker / Valmy de la Lande 0.00 0.00 26.80 €625 contest. They have been leading the current 8th position in the ranking 4:30pm and at 6:30pm respectively. 9 Eric van der Vleuten / Wunschkind 19 0.00 0.00 27.13 €500 season ranking consistently and are cur- ensures qualification for the Playoffs. 10 Nicola Philippaerts / J'Adore van het Schaeck 0.00 0.00 27.93 €500 rently 23 points ahead of Valkenswaard Cascais Charms and Hamburg Giants A star in the making. A young kid United. suffered heavy scoring rounds leaving rides a horse on the sidelines of CLASS 02: DOHA 2018 CSI5* 1.50/1.55M - GCL COMPETITION 1ST ROUND Rome Gladiators were the only other them in perilous positions at the bottom the LGCT final round yesterday. Table A: Against the Clock team to achieve double clears with no of the ranking. It was not a happy result RK Rider/Horse Round A Time Prize time penalties in Doha thanks to high for Valkenswaard United, although 1 Ludger Beerbaum / Chiara 0.00 72.95 €19,800 calibre performances from Laura Kraut second in the overall ranking, Zorzi on 2 Danielle Goldstein / Lizziemary 0.00 73.24 €12,000 3 Ben Maher / Explosion W 0.00 73.36 €9,000 and Lorenzo de Luca putting them in Contanga 3 clipped the first part of the 4 Gregory Wathelet / Qualido 3 0.00 73.95 €6,000 second spot on the grid. GCL double combination in common 5 Julien Epaillard / Virtuose Champeix 0.00 74.91 €3,600 Fortunes rose and fell for the GCL with several other riders and Ehning on teams. Valkenswaard United’s Marcus Funky Fred had four faults at the tall ver- GCL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 1 Ehning and Alberto Zorzi suffered 4 faults tical near the end of the course. Rank Team/Riders Penalties Time each pushing them down the order. Ranking leaders London Knights 1 LONDON KNIGHTS Home city team Doha Fursan Qatar fin- faced down that pressure in emphatic Nicola Philippaerts/H&M Chilli Willi 0 79.60 ished third and Miami Celtics maintained style. Nicola Philippaerts and H&M Chilli Ben Maher/Explosion W 0 73.36 their form to come in fourth. Willi powered round the course with 0 152.96 The clock is now ticking and the perfect strides for a brilliant clear. And 2 ROME GLADIATORS teams have less than 48 hours to make Ben Maher and the acrobatic Explosion Lorenzo de Luca/Irenice Horta 0 77.81 strategic decisions on which riders and W sealed their lead on the day with a Laura Kraut/Zeremonie 0 76.74 horses they will field in the GCL Round masterful clear round. 0 154.55 2 tomorrow at 14:30 local time. The focus will now be on which 3 DOHA FURSAN QATAR Michael Whitaker/Strides Hilanasterne 1 80.48 The impressive Al Shaqab Arena in teams will change horses or riders ahead Bassem Mohammed/Gunder 0 79.63 Doha, was under floodlights and the vast of tomorrow’s showdown, the last chance 1 160.11 120m x 80m sand arena was set with for the teams to move up, or down, the Uliano Vezzani’s deceptively challenging overall rankings for 2018. FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2018 SPORT 17 QSL chief discusses Mourinho defends football ties with Juve taunts after top OPL official ‘fantastic victory’

THE PENINSULA REUTERS football in Qatar as well as the success model of QNB Stars DOHA: Qatar Stars League (QSL) League. TURIN: Manchester United CEO Hani Taleb Ballan yesterday Al Adwani gave a brief pres- boss Jose Mourinho (pictured received Oman Professional entation on the mechanism of below) defended his taunting If you understand League (OPL) Director Hisham work they carry out during the of Juventus supporters after his Italian you will know Al Adwani. season and related matters. side’s sensational late revival that I was insulted by Hani hoped further progress Al Adwani said, “It was my which saw them grab a 2-1 win them for 90 minutes. would be made in the co-oper- pleasure to visit Qatar and meet over the Italians and boost their ation between the QSL and OPL, with the QSL officials including chances of reaching the I didn’t offend that would serve the best directors of various departments, knockout stages of the Cham- anyone, I just made a Qatar Stars League (QSL) CEO Hani Taleb Ballan presenting a interests of both entities. especially Hani. I thank them for pions League. souvenir to Oman Professional League (OPL) Director Hisham Al gesture to tell them During the meeting, the two the warm welcome extended to Former United player Cris- officials discussed the possibility us. I have been closely watching Adwani during their meeting yesterday. tiano Ronaldo had given that I wanted to hear of exchanging expertise and the functioning of various Juventus a deserved lead in the them louder: Jose experience. Talks also dealt with departments. We, at the OPL, are QNB Stars League, which has a Qatar in all sectors, including second half but despite being Mourinho the development of football in trying to make maximum use of prominent place on the Asian sports. The Qatar Football Asso- outplayed for almost the the two brotherly countries and the experience and expertise we continent. “We are proud of the ciation and QSL deserve special entirety of the game, United the growth made by professional gather from the QSL as well as success achieved by the State of praise,” he added. struck back with a free kick appeared to send a thinly veiled from Juan Mata in the 86th message to English football’s minute and a scrappy own goal organising body. in stoppage time which UEFA “Do you understand Italian? credited to Leonardo Bonucci. Then maybe ask the FA to “If you understand Italian translate for you,” he said. Al Duhail crush Al Shahania you will know that I was Despite Juventus hitting the insulted by them for 90 woodwork twice and David de minutes. I didn’t offend anyone, Gea making a string of great I just made a gesture to tell saves, Mourinho said he was them that I wanted to hear pleased with his side’s per- as Al Sadd storm to big win them louder,” Mourinho told formance after the team had reporters after cupping his ear been outplayed and beaten to the home fans at the final 1-0 by Juve two weeks previ- THE PENINSULA whistle, prompting a cascade ously at Old Trafford. of howling whistles. “It is a fantastic victory for DOHA: Feared striker Yousef El “I probably shouldn’t have us, a victory that is not just Arabi fired a hat-trick as Al done it, and with a cool head I about the points we lost at Duhail beat Al Shahania 5-1 in wouldn’t have. But with my home. It is about the feeling Week 12 of the QNB Stars League family insulted, including my of how well we played,” he at the Al Duhail Stadium Inter Milan family, I reacted like said. yesterday. this.” Mourinho’s reaction came “And I think even if this In other matches yesterday, YESTERDAY’S RESULTS on the day that the Football game doesn’t end with victory Al Sadd crushed Al Kharaitiyat Al Duhail bt Al Shahania: 5-1 Association (FA) said it would I would have the same feeling, 7-1 after a brilliant hat-trick by appeal against a decision which that the team played really, Baghdad Bounedjah, while Al Sadd bt Al Kharaitiyat: 7-1 saw him escape punishment for really well from the first Dutch playmaker Wesley Sne- Al Gharafa bt Qatar SC: 2-0 an alleged foul-mouthed out- minute against -- I repeat -- ijder scored a brace to lead Al TODAY’S FIXTURES burst in Portuguese in front of a super team.” Gharafa to a 2-0 win over Qatar 5:10pm: Al Ahli vs Al Rayyan at television cameras following his The thrilling finale in Turin SC at Qatar SC Stadium. side’s 3-2 win over Newcastle is the latest in a series of epic At Al Duhail Stadium, El Al Ahli Stadium United last month. turnaround victories for Arabi scored two goals in the 5:10pm: Al Khor vs Al Arabi at An independent regulatory United, who beat Bourne- first half and another in the Al Khor Stadium commission had cleared mouth 2-1 with an added-time second as the defending cham- Mourinho of the charge on Oct. goal from Marcus Rashford on pions roared to their 10th win of 7:20pm: Umm Salal vs Al Sailiya 31 after consulting language Saturday and also rallied late the season and consolidated at Al Gharafa Stadium experts. to beat Newcastle in October. their top position in the WhenWhen qquizzeduizzed in a TheT h e comebackcom eback standings. post-matchp ost-match victory, thethe sort ofof El Arabi (24th, 41st and 67th Al Duhail’s Yousef El Arabi celebrates after scoring a goal against Al Shahania at Al Duhail Stadium interviewinterview withwith escapeescape act for which minutes) was well supported by yesterday. BBTT SportSport about they became Paulo Edmilson (46th) and Nam what had renownedrenowned underunder SirSir Tae-Hee (90+3) as The Red into the net for Al Duhail’s third drive in the 82nd minute for Al the 37th minute from close range ppromptedrompted his Alex Ferguson, sets Knights eased to victory. goal. El Arabi completed his hat- Kharaitiyat who have roped in with a left-footed drive. ggestureesture to tthehe UnitedUnited up nicenicelyly fforor The losers’ only goal came trick in the 67th minute when he former Al Sadd player Wisam Bounedjah scored his second Juventus fans and Sunday’sSunday’s local from Ramin Semeskandi in the found the net from close range. Rizq as coach. of the match and 18th of the animatedanimated con-con- derby against 87th minute when he converted In the 87th minute, Ramin Al Sadd kicked of the pro- season as Al Sadd raced to a 4-0 ffrontationrontation with PPremierremier LeagueLeague a long-range free-kick that Al put his name on the scorers’ list ceedings by sporting specially lead soon after resumption of some of theirtheir leadersleaders MancManchesterhester Duhail goalkeeper Khalifa Aboo- when his shot went through the designed jerseys that had pic- play in the second half. pplayerslayers after the City.City. backer failed to stop. hands of the Al Duhail keeper. tures of Qatar national team Qatar’s rising national team ggame,ame, Mourinho For his first goal, El Arabi Just before the final whistle, player and an Al Sadd club player Afif scored Al Sadd’s fifth flicked a low shot after a loopy Nam scored his seventh goal of stalwart Abdullah Obaid Juma goal in a 64th minute penalty ball that fell near him. The the season. who died three days ago. kick. Moroccan fired the shot with his At Al Sadd Stadium, Bounedjah yesterday scored Saad, in the 82nd minute, right foot as Al Duhail went 1-0 Bounedjah scored in the 17th, the first goal on a fumble by Al managed to drive a powerful up. 46th and 87th minutes as hosts Kharaitiyat keeper Ahmed shot into the Al Sadd net from Four minutes from the half- raced to a comfortable victory. Sofyan. Ismail slipped in a cross close range. In the dying minutes time whistle, El Arabi picked up The Algerian striker was well from the flank but instead of of the match, Bounedjah com- a cross and charged into the Al supported by Hamid Ismail (28), grabbing the ball keeper Sofyan pleted his hat-trick with a pow- Shahania box. Without wasting Abdulkareem Hassan (37), let it slip out. Nounedjah easily erful left-footed drive into the time, El Arabi fired one home as Akram Afif (64) and Ahmad fired home from close range. top of the net. Al Shahania protested for off- Sayyar (89) as the boys in white Ismail doubled Al Sadd’s lead Substitute Sayyar, after side. But the calls were dismissed looked in little bother on home with a neat strike in the 27th getting a cross from Afif, and goal was allowed. turf. minute. The home team saw curled one in for Al Sadd’s Soon after resumption, Mahmoud Saad reduced the Hassan complete the third goal seventh goal of the night in the Edmilson tapped an easy cross deficit with a left-footed low - his second of the season - in 89th minute. Aspire Zone hosts Canada’s women boxing team camp

THE PENINSULA destination for large numbers of we really do have everything we we’ve ever experienced together. international teams competing need,” he added. The facilities and infra- DOHA: Aspire Zone Foundation in a wide range of sports. Canadian national women’s structure are truly world-class. (AZF) welcomed Canada’s Assistant Coach Samir El team boxer Sabrina Aubin com- I’m sure our week here will national women’s boxing team Mais explained the objectives of mented: “From my point of view, provide us with a massive boost, in preparation for the Women’s the training camp at Aspire and training here in Qatar is the ideal and we’ve also received a fan- World Boxing Championship said: “We’ve travelled here from choice. We have all the elements tastically warm welcome from 2018, scheduled to begin on Canada to help acclimatise to the that we need to focus our our hosts.” November 15 in New Delhi, India. heat and adjust to different time attention on the upcoming tour- During their stay, the The travelling party was zones. This marks the final stage nament. Our presence in Doha Canadian national boxing team comprised of six female fighters of our preparations for the World will enable us to adapt to the dif- will benefit from an intensive and coaches who have travelled Championship and we’re very ferences in temperature and time programme that integrates to Doha to undertake a compre- impressed by the world-class zones so that when we are able strength training, traction hensive training programme, facilities and expertise that to fight with our best per- stretches, fight practice and with their sights set on a podium Aspire has to offer athletes.” formance. I’m confident that our cardio workouts in Aspire Park. finish at the Championships. “Training and preparation is time here this will give us the Hosting training camps for During the training camp – critical for any boxer ahead of a grounding and preparation we national teams is a key com- which runs until the November fight, to sharpen their skills and need to succeed.” ponent in fulfilling Aspire Zone 11 – the team will take full ensure maximum fitness. And Sara Haghighat-Joo, another Foundation’s vision, which is Canadian boxers have termed Qatar as an ideal choice for their advantage of the facilities and with a comprehensive, week- championship boxer also com- to be the Reference in Sports training camp ahead of this month’s Women’s World Boxing expertise on offer at AZF which long training programme mented: “Without doubt, this is Excellence World-wide by Championship in India. has become the preferred mapped out for us here at Aspire, the best training facility that 2020. 18 SPORT FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2018 Australia rest Kohli draws flak for ‘leave India’ remark Starc, Lyon

REUTERS for SA, India Why are you living in our Married to Bollywood formerer captain Rahul Dravid “I“I spoke about howhow “these country and loving other coun- actress Anushka Sharma, Kohli who waswas ffamousamous forfor hishis Indians” was mentionedmen NEW DELHI: Indian cricket tries? I don’t mind you not liking is the biggest name in Indian battingng technique and in the commentcomme and Twenty20s captain Virat Kohli (pictured) me but I don’t think you should cricket and his face is plastered his economyeconomy ooff that’s all. II’m all AFP was in the eye of a storm on live in our country... Get your on billboards across the cricket- words.ds. for freedomfreed of social media yesterday after he priorities right,” he added with obsessed country of 1.3 billion. “WhatWhat an choice.choice Keep suggested a local cricket fan a wry smile. 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Australian Open victory, foreign cars. to playay down be attacked.attacke summer featuring four Tests “I don’t think you should declaring the German as his Criticism came from India’s the episode.pisode. against India and two against live in India then,” Kohli, who favourite women’s tennis movie industry as well. “II guess Sri Lanka. has 27.1 million followers on player. “If you want to remain trollingng isn’t for In their absence, Marcus Twitter, said in a video posted “Virat Kohli’s statement is a #KingKohli it may be time to me guys,uys, I’ll stick Stoinis and Jason Behrendorff on his new app to sell exclusive reflection of the bubble that teach yourself to think ‘What to gettinggetting get a chance to impress after merchandise. most famous people either slip would Dravid say?’ before trolled,”led, ” being included in the 13-man “You should go and live into or are forced into,” com- speaking in future,” actor Sid- Kohlihli squad for a single T20 against somewhere else, you know. mentator Harsha Bhogle tweeted. dharth tweeted, referring to tweeted.ted. the Proteas and three against the Indians. “We know coming off the back of the tour to the UAE, a huge summer at home, and the World Cup and Ashes just around the corner that we Jennings ton puts have to get the balance right between playing our best T20 team and preparing for the upcoming Test series,” said Langer. SL on the ropes “While I know all four have a desire to be playing for Australia in every format, AFP SCOREBOARD 35 before being caught off Herath with a really tough Test series England first innings ...... 342 while Foakes belted out 37 before against India coming up, we GALLE: A Keaton Jennings Sri Lanka first innings ...... 203 falling to spinner Akila believe their best preparation century helped England put Sri England second innings Dananjaya. is to go back and get some Lanka on the ropes in the first Test R. Burns run out ...... 23 England made 342 in the first really good cricket under yesterday, setting the hosts a K. Jennings not out ...... 146 innings thanks to a century from their belts in the Sheffield daunting 462 to win at notoriously M. Ali c Herath b Perera ...... 3 Ben Foakes, filling in as wicket- Shield.” low-scoring Galle. J. Root c Dickwella b Herath ...... 3 keeper for the injured Jonny Aaron Finch’s Australia England declared at 322 for B. Stokes b Perera ...... 62 Bairstow. are desperate for form. They six on day three with Jennings 146 J. Buttler c Silva b Herath ...... 35 Sri Lanka were then bowled have lost 17 of their 19 one- not out after a patient innings that B. Foakes c Mendis b Dananjaya ...... 37 out for 203, leaving them 139 dayers and were thrashed 3-0 S. Curran not out ...... 0 saw him deal deftly with the home behind, falling to a spin attack led by Pakistan in a T20 series in Extras (b4, lb7, nb2) ...... 13 side’s spin attack. Total (6 wickets, 93 overs) ...... 322 by Ali who took four for 66. the United Arab Emirates last At the close of play, Sri Lanka Did not bat: A. Rashid, J. Leach, J. Anderson Jennings’s performance will month. were 15 without loss with Dimuth Bowling: Perera 30-3-94-2, Lakmal 9-2-30-0, Her- go some way to silencing his Left-armer Behrendorff Karunaratne on seven and ath 23-1-59-2, Dananjaya 18.5-2-87-1, de Silva 12.1- critics -- many of whom were returns after recurring back Kaushal Silva on eight after 2-41-0 calling for him to be dropped after injuries, with all-rounder hanging on for seven overs, with Fall of wickets 1-60 (Burns), 2-67 (Ali), 3-74 his poor home series against India Stoinis, who was overlooked a further 447 to make at a ground (Root), 4-181 (Stokes), 5-258 (Buttler), 6-319 this summer. for the Pakistan series, also where no team has successfully (Foakes) After stumps yesterday the back. chased more than 99. Sri Lanka second innings South Africa-born 26-year-old “Marcus is such a ver- In the morning session a F. Karunaratne not out ...... 7 conceded that the past half year satile player, he’s a powerful J. Silva not out ...... 8 somewhat shaky Rory Burns, had been “tough for me per- middle-order batsman and he Extras ...... 0 brought in to fill the huge shoes Total (0 wickets, 7 overs) ...... 15 sonally”, but that he relishes the provides us with another solid of the retired Alastair Cook, was Did not bat: B. Mendis, L. Chandimal, A.Mathews, N. pressure. bowling option,” said Langer. run out for 23. Dickwella, D. de Silva, M. Perera, R. Lakmal, A. Dan- “I enjoy it. I love the process “Jason Behrendorff has Moeen Ali, out first ball in the anjaya, H. Herath of being involved, I love the also earned a spot in the first innings, fared little better, Bowling: Curran 1-1-0-0, Anderson 1-0-4-0, Ali 2-0- process of feeling the heat, feeling squad after returning to full driving straight to Rangana Herath 7-0, Rashid 2-0-2-0, Leach 1-0-2-0 the pressure, and I suppose fitness. Tactically we believe at mid-on off Dilruwan Perera for waking up in the morning it’s important to have a good three. knowing you are on a knife edge,” left-arm swing bowler at our Herath, in his last game before Ben Stokes hit a brisk 62 off he said. disposal for the four retiring, then got England captain 93 balls that saw three sixes, “So it makes today that much matches.” Joe Root out for the second time including one back over Perera’s more special,” he said. in the match, caught behind for head and an almighty sweep high “I have only watched Keaton AUSTRALIA T20 SQUAD three. over midwicket off Dhananjaya Jennings live in two test matches But Jennings played cautiously de Silva to bring up the 300. and he has got a hundred in both Aaron Finch (capt), Alex Carey, Ashton and looked comfortable against But shortly before tea he I must be his lucky charm !!!,” Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Coul- spin against Perera and the other became Perera’s second scalp, a former England great Allan Lamb ter-Nile, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Ben spinners. 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His behaviour amounted to has been deemed illegalegal bbyy the to do “Hafeez’s“Hafeez’s actionac the 3-0 loss in the preceding a violation of Article 2.8 of the ICC Code International Cricketet CounciCouncill battingb atting hashas no pproblemroblem and Taylor’s action was Twenty20 series due to the of Conduct for Players and Player Support several times in recentcent yyears.ears. andand (Taylor)(Taylor) was tryingtryin to not correct. It’s not birth of his child. Personnel, the governing body said. Sarfraz had a heatedheated createcreate an issueis his job to give (the) “I think the new ball is a “After the match, Anderson admitted exchange with Taylorlor andand withoutwithout a reason.”reas key part of the game and we the offence and accepted the sanction the on-field umpireses as HafeezHaf action which was know what early wickets can proposed by match referee Andy Pycroft,” New Zealand, fired byby was sus-s shown on TV. It was do to chasing totals. it added after slapping Anderson with his a hat-trick by penpendedd disgraceful, for me: “The hat-trick ball I was second demerit point. returning pacemann ffromr o Pakistan captain just trying to make him play Four demerit points within a two- Trent Boult, won bowlingbow and to slide one onto the pads year period incurs a one-Test ban. the series-opener twtwicei in Sarfraz Ahmed is a great feeling.” FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2018 SPORT 19 IOC President has Mayweather says ‘never ‘serious concerns’ agreed’ for Japan fight about AIBA AP REUTERS Floyd Mayweather Jr. ROME: The election of an Uzbek businessman TOKYO: Floyd Mayweather said on accused of ties to organised crime as President of Wednesday he never agreed to AIBA isn’t the IOC’s only problem with the amateur come out of retirement to fight a I want to sincerely boxing association. Japanese kickboxer on New Year’s apologise to my fans Gafur Rakhimov, who is on a US Treasury Eve and was blindsided when the for the very misleading Department sanctions list for alleged links to inter- event was announced this week at information that was national heroin trafficking, was elected Saturday a news conference he attended in announced during this as head of AIBA. The sanctions bar US citizens and Tokyo. companies from doing business with him. He has Mayweather said on his press conference and denied wrongdoing. Instagram account that he only I can assure you that “First of all, the issue with AIBA is not only about agreed to a three-round exhibition I too was completely the election of the one person to president,” Inter- in front of a small group of wealthy blindsided by the national Olympic president Thomas Bach said yes- spectators for a very large fee with terday. “We have expressed serious concerns for no intention of it being represented arrangements that were over a year with regard to the overall governance as an official fight card or televised being made without my of the AIBA, with regard to their anti-doping worldwide. consent nor approval: program, with regard to their finances.” “Once I arrived to the press con- Mayweather Bach, who was in Rome for meetings, added ference, my team and I were com- that the IOC has asked AIBA to provide a report pletely derailed by the new direction containing its view “and what they think that they this event was going and we should the news conference by combating “I am a retired boxer that earns introduced as Tenshin Nasukawa -- have done to address these issues.” have put a stop to it immediately,” what was said for the sake of what an unprecedented amount of money, a 20-year-old who competes in both The IOC has yet to confirm boxing is on the wrote Mayweather. he described as several fans and globally, for appearances, speaking MMA and kickboxing and has won program for the 2020 Tokyo Games and has “I want to sincerely apologise to attendees that flew in from all parts engagements and occasional small all four of his cage fights. threatened to host an Olympic boxing tournament my fans for the very misleading of the world to attend the event. exhibitions,” wrote Mayweather. “I want it to be clear that I, Floyd without AIBA, cutting off the financially troubled information that was announced The man known as “Money” At the news conference, it was Mayweather, never agreed to an federation from a key funding source. during this press conference and I Mayweather, who retired in 2017 announced Mayweather would top official bout with Tenshin Nas- The IOC will take up the AIBA case at a board can assure you that I too was com- with a 50-0 record over an unpar- the bill at Japanese mixed martial ukawa,” wrote Mayweather. “In fact meeting in Tokyo next month. pletely blindsided by the arrange- alleled boxing career during which arts promotion Rizin Fighting Fed- (with all due respect) I have never “We don’t want athletes to be punished for mis- ments that were being made without he won world titles in five different eration’s next card on Dec. 31 against heard of him until this recent trip to behavior of officials or organisations,” Bach said. my consent nor approval.” weight classes, also said he has no a Japanese kickboxer with the rules Japan.” “Whatever decision will be made we will make our Mayweather, 41, said he was plans to put his unblemished mark yet to be determined. Rizin did not immediately reply best effort to give the boxers an opportunity to con- hesitant to create a disturbance at on the line. Mayweather’s opponent was when asked for comment. tinue their Olympic dream.”

LeBron James (left) New Zealand Nats star Harper of the Los Angeles All Blacks Lakers drives to centre Sonny rejected $300m the basket past Bill Williams Jimmy Butler #23 offer: Reports of the Minnesota Timberwolves at Staples Center in Los AFP Angeles, California on Wednesday. WASHINGTON: Washington slugger Bryce Harper rejected a 10-year, $300m offer by the Nationals in late September, foregoing one of the richest deals in baseball history to test the free agent market, US media reported. The Washington Post and USA Today cited unnamed sources in reporting that the offer was made in September, USA Today saying that the offer officially expired last week when the Nationals lost their exclusive nego- All Blacks retain tiating rights with the star right fielder. Washington’s offer would have been the biggest free agent deal by total Sonny to face money paid in the history of the four major American sports leagues according to the Post -- although there England test has been speculation that agent Scott Boras believes the 26-year-old AP superstar could command $400m on the free agent market. While Harper is now free to talk to LONDON: New Zealand All Blacks selectors have other teams, he has spent his entire resisted pressure to drop out-of-form centre Sonny career with the Nationals and could yet Bill Williams from the starting line-up for tomor- remain in Washington. row’s test against England. Williams was retained for Twickenham test and will combine in midfield with rising star Jack MLB All-Stars beat Goodhue, who returns after a bout of glandular fever. NBA: James, Lakers hold Damian McKenzie has also been retained at Giants ahead of fullback as New Zealand pursues the mainly the- exhibition series oretical use of two playmakers in its starting XV. off Wolves in home thriller Ardie Savea will again start at flanker in place of the injured Sam Cane and Karl Tu’inukuafe will AP play at loosehead prop in place of Joe Moody, who AGENCIES NBA RESULTS Tyson Chandler made his will miss the remainder of the season after sus- TOKYO: JT Realmuto and Amed Indiana 94 Philadelphia 100 Lakers debut in the first quarter taining an eye injury. Rosario drove in two runs each to lead LOS ANGELES: LeBron James LA Lakers 114 Minnesota 110 and scored his first basket with his Williams is the most contentious selection. His the MLB All-Stars over the Yomiuri scored 24 points, and Kyle Kuzma Atlanta 107 New York 112 new team when he tipped in a 2018 season has been affected by injuries but he Giants 9-6 yesterday in a warm-up and Josh Hart had 21 apiece as the Rajon Rondo miss with 5:11 has also been inconsistent in All Blacks’ backplay, Miami 95 San Antonio 88 game ahead of their six-game exhi- Los Angeles Lakers held on in a remaining in the second quarter. lacking the pace or the handling skills of the Sacramento 105 Toronto 114 bition series against Japan’s national back-and-forth affair on He finished with two points and remainder of the New Zealand backline. team. Wednesday to earn a 114-110 Utah 117 Dallas 102 six rebounds in 27 minutes. Williams also was responsible for some Juan Soto hit a double off the roof victory over the visiting Minnesota Memphis 89 Denver 87 Chandler’s contract was defensive lapses against Australia when the teams of Tokyo Dome in the third inning that Timberwolves. New Orleans 107 Chicago 98 bought out by the Phoenix Suns on met at Yokohama, Japan, two weeks ago, but held

scored Yadier Molina from second to James added 10 rebounds and Cleveland 86 Oklahoma City 95 Sunday, and he signed with the onto his spot in favor of Ryan Crotty against give the MLB team a 4-0 lead. nine assists, just missing out on his Orlando 96 Detroit 103 Lakers on Tuesday. England. Realmuto then doubled in a run second triple-double as a member Three days after the Lakers fell Head coach Steve Hansen has persisted with and Rosario added two more on a of the Lakers. Brandon Ingram alive with offensive rebounds, behind by 31 points in the first Williams throughout his tenure, despite some crit- single as the MLB squad scored five scored 20 points for Los Angeles, and Kuzma eventually hit one quarter during a loss to the Toronto icism of the former rugby league star’s runs in the inning to take a 7-0 lead. which won for the third time in the free throw for a 112-110 lead Raptors, they trailed by as many performances. Realmuto also hit an opposite- past four games. with 9.2 seconds remaining. as nine points in the opening McKenzie was preferred at fullback to highly- field solo homer in the fifth to make Powered by their veteran The Wolves had one last pos- quarter against the Wolves. Min- rated Ben Smith, who continues his exile on the it 8-3. backcourt, the Wolves got 31 points session, but Rose missed a wide nesota had a 32-30 lead after the wing. In theory, McKenzie should offer a second The highlight for the home fans from Derrick Rose and 24 from open 3-pointer with four seconds first 12 minutes. playmaking option after flyhalf Beauden Barrett came in the fourth when Seiya Mat- Jimmy Butler. Minnesota remained to go. It was just the second miss Rondo finished with 10 assists but in the cut and thrust of a modern test match, subara’s sinking liner split the gap winless away from home at 0-7, in nine 3-point attempts for Rose, for the Lakers. that option rarely presents itself. between Ronald Acuna Jr. and Soto in and it dropped its fourth consec- who had a 50-point game Oct. 31 Andrew Wiggins had 19 points McKenzie does provide a safe pair of hands if left-centre field. utive game overall. against the Utah Jazz. for the Wolves, while Taj Gibson England pursues a kicking game. By the time Acuna retrieved the Leading by a point late in The Timberwolves, who had 16 points and 11 rebounds. The All Blacks’ forward pack is the strongest ball and got it back into the infield, the game, the Lakers missed entered 19th in the NBA in Karl-Anthony Towns contributed that can be selected, taking injuries into account. Matsubara had raced around the three shots with less than a 3-pointers made at 10.3 per game, 13 points and nine boards. Towns Brodie Retallick, the international player of the year, bases for a three-run inside-the-park minute to play, two on 3-point went 20-for-40 from beyond the was held to 5-of-16 shooting from returns to the starting lineup at lock and hooker home run that cut the MLB stars’ lead attempts from James. Los arc. The 20 made 3-pointers set a the field, in part due to Chandler’s Dane Coles, who made his first test appearance in to 7-4. Angeles kept the possession Minnesota franchise record. defense. a year against Japan last week, is in the reserves. 20 MORNING BREAK FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2018

PRAYER TIMINGS Human babies FAJR 04. 28 AM and chimps SHOROOK 05. 46 AM laugh alike, ZUHR 11. 18 AM MAGHRIB 04. 51 PM says study ASR 02. 26 PM ISHA 06. 21 PM IANS WEATHER TODAY LONDON: Babies laugh as they both exhale and inhale, in a manner that is remarkably similar to non-human primates, says a new study that can offer insight into vocal production of children with developmental disorders. The findings showed that the youngest babies com- monly laughed on both inha- lation and exhalation, as do non-human primates like chimpanzees. In the older babies, however, laughter was primarily produced only while exhaling, as is the case Glen Murphy, Head of Android UX at Google, speaks during the unveiling of Samsung’s new “Infinity Flex” foldable display, in older children and adults. during the Samsung Developers Conference in San Francisco, California. “Adult humans some- times laugh on the inhale but the proportion is markedly different from that of infants’ and chimps’ laughs. Our Samsung folding screen lets results so far suggest that this is a gradual, rather than a o o sudden, shift,” said Disa 25 C 30 C Sauter, a psychologist and smartphone open into tablet Associate Professor at the Minimum Maximum AFP University of Amsterdam in “When it’s open, it’s a tablet offering adapt Android to the needs of the Relatively hot daytime with scattered the Netherlands. a big-screen experience. When closed, foldable displays, according to Android clouds to partly cloudy and a chance of Sauter said there is no SAN FRANCISCO: Samsung late on it’s a phone and fits neatly inside your user experience head Glenn Murphy. thundery rain at places at times. accepted reason why humans, Wednesday showed off a folding pocket.” Infinity Flex screens are made “Our team at Google loves the inno-

HIGH TIDE 06:00 – 17:15 LOW TIDE 12:45 – 23:30 alone among primates, laugh screen that lets a smartphone open into to endure repeated folding and vation in display technology shown Courtesy: Qatar Meteorology Department only on exhalation. One possi- a tablet, heralding it as the future for unfolding, according to Denison. here,” Murphy said while taking part in bility, she said, is that it is a portable devices. South Korean-based Samsung is the the keynote presentation. result of the vocal control Senior vice-president of mobile world’s largest smartphone maker, pow- “We are really excited to see how humans develop as they learn product marketing, Justin Denison, ering most of its models on free Android developers like you can help us unfold to speak. In infants and pulled a prototype foldable smartphone software made available free by Google, this future.” Earlier this week, California- younger babies, as in non- from a suit jacket inner pocket at a but also sells components such as chips based startup Royole introduced what human primates, laughter Samsung developer conference in San and screens to other device makers. it billed as the world’s first commercially occurs as the result of Francisco, saying the company will be Samsung also showed off a coming available foldable smartphone. A physical play like tickling. ready to begin mass producing the “One UI” user interface for mobile developer model of the “FlexPai” folding In older individuals, screens in coming months. devices designed to simplify increasing phone was made available for order with laughter can arise from Denison provided a brief glimpse of cluttered smartphone screens and work a starting price of $1,318. physical play but also from a concept device made with its “Infinity seamlessly with the new foldable display. Samsung said its Bixby digital social interactions, the Flex Display” on stage during a keynote The annual gathering is aimed at assistant would allow developers to researchers noted. presentation, providing no details getting third-party developers enthused create applications for the software, Ultimately, the research regarding when a foldable phone might about crafting applications and services ramping up its challenge to Amazon and could offer insight into vocal be available to consumers. “The display for Samsung offerings, including new its Alexa-powered devices. Samsung is production of children with is the foundation for the smartphone of Infinity Flex screens. planning to install its digital assistant Bixby developmental disorders. tomorrow,” Denison said. Google is working with Samsung to in all its consumer devices by 2020. Where did Earth’s ocean water originate from? IANS have supplied some water. Asteroids, The study challenges widely- “The solar nebula has been given which are not as water-rich yet still accepted ideas about hydrogen in the least attention among existing the- NEW YORK: Earth’s global ocean water plentiful, could be a source as well. Earth’s water by suggesting the ories, although it was the predominant may have originated from both aster- “But there’s another way to think element partially came from clouds of reservoir of hydrogen in our early solar oidal material and gas left over from the about sources of water in the solar sys- dust and gas remaining after the Sun’s system,” said lead author Jun Wu, an formation of the Sun, according to a new tem’s formative days,” said Peter Buseck, formation, called the solar nebula. assistant research professor at the research that gives insights about the Professor at the Arizona State University. If the abundant hydrogen in the varsity. The new finding fits neatly into development of other planets and their “Because water is hydrogen plus oxygen, nebula could combine with Earth’s current theories of how the Sun and potential to support life. and oxygen is abundant, any source of rocky material as it formed, that could the planets formed. It also has impli- Researchers noted that since hydrogen could have served as the origin be the ultimate origin of Earth’s global cations for habitable planets beyond comets contain a lot of ices, it could of Earth’s water,” Buseck added. ocean, the researchers said. the solar system. Greece’s ‘red gold’ trade blooms Early rising women at lower REUTERS risk of breast cancer shuttered shops line the streets. IANS Unemployment in northwestern Conference in Glasgow. For the KROKOS: Every autumn, Zisis Greece is 23.5 percent, three study, the team looked at data Kyrou is more often found points higher than the national LONDON: Women who begin from 180,215 women, and plucking flowers in northern average. But the fields are abuzz. their day early are likely to have 228,951 women part of a Greece’s purple saffron fields “We have God on our side, a lower of risk breast cancer, genome-wide association study than in his office as a civil who gave us such a unique than late beginners, suggests a of breast cancer. engineer. product,” Patsiouras said. “We research. The study found that Using genetic variants Saffron — the spice so hold on to it like the apple of our a preference for mornings associated with people’s pref- expensive it’s called “red gold” eye.” Saffron grows only in this reduced the risk of breast erence for morning or — has brought jobs and money region of Greece. Marketed as cancer by 40 percent compared evening, sleep duration and to a region better known for coal Krokos Kozanis, one gram costs with being an evening type. insomnia, they investigated mines and unemployment. A about €4 in Greek shops. It also found that women whether these sleep traits year ago, its producers began It takes 150,000 flowers to who slept longer than the rec- have a causal contribution to exporting to the United States. make a kilo of the spice, which ommended seven to eight hours the risk of developing breast Now they’re looking to China. sells for about €1,500. Flowers had a 20 percent increased risk cancer. They also found some Most are young Greeks who are handpicked, and at the of the disease per additional evidence for a causal effect of were shut out of the job market cooperative women in blue hour slept. increased sleep duration and during Greece’s nine-year eco- overall weigh and package it. “The findings of a protective sleep fragmentation on breast nomic downturn. They returned They are forbidden to wear effect of morning preference on cancer. to the countryside to make a Evangelia Patsioura pauses as she harvests saffron flowers at her make-up and perfume, to breast cancer risk in this study The researchers believe living off the land. family’s field in the town of Krokos, Greece. protect its flavour. are consistent with previous their findings have implications “It was hard to find work in Iran is by far the world’s research highlighting a role for for policy-makers and your field during the crisis, par- “I didn’t imagine I’d return,” Greece’s Cooperative of Saffron. biggest saffron producer, but night shift work and exposure employers. Richmond said: “We ticularly in civil engineering, he said. “But it was a decision I That changed in 2008, when demand for the Greek variety is to ‘light-at-night’ as risk factors would like to do further work because there was no con- don’t regret.” Greeks have been the crisis hit. Greece now pro- rising, Patsiouras said. Greece is for breast cancer,” said Rebecca to investigate the mechanisms struction,” said Kyrou, 34, as cultivating saffron for three cen- duces about four tonnes a year, in talks with China for exports Richmond, a research student underpinning these results, as he harvested with pollen- turies in the countryside sur- 70 percent of which goes abroad. in 2019. in the Cancer Research UK. the estimates obtained are stained hands. rounding Krokos, which takes The Cooperative has doubled its In the Patsiouras household, “We know already that based on questions related to In 2012, he returned to its name from Crocus, the members from 494 to 1,000. It three generations have gathered night shift work is associated morning or evening preference Greece from London with two saffron flower. Alexander the also has increased its land from after a day of harvesting to with worse mental and physical rather than actually whether university degrees. He even- Great is said to have used it to 592 acres in 2008 to 1,349 acres. remove the saffron strands health. This study provides people get up earlier or later in tually opened an engineering heal battle wounds. “A lot of young people found from the flowers and dry them. further evidence to suggest dis- the day. In other words, it may office in his village of Krokos, but But until 2000, production work in the fields - scientists,” “If we don’t transfer this tra- rupted sleep patterns may have not be the case that changing most of his income comes from was limited to 30kg a year for Patsiouras said. “I believe more dition to the next generation, a role in cancer development,” your habits changes your risk his four acres of land, which he domestic consumption, said will join.” Signs of the crisis are we will fail,” said his daughter- she added The results were pre- of breast cancer; it may be more hopes to increase. Nikos Patsiouras, who heads visible across Krokos, where in-law, Maria Patsioura. sented at the 2018 NCRI Cancer complex than that.”