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BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Qatar keen to INDEX continue DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2 – 12, 30 – 32 COMMENT 28, 29 Commercial Bank REGION 12 BUSINESS 1 – 8, 12 – 16 winning 17,655.41 10,452.28 40.17 ARAB WORLD 13 CLASSIFIED 9 – 11 plans to raise $8.5bn -17.56 -38.12 -1.28 INTERNATIONAL 14 – 27 SPORTS 1 – 12 -0.10% -0.36% -3.09% from overseas markets run Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 THURSDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10037 March 24, 2016 Jumada II 15, 1437 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Chinese silk art exhibition opens Belgium In brief EUROPE | Appreciation EU praises Qatar names mediation eff orts The European Union (EU) has expressed thanks to Qatar for its eff orts that led to the release of a group of Djiboutian prisoners of war who were held in Eritrea. bomber In a press release, EU’s off icial spokesman said that the release of a group of Djiboutian prisoners of war who were held in Eritrea was an important step that would provide the basis for reconciliation between Djibouti and Eritrea. Meanwhile, brothers Djibouti has expressed anew its “thanks and appreciation” to HH the Tuesday’s attacks on a city that is His brother Khalid El Bakraoui, 27, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al- home to the European Union and detonated a bomb an hour later on a Thani for his decisive role to secure Nato have sent shockwaves across crowded rush-hour metro train near the release of four of the prisoners Europe and around the world the European Commission headquar- of war detained in Eritrea since ters, prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw 2008. In a statement, Djibouti’s Reuters said. foreign ministry said the step was Brussels Both men, born in Belgium, had “the fruit of indirect talks in which criminal records for armed robbery but the brotherly State of Qatar played investigators had not linked them to the mediator’s role”. elgium’s chief prosecutor yes- militants until Abdeslam’s arrest, when terday named two brothers as police began a race against time to track Qatar Museums chairperson HE Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani opening the Silks from the Silk Road – BIslamic State suicide bombers down his suspected accomplices. YEMEN | Confl ict Chinese Art of Silk exhibition yesterday. The exhibition, being held at the Qatar Museums (QM) Gallery in Katara, will run until who killed at least 31 people in the most That seems to have prompted the Warring parties agree May 9. It forms part of the Qatar China 2016 Year of Culture. The exhibition includes 100 selected silk products and modern deadly attacks in Brussels’ history but bombers to rush into an attack in Bel- artistic works of silk garments, as well as other accompanying works such as ceramic tea sets and tea works. Page 31 said another key suspect was on the gium after months of lying low, ac- on April 10 ceasefi re run. cording to the testament found on the Yemen’s warring parties have Tuesday’s attacks on a city that is laptop. agreed on a ceasefire from April home to the European Union and Nato At least 31 people were killed and 271 10 followed by peace talks, a UN sent shockwaves across Europe and wounded in the attacks, the prosecutor envoy said yesterday, raising hopes around the world, with authorities rac- said. That toll could increase further of a breakthrough in a conflict ing to review security at airports and because some of the bomb victims at that has devastated the country. All Qatar residents equal on public transport. It also rekindled Maelbeek metro station were blown to “The parties to the conflict have debate about lagging European secu- pieces and victims are hard to identify. agreed to a nationwide cessation rity co-operation and fl aws in police Several survivors were still in critical of hostilities beginning April 10 surveillance. condition. at midnight in advance of the Washington announced that Sec- The Bakraoui brothers were identi- upcoming round of the peace talks, under law, says minister retary of State John Kerry would visit fi ed by their fi ngerprints and on se- which will take place on April 18 in Belgium tomorrow to demonstrate curity cameras, the prosecutor said. A Kuwait,” UN special envoy Ismail support. second suicide bomber at the airport Ould Cheikh Ahmed told a news QNA The Belgian federal prosecutor told had yet to be identifi ed and a third man, conference in New York. Page 12 Geneva a news conference that Ibrahim El whom he did not name, had left the Bakraoui, 29, one of two men who blew biggest bomb and ran out of the termi- themselves up at Brussels airport on nal before the explosions. PAKISTAN | Diplomacy E the Minister of Adminis- Tuesday, had left a will on a computer Belgian media named that man as Iranian president trative Development, Labour dumped in a rubbish bin near the mili- Najim Laachraoui, 25, a suspected Is- Hand Social Aff airs Dr Issa Saad tants’ hideout. lamic State recruiter and bomb-maker to visit Islamabad al-Jafali al-Nuaimi has reaffi rmed the In it, he described himself as “al- whose DNA was found on two explo- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani commitment of HH the Emir Sheikh ways on the run, not knowing what to sives belts used in last November’s Par- will visit Pakistan this week for Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and the do anymore, being hunted everywhere, is attacks and at a Brussels safe house talks on improving relations and government to strengthen regula- not being safe any longer and that if he used by Abdeslam. strengthening economic links, the tions and initiatives to protect foreign hangs around, he risks ending up next De Standaard newspaper, however, foreign ministry said yesterday. It workers in Qatar. to the person in a cell” - a reference citing an unidentifi ed source, named said the lifting of sanctions on Iran In a speech to the governing body to suspected Paris bomber Salah Ab- Laachraoui as the second suicide following its nuclear deal with the of the International Labour Organi- deslam, who was arrested last week. bomber at the airport. Pages 21, 28 West “has opened new avenues for sation (ILO), the minister called for- enhancing economic interaction”. eign workers “an important part of Page 25 the fabric of Qatari society” having “rights and duties similar to all other Qatari residents”. HE al-Nuaimi addressing the governing body of the International Labour SPORT | Cricket He confi rmed that Qatar was a state Organisation. India beat built on institutions, the rule of law, transparency and respect for interna- On the sidelines of the session, the country to promote the protection of Bangladesh tional conventions, and that all resi- minister met with Misako Kaji, chair- workers’ rights. Hosts India snatched victory dents of Qatar were equal under law man of the board and vice president, In a report, the ILO delegation said from the jaws of defeat to keep without any discrimination under its and Guy Ryder, director-general of it “acknowledges the recent concrete alive their hopes of reaching Constitution and legislation. ILO. measures taken by the government the World Twenty20 semi-finals The minister stressed Qatar’s com- A high-level delegation from the and other interlocutors” it met in with a dramatic one-run win over mitment to working with ILO and its ILO, led by Kaji, recently visited Qa- Qatar to improve migrants’ working This CCTV image from the Brussels Airport surveillance cameras made available by Bangladesh yesterday. Sport Page 5 governing body. tar and praised steps taken by the conditions. Belgian Police shows what off icials believe may be suspects in the Brussels airport attack. Al Meera signs deal to build six new stores l Meera Consumer Goods Com- while Al Khayarin will work on estab- standards, using the latest equipment pany has signed an agreement to lishing the new centres at Al Khor and and will live up to Al Meera’s motto of Abuild six new stores out of the 14 Sailiya. being consumers’ “favourite neigh- planned with a total contract value of “Al Meera has started construction bourhood retailer”. nearly QR239mn as part of its expan- works in fi ve branches of the 14 from Al Khayarin’s Anwar said the two sion strategy for 2016 and beyond. last year in Sailiya North (Al Miarad), new state-of-the-art shopping cen- The contracts have been awarded to Leabaib 2, Al Wakrah (west), Umm Slal tres to be built by his company for the Al Muftah Contracting Company and Ali and Bu Sidra, expecting the comple- country’s leading supermarket chain Al Khayarin Group Contracting and tion within the next three months,” Dr will refl ect Al Meera’s innovation and Trading. While Al Muftah is to build al-Qahtani said. modernity benchmarks and will be up four of the new Al Meera shopping “Our expansion plans are a result of to its customers’ expectations. centres, Al Khayarin will construct the a well-researched strategy to march In 2015, Al Meera had announced other two. Al Rayan Partners will pro- with Qatar’s urban plans, as well as to the opening of 10 new stores, with nine vide the project management services drive the company’s future growth,” he covering Muraikh, Al Azizia, Muaither, for all the six stores. explained. Jeryan Njeima, Al Thakhira, Al Wakrah, Dr Mohamed Nasser al-Qahtani, The Al Meera offi cial expressed Al Thumama, Al Wajbah, Rawdat Ek- deputy CEO of Al Meera signed the confi dence that the new stores will be deem and a branch in Gulf Mall.