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Amir honours outstanding QU graduates

Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, and the Speaker of the Shura Council, H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud, during the Qatar University graduation ceremony. BELOW: H H the Amir honouring two of the 87 outstanding students.

2,468 female students to graduate today.

Total number of graduates of Qatar University crossed 50,000.

SANAULLAH ATAULLAH THE PENINSULA dents will graduate today. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister and Interior Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Minister, H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani honoured 87 Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani; outstanding male graduates of Speaker of the Shura Council, Qatar University’s 42nd batch for H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid 2019 during a grand graduation Al Mahmoud; a number of Their ceremony held at the Sports and Excellencies Sheikhs and Min- Events Complex at Qatar isters, members of the Univer- University (QU) yesterday. sity’s administration and faculty, The President of Qatar Uni- parents of graduates and guests. versity, Dr. Hassan Rashid Al A documentary film was Derham, handed the certifi- screened on QU’s achievements cates to all 752 male graduates in 2019, global rankings it has in various disciplines during achieved and its role and vision the ceremony. The graduates in serving the society and the of the 42nd batch include 3,220 State in accordance with Qatar students, 2,468 females and National Vision 2030. 752 males. With graduates of The President of Qatar Uni- class 2019, the number of versity delivered a speech on the graduates of Qatar University occasion in which he hailed the which would not have been that has manifested itself in all “Today we celebrate 3,220 Global Rankings and 408 in the crossed 50,000. Female stu- country’s renaissance in all fields, achieved without the accumu- fields. No doubt, this renaissance sons and daughters of Qatar Uni- Times Higher Education lation of the efforts exerted by its would not have been achieved versity on this blessed day, who Rankings World University people and their standing behind without the accumulation of have succeeded in the building and Rankings,” said Al Derham. their leaders from the time of the efforts by the sons of our nation development of our great nation.” Dr. Hassan Al Derham founder until the present time. and their standing behind our He said that during the past addressed His Highness, assuring President of the QU praised leadership since the time of its few years, the University made him of the University’s imple- Under the patronage and presence of H H the Amir, we congratulate the achievements of the State of founding until the present day. remarkable achievements — mentation of his directives. “In our sons and daughters on the graduation of the 42nd batch Qatar under the wise leadership Qatar University has the great thanks to Allah — and the con- your last address to the Shura of students from Qatar University who will join us in achieving of H H the Amir. honour of contributing to this tinuous support of the Board of Council, you articulated a golden the aspirations of our wise leadership and Qatar National Vision “As we celebrate the 42nd renaissance through successive Regents, an advanced role in and central phrase that started 2030. We congratulate them and their families, wishing them a batch of graduates from Qatar generations of graduates who international university rankings. with, ‘The human being remains, bright future in the service of our beloved country. University, our beloved nation is now exceed 50,000,” said Al “The university has placed the core, focus and target of the witnessing a renaissance of sorts Derham. 276 in QS Quacquarelli Symonds development plans.’ `P2 SC official praises Security Committee’s role during IAAF Worlds

QNA main task that is to protect fans, partic- carrying out its tasks and providing The Assistant Head of the Security control room within the stadium and DOHA ipants, delegations and sports facilities safety for all participants. Committee of the Doha Worlds and the another at the National Command in a high security manner, in addition The Deputy Chairman of the SC Director of Security of Khalifa Interna- Center. Brigakier General Abdulaziz bin Faisal to providing security by utilising the Security Committee stressed that Qatar tional Stadium Captain Burhan Saleh The Traffic Unit official at the Security Al Thani, Deputy Chairman of the Committee’s advanced security is fully ready to host any regional or Al Turki, said that all the units of the Committee of the championship Captain, Security Committee of the Supreme techniques. international tournaments and that committee contributed to the success Fahad Abu Hindi, pointed out that the Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC), Brigadier General Abdulaziz bin plans to secure the hosting of the 2022 of securing the tournament for 10 days. traffic patrols in all the tournament sites has affirmed that the Security Faisal explained that the Committee has World Cup is in full swing, and the The Director of Security of Khalifa played their role perfectly. Committee of the World Athletics Cham- tested the security technologies and world will see a distinguished International Stadium pointed out that The Chairman of the Security Com- pionship Doha 2019 succeeded in systems which will be applied in tournament. the masses showed remarkable coop- mittee of the championship, Captain fulfilling its role in the best way. securing the 2022 World Cup including The Director of Security Systems eration with the security officers, which Mubarak Bilal Al Ali, stressed the success In a statement, on the occasion of modern technological devices such as Department at the Ministry of Interior, contributed to the success of the cham- of the Committee in its mission, like all the end of the 10-day tournament, he surveillance cameras, security robot, Lieutenant Colonel Jassim Al Sayed, said pionship as required, and the security other committees working in the said that the Committee managed to remote guided aircraft (drones) and that everyone worked hard and sin- officers also displayed safety instruc- Supreme Organizing Committee, where implement the security coverage plan multiple task vehicles, in addition to cerely and the Committee was able to tions on the stadium screens. units, according to their specialization, for the championship and all its equipping the operating rooms with harness all the technically advanced He explained that the security com- secured the venues of events, whether members operated in accordance with advanced equipment and other tech- possibilities to achieve maximum mittee followed up the operations of in Khalifa International Stadium or Cor- a sophisticated work system and the nical devices, where the Security Com- security and comfort for all securing the championship through niche area, in addition to the training spirit of one team, keeping in mind their mittee showed high efficiency in participants. multiple operating rooms, including the area of Qatar Sports Club. 02 HOME TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2019 Amir honours outstanding QU graduates

Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani honouring the outstanding graduates during the Graduation Ceremony of Qatar University’s (QU) 42nd batch for 2019 of male students, which was held at the Sports and Events Complex at QU, yesterday.

The President of Qatar University, Dr. Hassan Rashid Al Derham, delivering a speech during the ceremony. RIGHT: The Deans and officials of Qatar University during the ceremony.

FROM PAGE 1 distinguishes itself through its standards. Third, QU considers This includes issues of towards success and excellence.” role as the primary institution of impact on ground and touches itself as a house of expertise that identity, attitude and culture. He “This success would not have higher education in Qatar, and “We have strived at Qatar on the central needs of the Qatari provides various state institu- said these issues had immersed been possible without the efforts a deep history spanning four University, to embody this wise community,” said Al Derham. tions with academic advice that public opinion in Qatar and Arab of your faculty, who have gifted decades, with 20,000 students, direction through three main Dr. Hassan Al Derham contributes to public policy. societies in general and could you with their expertise. It is my finds itself committed — through roles,” said Al Derham. referred to the efforts of the Here, Dr. Hassan Al Derham only be confronted through duty, as I stand here, to applaud your direction — to being a He said that the first role of Qatar Mobility Innovations referred to the efforts of the objective academia. their endeavours. I thank them leading and active player in its the QU is to provide academic Center (QMIC). The QMIC builds Social and Economic Survey In this context, Qatar Uni- and extend my thanks on behalf mission. We take it upon our- programmes that follow high integrated systems and solutions Research Institute (SESRI) in versity established the Ibn of you as well. Education is a selves, to be a force against chal- international standards for the for technology development that supporting government and Khaldon Center for Humanities path we walk on, not a goal we lenges, and protective in our undergraduate and postgraduate has resulted in a number of tech- non-government entities with and Social Sciences, which reach. Every stage of learning responsibility towards our level, that work to realise the nology platforms, such as a sound and reliable data that is bridges the gap between theo- that we face is in fact a station, beloved nation Qatar.” state’s development plans. smart transportation platform based on high quality field retical studies and actual needs from a number of stations in life Abdulaziz Al Obaidly, a “In this context, QU offers 45 and a valuable data bank about research. of Muslim-Arab societies in col- that does not end,” he added. graduate from the Class of 2019, bachelor programmes and traffic and mobility behaviour in The institute’s research laboration with leading institu- “As you receive your spoke to his fellow graduates around 40 graduate programmes Qatar, which serve major agenda spans a wide range of tions and researchers —locally, diplomas, in the presence of our about the benefits of receiving in various academic disciplines, projects for national institutions substantive areas of importance regionally and internationally— fair leader, you must remember an education from QU. He said, which compete with the best such as Rail, Ashghal and state to Qatar, such as education and who share the center’s intel- your responsibilities towards “We stand before you today as universities globally,” he added. ministries. The QMIC also health, family structure, national lectual concerns. Allah (SWT), your nation, H H the lawyers, as engineers, judges and He said that this year also developed a smart heat stress identity, the financial and Dr. Hassan then addressed Amir and your family, when you diplomats, researchers and marks the establishment of the monitoring solution for the business environment and other the graduating Class of 2019 shape the future of the nation, scholars of our Arab authenticity, College of Dental Medicine, safety of workers in the 2022 annual and semi-annual com- saying, “Our graduates, as we while protecting its values and Islamic culture and national which received its very first class project, and for the oil and gas prehensive surveys. celebrate you, and as you take message. This will not be pos- identity.” of students this academic term, sector. Dr. Hassan Al Derham spoke the first step in this new phase sible without intention and hard As the graduation ceremony and now makes up the 10th In addition, QU recently about the intellectual and cul- of your life, you are armed with work in everything you do.” came to a close, H H the Amir of college at QU. founded QU Press, which aims tural interests of QU, stressing the knowledge you gained from Dr. Hassan Al-Derham Qatar honoured the graduates “The second role focuses on to lead in the dissemination of that as the national university, Qatar University, and the closed his speech by addressing by handing them their diplomas, the production of knowledge and scholarship in the region in QU plays a key role in addressing skillsets you have built during His Highness the Amir of Qatar symbolising the beginning of the international research that accordance to the highest the urgent needs of society. your time here. You are driven saying, “Qatar University, in its next phase of their lives.

Qatar Charity opens Al Shaimaa Kuwait one of the big supporting countries Secondary School for Girls in Gaza of FIFA World Cup Qatar: Nasser Al Khater THE PENINSULA is one of the most important DOHA sectors that we focus on, as we QNA/DOHA facilities will be available for all have implemented many edu- the fans who will come from all Qatar Charity (QC) celebrated cational projects to support The CEO of FIFA World Cup over the world to participate in the opening of Al Shaimaa schools and universities within Qatar 2022, Nasser Al Khater, the World Cup. Secondary School for Girls in the last few years in Gaza.” affirmed that Kuwait is one of Al Khater said that there will Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza He said that QC has garnered the big supporters of Qatar’s be about 20,000 volunteers who Strip, in co-operation with the the support for the school successful hosting of this major will participate in the tour- Palestinian Ministry of project, in partnership with the sporting event. nament, while the matches will Education and Higher Education. Qatar Cyclists Club and under This came in Al Khater’s be played in eight stadiums, The school was built with the umbrella of Qatar’s Ministry speech yesterday in the dialogue including seven completely new the support and financing from of Culture and Sports. He session organised within the ones, and Khalifa International ‘Qatar Cyclists’ and many Qatari pointed out that the project activities of the scientific forum Stadium, which has been companies at a cost of QR5.4m. came, as part of the ‘Cyclists for on arts and media, organised by redeveloped. The inaugural ceremony Education’ initiative to provide the Kuwait’s Public Authority for He explained that all the sta- was attended by Khalid Al Yafie, quality education to female stu- Youth and Sport, with the par- diums will work on the system Project Manager at QC, a team dents in the north of Beit Lahia ticipation of youth from the GCC of air conditioning technology, of ‘Qatar Cyclists’, many local and surrounding areas. countries, Jordan and Morocco. although the tournament will be government officials, represent- Dr. Mohammed Jeham Al Al Khater said that Qatar is held in winter, noting the prox- atives of civil society organisa- Kuwari, President of the Qatar hosting the most important imity of the stadiums will be a tions, dignitaries and prominent Cycling Federation, expressed international sporting event, the positive factor for the fans, which figures, who expressed their his pleasure at the opening of the FIFA World Cup, because of its is expected to exceed one million happiness with the school school. The Under-Secretary of significant impact on the devel- people. He pointed out that the opening. Khaled Al Yafie, said: the Ministry of Education and The CEO of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, Nasser Al Khater, affirmed opment and acceleration of fans who will participate in this “This project would demonstrate Higher Education in the Gaza that Kuwait is one of the big supporters of Qatar’s successful infrastructure work of the event will be able to attend more the depth of brotherly relations Strip, Dr. Ziad Thabet, thanked country, as well as its significant hosting of this major sporting event. than one game in one day thanks between Qatar and Palestine, H H the Amir, Government and role in human sustainability and to the modern transport network affirming QC’s commitment to people of Qatar for supporting economic development.He between the Supreme Com- (SC) and the FIFA to organise the that Qatar has prepared for the supporting the needs of the Pal- the people in Gaza and pointed to the partnership mittee for Delivery and Legacy tournament, stressing that great tournament. estinian people. The education Palestine. TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2019 HOME 03

QCDC ‘Career Village’ attracts 4,000 visitors OFFICIAL NEWS FM sends written THE PENINSULA On the sidelines of the message to DOHA event, Nama launched Italian counterpart its ‘Tamakkan’ More than 4,000 visitors ROME: The Minister of attended the latest edition of the campaign, an initiative Foreign Affairs and Inter- Career Village, which Qatar designed to raise national Cooperation of Career Development Center awareness among the Italian Republic, Luigi (QCDC), a member of Qatar the youth of the Di Maio, received a written Foundation (QF), this year message from the Deputy organised in cooperation with importance of career Prime Minister and Minister the Social Development Center, development in line of Foreign Affairs, (Nama). with the needs of the H E Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, The three-day event, held at Qatari job market. Multaqa (Education City Student pertaining to the bilat- Center), welcomed preparatory eral relations and ways of and secondary school students Director, QCDC, said, “We are enhancing them. from 100 public and private delighted with Career Village’s The message was handed schools from across Qatar, who continued success, and are over by the Ambassador of learned about various profes- pleased with the meaningful Qatar to Italy, Abdulaziz bin sions, as well as the academic outputs that these compre- Ahmad Al Malki, during his disciplines that lead to these hensive, useful, and enjoyable meeting with the Director career paths. events produce. QCDC places for Political Affairs at the The event was attended by strong emphasis on promoting Italian Ministry of Foreign H E Yousuf Mohamed Al Othman a culture of career planning Affairs, Sebastiano Cardi, The Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs, H E Yousuf Mohamed Al Fakhroo, Minister of Adminis- among youth without putting yesterday. QNA Othman Fakhroo, during a visit to the latest edition of the Career Village at Multaqa (Education City trative Development, Labour and any kind of psychological Social Affairs, and Buthaina Ali pressure on students. Rather, we Student Center). Special Envoy Al Nuaimi, President of Pre-Uni- must provide youth with all the of Minister meets versity Education, QF. tools to help them choose the to raise awareness among the Qatar Foundation for Social Al Mannai added that Nama AUC Chairperson The Minister showed signif- most appropriate career paths youth of the importance of Work and Acting Executive not only succeeded in educating icant interest in how partici- in line with their qualifications career development in line with Director of Nama, said she was youth on how to benefit from the ADDIS ABABA: The Spe- pating entities were showcasing and ambitions, in a favorable the needs of the Qatari job pleased with the centre’s partic- project while raising awareness cial Envoy of the Foreign career opportunities, and praised atmosphere that ensures their market, drawing on the expertise ipation in Career Village, noting of the importance of professional Minister of the State of Qatar the event’s practical approach to future success and contribute to of experienced professionals and that Nama’s participation has development, but has also set for Counterterrorism and promoting professional the nation’s prosperity.” retirees to equip young people enabled social entrepreneurs examples of how hard-working Mediation of Conflict Res- awareness and reaching out to On the sidelines of the event, with the skills to contribute to and members of Tamakkan’s youth can identify the needs of olution, H E Dr. Mutlaq bin visitors, particularly students. Nama launched its ‘Tamakkan’ their community. campaign to connect with school the community and contribute Majed Al Qahtani, met with Abdulla Al Mansoori, campaign, an initiative designed Amal A Al Mannai, CEO of and university. to its development. the Chairperson of the Afri- can Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki, during MoPH to conduct his current visit to Ethiopia. The meeting reviewed the MME affirms State’s support for local eye examinations partnership between the State of Qatar and the Afri- in schools on can Union in mediation, farms to achieve self-sufficiency good offices, peacekeep- World Sight Day ing, combating terrorism THE PENINSULA and achieving peace in the DOHA THE PENINSULA/DOHA Horn of Africa in general and Sudan in particular. QNA The Ministry of Municipality and The Ministry of Public Health Environment (MME) has affirmed (MoPH) announced that the President of SJC the State’s interest in supporting team of the anti-blindness meets Minister and encouraging the local Qatari programme in the non- productive farms, standing up communicable diseases section of Cote d’Ivoire and following up their efforts of the Ministry will conduct eye DOHA: The President of the and providing them with various examinations in a number of Supreme Judiciary Coun- aspects of support, especially in government schools and cil (SJC) and President of the field of marketing their primary health care centres, on the Court of Cassation, H E products in order to contribute the occasion of the World Sight Dr. Hassan bin Lahdan Al to increasing local production. Day that falls on October 10. Hassan Al Mohannadi, met This came in a statement of The Ministry of Public yesterday with the Minister the Assistant Under-Secretary Health and its partners are par- of Justice and Human Rights, for Agriculture and Fisheries ticipating in celebrating World and Keeper of the Seals of Affairs, Sheikh Dr. Faleh bin Sight Day on the second the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, Nasser Al Thani, during his visit, Thursday of October each year Sansan Kambile, who is on yesterday, to Nebeti’ Farm in as selected by the World Health a visit to the country. During Mekaines area. He was accom- Organization (WHO) and the the meeting, they discussed panied by a delegation of offi- International Agency for the legal and judicial relations cials from the agricultural sector The official delegation, led by the Assistant Under-Secretary for Agriculture and Fisheries Affairs, Prevention of Blindness (IAPB). and ways of enhancing in the Ministry. Sheikh Dr. Faleh bin Nasser Al Thani, during a visit to Nebeti’ Farm in Mekaines area. The Ministry of Public cooperation between the The visit was within the Health, in cooperation with the two countries. QNA framework of the Ministry’s system and the use of agriculture Ministry of Education and The Assistant Under-Secretary for Agriculture French Foreign interest in local productive farms without soil (hydroponics), and Fisheries Affairs, Sheikh Dr. Faleh bin Higher Education and the and follow-up efforts to con- noting that the farm has 17 Primary Health Care Corpo- Ministry official meets tribute to achieving self-suffi- houses protected for winter pro- Nasser Al Thani, and other officials visited ration, organises many ciency of various types of vege- duction and two chilled houses, the Nebeti’ Farm in Mekaines area yesterday. important activities and events Qatari Ambassador tables. The delegation visited the in addition to a smart green- The visit was within the framework of the aimed at raising health DOHA: The Secretary-Gen- farm on a number of green- house on an area of 12,000 awareness of the importance eral of the French Ministry houses and smart cooled houses metres, for production Ministry’s interest in local productive farms and of prevention of blindness and of Foreign Affairs, Fran- that produce kinds of vegetables throughout the year. follow-up efforts to contribute to achieving eye diseases, these include con- cois Delattre, met with the of ordinary and distinctive The delegation also briefed self-sufficiency of various types of vegetables. ducting eye examinations, as Ambassador of the State of varieties. the agricultural sector on the well as distributing educational Qatar to the French Republic, Sheikh Dr. Faleh bin Nasser efforts of the farm to increase brochures on eye diseases and Sheikh Ali bin Jassim Al Thani. Al Thani listened to an expla- local production of vegetables 15 percent cucumber and 15 and pointed out that the project prevention and raising During the meeting, they nation from the Director- and contribute to self-sufficiency percent pepper. is environmentally friendly in awareness of the importance reviewed bilateral relations, General of the ‘Nebeti’ farm through the cultivation of 250 The farm officials stressed terms of the application of all of eye health. World Sight Day ways of boosting and devel- about the modern farming tech- thousand square meters, and the the production and presentation modern systems in irrigation, is an annual awareness day oping them and matters of niques used by the farm production of about 5,000 tons, of vegetables in major consumer agriculture, packaging and held on the second Thursday of common concern. QNA including a modern irrigation including 70 percent tomatoes complexes since December 2018, others. October. Qatar takes part in conference on ‘Educating for the Rule of Law’ THE PENINSULA The first session of the Con- international community with DOHA ference discussed the interna- its initiatives for education and tional framework for education disadvantaged children. The State of Qatar participated in the rule of law, its importance “This meeting is intended to yesterday in the high-level inter- and usefulness to Member States focus on the fourth and sixteenth national conference held in the and the international objectives of sustainable devel- Austrian capital Vienna on community. opment, and we are discussing “Education for the Rule of Law”, In his address during the with the United Nations Office which is one of the components Conference, Dr. Abdullah on Drugs and Crime after the of the global programme for the Youssef Al Mal confirmed Qatar’s success of the current phase of implementation of the Doha keenness to lay certain bases for the implementation of the Doha Declaration of the United the implementation of the Doha Declaration in extending the Nations Office on Drugs and Declaration through generous Doha Declaration to Doha 2. We Crime. donations from His Highness the hope that the discussions will The delegation of the State Amir of the State following the bear fruit, and we hope that we of Qatar was led by Dr. Abdullah agreement between the com- will benefit from the presence Yousuf Al Mal, Adviser to the mittee supervising the con- Qatari delegation led by Dr. Abdullah Yousuf Al Mal, Adviser to the Minister of Interior, during the of this group of education offi- Minister of Interior, Chairman ference and the United Nations high-level international conference in the Austrian capital Vienna on “Education for the Rule of Law”. cials and high-level officials of the Follow-up Committee on Office on Crime and Drugs to put from the countries of the world the Implementation of the Global the Doha Declaration into effect. at this meeting.” He added. Program of the Doha Decla- During his speech, Major Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for Declaration. He added that the especially considering the many During the high-level ration, and included a number General Yousuf Al Mal thanked the four-year effort to State of Qatar has a long expe- initiatives of H H Sheikha Moza opening session, a number of of officials from the State. the United Nations Office on implement the Doha rience in the field of education, bint Nasser, which inspire the themes were addressed. 04 HOME TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2019 Justice Minister meets Cote d’Ivoire counterpart Foreign Ministry, QF to hold Doha Forum: Youth Edition in November

THE PENINSULA Doha Forum: Youth future, need to have an active and DOHA Edition — a precursor prominent role in shaping it – and that they are ready to do this.” The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to the 19th edition Last year, Doha Forum: Youth Qatar Foundation are set to hold of Doha Forum, Edition gave participants the the second edition of Doha Forum: which takes place chance to speak in front of leaders Youth Edition on November 9 at on December 14-15, including H E Sheikha Hind bint the Minaretein building (College Hamad Al Thani, Vice Chairperson of Islamic Studies), located in is aimed at enabling and CEO of Qatar Foundation, and Education City, Doha. insightful debate on H E Lolwah Al Khater. Doha Forum: Youth Edition— topics relevant to The panels covered topics a precursor to the 19th edition of youth. such as mass immigration and the Doha Forum, which takes place role of media and social media in from December 14-15, is aimed at the contemporary age, with enabling insightful debate on Mayan Zebeib, Chief Commu- debates being conducted in both topics relevant to youth. It serves nications Officer, Qatar Foun- English and Arabic. The young as a platform for students, young dation, said: “If our youth are to people who attended represented adults, and other members of the be the leaders and impact-makers a number of diverse backgrounds, public to voice their opinions on of tomorrow, they must have the providing new and constructive trending topics, allowing them to opportunity to lend their voice, insight on the selected topics. take an active role in conversa- opinions, and perspectives to the This year, the event hopes to tions about the future. conversations that matter today engage young people in the values H E Lolwah Al Khater, – and this is the opportunity that of the Doha Forum, including dia- Spokesperson for the Ministry of the Doha Forum: Youth Edition logue, diplomacy, and diversity. Foreign Affairs and Executive provides them with. Attendees will tackle the topics of Director of Doha Forum, said, “Reflecting Qatar Founda- radicalization, climate change, “Doha Forum: Youth Edition is tion’s commitment to fostering and identity, while nurturing their Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, H E Dr Issa bin Saad Al Jafali Al Nuaimi, about empowering those that do dialogue, the open exchange of leadership and advocacy skills. met yesterday with the Minister of Justice and Human Rights, and Keeper of the Seals of the Republic not have a platform. Last year, we views, and critical thinking, and The event takes place ahead of of Cote d’Ivoire, Sansan Kambile, and his accompanying delegation. They reviewed the areas of legal launched the first edition of the to empowering young people to the prestigious Doha Forum, which cooperation between Qatar and the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, and the exchange of experiences in various youth edition – a conscious effort broaden their field of vision and this year will be held under the aspects of legal work, in addition to a number of issues of common concern. The Attorney-General, H E to engage the youth in the culture be part of the solution to the theme of ‘Reimagining Governance Dr Ali bin Fetais Al Marri, also met with Cote d’Ivoire Minister and his accompanying delegation. During of dialogue and debate – and this world’s greatest issues, the Doha in a Multi-Polar World’, gathering the meeting, they exchanged views on a number of issues in the legal and judicial fields, and discussed year we continue the tradition Forum: Youth Edition demon- world leaders and policymakers in joint cooperation in the exchange of experiences and training. with new topics, exciting panelists, strates why our youth, rather than one city for a two-day conference and youth moderators.” simply being recipients of the on pressing global issues. Ooredoo’s investor relation efforts get international recognition THE PENINSULA sell-side professionals cast votes to nom- Association is considered the largest IR and transparent manner. We’re continuing DOHA inate more than 990 executives from event in the MENA. 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The ognising the company’s outstanding com- IR in the region. company’s IR efforts were also recog- munication and investor outreach based Speaking of the award wins, Sheikh nised at the Middle East Investor Rela- on specific performance metrics com- Saud bin Nasser Al Thani, Group Chief tions Association (MEIRA) Annual pared to its competitors and peers in its Executive Officer, Ooredoo, said: “We’re Conference and Awards, one of the sector. very pleased to have been recognised for largest IR events in the MENA. 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EMEA Executive Team award consider- Best IR Website. is always informed of our developments Investor Relations Association (MEIRA) The Institutional Investor Research ations saw more than 12,000 buy- and The Middle East Investor Relations and events in a reliable, consistent, fair Annual Conference and Awards. Al Wakra, Al Shamal Municipalities attend annual conference of Unesco GNLC

The officials of Al Wakra and Al Shamal Municipalities during the conference in Medellin, Colombia.

QNA/DOHA sustainability and partnership with civil society insti- tutions and achieve Qatar National Vision 2030. Al Wakra and Al Shamal municipalities participated The conference was also attended by members in the annual conference of Unesco Global Network of the Unesco Global Network of Learning Cities and of Learning Cities (GNLC) which was held recently in representatives of 159 countries worldwide, as well Medellin, Colombia. The conference was attended by as a large number of representatives of UN agencies, Officials during the ribbon cutting ceremony of Qatar Post’s Madinat Khalifa Branch. Director of Al Wakrah Municipality Mansoor Al Buinien regional and non-governmental organizations and and Director of Al Shamal Municipality Hamad Jomaa multinational companies. Al Mannai. Both municipalities have won membership The Unesco Global Network of Learning Cities in the Unesco Global Network of Learning Cities in is an international policy-oriented network providing Qatar Post opens Madinat Khalifa Branch 2017 and in 2019, having achieved all the criteria inspiration, know-how and best practice. The THE PENINSULA Commenting on the launch, Hamad Moh- required to attain this membership through the Network supports the achievement of all seventeen DOHA dammed Al Fahida, COO said: “Since it first adoption of a strategy to spread the concepts of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). launched in the market, our vision for Qatar Post As part of its ambitious expansion plans, Qatar was for it to evolve and transform far beyond the Postal Services Company (Qatar Post) has leading national postal services company. We announced the opening of a new branch under its strived to build, scale and transform our organi- network in the Khalifa area. zation to architect seamless experiences around The launch of the Madinat Khalifa Branch was people first. With great focus and agility, this vision announced in a ceremony attended by Qatar Post has since given birth and breadth to a number of Chairman and Managing Director Faleh al Naemi, products and services that helped our customers as well as several senior officials, departmental in their daily lives, and more so, became an integral heads and directors. part of them. This latest Branch opening is part of a transfor- Our efforts were directed toward a sustainable mation drive that Qatar Post has undertaken since postal network, powered by partnerships in and it launched its nationwide re-branding campaign outside of Qatar, as well as by our growing foot- two years ago. When several branches were re- print in the country. And we will continue to invest opened with state-of-the-art facilities and several our resources into connecting our customers to products and services were introduced to usher in what matters most to them, and into bringing the the next digitized growth era for the company. world to their doorstep.” TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2019 HOME 05

Qatar, Jordan discuss cooperation Qatar to attend meeting of GCC Ministers of Education Committee in Muscat

QNA enhance the role of the educa- ministerial committee and DOHA tional institution in developing other topics. the culture of volunteerism, The ministerial meeting The State of Qatar will partic- international cooperation, was preceded by a preparatory ipate in the third meeting of the technical education and voca- meeting for the higher edu- Committee of Ministers of tional training in the GCC coun- cation and scientific research Education of the Gulf Cooper- tries as well as the position of undersecretaries in the GCC on ation Council (GCC) member the GCC States towards Sunday. The State of Qatar par- states scheduled to be held achieving the fourth Sus- ticipated with a delegation today in Muscat. tainable Development Goal headed by Undersecretary of The meeting will discuss related to education in addition the Ministry of Education and the recommendations of the to the Secretariat’s proposals Higher Education Dr Ibrahim ministerial committees and on the strategy of the bin Saleh Al Nuaimi. Turkish Airlines enabling millions of travellers to discover Turkey and beyond The President of the Audit Bureau, Sheikh Bandar bin Mohamed bin Saud Al Thani, during a meeting with Speaker of the Jordanian House of Representatives, Eng Atef Tarawneh in Jordan.

QNA The President of the Audit The three-day visit by the AMMAN Bureau, Sheikh Bandar bin delegation of the Audit Bureau Mohamed bin Saud Al Thani, also comes at the invitation of the Prime Minister of the Hashemite met with President of the President of the Audit Bureau in Kingdom of Jordan, Dr Omar Jordanian Senate, Faisal Al Fayez, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Razzaz, met yesterday with the and the Speaker of the Jordanian and is within the framework of President of the Audit Bureau, House of Representatives, Eng cooperation and coordination Sheikh Bandar bin Mohamed bin Atef Tarawneh. between the Qatar’s Audit Bureau Saud Al Thani, as part of the dele- He also met with President and its Jordanian counterpart in gation of Audit Bureau’s visit to of the Jordanian Audit Bureau the fields related to supervisory the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Dr Abed Kharabsheh, where the work and the development of They discussed bilateral two sides discussed bilateral relations in a way that enhances relations and ways of developing relations and means of bilateral communication and them, in addition to a number of enhancing cooperation in the exchange of experiences between issues of common interest. field of supervisory work. the two sides.

FROM LEFT: Director of Yunus Emre Cultural Institute Qatar, Dr. Selcuk Kursat Koca; Turkish Ambassador to Qatar, Fikret Ozer; and General Manager of Turkish Airlines Qatar, Mehmed Zingal during the Turkish Qatar University hosts 9th Airlines annual event in Doha. PIC: BAHER AMIN / THE PENINSULA SACHIN KUMAR Turkish Ambassador to Qatar, Fikret Ozer, meeting of the IAESTE Forum THE PENINSULA said: “It’s my pleasure to announce that since The meeting aimed launching their route to Qatar in 2006, Turkish QNA Engineering at the Faculty of Turkish Airlines has achieved Airlines has achieved great success and enabled DOHA to highlight common Engineering at Qatar University great success and is enabling issues of interest to Dr. Nasser Al Emadi, explained millions of global travellers to millions of global travellers to discover Turkey Qatar University hosted the 9th all members, and that the State of Qatar joined the discover Turkey and beyond, and beyond. With 316 destinations, Turkish meeting of the International IAESTE in 2011 through Qatar said Fikret Ozer, the Turkish promote student Airlines is fuelling the passion for exploration Association for the Exchange of University, and through this Ambassador to Qatar. He was and connecting travellers to all corners of the Students for Technical Expe- exchanges among partnership, the University speaking at the annual event of rience (IAESTE) Forum for Asia Member States. seeks to fulfil its mission of pre- Qatar office of Turkish Airlines world.” and the Pacific. paring qualified graduates held at Crowne Plaza Hotel in The event was attended by capable of contributing effec- Doha on Wednesday. 16 delegates from Bangladesh, strategic plans to develop the tively to the future of their The national flag carrier of During the event, the gratified to see this huge turnout India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, future of the Asia-Pacific coun- nation, and the College of Engi- Turkey had organised the annual company welcomed corporate tonight. This is clearly a Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Phil- tries, and therefore good prep- neering at Qatar University event to celebrate its partner- clients, travel agencies and reflection of the robust rela- ippines, Thailand, Turkey, Sri aration for the annual con- seeks to hone its talents with ships with various stakeholders media for their support and con- tionship between us and a tes- Lanka, Indonesia and Afghan- ference of the international international expertise through in Qatar. tributions to the growth of the timony to a wonderful part- istan, as well as Qatar, in the organisation next year 2020. this exchange. Fikret Ozer said during the airline during the year. nership that has continued to presence of the members of the In his speech, Dean of the IAESTE Chairman Dr. Ghazi event: “It’s my pleasure to The ceremony was led by grow stronger and better every general board of the Faculty of Engineering, Qatar Al Rawas and the Representative announce that since launching Mehmed Zingal, General Manager passing year. organisation. University, Dr. Khalid Kamal of the Sultanate of Oman in the their route to Qatar in 2006, of Turkish Airlines’ Qatar office, “This event is another way The two-day meeting was Naji Dean, said that hosting the organisation pointed out that this Turkish Airlines has achieved and participants were treated to of expressing our deepest grat- aimed at forging closer links ninth meeting of the Interna- annual forum aims to strengthen great success and enabled mil- a night of fun, entertainment and itude to our partners for their between various IAESTE tional Association for the ties and discuss common issues lions of global travellers to dis- great hospitality that Turkish Air- constant support and contri- member countries, discussing Exchange of Students for Tech- between the various member cover Turkey and beyond. With lines, the airline that flies to more bution to the growth of Turkish common issues in the council for nical Experience (IAESTE) for countries of the organisation in 316 destinations, countries than any other airline, Airlines.” Turkish Airlines the Asia-Pacific region, the Asia-Pacific countries, the Asia-Pacific region. “Turkish Airlines is fuelling is renowned for. recently celebrated the 30th addressing the challenges of aimed at highlighting common IAESTE is a not-for-profit the passion for exploration and The highlights of the night anniversary of its Miles & Smiles international student exchanges, issues of interest to all members organisation that operates in connecting travellers to all include a raffle draw where loyalty programme in Qatar. The promoting exchanges among and developing solutions to around more than 80 countries corners of the world. Thank you attendees had the opportunity to airlines currently flies to 316 des- member states, and promoting challenges facing the organi- worldwide. IAESTE trainees are for being here tonight. We also win several prizes including the tinations, where in 2019 alone, the core values of the friendship sation’s action plans and pro- well-qualified, highly motivated thank you for your efforts in grand prize of one business class Turkish Airlines has inaugurated of Asian and pacific members, moting exchanges among students, and are annually helping countless travellers ticket to anywhere in Europe 6 new destinations to their flight improving the ways of commu- Member States. selected in accordance with explore the stunning scenery, among others. network including Sharjah, Bali, nication between members of For his part, the Head of the employers’ needs from a global rich historic legacy and wel- Speaking at the ceremony, Rovaniemi, Marrakesh, Port the region. They also discussed Department of Electrical pool of applicants. coming culture of Turkey.” Mehmed Zingal, said, “I am Sudan and Luxor. IAAF World Athletics Championships a resounding success: Ooredoo THE PENINSULA KDDI, China Unicom and Eurovision used Ooredoo’s DOHA and Eurovision used transport network to broadcast the event. Ooredoo – which acted as Ooredoo’s transport Speaking of the success, National Partner of the event – network to broadcast Yousuf Abdulla Al Kubaisi, said yesterday it considered the the event, while Chief Operating Officer at IAAF World Athletics Champi- more than 50,000 Ooredoo, said: “We’re beyond onships 2019 an all-round proud to have acted as National success from a telecommuni- spectators enjoyed in Partner for such a prestigious cations perspective. excess of 15 TB of free international event, and The market-leading tele- Internet usage across delighted to have worked with communications operator the championships. the IAAF to bring the Champi- worked with the IAAF and onships to Doha. Khalifa International Stadium “We’ve seen some phe- to ensure the fan experience the best possible customer nomenal athletics throughout was unrivalled, with access to experience, with more than 60 the week, including some incredible connectivity, the experts in the Ooredoo Oper- incredible performances from fastest speeds and reliable ation Centre and more than 40 Qatari athletes. Overall, the voice calling. Its service pro- experts on site in the stadium event was a resounding success. vision was made possible by its itself. “We’re very happy to have groundbreaking 5G network The Ooredoo network been able to showcase some of Children at the Ooredoo stall during the IAAF World Athletics Championships 2019. and state-of-the-art fibre, as delivered 40 TB mobile data our state-of-the-art, best-in- well as teams of qualified, traffic with a user download class technologies and services experienced experts on the speed of more than 30 Mbps, percent, with a less than 0.1 Ooredoo teams were able more in the Villaggio Food at the event and are confident ground. while the voice network was percent call drop rate. to achieve network phone Court, and more than 50,000 these technologies and services Khalifa International able to handle some 2 million The stadium was prepared speeds of up to 1.37 Gbps in the spectators enjoyed in excess of greatly enhanced overall fan Stadium was equipped with the voice calls serving more than with more than 600 of the Fan Zone and 700 Mbps inside 15 TB of free Internet usage experience. latest mobile technologies 200,000 customers throughout latest smart antennae, and the stadium, using its pio- across the championships. “We look forward to the including Elastic Cloud Radio the Championships. interruption-free services were neering 5G network. Getting footage of the next big sporting event in Qatar, Technology and Antennas with Set-up success rates were delivered through 350km of Customers also enjoyed Championships out to a wider and to continuing our support High Order MIMO to provide a record high, in excess of 99.6 state-of-the-art fibre. ultra-fast speeds of 1 Gbps and audience, KDDI, China Unicom for the sports world.” 06 HOME TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2019 TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2019 HOME 07 Over 1,000 with cerebral palsy cared CRA concludes charity for across HMC’s network of hospitals campaign for electronic THE PENINSULA these misconceptions and mis- of the brain or damage to the devices collection DOHA understandings, such as that developing brain. Several factors children with cerebral palsy have increase the risk of cerebral palsy, THE PENINSULA Re-framing how cerebral palsy is a limited future and will never live including maternal health, infant DOHA viewed is key to improving both independently, negatively affect illness, and pregnancy and birth health outcomes and quality of how we view these important complications. In cooperation with Qatar life for those living with the members of our community,” “The cause could be con- Charity (QC), the Communica- disorder, said Dr Mahmoud added Dr Abeidah. genital, genetic, inflammatory, tions Regulatory Authority (CRA) Ibrahim Abeidah, Head of the Cerebral palsy, commonly anoxic, infectious, traumatic, or concluded the charity campaign Pediatrics Rehabilitation known as CP, refers to a group of metabolic. The injury to the devel- launched under the title “Digital Department at Hamad Medical disorders that affect muscle oping brain may be prenatal, Inclusion”. Corporation’s (HMC) Qatar Reha- movement, coordination, and natal, or postnatal. In rare cases, The campaign started on bilitation Institute (QRI). posture. In many cases, vision, CP happens because something October 1 and concluded on “Historically, cerebral palsy hearing, and sensation are also goes wrong during a child’s birth. October 5, 2019 at Mall of Qatar. was considered a pediatric con- affected. According to the US- Dr Mahmoud Ibrahim Abeidah The most significant risk factor for The campaign aimed at dition. However, thanks to based Centers for Disease Control CP seems to be prematurity and receiving donations of either modern medicine and better and Prevention, the condition low birth weight,” said Dr. used or new electronic devices healthcare standards, most affects up to four out of every children born with the condition,” Abeidah. to redistribute them to students, Sheikha Noor Al Thani, International children with this disorder now 1,000 children worldwide. Dr. said Dr Abeidah. D Abeidah said while there is orphans, workers and widows, Relations Specialist, CRA live into adulthood. Many adults Abeidah says CP is the most “While symptoms do vary, no cure for cerebral palsy, early to improve their technical with cerebral palsy have a near- common cause of motor disabil- some of the common first intervention and ongoing medical knowledge and capabilities. normal life expectancy,” said Dr ities in childhood, with symptoms symptoms parents may notice treatment are essential. QRI’s The in-kind donations of Abeidah. usually appearing before age 3. include delays in reaching devel- care programs have been specif- electronic devices such as com- “Cerebral palsy affects each “Most children are born with opmental milestones, such as ically designed to meet the indi- puters, laptops, smartphones person differently, so no two fam- CP, but they may not show signs rolling over or crawling, varia- vidual needs of each patient, with and tablets were collected at the ilies will have the same expe- of a disorder until months or a tions in muscle tone, difficulty services ranging from general booth. The booth also included The in-kind donations rience. Symptoms can range year later. There are currently speaking, tremors, excessive rehabilitation clinics, a feeding activities for the children such of electronic devices from mild to severe, and the over 1,000 children, young adults, drooling, and seizures,” added Dr and swallowing clinic, gait as colouring and handcrafts. such as computers, severity of those symptoms can and adults with CP being cared Abeidah. assessment clinic, student evalu- “CRA has launched its first laptops, smartphones change over time. There are a lot for across HMC’s network of hos- While the exact cause of CP is ation clinic, hypertonia/spasticity charity campaign at the aim of of myths about cerebral palsy pitals. Each year we receive not known, the condition is trig- clinic, and the recently established contributing to the achievement and tablets were among the general public and upwards of 60 to 80 new cases of gered by abnormal development seating and positioning clinic. of one of Qatar National Vision collected at the 2030 goals; fostering innovation, booth. The booth also creativity and capacity building included activities for QU’s District within young people. In addition to, enhancing the cooperation the children. Cooling System and community partnership produces 31,000 with Qatar Charity, especially in of Qatar Charity,” said Jassim Al matters related to CRA’s Emadi, Director of the Local tonnes cooling mandate; regulating Qatar’s Development Department at Information and Communica- Qatar Charity. THE PENINSULA/DOHA tions Technology (ICT) sector,” The CRA has launched this said Sheikha Noor Al Thani, campaign as a participation in A delegation from the District International Relations Spe- the Digital Inclusion Week for Cooling Services Department at cialist, CRA. the Arab Region that is organised Qatar General Electricity and “We are proud of our part- by the International Telecom- Water Corporation (Kahramaa) nership with CRA and the Mall munication Union (ITU) and the has visited the District Cooling of Qatar and our cooperation in United Nations Educational, Sci- Stations at Qatar University as part the “Digital Inclusion” cam- entific and Cultural Organization of its functions and role in moni- paign, which falls within our (UNESCO). toring and regulating the district keenness to establish strategic The Digital Inclusion Week cooling services in the country. partnership with various insti- aims at highlighting and raising The visit included three Kenyan athletes at the hotel. tutions and entities in the awareness about mechanisms working stations and one under country to serve the community to integrate marginalized sectors construction, which provide all through charity work. It also of Arab societies using ICTs, faculties and facilities of the uni- Ezdan Hotel to host 2,000 guests participating came due to our keenness to especially persons with disabil- versity which currently exceeds involve the Qatari society in vol- ities, women, youth, children, 63 buildings and 10 buildings in ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019 unteer work to support human- rural and remote populations, under construction in addition to itarian programs and projects as well as migrants. the university housing with dis- THE PENINSULA teams who are engaged in the game, and Kenya’s Ruth trict cooling services, with a DOHA ANOC World Beach Games Chepngetich who earned her current cooling capacity of 31,000 2019, noting that by the end of major gold medal in the tonnes cooling and a future Ezdan Hotel West Bay, is set to this tournament the hotel will women’s marathon. The hotel capacity of 56,000 tonnes cooling. host about 2,000 athletes and be hosting nearly 4000 ath- also shared with the Chinese The use of district cooling sports teams, participating in the letes participating in two suc- teams and representatives system in residential and com- ANOC World Beach Games Qatar cessive international tourna- marking the National Day of the mercial projects is a significant 2019, which begins on October ments in less than one month. People’s Republic of China. contribution to saving electricity 12, and wraps up on October 16, This reflects the Hotel’s Al Telbani expressed his consumption by 30 percent to 40 2019, following one week of substantial readiness and delight that the hotel will host percent and desalinated water accommodating successfully capacities which qualified it to international and tournaments by up to 98 percent by switching 2,000 athletes and accompa- be the most favoured desti- from around the world, and to to the use of treated water as well nying representatives who nation during the events and share with them the happiness as reducing carbon dioxide emis- participated in The IAAF 2019 major conferences, as the of winning, pointing out that sions by reducing the con- World Athletics Championships hotel is one of the largest hotels Ezdan Hotel received during the sumption of natural gas needed held in Doha between September in Doha with an accommo- World Athletics Championship to produce electricity and 27 and October 6. Ezdan Hotel dation capacity of about 3000 2019, about 2000 athletes. In improve environment and West Bay management also rooms and suites coupled with fact this proves a world-class reduce noise pollution. honored some winning guests services,” Wael Telbani, Ezdan confidence in the performance This visit comes within the who delivered success and were Group Hotels General of the hotel and its capabilities framework of achieving Kah- awarded medals. Manager, said. in welcoming and embracing ramaa’s objectives in monitoring Ezdan Hotel said that it Ezdan Hotel West Bay has diverse teams and and regulating the work of district expects to receive representa- recently held a number of hon- delegations. cooling services in Qatar and the tives from 99 countries from the ouring parties to celebrate some “On this occasion, Ezdan added value of these services in the competing teams in the of the international players who Hotels Management congratu- infrastructure to keep pace with champion, organisers and guests stayed at the hotel during the lated the Qatari Olympic Hot Bowl Restaurant opens the urban expansion in the country of the ANOC World Beach Games 17th World Athletics Champi- champion Moataz Barshim for Filipino-owned Hot Bowl Restaurant opened at Fereej Bin Mahmoud and the expansion witnessed by event, where up to 1,300 hotel onships in the hotel and striking a gold medal in high on Al Jazeera Street. Seen from left are Anita Cuarteros, Restaurant Qatar University and the increase rooms have been provided and received medals in various jump, wishing him more in the number of educational and all arrangements have been tournaments. success and victory for the owner; Arif Rekhis J A Alshammari, Qatari sponsor; Benjamine administrative buildings, university taken. The Hotel honoured Daniel sports champions in Qatar in Celedio, Vice-Consul of Philippine Embassy, and Raymond Mira, housing and advanced facilities “The hotel is proudly Stahl as the powerhouse Swede all the various sports tourna- Corporate & Marketing - Philippine Airlines (background) during that it provides. hosting the athletes and sports delivered success in the discus ments and events”. the opening. Exceptional iGCSE performance by DBS students THE PENINSULA/DOHA

Year 11 students from Doha British School are cele- brating after achieving a record set of iGCSE results. A total of 48 percent of grades were secured at the equivalent of an A*/A grade (Grades 7, 8 and 9 in the new grading system) which is the school’s best ever set of results despite the more challenging syllabus and grading system introduced this year. A total of 89 percent of students have met and exceeded the benchmark standards of five Grade 9-4 including English and Maths. The examination board were so impressed by the Students from Doha British School are celebrating after achieving a record set of iGCSE results. results that they awarded certificates of ‘exceptional performance’ to 28 DBS students. These awards are worldwide. DBS Vice Principal, Paul Sherlock said: testament to both the hard work of the students but in recognition of students who met the requirements “This is an outstanding achievement by our students also the relentless effort and dedication of all the for the ‘High Achievers Awards’ category, where stu- and we are immensely proud of their success. Well teachers at DBS.” dents achieved grades 8 or 9 in 5 or more subjects. done to all 28 for their hard work and dedication to A permanent focus on securing excellent academic This puts them in the top 1 percent of iGCSE students their studies. To achieve these exceptional levels is outcomes for students is the core purpose of DBS. 08 VIEWS TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2019 Qatar University: A beacon of ESTABLISHED IN 1996 academic and research excellence

CHAIRMAN QNA/DOHA SHEIKH THANI BIN ABDULLAH AL THANI atar University (QU) has become a beacon of aca- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF demic and research excel- DR. KHALID BIN MUBARAK AL-SHAFI Qlence. QU is committed to [email protected] providing high-quality education in areas of national priority and prepares qualified graduates who contribute ACTING MANAGING EDITOR effectively to the future of their MOHAMMED SALIM MOHAMED country and nation. [email protected] It also includes a distinguished and diverse group of faculty members who are committed to improving the edu- DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR cation process, conducting studies and MOHAMMED OSMAN ALI research related to local and regional [email protected] challenges, advancing knowledge, and contributing positively to the ful- The students at Qatar University’s 42nd batch graduation ceremony. fillment of society’s needs and aspira- tions and providing state sectors with Research Support serves and supports participation. qualified national cadres. the research community at Qatar Uni- The Social and Economic Survey As a result of its efforts, QU cele- versity to find new sources and oppor- Research Institute, established in brated the graduation of the 42nd tunities for funding by working with 2008, has played an active role in the EDITORIAL batch of students, which includes university partners in industry and formulation and formulation of pol- more than 3220 students, 2468 government, and international icies in Qatar. The Center for Law & females and 752 male. Qatar Uni- research support bodies. Development is also a gateway to A mission with a vision versity has the great honour of con- The Office manages internal and achieving the law-related objectives of tributing to this renaissance through external grants to support and facil- Qatar National Vision 2030. atar University, a beacon of academic excellence and successive generations of graduates itate research projects, and there are Qatar National Research Strategy scientific research, yesterday celebrated the gradu- who now exceed 50,000. various types of internal research and other research centers were Qation of the 42nd batch (Class of 2019) of 752 male The university ranked 276 in the funding for students and faculty. established by QU to serve the com- students. Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani pat- QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) rankings In terms of external scholarships, munity as an entrepreneurial center, ronised the graduation ceremony and honoured 87 out- for world universities in 2020, Qatar University has achieved great Ibn Khaldun Center for Humanities standing graduates. becoming one of the most improved success in the National Priorities and Social Sciences, Center for Sus- Qatar University has been the main educational insti- universities in the rankings, and pro- Research Program (NPRP), under the tainable Development, and Gulf tution for higher education in the country since its inception gressing with 56 positions from the umbrella of the Qatar National Studies Center. in 1977. The University focuses on excellence and the highest 2019 ranking. It has also recently Research Fund. In the 11th round of The number of students registered standards of quality and professionalism and is committed developed an ambitious research this program, QU researchers received according to their academic level, col- to integrity and the highest ethical standards of honesty, roadmap that includes national devel- research grants for 37 out of 77 leges, specializations, nationalities and justice, transparency, responsibility and accountability. A opment priorities and a number of winning research proposals, repre- gender amount to 21,474 students, total of 2,468 female students will be graduating today. important research successes of global senting 48% of the total winning including Qatari and non-Qatari males The President of Qatar University, Dr. Hassan Rashid Al significance. In addition, it includes a research proposals. and females, which includes students Derham, said that the University offers 45 bachelor pro- large group of internationally The Undergraduate Research from Qatar, GCC states, non-GCC Arab grams and around 40 graduate programs in various aca- accredited colleges and programs Experience Program (UREP), which is countries, Africa, Asia, Europe, North demic disciplines, which compete with the best universities which witness located within the framework of America, South America, and Australia. globally. This year also marks the establishment of the a high level of external scholarships, also supports As an important indicator of the College of Dental Medicine, which received its very first class excellence students participating in research con- development of Qatar University and of students this academic term, and now makes up the 10th and quality, ducted under the supervision of the quality of its programs, the Uni- college at QU, Al Derham added. besides main- faculty or specialized researchers. In versity has focused on academic The number of students registered at Qatar University As a leading taining a close the 23rd session of the program, the accreditation as an important indi- according to their academic national institution, relationship university received research grants for cator of the development of univer- level, colleges, specializations, QU continues its between the 20 out of 60 research proposals, sities and a proof of its excellence and nationalities and gender has efforts to invest public and achieving 33 percent success, while in quality of its outputs. Qatar University reached 21,474, which includes private the 24th session 24 research grants has been interested in academic students from Qatar, GCC states, and contribute to sectors, where were received for 24 of the 71 pro- accreditation for years and has sought Qatar University non-GCC Arab countries, Africa, research projects it initiated a posals submitted, with a success rate accreditation from leading interna- continues its Asia, Europe, North America, and studies that number of of 34 percent. tional institutions of recognised efforts to invest South America, and Australia. serve the community, memorandums As a leading national institution, quality. Various programs and col- and contribute to The University ranked 276 in the of under- QU continues its efforts to invest and leges have received academic accredi- QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) especially given standing and contribute to research projects and tation at Qatar University from pres- research projects rankings for world universities the university’s cooperative studies that serve the community, tigious international bodies such as and studies in 2020, becoming one of the independent agreements. especially given the university’s inde- engineering, management, economics, pendent research units seek to bring education and pharmacy, as well as a that serve the most improved universities in the research units seek In its community and rankings, and progressing with endeavor to about global change, making it a number of programs at the College of 56 positions from the 2019 to bring about global develop its pioneer in the use of modern tech- Arts and Sciences. is committed to ranking. change. goal to be a nology and fully aware of environ- This year the Bachelor of Science in providing high- In its endeavor to develop its leader in the mental issues. Statistics program at the College of Arts quality education goal to be a leader in the field of field of eco- The Biomedical Research Center and Sciences was accredited by the economic and social devel- nomic and social development in (BRC) at QU focuses on improving Royal Statistical Society of Britain (RSS), in various national opment in Qatar, the QU signed Qatar, the QU signed during the aca- health in Qatar by focusing on and the Bachelor of Science in Chem- scientific fields. during the academic year demic year 2018/2019 a number of research, training and service istry program was accredited by the 2018/2019 a number of memo- memorandums of understanding and delivery in biomedical and applied Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC). randums of understanding and agreements. Academic partnerships research in three key areas: metabolic The Bachelor of Science in Envi- agreements. In all, 46 memorandums of understanding and were held with the industrial, govern- diseases, infectious diseases, and ronmental Sciences program was agreements were signed which included 20 with ministries mental, academic, financial and civil genomics. The Center for Advanced accredited by the Institute of Environ- and community bodies, 16 with companies and 10 with other society institutions in the State of Materials is concerned with con- mental Sciences (IES) and the Master universities and colleges. Qatar. 46 memorandums of under- ducting valuable research in the field of Science in Environmental Sciences As a leading national institution, QU continues its efforts standing and agreement were signed of innovative materials with the aim program was accredited by the Com- to invest and contribute to research projects and studies of which 20 with ministries and com- of supporting technology in various mittee of Presidents of Environmental that serve the community, especially given the university’s munity bodies, 16 with companies and fields, such as energy and envi- Science Programs (CHES). independent research units seek to bring about global 10 with other universities and colleges. ronment. They provide all kinds of The Bachelor of Arts in Media change, making it a pioneer in the use of modern technology The most prominent agreements technical, analytical, consultancy and program was accredited by the and fully aware of environmental issues. The University is concluded by Qatar University during training support to faculty, Accrediting Council on Education in committed to providing high-quality education in various the current academic year were the researchers and students within Journalism and Mass Communications national scientific fields. It continues its efforts to develop a lunch of a detailed environmental Qatar University and the industrial (ACEJMC), and the College of Engi- culture of scientific research. The University’s research study project for the Doha Corniche, a sector of Qatar. neering at Qatar University has complex comprises 14 distinguished research centers working cooperation agreement with Qatar Meanwhile, Environmental renewed its academic accreditation on over 400 collaborative research projects with leading Islamic Bank, a cooperation Science Center aims to understand for its bachelor’s degree programs (7) institutions from around the world. agreement with Smeet Company (one and protect Qatar’s rich marine cul- by the Accreditation Board for Engi- At the heart of Qatar University’s mission and vision is of the Qatari Diar companies) to tural heritage and biodiversity envi- neering and Technology (ABET). community engagement. 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TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2019 OPINION 09 In Iraq and Hong Kong, defiant protesters take on the system

here are many things that The information blackout, though, turned into a sustained popular Few believe a change in gov- separate the dramatic scenes meant that the government’s attempts movement that’s challenging the legit- ernment is likely to stanch the of unrest in Hong Kong and to appease the protesters fell largely imacy of local authorities and, by anger now on the streets. “There those in cities across Iraq, but on deaf ears. Meanwhile, there were extension, that of Beijing rule. It seems to be a calculation by those T reflects the deep-seated fear among there’s at least one thing that binds numerous reports of security forces or who are trying to protect the them: The sheer bravery of protesters armed men - likely affiliated with many Hong Kongers that the former political system that there’s a level ISHAAN THAROOR in both places incensed with an pro-Iran militias - raiding the offices British colony’s civil liberties and dem- of violence that is acceptable,” THE WASHINGTON POST entrenched establishment and the of various media outlets. ocratic aspirations are in grave peril. Renad Mansour, a research fellow violence it’s deploying to defend its In Hong Kong, the local gov- And it channels the angst of a younger at the London-based Chatham interests. ernment invoked a colonial-era generation that sees their futures con- House think tank, told my col- In Iraq, daily protests since emergency law to ban the wearing of strained by Hong Kong’s soaring house leagues. “If you listen to what the Tuesday in Baghdad and cities in the face masks, but it only spurred greater prices and widening inequality. “To protesters are calling for, it’s not country’s south have led to more than defiance. For the 18th consecutive me, banning the masks is an erosion of about getting rid of Abdul Mahdi. 100 deaths and left some 6,000 weekend, protesters took to the our basic rights,” 60-year-old Fred It’s about calling for an end to the people wounded, according to Iraq’s streets and clashed with police, who Wong told my colleagues in Hong whole system. They’re fed up with Interior Ministry. Activists fear the in some instances used water Kong on Sunday as he marched the government’s inability to death toll may be far higher. cannons, charged pockets of pro- wearing a green surgical mask. “We, as reform, and bringing in new faces The demonstrations are lead- testers with truncheons, and fired the older ones, should be ashamed of won’t help.” erless, a popular manifestation of rounds of tear gas in their attempts to ourselves for not protecting our rights In Hong Kong, too, there’s a widespread frustration over cor- disperse the marchers. Pockets of a long time ago, and we should be vast chasm between what local ruption, poor public services, and demonstrators vandalized storefronts embarrassed if we don’t come out to authorities are willing to concede unemployment in the country. But of businesses perceived to be pro- fight for the future of the young.” and what the protesters want. they were met with live fire from Beijing. Many wore masks to show On Sunday, protesters gathered Instead, the Hong Kong gov- security forces, including members of their contempt for the government’s and shined lasers over the walls of a ernment has only succeeded in The protesters in Iraq influential paramilitary organizations actions; scores were arrested by facility manned by China’s People’s stoking public discontent and radi- face an altogether backed by Iran. Authorities sought to police for doing so. Liberation Army. In what was one of calizing a growing hardcore of pro- tamp down the situation with rolling Major parts of Asia’s financial hub, the first direct confrontations between testers who have violently clashed deadlier threat. Videos curfews and an Internet blackout, but including shops, businesses and sec- Hong Kong dissidents and troops from with police. “The anti-mask law proliferated on social that has hardly dimmed protester tions of its metro system, were shut the mainland, a Chinese soldier just fuels our anger and more will media, despite the rage, which is also in part directed at down. Though casualties are nothing warned on a loudspeaker that Hong people come on to the street,” a blackout, of armed Tehran’s outsize influence in Iraqi on the scale seen in Iraq - three Kongers would “bear the conse- Hong Kong university student affairs. Dozens of public buildings and people were hospitalized over the quences” of their actions. But the PLA wearing a blue mask told Reuters. men and snipers the offices of a number of political weekend in relation to the distur- troops have so far remained in the “We are not afraid of the new law, firing into crowds of parties were torched in the unrest. bances, two in critical condition - a barracks, standing aside as Hong we will continue fighting. We will demonstrators, though On Saturday night, Prime Minister deeper radicalization is setting in, Kong’s local police forces baton- fight for righteousness. I put on the Iraqi military officials Adel Abdul Mahdi held an emergency provoked by the Hong Kong govern- charge and pursue the demonstrators mask to tell the government that Cabinet meeting, expressed sorrow ment’s unsatisfactory response to every week. I’m not afraid of tyranny.” claimed they didn’t for the casualties and issued a protester demands and outrage at the The protesters in Iraq face an alto- That’s a rallying cry also heard know who was doing 17-point plan that included measures heavy-handedness of the police. gether deadlier threat. Videos prolif- in Iraq. “It has been 16 years of cor- the shooting. to increase subsidized housing and What began as resistance to a con- erated on social media, despite the ruption and injustice,” Abbas Najm, public stipends for the unemployed. troversial extradition bill has now blackout, of armed men and snipers a 43-year-old unemployed firing into crowds of demonstrators, engineer, who was part of a though Iraqi military officials claimed Baghdad rally on Saturday, said to they didn’t know who was doing the the Guardian. “We are not afraid of shooting. Reports also surfaced of bullets or the death of martyrs. We anonymous threats sent to journalists will keep going and we won’t back and activists, warning them against down.” attending rallies in various Iraqi cities. The carnage could possibly spell the end of Abdul Mahdi’s brief tenure, com- pelling his resignation and paving the way for new elections. The prime min- ister came to power a year ago as a con- sensus candidate after many months of D-RING ROAD political deadlock in Baghdad. POST BOX: 3488 “In Baghdad, the protesters are DOHA - QATAR mostly young men who say they’ve [email protected] grown up without a future. Born around the US-led invasion in Iraq, their childhoods battered by war, in EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OFFICE adulthood, they have been shut out of TEL: 4455 7741 / 767 a job market that favors those with FAX: +974 4455 7758 political connections,” wrote my col- leagues Louisa Loveluck and Mustafa MANAGING EDITOR Salim. “Two years after the Islamic TEL: 4462 7505 State was officially defeated in Iraq, many of the country’s nearly 14 DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR million people live in worsening con- TEL: 4455 7769 Iraqi demonstrators during a protest against unemployment and corruption, in Baghdad yesterday. ditions, despite record oil output.” LOCAL NEWS SECTION TEL: 4455 7743 claimed killing over 30 insurgents in Charikar, Parwan, 69km north of the BUSINESS NEWS SECTION clashes while the Taliban made much capital Kabul. TEL: 4462 7535 higher claims of casualties inflicted Based in Kabul, columnist Gul upon the government forces. Mohammad opined the appalling state SPORT NEWS SECTION Human suffering takes Mid-September was the worst of security affairs were directly linked TEL: 4455 7745 period for Afghan civilians as violence to the presidential elections. spiked immensely amid the failed “The Taliban had publicly warned new face in Afghanistan ONLINE SECTION peace talks between the US and the the Afghan people and the gov- TEL: 4462 7501 Taliban and the scaled up government ernment against the elections, which [email protected] efforts to hold the September 28 pres- they fear would give another five- idential polls staunchly opposed by year term to ‘puppet regime’ backed PUBLIC RELATIONS SHADI KHAN SAIF the insurgents. by the west,” he said. TEL: 4455 7613 ANATOLIA A drone strike hit and killed a A month before, August saw [email protected] group of 14 pine-nut farmers in Nan- massive group assaults by the Taliban garhar forcing Mohammad Masoum in the restive northern provinces of he tenacious spate of bloody ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Kunduz and Baghlan, besides multiple violence in Afghanistan Stanekzai, the head of the spy agency TEL: 4455 7837 / 780 car bombing in the capital Kabul, claimed more than 3,000 NDS, to resign. FAX: 4455 7870 lives on all sides in the past On the very same day, September causing death, destruction and panic. [email protected] T The rebels managed to briefly enter two months amid escalating fighting 19, a Taliban-claimed suicide truck having surrounded September’s bombing devastated a public hospital the major urban centers in Kunduz CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT landmark presidential polls in the in Zabul province, killing at least 20 and Baghlan, but were pushed back TEL: 4455 7857 country. people. The massive bombing hitting by the security forces backed by the [email protected] Anadolu Agency’s coverage in the main public hospital in the US air power. August and September indicates new province also left more than 90 others Human suffering took a new face SUBSCRIPTION & highs in Taliban-claimed bombings injured, Atta Jan Haq, the chairman of in Afghanistan in August when a DISTRIBUTION and coordinated group assaults as the provincial assembly, told Anadolu father was killed in a Taliban assault TEL: 4455 7809 / 839 well as aggressive air and ground Agency. led by his son. FAX: 44557819 operations by the Afghan and US It was the only public hospital in The incident took place on August [email protected] Mid-September was forces. this remote province located between 26 in the northern Jawzjan province the worst period Taliban’s synchronized assaults on the restive Kandahar and Ghazni bordering Turkmenistan. for Afghan civilians four districts in the otherwise peaceful provinces -- marred by the deadly Elif Shah, the governor of as violence spiked northern Takhar province forced insurgency. Faizabad district of the province, told more than 4,000 families to flee their Within days of these calamities, an Anadolu Agency that Afghan army All thoughts and views immensely amid homes in the last week of September. air raid in the southern Helmand veteran Baaz Mohammad, 60, was expressed in these columns the failed peace Provincial assembly secretary province caused at least 14 more killed along with his 11 colleagues by a are those of the writers, talks between the Mohammed Azam Afzali told Anadolu deaths, including many civilians. The group of Taliban assailants led by his not of the newspaper. US and the Taliban Agency that the residents of several insurgents, fleeing a ground offensive son. Days before his death, districts lost their livelihoods fol- of the security forces, attempted to Mohammad, who was the com- and the scaled lowing the recent surge in clashes hide in a group of civilians who were mander of a pro-government force, All correspondence up government here. returning from a late Sunday night underlined the importance of peace in regarding Views and efforts to hold A number of top officials from the wedding ceremony when the aerial the country in an interview with local Opinion pages should be Defense Ministry, Interior Ministry bombing hit them. Azadi Radio. “We have imposed this sent to editor-in-chief the September 28 and the National Directorate of Just days ahead of the polls, at calamity [war] on us due to our own presidential polls Security (NDS) rushed to Takhar in a least 24 people, mostly civilians, were absurdity. Only if we realise there be office or mailed to the staunchly opposed bid to secure this strategically killed in another Taliban-claimed no other way [for resolution of the [email protected] by the insurgents. important part of the country. bomb attack on a campaign rally by war] than peace agreement,” he was The Afghan Interior Ministry President Ashraf Ghani in the city of quoted by the radio. 10 MIDDLE EAST TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2019 US troops begin withdrawal from northern Syria AFP/QAMISHLI, SYRIA The move marks a empty of personnel yesterday, major shift in US said a photographer, who had US forces in Syria started pulling seen troops there the night back yesterday from Turkish policy, and effectively before. border areas, opening the way abandons the Kurds, Turkey has sent reinforce- for Ankara’s military invasion Washington’s main ments to the border in recent and heightening fears of a ally in Syria during weeks, and Erdogan said yes- militant resurgence. terday in televised remarks the The withdrawal from key the years-long battle long-threatened offensive could positions along Syria’s northern against the Islamic “come any night without border came after the White State group. warning”. House said it would step aside to His comments came after allow for a Turkish operation Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavu- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan militia that controls much of soglu said on Twitter that Turkey has warned could come at any northeastern Syria, said early was “determined to ensure our moment. yesterday in a statement that “US country’s existence and security The move marks a major forces withdrew from the border by clearing terrorists from this shift in US policy, and effectively areas with Turkey”. region”. abandons the Kurds, Washing- The Syrian Observatory for He was referring to the SDF, ton’s main ally in Syria during Human Rights war monitor con- which has ties to Kurdish mili- the years-long battle against the firmed that US forces had pulled tants inside Turkey and which Islamic State group. back from key positions in Ras Ankara considers a terrorist The Syrian Democratic Al Ain and Tal Abyad. organisation. Forces (SDF), the Kurdish-led A US base in Ras Al Ain was Fearing yet another chapter of bloodshed and mass dis- placement in the Syrian conflict, ‘Very small number’ of troops pulled the United Nations said it was A US soldier sits atop an armoured vehicle during a demonstration next to a base for the US-led from Syria-Turkey border: US official “preparing for the worst”. international coalition on the outskirts of Ras Al Ain town in Syria’s Hasakeh province. The European Union warned AFP/WASHINGTON that civilians would once again SDF spokesman Mustefa Bali said in a statement posted on is expected to focus on the bear the brunt of a military said Washington’s decision “is social media. border areas of Ras Al Ain and The United States has pulled back a “very small number” of troops assault. In its statement, the about to ruin the trust and coop- Ankara says it wants to Tal Abyad, which are Arab-dom- from areas of northern Syria along the Turkish border, a senior White House made clear it would eration between the SDF and urgently establish a “safe zone” inated towns governed by the State Department official said, after President Donald Trump stand aside when its Nato ally US”. on the other side of the border Kurdish administration in seemed to indicate a wider retreat. Turkey moves in. “People here are owed an where it could send back some northeast Syria. The pullback only concerns “two very small detachments” — Trump said the region would explanation,” he said on Twitter. of the 3.6 million refugees who Kurdish forces have dug meaning less than 25 people in total — that have been moved a have to “figure the situation out” The SDF, which spearheaded fled the eight-year war in Syria trenches and tunnels in the two “very short distance,” the official said. and that America needed to get — with backing from the US-led to live on Turkish soil. areas in preparation for a The announcement of the redeployment was interpreted as out of “ridiculous Endless Wars.” coalition — several of the most But the Kurds argue that Turkish offensive, according to an American green light for a Turkish military operation against But US Senator Lindsey significant battles against IS over Turkey’s goal is to weaken the the Observatory. Kurdish forces in northeast Syria. But the State Department official Graham called the move “a dis- the past five years, also vowed Kurdish presence in the region In Ras Al Ain on Sunday, local insisted that Trump had clearly told Turkish President Recep aster in the making” and “a stain to resist any Turkish attack. by modifying the demographics armed forces allied with the Tayyip Erdogan that the US did not endorse any such operation on America’s honor,” warning of “As the Syrian Democratic of the area with the return of Kurdish administration stood -- a message also conveyed by the Pentagon. a Senate resolution demanding Forces, we are determined to mostly Sunni Arab refugees. behind dirt berms, monitoring the White House alter course. defend our land at all costs,” it Ankara’s planned offensive the frontier. Israel plans to stop Turkey’s Palestinian dies Jerusalem activities: Report of wounds in Gaza ANATOLIA steps would include restricting JERUSALEM communications between ANATOLIA/GAZA CITY members of the Islamic Waqf, a The Israeli government is Jordan-run organisation respon- A Palestinian youth died seeking to stop Turkish activ- sible for overseeing the city’s yesterday of his wounds after ities in occupied East Jerusalem, Islamic sites. being exposed to Israeli army reports Tel Aviv-based Israel Katz said the plan also aims gunfire near Gaza-Israel Today daily. to protect Jordan’s special status security fence, according to According to the news- as the guardian of Muslim holy Palestinian Health Ministry. paper, Israeli Foreign Minister sites in the city, according to the “Palestinian youth Fadi Yisrael Katz ordered his office to news report. Osama Hijazi, 21, died of draw up plans to stop the Turkish Katz also said he intends to wounds after being injured by government’s “efforts to present the plan to Israeli Prime Israeli bullets in February of undermine Israeli sovereignty in Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this year near the town of Jerusalem”. for his confirmation soon. Jabalya, northern Gaza Strip,” According to the newspaper, For Muslims, Al Aqsa rep- the Palestinian Health Ministry the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s resents the world’s third- said in a statement. plan suggests a number of steps holiest site. Jews, for their part, Hijazi was severely injured against Turkey’s activities in the refer to the area as the “Temple while taking part in the weekly revered city. Mount,” claiming it was the site anti-occupation protests, The plan proposes to of two Jewish temples in known as Great March of Mogherini conferred with Jordanian medal obligate Turkey’s state-run aid ancient times. Return. agency, the Turkish Cooperation Israel occupied East Jeru- Since the Gaza rallies began Jordan’s King Abdullah II, bestowing the Order of Al Istiqlal of the First Degree on EU High and Coordination Agency (TIKA), salem, in which the Al Aqsa is in March last year, nearly 270 Representative of the for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini, as Crown Prince Hussein looks on, in to coordinate its activities with located, during the 1967 Arab- protesters have been martyred the capital Amman, yesterday. Israel in advance. Additional Israeli War. and thousands more wounded by Israeli forces at the security fence with Gaza. Demonstrators demand an Iraq military admits excessive force used against protesters end to Israel’s 12-year-old blockade of the Gaza Strip, AFP It said Prime Minister Adel which has shattered the coastal BAGHDAD Abdel Mahdi had ordered those enclave’s economy and forces to be replaced with federal deprived its two million inhab- Iraq’s military admitted for the police units and the intelligence itants of free movement in and first time yesterday it used services to open an investigation out from Gaza and prevented “excessive force” in deadly into the incident. many basic amenities. protests, a move Amnesty Inter- It was the first time since national said must lead to protests broke out that security Houthis claim accountability for more than 100 forces acknowledged using dis- killed over the last week. proportionate measures, a move deaths of Sudanese Demonstrations across cautiously welcomed by soldiers in Taiz Baghdad and the south have spi- Amnesty International. ralled into violence over the last “The security forces’ ANATOLIA/SANA’A week, with witnesses reporting admission of using excessive security forces using water force is a first step that must be Houthi group yesterday said cannons, tear gas and live rounds translated on the ground, to rein that it killed and injured a and authorities saying “uniden- in the behaviour of security number of Sudanese soldiers tified snipers” have shot at pro- forces and the army,” it said in in a rocket attack on Taiz testers and police. Arabic. “The next step is governorate in western Yemen. On Sunday evening a mass accountability.” The Houthi rebels launched protest in Sadr City in east More than 100 people have a rocket attack on Sunday night Baghdad led to clashes that medics been killed and 6,000 wounded against a gathering of Sudanese and security forces said left 13 across the country since protests soldiers in Taiz governorate, people dead. In videos distributed broke out Tuesday, according to which caused deaths and on social media, protesters could the interior ministry. The Inter- injuries among the soldiers, be seen ducking into streets lit- national Committee of the Red Iraqi protesters speaking with members of police in Baghdad’s Shia-dominated Sadr City, yesterday. according to the Houthi-run Al tered with burning tyres as a volley Cross on Monday urged for Iraqi Masirah TV. of gunfire and suspected heavy health workers to be allowed to Sadr City and a few police capital, is a bastion of firebrand social welfare and oust corrupt So far, no response or weapons were heard. treat the wounded safely. “The officers could be seen on the cleric Moqtada Sadr who has officials. comment has been made by “Excessive force outside the alternative is unthinkable for a edges of the neighbourhood, an thrown his weight behind the He has accused “saboteurs” the Sudanese army or the rules of engagement was used population already weary and in AFP photographer there said, protests by calling on Abdel of infiltrating the protests, a Arab Coalition in Yemen. and we have begun to hold need,” said Katharina Ritz, with no protests there or in other Mahdi’s government to resign. claim echoed by the Hashed Al Sudan is part of the coalition accountable those commanding ICRC’s head of delegation in Iraq. typical gathering spots. But the embattled premier Shaabi, a powerful network of in Yemen which was formed officers who carried out these By yesterday evening, the Sadr City, a densely popu- instead announced a series of mostly-Shia, pro-Iran paramil- in 2015 to fight the Iran- wrong acts,” the military said. military had been pulled out of lated, impoverished part of the reforms to create jobs, boost itary units opposed to the US. backed Houthis. TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2019 AFRICA 11

At least one Tunisia inches towards a split parliament dead in Chad According to the exit prison uprising polls, no party got AFP/N’DJAMENA more than 20 percent At least one inmate was killed of the vote. Any party and another 11 wounded that emerges with yesterday in a prison uprising the largest share of in eastern Chad before troops seats will therefore retook control, officials said. The uprising broke out in find it difficult to put Abeche, the capital of Ouaddai together the majority province, where President required to legislate. Idriss Deby has declared a state of emergency to curb deadly ethnic clashes in the arid Sahel AFP/TUNIS nation. Local public prosecutor Tunisia’s parliamentary elections Hassan Djamouss Hachim said held on Sunday appear to have by telephone one inmate was failed to forge a clear path to killed in the violence and the forming a government. army took back control of the Closed door negotiations are Tunisian Islamist-inspired Ennahda party leader Rached Ghannouchi speaking to media in reaction to the first exit polls of the legislative prison several hours later. already under way, even ahead elections in the capital Tunis. RIGHT: Suppoters of Ennahda party celebrate. Provincial prefect Abakar of official preliminary results due Maina said at least 11 more were to be released tomorrow and a El Abidine Ben Ali —abstention Nabil Karoui, who last month Any party that emerges with prime minister, who would wounded, including two seri- two-man presidential run-off set was at a record 66.3 percent. won through to the presidential the largest share of seats will likewise be given two months to ously in the prison that holds for Sunday. More voters turned out for run-off — came in second with therefore find it difficult to put cobble together a majority. 570 inmates. “We revolted to The abstention rate was 58.6 the first round of the presidential 33 or 35 seats. Both parties took together the majority required If stalemate persists, the con- protest over conditions inside percent, nearly double that of the election in September, with 51 well below the 109 seats required to legislate. “It will probably stitution provides that the pres- the prison,” said one inmate last legislative polls in 2014, percent abstention. for an absolute majority. take at least four or five blocs to ident “can dissolve the assembly” inside the prison. despite the post-revolution con- Low turnout “is also linked A third exit poll, by Targa form a majority— yet among the and call new elections. stitution putting parliament at to the poor performance” of the Consult, put Ennahda further leading five, some are sworn While Qalb Tounes has made Kids among the heart of political power. TV outgoing parliament, according ahead with 46 seats, and Qalb enemies,” Kharrat said. a remarkable entry into par- pundits contend that the high to Selim Kharrat of Al Bawsala, Tounes with 35. Both parties “It is a parliament that will liament, it appears not to have six injured in abstention rate is not only a mark a parliamentary watchdog. have claimed that they are in first be too fragmented to function achieved its goal of becoming the Libya air strike of voter apathy, but also a repu- Abstentions, political shifts place, without providing figures. properly—we cannot expect biggest party, which would have diation of the parties taking part. and a lack of initiative in constit- According to the exit polls, much,” he added, indicating that created a favourable dynamic for AFP/TRIPOLI “We have been talking about uencies all fed into “73 percent no party got more than 20 crucial reforms will likely remain leader Nabil Karoui. these elections for two months of Tunisians not having confi- percent of the vote. on hold. A week after the final Ennahda appears in pole An air raid on riding stables and foresaw a higher turnout,” dence in the legislature”, said Behind the leading two results are released, the party position after a good turnout by near the Libyan capital Tripoli acknowledged Nabil Baffoun, Kharrat. According to two entities, which had ruled out with the most seats will be tasked its base, after the party aligned has wounded at least six people, head of the electoral commission Tunisian opinion polls, Emrhod forming an alliance in the run-up with trying to form a government itself behind the candidacy of the including children, sparking ISIE. He added, however, that and Sigma, Islamist-inspired to the vote, there are a series of inside two months. other competitor in the presi- condemnation from the United the participation rate was party Ennahda won the largest other parties that won less than It should be followed by a dential second round, Kais Saied. Nations and the unity “respectable”. number of seats, taking an esti- 20 seats each. vote in parliament that must be Ennahda endorsed the con- government. An African worker In the municipal elections mated 40 out of 217. Complicating the bargaining backed by 109 lawmakers. servative law academic in the was also among the six people held in May last year — the first Qalb Tounes —established picture further, each of them has In the event of failure, the immediate wake of the first wounded in Sunday’s attack on since the 2011 revolution that less than six months ago and led excluded the possibility of president — to be elected on round and several unofficial polls the equestrian club in the deposed longtime dictator Zine by detained business tycoon working with certain rivals. October 13 — must propose a see him winning the run-off. Tripoli suburb of Janzour, a hospital source said. Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Accord Zimbabwe doctors defy (GNA) and the UN mission in the North African country UNSMIL order to resume work both accused forces of strongman Khalifa Haftar of AFP stop the doctors from marching being behind the attack. HARARE to parliament, until a court Ahmad al-Mismari, allowed the protest. spokesman for pro-Haftar Doctors striking in Zimbabwe for The leader of the doctors’ forces who control eastern pay hikes defied a government union Peter Magombeyi was last Libya, denied “any responsi- order to resume work on month abducted by suspected bility”. The GNA denounced Monday and asked the UN and state agents, only to be released “the cowardly air strike carried private businesses to help fund five days later after pressure out by the war criminal (Haftar) their return to the wards. from his colleagues. and his militias against an The doctors are in the The government tried to equestrian club in Janzour,” a second month of a strike over block him from travelling to suburb east of Tripoli. salaries which have dwindled to neighbouring South Africa for less than $100 per month in treatment after local doctors Renegotiating some cases as a result of gal- recommended further medical loping inflation. assessment. He was only allowed oil deal with They say their pay has lost to leave following another court No to eviction value by at least 1,500 order. Sudan, says Juba percent. The striking doctors have The members of Sengwer community living in Embobut forest, 403km from Nairobi, gather to march to In a statement, the Zim- appealed to the World Health AFP/JUBA the office of President Uhuru Kenyatta, as they present a petition seeking to stop eviction from the forest babwe Hospital Doctors Associ- Organization (WHO), local busi- they have called their homes for centuries, and be recognised as a distinct tribe, in Nairobi yesterday. ation (ZHDA) said they have used nesses, churches and NGOs to South Sudan said it was rene- up their savings by “subsidising help raise funding to supplement gotiating an oil deal with the employer” for them to just their wages. Khartoum, as it will not meet a report for work. “Lives are being lost and December deadline to finish Zuma’s son denies $40m bribe Negotiations with the gov- there is need to urgently paying $3bn (¤2.7bn) agreed as ernment have been deadlocked raise resources to sup- compensation for the oil-rich offered to South African ex-minister as the doctors rejected a 60 plement... the salaries of nation’s 2011 secession. percent pay increase and 1,800 government-employed South Sudan and Sudan in AFP/JOHANNESBURG known as “state capture”. of the Gupta brothers Ajay, at a demanded their salaries be doctors,” they said. 2012 signed a deal in which He has been named by meeting arranged by Duduzane pegged to the US dollar. Should the UN heed the Juba would pay the amount The son of South Africa’s former various witnesses that have Zuma. The bribe was for a pro- Health Minister Obadiah doctors’ call, it will not be the after it voted for independence, president Jacob Zuma yesterday appeared before the inquiry, motion to the position of full Moyo at the weekend ordered first time it has supported health taking with it 70 percent of the denied allegations by the former including former ministers, as minister in exchange for business the medics to return to work, personnel in the crisis-ridden oil fields Khartoum used to deputy finance minister that he having been a conduit for the favours. Jonas said Ajay warning them with unspecified country. manage. Petroleum Minister was offered a $40m bribe. Guptas, a wealthy migrant business threatened to kill him when he disciplinary action if they did not Unicef ran a so-called Awou Daniel Chuang told jour- Duduzane Zuma, 35, was tes- family that allegedly had a corrupt turned down the money. comply. Health Transition Fund, a multi- nalists that the cash-strapped tifying before a judicial inquiry relationship with his father. But Zuma denied any offer The government has donor pooled fund for four years nation had paid $2.4bn so far, probing allegations that his father Mcebisi Jonas, former was made, claiming that while adopted a ham-fisted response from 2011, paying out allow- but would not manage to pay organised a systematic plunder of deputy finance minister, said he the “meeting happened” the to the strike, now in its 34th day. ances to augment medical prac- the remaining $600m by government coffers in a scandal was offered a $40m bribe by one “Guptas were not present”. Last month police tried to titioners’ salaries. December. South Sudan fails to provide war victims justice: Report AP with prosecutors following 400,000 people and displaced they had taken place. “Nothing a perpetrator commits a crime security arrangements have not JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN orders from above and judges millions. A power-sharing of this kind occurred in Bentiu,” the government always takes been resolved. Some in the inter- risking being fired if they act agreement provides for Rabi Emanuel, a government measures,” said spokesman national community fear that South Sudan’s government is against government interests. measures including the estab- representative, told a meeting in Ateny Wek Ateny. fighting could erupt again. failing to provide justice for “Imagine being witness to the lishment of a hybrid court but the the capital, Juba, early this year. Some officials said the Mental health experts say victims of atrocities committed killing of your family, surviving government has tried to stall it, Legal experts are concerned country should prioritize stability justice is essential in recovering during the country’s five-year gang rape and, after all that, the report said. by the government’s silence. before it can move ahead with from the trauma of war. civil war, Amnesty International having your home looted,” When investigations do take “Accountability is a key issue justice. “Let peace come first and “There’s well-established lit- asserted in a new report. Amnesty International regional place, committee members are and the government needs to pay accountability later, we can’t do erature that if there isn’t justice A lack of political will to hold director Joan Nyanyuki told The hand-picked by President Salva attention,” said local human two things at once,” said Syl- served, recovery from significant warring parties accountable for Associated Press. If the gov- Kiir and carried out in secrecy, rights lawyer Phillips Anyang vester Sebit, an army intelligence trauma becomes a lot more dif- crimes including rape and ernment is serious about peace, it said. Reports are often buried Ngong. officer. ficult,” said Jairam Kamala Ram- torture has allowed for wide- it is obligated under international and their findings largely ignore South Sudan’s government But the peace deal is on akrishnan, a psychiatrist with the spread impunity, said the report law and the peace agreement crimes committed by the army. disputed the new report’s shaky ground. Next month oppo- medical aid group Doctors based on 47 interviews with signed last year to provide A government-led investi- findings. sition leader Riek Machar is Without Borders. people working in or with the avenues for justice, she said. gation into sexual assaults in “I don’t think that (Amnesty) expected to return to South One new project has started justice sector. It cited a justice South Sudan is emerging Bentiu last year brought few report corresponds with the Sudan and again serve as Kiir’s to bring justice to a small number system that lacks independence, from a conflict that killed almost results as the government denied reality in South Sudan. Each time deputy, but key issues such as of victims at the local level. 12 ASIA TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2019 Modi-Xi informal summit to focus on expanding ties AFP India’s foreign ministry has NEW DELHI not formally announced the India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and meeting in the Tamil Nadu China’s President Xi Jinping will hold an town of Mamallapuram, informal summit in southern India on known for its historic Friday, officials said, amid strains in their temples and architecture. relationship. The meeting follows months of nig- But it has opened media gling between the world’s two most pop- registration for a “second ulous nations over trade, border disputes, India-China informal and their respective diplomatic moves. summit”. India’s foreign ministry has not for- mally announced the meeting in the Tamil Nadu town of Mamallapuram, known for Ladakh region, perched on a steep Hima- its historic temples and architecture. layan border with China’s restive Xinjiang But it has opened media registration to its north and Tibet to the east. Chairman of Safari Group receives award for a “second India-China informal “India has continued to undermine Aboobacker Madappat, Chairman of Safari Group of Companies, receiving the Kairali NRI Life Time Achievement Award summit”, and Chinese officials have been China’s territorial sovereignty by unilat- 2019 from noted film actor and Chairman of Kairali TV, Mammootty, in the presence of the Chief Minister of Kerala, scouting out the seaside town for several erally changing its domestic law,” China’s weeks. Indian media reports said Xi and foreign ministry said in August. Pinarayi Vijayan, and P Sreeramakrishnan, Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly, recently. Modi will visit Mamallapuram’s attrac- India too claims part of Ladakh region tions on the follow up to their first under Chinese control. informal summit in Wuhan, China, in April India has also objected to Beijing’s Kerala family last year. Belt and Road initiative, a global infra- Petrol, diesel prices fall That meeting followed an intense structure programme that includes a murder: Jolly’s high-altitude stand-off at a disputed major project through Pakistan-admin- border post in the Himalayas. istered Kashmir, a territory claimed by for fifth consecutive day second husband Xi is expected to leave on Saturday, New Delhi. The two went to war in 1962 as Nepalese media have said he will visit over Arunachal Pradesh state in northeast IANS litre, Rs79.40/litre and Rs76.61/litre, questioned Kathmandu this weekend on his way back India, where China claims about 90,000 NEW DELHI respectively. The diesel rates in the four from the India talks. square kilometres (35,000 square miles) cities were: Rs66.09/litre, Rs69.27/litre, IANS The historic rivalry between India and of the territory, next to Tibet. In a big relief to the people in this festive Rs70.14/litre and Rs71.68/litre. KOZHIKODE China has been strained in recent months Trade is another sore point in the rela- season, petrol and diesel price continued The global crude oil prices also fell after Beijing criticised New Delhi’s tionship. India recently raised the issue to decline for the fifth consecutive day yesterday. The Brent crude rates were at The Kerala Crime Branch police decision to revoke autonomy in Kashmir, of its rising trade deficit of about $55bn, yesterday. Petrol prices were cut by 13 $58.12 a barrel while the US West Texas probing the six mysterious the Himalayan region also claimed by according to some reports, and pressed paisa per litre, while diesel prices were Intermediate (WTI) crude was at $52.80 deaths between 2002 and 2016, Pakistan. Beijing singled out India’s China for better market access for Indian down by 12 paisa per litre in Delhi, per barrel. The fuel prices had seen a near here, yesterday questioned decision to create a separate adminis- companies. Xi, in turn, can be expected Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai. sharp rise after the September 14 drone in detail the second husband of trative territory in Ladakh, a Buddhist- to press Modi to open Indian markets to According to the Indian Oil website, the attacks on a oil facility and a processing prime suspect Jolly Thomas - dominated part of Kashmir, as part of the Huawei’s 5G telecom systems amidst petrol rates in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai plant. A day later, the Brent crude oil rates Shaju. Ater questioning, the change. China also claims parts of the global debate on security concerns. and Chennai were: Rs73.76/litre, Rs76.40/ went up by $71.95/barrel. police said he will be let off. Jolly and her two accom- plices, who helped her in sup- plying cyanide, which she gave Supreme Court halts tree felling for new Mumbai metro to each of her victim was earlier arrested for plotting the murder REUTERS heading the two-judge bench, for the shed in the crowded city Indian Express newspaper, Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena of her husband Roy Thomas. NEW DELHI/MUMBAI said, requesting that Mahar- of some 20 million. And propo- citing senior officials, reported party, has criticised the decision Shaju, a teacher by pro- ashtra state maintain the status nents say the metro will be far that 2,134 trees were already to cut the trees. fession was questioned on four India’s Supreme Court yesterday quo until the next hearing on more beneficial to the envi- gone. The Mumbai Metro Rail The Mumbai Metro 3 is a previous occasions and on ordered a halt to the cutting of October 21. ronment than the trees, warning Corp Ltd (MMRCL) did not 35km project due to carry an Sunday evening he was seen on trees in financial capital Mumbai Activists, Bollywood stars that Line 3, slated to open in immediately respond to a estimated 170,000 people a day TV channels stating that he had for an ambitious subway project and some politicians have December 2021, could now be request for information. between city’s business districts no role in what happened. that has sparked protests from opposed cutting down some delayed due to the opposition. The controversy over the and the far-flung suburbs. But, the police probe team activists opposed to the felling 2,700 trees in Mumbai’s few It was not immediately clear trees has become a political An average of ten people, had asked him to come to the to build a train parking shed. green spaces, saying it would how many trees had already issue in Maharashtra, which is mostly the poor, now die every Crime Branch office at Payoli, “We direct the Maharashtra exacerbate pollution levels. been cut down on Friday. Police holding state elections on day on Mumbai’s overcrowded near here and he promptly Government not to cut any more Authorities counter that detained dozens of activists October 21. Prime Minister trains, according to the came, in the morning. trees in Aarey,” Justice Mishra, there is no other viable location trying to protect the trees. The Narendra Modi’s local ally, the government. After 90 minutes of ques- tioning, the police took him to the Vadakara office of Super- intend of Police, K G Simon and India gets first tranche after another round of ques- tioning, Simon told the media that Shaju will be let off. of citizens’ Swiss “Our probe is going on in the right direction and if required we will ask Shaju to bank account info come back again. We are in the process of verifying all aspects IANS Rica, Curacao, Montserrat, as many more will be also ques- NEW DELHI/BERNE Romania, Saint Vincent and the tioned. The State Police chief Grenadines, Cyprus) or because called me and said that if In a major step towards fighting they chose not to receive data required, chemical examination black money, India got the first (Bermuda, British Virgin in the probe can be given to tranche of Swiss Bank details of Islands, Cayman Islands, Turks foreign countries,” said Simon. its residents under the Auto- and Caicos Islands). Currently, In between Shaju’s father matic Exchange of Information around 7,500 reporting Zachariah, a retired teacher agreement. financial institutions (banks, who had told the media earlier India is among the 75 coun- trusts, insurers, etc.) are regis- that his son was trapped into tries with which the Federal Tax tered with the Federal Tax marriage by Jolly and her elder Administration (FTA) exchanged Administration. These institu- son, was asked to present information on around 3.1 tions collected the data and himself before the probe team. million financial accounts. transferred it to the FTA. The Meanwhile yesterday, The exchanged information FTA sent information on 22-year old Rohit, said that he allows the cantonal tax author- around 3.1 million financial has given a complaint to the ities to verify whether taxpayers accounts to the partner states police after hearing the way the have correctly declared their and received information on Festive gathering deaths occurred in the family financial accounts abroad in around 2.4 million from them. An aerial view of thousands of people during a festival near Gandhinagar, some 30km from Ahmedabad, serial murder, was similar to their tax returns. The largest exchange was in the western Indian state of Gujarat, yesterday. the way his father passed away. The took place within the with Germany (in both direc- framework of the global tions), as was the case in the standard on the automatic previous year. The FTA cannot Only 10 of 196 Kashmir police stations have restrictions: Shah exchange of information (AEOI). provide any information on the Following the first exchange amount of financial assets. IANS/NEW DELHI probationers, the Minister not remain a Union Territory be seen as a political exercise last year, in which no technical Switzerland has committed urged them to make tough yet (UT) forever and that statehood as it is very important to have problems were encountered, itself to adopting the global Asserting that neither a “single correct decisions and said that would be returned once the sit- a national citizen register in this year, the AEOI involved a standard for the international bullet” was fired nor a “single some bold measures are nec- uation normalises.“All regional order to ensure that benefits of total of 75 countries. automatic exchange of infor- person died” after abrogation essary for people’s benefit identities are inherently pro- development reach all our cit- With 63 of these countries, mation in tax matters. The legal of the special status to erst- without getting bogged down tected by the Indian Consti- izens,” he said. the exchange of information basis for the implementation while Jammu and Kashmir by the fear of a backlash. tution. Article 370 was the root Referring to the need to was reciprocal. In the case of of the AEOI in Switzerland state, Union Home Minister “Not a single bullet had cause of cross border ter- improve police efficiency, Shah 12 countries, Switzerland came into force on January 1, Amit Shah yesterday said the been fired or not a single rorism,” he said. said that as IPS officers, their received information but did 2017. restrictions are now limited to person had died after the abro- Speaking on the need for a job would be to ensure that not provide any, either because Identification, account and areas only under 10 of the 196 gation of Article 370. Only 10 National Register of Citizens there is freedom to take those countries do not yet meet financial information is police stations in Kashmir police stations of Kashmir, out (NRC), he asserted that it was required decisions and owning the international requirements exchanged, including name, Valley. of 196, have Section 144 in essential not just for national up of responsibility at all levels, on confidentiality and data address, state of residence and Addressing the 2018 batch force,” he said. Shah reiterated security but for good gov- without overstepping of security (Belize, Bulgaria, Costa tax identification number. Indian Police Service (IPS) that Jammu and Kashmir would ernance as well. “NRC must not boundaries. TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2019 ASIA 13

Indian fire Imran meets Xi leaves today; Kashmir, woman dead in AJK CPEC on agenda AP/MUZAFFARABAD

REUTERS/ISLAMABAD Pakistan Prime Sniper fire from India killed a Minister’s visit will woman outside her home in the Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran also include talks border village of Abbaspur, in Khan will meet Chinese President Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK), a Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang on the progress of senior Pakistani police official in Beijing today to discuss the the China-Pakistan said yesterday. According to security situation in the disputed Economic Corridor police chief Zulqarnain region of Kashmir as well as (CPEC), the $60bn Chaudhry, the 45-year-old economic ties, his office said. woman was killed on Sunday. Tensions over Kashmir have infrastructure The fire came from the Indian risen drastically since August programme China sector, across the boundary in when New Delhi revoked the launched as part of the disputed region, he said. autonomy of its portion of the its flagship “Belt and Although Pakistan and territory, which both India and India often exchange fire in US delegation visits AJK Pakistan rule in part and claim Road” project. Kashmir, Sunday’s incident US Senators Chris Van Hollen and Maggie Hassan along with their delegation talking to officials in in full. took place as US Senators Chris Muzaffarabad, the capital of Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK), yesterday. The US delegation is visiting AJK Pakistan expelled India’s arising from the situation in Van Hollen and Maggie Hassan, ambassador and suspended occupied Jammu & Kashmir.” along with Ambassador Paul to see the ground situation and gauge public sentiment following the Indian government’s move on bilateral trade soon after and India says the status of Jones, charge d’ affairs at the US August 5 to scrap the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Khan launched an international Kashmir is a domestic issue and Embassy in Islamabad, were vis- diplomacy campaign in an Kashmir will economically iting Muzaffarabad, the capital attempt to draw global condem- benefit from its move. of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. nation of India’s treatment of Khan’s visit will also include Pakistani Foreign Minister Several Taliban prisoners ‘freed’ Kashmiris. talks on the progress of the Shah Mahmood Qureshi again China, which also holds a China-Pakistan Economic Cor- asked the international com- AP/ISLAMABAD The Taliban were reportedly condition of roughly 1.5 million thinly populated high-altitude ridor (CPEC), the $60bn infra- munity to pressure India to lift released from one of Afghani- Afghan refugees living in the city. area of Kashmir and has a long- structure programme China the curfew in Kashmir. He also Taliban officials say several of stan’s largest jails at the Bagram US officials said Khalilzad standing dispute over the border launched as part of its flagship criticized Modi’s government their group’s members have military base, north of the capital, was in the Pakistani capital to with India, called New Delhi’s “Belt and Road” project. for not allowing Hollen to visit been freed from Afghan jails, Kabul. While the US troops years follow up on talks he held in actions “unacceptable”. Some officials and observers Kashmir. “Why did you stop the including former shadow ago handed over the sprawling September in New York with “The visit will be instru- have said momentum on CPEC American senator from visiting governors, just days after a US base to Afghan security forces, it Pakistani officials, including mental in further cementing projects is slowing, in part due Indian-occupied Kashmir, if life envoy met top Taliban leaders still maintains a military presence Prime Minister Imran Khan. Pakistan’s economic, investment to concerns over the size of is normal there and if you have in the Pakistani capital following at Bagram. It wasn’t clear whether The US insisted Khalilzad and strategic ties with China,” Pakistan’s debt and struggling nothing to hide,” Qureshi asked, the suspension of US-Taliban the US or Afghan forces released was not in Pakistan to restart said the statement from Khan’s economy, which led Islamabad his question directed at Modi. talks last month. the Taliban. US-Taliban peace talks — at least office. “The Prime Minister will to turn to the International Mon- He added that the day is not far The Taliban also said they However, an Afghan gov- not yet. But the Taliban and exchange views...the state of etary Fund for a $6bn bailout away when Kashmir will get released three Indian engineers ernment official said 11 Taliban Pakistan confirmed the two sides peace and security in South Asia package in July. independence from Indian rule. they had been holding, though were released in exchange for met. The meeting is significant that has yet to be confirmed by the three Indian engineers. He and the first Khalilzad has held New Delhi or the Afghan said it was not linked to the visit with the Taliban since last government. by the Taliban or US peace envoy month, when President Donald SC restores membership of NA Deputy Among the Taliban figures Zalmay Khalilzad’s visit to Trump declared that the talks freed were the group’s shadow Pakistan. The official declined were “dead,” blaming an uptick Speaker Qasim Suri governors for northeastern to be identified by name and in violence by the Taliban that Kunar province and south- would not elaborate on the included the killing of a US INTERNEWS/ISLSMABAD process through a petition in an pleading that it overrule the western Nimroz province, reason for anonymity. soldier. apex court, and a decision in this decision of the election tribunal Sheikh Abdul Rahim and Maulvi Khalilzad met last week in Still, Trump says he wants to The Supreme Court of Pakistan regard was made early yesterday. that had disqualified Suri. Rashid, the officials said. Islamabad with the Taliban’s top exit Afghanistan, ending Amer- yesterday suspended the order of A three-member bench In the petition, the leader of The Taliban have established negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani ica’s longest war, and withdraw an election tribunal of Balochistan headed by Justice Umar Bandial ruling Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf a shadow government in areas Baradar, a co-founder of the 14,000 troops from there. He has High Court that had de-seated and comprising of Justice Faisal stated that irregularities in the they control across Afghanistan hard-line Taliban movement criticized the Afghan gov- National Assembly Deputy Speaker Arab and Justice Ijazul Ahsan, electoral process could not be and have even set up courts to and head of a Taliban delegation ernment for not doing more to Qasim Suri. Suri had challenged heard the case. Counsel of Suri, attributed to the candidate, and try offenders and abide by their to the Pakistani capital. The defend Afghanistan and relying his disqualification for alleged Advocate Naeem Bukhari, had instead rested with the strict interpretation of Islamic Taliban said they were in on US and Nato troops to police irregularities in the election filed a petition in the court, authorities. law, or Shariah. Islamabad to discuss the the country. Death of Bangladesh student 10 dead in bomb attack on bus sparks university protests in Jalalabad

AFP/DHAKA other residents as saying that members of the AFP student wing of the ruling Awami League had JALALABAD Students in Bangladesh staged protests and interrogated and beaten him. blocked major roads yesterday after an under- Ashikul Islam Bitu, a vice-president of At least 10 people were killed graduate was beaten to death, allegedly by ruling Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), told NTV and 27 wounded yesterday party activists, for criticising the government over that Fahad had been questioned over alleged when a bomb hit a bus carrying a water-sharing deal with India. links to an Islamist party’s youth group. army recruits in Jalalabad in Protests broke out at several universities in Hours earlier, Fahad put up a post on eastern Afghanistan, an official Dhaka and the northern city of Rajshahi following Facebook that went viral. In it, he criticised the said. the killing of Abrar Fahad of the Bangladesh Uni- government for signing an accord that allowed A bomb had been left in a versity of Engineering and Technology. India to take water from a river that lies on the motorcycle that detonated as Students chanted slogans demanding boundary the two countries share. the bus passed, Nangarhar gov- “justice” and blocked major roads in the two The BCL has earned notoriety following ernor spokesman Ataullah Kho- cities. Teachers joined some of the protests. accusations that its members used killings, vio- gyani said. Dhaka deputy police commissioner Mun- lence and extortion to end major anti-gov- “Unfortunately, 10 civilians Students of Dhaka University taking part in a protest in Dhaka, yesterday. stasirul Islam said that Fahad was beaten to ernment student protests last year. including a child were killed Hundreds of students staged protests in Bangladesh universities after a pupil death and that ruling party activists were in Those protests were sparked by anger over and 27 were wounded in this was allegedly beaten to death by activists of the ruling party hours after custody for questioning. His body was found road safety after a student was killed by a incident,” he said. he criticised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s water sharing deal with India. in his university dormitory and media quoted speeding bus. It was not immediately clear how many army recruits had been wounded, or if they were being counted as Record 35 candidates to contest Sri Lanka’s presidential poll civilians. Nasrat Rahimi, spokesman REUTERS/COLOMBO may need more officials for picked a candidate, or indicated for the interior ministry, con- election processes,” Mahinda whether it will back any of the firmed the toll. A record 35 candidates have filed Deshapriya, head of the election 35 declared nominees. There was no immediate nominations to take part in Sri commission said after the nom- Sirisena in 2015 unseated claim of responsibility, but Jala- Lanka’s presidential election on ination process closed. Rajapaksa’s elder brother, labad is the scene of frequent November 16, nearly twice as The number of candidates Mahinda Rajapaksa, following attacks by the Taliban and the many as participated in the last tops the previous record of 22 his nearly decade-long rule, Islamic State group. poll in 2015, posing a logistical candidates who took part in the during which Sri Lanka forged Rahim Jan, a car washer headache for election authorities. 2010 election. close ties with China. Sirisena, who was near the scene of the The election is likely to be Political pundits view Sajith along with his party’s coalition blast, said the huge explosion dominated by security issues Premadasa, the housing minister partner the UNP, has sought to knocked him to the ground. after a wave of suicide bombings in Prime Minister Ranil Wick- neutralise Rajapaksa’s pro-China “While trying to stand up I claimed by Islamic State killed remesinghe’s United National foreign policy. saw many dead and wounded more than 250 people in April, Party (UNP), and former wartime Aides close to Gotabaya people on the street,” he said denting the island’s critical defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa have said he plans to from a local hospital. tourism industry. It is also Rajapaksa of the opposition Sri “restore relations” with Sri “I am wounded in my expected to have far-reaching Lanka Podujana Peramuna Lanka’s top lender China if he hands. My brother is also consequences for Sri Lanka’s (SLPP), as the two leading wins the election. Rajapaksa’s wounded.” foreign policy orientation. contenders. popularity has risen in recent The attack comes on the “The large number of can- Sri Lanka’s current pres- months after it emerged that Sri Lanka People’s Front party presidential candidate and former 18th anniversary of the start of didates mean higher costs. We ident, Maithripala Sirisena, has Sirisena’s government failed to wartime defence chief Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (right) waves at the war in Afghanistan, when will need ballot sheets twice the decided not to seek re-election act on repeated intelligence media next to his brother, former president and opposition leader US warplanes launched air length of last time, we may have and his party Sri Lanka Freedom warnings from India ahead of the Mahinda Rajapaksa, as they leave after handing over nomination strikes in response to the Sep- to import ballot boxes, and we Party (SLFP) has not officially Easter Sunday attacks. papers at the election commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka, yesterday. tember 11, 2001 attacks. 14 ASIA TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2019

N Korea envoy Japan rescues 60 says new talks North Korean boat depend on US AP crew after collision BEIJING AFP The North Korean It’s up to Washington to alter TOKYO its approach if it wants more fishing ship capsized talks with North Korea, Around 60 members of a North and sank after it Pyongyang’s chief nuclear Korean fishing boat were collided with a negotiator said yesterday, after rescued yesterday after it sank Japanese patrol weekend discussions between following a collision with a the sides broke down amid Japanese patrol vessel, local vessel. acrimony. media said. Kim Myong Gil made the The North Korean ship — Japanese patrol vessel crew were remarks at Beijing’s airport on believed to be illegally fishing in injured. his way back to North Korea Japanese waters - capsized after Immediate confirmation of following talks with his US the collision, the coast guard the news reports was not counterpart, Stephen Biegun, said. available. on Saturday that Kim described Satoshi Kuwahara, a Jap- The collision occurred in as “very bad and sickening.” anese fisheries agency official, waters some 350km (220 miles) “Whether or not there are Japanese fisheries officials conduct a rescue operation to save North Korean crew members from told reporters the patrol boat northwest of Noto peninsula in further talks will depend on the a fishing vessel that sank after colliding with a Japanese patrol boat, in an area called the Yamato Okuni had earlier warned the Ishikawa prefecture in central US,” Kim told reporters. North Korean vessel to leave the Japan. Shallows, about 400km off the western coast of Japan, yesterday. “Whether there will be any area. “We’ve been strengthening shocking actions that nobody All of the estimated 60 crew patrols around the water there illegal operations by foreign mechanical faults and other Boats have also washed up would expect to see if the U.S. members aboard the North in cooperation with the fisheries ships.” Experts say some fish- problems, including running out on Japanese shores with the crew is not ready, nobody knows. Korean boat, were rescued, Jiji agency,” said Kazuma Nohara, ermen from the North are trav- of fuel, and there are few ways dead — referred to as “ghost Let’s wait and see,” he said. Press said, while public broad- another coastguard spokesman. elling far out to sea in order to for them to call for rescue. ships” by local media. On Sunday night, North caster NHK added they had been In the wake of the accident, satisfy government mandates for A record 225 suspected North In 2018, 10 North Koreans Korea’s Foreign Ministry issued transferred to another North Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told bigger catches. Korean fishing vessels washed rescued from a tiny wooden boat a statement accusing the US of Korean vessel sailing nearby. parliament: “We will continue But their old and poorly up on Japan’s coast last year, drifting off northern Japan were trying to mislead the public and Local media said none of the taking resolute action to prevent equipped vessels are prone to according to the coastguard. deported back to their country. “spreading a completely ungrounded story that both sides are open to meet” again. China criticises The Stockholm talks “made HK faces more protests after night of violence us think they have no political EU reaction to will to improve (North Korea)- REUTERS since the imposition of emer- US relations and may be HK protests HONG KONG gency laws, saw scores of pro- abusing the bilateral relations testers arrested and the first for their own partisan interests” REUTERS Hundreds of protesters gathered warning from Chinese military at home,” the statement said. PARIS in Hong Kong shopping malls personnel stationed in the Saturday’s talks were the yesterday demanding “freedom” territory. first since the second summit China’s embassy in Paris ahead of expected new protests The protests have plunged between President Donald yesterday strongly criticised after overnight turmoil in the the former British colony into its Trump and North Korean French and European reaction Asian financial hub. worst political crisis in decades. leader Kim Jong Un collapsed to protests in Hong Kong calling Protesters formed large What started as opposition in February due to squabbling it hypocritical and telling circles inside multi-level to a now-withdrawn extradition over how much sanctions relief France to show empathy after shopping malls and chanted bill has grown into a pro- should be given to the North in it experienced its own violent “disband Hong Kong police democracy movement against return for dismantling its main demonstrations. force”, “fight for freedom, stand what is seen as Beijing’s nuclear complex. “We express our deep dis- with Hong Kong” and “I have the increasing grip on the city, which The two leaders held a satisfaction and our profound right to wear a mask”, as protesters say undermines a brief, impromptu meeting at the contempt for the hypocrisy of shoppers on a public holiday “one country, two systems” Korean border in late June and Riot police clear a street as protesters and pedestrians gathered the European statement and the looked on. status promised when Britain agreed to restart diplomacy. near the Mong Kok police station in Hong Kong, yesterday. darkness of the intentions of The introduction of colonial- handed Hong Kong back to Sweden invited North some vis-à-vis China,” the era emergency powers on Friday China in 1997. Korea and the US to come back embassy said in a statement on banning face masks, which pro- journalists have been injured in system, which typically carries A 38-year-old woman and to Stockholm in two weeks for its website. testers use to hide their identity, clashes, with police using rubber about 5 million passengers a day, an 18-year-old man were another round of negotiations. When asked for a comment has sparked some of the most bullets, tear gas and water was only partially operating yes- charged yesterday for violating Sweden often acts as a bridge on Thursday, France’s foreign violent clashes in four months of cannons against demonstrators, terday due to what authorities the emergency laws. They were between Washington and ministry referred to a statement demonstrations. some of whom throw bricks and said was “serious vandalism” on also charged with unlawful Pyongyang because the US does from the European Union. Two protesters have been petrol bombs. Sunday night. Some stations assembly. Carrie Lam, the city’s not have official diplomatic That statement called on shot, one in the chest and one in A journalist working with were torched in the protests. Beijing-backed leader, has said relations with North Korea. authorities to show restraint, a the leg. Authorities said the Hong Kong’s public broadcaster Many shops and Chinese the face mask ban was necessary North Korea has demanded proportionate response to the shootings were not intentional was recovering in the hospital banks were also extensively to end the violence by militant the United States come up with protests and to focus on a but occurred during skirmishes yesterday after being hit by a damaged. activists. But it has been criti- mutually acceptable proposals political dialogue to defuse between police and protesters. petrol bomb on Sunday night. The Sunday night protests, cised by human rights groups to salvage the nuclear diplomacy tensions. Many protesters, police and Hong Kong’s metro rail the second night of violence and the UN. by the end of this year. “The European Union has publicly glorified the rioters’ abuses and has flouted the Hong Kong police’s self- More than 16,000 flee defence measures to defend their lives against their unrest in Indonesia’s Papua aggressors,” the embassy said. It said France should show AFP aircraft. Several thousand more solidarity, given its police force JAKARTA have left aboard commercial had also experienced violent aircraft since late September, it protests and been under con- More than 16,000 scared resi- added. stant criticism and insults from dents have fled an unrest-hit city Also, Human Rights Watch a “malicious fringe” of people. in Indonesia’s Papua region, the yesterday called for a probe into military said yesterday, as one 33 deaths during the Wamena of the deadliest eruptions of riots to be led by the Southeast Woman held violence in years sparked calls Asian country’s National Com- for an independent probe. mission on Human Rights. with drugs at Several dozen people were “The Indonesian gov- killed when violence broke out ernment should also immedi- Manila airport in Wamena city last month, with ately allow the United Nations some victims burned alive when human rights office unfettered AP buildings were set ablaze, and access to (Papua) to investigate MANILA, PHILIPPINES others stabbed in the chaos, the situation,” the rights group according to authorities. said in a statement. However, Philippine authorities said they Since mid-August, Papua there are signs that Wamena was arrested an Indonesian woman has been hit by waves of mass returning to normal with many who was carrying 54 million protests and violence. shops and schools reopened — pesos ($1m) worth of illegal Dutch PM in Indonesia The country’s air force said although most students have drugs in her carry-on bag from yesterday that about 11,400 stayed home — while gov- Indonesian President, Joko Widodo (left), and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte pour soil as they her flight from Cambodia people — mostly migrants — had ernment offices have also been plant a tree during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Bogor, Indonesia, yesterday. yesterday, amid a crackdown been evacuated aboard military operating since last week. on drug smuggling attempts. The Bureau of Customs said Agnes Alexandra was arrested after midnight at Manila’s Malaysia seeking $100m in fines in 1MDB probe: Official airport after authorities found 8kg of methamphetamine, a AFP of dollars that were looted from Latheefa Koya, chief of the Southeast Asia’s fifth-largest scandal. He is currently facing powerful and highly addictive KUALA LUMPUR state investment fund 1MDB Malaysian Anti-Corruption Com- lender. He quit the bank in two trials. stimulant, in her bag from a between 2009 and 2014, and mission, said the agency hoped December 2018. Latheefa said those targeted flight from Cambodia’s resort Malaysian authorities have spent on everything from yachts to recover roughly 420 million The people and entities tar- in the expanded probe have two city of Siem Reap. imposed fines of around $100m to expensive artwork, in a fraud ringgit ($100m) from 80 indi- geted are accused of receiving weeks to pay the fines or face “The suspect says the bag on 80 entities, intensifying their allegedly involving the former viduals, companies and political money pilfered from 1MDB via possible prosecution. was given for her to carry, but pursuit of people allegedly linked prime minister. parties — including Nazir Razak, an account linked to Najib, The US Department of that is always their story,” to the massive 1MDB corruption Claims that Najib Razak and the former premier’s younger Latheefa told reporters. Justice, which is seizing assets in Bureau of Customs official scandal, the anti-graft chief said his cronies pilfered massive sums brother. Former PM Najib was America allegedly bought with Lourdes Mangaoang said. Alex- yesterday. from 1MDB contributed to the Nazir was the chairman of arrested last year after he lost looted 1MDB money, believes andra will be charged with drug The fines are linked to a defeat of his long-ruling coalition CIMB Group Holdings, Malaysia’s power, and hit with dozens of that $4.5bn was stolen from the trafficking, officials said. wide-ranging probe into billions in the election last year. second-largest bank and charges related to the 1MDB fund. TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2019 EUROPE 15

Poland’s ruling Portugal’s Socialists eye alliances after poll win right leads in AP Prime Minister speech that he intends to con- minimum monthly wage to rise LISBON tinue his business-friendly pol- to ¤850 ($932) from ¤600, an polls before Antonio Costa says he icies and prudent fiscal increase in pensions and free Portugal’s Socialist Party had intends to continue management. pre-school for all children up to general vote little time yesterday to savour its his business-friendly But economic troubles are three years old, among other general election victory, as tough policies and prudent brewing in Europe, and once the things. negotiations for parliamentary election results were known the The next government faces AFP support loomed and the fiscal management, radical Left Bloc and Portuguese plenty of economic challenges. WARSAW economy braces for leaner times. but his possible Communist Party — the most Apart from signs of a broad The centre-left Socialists partners want more obvious candidates for an slowdown in the European Poland’s governing conserv- won Sunday’s general election spending. alliance — were quick to issue Union, looming on the horizon ative Law and Justice (PiS) party with 36.6% of the vote and are demands for more spending. is the United Kingdom’s has a significant lead ahead of preparing to govern for another The Left Bloc snared 19 seats impending departure from the this weekend’s general election, four years. The main opposition 10 seats shy of a majority in the seat of power in Lisbon. The and the Communist Party got 12. EU. The UK is one of Portugal’s according to opinion surveys Social Democratic Party came 230-seat parliament. To ensure Socialists have also earned praise Left Bloc leader Catarina main export markets. released yesterday. second with almost 28%. that its legislation is approved, around Europe for taming Por- Martins said her party’s demands Portugal also has a gov- The PiS could get 42 percent Portugal, unlike some other the government will need tugal’s chronic overspending, in return for support would ernment debt equivalent to more of the vote, according to a European Union nations, has not support from other parties. with Finance Minister Mario include the re-nationalisation of than 120% of its gross domestic opinion survey of 1,005 people seen a surge in nationalistic, far- A healthy economy, with Centeno bringing the budget the national postal service CTT, product, so any interest rate rise carried out this month by the right or populist parties, although growth of 2.1% last year and deficit close to zero this year. which was privatised in 2014, could be deeply damaging. Kantar institute for several one such party earned a seat for unemployment at around 6%, Antonio Costa (pictured), the and a boost in public investment It may take several weeks of media outlets close to the the first time. helped the Socialist Party back Socialist leader and incumbent in housing and transport. negotiations before a new gov- opposition. The Socialists, however, are into the Sao Bento Palace, the prime minister, said in his victory The Communists want the ernment takes office. The centrist Civic Coalition (KO) group would get 29 percent and a leftist coalition 13 percent, according to the Global climate ‘rebellion’ poll. The far-right Confederation sees arrests, blocked roads could take five percent of the vote while the Polish Peasants’ AFP raised the hopes of those who see Party (PSL) could receive four LONDON climate change as a threat to the percent, the survey suggested. planet. But with six percent of Climate protesters from Sydney Hundreds of Australians voters still undecided, to London blocked roads joined a sit-in on a busy inner according to the survey, both yesterday, sparking mass arrests Sydney road before being parties could potentially reach at the start of two weeks of civil dragged away by the police. the five-percent threshold to disobedience demanding imme- Thirty people were later charged. enter parliament — thereby diate action to save the Earth “We have tried petitions, lob- depriving the PiS of an absolute from “extinction”. bying and marches, and now majority. Crowds chained themselves time is running out,” Australian A second poll of 8,000 to vehicles and other structures activist Jane Morton said. people, carried out this month and unrolled sleeping bags in the Australia’s conservative gov- by the Polska Press group and middle of streets in defiance of ernment has resisted adopting the Dobra Opinion institute, police across Europe and parts new environmental standards gives the PiS an even better of Asia and Africa. and backed lucrative coal result. The year-old group exports. The PiS would receive over Climate change activists from the Extinction Rebellion block the road on Whitehall outside Downing Extinction Rebellion has ener- The epicentre of past actions 48 percent of the vote, the KO Street in central London, yesterday, demanding that the government do more for environment. gised a global movement has been London — the nearly 28 percent and the demanding governments dras- Extinction Rebellion movement’s leftists would get 12 percent, the tically cut the carbon emissions birthplace. only charged for grave or repeat out of time in some parts of the for harmful emissions by 2050. poll suggested. that scientists have shown to A small group erected a offences. world and we are calling out for Extinction Rebellion is This poll also suggested the cause devastating climate mock nuclear missile outside the Campaigners in Dublin action.” demanding governments reach PSL would enter parliament change. defence ministry building and wheeled in a pink yacht and Dutch police said they had that target by 2025, as well as with 6.5 percent of the vote, but They are backed by Greta put up other structures on West- parked outside the office of Irish arrested 90 people after holding “citizens assemblies” to that the Confederation would Thunberg — the Swedish minster Bridge in the shadow of Prime Minister Leo Varadkar. Extinction Rebellion members decide on policies to achieve that just miss the mark with a little teenager whose searing UN Britain’s parliament. Further protests were occupied a bridge outside the aim. The parliament in Norway over four percent. The PiS is in address in September made Police arrested several pro- planned in 60 cities around the famed Rijksmuseum art gallery. — not an EU member — in June power since 2015. international headlines — and by testers there yesterday morning. world. The movement is partially adopted a target of 2030. academics studying the rising London police said they had “We are running out of time,” credited with pushing the UK There has been less temperatures and sea levels. made 135 arrests by 12:30am Dutch protester Shirleen Chin government in June to become movement in other parts of Austria’s Kurz Their protests have irritated (1130 GMT). Most are usually said in Amsterdam. the first in the Europe Union to Europe or the most impacted drivers and some officials but released after being booked and “In fact, I think we have run commit itself to a net-zero target cities of Asia. tasked to form new govt Scottish court EU says Britain needs new plan as Brexit looms AFP rejects legal VIENNA AFP prevent a potentially economi- something based on untried and And, in an interview with Le challenge to BRUSSELS cally calamitous no-deal divorce, revokable arrangements that Monde, chief EU negotiator Austria’s president yesterday with European negotiators would be left to negotiation Michel Barnier warned that if tasked election winner no-deal Brexit European officials warned warning time is running out. during the transition period,” EU London “does not come back Sebastian Kurz with forming yesterday that Britain’s latest Johnson’s envoy, senior dip- spokeswoman Mina Andreeva with new proposals on the two another government, putting AFP Brexit proposal won’t serve as a lomat David Frost, was in said. serious problems we have indi- the 33-year-old conservative EDINBURGH basis for a breakthrough before Brussels yesterday for more “As we have also recalled, cated to them, I cannot see how on course to start tough next week’s Brussels summit. “technical talks”, and Brexit min- the UK proposals presented last we can move forward”. coalition negotiations after his Anti-Brexit campaigners And, with no draft deal on ister Stephen Barclay travelled week do not meet at present the Despite the divisions, Frost far-right former ally was yesterday failed to secure a the table before the October 17 to the Hague to meet Dutch objectives of the protocol on is still meeting with EU officials brought down by scandals. court ruling forcing Prime meeting, Britain and Europe will officials. Ireland and Northern Ireland,” for technical talks, but doubts Kurz’s People’s Party Minister Boris Johnson to seek face either a chaotic break-up But both heard that the latest she said, referring to negotiating remain that a workable Brexit (OeVP) came out ahead with an extension if no deal is or yet another Brexit delay. British plans to impose alter- terms agreed in 2017. deal text will be available by 37.5 percent in September 29 reached about Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson native customs arrangements on Meanwhile, after a “frank Friday. elections, but the far-right departure from the European has insisted he will not ask to Northern Ireland, to be reviewed and honest” discussion with If it is not, European officials Freedom Party (FPOe) with Union. postpone Britain’s planned every four years by the pro- Barclay, Dutch foreign minister warn, there will be no time to get who he governed from 2017 The case was brought to try October 31 departure from the vincial assembly, is unlikely to Stef Blok said “more realism and member states to sign off on it until the “Ibiza-gate” scandal to compel Johnson to comply European Union. convince. clarity” would be needed if this before October 17 and 18, the last in May tumbled 10 points down with legislation requiring him But he may be forced to do “I think we all agree we need week’s talks are to go much scheduled European summit to 16.2 percent. to ask Brussels for more time if so by a British law passed to a workable solution now and not further. before Brexit day. A big winner of the elec- no agreement was reached tions were the Greens with 13.9 before the end-of-month Brexit percent, up by 10 points, as deadline. climate change became a top But judge Lord Pentland Putin turns 67, takes break voter concern. told Scotland’s highest civil This places Kurz, who has court, the Court of Session in in Siberian mountains driven a hard anti-immigration Edinburgh, the government had line, in a tough spot to find a already made “unequivocal AFP The president was walking suitable coalition partner. assurances” it would abide by MOSCOW in an area of natural beauty in After President Alexander the law. There was “no doubt” southern Siberia. Van der Bellen tasked him to Johnson and the government Russian President Vladimir Sounding breathless, he form the government, Kurz said accepted the need to comply Putin is renowned for posing said: “We have climbed up he would start official talks with and they intended to do so, the for high-octane photo oppor- above the clouds,” at a height all parties this week, insisting judge said in his ruling. tunities like tiger-tracking or of almost 2,000 metres above fighting illegal immigration “I am not persuaded that it deepwater diving. sea level. continued to be a top priority. is necessary for the court to But in images released to Putin took the wheel of an “It will be important to con- grant the orders sought or any celebrate his birthday yes- all-terrain vehicle through the tinue the resolute path to fight variant of them,” he added. terday, the long-term leader forest and the pair also hitched illegal immigration in Austria Johnson has repeatedly said was seen enjoying some of Rus- a helicopter ride. and also Europe,” he said in a he will take Britain out of the sia’s more peaceful wildlife. In previous action-man statement broadcast live on EU by October 31 come what Putin, who has turned 67, escapades Putin has tagged a national television, standing may, despite a law requiring spent a mini-break in moun- beluga whale and flown with next to Van der Bellen. him to write for an extension in tains above the Yenisei River migrating cranes in a His other priorities are the event of a no-deal. in Siberia at the weekend for- microlight. fighting climate change, fending Campaigners said his public aging for wild mushrooms with As a nation, Russians are off any economic downturn, stance and submissions to the his defence minister Sergei devotees of the “quiet hunt” for offering tax relief and reforming court were contradictory, Shoigu. mushrooms, which are now in the social welfare system to raising fears among Brexit In a video footage released season. ensure it is sustainable, even if opponents the government by the Kremlin, Putin and The pursuit is celebrated in that’s unpopular, he said. Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen during his holiday in the could use a loophole to get Shoigu were shown picking and Russian literature including Leo Coalition negotiations are Siberian taiga, Russia, yesterday. around the law. sniffing mushrooms. Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina”. expected to take months. 16 EUROPE TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2019 Three win Nobel Medicine Prize for work on how cells adapt to oxygen

AFP The jury said the director of the Target Discovery STOCKHOLM trio had identified Institute in Oxford. Yesterday’s announcement Three researchers from the US molecular machinery opened an unusual 2019 Nobel and Britain yesterday shared the that regulates the season in which two literature lau- Nobel Medicine Prize for discov- activity of genes in reates will be crowned after a eries on how cells sense and response to varying scandal postponed last year’s adapt to oxygen availability, award. paving the way for new cancer levels of oxygen, The Peace Prize will be treatments, the Nobel Assembly which is central to awarded in Oslo on Friday, with said. a large number of speculation rife that Swedish William Kaelin and Gregg diseases. teenage activist Greta Thunberg Semenza of the US and Britain’s could win for her campaign to Peter Ratcliffe split the $914,000 raise awareness about climate award. oxygen-sensing machinery,” the change. “They established the basis jury said. Experts remain however Nobel Assembly member, Randall Johnson (right), during the announcement of the winners of the for our understanding of how All animal cells use oxygen divided on whether there is an 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, FROM LEFT: Gregg Semenza and William Kaelin, Jr of oxygen levels affect cellular to convert food to usable energy. actual link between armed con- the US and Sir Peter Ratcliffe of Britain seen on a screen during a press conference at the Karolinska metabolism and physiological “However, the amount of flicts and climate change. Institute, in Stockholm, yesterday. function,” the jury said, adding oxygen available to cells, tissues Other names circulating are that their research has “paved and animals themselves can Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy who invented lithium batteries, Academy which awards the Lit- making a buzz include Poland’s the way for promising new vary greatly. This prize is for Ahmed, who clinched a peace could become the oldest ever erature Prize was torn apart by Olga Tokarczuk, Kenya’s Ngugi strategies to fight anaemia, three physician scientists who deal with arch foe Eritrea, and winner of a Nobel, at the age of a harassment scandal that Wa Thiong’o, Ismail Kadare of cancer and many other found the molecular switch that NGOs such as Reporters without 97. exposed deep conflicts among Albania, Joyce Carol Oates of the diseases.” regulates how our cells adapt Borders and the Committee to But it could also go to two its 18 members. For the first time US and Japan’s Haruki The jury said the trio had when oxygen levels drop,” Protect Journalists. women, Emmanuelle Char- in 70 years, without a quorum to Murakami, say critics. identified molecular machinery Randall Johnson of the Nobel For today’s Physics Prize, pentier of France and Jennifer make key decisions, it postponed The Economics Prize will that regulates the activity of Assembly said. Swedish daily DN suggested it Doudna of the US, for the gene- the 2018 Nobel by a year. wrap things up next Monday, genes in response to varying Kaelin, 61, works at the could go to quantum physics editing technique known as the As a result, two literature October 14. levels of oxygen, which is central Howard Hughes Medical research, citing US scientist John CRISPR-Cas9 DNA snipping tool, laureates will be announced on Three women have been to a large number of diseases. Institute in the US, while Clauser, Alain Aspect of France, a type of genetic “scissors” used Thursday, one for 2018 and one mentioned as possible winners: “Intense ongoing efforts in Semenza, 63, is director of the and Austria’s Anton Zeilinger. to cut out a mutated gene in a for 2019. Anne Krueger of the US for her academic laboratories and Vascular Research Program at Ronald Hanson of the Neth- human embryo and replace it The Academy has spent the work on international trade, pharmaceutical companies are the John Hopkins Institute for erlands could win for his work with a corrected version. past year trying to address its Cuban-born American Carmen now focused on developing Cell Engineering. on quantum entanglement, SR Chinese-born American issues and restore its honour, and Reinhart for her work on public drugs that can interfere with dif- Ratcliffe, 65, is director of said. Feng Zhang also claims to have is therefore seen to be steering debt and growth, and French ferent disease states by either clinical research at the Francis For the Chemistry Prize, discovered the technique. clear of controversy in its picks. development aid economist activating, or blocking, the Crick Institute in London, and American John Goodenough, Last year, the Swedish Writers who have been Esther Duflo. UK completes Ukraine shuns US Thomas Cook repatriation political battles: FM AP getting dragged into US domestic of passengers KIEV politics,” he said at a briefing AFP/LONDON after talks with his Latvian coun- Ukraine doesn’t want to be terpart. “That would be really Britain’s government yesterday dragged into US political battles, damaging to us.” completed the country’s biggest the nation’s foreign minister said The publication of the rough peacetime repatriation, yesterday. transcript of the call with Trump returning 140,000 UK-based A July 25 phone call in which has dented the image of Zel- Thomas Cook customers US President Donald Trump enskiy, a comedian with no pre- stranded abroad after the pressured Ukrainian President vious political experience who collapse of the holiday operator. Volodymyr Zelenskiy to inves- was elected by a landslide in The final flight arrived at tigate the son of former Vice April on promises to end the 8.31am (0731 GMT), touching President Joe Biden, a Demo- conflict with Russia-backed sep- down at Manchester airport in cratic candidate hoping to chal- aratists in the east and combat northern England from lenge Trump next year, has trig- rampant official corruption. Orlando, Florida, said a gered a congressional In a careful balancing act, spokesman for the Civil Avi- impeachment inquiry. the Ukrainian leader has ation Authority (CAA). Ukraine’s top prosecutor repeatedly denied that he was The flight, with 392 pas- said on Friday that his office is pressured by Trump while Albin Kurti, leader of the Self-Determination Movement (Vetevendosje party), addressing the sengers onboard, marks the end reviewing several cases related emphasising that Ukrainian supporters after the announcement of results of the parliamentary election in Pristina, yesterday. of the two-week-long Oper- to the owner of Ukrainian gas prosecutors are reviewing past ation Matterhorn — Britain’s company Burisma where Biden’s criminal cases and could coop- biggest repatriation since World son sat on the board, but noted erate with their counterparts in War II. Kosovo opposition wins snap polls that he wasn’t aware of any evi- the United States in an apparent Matterhorn, which involved dence of wrongdoing by either attempt to remain in the good 150 aircraft from 50 partners AP/PRISTINA The former governing Dem- Vetevendosje leader and prime Biden. graces of the White House. worldwide, “required an ocratic Party of Kosovo con- minister candidate Albin Kurti Ukrainian Foreign Minister Several of the cases under extraordinary effort from all Kosovo’s opposition parties have ceded defeat after winning 21%, told thousands of supporters Vadym Prystaiko emphasised audit in Ukraine are related to involved”, CAA chief executive won a snap election, overcoming followed by its governing ally, gathered Sunday evening in yesterday that prosecutors act Mykola Zlochevsky, the owner Richard Moriarty said in a the former independence the Alliance for Kosovo’s Future, central Pristina. independently and the gov- of Burisma which hired Hunter statement. fighters who have governed the of outgoing Prime Minister Sunday’s election was held ernment has nothing to do with Biden in 2014, the same time his Moriarty paid tribute “to the country since its war 20 years Ramush Haradinaj with 12%. amid calls for leaders to resume the probe. father was leading the Obama many amazing former Thomas ago. The Belgrade-backed Serb dialogue with Serbia over nor- “The inquiries into Burisma administration’s diplomatic Cook employees” who helped to With 96% of the votes List party won their 10 guar- malizing ties, stalled since the and other companies must be dealings with Ukraine. make the operation successful. counted yesterday, the left-wing anteed seats in the 120-seat Par- previous government set a 100% conducted without government Though the timing raised “It needed an unprecedented Movement for Self-Determi- liament. Ten others are reserved tariff on Serb goods. involvement,” he said. concerns among anti-corruption team effort from our commercial nation, or Vetevendosje, has 26% for other minorities. Kurti, 44, now needs to form Prystaiko also said that advocates, there has been no partners, our friends across gov- of the votes, one percentage “We open a new chapter for a governing coalition. He has not Ukraine wants to stay away evidence of wrongdoing by ernment and my colleagues at point more than the conservative our republic ... after this big win said how he will resolve the issue from the US political uproar. either the former vice president the CAA,” he said. Democratic League of Kosovo. which is yours more than ours,” of talks with Serbia. “The last thing we want is or his son. 13 migrants dead in boat capsizing off Lampedusa

AP bodies were recovered — two migrants, including eight from Libya. MILAN immediately, and 11 during a children, could be missing from In the absence of an EU subsequent search operation. the smuggler’s boat, which had search and rescue operation, the At least 13 people died when an The coast guard said all of the departed Tunisia. job of rescuing migrants has overloaded migrant boat recovered bodies were of The coast guard had no addi- largely been left to humani- capsized near the island of women. tional information on how many tarian rescue ships, which both Lampedusa as they were about Italian coast guard heli- might be missing. Italy and Malta have consist- to be rescued, the Italian coast copters and vessels were The UN refugee agency said ently refused to allow into port. guard said yesterday. Twenty- searching for more of the the deadly shipwreck “highlights Meanwhile, Spanish aid two people were rescued from missing. once again that urgent action is group Open Arms said it rescued the sea and taken to land. Doctors Without Borders needed to address the situation 44 people, including one toddler The smugglers’ boat over- said the Ocean Viking ship it on the Mediterranean.” and a months-old baby, on a turned as a patrol boat was pre- operates has been asked by UNHCR spokesman Charlie wooden boat trying to reach paring to take migrants on board Italian authorities to join the Yaxley in Geneva called for the European shores. in rough seas about 10km off operation. Initial reports by European Union to resume its Gerard Canals, chief of Lampedusa just after midnight, authorities in Sicily who received search and rescue operation in mission of the Open Arms the coast guard said in a the distress call put the number the Mediterranean Sea, where rescue boat, said the boat was Survivors rescued by the Italian coastguard after their ship began statement. of migrants on board at around more than 1,000 migrants have found late Sunday in Malta’s taking on water, are brought to safety at the port of Lampedusa, Twenty-two migrants were 50. Non-governmental organi- died so far this year, most of rescue zone, about 80km from in Italy, yesterday. rescued from the sea, and nine sations said as many as 30 them on the dangerous crossing Lampedusa. TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2019 AMERICAS 17 Trump ordered to hand over tax returns to prosecutors

REUTERS The President quickly the Manhattan district attorney. required Vance to wait until after saying Trump should have He said even President NEW YORK appealed the decision Vance, a Democrat, had sub- Trump left the White House. brought his case in a New York Richard Nixon had conceded to the federal appeals poenaed personal and corporate The president is separately state court. during the Watergate scandal A federal judge yesterday said court in Manhattan, tax returns from 2011 to 2018 and trying to block Deutsche Bank But the judge made clear that that he would be required to US President Donald Trump other records from Trump’s AG from handing over financial if the appeals court disagreed produce documents in response must hand over eight years of tax which in a brief order longtime accounting firm Mazars records, which the bank has said with that finding, Trump should to a judicial subpoena. returns to Manhattan prose- temporarily halted USA, as part of a criminal probe include tax returns, sought by lose, having failed to show that Vance issued the subpoena cutors, forcefully rejecting the enforcement of the into the president and his family multiple US House of Represent- enforcing the subpoena would four weeks after issuing another president’s argument that he was subpoena by the business. atives committees. cause him irreparable harm or subpoena to the Trump Organ- immune from criminal investi- “The Radical Left Democrats Lawyers for Trump did not that the public interest supported ization for records of hush gations. Manhattan district have failed on all fronts, so now immediately respond to requests an injunction. money payments, including to The decision by, US District attorney. they are pushing local New York for comment. “The expansive notion of two women prior to the 2016 Judge Victor Marrero in Man- City and State Democrat prose- Danny Frost, a spokesman constitutional immunity invoked election who said they had hattan, further complicates “The court cannot square a vision cutors to go get President for Vance, declined to comment. here to shield the President from sexual relationships with Trump, Trump’s battle to keep his of presidential immunity that Trump,” Trump, a Republican, Mazars did not immediately judicial process would constitute which he denies. finances under wraps, despite would place the President above tweeted after Marrero’s decision. respond to requests for comment an overreach of executive The appeals court that will having promised during his 2016 the law.” “A thing like this has never hap- but has said it would comply with power,” Marrero wrote. consider Trump’s appeal in the White House run that he would The president quickly pened to any President before. its legal obligations. Marrero said there instead Vance case heard oral arguments disclose his tax returns. appealed the decision to the Not even close!” In his 75-page decision, needed to be a balance between in the Deutsche Bank case on Trump’s immunity claim was federal appeals court in Man- Trump’s lawyers had argued Marrero, who was appointed by the president’s need to perform August 23. It has yet to rule. “repugnant to the nation’s gov- hattan, which in a brief order that the president was immune Democratic President Bill his constitutional duties and the Trump is running for re- ernmental structure and consti- temporarily halted enforcement from such a probe while in office Clinton, declined to assert juris- courts’ legitimate interest in election. His current term ends tutional values,” Marrero wrote. of the subpoena by Cyrus Vance, and that the Constitution diction over the Vance subpoena, ensuring justice. on January 20, 2021. Democrats subpoena White House budget office, Pentagon in impeachment probe

REUTERS to cover up these matters,” the Ukraine protect against Russian WASHINGTON committee chairmen said in a aggression. statement. Trump has denied wrong- Congressional Democrats issued The new subpoenas follow doing and assailed the probe. subpoenas to the Pentagon and those issued to the State hose scheduled to testify this the White House budget office Department and White House in week include Gordon Sondland, yesterday as part of their recent weeks by the House Intel- the US ambassador to the impeachment inquiry, seeking ligence, Oversight and Foreign European Union who was documents related to US Pres- Affairs Committees. involved in efforts to get Ukraine ident Donald Trump’s decision Democrats have called a to open the Biden investigation, to withhold military assistance number of US diplomats to and Masha Yovanovitch, who from Ukraine. Capitol Hill for closed-door tes- was abruptly recalled from her The three House of Repre- timony this week as they build post as US ambassador to sentatives committees leading their impeachment case against Ukraine in May after Trump sup- the inquiry said the Department Trump, while the White House porters questioned her loyalty of Defense and the White Office considers ways to slow down the to the president. of Management and Budget must process. The White House could for- turn over the documents by The interviews follow a mally tell House of Representa- October 15. whistleblower’s allegations that tives Speaker Nancy Pelosi as “The committees are inves- Trump leveraged $400m in aid early as yesterday that it will tigating the extent to which Pres- to secure a promise from ignore lawmakers’ demands for Protesters interrupt remarks by Acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kevin ident Trump jeopardised Ukrainian President Volodymyr documents until the Demo- McAleenan at the Migration Policy Institute annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference in national security by pressing Zelenskiy to investigate cratic-controlled House holds a Washington, DC, yesterday. Ukraine to interfere with our political rival Joe Biden, and his vote to formally approve the 2020 election and by with- son Hunter, who sat on the impeachment inquiry. holding military assistance pro- board of a Ukrainian energy The impeachment investi- Protesters shout down acting DHS secretary vided by Congress to help company. gation could lead to the approval AP began yelling the names of speech, but said that public Ukraine counter Russian The taxpayer funds had been by the House of formal charges WASHINGTON children who had died after they engagement was important. aggression, as well as any efforts approved by Congress to help against Trump. were in immigration custody. Some in the audience Acting Homeland Security Homeland Security is the shouted at the protesters to sit Secretary Kevin McAleenan left department that manages immi- down so they could hear him US troops to take part in 2020 One of two men an immigration policy gration enforcement and is speak. Doris Meissner, a senior wanted in Kansas conference yesterday without largely responsible for meting out fellow at the Migration Policy training exercise in Europe speaking after protesters many of the massive changes Institute who was the head of the shooting arrested shouted him down. pushed by the Trump adminis- agency that preceded Customs AP McAleenan was scheduled tration that has restricting and Border protection, was to BERLIN AP as the keynote speaker at Geor- asylum, forced more than 50,000 moderate the Q&A, and told the KANSAS getown University Law Center migrants to wait in Mexico and protesters they were robbing the The US military said that it’s preparing a massive exercise early next during an annual immigration added hurdles for those seeking audience of their ability to engage year in Europe involving 20,000 soldiers from the US, the largest One of the two men accused of law and policy conference held green cards. Since December, at in a meaningful dialogue on a deployment across the Atlantic in more than 25 years for training. opening fire inside a Kansas bar by the nonprofit immigration least seven children have died contentious and important topic. US European Command said yesterday the “Defender Europe early Sunday, killing four think tank Migration Policy after they were taken into immi- McAleenan tried to speak at 20” exercise from April to May 2020 will support Nato objectives people and wounding five Institute. He was expected to gration custody, and officials least three times, but eventually “to build readiness within the alliance and deter potential others, was arrested yesterday take questions from the have been grappling with a left, shaking hands with Meissner adversaries.” while the other remained at audience, made up mostly of massive influx of migrants that and others on stage. Some in the Eighteen countries are expected to take part in exercises across large, police said. immigration policy experts, vastly strained the system. audience cheered when he left. 10 countries, including Germany, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia Javier Alatorre, 23, and lawyers and advocates. McAleenan, a longtime civil As Meissner moved on to the and Georgia. Hugo Villanueva-Morales, 29, As he took the stage, a servant who was the head of US next panel, she questioned It will also involve 9,000 more Americans already stationed in were each charged with four handful of protesters stood up Customs and Border Protection whether the protesters planned Europe and 8,000 European troops. counts of first-degree murder, and held large black banners, before he was tapped to lead to stay for the whole conference The military said the exercise “confirms that the US commitment police in Kansas City, Kansas, one read “Hate is Not Normal,” DHS, started off saying that he and asked them to take their to Nato and the defense of Europe remains ironclad.” said in an early Monday release. and shouted out that children was a longtime law enforcement seats. They obeyed, but many left President Donald Trump has worried many Nato members with Alatorre was arrested late were under attack. They also officer and believed in free shortly after. comments that the trans-Atlantic alliance is “obsolete.” Sunday afternoon in Kansas City, Missouri, but police were still looking for Villanueva- Avoid speculation after Guyger Morales, who is considered “armed and dangerous.” Bail for witness’ death: Dallas Mayor each was set at $1m. The two men, both with AP apartment complex, though criminal records, apparently DALLAS authorities said he was gunned had a disagreement with people down in a different one. Police inside Tequila KC bar, left, and Dallas’ mayor has asked the Chief U. Renee Hall said yes- then returned with handguns a public to avoid speculating terday that her department had couple hours later, police about the fatal shooting of a key no suspects in Brown’s killing. spokesman Officer Thomas witness in the recent trial of a A Jean family attorney, Lee Tomasic. The shooting was cap- former police officer who was Merritt, posted a statement on tured on surveillance video, convicted of murder in the Twitter that said he had spoken which police weren’t releasing. killing of her upstairs neighbour. with Brown’s mother and “she Bartender Jose Valdez told Mayor Eric Johnson said on is devastated.” The Kansas City Star that he had Twitter that he trusts the police Brown was a key witness at refused to serve one of the sus- will conduct a thorough inves- Guyger’s trial. He testified that pects on Saturday night because tigation into the killing of Joshua on the night of the killing, he was the man had previously caused Brown and that people should in a hallway on the fourth floor, problems at the bar. Valdez said “refrain from speculation” in the where he and Jean lived, and the man threw a cup at him and meantime. that he heard what sounded like left, but returned later with Brown, 28, was killed on “two people meeting by sur- another man shortly before Friday, just three days after a prise” and then two gunshots. closing time. jury convicted Amber Guyger of At times during his tes- Around 40 people were murder for fatally shooting her timony, Brown became emo- inside the small bar when upstairs neighbour, Botham tional and used his T-shirt and gunfire erupted, Tomasic said. Jean, in September of 2018. She tissue to wipe away tears. Drug abuse prevention campaign The gunfire sent people running said after working a long shift, He said he had met Jean, a for the exits, with the injured US First Lady Melania Trump and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Acting Administrator Uttam she mistook his apartment for 26-year-old accountant from leaving trails of blood as they Dhillon give art contest awards to students in the agency’s National Red Ribbon Rally, a drug abuse her own and thought Jean was the Caribbean island nation of fled. One of the injured was a burglar. St. Lucia, for the first time earlier prevention campaign, at DEA headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, yesterday. trying to get a ride to the hos- Brown lived in the same that day. pital when ambulances arrived. 18 AMERICAS TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2019 US, Australia to bolster law-enforcement ties REUTERS US Attorney-General William Barr and Australian not say whether Barr and Dutton Mueller’s probe led to was later prosecuted by Muel- WASHINGTON Minister for Home Affairs, Peter Dutton, said discussed the review. A spokes- criminal convictions for several ler’s office and pled guilty to they were negotiating an agreement that would woman did not immediately former Trump aides, but he ulti- lying to the FBI. The United States and Australia respond to a request for mately concluded that there was Barr traveled to Italy in Sep- said yesterday that they would enable police to get faster access to electronic comment. not enough evidence to bring tember to discuss the probe with work to bolster law-enforcement evidence in the other country. Trump and his allies charge, criminal conspiracy charges. intelligence officials there, ties as the two countries are without evidence, that the inves- Mueller’s investigation was according to a source close to separately cooperating on a police to get faster access to elec- help out with a review of US law tigation was a politically moti- triggered in part when a top the matter. politically charged probe exam- tronic evidence in the other enforcement and intelligence vated attempt to hurt his political Australian diplomat, Alexander Italian newspaper Corriere ining whether US officials over- country. agencies’ actions as they inves- prospects. Downer, was allegedly told by della Sera reported that Barr stepped when they investigated US officials are also working tigated Trump’s 2016 campaign Democrats and some former Trump campaign adviser George was focused on the actions of Donald Trump’s 2016 presi- on a similar agreement with the for possible ties to Russia. US officials involved in the effort Papadopoulos that Russia had Joseph Misfud, a Maltese uni- dential campaign. European Commission, Australian Prime Minister say the review is an attempt to damaging information about versity professor who, according US Attorney-General William according to the US Department Scott Morrison has said he discredit Special Counsel Robert Hillary Clinton. Details of the to Mueller’s report, had contacts Barr and Australian Minister for of Justice. agreed to help out Barr with the Mueller’s findings that Trump’s conversation, which Papa- with Russian intelligence offi- Home Affairs Peter Dutton said The agreement comes as inquiry when Trump called him campaign welcomed Russia’s dopoulos denies, were passed cials and told Papadopoulos they were negotiating an Barr and Trump have been in August. efforts to interfere in the 2016 to the US Federal Bureau of about the compromising agreement that would enable pressing other governments to The Justice Department did election on his behalf. Investigation. Papadopoulos e-mails.

Venezuelan envoy Protesters convulse to Japan says bank Ecuador, 477 arrested account frozen REUTERS is part of a liberal economic AP QUITO reform package. TOKYO Interior Minister Paula Romo Indigenous protesters paralysed told local Radio Quito that deten- The Venezuelan ambassador to roads around Ecuador and tions had risen to 477 since Tokyo said his bank account blocked a main highway into the Thursday, mainly for vandalism, has become inaccessible in capital yesterday in a fifth day of including the destruction of a Japan in what he said was action against government dozen ambulances. apparently a consequence of austerity measures that have Indigenous and workers’ President Donald Trump’s sparked the worst unrest in movements again blocked roads decision to freeze Venezuelan years, resulting in 477 arrests. on Monday, from the Andean assets in the United States. The umbrella indigenous highlands to the Pacific coast, Ambassador Seiko Ishikawa organization CONAIE said dem- with stones, tires and burning said that the accounts of two onstrations would continue until branches. other Venezuelan diplomats in President Lenin Moreno with- The northern entry to Quito Japan and that of his wife, a Jap- draws last week’s measure to was paralyzed. anese citizen, were also frozen. eliminate fuel subsidies. Police erected barricades He added that the frozen “More than 20,000 of us will around the presidential palace, accounts were all personal, and be arriving in Quito to demand closing off the downtown area Trucks blocking the main road during protests after Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno’s government the embassy’s account was still that the government overturn the while Moreno presided over a ended four-decade-old fuel subsidies, in Carapungo, near Quito, yesterday. working. decree,” CONAIE President Jaime government security council Trump’s administration Vargas told a news conference, meeting to assess the crisis. the town of Lasso yesterday illegally in a knock-on effect of brought down three presidents issued a broad ban blocking saying that mobilization would The government said two morning. “We condemn higher fuel costs. in the years before Correa’s rule. companies and individuals coincide with a national strike dozen policemen have been aggression and looting, and any A state of emergency is in In a national address on from doing business with planned for Wednesday. injured in clashes with pro- action that risks human life and place. Sunday, Moreno reiterated calls Maduro’s socialist government Moreno, 66, who has aban- testers, while a man died when public and private property,” it Although he enjoys the for dialogue. “I want to talk with in August. doned his predecessor and one- he was hit by a car and an ambu- said in a statement. support of business and the mil- the indigenous brothers, with As a US ally, Japan would time mentor Rafael Correa’s lance could not reach him As well as the detainees for itary, Moreno’s popularity has whom we share causes,” he said, face pressure to comply with leftist policies, says he will through the barricades. unrest, authorities have also sunk to under 30%, compared adding that resources would be such sanctions. neither tolerate disorder nor It said scores of indigenous rounded up about 20 shop- with 70% after his 2017 election. set aside to help the poor and Officials at the Foreign Min- overturn the fuel price hike that protesters had looted a shop in keepers for raising food prices Indigenous-led protests compensate for price rises. istry and the bank, SMBC Trust Bank, declined comment. Ishikawa said he contacted Three children, Rains help douse Bolivian forest fires after two-month inferno the Foreign Ministry and bank after the problems with the 2 adults found REUTERS lived in them for centuries. The national weather service government’s policy of accounts surfaced last month. dead in home LA PAZ “Satellite images no longer also said that in Chiquitania no increasing farming, is to blame “We explained that for us it detect burning or reactivated fires were registered yesterday. for the disaster. was an unacceptable measure AP Heavy rains over recent days in fires,” said Cinthia Asin, an But it warned that strong sun and Accordig to the government taken by the bank, a unilateral ABINGTON the Bolivian Amazon have official for environmental issues high temperatures were it has spent more than $20m in decision, first of all because it helped put out forest fires that for the provincial government expected to return to the region its effort to douse the flames. is an extraterritorial application Two adults and three children have raged for two months of Santa Cruz, a farming province over coming says, raising the risk Complaints over the govern- of a measure that originated in were found dead with gunshot across the land-locked South in eastern Bolivia hard-hit by the of fires ahead. ment’s handling of the crisis have the US,” he said. wounds in a Massachusetts American nation, charring more fires. Armed forces commander dented the popularity of Bolivia’s Ishikawa stressed he and home yesterday, authorities than 4 million hectares of land, Indigenous groups have Williams Kaliman said there was leftist president, Evo Morales. the diplomats have proper cre- said. local authorities said on Monday. marched through the province, no immediate plan to withdraw In neighbouring Brazil, the dentials from the Japanese gov- The five family members The storms helped Bolivia’s while in the capital city on Friday about 5,000 troops that had number of fires in the Amazon ernment, but the inconven- were found in an Abington con- military contain blazes in the hundreds of thousands of people been sent to battle the worst fires rainforest receded in September iences they suddenly faced dominium complex at about region of Chiquitania, home to protested against what they said Bolivia has had over the last two amid improved weather condi- were enormous. “Just imagine 7:30am by a relative who large areas of dry forests and had been a slow response to the decades. Critics said deforest- tions and containment efforts by not being able to operate your showed up to take the children indigenous communities that have fires by national government. ation, caused by the the country’s military. bank account,” he said. to school, Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz said at a news conference. “It’s a crime, a crime Supreme Court opens occurred in that building. Three little children are gone forever,” said Cruz, who also noted it new term, with an ill appears they died of gunshot wounds. He said there is no Justice Thomas absent threat to the public but would not elaborate further on what REUTERS court’s most conservative happened, saying it’s still under WASHINGTON members, is 71 and has served investigation. on the court since 1991. The US Supreme Court kicked In another action of note, the off its new nine-month term with court said it would go ahead and US recorded 7 a flurry of activity yesterday, hear a challenge to New York hearing arguments in three cases City restrictions on handgun new measles and rejecting numerous appeals owners transporting their that piled up over the summer. firearms outside the home. cases last week With conservative Justice The city had argued over the Clarence Thomas absent due to summer that because the REUTERS an unspecified illness, the court measure — challenged by gun WASHINGTON began hearing its first argument owners and the state’s National in a case focusing on whether Rifle Association affiliate - was The United States recorded 7 states can discard the so-called recently amended, the case new measles cases last week insanity defense in criminal before the justices was moot and Crowds line up outside the Supreme Court as it resumes oral arguments at the start of its new term taking the total cases for the prosecutions. The case involved there was no reason for the in Washington, DC, yesterday. year to 1,250 in the worst a man sentenced to death in Supreme Court to hear the outbreak since 1992, federal Kansas for fatally shooting four matter. could lead to new curbs on — who were brought into the US e-commerce giant get paid for health officials said yesterday. family members while suffering The justices in a brief order access to abortion as it considers illegally as children. the time it takes them to go As of October 3, the highly from severe depression. said they would consider that the legality of a Republican- The other two oral argu- through extensive post-shift contagious and sometimes In remarks from the bench argument when they hear the backed Louisiana law that ments scheduled yesterday are security screenings. deadly disease has been before the first argument, Chief case on Decemebr 2, leaving imposes restrictions on abortion on whether the US Constitution It also refused to hear Las reported in 31 states, according Justice John Roberts said open the possibility they will toss doctors. requires unanimous jury verdicts Vegas sports gambler William to the US Centers for Disease Thomas, the court’s longest- the case later. Another major case to be and on fees in patent litigation. “Billy” Walters’ appeal of his Control and Prevention. serving justice, was “indisposed” The court hears its first major heard on November 12 is over The court will issue rulings 2017 insider trading conviction Despite the outbreak, the due to illness but would still par- case of the term on Tuesday on Trump’s move to end a program in all its cases by the end of June. that landed him a five-year United States retained its World ticipate in deciding the three whether a landmark decades- created by his Democratic pred- The court declined to hear prison sentence in a case that Health Organization desig- cases. old federal anti-discrimination ecessor Barack Obama that pro- several appeals. One involved also drew attention because of nation as a country that has Details of Thomas’ illness law. tects from deportation hundreds Amazon.com’s bid to avoid a his ties to billionaire investor eliminated measles, the agency were not immediately disclosed. The court on Friday agreed of thousands of immigrants — lawsuit seeking to ensure that Carl Icahn and golfer Phil said on Friday. Thomas, one of the nine-justice to take up a major case that mostly Hispanic young adults warehouse workers for the Mickelson. TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2019 HOME 19 QLC Executive Leaders Program participants absorb insights on innovation in Germany

The participants from Qatar Leadership Centre’s Executive Leaders Program with key figures in Germany’s market pose for a group photo.

THE PENINSULA The learning journey, forms a crucial component sector, they toured the Trans- DOHA of the Executive Leaders Program every year, parent Factory of Volkswagen in complementing what participants learned in Dresden, where they had a tour During a week-long excursion, and received a presentation on the participants from Qatar Lead- their course work with insights formed at the Volkswagen Group’s strategy up ership Centre’s (QLC) Executive highest-level boardrooms in key markets. to 2025 and learned of the car- Leaders Program met with key maker’s history of innovation in figures in Germany’s market and impacts our societies and boosts a unique perspective into how transportation. They also explored visited some of the country’s our capabilities as leaders. It creative problem-solving can be the SAP Software Solutions Inno- premier educational institutes to inspires us to seek new ways in encouraged in the country with vation Centre in Potsdam. observe how they foster a spirit which to lead our organizations partners either locally or interna- Part of the Learning Journey of innovation and technological into the future,” said Dr Ali J Al tionally. The group met with the introduced the participants to the excellence. Kubaisi, Acting Managing Director German State Minister of Digiti- field of cultural diplomacy and The learning journey, forms a at QLC. sation, Dorothee Bär, to discuss how it can build economic crucial component of the Exec- “Using the leverage of insights the challenges that the gov- bridges. As such, they visited the utive Leaders Program every year, achieved during this Learning ernment face in trying to boost Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, complementing what participants Journey, the objective is for Exec- innovation throughout the country which is an international, not-for- learned in their course work with utive Leaders Program partici- and how they plan accordingly. profit, non-governmental organ- insights formed at the highest- pants to take their experiences in The participants also had ization with headquarters in the level boardrooms in key markets. Germany and help create a spirit meetings with key players in the USA and in Berlin. During their Ideally, this will contribute to the of innovation at the head of some public and private sectors of Ger- visit, they acquainted themselves development of their own capa- of Qatar’s leading companies, many’s market. During the with the institute’s primary bilities as they return to Qatar’s which will contribute to a culture Journey, the group were hosted mission, which focuses on the market. of searching for ground-breaking at the Arabic Cultural House, “the relations between economics, “This year’s Learning Journey solutions for the challenges of our Divan”, where they learned of the politics, and culture. focused on innovation, a practice time.” Qatari centre’s mission to spread Finally, the Learning Journey as influential as any in our modern Their agenda included awareness of Qatar’s culture in also included visits to prestigious world. It drives technological engagements with influential Germany. educational institutions in change, which fundamentally figures and organisations to gain For a look into the private Germany.

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Asuran (2D/Tamil) 2:00pm A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Faramageddon (2D/Animation) 2:30pm War (2D/Hindi) 2:00, 6:00, 8:45 & 11:30pm War (2D/Hindi) 3:00, 5:30, 8:30 & 11:15pm Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2D/Telugu) 2:30 & 8:30pm A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Faramageddon Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2D/Telugu) 2:15 & 11:00pm (2D/Animation) 4:30pm Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2D/Hindi) 11:00pm Joker (2D/Crime) 4:45, 7:00, 9:15 & 11:30pm Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2D/Tamil) 5:00pm Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2D/Tamil) 5:30pm Ganagandharvan (2D/Malayalam) 6:00pm Joker (2D/Crime) 4:30, 7:00, 9:15 & 11:30pm Asuran (2D/Tamil) 8:45pm LANDMARK War (2D/Hindi) 2:15, 8:30 & 11:15pm Abominable (2D/Animation) 5:00pm ROXY Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2D/Telugu) 3:00 & 11:00pm A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Faramageddon (2D/Animation) 12:30 & Asuran (2D/Tamil) 4:30pm Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2D/Hindi) 5:00pm 4:30pm Ganagandharvan (2D/Malayalam) 6:00 & 8:00pm Abominable (2D/Animation) 10:30am, 2:20, 6:30 & 8:40pm A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Faramageddon Asuran (2D/Tamil) 12:30, 3:20, 6:50, 7:30pm & 0:30am (2D/Animation) 6:45pm Joker (2D/Crime) 7:00, 9:15 & 11:30pm The Informer (2D/Crime) 11:30am & 12:30pm Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2D/Telugu) 10:30am, 12:30, 2:00, 5:30, 9:00pm & 0:30am AL KHOR Joker (2D/Crime) 10:30am, 12:30, 1:15, 2:10, 3:15, 3:30, 6:20,7:30, 8:00, Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2D/Telugu) 12:00, 3:00 & 9:00, 9:20, 10:15, 11:00pm & 0:10am 9:00pm War (2D/Hindi) 10:30, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30-, 5:00, 6:00,7:30, 8:40, 9:40, War (2D/Hindi) 11:30am, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 & 11:30pm Joker (2D/Crime) 11:00am, 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 & 10:30 & 11:45pm 11:30pm Asuaran (2D/Tamil) 6:00 & 12:00pm ASIAN TOWN FLIK Mirqab Mall War (2D/Hindi) 6:00, 6:30, 9:00 & 9:15pm A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Faramageddon (2D/Ani- Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2D/Telugu) 10:15pm mation) 10:15am, 12:00 & 1:45pm Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2D/Hindi) 7:00pm Abominable (2D/Animation) 10:30am, 1:35am, 12:30, Asuaran (2D/Tamil) 6:00, 8:45 & 11:30pm 2:30, 3:35 4:30, 6:30 & 8:00pm; Ad Astra (2D/ Adventure) 11:25, 1:50, 3:30, 4:15, 9:55pm & 0:20am; Avengement (2D/Action) 11:55pm Note: Programme is subject to change without prior notice. Joker (2D/Crime) 10:45am, 11:45am, 1:15, 2:10, 3:45, 4:35, 5:35, 6:10, 7:00, 9:25, 10:00, 11:50pm & 0:25am. Rambo: Last Blood (2D/Action) 10:15, 12:20, 1:35, 2:20, 4:20, 6:20 & 8:20pm; Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2D/ Hindi) 8:10pm; (2D/Tamil) 6:40, 8:35 & 11:05 The Informer (2D/Crime) 11:10am, 1:25, 3:40, 5:55 & 11:25pm War (2D/Hindi) 6:00, 9:00, 10:20pm & 0:00 midnight.

AVENGEMENT After years of assaults on him in prison, Cain escapes for avengement on those responsible. 20 MORNING BREAK TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2019

PRAYER TIMINGS FAJR 04. 13 AM Qatar Airways sponsors Qatar Prix SHOROOK 05. 29 AM

ZUHR 11. 21 AM MAGHRIB 05. 16 PM ASR 02.43 PM ISHA 06. 46 PM de l’Arc de Triomphe 2019 in Paris THE PENINSULA WEATHER TODAY DOHA

Qatar Airways was the official airline sponsor of one of the world’s most prestigious racing events on the interna- tional calendar, the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe 2019. The highly lauded horse race took place in the magnif- icent setting of the Bois de Boulogne park in the city of lights, and attracted top jockeys and famous horse breeders from around the world. In partnership with the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC), Qatar Airways welcomed racing fans to the Paris Longchamp Racecourse on the weekend of October 5-6 to experience the highlight of the flat-racing season. The two days of elite racing brought together the best thorough- The winners at Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe 2019. Qatar Airways will be the Official Airline Sponsor of the 2019, 2020 and o o breds and jockeys to compete 2021 editions of the QREC-sponsored Qatar Goodwood Festival and Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. 35 C 36 C in one of Europe’s most Minimum Maximum coveted races. Qatar Airways Group Chief “Our continued support of global sporting shipping activities for QREC- in innovative gardens and Relatively hot daytime with scattered Executive, Akbar Al Baker, events reflects our firm belief in the unifying sponsored events overseas. spectacular floral displays. clouds and chance of rain at places, rela- said: “Qatar Airways is power of sport and the pivotal role it plays “Their support has been This collaboration unveiled the tively humid by night. delighted to once again be the in bringing people from all over the world critical to QREC’s sponsorship recreation of the flower official airline sponsor of the of the Qatar Goodwood Fes- market scene from Qatar

HIGH TIDE 03:05 – 13:29 LOW TIDE 05:44 – 21:44 together,” said Qatar Airways Group Chief Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Tri- tival in the UK and the Qatar Airways’ famous ‘A World Like Courtesy: Qatar Meteorology Department omphe, the most renowned Executive, Akbar Al Baker. Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in Never Before’ campaign which event on the horse racing cal- France. Moreover, Qatar premiered earlier this year. endar. Participating in this Airways plays a leading role at Guests were photo- major equestrian event high- partnerships. This is something the world’s fastest-growing the H H The Amir Sword Fes- graphed against the famous lights our commitment to our which has been evident airline and Qatar’s flag carrier. tival by facilitating partici- flower market backdrop, and French network, which through Qatar Airways’ recent The ongoing cooperation pation of horses from outside then presented with a deco- remains one of our most sponsorship of major global between QREC and Qatar Qatar. We look forward to rative bouquet as a charming important strategic and com- sporting events, such as the Airways in sponsoring horse continuing our close part- memento from their visit to mercial routes. 2019 FIFA Women’s World race meetings enables exciting nership, which has borne fruit the Qatar Airways dedicated “Our continued support of Cup in France and the FIFA racing events which reflect the for Qatar as well as equestrian area. global sporting events reflects Club World Cup to be held in passion for equestrian sport in sport in Qatar.” Under the recently signed our firm belief in the unifying Doha in December.” Qatar. To complement the air- agreement, Qatar Airways will power of sport and the pivotal Chairman of Qatar Racing “We have developed an line’s values of hospitality and be the Official Airline Sponsor role it plays in bringing people & Equestrian Club (QREC), Issa extensive partnership with customer excellence, Qatar of the 2019, 2020 and 2021 from all over the world bin Mohammed Al Mohannadi, Qatar Airways to organise Airways collaborated with Les renewals of the QREC-spon- together. At Qatar Airways, we said: “We are delighted with numerous prestigious interna- Fermes de Gally, an estab- sored Qatar Goodwood Fes- are committed to uniting our long term strategic part- tional events. Qatar Airways lished Parisian horticultural tival and Qatar Prix de l’Arc de people through our strategic nership with Qatar Airways, contributes significantly to the firm which specialises Triomphe. Cate Blanchett urges world to tackle statelessness US serial killer has murdered AFP actress, who serves as a people politically and eco- cradle to grave”. At the same GENEVA Goodwill Ambassador to the nomically marginalised, and time, parents deprived of a at least 50: FBI UN refugee agency, told particularly vulnerable to nationality often pass on the Hollywood star Cate Blanchett reporters in Geneva. exploitation and abuse. “desperate and horrific gift” AFP pleaded yesterday for an end “The world can end state- They are often deprived of statelessness to their WASHINGTON to the devastating limbo lessness.” Her comments of an education, medical care, children, she said, describing suffered by millions of came as UNHCR marked the the right to marry or even it as an “inhumane and heart- A 79-year-old man murdered stateless people worldwide, halfway-point in a 10-year receive a death certificate. breaking and devastating at least 50 people, making him saying they are left to wallow campaign to end the plight of “It is total invisibility,” situation”. the most prolific serial killer in in “total invisibility”. the millions around the globe Blanchett said, lamenting that “It is a man-made US history, the FBI said on “It is time to act,” the deprived of a nationality. “they experience marginali- problem and it is solvable,” Sunday. Oscar-winning Australian Statelessness leaves sation and exclusion from she said. Samuel Little confessed to 93 homicides — mostly of women — between 1970 and 2005, the Federal Bureau of Giles Duley - changing lives with photographs Investigation said. Although investigators have only confirmed his involvement FAZEENA SALEEM hand with a sign of victory. He consequences of conflict back in in 50 of them, they believe all THE PENINSULA said, “Dawood Salim, a 12-year- 2000, Giles worked for ten years of Little’s confessions are old boy who was very badly as an editorial photographer in credible. Giles Duley, an award-winning injured in Mosul. He had lost the fashion and music The FBI has set up a website British humanitarian photog- both of his legs and most of his industries. showing his videotaped recol- rapher, believes that photog- right hand. I’ve been sitting and “When I was 18 and given a lections of unidentified killings, raphy is still very powerful as a talking to him. But I was not camera was like I was given a alongside sketches — drawn by medium in modern day and that ready to take a photograph. Then voice. Suddenly, I could commu- Little — of the people he claims his photographs can change the his mother asked, “Why wouldn’t nicate with the world, and that to have murdered. lives of the people. you photograph my son? When was through photography. For “Many of his victims’ Duley, through his photo- a child is injured like this, the me, it is not why I chose photog- deaths, however, were origi- graphs, documents the chal- whole world should see.” raphy but it chose me,” said nally ruled overdoses or lenges faced by the people and This story has a special Duley. attributed to accidental or how they live with the conse- meaning for Duley, who lost both “Those days my work was undetermined causes. Some quences of war. He is in Doha as legs and his left arm after really about selling photos and bodies were never found,” the part of a World Innovation stepping on an explosive device advertising. When I stopped FBI wrote on the website. Summit for Health (WISH) – an in Afghanistan in 2011, whilst on taking for myself and taking pho- He was jailed for life in 2014 initiative of Qatar Foundation photographic assignment to doc- tographs for others, I realized after being convicted of three British humanitarian photographer Giles Duley speaks during an -curated art exhibition currently ument the horrors of war. that I could help people to tell murders. interview with The Peninsula on the sidelines of his photo exhibition on display at the Fire Station. The “When I took the photo- their stories and the photography “For many years, Samuel exhibition ‘Artistic Dimensions titled ‘Artistic Dimensions to a Healthier World’ being held at Fire graph, Dawood showed the sign is an incredible instrument for Little believed he would not be to a Healthier World’, explores Station, in Doha. PIC: BAHER AMIN/THE PENINSULA of victory, strength and peace. change. I photograph in black caught because he thought no the relationship between art and He was still in so much of pain, and white, it captures emotions one was accounting for his health, particularly in conflict efforts in Mosul by health charity, laughing, holding hands and of he had no idea of his future but a moment of life and hope. Those victims,” FBI crime analyst zones. ‘EMERGENCY’, while outdoor course I highlight the horrors of he had hope.” images will stay in people’s Christie Palazzolo said. “As a photographer, part of exhibit ‘Disability and Armed war. I want to remind people that “The story is so important for mind,” he added. “Even though he is already my job is to photograph and Conflict’ gives insight into the those in conflict zones are also me, because I have seen the In advice to others looking in prison, the FBI believes it is collect stories. And other lives of people with disabilities families like us and there is worst crisis of humanity, but to make a change, Duley said, “It important to seek justice for important part is to tell the during armed conflict. shared humanity,” he added. within that darkness, I also see is important for a journalist or each victim — to close every stories. I was very excited when The key part of his work Duley often cooks with the resilience and strength and photographer to listen and case possible.” The former WISH offered me to have this exhibited are from the ‘Legacy people before photographing that’s what I’m trying to focus on. understand the story before boxer, also known as Samuel exhibition,” Duley told The of War’ photographic project them. He believes that it is con- It is important to show the reality telling it to others.” McDowell, was first arrested in Peninsula. which explores the long-term vivial thing that makes a connec- and also remind people there is Duley will lead a public talk 2012 at a homeless shelter in The exhibition features effects of global conflict. tivity with others. hope within the darkest places,” detailing his personal story at the Kentucky and extradited to Cal- Duley’s indoor collection ‘Iraq: “I try and tell stories with a Emphasising on a photo- he said. Fire Station Cinema today and ifornia to face drug charges. An Open Wound’ which depicts sense of humanity. Some of the graph close to his heart, Duley Prior to documenting host a photography workshop on Once there, DNA evidence healthcare and rehabilitation photographs are of people pointed at the one, of a wounded humanitarian issues and the Thursday. linked him to three cold cases.