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Emir receives message from Putin Dr Al Kawari Up to QR3,000 fine begins China visit for smoking in QNA BEIJING: H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kawari, Cultural closed public places Adviser at the Emiri Diwan and Qatar’s candidate to the post of Director-General of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural derivatives in such areas. Permit- Organization (Unesco), began a visit ting others to smoke in such places to China yesterday to introduce Emir H H Sheikh is also an offence punishable with a his electoral programme under Tamim bin Hamad similar fine. the them ‘Towards a New Start for The court can order confisca- Unesco.’ Al Thani yesterday tion, destroying or re-exporting of The visit which lasts several issued Law No. 10 of tobacco products and their deriv- days in response to the invitation 2016 on the control atives, seized for violating the law, of Chinese Minister of Culture irrespective of the quantity. Luo Shugang, Al Kawari will of tobacco and its Any form of promotion or adver- meet a number of senior Chi- derivatives. tising for tobacco and its derivatives nese officials in the fields of with the aim of encouraging smok- culture and education. He will ing is banned. It is also not allowed to also meet a number of academ- use them in advertisements of other ics and intellectuals. The Peninsula products. Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received a message from Russian President Vladimir Putin, The law bans sale of cigarettes dealing with bilateral relations and issues of common concern, particularly the situation in Syria and and other tobacco products to those Opec, key producers DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin aged below 18 years. Ignorance of the embattled city of Aleppo, and the need to find a solution to the Syrian crisis. The message was Hamad Al Thani yesterday issued age is not an excuse and traders conveyed by Russia’s Special Envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev during a meeting with the Emir at to discuss oil deal Law No. 10 of 2016 on the control of must confirm the age from custom- the Emiri Diwan, yesterday. tobacco and its derivatives, which ers’ ID. Selling such products in areas ISTANBUL: Opec will hold talks stipulates fines up to QR3,000 for at a distance of less than 1km from with non-member oil produc- smoking in closed public places. schools and other educational and ers today in a bid to hammer out Those smoking while driving in the training institutions is also banned. details of a global agreement to presence of children aged under 18 The law has banned farm- cap production for at least six years also face similar punishment. ing, manufacturing or processing QR1m first prize for Quran contest months as Russia lent its support The law has stipulated stricter tobacco and its derivatives in the for the plan. measures to curb the import and country, whether preparing it or Ministers from Opec members use of tobacco products and its mixing with other material, in what- The Peninsula November 27 until December 6. leadership of Qatar to serve embarked on a flurry of talks at derivatives and a ban on electronic ever form and purposes. The winner will receive QR1m — the Noble Quran and honour its an energy conference in Istanbul cigarettes, “sweika” and other The law bans import, trading, the highest ever prize in the history holders. to shore up support for the Opec- chewing tobacco. Those violating displaying for sale, distribution and of Quran contests. Thirty-nine contestants from deal they agreed in Algeria last the relevant articles face jail not manufacturing of chewing tobacco DOHA: Qatar is preparing to host The contest is coinciding with different countries who were top month hoping to adopt it at the exceeding six months and fines not in all forms and under any name. the biggest competition for top the celebration of the National winners in the Quran contests end of November. Representatives exceeding QR100,000. The importer will be given 30 winners of Quran contests world- Day of Qatar in a true merge of worldwide are expected to take part of some Opec members and non- The law bans smoking in closed days period to return or replace the wide, organised by Sheikh Jassim religious and national dimensions in the first session. Opec countries including Russia, public places and stipulates fines quantities found violating the law bin Mohamed bin Thani Holy as envisioned by the founder, This contest considered the most Azerbaijan and possibly Mexico not less than QR1000 and not and the relevant decisions. Quran Contest. Sheikh Jassim bin Mohamed bin prominent event in the Doha cultural will hold a round-table meet- more than QR3,000 for smoking The ten-day “Winner of Win- Thani, and in continuation of scene as it features the broadest cat- ing on the sidelines of the World or using tobacco products and their → Continued on page 2 ners” contest will begin from the firm dedication of the wise egories and highest rewards. Energy Congress. US threatens Remittances by expats in Qatar hit $10.4bn in 2015 retaliation after

Yemen missile fire By Sachin Kumar infrastructure and rising inflow of yesterday in a press conference at due to the diversification of the econ- He said the cost of remitting The Peninsula workers in the country, said a sen- City Center Rotana Hotel. omy, which the Governments did to money from Qatar and GCC region ior official of UAE Exchange. Strengthening of US dollar reduce the dependency on oil,” said to some countries is one of the lowest AFP “Qatar accounted for more than against major currencies helped in Manghat. in the world. Qatar-UAE Exchange, a $10.4bn in remittances in 2015, with boosting the remittances. “Initiatives like Football World subsidiary of UAE Exchange, recently DOHA: Total remittances by expatri- South Asian countries receiving “Stronger US dollar further weak- Cup in Qatar, Expo2020 in the UAE, opened 10th branch in Asian Town. WASHINGTON: The United States ates from Qatar were around $10.4bn 70% as per the World Bank. Volatil- ened the other currencies, impacting various major infrastructure projects The company is looking to fur- threatened yesterday to retaliate in 2015 with South Asian countries ity in the global currency markets remittance positively. Oil price slump across the region are further attract- ther strengthening its presence in for a missile attack that missed a being the main recipients of this out- coupled with socio-political condi- did not affect the remittance flow ing migrant talent, especially from Qatar by offering new services to its pair of US warships in the Red Sea flow. Remittances flow are likely to tions influenced the currency value,” from the GCC countries much and the the South Asian and Arab countries. customers. off the coast of Yemen. be steady in future as Qatar contin- said Promoth Manghat, Chief Exec- GCC area was the largest remitting These can help the remittance flow “Counterstrike, retaliatory ues with implementation of mega utive Officer, UAE Exchange Group region last year. This was possible to be steady,” he added. → Continued on page 4 strike: I can tell you that those things are things that we are looking at,” said Navy Captain Jeff Davis, a Defense Department spokesman. Qatar edge Syria to keep World Cup dream alive Some shops still The US Navy has said the mis- siles, which fell short of the USS Mason, a destroyer, and the USS selling hoverboards Ponce, an amphibious warfare ship, were fired within an hour of each other on Sunday from territory in Yemen controlled by By Sanaullah Ataullah shopping complexes across the Houthi rebels. “We want very The Peninsula country. When the local and inter- much to get to the bottom of what national media raised questions happened,” said Davis. “We’re on the safety of hoverboards, some going to find out who did this and popular toyshops and commercial we will take action accordingly.” DOHA: Popular toyshops and com- complexes withdrew the products “We will make sure that any- mercial outlets in Doha have stopped as a precaution to save their names body who interferes with freedom selling hoverboards over safety con- in case of any untoward incident. of navigation and puts US Navy cerns. Some shops, however, are still Media reports suggest that the ship at risk understands they do selling them, even increasing their battery of hoverboard is not safe so at their own peril,” he said. varieties to attract more customers. and it could explode. Some airlines The United States backs a The hoverboard is a battery- have banned the product onboard. Saudi-led coalition that is fighting powered two-wheeler device that Another safety issue is that it is very the Houthi rebels and the forces navigated by pressure from the difficult for the users to balance of former Yemeni president Ali user’s feet and weight distribution. posing great risk on their bodies. Abdallah Saleh. The US military Also known as smart wheel, balance The Peninsula tried to approach provides intelligence and air-refu- wheel or smart scooter, the device to the local authorities concerned eling for Arab coalition aircraft became popular overnight when it for their comments on the safety of conducting air strikes against the Qatar’s Boualem Khoukhi (left) fights for the ball with Syria’s Omar Kharbin during the 2018 World hit the local market last year. hoverboards available in the mar- rebels. But US air forces are not Cup qualifying football match at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, yesterday. Qatar defeated With growing demands, hov- ket but to no avail. directly involved in air strikes in Syria 1-0. → See also page 24 erboards became available at Yemen. toyshops, major outlets and → Continued on page 2 02 WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2016 HOME

Deputy PM meets Thai PM Workshop on QA aims to boost tourism electronic building permits to Nordic region The Peninsula

conference following the arrival of list of destinations to add to our route DOHA: The Ministry of Munici- Qatar Airways flies the airline’s first flight to the Finn- map and I am proud that we are here pality and Environment organised ish capital Helsinki. today to celebrate this important yesterday a workshop about daily to Stockholm, Qatar Airways is the first Mid- milestone in the history of our air- electronic system for building per- Copenhagen, Oslo dle Eastern carrier to serve all four line. We are here to serve the people mits at the officers Club at Civil Nordic capitals and is committed of Finland with a world-class serv- Defence. and now Helsinki. to bringing more visitors to Hel- ice connecting them to business and The workshop was aimed at sinki, boosting tourism to Finland leisure destinations on our global exchanging opinions and ideas and its neighbouring countries. The network. It is also our pleasure to about the programme of elec- The Peninsula new route will also give the people promote Finland and the whole Nor- tronic building permits, and to of Finland the opportunity to con- dic region to our passengers around evaluate the performance in the nect to more than 150 destinations the world,” said Al Baker. building permits system. DOHA: Qatar Airways Group Chief on the airline’s global network via Qatar Airways, already one of The workshop was attended Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Executive Akbar Al Baker yester- its hub, Hamad International Air- the fastest growing airlines in the by Staff Brig Abdullah Al Suwaidi, Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud met the Prime Minister of day revealed the airline’s plans for port, in Doha. history of aviation, flies daily to Director General of the General the Nordics and beyond at a press “Helsinki has long been on our Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo and Thailand Prayut Chan-o-cha on the occasion of his visit to the Thai Administration of Civil Defence, now Helsinki. This will give Finnish capital Bangkok as the head of the Qatari delegation participating a number of civil defence offic- passengers the opportunity to travel in the Second Summit of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue. ers and some Municipality seamlessly to destinations such as directors. Krabi and the Seychelles, which will launch in December, and Auckland, which will launch on February 5, 2017, with many more new desti- nations to come. Demand for hoverboards high among kids Finavia President and Chief Executive Officer Kari Savolainen, Continued from page 1 could be replaced within one week, said: “We want to express our however the warranty for repair is warmest welcome to Qatar Air- “We pulled hoverboards off our a month from the date of purchase. ways and its new route between shelves six month ago,” a salesman “My daughter has been ask- Helsinki and Doha. We welcome at a famous toyshop in Al Saad told ing me to buy a hoverboard since tourists from Doha to enjoy Hel- this daily. she saw one of her friends use one Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, Akbar Al Baker (centre) at sinki, a city full of amazing Nordic “We did not receive any circular but I was so reluctant because I the press conference in Helsinki with Finavia President and Chief experiences. At the same time Hel- from the local authority to withdraw thought that she was too little and Executive Officer Kari Savolainen (left) and Qatar Airways Senior sinki Airport is also an excellent the products. It was our own initia- underweight for this device,” said a Vice-President for Europe, Jonathan Harding. gateway to Lapland. tive to pull them off shelves when The salesman added: “There is European woman. parents and guardians of children no warranty for electronic devices It was the woman who took a test raised concerns over the safety of such as hoverboards. Once the cus- ride of the device, not her daughter, the products,” he said. tomer leaves the shop the warranty for safety concerns. Some major shopping complexes is over. The products are not bad “My son has been asking for a Violating tobacco outlets face closure were spotted posting notices at their though they are made in China. hoverboard for a long time. I kept entrance banning the use of hover- We receive very few complaints rejecting his request on the grounds Continued from page 1 complaint with the Minister of Public fulfill the required specifications. board inside their premises. all related to breakdown — most that the product was not available Health in 10 days after the action was The law bans import of such “We have a variety of hover- of them caused by mishandling in the local market and he was not Any outlet violating the law may taken. Five percent of the customs fees products without a written permis- boards, all made in China. Their but none of them related to battery of the right age for using it,” said a face closure for one month in the first on tobacco products will be allocated sion. The Minister of Public Health price ranges from QR390 to QR690,” explosion.” father. instance, two months for a repetition to health awareness programmes. will issue a decision on the permit- said a salesman of a famous shop- “The device has a manual which “I am worried about safety. I do and up to three months if the offence Importers of cigarettes and other ted quantity of nicotine in cigarettes. ping centre at Freej bin Imran. users must follow for their own and not think my son will wear safety is repeated again. The shop must tobacco products and their deriv- Each packet or box of cigarette and “The device has pretty good others’ safety,” said the salesman. helmet on every ride. Then what will make arrangements if a partial clo- atives must inform the Ministry of other tobacco products must carry demand but I cannot give the exact The hoverboards are also spotted happen when he forgets or purposely sure is required, if its structure does Public Health in a written form at the expiry date and graphic warn- figure. We sell some units daily and on the shelves of a famous shopping does not wear it?” he added. not allow that. The owners of out- least a week before arrival of the ings about the harmful effects of sales increase during weekends,” complex in Al Dafna being sold for “I think this device makes chil- lets, facing punishment, can lodge a shipment for checking whether they using such products. he said. QR399. A sales notice reads the device dren lazy,” said a mother of two. HOME WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2016 03 Mental health Emir transfers ambassadors to Foreign Ministry HQ QNA Republic of Portugal. ambassador extraordinary and extraordinary and plenipotentiary 3. Ibrahim Mohammed Abdul- plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of to the French Republic. rahman Al Abdullah, ambassador Spain. 14. Khalid Fahad Fahad Al Khater, extraordinary and plenipotentiary 9. Abdullah Mohammed Ibrahim ambassador extraordinary and plen- ‘first aid’ key DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim to the Republic of Kenya. Mohammed Al Derbasti, ambassador ipotentiary to the Kingdom of the bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday 4. Sheikh Ali bin Jassim bin Thani extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Netherlands. issued Emiri Decision No 45 of bin Jassim Al Thani, ambassador the Republic of Paraguay. 15. Mohammad Jaham Abdulaziz 2016, transferring extraordinary extraordinary and plenipotentiary 10. Sheikh Jassim bin Mohamed Al Kuwari, ambassador extraordi- and plenipotentiary ambassadors to the Kingdom of Belgium. bin Saud Al Abdulrahman Al Thani, nary and plenipotentiary to the in care strategy to the headquarters of the Foreign 5. Saad Mohammad Saad Al ambassador extraordinary and United States of America. Ministry. Kubaisi, ambassador extraordinary plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of 16. Faisal Abdullah Hamad The Emiri decision stipulates and plenipotentiary to Romania. Bahrain. Abdullah Al Henzab, Qatar’s per- can be an important technique help- that the following ambassadors are 6. Salim Abdullah Sultan Al Jaber, 11. Ali Khalfan Ali Al Mansouri, manent representative to the United ing the public to identify, understand transferred: ambassador extraordinary and plen- ambassador extraordinary and plen- Nations Office in Geneva. Mental Health ‘first and respond appropriately to signs 1. Abdulrahman Mohammed ipotentiary to the Republic of South ipotentiary to the Republic of Austria. 17. Saud Abdullah Zaid Al Mah- aid’ for all is a core of mental illness including knowing Suleiman Al Khulaifi, ambassador Africa. 12. Abdullah Nasser Abdullah Al moud, ambassador extraordinary when to refer them to Mental Health extraordinary and plenipotentiary 7. Abdulla Hussein Mohammed Humaidi, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Russian element of this year’s Services. We urge anyone interested to the Federal Republic of Germany. Jaber, ambassador extraordinary and and plenipotentiary to the Tunisian Federation. World Mental Health in this field to learn more about men- 2. Adel Ali Mohamed Al Khal plenipotentiary to Hungary. Republic. The decision is effective from its Day event theme. tal health conditions.” Fakhroo, ambassador extraordi- 8. Abdulrazak Abdul- 13. Sheikh Meshal bin Hamad bin date of issue and is to be published “Psychological first aid is not a nary and plenipotentiary to the jalil Abdulghani Al Abdulghani, Mohammed Al Thani, ambassador in the official gazette. substitute for treatment and psy- chological problems and mental The Peninsula illnesses are very complex and not obvious to the untrained eye so people should not delay in seeking Minister receives credentials of Kuwait envoy Qatar to participate DOHA: Mental health ‘first aid’ can specialist care. The sooner some- be an important technique helping one is seen and treated the sooner in GCC Health the public to identify and under- they can recover. Delays to such stand the illness, said an expert. treatment tend to reduce the over- This first aid covers psychologi- all outcome, so people should not Ministers meeting cal and social support which can be delay seeking professional help,” provided not just by trained profes- added Prof Woodruff. sionals but by anyone who may be in Mental Health ‘first aid’ for all is QNA a position to offer support to some- a core element of this year’s World one in need — a teacher, community Mental Health Day event theme. worker, police officer, paramedic Dr Suhaila Ghuloum, Senior DOHA: The State of Qatar will participate in the third or perhaps a counsellor employed Consultant Psychiatrist at HMC’s GCC Health Ministers Committee meeting and its pre- by large firms to help support staff. Mental Health Service said that paratory one, set to take place in Riyadh. “Hamad Medical Corpora- there is a growing realisation in Qatar will also participate in the 80th GCC Health tion (HMC) is working tirelessly to healthcare sectors around the world Ministers meeting. increase awareness and knowl- that a better understanding of men- The meetings will take place today and tomorrow. edge of mental health and illness tal health among other staff outside Minister of Public Health H E Dr Hanan Mohamed Al and supports initiatives that help the mental health field, results in Kuwari will head Qatar’s delegation participating in to build a general understanding better care for patients. the meetings. of mental health conditions and “The skills included in Mental The third Health Ministers Committee meeting care options,” said Professor Peter Health First Aid training are valu- will discuss a number of topics, including develop- Woodruff, Chair and Medical Direc- able for all healthcare professionals Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani received the ing a financing system to achieve a higher health tor of HMC’s Mental Health Service. who may be called upon to assess credentials of Kuwaiti Ambassador to Qatar Hafeez Mohammed Salem Al Ajmi. coverage among Gulf Cooperation Council member “Similar to learning the basics of the mental health condition of a The Minister wished the envoy success in his work and hoped for more progress in states. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) patient who sought help for some bilateral relations. The Minister also received credentials of Indian Ambassador to It will also examine strategic cooperation between to provide first aid to someone having other reason. Mental health is inte- Qatar Kumaran Periasamy. GCC members with Jordan and Morocco in the health a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid gral to a person’s overall health.” fields.

GCC Ministers of Culture hold Domasco’s new logo emphasises driving innovation 22nd meeting The Peninsula world including in Middle East, across all group companies. QNA Africa, Asia, Australasia and Europe, In the new logo, the ‘D’ has been is present in 31 countries, enhancing replaced by the Al-Futtaim arrow- DOHA: Al-Futtaim’s Doha Marketing and enriching the lives of millions head and reflects the modernised Services Company WLL (Domasco), every day. By combining Domas- brand while maintaining its rich his- RIYADH: The Ministers of Cul- Qatar’s leading multi-brand com- co’s brand equity in Qatar with the tory. The new identity incorporates ture of Gulf Cooperation Council pany, has unveiled its new logo Al-Futtaim “arrowhead’s” global rec- the blue colour of Al-Futtaim and (GCC) for Arab States held their and visual brand identity. The new ognition we look to continue to offer features a modern, material design. 22nd meeting here yesterday. logo emphasises the company’s for- our customers the best of both. “Through Al-Futtaim’s inherent The Minister of Culture and ward-thinking with an objective Domasco’s decades-long associ- customer-centric approach and con- Sports, H E Dr Salah bin Ghanem to achieving sustainable growth, ation with Al-Futtaim has fostered tinued focus on business excellence, Al Ali headed the State of Qatar’s driving innovation and focusing on forward-thinking business practices we add significant value to creating delegation to the meeting. customer engagement. with integrity and a spirit of collab- longstanding relationships based on During the General ses- Domasco has a diversified port- oration. The company has grown to loyalty and mutual trust,” said Colin sion, GCC Secretary-General Dr folio representing some of the world’s become an integral part of Qatar’s Cordery, Regional Managing Director. at Domasco, said: “We can better change towards innovation and value Abdullatif Rashid Al Zayani said most visible and award-winning daily life, with its top quality products “Our new logo better communicates serve our customers by leveraging creation we have embarked upon, that the current circumstances brands such as Honda, Volvo, GAC, and services, offering a better retail what Domasco as part of Al-Fut- the combined resources and assets customer satisfaction and quality in the region require more vig- CMC, MasterGas, Carrier, Aftron, experience for customers. The idea taim, stands for today. It is part of the of a strong, unified business under remain our top priorities. Doing busi- ilance and earnest work to Raymond Weil, Titan, Police, Gant, behind having a unitary brand is that corporate rebranding effort that sup- one corporate identity as it clearly ness with Domasco and its brands address various political, social Casio and many more. Al-Futtaim, it will help create a coherent iden- ports the purpose, values and culture strengthens our association to Al- will continue to be a great experience and cultural challenges and UAE’s leading regional trading house tity that communicates the company for the future of Al-Futtaim.” Futtaim’s core values.” He added: and we will always leverage our tech- problems. with significant interests across the values and unifies the brand identity Faisal Sharif, Managing Director “Even as we are part of the global nological edge to serve them better.” Vodafone Qatar opens 26th store QTA figures show events spurred The Peninsula tourism during off season

DOHA: Vodafone Qatar has rolled out By Raynald C Rivera witnessed unique mall shows The hotel sector saw another global retail store concept at its The Peninsula for the entire family, live enter- its highest occupancy rate new store located in Ummslal Mohammed tainment, an entertainment which was 74 percent. Fifty- area, taking its nationwide retail footprint park, promotions and raffle six hotels, which was double to a total of 26 outlets. DOHA: The Eid in Qatar Cel- draws, among others. the number of participants The company’s Ummslal store features ebrations and Qatar Summer In August, during which last year, took part in the sum- a complete retail transformation to reflect Festival have substantially the Summer Festival was held, mer festival offering attractive Vodafone’s world-class look and feel and contributed to spurring tour- the number of visitors that packages. offer customers a vibrant and delightful ism during the off-peak season Qatar welcomed was 2 per- Shopping promotions retail ambience besides the ease and sim- from July to September, Qatar cent higher than the number throughout Qatar Sum- plicity that is in line with any other store Tourism Authority (QTA) fig- received in the same month mer Festival also generated Vodafone customers will visit across the ures revealed. last year. a positive impact on mem- world. The three most anticipated The 29,000sqm Enter- bers of the retail sector. The Vodafone’s Ummslal store that is nationwide events on QTA’s tainment City, which was the number of coupons entered located beside Khreitiyat Q-Post Branch calendar, which lasted for 43 biggest and among its edi- into the weekly raffle draws in front of Tea Time will be easily acces- days, have again proved effec- tions and the highlight of the reached 100,000 by the end sible to the residents of Al-Kheesa and tive in attracting huge number festival, witnessed 150,000 of the festival and reflects Ummslal Ali as well. of tourists from neighbour- visitors. an estimated expenditure of Speaking at the official opening of the ing countries as shown by In addition, a total of 4,450 more than QR21m in partic- store, Hamad Al Thani, Enterprise Sales the increase in visitor arriv- people attended the summer ipating malls. According to a The new Vodafone Qatar store at Ummslal Mohammed. Director at Vodafone Qatar, said: “It’s diffi- als which generated positive festival live shows. survey conducted by the QTA, cult to imagine our everyday lives without impact in the hospitality and In September, the country 91 percent of the participants telecommunications and yet many peo- “customer journey’’ and aim to give true differentiation.” With a clear and sim- retail sectors. received 255,805 visitors, most were satisfied of the festivals. ple are confused by the complexity of the our customers a brand new shopping ple setting, Vodafone’s store at Ummslal Tourist arrivals in July of whom were GCC nationals. This was revealed during products and services in the telecom- experience based around convenience, Mohammed boasts some unique fea- and August saw a 4.6 per- Majority of these visitors were an appreciation event held at munication sector. That’s why it’s very transparency, simplicity and speed. We tures such as an Iconic Top 10 Table with cent increase compared to Saudi nationals (106,014) who the St Regis Doha yesterday to important for us to provide customers have also thoroughly improved all features a choice of the latest best-sellers, a Hero the same period last year. were attracted by the week- recognize QTA’s valued part- with a telecommunications experience of the in-store model to deliver single- Product zone, and an accessory panel The Eid Al Adha celebrations long Eid Al Adha celebrations. ners in these summer events that is based on the interaction between mindedly the best advice and service we featuring the latest mobile and tablet were held from July 6 to 12 fol- Benefitting from the events consisting of representatives consumers, staff and products is a crucial can provide. We have further plans to con- accessories. Moreover the store’s Tech lowed by the Qatar Summer are hotels and retail outlets of government ministries and element of this. tinue to grow our presence and roll out Zone and consultation pods provide cus- Festival which ran the entire which both saw brisk busi- agencies, sponsors, media, Our new stores are designed as a more stores across the country to ensure tomers with advice and support. month of August. These events ness during the period. participants and volunteers. 04 WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2016 HOME

Foreign Ministry official meets German delegation Ministry recalls Honda RAF aid for Pilot 2016 model cars schooling kids QNA

DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce has announced the recall of Honda Pilot vehicles 2016 mod- in Iraqi city els, due to a defect in the speedometer and fuel gauge. The Ministry said that the move comes within the framework of the Ministry’s continuous coordination and follow-up to ascertain the commitment of car deal- basis so that they could send their erships to follow up and fix vehicle defects in order to children to school. protect the rights of consumers. Project being RAF provided food baskets, The ministry said it will coordinate with the agent implemented in school supplies including bags, to follow up the maintenance and repair of the defect, stationeries and uniforms to bene- and will communicate with customers to ensure the areas housing poor ficiary children and their families. implementation of the procedures and the repair of displaced families More than 400 displaced families defect in the cars. Secretary-General of the Foreign Ministry H E Dr Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi met in Al Ramadi and were provided basic foodstuffs so The Ministry of Economy and Commerce urged all they could let their children go to yesterday with a delegation from the defence committee of the German parliament consumers to report any irregularities by communi- Kirkuk. schools. currently paying a visit to the country. They discussed bilateral relations and ways cating to the Consumer Protection Department, which The project also aims to build of developing the prospects for cooperation. receives complaints, suggestions and inquiries through two primary schools in Al Ram- its channels of communication. adi comprising 12 classrooms The Peninsula with a capacity of 50 students per classroom. The project will meet the growing demands of seats in schools. There is severe shortage ROTA in deal for youth education programmes DOHA: Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah of school facilities because almost Foundation for Humanitarian Serv- all primary schools were destroyed ices (RAF) has provided QR2m to in this area. The Peninsula secondary schools. At ROTA, we create educational opportunities for Most displaced people are fight- achieve this goal by meeting the 500 children from displaced fam- ing for survival. They do not have real needs of beneficiaries, taking ilies who dropped out or could not the basic needs so it is hard for them DOHA: Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) advantage of available local exper- attend schools due to poverty in Al to send their children to school. In has signed a Memorandum of tise, encouraging the exchange of Ramadi city of Iraq. addition, most of the schools were Understanding (MoU) with AFIF best practices, equipping people The project was financed by the destroyed and those left behind Charity aimed at engaging children with the required skills and applying Endowment Fund of Sheikh Thani needed support for running classes. and youth in quality education pro- innovative, practical and sustaina- bin Abdullah Al Thani. It is being “Food & Light” initiative pro- grammes. ble solutions to address the obstacles implemented in the areas housing vides needy families with basic The MoU, which extends for three that prevent young people from poor displaced families in Al Ram- food items on a monthly basis for years, establishes a framework for accessing quality education during adi and Kirkuk. The beneficiary one year so they could send their cooperation between ROTA and AFIF crisis periods,” he added. areas are Banja Ali, Maskar Kha- children to school. with the aim of supporting margin- Engineer Ibrahim bin Ali, CEO of lid and Al Wasti. Hundreds of small develop- alised communities and crisis-prone ROTA’s Executive Director, Essa Al Mannai (centre) and Engineer Ibrahim AFIF Charity, said: “At AFIF we seek The initiative is part of the ongo- ment projects will also be launched countries with low educational bin Ali, CEO of AFIF Charity (right) sign the MoU as Mohammed Al to establish strategic partnerships ing project ‘Al Ghaza W Al Nur (Food to provide livelihood for needy indicators. Naama, Acting Executive Director, ROTA looks on. that support the most vulnerable and Light)’ being executed by RAF, families. Joint action will include the groups. ROTA is one of the most in collaboration with Unicef and RAF had allocated QR60m from organisation of educational activi- ROTA’s Executive Director, Essa disadvantaged communities.” distinguished organisations, par- UN World Food Program (WFP). its Endowment Fund of Sheikh ties and fundraising events as well Al Mannai, said: “The agreement “ROTA works closely with part- ticularly in the field of education, The local partner of RAF in Ram- Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani for its as the promotion of knowledge reflects our keenness to cooper- ners as well as local charities and that can assist AFIF in establishing adi is Help the Needy Charitable “Food & Light” initiative. The project sharing and analytical work among ate with partners, volunteers, local non-governmental organisations an integrated educational system and Trust (AAN). would contribute to the education of other aspects of mutual coopera- communities and non-governmen- in addition to other stakeholders finding alternative solutions to pro- The plan is to provide basic food 45,000 children in 15,000 families tion in a bid to improve the quality tal organisations to find effective in order to provide quality educa- vide disadvantaged children access items to needy families on monthly from 20 of the poorest countries. of education. solutions to the challenges facing tion for all children in primary and to education.” Honda Qatar announces exciting offers on motorbikes

The Peninsula inspire dreams and expand horizons. standards for adventure bikes with of entertainment.” Talking about Adding an engine to two wheels its unique, light and agile combina- Domasco’s special offer, Greig Rof- creates a machine that connects the tion of power and handling. fey, Head of Sales & Marketing Honda DOHA: As the riding season gains rider to true emotion, excitement Faisal Sharif, the Managing said, “We offer a wide range of momentum, Honda Qatar has and a world full of adventure and Director at Domasco, said, “Right Honda motorbikes, each with unique announced thrilling offers which, experience. in time for the riding season, we are styling, and they all are sales lead- it promises, will turn your dreams In the wide range of Honda, offering these incredibly addict- ers in their respective categories. of owning a Honda Motorbike into from touring to cruiser, off-road to ing machines with an amazing cash Come into our showroom this sea- reality. Customers can benefit from sport, and scooter to ATV, there is a back offer. Coupled with the fun son to discover the models that best amazing cash back deals and a free bike for everyone to begin their own ride, we are presenting an immer- suits your lifestyle’’ Galaxy S7 Edge smartphone & Sam- adventure. sive mobile virtual reality experience Doha Marketing Services Com- sung Gear VR virtual reality headset This year’s new addition to the to our customers. With Samsung pany WLL (Domasco) is a leading with every new purchase. range is the much anticipated Africa Gear VR virtual reality headset multi-brand company in Qatar with a Honda has always worked to pro- Twin. The CRF1000L Africa Twin is and Galaxy S7 edge smartphone, diversified portfolio representing some The range of Honda motorbikes. duce motorcycles and scooters that an impressive bike that sets new they can now enjoy endless hours of the world’s most visible brands. Wellcare Group to support QCS activities

The Peninsula General Manager of Qatar Can- cer Society said: “I would like to express my deep apprecia- DOHA: As part of activities related tion to Wellcare Group for their to social responsibility, Wellcare efforts in fighting cancer by sup- Group has signed an agreement porting us and our activities. to support Qatar Cancer Society Statistics show that cancer inci- (QCS) activities. dence rates are on the rise both in Wellcare Group signed a part- Qatar and the Middle East, which nership agreement with QCS shows the importance of launch- aimed at cooperation in the field of ing awareness programmes on a cancer prevention and supporting large scale, focusing not only on QCS and its various activities and treatment, but also on preven- contributing to spreading aware- tion through healthy lifestyles ness on behalf of QCS in Qatar. Wellcare Group and Qatar Cancer Society (QCS) officials. and exercise.” Under the partnership agree- Asharaf K P, Managing Direc- ment between Wellcare Group the community, QCS will educate organising several events about tor of Wellcare Group, said: “We and QCS, there is an attempt to wellcare pharmacists about can- cancer and ways to prevent it by a are delighted to support QCS initi- establish an effective partnership cer awareness and its prevention. healthy lifestyle and healthy food atives aiming at raising awareness between the two sides and create Wellcare pharmacies will which will help raise awareness of cancer prevention through long-term cooperation in the field facilitate a system in which cus- about the disease, which sup- the several events that QCS will of cancer awareness to the Qatari tomers can donate any amount ports Qatar Vision 2030 in human organise through the next year. society through events organised from their change which will be development and increases public We would like everyone to join in by QCS. To disseminate the infor- reflected in their purchase invoice awareness. to support this very worthy cause mation in different languages in to help QCS raise awareness by Maryam Hamad Al Nuaimi, for a fit and healthy society.” Qatar-UAE Exchange digital portal has 25,000 members

Continued from page 1 Vaidian, Country Head, Qatar- operation in Qatar in 2007, aggressively towards digitis- UAE Exchange. “Also, with the launched ‘online remittance ing our product offerings for our “Qatar-UAE Exchange has country gearing up ahead for channel’ in December last year customers in Qatar,” said Vaidian. always progressed along with the FIFA 2022 World Cup, we are that saw a good response from “Qatar is gearing up ahead for the the country. Our new outlet expecting the region to remain a customers. The digital portal wit- FIFA 2022 World Cup and we are will help us extend convenience destination of choice for interna- nessed a remittance volume of expecting the region to remain a and provide customised finan- tional talent, propelling a robust close to $20m as on June 30 and at destination of choice for interna- cial solutions across traditional remittance growth from Qatar,” present has around 25,000 active tional talent, propelling a robust and digital platforms to the resi- he added. digital customers. “With digital remittance growth from this dents of Asian town,” said Mathai The company, that began being the future, we are treading country,” he added. HOME WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2016 05

Minister honours official Philatelic exhibition opens at Katara

Qatar Post official inaugurates the exhibition titled “Stamps Exhibition on the Environment in the Middle East”.

By Irfan Bukhari The Peninsula

DOHA: A thematic philatelic exhi- bition showcasing stamps on environment and nature from Arab countries opened at the Arab Postal Stamps Museum, Katara, yesterday. Minister of Economy and Commerce H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Abdullah Shlash Al Hajri, CEO, bin Mohammed Al Thani honoured the director of his office, Hamad Human Resources and Services, Ali Al Ramel Al Mannai, who was relieved from his post upon Qatar Post, inaugurated the exhi- Khalid Rustom (left) Head of Arab Postal Stamps Museum, Katara, gives a briefing about stamps to Abdullah his request. The Minister lauded Al Mannai for his work and for bition titled “Stamps Exhibition on Shlash Al Hajri (centre), CEO, Human Resources and Services, Q-Post, and Waleed Abd Alhadi Alyafei (right) successfully chairing several committees. Al Mannai was replaced the Environment in the Middle East”. Head of Public Relations, Ministry of Municipality and Environment, after the inauguration of the exhibition. by Mohammed bin Hassan Al Saadi. The exhibition will continue until Pic: Abdul Basit / The Peninsula October 16. Waleed Abd Alhadi Alyafei, message to protect the nature from children to the philatelic museum exhibition is really a commendable Head of Public Relations, Ministry man-made destruction. showcasing Arab world’s postal move of Qatar Post as treasures from QRCS & MSF discuss cooperation of Municipality and Environment, “Keep your environment clean is stamps. “Foreigners, especially the nature of the Arab countries are was also present. the simple message behind this exhi- from Western countries, are show- on a display under one roof. I have “We are organising the exhi- bition,” said Khalid Rustom, Head of ing a keen interest in this museum,” come here alone to visit the exhi- bition in collaboration with the Arab Postal Stamps Museum, Katara. he added. bition and will bring my family to QNA headquarters yesterday, Executive Ministry of Municipality and Envi- The message, he said, behind the The exhibits include stamps of see these stamps before the exhibi- Director Fahad bin Mohammed Al ronment to promote the cause of exhibition was to motivate people to Qatar with images of desert deer, tion ends on October 16,” said Saleh Nuaimi gave an overview of QRCS protection of environment. We protect the environment like plants, desert insects and fish. The stamps Muhammad, an Arab expat. DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent Soci- relief and development interven- hope this event will spread the animals, desert, sea and everything from Mauritania depicted pictures Visitors were seen taking pic- ety (QRCS) and a delegation of tions done jointly with MSF in message of preservation of envi- Allah created for human beings. He of sea seal, colourful birds and there tures and selfies with the stamps. “I Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) several countries like Syria and Iraq. ronment among residents,” said Al further said that Arab Postal Stamps are images of desert fox and flow- am taking these pictures to preserve explored opportunities for further The talks also covered ways to Hajri told The Peninsula. Museum was attracting thousands ers on the Moroccan postage stamps. the memory of visiting the phila- cooperation and discussed issues of strengthen the partnership. Hundreds of stamps depict- of visitors every year, particularly in Those from Kuwait had pictures of telic exhibition and I appreciate the common concern. QRCS has already worked with ing nature from all Arab countries the months from November to April. camels and fish while snakes of dif- Q-Post management for organising During a meeting with the MSF MSF-Holland to open a paediatric are on display. The flowers, plants, Rustom said that Q-Post, with ferent colours were the images from such an informative and eye-catch- delegation headed by President department at QRCS surgical hos- desert animals and sea life of the the help of Ministry of Education, Somalia. ing event,” said Ibrahim, an Egyptian Dr Meguerditch Terzian at QRCS pital in Tell Abyad, Syria. Arab world attracted visitors with a was also arranging trips for school “Holding this thematic philatelic expat. RAF receives QR275,000 from Lulu

The Peninsula and had signed an agreement to donate humanitarian sector in the Qatari up to 10 percent of the sales proceeds society and pushing to hold more of selected 400 food and non-food partnerships with companies that DOHA: Sheikh Thani Bin Abdulla items during the Holy month of Ram- are operating in State of Qatar, with Humanitarian Services Founda- adan and the campaign was running a view to promote the authentic tion (RAF) has received a cheque at all Lulu outlets in Qatar Region. Lulu values of the State of Qatar. Ahmad for QR275,000 raised through Lulu identified this as a great opportunity Fakroo, Executive Devopment Man- Hypermarket Group Qatar Region’s to accelerate its continuous efforts ager of RAF said, “Lulu-RAF example ‘Buy and Donate’ campaign run dur- towards corporate social responsibil- has now become a role model to other ing Ramadan season. The cheque ity and humanitarian services. Last commercial organizations”. was handed over to the CEO of RAF year, they had donated QR250,000 to Mohammed Althaf, Director for Dr Mohammed Salah and Ahmad RAF during Ramadan. Lulu Group International said: “Buy Yousef, Executive and Development Dr Mohammed Salah Ibrahm, and Donate” Campaign, which is run- Manager, by Shaijan M O, Regional CEO of Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah ning for the third consecutive year Director and Shanavas P M, Regional for Humanitarian Services, expressed got overwhelming response from the Manager of Lulu Group. his delight in partnership with Lulu customers. Lulu Group will continue Lulu Group has been associat- Hypermarket Group and said that to strengthen the cooperation with ing with RAF Charity for three years “we are always striving to find new RAF Charity .” Lulu and RAF officials at the ceremony. to support the activities of the charity projects that serve charitable and QU-LAWC holds discussion on JASTA

By Sidi Mohamed The Peninsula

DOHA: Qatar University College of Law (QU-LAWC) yesterday held a roundtable on Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act - JASTA - and its implications in the region. Professor of Public Interna- tional Law Dr Ibraheem Al-Anani said that the law encroaches into other countries’ sovereignty. States are not responsible for the Speakers at the round-table on Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). Pic: Baher Amin / The Peninsula actions of its citizens unless coun- tries are behind these actions, he approved by all senators due to have an impact on the Gulf discussion sessions moder- added. its humanitarian aspect which countries.” He noted that the ated by LAWC Associate Dean of It is also difficult to put a is sympathising with the vic- approval of JASTA law by the US Academic Affairs and Professor country under trial with another tims. However, the secret behind Congress came at a time when of International Law Dr Yasser country’s law. He stressed that the the approval of the law was the the region undergoes geopoliti- Alkhakailah. definition of terrorism is very election campaign, which con- cal tensions and challenges. They discussed issues broad and makes it difficult to tributed to the speeding up of The event aimed to raise com- related to ‘Bending legal force specify punishments. its adoption, although other munity awareness on the basic of JASTA law in International “JASTA is against judicial financial and political reasons principles of international law, law perspective’ and ‘JASTA justice, and the most dangerous are there in the minds of Amer- and to identify the various frame- Law from Constitutional law thing is that it was placed only ican legislators,” said Director works of international relations perspective.’ for political purpose, because and LAWC Associate Professor at the regional and international Other topics included ‘Sov- it states that the lawsuit can be of Constitutional Law Dr Has- level. It brought together academ- ereign immunity theory and its stopped in case there are some san Al-Sayed. ics, practitioners, researchers and importance in international law,’ talks or negotiations with another The discussion was held in students to discuss the adequacy ‘Legal binding effect of JASTA law country, which means its purpose conjunction with the Gulf Stud- of the provisions of JASTA law in light of international law pro- is political.” ies Center (GSC) at QU College of with the rules and principles of visions,’ ‘Waiver of sovereign “JASTA law was first pre- Arts and Sciences (QU-CAS). international law. immunity and its consequences,’ sented by a Texas senator last GSC Director Dr Abdul- The programme featured an ‘JASTA law and constitutional year, and was approved by the lah Baabood said, “This event introductory session on ‘High- procedures,’ ‘JASTA law and its US Senate in May this year and aligns with GSC’s mission to lights of the JASTA Law’ by LAWC conformity with international brought to the House of repre- address issues that are related Teaching Assistant and Extern- obligations’ and ‘The impact of sentatives, and is considered to changes at the regional and ship Programme Coordinator JASTA law on alliances in the the only law which has been international level, and which Fatma Almesleh. It also included region (political view)?’ 06 WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2016 HOME / MIDDLE EAST We have right to combat threats in Syria & Iraq: Erdogan

Emergency extended for 3 more months Nato member Turkey shares a 1,200km Anatolia border with Syria and Iraq and faces threats ANKARA: Turkey’s parliament yesterday ratified a planned extension from Islamic State of the country’s state of emergency to run for three more months from October 19. The Turkish cabinet last week decided to extend the state of militants in both. emergency for 90 more days, with parliament’s approval. National Security Council had earlier advised extending the emer- gency measures, first brought in five days after the failed July 15 coup plot which martyred more than 240 people and injured nearly 2,200 Reuters others. According to the Turkish Constitution, a state of emergency can be declared for a maximum period of six months, but can also be extended if needed. Parliament must ratify states of emergency; Turkey’s ruling Jus- ANKARA: President Recep Tayyip tice and Development (AK) Party has a comfortable majority for doing so. Erdogan warned Iraq’s prime min- ister he should “know his limits” after he criticised Turkey’s military presence there and said the Turkish country, training Sunni Muslim and broad enough to refer to Kurdish mil- army, shaken by a failed coup bid, Kurdish Peshmerga units which Tur- itants as well as Islamic State. had not lost so much standing as to key wants to take part in the battle Iraq condemned the vote, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Head of the Religious Affairs Directorate Mehmet Gormez take orders from him. for Mosul. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Nato member Turkey shares a attend the opening ceremony of 9th Eurasian Islamic Council in Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday. However, the Shi’ite-led gov- warned Turkey risked triggering a 1,200km border with Syria and Iraq ernment in Baghdad is keen that its regional war. and faces threats from Islamic State launched an incursion into Syria in Iraq, where expectations are growing comments. “Turkey cannot inter- forces be in the forefront of the offen- His government has requested militants in both. But it is concerned August to push back Islamic State and of an assault to drive Islamic State out vene against the threats right next sive on the city, the largest under an emergency United Nations Secu- that international efforts to destroy prevent US-backed Kurdish militia of the northern city of Mosul. to it? We will never accept this ... We Islamic State control. rity Council meeting to discuss the the radical Islamists will leave new fighters from seizing territory. “We will approach the operation don’t need permission for this, and Turkey’s parliament voted two issue, and both countries have sum- dangers in their wake. Ankara is wary of Washington’s in Iraq, the operation that will be in we don’t plan on getting it.” The main weeks ago to extend the deployment moned each other’s ambassadors in a The Turkish army, its senior ranks support for what it sees as a hostile Syr- Mosul soon, with the same attitude,” point of contention is the presence of an estimated 2,000 troops across mounting diplomatic stand-off. “The purged following a failed military ian Kurdish force. Erdogan suggested Erdogan told a meeting of Islamic of Turkish troops in Iraq, mainly at northern Iraq by a year to combat Iraqi prime minister is insulting me, attempt to overthrow Erdogan in July, Turkey could take a similar attitude in leaders in Istanbul in televised the Bashiqa camp in the north of the “terrorist organisations” — a wording first know your limits,” Erdogan said.

Two Omani Election delay widens West Bank and Gaza rift journalists bailed pending trial Anatolia “The decision of the court is a real and divorce. Though the Ramallah- more distant than ever, according to that decision [to exclude Fatah can- catastrophe,” said Naim, who heads based Palestinian Authority (PA) has Naim. didates] was motivated by attempts the Gaza-based Council on Interna- said polling should eventually go “Before the decision of the court, to weaken the chances of Fatah to AFP tional Relations. ahead as planned in both the West there was no confidence between the win elections in Gaza — especially GAZA CITY: The political gap “Before the decision of the court, Bank and the Gaza Strip, Naim said different parties,” he said. “Today as Hamas is not that popular in between the Israeli-occupied West there was a division between Gaza he no longer expects elections to be this situation has deepened. Confi- Gaza, while it’s relatively popular in MUSCAT: An Omani court has Bank and the blockaded Gaza Strip and Ramallah — but it was a polit- conducted at all. dence is weakened; the public… is the West Bank,” said Khatib, who is released two journalists pending has widened after the Palestinian ical division,” he asserted. “Today, Elections, he said, should not be disappointed.” The process of recon- now a professor at Birzeit University an appeal after they were given Supreme Court ruled last week that after the court’s decision, it’s not only called in the first place until a degree ciliation, he lamented, “is becoming in the West Bank. jail sentences for undermining the municipal polls would not be held a political division — it is a political of reconciliation is achieved between more difficult”. Unlike Naim, Khatib said he did state, a colleague said yesterday. in the latter, according to a senior plus a legal division.” Hamas, who runs the Gaza Strip, and While Naim said that Fatah had not believe the election controversy Azamn newspaper Editor-in- Hamas official. He went on to say that the Fatah, which leads the Palestine Lib- used the court ruling as a means of would cause any further damage to Chief Ibrahim Al Maamari and Basem Naim, a former health Supreme Court’s description of courts eration Organization (PLO) and is led stopping elections in which it feared reconciliation efforts, since the two his deputy Yousef Al Haj — each minister in Gaza’s Hamas-run gov- in Gaza as “illegitimate” would lead by President Mahmoud Abbas. it would suffer losses, former PLO sides were already a long way from sentenced to three years in jail — ernment, said the decision — in to “social chaos”, because it would But the notion of reconciliation minister Ghassan Khatib said the PA achieving any degree of unity. were freed late on Monday, said which Gaza’s courts were deemed effectively render redundant all deci- between the rival factions — which had been happy to go ahead with the “The split is already deep Zaher Al Abri, a third defendant “illegitimate” — had further eroded sions made by courts in Gaza over the have been at odds since Hamas won polls — until courts in Gaza excluded enough... we cannot keep using the who had already been released. chances for reconciliation between last decade of Hamas rule — includ- legislative polls in 2006 then took Fatah candidates. deepening of the split as an excuse to They paid 2,000 rials ($5,195) the two territories. ing on domestic issues like marriage control of Gaza in 2007 — now seems “Courts in Gaza are politicised… avoid doing things,” he said. each to be bailed pending the hearing on November 7, he said. Paris-based media rights group Reporters without Borders (RSF) said the court had reduced 11 cholera cases Meet on ‘Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit’ the bail amount from 50,000 rials ($130,000) each. Abri was jailed for one year and fined 1,000 rials confirmed in Yemen ($2,600), but he was released on bail in August, according to RSF. Their newspaper remains shut AFP that the outbreak “adds to the after the court last month upheld a misery of millions of children in government order to permanently Yemen.” The WHO warned that close it. the scarcity of drinkable water has The trio were arrested in con- SANA’A: The World Heath Organi- worsened the hygiene situation in nection with their coverage of a sation said Tuesday it had confirmed Yemen, fuelling a marked increase case of alleged judicial corrup- 11 cases of cholera in Yemen’s capi- in cases of severe diarrhoea, in par- tion, RSF said. tal Sana’a, after the UN announced ticular among people displaced Based on the charge sheet an outbreak of the disease last week. from their homes in the centre of read out in court, the journalists “So far, we have 17 suspected the country. were convicted of disturbing the cholera cases, and 11 that are con- Unicef said that cholera, a dis- public order, undermining the firmed,” WHO expert Amro Saleh ease that is transmitted through prestige of the state and misus- told reporters in the rebel held cap- contaminated drinking water and ing the Internet, sources said. ital. All confirmed cases came from causes acute diarrhoea, could prove Haj was convicted for pub- one neighbourhood, Saleh said, fatal in up to 15 percent of untreated lishing an interview with a senior adding that no deaths had so far cases. The agency says nearly three judiciary official even after being been reported from the disease. million people in Yemen are in need ordered not to do so. Saleh also said that “143 cases of immediate food supplies, while Maamari was the first of of severe diarrhoea” were admit- 1.5 million children suffer malnu- Dr Rajiv Kumar Gupta (fourth right), Principal Secretary, Labour & Employment, in the western Indian the three to be arrested on July ted to hospitals in other provinces, trition, including 370,000 enduring state of Gujarat and MD of Gujarat NFC, shakes hands with K M Varghese, President of IBPN, on sharing 28, two days after the newspa- including 49 in southwestern Taez very severe malnutrition that weak- information about upcoming biennial event ‘Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2017’, in Doha, yesterday. per published an article which and 42 in Hodeida, by the Red Sea. ens their immune system. The delegation accompanying Gupta briefed about the investor-friendly policies, the robust industrial accused public officials of corrup- All those cases have tested The conflict between Yemen’s ecosystem and single window clearance procedures that Gujarat offers. Pic: Kammutty V P/The Peninsula tion and interference in judicial negative for cholera, according to government and Iran-backed rebels decisions. another WHO expert present at escalated last year with the inter- Tuesday’s press briefing. Saleh said vention of a Saudi-led Arab coalition he was “confident that the epidemic in support of President Abedrabbo will remain under control.” Mansour Hadi. The WHO and the UN’s children The UN says more than 6,700 Saudi Arabia halts fuel deliveries to Egypt agency Unicef said on Friday that people have been killed and more cholera cases had been reported, than three million displaced by with eight cases recorded by health fighting in Yemen since March authorities in Sana’a.Unicef Yemen 2015, when the coalition launched AFP Petroleum Corporation earlier this strikes on rebel-held areas of Syr- army chief in 2013 and King Salman representative Julien Harneis said its campaign. month that it would halt its sup- ia’s battleground second city Aleppo. visited Cairo in April. plies for October, without offering But Abdel Aziz insisted that The two governments have had any reasons,” ministry spokesman Aramco’s decision came before some differences over the Syrian CAIRO: Egypt has invited tenders Hamdy Abdel Aziz said. the Security Council vote and was conflict and over Egypt’s unwilling- 20 dead in air strikes in to meet its refined oil products Egypt has invited “tenders in unconnected. ness to send ground troops to join the needs for October after Saudi Ara- international markets to supply the “Aramco told us about the issue Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in Aleppo and shelling in south mco halted the expected delivery of amount needed for October and we before the Security Council meeting. Yemen. But Saudi Arabia’s ambassa- 700,000 tonnes for this month, the have opened credit lines with the This is a commercial issue and not dor to the United Nations, Abdullah petroleum ministry said yesterday. central bank and will reach a deal political. It is normal for some ship- Al Muallimi, expressed hurt at Sat- BEIRUT: Air strikes on rebel-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo The move by the Saudi oil giant soon.” ments to be late,” he said. urday’s UN vote by Egypt. killed at least 14 people yesterday, while the shelling of a government-held was a surprise as Riyadh has been Egypt angered its ally on Sat- Abdel Aziz did not elaborate on “It was painful for the Senegalese neighborhood in southern Syria hit a school, killing at least six, including one of the main regional backers urday by voting in favour of a when he expected Aramco to resume and Malaysian positions to be closer children, opposition activists and state media said. of President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi Russian-drafted resolution on the shipments but insisted: “The deal to the Arab consensus than that of Syria’s official news agency Sana also reported rare shelling of neigh- and had agreed to finance Egyptian conflict in Syria which Saudi Ara- with Saudi is ongoing.” the Arab representative,” he told Al- bourhoods in the capital, Damascus, including several mortar shells fired imports from Aramco for five years bia had strongly opposed. Saudi Arabia has provided Egypt Jazeera television. by opposition groups based on the edge of the city that landed in the res- in a $23bn deal reached in April. Riyadh had backed a French text, with billions of dollars in aid and “This obviously was painful. idential Qasaa district and close to the Umayyad Mosque, wounding an “The Saudi Aramco company which was vetoed by Moscow, that credit since Sisi overthrew Islam- But obviously the question should unspecified number of people. verbally informed the General would have demanded an end to air ist president Mohamed Mursi when be directed to Egypt’s ambassador.” ASIA / AFRICA WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2016 07 France deplores Police sting nets alleged Golden Triangle drug kingpin AFP caught trying to sell 20kg of crystal trafficking heroin, methampheta- yesterday morning, parading them meth to undercover officers from his mine and other synthetic drugs. in front of local media. home in a village on Thailand’s bor- Yet high profile arrests are rare. Laota sat with his arms behind Burundi ban on der with Myanmar. Compared to their counterparts his back as police laid out cash, pis- BANGKOK: A controversial and col- The rugged hills of northern in Central and Latin America, hit tols, shotguns and plastic wrapped ourful former guerilla fighter long Thailand form part of the notorious hard by infighting or law enforce- blocks of the drugs. accused of playing a key role in the Golden Triangle drug-producing ment successes, Golden Triangle “We followed and investigated Golden Triangle drugs trade was zone that includes parts of Myan- cartel leaders have remained rela- and we did a sting operation,” Police UN investigators arrested during a sting operation mar and Laos. tively unmolested for decades. Major General Sommai Kongvisa- yesterday, Thai police said. Its cartels are some of the most Police arrested Laota and 13 isuk said. “Laota took our money and Laota Seanlee was allegedly prolific drug producers in the world, others, including family members, returned 20kg of crystal meth to us.” The decision harms the credibility Fear grips of Burundi’s Belgian royals in Japan commitment to western Myanmar respect human as troops pour in rights: Minister

experts mission on the human rights AFP Reuters situation in Burundi,” Foreign Min- istry spokesman Romain Nadal said. “This decision harms the cred- ibility of Burundi’s commitment to YANGON: Fear gripped Myan- PARIS: France said yesterday it respect human rights.” mar’s Rakhine state yesterday as deplored a decision by Burundi to The African country has been troops hunted attackers behind ban three UN investigators from gripped by political strife since recent deadly raids on police, its territory, saying the east African President Pierre Nkurunziza sought ratcheting up tensions in a res- country was losing credibility over and won a third term in 2015, which tive region scarred by religious promises to respect human rights. opponents said violated the consti- violence between Buddhists and In a brief letter from For- tution and terms of a peace deal that Muslims. eign Affairs Minister Alain Aime ended civil war in 2005. Troops started pouring into Nyamitwe (pictured), Burundi on The UN Human Rights Coun- the area around Maungdaw, a Monday blacklisted the investigators cil agreed last week to set up a town in the north of the state, after linked to a report which identi- commission of inquiry to identify nine police officers were killed fied officials suspected of ordering perpetrators of killings and torture during attacks near the border political opponents to be tortured in Burundi, and to ensure they are with Bangladesh on Sunday. or killed. brought to justice. Burundi rejected At least four people were “France deplores the deci- the move. killed Monday as soldiers sion by the Burundi authorities to Nadal called on the central Afri- Belgium’s King Philippe and Queen Mathilde attend a welcoming ceremony with Japan’s Emperor searched for the attackers and declare personae non gratae the can country to reverse its decision Akihito and Empress Michiko at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, yesterday. weapons stolen during the raids, three members of the independent and cooperate with the UN. which officials said were carried out by mobs armed with knives and homemade slingshot-style weapons. The latest unrest has stoked fears of a repeat of 2012, when Ethiopia PM seeks to reform electoral system after protests more than 100 people were killed in waves of sectarian vio- lence that drove tens of thousands AFP the parliament,” Hailemariam said. his government for cracking down restricted access to internet, which via our ministries of interior on how of Rohingya into displacement “Because of this electoral system on dissenting voices, keeping a is used by protesters to organise police can be trained so that not so camps. 51 percent of votes is enough to win stranglehold on the media and intim- themselves. many die when there are such riots,” Several ministers and army top all the seats.” idating the opposition during election The country’s Oromo and said Merkel. brass flew into Sittwe yesterday in ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Prime Under Ethiopia’s current system, campaigns. Amhara communities -- which The protests, which first began a bid to ensure calm in the camps Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said Hailemariam’s ruling coalition took “Our democratisation process is together make up 60 percent of the in November 2015, threaten Ethi- surrounding the city, while other yesterday his government wants to every one of the 546 seats in parlia- still nascent. It’s fledgling... We want population -- have been protesting opia’s reputation as an oasis of lawmakers held talks in the capital. reform an electoral system which has ment during last year’s election. to go further in opening up political for nearly a year against marginali- political stability, as well as its dou- Reports of killings and mass excluded the opposition, in response His regime currently faces its big- space and engagement with civil sation by a government largely made ble-digit growth, a magnet for foreign arrests have spread like wildfire to months of bloody protests. gest challenge in the 25 years since society groups,” said Hailemariam up of minority Tigrayans, which con- investment. on social media, stoking fear, but Hailemariam met with German coming to power. recently. trols power and the economy. The latest surge in violence came details have proved difficult to Chancellor Angela Merkel just days When he succeeded Ethiopia’s Merkel, who is on a three-nation Merkel called for “open talks” after police fired tear gas at protest- confirm in the remote and tightly after declaring a six-month state of former Marxist rebel-turned-leader Africa tour aimed at fighting terror- with the opposition and offered ers attending an Oromo religious controlled area. emergency following a protest move- Meles Zenawi, who died in 2012, ism and stemming the migrant influx Ethiopian police training from the festival on October 2, sparking panic One local teacher said she ment against his one-party regime, Hailemariam said he was committed to Europe, told Hailemariam that a German interior ministry in the use in a massive crowd and triggering a had been hiding in a house along which is accused of marginalising to opening up the country’s political “vibrant democracy needs opposi- of appropriate force. stampede that left over 50 dead. with some 20 other school staff the country’s largest ethnic groups. system to allow more space for oppo- tion, it needs free media. People want Rights groups say hundreds of Protesters have turned their and students in a village near one “We want to reform the electoral sition parties. to express their views”. protesters have been killed in a police anger against foreign-owned compa- of Sunday’s attacks, too scared to system so the voices of those who are However, international rights Since the state of emergency was crackdown on demonstrations. nies, torching several farms, factories come out because of the sound of not represented can also be heard in organisations regularly criticise announced on Sunday, Ethiopia has “I offered that we have a dialogue and tourist lodges in the past week. gunfire. South African finance minister to be prosecuted for fraud

AFP economics forum in Johannesburg, according to local media. “South Africans must ask who the Hawks (police) are really JOHANNESBURG: South African serving,” he added, pointing to sug- Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan gestions of political interference. (pictured) will be prosecuted for The New York-based Eurasia fraud, officials said yesterday, in a Group consultancy said the court move that sent the rand tumbling summons “would appear to signal over concerns about political in- the intent of the patronage network fighting and the country’s fragile around the president to remove economy. Gordhan.” Gordhan, an internationally- “This is a political witch-hunt,” respected technocrat, was appointed Mcebisi Ndletyana, professor of only last year to calm panicked “The days of non-accountability political science at the University investors after President Jacob Zuma and not holding senior government of Johannesburg said. sacked two finance ministers within officials accountable are over,” he “The charge is flimsy and it has four days. said. dire consequences on the economy.” Since then, Gordhan has regu- The NPA said the case focused Zuma has previously said he larly clashed with Zuma loyalists on allegations that Gordhan illegally backs Gordhan, who has also been Masked students from the Witwatersrand University engage in stone throwing with South Africa anti-riot when vowing to battle poor govern- authorised the retirement payment targeted by investigators over a so- policemen, in Johannesburg, yesterday. ance and graft in a government that for a colleague at the tax collection called «rogue unit» set up to probe has been engulfed by regular cor- department, which Gordhan headed top politicians when he headed the ruption scandals. between 1999 and 2009. tax service. Zuma forms team to resolve varsity crisis Gordhan was summoned to Gordhan, who first served as South Africa›s economy has been appear in court in Pretoria on finance minister from the year struggling with record unemploy- November 2. 2009 to 2014, is widely seen as ment, drought and political scandals Reuters 4% of economic output, says educa- The team set up by Zuma con- Shaun Abrahams, head of the engaged in a months-long battle surrounding Zuma. tion subsidies should not be paid for sists of eight ministers including National Prosecuting Authority within the ruling African National Growth is set to be flat this year, at the expense of other sectors of the Higher Education minister Blade (NPA), told reporters that Gordhan Congress (ANC) party over control and the country risks a damaging economy such as health and housing. Nzimande and Minister of Police would be prosecuted for alleged mis- of the treasury. credit ratings downgrade to junk JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s It has also said 2017 university Nathi Nhleko, and is tasked with conduct over a retirement package He has often clashed with Zuma status. President Jacob Zuma has formed fees may rise by up to 8 percent. resolving the crisis. paid to a colleague in 2010. and senior ministers over alleged Abrahams yesterday said he a ministerial team to help bring an Police clashed sporadically with Government has said it will con- Gordhan and two others “must excessive spending, particularly at believed that Zuma, who is cur- end to weeks of clashes at university student protesters yesterday at the tinue subsidising university costs for be prosecuted and arraigned” for cash-bleeding state-run entities such rently visiting Kenya, knew about campuses between police and stu- University of the Witwatersand the poorest students but could not fraud, Abrahams said. as South African Airways. the prosecution. dents demanding free education, the (Wits), Talk Radio 702 said. Wits was afford free education for all. Abrahams repeatedly denied “I received a phone call from “Because this matter affects a sit- presidency said yesterday. hit by violence on Monday after reo- The Wits Student Representative that the NPA was being politically my family that someone had come ting cabinet minister... I deemed it The government, grappling with pening following angry protests that Council said that they would be con- influenced, and he lashed out at crit- to my house to issue the summons prudent for the (justice) minister to a budget deficit equivalent to nearly forced its closure last week. tinuing the struggle for free education. icism that it was not independent. this morning,” Gordhan, 67, told an inform the president,” he said. 08 WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2016 VIEWS

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terling is plunging. Immigrants are worried. Top bankers are warning that they could start moving staff the best way to defeat ISIS outside London as early as next year if the current uncertainty persists or gets worse. As Britain wobbles its way to Brexit, confusion and nerve-racking anxiety down by its involvement in Syria. At the same time, it should seize Sare reigning supreme. What is conspicuous by its absence In fact, through only an expedi- The Obama on the recent formation of the tionary force, Russia has driven Free Idlib Army as a rare chance is clarity and clear-headed thinking. Interestingly, amidst administration this gloom, excitement has gripped the Conservative party’s the Sunni rebel opposition from to support moderate opposition the coast and surrounded eastern should aggressively elements in a province rife with grassroots, supported by Theresa May’s euphoric remarks about Aleppo. If Aleppo falls, the regime extremists. If properly resourced, the imminent exit from the European bloc. may very well attempt to push the back Turkey’s the Free Idlib Army might even The Brexit vote in June, which triggered the deepest political rebels into manageable pockets support of the Free project power into neighbour- and financial turmoil in Britain since World War Two and in the countryside, leaving them Syrian Army in the ing Aleppo, Latakia, and Hama the biggest ever one-day fall in sterling against the dollar, is to wither away and die. provinces. Moreover, it can draw continuing to divide the British community. The sky hasn’t fallen Reportedly, President Barack Aleppo countryside. off regime troops from the siege Obama may convene an NSC of Aleppo, as hardliners have in after the Leave decision, the Brexit camp claims, feeling By Peter Rough meeting in the coming days to already done in the north Hama encouraged by some data that showed the economy was doing The Washington Post discuss Syria now that Secre- countryside. well. But wait, we haven’t left yet – tary Kerry has pronounced the empowers these moderate Sunni As far back as February, Sec- the anti-Brexit camp announces. If latest agreement with Russia a Arabs against Shia domination, retary Kerry was criticizing the the current market turmoil is any dead-end. Ordinarily, this might we are condemned to a perpetual Russian air campaign and Assad. indication, the worst is yet to come, and n the space of just one year, constitute a crucial inflection game of terrorist whack-a-mole “This has to stop. Nobody has any As Britain will definitely come – is their verdict. the West has twice made point - the beginning of a last across the region. question about that,” the secretary wobbles its Russian President Vladimir dash effort to stave off the fall of It is not too late. In a sense, of state solemnly intoned. “But it’s But one thing is certain. Sterling is Putin an offer too good to Aleppo. For that to occur, how- Russia’s most recent refusal not going to stop just by whining way to Brexit, not enjoying a Brexit. It has fallen 28 refuse. Or so it thought. In ever, the president will need to to work with the United States about it.” In May, he escalated the cents since the night of the vote. The IFebruary 2015, under the auspices gain newfound appreciation for speaks to the enduring strength point by warning, “So either some- confusion and past four days have been the worst of the OSCE, negotiators in Minsk a key lesson of the past decade - of the moderate rebels. There is thing happens in these next few nerve-racking for the British currency since June overlooked Russia’s annexation of that Sunni extremism thrives in an enormous reservoir of Sunni months, or they are asking for a anxiety are and shed one percent to trade below Crimea in order to reach a cease- the shadow of Shia sectarianism. manpower in the northern coun- very different track.” Privately, fire agreement for the Donbas As Russia, Iran, and Assad tryside-the closer to the Turkish Secretary Kerry now laments that $1.23 yesterday with possibilities for reigning region of Ukraine. One year later, besiege the rebel opposition in border, the stronger. If all that he “lost the argument. I’ve argued supreme. further falls. Tourists are benefitting in February 2016, US Secretary the north and drop bunker bombs remained in these areas was Jab- for the use of force.” immensely from a weak pound and of State John Kerry sidestepped on Aleppo, Sunnis are turning to hat Al Nusra or the Islamic State, If the president is rejecting visitor numbers are skyrocketing. questions over Bashar Al Assad’s Islamists as the only viable anti- Russia might be less inclined to Kerry’s counsel, the secretary of But the joy on tourists’ faces is not future in return for a cessation Assad force. If the United States snub the United States. But so long state should resign. Assad now reflected on ordinary people’s faces. of hostilities deal for Aleppo. In is to extinguish the Islamic State as an acceptable moderate alter- ranks as perhaps the worst killer As imports become more costly, prices are expected to increase. effect, the United States and its (IS) - not just the group, but any native to Assad exists, Russia will since Pol Pot brutalized Cambo- allies offered Putin Crimea and successor organization as well seek to bomb the opposition into dia in the 1970s while Putin has For example, motorists will have to brace for more expensive a rump Syria in return for peace. - it cannot simply conduct coun- submission. revealed himself as an insatiable petrol and diesel due to the double impact of rising oil prices Sensing weakness, the Russian terterrorism operations around Luckily for us, the key actor revisionist intent on exploiting and weakening exchange rates. The manufacturing sector president pocketed both offers Mosul and ignore the contest in northern Syria is a Nato ally, American weakness. is likely to receive a boost, but according to a columnist, the and promptly violated the agree- for regional power unfolding in Turkey. Since August, Ankara has Far better for Kerry to exit British manufacturing sector is ‘a bag of bones’ with only a few ments, most egregiously in Syria. Aleppo. intervened in northern Syria to the stage in a burst of honor international brands. Over the past year, Putin has For far too long, the United forestall a Syrian Kurdish brea- than vainly travel the world like a focused on re-imposing Assad’s States has focused on combatting kout-an impressive feat coming modern-day Falstaff perpetually Adding to the worries of the anti-Brexit camp, leaked control over so-called vital Syria, IS in the eastern Syrian steppe, little over a month after the failed humiliated by Putin. It is past time Treasury documents paint a devastating picture. Newspapers stretching from Damascus to from the Turkish border to Raqqa, coup attempt against Turkish for the U.S to end the diplomatic have reported, quoting the documents, that Britain will lose up Aleppo. In the process, he has while only meekly supporting the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. track and impose meaningful to £66bn a year if it pursues the so-called ‘hard Brexit’and the transformed the strategic land- moderate rebels fighting Assad The Obama administration costs on Russia, Iran, and Assad. country’s GDP could fall by as much as 9.5 percent. scape of the Middle East for the in Homs, Idlib, and Aleppo. should aggressively back Tur- The future of the region and the Even as Britain grapples with the pros and cons of a Brexit, worse. Unless the United States helps key’s support of the Free Syrian defeat of the Islamic State depend or rather a hard Brexit, the European Union isn’t feeling injured In Latakia, Putin has estab- shape a new regional order that Army in the Aleppo countryside. on it. lished bases that include from the Brexit vote as expected. Instead of triggering an game-changing strategic weap- anti-EU sentiment, people in many smaller states are said to be ons. In close coordination with developing a greater sense of the EU’s worth. Iran and Hezbollah, Russia has secured the Damascus to Lata- kia corridor, including from Homs up to the north Hama plains, and squeezed the opposition around Damascus. Now, the alliance is besieging Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, under the motto: surrender Quote of the day or starve. Spurned, the Obama admin- We want to reform the istration is hoping that Russia electoral system so the will fail in its attempt to decide the war by force - pushing Putin voices of those who are not back onto the diplomatic track. represented can also be As Deputy Secretary of State Tony heard in the parliament. Blinken explained over a week ago after the collapse of the latest Hailemariam Desalegn agreement, “The leverage is the consequences for Russia of being Ethiopian Prime Minister stuck in a quagmire that is going to have a number of profoundly negative effects.” Unfortunately, there is little evidence to sug- gest that Russia is being bogged Russian President Vladimir Putin during a news conference in Istanbul.

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By Griff Witte, Anthony Faiola and Michael Birnbaum The Washington Post

he man who stands a reason- able chance of becoming the next president of the United States is “a hate preacher.” He is “unfit to hold the office” Tbecause of his “stupefying ignorance.” His pattern of reckless behaviour inspires “a retching feeling.” Those are not the words of Republi- can nominee Donald Trump’s domestic political opponents, eager to take him down in the rancorous home stretch of an almost incomprehensibly acid Amer- ican election. Instead, they are the sentiments of Washington’s closest allies, who, gaz- ing across the Atlantic, have broken with decades of precedent that calls for stu- dious silence and openly taken sides in a US presidential election. From the Baltic Sea to the Mediterra- nean coast, the prospect of Trump taking control of the world’s greatest power has triggered widespread anxiety in Euro- pean capitals. It has also brought periodic outbursts from leaders who no doubt hope, perhaps in vain, that the views of America’s foreign friends will some- Republican candidate for US President Donald J Trump greeting supporters at a rally at Ambridge Area Senior High School. how make a difference among American voters. But what Trump’s rise hasn’t done is nativist nationalism are on the rise. newspaper Bild. entering the country last summer, has Gingrich comments did prompt us,” prompted European allies to get ready for Britain is on its way out of the European As for Trump, all she would say was hailed Trump’s proposals to crack down Kalnins said. “It was a realization that the possibility that he could actually win. Union. The continent’s ability to hang that she doesn’t “know him personally.” on terrorism. “I myself could not have people aren’t as attuned to the Baltic “They are taking it seriously,” said together amid problems ranging from Neither, presumably, does French drawn up better what Europe needs,” states as they used to be.” Xenia Wickett, head of the Americas the refugee crisis to terrorism is being President François Hollande. But that Orban said in July. But those modest steps are about program at the London-based think tank tested daily. didn’t stop him from saying that Trump’s But Orban’s stand places him firmly as far as Europe has gone to prepare Chatham House. “But I don’t think they’re But a Trump victory could be the big- “excesses” had given him “a retching in the minority among European lead- for a Trump presidency. The prevailing preparing for it.” gest challenge of all, forcing European feeling.” ers. For other nations, particularly the strategy for many diplomats and That lack of preparation leaves nations to bind together to compen- Britain’s Parliament has even gone so four Nato members that border Russia, politicians is to hope he doesn’t win, Europe dangerously exposed should sate for a likely American turn toward far as to debate whether Trump should Trump is the source of deep, almost exis- and if he does, to simply wait and see Trump find a way out of the maelstrom isolationism. be banned from the nation’s shores. The tential anxiety. what he will actually do, given his often- generated by his vulgar comments in a Even if Trump opted to maintain the January session yielded no action, but The Republican nominee has gone contradictory statements. 2005 video and pull off an unexpected traditional US role as guarantor of Euro- did exhaust the thesauruses of dozens back and forth over whether he would Some European analysts believe victory over Democratic nominee Hil- pean security, his extreme positions may of lawmakers who struggled to creatively come to the aid of US allies if they were Trump’s foreign policy ideas are so lary Clinton in next month’s vote. prove so anathema that Europe would convey just how much they disliked the attacked, even as Russia has staged pro- radical that he would have trouble Europe is already at a vulnerable have little choice but to distance itself real estate tycoon. vocative military drills and air incursions stocking the government with enough moment even without a White House res- from Washington, said Wickett, a former “Demagogue,” “buffoon” and in the two years following its annexation people committed to carrying them out. ident who has called the most basic tenets US National Security Council official “wazzock” - a semi-obscure British- of Crimea from Ukraine. “We expect there would still be cadre of the trans-Atlantic alliance into ques- under President George W Bush. ism meaning, roughly, “twit” - were Three of Russia’s Nato neighbours - diplomats, a lot of people who are not tion, and whose coziness with President “America would no longer be a coun- among the insults that echoed off the the Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania showing the opposition flag to Trump but Vladimir Putin comes as Russia has made try that you would necessarily want to be drafty stone walls in the mother of all and Estonia - are together smaller who are the safe tier of professionals,” a habit of menacing its weaker European partnered with,” she said. parliaments. than Missouri and stand no chance said Juri Luik, a former Estonian foreign neighbours. That shift has already been tele- There’s little evidence that Trump’s of defending themselves in the event and defense minister who runs the Across the continent, populist move- graphed through the scathing words of reputation in Britain has improved since of a Russian invasion. In that context, International Center for Defense and ments that share much with Trump’s top European officials - words that could then, even though he, unlike Clinton comments from top Trump adviser Newt Security in the Estonian capital Tallinn. make it difficult to reconcile with Trump or President Obama, backed the win- Gingrich that “Estonia is in the suburbs of But Luik also cautioned that if he wins. ning side in the country’s June Brexit St. Petersburg” shook many in the region Europeans “shouldn’t kid ourselves” German Foreign Minister Frank- referendum. who have long counted Republicans as and noted that in the United States, the Walter Steinmeier in August called Trump has called himself “Mr. Brexit,” their staunchest advocates. president calls the shots on security Trump a “hate preacher” who had an apparent allusion to his belief that he Concern over Trump runs so policy. much in common with Brexit backers can shock the world with victory much deep that Latvian lawmakers have Indeed, far from being reassured, and with the German far right. He said in the way anti-EU activists did in the started to reach out to Republicans European leaders have often gone out Trump is not only a problem for the they were linked by their exploitation referendum. in Congress, eager to build support of their way to stress just how worried of fears to achieve political goals. This The most bombastic of those activists, among a constituency that might be a they are. EU, but for the whole world. If a man is was “incendiary for society,” Stein- longtime UK Independence Party leader forceful counterweight to the would-be “Trump is not only a problem for the sitting in the White House . . . with no meier said. Nigel Farage, has become a highly visible president’s isolationist impulses. EU, but for the whole world,” European Steinmeier’s boss, Chancellor Trump ally. Farage spoke at a Trump rally Ojars Kalnins, chairman of the Parliament President Martin Schulz clue and describes expert knowledge Angela Merkel, has been more circum- in Mississippi in August, and was Trump’s Latvian Parliament’s Foreign Affairs recently told the German weekly Der as elitist nonsense, a critical point has spect, though she has left little doubt guest at Sunday’s debate. Committee, said Latvian lawmakers Spiegel. been reached: Then an apparently about her true feelings. She has heaped Trump has found other friends in were in talks with Senate Majority Leader “If a man is sitting in the White praise on Clinton’s “strategic thinking” the ascendant populist movements of Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. Tom House . . . with no clue and describes irresponsible man is in a position and commitment to the trans-Atlantic Europe, including Hungarian Prime Min- Cotton, R-Ark., to lead a delegation of expert knowledge as elitist nonsense, which requires the highest sense of partnership. ister Viktor Orban. Baltic politicians that hopes to speak in a critical point has been reached: Then “Whenever I had a chance to work Orban, who built a razor-wire fence front of a Senate committee during the an apparently irresponsible man is in a responsibility. with Hillary Clinton, it has been a great along the country’s southern border lame-duck session of Congress. position which requires the highest sense pleasure,” Merkel told the German to block refugees and migrants from “The Trump comments and the of responsibility.” We still don’t know what will become of Afghanistan

He was known as “the Lion of full gear. Most Americans no longer manpower that could only have been in Nangarhar Province. He was 31. Panjshir,” named for his leadership cared about Afghanistan, even as dreamed of before, Nerkh Valley was This is an election year, but it’s a Most Americans against the Soviet Union’s invasion thousands of young men and women a tough nut to crack. rare occurrence when either pres- no longer cared during the 1980s, and had been the felt like they were stuck at the end By then, Afghanistan had its own idential candidate even mentions most formidable leader of the North- of the world there. What was once surge, and the war in Iraq was com- Afghanistan. about Afghanistan, ern Alliance against the Taliban. Al a righteous crusade against Osama ing to an official end. We enjoyed the Donald Trump’s campaign has even as thousands Qaida is the most likely suspect for bin Laden in the aftermath of Sept. wonders of building new fortifica- claimed that Afghanistan is ‘Obama’s his assassination, and his death 11 became a footnote in the news in tions and trying to dodge improvised War,’ with a distinct lack of knowl- of young men and removed a potentially strong ally a matter of months. explosive devices while imple- edge concerning time and space. As women felt like they for the United States, just before the The scattered mountaintop out- menting a policy that never had the far as Hillary Clinton goes, during her attacks on September 11, 2001. post I knew might as well have been slightest chance of succeeding. years as secretary of state, it is diffi- were stuck at the By Stephen Carlson Massoud has been lionized since on the far side of the moon as far as Suddenly there were more than cult to think of a single issue she has end of the world The Washington Post his death. His courage in fighting the the public was concerned. I spent 100,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and impacted there. there. What was Red Army is well remembered, and 16 months of my life there, and few resources beyond the imagination of It is the same old story: Every Joe portraits of him on billboards can be Americans could point to it on a map. just three years ago during my first knows that no politician is going to once a righteous seen in northern Afghanistan to this When I went back to Afghani- tour on the Pakistan border. The come and save you. crusade against n September 9, 2001, a famed day. Karzai’s government declared stan in 2009 for another year, this “forgotten war” suddenly became I was just 23 when I deployed, Tajik commander and war him an official Hero of Afghanistan, time in Wardak province, things had important again. and I had no idea what I was getting Osama bin Laden Ohero named Ahmad Shah and the reverence shown during his changed. Fifteen years later, the United into. I can understand why no one in the aftermath Massoud was approached for an funeral explains why: No longer was it a few brigades States still has more than 8,000 else knows what is going on there, interview by two individuals claiming I deployed to Afghanistan with stuck out in some dusty outposts on men and women in Afghanistan, because after 15 years and two tours of September 11 to be journalists. A bomb concealed the US Army five years later in 2006, a mountaintop. Now we were deep in not counting private contractors. I still don’t know. became a footnote in a video camera carried by one of right when the war was already being central Afghanistan, trying to pacify Just this week, a Special Forces sol- Massoud said before his death, them exploded, and Massoud died described as the so-called forgot- districts that had been written off by dier named Adam S. Thomas, a friend “We will never be a pawn in some- in the news in a while being evacuated to a nearby ten war, just like the Korean War. previous military commanders. of my old platoon leader, was killed one else’s game. We will always be matter of months. hospital. The surge in Iraq was about to be in Even though we had logistics and by an improvised explosive device Afghanistan.”

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AFP actions as a pretext to gain military could trigger “an arms race at a high Yesterday’s meeting -- themed Foreigners to superiority over China, Chinese gen- level, even to outer space.” on “building a new type of interna- Deploying the system eral Cai Jun said. Speaking on a panel during the tional relations” -- followed a year of stand trial over in South Korea was Deploying the system in South forum, Russian deputy defence min- growing tension in the region, prima- BEIJING: China and Russia blasted Korea, he said, was “not condu- ister Anatoly Antonov also slammed rily centred on Beijing’s actions in the Bali cop murder Washington yesterday for its deci- ‘not conducive to the cive to the peace and stability of the the agreement. strategically vital South China Sea, sion to deploy a missile defence peace and stability’ of Korean peninsula”, he said, adding “We are concerned about the where it has built islands capable of JAKARTA: A British man system in South Korea in response the Korean peninsula: “it has increased the risk of military attempts of certain nations to exploit supporting military facilities. and an Australian woman to Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. conflict in the region”. the complex situation in the Korean China’s defence minister Chang accused of violently Speaking at the 7th annual Official Beijing fears that THAAD could peninsula. The decision has “aggra- Wanquan opened the forum with a bludgeoning a policeman Xiangshan regional defence forum be used against its own missiles, vated regional tension” and “adds thinly veiled criticism of recent US to death on a popular in Beijing, top military officials from effectively undermining its nuclear problems to solving the situation.” involvement in Asian trouble spots. Indonesian tourist strip the countries said the move by Seoul to install the system, known as deterrence capabilities against the North Korea conducted its fifth Addressing the forum, former will soon stand trial for his and Washington represented a threat THAAD, this summer following US. nuclear test last month, drawing Australian Prime Minister Robert murder, an official said. to regional stability and was a step repeated nuclear and missile tests From a global perspective, Cai international censure and a push to Hawke warned that the disputes, if David Taylor and Sara towards a new global arms race. by Beijing’s wayward ally Pyongyang. said, the US’s insistence on develop- put further sanctions on the isolated not properly managed, could become Connor face three sepa- The US and South Korea agreed Washington was using the North’s ing its missile defence programme country. “a flashpoint for US-China conflict.” rate charges of murder, torture and assault leading to the death of policeman Wayan Sudarsa, who was fatally bashed on a beach Philippines set to roll out in Bali in August. Police have finalised their case against the pair, meaning their trial tough anti-smoking law can proceed, Taylor’s law- yer Haposan Sihombing said. “The police dossier is Reuters be set up, at least 10 metres outside now complete.” buildings, according to a draft of the executive order. Around 17 million people, or MANILA: Philippine President nearly a third of the adult popu- Body of new-born Rodrigo Duterte is set to sign a regu- lation, smoke in the Philippines, lation this month banning smoking according to a 2014 report by South- baby found on in public across Southeast Asia’s east Asia Tobacco Control Alliance. second-most populous country, Nearly half of all Filipino men plane in Indonesia rolling out among the toughest anti- and 9 percent of women smoke and tobacco laws in the region. experts say the habit costs the econ- JAKARTA: The body of Public health campaigners who omy nearly $4bn in healthcare and a new-born baby has have long battled against the coun- productivity losses every year. been found in the toilet try’s hefty tobacco lobby welcomed The proposed smoking ban rep- of a plane after it arrived the push to end smoking in pub- licates on a national level an existing in Indonesia from Doha, lic places and said they believed law in Davao City, where Duterte with police waiting to Chinese fishing boats captured by South Korean coast guard are seen at a port in Incheon, South Korea. Duterte, with his tough anti-vice ruled as mayor for 22 years. question a female pas- record, was the man to do it. Penalties for breaking the anti- senger, an official said Health Secretary Paulyn Jean smoking law in Davao can include a yesterday. Seoul vows greater force on illegal fishing Rosell-Ubial said yesterday she $103 fine or four months in prison. The grim discovery hoped the president would sign When Duterte was in Davao, was made late Sun- the ban, which expands the defini- he once personally forced a man day by cleaners as they AFP have been numerous skirmishes Meanwhile, the coastguard tion of public places, into law before to stub out his cigarette and eat it moved through the Qatar between the coastguard and Chi- called a press conference to con- the end of October and that it would after he refused to stop smoking in Airways flight after its nese crew members. demn the incident and warn of eased come into effect next month. a restaurant, according to media arrival at the main inter- In the latest incident on Sunday, restrictions on the use of weapons -- She was quoted by newspapers reports. national airport serving SEOUL: South Korea’s coast- a coastguard vessel capsized and ranging from ship’s cannon to crew as saying that no smoking would be A government spokesman Jakarta. guard warned yesterday of a “more sank after being rammed by a Chi- sidearms -- during such altercations. allowed in public places, whether Ernesto Abella declined to comment The foetus was esti- aggressive” firearms policy towards nese trawler that then sailed away. “So far, we have been very indoor or outdoor. on the incident but said: “Certainly mated to be between five Chinese fishing boats illegally oper- There were no casualties but the cautious using such crew service “Parks, bus stations, and even in Davao, the sentiment and busi- and seven months old, ating in its waters, following a clash South Korean foreign ministry sum- weapons but now... we will take in vehicles. All these are considered ness establishments support a airport police spokesman that sank one of its vessels. moned the Chinese ambassador in a more aggressive stance in using public places,” she said, according smoke-free Davao. The president Endang Sutrisna said. Disputes over illegal fishing have Seoul to lodge a stern protest and them when our officers are in dan- to media. She later clarified the law sees it as something that’s not ideal Staff found it wrapped in dogged relations between South demand “swift action to investigate, ger,” senior coastguard official Lee would apply only to public vehicles. for health...and this is part of the tissue paper in a toilet. Korea and China for years, and there arrest and punish those responsible.” Chun-Jae said. Designated smoking areas will public well-being.”

Thai junta calls Well-wishers for calm after car Duterte to visit Beijing bomb plot alert AFP planned to visit Japan, the Philip- pines’ biggest source of foreign aid, ahead of China. MANILA: Philippine President Rod- However, he explained that AFP rigo Duterte said yesterday he would Japan offered a “definite” date, soon visit China and hoped also to then China told Duterte there travel to Russia, as he again criti- was a “vacancy” earlier and so he cised longtime ally the United States accepted. BANGKOK: Thailand’s junta chief for “arrogance”. Duterte also said that, after appealed for calm yesterday after The mission to China will be Japan, “probably I will go to Russia”. police warned of a plot to target Duterte’s first outside of Southeast Duterte has looked to build Bangkok with car bombs, spark- Asia since assuming the presi- closer ties with China and Russia, ing a security alert across the dency on June 30, in a symbolic while launching repeated tirades capital including at airports. move highlighting the importance against the US, the Philippines’ An unusually detailed police he places on improving ties with former colonial ruler and defence memo was handed to reporters on Beijing that soured over compet- ally. Monday warning that an unidenti- ing claims to the South China Sea. He has described Chinese leader fied group was planning to target “China has repeatedly invited Xi Jinping as “a great president”, Bangkok between October 25-30. me. I have accepted the offer,” and praised China and Russia for The memo said “areas Duterte said in a speech at the pres- showing respect in not criticising such as malls, car parks and idential palace. his crime crackdown. tourist attractions” were at He gave no specific dates for the He has launched negotiations risk and ordered police to be visit, but said it would take place with China over the dispute, a tac- extra-vigilant. before he went to Japan from Octo- tic rejected by Aquino. Well-wishers hold portraits of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej as they pray for his health at In the last year, Thailand has ber 25 to 27. China has welcomed Duterte’s Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, yesterday. been rocked by blasts hitting its Duterte said he had originally overtures. crucial tourist sector, a rare bright spot in an otherwise lacklustre economy. The junta has refused to label the assaults terrorist attacks and has played down suggestions China and New Zealand clash over sea row interference tourists are being deliberately targeted. “Let officials carry out their jobs and please be confident in Reuters Hague ruled in July that China had no interferences, can only complicate important for New Zealand. We sup- and deployment of military assets in their work,” Prime Minister Prayut historic title over the waters and had the differences and sometimes even port the arbitral process and believe disputed areas,” he said. Chan-O-Cha, who seized power breached the Philippines’ sovereign add to the tension,” Fu, a former dep- that countries have the right to seek China says much of the building in 2014 said. rights there. That decision infuriated uty foreign minister said. that international resolution,” he said. and reclamation work it has been He said the bomb plot was an BEIJING: China rebuked New Zea- Beijing, which dismissed the court’s Fu, who was chairing the session, In February, New Zealand urged doing in the South China Sea is to “ongoing warning” and an inves- land’s defence minister at the authority. made her comments immediately Chinese restraint after Beijing’s benefit the international commu- tigation was underway but told opening of a high-profile security We “hope that countries who are after New Zealand Defence Minis- apparent deployment of an advanced nity, including improving civilian people not to panic. forum in Beijing yesterday, criticising not involved in the disputes respect ter Gerry Brownlee spoke at the start missile system on a South China Sea maritime navigation. Security was stepped up at his stance on tensions in the disputed the countries who are having the dis- of the forum. island, while Beijing said New Zea- After Fu’s response, Brownlee Bangkok’s main airport Tues- South China Sea, saying countries putes to ... work among themselves,” “We oppose actions that under- land’s proposal was “unconstructive”. said it was reasonable for New Zea- day and police were deployed to “not involved” should not interfere. Fu Ying, chairwoman of China’s mine peace and erode trust and Brownlee yesterday honed in on land to express its concerns, which search cars parked in some of the China claims almost the entire foreign affairs committee for parlia- would like to see all parties actively the issue of China’s building of artifi- represent smaller countries as well, capital’s luxury malls. South China Sea, through which ment, said at the Xiangshan Forum, take steps to reduce those tensions,” cial islands in the territory, including as all parties are able to have a say. For more than a decade about $5 trillion worth of trade which China styles as its answer to Brownlee said. new airstrips, which has rattled Chinese Defence Minister Chang Thailand has had a notoriously passes each year. Brunei, Malaysia, the annual Shangri-La Dialogue “As a small maritime trading nerves around the region. Wanquan said that China and Asean turbulent domestic political scene the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam security forum in Singapore. nation, international law and, in “A particular cause of ... would hold maritime drills next year, and a festering Muslim Malay also have claims. “Outside involvement, I think particular, the United Nations Con- heightened tension has been the rec- adding China was willing to “man- insurgency in its far south. An international tribunal in the the developments have shown, vention on the Law of the Sea, is lamation and construction activity age disputes”. PAKISTAN WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2016 11 Islamabad to change building laws for skyscrapers

the capital. Currently, because of House in Sector F-6. “High-rise build- need for a uniform policy. However, the project faced an inor- Engineering Shahid Sohail and Mem- ambiguities and the lack of uniform ings will add to the beauty of the city,” “We are going to make new regu- dinate delay. The club comprises ber Finance Fahad Aziz. Taking advantage by-laws the civic agency is dealing the mayor said, adding the Munic- lations to facilitate developers. There ground-plus two storeys having facil- The posts of member planning of the loopholes with most of the constructions on a ipal Corporation Islamabad (MCI) should be no bar on the construc- ities of men’s gym, a conference hall, and design and member admin in the existing case-to-case basis. There have been was taking steps for the provision of tion of high-rise buildings but there dining hall, kids play area, sports are vacant. A source said the board violations of the by-laws by owners healthy and recreational facilities to should be a uniform policy for all.” shops etc. Meanwhile, the CDA chief approved the auction of 28 com- by-laws, officers give of several high-rise buildings such the residents of Islamabad. Taking advantage of the loop- presided over a meeting of the board mercial plots in various sectors permission for high- as Grand Hyatt Hotel, Centaurus and Recently, an inquiry committee holes in the existing by-laws, he for the first time after taking over the while other items on its agenda were Safa Gold Mall. constituted by the CDA detected vio- added, the CDA officers gave per- charge. Sources in the CDA said at deferred. rise buildings mostly Their cases are being investi- lations of by-laws in the construction mission for the high-rise buildings least three members appointed by Asked about the legitimacy of the on case-to-case basis. gated by different agencies after of Safa Gold Mall and recommended mostly on a case-to-case basis. the federal government should have board meeting, the mayor said since CDA officers were accused of giving the demolition of the illegally built “I came to know that CDA auc- been present at the meeting. he was appointed as the head of the undue favour to the owners by tak- three storeys of the building. tioned two plots in Blue Area but However, without having the civic agency by the federal govern- ing advantage of the ambiguities in However, the mayor ordered a issued allotment letters of separate three permanent members, the CDA ment, there were already two other Internews the by-laws. “The building control fresh inquiry saying the committee natures. Corrupt elements in the CDA chief held the meeting to discuss var- permanent members. by-laws will be modified in consul- had recommended action against took full advantage of the loopholes ious issues such as the auction of “Today, we three appointees of tation with all stakeholders to allow only two officials but there were in the existing policy,” he said, add- plots, construction of a culture com- the federal government were present the construction of skyscrapers,” said apprehensions that other officers ing his team had started working on plex, IT University and the Senate in the meeting besides officers who ISLAMABAD: The city managers Mayor Sheikh Ansar Aziz, who also were also involved in giving undue formulating the new by-laws. standing committee’s recommen- are temporarily working in place of of Islamabad have decided to bring heads the CDA. favour to the owner of the mall. The The construction of the Club dations on housing societies. the member planning and member changes to the CDA by-laws to facil- He was speaking to mediaper- CDA chief said he was in favour of House started in 2009 to provide rec- Currently, the CDA has only two administration. So the quorum was itate construction of skyscrapers in sons at the inauguration of Club high-rise buildings but there was a reational facilities to the residents. permanent members — Member complete,” he said.

Hundreds of troops Govt bans journalist from deployed in Lashkar leaving country

Gah after attack AFP

AFP Zwak said. “US enablers are in the area and will support as needed. ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Yesterday there were two air strikes government has imposed in Helmand, both of these were in a travel ban on a leading LASHKAR GAH: Afghanistan has support of ANDSF (Afghan National journalist after he sparked deployed hundreds of commandos Defense and Security Forces) strategic an uproar by reporting that backed by Nato air strikes in Lashkar operations,” a Nato spokesman said. civilian officials had clashed Gah to drive Taliban insurgents from The Taliban have waged an insur- with the military over its the southern city after the militants gency against the western-backed covert support for militants. killed 14 people in a coordinated Kabul government since being top- Cyril Almeida, an assist- attack, officials said yesterday. pled from power by a US-led invasion ant editor at Dawn, the The assault marked the insur- in 2001. They have intensified attacks country’s oldest and most gents’ latest attempt to seize the across the country in recent months, prestigious English daily, capital of Helmand province, under- pressuring Afghan forces on multi- announced that he had been scoring unravelling security as they ple fronts. An Afghan family waits for help from the government and aid organizations in Takhar yesterday after fleeing placed on the “Exit Control expand their foothold across the Around 30,000 people have been their homes in neighbouring Kunduz. List”. opium-rich province. “More than 300 displaced in Helmand in recent weeks His report published on commandos... have been deployed to and most have fled to Lashkar Gah. Thursday prompted threats the city to prevent Taliban advance- But the city is practically besieged, by Afghan forces. The attack began ground now. Afghan air force and last decade and blighted by a huge on social media and was ment,” said Abdul Jabar Qahraman, with roads from neighbouring dis- with a car bombing in an attempt Nato’s air support is also helping our opium harvest that helps fund the denied three times by the government special envoy for secu- tricts heavily mined by the insurgents. to break through the security belt forces,” he said. insurgency. office of Prime Minister rity in Helmand. The intervention in Helmand has around Lashkar Gah and enter the On Saturday General John Nichol- In August Washington deployed Nawaz Sharif. Provincial spokesman Omar fuelled the perception that foreign city, according to officials and local son, the Nato military commander some 100 troops to Lashkar Gah, the “I am told and have been Zwak said the commandos were powers are increasingly being drawn residents. in Afghanistan, flew with the Afghan first major US deployment to the city informed and have been sent from Kabul and neighbouring back into the conflict as Afghan forces Mohammad Radmanish, a defence minister to Lashkar Gah to since foreign forces withdrew in 2014. shown evidence that I am provinces to launch a “clearance struggle to rein in the Taliban. defence ministry spokesman, said assure provincial elders that the city In recent months the militants have on the Exit Control List,” he operation” in Lashkar Gah after the The assault also underscored security forces had managed to repel would not fall. attempted to overrun other provincial tweeted, followed a short attack, which killed 10 policemen and the Taliban’s sustained push into the attack and push back the insur- The Taliban effectively con- capitals, from Kunduz and Baghlan time later by “I feel sad four others. urban centres, coming a week after gents, but it was feared they would trol or contest 10 of the 14 districts in the north to Farah in the west, but tonight. This is my life, my “Soon the security forces will they briefly stormed into Kunduz return. in Helmand, the deadliest province Afghan forces have managed to repel country. What went wrong.” clear the whole city from Taliban,” in the north before being repelled “We have enough forces on the for British and US troops over the the attacks. In his report, Almeida said leading civilian officials had warned the powerful army to renounce covert Afghan women to support for proxy fighters such as the Haqqani net- Sharif family to maintain grip in party polls work allied to the Afghan get ‘fair share’ in Taliban and Lashkar-e- Taiba, blamed for the 2008 property rights Internews president of the Punjab chapter of Shahbaz Sharif, who has been head- Amir Muqam is a strong con- Mumbai attacks — or face the PML-N. ing the provincial branch for many tender for the post of the president isolation. He has to his credit effectively years. of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Citing sources present Reuters running campaigns for all the by- The previous intra-party elec- chapter of the ruling party. at a high-level meeting, ISLAMABAD: Sharif family will polls held in the province over the tions in the PML-N were held in Former KP governor SardarMe- Almeida said the civilian maintain their firm grip over the past three years and winning them. July 2011 when Nawaz Sharif was htab Ahmad Khan is another leading government had issued a LONDON: Afghan women should Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Apart from the powerful re-elected its president, a post he candidate for this slot but two-year blunt warning to the military benefit from a project to issue (PML-N) in the intra-party elections canvassing, he has also been suc- has held since its founding. Under ban on him to take part in political as part of a new high-stakes property titles to homeown- scheduled to be held on October 18 cessfully bringing together local his leadership, the party has won a activities is still in place. strategy: do not interfere ers in Kabul, where more than for the simple reason that they have influential figures in the districts number of parliamentary polls. He resigned this office in Febru- with the police when they two-thirds of the houses have no made it the most popular political where the by-elections were held Fresh election was a legal ary this year, which means that the take action “against mili- formal planning approval, the force and are unchallengeable in it. so that the PML-N nominees carry requirement that the PML-N has embargo will go in February 2018, tant groups that are banned head of the government’s land No surprise is expected to be the day. decided to meet. The Election Com- shortly before the next general elec- or until now considered off- authority said yesterday. sprung in the smooth exercise except If the PML-N decides to raise his mission of Pakistan (ECP) has refused tions. Pir Sabir Shah is yet another limits for civilian action”. Disputes over land and ille- the possible elevation of Hamza status in the party, he will replace to allot the poll symbol to the PML-N prominent aspirant. In the past, he gal property ownership are major Shahbaz, who may be elected as his father, Punjab Chief Minister without intra-party process. had headed the provincial chapter. challenges for the government of President Ashraf Ghani, which is leading efforts to protect citizens’ property rights and modernise the process of registering property. No forgiveness for brother who murdered Qandeel: Parents The Afghanistan Independent Land Authority (ARAZI) launched a pilot project this month to regis- ter properties in Kabul that were AFP Anwar Mai, said they had been una- built before 2001 without plan- ware of the change in the law, which ning permission, as part of a drive came three months after their daugh- to secure land rights for residents. ter’s death sparked revulsion in In conservative male-dom- ISLAMABAD: The father of mur- Pakistan and abroad. inated Afghanistan, properties dered Pakistani social media star Their son, Mai said, had not are usually registered to men but Qandeel Baloch (pictured) has vowed understood the repercussions the ARAZI plans to issue joint own- no forgiveness for his son, who killed murder would have. ership rights to married couples. his daughter on the pretext of “hon- The death of Baloch, judged by “Our goal is to give the women their our”, after her death cast a global many in the country as infamous fair share in the property,” ARAZI spotlight on the practice. for selfies and videos that by West- Chief Executive Officer Jawad Pakistan last week passed long- ern standards would appear tame, Peikar said. “Up to 70 percent of awaited legislation aimed at closing reignited polarising calls for action residential homes are unplanned loopholes which allowed murder- after her brother admitted killing her. constructions in all major cities of ers like Baloch’s brother Waseem to lawyers criticised the amendments “I am not embarrassed at all over Afghanistan,” he added. walk free, with hundreds of women for not going far enough. “There is no what I did,” he told media at a defi- Mother Anwar Bibi and Mohammad Azeem, father of social media Without legal protection, resi- killed in defence of the family “hon- pardon from our side,” Baloch’s father ant press conference in July, calling celebrity Qandeel Baloch in Muzaffargarh. dents risk eviction or having their our” in the conservative country Muhammad Azeem said, calling for his sister’s behaviour “intolerable”. unregistered assets stolen from each year. his son and the three men accused His mother said this weekend them by powerful interests, and Rights activists, who for years with him to be punished “at the that he had thought his parents to escape punishment if his family months and then after he will be are deprived of collateral for loans called for tougher laws to tackle vio- earliest. They should get life impris- would become the only complainants had forgiven him. free, he was not aware that this and investment, land rights cam- lence against women, have praised onment or death — I will feel happy.” in the case, which under previous Waseem thought he would be would become a high-profile case,” paigners say. the move as a step forward though He and his wife, Baloch’s mother legislation would have allowed him imprisoned for just “two to three Mai said. 12 WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2016 INDIA

Panneerselvam Will decimate gets portfolios terrorrism & its of Jayalalithaa IANS

CHENNAI: Ending sus- pense and speculations backers: Modi over Tamil Nadu’s govern- ance, the portfolios held by Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, The Prime Minister invoked who is currently in hospital, Ramayana and asked people to have been allocated to state It was Prime keep a vigil against terror and Finance Minister O Pan- Minister’s first public fight it the way the vulture Jatayu neerselvam, a Raj Bhavan fought Ravana in a desperate bid to statement said yesterday. speech after the try rescue the abducted Sita from According to the state- surgical strikes by the the demon. “We may not be able to ment, GovernorVidyasagar Army at terror launch become Ram, but we can all try and Rao has, under Clause (3) be Jatayu and give a befitting reply of the Constitution’s Article pads in Pakistan- to the nefarious designs of terror- 166, allocated the subjects administered Kashmir. ists,” he said. “If a country of 1.25 hitherto dealt with by Jay- crore keeps an eye on every ter- alalithaa to Panneerselvam rorist activity, terrorists will never on her advice. succeed,” Modi said to loud cheers. People watch an effigy of Ravana, stuffed with fire-crackers, burn in Amritsar yesterday on the occasion Jayalalithaa held the IANS He said decades ago when India of the festival of Dussehra. portfolios of Public, Indian discussed terrorism, nobody paid Administrative Serv- heed. The BJP veteran recalled ice, Indian Police Service, how during a visit to the US years Indian Forest Service, Gen- LUCKNOW: In an obvious refer- ago, American officials argued that RSS chief disputes Modi and says eral Administration, District ence to Pakistan, Prime Minister terrorism was a law and order prob- Revenue Officers, Police and Narendra Modi yesterday said the lem. But all this changed after the Home. Panneerselvam will time had come to uproot terror and September 11, 2001 attacks in the also preside over the cabi- those who patronise terrorists. US and the 2008 Mumbai carnage cow vigilantes not anti-socials net meetings. Addressing a massive Dusse- that left 166 people dead. “Terrorism “This arrangement has hra gathering at the Aishbagh Ram knows no religion, no boundaries.” been made as per the advice Leela ground here, Modi said terror- Modi earlier arrived to a grand of Hon’ble Chief Minister ism in all forms was anti-humanity welcome at the sprawling ground IANS Modi in his two speeches — in this regard had thrown up alarm- and will continue until the and Ram represented all that was in the heart of Lucknow, the capi- Delhi and Telangana — advised ing findings. Hon’ble Chief Minister Selvi human. tal of election-bound Uttar Pradesh. states to act against such activists For instance, he said, a detailed J Jayalalithaa resumes her It was the Prime Minister’s first Accompanied by Home Minister after a nationwide outcry over high- survey of 9,000 villages in Madhya duties. Selvi J Jayalalithaa public speech after the Septem- Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh Gov- NAGPUR: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat handedness by cow vigilantes on Pradesh had shown that in 40 per- will continue to be the Chief ber 29 surgical strikes by the Army ernor Ram Naik and other state BJP yesterday backed cow vigilantes and Dalits in many states, including in cent of them, backward castes and Minister,” the Raj Bhavan at terror launch pads in Pakistan- leaders, Modi performed ‘aarti’ of asked the government not to equate Modi’s home state Gujarat. Dalits face discrimination on temple statement said. administered Kashmir. the characters playing Ram and Sita them with anti-social elements, con- Bhagwat didn’t quite agree. He entry, in 30 percent villages they are The 68-year-old Jayala- He made no direct reference to and was later felicitated by the city tradicting Prime Minister Narendra said cow, revered by Hindus, was not allowed access to water sources lithaa was admitted to the the surgical strikes or to Pakistan Mayor Dinesh Sharma, the convenor Modi’s stand on the Hindu bovine to be protected by the law and “gau and in 35 percent villages they are hospital on September 22 for that killed an unspecified number of the 70-year-old Ram Leela. activists. rakshaks perform an important barred from using the crematorium. fever and dehydration. of terrorists but made it more than The Prime Minister was gifted a “There are some people who are service”. He called cow protection “The Swayamsevaks are work- The doctors later said clear which country he had in mind. silver mace, an arrow and a bow. A dedicated to cow protection. It is part a “sacred mission” that would “con- ing on this. They have started helping she needed a longer stay “Those who spread terrorism turban was tied on his head. of the Directive Principles of State tinue and gather momentum” despite our SC/ST brethren to claim the ben- at the hospital as she was need to be annihilated and those Modi said effigies of Ravana had Policy,” Bhagwat said in his annual “grave provocations”. efits guaranteed to them under the suffering from infection who aid terrorism will not be spared been burnt for centuries on this day speech on Vijay Dashmi, marking The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Constitution and ensure that the and put her on respiratory either,” Modi said in a speech laced but “we should rededicate ourselves the 91st foundation day of the RSS Sangh chief also spoke at length government and administration dis- support. with references to Hindu religion. today to demolish the evils within — the ruling Bharatiya Janata Par- on various issues including Kash- burse the funds allocated for their The ruling AIADMK has Modi said India was a country us as well”. ty’s (BJP) ideological mentor. mir and the army’s surgical strikes welfare,” Bhagwat said. ruled out the need for an that respected both Krishna who led Dussehra, Modi said, also meant “Gau rakshaks operate under in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. He said it was shameful if people acting or temporary chief the Pandavas in the war of Mahab- to do away with 10 evils within the law. Administration must keep He said Pakistan was encour- were insulted or subjected to phys- minister. Panneerselvam harata and Mahatma Gandhi who humans and kill the Ravana within (this) in mind. Those who break the aging separatists in Jammu and ical torture “because of one’s wrath has earlier served as Chief propagated non-violence. that raises its head in the forms of law shouldn’t be compared to gau Kashmir and demanded strict action over a trivial issue or one’s supe- Minister when Jayalalithaa “We are the people who go from dishonesty, greed, filth, blind faith rakshaks,” the RSS chief said at its against those indulging in violence riority complex” — a reference to had to step down in wake of yuddha (war) to Buddha (peace). and ego. He urged people to fight headquarters in Nagpur. in the valley, which is battling over anti-Dalit incidents in the country. her conviction in a corrup- Sometimes war is necessary, but against female foeticide. “If for Bhagwat’s remarks contradict three months of the deadliest unrest “It also facilitates the divisive tion by a Bengaluru court. our path is not that of war, but that bringing dishonour to one Sita, Modi’s August speeches when he said in years. forces to tarnish the country’s image She had returned to the post of Buddha. “We create balance... I Ravana can be burnt for ages, why that 70-80 percent of them would be Bhagwat also expressed concern and slow down the momentum of after the Karnataka High hope the path shown by Buddha will not fight against killing girls in found involved in anti-social activi- over social inequality and casteism, good social welfare activities being Court acquitted her. be our final path,” he said. wombs.” ties which no society can approve of. saying an ongoing RSS survey in carried out all over.” Fight between holed-up militants Socialite and Telangana map redrawn philanthropist adding 21 new districts & forces continues in Kashmir Parmeshwar

IANS Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam IANS Godrej dead Srihari. Another Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahamood Ali inaugu- IANS SIDDIPET: Nearly two-and-half rated Jagitial district, created out of SRINAGAR: The standoff between years after it came into existence existing Karimnagar district. security forces and militants holed- as the country’s 29th state, Telan- Sixteen other districts inaugu- up inside a government building MUMBAI: Well known socialite gana’s map was redrawn yesterday rated were; Yadadri, Peddapally, near Pampore town in Jammu and and philanthropist Parmeshwar with the creation of 21 new districts. Kamareddy, Medak, Mancherial, Kashmir’s Pulwama district con- Godrej, wife of Godrej Group As a Dasara gift to people, the Vikarabad, Rajanna, Asifabad, tinued for the second day yesterday Chairman Adi Godrej, passed Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Suryapet, Kothagudem, Nirmal, even as reports said one militant had away in a private hospital here. government unveiled the new Wanaparthy, Nagarkurnool, Maha- been killed but there was no official She breathed her last late districts with an aim to improve bubabad, Jogulamba and Medchal confirmation yet. on Monday night at the Breach administration at the grassroots (Malkajgiri). Security forces kept on pounding Candy Hospital where she was level. This has taken the total Barring Hyderabad, the exist- the hostel of the Entrepreneurship admitted recently for treat- number of districts in India’s young- ing 10 districts have been split into Development Institute (EDI) where ment of some lung ailments, but est state to 31. three or four districts. militants armed with rockets, gre- details are not available. She was Telangana Chief Minister K. The government has also cre- nades and automatic gunfire have 71 and is survived by her hus- Chandrasekhar Rao formally ated 25 new revenue divisions, been holding the security forces at band Adi Godrej and their three inaugurated Siddipet district at 125 new mandals, four new police bay for over 24 hours now. children, Nisaba Godrej, Pirojsha 11.13 am, the auspicious time set by commissionerates, 23 new police While parts of the multi-storey and Tanya Dubash. The last rites astrologers. subdivisions, 28 new circles and 91 building caught fire, militants kept of Parmeshwar were performed Siddipet is the home district of police stations. The government last on changing position inside the in Mumbai yesterday. the Chief Minister and carved out month issued draft notification for building while using their ammu- Parmeshwar started her of Medak district. creating 17 new districts but later nition sparingly, police said. career as one of the first air- Before unveiling the plaque, Rao decided to create four more dis- Reports said in the evening, one hostesses of national carrier Air unfurled the national flag and per- tricts in view of strong demands militants had been killed in the oper- India, before she married Godrej formed religious rituals. from various sections. ation and his body was lying inside and became a prominent figure in Simultaneously, 20 other new Though the protests were on the building. Defence sources here the city’s glam and celeb circuits. districts were inaugurated by his for creation of more districts in said they would confirm the death She was renowned for her cabinet colleagues. Telangana, different parts of the state, the gov- only after the body was recovered. work in combating AIDS through which has a population of 3.5 crore, ernment made it clear that there “Although the entire complex has the Heroes Project which she was carved out of Andhra Pradesh will be no further addition. been illuminated with floodlights, launched in 2004 along with Hol- and it came into existence as 29th On an average, each district will there is complete darkness inside the lywood actor Richard Gere and state on June 2, 2014. have population of two to four lakh building this time. “We don’t want supported by the Bill & Melinda Telangana Assembly speaker S families, except Hyderabad where to take any unnecessary casualties. Gates Foundation and Clinton Glo- Madhusudhana Chary inaugurated the number is much large. Paramilitary troopers look towards a building where militants are The operation will be resumed with bal Initiative and also served on Jayashankar district while Council TRS, in its election manifesto, had hiding on the second day of a gunfight between the army and militants the first light tomorrow (on Wednes- the board of several major inter- Chairman K Swamy Goud launched promised to create 14 new districts day),” a defence sources said. in Pampore yesterday. national foundations and trusts. Jangaon district. Both these districts but the demands from various regions Security forces had resumed A popular socialite with the are being carved out of existing forced it to increase the number. The the operation yesterday morning Two security personnel and a the building. The 70-room, seven- signature beret, and once a Page Warangal district. Chief Minister›s reorganisation of with rockets and heavy automatic policeman were injured as the mil- storey building is located at Pampore 3 regular, Parmeshwar had hosted Warangal Rural, another dis- districts was another step towards weapons being used against the itants fired from inside the hostel on the banks of the river Jhelum and a party for international talk show trict being carved out of existing sustainable development and crea- ensconced militants. building of the EDI after they entered 12 km from the Srinagar city centre. queen Oprah Winfrey in 2012. Warangal, was inaugurated by tion of golden Telangana. EUROPE WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2016 13 Putin cancels France visit amid diplomatic tensions

AFP yesterday called off the visit. leaving hundreds of people dead, October 19 for a meeting on the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry including dozens of children. conflict in Ukraine, one of his aides The Russian Peskov said Putin was “ready to visit It was the fifth time that Russia told Itar-Tass on Monday. President had when it is comfortable for President used its veto to block UN action to end German Chancellor Angela Mer- PARIS: Russian President Vladimir been due in Paris Hollande”, adding that Moscow would the five-year war in Syria that has kel proposed the meeting along the Putin (pictured) yesterday cancelled “wait for when that comfortable time sent millions fleeing and triggered lines of the so-called Normandy a visit to France in a furious row over on October 19 to comes”. the biggest migration crisis in Europe format, bringing together Germany, Moscow’s role in the Syrian conflict. inaugurate a spiritual Hollande responded that he was since World War II. France, Russia and Ukraine, with the The announcement from the prepared to meet Putin “at any time... In the aftermath of that decision, possible participation of Hollande. Kremlin came a day after French centre, but Hollande to further peace”. Hollande described the bombing of But it is uncertain whether President Francois Hollande said had insisted his Speaking in Strasbourg, Hol- Aleppo as a “war crime”. Ukrainian President Petro Porosh- Syrian forces had committed a lande said France and Russia had had He said in a TV interview on Mon- enko is prepared to take part. “war crime” in the battered city of Russian counterpart a “major disagreement” over Syria. day: “Those who commit these acts It is not the first time in recent Aleppo with the support of Russian also took part in talks “It is necessary to have dialogue will have to pay for their involvement, years that Moscow’s foreign pol- air strikes. with Russia but it must be firm and including at the International Crim- icy has strained relations between Putin had been due in Paris on with him about Syria. frank,” Hollande told the parlia- inal Court.” France and Russia. October 19 to inaugurate a spiritual mentary assembly of the Council of Yesterday , at least 12 civilians The outbreak of the Ukraine centre at a new Russian Orthodox has claimed some 300,000 lives and Europe rights body. were killed in the heaviest Russian crisis in 2014 eventually prompted church near the Eiffel Tower, but seen Moscow further estranged from On Saturday, Russia blocked a bombardment in days of Aleppo, a France to cancel the delivery to Rus- Hollande had insisted his Russian punishing aerial bombing campaign the West. draft French UN resolution calling monitoring group said. sia of two Mistral assault ships and counterpart also took part in talks in Syria for more than a year in sup- The French president had admit- for an end to the barrage of air strikes Despite cancelling his visit to repay almost €950m ($1.1bn). with him about Syria. port of President Bashar al-Assad’s ted he was agonising over whether on the rebel-held east of Aleppo that Paris, the Russian President is still The ships were subsequently sold Russia has been waging a forces, part of a multi-front war that to meet Putin, but the Kremlin have escalated in the last month, considering travelling to Berlin on to Egypt.

Military might Spain intercepts boat with 20 tonnes of drugs EU move on AFP A total of seven boats have been Baltic cod caught in the multi-country opera- tion, two of them carrying weapons fishing draws ire and five full of hashish. They had all MADRID: Spanish police said yes- departed from Turkey. Investigators terday they seized nearly 20 tonnes believe the drugs would have been BRUSSELS: European of hashish in a boat heading to used to buy weapons. Union ministers agreed Libya, as part of a global operation “This trafficking is being used to to cuts in Baltic cod catch targeting financing of armed groups finance insurgents in existing con- quotas for next year that in North Africa and the Middle East. flicts in North Africa and Middle fall well short of calls by With help of Europe’s police East,” Javier Rogero, lieutenant colo- scientists worried about agency Europol and air support nel at Guardia Civil, told reporters. the stock’s eventual from Italian police, Spanish forces He would not be drawn on collapse. intercepted the boat registered which groups the drugs and weap- The fisheries ministers under the Panama flag off the coast ons were benefiting, but said police agreed early yesterday to of Almeria in Spain’s southeast on were “convinced... that they also reduce catches of western September 23. finance jihadist terrorism.” Baltic cod by 56 percent in They said all crew members Of the two boats intercepted 2017, despite calls by sci- were detained — 11 Ukrainians and with weapons on board, one of entists for a 90-percent one Uzbek. The Guardia Civil police them was sailing under the Boliv- cut they say is needed to force said the boat was intercepted ian flag and the other was registered sustain stocks in Danish as part of an operation launched by in Togo. Altogether, they carried and German waters. A woman with a stroller walks by a Armoured Personal Carrier (APC) during the opening of the Spanish, Moroccan, French, Italian 11,400 long guns, more than a mil- EU fisheries commis- International Specialised Exhibition “Weapons and Defence-2016”, in Kiev, yesterday. and Greek authorities, with support lion cartridges and ten tonnes of sioner Karmenu Vellu from US Drug Enforcement Agency. ammonium nitrate. said the commission, the bloc’s executive, had pro- posed a reduction of 88 percent “to bring back the stock to sustainabil- Greece needs a Referendum: Renzi seeks to avoid party split ity as soon as possible,” but had to accept a com- year to properly promise to reach a deal AFP were not changed. Like other The reforms, already approved among all member states. shelter migrant “rebels” he also warned of a possible by the two chambers of parliament split in the Democratic Party’s ranks. earlier this year, would bring an end “If you win (the referendum), to the existing system whereby each Spain arrests 2 children ROME: Italian Prime Minister Mat- you will be left with a field of rub- law must be adopted by both cham- teo Renzi (pictured) sought to avoid ble,” he said, in comments aimed at bers in the same terms—a process ‘IS recruiters’ a rift in his Democratic Party over Renzi, accusing the prime minister that can take years. AFP an upcoming referendum on con- of causing tension by angering dep- Other Democratic Party heavy MADRID: Spanish police stitutional reforms. The changes are uties further to the left. hitters have, like Cuperlo, already have arrested two men aimed at increasing political stability The proposed reforms—deemed said they will vote “No” in December. on suspicion of seeking ATHENS: Greece will need a year in a country which has had 63 gov- the most important in Italy since These include former party secretary recruits for the Islamic to provide adequate shelter for ernments since 1945, with Renzi’s World War II—would streamline Pier Luigi Bersani and former prime State group, the interior 2,200 unaccompanied migrant future riding on the outcome of the parliament and the electoral system minister Massimo D’Alema. ministry said yesterday. children on its soil, even if it has December 4 plebiscite. in the hope of bringing the country Renzi believes the majority of his The two men, arrested improved its response, the coun- For months the centre-left Dem- badly-needed political stability. party is behind him and described the in separate operations, try’s migration minister said ocratic Party has been split on the But the vote is shaping up as a referendum row as an excuse used by were both “fully inte- yesterday. issue, with a minority of lawmak- a new electoral law, but only after the referendum on Renzi’s two-and- the minority in a bid to oust him. grated” into infrastructure Yannis Mouzalas said there ers deeming the mooted reforms and December 4 referendum. a-half years in office. He initially The compromise proposed by the of jihadist group and were were now no more than 25 minors the new electoral law which would However one of the main voices promised he would quit if the meas- prime minister was adopted unan- “encouraging terrorist held in Greek police stations and accompany them to be dangerous to among the naysayers, Gianni ures are voted down at a referendum. imously, as his party detractors did acts,” the statement said. 1,000 hosted in various special- democracy. Cuperlo, warned that he would still Since then, Renzi has repeatedly not take part in the vote. Opinion It was not clear if the ised facilities. In a bid to assuage the reforms’ vote against the proposed constitu- nuanced those words, saying he had polls on referendum suggest a tight two were in touch with But most of the unaccom- opponents within his own party, tional amendments unless changes “committed a mistake by personalis- vote with the “No” camp just ahead. each other, but both had panied migrant children, some Renzi proposed a party committee be are made ahead of the poll. ing” the vote but had merely sought All the opposition parties are clearly expressed support 1,200, are still staying in camps set up, including at least one member Cuperlo added he would resign to convey “a message of seriousness campaigning against the constitu- for IS in online postings. scattered across Greek islands in of the dissenting minority, to propose from the parliament if the plans and responsibility.” tional reform measures. the eastern Aegean sea. “It would be lying to say a solution will be found in under six months. We think a year is neces- sary,” Mouzalas said during the Kate charms Dutch on first solo foreign trip opening of shelter for 100 such children in Paiania, a suburb of Athens. The minister said top pri- AFP off pearl earrings in an apparent met with a local institute to discuss ority was to provide “safe places” subtle nod to the famous Dutch 17th mental health and addiction issues for the children where they enjoy century painting “Girl with a Pearl at the ornate British ambassador’s a minimum of protection against Earring” by Johannes Vermeer. residence. threats such as traffickers, the THE HAGUE: The Duchess of Cam- The masterpiece hangs in the Later, the 34-year-old Kate trav- minister said. bridge made her first solo official historic Mauritshuis Museum in elled to the southwestern port city In September, the EU and trip abroad yesterday with a day- The Hague’s city centre, where Kate of Rotterdam to visit a commu- human rights organisations called long visit to The Netherlands, seen later viewed 22 paintings by Dutch nity initiative that provides a public on Greece to improve shelter for as part of a British charm offensive masters on loan from the British workspace for local residents and unaccompanied migrant childen, after the Brexit vote. Royal Collection as part of a cur- children. saying many were held in squalid Kate, the wife of Britain’s Prince rent exhibition. Kate was in the country only conditions. Also in September, the William, first met with Dutch King Crowds lined the streets as Kate a day after British Prime Minister EU announced €115m in extra Willem-Alexander for lunch at the arrived outside the museum just Teresa May met late Monday in The funding for Greece’s response to royal residence in Wassenaar, an steps from the Dutch parliament, Hague for talks with her Dutch coun- migrants on its soil, following a exclusive leafy suburb just outside parts of which date back to the 13th terpart Mark Rutte. damning report on conditions The Hague. century. Rutte said it was “a good time migrants face. “Welcome, welcome, very nice to She was greeted by the muse- for an exchange of views” adding The new shelter in Paiania, see you,” the king said, as he greeted um’s director Emilie Gordenker, and that after the Brexit vote “we are in which is jointly managed and his guest for the first visit by a Brit- stopped to chat briefly with some uncharted waters.” funded by the International ish royal to the Dutch kingdom in excited children waving Dutch and The Duchess’s visit also comes Organisation for Migration and three years. British flags, who were lined up in after the Dutch king warned last Britain’s Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (right), arrives to view the the NGO Medecins du Monde, is Kate looked chic in a long- front of three traditional red Brit- month at the opening of parliament supposed to serve as a model for sleeved light blue two-piece with ish telephone boxes erected for the about uncertainty in Europe follow- exhibition “At Home in Holland: Vermeer and his Contemporaries from future ones, with around 30 spe- a peplum jacket. Her hair was tied exhibition. ing the June vote and that it could the British Royal Collection”, at the Mauritshuis Art Museum in the Hague, cialised staff and on site schooling. back in a neat chignon bun, showing The popular British royal then trigger Dutch job losses. the Netherlands, yesterday. 14 WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2016 AMERICAS

Hillary proposes Trump escalates tax relief for families with fight with young kids party leaders AP

DES MOINES, IOWA: Continuing of Twitter posts appeared designed her policy focus on children and to stem the flow of GOP lawmak- families, Hillary Clinton is pledg- The Republican ers who’ve said they won’t vote for ing more tax relief for families with presidential Trump or have urged him to exit the young kids. The Democratic presi- race since last week’s release of a dential nominee announced a plan nominee went after tape showing him using predatory yesterday to double the Child Tax House Speaker language regarding women. Credit and to increase the amount Paul Ryan after Disloyal Republicans “are far that low-income families could get more difficult” than Democrat Hil- back in refunds. the congressional lary Clinton, Trump lamented. Clinton said she is trying to help leader effectively “They come at you from all families struggling with cost of child sides,” he tweeted. “They don’t know care, health care and college. She abandoned him in how to win — I will teach them!” said the “new tax credit will make According to people on tele- their lives a little bit easier and help a private call with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arrives on stage during a rally at Mohegan Sun Arena in phone conference call, Ryan said restore fairness to our economy.” fellow Republicans. he would no longer campaign with Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Clinton has made women and Trump, focusing instead on ensuring families a central priority of her Clinton doesn’t get a “blank check” each other than the Republicans!” Ryan is “focusing the next month controversy, and Trump’s attacks on campaign. The latest proposal is with a Democratic-controlled Con- Another was celebratory: “It is so nice on defeating Democrats and all Ryan yesterday threatened to distract in keeping with that. Currently, the AP gress. Ryan received both support that the shackles have been taken off Republicans running for office should from what Republicans want to be his Child Tax Credit is $1,000 per child and criticism from House members, me and I can now fight for America probably do the same,” he said. main message: Going after Clinton. under 17. Clinton would increase reflecting Republicans’ disunity and the way I want to.” Forty Republican senators and Ryan’s pressing goal over next it to $2,000 per child up until the the disarray of their election strat- While Trump’s candidacy has congressmen have revoked their month is preventing Republicans age of 4. WASHINGTON: Donald Trump egy with less than a month to go. long exposed party’s divisions, GOP support for Trump — with nearly from losing control of the House, a Clinton would also increase the unleashed a torrent of Twitter Assailing Ryan, Trump said yes- leaders had hoped to prevent an all- 30 of them urging him to quit the scenario that seemed remote just a amount that low-income families attacks yesterday on the party he terday that members “went wild” at out civil war until after the election. race altogether. Few of these were week ago. They hold a wide 246-186 could get back in refunds under hopes to lead to the White House, the disloyalty of the “very weak and But House and Senate candidates ever passionate Trump supporters. seat majority. the programme. Families with threatening to plunge Republicans ineffective” speaker. fear Trump’s 2005 comments about The head of the Republican National Trump supporters in Congress young children would see the most into an all-out conflict with just four “It is hard to do well when Paul women will drag down their own Committee has stuck by the GOP are furious that Republican leaders benefit. weeks remaining until Election Day. Ryan and others give zero sup- electoral prospects, if not stain the nominee, declaring his full coor- would turn their backs on their cho- Clinton’s campaign said the plan Declaring himself unshackled, port!” Trump tweeted, declaring Republican brand for a generation. dination with Trump’s embattled sen candidate. In the conference call would cost between $150bn and the billionaire businessman went inaccurately that every poll had Others see no way for Republicans campaign. with Ryan, California Representa- $200bn and would be paid with after House Speaker Paul Ryan after him winning the weekend’s second in some races to win without the Trump apologised during Sun- tive Dana Rohrabacher called GOP higher taxes on the wealthy. the congressional leader effectively presidential debate against Clinton. backing of Trump’s loyal supporters. day’s debate but also dismissed his leaders “cowards,” according to one As with the current Child Tax abandoned Trump in a private call One tweet complained that Brendan Buck, Ryan’s spokesman, comments about women. participant. The participant wasn’t Credit, it would phase out for higher with fellow Republicans. The series Democrats are “far more loyal to offered a muted response to Trump. The explanation failed to end the authorised to be quoted by name. income families. Leaked emails show tension inside Hillary inner circle

AP state. The chief operating officer of internal tensions that simmered tells Podesta and others — including for the Clinton Foundation to raise Global, a derivatives broker, and Band’s the family charity was reported to be inside Clinton Foundation and appear Clinton adviser and current Virginia concerns that someone representing advisory firm, Teneo, than published threatening to commit suicide over to have played a role in Band’s depar- Governor Terry McAuliffe — that she’s Teneo clients had been calling mem- reports about Bill Clinton’s infidelity. the stress. ture from the family charity. increasingly concerned about Teneo. bers of British Parliament “on behalf of “I realise it is difficult to confront WASHINGTON: Newly leaked emails WikiLeaks began releasing on Internal concerns among Clin- The email includes a forwarded President Clinton” without her father’s and reason with her but this could go show consternation among those Friday what it says are years of mes- ton family intimates about Band and news article that alleges that Bill Clin- knowledge. Chelsea Clinton said the (too) far and then we all will have a closest to Hillary Clinton about how sages from the accounts of Clinton private corporate advisory firm he co- ton had collected $50,000 a month calls had people in London “making real serious set of other problems,” Bill Clinton’s business dealings might Campaign Chairman John Podesta. founded, Teneo Holdings, have been through Teneo from MF Global, the comparisons” between “profit motiva- Band vented in an exchange sent to damage his reputation and poten- Podesta has acknowledged his emails previously detailed in several media commodities brokerage formerly run tions” of former president and former Podesta. “I don’t deserve this from her tially affect her presidential hopes. were hacked, but warned the mes- accounts. But the new emails provide by former New Jersey Governor Jon Prime Minister Tony Blair. and deserve a tad more respect. ... She The emails, posted early yester- sages may have been altered or edited raw glimpses of an apparent power Corzine, while MF Global was pre- “Which would horrify my father,” is acting like a spoiled brat kid who has day by WikiLeaks organisation, also to do political damage to Clinton. struggle between Clintons’ daughter paring to file for bankruptcy. Chelsea Clinton wrote. nothing else to do but create issues to give insight into tension and turmoil The emails that circulated among and Band. Chelsea Clinton told Podesta and Band wrote in an email that Chel- justify what she’s doing because she, as within the Clinton Foundation while Podesta, Chelsea Clinton and former In an email exchange from others that two people separately sea seemed more concerned about she has said, hasn’t found her way and Clinton was serving as secretary of Bill Clinton aide Doug Band detail December 2011, Chelsea Clinton came up to her at a London event critical news coverage about MF has a lack of focus in her life.”

Missing Florida Graffiti festival Woman arrested for girl recovered in Tennessee trying to extort money AP from former Governor

LAKELAND, FLORIDA: A missing 4-year-old central Florida girl was AP Adam Kaufmann, an attor- recovered in Tennessee, and the ney for Spitzer, said yesterday that man who took her is in custody, prosecutors had notified the lawyer authorities said. Rebecca Lewis about the arrest on “extortion- and West Wild Hogs, 31, were NEW YORK: A young Russian related crimes against Mr Spitzer located in Memphis, the Tennes- woman who put former New York and others,” but said he had no fur- see Bureau of Investigation said. Governor Eliot Spitzer back in the ther details. Spitzer will cooperate Memphis police spokes- tabloid headlines last winter when with the investigation “if called woman Karen Rudolph said police she told doctors he had choked upon to do so,” he added. received a call from the Baptist her at a Manhattan hotel has been Spitzer and Zakharova met up at Memorial Hospital-Memphis. arrested for trying to extort money The Plaza Hotel in February while A security official at the hospi- from him, police said. she was travelling from Califor- tal told police that an employee Svetlana Zakharova, 26, was nia, where she had been living, to recognised the man and the girl arrested yesterday in New York City. her native Russia, Kaufmann said mentioned in the Amber Alert out Zakharova left the US in Feb- at the time. of Florida, Rudolph said. ruary after she was treated at a “They had a brief and amicable When police pulled up to the People wait for the bus in front of graffiti on the closing day of a weekend graffiti festival in Mexico hospital and interviewed by police conversation, and then Mr. Spitzer hospital, they saw the car men- City, Mexico, yesterday. following an encounter with Spitzer left,” Kaufmann said. But she called tioned in the Amber Alert pulling in her room at The Plaza Hotel. a few hours later and asked that he out of the parking garage, Rudolph Spitzer, a Democrat who resigned return to the room, where she had said. Officers stopped the car in in 2008 acknowledged having been become “highly emotional and was the parking lot and found the man with the woman, but said through his threatening self-harm,” he said. and the girl inside. attorney the assault allegations were The woman called 911, saying she The man was detained, and Striking nurses reach tentative agreement false and created by someone with had cut herself and was distraught the girl was recovered. Neither “emotional difficulties.” and having a breakdown, two law had apparent injuries. Months later he filed a lawsuit enforcement officials with knowl- “She seemed to be ok,” Rudolph AP Minnesotans need and deserve,” different agreement last week. against the woman, saying he had edge of the case told reporters in said. Police did not know why the Governor Mark Dayton said in a “Nurses have shown remark- been paying her money to keep the February. She called back and tried man and girl were at the hospital. statement after a 17-hour mediation able strength and courage to earn matter quiet. In the suit, he claimed to cancel emergency call but police Rudolph referred questions on pos- session at his residence in St. Paul. improvements in workplace safety, she had demanded hundreds of were already en route, they said. sible charges to the FBI. MINNEAPOLIS: A strike that kept The 4,800 nurses represented nurse staffing policies, and multi- thousands of dollars and trips to When police arrived, they Polk County, Florida, sher- thousands of regular nurses from by Minnesota Nurses Association year contributions to accounts that Paris, or she would “ruin his life.” noticed the woman had a cut on iff Grady Judd said that Hogs five Minnesota hospitals for five have been on strike at five Allina will ease their transition from their He also claimed Zakharova had her arm and took her to a hospital. took Rebecca Lewis on Saturday. weeks could be coming to an end Health hospitals in the Minneapo- contract health insurance plans to contacted one of his daughters on There, she told doctors that Spitzer They were previously spotted on after governor announced a tentative lis-St. Paul- area since Labour Day Allina core plans,” nurses association social media. had choked and shoved her, the offi- surveillance video footage at a agreement early yesterday between over issues including health insur- Executive Director Rose Roach said. Spitzer’s lawyers withdrew cials said. convenience store in Nashville the nurses’ union and hospital oper- ance and workplace safety. Allina President Penny Wheeler the lawsuit in September, just two She did not want to press early Monday morning. ator Allina Health. Rank-and-file association mem- said in an email yesterday the agree- months after it was filed. charges, and left on a flight to Rus- Earlier, Judd pleaded with the The deal “will allow (nurses) bers are expected to vote on the deal ment is “fair to our nurses and Zakharova was charged with sia the next day, one official and public to help search for the girl. to resume quality health care that tomorrow. The nurses rejected a sustainable for our organisation.” extortion. Kaufmann said. AMERICAS WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2016 15 Colombia to launch peace talks with ELN rebels

a peace deal with the Revolutionary holding at least one hostage, former Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), congressman Odin Sanchez. But the Both sides have the country’s largest rebel group. text announcing peace talks spoke committed to doing “We’ve been seeking negotiations of “two cases,” without giving fur- everything in their with the ELN for almost three years ther details. to end the armed conflict with them Sanchez handed himself over to power to create as well... Now that we’re moving for- the rebels in April in exchange for an environment ward with the ELN, we will have total the release of his brother, Patrocinio peace,” Santos said in Bogota. Sanchez, a former governor who had favourable to peace. The ELN freed a civilian hostage, fallen ill after nearly three years in the International Committee of the captivity. Red Cross said, ahead of what the The ELN is estimated to be about rebels had billed as an “important one fourth the size of the FARC, with AFP announcement” on potential peace some 1,500 fighters. talks with the government. After nearly four years of talks It was the third hostage release with the FARC in the Cuban capital in two weeks by the leftist National Havana, the government and rebels CARACAS: The Colombian Liberation Army (ELN). signed a peace deal on September 26 government and the country’s sec- Colombia and the ELN agreed — only for the Colombian people to ond-largest rebel group, the ELN, in March to launch peace talks, in unexpectedly vote against it six days announced they would launch nego- parallel with the government’s nego- later, sending both sides back to the tiations on October 27 in Ecuador’s tiations with the FARC. drawing board. capital, with President Juan Manuel But the government has said Meanwhile, FARC leader Timo- Santos predicting “total peace”. negotiations with the ELN cannot leon “Timochenko” Jimenez tweeted Both sides have committed to begin until the group frees all its that the ELN could “count on our mil- doing everything in their power to hostages. itant support and solidarity. Many “create an environment favourable to In the text presented in Caracas, successes in this process that has peace” once the talks begin, accord- the ELN vowed to “initiate the process now started”. Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos receives indigenous Guambianos of Cauca supporting the peace ing to a joint statement delivered at to free hostages before October 27”. Formal peace talks with the ELN the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry in The Red Cross said ELN fighters would mark another victory for San- process with the FARC-EP in Bogota. Caracas. had handed over the latest hostage, tos, who has staked his legacy on The move comes as welcome who it did not identify, in a remote ending the oldest armed conflict in FARC’s disarmament—part of the a ceasefire as negotiators try to hash to continue its solidarity with the news for Santos, fresh from his Nobel area in the department of Arauca, on the Americas. now-sidelined peace deal—said it out a compromise. country,” the head of the UN mis- Peace Prize win but still reeling from the Venezuelan border. Separately, a United Nations mis- would ask the Security Council to “We think the conditions are in sion in Colombia, Jean Arnault, told voters’ rejection in a referendum of The ELN is still believed to be sion sent to Colombia to oversee the “adjust” its mandate so it can monitor place at this time for the Council a press conference. Obama sees human missions to Mars by 2030 Chicago teachers & district Reuters opinion piece for CNN. Planet also has seasons, and a 2012 agree to avert strike Obama’s comments come ahead Nasa mission found conditions there of a meeting planned by the White once supported microbial life. House in Pittsburgh this week aimed It would take about nine months AP However, some of the parents WASHINGTON: US President Barack at teaming up scientists, students and to get there, depending on rocket and others dropping off children Obama (pictured) said yesterday he others to further efforts to develop velocity, some Nasa experts have yesterday morning at Ronald E. would help send people to Mars as commercial space market, accord- said. A high-speed trip could take McNair Elementary on Chicago’s soon as 14 years from now, pledging ing to the piece. as little as 130 days, they said on the CHICAGO: Relieved parents west side worried there’s still a pos- to work with private companies “to While private companies are agency’s website. dropped their children off at Chi- sibility of a strike. build new habitats that can sustain already working on missions to It has been decades since the cago schools yesterday morning “I just think that this is a tem- and transport astronauts on long- space, including to the International United States sent astronauts to the after the Chicago Teachers Union porary fix and I believe that the duration missions in deep space.” Space Station, humans have yet to moon in 1969, and efforts to fund and the nation’s third-largest school solution coming out is temporary,” “We have set a clear goal vital to travel to Mars, Earth’s neighbour the space programme have faltered district averted a strike with a late- said Keisha Smith, whose grand- next chapter of America’s story in to Earth, with the ultimate ambi- some 56 million km away at their in recent years over concerns about night tentative contract agreement. daughter is a first-grader. space: sending humans to Mars by tion to one day remain there for an closest point in orbit, according to government spending and fiscal Chicago Teachers Union Pres- “We have to remain mindful the 2030s and returning them safely extended time,” Obama said in an Nasa. Like Earth, the so-called Red priorities. ident Karen Lewis said at a news that this is something for now ... conference eary yesterday that like a Band-Aid and the issue is not after more than a year of negotia- resolved.” tions, the two sides had hammered Michael Cleveland, whose 6- Truck plows out an agreement that isn’t perfect and 8-year-old daughters go to Championing a cause but is good for students, teachers McNair, said he’d been convinced and the city. The deal still must be that there would be a strike. He through crowd approved by the union’s House of said he was still angry with the city Delegates and all roughly 28,000 officials — including Emanuel and during Columbus members, a process that could Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest take weeks. Claypool. Day protest “It wasn’t easy, as you all know “They know there are kids ... We’re very pleased we were able involved and they know the teach- to come to this tentative agreement,” ers do all they can,” Cleveland said, she said. adding that he felt the politicians AP Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel were putting teachers “through this said the proposal ensures that for no reason.” the teachers are respected and The four-year proposal includes RENO, NEVADA: The founder of a “appropriately rewarded,” while cost-of-living increases of 2 percent Native American rights group that strengthening CPS finances and in the third year and 2.5 percent in was rallying in Reno, Nevada, when reassuring parents and taxpayers the fourth year. a pickup truck plowed through peo- that the two sides are able to work It doesn’t require current ple at Columbus Day protest, the together. There was no immediate teachers to pay more toward their police said. information about how much the pensions — a change CPS had been One woman remained hos- deal would cost or how the finan- seeking and the union rejected ear- pitalised yesterday with non-life cially struggling district would pay lier this year — but future CPS hires threatening injuries. Four others for it. would have to pick up that addi- suffered minor injuries in what one As part of the deal, the city has tional pension cost. witness described as a hate crime. agreed to divert about $88m from The tentative agreement also A Facebook Live video of the a $175m surplus of the city’s at- addresses class sizes for younger protest shows a pickup truck times controversial special taxing grades by assigning an assistant revving its engine in front of the Queen Maxima of the Netherlands (right) and Argentine Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra are seen districts — known as tax increment to any class with more than 32 crowd in Reno’s downtown. Sev- during a meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, yesterday. Queen Maxima is in her native Argentina to financing, or TIF, funds — to public students. eral protesters confronted the give a talk on inclusive development finance, a cause she champions as a UN special advocate. schools, Emanuel spokesman Adam CPS has nearly 400,000 driver and passenger before the Collins said yesterday. students. truck drives through the crowd. The driver stopped several blocks away and called police “to provide his account of the events,” Reno Police Sgt. James Pitsnogel Residents of devastated Haiti get angry over aid delays said yesterday. The driver and a passenger were interviewed and are cooperating, he said. AP money to take care of 10 children, the capital of Port-au-Prince and Mike Graham, founder of including those left behind by his stay with relatives until the situa- Oklahoma-based United Native brother, who died in the storm. tion slowly improved. American Association, said he “My brother left five kids, and The UN humanitarian agency planned to meet Reno police to LES CAYES, HAITI: People through- now I’ve got to take care of them,” in Geneva has made an emer- find out more about the incident. out Haiti’s devastated southwest he said. “Nobody has come to help.” gency appeal for nearly $120m in “We are truly upset that he is peninsula formed makeshift bri- The scene repeated itself across aid, saying about 750,000 people in not in custody. He left the scene of gades yesterday to clear debris and small seaside and mountain villages southwest Haiti alone will need “life- an accident,” he said. try to regain some semblance of their dotting the peninsula, where people saving assistance and protection” in “It was a hate crime,” Quanah pre-hurricane lives as they grew pointed out helicopters buzzing over- the next three months. Brightman, executive director of increasingly angry about delay in aid head but questioned why they haven’t In the western seaside village of San Francisco-based United for remote communities more than a received any help. Dame Marie, 300 patients with fes- Native Americans Inc., said. The week after the Category 4 storm hit. Israel Banissa, a carpenter who tering wounds lay silently on beds at protesters were speaking out A community group that formed lives near the tiny mountain town of the main hospital waiting for medi- against the Dakota Access Pipe- in the southern seaside community of Moron, said a Red Cross assessment cine a week after the storm hit. line in North Dakota when the Les Anglais began clearing tree limbs team stopped outside his village to Among the injured was Beauvoir truck approached, she said. from streets and placing them into ask people questions but did not leave Luckner, a cobbler and farmer who Graham was in Reno for the piles while others gathered scraps any supplies. walked 12km in three days after a protest but wasn’t present when of wood to start rebuilding homes “There’s no aid that’s come here,” tree fell on his house, crushing his the truck drove through. “Every- destroyed by Hurricane Matthew. he said as he sawed wood to help leg and killing his mother. The leg thing that I’ve gathered from the Carpenter James Nassau donned rebuild his home and dozens of oth- might have to be amputated, but all people who were there is that the a white construction helmet as he ers. “I don’t think they care about the doctors can do is clean his wounds People stand next to their destroyed house in Les Cayes, Haiti, following individual knew what was going rebuilt a neighbour’s wall with recy- people up here.” because the hospital has run out of on,” Graham said yesterday. cled wood, hoping to earn a little Some Haitians opted to travel to everything, including painkillers. the passage of Hurricane Matthew.

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Minister of Administrative Development and Labour and Social Affairs H E Dr Issa bin Saad Al Nuaimi (seventh left) and Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani (sixth left), Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mental Health Friends Association ‘Weyak’ with officials who were ouredhon at an event held yesterday to mark the World Mental Health Day at Sheraton Grand Doha Resort and Convention Hotel. Pic: Kammutty VP/The Peninsula

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The Peninsula (voice, image and video) safely and other vehicles of Lekhwiya and Traf- all by monitoring the event through its Keep track of the confidentially as well as it is well- fic department with 4G LTE network latest surveillance cameras and con- equipped to provide unlimited services of the Ministry of Interior to utilise for trol rooms. latest events that fit the needs and requirements security monitoring of the champion- He added that as part of the “Talaa” DOHA: As the State of Qatar hosts of the security authorities including ship and follow up the cycling routes. project the department has supplied Open Snapchat and the Road World Championships the tracking of security patrols, serv- Besides that a number of mobile sta- and installed surveillance cameras from October 9 to 16, the champion- ice calls, live broadcasting for patrols tions have been setup to avoid any with the latest technology specifi- scan the Snapcode to ship operations room is working in along with media exchange between interruption in the network. cations and connected to National follow The Peninsula. full swing by linking it to the security patrols and systems. First Lieutenant Engineer Rashid Command Centre, in collaboration patrols through 4G LTE network of the First Lieutenant Engineer Amir Fahad Al Ali, from Security Systems with Central Operations Department Ministry of Interior. Abdul Hadi Al Soufan Al Ahbabi stated Department at the Ministry of Interior and Traffic, to monitor major streets The network provides very high- that the Communications Department said that the department is working and observe crimes and violations. speed impenetrable data transfer has prepared a number of bikes and round the clock to ensure security of

QRCS holds training session on first aid at CCC Municipal inspections

The Peninsula properly to ensure quick arrival of medics; (2) helping cases of fainting, suffocation, wound, burn, fracture, and nosebleed; (3) prevention of DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent Society’s road accidents; (4) first aid for facial (QRCS) Medical Affair Sector held and jaw injuries; and (5) first-aid kit. a training session for children at The second part of the session Katara’s Childhood Cultural Center involved a practical demonstration (CCC) to mark the World First Aid of how to perform cardiopulmo- Day. nary resuscitation (CPR); emergency The day is being observed by the number dialing; and mutual first international community under the aid for suffocation, choking, and global theme of “First Aid for and by nosebleed. the Children”. The students were also trained The event was attended by in the content and use of first-aid kit. 50 students and 10 teachers of Al Instructional first aid printouts, Duhail and Al Rashad Primary first-aid kits, and gifts were handed Schools, as well as some employees over to the students. of the Childhood Cultural Center . The course’s team thanked In the first part of the session, CCC management for their A Doha Municipality inspector checking one of the shopping the children received a lecture on cooperation, which embodied part- centres in Al Najma area, where food items were stored in the basics of first aid to save lives and nership towards the common goal basement in unhealthy conditions. The inspectors also caught control complications. of developing children’s skills and selling food items unfit for human consumption at a restaurant in Children being educated about first aid at a session organised by Qatar Among the taught skills were (1) promoting a culture of safety and Al Saad. Legal actions will be taken against the violators. Red Crescent Society (QRCS) at Katara’s Childhood Cultural Center. how to dial the emergency number security. Cyber security summit emphasises strengthening of digital security

By Irfan Bukhari Undersecretary of the Cyber Secu- companies from across the world. by 50 percent year by year in the last said that Bitdefender was providing Qatar at Fortinet discussed “cyber The Peninsula rity Sector at Ministry of Transport Under the theme “Protect. Detect. three years. cyber attack protection to around 500 security and third platform technol- and Communications, in his opening Mitigate”, high-level cyber security Hussam Sheikh Ali, Regional Sales million users. A panel discussion was ogies” while Sameh Sabry, Associate talk at the two-day 9th Cyber Defense stakeholders reinforced the impor- Director at Scope, (the firm which has also held on the partnership between Vice President at Spire Solutions gave Summit. “The Cyber Defense summit tance of cyber security in Qatar, dealership rights of French cyber- Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and a presentation on “threat hunting – DOHA: The information technol- serves a critical purpose in bringing highlighting the need for capacity security company Stormshield) said Chief Information Security Officers leveraging intelligence and analytics ogy experts from both government together stakeholders with the nec- building, collaboration and knowl- that Stormshield had around 50 cli- (CISOs) and importance of making for proactive security”. and private sector yesterday empha- essary skills and industry insights to edge-sharing. As many as 14 leading ents in Qatar mainly from banking cyber security everybody’s business. On the second day, a large number sized the need of strengthening cyber truly tackle the many nuanced cyber information and cyber security com- and oil and gas sector. “GCC coun- Sami Al Shammari, IT Director at the of young IT and cyber security enthu- security systems primarily focusing security challenges facing Qatar panies showcased the latest in cyber tries are facing cyber threats and have Supreme Committee for Delivery and siasts from around Qatar participated on GCC countries. today,” Al Hashmi added. security solutions and technology in suffered attacks therefore these coun- Legacy; Shaik Abdulkhader, CISTO at in the summit. Over 100 post-graduate “It has become increasingly The summit was attended by lead- the summit as well. tries in particular need strengthening Vodafone Qatar and Edward Ganom, and graduate students from Hamad important for the public, private ing thought-leaders and over 100 chief Shaik Abdulkhader, Chief Tech- of their existing systems,” he added. Chief Information Security Officer bin Khalifa University, Qatar Uni- and academic sectors to collabo- information officers (CIOs), chief nology Security Officer (CISTO) at Ahmad TELLO, another mar- at Commercial Bank of Qatar were versity, College of North Atlantic and rate in dealing with cyber threats,” information security officers (CISOs) Vodafone Qatar, said that interna- keting officer from Bitdefender, a among the panelists. more witnessed a series of security said Khalid Al Hashmi, Assistant and heads of cyber security of various tional voice calls revenue had dropped Romanian cyber security company, Majid Wani, Country Manager talks and live hacking demonstrations.