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Prime Minister meets Japan Foreign Minister Emir sends Japan keen to message to PM of Lebanon help solve crisis mir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Esent yesterday a written The Peninsula only to ensure energy security message to Prime Minister of through imports from Qatar but the Lebanese Republic, Saad apan is keen to find a quick also politically,” said Toshihide Al Hariri, pertaining to bilat- solution to the ongoing Gulf Ando, Deputy Press Secretary of eral ties and the means to Jcrisis and has expressed its Japan’s Foreign Ministry while enhance them. The message willingness to do everything that addressing a press conference on was handed over by Qatar’s can encourage the parties to sit Taro Kono’s visit to Doha. Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali down for dialogue and resolve “The Gulf crisis has occupied bin Hamad Al Marri, during a the crisis, said Toshihide Ando, an important part in the talks reception with the Lebanese Deputy Press Secretary of Japan’s held by the Foreign Minister with Prime Minister yesterday. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. the Qatari side,” Ando said, → Picture on page 2 “Taro Kono, Japan’s Minister stressing that Qatar is an impor- of Foreign Affairs has hailed the tant country in the region not Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani results of his visit to Doha as the only for its reserves of natural Emir condoles head of a delegation visiting gas, on which Japan also depends with Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Taro Kono, in Doha yesterday. They reviewed regional Arab countries and he but also as a country for regional bilateral relations and ways of enhancing them in all fields, in addition to a number of with Mexico has stressed that Qatar is an and global stability. issues of mutual concern, mainly the situation in the region and the Gulf crisis. important country for Japan not → Continued on page 2 President mir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent Ea cable of condolences QNHRC to siege countries: Respect rights of students to President of Mexico Enrique Pena Nieto on the victims of the earthquake which hit off The Peninsula their education in United Arab Emirates (130 the south-western coast of students), Saudi Arabia (55 students) and Mexico, wishing speedy recov- s the siege countries have Bahrain (28 students), as well 706 students ery of the injured. Deputy Emir dragged universities and other were forced by their countries to discon- H H Sheikh Abdullah bin educational institutions into tinue their education in Qatar University. Hamad Al Thani and Prime political matters violating basic The Committee received complaints Minister and Interior Minister human right of education, Qatar from students affected by decisions of the H E Sheikh Abdullah bin NationalA Human Rights Committee countries imposing siege on Qatar, as these Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani (QNHRC) has once again asked the block- countries banned universities and educa- also sent similar cables. ade countries to respect international laws tion institutions to deal with deported Qatari → See also page 14 guaranteeing rights of students. students who even could not get back the “Education is one of the basic human money they paid to these universities. rights and these rights are granted by laws Universities in UAE, Saudi Arabia and Saudi economy to all people regardless of any kind of polit- Bahrain refused to provide these students ical, economical, social or cultural with admission certificates or proofs refus- in doldrums differences or disputes,” said the QNHRC, ing to respond to their enquires and those adding that this right is “protected by the graduated ones could not receive their grad- ome 2.5 million expatri- international laws and conventions ratified uation certificates, said the Committee. ates are expected to by all UN members” including the countries Some of the students were in their last Sleave Saudi Arabia violating these rights. semester and some of them had paid con- because of the expat tax When the blockade countries cut ties siderable amounts in private universities imposed by the authority. with Qatar on June 5 and imposed air, land specially those who were in universities Saudi Arabia’s property mar- and sea blockade on Qatar, they also asked based in the UAE. ket has been hit hard by the Qatari citizens in their countries and their Violations to the rights to education kingdom’s stalled economy citizens in Qatar to leave within 14 days, have been documented by the committee and austerity drive, all including students, patients, businessmen, which complained to the concerned UN designed to help the govern- mixed family members and owners of organisations including the Unesco, UN ment cope with low oil prices. livestock. Human Rights Commissioner and other Rents in some part of the “A total of 919 students at different lev- human rights organisations in Europe and country could fall by more els of education were forced to discontinue America. than 50 percent over the next their studies because of the crisis and meas- QNHRC repeatedly urged the blockade year as millions of expatriates ures taken by the siege countries,” said countries to leave political disputes aside prepare to leave the Gulf state QNHRC in a report issued on the eve of the and respect the rights to education and let as the government takes aim new academic year. these students continue their education at them to shore up cash, The report reveals that as many as 213 removing all restrictions have been Financial Times reported. Qatari students were forced to discontinue imposed. → Full report on page 3 295,400 students to resume classes today Qatar-Oman trade The Peninsula beginning of the academic year, 80% of the senior and middle volume increases said Assistant Undersecretary for positions in public schools at the s many as 295,400 stu- Educational Affairs Fawzia level of academic and adminis- dents in all government Abdulaziz Al Khater (pictured). trative deputies and The Peninsula Aand private schools will The Ministry will reopen the coordinators. resume their classes today at chance for admission on Sep- The Ministry has attracted ransactions between Oman and Qatar increased by 1,000 national level. tember 28, for students who the graduates of different pro- percent in a single month, and 2,000 percent over three About 113,400 students will have not registered before the grammes including “Teach for Tmonths, according to Oman’s Chamber of Commerce and attend government schools at all previous deadline. Qatar ”, “Tumoh” program and Industry. The Chamber members announced a trading spike of levels while 182,000 students In a press statement about graduates of the Faculty of Edu- more than OMR270m between Oman and Qatar, reported Times will rejoin classes in 265 private the preparations for the new cation at Qatar University, in of Oman. schools and kindergartens academic year 2017-2018, Al addition to unspecialised teach- “From April to July 2017, the total amount of transactions with across the country, including Khater said that all measures to ers trained by the Ministry of Qatar which were ratified by Oman Chamber of Commerce and 8,873 students who have regis- change the entire Independent is responsible of settling all Administrative Development, Industry has equated to more than a quarter of a billion Omani tered to join government schools Schools into government schools financial and administrative Labour and Social Affairs said rial,” said a Chamber of Commerce spokesman after they released this academic year. have been taken in accordance matters of these schools and the Assistant Undersecretary. the data online. The Ministry of Education with the provisions of the law meet their needs. Some 201 teachers were Qatar is one of the chief foreign investors in Oman business and Higher Education is all set No 9/2017 on government The Ministry has revealed recruited from Oman, Jordan, and infrastructure, having pledged OMR318m at the end of the to receive students after finish- schools. that it has filled all academic and Tunisia and Sudan, she added. third quarter of 2016, according to the National Centre for Statis- ing all preparations to meet all According to the law, the administrative vacancies and tics and Information. requirements to assure effective Ministry of Education has managed to Qatarise nearly → Continued on page 3 → Continued on page 4 02 HOME SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2017

Foreign Minister meets Japanese counterpart Emir greets Campaign to President of ensure student Tajikistan QNA

mir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent food safety Eyesterday a cable of congratulations to President of the Republic of Tajikistan Sidi Mohammed Inspections begin Emomali Rahmon on the The Peninsula anniversary of his country’s Inspectors have Independence Day. l Rayyan Municipal- started visiting Deputy Emir H H Sheikh ity has begun an outlets in malls, Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani inspection cam- hypermarkets and sent a cable of congratulations paign focusing on retail outlets which to the Prime Minister of the food items con- sell food for schools. Republic of Tajikistan on the sumedA mostly by students such occasion. as juices, fruits, chocolates, Prime Minister and Inte- The campaign sandwiches and other items. rior Minister H E Sheikh An official at Al Rayyan will continue for Abdullah bin Nasser bin Kha- Municipality told The Peninsula one week to ensure lifa Al Thani also sent that the campaign started a the safety of yesterday greetings to the couple of days ago. The inspec- students. Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani with Japan’s Minister Prime Minister of the Repub- tors have started visiting outlets for Foreign Affairs Taro Kono. The Foreign Minister discussed with the Japanese minister lic of Tajikistan Kokhir in malls, hypermarkets and the latest developments in the region and the illegal measures taken by the siege countries Rasulzoda on the anniversary retail outlets which sell food because doing that will attract against the State of Qatar. of his country’s Independence items for schools. “It doesn’t a fine of QR15,000, because it Day. mean that we are ignoring other violates specifications and food items but we are focusing standards,” he added. more on edible items related to The source also said that the students because its demand Municipality didn’t receive any will shoot up now because of complaint during Eid holidays the reopening of schools.” from people about food which Japan keen to help solve Gulf crisis He also said that the cam- meant that food outlets were paign will continue for one following Municipality rules. Continued from page 1 week to ensure the safety of “During this period, inspec- relations, the Gulf crisis, the sporting events. the blockade and regarding students. tion campaigns continued and Ando said: “We support the North Korean crisis, and issues On North Korea crisis, he food security for Qatar, Ando About the inspection at can- we didn’t register any major Kuwaiti mediation and the of common concern. “Japan said that Pyongyang’s nuclear said that the talks did not teens, he said that the violation. But, there were some American efforts. We are closely views Qatar as one of the most tests pose an imminent threat to address issues of food security, Municipality was not responsi- warnings registered related to watching the situation. The For- friendly countries. Japan is also the international community, expressing Japan’s willingness ble for because a special hygiene. The warnings related eign Minister has expressed an important country for Qatar adding that Japan hopes for a to diversify relations with committee from the Ministry of to cases where some restaurant Japan’s readiness to help and and both countries are looking new resolution and a strong UN Qatar in all areas. Education and Higher Educa- workers leave food items out- support mediation efforts and forward to strengthening their Security Council at the earliest Ando said that the first tion has been entrusted with the side refrigerators for a long resolve the crisis through relations in the future,” he opportunity to stop North round of Arab-Japanese dia- task. time,” he added. dialogue.” added. Korea’s nuclear tests. logue is important to “We advise outlets to avoid He also added that during Ando said that Taro Kono He said that during talks, Asked whether Japan and strengthen the relations of the violations of rules related to Eid holidays, inspections had held talks with Prime Min- both sides discussed coopera- Qatar were in the process of two sides in all economic and food safety. We have advised focused on commercial mar- ister and Interior Minister H E tion in sports, with Japan concluding new agreements, political fields, adding that the them not to buy large quanti- kets as they witnessed more Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin hosting the 2020 Olympic Ando said the visit was an Foreign Minister, who took ties of food items. Cafeterias are demand. “Also, inspections Khalifa Al Thani, and met with Games and Qatar hosting the opportunity for consultation and office in August, is keen to advised to use only specified were conducted on abattoirs in Foreign Minister H E Sheikh FIFA World Cup in 2022, add- no new agreement had been strengthen relations with Arab material for packing. These the municipality and veterinary Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman ing that Japan supports Qatar’s signed. countries and considers it one materials should meet the spec- doctors were working from Al Thani. hosting of the World Cup and On the readiness of Japan of the five pillars of Japanese ifications and not use 6am to 5pm to meet people’s Ando said the Qatari-Japa- the two countries are keen to to help Qatar open alternative foreign policy towards the Mid- newspapers for packing food demands,” he added. nese talks touched bilateral promote both international markets to counter effects of dle East.

Qatar envoy meets Hariri Over 180,000 registered blood donors in Qatar: Dr Zeyd

Fazeena Saleem day of the dona- The Peninsula tion, cannot have any chronic dis- ore than 180,000 peo- eases of the heart, ple have been registered lungs or circula- Mas donors at the Blood tory system, need Donor Center of the Hamad to be at least 18 Medical Corporation, said Dr years old, and Zeyd Merenkov, Senior Consult- weigh at least 50 ant and Division Head, kilograms, have a Transfusion Medicine, HMC. hemoglobin level This includes 15 percent Qatari of at least 12.5 donors and donors from over grams/deciliter, 100 countries and regions. blood pressure Qatar is 100 percent blood systolic between sufficient and uses only volun- 100 and 180, Dr Zeyd Merenkov teers to provide the entire diastolic 60 to 100 Pic: Salim Matramkot / The Peninsula Qatar’s Ambassador to Lebanon Ali bin Hamad Al Marri with the Prime Minister of the country’s needs. Donors are torr and regular the final blood components are Lebanese Republic Saad Al Hariri in Beirut yesterday. handled both at the central HMC pulse between 60 and 100, and labelled using International campus, Blood Donor Center, an oral temperature less than or Society of Blood Transfusion and at various off-site cam- equal to 37.5C. He/she should designated labels and released paigns throughout Qatar. also have eaten/drunk some- to the hospitals. “Blood donation helps save thing during the previous four Qatar was the first in the many lives here in Qatar every hours prior to donation. region to combine automated Ooredoo launches new LTE Mobile Router year and there is always demand The donor must inform the blood component processing for blood and blood products. medical staff if the donor is tak- with pathogen inactivation. The Peninsula (the largest We are so proud that blood is ing any medication. Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) is added number ever for donated in Qatar by individuals During a blood donation to plasma and platelets and then oredoo yesterday an Ooredoo voluntarily. This blood donation approximately 450 ml of whole the component is exposed to announced a new LTE Mobile Broad- gives patients with life-threat- blood of 450 ml is collected or ultraviolet light. Bacteria, OMobile Router – the band device). ening diseases who are in need platelets, plasma, and/or red viruses, and protozoa (e.g. Nighthawk MR 1100 Mobile To ensure of a blood transfusion a chance cells are collected on a donor malaria) are inactivated by this Router – which is available at that Internet to live longer and improve the apheresis machine (Trima Accel) treatment. Futhermore, Qatar Ooredoo Shops and on the protection is quality of their lives,” said Dr “We also collect specimens collects its platelet in additive eShop. always available, Merenkov. to determine the donor’s blood solution to improve the quality The new Netgear and even when using Qatar meets the regulatory type and test for exposure to of the final product. Ooredoo device has been the device on- requirements of the Council of infectious agents such as Hep- During the process the ini- designed to be the best Mobile the-go, Ooredoo Europe and the International atitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV 1/2, tial screening, blood extraction Broadband device ever, and has also enabled American Association of Blood HTLV 1/2, Syphilis, and Malaria,” and then observation of the has a host of features that have parental controls Banks. said Dr Merenkov. donor for anybody reactions due been previously requested by to guard access to inappropri- seconds, and a 15GB Blu-Ray “During blood donation, Whole blood is then sepa- to the blood donation will take customers. ate online content for Movie in two minutes. experts check if it’s safe for the rated by automated processing around 45 minutes for whole On top of the ability to children. Ooredoo’s new device will donor and the recipient. At least system (Terumo BCT Reveos) blood and up to 90 minutes if deliver incredible download The device also supports work with the company’s SIM 50 to 60 questions are asked into packed red cells, buffy- giving plasma or platelets using speeds of up to 1 Gbps, and Ooredoo’s advanced CAT 16 net- only Endless Internet Packs, including about the medical his- coat platelets, and plasma. an apheresis machine. upload speeds up to 150Mbps, work, which will empower which come in denominations tory, medications, and travel Concurrently, specimens for People interested to become the Nighthawk MR 1100 Mobile customers to download an MP3 of 6 GB, 10 GB, 14 GB, 20 GB, history,” said Dr Merenkov. the donor are tested for the a blood donor can call on Router can connect up to 20 file of 3MB in less than a second, 30 GB, 45 GB and Unlimited The donor needs to be in infectious markers. if all pro- 44391081to check the Wi-Fi enabled devices at a time a 950MB HD TV episode in eight data. good health and feel well on the duction criteria are met, then eligibility. SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2017 HOME 03 Preserving ecological system in Gulf need of hour: Minister

Lisbon salinity. He noted that the rate of low salinity water back into the QNA change of the Gulf’s water was sea. twice a year, and it is surrounded The Minister said that the he State of Qatar partici- by eight countries. State of Qatar supported the final pated in the 2017 Oceans He added that there was a communique of the conference Tconference, which was desperate need for securing the and stressed on the importance held in the Portuguese capital on quality and quantity of food from of limiting diseases linked to the September 7-8. the sea, and preserving the eco- marine environment. He also Qatar’s delegation was logical system which would help stressed on the importance of headed by Minister of Munici- bring down the level of salinity staying alert to new public health pality and Urban Planning H E in the Gulf. threats, adding that climate Mohammed bin Abdullah Al He noted that the State of change is the biggest challenge Rumaihi. Qatar treats 100 percent of its of our age. The goal of the conference third degree sewage treatment. On the sidelines of the con- was to shed light on the impor- Qatar has also adopted 20 per- ference, the Minister met with tant role seas and oceans play in cent of beaches as natural Portugal’s Minister of Agricul- the lives of people. The Minister reserves. The environmental law ture, Forestry and Rural of Municipality said in his speech prevents the discharge of treated Development Luis Capoulas San- that the Gulf was facing a water into the sea. Instead, it is tos. They discussed bilateral Minister of Municipality and Environment H E Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi with number of challenges including used to irrigate parks and in cooperation in the field of agri- Portugal’s Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development, Luis Capoulas Santos, in pollution and increasing industry. The country only allows culture and food security. Lisbon. Ashghal completes construction of 13 new schools

The Peninsula 73 schools he Public Works The Authority said it Authority (Ashghal) has constructed 73 yesterday announced schools and 37 the completion of con- kindergartens inside struction of 13 new and outside Doha Tschools and two kindergartens since 2013. for the academic year 2017/2018. The Authority noted that it The nurseries have has constructed 73 schools and 12 classrooms to 37 kindergartens inside and out- side Doha since 2013. accommodate “As many as 12 schools and 240 children, with two nurseries have been handed all facilities. over to the Ministry of Education and Higher Education for the The entrance of a newly constructed school building and (RIGHT) an assembly hall. school year 2017/2018 while one Umm Al Saneem; Al Kharsaah is in the process of being deliv- School For Girls, Al Barg; Al ered,” Ashghal said. Kharsaah School For Boys, Al Swiss School Kindergarten, Al facilities including science, lan- shaded parking spaces, green GSAS supports the achieve- The total value of the new Barg; Al Kaaban School for Girls, Rayyan. guage and IT laboratories, as well areas and service buildings. ment of Qatar National Vision educational buildings was Al Kaaban; Sawda Bint Zamaa The new educational facili- as sports and arts halls, multi- Being awarded the 3-star 2030 to promote sustainability QR878,000,000, and each school Prep School for Girls, Al Wakra; ties have been handed over on purpose halls, gyms, libraries and Global Sustainability Assessment standards in the urban environ- comprises 25 classrooms to Al Hidaya Special Needs School, schedule fulfilling all the classrooms in addition to out- System (GSAS) certification in ment in the country. accommodate 650 students while Al Thumama; Muaither Prep required specifications prior to door spaces with shaded parking design and construction by the The design of schools and each kindergarten includes 12 School for Girls, Muaither; the new academic year, in light spaces, playgrounds and service Gulf Organization for Research kindergartens is in line with the classrooms to cater to 240 pupils. Fatima Bint Al Walid Prep School of Ashghal’s keen contribution buildings. and Development, Ashghal com- Qatari code for people with spe- The list of schools is as fol- for Girls, Al Mearad; Al Taawun to this vital sector and as a top Likewise, the nurseries have plies with the green building cial needs, providing ramps at lows: Science and Technology Primary School for Girls, Al priority set by the country in the 12 classrooms to accommodate specifications in a way that entrances and exits with special Secondary School for Boys, Umm Mearad; Al Huda Primary School National Vision 2030. 240 children, shaded playing and would help reduce energy at a specifications for bathrooms and Al Saneem; Juwairiya Bin Al for Girls, Al Mearad; Rawda bint The construction of the edu- activity areas, music, language rate of 25 percent, achieve lower other areas. It also complies with Harith Pimary School for Girls, Jassim Secondary School for cational facilities follows the and computer rooms, in addition water consumption, improve safety requirements adopted by Umm Al Saneem; Ahmad bin Girls, Al Mearad; Al Buraq Kin- standard design model for to a library, classrooms and indoor environment, and reflect Global Fire and Security Systems Mohamed Al Thani for Boys, dergarten, Rawdat Rashid and schools, comprising various external spaces, comprising local architecture and heritage. and Qatari Civil Defence.

Qatar takes part in OIC science summit Saudi economy in doldrums

The Peninsula The government has also attempted to tackle a housing ome 2.5 million expatri- Saudi Arabia’s shortage for Saudis with the ates are expected to leave property market has construction of new homes and SSaudi Arabia because of been hit hard by the soft loans which could also the expat tax imposed by the impact on property prices. authority. kingdom’s stalled Yet, despite Riyadh meeting As Saudi Arabia introduced economy and its target on defence spending the so-called expat tax, mean- austerity drive, all in the first half of 2017, it could ing foreign workers must pay designed to help the be seriously short of providing $26 per dependent living in the the capital needed to fund the kingdom with the tax set to rise government cope with expensive home buiding rapidly in the coming years, 2.5 the low oil prices. programme. million of the country’s 10 mil- Rents in some parts There are already signs lion expatriates are expected to of the country could that the crown prince’s ambi- leave by the end of next year as tious economic vision for the foreigners’ tax-free lifestyle fall by more than 50 country could be flawed as the comes to an end, reported percent over the UK financial daily revealed the The State of Qatar participated in the ministerial meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Financial Times. next year as millions crucial National Transforma- Cooperation (OIC) First Science and Technology Summit, which was held in the Kazakh Saudi Arabia’s property of expatriates prepare tion Plan targets are being market has been hit hard by the revised. capital, Astana, yesterday. Qatar’s Ambassador to Kazakhstan Ahmed bin Ali Al Tamimi to leave the country. headed Qatar’s delegation to the ministerial meeting. kingdom’s stalled economy and Over-ambitious deadlines austerity drive, all designed to for meeting targets are being help the government cope with extended or dropped due to a low oil prices. expats are affecting the outflow failure to rescue the economy Rents in some parts of the of foreigners, which means pop- and reduce its reliance on oil. Students to resume classes today country could fall by more than ulation will decline, affecting ”There is a recognition that 50 percent over the next year as demand,” Mazen al-Sudairi, too many of these targets were Continued from page 1 the directives of Emir H H fully furnished. Teachers and millions of expatriates prepare head of research at al-Rajhi too aggressive and maybe hav- As part of the preparation for Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al administrators have been to leave the Gulf state as the Capital told the daily. ing too much impact on the the academic year, the Ministry Thani, when he addressed citi- trained in teaching methodolo- government takes aim at them The country’s diversifica- economy,” a government insider has transferred 147 teachers and zens and residents in a speech gies based on projects learning to shore up cash, Financial tion and austerity drive was told the daily. 32 school principals to other in which he stressed the impor- and guides were prepared , and Times reported. initiated by Saudi Arabia’s ”Flexibility is great, but schools whereas 264 teachers tance of self-reliance, diligence, the subject of life skills will be The impact of the country’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin changing the goalposts isn’t a were appointed to schools for creativity, independent think- introduced in schools. expatriate tax, austerity drive Salman, and was intended to healthy habit,” another official field educational enrichment, ing, constructive initiatives and Regarding integration of stu- and sluggish economy is strengthen government coffers said. while eight administrative depu- interest in scientific achieve- dents with disabilities, Al Khater already being felt with sales of following the 2014 oil price Saudi Arabia appears no ties were promoted to principals, ment in all disciplines. outlined that 50 schools will property falling three percent crash. closer to winning the war said the statement. Fawzia Abdulaziz Al Khater accommodate students and Al in the capital Riyadh, while Among the measures were against Houthi rebels in Yemen, The Ministry said Qatarisa- pointed out that seven schools Noor Institute for Blinds has come new office rental deals in Jed- levies on expatriates to help cut which has proven to be an tion is part of its plan to build were opened at different edu- under the Ministry of Education dah fell by 9 percent in the the government deficit and excessively expensive exercise national capacities in the field cation levels and different parts and the name has been changed second quarter. encourage Saudi companies to in power and so far showed no of education, to coincide with of Doha and have been into Al Noor School for Blinds. ”The new regulations on recruit nationals. results. 04 HOME SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2017 Qatar pavilion wins first place at Expo Astana-17

QNA issued by the ministry, The State Vision 2030 and the most impor- of Qatar participated in the “Expo tant challenges facing this sector. he Ministry of Economy Astana” exhibition with a distinc- The pavilion’s facade is con- and Commerce tive pavilion, which design has structed in an innovative announced yesterday combined modernity, technol- manner, making it a tourist des- that the pavilion of the ogy and authentic Qatari heritage tination and an attractive State of Qatar at the and culture. The pavilion exhib- business and investment envi- TExpo Astana 2017 in Kazakhstan its a range of projects and ronment, the press release said. won the first place and the gold successful experiences in the The pavilion of the State of trophy between more than 100 fields of future energy and alter- Qatar consists a number of key pavilions of countries participat- native energy as well as energy sections. The “Vibrant Qatar” ing in the World Expo. diversification strategy in section offers a visual presenta- Visitors at the Expo Astana 2017 in Kazakhstan. According to a statement accordance with Qatar National tion for visitors to familiarize them with the history of the State of Qatar over the years, while the become an outdated behaviour. between 10 June and 10 Septem- taking part in the exhibition. Mil- According to a statement issued by the Ministry, “Future Technology” section pro- In the section on “Human Energy ber 2017, is an opportunity to lions of people from all over the The State of Qatar participated in the “Expo vides an insight into the State of “, visitors are informed on the promote in a number of differ- world visited the Expo Astana Astana” exhibition with a distinctive pavilion, Qatar’s approach to promoting importance of supporting human ent aspects in the field of energy, 2017. the use of green technology to capabilities in the field of renewable and alternative The statement considered with a design that has combined modernity, reduce carbon emissions. The advanced research in energy energy, environment, economy winning the exhibition’s award technology and authentic Qatari heritage and “Sustainable Energy” shows the sources and the need to work on and other vital and important to be an extension of the State of culture. future smart use of energy and their development. areas, Over 100 countries and 18 Qatar’s achievements in its par- how wasteful use of energy has Expo Astana 2017, Being held international organizations are ticipation in international forums. Qatar relief team in Bangladesh to help Rohingya

Sanaullah Ataullah the website of QRSC. The team malnutrition. Funds are required People in Qatar expressed The Peninsula met with Qatari Ambassador to to keep running the community their anger in different platforms. Bangladesh to get update about kitchens that are serving hot Many Qatari citizens wrote col- mid growing concerns the political situation of the issue, foods to refugees. Refugees espe- umn in local Arabic newspapers among citizens and expa- said the report. The team also cially children need vaccinations underlining the plights of dis- Atriates over the fate of met with the representatives of against infectious diseases and placed Rohingya minority inside Rohingya minority in Myanmar, the Bangladesh Red Crescent health care facilities should be their country and those shelter- a relief team from Qatar reached Society, International Federation upgraded, said the report. ing in neighbouring states. The Bangladesh to provide urgent of Red Cross and Red Crescent More than 4,000 litres of columnists called the intentional humanitarian support. Societies, United Nations High drinking water is being provided community and humanitarian People in Qatar are register- Commissioner for Refugees to in the pocket of QRCS operation organizations to come forward ing their protests from different discuss the latest development said the report. Temporary toi- to rescue the persecuted platforms against Myanmar gov- about the situation of Rohingya lets were also set up for refugees. Rohingya Muslims. ernment demanding from refugees. Two mobile clinics are provid- The ill-fated people of International Community to Highlighting the urgent ing emergency health services Rohingya minority are suffering come forward to put an end to needs for rescuing the refugees, to newly arrived refugees. from severe humanitarian cri- Rohingya Muslims at a camp in Myanmar. military operation against flee- the report said that additional Waterproof plastic covers were ses and international community ing citizens immediately. spaces are required to accom- distributed to 1,328 newly is watching hand folded, said a A relief team from Qatar Red modate growing number of arrived families in Kutupalong Qatari citizen in his column pub- Another columnist urged the people of Rohingya Muslims. Crescent Society (QRCS) reached refugees. Emergency shelters Refugee Camp in Ukhia, Bang- lished in a local Arabic daily. Organization of Islamic Confer- Statements of condemnation Dhaka on September 5, to pro- and basic food items are also ladesh, inhabited mostly by They are not taking adequate ence and other international have been issued from some vide urgent humanitarian aid to needed. Supplementary foods Rohingya Muslims that have fled action to protect the innocent organisations to take bold step Islamic originations from here Rohingya refugees fighting for and health care services should from religious persecution in people –children, women and against Myanmar government to and there but it is not enough to survival, said a report posted on be provided for fighting the neighbouring Myanmar. old citizens, he added. curb the killing of innocent tackle such serious problem. Book on Qatar life tops Qatar-Oman trade volume rises Continued from Page 1 amenities.” The Chamber of their opera tions from other Commerce also shed light on ports to Omani ports.” Amazon best-seller list In the last month, there has transactions which took place The main reason for this rise been an increase of 1,200 per- during the individual months, has been due to Qatar funnel- The Peninsula In the meantime, cent in the volume of trade adding, “The most substantial ling its trade through the Omani the book offers expats between Oman and Qatar, benefit comes from the export ports of Sohar and Salalah, as new book about Qatar has a humorous, refresh- which amounted to OMR215m. of Oman-produced goods, compared to its previous hub of topped the Amazon best ingly honest take on life In addition, between April and because that is where you get Jebel Ali. Commercial transac- Aseller List. ‘God Willing: in the country. It’s a fast July, Oman had seen a 2,000 per more value added, but also the tions between Oman and Qatar How to Survive Expat Life in paced journey through cent increase in the value of re-export is a boost to the Omani spiked from 206 in June to 1,448 Qatar’ isn’t your typical travel Qatar’s various social transactions with its fellow Gulf Logistic industry which is also, in July amounting to a 600% book. Written by Australian scenes, work culture, state. The UK continues to a potential benefit to the spe- increase. expat Mikolai Napieralski, it global ambitions, and remain the biggest foreign cific sector.” Joe Rajadurai, country man- takes readers behind the scenes traditional heritage. investor in Oman, having com- Most of Oman’s exports to ager of Qatar Airways – Oman, to showcase the real Qatar. Along the way readers mitted funds worth OMR2.8bn, Qatar are sourced from Salalah said: “This is one of the reasons Filled with short stories, will learn how to rent while the UAE (OMR925m), Port, the only Gulf port to move we are expanding in Oman,” local anecdotes, and genuinely an apartment, buy a Kuwait (OMR396m), Bahrain up the rankings in this year’s adding that this clearly pointed useful advice, it’s essential read- car, endure the sum- (OMR302.6m), India Lloyd’s Maritime Intelligence to stronger business ties ing for anyone relocating to the mer heat and maybe, if (OMR289.9m), the Netherlands List, as it rose 14 places to rank between the two nations and country. But as Mikolai points they’re lucky, end up in (OMR230.6m), the US 44th among the world’s top 100 with Oman looking to expand out, it’s much more than that. helicopter with Naomi (OMR215.6m) and Switzerland ports. This windfall which came and diversify its source of eco- “The book captures a unique Campbell and Damien (OMR178.2m) are also major Oman’s way was praised by nomic output through the moment in time for Qatar. It’s Hirst as it whisks them investors in the Sultanate. Fabio Scacciavillani, chief strat- Tanfeedh directives, increased about the convergence of east to an art launch in the This growing exchange of egy officer at Oman Investment trade with Qatar could not have and west, and the unique sto- desert. goods and services between Fund. come at a better time. ries that emerge when a country Travel blog Citizens Oman and Qatar has been hailed “Clearly this is a spike that “If the recorded increase of opens its doors to the wider of the World gave the by experts within the reflects exceptional circum- trade with Qatar reflects an world. From the hotels and book a five star rating Sultanate. stances, it is not a typical increase in the export of Omani shopping malls to the art exhi- saying, “Qatar is an intriguing absolute mind!” “Given the 2,000 percent short-term increase, but goods to Qatar in substitution of bitions and education country and you can tell Mikolai God Willing: How to Survive increase of trade in last three whether or not this spike has those produced in Saudi, Egypt infrastructure, I hope that in 50 definitely experienced the Expat Life in Qatar is available months, Oman’s economy any historical precedent, it is or UAE the benefit is broad- years from now, anyone read- gamut of expat life here (the in both Kindle and paperback would be benefited with free clear that the effects might be based because a host of Omani ing this will have an accurate good, the bad, the over the top). edition from Amazon - https:// trade of goods and services cou- long lasting,” he explained. “This companies will increase their picture of expat life in Qatar.” Some of the stories blew my goo.gl/XJ9Aew pled with higher trade unexpected boost for our logis- output and profits, while if it is exchange,” said Ramanuj tic sector will provide a chance just re-export of goods produced Venkatesh, Assistant Accounts to compete more effectively elsewhere the benefit to the Manager at Larsen & Toubro. with other ports in the area. Omani economy accrues mainly “Another matter of impor- “It is a welcome boost, a to the logistic sector,” revealed tance is the shipping hub, which substantial benefit, with pro- Scacciavillani. “A food company Qatar would like to relocate to found consequences on the that sells to Qatar has a direct Oman from Dubai,” he added. attractiveness of Omani trans- benefit, its suppliers have an “For example, a Qatar-based port and logistics infrastructure,” indirect benefit and the stores shipping and logistics company added Scacciavillani. “If the that sell to its employees also has relocated its regional trans- international operators find that enjoy a so-called multiplier shipment hub from Dubai to our port provides world class effect,” he added. “Ceramics, Oman’s Sohar port. This brings services, that they offer an cement, building materials, in valuable inflow of foreign attractive price-quality ratio, laundry detergents, eggs and exchange which can be utilised that the facility is top of the line, poultry are all products likely to for improving the quality of this could be an element that be positively affected by the Oman’s infrastructure and civic convinces them to shift some of ‘Qatar effect’,” he added. SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2017 MIDDLE EAST / AFRICA 05 US-backed forces & army advance in Deir Al Zor

Beirut /Al Shadadi Syrian government of bombing Reuters The Syrian Democratic its positions, showing the risk of Forces, a US-backed escalation between warring sides S-backed militias in a crowded battlefield. and the Syrian army alliance of mostly Arab The SDF operation in Deir Al advanced in sepa- and Kurdish fighters, Zor province aims to capture rate offensives launched attacks areas in its northern and eastern against Islamic State against IS in the north countryside and advance Uin eastern Syria yesterday, pil- towards the Euphrates, accord- ing pressure on shrinking of Deir Al Zor province ing to the Deir Al Zor Military territory the group still holds in in an operation to Council, which is fighting as part oil-rich areas near the Iraqi capture areas east of of the SDF. “The first step is to border. the Euphrates River. free the eastern bank of the Syrian government forces Euphrates and the areas Islamic fought their way to an air base State still holds,” Ahmed Abu on the outskirts of Deir Al Zor east of the Euphrates river. Kholeh, head of the military Local residents gather to receive humanitarian aid parcels provided by the Syrian Red Crescent city that had been besieged for The advances against Islamic council, said after the announce- in the northeastern city of Deir Al Zor yesterday. years by the IS group, said a State, another blow to its control ment. “We’re not specifying a commander in the military over territory it held for years as timeframe but we hope it will be The Syrian Observatory for side of the Euphrates, where the airport by IS attacks a few alliance. part of a self-declared caliphate, a quick operation,” he said at the Human Rights monitoring group troops had been holed up since months before. Syrian troops The Syrian Democratic will likely bring US-backed town of Al Shadadi in Hasaka reported that SDF forces had 2014, surrounded by Islamic also recaptured the Teym oilfield Forces (SDF), a US-backed alli- forces and the Syrian govern- province. advanced against IS in Deir Al State, the commander in the pro- southwest of Deir Al Zor and ance of mostly Arab and Kurdish ment side, backed by Russia and Abu Kholeh would not say Zor’s northwestern countryside, Assad alliance said. seized part of a main highway fighters, meanwhile launched Iran, into closer proximity. whether there were plans to seizing several hilltops and a vil- The advance came days after running downstream to the city attacks against Islamic State in A US warplane shot down a advance on Deir Al Zor city itself. lage. Syrian government forces the army and its allies broke the of Al Mayadeen, to which many the north of Deir Al Zor province Syrian army jet near Raqqa in “We don’t know how the battles and their allies reached Deir Al siege of the main part of the city, IS militants have retreated, the in an operation to capture areas June and the SDF accused the will go after this,” he said. Zor military airport on the other which had been separated from British-based Observatory said. Iraq steps up strikes on IS-held Hawija 7 dead in Boko Buhari urges calm after 19 dead Haram attack Baghdad independence September 25. retake Iraq’s second largest city in central Plateau state violence AP Despite ongoing military of Mosul, Iraq’s military coordi- on camp for operations to clear out the last nated attacks with the Kurdish ABUJA: Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari appealed he Iraqi air force and the pockets of territory held by IS, Peshmerga forces. After a gru- the displaced for calm and an end to communal violence yesterday after US-led coalition have the looming referendum has elling nine-month fight Mosul police said armed herdsmen killed 19 people in the central Tstepped up a campaign of increased tensions between the was declared liberated in July. Kano state of Plateau. Local police said Fulani herdsmen attacked airstrikes on the Islamic State central government and the It is unclear if Iraqi security AFP Ancha village, in the Bassa local government area of Plateau group-held town of Hawija yes- Kurdish region. forces and the Peshmerga will state, in the early hours of Friday. They said it was thought to terday ahead of a planned “There are large operations continue to cooperate once the t least seven people be a reprisal attack after a boy from the herding community ground assault there, according underway ahead of the libera- referendum is held. were killed when Boko was killed. Police provided details of the attack, in which five to Iraq’s minister of defence. tion of Hawija and surrounding Last month, the Iraqi mili- AHaram militants people were injured. Also yesterday, the secre- areas,” Iraqi Defence Minister tary command overseeing the attacked a camp for people Fighting between semi-nomadic cattle herders and more tary -general of the Arab Erfan Al Hayali said, explaining IS fight declared victory in Tal displaced by the conflict in settled communities over land use claims hundreds of lives league visited Baghdad to that his forces were working Afar, west of Mosul and northeast Nigeria, militia a year in Nigeria’s central and northern states. “I urge all our encourage political dialogue closely with Iraqi Kurdish forces announced Hawija, 240km members and locals said communities in the state and the other parts of the country with Irbil as Iraq’s Kurdish known as the Peshmerga as well north of Baghdad, would be the yesterday. to embrace peace and bring to a stop these painful and unnec- region pushes forward with as the coalition. next battle against the The attack on Friday essary killings,” said Buhari, in an emailed statement. plans to hold a referendum on During the operation to extremists. evening in Ngala, near the He said communities and security agencies in Plateau had border with Cameroon, came taken steps to “pull the state back from the brink of anarchy as two people were killed in and senseless killings”, adding that it would be “a painful loss an explosion outside another to allow these unsavoury acts to return”. Red Cross staff camp in Borno state capital, Cultural festival in Iraq Maiduguri. Togo must introduce two-term dead in South In Ngala, a civilian militia Sudan ambush member, Umar Kachalla, said limit swiftly to prevent crisis: UN militants in two pick-up trucks fired a rocket-pro- DAKAR: Togo must go the way of other West African nations JUBA: The International Com- pelled grenade at the camp, and swiftly limit presidential terms to two if it wants to prevent mittee of the Red Cross (ICRC) which houses some 80,000 protests escalating into a political crisis, the United Nations said yesterday one of its driv- people. envoy to the region said yesterday. Thousands of people have ers was shot dead when a “They fired an RPG into taken to the streets in the past three days to demand that convoy of their vehicles was the camp from behind the fire President Faure Gnassingbe step aside, in the most serious ambushed in South Sudan’s fence, killing seven people challenge to his family’s 50-year ruling dynasty since the Western Equatoria State. and injuring several others,” death of his father in 2005. Police have responded with tear The ICRC said Lukudu he said, saying they let off a gas, although avoiding the bloodshed that has tarnished pre- Kennedy Laki Emmanuel was bout of sustained gunfire as vious demonstrations, and internet and phone calls have killed when the convoy of nine they drove away into the been restricted. trucks and a four-wheel-drive night. There were no further reports of protests yesterday, and vehicle was shot at by uniden- Ngala resident Abubakar they seemed to have died down, but the opposition said they tified gunmen while returning Yusuf, who corroborated would continue until Gnassingbe steps aside. “It has become from Western Equatoria on Kachalla’s account, said: unavoidable for Togo to join the rest of West Africa in having Friday. The Western Equato- “The casualties were rela- term limitations,” UN Special Representative for West Africa ria region borders Central Iraqis attend a cultural festival at Abu Nawas Street, along tively minimal because most and the Sahel Mohamed Ibn Chambas said in an interview. African Republic and the Dem- the Tigris River in the capital Baghdad, yesterday. people had retired for the ocratic Republic of Congo. night.” 06 INDIA SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2017

CBI books Jayanthi Anger after school boy’s murder in Gurugram Natarajan for graft; raids premises Action sought Gurugram inquire the case. Human office of the Commissioner of suspended and a security audit IANS Resource Development Minister Police on Sohna Road and will be done of all schools in New Delhi Local residents, Prakash Javadekar termed the demanded the arrest of the “real Gurugram. Khairwar said they IANS including parents of day after the conduc- murder an “unfortunate inci- culprit”. The district authorities will conduct a thorough investi- children studying in tor of school bus was dent” and hoped that justice will held a press conference in the gation and file a detailed he CBI yesterday said it the school, arrested for the bru- be served. Local residents, afternoon which was addressed chargesheet within seven days. has registered an FIR assembled outside tal murder of a including parents of children by Deputy Commissioner Vinay “We are on the job fully and Tagainst former Union the school yesterday seven-year old stu- studying in the school, assem- Pratap Singh and Gurugram will complete documentation of Environment Minister Jayan- dent,A the principal of Ryan bled outside the school yesterday Police Commissioner Sandeep scientific, forensic and technical thi Natarajan for allegedly morning and held protests, demanding International School was sus- morning and held protests, Khairwar. evidences.” He said the school granting speedy clearances pended and the district demanding strict action against Singh said a committee has management has ordered sus- during her tenure for divert- strict action against administration ordered a probe the school management. been set up to prepare a com- pension of the school’s acting ing forest land for mining in the school by a panel that will give its report Pradhuman, a Class 2 stu- prehensive report about the principal. “The administration violation of laws. management. by tomorrow. dent, was found dead on Friday security lapses in the school. has nabbed the suspect. I have The Central Bureau of The administration The administration also by a school staffer in the wash- “The report will be submitted by directed the authorities to com- Investigation (CBI) also con- ordered a security audit of all room with his throat slit. Monday. Further course of action plete investigations within seven ducted multiple raids on also ordered a schools in Gurugram while Police late on Friday arrested would be taken on the basis of days. I would also request the Natarajan’s properties in security audit of all police said they will file a Ashok Kumar, a conductor of the report.” court to punish the perpetrator Delhi and other cities and her schools in Gurugram detailed chargesheet in the case one of the school’s buses. The He said the committee would as earliest as possible,” he said. premises in Chennai. while police said that has evoked nationwide victim’s mother has called for the also probe whether any prior Khattar ruled out a probe by the The FIR against Natara- they will file a concern. immediate arrest of the princi- incident had occurred in the Central Bureau of Investigation. jan, who held office during detailed chargesheet Haryana Chief Minister pal. Yesterday, an angry mob school campus, located some “There is no question of CBI the UPA-II government, was in the case that has Manohar Lal Khattar warned of broke the lock of the school’s 13km from Gurugram city on probe in this matter as Haryana registered on Thursday. evoked nationwide stern action against the school main gate. The protesters, Sohna Road. Singh said the serv- Police have successfully nabbed Besides Natarajan, those concern. authorities for any lapses. The including Pradhuman’s parents, ices of a private security agency the perpetrator and he has named in the FIR are Umang CBSE has also formed a panel to also demonstrated outside the hired by the school had been accepted him crime.” Kejriwal, the then Managing Director of Electrosteel Cast- ing Ltd, apart from other unidentified persons. Air Force chief warns Train derails of more terror attacks near New Delhi

Bengaluru he said. Ruling out any large- New Delhi IANS scale terror attack on civil IANS structure as in the 26/11 Mum- ndian Air Force chief BS bai attack, Dhanoa said the he engine of Kashi Vish- Dhanoa yesterday hinted at military would be targeted. wanath Express Imore Pathankot-type terror “The possibility of a large- Tderailed here at the attacks on military bases in the scale terror attack on civil New Delhi Railway Station country. infrastructure like it happened while it was on its way to the “The military will continue in Mumbai on 26/11, or on Par- yard, officials said to get targeted, like it happened liament (on December 13, yesterday. at Pathankot. They (terrorists) 2001), is slightly remote, as it No injuries have, how- will try and surprise us by will invite worldwide condem- ever, been reported. attacking in a totally new loca- nation,” he said. On the strategic According to officials, one tion,” he delivering the annual environment, Dhanoa said on wheel of the diesel engine of lecture in the memory of late the northern border, there was Women naval officers participating at a press conference promoting their upcoming effort the empty coaching rake has IAF chief, Air Chief Marshal LM a difference in the Indian and to sail around the world in New Delhi yesterday. derailed during shunting. Katre here. Chinese perception of the Line The incident comes as yet A heavily-armed terror of Actual Control (LAC), which another addition to the spate group from across the border is sometimes at “so much var- of train derailments in the attacked IAF’s Pathankot base iation that it results in a All-woman naval crew on a mission country, including the goods on January 2, 2016, and seven standoff, which hopefully gets train derailment near security personnel were killed resolved”. New Delhi country. In recent years, the conquering a feat that has been Khandala in Maharashtra on before the 10 terrorists were Referring to the recent AFP Indian navy has sought to open achieved by a chosen few,” September 7. killed in a operation lasting for standoff at Doklam, Dhanoa its doors to women to take on Lieutenant Commander Prati- three days. “Post Pathankot ter- clarified that there was no air- team of six naval officers more challenging roles, with the bha Jamwal said. rorist attacks last year, the IAF space violation from either side are starting a historic and latest project winning the back- “It’s not been an easy jour- Panel to oversee has carried out a series of as fighters on both sides main- A gruelling around-the- ing of Prime Minister Narendra ney in terms of preparation but measures to enhance its ability tain at least 10km distance from world mission today—the first Modi who urged the crew to as they say ‘the more you sweat technical glitches to protect,” said Air Chief Mar- the LAC. circumnavigation of the globe “project India’s capabilities and in peace, the less you bleed in shal Dhanoa. “In case the relationship by an Indian all-female crew. strengths across the world”. war’,” she added. Retired naval in GST portal Reiterating that the IAF had (between the countries) dete- Lieutenant Commander The navy commissioned a officer Captain Dilip Dhonde, strengthened the defence of its riorates, a buildup of Vartika Joshi, who is leading the 17-metre (56-foot) yacht who undertook India’s first solo Hyderabad bases, he said intense training infrastructure is the first step voyage which will begin in the “Tarini” in February for the mis- around-the-world expedition IANS had been carried out to coun- that anybody would take before western state of Goa, said, the sion, with the crew kicking off in 2009-10, mentored the crew. ter ‘fidayeen’ attacks. “As a they envisage any offensive project was “revolutionary” in preparations for the voyage in The team sailed twice to n view of the Goods and service, we are prepared for a operation in this sector,” he bringing women to the helm 2014. Mauritius and once to Cape Services Tax (GST) filing conflict at a very short notice,” added. and would inspire others in the “For me it’s a matter of Town in preparation. Iportal encountering increasing technical glitches, the Council has decided to set up a five-member ministerial panel to oversee its function- Rajnath reviews situation in Kashmir Kazakh govt orders ing and smoothen the process, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said yesterday. Srinagar The return filing date IANS 60 workers to leave deadline of GSTR-1 for July, that was to end on Sunday, nion Home Minister New Delhi staff have been subjected to has also been extended by a Rajnath Singh yesterday IANS disciplinary measures includ- month till October 10. The Ubegan a four-day visit to ing repatriation. We continue Council also decided to Jammu and Kashmir and he Indian embassy in to closely monitor the situa- reduce tax rates on approxi- reviewed the security situation Kazakhstan said it is tion,” the Indian Embassy said. mately 30 goods and during a meeting with Chief Tclosely monitoring the According to Eurasianet.org, a increased the cess on high- Minister Mehbooba Mufti even situation after a mass brawl massive brawl broke out in end cars. as militants attacked a police broke out at a construction site Astana late on September 2, party in Anantnag, killing one in capital Astana and the gov- provoking a diplomatic scan- IndiGo flight and injuring two others. ernment ordered the expulsion dal. It all reportedly began The arrival of the Home of 60 Indian workers from the when Indian labourers hired makes emergency Minister, who tweeted that he country. to build the high-rise Abu was visiting the state with an “Following media reports Dhabi Plaza went on a drink- landing in Raipur open mind and was ready to about an incident at the Abu ing spree, seizing the meet with everyone who could Kashmiri seperatists Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (left) and Yasin Dhabi Plaza construction site opportunity of a day off work Raipur help in the solution of the prob- Malik speak during a press conference outside Jamia Masjid on the evening of September on the Islamic holiday of Eid IANS lems in Kashmir, also came as in downtown Srinagar, yesterday. 2, we have been informed that Al Adha. senior separatist leaders were this happened when one of the Police representative n IndiGo flight from placed under house arrest and As Singh was in the midst of were over, Singh met 24 dele- workers had trouble swiping Almas Sadubayev said that the Raipur to Hyderabad JKLF chief Yasin Malik was holding official talks and meet- gations, including local the access card to enter the first clash occurred when a Amade an emergency arrested ahead of their proposed ing various delegations, boatmen, hoteliers, artisans and construction site, which led to group of the Indians, who live landing at the Swami protest at the NIA headquarters militants in an audacious strike youth among others. an altercation. in housing units on the build- Vivekananda Airport here in Delhi. in Anantnag district attacked a Earlier in the day, Singh held “Unfortunately, this inci- ing site, attempted to leave the yesterday morning due to a In the morning, terrorists police patrol on a routine check a meeting with Chief Minister dent, a company territory but were prevented bird hit. All 170 passengers fired at security forces conduct- in the town, killing one police- Mehbooba Mufti immediately administrative matter, esca- from doing so by a security onboard were unhurt. As soon ing search operations in a village man and injuring two others. after he arrived here with a team lated into a brawl between the guard concerned at their ine- as the Indigo flight 6E827 in Baramulla district. In the Singh is to visit Anantnag on of union Home Ministry officials, workers and security staff. briated state. The labourers took off from the airport ensuing gunfight, one militant Sunday and address policemen including Home Secretary Rajiv Since the incident, the work- ganged up on the guard in 9.10am, a bird collided with was killed. Pakistani forces also and CRPF troopers in Khanabal Gauba. “Overall security situa- ers and security staff have force and physically assaulted the plane’s engine. There was resorted to unprovoked, indis- area of the same district. A gun- tion was reviewed at the Union returned to normal duties. him. Local colleagues came to a loud bang, and the aircraft criminate firing on the LoC in fight also began in a village of Home Minister’s meeting with “We have been advised by the defence of the guard, giv- began to wobble. The pilot Poonch district, injuring a civil- Shopian district in the evening. the Chief Minister,” official the concerned parties that ing rise to the brawl, alerted the ATC (Air Traffic ian and a BSF trooper. After his official meetings sources said here. about 60 workers and security eurasianet.org said. Control) immediately. SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2017 ASIA 07 US calls vote on new North Korea sanctions

United Nations Un. The US draft also identified AP Several diplomats nine ships that have carried out activities prohibited by previ- he United States called said the US demand ous UN resolutions and would for a vote yesterday for a speedy council authorise any UN member state on a UN resolution vote was aimed at to stop these vessels on the high that would impose the putting maximum seas without their consent and toughest-ever sanc- use “all necessary measures” — Ttions on North Korea, a move pressure on China which in UN language includes that could lead to a showdown and reflected force — to carry out an inspec- with the country’s biggest trad- Washington’s tion and direct the vessel to a ing partner China and its escalating concern port. Professor Joseph DeTho- neighbour Russia. mas of Pennsylvania State The Trump administration over North Korea’s University, a former US ambas- adopted a totally new approach latest nuclear test. sador and State Department with this resolution, circulating official who dealt with North an American draft Tuesday and Korea, said the US demand for setting a vote six days later. With “robust” new sanctions, said quick council action is “an indi- previous sanctions resolutions, Thursday that the US proposals cator of how the administration North Korean youth during a dance party in Pyongyang to celebrate the 69th anniversary of the US spent weeks and some- to ban all oil imports and textile thinks time has run out.” times months negotiating the exports and prohibit North “My sense is they believe North Korea’s National Day. text with China and then pre- Koreans from working overseas that they don’t have time for a senting a resolution to the rest — which helps fund and fuel the delicate diplomatic dance,” he of the Security Council for a country’s nuclear and missile told The Associated Press in a Pyongyang urges nuclear vote. programmes — are “a propor- telephone interview Friday. Several diplomats said the tionate response” to its “illegal “The other possibility ... is they US demand for a speedy coun- and reckless behaviour.” want to see the colour of Chi- cil vote was aimed at putting Rycroft stressed that “max- na’s money. They’re putting build-up on anniversary maximum pressure on China imum possible pressure” must down the marker here and say- and reflected Washington’s be exerted on North Korea to ing ‘OK, Are you prepared to do escalating concern over North change course and give diplo- what is necessary to put pres- Seoul In July, it tested two inter- bombs and weapons, and whose Korea’s latest nuclear test, macy a chance to end the sure on North Korea at a AFP continental ballistic missiles territory has all turned into for- which its leaders touted as a crisis. moment when we’re simply out (ICBMs) that appeared to bring tresses, and all its people armed hydrogen bomb, and its recent The proposed US sanctions of time?’” orth Korea’s state media much of the mainland US into to the teeth, will remain an eter- ballistic missile launch over would also freeze all foreign The diplomats, speaking on marked the nation’s range. nal iron-clad citadel,” it said. Japan. Britain’s UN Ambassador financial assets of the govern- condition of anonymity because Nfounding anniversary yes- “The defence sector, in step In another commentary, Matthew Rycroft, who backs ment and its leader, Kim Jong discussions on the resolution terday with calls for a nuclear with the party’s Byungjin policy Rodong Sinmun said the US have been private, said all 15 arms buildup, in defiance of (of developing the economy and would continue receiving “gift Security Council members dis- mounting international nuclear weapons at the same packages in different shapes and cussed the draft on Friday, and sanctions. time) must make cutting-edge sizes” as long as it sticks to what both China and Russia appeared South Korea’s military said Juche weapons in greater quan- it said was a hostile policy against willing to negotiate. it was keeping close tabs on the tities,” the Rodong Sinmun said the North. Russia has said sanctions North amid speculation it could in an editorial, referring to the Kim himself has called the aren’t working and President stage a missile launch or national philosophy of “Juche” or ICBM tests “gift packages” that the Vladimir Putin expressed con- another nuclear test to mark the self-reliance. North was delivering to the “US cern that a total oil cutoff could 1948 establishment of the Dem- The mouthpiece of the bastards”. hurt the North Korean people. ocratic People’s Republic of North’s ruling party called for A South Korean defence min- Beijing and Moscow have called Korea. more “miracle-like events” such istry spokesman said there were for a resolution that focuses on North Korea conducted its as the two ICBM tests to deter the no signs of the North preparing a a political solution and have fifth nuclear test on September 9 United States which it said was missile launch or a nuclear test proposed a freeze-for-freeze last year, and then carried out a bent on “decapitating” the yesterday. that would halt North Korean sixth a week ago, saying it was a nation’s leader Kim Jong-Un. “The military is maintaining nuclear and missile tests in hydrogen bomb that could be fit- “No matter how the US and its utmost defence posture, keep- exchange for the US and South ted onto a missile — prompting its puppets kick up a ruckus, our ing a close watch over the North. North Korean soldiers walk on the bank of the Yalu River in Korea halting their joint military global condemnation and calls for republic, which has a strong mil- But there is nothing out of the Sinuiju, North Korea, yesterday. exercises. further sanctions. itary and the most powerful Juche ordinary,” he told AFP.

Pregnant woman’s Multi-tiered air defence Pro-govt cleric shot dead in suicide roils China Afghanistan Beijing omy,” it said. Kabul AFP “We need to have more Anatolia empathetic understanding and a Rongrong’s labour care for them. We cannot only pro-government pains were unbearable. think about policies and Islamic cleric was MFor hours she had interests.” Agunned down near the begged for a C-section to ease The hospital and Ma’s fam- Afghan capital Kabul, officials her agony. After multiple ily have traded blame for confirmed yesterday. Maw- requests were refused, she refusing her request for a Cae- lawi Gul Mohammad jumped five floors from a hos- sarean, presumably provoking Hanifyar was the head of the pital window in northern China her to kill herself rather than provincial ulema (council of to her death. continue suffering through an religious scholars) in the Ma’s family and her doctors excruciating labour. Kapisa province, north of have blamed each other for The hospital has said it rec- Kabul. denying her the surgery that ommended Ma undergo the According to Qais Qaderi, could have eased her procedure, but that she and her spokesman for the provincial suffering. husband insisted on natural governor, Hanifyar was shot The tragedy has attracted birth in the belief it was better dead by unknown assailants Japan’s Self-Defence Forces F-15 fighter jets (top and bottom) conduct an air exercise intense attention in China, with for the child. riding a motorcycle in the many wondering how Ma could As evidence, the hospital with US Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers flying from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in the Hesa Awal Kohistan district be denied such a common posted Ma’s surgery log on its skies above the East China Sea, Japan, yesterday. area early yesterday. He said procedure. official social media account, the head of Ulema Council There is no clear answer, showing the family had denied succumbed to wounds while but the incident has sparked a her requests. one of his guards died on the national discussion on every- Ma had signed an authori- spot. No group has yet thing from the high cost of sation granting her husband the claimed responsibility for the health care and patients’ rights right to make medical decisions Taiwanese activist trial set to begin attack. to the dangers of traditional on her behalf, it said, adding the Prior to this apparent tar- Chinese family values. hospital therefore “had no right geted assassination, four The conversation reached to change the delivery method Taipei sitting beside her held up signs used by authorities to muzzle senior religious scholars have fever pitch this week after without (his) consent”. AP calling on China to release the dissent and imprison critics. been gunned down in leaked security footage show- But Ma’s husband, Yan activist. China’s wide-ranging crack- Afghanistan this year so far. ing Ma on her knees in front of Zhuangzhuang, told the Beijing he wife of a Taiwanese “At this moment, I want to down on civil society has Mawlawi Abdul Ghafoor, dep- her family in a hospital corri- Youth Daily that he had agreed activist China accused of ask my fellow countrymen for featured a string of televised uty head of Logar province’s dor went viral. to his wife’s surgery: it was the Tsubversion said her hus- their understanding if they see “confessions” — believed to Ulema Council, located In response to the uproar, doctor who said it was band may be pressured into Lee Ming-che do or say anything have been made under coercion southeast of Kabul was killed the official People’s Daily said unnecessary. pleading guilty when his trial unbearable in court outside of — by human rights activists on May 22. Abdul Ghafoor in an editorial that no matter Under Chinese law, the opens tomorrow, but she his free will,” Lee said. accused of plots to overthrow Perzo, a strong critic of who is ultimately to blame, the decision should have been remains hopeful that he can “This is just the Chinese gov- the political system. extremism, was shot dead in incident should serve as a made by the person herself, return home safely. ernment being adept at the Calls to the court and the front of his home in Kanda- national wake-up call. according to Feng Lihua, an Lee Ching-yu told reporters performance” of having some- activist’s lawyer went unan- har city on May 7. “It is necessary to pay expert on medical disputes at at a briefing yesterday she plans one confess, she added. swered yesterday. Two days later, a pro- more attention to pregnant Beijing’s Zhongdun Law Firm. to travel this weekend to attend Lee Ming-che is accused of Lee Ching-yu said she hoped government cleric and six women’s feelings, and pay “It cannot be authorised by Lee Ming-che’s trial in the cen- subversion of state power, a her husband would be children studying at his sem- greater respect to their auton- other people,” he said. tral city of Yueyang. Supporters vaguely defined charge often released. inary were killed. 08 VIEWS SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2017

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CHAIRMAN SHEIKH THANI BIN ABDULLAH AL THANI

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DR. KHALID BIN MUBARAK AL-SHAFI [email protected]

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EDITORIAL Pushing for peace

hen nobody wants to talk about the Middle East peace process, or when those who want to talk about it find it not worth the effort, or when those who seriously W want to talk about it are those who can’t In the eye of the storm: Will the make a difference, a powerful voice has come from the European Union in favour of the revival of the now defunct peace process. Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Coveney, who met Israeli GCC survive the Qatar crisis? and Palestinian leaders less than a month after taking up his post in June, has spoken fervently about the need to restart the peace process and is leading efforts to involve the European Union in a its shortcomings and failures. One fresh bid at peace to increase its influence and Dr Khalid Al-Jaber has been the inability of the also strengthen the movement for peace. & Giorgio Cafiero members to effectively implement Coveney is fully aware of the challenges of his The Peninsula some of their objectives they agreed mission, but he knows that there is no alternative upon. For example, the issue of a to the peace process, and he puts forward a two- central banking unit, and the failure state solution. He also has a dire warning: Israelis of creating a functioning common The current Gulf crisis is and Palestinians will face more unrest over the market. The working common next year in the absence of a peace process. “If urrently, the million-dollar question in market is riddled with exceptions. the most eminent threat you look at cycles of violence in Gaza, for the Arabian Gulf’s political and media Additionally, although the GCC to the GCC since its example, without intervention and new initiatives circles is whether or not the 39th Summit leaders envisioned a pan-GCC inception. No member has of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) railroad project completed by 2017, in my view, we are heading there again. My suffered an economic and concern is that it will be a much more difficult states will be held this December as the project remains pending until Cscheduled, and whether all of the Council members’ today. political blockade as Qatar political challenge in a year’s time or in two years’ time,” he said. Coveney has spoken the leaders will meet at the same table. Other critics fault the GCC is experiencing today, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and countries for their inability to truth. If other leaders are not talking the same, especially from fellow GCC Bahrain’s unprecedented action against Qatar on establish a common anti-ballistic it’s not because they June 5 created an increasingly complicated missile system. Such a system has states. are not convinced but geopolitical environment in the Arabian Gulf with been ardently championed by because they don’t major implications for the greater Middle East. members of the US Department of want to wade into a Ireland’s Foreign Although the reasons behind the diplomatic row in Defence and private firms in dispute which is the the Arabian Gulf are not entirely clear, the three- America’s aerospace and defense threats but the continuation of severed Minister wants EU most complicated in month-old crisis raises critical questions about the sectors. On the surface, the merits of relations between the Saudi/UAE-led to be part of any the region. GCC’s future and its effectiveness. The institution’s such a system have seemed to be bloc and Qatar will also further Middle East peace As the Irish foreign durability is under question as members continue beyond question. In so much as they negatively impact the GCC states’ minister says, the to have conflicting interests and long-lasting would once strengthen GCC economies. push. European Union needs grievances that have increased over the past three deterrents against a neighbor’s Ultimately, the actions taken by the to play a bigger role in months. expansionism, and enhance all six GCC members against Qatar dim the the peace process, a The GCC was formed in 1981 as a deterrence members’ defense capacities. It is no prospects for the Arabian Gulf states role which it is capable block that coincidentally was established months question that the institution has ever establishing a strong unified of playing to the before war broke out involving critical neighboring disappointed many, including its regional institution. Despite nearly satisfaction of all sides. The EU is also in a countries, Iraq and Iran. During the inception of own citizens, and fallen short of more than three-and-a-half decades position to play the role of an impartial broker the GCC in 1981 there was much skepticism in several of its most pronounced of seeking to unite the GCC’s citizens compared to the US which is seen as too biased regard to its future success. Many ridiculed it and ambitions. under a common Gulf identity, the towards Israel (especially the Donald Trump predicted that it would fail because it was exclusive The current Gulf crisis is the most restrictions on the rights of Qataris, administration, which is keen to restart the peace to the six members of the Council and declined eminent threat to the GCC since its Saudis, Emiratis, and Bahrainis to process). The entry of the EU can inject the much- other regional players from joining. Critics believed inception. No member has suffered an travel and conduct business needed impartiality into the peace talks and can that it is unlikely that the GCC could be a economic and political blockade as throughout the region is unraveling help push the process forward. The bloc derives productive regional institution as the European Qatar is experiencing today, especially those initial efforts by creating its leverage from the fact that it’s one of the Union, which they sought to emulate. from fellow GCC states. Although the unprecedented tensions between their biggest trade partners of Israel and also one of One of the GCC countries’ highest global same GCC members taking action societies. The latest sign of how far the the biggest aid donors of Palestinians. strategic ambition was to forge deep and multi- against Qatar today were the ones that GCC states are from being a regional At the same time, the European Union is faceted relationship with the United States. In this targeted Doha back in 2014, three block that fueled speculation about a perceived by some in Israel as pro-Palestinian, regard, the GCC was successful as Washington years ago. Given the intensity of the “regime-change” campaign being but that’s because of the EU’s long-held remains a close ally and defence partner of all six crisis, it requires a political solution plotted against Qatar by its three other opposition to Israeli settlement construction members. Another achievement of the GCC has that minimises the six GCC members’ GCC counterparts. which is against all international laws. The peace been preventing Iran’s 1979 revolution from losses. In order to resolve and contain The Council’s prospects for process would have been buried long ago and spreading across the Arabian Peninsula. this row within the GCC without remaining a relevant and cohesive Israel would have grabbed all of Palestinian land Once Ayatollah Khomeini’s regime called for allowing the crisis to further institution are facing challenges that if the EU too had adopted the same stance as the the toppling of monarchies in the Muslim world internationalise, the Emir of Kuwait is the six Arabian Gulf sheikdoms have and sponsored subversive Shia groups in Saudi determined to offer mediation never faced since the GCC’s birth in US on Israeli settlement construction. Arabia’s oil-rich Eastern Province, Bahrain, and between its fellow GCC members. Yet 1981. Unquestionably, it is not too elsewhere in the Middle East, the GCC rulers felt not only would failure to settle the row late for the GCC to resolve the Qatar threatened. They were concerned about Iran’s leave the six GCC countries crisis and weather this diplomatic Islamic revolution gaining traction in their own increasingly vulnerable to foreign row. However, the longer that this countries, particularly within Shia communities. rift remains unsettled and the more it Yet nearly 40 years after Ayatollah Khomeini’s intensifies, the GCC’s long-term QUOTE OF THE DAY revolution triumphed in Iran, Tehran has failed to future appears increasingly dim. The export its revolution to the GCC. leaders of the Arabian Gulf countries The GCC states’ agreement that an attack on taking action against Doha must one member would be considered an attack on all assess their strategies and consider We have identified more has proven effective. Indeed, it has made it that further moves against Qatar people in different areas demonstrably easier for the capitals of the five come with high risk of creating that we were not aware veto-welding members of the National Security The leaders of the Arabian permanent wounds within the GCC of. The numbers are so Council—the United States, The United Kingdom, Gulf countries taking action that cannot heal later. The GCC’s alarming — it really means France, Russia, and China—to rapidly reach a against Doha must assess upcoming summit, the 39th one – that we have to step up decision to come to their assistance. This is whether held on time or postponed exemplified in the 1990-91 conference when the their strategies and consider – will reveal much about the our response and that the great powers aligned themselves in order to that further moves against Council’s crisis and the new chapter situation in Myanmar has to restore the political independence and territorial Qatar come with high risk of that the institution will begin. be addressed urgently. integrity of a GCC member, Kuwait, from the Iraqi creating permanent wounds invasion. Dr Khalid Al-Jaber is Director, Gulf within the GCC that cannot Vivian Tan That said, even prior to the ongoing Qatar crisis International Forum and Giorgio Cafi- UNHCR Spokeswoman it has been widely cited by critics that the GCC has heal later. ero is CEO, Founder, Gulf State Analytics. SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2017 OPINION 09 Nuclear stalemate of our century • Risk of cyber-attacks and populism they implicitly declared that they would not recog- The secret restrictions on peaceful Sitki Egeli As a matter of fact, nuclear weapons may not nize this initiative and demand, already supported nuclear technology, however, Anatolia always be used knowingly and willingly. It is not a and approved by 122 countries. What we can deduce remain in effect. Failing to give the remote possibility that nuclear weapons are acciden- from this is that the countries that own nuclear necessary response and take real tally or unintentionally activated through outside weapons as well as those who have secured them- precautions in the face of, say, interventions and cyber-attacks, which we have selves a place under the “protective umbrella” of India and Israel’s developing t has been 72 years since the atomic bombard- been gifted with thanks to rapidly advancing infor- nuclear powers favor the continuation of the current nuclear weapons despite not being ment of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which mation technology. Equally worrisome is the glut of situation with nuclear weapons, in which these NPT signatories had already under- resulted in the death and injury of hundreds of populist political leaders influencing world politics weapons remain an essential, legal, and institutional mined the main pillar of the treaty. thousands. The discovery in Japan of the terri- today. They are mostly ineffective and bereft of the element of international relations. And in favoring As a result, as the institutional bly destructive power of nuclear weapons notion of empathy. It has always been assumed that this present state, they are ready to face up to all the structure that has formed around Iapparently did not prove enough of a deterrent to whenever it came to nuclear weapons, countries that risks and dangers posed by nuclear weapons. the NPT for half a century is crack- convince humanity of the need to get rid of these possessed them would display moderation and act • ‘70s legal framework ing, a strong bottom current is dangerous weapons. On the contrary, the extraordi- maturely and with the acknowledgement of how tre- The current institutional and legal framework for originating in favor of a complete nary destructive power of nuclear weapons must mendously different nuclear weapons are from nuclear weapons is regulated mainly by the Nuclear ban on nuclear weapons. But it is have increased in attractiveness in the sight of many conventional ones. However, the irresponsible and Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), signed in 1970. In not difficult to predict that the nine countries and their administrators so much that the dangerous rhetoric employed in the recent battle of sum, the NPT divided countries into two groups: countries with nuclear arsenals will Soviet Union, Britain, France, and the People’s words with North Korea by the leader of the oldest those eligible to possess nuclear weapons, and those not easily relinquish their privi- Republic of China followed in the footsteps of the and supposedly mature nuclear power of the world, who were not. The five states that had the right to leged positions. United States in developing nuclear weapons. Over the US, has cast a shadow on this assumption. Among have nuclear weapons and enjoyed the privileges • A threat that is not remote the following decades, Israel, India, Pakistan, and the nuclear countries using irresponsible rhetoric, were those that had already acquired nuclear weap- In a nutshell, the world faces a North Korea joined the caravan of countries that one should mention Russia — alongside the US and ons at the time when the treaty was being very dangerous state of nuclear possessed atomic bombs. North Korea — which sees no harm in threatening its deliberated. These five countries were also the very non-settlement and may not have • Fewer nuclear warheads neighbors with using its nuclear weapons. five that eventually became the five permanent much time to resolve this nuclear Nuclear weapons are perhaps the most fatal The fact that the proliferation of nuclear weapons members of the UN Security Council with veto dilemma of humanity. Trump, dur- threat that could end all human life on this planet. cannot be prevented in any way, the cyber-security power. By putting the NPT into effect, what the inter- ing his election campaign, We know for a fact that our civilisation narrowly risks involved, and populist and/or authoritarian national community actually did was to accept the remarked that the countries such escaped a total nuclear destruction at least once, and leaders now ruling many countries have now nuclear status quo in the world as it was as of the late as Germany, Japan, and South that was during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. It is become factors that force us to reconsider the role of 1960s, with all its problems and injustices, and freeze Korea which benefited from Amer- true that compared to the 1980s, when the number of nuclear weapons with regard to world security today it. And this was all done in the name of preventing a ica’s nuclear deterrence shield did nuclear warheads in the world exceeded 60,000, as well as the serious risks and dangers they pose in bigger number of countries from laying their hands a lot more harm in terms of causing this number has declined to around 10,000 today the meantime. In other words, we are faced with a on nuclear weapons. And in return for that, it made nuclear weapons to spread even thanks to the major reductions made in their arse- paradigmatic transformation, in which all of the certain promises to the states which relinquished more and gain legitimacy, let alone nals by the US and Russia after the Cold War. arguments employed so far to legitimise nuclear their right to acquire nuclear weapons. Among the helping to eliminate them. However, even the presence of 10,000 nuclear weapons and portray them as necessary have capitu- things promised was, for example, that nuclear weapons, the vast majority of which are kept ready lated one by one. For example, the argument weapons would be reduced in number and be even- for use at any given moment, makes it impossible to propagated by nuclear powers that nuclear weapons tually done away with completely, that nuclear The writer received his education at take a deep breath and relax. Let alone relax, in make conflicts too dangerous and risky and thereby weapons would never be used against the countries Bogazici University (Istanbul), the Uni- recent years, we have witnessed developments that actually better serve peace and international stability who relinquished their right to nuclear weapons, and versity of Chicago, and Bilkent have brought the danger and possibility of a nuclear is losing its persuasive power and coherence to a also that there would be no obstacles to accessing University (Ankara). He is the author of war back in the limelight across the globe. As we saw great extent under the new circumstances and using nuclear technology for commercial and many articles and books published as recently as the first days of September, North developing. scientific ends. both in Turkey and abroad about Korea in particular has been making a special effort • New treaty adopted by 122 UN members • Nuclear states undermine deal’s legitimacy weapons of mass destruction, ballistic to keep nuclear weapons on the agenda of the world Quite unsurprisingly, we see that the interna- Unfortunately, in the almost half-century that has missiles, missile defense, air power, by testing its nuclear weapons on almost a monthly tional perception about nuclear weapons is rapidly since passed, there have been many examples of and regional and military security. basis as well as its ballistic missiles that would carry changing and that this change is bringing with itself a negligence regarding these assurances and commit- the warheads to their designated targets. number of processes and initiatives. For instance, a ments, and even cases in which the complete new international treaty adopted in July at the United opposite of whatever was envisaged by the NPT was Nations by 122 members completely bans and out- done. States with nuclear weapons themselves have laws the development, testing, deployment, and use in a way cast a shadow over the legitimacy and legal- The world faces a very of nuclear weapons. The treaty will be presented to ity of the NPT and their own nuclear weapons by dangerous state of nuclear the member states for their approval in September failing to properly comply with the requirements of a D-RING ROAD non-settlement and may and enter info force once signed by 50 states, and it deal that provided their own nuclear arsenals with POST BOX: 3488 not have much time will be a heavy yet ineffective blow to nuclear weap- legitimacy and legality in the first place. All the coun- ons’ legitimacy and legal status. Unsurprisingly, tries with nuclear arsenals, without exception, are DOHA - QATAR to resolve this nuclear countries with nuclear weapons and their allies, who currently carrying out modernization programs [email protected] dilemma of humanity. agreed to house nuclear weapons on their soil, sat worth billions of dollars to make their warheads out the UN vote. With their conspicuous absence, more effective and lethal, let alone get rid of them. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OFFICE TEL: 4455 7741 / 767 FAX: +974 4455 7758

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Immigrants that are eligible — achieved: iconic American milestones such as pur- to remain in the country.” DACA and DAPA both function by con- [email protected] dubbed the Dreamers — include those who chasing a family car and moving into our own family sidering a recipient as a non-priority for removal; in essence, this have been present since at least June 2007 home. is an exercise of discretionary relief. SUBSCRIPTION & DISTRIBUTION and were 16 or younger at the time they With the new decision, however, I now risk being The federal circuit court judges were divided on United States TEL: 4455 7809 / 839 entered into the United States. forced back into the shadows of undocumented status, v Texas, which also resulted in a 4-4 draw when it was finally FAX: 44557819 The vast majority of undocumented immi- unless the US Congress revises the federal immigra- heard by the US Supreme Court. Perhaps the only reason Texas grants have no viable pathway to citizenship, tion law to permanently protect DACA recipients. was found to stand is due to a dubious claim that issuing driver’s [email protected] unless they marry a US citizen, can argue that Living in the shadows means declining legitimate licenses to DACA and DAPA recipients would present an unrea- they are a refugee in need of asylum, or find an job offers, as I would be unable to work lawfully. sonable burden on the state, costing millions of dollars. Texas, of employer willing to sponsor them for a green Undocumented people that work “off the books” risk course, is at liberty to decide the cost of issuing its driver’s All thoughts and views card. This is further complicated by the fact employer exploitation such as wage theft. My father licences. Time and again the courts have ruled that the executive expressed in these columns many DACA recipients have accrued unlawful was a victim of this when he first came to the US: he branch of government has broad discretion on immigration, leav- presence or entered without inspection, mak- found a job in Maryland soon after arrival, but after ing President Trump with no real reason to terminate DACA, are those of the writers, not ing it almost impossible to adjust their US two weeks of work, he was laid off without pay and no except to leave 800,000 other recipients, such as myself, without of the newspaper. residency without undergoing consular legal recourse. Like many undocumented people, I a place in America. processing abroad and being subject to a fear that I may have to move from job to job, without a Congress must finally stand up to protect the Dreamers and All correspondence 10-year ban from entering the country. sense of knowing where I will be working next week pass the DREAM Act, which would first grant conditional resi- regarding Views and I have been able to openly and lawfully or even whether I will be paid. dency and, upon meeting further qualifications, permanent Opinion pages should be work, study, and contribute to my community The decision to terminate the DACA programme residency to people like me. For far too long, our lives, our hopes, ever since I was granted deferred status under was ostensibly propelled by threats from Texas and and our dreams have been at the whim of the White House and it mailed to the DACA three years ago. Prior to this, my family eight other states to sue the Trump administration if it is time for this to change. [email protected] 10 ASIA SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2017 Rohingya insurgents declare truce

Bangkok Reuters The wave of hungry and traumatised ohingya insurgents refugees pouring declared a month- long unilateral into Bangladesh ceasefire, starting has strained aid today, to enable aid agencies and local Rgroups to help ease a humani- tarian crisis in northwest communities. Myanmar. Nearly 300,000 Rohingya with Bangladesh. have fled to Bangladesh and The wave of hungry and 30,000 non-Muslim civilians traumatised refugees pouring have been displaced inside into Bangladesh has strained Myanmar after the military aid agencies and local commu- Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak poses for pictures during the deployment of humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees to launched a counter-offensive nities already helping hundreds following attacks by the Arakan of thousands displaced by pre- Chittagong in Bangladesh, at the Subang Air Force base in Subang, yesterday. Rohingya Salvation Army vious waves of violence in (ARSA) insurgents on 30 police Myanmar. posts and an army base on In its statement, ARSA Red Cross fills UN void in Myanmar’s restive region August 25. called on the military to also lay “ARSA strongly encourages down arms and allow human- all concerned humanitarian itarian aid to all affected Cox’s Bazar Thousands of displaced peo- Cross and Red Crescent Societies “coordination and facilitation,” actors resume their humanitar- people. Reuters ple have been stranded or left (IFRC). but the “assessment, aid delivery ian assistance to all victims of Myanmar says its security without food for weeks. “In such an environment, the and implementation” would all the humanitarian crisis, irre- forces are carrying out clear- he Red Cross organisations The flight of the Rohingya government has invited the Red be managed by the Red Cross. spective of ethnic or religious ance operations to defend are scaling up operations began on August 25 after Cross to assist them,” Singhal Thousands of people are still background during the cease- against ARSA, which the gov- Tin Myanmar’s violence- Rohingya insurgents attacked said. trying to cross mountains, dense fire period,” ARSA said in a ernment has declared a terrorist riven northwest, after the United police posts and an army base in Aid workers worry many bush and rice fields to reach statement. organisation. Rights monitors Nations had to suspend activities Rakhine state. That triggered an Rohingya had been left without Bangladesh. The government The impact of the move is and fleeing Rohingya say the there following government sug- army counter-offensive in which food since mid-July, when the said it would establish camps for unclear. The group does not army and Rakhine Buddhist gestions that its agency had at least 400 people were killed, World Food Programme (WFP), internally displaced people, but appear to have been able to put vigilantes have mounted a cam- supported Rohingya thousands of houses were which had been providing food the move could spark opposition up significant resistance against paign of arson aimed at driving insurgents. burned, villages razed and vast and cash assistance, was unable from some humanitarian experts. the military force unleashed in out the Muslim population. While the world has focused swathes of land depopulated. to operate. The UN objected to the cre- Myanmar’s northwestern On Friday, the United on Bangladesh, where some “The UN and INGOs have not The UN evacuated “non-crit- ation of “camp-like” villages for Rakhine state. In the last two Nations in Bangladesh found 290,000 Rohingya have fled an been very welcome in Rakhine ical” staff from the area after the the Rohingya in April, citing the weeks, thousands of homes tens of thousands of refugees army crackdown on the militants and...they are not able to oper- government suggested the WFP risk of stoking tensions. The U.N. have been burned down, doz- who had not been counted in two weeks, a serious human- ate and ensure the safety and and international aid groups sup- stressed the importance of allow- ens of villages uprooted and before, raising the count to itarian crisis is also unfolding on security of their staff and volun- ported the insurgents shortly ing displaced people to return to thousands of people are still on 270,000 from some 164,000 the Myanmar side, aid workers teers,” said Joy Singhal of the after the attacks. Joy said the gov- their place of origin and the move towards the border the day before. say. International Federation of Red ernment would have the role of livelihoods. 12 picnickers Dhaka fears Rohingya drown at Karachi beach unrest may help recruit extremists Karachi AP Dhaka poses,” he told reporters. akistani police say at AFP Bangladesh has a history least 12 people, includ- of homegrown extremist Ping women and angladeshi security groups, including those who children, have drowned at a forces were on alert fought alongside the Muja- beach near the port city of Bfor attempts by home- hideen in Afghanistan Karachi after being swept grown Islamist militants to against the Russians before away by strong waves in the use the violence against returning home to form Arabian sea. Rohingya Muslims in neigh- their own groups. Police official Ijaz bouring Myanmar to recruit Officials said they were Khokhar says initially two new fighters, a top official particularly concerned that people drowned yesterday said yesterday. some of the homegrown after enjoying a picnic at the Nearly 300,000 groups would recruit stu- beach and the others died try- Rohingya Muslims have fled dents from the thousands of ing to rescue them. Myanmar’s Rakhine state for Islamic seminaries in the He said rescuers have Pakistani women mourn the death of relatives who drowned at sea, at a hospital in Karachi Muslim-dominated Bangla- country to fight for the transported the bodies of the desh in the 15 days since the rights of the Rohingya. yesterday. Twelve picnickers from several families drowned after being swept away by waves in 12 “ill-fated picnickers” to a latest fighting erupted, “But we are all on alert Karachi hospital. Karachi’s Hawkesbay beach. according to the United so that no quarters can cre- Nations. ate disorder by exploiting the Many of those have humanitarian crisis in Myan- arrived with harrowing mar,” he said. accounts of deaths and rapes Several fringe Islamist Myanmar plants mines at Bangladesh border at the hands of Myanmar leaders have already issued troops and Buddhist calls to arm Rohingya refu- militias. gees and help liberate Yogyakarta der of Myanmar and Bangladesh. of Rakhine and Bangladesh. few minutes later I heard a huge Images purportedly Arakan, the Bengali name for Anatolia Rohingya described by the UN “Local authorities in Myanmar explosion and someone had showing atrocities against Rakhine. as the world’s most persecuted must immediately stop the hei- stepped on a mine. It was my the Rohingya have flooded Bangladesh’s govern- mnesty International Indo- people, have faced heightened nous practices against those who mother-in-law,” she said. Bangladeshi social media, ment has a long-standing nesia said yesterday that fears of attack since dozens were escaped from this persecution,” Amnesty International also triggering an outpouring of policy of “zero tolerance” Athe Myanmar military has killed in communal violence in said Hassan. obtained evidence of mine pho- sympathy among locals, towards extremism and planted deadly mines on its bor- 2012. Fresh violence erupted in “Myanmar should also provide tographs located not far from the who have historical ties hosting insurgent groups of der with Bangladesh to prevent Rakhine state nearly two weeks full access to humanitarian organ- explosion. with the community. neighbouring nations. the return of Rohingya refugees. ago when security forces launched izations including a demining team Four alleged explosions from Monirul Islam, the head After the latest violence “The disclosure of the use of an operation against the Rohingya. to enter Rakhine,” she added. Has- mines occurred this week on a of Dhaka’s police counter- broke out, Dhaka proposed deadly mines by the Myanmar Bangladesh, which already san said that mines have been busy street in a township in Myan- terrorism unit, said forces joint military operations with military on the borders of Rakhine hosted around 400,000 Rohingya banned internationally. mar, near the border region. The were on the lookout for any Myanmar against Rohingya [state] and Bangladesh has con- refugees, has faced a fresh influx However, the Myanmar mili- blast wounded three, including efforts to use the violence militants fighting in Rakhine firmed the initial allegations that of refugees since the security tary is one of the few armed forces two children. Earlier this week, against Rohingyas to rally state. there have been serious human operation was launched. in the world, including North the Myanmar government denied homegrown extremists. On Friday, more than rights abuses in Myanmar,” the According to the UN, 270,000 Korea and Syria, which still uses media reports accusing the mili- “We have taken appro- 15,000 supporters of Islam- rights group said in a statement. Rohingya have sought refuge in mines as a war strategy. Kalma, tary of planting mines. priate surveillance ist parties in Bangladesh The findings are based on an Bangladesh as of Friday. 20, told Amnesty International The Amnesty International measures and are on alert staged demonstrations after investigation conducted by Tirana Hassan, director of the that her mother-in-law lost her called on all countries, especially against the move by the weekly prayers, part of Amnesty International’s crisis group’s crisis response team, said life due to a mine blast. the United States, member of EU, inactive militants to draw wider Muslim protests across response team, which is currently the mines were installed near “My mother-in-law returned Israel, Australia, and Russia to stop inspiration from this (vio- Asia protesting the killings collecting evidence related to Taung Pyo Wal, a region also to our village [from the refugee military cooperation with lence against Rohingya) or of Rohingyas by Myanmar’s human rights violation at the bor- known as Tumbro, at the border camp] to take water for a bath. A Myanmar. use it for recruitment pur- army. SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2017 EUROPE 11 Minister seeks standardised asylum system in EU

Berlin Uniformity “Germany is the country that Reuters most (asylum seekers) want to Aid group resumes migrant What we need next is live in because the process and ocial benefits for asylum a standardised asylum conditions for being accepted are seekers in Germany are system in Europe and relatively generous compared rescue operations off Libya “quite high” and they we’re currently with other European countries Berlin need to be harmonised negotiating that in the and the benefits for refugees are across Europe, the coun- quite high compared with other AFP EU: de Maiziere Stry’s interior minister was quoted EU member countries,” he said. yesterday as saying, two weeks De Maiziere said a more har- erman aid group Sea-Eye said yesterday it was resuming before a national election in has tried to tap into public dis- monised system could involve its migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean, a month which immigration is a key issue. quiet over Merkel’s 2015 decision saying asylum procedures and possible subsidies for migrants Gafter pulling out when Libya barred foreign vessels from Thomas de Maiziere (pic- to open German borders to more benefits for asylum seekers to help cover higher living costs a stretch of water off its coast. tured) belongs to Chancellor than a million migrants, is needed to be harmonised across in countries such as Germany on “Sea-Eye has decided to resume its rescue missions in the Angela Merkel’s conservatives, expected to win up to 11 percent the 28-nation European Union. top of a uniform amount agreed Mediterranean which had been halted for a month,” the NGO who are expected again to in the election and enter the fed- “What we need next is a at the level of the EU. said in a statement. emerge as the biggest party after eral parliament for the first time. standardised asylum system in He also called for common However, its two ships, the Sea-Eye and the Seefuchs, would the September 24 election In an interview published in Europe and we’re currently legal standards, saying: “Asylum now operate in a perimeter of 70 to 90 nautical miles from the despite losing some support to the regional newspaper Rhein- negotiating that in the EU - it seekers here can drag out their Libyan coast, it said, “to take account of the constant threat from the anti-immigrant Alternative ische Post, de Maiziere appeared can’t be that the standards are deportation significantly more the Libyan coastguard and to not compromise the safety of the for Germany (AfD). to target voters particularly con- so different in Romania, Finland, than they can elsewhere using crews”. The right-wing AfD, which cerned by the migrant influx, Portugal and Germany,” he said. various legal paths.” Le Pen ‘determined’ to revive party Brachay one capable of embodying” a The radical left Unbowed AFP force that could counter the new France party of Jean-Luc Melen- centrist movement of President chon, with 17 seats in rance’s far-right leader Emmanuel Macron. parliament, touts itself as the Marine Le Pen, whose Le Pen garnered 34 percent leading opposition force. FNational Front (FN) party of the vote against 66 percent But yesterday, Le Pen, 49, emerged weakened and divided for Macron in the May presiden- said: “We are the exact antithe- from this year’s elections, said tial runoff. sis of Macronism.” yesterday she was “determined” In June, the anti-EU, anti- She lambasted the president to revitalise her movement. immigration FN went on to win for what she called a “policy of She returned from summer eight seats in the 577-seat perpetual precariousness”, in a holidays “with a great determi- parliament. reference to his reforms to the nation and a burning sense of While the result was a his- labour code that will make it duty not for me but for you, not toric high for the FN, many easier for employers to hire and alone, but with you”, she said. within the party were deeply fire staff. Speaking to a crowd of disappointed, faulting Le Pen for “Macronism is the triumph about 500 in the northeastern running a poor campaign. of the dominant class whose town of Brachay, an FN strong- The party split over its key only moral veneer is human hold, the populist leader said: policy of wanting to scrap the rights and whose only values “Our political family is the only euro. and purpose is money,” she said.

Baltic Sea Naval Police officers stand at one of the entrances to the Manchester Arena in Manchester, yesterday. Russian MP’s son pleads drill participant Manchester arena reopens for charity gig guilty in cyber crime cases drowned Washington count of conspiracy to com- Copenhagen London included many young girls, who concert, which was sold out, Reuters mit bank fraud. AP Reuters make up a large part of US included Noel Gallagher, for- The charges were filed in singer Grande’s fan base. The merly of Oasis, one of the most he son of a Russian law- federal courts in Nevada and A Polish seaman drowned in a he Manchester music youngest, Saffie Roussos, was successful bands to emerge from maker accused of Georgia, and the plea deal for harbor in southeastern Swe- venue where a suicide aged eight. Manchester. Tstealing credit card data both cases was finalised on den where an annual Baltic Tbomber killed 22 people Parents who had come to Yesterday’s concert also fea- and other personal informa- Friday. Sea naval exercise is being as they left an Ariana Grande pick up their children after the tured local poet Tony Walsh, tion has pleaded guilty in two In April, Seleznev was held, the Swedish navy said concert in May reopened yes- show were also among those known as Longfella, who moved criminal cases stemming from sentenced to 27 years in yesterday. terday for the first time since the killed in the attack carried out crowds to tears at a vigil in cen- a probe into a $50m online prison by a federal court in Two Polish seamen fell attack. by Salman Abedi. tral Manchester the day after the identity theft scheme, the US Washington for his role in a into the water in Karlskrona A benefit concert entitled “May’s events will never be attack with his poem “This Is Justice Department said. cyber assault involving hack- late Friday and one of them “We Are Manchester” will raise forgotten, but they will not stop The Place” which celebrates the Roman Seleznev, 33, the ing into point of sale died, Swedish navy Rear Adm money for a charitable trust in us, or Mancunian music fans, spirit of the city. son of Russian parliament computers to steal credit card Jens Nykvist said. charge of establishing a perma- from coming together to enjoy Grande will not take part, member Valery Seleznev, numbers. Sweden’s Blekinge Lans nent memorial in the northern live music,” James Allen, the having performed at a previous pleaded guilty to one count of He was arrested in the Tidning daily said the other English city. venue’s general manager, said benefit concert, “One Love Man- participating in a racketeer- Maldives and brought to the seaman remained hospital- The victims of the May 22 in a statement. chester”, which raised funds for ing scheme, and another United States to face charges. ized yesterday. Police said no attack at the Manchester Arena The line-up for yesterday’s victims. foul play was suspected. The seamen were among 5,000 sailors participating in the annual Northern Coasts drill with units from Baltic nations and several Nato- Catalan independence vote divides region’s mayors countries. This year, Sweden is hosting the naval drill. Barcelona October 1, setting up a clash with Reuters the Spanish government that has vowed to stop what it says would Portugal okays arcelona’s mayor has asked be an illegal vote. for reassurances that Polls in the northeastern surrogate mother Bmunicipal staff would not region show support for self-rule face legal action or lose their jobs waning as Spain’s economy Lisbon if they helped to organise an improves. But the majority of AFP October 1 referendum on Cata- Catalans do want the opportu- lonia seceding from Spain. nity to vote on whether to split PORTUGAL has approved However, some of the from Spain. its first surrogate mother -- region’s nearly 1,000 mayors As of Friday night, 674 of a 50-year-old grandmother have already said they would go Catalonia’s 948 municipal dis- who will bear a child to allow ahead with the vote, despite it tricts had informed the her daughter to start a family, being declared illegal by Madrid. government of their intention to media reports said yesterday. Having originally offered to allow city spaces to be used for The Portuguese Council allow premises across the city to the vote, according to the Munic- for Assisted Birth late Friday be used as polling stations, Bar- ipal Association for unanimously approved the celona mayor Ada Colau has Independence (AMI). request of a 30-year-old asked the Catalan government In a video posted on Twitter, woman who cannot bear chil- for further reassurances that civil the mayor of the Cerdanyola dren following a surgical servants involved would be pro- municipality tore in half a letter procedure for endometriosis, tected, her office said. from the Constitutional Court the Expresso weekly said. “We support the right to par- warning of the legal repercus- “Despite several other ticipate and protest completely sions of participating in the Protesters carry Esteladas, Catalan separatist flags, and Basque flags, during a rally, in the cases put forward, only this but we will repeat what we have referendum to applause from the Basque city of Bilbao, yesterday. one was examined by the said many times before: we will crowd watching. council and unanimously not put at risk institutions or civil Pro-independence groups Yesterday, Spanish police On Friday, the Civil Guard was unavailable for comment approved,” a statement said. servants,” Barcelona’s deputy protested on Friday outside the searched the offices of a weekly police searched a printing com- but a court statement said the Portugal’s national med- mayor, Gerardo Pisarello, said. offices of several mayors across newspaper in the town of Valls pany near Tarragona, reportedly searches were related to charges ical council will now review Catalonia’s parliament voted Catalonia who announced they in search of ballot papers, in search of materials to be used brought by the public prosecu- it and has 60 days to make a on Wednesday to hold an inde- would not allow municipal according to newspaper La in the independence vote. tor in relation to the ruling. It is widely expected pendence referendum on spaces to be used for the vote. Vanguardia. Spain’s Civil Guard police referendum. to give it the go ahead. 12 EUROPE SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2017 List of ‘ terror targets’ Sympathy for Rohingya found in Germany raids Berlin 5,000 names federal prosecutor’s office said Reuters the suspects, who feared Ger- German officials found many’s refugee policies would erman officials found lists with over 5,000 impoverish the country, had lists with over 5,000 names of possible begun to stockpile food and names of possible targets, including over ammunition and plan attacks. targets, including 100 politicians, during The newspaper said there over 100 politicians, the raids in the east of were no indications thus far of Gduring the raids on the homes Mecklenburg- surveillance of the people on the and workplaces of two terror- Vorpommern last lists, or of any concrete murder ism suspects in the east German week. plans. Much of the information state of Mecklenburg-Vorpom- was publicly available, the paper mern last week, Die Welt cited the sources as saying. newspaper reported. workplaces of the policeman Federal police officials The newspaper, citing secu- and another person suspected seized two binders filled with rity sources, said one of the of planning to capture and kill names of over 5,000 people suspects, a former policeman politicians because of their during searches of the proper- who has since been suspended, views on immigration, author- ties of one of the suspects, an is believed to have used his ities said recently. attorney and a local politician office computer to search out The newspaper report in Rostock, a northern city. the addresses of political marked the first substantial It said the politicians on the Demonstrators gather outside the European Parliament to protest Myanmar's oppression opponents. details that have emerged about list belonged to a wide range of towards Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State, in Brussels, yesterday. German police on August 28 the case. parties, including Chancellor raided the homes and At the time, the Angela Merkel’s conservatives.

New Albania lawmakers Kosovo prime minister pledges dialogue with Serbia swear in Pristina dialogue with Serbia,” said for war crimes soured relations who have pledged to vote for Democratic League of Kosovo Reuters Haradinaj, addressing parliament between Belgrade and Pristina. Haradinaj’s government in par- (LDK) said. Tirana yesterday. “Despite “a tragic his- Haradinaj said his new gov- liament in return for three Haradinaj is expected to AP osovo’s prime minister tory, we can not change the fact ernment would fight corruption ministerial posts. appoint central bank governor -designate, ex-guerilla that we are neighbours.” that has been deterring inves- But opposition lawmakers Bedri Hamza as finance minis- ALBANIA’S 140 new lawmak- Kcommander Ramush Haradinaj’s coalition com- tors since Kosovo declared criticised Haradinaj for relying ter and Behgjet Pacolli, whom ers have been sworn in and a Haradinaj, pledged yesterday to prises parties made up of former independence from Serbia in on votes of Serb deputies who media refer to as the richest man new speaker has been chosen maintain dialogue with a former guerrillas who fought Serbian 2008. they say would seek Belgrade’s in Kosovo, as foreign minister. at Parliament’s first session foe Serbia and put an end to forces in 1998 and 1999. “We have an endemic cor- approval for any decisions they The government will have following the June 25 election. endemic corruption. That campaign led to accu- ruption in all institutions,” he take. the difficult task of tackling 30 Lawmakers voted yester- Haradinaj was chosen to sations of war crimes against said, ahead of an expected vote “It is unfortunate that after percent unemployment, and day 80-40 to name Gramoz form a new government on him, but he was acquitted twice on his new cabinet in parliament all these years the creation of improving relations with Serbia, Ruci of the left-wing Social- Thursday, ending a political by a United Nations war crimes where his party will command Kosovo institutions is entirely in a precondition for the neigh- ist Party as the new speaker. deadlock that has persisted since tribunal. a slim majority. the hands of Belgrade. This is a bours to move forward in their The Socialists have 74 elections on June 11. His arrest in France in Janu- Yesterday, Belgrade officials catastrophic cabinet,” Avdullah efforts to join the European seats in the 140-seat parlia- “There is no alternative to ary on a Serbian arrest warrant gave support to 10 Serb deputies Hoti of the opposition Union. ment. The main opposition Democratic Party voted against Ruci while the smaller opposition Socialist Move- ment for Integration Party US & Russian envoys to boycotted the vote. The Socialists’ leader, Edi Rama, nominated as prime discuss diplomatic spat minister because of his post, has formed a smaller, Washington restructured Cabinet that is AP Next week’s talks expected to be voted on next week. enior US and Russian are planned to cover envoys are to meet next those irritants as well Sweek in Scandinavia in a as broader strategic Spain wildfire bid to calm escalating diplo- matic tensions that have relations and arms sparked a return to Cold War- control issues: Official forces residents era animosity, US officials said. The State Department’s to evacuate third-ranking official, Under- of diplomatic compounds and secretary of State for Political expulsions of diplomats. Madrid Affairs Thomas Shannon, will Secretary of State Rex Till- AP meet on Monday and Tuesday erson and Russian Foreign in Finland with Russian Dep- Minister Sergey Lavrov, who EMERGENCY services in uty Foreign Minister Sergei are expected to meet later this southern Spain say they are Ryabkov. month in New York, charged Pro-EU demonstrators rally during the People's March for Europe, in Parliament Square, in fighting a wildfire that has Shannon and Ryabkov have Shannon and Ryabkov earlier forced the evacuation of 400 central London, yesterday. held several rounds of talks this year with exploring ways residents from seven towns in since earlier this year focused to resolve bilateral disputes that the province of Seville. on resolving irritants in US- are hindering broader cooper- Authorities said yesterday Thousands join anti-Brexit rally in London Russian relations, including the ation on strategic and security that the evacuations had tit-for-tat closures of diplo- issues, such as the war in Syria taken place mostly overnight London outside parliament. another referenced the divorce matic missions and expulsions and the conflict in Ukraine. because of the smoke pro- AFP The self-styled People’s negotiations, saying: “This best of diplomats. Among the top US com- duced by the blaze which March for Europe comes ahead deal is the deal we’ve got!” Next week’s talks are plaints are the harassment of broke out Friday. About 120 housands of people of a key vote in the House of MPs will on Monday hold planned to cover those irritants American government person- people have been given shel- marched through central Commons tomorrow night. their first vote on a crucial piece as well as broader strategic nel in Russia, a Russian ban on ter in a public library, sports TLondon yesterday calling “Help! We’re trapped on a of legislation intended to smooth relations and arms control adoptions of children by US center and school. on the government to “rethink small island that’s been taken Britain’s departure from the issues, the officials said. families, and Moscow’s halting More than 130 firefight- and reject Brexit”. over by mad people!” read one European Union. The officials were not of plans to construct a new US ers are combating flames that A stream of protesters sign held aloft above a sea of The Repeal Bill would for- authorised to discuss the meet- consulate in St Petersburg. Rus- they say have reached 20 poured through Trafalgar blue EU flags. mally end Britain’s EU ings publicly and spoke on sia’s complaints include US metres in height across a front Square and stopped to boo out- “Take back control from membership and transfer of condition of anonymity. sanctions imposed after its stretching 20km. Authorities side Prime Minister Theresa these clowns,” demanded a ban- around 12,000 existing EU laws Next week’s talks come annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea have yet to say how much May’s Downing Street office ner featuring photos of senior and regulations onto the British amid escalating US-Russia dis- region and the seizure of its land has been burned. before congregating at a rally ministers, while statute books. putes that have seen the closure properties. Germany’s Greens movement rules out three-way coalition Berlin conservatives are likely to win conservatives, FDP and Greens and a Jamaica alliance was at the national level,” she said. party wanted to be in the next Reuters the election with around 38 per- - the name referring to the black, formed in the coastal state of FDP leader Christian Lind- federal government, which he cent of the vote but will be left in yellow and green colours of the Schleswig-Holstein after Mer- ner told Focus magazine he was suggested would be formed by ermany’s environmental- need of a coalition partner. Their Jamaican flag. kel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) also unable to envisage a Jamaica Merkel: “The race for first place ist Greens yesterday all rival Social Democrats (SPD) are Katrin Goering-Eckhardt, won an election there in May. coalition forming given the big seems to be over - Angela Mer- Gbut ruled out a three-way lagging them on around 22 one of the Greens’ two top can- But Goering-Eckhardt said hurdles to reaching agreement kel is out in front.” coalition with Chancellor Angela percent. didates, told regional newspaper the Greens and FDP had “dia- with the Greens on immigration But the latest polls show Merkel’s conservatives and the Possible coalition options Passauer Neue Presse: “I can’t metrically opposed positions” on and energy policies. Merkel’s conservatives and the pro-business Free Democrats include a repeat of the current imagine Jamaica.” issues including climate protec- Cem Ozdemir, the Greens’ Greens would not be able to (FDP) after the September 24 ‘grand coalition’ between the Coalitions tend to be tested tion, emission thresholds for other top candidate, said in an muster enough support between election. conservatives and SPD or a out at the state level before they clean cars and refugees. interview with Tagesspiegel am them to form a two-way Polls show Merkel’s ‘Jamaica coalition’ of the are formed at the national level “I can’t see how it could work Sonntag newspaper that his alliance. SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2017 AMERICAS 13

Dark clouds are seen over Miami’s skyline prior to the arrival of Hurricane Irma to south Florida yesterday. RIGHT: People walk down the street as winds and rain begin to hit as outer bands of Hurricane Irma arrive in Miami Beach, Florida. 6.3 million ordered to evacuate in Florida Landfall in Cuba Miami winds and was expected to In Florida, cities on both the Wednesday, followed by the AFP regain power before hitting the east and west coasts of the holiday islands of St Barts and Downloads of At least 25 people Florida Keys early today, US peninsular state took on the St Martin. Also affected were have been killed urricane Irma pum- forecasters said. appearance of ghost towns, as the US Virgin Islands, Puerto walkie-talkie since Irma began its meled the north At least 25 people have been nervous residents heeded insist- Rico, the Dominican Republic, devastating march coast of Cuba yes- killed since Irma began its dev- ent evacuation orders. Haiti and the Turks and Caicos. app soar as through the teray, inflicting astating march through the The storm’s forecast track The Bahamas were spared Caribbean as a “significant dam- Caribbean as a Category Five has shifted slightly, so it now Irma’s worst. Hage” as millions of people in the storm of nearly unmatched looks bound for Florida’s west French state-owned rein- Irma looms Category Five storm of nearly unmatched US state of Florida hunkered power, making landfall late on Gulf coast instead of the Atlan- surer CCR estimated Irma had down for a direct hit from the Friday in Cuba on the Camaguey tic coast, with landfall expected caused $1.4bn worth of damage Washington power, making monster storm. archipelago. The Cuban govern- today morning in the Florida to homes, vehicles and busi- AFP landfall late on The number of people in ment extended its maximum Keys. But Irma is so wide that nesses in the territories of Saint Friday in Cuba on the Florida under orders to evacu- state of alert to three additional authorities were bracing for Martin and Saint Barts. s Floridians flee the Camaguey ate in the face of approaching provinces, including Havana, destructive storm surges on both Meteorologists, meanwhile, path of Hurricane archipelago. Hurricane Irma has climbed to amid fears of flooding in low- coasts and the Keys, the chain of were closely monitoring two AIrma, one app is prov- Florida’s governor 6.3 million, authorities said lying areas. Terrified Cubans low-lying islands that stretch other Atlantic storms. Jose, ing to be a hurricane season yesterday. who rode out Irma in coastal south of Miami toward Cuba. another powerful Category 4 essential: Zello walkie-talkie. said all 20.6 million The increase means an addi- towns reported “deafening” And hurricane-force winds storm, was heading towards the Allowing users to communi- Floridians should tional 700,000 million people winds, uprooted trees and power are expected to lash the penin- same string of Caribbean cate even when a natural prepare to flee. have been told to get moving lines, and blown rooftops. sula as it rolls north toward islands Irma has pummeled in disaster affects phone signal, Bumper-to-bumper since Friday, when state officials In the seaside town of Georgia. In Key West, police recent days. the app is the most-down- traffic snaked north said 5.6 million people were Caibarien, the storm knocked opened a “shelter of last resort” The deteriorating weather loaded software this week. out of the state, with under evacuation orders. down walls and littered the for those fool-hardy enough to grounded aircraft and prevented What is the app? mattresses, gas cans Irma’s blast through the streets with tree branches, roof ignore mandatory evacuation boats from bringing relief sup- Developed by tech start- and kayaks strapped Cuban coastline weakened the tiles and other debris. More than orders. Flood-prone Miami plies to hard-hit islands. Katia, up Zello, based in Austin, to car roofs. storm to a Category Three, but it a million people evacuated from Beach, also under mandatory which made landfall in eastern Texas, Zello walkie-talkie is still packing 205km per hour vulnerable areas in Cuba. evacuation order, has been emp- Mexico late on Friday as a Cat- was launched in 2011. Trans- tied of people but is bracing for egory One hurricane, had forming smartphones into high waters. weakened by yesterday to a modern-day walkie-talkies, In Miami, a big worry was tropical depression. Mexico it topped the download charts the two dozen or so giant con- reported two people killed by on Google Play and the Apple struction cranes in the mudslides unleashed by the App Store on Friday. Zello downtown area. Though heavy rains. says it has 100 million users — designed to withstand hurricane The US military was mobi- although before the arrival of winds, city officials are warning lizing thousands of troops and Hurricane Harvey, analysis by people to stay away from them. deploying several large ships to Sensor Tower showed it was Across the peninsula the aid with evacuations and only the 1400th most-down- Gulf coast city of Fort Myers humanitarian relief, as the Air loaded app. But over a million also was battening down for Force removed scores of planes people, mostly in Puerto Rico Irma’s screaming winds, rain from the southern United States. and Florida, installed it earlier and storm surge. Meanwhile, the death toll this week as Irma approached. Warning that Irma would be from across the islands has con- How does it work? worse than Hurricane Andrew tinued to rise. Six were reported “It’s voice-focused,” — which killed 65 people in 1992 killed in the British Virgin Islands explained CEO Bill Moore. — Florida’s governor said all and Anguilla, including an eld- “Voice is our natural form of 20.6 million Floridians should erly man who was crushed when communication. Talking for a prepare to flee. his house collapsed. few seconds can reveal so Bumper-to-bumper traffic Two were killed in Puerto much information about your snaked north out of the state, Rico, and four more in the US gender, your level of education, with mattresses, gas cans and Virgin Islands. A child died in your place of origin or the kayaks strapped to car roofs. Barbuda, at least 10 in France’s emotions you’re feeling.” The storm smashed through Caribbean territories, and two Users can join a channel Local residents return home after the passage of Hurricane Irma in Caibarien, Villa Clara a string of Caribbean islands, more on the Dutch side of St and exchange short messages province, 330km east of Havana, yesterday. beginning with tiny Barbuda on Martin. with others. It’s as easy as recording a message with your phone and sending it to the group, as with other applica- Series of potent hurricanes stokes scientific debate tions such as Viber and WhatsApp. It’s also possible to Washington and Karl were classified as hur- Kossin, a NOAA hurricane scien- between calm and tumultuous The burning of fossil fuels, send pictures—but the app AFP ricanes, according to the tist at the University of Wisconsin. times for storms, Vecchi said. which spew greenhouse gases into does use up a lot of battery. National Oceanic and Atmos- “Those include large scale ocean Some think a surge in indus- the atmosphere and warm the Why is it so successful? he rapid-fire formation of pheric Administration (NOAA). currents, air pollution — which trial pollution after World War Earth, can also be linked to a rise Contrary to some reports four unusually potent Katia weakend to a tropical tends to cool the ocean down — II may have produced more pol- in extreme storms in recent years. on social media, the app does TAtlantic hurricanes, includ- depression yesterday. Hurricane and climate change.” For Gabriel lutant particles that blocked the Warmer ocean temperatures yield require an internet connec- ing Harvey and Irma, has stoked Irma, now taking aim at Florida, Vecchi, professor of geosciences Sun’s energy and exerted a cool- more moisture, more rainfall, and tion. To send a message using scientific debate over what role has stunned experts with its at Princeton University’s Envi- ing effect on the oceans. “The greater intensity storms. Zello, a 2G cellular data con- global warming is playing in this sheer size and strength, churn- ronmental Institute, the surge in pollution reduced a lot of hurri- “It is not a coincidence that nection is enough - making it phenomenon. ing across the ocean with cyclones is evidence of an “active cane activity,” he said. we’re seeing more devastating practical in the case of a nat- First came Harvey, which sustained Category 5 winds of era” for storms in the Atlantic Pollution began to wane in hurricanes,” climatologist Michael ural disaster, when networks unleashed massive floods in 295km per hour for more than since the mid 1990s, even if not the 1980s due to regulations such Mann of Penn State University can be disrupted. Texas, then three devastating 33 hours, making it the longest- every year saw strong storms. as the Clean Air Act, allowing said. “Over the past few years, as Zello is also free to down- hurricanes roared across the lasting, top-intensity cyclone A period of relative calm for more of the Sun’s rays to pene- global sea surface temperatures load, and does not feature Atlantic simultaneously — Irma, ever recorded. Meanwhile Jose, hurricanes, stretching from 2013 trate the ocean and provide have been the warmest on record, in-app adverts. During Har- Katia and Jose. “Currently we a Category 4 on the Saffir Simp- to 2016, can be explained by the warming fuel for storms. we’ve seen the strongest hurri- vey, its users exchanged advice have three Atlantic hurricanes son scale of 1 to 5, is fast on the presence of the equatorial Pacific Vecchi said the “big debate” canes—as measured by peak and organized rescue efforts, with 90-plus mile per hour winds heels of Irma, pummeling the warming trend, El Nino, which among scientists is over which sustained winds—globally, in both with several channels created — only the fourth time on record Caribbean for the second time produces wind shear that tends plays a larger role -- variations Southern and Northern Hemi- to discuss the aftermath of the in Atlantic this has occurred,” in the span of a few days. to discourage the formation of in ocean currents or pollution sphere, in both Pacific and now, hurricane. On Friday, with Philip Klotzbach, a research sci- Many have wondered what is hurricanes. There was also little cuts. There is evidence for both, with Irma, the open Atlantic.” Hurricane Irma looming, thou- entist at Colorado State University, contributing to the power and fre- hurricane activity in the 1960s, but there isn’t enough data to “The impacts of climate sands of users in Florida took said on Twitter. quency of these extreme storms. ‘70s and ‘80s. answer a key question. “We don’t change are no longer subtle. We’re to the app to swap tips. “Thank The last time three hurri- “Atlantic hurricane seasons over “There is still a lot of debate know how long the cycle may seeing them play out in real time, you very much, that’s very con- canes were active at once was the years have been shaped by in the scientific community,” last,” Vecchi said. “We have a and the past two weeks have been venient!” said one Floridian to 2010, when hurricanes Igor, Julia many complex factors,” said Jim over what causes this shift lack of historical perspective.” a sadly vivid example.” another. 14 AMERICAS SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2017

View of of buildings knocked down on Thursday night by a 8.1-magnitude quake, in Juchitan de Zaragoza, Mexico. RIGHT: Family members attend the funeral of German Torres, 38, a victim of the earthquake, in Juchitan, Mexico, yesterday. Rescuers dig for Mexico quake survivors

Juchitán de Zaragoza children were among the dead. AFP Storm Katia One was crushed by a collaps- Storm Katia made ing wall. Another, an infant on a omeless and landfall in the respirator, died after the quake bereaved, hun- neighbouring state of triggered a power outage. dreds of Mexican Veracruz as a The epicenter of the quake, families camped in Category One which hit late on Thursday, was the streets as res- in the Pacific Ocean, about hurricane. Hours later Hcuers raced yesterday to find 100km off the town of Tonala it was downgraded survivors from an earthquake in Chiapas. Mexico’s seismology that killed at least 6i people, to a tropical storm, service estimated it at 8.2 mag- while elsewhere storm Katia with maximum nitude while the US Geological unleashed floods and mudslides sustained winds of Survey put it at 8.1 -- the same that killed two. 70km per hour. as in 1985, the quake-prone In the southern region hit country’s most destructive ever. hardest by the quake, emergency The US National Meanwhile, storm Katia workers looked for survivors — Hurricane Center made landfall in the neighbour- or bodies — in the rubble of said Katia was ing state of Veracruz as a homes, churches and schools weakening, but Category One hurricane. Hours that were torn apart in the heavy rain from the later it was downgraded to a 8.1-magnitude quake — said to storm still posed a tropical storm, with maximum be the most powerful to hit Mex- threat. sustained winds of 70km per ico in a century. President hour. In Xalapa, the capital of the View of a gas station damaged by strong winds during the passage of Hurricane Katia in Poza Enrique Pena Nieto said 61 peo- sidewalk with his wife and two eastern state of Veracruz, “two ple were killed overall in Oaxaca, daughters aged nine and 13. “If Rica, Veracruz State, yesterday. people died in mudslides” trig- Chiapas and Tabasco states. But we stay in our house, there could gered by the rainstorm, federal the actual death toll could be be another quake and it will fall where two policemen were hadn’t slept in more than 36 rescue dogs to search for people civil protection chief Luis Felipe more than 80, according to fig- on us. But if we go to the shel- trapped in the rubble. Rescuers hours. “I can’t remember an in the wreckage. “The priority in Puente said on television. ures reported by state officials. ters, the looters come and take managed to extract one and were earthquake this terrible,” he said. Juchitan is to restore water and The US National Hurricane In the city hardest hit by the what little we have left.” still working to save the other “The whole city is a disaster zone food supplies and provide med- Center said Katia was weaken- quake, Juchitan in Oaxaca, vic- Pena Nieto toured Juchitan, hours after the quake. right now. Lots of damage. Lots ical attention to those affected,” ing, but heavy rain from the tims of the quake spent the night where at least 36 bodies were “God, let him come out of deaths. I don’t know how you Pena Nieto tweeted after visit- storm still posed a threat. in shelters, fearing their aban- pulled from the ruins. The city’s alive!” said a woman watching can make sense of it. It’s hard. ing the devastated town. In Tecolutla, a coastal town doned homes would be looted. eerily quiet streets were a maze as four cranes and a fleet of My sister-in-law’s husband died. He described the quake as of 8,000 residents, witnesses The church, town hall and school of rubble, with roofs, cables, trucks removed what remained His house fell on top of him.” “the largest registered in our found felled trees and branches were in ruins. insulation and concrete chunks of the building’s crumbled wing. The governor said tens of country in at least the past 100 as families hunkered down to “We are in a terrible scattered everywhere. His blue uniform covered in thousands of ration packs, blan- years” — stronger even than a weather the storm. Puente said dilemma,” said Hector Aguilar, A crowd had formed at Juch- dust, Vidal Vera, 29, was one of kets and cleaning kits were devastating 1985 earthquake that rivers that flooded in Veracruz a 52-year-old history teacher, itan’s partially collapsed town around 300 police officers dig- arriving, along with 100 federal killed more than 10,000 people had damaged 235 homes and settling down for the night on a hall, a Spanish colonial building ging through the rubble. He police reinforcements with in Mexico City. In Tabasco, two affected over 900 people. Data swamped US spy Chile creates reserve to protect marine life

Santiago mysterious stone statues known “That resulted in a vote to fishing, we don’t want mining.’ agencies put hopes on AI Reuters as Moai. The creation of the Rapa approve this marine protected They want to continue with Nui Rahui Marine Protected Area area, limiting extractive tech- their traditions. They want to Washington functions, from battlefield hilean President Michelle restricts commercial fishing and niques to those that are continue with artisanal fish- AFP weapons to the potential to help Bachelet officially created underwater mining, while allow- traditional to the Rapa Nui peo- ing,” Ludovic Burns Tuki, head quickly rebuild computer sys- Ca 740,000-square kilom- ing local artisanal fishermen to ple,” the statement said. of a Rapa Nui group in favor of wamped by too much raw tems and programs brought eter (286,000-square mile) continue with their craft. In 2015, Bachelet first com- the reserve, said. intel data to sift through, down by hacking attacks, as marine reserve yesterday “Public participation leads mitted to creating the marine According to environmental SUS spy agencies are pin- one official described. But a around remote Easter Island, a to better policy with a deeper reserve, after lobbying from res- organizations backing the des- ning their hopes on artificial major focus is finding useful move that will protect dozens of connection to those who are idents. Seventy-three percent of ignation, the reserve will be intelligence to crunch billions patterns in valuable sources like species found nowhere else. affected, and we were commit- voters on the island - some 3,800 home to many globally threat- of digital bits and understand social media. The move follows five years ted to consultation with the Rapa kilometers west of Chilean capi- ened species such as the events around the world. Combing social media for of efforts by environmental Nui,” Marcelo Mena, Chile’s tal Santiago - chose to approve the scalloped hammerhead shark Dawn Meyerriecks, the intelligence in itself is not new, organizations and the Rapa Nui environment minister said in a park earlier in September. and southern blue fin tuna. At Central Intelligence Agency’s said Joseph Gartin, head of the people of Easter Island, famous statement released by the Pew “The Rapa Nui themselves least 142 fish species in the pro- deputy director for technology CIA’s Kent School, which for its extreme isolation and Bertarelli Ocean Legacy Project. said, ‘We don’t want industrial tected area occur nowhere else. development, said this week the teaches intelligence analysis. CIA currently has 137 different “What is new is the volume and AI projects, many of them with velocity of collecting social developers in Silicon Valley. media data,” he said. Brazil probes alleged These range from trying to In that example, artificial Trump bodyguard to leave White House predict significant future intelligence-based computing tribal massacre events, by finding correlations can pick out key words and Washington Camp David on Friday. “Today is not my last in data shifts and other evi- names but also find patterns AFP day” he said, before adding that he plans to SAO PAULO: Regional authorities con- dence, to having computers tag in data and correlations to return to the Sunshine State after Hurricane firmed on Friday the alleged massacre of objects or individuals in video other events — and continu- onald Trump’s long-time bodyguard Irma passes. The New York Times and CNN several indigenous people from an uncon- that can draw the attention of ally improve on that pattern and confidant Keith Schiller is to earlier reported that Schiller was leaving, in tacted Amazonian tribe by illegal miners intelligence analysts. finding. Dleave the White House, he said Fri- part for, for financial reasons. in northwestern Brazil, according to the Officials of other key spy AI can “expand the aper- day, ending a decades-long run working at According to White House financial dis- Amazonia Real news agency. agencies at the Intelligence and ture” of an intelligence businessman-turned-president’s side. closures, Schiller took a roughly $130,000 Prosecutors told Amazonia Real that National Security Summit in operation looking for small bits Schiller — who is officially the Director of pay cut to follow Trump to Washington, even federal police and the Public Prosecutor’s Washington this week, includ- of information that can prove Oval Office Operations — said that he plans to though an annual salary of $165,000 makes office were investigating the killings of an ing military intelligence, also valuable, according to Chris return to Florida in the coming weeks, saying him one of the best paid White House aides. unspecified number of indigenous people said they were seeking AI- Hurst, the chief operating he was grateful to have had a front row seat Schiller joined the Trump Organization reportedly killed in August in the Sao Paulo based solutions for turning officer of Stabilitas, which con- to history, but it was time to move on. in the late 1990s and has been a trusted pres- municipality of Olivenca, on the border terabytes of digital data com- tracts with the US intelligence “It will be great to look back on in 10-15 ence at his side since, playing the role of with Peru and Colombia. ing in daily into trustworthy community on intel analysis. years” the imposing former New York police companion and aide as well as body man. Although the report did not confirm the intelligence that can be used for “Human behavior is data and officer said, “it’s historic,” but, he admitted, He was entrusted with the task of hand death toll, suspects or weapons used, it policy and battlefield action. AI is a data model,” he said at government work was maybe “not for me.” delivering the letter that ended James cited other indigenous people as saying up AI has widespread the Intelligence Summit. He did not travel with the president to Comey’s tenure as FBI director. to 20 tribal memebers were killed. SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2017 BREAK TIME 15

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PRAYER TIMINGS ‘The Shape of Water’ wins Venice Golden Lion FAJR 04.00 am SHOROOK 05.18 am Venice AFP ZUHR 11.31 am MAGHRIB 05.46 pm ASR 03.00 pm ISHA 07.16 pm he Shape of Water, a daz- zling sci-fi romance by Mexican director Guillermo WEATHER TODAY Del Toro, won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice Tfilm festival yesterday. o o “If you remain pure and stay with 33 C 42 C your faith, with what you believe in — Minimum Maximum in my case, monsters — you can do anything,” Del Toro told the festival, the world’s oldest, as he dedicated the award to young Latin American directors. The quirky, other-worldly tale set in the Cold War era sees a mute cleaner (Britain’s Sally Hawkins) in a high- security government laboratory stumble across a classified experiment that leads to an unlikely — and rather slimy — love affair. Del Toro, the director behind such Gothic horrors as “The Devil’s Back- bone” (2001) and “Pan’s Labyrinth” (2006), had described the flick as “an antidote to cynicism” and enchanted reviewers hailed it as his greatest work yet. “I’m 52 years old, I weigh over 110kg and I’ve done more than 10 mov- ies,” he said as he held up his Lion. Even so, he said, this had not Director Vahid Jalilvand wins Orizzonti prize for the Best Direction with the movie “Bedoune Tarikh, Bedoune stopped him from “doing something Emza (no date, no signature)” during Ceremony Awards of the 74th Venice International Film Festival in Venice, different”. “As a Mexican, I dedicate this Italy, yesterday. RIGHT: Actress Charlotte Rampling wins the Coppa Volpi for Best actress in the film “Hannah”. award to all those Mexicans and Latin American directors dreaming of doing in which a child is held hostage to the but this is the best part,” said McDon- and lands a Lebanese Christian and something as a parable, who are told escalating conflict between his par- agh, who directed “In Bruges” (2008) Palestinian refugee in court. it can’t be done. It can be done.” ents, had been “a tale that urgently and “Seven Psychopaths” (2012). And Samuel Maoz’s “Foxtrot”, a Hazy at first becomes hot daytime “I believe in life, in love and in cin- needed to be told” and a fierce denun- Britain’s Charlotte Rampling won surreal, off-balance family tragedy in and humid by night. ema,” he added at the close of a ciation of violence against women. best actress for her role in Andrea Pal- three acts described by the Israeli ceremony heavy with emotion. Best screenplay went to British- laoro’s “Hannah”, and said it was a director as “a dance of a man with his HIGH TIDE 07:30 – 19:30 LOW TIDE 01:30 – 13:15 French director Xavier Legrand Irish Martin McDonagh for “Three “huge honour” because Italy, where fate”, snapped up the Grand Jury prize. Courtesy: Qatar Meteorology Department snapped up two prizes, breaking down Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri”, she did her first film in 1982, “is the For the first time, the festival and sobbing openly as he was awarded a dark comedy about a grieving mother source of absolutely all of my included virtual reality films in the the Silver Lion for best director hot on who takes on the town’s police chief inspiration”. competition. the tail of picking up the Lion of the when he fails to solve her daughter’s Best actor went to Kamel El Basha The best VR award went to Amer- Future for best debut film. murder. “We’ve had a beautiful time in Ziad Doueiri’s Lebanese film “The ican Eugene YK Chung, with “Arden’s He said his divorce tale “Custody”, (here in Venice), some beautiful pasta, Insult”, a tale of a spat which escalates Wake Expanded”.

The Leisure Seeker Tiffany Trump effect pays off for designer

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t least one Trump is good for business: American Afashion may be keen to distance itself from the US first family, but Shanghai-based label Taoray Wang is proudly standing by the president’s youngest daughter. Tiffany Trump, 23, now Actor Helen Mirren arrives at the premiere of the film ‘The Leisure Seeker’ at enrolled in law school at Geor- the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, yesterday. getown University down the road from daddy’s office at the White House, sat front row yes- terday at the label’s second consecutive Fashion Week run- Tiffany Trump at the event way show. yesterday. NY Fashion Week: Designers Looking resplendent in a Taoray Wang black strapless — leaders in government, frock and white sash, the other business, finance and law. seek to soothe troubled times first daughter — who takes a “Tiffany is one of my cus- back seat to half sister and tomers too.” White House adviser Ivanka — On the third day of Fash- New York we live our life,” Burch added. smiled sweetly for the ion Week, she fused East and AFP “Certainly I feel our collection is about cameras. West, sending down the run- joy and happiness. Not disregarding the Tiffany Trump is the label’s way a spring/summer 2018 ory Burch led efforts on day two of sadness of what’s happening around, but most famous US customer, as it collection that stayed true to New York Fashion Week on Friday to how do we all come together not be seeks to make increasing her DNA of sharp, wearable Thead off troubled times by offering an divisive.” inroads into the US market. She suiting, but given a Baroque upbeat collection of bold colour and geo- Not only has the New York design fir- wore a Taoray Wang outfit to flare. metric print. mament been up in arms over Donald her father’s inauguration in Inspired by a concert of The US doyenne of preppy chic con- Trump, but fashion week comes as millions January. music by 17th century compos- fected an English garden in the grounds of of Americans prepared to evacuate Florida Designer Wang Tao joked ers Handel and Purcell at the the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design to escape the barrelling onslaught of Hur- about wishing her New York Shanghai Symphony Hall, per- Museum on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, ricane Irma. store had opened last season, formed by a “very fashionable” a bucolic backdrop for a fresh and buoyant Burch’s inspiration came from late Eng- so positive was the impact of group of young Chinese musi- collection. lish interior designer David Hicks, who Trump’s front row attendance cians, Wang added Baroque With British-American actress Emily made carpets for Windsor Castle and once at her fall/winter collection last flourishes to her trademark Blunt as guest of honour, the 2018 spring/ decorated for the Prince of Wales at Buck- February. modern, minimalist, clean summer clothes situated Burch’s signature ingham Palace, before working in New York. “I think that really attracted lines. uptown luxe in the insouciant atmosphere Here is a look at some of the other lots of attention for the brand,” She added stiff silk ruffle- of a garden party or weekend away. designers who exhibited Friday: Wang said. “In a very good style belts — think Baroque “We need that,” the designer and former Continuing the theme of trouble and way.” ruffle at the neck reimagined as Hillary Clinton donor said after the show, division, young designer Matthew Adams “I like the woman who’s a belt — and ruffle-style pleats admitting herself to be inwardly “not Dolan — best known for dressing Barba- independent, confident and on the shoulder. upbeat.” dian superstar Rihanna — said his collection not afraid to speak for them- “Normally I wouldn’t really “I have to compartmentalise because I meditated “on what it has meant to be self,” said Wang, who designs be brave enough to try all this care deeply about what’s happening in our American in the past and what it will mean for the powerful, professional decoration but I’m quite happy country but I also need to find joy in the way to be American in the future.” and modern woman with it,” she said.