Thyroid Cancer Conference Opens with 1,500 Delegates
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QATAR | Page 16 SPORT | Page 1 Dahlan slams UAE for mixing National Museum politics to off er rare look into Qatar’s past with sport published in QATAR since 1978 SATURDAY Vol. XXXX No. 11159 April 20, 2019 Sha’baan 15, 1440 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals In brief Family Day Festival at Al Udeid Air Base Central market to ARAB WORLD | Confl ict 46 Palestinians injured in Israeli attack get year-round At least 46 Palestinians, including medics and journalists, were injured yesterday when Israeli occupation forces attacked hundreds of sale yard for protesters taking part in the weekly Great March of Return protests at Gaza border, according to the Palestinian WAFA news agency. The occupation forces fired live bullets local products and rubber-coated steel rounds at the protesters. A child was directly O Over 75 local farms expected to benefit from new yard hit by a teargas canister in his head, and his condition was described as he Doha Central Market is set The proposed sale yard is described critical. Page 3 to get a year-round, air-condi- as a part of a comprehensive project, Ttioned sale yard for local agri- launched more than two years ago, to AMERICA | Politics cultural products with the Ministry of renovate the whole area of the Doha Municipality and Environment (MME) Central Market. Democrats in bid for all preparing to off er a tender in this re- The project further aims at develop- Russia probe evidence gard. ing the area into a sophisticated mod- Congressional Democrats yesterday Al Udeid Air Base organised yesterday the second edition of the Family Day Festival for off icers and members of the Qatar A source at the MME has told local ern market with high quality services. took legal action to get hold of Amiri Air Force and members of friendly allied forces working at the Air Base, in the presence of the Commander of the Arabic daily Arrayah that the proposed The source pointed out that the pro- all of US Special Counsel Robert Amiri Air Force Major General Mubarak al-Kumait al-Khayareen and Commander of US Air Central Command Lt Gen Joseph yard would be the sixth such facility posed sale yard at the Doha Central Mueller’s evidence from his inquiry Guastella. Page 2 across Qatar. Market is also in response to popu- into Russian meddling in the 2016 The currently operational seasonal lar demand that fi rst emerged almost election, as the probe’s findings yards are at Al Mazrouah, Al Wakrah, Al seven years ago with the opening of the hit President Donald Trump’s poll Khor and Al Thakhira, Al Sheehaniyah fi rst yard and the considerable success ratings. The number of Americans and Al Shamal. of the initiative. who approve of Trump dropped by 3 The new yard is expected to be ready The proposed sale yard for local agri- percentage points to the lowest level for operation during the next season cultural products is expected to enable of the year following the release of a Sudan protest leaders to with an area much larger than all the Doha residents to buy fresh vegetables, redacted version of Mueller’s report previously opened yards. fruits,fi sh, poultry, eggs and other prod- on Thursday, according to a Reuters/ More than 75 local farms are expect- ucts and provide local farmers a good op- Ipsos online opinion poll. Page 5 ed to benefi t from the new yard. portunity to reach out to more customers. unveil civilian ruling body The yards for local agricultural prod- However, details of the full devel- BRITAIN | Unrest ucts are a part of the MME’s interest to opment project of the Doha Central Journalist shot dead AFP council,” Ahmed al-Rabia, a leader of for free elections in two years with par- promote marketing platforms for lo- Market have not been determined yet Khartoum the umbrella group of unions for doc- ticipation from all parties,” Dahab said. cal agriculture products to further en- because there is a number of diff erent in Northern Ireland tors, engineers and teachers, said. “The military should stay away from hance production in such an important entities involved in the issue, Arrayah A journalist was shot dead during Yesterday marked four months to the political life.” sector for food security in the country. added. riots in Northern Ireland in what udanese protest leaders have an- day since the government tripled the Activists on Thursday mobilised police yesterday were treating as nounced plans to unveil a civilian price of bread, sparking the fi rst pro- huge crowds through social media to a terrorist incident following the Sbody to take over from the rul- tests which escalated into widespread keep up the pressure on the military latest upsurge in violence to shake ing military council as demonstrators rallies demanding Bashir’s departure. council, now led by General Abdel Fat- the troubled region. “Lyra McKee thronged yesterday outside army head- Access roads were packed, with tah al-Burhan, to cede power. was murdered during orchestrated quarters. crowds fl ocking the huge square out- “Power to civilians, power to ci- violence in Creggan” in the city of The military council, which took side army headquarters to off er the Fri- vilians,” protesters chanted through Derry, also known as Londonderry, power after ousting longtime leader day prayers. Thursday night. police chief Mark Hamilton said. Omar al-Bashir on April 11, has so “This government should be a repre- “I won’t leave until Burhan transfers Page 8 far resisted calls from protesters to sentative of all the people and their as- power to a civilian government,” said quickly make way for a civilian ad- pirations,” said prominent cleric Sheikh Wali Aldeen, who has camped outside EUROPE | Investigation ministration. Mater Younis as he addressed thou- the complex since the day Bashir fell. The Sudanese Professionals Asso- sands of protesters. Following Bashir’s ouster, demon- Turkey arrests two ciation, which has been spearheading “It should include all Sudanese peo- strations targeted General Awad Ibn suspected UAE spies the protests, said in a statement that it ple and shouldn’t exclude anyone.” Ouf, the fi rst head of the military coun- Turkey has arrested two men would name members of the council at Protester Yasser Dahab said all who cil, seen by protesters as a tool of the old suspected of spying for the United a news conference at 1700 GMT tomor- had committed crimes against the Su- regime. Arab Emirates and is probing row outside the army complex, to which danese people be put on trial. Ibn Ouf stepped down in less than 24 whether they are tied to Saudi foreign diplomats are also invited. He said he wanted to see a civilian hours and was replaced by Burhan, who journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, “We are demanding that this civilian council with a prime minister and a so far has appeased protesters by lift- Anadolu state news agency said council, which will have representa- government led by technocrats. ing a night-time curfew and vowing to The proposed yard for local agricultural products at the Doha Central Market will be yesterday. Page 9 tives of the army, replace the military “This government can then prepare “uproot” Bashir’s circle. the sixth such facility across Qatar. Thyroid cancer conference opens with 1,500 delegates By Joseph Varghese rise in thyroid cancer cases in Qatar. problems of thyroid gland, methods of Staff Reporter The conference will discuss the latest self-examination and medical consul- developments in the treatment of thy- tation for skin care for people with thy- roid cancer, the second highest preva- roid cancer. bout 1,500 delegates are attend- lent cancer among women in Qatar, he Another workshop today will fo- ing the Qatar International Thy- said. cus on people living with thyroid can- Aroid Cancer Conference, which “In the last fi ve years, we have no- cer. The topics to be covered include opened yesterday under the patronage ticed that the onset of thyroid can- medical advice required at a stage af- of HE the Prime Minister and Interior cer has been on the rise roughly 20% ter treatment, yoga exercises for thy- Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser per year. From 51 cases in 2015, it has roid health to reduce stress, detection bin Khalifa al-Thani. jumped into 110 in 2018. This is very methods, and free medical tests and The opening ceremony of the two- alarming and we need to know why this consultations for thyroid gland. day event, organised by Qatar Cancer is happening,” noted Dr Sheikh Khalid. According to the Qatar National Society (QCS) at Ritz-Carlton Doha, “More than 50% of the cases are be- Cancer Registry, thyroid cancer has was attended by HE the Minister of Ad- low the age of 35. This conference will gone up from the ninth most com- ministrative Development, Labour and set guidelines and fi nd out ways to get Dr Sheikh Khalid bin Jabor al-Thani Guests attending the opening ceremony of Qatar International Thyroid Cancer mon cancer across all nationalities and Social Aff airs Yousef bin Mohamed al- to the reasons of it. It will also create speaking at the opening ceremony. Conference. PICTURES: Nasar K Moideen genders and the third most common Othman Fakhro, and number of other a more direct, selective and effi cient cancer among females of all nation- dignitaries and offi cials. programmes to tackle it - in terms of ‘Present Standards and New Perspec- Several leading officials and phy- ternational conference.