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Qatari flag hoisted at Village Emir greets Free Wi-Fi for President of Burkina Faso

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim Labour City bin Hamad Al Thani sent yester- day a cable of congratulations to President of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kabore on the occasion of his country’s National workers soon Day, reports Qatar News Agency (QNA). who have been spending a sizeable Emir congratulates part of their income for using inter- 3,000 to benefit net on their smart phones,” said the Governor-General from service. source. Most workers have a smart phone and spend an average QR5O of Jamaica per month on internet, he added. By Sanaullah Ataullah The Wi-Fi service available DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim The Peninsula round-the-clock will help the work- bin Hamad Al Thani sent yester- ers keep in touch with their near day a cable of congratulations and dear ones free, besides serv- Athletes and officials of the Qatar Olympic Committee attend the traditional flag-hoisting ceremony to Governor-General of Jamaica ing as a major tool of entertainment, (inset) at the Olympic Games Village in Rio de Janeiro. The Olympic Games begin in the Brazilian Patrick Allen on the occasion of DOHA: About 3,000 workers stay- he added. capital today. → See also pages 2, 23 and 24 his country’s National Day, reports ing at the Labour City near Asian “It will also help us by reducing QNA. Town in Mesaimeer will soon the use of mobile phones at work- get free Wi-Fi service, with the sites,” said the source. sprawling facility fast emerging as The entire complex has 64 resi- a unique model for labour accom- dential buildings, with each building modations in the country. having 130 rooms for workers. Each Pakistan Embassy improves passport services A source at the company that building, of four floors which can employed the workers said yester- accommodate up to 780 workers, day that Wi-Fi network has been also has a large dining area. The Peninsula in the city and facilitate online pay- its capacity for issuance and renewal is processing emergency cases on a installed at several housing units at These buildings are grouped ment, said the ambassador. of MRPs within its means. priority basis. To avail of the emer- the City and the workers will soon into four major sub-complexes, each The International Civil Aviation “We have increased working gency services, applicants will have be able to access it free. with 16 buildings. Besides, there are DOHA: The Pakistan Embassy has Organisation has asked all member hours of staff by four hours until to approach the embassy and present One of the two companies 16 other residential buildings meant announced a series of measures countries to replace manual/ hand- 5pm. We are processing 150 appli- their cases to officials. operating the City is providing the to house executive single workers or to address delays in issuance and written passports with MRPs. An cations for MRPs daily,” he said. The “They can approach me directly service to workers, based on an senior staff members of companies renewal of Machine Readable Pass- original deadline of November 2015 embassy has already issued around through an online appointment. I agreement with their employer. that take premises here on rent. Each ports (MRP) to Pakistani expatriates, has been extended to November this 90,000 MRPs. With growing demand personally handle eight to ten cases Located opposite Karwa head- of these buildings have 97 rooms. the Pakistani ambassador to Qatar year to comply with the rule. for consular services, the sole coun- daily,” he said. quarters close to the Industrial Area, There are a total of 9,872 rooms Shahzad Ahmad said yesterday. “With a growing population of ter of Doha Bank through which fees During the open house, the the City has a capacity of 53,000 in the entire complex that covers an The embassy is all set to launch Pakistanis in Qatar, demand for the are paid is also overworked. ambassador patiently stood for two workers. The facility was officially area of 1.8 million square metres. a token system to organise the long services of MRP has increased from “We had top level discussions hours at a stretch, facing angry Paki- opened in October last year. Work- Most of the buildings in the queues of passport applicants at its around 80 applications to some with the Doha Bank and we hope stanis airing their frustration over ers belonging to several companies City have already been occupied, premises. The embassy auditorium 500 requests a day. We are doing they would be facilitating payment the allegedly poor services of the are staying in this housing complex said the source. A variety of food is would be used as a waiting area for our best to cope with the rush. We at different branches, as well as embassy. Many participants also “Our company had reached an served to the workers who belong visitors seeking passport services. have already placed a request to online and mobile payment,” said raised job-related issues such as agreement with the operators to to different countries. To make it easier for payment of our government to provide more the ambassador. He said to address transfer of sponsorship, salaries and provide Wi-Fi service to our work- The housing complex has fees for various consular services, staff, especially for services related long queues, the embassy will ini- perks. The ambassador assured them ers staying in the City. It has been clinics providing health care at the mission has held discussions to MRP”, the ambassador told The tially introduce a manual token he would take appropriate steps to installed and will be activated affordable cost, ambulance serv- with Doha Bank asking them to open Peninsula on the sidelines of an open system until it gets an automatic one. solve their problems. shortly. The free internet connection ice, mosques, police station, among more counters inside the facility, pro- house held at the embassy yesterday. Although there is a delay in will be a great relief to our workers other facilities. vide payment services in its branches He said the embassy has tripled appointments for MRPs, the embassy → Picture on page 16

Probe to recover Field day for art issues arrest black boxes from crashed warrant for Gulen plane AFP military tried to wrest control of the country on July 15, launching Bloomberg attacks on parliament and the pres- ANKARA: Turkey issued an arrest ident’s palace. warrant yesterday for US-based At least 272 people including 34 : Authorities began retriev- preacher Fethullah Gulen, accusing coup plotters were killed and nearly ing evidence from the wreckage him of ordering the coup attempt 2,200 injured after people took to of a Boeing Co 777-300 airliner aimed at ousting President Recep the streets and squares against the a day after the Emirates plane Tayyip Erdogan. putschists. crash-landed in Dubai and burst An Istanbul court issued the Since then thousands have been into flames, with a focus on the warrant, the first after the failed purged from their roles in the judi- that didn’t deploy putsch for the reclusive cleric in ciary, police, military and education before touchdown. Pennsylvania, the Anatolia news system, accused of being members A team of investigators from agency said. of the coup movement while more the ’ General In the warrant, Gulen stands than 25,000 people have been Civil Aviation Authority is working accused of “ordering the July 15 detained. to recover the plane’s flight-data coup”, Anatolia reported. Western allies including the and cockpit-voice recorders, the Gulen strongly denies any EU have expressed concern over regulator said yesterday in a state- involvement and the movement he the purges, fearing a witch hunt ment. The devices, known as black leads insists it is a charitable net- and the possibility innocent people Sightseers visit an incorporated oversized crop circle in a cornfield, not far from the small community boxes, will be sent to the UAE cap- work promoting tolerant Islam. will be caught up in the government ital of Abu Dhabi for laboratory of Mammendorf near Munich, southern . The crop circle has a diameter of 180 metres. The Turkey previously issued an crackdown. analysis, it said. Representatives owner of the field says he doesn’t know what caused the crop circle. arrest warrant for Gulen in Decem- Turkish media including CNN- from Boeing, engine producer ber 2014 on charges of setting up Turk broadcaster reported that Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc and and directing an “armed terror- Gulen’s nephew, Muhammet Sait Emirates will be advisers in the ist organisation” as well as using Gulen, was also arrested yesterday probe of what the GCAA termed intimidation to deprive a person in Ankara. an “accident.” of their freedom. Ankara has fre- Gulen’s relative was detained on Emirates Flight 521 was arriv- Saudi probe defends air strikes in Yemen quently called on the United States July 23 in Erzurum, eastern Turkey ing at Dubai International Airport to extradite Gulen, sending two sets where his 75-year-old uncle is said early Wednesday afternoon from of documents to Washington since to have developed his deep con- the southwestern Indian city Reuters coalition air strikes on markets, clin- capital Riyadh, found that one of the coup as evidence of his involve- victions, close to his birthplace of of when ics and a wedding in Yemen, citing eight alleged mass-casualty air ment in the putsch attempt. Korucuk. He had been detained in it hit the runway and burst into the presence of armed militiamen attacks in the second half of 2015 Turkey has yet to make a for- connection with the coup and over flames. All 300 passengers and DUBAI: An investigation by a Saudi- at the sites. that it reviewed involved incom- mal extradition request to the US the leak of questions from 2010 civil crew members aboard were able led coalition presented yesterday Results of the probe, presented plete intelligence that led to civilian for Gulen. service exams, the latter which he to evacuate. largely defended a series of deadly at a news conference in the Saudi casualties. A rogue faction within the admitted to, CNN-Turk reported. 02 FRIDAY 5 AUGUST 2016 HOME

Olympic fever Deputy Emir sends greetings to Jamaica and Burkina Faso

DOHA: Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of congratulations to Gov- ernor-General of Jamaica Patrick Allen on the occasion of his coun- try’s National Day. Deputy Emir also sent similar greetings to President of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kabore on the occasion of his country’s National Day. The Prime Minister and Inte- rior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani sent a cable of congratulations to Governor-General of Jamaica Patrick Allen on the occasion of his country’s National Day. The Prime Minister an Interior Minister sent a cable of congrat- ulations to President of Burkina Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) President H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani and guests look at Qatar’s Faso Roch Marc Christian Kabore Supreme Committee scaled model in Rio De Janeiro in . on the occasion of his country’s National Day. Chief of Staff meets QOC welcomes world Chinese envoy

DOHA: Chief of Staff of the Qatari Armed Forces Major General of sport to Bayt Qatar (Pilot) H E Ghanem bin Shaheen Al Ghanem, met here yesterday with Ambassador of the People’s Republic of to Qatar, Li to share Qatar’s unique culture, its will also be hosting their own activ- Aspire Tower in Doha is lit with the logo of Rio 2016 Olympic Chen. The meeting was attended warm hospitality and passion for the ities and exhibitions, helping to Games, yesterday. by a number of senior armed H E Sheikh Joaan Olympic Movement.” further showcase Qatar’s commit- forces officers. bin Hamad Al Thani The reception was also attended ment to using the power of sport to and members of the by members of Qatar’s biggest-ever transform lives. Media Partner, Al athlete delegation in the history of Kass, will be broadcasting live from Olympic family attend the Olympics. Team Qatar will be Bayt Qatar each day so that everyone reception of Qatar’s represented by 38 athletes across back in Qatar can keep up to date Thundery rain and wind likely today 10 sports and will begin their action with what is happening. hospitality house for tomorrow when Qatar’s first-ever In order to give visitors the best Rio 2016. two-time female Olympian, Nada possible experience, the QOC has Arakji, competes in the swimming. also signed MOUs with several Qatari The Peninsula Sheikh Joaan also commented organisations. These include: Edu- on Team Qatar at the reception and cation Above All, who will organise said: “We are very proud of every a “Challenges&Reality” exhibition RIO DE JANEIRO: The Qatar Olym- member of Team Qatar. We are right and will bring children from their DOHA: The Meteorology Depart- pic Committee (QOC) has officially behind you all and we know that you project in Brazil to experience Qatari ment has forecast thundery rain opened Bayt Qatar in Rio de Janeiro will make the whole of Qatar proud culture and a Garangao night, the ICSS with strong winds today, espe- with a reception attended by QOC as well. Competing at an Olympic who will organise special events for cially in the southern parts of the President H E Sheikh Joaan bin Games is a fantastic achievement their Save the Dream charity, and country. Hamad Al Thani and officials from in itself - and we have no doubt that the Supreme Committee who will With a rise in humidity levels, the the world of sport. The Olympic hos- they will inspire a new generation show the progress towards the Qatar city experienced a hazy weather yes- pitality house will showcase Qatar’s of Olympic heroes.” 2022 FIFA World Cup. In addition the terday, reducing visibility. culture, heritage and passion for Guests were also able to sample Qatar Foundation, Al Shaqab, Qatar The hazy condition would con- sport throughout the Rio 2016 Olym- more of what Bayt Qatar will offer Museums, Katara, Doha Film Insti- tinue today “with a chance some pic Games. including a fine-dining experience tute, Aspire, Aspetar, We Are Doha, the local rain in southern areas by Sheikh Joaan welcomed key provided by world-renowned chefs, Supreme Committee for Delivery and afternoon,” said a weather report Olympic figures to mark the official Alex Atala and Aysha Al Tamimi, and Legacy and the ADLQ, have all con- yesterday. opening of Bayt Qatar, includ- an intimate performance by the tributed films, photos and content to Meanwhile, the Ministry of ing members of the International Doha String Quartet. help showcase the very best of Qatar. Public Health has advised the pub- Olympic Committee, International Casa Daros, an iconic former The QOC, Qatar Athletics Fed- lic, especially the elderly and those Federation Presidents and National museum at a historical heritage site eration and Aspire Academy have with asthma or respiratory diseases Olympic Committee Presidents. in Botafogo, provides a stunning set- partnered with Futuro Olimpico and to avoid direct exposure to dust dur- Haze seen on F-Ring road and around the city yesterday evening. Guests were treated to a spectacu- ting to host Bayt Qatar and will bring the Rio de Janeiro Athletics Feder- ing sandstorms and stay at home Pic: Qassim Rahmatullah/The Peninsula lar show, which demonstrated the the soul of Qatar to the heart of Rio. ation to establish ‘Shine’, a project unless it’s necessary to go out. power of Olympism and the impor- At the centre of the house is an out- which will provide an opportunity The tips include: tance of inspiring and empowering door Souq, which will incorporate for underprivileged young athletes -Avoid exposure to dust espe- mask or use a dampened piece of wear the protective mask and youth through sport. traditional activities, including Ara- from across Rio de Janeiro to train cially if you recently had an eye or towel to cover your mouth and nose. glasses. Speaking from the Opening bic calligraphy, basket weaving and at Qatar’s world-class facilities at nose surgery. Make sure you frequently change the - Individuals vulnerable to Reception, Sheikh Joaan said: “The henna hand painting. A stage will see the Aspire Academy for Sport- - Ensure all doors and win- mask or towel. severe allergies should start their Olympic Games provide an occasion regular live music performances, ing Excellence, with specialised dows are closed properly to prevent - Avoid rubbing your eyes to pre- prescribed antihistamine during like no other to bridge sport, culture, and a large screen will show live coaching and sports science sup- dust from entering the building. If vent eye infections and make sure sandstorms even before any symp- education and diversity in a true cel- Olympic action and film screenings port. Through Shine, the QOC hope needed, use damp towels to seal you wear protective eye glasses tom occurs. ebration of Olympism. Qatar is a for all the family. Additional Bayt to leave a compelling legacy from off any openings in windows and when going out. - After the sandstorm, clean all nation passionate about sport. We Qatar attractions include interac- the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Fol- underneath the doors. - Drivers must ensure all win- dust from the house especially bed- believe in the power of sport to unite tive and innovative exhibitions that lowing the Rio 2016 Games, Bayt - Avoid open areas during the dows are closed while driving in rooms and bed sheets. cultures, backgrounds and beliefs will explore Qatar’s history, tradi- Qatar will become a bilingual pub- peak of the sandstorm and low dusty weather and only run the Air - Report to the nearest health - and encourage mutual under- tions and development into a global lic school – Eleva School – and as a visibility. Conditioning system when needed. center if you develop watery eyes, standing, friendship and respect. sports hub. The QOC’s National Part- further legacy, the QOC will donate - Wash your face, nose and - For individuals working in cough, asthma or wheezing. This is exactly what we aim to spread ners, Ooredoo, Qatar Airways and a library to Eleva School. Public can mouth frequently to prevent dust open areas. Make sure that you - Report to the Emergency through Bayt Qatar. We will wel- QIC Group and Official Suppliers, Al keep up to date on all activities and from entering your lungs. work in shifts to minimize the Department if you have difficulty come people from around the world Siddiqi and Qatar Airways Holidays news on www.baytqatar.qa. - Ensure wearing a protective exposure to dust. Remember to in breathing. Aqua Park attracts surfers with launch of Stingray machine

By Raynald C Rivera The first theme park in the country, Aqua offering three tickets for the price of The Peninsula Park attracted around 150,000 visitors last two. season which ran from April to November, In line with the launch, there are also said Raj, adding people from neighbouring plans to introduce surfing classes for those DOHA: Surfing enthusiasts in Qatar have a countries have also been coming to the theme who would want to take surfing as a hobby reason to rejoice with the launch of Sting- park to avail of the amazing water rides and in addition to the setting up of a Stingray ray Surf Machine, the latest addition to the attractions it offers such as Boomerango, surfing club at attractive membership rates, growing list of exciting attractions at Aqua speed slides, wave pool, Jacuzzi cave and he added. Park Qatar. tube slides among others. Raj also announced at yesterday’s press A first in Qatar, this new attraction is the “Among the neighbouring countries conference the new Aqua Park App which first surfing/skim-boarding half pipe ride in our main market is Saudi Arabia, which is can be downloaded on Google Play and IOS which surfers can ride up curved sidewalls around 15 to 20 percent. The park witnesses store for free. at 90 degrees to the direction of the water more Saudi visitors during the holidays “This latest technological addition to our flow. This new ride from the UK costing QR5m especially in Eid Al Adha,” he said adding service delivery process is part of many other brings the total number of rides and attrac- promotions have been launched to draw efforts to improve engagement with our cher- tions at the Aqua Park to 15. more tourists. ished customers and ease of access to our “We want everyone in Qatar to enjoy Tickets are also sold at the Doha Exhibi- services. The app also facilitates communi- the experience of surfing not in the sea but tion and Convention Centre (DECC) where cation among our customers and potential in an environment where safety and secu- Entertainment City is located which GCC park visitors, allowing us to serve them bet- rity are in place. We hope this new product tourists are visiting for the festival. ter with their feedback,” he said. of ours will act as a catalyst to attract more Ticket for Stingray Surf Machine The mobile app allows customers to pur- people to Aqua Park this season,” Mohamed costs QR50 which entitles the person chase tickets directly, get updated with events Firdaus Raj, Aqua Park General Manager, told unlimited ride during the day, said Raj. and attractions, and receive first hand info on Surfers enjoying at Aqua Park. Pic: Salim Matramkot/The Peninsula The Peninsula. To celebrate the launch, Aqua Park is timings, freebies and promotions. ISLAM FRIDAY 5 AUGUST 2016 03 How to benefit from the Quran

By Abu Rumaysah Refi Shafi from the Quran and taking heed. If someone were to ask: If the end-result, the lasting impression, is only attained by the combination of these matters, why then did f you truly want to benefit from the Allah say “or” in the verse, “or who listens Quran, your heart must be attentive attentively” which implies a choice between and alert when reciting it or listening to one or another option? Surely “and” should it. Listen to it carefully with presence of have been mentioned in its place? Imind, paying attention to it as if Allah Himself It is said in reply: this is a good question; was speaking to you directly. Understand “or” has been mentioned by taking into con- that this Quran is an address directed to you sideration the state of the addressee. from Allah, Most High, upon the tongue of His Some people have hearts which are alive, Messenger (peace be upon him). hearts that will readily accept the truth and Allah, Most High, says, “Truly there is a whose innate nature (fitrah) is intact; if such reminder in this for anyone who has a heart, a person was to reflect in his very heart and or who listens attentively with presence of turn his mind to it, he would conclude that mind.” (Quran, 50:37) the Quran is authentic and true. His heart A deep and lasting impression is depend- would witness what the Quran informs it ant upon something that will stimulate a of and the subsequent impression upon it person, a location that can be influenced, would be light layered on top of the light his being in the right condition, and remov- of its innate nature. This is the description ing any barrier that would impede this from of those about whom it is said, “those who happening. This verse mentions of all of these have been given knowledge see that what in the most succinct and lucid of ways; clearly has been sent down to you from your Lord articulating the intended meaning. is the truth.” (Quran, 34:6) “Truly there is a reminder in this” refers Concerning them, Allah says, “Allah is to the previous verses of this chapter. This, the Light of the heavens and the earth. The the Quran, is the stimulus. metaphor of His light is that of a niche in “For anyone who has a heart” refers to which there is a lamp, the lamp inside a the location that can be influenced. The heart glass, the glass like a brilliant start, lit from referred to here is the living heart: the heart a blessed tree, an olive, neither of the east that is aware of Allah. He, Most High, says, nor the west, its oil all but giving off light “it is simply a reminder and a clear Quran even if no fire touches it. Light upon light! so that you may warn those who are truly Allah guides to His Light whoever He wills, alive,” (Qur’an, 36:69-70) i.e. those whose Allah propounds metaphors for mankind hearts are alive. “or who listens attentively,” and Allah has knowledge of all things.” i.e. directs his faculty of hearing toward it (Quran, 24:35) and pays it the utmost attention. This is the This verse refers to the light of the innate condition that must exist for a person to be nature covered by the light of revelation; this roused by the words. is the condition of the person who has a liv- “With presence of mind,” i.e. with an alert ing, receiving heart. We have explained this and present heart, not one that is unmindful verse, its subtleties and lessons in detail in and absent. Ibn Qutaybah said, “i.e. a person our book, Ijtima Al Juyush Al Islamiyyah Ala who listens attentively to Allah’s Book with Ghazw Al Muattila Wal Jahmiyyah. (Ibn Al- truth, they are not completely alive, and their his own eyes. The second type of person of Islam. (i.e. he has acquired the station of presence of heart and mind, not someone who Qayyim, Ijtima, pp. 6-12) innate nature is not as refined. Therefore, they has learned that it is the truth, has cer- Ilm Al Yaqin) is unmindful with an absent air.” (Ibn Qutay- Therefore, the person who has this type stand in need of a witness who would differ- tainty in it and is satisfied. The first has Ayn Al Yaqin is of two categories: What is bah, Gharibul Quran, p. 419) of attentive heart receives the meanings of entiate the truth from falsehood for them. In attained the ranking of beneficence, ihsan acquired in this world and what is acquired This then alludes to the barrier: an the Quran and readily accepts them so much order to be guided, such a person must pay and the second has attained the ranking in the Hereafter. In this world it is to the heart unmindful and inattentive heart which so that it seems as if the words have been the utmost attention to the Quran’s words, of faith, iman. what the beheld is to the eye. All the matters does not understand what is being said and, inscribed in his heart and he is able to recite he must devote his heart to it, ponder it and The first has attained Ilm Al yaqin from of the unseen that the Messengers informed as such, is unable to reflect upon it or direct them fluidly from memory. comprehend its meanings, and only after this which his heart has ascended to the degree us of will be seen by the eye in the Hereaf- any conscious thought toward it. Other people have hearts which fall will he come to realize that it is true. of Ayn Al yaqin. The second has acquired that ter and the inner sight in this world; in both Therefore, if all these things come below the level of those mentioned above; The first type of person sees the truth of level of unwavering belief which takes him cases, this is Ayn Al yaqin. together, the end-result is obtained: benefiting their hearts are not as ready to receive the what he is invited to and informed of with out of the fold of disbelief and into the fold islam21c.com Excessiveness leads to shirk

(Satan) whispered into their people lamenting over him. So why don’t The wisdom of Allah Almighty was fulfilled, to retreat and sit at their graves. Then you make a picture of him (i.e. a Satan whispered to those who came statue) and place it in your places when he sent Prophet Muhammad (peace after them that they should take of gatherings so that you maybe be upon him) as the final Prophet and made them as idols, beautifying to them reminded of him.’ So they said: ‘Yes, the idea that you will be reminded and they made a picture of him and his Shariah the completion of all divinely of them and thereby follow them in put in their place of gathering; which prescribed laws, in that He prohibited all righteous conduct. Then Satan sug- reminded them of him’.” gested to the third generation that When Iblis saw how they were means and avenues by which people may fall they should worship these idols (excessively) remembering him, he into Shirk, which is the greatest of sins. besides Allah, the most high, and he said : “Why doesn’t every man among whispered to them that this is what you make a similar picture to keep in their forefathers used to do! your own houses, so that you can be So Allah Almighty sent to them (constantly) reminded of him.” Nuh (peace be upon him), command- So they all said “yes.” So each By Sheikh Nasiruddin Al Albani The Prophet (peace be upon ing them to worship Allah alone. household made a picture of him, him) related from Allah Almighty: However none responded to His call which they adored and venerated “I created all my servants upon except a few. Allah, the mighty and and which constantly reminded the true religion (upon tawhid, majestic, related this whole incident them of him. Abu Jaafar said: “Those rom that which has been free from shirk). Then the devils in Chapter Nuh. from the later generation saw what established in the Shariah came to them and led them astray Ibn Abbas relates: “Indeed these the (previous generation) had done (prescribed law) is that man- from their true religion. They made five names of righteous men from the and considered that to the extent that kind was, in the beginning, unlawful to people that which I had people of Nuh (peace be upon him). they took him as an ilah (deity) to be Fa single nation upon true Tawheed; made lawful for them, and they When they died shaitan whispered to worshipped besides Allah Almighty. then shirk (directing any part or form commanded them to associate in their people to make statues of them He then said: “This was the first of worship, or anything else that is worship with Me, that which I had and to place these statues in their idol worshipped other than Allah, Ezdan mosque in Al Wukair solely the right of Allah, to other than sent down no authority.” places of gathering as a reminder of and they called this idol Wadd.” Allah) gradually overcame them. The Prophet (peace be upon him) them, so they did this. (Al-Bukhari) The basis for this is the saying of said: “Every child is born upon the However, none from among Thus the wisdom of Allah begins Friday prayers Allah Almighty: “Mankind was one Fitrah (Muslim/Ahmad) but his par- them worshipped these statues, until Almighty was fulfilled, when he Ummah, then Allah sent prophets ents make him a Jew or a Christian when they died and the purpose of sent Prophet Muhammad (peace be bringing good news and warnings.” or a magian. It is like the way an ani- the statues was forgotten. Then (the upon him) as the final Prophet and he Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs has officially endorsed (Qur’an, 2:213) mal gives birth to a natural offspring. next generation) began to worship made his Shariah the completion of Ezdan village (37) mosque in Al Wukair area to perform Fri- Ibn Abbas (may Allah bless him) have you noticed any born mutilated, them.”(Al-Bukhari/Muslim) all divinely prescribed laws, in that day prayers. said: “Between Nuh (Noah) and Adam before you mutilate them.” The likes of this has also been He prohibited all means and avenues The mosque can hold over 300 worshipers in addition to a were 10 generations, all of them Abu Hurayrah said: “Recite if you related by Ibn Jarir At-Tabari and by which people may fall into Shirk, prayerT hall dedicated for women to meet the ever increasing popula- were upon Shariah of the truth, then wish: ‘Allah’s fitrah with which He others, from a number of the salaf which is the greatest of sins. tion in the area and neighbouring sites. they differed. So Allah sent proph- created mankind. There is to be no (may Allah bless them all). For this reason, building The provision of a new mosque that offers an array of religious and ets as bringers of good news and change to the creation (religion) of In Ad-Durral-Manthoor, Abdul- shrines over graves and intend- guidance programmes for residents to perform their prayers and hold as warners”(Tahdheerus-Sajid min Allah.” (Quran, 30:30) lah ibn Humaid relates from Abu ing to specifically travel to them, educational events is an added value to Ezdan Villages, said a state- Ittikhadhil-Quburi Masajid) After this clear explanation, Muttahar, who said: Yazeed ibn Al- taking them as places of festiv- ment yesterday. Ibn Urwah Al Hanbali (d.837 H) it is of the upmost importance for Muhallab was mentioned to Abu ity and gathering and swearing Last week, the mosque had its first Jumua (Friday Prayer), led by said: “This saying refutes those his- Muslims to know how shirk spread Jaafar Al-Baqir (d.11H), so he said: an oath by the inmate of a grave, Sheikh Ehab Ibrahim from the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs. torians from the People of the Book among the believers, after they were He was killed at the place where have all been prohibited. Ezdan Holding Group owns 25 housing villages in Al Wakra and Al- who claim that Qabil (Cain) and his muwahhidin (people upon tawhid). another besides Allah was first All of these lead to excessiveness Wukair areas, over which more than 19,500 diverse housing units are sons were fire-worshippers.” (Ibn Allah Almighty says about the worshipped. and lead to the worship of other than distributed, accommodating more than 70,000 people. Jarir At-Tabari in his tafseer and Al- people of Nuh: “And they have said: Then he mentioned Wadd and Allah Almighty. This being the case Every village has a mosque dedicated to prayer and to serve the Hakim said: “It is authentic according You shall not forsake your gods, nor said: “Wadd was a Muslim who was even more so in an age in which compound residents. In these mosques, tenants and other people can to the criterion of Al Bukhari”) shall you forsake Wadd, nor Suwa, loved by his people. When he died, knowledge is diminishing, igno- benefit from advocacy and awareness activities, in addition to courses in In it is also a refutation of some nor Yaghuth, nor Yauq, nor Nasr.” the people began to gather around rance is increasing, there are few learning the Holy Quran in cooperation with the competent authorities. of the philosophers and atheists who (Quran, 71:23) his grave in the land of Babil (Babel), sincere advisers ( to the truth) and Seminars and lectures are delivered periodically by well-known claim that the (natural) basis of man It has been related by a group lamenting and mourning. So when shaitan is co-operating with men preachers in Arabic and English languages. Among the famous preach- is shirk and that tawhid evolved in from the salaf (pious predecessors), Iblis (Satan) saw them mourning and and jinn to misguide mankind and ers Ezdan hosted recently were Dr Zaghloul Najjar, Dr Mohammed Rateb man! The preceding ayah (verse) in many narrations, that these five lamenting over him, he took the form to take them away from the worship Al Nabulsi, Sheikh Mohammed Al Arifi and Sheikh Khalid Al Mahmood. falsifies this claim, as do the two fol- deities were righteous worshippers. of a man and came to them, saying: of Allah Almighty alone. lowing authentic Hadith: However, when they died, shaitan ‘I see that you are mourning and www.arabnews.com 04 FRIDAY 5 AUGUST 2016 MIDDLE EAST

Dubai airport Houthis used human shields: UN report reopens runway

DUBAI: Dubai International Reuters leaders has been submitted to the The report said the Houthis had in Yemen, which it is using to attract Airport reopened a runway yes- 15-member UN Security Council diverted about $100m a month from recruits, finance operations, and pur- terday after authorities cleared The UN report said sanctions committee. The Security Yemen’s central bank to support the chase equipment.” The report did not the wreckage of an Emirates Boe- the Houthis had Council imposed an arms embargo group’s war effort and that the for- specify the source of the money. ing 777 that crashed and burned UNITED NATIONS: Yemen’s Houthi concealed fighters on Houthi rebels and soldiers loyal eign reserves of the central bank had The report said that from a tech- the previous day, the airport’s rebels used civilians as human to Saleh in April 2015. Being put on dropped to $1.3bn in June 2016 from nical perspective, AQAP’s operational chief executive said. Paul Grif- shields, Islamic State militants in and equipment in or the UN blacklist triggers a travel ban $4.6bn in November 2014. capability had improved, evidenced fiths said that work continued to the country received an influx of close to civilians in and asset freeze. Political and central bank by advanced improvised explosive restore normal traffic volumes cash and Al Qaeda has improved The UN sanctions commit- sources have said the Houthis were device (IED) designs it was now using at the airport, the world’s busi- its roadside bombs, according to a Al Mukha in the Taiz tee will use information from the likely to have received more cen- in Yemen. The group also boasts one est hub for international travel. confidential report by United Nations Governorate “with expert panel to decide if addi- tral bank cash for their troops than of the world’s most feared bomb One of the airport’s two runways experts monitoring sanctions on tional people or groups should be the government because when they makers, Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri. had already re-opened. Re-open- Yemen. the deliberate aim blacklisted for “engaging in or pro- seized Sana’a thousands of their The monitors said AQAP also ing the second brings the airport The 105-page midterm report to of avoiding attack” viding support for acts that threaten militiamen were added to army ros- likely had access to more reliable closer to normal operations. Dubai the UN Security Council covered the the peace, security or stability of ters and became entitled to state commercial electronic detonators, Airport said in a statement that past six months. The experts noted and in violation Yemen”. pay. The Houthis were not imme- making it capable of implementing 237 inbound and departing flights that they have been unable to travel of international A Saudi-led coalition investi- diately available to comment on the a sustained IED campaign. were cancelled after the crash and to the Arabian Peninsula country so humanitarian law gation into air strikes on markets, report. The UN experts said that so far in another 44 flights coming into the they gathered information remotely. clinics and a wedding in Yemen Al Qaeda in the Arabian Penin- 2016 there had been three seizures of country were diverted to nearby “The panel has documented vio- largely defended the attacks on the sula (AQAP) has taken advantage of weapons in the Arabian Sea and the airports. About 19,000 passengers lations of international humanitarian The mostly Sunni Arab alliance grounds that armed militias were at Yemen’s civil war to take over parts Gulf of Aden, which they were inves- were affected, it said. Emirates law and international human rights intervened in Yemen’s civil war in the sites. of southern and eastern Yemen, and tigating to see if the arms embargo said it expected disruptions to its law committed by the Houthi-Saleh March last year to support the gov- The UN report said the Houthis the militant group Islamic State has had been violated. flights to continue for the next 36 forces, the Saudi Arabia-led coalition ernment and fight forces loyal to had concealed fighters and equip- also gained a foothold in the country. The report said that during a hours. It did not elaborate. The and forces affiliated to the legitimate ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh and ment in or close to civilians in Al The two groups’ are now “under- seizure of weapons from a stateless UAE Civil Aviation Authority said Government of Yemen,” the panel the Houthi movement. Mukha in the Taiz Governorate mining one another as they compete dhow on September 25, 2015, com- that an investigation into the inci- said in the report. Saudi Arabia has The report on the implementa- “with the deliberate aim of avoiding for recruits,” the report said, adding munications equipment, including dent would include the countries said it is committed to international tion of an arms embargo and targeted attack” and in violation of interna- that in March and April 2016 “ISIL mobile and satellite telephones, was involved in the manufacture of the humanitarian law. sanctions on Saleh and four Houthi tional humanitarian law. received a significant influx of cash found and inspected. plane and its engines — the United States and Britain — along with the relevant companies Boeing, Rolls Royce and Emirates Airline. UN hopeful of humanitarian Egypt air strike kills pause in Aleppo fighting IS head of Sinai CAIRO: An Egyptian air strike killed the head of the Islamic State group in the Sinai Peninsula along Reuters taskforce, and a week after Russia with top aides and dozens of other wrongfooted the UN by unveiling a jihadists, the army said yesterday. plan for humanitarian corridors and Abu Doaa Al Ansari was among the evacuation of Aleppo’s civilians. more than 45 jihadists killed in GENEVA: The United Nations said “We are in intensive discussions the operation carried out by the yesterday that intensive diplo- with the Russian Federation and the air force and the anti-terrorism macy was going on to try to agree government of Syria to ensure that squad, said a statement posted on a humanitarian pause in the fight- the civilian population in Aleppo the army spokesman’s Facebook ing in the Syrian city of Aleppo, and is protected and that standards of page. The army spokesman did it hoped to see an agreement for a international humanitarian law are not specify when the operation comprehensive humanitarian plan respected in any operation of human- was carried out. But the state- in the next few days. itarian assistance,” Ramzy said. ment posted on his website said The battle for eastern Aleppo, UN humanitarian adviser Jan military forces “were able to kill pitting besieged rebels against Syr- Egeland said Russia’s proposal was the leader Ansar Beit Al Maqdis, ian, Russian and Iranian-backed limited and said the UN was ready the terrorist called Abu Doaa Al forces, has erupted amid a dip- with a much more comprehensive Ansari and a number of his top lomatic vacuum and no sign of operation to take aid to the 250,000 aides in addition to more than 45 a breakthrough in a US-Russian civilians blockaded inside east- terrorist elements”. efforts for a deal to unlock a new ern Aleppo and to evacuate those Palestinians inspect the damage after Israeli troops demolished the family house of Khalid Makhamreh in round of peace talks. who wanted to leave, including the Chahed starts talks “There is still time, we cannot wounded. the West Bank village of Yatta, south of Hebron, yesterday. give up hope. Bear with us and I “There two sides, and at times on forming govt think in next few days there might many sides that need to subscribe to be some movement,” UN Deputy a pause in the fighting, we are hope- Homes of Tel Aviv attackers demolished TUNIS: Tunisia’s prime minis- Special Envoy for Syria Ramzy ful, we think it can happen and are ter-designate Youssef Chahed Ezzeldin Ramzy said in Geneva. ready to use it,” Egeland said. Very began talks yesterday aimed at Ramzy said US-Russian negoti- few civilians had left Aleppo after AFP The pair, who are cousins, were fasting month of Ramadan, the Shin creating a unity government to ations were ongoing and the United Russia’s offer, he said. charged last month at the Tel Aviv Bet said last month. Bystanders gath- tackle major economic and secu- Nations was still committed to its Meanwhile, cranes hoisted huge district court for murder, conspir- ered around the rubble of what used rity challenges. The 40-year-old goal of holding a new round of white bags with rice, lentils and ing to murder and attempted murder. to be his house, as a Yatta municipal- former local affairs minister was talks between the Syrian govern- dates from Jordan into tent camps YATTA: Israeli forces yesterday A third suspect also from Yatta, ity bulldozer cleared the road. nominated on Wednesday and ment and opposition towards the on the Syrian side of a border berm razed the southern West Bank homes south of Hebron, was charged over Ammar Makhamrah, a relative of given 30 days to form a cabinet. end of August. — an unprecedented way of deliv- of two Palestinian gunmen who shot allegedly providing them with guns. Khaled who lives next to the demol- He met officials from three minor The United States and Russia were ering UN aid to tens of thousands of dead four Israelis at a trendy Tel Aviv Video footage from the June ished home, said the Israeli army parties, said a source close to him. in intensive discussions to “shore up” displaced Syrians cut off from out- cafe in June, the army said. attack showed the two men walking had given family members time to Chahed was then set to meet offi- Syria’s collapsed nationwide truce side help for almost two months. “Overnight in accordance with into a popular Tel Aviv cafe wearing leave the building and take furni- cials from the Islamist Ennahda and their military experts were still The three-day delivery to two government directives security black suits, before opening fire on ture before razing it. A short distance party that dominates parliament trying to agree a cooperation plan makeshift encampments in a remote forces demolished the residences of customers at random. away, Mohammad Makhamrah’s and from the Nobel Peace Prize- “that would unlock the entire solu- desert area ended yesterday, UN the two terrorists who carried out Three people were shot dead, mother was consoled by women winning UGTT union, said the tion”, Ramzy said. aid agencies said. Relief over get- the terror attack at the Sarona mar- while a fourth died of a heart attack from her family in a building near source, who did not wish to be “We continue to believe that no ting badly needed aid to the Ruqban ket on June 8, killing four civilians and 15 others were wounded. Accord- the rubble that used to be home to named. “Consultations will con- one has an interest in further esca- and Hadalat camps was muted by and wounding several more,” a mil- ing to the Shin Bet domestic security her and 10 other relatives. tinue in the coming days,” he said. lating the military situation in Aleppo concern over deteriorating condi- itary spokeswoman said. agency, the assault was planned after Israel routinely demolishes Chahed is set to meet today repre- in a way that would impede human- tions there. The Yatta home of Mohammad a July 2015 arson attack by Jewish homes of Palestinian assailants in sentatives of his own party, Nidaa itarian aid and also impede chances Aid agencies have said disease, Makhamrah was blown up, with the extremists in the West Bank that killed what it says is a means to deter fur- Tounes, which was founded by of political settlement,” he said. “We malnutrition and dehydration are windows of nearby homes shattered three members of a Palestinian fam- ther attacks. Israeli forces also seized President Beji Caid Essebsi. If his need to do something about Aleppo on the rise. This week’s shipment of by the explosion. The second story of ily, including an 18-month-old baby. four gun-making devices overnight, cabinet wins the backing of par- and very quickly. There is still a 650 tonnes of food and hygiene kits a building where Khaled Makham- Khaled Makhamrah had wanted a military statement read, bringing liament, Chahed will become the chance for that in the next days.” was a one-off — Jordan has said it rah’s family lived a short distance to carry out “a revenge attack against the number of such machines seized North African country’s youngest He was speaking after a weekly would bar future deliveries from its away was demolished by an exca- Israel in the name of the Islamic throughout the occupied West Bank premier since it won independ- meeting of the Syria humanitarian soil on security grounds. vator, witnesses said. State” group during the Muslim to 27, with 235 firearms taken. ence from France in 1956.

US air raids lift morale of Libya World Vision charged anti-IS force on the ground

AFP “We hope they will intensify the jihadists holed up in the centre of air strikes in the coming days for us Sirte, at the request of the UN-backed to make progress on the battlefield,” government. said Ahjal, wearing a cowboy hat and The loss of Sirte would be a major SIRTE: Crouched behind a cement a military jacket over a black sleeve- blow to the jihadist group, which has wall to avoid sniper fire, Libyan less shirt. faced a series of setbacks in Syria and pro-government fighters say US air Ahjal and nine other fighters Iraq, where a US-led coalition and strikes on the Islamic State jihad- from the pro-government “Hawks of local forces are battling IS. ist group in its Sirte bastion have Misrata” unit lay low in the courtyard US warplanes carried out seven boosted morale. of the house, less than 250 metres strikes against IS positions in Sirte Fighters allied to the UN-backed from the nearest IS position. They on Monday and Tuesday. Government of National Accord were waiting for the return of com- Libya pro-GNA forces launched (GNA) have waged a fierce weeks- rades from the frontlines to take over the campaign to retake Sirte in May. long battle to retake the coastal city and jump back into the fray. Since then, more than 300 pro-gov- of Sirte from the jihadists. “Our morale has been lifted, ernment forces have been killed The office of the US-based Christian NGO, World Vision, in east Jerusalem. Israel charged Mohammed “The US intervention is very especially after the last raids carried and 1,500 wounded, according to good. The air strikes are very good out by our American friends,” said medical sources. In June, pro-gov- Al Halabi, the Gaza director of the humanitarian organisation, with having diverted millions of dollars and have targeted sensitive Daesh Khaled Al Ghosh, another fighter. ernment forces entered the city but in foreign aid to the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas and its armed wing. The Shin Bet internal (IS) positions,” Mohamad Al Ahjal The United States opened a new their progress has been slow as IS hit security service said $7.2m given to World Vision had been diverted to Hamas each year, with some said yesterday as he took cover in the front in its campaign against IS on back with sniper fire, suicide attacks of it funding the Gaza Strip rulers’ military campaign against Israel. courtyard of an abandoned house. Monday by launching air strikes on and car bombings. ASIA / AFRICA FRIDAY 5 AUGUST 2016 05 S African opposition takes poll lead in major areas

AFP The main opposition Democratic and the radical leftist Economic Free- white-minority rule, but the faltering polling stations Wednesday after a Alliance (DA) was on course to hold dom Fighters (EFF) on 8%, according economy, rampant corruption and fiercely fought and occasionally bitter With more than Cape Town, ahead in the city of Port to official results. soaring unemployment have eaten campaign marked by disputes over JOHANNESBURG: Results from Elizabeth, and locked in a close battle The count is seen as a marker into the party’s popularity. alleged racial slurs. two-thirds of the South Africa’s fiercely contested for the capital Pretoria and the eco- ahead of the next general election “We have shown some incredible A final Ipsos survey earlier this local elections could deliver a set- nomic hub Johannesburg. due in 2019. growth,” Mmusi Maimane, the DA’s week had placed the ANC and DA vote counted, the back to the African National Congress The ANC has won more than 60 The local election is also a mid- first black leader said. neck and neck in key cities after some ANC had 53 percent (ANC), with early indications yester- percent of the vote at every election term reflection on the performance “We call this the change elec- undecided voters drifted back to the day showing the party that ended since the country’s first multi-racial of President Jacob Zuma, who has tion because we felt that it was a ruling party. support nationwide apartheid losing support. vote in 1994 when Nelson Mandela been plagued by economic woes referendum on Jacob Zuma as a “Democracy is maturing so you and the DA 27 With the count well under way, was sworn in as president. and a series of scandals since tak- national figure, but we also had will find... a dilution where you might partial results put the ANC ahead With more than two-thirds of the ing office in 2009. a referendum about the future of not have very strong support for one percent. nationwide but with its lowest-ever vote counted, the ANC had 53% sup- The ANC has dominated the South Africa.” party,” ANC treasurer Zweli Mkhize levels of backing. port nationwide, with the DA on 27% political landscape since the fall of Millions of voters queued outside said. UN asked to probe

N Korea missile test Indonesian cleric AFP the committee and its panel of loses appeal over experts in their investigation of these incidents,” said the letter. militant camp UNITED NATIONS: The US, North Korea has been hit by five Japan and 10 other countries have sets of UN sanctions since it first requested a UN investigation of tested an atomic device in 2006. JAKARTA: A jailed Islam- North Korea’s ballistic missile tests The council in March adopted ist cleric in Indonesia has in a move that could lead to targeted its toughest sanctions resolution to lost an appeal against sanctions, according to a joint letter. date, banning exports of coal, iron his conviction for fund- Ten Security Council members and other minerals from North Korea ing an extremist training along with Australia and South and imposing other restrictions, in camp, an official said Korea asked the UN sanctions particular in the banking sector. yesterday. committee to “review carefully At the request of the US and Abu Bakar Bashir was the known details” about the July Japan, the council met Wednes- thought to be a key fig- 18 launch of three Scud ballistic day behind closed doors to discuss ure in regional terror missiles and a No Dong intermedi- Pyongyang’s latest missile launch, network Jemaah Islami- ate-range missile. which for the first time landed in yah, blamed for the 2002 The investigation could identify Japanese-controlled waters. Bali bombings that killed individuals and companies involved North Korea fired two interme- more than 200 people. Bangladesh police escort former North South University teacher, Hasnat Karim (centre left)) and Canadian in North Korea’s missile program diate-range missiles simultaneously, The elderly, bespec- university student, Tahmid Hasib (centre right) towards the court as suspects in the Holey Artisan Bakery who could face targeted sanctions but one appeared to explode on tacled preacher was terror attack, in Dhaka, yesterday. including a global visa ban and takeoff. sentenced to 15 years in assets freeze. The second missile landed in jail in 2011 for helping “As the DPRK proceeds to the Sea of Japan, some 250km off fund a paramilitary group Dhaka detains 2 over café siege develop new and destabilising Japan’s northern coast and within training in the Islamic weapon systems, the Security Coun- its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). province of Aceh, which cil should be prepared to respond British Deputy Ambassador allegedly planned to kill Reuters and demanded his immediate Yesterday, a Dhaka court with further significant measures,” Peter Wilson said the council should the then president. release. remanded the men in custody for said the letter sent to the sanctions consider further action if North The 77-year-old was Karim, who holds dual British eight days for interrogation, with committee on July 28. Korea presses on with the provoc- jailed after authori- and Bangladeshi citizenship, and police official Masudur Rahman tell- The sanctions committee is ative missile launches. ties in the world’s most DHAKA: A court in Bangladesh yes- Tahmid Hasib Khan, a student of ing reporters they had been arrested asked to “take appropriate action” “I think we should be looking at populous Muslim-major- terday allowed police to detain two Toronto University, were dining sep- on Wednesday night “from two dif- in response to Pyongyang’s launch every means to convince the North ity country broke up the men over an attack claimed by mil- arately with family and friends when ferent places”. of the missiles which are in viola- Koreans to come into the fold and camp. itant group Islamic State on a cafe gunmen stormed the Holey Artisan The police assertion of arrests at tion of Security Council resolutions. to abide by international commit- in the capital, Dhaka, that killed 20 Bakery on the evening of July 1. different sites appeared to run coun- Aside from the US and Japan, the ments,” Wilson said. hostages, mostly foreigners. The suspected Islamist militants ter to relatives’ statements that the request was endorsed by council The council has repeatedly French charity The case has drawn criticism singled out non-Muslims and for- men were held at unknown locations members Britain, France, Malay- condemned North Korea’s mis- from human rights groups who say eigners, killing Italians, Japanese, after the attack. sia, New Zealand, Senegal, Spain, sile launches, but a US-drafted urges Sri Lanka to the suspects were illegally detained an American and an Indian before “The authorities have finally Ukraine and Uruguay. While, China, statement circulated last month and denied access to a lawyer. A law- security forces stormed the eatery admitted that Mr Karim is in their North Korea’s sole ally, and Russia following an apparent submarine- act over killings yer for one of the two men, Hasnat to end the 12-hour siege. Two police custody,” his London-based lawyer, did not back the request. launched missile test has bogged Karim, said his client was innocent also died in the operation. Rodney Dixon said. “We will cooperate fully with down in discussion with China. COLOMBO: A French charity urged Sri Lan- ka’s government to hold a credible investigation into Audio from Boko Haram Leaving for Hajj the killing a decade ago of 17 of its staff. The head of Action Against Hunger (ACF) said leader fuels talk of split it was time for Sri Lanka to act on its promises as she visited the island to AFP and in charge of the group, which mark the 10th anniversary last year had pledged allegiance to of the massacre. the Islamic State jihadists. No one has ever been KANO: Boko Haram’s elusive leader “People should know we are prosecuted over the exe- Abubakar Shekau broke his silence still around. We will never cause cution style killings of yesterday to insist he was “still any discord among the people, we ACF staff, among them around” following reports Islamic will live by the Holy Quran,” Shekau four women, the worst State had replaced him, but his mes- said in a 10-minute audio message. attack against humani- sage fuelled talk of a split within the “This is our stand and we tarian workers during the jihadist group. remain in our capacity as Jama’atu island’s ethnic war. For months, speculation has Ahlissunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad,” Human Rights Watch been rife over the fate of Shekau, he said using the Islamic name for has said mishandling of who has led the Nigeria-based Boko Haram. the case by successive Islamist group since 2009 but has His voice was recognised a governments showed the not been heard from since March. journalist familiar with previous need for credible inter- But yesterday, following a report messages he has posted on social national involvement to suggesting he had been replaced, media. Pilgrims walk with their luggage towards a plane before departing for the annual Hajj pilgrimage to determine who carried Shekau released an audio message It was also confirmed as Shekau’s Makkah from Narathiwat Airport in southern Thailand, yesterday. out the killings. insisting he was still very much alive voice by Berlin-based jihadist expert.

Briton charged in Kenya over $3m cocaine bust Ooredoo Roaming Price Announcement AFP on Monday along with a Kenyan with whatever information they issues dogging countries like suspect, Roy Francis Mwanthi, require,” she added. Guinea-Bissau could be repli- Ooredoo has today announced that it will simplify pricing who also denies the charges. Mshale operated “stringent cated in East Africa. for its customers by standardising roaming rates, while roaming in any non GCC country. NAIROBI: A British sugar trader Three men including Marrian procedures” to protect its goods, A UN report has stated that appeared in a Kenyan court yes- were questioned in recent days she said. “the global drug trade generated Starting from 5 September 2016, while roaming in any terday charged with trafficking by a special team of US anti-nar- The port of Mombasa on Afri- an estimated $321.6bn in the year non GCC country, all roaming calls made to a local number of that country will be charged at QR 5/minute. 100kg of cocaine from Brazil to cotics agents and their Kenyan ca’s east coast has long been used 2003.” All calls answered, and all SMS sent, will cost QR 3 the port of Mombasa. counterparts following an Inter- as a transit point for drugs bound With a world GDP of $36 tril- per minute/message. Calls made to Qatar or any other Jack Marrian (pictured) pol tipoff about the shipment. for Asia and Europe. lion in the same year, the illegal country whilst roaming in any non GCC country will cost denied the charges stemming “We are aware of speculation In west Africa, Latin Amer- drug trade may be estimated as QR 17/minute. from the $3m seizure of drugs regarding an allegedly compro- ican cocaine traffickers have nearly 1 percent of total global Roaming mobile Internet and Ooredoo Passport out of found hidden in containers of mised shipment consigned to strengthened their grip since the trade. bundle rates will not be affected by these changes. sugar last Friday. Mshale Commodities,” a spokes- mid-2000s where drugs money Most jurisdictions prohibit For full details of Ooredoo’s standard roaming pricing, The businessman, who is woman for Mshale said. fuels corruption and in the case trade, except under licence, of visit Ooredoo.qa managing director of Kenya “We can confirm that of tiny Guinea-Bissau -- dubbed many types of drugs through and Uganda-based Mshale Mshale’s managing director, Africa’s first narco-state -- may the use of drug prohibition laws. Commodities, was remanded in Jack Marrian, is assisting theKen- even outstrip national GDP. Consumption of illegal drugs custody pending a bail hearing yan authorities to provide them Anti-drug officials that the is widespread globally. 06 FRIDAY 5 AUGUST 2016 ASIA / PHILIPPINES UN voices concern over Duterte’s war on drugs

drug control conventions” and “do Narcotics Control Board to “state not serve the cause of justice”. unequivocally” that drug-related UN official believes “I join the United Nations Sec- killings are unacceptable drug con- that the endorsement retary-General Ban Ki-moon in trol measures. condemning the apparent endorse- According to the Philippine of extrajudicial killing ment of extrajudicial killing, which is National Police, a total of 402 drug is illegal and a breach illegal and a breach of fundamental suspects have been killed while of fundamental rights rights and freedoms,” Yury Fedotov nearly 600,000 others have surren- said. dered since Duterte’s administration and freedoms. He reminded President Rodrigo waged war against the illegal drug Duterte that during a special session trade July 1. of the UN General Assembly on the On July 26, Philstar reported that world drug problem, governments an average of 11 people were killed Anatolia committed to ensure that “all people daily based on PNP statistics of 239 can live in health, dignity and peace, deaths in the first 22 days of Duterte’s with security and prosperity”. rule. A Senate resolution has been The UN official said that they will filed calling for an investigation into ZAMBOANGA CITY: With more back the Philippine government in the surge in killings of suspected drug than 400 drug suspects now dead bringing drug traffickers to justice dealers and users both by police and in the month since the new Philip- but it should be grounded on interna- unidentified gunmen. pines administration started its war tional conventions and agreements. The inquiry was called by Sen. Anti-riot policemen stand guard in front of a protester holding a placard condemning the rise in extrajudicial on illegal drugs, the United Nations He also voiced support for Leila De Lima, a former justice sec- killings in connection to the war on illegal drugs during a protest outside the Department of Justice in Metro anti-drug body has expressed “great “balanced, people-centered, evi- retary and Commission on Human Manila, yesterday. concern”. dence- and rights-based approaches Rights chair, who once probed In a statement posted on its web- to drug control.” Duterte’s alleged links to a vigilante last drug lord, the last financier, and obligations to promote, and protect, control approaches that are bal- site late Wednesday, an executive The UN office statement came death squad in Davao, where he was the last pusher had surrendered or fulfil the human rights of our citizens, anced, people-centered, evidence director of the UN Office on Drugs after the International Drug Policy previously mayor. [been] put behind bars or below the especially the poor, the marginalized and rights-based. These methods and Crime (UNODC) said the rise in Consortium, a network of non-gov- During his first State of the Nation ground”. and the vulnerable”. should also be rooted in agreed inter- drug-related killings “contravened ernmental organizations, urged address July 25, Duterte said that the Duterte, however, has also said In the UNODC statement, Fedo- national conventions and standards, the provisions of the international both UNODC and the International government would not stop until “the he will be “sensitive to the State’s tov emphasized that it supports drug it added recently.

Thai army aims to preserve role Philippines holds informal TPP membership talks with US as vote looms Reuters We’d like to be part of that,” Lopez Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malay- He said reforms would be needed said. sia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, though, one of the key ones being “The new government is one that Singapore, United States and Viet- amendments to foreign equity Reuters VIENTIANE: The Philippines is eager will keep the policy of maximising nam, accounting for about 800 rules, which require constitutional to join the 12-nation Trans Pacific FTA (foreign trade agreements) par- million people and 40 percent of the change and were a sticking point for Partnership trade deal and it has ticipation. We’re close to the US and global trade. the previous government. However, BANGKOK: Thailand votes on already held informal talks with the we’ve had talks at an informal level.” For the Philippines, the TPP, suggestions to remove caps on for- Sunday for a new constitution that US to do so, Trade Secretary Ramon The TPP has been dubbed a which covers a trade area worth eign ownership in certain economic aims to subdue political parties Lopez (pictured) said yesterday. “mega-regional accord”, and once $28 trillion of GDP, would open up sectors were “well received” by the and give the generals a permanent In an interview on the sidelines in play would be the biggest trade the North American and the South new government, Goyer said. role in overseeing the country’s of Asean economy ministers meet- pact in a generation. American markets. Lopez gave no timeframe for economic development, a senior ings in Vientiane, Lopez said the It will be a boon in particular for John Goyer, senior director for possible TPP membership, citing rat- military officers said. key industries which would benefit lower cost manufacturing-led econo- Southeast Asia at the US Chamber ification uncertainties for the deal. The kingdom of Thailand has would be electronics, automotives mies, with the prospect of sharp tariff of Commerce, said on the sidelines TPP negotiations concluded last a long history of coups. But inter- and garments. cuts to markets like the US already good position to join, having sepa- of the Laos event the signals from year and the pact has been signed, views with officers, including “If you don’t take part in it you luring factory investment to TPP rate FTAs in place with seven of the the new administration of President but to take effect it requires rati- two generals, show the mili- might lose some opportunities while members. 12 countries already. Rodrigo Duterte have been positive fication by members’ respective tary’s ambition is to make such other countries are enjoying them. Lopez said his country was in a The TPP includes Australia, since he won the May election. legislatures by February 2018. interventions unnecessary by weakening political parties and maintaining permanent influence over elected governments. Future governments, they Drug bust Japan’s new defence chief said, would be legally obliged to follow a 20-year national devel- opment plan set by the army. warns on N Korea & China Under the proposed charter, which would replace one torn up following the May 2014 coup, a AFP active in waters and airspace sur- junta-appointed Senate with seats rounding (Japan) and it continues reserved for military commanders its attempt to change the status quo would check the powers of elected TOKYO: Japan’s hawkish new through force,” Inada said. lawmakers. defence minister singled out North The comments were an appar- “They will be sitting there to Korean provocations and Chinese ent critique of the Asian giant’s make sure all the reforms will be use of “force” in territorial disputes reinforcement of reefs and rocks in carried out and at the same time yesterday as she reviewed troops on the South China Sea claimed not just make sure the newly elected gov- her first day in the job. by Beijing but also several Southeast ernment does exactly what they’re Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Asian countries. supposed to do,” General Thawip appointed Tomomi Inada, a close Japan is also embroiled in a Netniyom, chief of Thailand’s confidante with staunchly nation- long-running territorial dispute National Security Council (NSC) alist views, on Wednesday just hours with Beijing over uninhabited said. after North Korea fired a test missile islands in the East China Sea. The generals, he said, would that landed in Japanese-controlled Inada, a four-term lawmaker, be baby-sitting. “somewhat”. waters for the first time. has made frequent visits to Tokyo’s One clause in the draft consti- “North Korea is repeating mil- Yasukuni war shrine, seen by China tution would allow an unelected itarily provocative acts such as and South Korea as a symbol of prime minister to take power nuclear testing and a series of bal- Japan’s early 20th century coloni- in the event of a political crisis listic missile launches,” Inada told alism and militarism. - that’s what happened in 2014 troops after performing a ceremo- The 57-year-old’s views when army chief Prayuth Chan- nial review. include a desire to make changes ocha led a coup against the elected Her appointment also came to Japan’s US-imposed constitu- government of Yingluck Shina- after Japan sharply criticised tion that renounces the right to watra and afterward became China in an annual defence white wage war. prime minister. paper earlier this week, warning She wrote in 2011 that Japan Thailand’s military has always Cambodian police present suspects and seized drugs before the media at the Anti-Drug Department its aggressive stance in territorial -- the only country in the world been powerful, but the 2014 coup in Phnom Penh, yesterday. disputes risks sparking unintended to suffer atomic bomb attacks -- established it as the nation’s conflict. should consider acquiring nuclear preeminent institution. “China has rapidly become weapons. Over 30 children dead in remote Nepal’s new PM names core team; seeks reconciliation Myanmar from unknown disease Reuters government by amending the consti- Bimalendra Nidhi of the centrist Prachanda, whose real name is AFP and is populated by people from the tution adopted last September. Nepali Congress, the biggest coali- Pushpa Kamal Dahal, still uses his Naga tribes. The Madhesis, who have close tion party, as deputy prime minister wartime pseudonym, which means Adults and children have both KATHMANDU: Nepal’s new Mao- cultural and family ties with neigh- in charge of the home ministry, offi- “fierce”. He has promised to keep his YANGON: An undiagnosed disease been struck since the outbreak first ist Prime Minister Prachanda named bouring India, have staged protests cials said. cabinet small, after predecessor K has killed more than 30 children emerged in June, a local MP said, a minority leader to the key posi- against the charter, saying it mar- Among those appointed to P Oli was criticised for appointing a in a remote part of Myanmar, offi- but the illness appears to be par- tion of home minister in his first ginalised them by dividing their the cabinet was Krishna Bahadur 32-member coalition with six dep- cials said yesterday, with health ticularly deadly to children under appointments yesterday, seeking southern homeland into several Mahara from Prachanda’s Mao- uty prime ministers. authorities struggling to treat vic- the age of five. reconciliation after months of pro- states. ist party, who will also be a deputy Dahal led a guerrilla war against tims. “Altogether 23 children were tests by southern plainsfolk over a Violence, blamed by many Mad- prime minister in charge of the the government and had also served The illness, with measles-like have been killed in Lahal township new constitution. hesis on the use of excessive police finance ministry. as the Prime Minister of the country symptoms, has hit the far corner and 13 killed in Nan Yon township The 61-year-old former rebel force, claimed more than 50 lives “Initially only a few people will from 2008 to 2009. of Myanmar’s northern Sagaing since June because of this unknown commander has vowed to tackle the in the protests that petered out in represent in the cabinet, more will He led the CPN (M) as it launched region, a remote and mountainous disease,” Law Yon, a regional MP grievances of the Madhesi minority February. join later,” said Prakash Sharan a communist insurgency on 13 Feb- area which borders eastern India from Naga region said. that demands a greater say in central Prachanda appointed Mahat, an official of Nepali Congress. ruary 1996. PAKISTAN FRIDAY 5 AUGUST 2016 07 Taliban gunmen ambush foreign tourists in Herat

their citizens against all travel in latest 21-day tour through “glorious, Northgate hotel escaped unharmed, Afghanistan, citing threats of kid- stark mountain passes” in Bamiyan but one policeman was killed after Governor’s napping and attacks. and Herat started on July 26, accord- the suicide truck bomber paved the spokesman said that “The foreign tourists -- three ing to its website. way for two other armed insurgents Americans, six Britons, two Scots James Willcox, founder of another to enter the heavily guarded facility the attack left at least and one German -- were travelling England-based adventure travel near Kabul airport. six foreigners and with an Afghan army convoy when operator Untamed Borders, said his The attack was a grim reminder their Afghan driver they were ambushed by the Tali- agency stopped using the Bamiyan- of the deteriorating security situa- ban in Chesht-e-Sharif,” said Jilani Herat road in 2009 because “it’s just tion in Afghanistan since most foreign wounded. Farhad, the spokesman for Herat’s not safe”. troops withdrew in 2014. The rising governor. Bamiyan, famous for empty hill- violence has resulted in large Afghan He said the insurgents had been side niches that once sheltered giant civilian casualties. AFP repelled and the foreigners were Buddha statues that were blown up Foreigners are also increas- being escorted to Herat city, adding by the Taliban, is at the centre of ingly being targeted as the conflict that the attack left at least six foreign- Afghan efforts to boost revenue from escalates. HERAT: Taliban militants attacked ers and their Afghan driver wounded. warzone tourism. American journalist David Gilkey a group of 12 American and Euro- Local authorities released pho- A vast, ancient landscape of rus- and his Afghan translator were killed pean tourists escorted by an Afghan tographs of some of the foreigners set-hued cliffs, Bamiyan is a rare in June while travelling with an army convoy in western Herat prov- being treated in a district hospital for oasis of tranquility but it is wedged Afghan army unit that came under ince yesterday, leaving at least seven apparently minor injuries. between insurgency-hit districts. fire in southern Helmand province. people wounded as the insurgents The Taliban claimed the attack The United States has warned Aid workers in particular have step up nationwide attacks. on “foreign invaders” as they inten- Two foreign tourists (centre) wounded during a Taliban militant attack its citizens in Afghanistan of a increasingly been casualties of a surge The tourists -- eight British, sify their annual summer offensive is treated at a hospital in the western Herat province, yesterday. “very high” kidnapping risk after an in militant violence in recent years. three Americans and one German after a brief lull during the holy fast- American citizen narrowly escaped Judith D’Souza, a 40-year-old national -- were ambushed by Tali- ing month of Ramadan, which ended But that has not stopped some Afghanistan with Hinterland Travel, abduction in the heart of Kabul. Indian charity worker, was rescued ban gunmen in the restive district of in early July. foreign tourists from travelling to an England-based adventure travel Yesterday’s attack follows a Tal- in late July, more than a month after Chesht-e-Sharif, while en route from Highways in Afghanistan passing Afghanistan, endowed with stunning company which offers tours passing iban truck bombing on Monday at a she was taken at gunpoint near her the neighbouring provinces of Bami- through insurgency-prone areas have landscapes and archaeological sites, through central and north Afghani- hotel for foreigners in Kabul, which residence in the heart of Kabul. yan and Ghor. become exceedingly dangerous, with many of them in volatile areas prone stan as well as volatile lapis mines in triggered a seven-hour gun and gre- D’Souza’s abduction came after It is unclear why they were the Taliban and other armed groups to the Taliban insurgency. the country. nade assault that highlighted growing Katherine Jane Wilson, a well-known travelling overland at a time when frequently kidnapping or killing The Guardian newspa- The company was not imme- insecurity in the city. Australian NGO worker, was kid- Western embassies typically warn travellers. per reported the tourists came to diately reachable for comment. Its The guests and staff of the napped in Jalalabad. Punjab government Pentagon withholds $300m in army aid to Pakistan

Reuters Taliban and the Haqqani network. the significance of the sacrifices that more terror attacks on its soil. chopper crash-lands “The funds could not be released the Pakistani military has under- “(The) Coalition Support Fund to the Government of Pakistan at this taken over the last two years,” Stump is one of the many cooperative WASHINGTON: The Pentagon will time because the Secretary has not added. arrangements between Pakistan not pay Pakistan $300m in military yet certified that Pakistan has taken According to Pentagon data, and the United States to pursue in Afghan province reimbursements after US Secretary sufficient action against the Haqqani about $14bn has already been paid to common objectives,” said Nadeem of Defence Ash Carter decided not network,” Pentagon spokesman Pakistan under the CSF since 2002. Hotiana, a spokesman for the Paki- to tell Congress that Pakistan was Adam Stump said on Wednesday. The decision by the Pentagon is a stani embassy in Washington. taking adequate action against the The $300m comes under the sign that while it sees some progress by Relations between the United AFP “We don’t know anything about Haqqani network, a US official said. Coalition Support Fund (CSF), a US Pakistan in its military operations in States and Pakistan were tested in the fate of those on-board or why it Relations between the two Defence Department programme to North Waziristan, much work remains. May by a US drone strike that killed crash-landed.” countries have been frayed over reimburse allies that have incurred Pakistan rejects harboring mili- Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani gov- There was no official com- the past decade, with US officials costs in supporting counter-terrorist tants but says there are limits to how Mansour on Pakistani soil. ernment helicopter crash-landed ment from the Pakistani military frustrated by what they term Islam- and counter-insurgency operations. much it can do as it is already fight- There has been growing resist- in eastern Afghanistan yesterday, or Afghan defence ministry officials. abad’s unwillingness to act against Pakistan is the largest recipient. ing multiple Islamist groups and is ance in the US Congress to sending officials said, without confirming Crashes of Mi-17 helicopter Air Islamist groups such as the Afghan “This decision does not reduce wary of a “blowback” in the form of money to Pakistan. reports six people on board were accidents involving Mi-17 in Paki- taken hostage by the Taliban. stan include: 2004 crash near Karak “Six people were boarding it, in which 13 soldiers were killed, but we are unaware of their fate,” 2007 crash near Muzaffarabad Dozens of stray a senior government official based on the occasion of inauguration of There’s smoke, there’s fire! in Lahore said on condition of development projects. dogs poisoned anonymity. Crash in Kurram Agency, in The helicopter crashed in Azra 2009, in which 41 people were in Karachi district, in the restive province of killed. Crash in Skardu in 2012 Logar, then caught fire, said the in which five people died. Seven provincial governor’s spokesman people including Norway, Philip- Salim Saleh. pines envoys died in Mi-17 crash Reuters Earlier, local district governor on May 2015, in Naltar Valley in Hamidullah Hamid said six people Gilgit-Baltistan. on board had been taken hostage Military helicopter crashed near KARACHI: Officials have poi- by the Taliban and transported to Mansehra in August 2015, killing all soned hundreds of dogs in the an unknown location. 12 on board and An Mi-17 crashed southern Pakistani city of Karachi The insurgents have not so far near Tarbela, February 2016, kill- in the latest effort to curb a popula- commented on the incident. ing one military official. tion of strays that attack thousands Kabul has long accused Paki- The Taliban emerged in 1994 as of people each year in the teem- stan of supporting the Taliban and one of the prominent factions in the ing mega-city of some 20 million. continuing to nurture sanctuaries Afghan Civil War, and largely con- Bodies of dead dogs littered on its soil in the hope of maintain- sisted of students recently trained areas of the city where munici- ing influence in Afghanistan. in madrassas in Pakistan. pal workers gathered them for A spokesman for Pakistani Under the leadership of Moham- disposal. embassy in Kabul confirmed the med Omar, the movement spread “At least 700 dogs have been crash, but would not say if the pas- throughout most of Afghanistan, killed only in two areas of Kara- sengers had been kidnapped. sequestering power from the Muja- chi’s south in the last couple of “An Mi-17 transport helicopter hideen warlords, whose corruption days,” said Sattar Javed, a spokes- belonging to the Punjab government and despotism Afghans had tired of. man for the municipal authority. was scheduled to fly to Russia for The Islamic Emirate of Afghan- Officials estimated the city- repair. We think the same chop- istan was established in 1996 and Smoke rises from a burning shopping mall after a fire broke out in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday. wide operation that started this per crash-landed in Logar,” Akhtar the Afghan capital transferred to week had culled thousands of Munir said. Kandahar. strays. PM appoints ex-diplomat as AJK President US lists Jamaat-ur-Ahrar

Internews required to be summoned by the Pakistan is administering the outgoing president to elect the new region as a self-governing territory as ‘global terrorist group’ president following the expiry of the rather than incorporating it in the ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz incumbent’s term. federation since the UN mandated Sharif, who is also the chief of rul- “The president is elected through ceasefire. Reuters Consulate in the northwestern city ing Pakistan Muslim League, has secret ballot by a majority vote,” he Azad Kashmir has its own elected of Peshawar in early March. approved the name of Masood Khan said, adding that the outgoing pres- President, Prime Minister, Legisla- Jamaat-ur-Ahrar has not yet (pictured) , a retired bureaucrat, for ident will administer oath to his tive Assembly, High Court, with ISLAMABAD: The United States has commented on the designation. the coveted office of President Azad successor. Azam khan as its present chief jus- added the Pakistani militant outfit The designation, announced by Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). Masood retired as a career dip- tice, and official flag. Jamaat-ur-Ahrar to its list of glo- the State Department in a statement Masood will be replacing Sardar lomat in 2005. He has served on The government of Pakistan has bal terrorists, triggering sanctions on Wednesday, means anyone who Yaqoob as 23rd president of the key positions as Foreign Office’s not yet allowed Azad Kashmir to against a group that has staged mul- supports Jamaat-ur-Ahrar could region. spokesman, Pakistan’s Permanent issue its own postage stamps, mean- tiple attacks on civilians, religious have their assets frozen by the US Yaqoob will be retiring on Representative to the United Nations, ing that those of Pakistan are used minorities and soldiers. government. August 25 after completing his five- Ibrahim of the Jammu and Kashmir Pakistan’s Ambassador to China, instead. Jamaat-ur-Ahrar has claimed In recent years, Pakistan has year constitutional term. Masood is People’s Party. DG UN desk at Ministry of Foreign Brad Adams the Asia director at responsibility for at least five major also cracked down on movements presently serving as director general Discussions are ongoing on the Affairs, DG Disarmament desk at the US based NGO Human Rights attacks in Pakistan since December, that target its own citizens and insti- at the Institute of Strategic Studies makeup of AJK’s cabinet, and PML- MOFA and several other positions. Watch has said in 2006 including the Easter Sunday bomb- tutions, including the Pakistani Islamabad (ISSI). N’s parliamentary party will finalise Masood Khan hails from the AJK’s Although ‘azad’ means ‘free,’ the ing in a public park that killed 70 Taliban who are fighting to topple Masood’s selection was finalised prospective ministers in a meeting Rawlakot area and belongs to Sud- residents of Azad Kashmir are any- people in the eastern city of Lahore. the government and install a strict yesterday following an important scheduled today (Thursday). hanzai tribe thing but, The Pakistani authorities It is a splinter faction of the interpretation of Islamic law. meeting between Premier Nawaz AJK Election Commission’s AJK is a self-governing state govern Azad Kashmir with strict Pakistani Taliban movement that Most recently, it launched a and the newly elected AJK prime spokesman Tariq Mahmood Butt said under Pakistani control, but under controls on basic freedoms. has also declared loyalty to Islamic paramilitary crackdown in Pun- minister, Raja Farooq Haider. that a joint session of AJK parliament Pakistan’s constitution the state is The Government of Azad Kash- State’s leadership in the Middle East. jab, the country’s richest and most Two other contenders for the comprising a four-member council not formally a part of the country as mir has very little control over its The group also claimed respon- populous province, after the Easter office were Chaudhry Tariq Farooq (upper house) and 49-member Leg- the dispute on Azad Kashmir has not territory, with its politicians mainly sibility for the killing of two bombing in Lahore, the provincial of the PML-N and Sardar Khalid islative Assembly (lower house) is yet been resolved. spending their time in Islamabad. Pakistani employees of the US capital. 08 FRIDAY 5 AUGUST 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL Angry birds, happy kids The Olympics need a

he jamboree of entertainment at Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre comes at a time kids find it hard to bide their time. The harsh weather makes it all the more difficult for people to seek avenues permanent home of entertainment. The Entertainment City put Tup by Qatar Tourism Authority comes as a beacon of hope regimes to have their “turn” at Any number of places could hosting the Games — from Hitler’s A study found that do. But Greece is the obvious for thousands of children who look forward to the festival Berlin to Vladimir Putin’s Sochi. choice, at least for the Summer at this time of the year. The organisation has over the years Putting on a modern Olym- every Summer and Olympics. It has an undeniable put in efforts to make the festival a brand associated with pics is a massive undertaking. Winter Olympics historical claim. It staged a well- entertainment and fun. As schools are closed for weeks for Doing it for the first time, with run Olympics in 2004. summer vacations, children and adults alike get an opportunity no prior experience, taxes the from 1960 to The facilities it built wouldn’t to avail of the numerous avenues of entertainment available at management capacities of even 2016 experienced be too costly to refurbish. And a wealthy, sophisticated city or the extra tourism money that the venue. country. massive cost Greece would receive would Above all, families get to spend time together in a convivial The Atlanta Olympics’ finance overruns averaging help it pay off its debts — one atmosphere with rides, games, shows and food options coming By Paul Glastris chief once said that her job was to reason International Monetary together to create an enjoyable The Washington Post “create a Fortune 500 company 156 percent, the Fund chief Christine Lagarde experience. Since it was opened with from scratch, then take it apart highest average has recently spoken favorably Summer fanfare and a spectacular fireworks at the end.” cost overrun about the idea. display on the Corniche, the rides and The pop-up nature of the The current Olympic site festival’s hose of us who enjoy enterprise drives up the costs of any type of selection system has become so games have drawn a deluge of people attractions experiencing the of construction and operations, mega-project. obviously ridiculous that coun- from toddlers to the elderly. “thrill of victory and according to a study released tries that might otherwise like prove to be a Even Qatar Tourism Authority the agony of defeat” last month by the University of to host the Games are thinking big draw for officials were surprised at the of the Olympic Games Oxford. twice about bidding. overwhelming response the festival Tcould probably do without one The study found that every Games leave town. Two years ago, Norway children and received on the first day. They had particular emotion: the fear that Summer and Winter Olympics The beautiful stadiums and pulled out of contention for the the games, which begin today from 1960 to 2016 experienced training facilities that Athens 2022 Winter Olympics because adults alike. expected crowds to start pouring in in Rio de Janeiro, will be an massive cost overruns averaging constructed in 2004 have mostly of the expense as well as revela- gradually, but it happened in a spurt — operational disaster. So far, the 156 percent, “the highest aver- sat idle since — though some of tions about the entitled demands delighting organising officials. headlines do not inspire confi- age cost overrun of any type of them now house refugees. of the IOC — including specially From the Angry Birds catapult to the large colourful slide dence. Armed robbers heisting mega-project.” The billions of dollars Greece designated highway lanes for IOC used by kids to go down a rolling slope, new rides introduced this a German TV crew’s equipment. These overruns are related to borrowed to build these facilities members. year have added to the zing of the festival. Gokarting is an added “Uninhabitable” residential another resource that is inevita- helped tip the country into its Last July, despite efforts by attraction and is drawing the most crowds. Children zip around facilities for athletes. Marathon bly squandered when the Games current crushing financial cri- the IOC to help host cities reduce swimmers being told not to open get moved around: human cap- sis. Greece is so broke that the costs, Boston dropped its bid to the arena with helmets and enjoy the ride to the hilt. It probably their mouths while competing in ital. The hard-earned expertise government has stopped paying be the site of the 2024 Summer gives them a thrill to look like Formula 1 drivers in sleek cars. sewage-contaminated Guana- a city derives from hosting the for the training of its Olympic Olympics after a state-financed The importance of rides and games in the development of a bara Bay. Games — the knowledge its athletes. report concluded that the only child cannot be overestimated. Events offering a large number of The 2004 Olympics in Athens planners, contractors, tech- All of this waste, risk and sure way for a city not to lose rides provide wholesome family entertainment in a comfortable were preceded by similar worries nicians, security officials and corruption is utterly unneces- massive amounts of money would milieu. But they serve a function beyond entertainment. The right up until the day they began. armies of volunteers gain on the sary. The ancient Greeks held be for the Games to return to that In the end, those Games were a job — can’t be put to use again in the Olympics in the same wooded city every four years. child’s self confidence receives a boost when he comes across great success. So there’s reason to the same way if that city won’t be sanctuary on the Peloponnese for A permanent home for the ingenious machines meant to provide thrill. There is a method hope the same will happen in Rio. hosting another Olympics four a thousand years with no evident Olympics is such a clearly prac- in the madness for some rides, despite their apparently useless Still, the ill-preparedness creates years later. Instead, another city complaints in the extant literary tical idea that it’s possible to gyrations. real risks. gets to make the same rookie record. imagine it garnering widespread Children identify instantly with cartoon and animation And those risks are part of a mistakes. We should do something sim- support — except, of course, characters that help them integrate with the milieu, thus larger set of problems that have Then there are the insanely ilar for the modern Olympics: pick within the IOC. fostering a sense of belongingness to a new environment with long dogged the modern Olym- wasteful infrastructure projects a city or country to be the per- pics and that derive from a single, that host cities typically build and manent host — one each for the Paul Glastris is editor in chief of known variables. This can help when they grow and step out into avoidable source: the Interna- that are often of little use after the Summer and Winter Olympics. Washington Monthly. the world. tional Olympic Committee’s Qatar Tourism Authority’s efforts at building Qatar into a insistence on picking a different tourism attraction is laudable. Its move to promote the summer city to host each Games. festival to draw more tourists deserves praise. There is nothing sacred about this policy. It began because the founder of the modern games, Pierre de Coubertin, after hold- ing the first competition in Athens in 1896, decided to have the next one in his native Paris. Quote of the day Since then, the IOC has grown accustomed to the clout that I want to note that the comes with choosing Olympic relationship between sites — a prize that nations covet and compete for almost as hard the United States and as their athletes do in the Games Argentina is an exciting, themselves. forward-looking one. But This power inspired decades of corruption by IOC officials, cul- we‘re also conscious of minating in the bribery scandal the lessons from the past. over the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. John Kerry Despite reforms since then, US Secretary of State allegations of corruption con- A time exposure blurs spectators waving banners in the stands during the opening ceremonies tinue. The policy has also led of the XXV in Barcelona on July 25, 1992. the IOC to allow authoritarian

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By Peter Rough Foreign Policy

n August 9, Turkish Presi- dent Recep Tayyip Erdogan will travel to St Petersburg, where he will meet with Russian President Vladimir OPutin, for the first time since Novem- ber 2015. For the past two weeks, a steady parade of Turkish ministers have flown to Moscow to lay the groundwork - con- firmation that the Turkish-Russian relationship, on ice for the past eight months, is headed for a summer thaw. But the St Petersburg meeting is more than just another summit — it is the opening ceremony for a broader Turk- ish tilt toward Moscow. The basis for this Russian-Turk- ish rapprochement is manifold, but the primary impetus is Bashar Assad’s near-restoration in Syria. In the past, Assad had been the major obstacle to improved ties between Russia and Turkey. The countries’ poor relations reached a boiling point when Turkey shot down an Su-24 Russian fighter jet last November. The situation in Syria has changed dramatically since that epi- People take pictures on a street near the Galata Tower, illuminated in Turkish flag colours at Galata district in Istanbul. sode, however. The Russian-Iranian offensive in Thus, in a remarkable about-face Islamic State. While Russia has raised no objections to It should also recalibrate its criti- support of Assad has checkmated Tur- five weeks ago, Erdogan apologized From Ankara’s perspective, PKK and Erdogan’s purges of key institutions, the cisms of Erdogan, whose paranoia seems key, shutting Ankara out of northern to Putin for the Su-24 shoot-down and PYD poses a more ominous threat than West has regularly criticized his crack- justified by the coup. In this endeavor, Syria. Now, Moscow and Tehran are asked the family of the killed pilot to the Islamic State — even after the Istan- downs, with Kerry even threatening the Obama administration might draw in the midst of an operation to restore “excuse us.” Two weeks later, Turkish bul airport attack of June 28. Turkey’s membership in NATO. useful lessons from its predecessor’s Assad’s control over Syria’s second city Prime Minister Binali Yildirim stated Erdogan understands that in order to For the Turkish press, the narrative is management of the crisis in Pakistan of Aleppo. Even an obstinate leader like that Turkey might even entertain nor- stop the PKK and PYD from establishing simple: The United States, which is pitted in 2007. Erdogan cannot ignore the hard reality malizing relations with Syria someday. themselves along the Turkish border, he against Erodogan-inspired Islamists, is Rather than alienate its ally, the that Assad is here to stay. What to make of this sudden change? must deny them international support — shielding the alleged coup mastermind, George W Bush administration worked By sidestepping the question of Assad, most notably, from their natural regional Fethullah Gulen. behind the scenes to craft a series of Erdogan is attempting to unlock coop- patrons, Russia and Iran. This sets up a One Turkish minister even flatly incentives and disincentives that influ- eration with Russia on his other major possible transaction in St. Petersburg accused the United States of orchestrat- enced Pakistani President President The basis for this Russian-Turkish priorities — the defeat of the Kurdish next week: In return for Russia with- ing the coup. Incensed Turkish protestors Pervez Musharraf’s decision-making rapprochement is manifold, but the Worker’s Party (PKK) and the consol- holding its support for the PKK and PYD, have marched on Incirlik Air Base, the and ultimately solved the crisis. idation of domestic power. Turkey may agree to look the other way key facility from which the United States Today, the United States should stand primary impetus is Bashar Al Assad’s The PKK is a US-designated terrorist on Assad. flies combat missions against the Islamic by the democratically elected govern- near-restoration in Syria. In the past, organization that has fought a separa- Moreover, Erdogan’s domes- State. ment of Turkey, while privately nudging tist war against the Turkish state for tic politics only reinforce his regional As Turkey turns inward and anti- Erdogan to show restraint against his Assad had been the major obstacle decades. Its Kurdish sisterorganisation calculations for tilting toward Russia. Western sentiment rises, Turkish domestic enemies. to improved ties between Russia and in Syria is the Democratic Union Party The aftershocks of the attempted coup military readiness will suffer. More than Most importantly, the United States (PYD). For the past two years, the PYD against Erdogan by a faction of the mil- ever, Erdogan will rely on the key player should offer Turkey assurances about Turkey. The countries’ poor relations has systematically built up its political itary on July 15 are steadily pushing on the ground, Russia, to limit the PYD the future political order in Syria while reached a boiling point when Turkey control in northern Syria under the guise Turkey away from the West and toward and PKK. deepening cooperation against the PKK. shot down an Su-24 Russian fighter of fighting the Islamic State. Russia. President Barack Obama and his Our current posture risks not only alien- Turkey has tracked the PYD’s rise From the outset, as the coup administration are not without options, ating a crucial NATO ally, but pushing it jet last November. The situation in along its border with alarm — espe- unfolded, Putin reportedly offered sup- however. To keep Turkey from moving straight into the arms of Moscow. Syria has changed dramatically since cially since the group crossed west of port for Erdogan, in contrast to Secretary toward Russia, the United States should the Euphrates, a traditional Turkish red of State John Kerry’s initial equivoca- widen its aperture beyond the Islamic Rough, the former director of research in the that episode. line, to participate in the fight to cap- tions. Predictably, that contrast has only State to include Turkey’s strategic inter- office of George W Bush, is a fellow at the Hudson ture the Syrian city of Manbij from the grown sharper over the past two weeks: ests in Syria. Institute in Washington DC. Trump’s wife Melania, a lucky immigrant

other designation that enabled a sin- are broad and vague, brought Mela- petition to extend the holder’s pertaining to President Barack gle Eastern European woman to earn nia over on a modeling contract and stay in the US Obama. a living in the US a work visa.” A tourist visa is a different mat- In addition, the Trump cam- Melania Trump’s personal In an interview in February, Mel- ter. Your duration of stay is set by paign has dedicated itself to the website was taken down after a ania Trump made the point that she the immigration authorities when proposition that anyone who has minor controversy over her claim always followed the immigration you arrive, with a maximum of six gamed the US immigration system that she had received a degree in rules. months. must be dealt with in the harshest Melania Trump’s architecture from the University “I follow the law,” Trump said. To keep your status, you would terms. personal website of Ljubljana in her native Slove- “I follow a law the way it’s sup- have to leave the US when that period Immigration law is complex nia. It seems she is not actually a posed to be. I never thought to expired. But you generally can’t work and often confounding. There may was taken down college graduate. stay here without papers. I had in the US with a B-2 tourist visa. And be an excellent reason for Mela- after a minor So what if she isn’t? It might visa. repeated lengthy stays in the US on nia Trump’s seemingly untroubled controversy over her matter because a college degree I travel every few months back a B-2 visa (which can be valid for navigation of what, to many visi- By Francis Wilkinson can be an important credential to the country, to Slovenia, to stamp multiple entries and 10 years) would tors, are treacherous legal waters. It claim that she had Bloomberg for someone applying for a visa to the visa. I came back. I applied for tend to raise eyebrows at a US port would be good to know the answers, received a degree work in the US For all the scrutiny the green card. I applied for the cit- of entry. however, before she moves into the of her life style, remarkably little is izenship later on after many years Which visa did Melania Knauss White House. in architecture from elania Trump’s husband known about Mrs Trump’s emigra- of green card. So I went by system. I have? If she had a work visa, why the University of says she is a 10. Would Don- tion to the US What are the facts of went by the law, and you should do was it necessary to travel back and Ljubljana in her Mald Trump marry a woman her prior immigration status? How that.” forth every few months to stamp it? The writer writes editorials on who wasn’t? The question answers did she obtain a green card, which But there is usually no need If she had a tourist visa, why was she politics and US domestic policy for native Slovenia. It itself. But when she was younger, is no easy feat? to travel back and forth every working? Bloomberg View. He was executive seems she is not apparently working as a model in In April, GQ Magazine reported few months to “stamp the visa.” This topic might seem less editor of the Week. He was previ- New York, the question is whether the that Melania Knauss had used a work H-1B work visa holders are gen- worthy of investigation if her ously a national affairs writer for actually a college former Melania Knauss was associ- visa when she came to New York: erally admitted to the US for a husband had not waged a lengthy Rolling Stone, a communications graduate. ated with another number — an H-1B “Paolo Zampolli, a wealthy Italian three-year duration. Employ- crusade demanding to see various consultant and a political media or a B1 or B2 visa, or perhaps some whose business interests in New York ers of H-1B visa holders can also birth and education documents strategist.

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Artisan for the skies High Court seeks Death of girl details of ‘destroyed’ Netaji set on fire in TN files from centre sparks outrage IANS KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court yesterday directed the cen- stalking her for months, police said. tral government to provide details “Women, especially young girls, about files relating to Netaji Sub- The man was booked are more at risk today,” said U Vas- has Chandra Bose that have been for a similar offence uki of the All India Democratic declassified as well as those Women’s Association (AIDWA). “The that are claimed to have been in the past and had fact that they have a right to reject destroyed. even spent time in just as a man has a right to propose The order by a division bench jail. seems to be becoming irrelevant.” of Justice Nishita Mhatre and Jus- Nearly four out of five women tice Tapabrata Chakrabarty came in India face public harassment while hearing a litigation filed by ranging from staring, insults and city-based organisation India’s to being followed, groped or phys- Smile, relating to decalcification Reuters ically abused, said a recent survey of Netaji files. by charity ActionAid UK. Filed in 2014, the petition has There were 337,922 reports of the central government and the crimes against women such as abuse, A kite maker prepares kites at his workshop in the old quarters of New Delhi, yesterday. West Bengal government, among CHENNAI: The death of a school- molestation and abduction in 2014, up others, as respondents. girl three days after she was set on nine percent from the previous year, The court on the day rejected fire by a stalker in Tamil Nadu has according to latest data from National an affidavit by the central govern- sparked outrage from activists who Crime Records Bureau. ment asserting that all the files said the law was failing victims of Protests after the fatal physical pertaining to the revolutionary unwanted advances from men. exploitation a woman on a Delhi Bridge collapse: Minister faces ‘selfie’ flak leader have been declassified. In a statement to the police bus in December 2012 forced the “Besides directing the Union before she died, the 17-year-old said government to enact stiffer pen- of India to give details about the the man walked into her house in alties on gender crimes, which IANS also the fact that he reportedly eyebrows, with party legislator Netaji files that have been declas- Villupuram on Monday, set himself included criminalising stalking and learnt of the tragedy after nearly Neelam Gorhe urging Fadnavis to sified, the court has asked for on fire and hugged her, all the while voyeurism. nine hours, Mehta lost his cool and take cognisance of the matter. “It is providing reasons as well as office saying that he would not let her live The amended law spelled out hurled abuses at a television chan- surprising this has come from a sen- orders directing the destruction for spurning him. that offences would include phys- RAIGAD: Maharashtra Housing nel reporter yesterday. ior minister,” she said. of any of such files,” said Krish- “She said he had stalked her ical contact, advances involving Minister Prakash Mehta yesterday While the media called for a Irked by the minister’s behav- nendu Bhattacharya, counsel for for over a year and she had said no unwelcome and explicit overtures faced flak for clicking a selfie near boycott of Mehta, opposition Con- iour, several media organisations, the petitioner. repeatedly,” police inspector Senthil among other acts. a bridge that collapsed in the flood gress leaders like Vijay Wadettiwar including the Press Club of India, “The court found the cen- Vinayakan told reporters. “But the law is failing to pro- in Savitri river and later misbehav- and Abdul Sattar demanded his res- Mumbai Press Club, TV Journalists tre’s affidavit to be vague and “The man has been booked for tect these young girls,” Vasuki said, ing with media persons here. ignation for clicking a selfie when Association, Mantralay ani Vidhi- deemed it unacceptable. The cen- a similar offence earlier and had citing the case of a girl in Trichy Mehta — the guardian minis- rescue operations were in full swing mandal Vartahar Sangh, Crime tre has been given three weeks’ even spent time in jail. But no one stabbed inside her college campus ter of Raigad district — was seen to locate two missing buses, other Reporters Association and others time to file the affidavit afresh anticipated this and now they are for refusing the advances of a man cliking a selfie when Chief Minister vehicles and their occupants. condemned him. giving details of the declaiss- both dead.” earlier this year. Devendra Fadnavis and opposition Nationalist Congress Party At least two buses with 22 peo- fied and destroyed files,” added The incident comes a month Similarly in March, in Andhra Leader Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil leader Jayant Patil said that “this ple and four to five private vehicles Bhattacharya. after a software engineer was Pradesh, a teenage girl with 90 visited the tragedy site on Wednes- shows the seriousness of the gov- were washed away on early The court also expressed its hacked to death in broad daylight at percent burns died just hours after day afternoon. ernment and its minister”. Wednesday in floodwaters after a displeasure with the West Ben- a train station in Chennai. The man she complained to the police about When some media persons Even the ruling Bharatiya British-era bridge collapsed on the gal government not representing arrested for her murder had been being stalked. questioned him on the matter and Janata Party’s ally Shiv Sena raised Mumbai-Goa highway. itself in the matter. Peepli Live co-director gets 7 years’ jail for abuse

IANS July 30 of violating a 35-year-old consider to compensate her. to his house, the accused taking reason to observe for the victim to Sonia Gandhi in woman from Columbia University “In the light of the above obser- advantage of the situation violated falsely implicate the accused. Also, who was in India for research on her vation, it can be safely held that the the victim.” the delay in lodging of the FIR has hospital for doctoral thesis. testimony of the victim being truth- The court noted the subsequent been satisfactorily explained.” shoulder injury NEW DELHI: A court here yester- The court observed that the vic- ful and credible can be relied upon conduct of victim of wanting to disas- “Thus, I find no hesitation to day sentenced Mahmood Farooqui, tim was a student and had come to as being of sterling worth for the pur- sociate herself from the accused and conclude that the prosecution has co-director of acclaimed 2010 Hindi India to do her research work. pose of the conviction of accused,” to leave his house immediately and of proved the guilt of accused beyond New Delhi: Congress film Peepli Live, to seven years’ jail After the incident, she could the court said. telling about her ordeal to Danish, her reasonable doubt quo the charge of President Sonia Gandhi, after finding him guilty of violating not complete her research and she “It was when the victim was friend and a prosecution witness in violation,” the court said. The woman, admitted to Sir Ganga an American woman. incurred expenditure on her travel to alone with the accused, Ashish the case. The court also took account who moved to Delhi in June 2014, was Ram Hospital following Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv India for lodging a first information (accused’s friend) was away from his of the e-mail shared between the looking for contacts for her work in dehydration and fever, Jain also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 report, the court noted and directed house, it was confirmed that Darain accused and victim. Gorakhpur and came in contact with is also undergoing treat- on Farooqui, who was convicted on the Delhi Legal Service Authority to (accused’s friend) was not coming The court said: “There is no Farooqui through a common friend. ment for a shoulder injury, said a doctor. An internationally acclaimed team of shoul- der experts, comprising Cheering up act Sanjay Desai from Mum- Delhi govt and AAP bai and Prateek Gupta from Sir Ganga Ram Hos- pital, is attending on her, said D S Rana, Chairman slam HC; to move SC of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Board of Management. Sources said Gan- IANS Sisodia clarified that the tussle dhi suffered fractured over the Delhi government’s pow- dislocation of the left ers was not a fight with the central shoulder during her rally government or Lt. Governor Najeeb in Varanasi. NEW DELHI: The Delhi govern- Jung. “This is about whether a gov- Rana said all health ment and the AAP yesterday came ernment will be run by LG or elected parameters were show- out strongly against a Delhi High representatives of the people? ing improvement and she Court ruling giving primacy to the “So who should the people go will soon be shifted out Lt Governor in the affairs of the to if they have problems? To the of ICU. Gandhi, who took administration and said they will elected representatives or the LG?” ill in Varanasi was admit- move the Supreme Court for “jus- the Deputy Chief Minister asked. ted to Army Research and tice”. “The (Delhi) government is work- Referral Hospital. She was “We fully respect the Delhi High ing and will keep working for the shifted to Sir Ganga Ram Court but we have a constitutional people.” Hospital. right to disagree with their verdict The AAP was harsher in its crit- and will approach the Supreme icism of the High Court. It called the Four new ports College students paint their faces with emblem of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, in Chennai yesterday. Court,” Deputy Chief Minister Man- ruling “anti-people”. They wished the Indian contingent good luck ahead of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, which begin ish Sisodia told the media. “The High Court verdict has “We will appraise the Supreme made a mockery of Indian democ- today. to be set up Court that the High Court ruling has racy,” party leader Ashish Khetan put a question mark on our democ- tweeted. “It is an anti-people New Delhi: Four new racy,” said Sisodia, speaking in judgement. major ports are proposed absence of Chief Minister Arvind “Would Narendra Modi have to be set up, the parlia- Kejriwal who is attending a medi- agreed to (President) Pranab ment was told yesterday. IAF trainer aircraft crashes, pilots safe tation course in Himachal Pradesh. Mukherjee running the central gov- “The government “The verdict says that the LG ernment after winning 282 seats in has proposed to set up is not bound by the advice of the the Lok Sabha?” he asked in refer- four new major ports — IANS am, developed a technical snag. aimed at training pilots in weapons Council of Ministers,” the Aam ence to the AAP’s equally sweeping Enayam in Tamil Nadu, “After take off, the aircraft developed delivery. The first IAF Hawk AJT Aadmi Party (AAP) leader said. “If win in Delhi in 2015. Sagar in West Bengal, unserviceability resulting in a crash,” crashed on April 29, 2008 at Air that’s so, why were elections con- Another party leader, Raghav Dugarajpatnam in Andhra KOLKATA: An Indian Air Force a statement from the IAF said. Force Station Bidar (Karnataka), and ducted then?” Chadha, said: “A democratically Pradesh and Vadhawan trainer aircraft crashed in West Ben- Both pilots ejected safely before another crash happened on June 3, Delhi government spokesman elected government cannot be in Maharashtra,” Minis- gal’s Midnapore shortly after taking the aircraft crashed around 11 am. 2015, near Baharagora, close to the Nagendar Sharma said the High undermined. This isn’t a fight for ter of State for Shipping off yesterday but both pilots man- The IAF has ordered a Court of West Bengal-Odisha border. Court had erroneously given pri- supremacy but for democracy.” Pon Radhakrishnan told aged to eject safely, officials said. Inquiry into the incident. Yesterday’s incident comes as the macy to Article 239 over Article AAP spokesperson Ashutosh the Lok Sabha in a writ- IAF officials said the Hawk The Hawk has capability of per- IAF is still looking for an AN-32 air- 239AA and that only the Supreme said the Delhi government will ten reply. Advanced Jet Trainer, that had taken forming air-to-air and air-to-ground craft that went missing on way from Court can settle a Centre-state con- move the Supreme Court seeking off from Kalaikunda air base at 10.30 attack roles, though it is primarily Chennai to Port Blair on July 22. stitutional row. “justice”. EUROPE FRIDAY 5 AUGUST 2016 11 US woman killed in London knife attack

Commissioner Mark Rowley. Ukraine rejects “We believe this was a spontane- Russia’s proposed Police used a Taser ous attack and that the victims were electric shock gun selected at random,” said Rowley, envoy to Kiev who is Britain’s most senior anti- while detaining the terrorism officer. 19-year-old suspect. “So far we have found no evi- Kiev: Ukraine has rejected dence of radicalisation that would Russia’s proposed can- suggest that the man in our custody didate for its next is in any way motivated by terror- ambassador to Kiev, a Reuters ism,” said Rowley. Initially he said senior Ukrainian foreign that terrorism was a line of inquiry. ministry official said. Police, who arrived within six Mikhail Zurabov, who minutes of being called, used a Taser was Moscow’s envoy in LONDON: A US woman was killed electric shock gun while detaining Kiev during anti-Russian and five other people injured by a the 19-year-old suspect. He was street protests, Russia’s man with suspected mental health later formally arrested on suspicion 2014 annexation of Cri- issues who went on a rampage with of murder. mea and its involvement a knife in central London, but police Police cordoned off the south- in the separatist con- said there was no evidence that the ern part of the square, which sits at flict in eastern Ukraine, attack was terrorism related. the heart of London’s university area stepped down in July. Armed police were called late on and is close to landmarks such as the The Kremlin has pro- Wednesday evening after a Norwe- British Museum, for several hours posed Mikhail Babich, gian man of Somali origin started to as forensics officers examined the who has held a number attack people in London’s Russell attack scene. of senior official posts in Square, an elegant park near the site Later, workmen hosed blood off Russia including with the of a 2005 suicide bombing. the pavement. FSB security service, but The victim, a US citizen in her London’s Sadiq Khan, the first Ukrainian foreign ministry 60s, was treated at the scene but Muslim mayor of a major Western official Olena Zerkal said pronounced dead a short time later. capital, called for vigilance and urged Kiev had decided not to A British man, who was stabbed Londoners to report anything suspi- consider the proposal. in the stomach, remains in hospi- cious to the police, who increased tal in serious but stable condition, their presence in the capital. Armed police walk past the crime scene at Russell Square, in London yesterday, following a knife attack. police said. Four others — an “The safety of all Londoners is my Paris police on American man, a man and a woman number one priority and my heart London counter-terrorism police coordinated suicide bombings on July London street in May 2013. from Australia, and an Israeli goes out to the victims of the inci- chiefs have previously warned that 7, 2005, killing 52 people. One of the A man who attacked passengers alert over woman — suffered stab wounds but dent in Russell Square and their loved Islamic State was seeking to radical- bombs detonated on a bus close to at a London underground train sta- have been released from hospital. ones,” he said. ise vulnerable people with mental Russell Square. tion in December was jailed for life likely attack “All of the work we have done so Just hours before the Russell health issues to carry out attacks. In Since then, dozens of plots earlier this month. The judge said the far increasingly points to this tragic Square attack, London’s police chief some operations, police command- have been foiled and there have attacker was suffering from para- Paris: Security agencies incident as having been triggered said that he would deploy an addi- ers have taken advice from specialist been smaller-scale attacks, such noid schizophrenia at the time of the in Paris have circulated a by mental health issues,” said Lon- tional 600 armed officers across the psychologists. as the beheading of an off-duty offence but may have been motivated photo of an Afghan asy- don Metropolitan Police Assistant capital to protect against attacks. Islamist militants hit London with soldier by militant Islamists in a by events in Syria. lum seeker on suspicion that he might be plotting an attack on the capital, a police source said yester- day, as France reels from Italy arrests senator over ‘mafia links’ two strikes in a month by Raft of honours Islamic State loyalists. Police did not have a AFP group of so-called “invisibles” who lasted too little time for any criminal name for the Afghan, the linked the shadowy underworld to deals to have been struck, according source said, and no active Italy’s institutions. to L’Espresso weekly. for Cameron allies manhunt was under- He had “the power to engineer “We are happy... to have sent way. Metronews reported ROME: Italy’s Senate stripped a sen- political and economic destinies”, out a clear message to all those who that the man had been in ator accused of mobster ties of his they said, according to Italian media think they can be saved from accu- France for the past two parliamentary immunity yesterday, reports. sations of very serious crimes thanks months. angers opposition More than 50 summer paving the way for his arrest. Caridi, who belongs to a largely purely to their parliamentary immu- Antonio Stefano Caridi, 47, centre-right parliamentary group nity,” senator Mario Giarrusso from festivals and events are allegedly tied to the powerful called Great Autonomies and Free- the Five Star party said after the vote. receiving special security ‘Ndrangheta crime syndicate in dom (GAL), left the chamber on the The ‘Ndrangheta has sur- AP attention this year follow- southern Italy, told the house he brink of tears and was accompa- passed Sicily’s Cosa Nostra and the ing last month’s attacks. was innocent of the mafia allega- nied to Rome’s Rebibbia prison by Naples-based Camorra thanks to the Several have been tions against him—but to no avail. his lawyer. wealth it has amassed as the prin- cancelled on the basis Prosecutors had called for his His defence claims Caridi’s power cipal importer and wholesaler of LONDON: Dozens of staff, allies that they cannot meet arrest in July following an investi- was no more than clientelism, while cocaine produced in Latin America and advisers to former British Prime security standards. gation codenamed “Holiest Mother”, his visit to the house of a mafia boss and smuggled into Europe via south- Minister David Cameron (pictured) which claimed Caridi was one of a during the 2010 regional elections ern Italy. received honours from Queen Eliza- beth II yesterday — a move criticised Montenegro cops as cronyism by Cameron’s opponents. The “resignation honours,” arrest war bestowed by the monarch but cho- Nation’s pride sen by the government, are an crimes suspect established way for departing lead- ers to reward loyal lieutenants. Podgorica: Police in Mon- But the number and nature of tenegro have arrested a names on Cameron’s list — much local man accused of war of it leaked to a newspaper over the including Isabel Spearman, adviser crimes during the Kosovo weekend — sparked accusations of and stylist to spouse Samantha conflict in the late 1990s, improper patronage. Cameron. the state prosecutor said The list includes knighthoods Steve Hilton, a former Cam- yesterday. and lesser honours for 46 people eron adviser turned critic, said the A brief statement — including Cameron’s former spin honours list was a “serious type of said the man, named doctor and his wife’s stylist — and very British corruption.” Liberal only by his initials V Z, appoints 13 new Conservative mem- Democrat leader Tim Farron said was arrested in the cen- bers of the House of Lords. Cameron’s list “is so full of cronies it tral city of Niksic and The honors list rewarded sev- would embarrass a medieval court” was “suspected of war eral people who worked on the and called for recipients to be cho- crimes against the civilian losing “remain” campaign, including sen by an independent panel. population”. Will Straw, director of the Britain This is the first resignation hon- “The interrogation is Stronger in Europe group. ours list since Prime Minister John ongoing,” Andrijana Razna- It also included knighthoods for Major left office in 1997. The two tovic, a spokeswoman for Cameron’s former communications Labour prime ministers who fol- prosecutor said. director, Craig Oliver, and for sev- lowed him, Tony Blair and Gordon Bekim Blakaj at Pris- eral former Cabinet ministers. Brown, did not use the practice. tina’s Humanitarian Law Former Treasury chief George All the main political parties Centre, an NGO investi- Osborne — who was fired by Cam- nominate members of the House gating war crimes, said eron’s successor, Prime Minister of Lords, and there is one Labour the suspect in ques- Theresa May — was made a Com- appointee on the list. Shami tion was called Vlado Police officers sing the national anthem during a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of a reformed panion of Honour, a senior award Chakrabarti, former director of Zmajevic. police service, in Kiev, Ukraine, yesterday. The reforms, part of Interior Ministry, introduced road, metro limited to 65 people “of distinction.” the human rights group Liberty, and foot police patrols. There were honours for numer- has been appointed to the House ous Cameron staffers and aides, of Lords. Greece rescues 70 migrants

ATHENS: Greece yester- Police probe 3 deaths in German natural medicine clinic day rescued 70 migrants at sea, the largest single influx from neighbouring AFP Ross clinic in the German town of an experimental transfusion. have visited the clinic and while are with her family, friends and Turkey, authorities said. Bruggen-Bracht just over the bor- Concern was first raised when “it is not yet known exactly what loved ones,” the statement said. The Greek coastguard der with the Netherlands. a 43-year-old Dutch woman with happened, there is a health risk to The clinic vowed to cooperate picked up 67 people on Two other Dutch women are breast cancer complained of head- patients who have undergone treat- with the police investigation, but board a dinghy off the THE HAGUE: German and Dutch being treated in hospital and Ger- aches and became confused after ment at this clinic.” added “we regret the suspicion set island of Lesbos, while police are investigating the deaths of man prosecutors in the town of being treated at the clinic on July 25. The Klaus Ross clinic said in an in the media that alternative medi- another three were three people who had been treated in Moenchengladbach have urged other She later lost the ability to speak, English statement on its website yes- cine, and our clinic especially, could plucked to safety after an alternative medicine cancer clinic, patients showing any symptoms to and died on July 30 although the terday that it had heard “one of our be held responsible.” falling into the water. officials said yesterday. “urgently seek medical advice.” “cause of her death remains unclear,” patients unexpectedly has passed “Alternative medicine is always “There was a boat A Dutch man and woman, aged Dutch police, who are supporting the German prosecutors said in a away.” an extra tool to battle diseases,” and with 70 people on board 55 and 43, along with a Belgian the inquiry, appealed for information statement earlier this week. “We regret this seriously and the clinic said it always advised in distress,” a coastguard woman, 55, have died since being from other patients, as newspapers Dutch police said yesterday that are in shock as we heard the news. patients to be monitored by their official said. treated late last month at the Klaus reported the clinic had been using many Dutch people are known to Our thoughts and deep condolences own doctors. 12 FRIDAY 5 AUGUST 2016 AMERICAS Some wealthy Venezuela prison Republicans blast kills five and wounds 30

Caracas: A bomb attack pitch for Hillary killed five inmates and wounded at least 30 others at a Venezue- Trump making his first run at lan prison, officials said public office, has made traditional yesterday. They are seeking Republican donors uneasy with Unidentified attack- money and inflammatory statements about ers threw two explosive endorsements from women, Mexicans, Muslims and devices into a court- war veterans, among others. yard at the Alayon prison other Republicans Big-name Wall Street donors in the central city of disillusioned by can make a difference for Clinton. Maracay on Wednes- They could inject big money into a day night, prosecutors Trump. campaign. They might influence said. Venezuelan media moderate Republicans to switch reports said the attackers sides. Their support of Clinton rode up on a motorcycle challenges Trump’s assertion that and threw five grenades Reuters his business successes make him a into the prison, only two better candidate for president. of which exploded. With the political conventions barely over, the Republican effort to NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: fundraise for Clinton is at an early FBI arrests over Groups of wealthy Republicans stage. Some of the groups have yet unhappy with Donald Trump have to receive contributions because 40 mobsters Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton talks to a supporter outside Knotty Tie, a local tie company been privately courting prominent they must still file paperwork under peers to join them in backing Demo- campaign finance rules. in Denver. Washington: US prose- crat Hillary Clinton’s US presidential Trump spokeswoman Hope cutors yesterday unveiled bid, several people involved in the Hicks declined comment for this independently of Clinton’s own effort. of comments by Trump he found drive say the Democratic nominee charges against 46 effort told reporters. story. Clinton spokesman Jesse The third is acting in concert with her “shockingly unacceptable.” Although herself has spoken to Republican alleged mobsters likened They say they are seeking Ferguson said business leaders are campaign. Klarman, who is the president and business leaders, including Hewlett to the plot of a mafia money and endorsements from supporting Clinton because of her “We wanted to go out there and be chief executive of The Baupost Group, Packard Enterprise Chief Executive novel following dozens of other Republicans disillusioned economic plan and because Trump the voice for Republicans who were is a registered independent, a review Meg Whitman, who endorsed Clin- arrests in coordinated FBI by Trump, their party’s candidate “cannot be trusted.” feeling wary about Trump and weird of filings shows his political giving has ton on Tuesday. raids up and down the for the November 8 presiden- Groups formed to support Clin- about publicly endorsing Hillary,” said largely benefited Republicans over Clinton deputies courted former East Coast. tial election. Some have received ton include Republicans for Her Pierotti Lim, who spoke at the Dem- the years, including some of Trump’s New York City Mayor Michael At least 39 suspects encouragement from Clinton and 2016, run by Republican lobbyist ocratic National Convention at the rivals in the state-by-state nominat- Bloomberg ahead of a rousing speech were arrested yesterday members of her campaign staff. Craig Snyder; a grassroots organ- Clinton team’s invitation. ing contests this year. he gave at last month’s Democratic with three other defend- “I made the decision that I isation called R4C16, led by John Webb, a partner at law firm Win- Spearheading in part the Clin- National Convention that urged Wall ants already in custody. wouldn’t be able to look at my Stubbs and Ricardo Reyes, officials ston & Strawn, said he began his ton effort to woo Republicans on Street to support her. One other defendant is grandkids if I voted for Trump,” in former President George W Bush’s outreach after being approached by Wall Street is Democratic strate- Whether Bloomberg, a self-made expected to surrender said Dan Webb, a former federal administration; and the Republican billionaire investor J B Pritzker and gist Leslie Dach, a former Walmart billionaire media mogul and an erst- “in the next few days,” prosecutor and a self-described Women for Hillary group co-led by longtime Clinton associate Lanny Davis. executive and aide to Bill Clinton, while Republican, will play a role in while three remain at “Republican for decades” working Jennifer Pierotti Lim, an official at Billionaire hedge fund man- sources close to the Clinton cam- courting other Republican business large, officials said. The to win over prominent Republican the US Chamber of Commerce. ager Seth Klarman said he would paign said. leaders has yet to be determined, a defendants are charged business people in Chicago. The first two groups are acting work to get Clinton elected because People familiar with the Clinton source close to the discussions said. with racketeering conspir- acy, arson, illegal firearms trafficking, and conspir- acy to commit assault. Most water tests Panel clears way for Rousseff’s removal safe after Canada Cuba reports two cases of Zika oil spill, but Reuters trial that should reach a verdict at the end of the month. HAVANA: Cuba reported no all-clear “The committee vote confirms two new cases of res- not only that Rousseff knowingly idents contracting the BRASILIA: A Senate impeachment broke fiscal laws, but also that she mosquito-borne Zika Reuters committee voted yesterday to put was a dishonest administrator,” com- virus locally, in a setback suspended Brazilian President Dilma mittee member, Senator Ricardo for the Caribbean country Rousseff on trial in the full chamber Ferraço, told reporters. that has taken a series of OTTAWA: Out of 900 water sam- for breaking budget laws, opening the Surveys by Brazilian media measures in an attempt ples tested from a major Canadian way for her to be removed from office. indicate that more than two-thirds to stave off the epidemic. river polluted by an oil spill last The 21-member committee voted of the senators favor removing the Cuba, renowned for month, five exceeded drinking 14-5 to try Rousseff for allegedly doc- leftist leader, which would confirm its preventative health water guidelines, officials said, toring government accounts to allow interim President Michel Temer in campaigns, took a series cautioning it was unclear when more public spending in the run-up her place for the remainder of her of measures to elimi- the river would be safe to drink to her 2014 re-election. term through 2018. nate the Aedes strain from again. Her impeachment would mark Rousseff has denied she broke of mosquito that carries The July 20 leak from a Husky the end of 13 years of rule by the left- budget laws and maintains she is Zika, drastically reducing Energy Inc pipeline into the of-center Workers Party. Along with the victim of a right-wing conspir- infestations. It had only North Saskatchewan River has a string of corruption scandals, it has acy to overthrow her government reported one locally-con- forced tens of thousands to find already set off Brazil’s worst political that advanced the interests of Bra- tracted case until now. other sources of drinking water, crisis in decades as the country pre- zil’s poor. “On August 1, two new Senator Raimundo Lira, President of the Senate’s Impeachment Special including the western Canadian pares to host the Olympic Games in Rousseff is accused of altering locally contracted cases cities of Prince Albert and North the midst of a severe recession. official budget figures and using Committee speaks during a special committee’s session at the Congress of Zika were diagnosed, Battleford. The political uncertainty has kept funds from state-run banks to cover in Brasilia, yesterday. in the city of Holguin who The water tests were con- most foreign leaders away from the up the real state of Brazil’s faltering had not travelled abroad, ducted by a group including Games, which open today in Rio de economy as she ran for re-election. her removal and the confirmation attendance at the Summer Olym- which brings the total up government and Husky officials Janeiro. Brazil’s stock market and cur- of Temer, who has outlined policies pics, far fewer than the 50 expected to three,” the Health Min- and independent experts. The Senate will vote next Tues- rency have strengthened since favoring private business. by organizers last week, Brazilian istry said in a statement. All the samples that exceeded day whether to accept the charges Rousseff was suspended by the Sen- Only 28 heads of state and gov- government officials told reporters health guidelines were found within against Rousseff and begin the ate on May 12 as investors bet on ernment have confirmed their in Brasilia. 20km of the spill, and none have exceeded guidelines since July 24. “That would suggest there is not an ongoing issue, which is fairly expected,” said Paul Nony, Earl hits Belize at hurricane strength, prompting flooding fears a senior toxicologist at Arkansas consulting firm Center for Toxi- cology and Environmental Health. AFP Airports in the area were closed. Guatemala’s population, at 16 Oil doesn’t mix well with Earl was expected to dissipate million, is much bigger than the water, but typically clings to further as it moves across northern 330,000 in Belize. organic material or the shoreline, Guatemala and southern Mexico, the Guatemala’s president, Jimmy Nony noted, adding that “we’re not PUERTO BARRIOS, GUATEMALA: NHC said. Morales, offered Belize humani- seeing any surprises.” A hurricane packing 130km per hour The Mexican authorities took no tarian aid and shelters along the However, more testing, winds and heavy rain made landfall in chances, evacuating 300 families liv- border if needed. That gesture was monitoring and a formal risk Central America near Belize’s capital, ing close to a river along the border significant after months of tensions assessment study are necessary where officials warned of likely flood- with Belize in the southeastern state between the two countries following before the river can be used as ing and damage to homes yesterday. of Quinta Roo for fear of flooding. a shooting death of a Guatemalan boy a drinking water source, said Earl swept in from the Carib- More than 750 shelters were by a Belizean border patrol in April. Patrick Boyle, spokesman for the bean at hurricane strength to strike readied in the state in preparation for The fifth named tropical storm of Saskatchewan Water Security just south of Belize City, population expected high winds and fierce gusts. the 2016 season, Earl strengthened to Agency. 60,000, yesterday morning, accord- Other southern Mexican states a Category 1 hurricane on Wednes- Samples were collected on ing to the US National Hurricane likely to be affected were Campeche, day, according to the NHC. Winds the river’s surface and at differ- Center (NHC). The storm weakened Tabasco and Yucatan. initially measured at 120 kilom- ent depths, down to its bottom. A as it moved inland, and by 1200 GMT In the northern Guatemala town eters per hour picked up just before separate study will examine the the NHC had downgraded it from a of Puerto Barrios, a military com- landfall. spill’s impact on aquatic life. hurricane to a tropical storm with mander, Colonel Nelson Tun, told Category 1, the lowest of five On Tuesday, a section of media 105km per hour winds. reporters that “patrols in vulnera- grades on the hurricane scale, is reported that the spill was the Belize’s National Emergency ble areas” were being carried out. described as having dangerous winds Trees fall after Hurricane Earl hits, in Belize City, yesterday. third in the same area in eight Management Organisation warned of “We have identified high areas of between 119 and 153 km per hour months, according to government a threat of flashfloods and mudslides to where the population can evacu- that can rip off roofs, bring down records. The failed pipeline had and flooding in low-lying areas. ate before possible flooding,” he said. trees and cause extensive damage their homes to secure property. wooden buildings would likely be not been inspected by Saskatch- Eight to 12 inches of rainfall were Guatemala in particular is prone to power lines. Officials warned that peo- destroyed. ewan’s energy regulator since it forecast for Belize, Guatemala, and to rainy season flooding and mud- Belizean public and private sec- ple living on the ground floor “will The authorities have opened 29 was constructed 19 years ago. southern Mexico through today. slides that often prove fatal. tor workers were permitted to go to experience flooding” and some older shelters. CLASSIFIEDS FRIDAY 5 AUGUST 2016 13

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Antonio Conte: 4 key takeaways from 1 his first three Chelsea matches OSLO: Some fish may cope with the changing chemistry of the oceans linked Qatar ready to excel on Rio sands to global warming by permanently setting 2 their body defences to night-time levels, the time of day when they find sea water After Brexit, Britain will miss its low- least hospitable, a study said. 3 skilled immigrants Man-made carbon dioxide, released into the air by burning fossil fuels, forms a weak acid when mixed with water that can harm marine life in what is likely to TWEET OF THE DAY be a worsening effect of global warming this century. Fish adjust their bodies every day because levels of carbon dioxide nat- urally in the seas peak at night and dip during sunlight hours when algae, sea- Pakistani Ambassador to Qatar, Shahzad Ahmad explaining to community members the measures weed and other plants absorb carbon being taken by the embassy to speed up the issuance of machine readable passports during an open dioxide to generate energy. house held at the embassy premises yesterday. Pic: Abdul Basit/The Peninsula The study of spiny damselfish, a small species from Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, found that those best able to tackle high carbon levels in water produced offspring with flexible body clocks that helped adapt to acidification. “It seems the tolerant offspring may $89,000 ice cream truck have adjusted their circadian clocks as if it was always night,” Timothy Ravasi, one of the authors at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Ara- joins Boston police force bia, wrote of the findings published in the journal Nature Climate Change. The scientists reared the grey and white AFP underneath a serving hatch. the truck had been donated by the damsel fish in water with levels of carbon “If you had told me 30 years ago Boston Police Foundation and was dioxide comparable to those predicted for that the Boston Police Department valued at $89,000. coming decades and examined changes in would have an ice cream truck as Although it will not make daily Follow us on genes and proteins in their brains. NEW YORK: It’s the ice cream part of its patrol force... I would’ve patrols it will be out in force at com- Snapchat Philip Munday, another author at James truck that police hope can defrost said you were crazy,” said city police munity events or on particularly hot Cook University in Australia, said the find- any lingering iciness from ordinary commissioner William Evans. days in the city, she said. Open Snapchat and ings were “good news” by pointing to ways Americans on particularly hot days: The truck is part of a city com- “I absolutely love the new truck,” that fish can adapt to acidification. meet the latest $89,000 addition to munity policing effort set up in 2010 Evans said. “The goodwill it gener- scan the Snapcode But he said the scientists needed more the Boston police fleet. to reach out to children. ates between my officers and our to add The Peninsula study to see how far beneficial genes can Festooned in balloons and The initiative has already city’s young people is undeniable account. be inherited. And there are also many unveiled to the public, the blue- handed out more than 120,000 and nothing short of remarkable.” other damaging factors linked to climate and-white van is marked with free pots of chocolate and vanilla Police said the ice cream is change, such as rising ocean temperatures police insignia and has “Free Ice ice cream. donated by a local Massachusetts that can stop some fish from breeding. Cream” written in large blue letters A police spokeswoman said that dairy.

Wave-propelled Monkeying around Brazilian restaurants turn robot can swim, crawl and climb waste back into food

AFP myself in my car,” Danelon said with IANS a laugh as she turned over dirt with a shovel in the leafy courtyard of her house in Sao Paulo. LONDON: Researchers have SAO PAULO: There’s not a lot of “But now we’ve grown, and developed a 3D-printed robot that green in urban jungle of Sao Paulo, today we recycle 30 to 40 tonnes can move forward or backward but thanks to Fernanda Danelon, of organic waste per month.” in a wave-like motion, enabling restaurants in the Brazilian mega- Her partners include French res- it to climb over obstacles, swim city are turning their waste back taurant Le Bilboquet. or crawl through unstable terrain into food at innovative gardens With Danelon’s help, the res- like sand, grass and gravel. tucked amid the skyscrapers. taurant now has cherry tomatoes, “We succeeded by finding Danelon, a 43-year-old jour- lemons and lavender plants grow- a simple, unique solution that nalist by training, quit her day job ing on its rooftop. enables the robot to be built in dif- two years ago to launch the Guandu Its French chef, 34-year-old Jul- ferent sizes for different purposes. Institute, which recycles restau- ien Mercier, signed up for Danelon’s For example, it can be scaled up rants’ food waste and helps them programme six months ago. for search and rescue and main- set up gardens to put all that com- “What we grow here isn’t tenance, or miniaturised to a post to good use. enough to supply the whole restau- diametre of one centimetre or less Cities in Brazil throw out more rant. But the important thing is to to travel within the human body for A marmoset monkey climbs a fence inside the Deodoro Olympic Accomodation Village in Rio de than 75 million tonnes of trash a understand we’re part of a process. medical purposes, such as imaging Janeiro, ahead of 2016 Olympic Games. year, according to Brazilian Associa- These things are growing here, and and biopsies of digestive system,” tion of Public Sanitation Companies we can also boast we recycle a tonne said one of the researchers David (ABRELPE). and a half of organic waste every Zarrouk from Ben-Gurion Univer- There are no municipal recy- month,” he said as he inspected his sity of Negev (BGU) in Israel.. cling or composting programmes vegetables and herbs. Its minimalistic mechanical to reduce all garbage, and triaging The waste is composted at a design produces an advancing Birds can sleep in flight: Study trash is a foreign concept to most facility about 50km outside the sine wave with a large ampli- Brazilians. The country recycles city, where it is mixed with earth tude, using only a single motor about three percent of its waste, and allowed to biodegrade over the with no internal straight spine, IANS by predatory fish and cetaceans. and head movements in flying birds. according to ABRELPE. course of months. said a paper published in jour- To determine whether and how The researchers attached the To fill the void, Danelon decided It is a “traditional composting nal Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. birds sleep in flight, the research- small “flight data recorder” to the to put her passion for composting technique,” without enzymes or The robot can crawl through ers needed to record the changes in head of nesting female frigatebirds. and gardening to work on behalf of earthworms to accelerate the proc- unstable terrain like sand, reach- LONDON: Researchers have dis- brain activity and behaviour that The birds then carried the restaurants in her hometown. ess, said Danelon. But with a little ing a top speed of 57 centimetres covered that birds can sleep in flight distinguish wakefulness from the recorder during non-stop foraging Her organisation collects res- patience, all that waste turns into per second. It’s innovative wave without colliding with obstacles or two types of sleep found in birds -- flights lasting up to ten days. taurants’ food waste at their doors, rich, nutrient-packed compost. movement also enables it to climb falling from the sky. slow wave sleep (SWS) and rapid eye The recorder registered activ- turns them into compost over the The average 50-table restau- through tunnels at a rate of eight Measuring the brain activity of movement (REM) sleep. ity of both brain hemispheres and course of three to four months, and rant pays 900 reals ($275) a month centimetres per second when frigatebirds, the researchers found Niels Rattenborg from Max movements of the head, while a GPS delivers the compost back to the for the composting and garden- touching both sides. A waterproof that they sleep in flight with either Planck Institute for Ornithology in device on the birds’ back tracked restaurants to fertilise in-house gar- ing service—about the same as the version can swim at six centime- one cerebral hemisphere at a time or Seewiesen, Germany teamed up with their position and altitude. dens—which the institute also helps municipal waste collection fee. tres per second, the researchers both hemispheres simultaneously. Alexei Vyssotski from University of After the birds were back on them set up and maintain. “We have to look squarely at our said. By adding spiny traction Frigatebirds are large seabirds Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute of land the equipment was removed. She started with just one restau- own waste, value it and know that enhancers to each link, the team that spend weeks flying non-stop Technology who developed a small The flight data recorder revealed rant. Today, she has 17, and is in talks it can be reused,” said Danelon. She was able to propel the robot 13 per over the ocean in search of flying device to measure electroencepha- that frigatebirds sleep during flight, with 10 more. offers starter kits for people looking cent faster than its own wave speed. fish and squid driven to the surface lographic changes in brain activity reported the study. “At first, I collected the trash to make their own compost at home. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 18 QE 10,681.08 +136.07 PTS PAGE | 19 DOW 18,338.35 -16.65 PTS German giant Nokia to cut deeper Siemens hikes FTSE100 6,740.16 +105.76 PTS as merger profit forecast BRENT $41.81 +$0.98 spills red ink

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Bank of England cuts rates to record low over Brexit

Policymakers voted unan- has changed markedly ... and (this economics at Lloyds Bank Commer- of business activity, confidence and imously to reduce rates by a is) consistent with the risks which cial Banking. optimism suggest that the United The BoE will also buy quarter-point, the bank said in a the MPC saw before the vote. We’re Michael Hewson, Chief Mar- Kingdom is likely to see little growth £10bn of corporate statement after its latest meeting, living through a time of considera- ket Analyst CMC Markets UK, said in GDP in the second half of this year.” cutting borrowing costs for the first ble uncertainty.” Carney had “wielded the sledgeham- New British finance minis- debt, while it also time in more than seven years. The BoE will also buy £10bn of mer”, while Scotiabank praised the ter Philip Hammond welcomed the unveiled a new The BoE expects to trim rates corporate debt, while it also unveiled policy measures as “effective”, but BoE announcement. “The vote to scheme worth up to again later this year to just above a new scheme worth up to £100bn to added “that GDP growth could still leave the EU has created a period of zero, it signalled in a statement after encourage banks to lend to house- disappoint”. uncertainty, which will be followed £100bn to encourage its monetary policy meeting. The cen- holds and businesses. That took the Barclays, meanwhile, said that by a period of adjustment as the banks to lend to tral bank also delivered a £170bn total stimulus to as much as £170bn. the low interest rates would be shape of our new relationship with ($227bn) stimulus package, which “At its meeting ... the MPC voted passed onto consumers, promising the EU becomes clear and the econ- households and it added could be expanded further. for a package of measures designed a mortgage rate cut of 0.25 percent. omy responds to that,” Hammond businesses. And in gloomy news, the institu- to provide additional support to The BoE maintained its 2.0-per- said. “It’s right that monetary pol- tion axed economic forecasts for 2017 growth and to achieve a sustainable cent economic growth forecast for icy is used to support the economy and 2018 following the June 23 Brexit return of inflation to the (2.0-per- 2016. However, it slashed the growth through this period of adjustment.” referendum — in its biggest GDP fore- low of 0.50 percent — and launched cent) target,” the bank said. outlook to 0.8 percent in 2017 and 1.8 Conservative Prime Minister AFP cast downgrade on record. the radical QE policy to stimulate The news sent London’s FTSE percent in 2018. That compared with Theresa May has already indicated As part of the stimulus package, lending and growth during the glo- 100 shares index 1.6 percent higher prior predictions of 2.3 percent for London will not be rushed into EU the BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee bal financial crisis. by close, while sterling dived against both 2017 and 2018. exit talks — and will most likely will also agreed to re-activate its quan- “It’s an unusual situation, it is a the dollar and the euro. “Following the United Kingdom’s begin the negotiations early next LONDON: The Bank of England titative easing (QE) bond-buying very large identifiable supply shock,” “Today’s announcement repre- vote to leave the European Union, year. yesterday slashed interest rates scheme, lifting it by £60bn to £435bn said BoE Governor Mark Carney (pic- sents a significant policy loosening the exchange rate has fallen and the The BoE had flagged last month to a record low 0.25 percent and in the first increase since 2012. tured), in reference to the economic and underlines the bank’s com- outlook for growth in the short to that it would likely cut rates in August announced a vast stimulus package Yesterday marked the first rate impact of Britain’s EU departure, mitment to do all it can to support medium term has weakened mark- in response to the Brexit vote, which to combat economic fallout from Brit- reduction since March 2009, when which is not expected for at least economic and financial market con- edly,” the bank said. had sent markets tumbling and the ain’s looming EU exit. the bank cut to the previous historic two years. “The economic outlook fidence,” said Adam Chester, head of And it warned: “Recent surveys pound slumping in its aftermath. Milaha posts net profit QIIB’s Tier 1 sukuk issuance of QR1bn ‘credit positive’: Moody’s

The Peninsula percent from 16.6 percent reported during the same period. This is con- will continue to offer lending oppor- of QR553m in first half as of June 2016”, it noted. sistent with the growth of Islamic tunities. A growth slowdown, when This level would significantly assets in Gulf Cooperation Council combined with the capital increase, exceed the regulatory minimum for countries overall, exceeding conven- will support strong and stable capital DOHA: The rating agency Moody’s Tier 1 capital of 10 percent and min- tional asset growth rates and driving buffers over the next 12-18 months. By Mohammad Shoeb yesterday said that QIIB’s Additional imum total capital of 12.5 percent Islamic banks to source funding and Beyond strengthening its capital The Peninsula Tier 1 (AT1) sukuk issuance of QR1bn (including a capital conservation capital through AT1 and other capi- base, we expect that the issuance will ($275m) “is credit positive”. buffer). The capital increase will pro- tal market sukuk issuances. increase QIIB’s liquid assets balance. The global rating agency in a vide the bank with a considerably Although growth slowed to 14 Liquidity has been reduced by the statement yesterday noted that this stronger buffer to absorb potential percent during 2015, this growth had bank’s rapid financing growth and DOHA: Qatar Navigation AT1 issuance of QR1bn sukuk is credit losses as the economy slows and eroded QIIB’s capital buffers, leading tightening liquidity in the region as a (Milaha) has posted a net positive for QIIB because it reverses asset quality weakens. to a drop of almost eight percentage result of lower government oil reve- profit of QR553m for the the recent declining capital trend of The additional capital will also points since 2011. nues and associated deposits. first six months of this the Qatar-based Islamic bank fol- support the bank’s continued bal- We expect credit growth to The bank’s ratio of liquid assets year ended June 30, 2016 lowing high growth during 2011-15, ance-sheet expansion. decline further but remain robust at to total assets declined to 28 percent (H1 2016), down 15 percent and will replenish the bank’s liquid The bank’s financing growth around 10 percent in 2016, under- as of December 2015 from 38 percent compared to QR651m for assets amid tightening liquidity. (analogous to loan growth at con- pinned by Qatar’s growing economy, as of December 2012, but we expect the same period last year. Sheikh Ali bin Jassim Al Thani and “As a result of this issuance, we ventional banks) increased at a where, despite lower oil and gas rev- that QIIB’s improved liquidity will Milaha, which Abdulrahman Essa Al Mannai estimate that QIIB’s reported capital compound annual growth rate of 27 enues, continued high government provide solid buffers against persist- announced its financials adequacy ratio and Tier 1 capital will percent during 2011-14, well above spending on infrastructure projects ent liquidity pressures as oil prices for the H1 2016 on Wednesday, Milaha Offshore’s revenue improve substantially to around 20 Qatari banks’ average of 17 percent ahead of the FIFA World Cup in 2022 remain low. reported that its operating revenues declined by 12 percent amidst the touched QR1.38bn during the period extremely challenging offshore (H1 2016), down by nearly 8 percent, business environment. Despite cost compared to QR1.50bn during the saving measures that have signifi- corresponding period in 2015. cantly reduced operating expenses, Qatar auditors participate in IIA’s 75th anniversary The operating profit of the group operating and net profits continued stood at QR371m for the six months to be under pressure due to volatil- ended June 30, 2016, compared to ity in the oil and gas market. QR442m for the same period last Milaha Trading was impacted by The Peninsula annual business meeting. His term will year. While the earnings per share lower heavy equipment sales related end in 2019. (EPS) of the company for the period to a slowdown in construction activi- Angela Witzany from Austria was elected declined to QR4.86 against QR5.73 ties. Milaha Capital’s revenue declined as Chairman of the IIA’s 2016-2017 Global for the same period in 2015. by 25 percent. Lower dividend income DOHA: Three board members of The IIA Board of Directors. Witzany, head of inter- In a statement the group said that and continued volatility in the local Qatar attended the 75th Anniversary cele- nal audit at Sparkassen Versicherung AG, has Milaha Maritime & Logistics’ overall equity market have negatively brations of The Global Institute of Internal chosen “Audit Never Sleeps” as her chairper- revenue declined 7 percent, despite an impacted the results of this segment. Auditors held at an international conference son’s theme to express the constant vigilance increase in container volumes. Port “Despite a slowdown in some of in New York recently. practitioners must embrace to identify and Services was negatively impacted the business segments in which we The conference theme was “Celebrating respond to risks that can threaten their by lower ancillary services revenue operate, our results remain strong. our Past, Inspiring the future”. A commem- organisations. and non-containerised general cargo The foundation we have laid in the orative 75th Anniversary Museum exhibit The IIA is the largest global member- and RORO (roll-on/roll-off system). In past few years will not only enable was unveiled at the newly opened Museum ship association for the internal audit addition, pricing pressures faced by us to withstand any headwinds, of Internal Audit located at IIA’s Lake Mary profession with more than 185,000 mem- the Container Shipping unit damp- but also position us for sustainable office in Florida. bers from 170 countries. It underscores that ened the unit’s results. future growth.” said, Chairman of An anniversary website (75years.theiia. internal auditing is indispensable to good Milaha Gas & Petrochem’s rev- Milaha’s Board of Directors. org) was also created to provide a com- governance, risk management and inter- enue grew by 56 percent despite a “Our clear focus on executing prehensive overview of internal audit’s nal control. global slowdown in the shipping our long term strategy and creating prominent figures and defining moments. Global Councils are held to strengthen market. The investment in two LNG shareholder value has enabled us to Hassan Al Mulla, Sundaresan Rajeswar the IIA’s global network by promoting the carriers made in the second half weather short term volatility and and Christian Adonis were the IIA Qatar exchange of ideas and experiences among of 2015, and the mid to long-term deliver healthy results supported board members who attended. leaders from around the world and to col- nature of the majority of charter by a strong balance sheet,” added Rajeswar was inducted into the lect insights and feedback on key strategies contracts, largely insulated this seg- Abdulrahman Essa Al Mannai, Mila- Hassan Al Mulla and Sundaresan Rajeswar seen with Global Committee of Research and and initiatives that impact the future of the ment during the first half of 2016. ha’s President and CEO. Angela Witzany, Chairman of the global IIA Board. Education Advisors (CREA) during the profession. 18 FRIDAY 5 AUGUST 2016 BUSINESS Toyota’s net profit dented by yen rally

trimmed its full-year profit and sales reason for tweaking its outlook for surging yen, “rather weak” emerging forecasts, underscoring the negative the fiscal year to March 2017. markets, and Britain’s EU departure The world’s biggest impact that a resurgent currency is It now expects net profit of 1.45 posed risks for the company. carmaker also having on firms doing a lot of busi- trillion yen on revenue of 26 tril- “But we’re not pessimistic about ness abroad. lion yen, compared with 1.5 trillion the industry,” he told a press briefing trimmed its full- Japan’s exporters reaped wind- yen and 26.5 trillion yen previously in Tokyo yesterday. year profit and fall profits over the past few years forecast. Still, vehicle sales fell in the key as government efforts to kickstart The newest figure, which would North American market, where sales forecasts, the world’s number three economy be Toyota’s first profit decline in five cheap oil has hit demand for Toyo- underscoring the sharply weakened the yen. years, is way down from a record ta’s fuel-efficient offerings, including negative impact That was good for firms such as 2.31 trillion yen net profit in the most the Prius. Toyota and rivals Honda and Nissan recently ended business year. Japanese carmakers have ben- that a resurgent because repatriated foreign profits “The yen’s rise is the top concern efited from healthy growth in the currency is having on were worth more when the yen was for Japan’s auto industry right now,” US where low interest rates boosted weak and it boosted their competi- said Rakuten Securities analyst Yasuo demand, although a possible hike in firms doing a lot of tiveness overseas. Imanaka. “On top of that, demand in borrowing costs this year could dig business abroad. But the currency has rallied North America — the industry’s cash into sales. since the start of the year as vola- cow — seems to be losing momen- Unsteady demand in emerging People look at a vehicle at a showroom of Toyota Motor in Tokyo yesterday. tile equity markets and Britain’s vote tum. “It’s going to be a tough year markets such as Thailand and Indo- to exit the European Union boosted for the industry.” nesia are also red flags, as Toyota and AFP demand for a unit widely seen as a Toyota’s vehicle sales rose slightly other major automakers wrestle with temporary factory shutdowns in profit slipping 6.1 percent to 174.6bn safe investment. in the latest period to 2.52 million costs linked to a huge scandal at sup- the south of Japan after a pair of yen, although that beat market Toyota reported a 552.5bn yen units, ticking up in Japan, Europe plier Takata. earthquakes caused major damage expectations partly owing to stronger ($5.4bn) net profit in its fiscal first and Asia. Meanwhile, sales in China, A defect in the firm’s airbags has and claimed dozens of lives in April, sales in China. TOKYO: Toyota yesterday posted a quarter, well down from 646.4bn yen the world’s biggest vehicle market, been linked to 13 deaths and scores affecting production. Last week, Nissan posted the nearly 15 percent drop in its April- in the same period last year. Revenue were up 14 percent on-year in the of injuries globally, prompting a mas- Toyota’s biggest domestic rivals first decline in April-June net profit June net profit, hit by a sharp rally fell 5.7 percent to 6.59 trillion yen. six months through June, the com- sive recall to replace the problem likewise reported a drop in their in four years, citing the strong yen in the yen and falling North Ameri- The Corolla and Prius hybrid pany said. parts and meaning huge expenses quarterly results. and struggles in its home market. Its can vehicle sales. maker, which also reported a fall in Toyota managing officer Tet- for automakers. On Tuesday, Honda blamed an bottom-line figure was down 11 per- The world’s biggest carmaker also operating profit, cited the yen as a key suya Otake acknowledged that the Carmakers were also hit by income tax rise for its April-June net cent to 136.4bn.

AirAsia plan Batelco Q2 Siemens hikes profit slips

DUBAI: Bahrain Telecommuni- profit forecast cations Co (Batelco) posted a 1.7 percent decline in second-quar- ter profit yesterday, as it recorded losses from its share in Yemen’s AFP longer gauge how things are going Sabafon. to develop there.” However in April Batelco made a net profit of through June quarter its order book 13.08m dinars ($34.8m) in the swelled to ¤21bn, a 6 percent increase three months to June 30, it said in BERLIN: German industrial giant over the same period in 2015, boosted a statement. That compares with Siemens lifted its annual earnings by both demand for renewables as a profit of 13.31m dinars a year forecast yesterday after booming well as power and gas. earlier, and a forecast for quar- demand for renewables fattened At ¤2.7bn, its renewables terly profit from SICO Bahrain of order books in the second quarter, orders were almost four times 12.39m dinars. but warned of increasing geopolit- larger this quarter—which also Net profit for the first half ical risks. saw it announce the merger of its of 2016 was 22.7m dinars, com- For the financial year ending Sep- wind turbine business with Spain’s pared with 27.5m dinars in the tember, the group said it expected Gamesa in June—than the same corresponding period last year, profits per share between ¤6.50 and period last year. During the three the statement said. Both first- ¤6.70 ($7.24-$7.46), compared with months, the group won contracts half and second-quarter earnings the 6.0 to 6.40 it to build offshore were weighed by one-off items AirAsia aircraft sit on the tarmac at Singapore’s Changi Airport. AirAsia Bhd, Asia’s biggest budget had previously wind farms in including a 0.9m dinar provision predicted — the Britain and Ger- airline, will kick off the sale of a majority stake in its plane leasing unit this month, a deal that could it booked against its investment in second upward many for a total value the business at about $1bn. Yemeni operator Sabafon. revision since of almost ¤2bn. Subscriber numbers in the March. Chief Meanwhile, war-torn country fell 16 percent Executive Joe large orders for year-on-year, although it said it Kaeser (pic- the power and continued to provide services to tured) said that gas unit from the its customers despite the politi- Siemens “deliv- United States and US jobless claims rise marginally cal challenges. ered excellent Bolivia brought Second-quarter revenue, at performance, in ¤1.2bn of 92m dinars, was flat to the cor- especially new business responding three months of last with regard to — contribut- Reuters the week ended July 30, the Labor with jobs market strength. The four- year. In Bahrain, Batelco com- growth, in an ing to 26 percent Department said. Economists had week moving average of claims, petes with units of Kuwait’s Zain increasingly dif- order growth forecast initial claims slipping to considered a better measure of and Saudi Telecom Co as well as ficult market for the divi- 265,000 in the latest week. labor market trends as it irons out numerous Internet providers. environment”. sion to ¤4.5bn. WASHINGTON: The number of Claims have now been below week-to-week volatility, rose 3,750 But he warned in a telephone The group, which builds products Americans filing for unemploy- 300,000, a threshold associated to 260,250 last week. conference yesterday that mar- ranging from trains to gas and wind ment benefits unexpectedly rose with a strong labour market, for Labour market strength is boost- UK car sales ket conditions could still worsen. turbines to medical equipment, said last week, while renewed job cuts 74 consecutive weeks, the longest ing consumer spending, which is “Disorder seems to have become it had made a net profit of ¤1.37bn in the energy sector boosted layoffs streak since 1973. With the labor expected to help the economy regain flat in July the new world order,” said Kae- in its third quarter. That was lit- announced by US-based employ- market perceived to be either at or speed after growth braked to an ser, pointing to Britain’s vote to tle changed from last year’s figure, ers in July. approaching full employment, there average 1.0 percent annual rate in leave the EU, terrorism, and tense which had been artificially high Despite the increases, the labour is probably limited scope for further the last three quarters. LONDON: British car registra- EU-Turkey relations. “These things after it sold some business units. market remains healthy and will declines in claims. In separate report, global out- tions were flat in July but demand create uncertainty, uncertainty Siemens reported a jump in probably continue to support eco- Claims tend to be volatile around placement consultancy Challenger, from private consumers fell for creates reticence, that creates a dif- underlying, or operating, profit as nomic growth for the remainder of this time of the year when automo- Gray & Christmas said employers the fourth month in a row sug- ficult investment climate and lower measured by EBITDA, of 41 per- this year. While other data showed bile manufacturers typically idle in the US announced plans to shed gesting a hit to confidence, data spending,” he went on. cent to ¤2.67bn on revenues of orders for factory goods fell for a assembly lines for retooling. Some, 45,346 workers from their payrolls in for the first full month since Brit- Such risks could hurt parts of ¤19.8bn — up five percent com- second straight month in June, there however, keep production running, July, a 19 percent increase from June. ons voted to leave the European Siemens’ business in the upcom- pared with last year. The group said were signs business investment was which can throw off the model the Though it was the second straight Union showed yesterday. ing 2016-17 financial year, which that it expected “moderate revenue stabilising. government uses to strip out sea- monthly increase, layoffs were 57 Sales rose 0.06 percent year- begins in October. “Turkey is an growth” for the whole of the 2015- Initial claims for state unem- sonal fluctuations from the data. percent lower than in July last year. on-year to 178,523 units with a rise important market” for the group, 16 financial year after adjusting for ployment benefits increased 3,000 Through the gyrations, the trend Job cuts in the energy sector surged in business demand for fleet vehi- Kaeser acknowledged. “We can no currency effects. to a seasonally adjusted 269,000 for in claims has remained consistent 796 percent to 17,725 last month. cles compensating for a 6 percent drop in demand from members of the public. Car deliveries typically occur several weeks after purchase decisions so there is normally a Indian business leaders hail landmark tax reform lag in recording any changes in demand which may delay any Brexit vote effect. The Society of AFP conglomerates, said it would help The Federation of Indian Cham- run tax rates will come down, and if long-term impact “will be clearly Motor Manufacturers and Traders boost the country’s economic growth bers of Commerce and Industry this happens, the prices of various positive”. urged the government to support by up to two percentage points. (FICCI) said just ahead of the vote items can go down.” Jaitley has said he hopes it will be demand in Europe’s second-big- “The transformational legislation late on Wednesday that the passing It will be some time before GST in place by April 2017, although many gest autos market. NEW DELHI: Indian business lead- will not just significantly improve of the GST bill would give industry “a is introduced because at least half experts believe this is optimistic. The “The automotive market is a ers yesterday hailed the passage of a ease of doing business in a vast and lot of hope on progress of reforms in of India’s 29 states have to ratify the main rate of the GST is still a topic for vital part of the British economy landmark tax reform bill that paves complex federal set-up like ours by the country”. move before it can be enshrined in debate, with experts suggesting it is and it’s important government the way for a new national sales tax creating a single market, but will help The battle to introduce the GST law. But experts saw the vote in the likely to end up at around 18 percent. delivers the economic condi- and the creation of a common market prop up our GDP growth rate,” Sunil has been one of the fiercest of Modi’s upper house of parliament as the key While the GST may increase tions which instil business and across the country for the first time. Bharti Mittal told the Press Trust of premiership, with Congress repeat- hurdle to ensuring the introduction inflation in the short term because consumer confidence,” CEO Mike Lawmakers voted late Wednes- India news agency. edly blocking the bill for more than of the GST. It could cause India’s big- the price of some goods will rise, Hawes said. day in favour of introducing the India’s GDP expanded 7.6 percent a year, before finally agreeing to an gest manufacturing states to lose the economists say it will boost busi- Sales fell in June, only the long-awaited Goods and Services Tax in 2015-16, making it the fastest- amended version. revenues they currently get from sell- ness activity and deter tax evasion. second time since 2012, and (GST), which will replace a patchwork growing major economy in the world. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said ing goods across states, although they “Prior to GST, companies in India the industry narrowly avoided of central and state levies on goods and But Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s at a press conference yesterday that will be compensated for any losses faced multiple level tax structures, a decline in sales last month, services and marks India’s most sig- right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party public opinion had been strongly in for five years. which made it difficult for them to which would have been the first nificant economic reform in decades. has faced criticism over the slow pace favour of the reform. “Once GST is Global research firm Nomura conduct business competitively,” time demand had fallen for two The chairman of Bharti Enter- of the reforms it promised ahead of rolled out, doing business in India said the short-term economic impact Arun Singh, lead economist at Dun consecutive months in a row in prises, one of India’s biggest the last election in 2014. will be easier,” he said. “In the long of GST could be mixed, but that the & Bradstreet India said. four-and-a-half years. 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Escorts-A/D 262.8 -1.95 272973 Kalyani Stel-T/D 286 2.7 394194 Tanfac Indust-/D 40 -0.65 16750 Whitbread/D 3846 43 116033 US petrol stocks dropped 3.26 million barrels to 238.2 million barrels last week, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), against expectations for a draw of around 200,000 barrels. But crude inventories rose by 1.4 million barrels, compared with analysts’ expectations for a decrease by as many barrels. Nokia to cut deeper as merger spills red ink “Maybe the surprise drawdown in petrol invento- ries helped future prices remain stable but that does not change the fact: the US is flooded with oil,” said AFP (pictured) said in a statement 6 percent from 7 percent, with He said the company was Tamas Varga, lead oil analyst at London brokerage that Nokia is “now targeting Nokia putting the blame on “well-positioned”, pointing PVM Oil Associates. ¤1.2bn in total cost savings to be needing to increase risk provi- to Nokia products which can US-based Schork Report said that the earlier price achieved in full year 2018”, up sions over a Latin American client work in various configurations, gains were a result of profit-taking from previous short : Finnish telecom from the previous target of more undergoing court-supervised as operators move from 4G, or positions that benefited from falling prices along with equipment manufacturer Nokia than ¤900m. In a conference call restructuring. It did not name fourth-generation mobile net- a fall in the US-dollar since July. said yesterday that it aims to with reporters, Suri said the cost the client, which is believed to work technology, to 5G that will The dollar has lost 2 percent since late July against accelerate savings after costs of cuts would come in a “combina- be Brazilian operator Oi. offer ultra-fast data transmis- a basket of other leading currencies as expectations absorbing former French-Ameri- tion of all kinds of cost savings”, The second-quarter results sion times that the industry hopes of a rate increase faded. can rival Alcatel-Lucent pushed it not revealing if more job cuts “were largely as expected and will enable autonomous vehicles, As oil is traded in dollars, a weaker US currency into a second-quarter loss. were to follow. reflect solid execution in the smart cities, remote medicine and makes fuel purchases for countries with other curren- The net loss of ¤665m ($741m) “That has to do with the syn- Alcatel-Lucent. French labour midst of a challenging market other innovations. Markets how- cies cheaper, potentially spurring demand. was mostly due to the ¤600m ergy savings that we already unions then revealed Nokia was and the ongoing integration of ever were disappointed by the With overall oil market conditions still weak, and restructuring charge as it inte- have talked about but also nor- seeking 4,300 job cuts in Europe, Alcatel-Lucent,” said Suri. results. Nokia shares plummeted production overhangs in both crude and refined prod- grates Alcatel-Lucent, which it mal continuous improvement and including 411 in France, but so far “We expect to see slight at the opening of the Helsinki ucts continuing to weigh, traders said Wednesday’s acquired last year. transformation within our overall the company has only confirmed sequential improvement in both stock market, and after an hour and yesterday’s price rises would likely be reined in. Under the move, Nokia aimed business,” Suri formulated. that 1,032 jobs will be cut in Fin- net sales and operating margin of trading it was still down -4.6 “The market priced in a full rebalancing too to expand from telecoms net- In April Nokia said it was land. Nokia said net sales fell by in our networks business from percent at ¤4.73. quickly and discounted the scale of the inventory works to internet networks and opening talks with staff repre- 11 percent from the same period the second quarter to the third, Analyst Mikael Rau- overhang, which has left many disappointed about “cloud” services after abandon- sentatives in some 30 countries last year on a comparable basis, followed by significant improve- tanen of equity research firm visible stockdraws,” consultancy Energy Aspects ing the mobile handset market. about cutting jobs, to gain syn- to 5.6 billion euros. ment from the third to the fourth Inderes called the quarter a said in a note yesterday. Chief Executive Rajeev Suri ergies from merging with The operating margin fell to quarter,” he added. “disappointment”. BUSINESS VIEWS 20 FRIDAY 5 AUGUST 2016

Mali’s banks woo clients Africa battles to get big with hire-purchase solar power kits solar projects on grid

By Soumaila T Diarra sold under the new programme Reuters so far, he added. Each customer will pay back 500,000 CFA francs (around $848), accord- ing to a schedule set by the bank. ESIDENTS of Mali’s Gaoussou Mariko, admin- capital, Bamako, and istrative secretary of the Mali surrounding areas will bankers’ association, believes find it easier to switch the scheme is set for success after Ron power in their homes thanks attracting the participation of to local banks that have begun 10 banks in just one day. “I don’t offering credit to buy solar energy remember a product having been equipment. accepted like that before,” he said. The government’s Agency of In late June, bank staff Renewable Energies (AER), which received training in how to pro- is leading the project, says requests mote the new solar systems. “If for the hire-purchase solar kits are you want to sell a product, you coming in thick and fast. need to know it first,” said Mariko. “This project matches interna- Interested clients register at tional climate debate priorities,” their bank, which purchases the said the agency’s director-gen- solar kits from a local business eral, Souleymane Berthé, noting approved by government experts. that a boost in clean energy use would help Mali curb its planet- LARGE-SCALE SOLAR warming emissions. Many Malians, like teacher Berthé thinks solar power Samake, complain about regu- can offer a solution to Malians’ lar power cuts, as the national electricity problems, providing energy company, Energie du them with power in their homes — Mali (EDM), is unable to meet the and there is no need to wait until country’s electricity needs. A photovoltaic solar park on the outskirts of the coastal town of Lamberts Bay, South Africa. the billions of dollars in interna- In the past five or six years, tional assistance promised at UN power cuts have become frequent climate change negotiations are in periods when the sun shines By Nellie Peyton rollout of solar plants across Africa. in 2010 the government spent three years flowing more freely. “We have to most, especially from March to Reuters Solar is less than 1 percent of Africa’s sorting through 82 proposals and accepted find internal resources to fund May, as demand rises, Samake power generation. Outside of South Africa 10, most of which lacked the funds to see local, clean development before noted. “There is a paradox,” he and Algeria there are only a few utility- them through, said Yasser Charafi, an the resources donors announced... said. “Why didn’t the authori- scale solar photovoltaic (PV) plants on the officer at the International Finance Cor- arrive,” he said. ties invest earlier in solar energy N AN expanse of sand 100km north continent, the largest being a 20 MW plant poration, the private-sector arm of the Berthé said the Mali loan pro- development?” of Senegal’s capital, two men set to in Ghana. Reuters collected data on over World Bank. gramme, intended to jump-start In the past few years, EDM work digging up tree stumps to clear 3,500 MW of projects that have been com- Senergy PV SA will sell power to the household use of solar power, has begun to add solar power space for what could soon be the big- missioned in the past six years — roughly national electric company for about $0.11 may qualify to sell carbon cred- capacity to reduce its dependence gest solar plant in West Africa. In less equal to the combined output of Senegal, per kilowatt-hour, which is slightly less its under the United Nations’ on fossil fuels, which provide than a year, says developer Senergy Uganda, Mali and Cameroon. than the utility pays for diesel. The World Clean Development Mecha- around half the West African IPV SA, this shrubby lot will be covered with In Kenya and Burkina Faso, plants Bank aims to help Senegal slash that by nism, but has yet to apply. “One nation’s power and can be costly 96,000 gleaming solar panels from China, scheduled to open in 2014 are still awaiting almost half, Charafi said. of the advantages of renewable due to volatile prices on interna- injecting up to 30 megawatts into the grid. construction. In Nigeria and Ghana, projects Kenya unveiled a renewable energy energy loans is offering cheaper tional markets. It is an attractive prospect for a nation that began in 2010 and 2011 have yet to find scheme in 2012 and was inundated with electricity to households,” said The other half comes from with a dire power deficit, and which cur- finance. “We are seeing the same trends proposals. No plants are yet under con- Aminata Fofana, an advisor to renewable energies, including rently meets most of its needs by burning everywhere in sub-Saharan Africa,” said struction. Now it is considering an auction Mali’s energy minister. hydroelectric dams. imported oil in hugely inefficient diesel Silvia Macri, analyst at IHS Markit. process to attract lower price bids, leaving The Malian government Since 2011, EDM has estab- generators. “The context is favourable,” “There’s no experience with these developers in the lurch, said Tomas Adcock, signed agreements with 10 local lished five hybrid solar power Karim Ndiaye, investment director at projects, and not much clarity around chief operating officer at solar firm Ken- banks in June to offer solar sys- plants in rural areas to supply French private equity firm Meridiam, the political framework.” Lenders want ergy Renewables. tems approved by AER experts to local mini-grids. which bought out the dependable cash flows, but in many coun- “Investors are anxious about investing customers on credit. “If a bank Government advisor Fofana original Senergy com- tries weak legal frameworks, unclear land in projects that may never be built,” Adcock can allow me to pay for a solar said the country is also build- pany in 2014, said. rights and poor transmission infrastructure said. Kenya’s Ministry of Energy did not energy kit over time, I won’t ing two large-scale solar power “The president has make this hard to guarantee, Macri said. respond to a request for comment. Devel- hesitate to request a loan,” said plants to feed into the national made renewables a Even after construction began on the opers in several countries described a lack high-school teacher Aguibou grid, including one in the central priority.” Senergy project, equipment still needed of clear policies, pressure to pay bribes, and Samake, 39. region of Ségou which is slated to Yet three years after to be ordered and permits obtained, negotiations that dragged on for years. be West Africa’s first utility-scale a deal was signed to said Mathieu Peller, regional director at There is often no grid in place to trans- AFFORDABLE ENERGY solar plant. build the plant, there Meridiam. mit, a problem faced by Douglas Coleman, Mali is one of the world’s The $58m Ségou plant is being were still no building Horse carts trot past power lines in projects director of Blue Energy, building a poorest countries, with around financed mainly by the World Yet three years after materials in sight, just rural Senegal. Electricity is costly and 40 long-awaited 155 MW plant in Ghana. half its population living on less Bank and other donors, and has a couple of bulldozers percent of people have no access. Cheap A few projects have beaten the odds. A than $1.25 a day, according to UN planned capacity of 33 megawatts. a deal was signed to bumping over dunes solar could change this. Since 2009 the different plant in Ghana was completed in data. It is expected to cover 5 percent build the plant, there near Santhiou Mekhe price of panels has fallen 80 percent. Last April by Chinese company BXC, and a 10 That means most families of Mali’s electricity needs, while were still no building village. Sunshine is year, the International Renewable Energy MW plant in Uganda is almost built, led by cannot afford a solar energy kit reducing EDM’s carbon emissions plentiful, solar panels Agency said solar power costs were in line firms in Paris and Dubai. - including solar panels, batter- by 46,000 tonnes per year. materials in sight, just get cheaper by the year with or below those of fossil fuels. Nigeria signed its first solar power pur- ies and lights - which can cost as The plant is a partnership a couple of bulldozers and demand for power Senegal is ahead of its peers on the con- chase agreements in July for 14 large-scale much as $1,000 upfront. between Norwegian company is skyrocketing, but the tinent in at least promoting renewables plants after four years of negotiations. They “The cost of initial investment Scatec Solar and the Malian bumping over dunes newness of the tech- — its official target is 20 percent of power are now meant to close financing within discourages many wanting to government, and will generate near Santhiou Mekhe nology, bureaucratic from renewables by 2017, against 0.6 per- a year, and finish construction 18 months shift to solar energy,” Berthé said. enough electricity to meet the hurdles and investor cent now - but it has been overwhelmed later. “To be honest, some might need more More than 100 kits have been needs of 60,000 households. village. fear of uncharted terri- by proposals. time,” said Yesufu Alonge, head of power tory have held back the After creating a renewable energy law procurement at Nigeria’s bulk trader. China money and market spur Canadian blueberry deluge

By Julie Gordon to farming, rents have remained stubbornly be making very good net profit.” For many a trade group representing hundreds of Reuters low. Veteran farmers and entrepreneurial new- farmers, that view misses the bigger pic- growers, said much of the interest was from comers have snapped up the cheap leases, ture. “Rich people, they can buy the farms, Chinese business people who see berry farms eager to cash in on the blueberry’s ascent as a but they don’t want to do the farming,” said as an export opportunity, much like those super food and the promise that a trade deal Liu, who grows organic berries for export who have bought vineyards in recent years N aging mansion sits vacant on with China would open the world’s second- to Asia. “It’s very, very, very cheap to lease to export British Columbia wine to China. an estate outside Vancouver, the largest economy to fresh Canadian exports. their farmland.” But, he said, “farmers are Real estate agents said some Chinese garage overtaken by a blueberry But demand has yet to meet bullish projec- not getting rich”. nationals were looking at the redevelopment sorter and a walk-in cooler packed tions. Delayed trade negotiations and a surge About half the listings in recent years potential, viewing farms as lottery tickets with the fruit. The owner, an inves- in global blueberry production have prevented for smaller farms and nearly all the larger that would pay out if urban sprawl one day Ator from mainland China, leases the estate to China’s rising middle class from eating enough ones near Vancouver have been purchased forces officials to scrap strict prohibitions. Fred Liu at such a bargain the farmer grows of the British Columbia bumper crop that Chi- by buyers with ties to mainland China, agents “They’re playing the long game,” said blueberries in its fields even though the bot- nese investors helped sow. said. Canada doesn’t track the nationality of agent Michael Lu. Others have built luxurious Real estate agents said tom has fallen out of the market. The result: A bubble for Vancouver area property owners, and British Columbia only estate homes with an eye toward retirement some Chinese nationals As it turns out, the same wave of Chinese farmland and a bust for berries. Prices for began doing so in June. It reported 18 per- and surrounded them with berries. Owners were looking at the wealth that has fueled real estate booms in rural property near Vancouver have surged cent of sales in recent weeks in Richmond, cut their taxes by using the land for farming, cities like New York, Sydney and San Fran- — hitting, in one recent deal, 230 times home to one of the most well-established often leasing it out to local growers. Owners redevelopment potential, cisco and stoked the art market worldwide the per-acre average for Canadian farm- Chinese communities in Canada, were to like blueberries because they are pretty and viewing farms as lottery also has contributed to an unexpected glut land. And blueberry prices have collapsed, unspecified foreign nationals living abroad. easy to maintain, especially compared to the of blueberries. dropping to less than C$1 per pound at peak Chinese nationals with resident status in province’s No. 2 produce export - mushrooms. tickets that would pay out Chinese investors riding a hot property season, half what some growers said they Canada were excluded. Discounts vary by municipality, but, if urban sprawl one day market along the Pacific Coast have socked were getting a few years ago. The buying spree has set records. A 4.5 across the province, farmland is taxed millions into a belt of protected farmland Norm Letnick, British Columbia’s agri- acre blueberry farm with no house sold late at lower rates, so long as it earns at least forces officials to scrap around Vancouver, long a destination for culture minister, said he doesn’t see it as a last year to a Chinese investor for C$2.58m C$2,500 a year from crops. British Columbia strict prohibitions. Asian immigrants, and many have taken glut, and he downplayed the sharp price drop ($1.97m), or C$573,000 per acre. Nation- growers also are playing a long game - but advantage of Canadian agricultural tax at packing houses. Growers may be doing wide, farmland averages C$2,460 per acre, not by design. The province produces 80 per- breaks, agents and farmers said. better at roadside stands, he said. “Because according to Farm Credit Canada. cent by value of fresh blueberries exported Because much of the land is restricted they don’t have a middle man, they might The British Columbia Blueberry Council, by Canada, the world’s No. 2 producer. FRIDAY 5 AUGUST 2016 21

Manny Pacquiao celebrates Pacquiao plans to fight Vargas: Report after defeating Timothy Bradley Jr by unanimous decision in their welterweight fight at MGM Grand Garden AFP told the Los Angeles Times. “It is the sport to devote more time (58-6-2). American Vargas (27-1- Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada amazing what training and fight- to his political career. He was 0) said Friday he is in talks with in this April 9, 2016 file ing does for him.” elected to the Philippine Senate Pacquiao’s camp to hold a fight photo. In Manila, newly elected sen- in May. He announced several on November 5 at the Thomas & LOS ANGELES: Manny Pacquiao ator Pacquiao said details of any weeks ago that he would fight Mack Center arena in Las Vegas. will return to the ring later this match would only be ironed out again. The record eight-division Koncz told the Times that he year to fight World Boxing Organ- after he meets American pro- world champion’s next fight will would travel with Arum to Phil- ization welterweight champion moter Bob Arum on August 9. be on November 5, Arum said. ippines next week to meet with Jessie Vargas, the Filipino boxing “Nothing is final yet,” he said Arum is looking at holding Pacquiao and pick a site. star’s manager said on Wednes- through a spokesman. the fight in Las Vegas or Dubai. “That’s the essence of the day. After Pacquiao defeated He tweeted last week that he was meeting,” Koncz said. “Not choos- “Retirement doesn’t suit Timothy Bradley on April 9, he talking to a group from the Middle ing an opponent. That’s already Manny right now,” Michael Koncz announced he was retiring from East that wants to host Pacquiao done.”

SCOREBOARD West Indies (I innings) 196 Extras (LB-2 NB-3 W-1) 6 India (I innings) 500/9 decl Total (for 6 wkts) 388 Mendis gives Sri Lanka West Indies (II innings): Fall of wickets: 1-5 R Chandrika,2-41 K K Brathwaite c Rahul b Mishra 23 Brathwaite,3-41 M Samuels,4-48 Da Bra-

R Chandrika b I Sharma 1 vo,5-141 J Blackwood,6-285 S Dowrich Da Bravo c Rahul b Shami 20 Did not bat: D Bishoo, M Cummins, S Gabriel M Samuels b Shami 0 Bowling: I Sharma 18 - 3 - 56 - 1(nb-2); J Blackwood c Pujara b R Ashwin 63 M Shami 19 - 3 - 82 - 2; A Mishra 25 - 6 - 90 - edge against Australia R Chase (not out) 137 2(nb-1); U Yadav 12 - 2 - 44 - 0(w-1); R Ashwin S Dowrich lbw b Mishra 74 30 - 4 - 114 - 1 J Holder (not out) 64 Result: Draw

In-form batsman scores vital 86 as hosts grab two quick West Indies stun India to Aussie wickets after posting 281 on first day in Galle pull off a surprising draw

Reuters version of the game, also has a AFP future in the traditional five-day format. If not quite qualifying as a KINGSTON: Roston Chase accom- miracle, the result was certainly GALLE: Half centuries from the plished an all-round feat last unexpected after the Windies began in-form Kusal Mendis and skipper achieved by cricketing great Gary the final day staring down the bar- Angelo Mathews gave Sri Lanka the Sobers as West Indies escaped with rel of defeat, precariously placed on edge over Australia on the open- an unlikely draw against India in the 48 for four and still needing another ing day of the second Test yesterday second Test in Jamaica on Wednes- 256 to make India bat again. despite a five-wicket haul from day. Even though rain washed out Mitchell Starc. After taking 5-121 with his off- the most of penultimate day, it Mendis followed up his maiden spin earlier in the match, Chase seemed a formality for India to century in the first Test with a top scored an authoritative 137 not out quickly wrap up victory and take a score of 86 in Galle as Sri Lanka to lead West Indies to safety, with 2-0 lead in the four-Test series, but Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis (left) plays a shot as Australian wicketkeeper Peter Nevill (centre) and captain posted a total of 281 in their first the home team losing only two it was not to be. innings before then grabbing two Steven Smith look on during the first day of their second Test at the Galle International Cricket Stadium wickets on the fifth and final day West Indies had reached 388 for early wickets during the tourists’ in Galle, yesterday. at Sabina Park in Kingston. six in their second innings, ahead by response. In just his second Test, the 84 runs, when India captain Virat Australia were 54 for two at sixes Mathews came to the crease Usman Khawaja was the not- of success. Sri Lanka won the first 24-year-old from Barbados became Kohli conceded a draw with a few stumps, still trailing the hosts by 227 with a positive mindset as he made out batsman and he will resume his Test at Pallekele by 106 runs, the just the fourth West Indies player to overs still remaining. runs in what is a must-win match for the reverse-sweep his stock shot innings on Friday on 11. first triumph in a Test match over score a century and take five wick- India captain Virat Kohli Steve Smith’s side after they lost the against the offspinner Nathan Lyon, Sri Lanka’s premier bowler, vet- the number one-ranked Austral- ets in the same test, and the first to lamented the rain that helped the first Test last weekend in Pallekele. who bagged two wickets on a track eran spinner Rangana Herath, only ians in 17 years. do so in 50 years. Windies, but also gave credit to the Mendis was once again the stan- that spun from the off. bowled one over before the close A victory for Sri Lanka in Galle Sobers, the only player to opposition. dout batsman for Sri Lanka, sharing Speaking to reporters after but is likely to be much busier later would see them secure the series accomplish the feat twice, last “Testing, that’s what test cricket a 108-run third wicket stand with the close of play, Starc said that it on in the Australian innings on a with one match to spare in the achieved that double in 1966. is all about,” he said. Kusal Perera to get the hosts’ innings had been “a pretty even day” but ground where he has a long record rubber. The small crowd erupted in “Our bowlers tried their best. back on track after losing two early acknowledged that what is a turn- rapturous applause when Chase We created a few chances that didn’t wickets. ing track would benefit Sri Lanka’s completed his century and raised go to hand, beat them quite a few His 137-ball knock was laced spin-laden line-up. SCOREBOARD his bat in celebration, with nobody times but at the end of the day it was with 10 fours and two sixes as he “That wicket is pretty flat. It’s got Sri Lanka (I innings): Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-9, 3-117, 4-184, 5-199, clapping louder than retired batting really good batting as well. entertained a lively home crowd at no pace in it. It will take a bit of spin. I D Karunaratne c Burns b Starc 0 6-224, 7-259, 8-265, 9-274, 10-281 great Viv Richards. India all-rounder Ravichandran the Galle International Stadium. thought overall we bowled quite well “It’s a great feeling I could help Ashwin, man of the match in the Bowling: Starc 16.1-7-44-5, Hazlewood 15-3- But he became Starc’s 100th to all the batsmen,” said Starc who K Silva c Nevill b Starc 5 draw the test match for my team first test, had a particularly tough 51-1, Lyon 18-1-78-1, Marsh 9-0-30-1, Holland victim in Test cricket when he was paid tribute to Mendis. K Perera c Smith b Lyon 49 after we were behind the eight-ball day as he finished with 1-114 from caught by the wicketkeeper Peter Australia’s prospects of over- K Mendis c Nevill b Starc 86 15-0-64-1 by a long way,” the softly-spoken 30 overs of off-spin. Nevill with the score at 184-4. hauling the Sri Lankans were A Mathews c Nevill b Marsh 54 Australia (I innings) : Chase said after being named man For the Windies, according to

Having already accounted for the undermined right at the close when L Chandimal c Khawaja b Hazlewood 5 J Burns c Perera b Fernando 0 of the match.” statisticians, it is the first time ever two Sri Lankan openers, the same vice captain David Warner edged Chase was ably supported by that West Indies batsmen at five, six, D de Silva lbw b Holland 37 D Warner c Mathews b Dilruwan Perera 42 bowler then dismissed the tailend- Dilruwan Perera to slip off the last U Khawaja (batting) 11 fellow 24-year-olds Jermaine Black- seven and eight each scored a half- ers Rangana Herath and Lakshan ball of the day after a quickfire 42 D Perera lbw b Lyon 16 wood (63) and Shane Dowrich (74), century in the same innings. Extras (LB) 1 Sandakan to finish with figures of off 41 balls. R Herath b Starc 14 as the middle-order came to the West Indies suffered a crushing 5 for 44. The debutant Vishwa Fernando L Sandakan b Starc 1 Total (2 wkts) 54 rescue following a top-order col- defeat in the series opener in Anti- Despite Starc’s heroics, Sri Lanka also celebrated his first wicket in V Fernando (not out) 0 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-54 lapse on Tuesday. gua, by an innings and 92 runs, but ended the day with their noses in Test cricket when he sent opener Joe Their performances will give the series suddenly has new life Extras: (B4, LB10) 14 Bowling: Fernando 2-0-16-1, Herath 1-0-3-0, front – thanks in part to an enter- Burns trudging back to the pavilion Dilruwan Perera 5.3-1-14-1, Mathews 3-1-13-0, long-suffering Caribbean cricket heading into the third Test to be taining innings from Mathews who for nought in only the second ball of Total (all out, 73.1 overs) 281 De Silva 2-1-7-0 fans hope that their team, world played at Gros Islet on the island of hit 54 off 65 balls, including three the innings. champions in the short Twenty20 Saint Lucia from August 9 to 13.

SCOREBOARD England (I innings) 297 Pakistan (I innings): Azhar ton gives Pakistan control of third Test M Hafeez c Ballance b Anderson 0 Sami Aslam run out (Vince) 82 Reuters Azhar Ali c Cook b Woakes 139 SECOND DAY AT Ali off his own bowling, drove Ste- Younis Khan (batting) 21 EDGBASTON TEST ven Finn off the back foot for three Extras (B2, LB12, NB1) 15 to bring up his 21st test half cen- tury and Aslam, 20, swept spinner Total (3 wkt) 257 BIRMINGHAM: Azhar Ali’s patient Moeen for four to reach his maiden Pakistan’s Azhar

To bat: Misbah-ul-Haq, Asad Shafiq, Sar- century lifted Pakistan to 257 for before completing his 10th test test fifty in his third match. Ali celebrates after fraz Ahmed, Sohail Khan, Mohammad three and a dominant position on century. Azhar got to three figures by reaching his century Amir, Yasir Shah, Rahat Ali the second day of the third Test England made an early break- gloving a Stuart Broad bouncer to against England Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-181, 3-257 against England at Edgbaston yes- through with the fourth ball of the the fine leg boundary, celebrating during the second Bowling: Anderson 19-6-32-1; Broad terday. day when Mohammad Hafeez cut the milestone with 10 press-ups. He day of their third 19-3-49-0 (1nb); Finn 16-3-44-0; Woakes Replying to the home team’s James Anderson straight to Gary continued to punish the England Test at Edgbaston, 19-3-52-1; Ali 15-2-63-0; Vince 1-0-2-0; 297 all out, Azhar shared a second- Ballance at point and was out for attack, hitting a total of 15 fours and yesterday. Root 1-0-1-0 wicket partnership of 181 with Sami a duck. one six, before edging the last ball England: Alastair Cook (capt), Alex Hales, Aslam on the way to an excellent Anderson induced a rash stroke of the day from Chris Woakes to Joe Root, James Vince, Gary Ballance, knock of 139 as England endured from Azhar shortly after lunch but Alastair Cook at first slip. Jonny Bairstow (wkt), Moeen Ali, Chris a frustrating day in the field. Joe Root spilled a difficult catch at Younus Khan was unbeaten on Woakes, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, James Aslam was run out for 82 after second slip and England’s anxiety 21 at the close. Anderson being called for a quick single by increased. The four-match series is level Azhar who was dropped twice Azhar, also dropped by Moeen at 1-1. 22 FRIDAY 5 AUGUST 2016 SPORT QSL: New season to kick off on Sept 15

AL RAYYAN TO DEFEND Al Ahli to meet PRESTIGIOUS TITLE Al Gharafa in the opening match with of round 1 on Sunday so to give them Al Sailiya and Al Arabi appropriate time to recover. Should also set for action on El Jaish progress further in the conti- nental competition, then appropriate the inaugural day changes will be made to the sched- ule with all parties involved being informed accordingly. The timings of the 2016/2107 QSL The Peninsula season have been carefully consid- ered, around Maghreb Prayer time. From rounds 1-6 the season will be running on summer time, meaning DOHA: Excitement, thrill and top- that players and officials will have the notch action are guaranteed in the chance to pray after the final minutes new season of the Qatar Stars League of their sides warm up. Accord- (QSL) which will kick off next month. ingly, the evening kick offs will start According to the official approximately 2 hours and 10 min- announcement yesterday, QSL, the utes after the first match. highest professional football league Whilst from round 7 the timing in the country is set to kick off on will revert to a winter format, mean- September 15 when Al Ahli entertain ing an earlier start to matches, with Al Gharafa at the Hamad bin Khalifa Al Rayyan celebrate Maghreb prayers falling in-between Stadium 6pm kick off). their QSL trophy last halftime. Later on in the 20:10 KO, Al season. This will ensure that all players Sailiya will face off against Al Arabi and officials have the chance to pray, in what will be the first taste of as per the Islamic traditions of the QSL action for new Al Arabi coach state of Qatar. Finally, the 2016/2017 QSL fix- QSL FIXTURES Gerardo Pelusso in the same venue. Arabi taking on El Jaish at the Grand season, The Peninsula had a closer have a scenario where the top four tures was the first time that the (First Round) Other highlights from the first Hamad Stadium. look at the process and reasoning sides from last season will play their league sent a draft copy to all 14 QSL weekend of action include reigning Xavi’s Al Sadd will have a tough behind the fixtures being chosen top four rivals in two consecutive sides for appropriate feedback. Sep 15: Al Ahli vs Al Gharafa (6pm) QSL champions Al Rayyan taking on home fixture against Al Ahli on Sep- with a conversation with the QSL matches. Of the sides contacted, Al Sadd, Al Sailiya vs Al Arabi (8:10pm) newly promoted Al Shahaniya on tember 23. sport department. Sides have been drawn in such a Lekhwiya and Al Sailiya all sent offi- September 17 at Jassim bin Hamad The second week’s action of The principle of the fixtures is way that they will not have more than cial letters on their comments; Whilst Sep 16: Umm Salal vs Al Khor stadium. the QSL comes to a close when Al that the top 7 teams of last year’s 2 consecutive matches either home Al Kharitiyat and Al Shahaniya raised (6pm) Whilst El Jaish, who finished last Gharafa welcomes Lekhwiya to the QSL will face the bottom 7 of the QSL or away to ensure fairness. The sport informal questions on the schedule. Al Sadd vs Al Khraitiyat (8:10pm) season in second place will take on Thani Bin Jassim Stadium. including the two promoted teams. department was eager to stress that In the spirit of fairness the QSL Al Rayyan vs Al Shahaniya Al Wakrah on September 18 at the The league will then take a short Whilst following this fixtures the fixtures where not chosen by the sports team reached out to all con- Sep 17: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium which break for the upcoming 2018 World have been given in such a way to names of the sides, rather than their cerned parties and shared their (6pm); Lekhwiya vs Muaither will bring to an end the first round Cup Qualifiers and resume on Octo- ensure that all teams will face mixed ranking last term. reasoning, and eventually led to the (8:10pm) of action. Whilst the second round ber 14. abilities over the course of the new El Jaish, who are Qatar’s only final approved fixture list, which was Sep 18:El Jaish vs Al Wakrah (6pm) is set to start on the September 22, With the QSL formally announc- season. representative in the AFC Champi- distributed yesterday, 43 days prior with highlights being big spending Al ing the fixtures for the 2016/2017 So for example, you will not ons League, will play the last game to the start of the QSL season.

Blow for El Jaish as injured Australia’s Albin claims World 9 Ball Pool title in Doha Hamed out for 2 months

The Peninsula will almost certainly miss his sides crunch AFC Champions League ties against UAE Pro-League side Al Nassr August 24 and September DOHA: The Qatar Super League 14, along with the first games of the (QSL) El Jaish has suffered a major new QSL season. injury blow ahead of the start of the The former Guangzhou R&F hit- QSL season. man enjoyed a fine maiden season El Jaish confirmed that the pro- in the QSL, bagging 21 goals in 23 lific Moroccan attacker Abdulrazak games to share the Mansor Muftah Hamed Allah is set for two months award with Rodrigo Tabata at the on the sidelines following a hairline 2016 QFA awards. fracture to the knee cap. Whilst also helping his side It is believed that Hamed has pick up their second ever Qatar already returned to Doha, and is set Cup, scoring the winner in the final for orthopedic surgery at Aspetar. against rivals Lekhwiya. The injury means that Hamed

Australia’s Ouschan Albin in action during the final of World 9 Ball Pool Championship at Al Arabi Sports Club in Doha, yesterday. RIGHT: Albin lifts his trophy after winning the final, yesterday. Pictures by: Baher Amin More victories for Al Shaqab in Italy

The Peninsula El Jaish’s Hamed Allah will be out for at least two months due to knee injury. DOHA: Al Shaqab’s Hassan Al Naimi astride Fleur de Suleiman and Atta Mohammad on Aab de Magro, achieved a double success as they qual- Qadri extends Ahli stay ified for the next month’s FEI World Endurance Championships in Slovakia after winning the 160 km endurance race last week in Pisa, Italy The event which will be held from Septem- The Peninsula ber 15 to 17 will see top entries from around the world. Jassim Mohammed Al Maadhadi, Manager of DOHA: Al Ahli have announced that young midfielder Ali Qadri has signed Al Shaqab’s Endurance Team stated: ”Although a two-year extension with the club. we have competed in only 4 competitions since In an official announcement yesterday on the club’s website, they the start of our training in early July, 6 out of 10 announced that the Qatari international had put pen to paper on the deal members of the team members have qualified for earlier in the day. the World Championships. This notable achieve- Qadri has been with Ahli since 2012, and has been developing at the ment would not have been possible without the club. The Ahli board noted that the signing of Qadri represented the clubs support of our Executive Director, Mr. Khalifa policy of keeping the best youth talent at the club. bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah, who supported the In other news, the Ahli side trained on Wednesday evening, under the team in all stages of preparation” watchful eye of new head coach Luka Bonacic. The Brigadeers are set to head “The qualifying stage was challenging due to to their external training camp in Holland from the August 7 till August 22. the lack of preparation time, but with the soli- Meanwhile, Al Sadd are set to resume training after the squad had been darity and collaboration of all team members given four days rest following their training camp in Kaprum, Austria. of trainers and riders, the team have lived up to Jesaldo Ferriera will be without a host of players, who have left the expectations. But now, the most important phase squad to partake in the Qatar national teams training camp. of the training begins as the team prepares for Meanwhile the team will train in preparation for the start of the Qatar the World Championships and strives towards Stars League, which is set to kick off on September 15. Al Shaqab’s Hassan Al Naimi and Atta Mohammad celebrate their fine run in Italy. bringing greater honours for Qatar,” he added. SPORT FRIDAY 5 AUGUST 2016 23

Military training Tennis star Nadal driven helps Pakistani on by flag day pride shooters reach Rio Games AFP

Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO: Rafael Nadal admitted the fear of losing the chance to carry Spain’s flag at an Olympic Games opening ceremony for the second ISLAMABAD: Two members of time has driven him into competing in Rio, despite serious fears over his the small Pakistani contingent injured left wrist. participating at the Rio Olym- The 30-year-old Nadal was due to lead his team out at the London pics have the country’s military to Games in 2012 but a knee injury forced him out of the tournament where thank for much of their training. he had been due to defend his gold medal. Ghulam Mustafa Bashir, a Basketball star Pau Gasol took over flag-bearing duties instead. 29-year-old Navy Marine, and Four years on, 14-time major winner Nadal is injured again, this time Minhal Sohail, a 21-year-old uni- nursing a damaged left wrist which has kept him off tour since the French versity student, will both compete Open in May. in shooting events at the Games. “The Olympic Games are the most important sports event. They are Bashir will participate in the something unique and different,” said Nadal who is scheduled to lead Spain 25-metre rapid fire pistol event out at Friday’s opening ceremony. for men, while Sohail will com- “Clearly, it’s another plus to be the flag-bearer and I have already had pete in the women’s 10-metre air to give it up in London. To give it it up two times in a row would have been rifle event. very hard and has of course influence my decision to compete.” Both sharp shooters trained A swimmer trains at the Olympic Aquatics Nadal will play all three events in Rio -- singles, men’s doubles with Marc with the Pakistan Navy, and Stadium ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Lopez and mixed doubles with French Open champion Garbine Muguruza. Sohail is the daughter of a naval Games in Rio de Janeiro yesterday. With a cloud over his fitness, Nadal has refused to put a target on his officer. medal ambitions. Sohail got her start in shoot- ing at a Navy summer camp in her hometown of Karachi and has since participated in numer- ous Asian championships. “It’s a once in a lifetime oppor- tunity to take part in Olympics,” Brazil off the mark with a win she said. Bashir said he only started competitive marksmanship in 2010 when he joined the Navy some angered by the 39.1bn Brazil- team. Brazilian women’s ian reals ($12bn) — a mix of public “Pakistan Navy is making a and private money — being spent on great effort to promote shooting football team posts building venues and infrastructure in Pakistan. Navy was the first to an impressive 3-0 for the Olympics. introduce electronic targets, and Brazil embarked on its Olympics since then, we have made great win as the home side bid at a time of prosperity in 2006, improvement,” Bashir told report- launches quest for but the games are opening with the ers as he practised before leaving country in the grip of its worst reces- for Rio. gold medal sion in decades. The military training is But there was a cause for celebra- necessary because Pakistan’s tions on the football field as headers government and private sports from Monica and Cristiane either structure has weakened. AP side of Andressa Alves’ 59th-minute Pakistan’s sporting decline strike secured Brazil’s opening win has left the vast South Asian over China. nation that once prided itself on RIO DE JANEIRO: The first Olympics The Olympic Stadium was fuller producing the world’s top hockey in Brazil are underway — aptly with than earlier in the day when Swe- and squash players facing up to soccer games in the sport’s spiritual den beat South Africa 1-0 in the other an Olympics for which none of its home and a win for the hosts. Group E game but the majority of athletes have qualified. In Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic Sta- seats did not appear to be filled. FROM LEFT: USA’s forward Jimmy Butler, guard The seven participants rep- dium, the Brazilian women’s team The stadium is also known as Demar Derozan, centre DeMarcus Cousins and centre resenting the country at the Rio eased to a 3-0 victory at the start of Joao Havelange Stadium, named after DeAndre Jordan rest during a basketball training Games have all been given wild- its quest for a first Olympic gold. the 100-year-old Brazilian who led card entries and stand ‘no chance’ It’s an early sporting high for Bra- soccer’s governing body FIFA for 24 session at the Carioca Arena 1 in Rio de Janeiro. of winning medals, according to zil, where reservations about the cost years. Havelange stepped down as Arif Hasan, the Pakistan Olympic of bringing the Olympics to South honorary president of FIFA in 2013 “Zika, Zika” at American goalkeeper piece of Olympic history created by 19th minute with only 10 women Association president. America for the first time have pro- to avoid possible suspension for tak- Hope Solo, who before coming to the Canada. Janine Beckie took only 20 after Shelina Zadorsky was sent off duced violent reactions. ing kickbacks. Olympics upset some Brazilians by seconds to make a mark on her third for dragging down Michelle Heyman As the Olympic torch relay At the Mineirao Stadium in Belo tweeting a photo of herself wearing Summer Games by scoring the fast- on her way to goal. But Canada still Tennis: Djokovic reached Rio, there were fresh signs Horizonte, site of Brazil’s humiliat- a hat with mosquito netting in a ref- est goal ever at the Olympics in a 2-0 prevented Australia from equalizing that strife could disrupt the Games. ing 7-1 loss to Germany in the World erence to the virus. win over Australia. It was nine sec- and captain added to play Del Potro Police used tear gas to break Cup semifinal two years ago, the US In the final game of the day in onds faster than Oribe Peralta’s strike a second in the 78th. up protests against salary delays women’s team opened its bid for a , France cruised past for Mexico in the men’s gold medal In Sao Paulo, Melanie Behringer in first round for public workers. Other protest- fourth straight gold medal with a Colombia 4-0 to take the group lead match against Brazil four years ago scored a pair of goals as three-time ers are demanding improvements 2-0 win over New Zealand. Near the over the Americans. in London. bronze medalist Germany routed in education and healthcare, with end of the game, local fans chanted The soccer in Sao Paulo saw a Canada had to cope from the newcomer Zimbabwe 6-1. Reuters

RIO DE JANEIRO: World number Olympic table tennis one and Grand Slam star Novak Djokovic will face Argentina’s player Jieni Shao of eyes the Japan hails baseball’s Juan Martin del Potro, the player who denied him a medal in Lon- ball during a training don, in the opening round of the session at Riocentro Rio Olympics after the draw was complex ahead of made yesterday. the Rio 2016 Olympic return to Olympics Defending men’s singles Games in Rio de champion Andy Murray will Janeiro yesterday. take on Djokovic’s Serbian team mate Viktor Troicki in round one AFP the sports but the decision applies from the Olympics after 2008, while women’s singles champion only to the Tokyo Games, where 33 hugely disappointing players and Serena Williams opens her cam- sports will now be contested. fans alike. paign against Australia’s Daria TOKYO: Japan yesterday hailed Players and officials of the newly “I am very happy,” Norio Ichino, Gavrilova. the return of baseball as an Olym- added sports said they hoped the president of Baseball Federation of Women’s second seed Angel- pic sport for the 2020 Tokyo Games, inclusion will help spark public Japan, which governs the sport’s ique Kerber of Germany begins fuelling hopes that it would boost its interest in the events and increase amateur players, told a Tokyo press her medal quest against Colom- popularity both at home and abroad. the number of participants and fans. conference. bian Mariana Duque-Marino. Olympic officials on Wednes- Baseball, which originated in Nippon Professional Baseball Former Olympic champion day reinstated baseball and softball, the United States, is among the most Organisation chief Katsuhiko Kuma- and third seed Rafael Nadal of as well as karate, surfing, skate- popular sports in Japan and also has zawa told the assembled reporters Spain, out with a wrist injury since boarding and climbing for the 2020 huge followings in Latin America as yesterday: “I am certain that this the French Open, plays Federico Olympics. well as South Korea and Taiwan. will serve as a foundation for young Delbonis in round one. The International Olympic Com- But its limited overall global people to have big dreams about Djokovic, chasing the Olympic mittee voted unanimously to include appeal had resulted in its exclusion baseball and softball.” gold medal that is the only major honour missing from his glittering trophy cabinet, lost to Del Potro in the bronze medal match at the AFP world. At the same time there was awe 2012 Games. at his display of courage. They will face off early tomor- The Opening Ceremony highs and lows row when the tennis competition RIO DE JANEIRO: Five of the best and 2012: Film director Danny Boyle begins on the Olympic Park worst moments in Olympic Games trailing the Olympic flag. Competitors recalled: “The doves went in the caul- target, on purpose, thudding safely served up a memorable mix of humour hardcourts. Opening Ceremonies ahead of the had to decide whether to give the Hit- dron and tens of doves were burned into a sandbox safely away from the and history to kick off the London Women’s French Open cham- start of the Rio Games on Friday: ler salute or not. alive at the Games and there was a crowd, the danger of a flaming arrow Games, with Her Majesty Queen Eliz- pion Garbine Muguruza will play lot of emotion from the World Wild- causing havoc amongst spectators too abeth II leaping out of a helicopter with former world number one Jelena 1936: The Berlin Olympics was 1988: The Seoul Games got off to a life Fund and animal protection and much to risk. James Bond and parachuting into the Jankovic. Several top names, used by Adolf Hitler as a showcase to sticky start for a flock of doves released the IOC decided no doves would be stadium giving a majestic climax to including 17-times Grand Slam promote his vision of Nazi Germany into the night sky in the South Korean released any more.” 1996: The lighting of the Olym- proceedings. Stuntman Gary Connery champion Roger Federer, fel- at what were the most notorious capital. The birds were still enjoy- pic flame in Atlanta by Muhammad played the role of the British monarch, low Swiss Stan Wawrinka and Games of the modern era. With his ing their view of proceedings high 1992: There was an understand- Ali, his outstretched arms holding the who was safely on terra firma watch- Tomas Berdych, are not compet- propaganda minister Joseph Gobbels above the stadium, some fatally tak- able sleight of hand employed at the torch shaking visibly from Parkinson’s ing from the royal box in the Olympic ing in Rio. The tennis competition the Games’ arch architect the Open- ing a breather, resting on the elevated climax to Barcelona’s opening party. disease proved an achingly emotional stadium. IAAF President Sebastian also includes men’s, women’s and ing Ceremony in the custom built cauldron, as three athletes rose with With typical Catalan flair, organisers moment from Atlanta. For most, this Coe, in his then role as London 2012 mixed doubles. 110,000 seater Olympic Stadium saw torches to light the Olympic flame. One had arranged for Paralympic archer was the first glimpse of the late sport- chief, had plotted the Queen’s starring Tennis great Roger Fed- over 5,000 athletes from 51 coun- billion viewers watching on television Antonio Rebollo to fire a red hot arrow ing legend for years, and the sight of the role, which had been kept secret even erer pulled out of the Games last tries parading past the Fuhrer as the were witness to a very public roast- into the seven-story high cauldron to white-suited boxing legend in the grips from her close family, including her month. Hindenburg airship hovered overhead, ing. Former IOC chief Jacques Rogge light the flame. Except it missed its of the disease broke hearts around the son Prince Charles. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 21 PAGE | 23 Mendis gives Star Nadal Sri Lanka driven by the edge flag pride

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President of Qatar Olympic Committee HE Sheikh Qatar’s biggest Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani is seen with the Qatari contingent of 39 athletes at the Olympic Games Village in Rio de athletes arrives in Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro for the August 5-21 Olympic Games

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RIO DE JANEIRO: Qatar’s star shooter Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah has sought ‘home’ support as the veteran Olympian prepares for action here in the Brazilian capital. Al Attiyah will join 38 other Qatari athletes at the August 5-21 Olympic Games that commence with an opening ceremony today. Commenting on his sixth Olym- pic appearance, Al Attiyah said: “I am extremely excited to be here in Rio at my second Olympic Games – the city is vibrant and the excitement is build- ing so close to the Games.” Al Attiyah added: “It is such an honour for me to represent Qatar for the sixth consecutive time in the Olympic Games. I will do my abso- lute best to make everyone proud. It teams competing in the Olympic would make so much difference for Games for the first time ever. myself and for the whole of Team Commenting on the arrival of the Sheikh Joaan visits Qatari athletes Qatar if people back home cheered first of Team Qatar’s athletes, Chef de us on.” Mission and Head of the QOC Public at the Olympic Games Village in Rio Most of Qatar’s athletes have Relations department, Mohammed arrived at the world’s greatest Al Fadala said: “We are extremely QNA sporting event and have called for excited to welcome Qatar’s athletes their fans back home to show their to Rio for the biggest competition of support. their lives. Our athletes have worked By following a few simple steps, very hard for years to prepare for the RIO DE JANEIRO: President of Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) HE Sheikh Team Qatar’s fans can change their Rio 2016 Olympics and their passion Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani met on Wednesday with Qatari Olympians tak- profile picture on Facebook and Twit- and excitement for the competition ing part in the Rio 2016 games. ter via this link: http://bit.ly/2aVJNb5. is unrivalled.” The Qatari team is continuing its preparation for the biggest sporting Team Qatar athletes that have He added: “We wish them and all event. The Olympic village is hosting 18,000 athletes and 13,000 employ- already arrived include skeet shoot- athletes the very best of luck – may ees and volunteers who are working around the clock to provide the comfort ers Al Attiyah and Rashed Hamad, their passion and commitment to and care the participating delegations require. swimmers Noah Al Khulaifi, Nada their sport bear fruit in Rio.” Qatar is participating in this edition with its biggest ever sporting dele- Arakji, the beach volleyball team, Qatar has sent its biggest dele- gation. Some 10 federations represented by 38 athletes are taking part in this the handball team and judo athlete gation to the Olympic Games since year’s Olympic Games. The world will set its sights on the Maracana Stadium Morad Zemouri. its debut in Los Angeles 1984. Recent were the opening ceremony for the Olympics will take place. The stadium Qatar has sent its biggest athlete qualifiers in boxing, beach volley- is considered one of the most famous and largest stadiums in South Amer- delegation in its history, with world ball and weightlifting have taken the ica. It was first opened in 1948, then again in 2010. champions and reigning Olympic Team Qatar tally to 38 athletes across medallists aiming to make the nation 10 sports – with other sports includ- proud. ing athletics, swimming, shooting, Team Qatar has already made handball, equestrian, table tennis, history with the judo, boxing, beach judo and weightlifting. volleyball, handball and equestrian To support its athletes on their

journey in Rio, the QOC is running its National the #YallaQatar campaign across its Partners, social media channels with the aim Ooredoo, of showcasing Qatar’s athletes and Qatar Air- their incredible feats. ways and The Olympic Dreams film series QIC Group have profiled each team and ath- to offer an lete, and explored the highs, lows, amazing trip motivations and dreams of Qatar’s for one lucky Olympians. winner to The QOC yesterday released the cheer on final film in the series showing why Team Qatar the support of the Qatari public is so as they important to Team Qatar. compete in Noah Al Khulaifi, one of the the Rio 2016 youngest members of Team Qatar at Olympic just 17, commented on his experience Games. of return Qatar Airways Business be open from August 4 to 21, officials in Rio so far: “It is an incredible expe- To enter the Dream Package com- Class tickets to Rio de Janeiro, five said yesterday. rience being here in Rio for my first petition, officials said participants nights’ accommodation in a luxuri- The QOC has recently launched ever Olympic Games. The atmosphere must simply “Like” and comment ous 5 star hotel in Rio, two Samsung the official website www.baytqatar. and energy are amazing and you can with #YallaQatar on the video that smartphones with Ooredoo Passport, qa for the public to find out more and feel the Olympic spirit wherever you has been posted on the QOC Face- Worldwide QIC Group travel insur- keep up to date with news, events and go. I’m only 17 so I am hoping to build book Page and shared by its partners, ance for both travellers, as well as activities. on this incredible experience for the [http://bit.ly/2aqoC1k]. tickets to cheer on Team Qatar at Fans can follow Team Qatar’s future. We need Qatar’s support more The QOC will then randomly select events and unlimited access journeys to Rio on the QOC’s Twit- than ever now so close to the start of select one lucky winner and a guest to Bayt Qatar ter, Facebook, Instagram and the Games.” on 9th August 2016. Bayt Qatar is the QOC’s hospital- YouTube channels under the hash- The QOC has also teamed up with The prize includes one pair ity house in Rio de Janeiro and will tag #YallaQatar.