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GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Prime Minister meets Saudi official Parents seek In brief more safety

QATAR | Consumer rights Ministry acts on customer’s complaint measures on The Ministry of Economy and Commerce (MEC) has compelled an automobile dealer to return a defective vehicle and pay the customer a refund of over QR200,000 after accounting school buses for the depreciation of the car, HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani meeting with the which was used for a year. In a undersecretary of Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry for civil aff airs, Nasser bin Abdullah al-Abdulwahab, in Doha yesterday. They Many schools in Qatar are using some cases, children in these vehicles statement, the ministry said it reviewed bilateral ties and issues of mutual concern. a large number of minibuses for are found not using seat belts. took the action after receiving the daily transportation of their The traffi c safety expert reiterated a complaint from the vehicle’s students that the use of minibuses and vans for owner regarding manufacturing school transportation is highly unsafe in defects. MEC inspectors By Joseph Varghese many ways. investigated the complaint Staff Reporter “Minibuses and vans have very small before notifying the dealer of tyres which can’t handle sharp turns the need to return the faulty Minister inspects progress at high speeds,” he pointed out while car and pay the customer the inibuses should be banned observing that if such a vehicle is over refund in line with Article 10 of from school transportation 50km speed while taking turns, there is Law No 8 of 2008 on consumer Min Qatar and all school buses a strong chance that it may lose balance protection. The law stipulates that of work on Orbital Highway must be fi tted with an electronic track- and overturn. Maximum speed for min- consumers are entitled to choose ing system using GPS as enforced in Du- ibuses should be 80km per hour when whether to repair, exchange or E the Minister of Municipality bai since Friday, a traffi c safety expert they are driven straight. return defective products for a and Environment Mohamed and a cross section of parents have de- The electronic tracking system, ac- refund. Hbin Abdullah al-Rumaihi manded in Doha. cording to the expert, will help bus driv- has visited the construction sites of Safety on school buses has come to ers, the school management as well as the New Orbital Highway and Truck the fore in Qatar following the death of parents. “There will be more safety for QATAR | Health Route. a fi ve-year-old boy on March 17 when the children and the offi cials concerned Prices of more The Orbital Highway and Truck a minibus from a private kindergarten can always monitor the vehicles with Route, one of Ashghal’s expressway overturned in Doha. precision,” he said. medicines to be cut projects, has been designed to link the “Banning minibuses, installing elec- The former head of transport section The prices of 400 medicines will areas north and south of Qatar, with- tronic tracking devices and speed gov- in a school suggested that bus drivers be slashed by 0.24% to 82.93% out touching the Doha city areas. ernors in school buses, mandatory use should be frequently oriented on safety from April 17, local Arabic daily The minister was received at the of seat belts and having attendants ac- issues and good practices encouraged. Al Watan reported yesterday, sites by Ashghal president Nasser bin cording to the number of students in a “Many of the drivers may not be quoting Dr Aisha Ibrahim al- Ali al-Mawlawi, Infrastructure Af- bus, are essential measures to ensure the aware of some of the safety issues. Ansari, director of the Pharmacy fairs director Jalal Yousef al-Salhi, Ex- safety of children,” the expert explained. Therefore, they need to be oriented and and Drug Control Department pressway Department manager Nass- Many parents, who spoke to Gulf there must be incentives for the best at the Ministry of Public Health. er Ghaith al-Kuwari and Technical Times, were of the view that schools performing ones. The same is applicable These include 79 medicines, Offi ce manager Abdulla al-Attiyah. should look into the behaviour of the for the assistants in the buses as it will the prices of which are being Before the tour, the minister held a HE the Minister of Municipality and Environment Mohamed bin Abdullah al-Rumaihi drivers and instruct them “to be ration- educate them on several safety practices reduced for the second time. The meeting with the project’s consult- and Ashghal off icials at a construction site along the Orbital Highway route. al” while negotiating the roads. including the use of seat belts.” price reduction has curbed the ants, representatives of the contract- “Drivers of school buses must follow He also felt that the drivers have to unofficial import of medicines ing fi rms and Ashghal offi cials who Highway and Al Shamal Road. Major infrastructure improve- several steps such as avoiding tailgat- thoroughly understand their respon- from the neighbouring countries, briefed him on all four contracts of the When completed, the Orbital will ments will be implemented as part of ing and unnecessary overtaking while sibility. “However smart a driver may according to the official. Orbital Highway. provide a swift and effi cient highway the project, including a storm-water maintaining a safe and moderate speed be, just a tiny lapse can risk the lives of The minister then went on to in- that will provide better connectivity drainage network, treated sewage ef- always,” a parent suggested. several children. It is important for the spect the onsite progress on Contracts for Qatar’s most important industrial fl uent networks for irrigation, com- Many schools in Qatar are using a driver to be extremely cautious. He also MOTORCYCLING | Argentina two and four. The main lanes of the areas namely Mesaieed, New Hamad munications networks, street lighting large number of minibuses for the daily has to treat other motorists on smaller Marquez spoils Rossi Contracts two and four will be open to Port, Dukhan, Al Khor, and Ras Laf- and intelligent traffi c systems. Provi- transportation of their students. In vehicles with respect,” he added. traffi c by the end of 2017. fan, without touching any main resi- sions for the future long distance rail anniversary party The New Orbital Highway and dential communities of Al Wakrah, and freight rail lines have also been World champion Marc Marquez Truck Route is considered “a vital ad- Doha and Al Khor. This is expected made. spoilt Valentino Rossi’s dition” to the road networks of Qatar to to alleviate congestion and better The project will provide services anniversary celebrations with as it will facilitate a free fl owing traffi c manage vehicle movement in those infrastructure, including underpasses success from pole in the Grand route connecting the south of Qatar to areas. for camels, weighing stations, side Record success for Dench Prix of Argentina yesterday. its north. Consisting of seven lanes in each road parking bays, green landscape The project is located to the west, direction, the new highway and truck and metal beam guardrails along the north and south of Doha, and it will route provides heavy vehicles with road. AFP Winter’s Tale, opposite Kenneth Bran- SPORT | Cricket see the construction of around 200km their own separate roadway with two On his tour, the minister inspected London agh as Leontes. Accepting the award, West Indies lift of new dual carriageway stretching truck lanes in each direction, allowing the works on Contract two. This sec- the 81-year-old star, who won her fi rst from Mesaieed in the south to the traffi c to fl ow freely and safely along tion starts at Salwa Road, passing Olivier in 1977 and is best known for her World Twenty20 title west of Al Khor in the north. the main expressways. through Dukhan Highway and North udi Dench yesterday became the role as M in the James Bond fi lms, joked Carlos Brathwaite hit four The Orbital road will include The Orbital is designed to manage Road and up to the North Relief Road. most successful actor in the history that she had not expected to win. consecutive sixes in the 22 main interchanges, including up to 1,500 heavy goods vehicles per It encompasses approximately 48km Jof Britain’s top theatre awards, the “Ladies and gentlemen, I’m ab- last over as the West Indies bridges and underpasses, that will hour in each direction; it can cater new dual carriageway consisting of Oliviers, when she picked up a record solutely livid as I had a bet with my stunned England to lift the connect it to the main roads and to the general traffi c volumes at ap- seven lanes in each direction and in- eighth gong. grandson... and I’m never going to be World Twenty20 title in Kolkata expressways of the East-West Cor- proximately 8,000 vehicles per hour cludes eight two-level interchanges. Dench won best supporting actress for able to forget it,” she told the audience yesterday. Sport Pages 1 and 2 ridor Project, Salwa Road, Dukhan in each direction. Page 7 her role as Paulina in Shakespeare’s The at London’s Royal Opera House. Qatar-UK team wins Unlimited Doha Design Prize

QNA “The Open City”. They focused on con- sented by young architects from the For his part, Qatar Museums chief Doha cepts such as mobility, and movement GCC and the UK, and were inspired by executive offi cer Mansoor bin Ebrahim through space and accessibility. their approach to develop the concept al-Mahmoud said: “The patronage of The participants focused their re- of ‘The Open City’. We applaud the or- HE Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad he winner of the Unlimited Doha search on the areas of Al Doha Al ganisers and supporters, and reassure bin Khalifa al-Thani and professional Design Prize 2016 is the UK-Qa- Jadeeda and Al Ghanem Street. To pro- our commitment to improve the quality organisation by the British Council and Ttar team of Alex Scott-Whitby, vide context and insight into the ar- of life in the city of Doha.” its partners led to a successful edition Ming Teong, Omer Can Aksoy, Gizem eas, they visited Msheireb Downtown Commenting on the occasion, Su- of Unlimited Doha Design Prize. Kahraman and Deena al-Terawi. Their Doha, a 31-hectare site which has been preme Committee for Delivery and “One of our main goals is to nurture project titled “City of Play” was picked redeveloped, Msheireb Museums and Legacy (SC) secretary general Has- emerging talents by creating ideal con- by a live international jury panel at the Msheireb Arts Centre (MAC) among san al-Thawadi said: “We are proud to ditions for creativity and new talent. Doha Fire Station over fi nal proposals others. support this initiative alongside Qatar The projects submitted exceeded our submitted by three other teams. The winning proposal off ered a pro- Museums, British Council and other expectations, and we congratulate the Following a week-long residency in found insight into the past and future partners. This initiative promotes spirit winning team. Needless to say that all Doha, a total of 21 fi nalists - 10 from the of urban communities in Doha. Found- of creativity and encourages innovative participants are already winners for be- UK, fi ve from Qatar and six from other ed on a vision for health, education The five-member team after winning the Unlimited Doha Design Prize. practical solutions in raising the qual- ing on this prestigious stage, and lend- GCC countries - took part in the fi nal and family life in the heart of the city, ity of life. ing a hand to shaping a better future for stage of the prize, which is held under a chain of street transformations in their eff orts in making this residency Ahmed al-Sayed said: “We are delighted “This comes in line with our vision the city of Doha.” the patronage of chairperson of Qatar the form of new play spaces was pro- week a huge success. We congratulate to support the Unlimited Doha Design for the 2022 FIFA World Cup as we look The Unlimited Doha Design Prize is Museums HE Sheikha Al Mayassa bint posed by the proposal. This was meant the winning team for their exceptional Prize, and the exceptional creative ideas at the award as an opportunity to moti- supported by Doha Architecture Fo- Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, in part- to humanise and revitalise living urban work in developing the theme ‘The put forward by the participants. Such vate development and build capacities. rum, Foster & Partners, Makower Ar- nership with the Supreme Committee heritage in this characterful and much- Open City’. The winning team will get a initiatives are in line with our vision to It also aims to help the youth realise chitects, Qatar University – College of for Delivery & Legacy (SC) and organ- loved part of Doha. grant of £15,000 to further develop the boost urban development in a prosper- their potential and contribute in their Engineering, Royal Institute of British ised by the British Council. “We would like to thank HE Sheikha project proposal,” said British Council ous modern city that is committed to countries’ development. Congratula- Architects (RIBA), Qatar Society of En- The participants formed teams and Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa al- Qatar director Frank Fitzpatrick. clean and safe environment. tions to the winning team and I wish gineers, and University College London developed ideas around the theme of Thani and all supporting partners for Doha Municipality director Mohamed “We saw very innovative ideas pre- the best of luck for all the other teams.” in Qatar. Gulf Times 2 Monday, April 4, 2016 QATAR

Qatar welcomes PM meets Sudanese president’s aide arrival of Libyan Rota to set up govt in Tripoli Qatar welcomed yesterday the arrival of the presidential council of Libyan national unity government in the capital Tripoli. The Qatari Ministry of Foreign regional network Aff airs released a statement yesterday saying that the arrival of the government, which is under the chairmanship of Fayez Sarraj, in Tripoli was an important step towards activating the for innovation political process in Libya. The Ministry of Foreign Aff airs HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani met the called on the Libyan Presidential each Out To Asia (Rota), a novation in Youth Social En- performance in terms of profi t, Assistant of the President of Sudan Dr Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid in Doha yesterday. Talks during the Council to communicate with all member of Qatar Founda- trepreneurship’, this year’s social entrepreneurship takes meeting covered co-operation between Qatar and Sudan and ways of enhancing them in all areas, Libyan parties involved in order Rtion for Education, Sci- Empower conference brought into account positive returns as well as regional and international issues of mutual concern. to reach a bigger consensus ence and Community Develop- together more than 450 bright for the community. As such, over the political process and ment, will establish a regional enthusiastic young minds from Youth Social Entrepreneur- help initiate a national dialogue. network for advancing innova- around the world to discuss the ship integrates social, cultural, Such moves would help reach tion and youth social entrepre- opportunities and challenges and environmental goals while a national reconciliation that neurship which is an outcome of facing entrepreneurship from a generating profi ts, employment would regain Libya’s stability, the the Empower 2016 conference. community-building perspec- prospects and opportunities for statement added. The newly announced net- tive. The conference welcomed youth innovation. Doha Institute for Graduate The Ministry called on all parties work will be conducted in part- experts and participants from 34 The conference was designed involved in Libya’s to continue nership with the United Na- countries including Egypt, Saudi to encourage youth to contribute the dialogue in order to reach tions Development Programme Arabia, Oman and Bahrain. to the United Nations Sustain- a political agreement. The (UNDP) and will be made up of Youth Social Entrepreneur- able Development Goals and Qa- Studies gets QNRF grants Ministry also expressed Qatar’s young inventors and social en- ship, which was at the core of tar National Vision 2030 using commitment to the choices of trepreneurs who attended the this year’s conference theme, the youth social entrepreneur- the Libyan people. The statement Empower 2016 conference. They addressed skills development, ship business methodology. oha Institute for Gradu- international tests and what ex- “Ultimately, we will produce also expressed its support to will be responsible for establish- education, and investment in Six diff erent clubs from Rota’s ate Studies has received plains the general underperform- our research outcomes in a book regaining stability and security ing a regional mechanism for young people to motivate them Youth Service Clubs took home Dthree research grants ance of students in Qatar? and academic journal entries as in the country in the face of the capacity building and co-opera- to utilise their capabilities to prizes in six diff erent catego- from Qatar National Research “Moreover, our study will ex- well as an online database that growing threat of terrorism. tion, as well as creating a crowd achieve success and independ- ries, which were presented at the Fund (QNRF) programmes dur- amine the impact of family back- will document social movements funding academy for the Arab ence. closing awards ceremony on the ing Qatar Foundation’s recently grounds, parents’ expectations resulting from the Arab Spring, Ford Fusion region. While conventional entre- third and fi nal day of the confer- held Annual Research Confer- and involvement, and out-of- which continue to infl uence con- Held under the theme ‘In- preneurship typically measures ence. ence at the Qatar National Con- school and ex-curricular activi- temporary Arab culture.” models recalled vention Centre. ties on the way students develop The DI earned a third re- The proposed budget for the their aspirations and their future search grant from OSRA, a joint The Ministry of Economy and three grants totalled $1.9mn over orientations, including career research fund between Doha Commerce, in collaboration with a period of three years. The Doha aspirations and beyond.” International Family Institute Almana Motors Company, has Institute for Graduate Studies’ Another NPRP grant that was and QNRF in its fi rst cycle. The announced the recall of Ford success rate was more than double awarded to the DI is by Dr Eid project, led by Dr Yousef Daoud, Fusion models of 2010 and 2011 the overall competition average. Mohamed, associate profes- head of Development Economics over a defect in the fuel tank.The The DI was awarded two three- sor of Comparative Literature in Programme, is titled “Parenting, MEC said the recall campaign year grants through the ninth collaboration with DI research- Social Preferences and Forward- comes within the framework of cycle of the National Priorities ers Dr Hamid Dabashi, Dr Aziz looking Behaviour in Arab Soci- its ongoing eff orts to protect Research Programme (NPRP). Douai, and Dr Ayman el-Dous- eties - an Experimental Study.” consumers and ensure that car The fi rst grant is for a project ti- key, in addition to support from Research will be conducted in dealers follow up on vehicles’ tled “School Experience, Educa- Columbia University (US) and association with Kings College defects and repair them. tional Aspirations and Scholastic George Mason University (US). in London. Daoud said: “This Achievement.” The project will The project titled “Transcul- experimental study will look into be led by Dr Nabil Khattab, as- tural Identities: Solidaristic Ac- the impact of the Palestinian- Three-year jail for sociate professor of Sociology tion and Contemporary Arab Israeli confl ict on the ambitions at the DI, in collaboration with Social Movements,” will explore and behaviour of parents and illicit drug trade researchers from Qatar Univer- the development of socio-cul- their children. We will examine sity, Bristol University (UK), and tural structures amidst political how current Palestinian circum- A Doha Criminal Court has Kingston University (UK). transformations taking place in stances impact decision making sentenced an Asian man to three Khattab said: “We are aware the Arab world. for both parents and children.” years in jail and subsequent that there is no signifi cant corre- Mohamed said: “We will ex- Raed Habayeb, director of the deportation for illicit drug trade lation between wealth and school amine the interaction of politi- Research and Grant Offi ce said: and possession. Local Arabic performance of Qatari students cal, religious and cultural factors “This is a great accomplishment daily Arrayah reported yesterday as demonstrated by the results in the development of an Arab for the DI in its inaugural year of that the court also ordered of the Program for International identity at a challenging histori- operation. With the selection of the defendant to pay a fine of Assessment (PISA). We will ex- cal juncture facing the region. three of our proposals, we have QR200,000. The Drug Prevention amine some important ques- To accomplish this, our research gained the recognition of the Department of the Ministry of tions, such as why don’t students will analyse contemporary works leading research funding organi- Interior had received a tip from a The participants at Empower 2016. in Qatar perform well in these by Arab artists. sation in Qatar.” secret source that the defendant had off ered a secret police source to sell some Methamphetamine pills for a sum of QR2,800. The defendant was arrested on the spot while delivering the illicit QRCS monitors vaccination campaign for Syrian children drugs and accepting the money.

atar Red Crescent Socie- of vaccinations to children. pany vaccinator teams to as- Jail, deportation ty (QRCS) has completed QRCS has a long experience sess their performance at health for attempted theft Qthe external monitoring in the monitoring of child vac- centres and households and take of the measles and rubella vac- cination campaigns. Its mission notes; and (3) post-campaign cination of children in Syria, in in Gaziantep, Turkey, had held – over two days, the results are A Doha Criminal Court has partnership with Save the Chil- several intensive training cours- analysed for lessons learnt, to be sentenced two Asian men to dren. es for more than 100 supervisor considered in future campaigns. a year in jail and subsequent A trained QRCS team ac- both at the mission’s premises Commenting on the pro- deportation for attempted theft companied the vaccination staff and inside Syria, to improve gramme, QRCS Secretary-Gen- and breaking into the property across Idlib City and countryside their supervisory, planning, fol- eral, Saleh bin Ali al-Mohannadi, of others. Local Arabic daily to monitor the vaccination proc- low-up, and assessment skills. stated, “Thank God, we have Arrayah reported yesterday ess and ensure compliance with QRCS has already moni- completed the monitoring of the that the court established that international standards. tored eight polio vaccination campaign to immunise the Syr- both the defendants colluded to Conducted by Syria Immu- campaigns inside Syria, in co- ian children against measles and break into the property of others nisation Task Force, the 10-day operation with the United Na- rubella, in an attempt to improve and steal some items but could campaign covered 286,966 chil- tions Children’s Fund (Unicef), the living conditions of our Syr- not complete their criminal act dren between six months and the World Health Organisation ian brothers inside and outside of because a guard spotted them. fi ve years of age. It was available (WHO), and other local and glo- Syria, cater for their basic needs, The guard was able to grab a at 10 main centres and several bal humanitarian organisations. and protect the next generation defendant while the other was more secondary and makeshift These $10mn campaigns against physical impairment. able to flee. During the police centres, at a total cost of $48,321. served millions of children in Few oral vaccine drops can create investigations, the defendants As an external observer, QRCS Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia, Hama, a productive citizen who is capa- denied that their intention was contributed 42 supervisors to and other Syrian governorates. ble of serving his or her home- stealing. One of them said that he inspect the preparedness of the The process comprises three A QRCS off icial administers a vaccination to a Syrian child. land”. Al-Mohannadi emphasised entered the manor on the request centres, validity of injections phases: (1) pre-campaign – over QRCS’s keenness to continue its of the other defendant to bring and vaccinations, performance two days, the inspectors visit the the centres and equipment are paign – over six days, QRCS su- ples, check storage conditions extensive eff orts to uphold the some items that belonged to his of vaccinators, and safe delivery main centres to make sure that well in place; (2) during cam- pervisors examine vaccine sam- for inconveniences, and accom- medical sector in Syria. brother. Diplomatic Institute hosts seminar on Qatari-Chinese ties

QNA tar and China has made quan- Doha tum leaps over the past years through the intensifi cation of visits and trade exchange he Diplomatic Institute and the attention the leader- at the Foreign Ministry ships in Qatar pays to the is- Thosted a seminar on Qa- sue, confi rming that the visit tari-Chinese relations and the of HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim quantum leap it saw over the bin Hamad al-Thani to Beijing past years. in 2014 gave a strong nudge to The seminar was attended these relations and upgraded by Deputy Chairman of the them to the stage of strategic Permanent Committee of the partnership. State Council of China Arkin He added that he also sup- Amir Albek who is also head ports the development of re- of the Qatari-Chinese Friend- lations on the popular level ship Society and his accom- believing that co-operation panying delegation, Chinese between the Qatar’s Advisory ambassador to Qatar Li Chen, Council and the State Council Assistant Foreign Minister for of China will benefi t the two Foreign Aff airs Sultan bin Saad countries, noting that 2016 is al-Meraiki and a large number the Qatari-Chinese cultural of diplomats and foreign min- year and the two countries and istry employees. will also see the foundation of Addressing the seminar, Al- the Qatari-Chinese Friendship bek said relations between Qa- Society. Participants attending the seminar hosted by the Diplomatic Institute at the Foreign Ministry on Qatari-Chinese relations. Gulf Times Monday, April 4, 2016 3 QATAR

Transport Minister meets ambassadors

HE the Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti yesterday received at his off ice the ambassadors of Oman (Mohamed bin Nasser al-Wihaibi), Tunisia (Slah Salhi) and Krygyzstan (Nuran S Niyazaliev). The minister held discussions on a host of issues with the envoys.

HMC holds fi rst forum on men’s health

Stage set for amad Medical Corpo- ration (HMC) recently Horganised a forum dedi- cated to exploring issues relating to men’s health, the fi rst forum of its kind in Qatar. Forum participants comprised QU-CENG of HMC specialists in renal sur- gery, urology, endocrinology and diabetes, cardiology, psychiatry, community medicine and tobac- co control. There were also par- ticipants from other government ministries and the private sector. competition Dr Khalid al-Rumaihi, senior consultant and head of the De- Some of the delegates at the forum. Below: A section of the audience. ver 96 students from 12 ration and communication are partment of Renal Surgery and independent schools will vital for youth to compete in the Urology at HMC, and president Oparticipate in the Life is 21st century global workplace. of the forum, said: “The aim of Engineering Project (Liep) com- “These are skills that students this forum was to emphasise that petition, the annual high-school develop when they study sci- men’s health means helping them initiative of Qatar University ence, technology, engineering enjoy integrated health physi- College of Engineering (QU- and math subjects.” cally, mentally and sexually from CENG). Dolphin Energy general their adulthood until old age.” Details of the competition manager – Qatar Hassan al- Dr al-Rumaihi said lectures were outlined in the recent Emadi said: “Life is Engineer- delivered at the forum included launch of the 7th edition of the ing brings together industry examining the eff ect of andro- project attended by Mechani- and academia and we hope our gens on men’s health especially cal and Industrial Engineering participation helps to inspire during the advanced age; erec- Department head Prof Elsadig and provide opportunities for tile dysfunction (ED) as an in- Mahdi, as well as schools stu- young, talented Qataris to pur- dicator for heart disease; the dents and supervisors. sue their dreams..” impact of enlarged prostate on This year’s Liep will be con- Qatar Shell Research and men’s health; the relationship ducted in partnership with Lu- Technology Centre’s (QSRTC) between smoking and impo- sail International Circuit, and university collaboration man- tency in men; as well as the im- sponsored by Qatar Petrochemi- ager Maha al-Mannai said: “By portance of proper nutrition and cal Company (gold sponsor), CENG dean Dr Khalifa al- sponsoring the Liep competi- the impact of obesity on male Dolphin Energy, ExxonMobil Khalifa: “This will enable tion, Qatar Shell continues to sex hormones. The forum also and Qatar Shell (silver sponsors). them to make signifi cant demonstrate its commitment to addressed the impact of social Finalists will compete in the contributions to the Qatar University while engaging media on men’s health. Dr Jassim al-Suwaidi, senior studies which indicate a direct tency in men include diabetes, fi nal race on April 25. The win- labour market and to the in the transfer of knowledge and Dr al-Rumaihi expressed consultant cardiologist at HMC, correlation between intensity high blood pressure, increased ning top three teams will receive country’s development sharing of best practices with hopes that the forum will be held who delivered a scientifi c lecture of infection with ED and poten- cholesterol and smoking, adding awards and other prizes. and growth” the country’s student popula- annually and could evolve into at the forum, pointed out that ED tial exposure to the risk of heart that it is important to check the CENG dean Dr Khalifa al- tion. a men’s health club to serve as among men is an early indica- clots. Dr al-Suwaidi also pointed heart health of any patients with Khalifa said the project aims tions to the labour market and “As the country drives towards a medical outreach in the com- tor for diseases of the heart and out other factors that could lead ED in order to begin the correct to engage secondary school to the country’s development a knowledge-based economy, munity. arteries. He referenced recent to heart disease and aff ect po- treatment early. students in scientifi c and engi- and growth.” QSRTC maintains its support of neering projects, and motivate ExxonMobil Qatar president national universities through the HMC’s Medical Education Centre wins international recognition them towards studies in engi- and general manager Alistair sponsorship of young scientifi c neering. “This will enable them Routledge said the skills of criti- talent and the upskilling of Qa- Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Medical HMC’s Medical Education Centre reflect that the training we deliver to to make signifi cant contribu- cal thinking, creativity, collabo- tari researchers.” Education Centre has been recognised by accreditation was the result of meeting hundreds of young doctors and residents the Joint Commission International (JCI). stringent standards required by two each year is of the highest international HMC is the largest Academic (teaching) additional JCI Chapters: Medical Professional standards. It is very important to have the Medical Center (AMC) in Qatar and one of Education and Human Subject Research. right setting to provide proper medical the largest in the region providing secondary Dr Abdullatif al-Khal, Deputy Chief Medical teaching that ensures the safety of our and tertiary medical care. Off icer and Director of Medical Education at patients as well as that of our staff . Being an The provision of high quality training for HMC explained the importance of having an approved teaching center demonstrates this medical residents and junior doctors is accredited AMC: “Our accredited Graduate ongoing support of the provision of better globally considered to be a key factor in the Medical Education (GME) programme is quality care.” delivery of excellent patient care. Achieving designed to deliver high quality training to “We have a duty of care towards our young the position as an internationally recognised our residents and ensure that our young doctors, as well as the medical colleges teaching institution was a crucial element doctors have high competence levels that we partner with, to provide a quality in the Corporation receiving the off icial will help them take better care of their environment for the next generation of JCI Gold Seal of Approval for accreditation patients.” physicians to learn how to become excellent under the Academic Medical Centre Hospital “Receiving AMC accreditation and meeting and caring doctors. HMC’s JCI accreditation standards earlier this month. exacting medical education standards reflects this achievement”, Dr al-Khal added. The team from Tarek bin Zeyad Secondary School that will participate in the competition. HMC physical therapists update skills at workshop

hands-on competency ‘PAAS Guideline Outcome Meas- workshop on ‘Stroke ure Competency Certifi cate’ APhysical Therapy Out- with 11 CPD (Continuing Profes- come Measures’ (Spom), has sional Development) points from been organised by the Edu- Qatar Council for Healthcare cational Committee from the Practitioners-Accreditation De- Physiotherapy Department at partment. Rumailah Hospital – a member Al-Madzhar Ahmadul, su- of Hamad Medical Corporation pervisor of Physiotherapy at (HMC). Rumailah Hospital and the The workshop was designed workshop co-organiser stated: for HMC’s physical therapists to “Under the guidance of al-Mu- augment their practical knowl- dahka and to improve quality and edge on usage of outcome meas- safety of patient care in deliver- ures recommended by PAAS ing physiotherapy services, the (Physical Therapy After Acute PAAS guideline was commis- Stroke) clinical guidelines, de- sioned through dedicated eff orts veloped and implemented in made by physical therapists led March 2015, based on interna- by specialist, Dr Ajimsha M S.” tional best practice for patients Ahmadul said that the Spom requiring neurological rehabili- workshop was based on a profes- tation after stroke. sional framework that incorpo- “The Physiotherapy Depart- rates evidence-based strategies ment is always utilising every for the evaluation of stroke pa- opportunity to update the skills tients. “This workshop supports of all physical therapists across our ambition to provide optimised HMC so they can continue to care to our patients,” he said. provide the best care possible Dr Ajimsha said: “This event for each and every one of our pa- is really signifi cant because of tients,” said Noora al-Mudahka, the participation of many col- chief of Physiotherapy Depart- The participants of the hands-on competency workshop. leagues and presentation of the ment. lectures compared to last year. “We hope that this workshop, expertise of our physical thera- have suff ered stroke and in need cal therapists from across HMC outcome measures were selected boost their knowledge and take a They have exceeded expecta- based on PAAS clinical guide- pists in providing the required of rehabilitation.” attended the workshop. A total of as topics during the workshop. competency examination at the tions in their preparations and in line, has broadened the scope of support for our patients who Nearly 50 neurological physi- 21 internationally recommended Course participants were able to end of the workshop leading to a their delivery.” Gulf Times 4 Monday, April 4, 2016 QATAR Costs force expats to look Fish availability in market to beyond Qatar for college improve soon on supply boost he fi sh shortage being experienced in the lo- By Joey Aguilar She noted that one col- shares similar views saying many cating with each other through Tcal market is expected Staff Reporter lege charges around QR21,000 of his compatriots (couples), opt- social media and other online to last for a few more days, it is but gives only a diploma for a ed to send their children either channels,” he noted. learnt. number of programmes. back home or in other countries In many cases, it is learnt that The industry sources told ending children back home “That is one of the reasons to fi nish their degrees. those who were able to fi nish their Gulf Times that though there is or to other countries for why many expatriates like us Mohamed Zahed Abdullah degrees back home managed to a marginal improvement in the Shigher studies remains to prefer to send our children to said all his three children who return to Qatar and got employed. weather conditions, only very be the main option for many ex- universities in our home coun- are pursuing diff erent degrees Some tried to work for at least few fi shing vessels are out in patriates in Qatar, it is learnt. try,” Shirley added. are in universities in Malaysia. two years in their countries be- the sea these days. “We do have an option but we The couple only pay P40,000 His son is studying Forensic fore seeking employment in Doha However, owing to the im- cannot aff ord the high cost of col- (around QR3,149) per semester Information Technology which or in other GCC countries such as proving conditions more boats lege education here even though for their daughter who is study- he claims is not available in uni- the United Arab Emirates. may venture out in the next 24 both of us are working,” said ing in one of the most prestigious versities in Doha. His daughter For long-time Indian expa- hours and it may contribute to Shirley, a Filipino mother whose universities in the Philippines. wants to have a degree in mass triate Edward Diaz, the cost of better availability of fi sh after a daughter is taking an architecture With a tuition of P160,000 communication while the other sending children abroad such as couple of days. Most of the fish stalls at Doha Central Market are seeing fewer course in the Philippines. She is (around QR12,598) per year for had graduated with a degree in Canada and enrolling them in Some of the wholesalers at customers owing to extremely high prices. PICTURE: Najeer Feroke employed in one of the prestig- four semesters, they will only multimedia journalism. Qatar is almost the same. the Doha Central Market said ious schools in the country while pay a total of P719,975 (around According to Abdullah, he was Diaz’s daughter is taking up stocks at most shops plum- The situation was more or less ties of Hamour were available her husband works as an architect QR56,691). also able to save around 70% of a pre medical course while his meted in the last 24 hours as the same at the stalls in the and they were sold for prices for a construction fi rm. If they decide to enroll their the tuition fees he pays annually nephew, who is also in Toronto, there were no fresh supplies in Central Market. between QR68 and QR70/kilo. Two years ago, Shirley said the daughter in Doha for exam- for the three students. Ask about is taking up marine engineering. the last two days. On Saturday, even an oth- Even sardines from Saudi tuition fee for an architecture ple, Shirley will pay a total of challenges they face as parents “What is important is that our As a result, there was a big erwise low-cost fi sh as Sheri Arabia cost QR10/kilo yester- course in one of the colleges in QR450,000 for a fi ve-year while away from their children, children get good education,” he shortage at the fi sh stalls in remained expensive at QR25/ day. When contacted late in Doha ranged between QR30,000 course (QR90,000 per year for he said the advent of modern asserted. “I decided to send her major hypermarkets as well. kilo at the main market. King the evening yesterday, some of and QR55,000 per semester. Rates two semesters). technology and Internet makes it to Canada when she did not get Owing to extremely higher fi sh was sold for prices ranging the wholesalers said the supply in many universities, depending A Malaysian expatriate work- easy to monitor and guide them. an admission here, and besides prices, business at the retail between QR80 and QR83/kilo, would improve only after two on the course and level, are higher. ing in the oil sector in Qatar “We are constantly communi- we are planning to settle there.” stalls too were adversely hit. traders said. Only few quanti- or three days. Katara’s information system receives ISO certifi cation

atara, the Cultural Village Founda- Consultancy CEO and director Dr Wan- tion, has grabbed the ISO 27001 cer- door P Aboobacker observed that ISO 27001 Ktifi cate for information management information security and data protection system, it was announced yesterday in as- brings supreme importance to data for or- sociation with Wall Street Consultancy and ganisations globally and businesses that are InterTech Company in Qatar. safeguarding both their client and company Speaking on behalf of Katara general man- data against potential threats. ager Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim al-Sulaiti, deputy InterTech Co in Qatar director Jason Peri- general manager Ahmad al-Sayed said Ka- era said the award is mainly centred on in- tara seeks to implement various systems and formation management system and security technical specifi cations regarding various management. “It is really valuable to grab services application, particularly related to the security management certifi cate as we database integrity and information technol- have lots of cyber-crimes,” he added. ogy services, intellectual property and pri- Katara has already received the certifi cate of vacy protection in a bid to achieve maximum The new award reinforces Katara’s position as a leading cultural institution. conformity of quality specifi cations ISO 9001 effi ciency and transparency. version 2008 within cultural aff airs from Ms Al-Sayed pointed out that Katara has im- ment, which provides a framework that en- preserve Katara’s reputation in terms of the Certifi cation, an internationally recognised plemented ISO 27001 as an international sures commercial, contractual and legal re- quality of services. company in the fi eld of application of global standard for information security manage- sponsibilities, and gives instant features to Speaking on the occasion, Wall Street and fi nancial quality management standards. Gulf Times Monday, April 4, 2016 5 QATAR Dreamliner to serve QA’s Geneva route

atar Airways has an- “Qatar Airways is delighted statement added. nounced an aircraft that the high level of demand The airport houses the Al Qupgrade on the Doha- for travel to Geneva from our Mourjan Business Lounge and Geneva route from July 1, be- worldwide network warrants off ers more than 40,000sqm coming the airline’s second a higher-capacity aircraft of retail space and restaurants, Dreamliner service to Switzer- equipped with our award- in addition to an airside hotel, a land after Zürich. winning on-board premium spa and a swimming pool. The route is currently oper- product, which will be intro- The Dreamliner “combines ated by an Airbus A320 with duced on the route,” said Akbar the latest in aeronautic engi- 132 seats, and the switch to the al-Baker, Qatar Airways Group neering with refi ned on-board Boeing 787 Dreamliner will al- chief executive. “The Boeing hospitality in a spacious and most double the capacity on 787 Dreamliner represents one light environment”. Business the direct daily service to 254 of the most modern aircraft in class is confi gured in a 1-2-1 seats. the skies and we look forward set-up with 22 seats, while The introduction of the 787 to welcoming passengers on economy has a 232 seating ca- Dreamliner will further en- board.” pacity in a 3-3-3 layout. hance the onboard experience Passengers travelling to Ge- Since January 2013, the Boe- Shaheen bin Ali al-Kuwari and Sryae bin Rashid al-Kaabi jointly inaugurating Regency Shopping Complex at Umm Salal Ali as other dignitaries for passengers between the two neva from any of Qatar Air- ing 787 Dreamliner has operat- look on. cities, in addition to increasing ways’ 150-plus destinations ed the daily Doha-Zürich fl ight capacity to 80 tonnes of cargo benefi t from a “smooth and and Qatar Airways was the fi rst per week carried to and from effi cient transfer” at Qatar airline to introduce this aircraft Geneva, the airline said in a Airways’ home and hub, Ha- type to the Swiss market, the statement. mad International Airport, the statement said. Umm Salal Ali gets Qatar Airways Cargo launches mobile app Qatar Airways Cargo has and updates for each logistic mobile app. The recent search announced the launch of its first milestone achieved, direct to history option allows users to mobile app, QR Cargo, available our customers,” said Ulrich look for frequently searched for both Android and iOS devices Ogiermann, Qatar Airways chief shipments, routes or schedules via Google Play Store and Apple off icer, cargo. without having to remember new shopping centre App Store. “We are excited about the launch lengthy details such as the 11-digit The application aims to provide of our first mobile app that airway bill numbers. he Regency Shopping Ali Ahmed Ali Rabea al-Ku- ing are some of the salient fea- ing from readymade garments ease and convenience to the provides more convenience and Additionally, a comprehensive Complex in Al Wusayl wari, chairman of the complex, tures of the shopping complex. for all age groups, gifts, toys and cargo airline’s customers by value to our customers, giving directory of the cargo airline’s TStreet of Umm Salal Ali joined the directors of Regency There is a shopping area of more games, stationeries, footwear, providing all the important them the freedom to manage worldwide off ices is integrated area was inaugurated by Shaheen Shopping Complex Ameerud- than 1,500sqm spread across two perfumes, bath and linen to information at their fingertips on and access to their global within the application, which bin Ali bin Shaheen al-Rabea al- heen, Shukkur Kinalur, Abdul fl oors. The ground fl oor com- home appliances to electronics their mobile devices, according business anywhere and anytime enables customers to navigate to Kuwari and Sryae bin Rashid bin Azeez and Abdul Latheef in prises the supermarket and fresh and much more. to a statement. on their schedule,” he added. these off ices using location maps Srya al-Kaabi. welcoming the dignitaries and food section. The fi rst fl oor also houses the In addition to getting detailed The Qatar Airways Cargo app’s featured in their mobile devices Several prominent personali- guests. “Our fast billing system will home furnishing section, out- status of their shipments, key features include instant or calling the off ices directly with ties including Shaheen bin Ma- “Shopping at Regency Shop- reduce the billing time by help- door and camping equipment, customers can use this app shipment tracking, weekly just a tap. tar al-Kuwari, Easa bin Matar ping Complex will be a unique ing customers check out with furniture, mobile shops, Ara- for various inquiries such flight schedule search, recent Customers can download al-Kuwari, Yusuf bin Ahmed al- and enjoyable experience as our less waiting. In the vegetable bic ethnic perfumes and a jewel as Qatar Airways passenger search history, charter service the application at http://www. Kuwari, Abdurahiman bin Mo- products are displayed to ensure and fruits section also custom- store, with a food court and gents flight and freighter schedules, request, location and navigation qrcargo.com/apps and follow the hamed al-Kaabi, Shaheen bin a customer-friendly experi- ers do not spend much time in saloon to open shortly. An Oore- off ice contact details, product services to Qatar Airways Cargo links to the iPhone or Android Ganem al-Muhannadi, Ibrahim ence,” said Ameerudheen, direc- queue for pricing and weighing doo counter and ATM will also be descriptions and more. worldwide off ices and other tools. smartphone app store. bin Rashid al-Shareem, Khalid tor and general manager of the their purchases,” the offi cial said opened on the ground fl oor soon. “The all-new Qatar Airways Cargo Besides requesting shipment Qatar Airways Cargo currently bin Ganem al-Kuwari, Ali bin complex. while claiming that the fi sh and “Considering the convenience app is linked to our in-house bookings and charter services, has a full-fledged homepage and Abdulla al-Kaabi, Abdulla Mo- A wide range of food products, meat section off ers ‘the widest of people living in and around Cargo Reservations, Operations, customers can also track each mobile website, www.qrcargo. hamed Ali al-Hammadi and so- multiple choices for garment choice and best prices.’ Umm Salal Ali, the complex will Accounting and Management piece of their shipment with a com, connected to its in-house cio-cultural leaders of expatri- collection, ample car parking, A wide array of products are open from 6am to midnight dai- Information System (Croamis), microscopic view of each stage cargo management system, ates communities were present. and a variety of home furnish- available on the fi rst fl oor, rang- ly,” the director added. which provides real-time data of the process through the Croamis. Gulf Times 6 Monday, April 4, 2016 QATAR

Mobile Money promotion extended

Ooredoo Mobile Money Philippines, GCC, Asian has announced that its countries such as India, Ooredoo to QR1 money transfer fee Nepal, Bangladesh and promotion has been Sri Lanka and most of the extended until April 30. African countries. off er iPhone SE The money-saving off er has Ooredoo Mobile Money QC implements been extended as part of customers can also enjoy Ooredoo’s “vision of giving the QR1 fee promotion from April 12 back to Qatar’s diverse when making direct-to-bank community of international account transfer transactions residents”, the company has to Bangladesh, Nepal, oredoo has an- The iPhone SE “packs said in a statement. Indonesia, Malaysia and Sri nounced that the power of the iPhone The promotion, which was Lanka with the Ooredoo Oit will off er the 6s in a beloved compact fi ve aid projects for launched in 2015, enables Exchange service. iPhone SE from April 12. aluminum design that customers to send money “All new and existing The device, which is customers love, featur- abroad instantly with a Mobile Money customers available to order now ing a stunning four-inch money transfer fee of will be able to send money via the Ooredoo eShop, Retina display and four QR1, one of the lowest in home instantly with a flat comes in space grey, silver, gorgeous metallic fi nish- Qatar. “Thanks to the low money transfer fee of QR1 gold and rose gold, and es, including rose gold”, fee, customers can send during the promotional prices include QR1,699 according to a statement. Syrians in Morocco money quickly, easily and period, and users will for 16GB and QR2,099 for “With the exceptional safely for collection at more also enjoy one of the best 64GB. performance of the ad- atar Charity (QC) than 347,000 MoneyGram exchange rates in Qatar,” Fatima Sultan al-Ku- vanced 64-bit A9 chip, has implemented in agents in 200 countries, all the statement adds. wari, director of public longer battery life, cam- Q2015 multiple relief through the convenience Customers can deposit and community relations era innovations, includ- projects for Syrians in Mo- of their mobile phone,” the money into their Mobile at Ooredoo, said: “Oore- ing a 12-megapixel iSight rocco in the fi elds of social, statement notes. Money Wallet at any doo is a proud partner camera, Live Photos, the medical, educational, le- The QR1 off er is available Ooredoo self-service of Apple and we know ability to record in 4K gal, and self-employment. for customers transferring machine or Ooredoo shop, or that our customers are and Touch ID with Apple Hundreds of families, in- money through MoneyGram by direct transfer from a QNB eagerly anticipating the Pay, the iPhone SE is the cluding 10,000 Syrian refu- to a selection of 200 account through the QNB new iPhone SE. We’ve perfect phone for every- gees, benefi ted from these countries, including the Mobile Payment service. designed the Ooredoo Su- one who wants a smaller projects; 68.60% of the pernet to provide incredi- phone,” the statement projects were in Tangier, ble coverage and speed for adds. Casablanca, Rabat, Oujda, state-of-the-art devices For complete details on and Fes, while the rest were like these, so that people pricing, or to order the distributed across other in Qatar can get the most iPhone SE, one can visit Moroccan cities based on out of this new wave of www.ooredoo.qa/portal/ estimates by the Offi ce of innovation.” OoredooQatar/iphonese the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). A QC volunteer speaking to one of the beneficiaries of relief projects. QC was able to off er aids in the fi eld of social serv- for Eid al-Fitr and fi nancial society that organises reme- family between Moroccans ices, and provided food aid for clothes and other dial course and helps blend and the refugees, and to re- baskets and basic needs supplies, and water heaters. students in educational in- duce mendicancy, which has such as clothes, covers, For medical services, QC stitutions. spread in countries hosting and house equipment. off ered treatment and medi- For self-employment, refugees. Mohamed Rashid al- cations to the refugees, and several income-generating QC implemented the Ka’bi, director, relief man- helped facilitate perform- projects were fi nanced for projects last year through its agement at QC, said: “QC ance of urgent surgeries. families. It was agreed that executive partners. Basma always ensures to off er aid In the fi eld of education, QC would buy a laboratory for Social Development had to Syrians and refugees QC helped students join the oven for tooth making, and signed an agreement with QC wherever they are. We educational system. It also would fi nance the establish- to implement the projects. thank the philanthropists organised private lessons for ment of a shop for selling Under the supervision of in Qatar for their key role in them so that they could cope Syrian sweets. Basma for Social Develop- alleviating the suff erings of with the Moroccan educa- In the legal fi eld, Syrian ment, other Moroccan socie- their Syrian brothers and tional system. In addition, refugees were off ered assist- ties helped in the implemen- sisters. If it were not for Al- QC organised some educa- ance in settling legal issues tation such as An-Nahda lah’s blessing followed by tional and entertainment so that they would receive Society in Oujda, Volunteer their support, we could not activities for the students. residence permits. and Development Associa- have achieved anything.” In other areas, applica- A project for protection tion in Oujda, “Inmaa” for Aid from the fi ve projects tions were sent to the Minis- and follow ups aims to pro- Human Development in included renting houses try of National Education in tect them from any nega- Casablanca, Social Work As- iPhone SE for 36 needy families, dis- Morocco to receive a license tive behavioral changes. It sociation in Fes, and Help and tribution of new clothes for the establishment of a also aims to create a sense of Relief Association in Tangier. Law School to hold information sessions on PG programme

he Law School of Hamad Bin Khalifa TUniversity (HBKU), a member of Qatar Foun- dation (QF) for Education, Science, and Community Development, will hold two information sessions on its postgraduate Juris Doctor (JD) programme on April 5 and 12. The fi rst session will take Current postgraduate Juris Doctor (JD) programme students attending a class. place at the HBKU Stu- dent Centre in Education City while the second one will be hosted at the Tor- nado Tower in West Bay. Two sessions will be held each day, at 12:30pm and 4:30pm, providing attend- ees with essential informa- tion about the application process, programme com- ponents and career pros- pects. The sessions will also off er prospective students the unique opportunity to meet and engage with Law School faculty and staff . HBKU’s three-year, full-time JD programme delivers a unique model of graduate legal education to meet the needs of Qatar and the region. Created through a strategic part- nership with Northwest- ern University School of Law, the programme off ers comprehensive educa- tion in the function of law, whether in Qatar, the re- gion, or internationally. Students will also have the opportunity to take specialised legal courses in specifi c sectors, identifi ed as vital to the future ambi- tions of the country, such as energy, healthcare, in- frastructure development, fi nance and global invest- ment, cultural endow- ment, and media. Launched in 2015, the programme is compara- ble with the best of those off ered internationally, and is now accepting ap- plicants for its second in- take of students. HBKU’s JD is innovative in nature and suited for individu- als seeking to deepen their legal knowledge beyond an undergraduate degree. Gulf Times Monday, April 4, 2016 7 QATAR WISH to hold autism forum in November he World Innovation WISH, remarked: “Autism is a Summit for Health big, messy, complicated sub- T(WISH) has announced ject, especially when you fac- One of the work locations of the Orbital Highway. that an autism forum and re- tor in the panic that’s been un- port will be presented during leashed by the spread of false its 2016 conference, slated for notions of a link between the November 29 and 30 in Doha. condition and childhood vac- The forum will outline the cines. The WISH forum report Minister visits New Orbital Highway worksites opportunities and hurdles will outline concrete actions facing the struggles around for policymakers to harness in- autism today, spanning the novations in the fi eld and adapt E the Minister of Munici- most recent developments eff ective policies to their lo- pality and Environment across various sectors, includ- cal context, so that individuals HMohamed bin Abdullah al- ing education, medicine, and with autism and their families Rumaihi has visited the construc- policymaking. can get the support they need.” tion sites (contracts two and four) of Conference participants will The report will recommend the New Orbital Highway and Truck be given action plans and rec- that interdisciplinary training Route, one of Ashghal’s expressway ommendations that will allow spans sectors, with providers, projects. them to utilise those innova- Dr Kerim Munir will chair the teachers, and families working The route has been designed to link tions, in turn adapting them to forum. together to ensure best treat- the areas north and south of Qatar, local contexts. ment for the individual at the without touching the Doha city areas. Dr Kerim Munir, director, oriented care,” said Dr Munir: earliest stages possible. In the At the sites, the Minister was re- Centre for Autism and Related The autism forum will pro- home, modifi cations can be ceived by Ashghal president and Disorders at Boston Children’s vide case studies and diagrams made with respect to serv- senior engineer Nasser bin Ali al- Hospital and associate profes- outlining actions that must be ices off ered and equipment Mawlawi and infrastructure aff airs sor of psychiatry and paediat- taken across the health, educa- requested, along with counsel- director Jalal Yousef al-Salhi, ex- rics at Harvard Medical School, tion, and social sectors involved ling and education. pressway department manager Nass- will chair the forum. in addressing the condition. It will underscore the im- er Ghaith al-Kuwari and technical of- “The autism forum will Raising awareness and enhanc- portance of fi nancing research, fi ce manager Abdulla al-Attiyah. present a global framework ing knowledge of the condition services to provide training, Prior to the tour, the Minister held for action through evidence- by understanding the cultural universal health-coverage op- a meeting with the project’s con- based policy innovation, and needs and barriers to best prac- tions, and the evaluation of sultants, representatives of the con- promote the adoption of ef- tices, for example, will facilitate outcomes. In the education tracting fi rms and Ashghal offi cials. fective health and education treatment and the development sector, fi nance for infrastruc- The main lanes of the contracts interventions that empha- of educational curricula. ture and the curation of curric- two and four will open to traffi c by sise inclusionary and family- Egbert Schillings, CEO, ula will be discussed in detail. the end of 2017. The route map of the Orbital Highway. Gulf Times 8 Monday, April 4, 2016 QATAR

Qatar Shell pavilion at GCC Traffi c QNRF prizes for Week ‘attracts 2,300 visitors’ ome 2,300 visitors par- ticipated in interactive road Ssafety learning at Qatar Shell’s pavilion at the 32nd GCC Traffi c Week, organised by the top three student Ministry of Interior at Doha’s Darb Al Saai recently, the com- pany said in a statement. The attendees, whether young or old, found an age-appropriate activity designed to promote road safety within the framework research projects of Qatar Shell’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy, he Qatar National Re- including the Rakkiz Tislam pro- The Qatar Shell pavilion at the 32nd GCC Traff ic Week. search Fund (QNRF) re- gramme, the statement noted. Tcently awarded prizes to Rakkiz Tislam (meaning “fo- The program features 10 prac- the Rakkiz Tislam programme. the top three research projects cus and be safe”), a realistic tical stages designed to raise I enjoyed having to identify by students in the 8th cycle of driver learning software module awareness among participants the possible hazards and being its Undergraduate Research Ex- designed to help young drivers about road safety and help driv- tested on the Qatari driving laws perience Programme (UREP). identify and respond to poten- ers identify common mistakes. and regulations. I’m pleased I As in previous years, the tially unsafe traffi c situations, Qatar Shell CSR manager Mo- passed.” top 25% of completed projects attracted large participation hamed Abu Jbara said: “I believe Muneera Mohamed, a teacher funded under the programme from young visitors. that the participation of young at the Kabaan primary school for were selected to participate in The software, which is de- people in this exhibition enables girls, added: “The participation the annual UREP competition. signed and tailored to Qatar’s them to recognise the impor- of school students in this exhi- The best 19 projects complet- roads and driving environment tance of complying with laws bition is very important because ed in 2015 were selected for an and which includes real traffi c and regulations to reduce car ac- it introduces them, at an early initial review. scenes fi lmed on the country’s cidents that result in the death of age, to proper driving practices The top six scoring teams streets, engages participants our children.” so that they grow up to become in the initial review were pre- and improves their driving skills Ali al-Marri, who visited Qatar responsible drivers who respect sented to a panel of judges and thanks to its interactive ap- Shell’s pavilion, said: “I obtained their lives and that of others on the public, while the remaining proach. a certifi cate for participating in the roads.” teams were given the chance to present their work as posters. Teams covered a range of di- verse research areas, such as Omani delegation biomedicine and health, engi- visits Kahramaa neering and technology, ICT, and social sciences and human- Winners of the competition with QNRF off icials. Qatar General Electricity ities. and Water Corporation The projects were conducted ent that exists in Qatar’s youth.” tron Multiplier for Collider Ex- A WCM-Q project called (Kahramaa), represented by by teams from Northwestern QNRF deputy executive di- periments. Gene Delivery using Novel Cati- the Conservation and Energy University in Qatar (NU-Q), rector Dr Abdulnasser al-Ansari The project involved running onic Cyclic Peptides won third Eff iciency Department, received Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar noted: “We hope that this com- experimental tests of the Gas place. a delegation from Nama The Omani delegation with Qatari off icials. (WCM-Q), Qatar University petition will encourage more Electron Multiplier under dif- Finalists included a team International Institute, Oman, at (QU), Texas A&M University at students to conduct studies in ferent conditions for future use from NU-Q, who investigated the Kahramaa Awareness Park familiarised with Kahramaa’s Programme for Conservation and Qatar (Tamuq), and Georgetown their universities to nurture the in applications such as high en- the engagement and empower- recently. role in promoting a culture of Energy Eff iciency, in spreading University School of Foreign culture of research in Qatar, ergy collider experiments. ment of Qatari women in soci- The visit was aimed at exchanging electricity and water conservation awareness and developing a Service in Qatar (GU-Q). which is one of the main pillars Second place went to Qatar ety, and a team from GU-Q, who experiences in environment and as well as the techniques, sense of social responsibility QNRF executive director Dr for sustained prosperity and ex- University for a project titled explored the advancement of resource protection, and gave the regulations and legislation among all members of the society. Abdul Sattar al-Taie said: “The cellence.” Synthesis and Pharmacologi- fi nancial education for transna- delegation an opportunity to get involved, besides the initiatives The visit was also in line with winning projects were truly Abdulla al-Suwaidi from Ta- cal Screening of Novel Chemical tional families. acquainted with Kahramaa’s work undertaken to make use of the “A Flower Each Spring” exceptional. They pushed the muq won the fi rst position for Chaperones against Tunicamy- Another team from Tamuq in the field of electricity and water renewable energy. programme, with the delegation boundaries on all levels and tru- his project Investigation of the cin-Induced ER Stress and Renal also participated in the compe- conservation. The visitors were apprised on getting an opportunity to meet ly demonstrate the research tal- Performances of the Gas Elec- Cell Death. tition. The Omani delegation was the role of Tarsheed, the National Qatari experts in the field. Gulf Times Monday, April 4, 2016 9 REGION Yemen PM dismissed ahead of peace talks AFP envoy to the UN before Hadi ap- Aden pointed him as foreign minister and then prime minister. A woman looks at images taken by Jordanian photographer Tanya Habjouqa of Syrian refugees during a joint exhibition along with In December, Hadi reshuffl ed Syrian artist Omar Imam on refugees and migrants fleeing war and poverty, on March 10, 2016 in Dubai. The exhibition also pays tribute emen’s President Abd- his cabinet, naming new foreign to photographer Leila Alaoui, who was among dozens killed in a January attack claimed by Al Qaeda on a hotel in Burkina Faso. Rabbu Mansour Hadi has and interior ministers in a move Yrelieved prime minister that was understood to be aimed and vice president Khaled Bahah at smoothing his relations with of his duties in government, a Bahah. presidency source said yesterday. Khaled Bahah: relieved of his Hadi has also recently been Hadi appointed Ahmed bin duties as prime minister and involving Ahmar more actively Mobile messages tell tales Dagher, former secretary general vice president. in decision-making, appointing of the General People’s Congress him in February as armed forces party to which the president missal, which comes just a week deputy commander in a bid to once belonged, as prime minis- ahead of a UN-brokered cease- rally support from tribes and ter, the source said. fi re planned between Yemen’s troops in the rebel-held region of refugees fl eeing war He appointed veteran Gen- warring parties, which is expect- around Yemen’s capital. eral Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar as vice ed to pave the way for peace talks Ahmar’s troops played a president, according to the same in Kuwait on April 18. prominent role in the 2011 up- AFP ing you coff ee in the morning.” Syria, with many forced to eat to photographer Leila Alaoui, source, who said Bahah would now But government sources have rising that ousted strongman Ali Dubai The fi lm also shows selfi es animal feed or grass to survive, who was among dozens killed serve as a presidential adviser. in the past spoke of diff erences Abdullah Saleh, whose loyalists sent by those who have managed Save the Children said last in a January attack claimed by There was no immediate ex- between the president and Ba- are now allied with Iran-backed to reach Europe. month. Al Qaeda on a hotel in Burkina planation behind Bahah’s dis- hah, who had served as Yemen’s Shia rebels in control of Sanaa. addy, where are you now? The messages are often the Syria’s hunger crisis trig- Faso. In Turkey or Sweden?” fi rst contact between family gered global outrage when In her video installation Da Syrian girl asks her fa- members after “long periods of images of emaciated children “Crossings”, she shows mi- ther in her fi rst voice message to time when they don’t have In- emerged earlier this year from grants speaking about making him since he joined hundreds of ternet and there’s no word” from the besieged town of Madaya the perilous journey from Sub- thousands fl eeing the war. those who departed, says Hab- near Damascus. Saharan Africa to Europe. Rebel attack on government The recording, sent by smart- jouqa. Residents said they had been One woman says she left her phone, is one of many messages “For most of the mothers and surviving on soup made from country because there was no between Syrians that Jordanian children, the most terrifying boiled grass. work. hospital kills three civilians photographer Tanya Habjouqa part is the... silence” from the In a short fi lm, Imam por- “I have four kids, and grand- has compiled into her short fi lm minute migrants leave Turkey trays a little girl left with noth- sons too. I abandoned them Syria Via WhatsApp. towards Greece. ing but a photograph of herself over there with my mother and AFP thority, Shawqi al-Sharjabi. A government offi cial in Mar- The fi lm is showing at an ex- In 2015, more than a million with her parents. I hit the road.” Aden Pro-government forces, ib city said that rockets were hibition in Dubai focused on the migrants entered Europe, about “I wanted to portray real One man says he was left backed by a Saudi-led coalition fi red by rebels from the Haylan plight of refugees and migrants, half of them Syrians fl eeing war, people trying to survive and with no option as Muslims and battling the rebels for more than mountains overlooking the pro- including Syrians, as Europe with Germany shouldering most overcome the mental prob- Christians fought in his coun- hree civilians were killed a year, have retaken most of the vincial capital. struggles with its biggest migra- of the burden. lems,” said Imam, who fl ed try. in east Yemen yesterday eastern Marib province from the He said the attack, which tion crisis since World War II. Of these, around 850,000 Syria in 2012. Another migrant is more Twhen rockets fi red by Shia Houthi insurgents and their killed a doctor, took place during The show, “If I leave, where people made the dangerous “My characters are not the desperate. Iran-backed rebels hit a govern- allies. a visit to the city by a govern- will I go?”, also displays images Aegean sea crossing to Greece refugees you see in the news,” “I feel like going back. But ment hospital, the facility’s di- However, the rebels still con- ment delegation. by Syrian director Omar Imam from Turkey - a route that also he told AFP via e-mail, after he where do I go to if I go back? rector and a local offi cial said. trol northern and western parts The rebel advance on Sanaa and late French-Moroccan pho- claimed more than 300 lives. was denied a visa to attend the I feel like staying here. But The attack wounded 17 other of the oil-rich province east of forced Yemen’s internationally- tographer Leila Alaoui. “Sometimes it takes quite a Dubai exhibition. where will I stay if I stay here? people, said the director of the the capital Sanaa, which has recognised government last year Habjouqa’s fi lm features while before they (migrants) The show also pays tribute “I feel like dying.” Marib General Hospital Au- been held by the Houthis since to declare main southern city voice recordings and images ex- can send a message that they’re September 2014. Aden a temporary capital. changed by Syrian family mem- okay,” says Habjouqa. bers separated by a fi ve-year “It was through these What- confl ict that has killed more sApp messages that for the fi rst than 270,000 people and pushed time... (I) felt the story and un- nearly 5mn into exile. derstood fully what was hap- Air France cabin crew to The messages are sometimes pening. I understood on a deeper sentimental and full of longing, level what this migration meant.” but also include everyday ques- Imam’s black and white surre- Tehran told to wear scarf tions: “How’s the weather?”, alistic images at the same exhi- “What did you eat today?” bition further explore how Syr- A father tells his daughter he ians have been aff ected by the AFP headscarf,” said Christophe Pillet of has sent her fl owers and a kiss by confl ict. Paris the SNPNC union, which is asking way of WhatsApp emojis, while In one photograph, a wom- Air France management to make it a one girl asks her father for “a an sits at a neatly set table as a voluntary measure. white dress, as well as grey and waiter serves her a plate of grass number of female Air France Company chiefs had sent staff a pink”. picked from a nearby fi eld. cabin crew are resisting an memo informing that female staff One refugee in Europe tells his A caption under the image Aairline ruling that they should would be required “to wear trousers wife: “I want to get you out of the reads: “There was nothing but wear a headscarf while in Tehran, during the fl ight with a loose fi tting Arab world where there is only grass. I was unable to swallow when fl ights to the Iranian capital jacket and a scarf covering their hair humiliation. I swear I will bring it but forced myself to do this in resume on April 17, a union repre- on leaving he plane”, Pillet said. you here to live the best life... front of my children to convince sentative said on Saturday. According to Pillet, management you’ll live with dignity.” them to accept it as food.” “Every day we have calls from has raised he possibility of “penal- “I miss you a lot,” he says. “I At least 250,000 Syrian chil- worried female cabin crew who tell ties” against anyone not observing miss sitting with you and mak- dren are living under siege across us that they do not want to wear the the dress code.

One killed in blast at Saudi police station

An explosive device planted next to a police station south of the Saudi capital Riyadh killed one person, the Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement carried on state news agency SPA yesterday. The ministry said at least three police cars were damaged in the explosion at a parking lot on Saturday night that killed an expatriate man, but gave no further details on who was behind the attack. An Islamic State aff iliate, calling itself the Nejd Province branch of the organisation, claimed responsibility for the blast, which took place in al-Dilam, a small city located about 100km south of Riyadh. The group said in a statement earlier yesterday it had set off two explosive devices in front of the police station and caused damage to vehicles, but did not specify casualties. Gulf Times 10 Monday, April 4, 2016 ARAB WORLD Autopsy backs manslaughter case against Israeli soldier

AFP “After a full autopsy, the fa- The soldier then shoots him Palestinian fishermen prepare their net on a beach in Gaza City. Israel yesterday extended the distance it permits Gaza fishermen to head Jerusalem tal wound was in the head,” the again, in the head, without any out to sea along certain parts of the coastline of the enclave. Palestinian doctor, Rayan al-Ali, apparent provocation. said. His lawyers have argued that n autopsy on a Palestin- “There were several gunshot the soldier may have thought ian assailant showed yes- wounds. All those wounds were the Palestinian was wearing ex- Aterday that he was killed in the muscles, the lower limbs, plosives, but he was reportedly by a bullet to the head, backing and there was a wound in his already checked for a suicide belt Palestinian fi shermen allowed a manslaughter case against an right lung, but it was not fatal and no one in the video appears Israeli soldier caught on video and did not lead to his death.” to be acting with caution toward shooting him, a doctor said. An Israeli forensic team that him. The soldier shot Abdul Fatah conducted the autopsy came to The case has threatened to al-Sharif in the head on March 24 the same conclusion, a source exacerbate Israeli-Palestinian more maritime space off Gaza as he lay on the ground while ap- close to the investigation told lo- tensions amid a wave of violence parently seriously wounded from cal media. that began in October. QNA The source highlighted that “designated fi shing zone” off the limits, putting their lives in dan- earlier gunshot wounds. An Israeli military spokes- It has also led to major contro- Gaza the Palestinian Authority’s coast. ger on a near-daily basis. Video of the incident in woman could not confi rm the versy in Israel and sparked politi- civil administration committee The exact limits of the zone are Due to the high frequency of Hebron in the occupied West autopsy fi ndings when contacted cal tensions, with far-right sup- reached an agreement with Is- decided by the Israeli authorities the attacks, live fi re on fi shing Bank spread widely online and by AFP. porters calling for the soldier’s n Israeli decision to ex- raeli authorities to allow the en- and have historically fl uctuated, boats often goes unreported. the soldier was arrested, with A fi nding that Sharif was al- release. tend the fi shing zone off try of materials for Gazan fi sher- most recently extended to six Last year Israeli naval forces rights groups labelling it a sum- ready dead when the soldier shot Violence since October has left Asome parts of the Gaza men in the besieged enclave. This nautical miles from three, fol- opened fi re on Palestinian fi sh- mary execution. him in the head could have com- 200 Palestinians and 28 Israelis Strip coast to 9 nautical miles material includes equipment to lowing a ceasefi re agreement ermen at least 139 times, killing Prosecutors have said they are plicated the investigation. dead. (16km) took eff ect early yester- repair fi shing boats. that ended Israel’s 2014 off ensive three, wounding dozens, and investigating the 19-year-old Israeli authorities had not yet Most of the Palestinians killed day, the Palestinian civil admin- An Israeli army spokesperson on the Strip. damaging at least 16 fi shing boats. soldier for manslaughter, though commented on the autopsy. were carrying out knife, gun or istration said. confi rmed the extension of the All this despite the fact that The Israeli army often says in he has not yet been charged. His Video showed the 21-year- car-ramming attacks, according Offi cial sources told Ma’an fi shing zone to 9 nautical miles the zone is technically set at 20 such circumstances that the use identity has remained secret un- old Palestinian lying on the to Israeli authorities. News Agency that as of 2am yes- had gone into eff ect, adding that nautical miles (37km), according of live fi re is necessary to de- der a gag order. ground, shot along with an- But Israeli forces have also terday, Palestinian fi shermen the decision is expected to add to the Oslo agreements signed ter potential “security threats,” Israel’s supreme court allowed other man after stabbing and been accused of using ex- would be able to sail for 9 nauti- 400,000 shekels to the fi shing between Israel and the PA in the a policy that has in eff ect de- the Palestinian’s family to have a moderately wounding a soldier cessive force in some cases, cal miles from Wadi Gaza south- industry in the Gaza Strip. early 1990s. stroyed much of the agricultural doctor of their choice observe the minutes earlier, according to charges which they have firmly ward. The fi shing zone, added As part of Israel’s blockade of However, the Palestinian Cen- and fi shing sectors of the im- autopsy. the army. denied. the source, would remain within the coastal enclave since 2007, tre for Human Rights says that poverished Palestinian territory, 6 nautical miles (11km) north of Palestinian fi shermen are re- Israeli naval forces often open which has been under a crippling Wadi Gaza. quired to work within a limited fi re on fi shermen within these Israeli blockade since 2007.

Hijacker of Egyptian plane Israel returns power to Jericho despite debt never entered cockpit: pilot AFP debt of 1.7bn shekels ($450mn) pends largely on foreign aid. It It transfers the money af- Jerusalem owed by the private JDECO and relies heavily on Israel for elec- ter deducting approximately AFP children who live in the eastern co-pilot Hamad al-Qaddah. Palestinian Authority. tricity supplies, which also pro- 100mn shekels for expenses Cairo Mediterranean island. Mostafa released most of the 55 An Israeli offi cial said sup- vides electricity to the Hamas- such as Palestinian hospitali- “Immediately after the hijack- passengers soon after the plane srael’s state-run electric- ply was reduced by half, while controlled Gaza Strip. sations in Israel, sewage treat- ing, I asked the security offi cer to landed in Larnaca, Cyprus. Hours ity company has restored full JDECO said it had been cut by Ongoing talks with the IEC ment and covering part of the he man accused of hijack- stay at the door of the cockpit and later he surrendered to police. Ipower supply to the Palestin- two-thirds. and PA have so far not resolved electricity debt, which has re- ing an Egyptian plane and not leave,” EgyptAir pilot Amr al- Cypriot police say Mostafa ian city of Jericho in the occupied The Israeli offi cial said the IEC the debt problem. mained largely stable in recent Tdiverting it to Cyprus did Gamal told reporters in a meeting - described by offi cials as “psy- West Bank after reducing it over could at any point renew the cut. In January 2015, the IEC cut months. not enter the cockpit during the organised by Egyptian authori- chologically unstable” - faces an outstanding debt, offi cials It was not clear why Israel de- power to Palestinian cities for a Tensions are running high af- six-hour long ordeal, the pilot of ties. possible charges of hijacking, kid- said yesterday. cided to restore power after the number of hours every day over ter six months of violence which the aircraft said yesterday. Systems that lock a cockpit napping, reckless and threatening The cut on Thursday led to brief cut. a similar debt, only to renew it a has left 200 Palestinians and 28 Egyptian Seif al-Din Mohamed door have existed since the 1980s behaviour, and breaches of the blackouts, but full supply was Thursday’s cut had aff ected few weeks later. Israelis dead. Mostafa is accused of using a fake and strict procedures became anti-terror law. restored later the same day, ac- up to 30,000 people of a total Under an economic agreement Most of the Palestinians killed suicide belt to force the Alexan- standard after the September 11, For the crew it was a six-hour- cording to Mansour Nassar population of around 50,000 in signed with the PA in 1994, Is- were carrying out knife, gun or dria-to-Cairo fl ight to divert to 2001 terror attacks. long emotional drama that saw a of the Palestinian Jerusalem the city and surrounding area, rael collects around 600-700mn car-ramming attacks, while Is- Cyprus on Tuesday, and has been “Our main fear was that the British passenger taking a photo- District Electricity Company according to Jericho governor shekels each month in customs raeli forces have been accused remanded into custody in Cyprus. hijacker may enter the cock- graph with Mostafa and a co-pilot (JDECO). Majed al-Fityani. duties levied on goods destined of using excessive force in some He said he acted out of des- pit, or that he knew how to fl y a escaping by jumping out of a win- The Israel Electric Corp had The Palestinian Authority is for Palestinian markets that cases, charges which they have peration to see his ex-wife and plane or use it to explode”, said dow of the cockpit. reduced supply to Jericho over a struggling fi nancially and de- transit through Israeli ports. fi rmly denied. Plane in Med

Policemen on a boat work near an Israeli airplane that made an emergency landing in the waters of the Mediterranean sea off the shore of Tel Aviv yesterday.

Arab Israeli stabs Jewish woman

AFP The attacker was said by Jerusalem police to be a 23-year-old from the Arab town of Kfar Qassem near the occupied n Arab Israeli woman West Bank. stabbed and wound- Violence since October Aed a Jewish woman has left 200 Palestinians and near Tel Aviv yesterday be- 28 Israelis dead. fore being arrested, police Most of the Palestin- said. ians killed were carrying out The incident occurred in knife, gun or car-ramming the industrial zone of Rosh attacks, according to Israeli Haayin, east of the coastal authorities. city. But Israeli forces have also A police spokeswoman been accused of using ex- said a security guard at an cessive force in some cases, offi ce building saw a woman charges which they have armed with a knife attack fi rmly denied. another woman before over- Arab Israelis - who rep- powering the assailant with resent about 18% of Israel’s the help of two passers-by. population - are the de- A 30-year-old Jewish scendants of Palestinians Israeli woman was lightly who remained on their land wounded in the attack, ac- after the creation of Israel in cording to police. 1948. Gulf Times Monday, April 4, 2016 11 ARAB WORLD Syrian forces Tightrope walk seize IS-held town near Palmyra

Reuters the Arabic acronym for Islamic said more than 40 air strikes by Beirut State. Russian and Syrian planes hit ar- In a statement read out on Syr- eas near the town yesterday. ian television, the military com- When Islamic State took over yrian and allied forces mand said this was a strategic Al-Qaryatain last August it de- backed by Russian air victory which secures oil and gas molished a Christian monas- Sstrikes drove Islamic State routes between the Damascus tery and took around 200 of the militants out of the town of Al- area and oilfi elds in eastern Syr- town’s residents prisoner, trans- Lebanese Gino Traboulsi walks on a tightrope over the valley of Afqa, northeast of the capital Beirut, yesterday. Qaryatain yesterday after encir- ia. It also disrupts Islamic State ferring some of them to the Syr- cling it over the past few days, supply routes within Syria. ian city of Raqqa, the group’s de Syria’s military command said. Government forces entered facto capital. Surrounded by hills, Al-Qar- the town from a number of di- Islamic State still has complete yatain is 100km (60 miles) west rections, Syrian media said. A control over Raqqa and runs most of the ancient city of Palmyra, Syrian military source told SANA of Deir al-Zor province in eastern which government forces re- state news agency the army had Syria, which borders Iraq. captured from Islamic State last cleared areas northwest of the A fragile “cessation of hostili- ties” truce has held in Syria for Syria parliamentary vote Sunday. town of explosives planted by Is- Al-Qaryatain had been held lamic State. over a month as the various par- by the militant group since late Islamic State militants retreat- ties to the confl ict try to negoti- August. Syrian President Bashar ing from Palmyra laid thousands ate an end to Syria’s civil war. al-Assad has been trying to re- of mines which the Syrian army But the truce excludes Islamic State and the Al Qaeda-affi liated campaign on war footing take Al-Qaryatain and other is now clearing before civilians pockets of Islamic State control can return. Nusra Front. Air and land attacks to reduce the militant group’s The Syrian Observatory for by Syrian and allied forces con- AFP While Assad has hailed the Syria’s electoral committee, said ed Sadeq Dalawan because he’s a ability to project military power Human Rights said govern- tinue in parts of Syria where the Damascus “unprecedented” number of “the elections will be held eve- lawyer and he was my teacher. into the heavily populated west- ment forces had taken over half government says the groups are candidates running for MP, rywhere except in Raqa and Idlib I’ve met him several times and ern region of Syria, where Da- the town and that fi erce fi ght- present. Western backers of the anti- provinces,” both areas control- I’ve spoken a lot with him,” said mascus and other main cities are ing continued between Assad’s Fierce fi ghting that broke out he streets of Damascus are regime revolt have lashed out at led by the militant Islamic State Rihaf Esber, a 19-year-old stu- located. troops and Islamic State to the over the weekend continues plastered with campaign the elections. group and the Al Qaeda-affi liat- dent. Syrian state television said north and southeast of Al-Qar- south of Aleppo near the main Tposters and banners as French President Francois ed Al Nusra Front. Mohamed al-Khouje however the army and its allies “fully re- yatain. highway linking that city with President Bashar al-Assad’s re- Hollande, for one, has branded Also excluded are “regions said he has no plans of voting. stored security and stability to The Britain-based Observato- the capital, Damascus. It began gime pushes ahead with parlia- them “provocative” and “totally where there are security prob- “Neither the candidates, nor Al-Qaryatain after killing the ry, which monitors the fi ve-year- when rebels and Nusra Front mentary elections despite Syria’s unrealistic”. lems”, Shaar said, referring to the former MPs, nor those who last remaining groups of Daesh old Syrian confl ict through a net- mounted an off ensive against nearly fi ve-year-old civil war. On March 10, the domestic rebel-held areas. came before them have helped terrorists” in the town, using work of sources on the ground, government forces. The war is dominating the opposition which is tolerated Residents of the eastern us. In the beginning they prom- campaign for the April 13 vote, in Damascus called for a wide- province of Deir Ezzor, much of ise us the moon, and then once which will see nearly 12,000 spread boycott, accusing the which is controlled by IS, will they are in offi ce they ignore us. candidates vying for seats in government of using the vote to be able to cast ballots “in vot- No one deserves my vote,” the Syria’s 250-seat legislature. gain leverage in peace talks. ing stations in Damascus and its 35-year-old cameraman said. As with the 2012 parliamen- The High Negotiations Com- province, as well as in Hasakeh” “We lead very diffi cult lives.” tary election and a 2014 presi- mittee, the main exiled opposi- in the northeast, he said. Syria’s Kurds, who on March dential vote, only Syrians living tion body, has branded the vote “Together, hand in hand, we 17 unilaterally declared a federal in government-held areas will be “illegitimate”. will rebuild Syria,” pledges one region, are critical of the planned able to cast their ballots. Key Damascus backer Russian banner put up by a candidate vote. “We stand for security,” reads President Vladimir Putin, how- from Deir Ezzor, which borders “It is totally unrealistic for one campaign slogan. “For the ever, has shot back saying the Iraq. the regime to hold elections at sake of the children who were planned vote “does not inter- Another candidate from the this time. Elections are not be- killed, we will continue,” vows fere with steps to build the peace same war-ravaged province pro- ing held in the autonomous another. process”. claims: “Victorious Syria votes.” regions,” said Abdel Salam Ah- One candidate has branded The UN, for its part, has called While parliamentary hope- mad, a high-ranking offi cial of himself as “the voice of the mar- for presidential and parliamen- fuls are allowed to hold meet- the Kurdish Democratic Society tyrs and the injured”, while an- tary elections within the next 18 ings, distribute brochures and Movement. other claims to represent “the months as part of the process. put up posters and banners, they The 2012 vote was the fi rst martyrs of our heroic army”. Syria’s war, which has left are banned from speaking to the since the ruling Baath Party The upcoming vote is the sec- over 270,000 dead, has also press. came to power that allowed non- ond legislative election held by had a devastating impact on the “The aim is to ensure equal- Baathist candidates to run. the Damascus regime since the economy. ity between wealthy candidates Nonetheless, most of the 250 outbreak of civil war in 2011. Another poster calls for “erad- who can aff ord to pay for adver- MPs who were sworn in were still A total of 11,341 candidates icating corruption and building a tising in newspapers and those members of Assad’s party. aged 25 and above are compet- new Syria”. who can’t,” Shaar said. That is unlikely to change this Syrian soldiers patrol the town of Al-Qaryatain in Syria’s central Homs province yesterday after they ing. Hisham al-Shaar, head of “I’m going to vote for Moham- time. seized it from the Islamic State group. Opposition sees US 400,000 in Sudan may ‘ambiguity’ over Assad need food aid

AFP The White House last week in- end of the regime must be a con- AFP Paris dicated Assad should not feature trolled, not a chaotic, transition Khartoum in a transitional unity adminis- operation.” tration, White House spokesman But she warned that if Mos- Syrian opposition fi gure Josh Earnest dubbing his partici- cow “continues to think Assad ome 400,000 people in Sudan could yesterday criticised per- pation a “non-starter” for Wash- should continue to govern then need food aid because of poor rains Aceived “American am- ington. we shall not have a solution Scaused by the El Nino weather phe- biguity” on the future of Presi- But Kodmani said the com- in Syria. He cannot remain in nomenon, a UN offi cial said yesterday. dent Bashar al-Assad and urged mittee wanted confi rmation of power. El Nino saw rains in the 2015-2016 agri- Washington to confi rm he will that stance two days after high “The opposition’s position cultural season drop signifi cantly in parts not be “rehabilitated” in a future level US-Russian discussions on is clear - negotiation will occur of Sudan in comparison with the previous government. ways of strengthening a fragile while Assad is still in power, but season. “We got down to a net number of “We have American ambigu- ceasefi re. the transition cannot happen about 400,000 individuals that will be in ity that is very damaging for us,” “We don’t know what the US with him.” need of food assistance” because of the Bassma Kodmani, member of the are discussing with Moscow,” UN special envoy Staff an de low rainfall in parts of Sudan, said Marco main opposition High Negotia- Assad’s long-time ally, said Kod- Mistura wants fresh peace talks Cavalcante, head of programme for the tions Committee which attended mani. to start next week in Geneva on UN’s World Food Programme in Sudan. last month’s peace talks in Ge- “We are awaiting confi rmation ending a confl ict that has killed Last month, the UN issued a plan to neva. that the USA are maintaining more than 270,000 dead with a respond to the eff ects of El Nino in Su- The committee has rejected their position to refuse to reha- transitional government being dan, in which it estimated that a total of Assad’s demand for any tran- bilitate Assad,” she told French formed in six months to draft a some 3.5mn Sudanese would be aff ected sitional government to include media. new constitution ahead of presi- by El Nino. his regime as Syria struggles to Kodmani stressed “Assad’s de- dential elections in 18 months The WFP had already aimed to pro- emerge from fi ve years of civil war. parture must be negotiated. The time. vide around 3.8mn people in Sudan with some form of food assistance in 2016, in addition to the 400,000 who may need Four oil guards killed in Libya attack support because of El Nino. The areas worst aff ected by drought Unknown gunmen yesterday No one has claimed responsibility announced their backing for are in eastern Sudan, East Darfur and killed four security guards of for the attack, which comes Serraj’s administration. the centre of the Kordofan region, Cav- an oil storage facility in Libya’s amid eff orts by a UN-backed Libya has been beset by conflict alcante said. An extra $12.5mn will be south-western city of Sabha, unity government to establish its since the 2011 uprising that needed to fund food aid for those aff ect- independent news website al- authority in the restive country. toppled longtime autocrat ed by El Nino, the WFP said. Wasat reported. On Wednesday, Fayez Serraj - Muammar Gaddafi. The agency has already had to use The attackers - driving in two head of the unity government In recent months, Libya has been funds from its other programmes to sup- Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles - - arrived in the capital Tripoli from divided between two competing port tens of thousands of civilians dis- shot at the guards and fled the neighbouring Tunisia to take up administrations: one based in placed by fi ghting between government scene, the site said citing an his position. Tripoli and the other in the far- forces and rebels in the Marra mountains unnamed security off icial. A fifth The state-run Oil National Corp eastern city of Tobruk, with each of the Darfur region since January that it guard was injured. and other institutions have since backed by militias. had not planned for. Gulf Times 12 Monday, April 4, 2016 AFRICA

Second term Nigeria nabs top militant AFP Ansaru, a splinter group of Boko Abuja Haram, specialising in high profi le killings and attacks on global in- terests, is linked to Al Qaeda in the he leader of Nigeria’s Ansaru Islamic Maghreb. militant group, Khalid al- Al-Barnawi, 47, whose real name TBarnawi, one of three Nige- is Usman Umar Abubakar, hailed rians listed by Washington in 2012 from Biu town in restive northeast as “specially designated global ter- Borno state. rorists”, has been arrested, an army He was the alleged mastermind of spokesman told AFP yesterday. the March 13, 2011 kidnap of a Brit- “Security agents made a break- on and an Italian, both construction Niger’s newly-elected President Mahamadou Issoufou delivers a speech at his swearing-in ceremony at the Palais des Congres in Niamey late on Saturday. Issoufou through on Friday in the fi ght engineers, in northern Kebbi state. was sworn-in to a second five-year term after being re-elected in a run-off vote last month that was boycotted by the opposition. against terrorism by arresting Kha- The two hostages were killed in a lid al-Barnawi, the leader of Ansaru failed rescue bid by British and Ni- terrorist group in Lokoja,” military gerian Special Forces in the north- spokesman Brigadier General Rabe ern city of Sokoto on May 7, 2012. Abubakar said. “He is among those Trained in Afghanistan and Alge- on the top of the list of our wanted ria, he was also behind the January terrorists.” 26, 2012 kidnap of a German con- Lokoja is the capital of Nigeria’s struction engineer - Edgar Raupach Parliament to consider Zuma impeachment central Kogi state. - in the northern city of Kano. The US Department of State in The German was killed along June 2012 named Khalid al-Barnawi with four captors in a botched res- Reuters and even an anti-apartheid activist liament for passing a resolution that which he apologised and said he would alongside Boko Haram leader Abu- cue operation by Nigerian troops Pretoria jailed alongside Nelson Mandela have purported to nullify public protector pay back some of the money, as ordered. bakar Shekau and Ansaru founder on May 30, 2012 at a hideout on the called on Zuma to step down. Thuli Madonsela’s fi ndings on the state He said that he never knowingly or de- Abubakar Adam Kambar. outskirts of Kano, where the group Mmusi Maimane, leader of the op- spending on Zuma’s private residence. liberately set out to violate the constitu- “Shekau is the most visible leader is mostly based. outh Africa’s parliament will to- position party Democratic Alliance DA Parliamentary chief whip John tion . of the Nigeria-based militant group Ansaru also claimed a 2012 at- morrow debate a motion to im- (DA), tabled the motion to have Zuma Steenhuisen said yesterday that Mbete The president travelled yesterday to Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati tack on a maximum security facility Speach President Jacob Zuma, Na- impeached, and Mbete told reporters should also resign for her and parlia- his home province of Kwazulu-Natal Wal-Jihad, commonly referred to in Abuja where detained Islamists tional Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete yesterday that “the debate on that mo- ment’s complicity in the Nkandla mat- to launch a relief programme as part of as Boko Haram. Khalid al-Barnawi were being held, killing two police- said, after a top court ruled the presi- tion has been scheduled for Tuesday ter. government eff orts to support areas af- and Abubakar Adam Kambar have men and freeing 40 inmates. dent had violated the constitution. afternoon.” Mbete said she would not step down, fected by South Africa’s worst drought ties to Boko Haram and have close With the emergence of Ansaru, South Africa’s constitutional court The Africa National Congress major- but acknowledged the issue could have in more than a century. links to Al Qaieda in the Islamic Barnawi’s faction became inde- ruled on Thursday that Zuma had failed ity in parliament will almost certainly been handled diff erently in parliament. He told a cheering crowd that he was Maghreb, a designated Foreign pendent of Boko Haram but still to uphold the constitution by ignoring give Zuma political cover against the at- The scandal is arguably the biggest still South Africa’s leader and joked Terrorist Organization,” it said in a maintained ties. orders from the public protector that he tempt to impeach him. yet to hit Zuma, who has fended off ac- about how youthful he was, but made no statement. The group also claimed respon- repay some of the $16mn in state funds But the judicial rebuke may embolden cusations of corruption, infl uence ped- specifi c mention of the Nkandla mat- Al-Barnawi assumed the leader- sibility for the kidnap of a French spent to renovate his private residence anti-Zuma factions within the ruling dling and rape since before he took offi ce ter, the pending impeachment motion ship of Ansaru following the death engineer, Francis Collomp, in at Nkandla. party to mount a challenge. in 2009. or calls for him to step down as he ad- of Kambar in a military raid on his northern Katsina state in 2012. He Since Thursday’s ruling, opposition The unanimous ruling by the 11-judge On Friday, the 73-year-old president dressed the gathering in Zulu, his native hideout in Kano in March 2012. escaped almost a year later. party leaders, ordinary South Africans constitutional court also criticised par- gave a televised address to the nation in language. Ivorians ‘purify’ bloody beach Kenyan tourism bodies decry killing of stray lions By Christophe Koff i, AFP Ancestral royals in Ivory Coast are Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast held in high esteem for their wisdom. Politicians often visit these local lead- Agencies “We are also alive to the fact there is ers before making or announcing de- Nairobi growing human wildlife confl ict that is ressed in fl owing red robes, cisions. aggravated by pressure from encroach- a traditional religious group On the beach at Grand Bassam, ment into what was previously wildlife Dgathers on the beach to purify Ahoua Konin II, a traditional priest, enya’s tourism marketers yes- habitat and animal migration corri- sands left bloodied by the unprece- continues the purifi cation ceremony terday decried the killing of two dors,” the statement said. dented militant attack that killed 19 to banish “demonic” acts like that of Kiconic lions that had strayed from “This calls for careful mitigation people in Ivory Coast. the militants. the Nairobi National Park, warning that of the potential adverse impacts that Walking across the beach in Grand- Surrounded by the faithful, he such actions can dent eff orts to attract could arise from such a situation,” it Bassam, Antoine Edoukou Amichia, chants and raises a glass of water to visitors to the East Africa nation. added. a member of the local royalty, stands the sky before spraying it on the sand. Kenya Tourism Federation (KTF) and The tourism bodies called upon the out from the crowd in a white t-shirt, Two white goats are then butchered Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) in a joint members of the public residing in the holding a bottle of liquor and a small as children watch, wide-eyed. statement expressed great concern on area adjacent to the park to be tolerant glass. “We have asked the ancestors to the latest incidents of big cats being of wild animals when such incidents “I implore the sea and the spirits of ensure that an attack never happens killed, and called on the public living occur, and to give KWS personnel all the Bassam to do everything so that the again,” says the red-robed Ahoua adjacent to the park to protect the wild support they require in order to carry people who caused blood to spill on Konin. animals. out their work eff ectively. Bassam’s beach are apprehended and The purifi cation ritual has been go- “The tourism industry is very con- The incidents are the latest in a spate punished,” he says, facing the Atlan- ing on for a week under Amon Tanoe, cerned about these most regrettable of cases where the big cats have sneaked tic Ocean. With each word, he pours the king of Grand-Bassam. incidents. We strongly support conser- into human settlements in the suburbs drops of the locally-brewed whisky “Komians”, worshippers dressed in vation of our precious wildlife, which of Nairobi. onto the sand. white with their bodies covered with is part of the country’s natural heritage In the space of two months, there On March 13, as Ivorians and for- Members of the local church pray along the beach in Grand-Bassam during clay, had travelled along the coast to and an important national asset, vital have been at least three confi rmed eigners alike were enjoying a Sunday a purification ceremony on Friday. call out the ancestors before the fi nal for tourism,” the statement said. cases of lions coming into contact with by the seaside, militant gunmen went ceremony. The statement came after two lions people in Nairobi and the surrounding on a rampage at the pristine beach and The militant group had also claimed drive from the country’s economic “These ancestral practices con- were killed in the past week, one by Ken- areas. local hotels. attacks in Mali in November and Burki- hub Abidjan. tinue today in order to chase away ya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers after The two tourism bodies said they will Fifteen people have been arrested na Faso in January, likewise targeting Eight Ivorian civilians and three bad spirits,” says Ivorian fi lmmaker straying outside the park and becoming meet with KWS to discuss what lessons in connection with the fi rst militant venues frequented by foreigners. special forces troops were also gunned Roger Gnoan M’Bala, who comes from agitated by the presence of a large crowd have been learnt from these very unfor- attack in the Ivory Coast that was The victims at Grand-Bassam in- down, according to the government. Grand-Bassam, the former French co- of people, which caused it to attack and tunate incidents, and to work together claimed by Al Qaeda in the Islamic cluded a Nigerian, four French citi- After the funerals and with an in- lonial capital and a Unesco world her- injure a resident near Nairobi. to draw up an action plan to avoid the Maghreb in retaliation for anti-terror zens, a German a Macedonian and a vestigation under way, some Ivorians itage site. The following day, another stray lion recurrence of similar incidents so that operations in the Sahel region led by Lebanese national who were enjoy- have now turned to ancestral tradi- “If you don’t carry out these rituals, from the park was found speared to Kenya can have a healthy and well-pro- France and its allies. ing the popular seaside resort a short tions to fi nd healing from the attack. the future is hard to predict,” he says. death. tected lion population. Gulf Times Monday, April 4, 2016 13 AMERICAS Freedom has a price for fugitive NY bull

Reuters police armed with tranquilizer New York guns shot him with two darts and brought him to the ground, said offi cer Sophia Mason, an bull that bolted on its NYPD spokeswoman. death march to a New The bull was transported AYork City slaughter- to Animal Care and Control house and was rescued with in Brooklyn, which contacted the help of comedian Jon Stew- Farm Sanctuary, which in turn art will fi nd out soon there is a reached out to Tracey Mc- price for freedom. Shane and her husband, the The Angus bull that escaped former host of The Daily Show on Friday, and whose life was on Comedy Central. The Stew- spared when animal lover arts nicknamed the bull Frank Stewart stepped in, will be cas- Lee for Frank Lee Morris, who trated so that he can live safely escaped Alcatraz prison in with other cattle on a 175-acre 1962. shelter run by Farm Sanctuary Stewart drove his livestock in the upstate New York village trailer to Brooklyn and, after of Watkins Glen, the sanctu- hand-feeding hay to the dis- ary’s national shelter director, traught bull to calm him, drove said on Saturday. the animal to New Jersey to be A young Donald Trump supporter reacts as the Republican candidate mentions him at a campaign town hall event in Wausau, Wisconsin. “He’s not going to be a bull loaded onto another trailer and for much longer, unfortunate- driven to upstate New York. ly,” said Susie Coston, noting The bull was being examined the 1-year-old bovine weighs on Saturday at a Cornell Uni- more than 363kg and could be versity veterinary hospital to 1,043kg when full-grown. be sure he was healthy enough “He’s a bulky boy. If they are to undergo the procedure that not neutered, you run the risk will allow him to live out his of them breaking into the herd, days with the other steers in hurting someone,” she said. Watkins Glen. Trump predicts a Becoming a steer seems to “This guy is going to have a be a better fate than the al- perfect life. He’ll be running ternative the bull faced when with friends and head-butting he broke free on his way into a with the boys,” Coston said. Queens slaughterhouse on Fri- The bull is the second bovine day morning and fl ed. since January to escape a New The bull rampaged through York City butchery - along the nearby campus of York with a goat - and to win its ‘massive recession’ College, where New York City freedom, the NYPD said. Trump has taken centre stage again than that held by many mainstream econ- Tuesday’s Wisconsin nominating con- message. “But what you see all over the with his pronouncement omists. test could be a turning point in the Re- country, time and time again, is violence The interview was bylined by the Post’s publican race. Trump, 69, trails his leading employed against protesters at Trump Reuters Robert Costa and famed Watergate report- rival, US Senator Ted Cruz, 45, of Texas in campaign events. These plaintiff s are say- Milwaukee er Bob Woodward. the state. ing ‘enough is enough,’” 30 birds perish after A real estate magnate, Trump has made A Cruz win would make it harder for The lawsuit said Trump stopped his appealing to blue-collar workers a hall- Trump to reach the number of 1,237 del- 30-minute speech fi ve times to point out epublican presidential front-run- mark of his bid for the Republican nomi- egates needed to secure the nomination protesters and, in most cases, told sup- striking walkway ner Donald Trump predicted that nation for the November 8 presidential before the Republican national convention porters to “get ‘em out of here”, according Rthe United States is on course for a election, often blaming unemployment on in July. The winner will get to claim all of to the lawsuit. “very massive recession”, warning that a the outsourcing of US jobs and facilities to Wisconsin’s 42 delegates. A spokeswoman for Trump’s campaign Agencies gramme’s coordinator, told combination of high unemployment and countries such as China and Mexico. Three people who claim they were could not be reached for comment. Ottawa CBC News that the waxwings an overvalued stock market had set the Trump vowed in the interview to wipe assaulted at a Donald Trump rally in Lou- The lawsuit claims that Trump “incited are drawn to the area by the stage for another economic slump. out the more than $19tn national debt isville, Kentucky, last month have fi led a a riot as defi ned under the Kentucky penal berries nearby but fail to notice “I think we’re sitting on an economic “over a period of eight years,” helped by a lawsuit against the Republican presiden- code”. ore than 30 birds the transparent walkway. bubble. A fi nancial bubble,” the billionaire renegotiation of trade deals. tial candidate, saying he “incited a riot”. The individuals named as defendants have been killed this On its website, Safe Wings businessman said in an interview with The “I’m renegotiating all of our deals, the Molly Shah, Kashiya Nwanguma and are Matthew Heimbach, described in the Mweekend after fl ying Ottawa off ers a number of sug- Washington Post published on Saturday. big trade deals that we’re doing so badly Henry Brousseau fi led the lawsuit on complaint as a Trump supporter and Ohio into a glass walkway at Ottawa gestions for how the city can Coming off a tough week on the cam- on,” he said. Thursday in Jeff erson Circuit Court in resident who is “affi liated with the Tradi- City Hall, according to a local make itself safer for birds, in- paign trail in which he made a series of After making controversial statements Louisville, claiming that Trump’s re- tionalist Worker Party, a recognised hate group devoted to reducing bird cluding retrofi tting municipal missteps, Trump’s latest comments bring about abortion last week, Trump has peated calls of “get them out” at a rally at group”; Alvin Bamberger, 75, described as deaths. This as reported by buildings with “eff ective col- him back into the limelight ahead of Tues- shown little sign of heeding calls from the Kentucky International Convention a Trump supporter and an Ohio resident; cbc.news.ca. lision deterrent solutions” and day’s important primary in Wisconsin fellow Republicans to adopt a more presi- Center on March 1 was intended to direct and an unknown female. Safe Wings Ottawa began creating a local bird strategy where he trails in the polls. dential tone so as to avoid alienating vot- his supporters to “use unwanted, harmful According to the lawsuit, at the rally, tweeting photographic evi- similar to what exists in Van- The former reality TV star said that the ers in the November general election if he physical force to remove protesters, in- Heimbach, who was wearing a Tradi- dence Saturday of the discov- couver. real US jobless fi gure is much higher than wins the nomination. cluding the plaintiff s”. tionalist Worker Party T-shirt, attacked ery of dead and injured bohe- The city placed stickers on fi ve% number released by the US Bureau of On Saturday, he questioned close US The lawsuit also names as defendants Shah and Nwanguma. A spokesman for mian waxwings beneath the the walkway after a similar in- Labor Statistics. ties to Saudi Arabia and again accused the Trump campaign and three individuals the Traditional Worker Party could not be walkway, which connects the cident in 2013, Hoedeman said, “We’re not at 5% unemployment,” US allies of not pulling their weight in the who the plaintiff s claim assaulted them at reached. main city hall building with the adding that the eff ort hasn’t Trump said. Nato military alliance. the rally. A website for the Traditionalist Worker nearby heritage wing. gone far enough to prevent bird “We’re at a number that’s probably Trump told a campaign rally in Racine, The three plaintiff s, all Louisville resi- Party describes it as a grassroots political Anouk Hoedeman, the pro- fatalities. into the twenties if you look at the real Wisconsin that partners in the North At- dents, claim they suff ered physical inju- organisation that believes, among other number,” he said, adding that the offi cial lantic Treaty Organization “are not paying ries, emotional distress and humiliation, things, that “European-American identity jobless fi gure is “statistically devised to their fair share” and called the 28-nation and are seeking unspecifi ed damages, ac- is under constant attack”. make politicians - and in particular presi- alliance “obsolete.” cording to the lawsuit. The Southern Poverty Law Center, a dents - look good.” “Either they pay up, including for past “Peaceful protest is an American tra- non-profi t organisation that monitors Trump said “it’s a terrible time right defi ciencies, or they have to get out. And dition, especially in the context of presi- groups it considers extremist, classifi es now” to invest in the stock market, off er- if it breaks up Nato, it breaks up Nato,” dential politics,” Dan Canon, the attorney the Traditionalist Worker Party as a white ing a more bleak view of the US economy Trump said. for the plaintiff s, told Reuters in a Twitter nationalist hate group.

Amtrak train derailment kills two Bohemian waxwings killed after striking city hall walkway.

Reuters the rails and its windshields smashed. Chester Kim Goldman, of Washington, who was among hundreds of passengers taken to a Passenger dies as plane nearby church, said she felt a bump, fol- n Amtrak train locomotive part- lowed by skidding similar to airplane tur- ly derailed when it hit a backhoe bulence that lasted fi ve to 10 seconds. hits car on highway Asouth of Philadelphia yesterday, “We knew we hit something. We were killing two people and injuring 35 in what just holding on, hoping we would stop,” passengers described as a jolt followed by said Goldman, who was in the second car. Reuters Protection District spokesman a fi reball. Crew members told passengers to move to Los Angeles John Buchanan. The accident in Chester, about 24km the back of the train. Before the plane came down, southwest of Philadelphia, was the lat- Passenger Terri Dixon, of Washington, the four people in the Nissan est in a series involving the US passenger said: “There was a big bump, and a fi reball. passenger in a car died had stopped to sync the se- rail carrier and occurred a few kiolmetres Everything happened so fast.” when a small plane car- dan’s Bluetooth wireless sys- south of the site of a 2015 derailment that Amtrak suspended service between Arying two people made tem, Buchanan said. The crash claimed eight lives. Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware. an emergency landing on a killed a woman in the car’s Amtrak Train 89 bound for Savan- A broader suspension of service between Southern California highway back seat, Buchanan said. nah, Georgia, from New York with New York and Philadelphia was lifted. on Saturday and struck the The plane’s pilot, a man in 341 passengers and seven crew aboard Amtrak said investigators from the Na- vehicle in a crash that left fi ve his 60s, was transported to a struck a vehicle on the tracks, Ches- tional Transportation Safety Board were others injured, offi cials said. hospital with life-threatening ter Fire Commissioner Travis Thomas en route. The single-engine Lancair injuries, according to Bucha- said. Amtrak said the vehicle was a The accident took place about 30km IV came down on I-15 near nan, while his passenger and backhoe. south of one of Amtrak’s deadliest recent Highway 76, in the area of Fall- three occupants of the car were “We had two deceased, but they were accidents. Eight people were killed and brook, said Federal Aviation all hospitalised with non-life not passengers on the train,” he told a news 43 hurt last May when a New York-bound Administration spokesman Ian threatening injuries. conference. train derailed in north Philadelphia. Gregor in an e-mail. “It was pretty nerve-wrack- He gave no details about those killed. That train was travelling at more than The propeller plane made an ing seeing the plane coming Thomas said 35 people were taken to hos- twice the speed limit, but a federal inves- emergency landing on its belly right over top of me and then pitals and none of the injuries were life- Emergency personnel examine the scene after an Amtrak passenger train struck a tigation determined that the cause of the and skidded along a lane for hit the road and then slide up threatening. backhoe, killing two people, in Chester,. crash remained unexplained. more than 100 feet, crashing here and then hit that car,” Philadelphia NBC television affi li- Last month, about three dozen people into the back of a Nissan Sentra truck driver Bill Senclare told ate WCAU quoted investigators as saying more than 40 years of service between Television images showed the lead were injured when an Amtrak passenger parked at the side of the high- San Diego television station those killed were Amtrak workers with them. engine with its front end partially off train derailed in Kansas. way, said North County Fire KGTV. Gulf Times 14 Monday, April 4, 2016 ASEAN

Volcanic activity 1MDB says it did not provide funds for Hollywood fi lm

Reuters suggestion that 1MDB funded Kuala Lumpur the production of The Wolf of Wall Street, or had any in- volvement with the film in alaysian state fund any capacity, as has been al- 1Malaysia Develop- leged or implied in some re- Mment Berhad (1MDB) cent media reports,” 1MDB yesterday denied reports that said. it had provided funds to fi - The Red Granite Pictures nance the 2013 Hollywood fi lm website names Najib’s step- The Wolf of Wall Street. son, Riza Aziz, as the com- The Wall Street Journal re- pany co-founder and co- ported on Friday that global chairman. investigators believe much Investigators in two coun- of the funds used to make tries believe that some $155mn, the fi lm were diverted from originating from 1MDB, 1MDB, whose advisory board moved into Red Granite in 2012 is chaired by Malaysian Prime through various off shore shell Minister Najib Razak. companies, the WSJ said, cit- The Journal quoted un- ing sources familiar with the named sources who it said probes. were familiar with the work of Najib has been buff eted by the investigators. allegations of graft and mis- According to the WSJ, the management at 1MDB, and funds were diverted to a small the revelation that $681mn production company called was deposited in his bank ac- Red Granite Pictures, which count. came up with the more than He has denied any wrong- $100mn needed to fi nance the doing, maintains that he did fi lm starring Leonardo DiC- not use the funds for per- aprio and directed by Martin sonal gain and was cleared Scorsese. this year of any criminal of- 1MDB said in a statement fence by Malaysia’s Attorney it had never invested in nor General. A visitor takes photographs of Mount Bromo, an active volcano and popular tourist destination, in Probolinggo, East Java province, Indonesia yesterday. transferred funds to Red Gran- Investigations into 1MDB’s ite Pictures, whether directly fi nances are underway in Ma- or via intermediaries. laysia, Singapore, the US, “We, therefore, deny any Switzerland and Luxembourg.

Three dead after Offi cials seize thousands Thai train crashes into tour bus: police of ‘political’ red bowls trict showed the bus slowly AFP Bangkok crossing the railway when a Raids by Thai authorities been charged with sedition, a be hot, but brothers and sisters tackling other issues such as an Shinawatra clan, who are wildly train ploughed into it at full followed the arrest move slammed by a rights group may gain coolness from the wa- ongoing drought and a simmer- popular with their rural sup- speed, whipping the vehicle last week of a woman seen as absurd. ter inside this bucket.” ing insurgency in the far south. porters in the north and north- hree Thais were killed around. There appeared to posing with one of the bowls The plastic scoops, used for On Saturday police and sol- The woman arrested last week east but hated by the Bangkok- yesterday when a train be no lights or other warning in photos on social media pouring water in Buddhist cer- diers raided homes and offi ces could be jailed for up to seven centric military and royalist Tcrashed into a double- devices at the intersection, a and who has since been emonies during Thailand’s up- of three former MPs from the years if convicted of sedition. elite. decker bus carrying holiday- common failing at many un- charged with sedition coming new year, bear a note Shinawatras’ Puea Thai Party in Human Rights Watch called A similar attempt to quash the makers as it was crossing the regulated railway-road junc- signed by former prime minis- the northern province of Nan to the case evidence that the jun- siblings’ enduring popularity line, police said. tions in Thailand. AFP ter Thaksin Shinawatra, whose seize the bowls. ta’s “intolerance of dissent has was made earlier this year when The bus was taking a group Other cars were seen driv- Bangkok political bloc has spent the past “If we allow these bowls to reached the point of absolute authorities banned a calendar of workers from a nearby fac- ing over the tracks alongside decade vying for power with a be distributed, it could benefi t absurdity”. featuring the pair in an embrace. tory in Nakhon Pathom prov- the bus just seconds before the military-backed elite. some political parties or result “When military courts try After keeping quiet for much ince west of Bangkok to the collision. hai authorities have con- Thaksin was ousted in a 2006 in losses to others,” said offi cer people for sedition for posting of the past two years, the fam- southern island of Koh Samui Thailand has the world’s fi scated some 8,000 red coup and now lives in exile, while Prayoon Chamnankong, who led photos with holiday gifts from ily’s powerful political machine for a holiday trip, according to second most dangerous roads Tbowls bearing a message the government run by his sis- one of the raids. deposed leaders, it’s clear that has recently become more vo- local police offi cer Thanachot in terms of per capita deaths. from an ousted ex-premier, po- ter Yingluck was toppled by the In a social media post yester- the end of repression is nowhere cal as the country gears up for Shinwongsa. The World Health Organi- lice said yesterday, in the junta’s current junta in 2014. day, Thaksin urged the junta to in sight,” said Brad Adams, the junta’s promised elections “Three have been reported sation estimates about 24,000 latest attempt to block the re- The bowls - cast in the Shina- focus on more important mat- HRW’s Asia director. in 2017. dead, all Thais. The number of people die each year in road surgence of the political party it watra’s signature red colour - ters. The junta has outlawed all po- But public criticism of the injuries is not yet confi rmed,” traffi c accidents. toppled. were fi rst distributed at a temple “I’ve done it (given out bowls) litical activities since its power regime has landed many Shina- he said. In January three people were The raids followed the ar- fair last week in the northern several times in the past and it grab, pledging to heal the king- watra allies in brief spells of mil- “The scene was cleared and killed and scores injured when rest last week of a woman seen province of Chiang Mai. never posed a problem to na- dom’s bitter divides. itary detention, which the army the train is back in service.” a truck crashed into the side of posing with one of the bowls in The message printed on the tional security,” he wrote, sug- But critics say the generals describes as “attitude adjust- Video footage of the acci- a passenger train several hours photos on social media. She has side reads: “The situation may gesting the junta spend its time are chiefl y bent on crippling the ment” sessions. dent in Nakhon Chaisri dis- south of Bangkok.

Debris found in Mauritius to be examined by MH370 investigators Malaysian artist clowns

Reuters Sydney with scandal-hit leader

ustralia said that a piece AFP tics), to draw attention to these He denies accusations that nessed the Internet in a run of of suspected aeroplane Kuala Lumpur absurdities, and get people to the huge payment was fun- recent election successes, aided Adebris found east of Af- laugh at it.” nelled from the now-struggling by a new generation of voters. rica on a Mauritian island will But Malaysian authorities are fund, but has fuelled anger by Authorities promised years be examined to see if it is part Malaysian designer’s car- not amused. curbing investigations, purg- ago not to censor the Internet, of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, icatures of the scandal- Fahmi, 38, who has been ar- ing government critics over the but have displayed increasing which went missing two years Aplagued prime minister rested previously for his activ- scandal, and clamping down on unease, recently forming a po- ago in one of the world’s great- as a sinister clown have become ism, was questioned by police media reporting of it. lice unit to scour cyberspace for est aviation mysteries. a viral phenomenon, spurring a and told to stop posting the Allegations of a cover-up “seditious” content. A hotel owner on the is- File photo of MH370 debris found in Mozambique. wider protest-through-images images, which show Najib in crescendoed in January when The government has also land who saw the debris said movement and making the artist powder-white clown make-up, Najib’s hand-picked attorney sought to use the Internet to its it looked like it was from the for its examination,” Chester Auguste said. “...there was a target of authorities. with evilly arched eyebrows general abruptly absolved him advantage, but drew scorn for inside of a plane, with what said in a statement. wallpaper inside of the plane, The parodies of Prime Min- and a garish blood-red mouth. of any wrongdoing in taking the a recent #RespectMyPM cam- he thought was a wallpaper He did not say from what you can see this design and part ister Najib Razak have rapidly He said police were inves- huge payment. paign that was savagely pounced “design”, which if confi rmed, part of the missing Boeing 777 of it is still there.” become Malaysia’s most con- tigating possible violations of Shortly afterwards, Fahmi upon by Twitter users, with trolls would be the fi rst piece of inte- the debris was suspected to Auguste said the wreckage troversial images, earning de- multimedia laws that could — already angered by a wave of changing it to #SuspectMyPM. rior debris from the plane yet to have come. was taken to police. signer and activist Fahmi Reza bring fi ve years in prison. sedition charges against gov- Fahmi, a Muslim, cuts an be found. “...Until the debris has been Last month, Australia said comparisons to street-art pro- Last year, a Malaysian politi- ernment critics in recent years unusual avant-garde fi gure in Australia has led the search examined by experts, it is not debris found in Mozambique vocateurs like Banksy. cal cartoonist famed for skew- — began circulating his clown Malaysia with his all-black en- for the plane, which went possible to ascertain its origin.” was “almost certainly from Shared widely on social me- ering the government was hit caricatures on Malaysia’s hy- semble of jacket, jeans, thick- missing in March 2014 with The Malaysian government MH370” and in 2015 French dia, they have sparked copycat with multiple sedition charges peractive social media. rimmed glasses, shoulder- 239 people on board on a fl ight could not be immediately authorities said a wing part variations and struck a chord that lawyers say could see him The images, and copycat length hair and beret. from the Malaysian capital, reached for comment. found on the Indian Ocean is- with Malaysians outraged by jailed for up to 43 years. iterations, have been widely Educated in the US as an Kuala Lumpur, to Beijing, and William Auguste, who owns land of Reunion was part of the corruption allegations lev- Fahmi, who calls art his shared online, while posters electrical engineer, his art is Transport Minister Darren the Mourouk Ebony Hotel on plane. elled at Najib and his moves to “weapon”, remains undeterred. and stickers have begun ap- largely self-taught. Chester said the debris, found Rodrigues Island, about 560 Australia said that more thwart investigations. “They can jail a rebel, but they pearing on public walls, which He counts the Atelier Popu- last week, was an “item of in- km east of the main island of than 95,000 square kilometres “Our country is being gov- can’t jail the rebellion,” he said. authorities quickly remove. laire movement, which pro- terest”. Mauritius, said the wreckage of a 120,000 square kilometre erned by fools and crooks,” Najib is battling accusations The guerrilla campaign has duced powerful posters during “The Malaysian government was found by guests. target zone had been searched Fahmi, a punk-rock affi cionado, that billions of dollars were sto- highlighted social media’s emer- 1968 strikes and demonstra- is working with offi cials from “For sure it looked like part and that the entire zone would said in an e-mail interview while len from a state-owned com- gence as a political battleground. tions that gripped France, as a Mauritius to seek to take cus- of an aeroplane - it looks like be covered by June, when the on an extended trip overseas. pany he oversees, and is under With mainstream media major infl uence, and punk rock tody of the debris and arrange it’s from the inside part of it,” search is scheduled to end. He seeks to “point out the pressure for accepting a myste- controlled by the long-ruling provides his soundtrack while hypocrisies (of Malaysian poli- rious $681mn overseas payment. regime, the opposition has har- working. Gulf Times Monday, April 4, 2016 15 AUSTRALASIA/EAST ASIA

Brawl erupts Air show at ‘halal’ festival in Melbourne

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violent brawl erupted yesterday outside the community event at the AMelbourne Showgrounds on when a small group of anti-Islam protesters clashed with anti-racism activists. The fi ght came as hundreds of people fi lled Federation Square as a counter pro- test to the anti-Islamic movement, which was put back in the spotlight when a “stop the mosques” banner was unveiled at the Collingwood AFL game on Friday night, the Australian Age reported. Multicultural Aff airs Minister Robin Scott said everyone had the right to protest, but it had to be peaceful and respectful. “Violent conduct is completely unac- ceptable and has no place in our commu- nity,” he said. The brawl began in Ascot Vale when about 30 far-left protestors wearing black clothing and balaclavas, believed to be part of the anti-fascist Antifa group, swarmed the far-right protestors, including members of the United Patriots Front, Reclaim Aus- tralia and other anti-Halal activists, who had been picketing the Halal expo.

11mn rail trips on fi rst day of China holiday

Agencies Beijing Royal Australian Airforce Roulettes perform aerobatics yesterday during the Canberra Airport Open Day in Canberra.

ore than 11.6mn trips were made on Saturday, the fi rst day of the Mthree-day Tomb-sweeping Day holiday, up 11.1% year on year, the China Railway Corp said yesterday. Nearly half of the trips were by bullet train, thanks to the rapid development of China’s high-speed rail network, the com- pany said. ‘All asylum children freed Passenger fl ow was expected to hit 8.8mn yesterday. In order to guarantee all pas- sengers reach their destinations, 433 more trains were being oppressed into service, the company said. China has 17,000km of high-speed rail covering much of the country. from Australia detention’ Railway authorities have temporar- ily prolonged the operating time for online AFP Australia opposes Trump’s Asia nuclear policy: Turnbull Dutton told reporters in Brisbane. tests against the deportations under ticketing systems and travellers can check Sydney “It’s been a signifi cant achievement.” the #LetThemStay campaign, with vacant seat information and book tickets Australia opposes Donald Trump’s sug- ments. We would not support, in fact Deputy Labor opposition leader Australian church leaders also vow- online half an hour before departure time, gestion that Japan and South Korea we would strenuously oppose, I think, Tanya Plibersek welcomed the news ing to defy the government’s immi- according to the company. he last asylum-seeker chil- should develop nuclear weapons since as a global community, the further but said there had “been a massive gration rules, off ering sanctuary to The Tomb-sweeping Day holiday, which dren in Australian mainland this would “add considerably” to the proliferation of nuclear weapons. expansion of time that people stay in the asylum-seekers. concludes today, is the most important oc- Tdetention have been freed, the risk of regional conflict, Prime Minister “Clearly... it would add considerably detention in Australia”. Greens Senator Sarah Hanson- casion for Chinese to honour their ances- government said yesterday, although Malcolm Turnbull said yesterday. to tensions and the risk of conflict in The average time for people being Young called on Dutton to take a step tors. dozens of others are still being held The US Republican presidential the region.” held in mainland detention facili- further and rule out sending children on the remote Pacifi c island of Nauru. front-runner had declared he would South Korea and Japan last week ties is at its highest level - 464 days back to Nauru. “Peter Dutton should Under Canberra’s harsh immigra- withdraw US troops from both coun- off ered muted reactions to Trump’s - since records were kept from Janu- allow these families and children to tion policy, asylum-seekers who try tries and allow them to develop their comments. ary 2012, according to immigration apply for visas in Australia, so that to reach Australia by boat are turned own nuclear arsenals. There are nearly 30,000 US troops department fi gures. they can get on with rebuilding their back or sent to Pacifi c camps in Nauru But Turnbull said regional power permanently stationed in South Korea Meanwhile, another 50 children lives in safety,” Hanson-Young said in and Papua New Guinea where they Australia, a US ally, was “opposed to and 47,000 in Japan, with little ap- were still being held at the Nauru a statement yesterday. are held indefi nitely while their refu- the further proliferation of nuclear petite for nuclear weapons in either camp, according to the latest fi gures Turnbull said the government’s gee applications are processed. weapons”. nations. from Australia’s immigration depart- policy of not allowing asylum-seek- They are blocked from resettling in “That is absolutely not the view of Turnbull in February unveiled a ment, although the Pacifi c govern- ers who arrived by boat to settle in Australia even if found to be refugees. Australia,” the prime minister told Sky major new investment in Australia’s ment said in October the asylum- Australia had not changed. Canberra has been under pressure News of Trump’s nuclear policy com- defence capabilities. seekers there are free to roam around “That is why as part of our exer- from rights groups to release children the tiny nation. cise, we are working with other coun- from the centres, with doctors and The announcement came as refu- tries in the region to resettle people whistle-blowers saying the deten- Australian Prime Minister Malcolm community. They are usually allowed gee advocates said the 267 asylum- who are on Nauru or indeed (PNG’s) tion of asylum-seekers has left some Turnbull told Sky News. to move around freely. seekers due to be deported to Nauru Manus so that they settle somewhere struggling with mental health prob- “It’s always been a goal of the im- Detention levels for asylum-seeker following a court ruling in February else,” the prime minister said. lems. migration minister... to get kids out of children in immigration centres have were still in Australia in what they Australia has struck an agreement “We’ve succeeded since the change detention.” fallen from a record number of almost claim as a success for their #Let- with Cambodia to accept refugees in of government (in September 2013) The announcement means the 2,000 in June 2013. ThemStay campaign. exchange for millions of dollars in aid, not only in stopping the boats but children have been moved to commu- “In 2007... there were no children The asylum-seekers, including but so far only fi ve have taken up the A woman burns incense yesterday during we’ve also succeeded... that there nity detention, where asylum-seek- in detention. So it’s almost a decade children, had been brought to Austral- off er, with three - two from Iran and the annual ‘Qingming’ (Tomb Sweeping) are now no children who’d arrived ers waiting for their refugee applica- since we’ve had no children in de- ia from Nauru for medical treatment. one ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar - festival at a public cemetery in Shanghai. unlawfully by boat in detention,” tions to be processed live within the tention,” Immigration Minister Peter There have been numerous pro- later choosing to return home. Japan grapples with workers’ ‘death by overwork’

By Stanley White, Reuters karoshi rose to a record high of Kawahito, a lawyer who has overtime for three consecutive applicant a non-regular contract they must reimburse the com- He added that the labour min- Tokyo 1,456 in the year to end-March been dealing with karoshi since months. with longer hours, sometimes pany if they work less. istry lacked the manpower to fol- 2015, according to labour min- the 1980s, said 95% of his cases Work-related suicides are up overnight or weekends, with no “Some people don’t even make low up on complaints. istry data, with cases concen- used to be middle-aged men in 45% in the past four years among overtime pay. minimum wage under this sys- A ministry offi cial working in apan is witnessing a record trated in healthcare, social serv- white-collar jobs, but now about those 29 and younger, and up Refusing overtime pay and tem,” said Teranishi, whose own corporate surveillance acknowl- number of compensation ices, shipping and construction, 20% are women. 39% among women, labour min- break time are illegal, and the ap- husband committed suicide after edged that his department was Jclaims related to death from which are all facing chronic Japan has no legal limits on istry data show. plicant could refuse the job, but working long hours. somewhat short-staff ed but the overwork, or “karoshi”, a phe- worker shortages. working hours, but the labour The problem has become more activists say companies tell them Such abuses have become so government was taking steps to nomenon previously associated Hiroshi Kawahito, secretary ministry recognises two types of acute as Japan’s workforce has they will be given regular con- common in the past 10 years that recruit more every year. He de- with the long-suff ering “salary general of the National Defence karoshi: death from cardiovascu- divided into two distinct cat- tracts after six months or so. such companies have been dubbed clined to give his name as he is man” that is increasingly affl ict- Counsel for Victims of karoshi, lar illness linked to overwork, and egories - regular employees, They say young applicants “black” companies in the media. not authorised to speak to the ing young and female employees. said the real number was prob- suicide following work-related and those on temporary or non- often accept due to lack of ex- Hirokazu Ouchi, a professor at media. Labour demand, with 1.28 jobs ably 10 times higher, as the gov- mental stress. standard contracts, frequently perience, while women trying Chukyo University, wrote a book Japan’s working-age popula- per applicant, is the highest since ernment is reluctant to recognise A cardiovascular death is likely women and younger people. to re-enter the workforce after last year about such companies tion has been falling since the 1991, which should help Prime such incidents. to be considered karoshi if an In 2015 non-regular employees childbirth often feel it would be when he realised some of his stu- mid-1990s, which would nor- Minister Shinzo Abe draw more “The government hosts a lot employee worked 100 hours of made up 38% of the workforce, diffi cult to get a foothold else- dents were being treated illegally mally lead companies to improve people into the workforce to of symposiums and makes post- overtime in the month before- up from 20% in 1990, and 68% of where. at their part-time jobs. working conditions to attract counter the eff ect of a shrinking ers about the problem, but this is hand, or 80 hours of overtime in them were women. Emiko Teranishi, head of the Ouchi said their hiring practic- workers, but Ouchi said it was population, but lax enforcement propaganda,” he said. two or more consecutive months Lawyers and academic say Families Dealing with Karoshi es typically follow a similar pat- not happening because they can of labour laws means some busi- “The real problem is reducing in the previous six. unscrupulous employers oper- support group, said she hears lots tern. “Companies will hire some- get away with bending the rules. nesses are simply squeezing more working hours, and the govern- A suicide could qualify if it fol- ate a “bait-and-switch” policy, of complaints about hiring tac- one for two to three years, but they “This is a way for companies to out of employees, sometimes ment is not doing enough.” lows an individual’s working 160 advertising a full-time position tics, with some companies telling have no intention of investing the keep labour costs down, but it is with tragic consequences. The labour ministry did not re- hours or more of overtime in one with reasonable working hours, new hires that their salary in- time or the money to nurture that also a path that leads to death by Claims for compensation for spond to requests for comment. month or more than 100 hours of but later off ering the successful cludes 80 hours of overtime, and employee,” said Ouchi. overwork,” he said. Gulf Times 16 Monday, April 4, 2016 BRITAIN

SEARCH ACCIDENT CLAIM SALE OBITUARY Missing 10-year-old back Three people injured in Academies plan faces Peter Pan sculpture could Sherlock Holmes actor home after search ‘suspicious’ gas explosion £1.1bn shortfall: Labour fetch £30,000 at auction Wilmer dies aged 96

A 10-year-old boy who was feared missing in Three people were taken to hospital including Government plans to turn all schools into academies A rare bronze sculpture of children’s favourite Peter Sherlock Holmes actor Douglas Wilmer has died Cumbria has returned home, police said. Off icers one with life-threatening injuries after a “suspi- face a £1.1bn funding shortfall, according to Labour, Pan is expected to fetch up to £30,000 at auction at the age of 96. Wilmer donned the famous deer- and relatives had been searching through the cious” gas explosion in South Wales. Dozens who said the costly scheme could harm the educa- this week. The figure is a smaller version of the Peter stalker and picked up the clay pipe in the mid-1960s night for Joshua Partridge, from Workington, who of firefighters and several emergency vehicles tion system. In his recent Budget, Chancellor George Pan statue which has attracted visitors to London’s to play Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous creation. was last seen at about 8pm on Saturday on Poole were despatched to the extensively damaged Osborne announced plans to turn every state school Kensington Gardens since it appeared there overnight In 2012, at the very end of his acting career, he Road in the seaside town. Locals were urged to terraced property in Newport. Three people into an academy by 2022, although Labour warned in 1912. Author J M Barrie himself commissioned the made a special cameo appearance in an episode of check their gardens and outbuildings, and police were treated in hospital after the blast that just £140mn was set aside for the conversions. The work by renowned sculptor Sir George Frampton. Sherlock as an irate old man at The Diogenes Club received requests from members of the public to damaged surrounding properties. A spokes- government dismissed the suggestion there will be Valued at between £20,000 to £30,000, the figure cast alongside current Sherlock, Benedict Cumberbatch. help. However, police yesterday said they were woman for South Wales Fire Service said they a shortfall as “completely untrue”. Figures obtained in 1920 will be sold at Lyon and Turnbull in Edinburgh Wilmer died in hospital in Ipswich after suff ering notified of his return at 8.35am, and tweeted: first received reports of a gas explosion at by Labour suggest each transformation from school on Wednesday. The anonymous seller said: “We are from pneumonia, Roger Johnson, spokesman for “Good news! Joshua Partridge has returned home around 7.30pm. Seven fire engines rushed to to academy costs about £66,000 on average. They sorry to part with this beautiful statue - it has been in the Sherlock Holmes Society Of London, confirmed. safe and well. Thank you all for your help this the scene where 27 firefighters from six stations said councils would have to cover a further £12,300 my family for nearly 100 years. We hope that it will be “He was a great actor, he was a gentleman, he had morning.” worked in “difficult” conditions. in costs, such as legal fees, per school. as loved by its new owners as much as it was by us.” had a long and distinguished career,” Johnson said.

Prisoner Spring sunshine held after Leaked Brexit inmate murdered e-mail claims Agencies London

urder detectives are continuing to question Ma prisoner arrested on Cameron has suspicion of killing a fellow in- mate at Coldingley Prison near Woking. Madala Washington, 25, died after being attacked at the prison in Bisley. Surrey Police said he had been ‘starved’ NHS the victim of a “serious assault” at the prison, which houses Guardian News and Media make huge cuts at a time of ris- independent experts had said around 500 inmates, and detec- London ing demand. Patients are hav- Brexit would cause an “economic tives have launched a murder in- ing to wait longer for treatment, shock”. vestigation. hospital deficits are increasing It follows an article by Hunt A 23-year-old man, who is he Brexit campaign group and doctors are on strike af- that was branded as scaremon- also an inmate at the prison, was backed by the Justice Sec- ter being told they must take a gering by Out campaigners. arrested on suspicion of murder Tretary, Michael Gove, is pay cut,” it says, claiming that Cameron and Gove have tried and remains in police custody. trying to persuade senior NHS Brexit would hand billions back to maintain a strong relationship A spokesman said: “A staff to sign a letter that includes to the service. throughout the referendum cam- 25-year-old man, believed to be a direct attack on David Cam- ‘Remain’ campaigners accused paign, despite Gove’s decision from south-west London, was eron, who is accused of hav- Vote Leave of changing its posi- to campaign vocally for Brexit. sadly declared dead at the scene. ing starved the health service of tion on the NHS, arguing that the There are claims that the prime Offi cers from the Surrey and funding. group’s chief executive, Matthew minister has started ignoring Sussex Major Crime Team are In an e-mail leaked to the Elliott, had supported spending ministers campaigning to leave, making a number of enquiries Guardian, Vote Leave’s Cleo cuts, opposed ringfencing of the but Downing Street sources say to establish the circumstances Watson tells clinicians that her NHS and proposed more privati- the justice secretary is still invit- surrounding the incident and are group desperately needs doctors, sation in the past. ed to sessions in which Cameron working with HM Prison Service nurses and pharmacists to warn James McGrory, a spokesman prepares for Prime Minister’s and the ministry of justice.” that Britain’s health service is for Britain Stronger in Europe, Questions. The Prison Service said an in- being damaged by the EU. said: “You cannot trust Vote Nick Herbert, the chairman vestigation would be carried out A draft version of the let- Leave with the NHS. They are of Conservatives In, called on by the independent prisons and ter included by Watson says: people who have spent their po- the party’s MPs and ministers to probation ombudsman. “David Cameron and Jeremy litical lives championing policies “distance themselves from this Coldingley is a category C Hunt must accept responsibil- which would destroy the NHS as wholly unacceptable attack on training prison, meaning in- ity for this – they have starved we know it. our party”. “I fi nd it hard to be- mates are considered unlikely to the NHS of necessary funding “It’s rank opportunism for lieve that any senior Conserva- make a determined escape at- for too long.” them to now don the clothes of tive would want to be associated tempt but cannot be trusted in She says in the e-mail that the protectors of the NHS.” with direct criticism of the prime open conditions. letter will be published today to A Vote Leave spokesman re- minister and our achievements in It has capacity for around 500 mark the start of a week in which jected the claim, arguing that this crucial area, not least ahead prisoners in fi ve wings, where “out” campaigners will focus on the NHS was struggling because of local elections,” he said. inmates are mainly housed in NHS issues such as cost, patient of EU membership. “If we Vote Meanwhile Cameron said his single cells, and is focused on the care and safety, immigration and Leave we can stop handing over encounters with other world “ resettlement of prisoners” . EU directives. £350mn a week to the EU and can leaders had underlined the fact The death comes against a The inclusion of a line direct- instead spend our money on our they believed Britain’s best in- backdrop of concerns about rising ly criticising the Conservative priorities like the NHS,” he said. terests lay in remaining in the cases of violence in UK prisons. leader has triggered a furious A senior department of health EU. There were 257 deaths in cus- reaction among some of the par- source hit back by claiming the The prime minister’s com- tody last year including eight ty’s MPs because Vote Leave has government had provided an ad- ments came as another leading homicides, more than in any Gove, the London mayor, Boris ditional £10bn for the NHS and fi gure linked to Vote Leave told other year since records started Johnson, and cabinet ministers said that “every Conservative the Guardian he would like to see in 1978. Priti Patel and John Whittingdale MP stood on a manifesto to de- the entire EU project dissolved. In 2015 Coldingley’s independ- among senior committee mem- liver this package”. They added: Nigel Lawson, a former Tory ent monitoring board wrote to bers. “So we expect every Conserva- chancellor, said: “Well you could Prisons Minister Andrew Selous The letter describes the health tive MP to have absolutely noth- say that once upon a time it over its concerns about the jail. service as a great British institu- ing to do with this letter.” served a useful purpose, in con- Its report blamed an increase tion that families rely on. “But In an increasingly fi erce battle fi ning Germany. You could make in home-made weapons at the as it slips into fi nancial crisis the over Britain’s future relation- that case – and I really bought prison and illegal drugs on cuts NHS itself needs some urgent at- ship with the EU, which is caus- into this in the 50s. But it’s to the number of prison offi cers Two women take a selfie photograph in the spring sunshine in St James’s Park in central London. tention. ing stark divisions in the Tory passed its sell-by date; it’s served and staff . “The NHS is being asked to party, the source claimed that its purpose.” Would vote to stay ‘Leave’ ahead in EU vote campaign: poll in UK, says Dugdale Agencies “Government strategists and London pollsters privately admit that the central problem for the Remain Agencies for Scotland’s sake, against leader Ruth Davidson accused side is that its support for stay- London the UK Union”, Dugdale said: the First Minister of disrespect- oung people could be the ing in the EU is strongest among ‘’Possibly. It’s not inconceiv- ing the 2014 poll. deciding factor in wheth- young people, the group least able.’’ Davidson said Scottish Labour Yer Britain stays in the EU, likely to vote,” its story said. ezia Dugdale has moved to Dugdale later moved to clar- ‘’simply cannot be trusted to de- according to an opinion poll re- The poll found that 53% of clarify her stance on inde- ify her position in a statement, fend the decision of 2mn Scots to leased yesterday, which put the people aged 18 to 34 wanted Brit- Kpendence after she said in saying: “As I made clear in the stay part of the UK’’. Leave campaign in the lead. ain to stay in the European Un- an interview ‘’it’s not inconceiv- leaders’ TV debate, Labour has ‘’The idea that Scotland’s The online survey for The ion, with 29% wanting out. able’’ that she could support a ruled out a second independ- place in the United Kingdom Observer newspaper found In the 35 to 54 age group, 38% future Yes vote if the UK leaves ence referendum. We won’t is in some way dependent on support for Britain to quit the wanted to stay while 42% wanted the EU. introduce one in government Britain’s membership of the EU 28-country bloc was at 43%, to leave. Speaking to the Fabian Review, and we would vote against one is offensive,” the Tory leader with the campaign to stay in the Amongst the over-55s, 30% the Scottish Labour leader said if it’s introduced by any other added. EU on 39%. want Britain to remain in the EU she “ would very much like’’ to party. “Scotland helped build the UK Some 18% of the 1,966 adults while 54% want to pull out. remain part of both the UK and “I campaigned as hard as an- and is an integral part of it - con- asked in the Opinium online sur- Meanwhile, the majority of EU. ybody to ensure that Scotland fi rmed by the referendum vote vey, conducted between Tuesday British aerospace, defence, secu- Dugdale was asked where her remained part of the UK. The just 18 months ago.’’ and Friday, said they were unde- rity and space companies believe ‘’loyalty’’ would be if there was collapse in the oil price showed Scottish Liberal Democrat cided on how they will vote. One that the country should stay in an overall vote to leave in the EU that the best way to secure our leader Willie Rennie said: “Only percent refused to say. the European Union. referendum but the majority of public services is to stay in the the Scottish Liberal Democrats There have been considerable The economic impact of a Scots wanted to remain. UK. are now unambiguously in favour fl uctuations in the opinion polls ‘Brexit’ is one of the key issues She told the Fabian Review: “I would vote to stay in the UK of Scotland’s place in the United ahead of the June 23 referendum. for voters ahead of the referen- ‘’I’ve never contemplated that. in any future referendum.” Kingdom and the European Un- Telephone surveys tend to dum. I really wouldn’t like to choose, Independence re-emerged as ion. put the Remain campaign ahead ADS Group, the industry body because what I want to do is the an election issues during a debate “With Labour confusion over while those conducted online for aerospace, defence, security best possible thing for Scotland. last week. independence and the Conserva- show them to be much closer. and space companies in Britain, (I would be) putting Scotland During the STV programme, tive division over Europe, the The Observer said turnout said that 70% of its members be- fi rst.’’ Nicola Sturgeon said any future SNP are rubbing their hands with among younger voters could hold lieve it would be better for their When pushed on the topic referendum decision was “in the glee at the prospect of another the key to which way the referen- business if the country stayed in and asked if she would ‘’argue, hands of the people”, while Tory independence debate.” Dugdale: against new Scotland independence referendum dum will go. the EU. Gulf Times Monday, April 4, 2016 17 BRITAIN ‘Wimbledon Prowler’ leaves police groping in the dark

AFP pected of carrying out hundreds But fear now stalks the leafy The intruder’s high-profi le period of time that he’s been of- to catch him in the act. “He seems to smash 20 to 30 London of break-ins around one of Lon- streets in the form of the ‘Wimble- targets have included German fending and the fi nancial gain,” Starved of solid leads, Scotland jobs over a couple of months don’s most exclusive neighbour- don Prowler’, as the light-fi ngered tennis legend Boris Becker and said O’Sullivan. Yard launched an appeal for wit- and then he seems to go to hoods, making off with assets criminal has been nicknamed by French former Real Madrid and “The law of averages says that nesses in March after a particu- ground.” unning gentleman thieves worth more than £10mn. the press. In a decade of decep- Arsenal footballer Nicolas Anel- you’re going to make a mistake larly productive period for the From the scant evidence, po- have seduced romantics The quaint, upscale neigh- tion, the thief has committed ka, who chased the burglar from one day, but we’ve never actually burglar between last September lice believe the crook is a man Cfrom the days of Robin bourhood of Wimbledon Village more than 200 burglaries, mak- his house. His biggest single got close to him, which indicates and early 2016, with three to four aged around 35, of medium Hood through to Hollywood’s in the capital’s smart southwest ing mockeries of locks, alarms trophy is believed to be a 1955 he’s very good. He’s disciplined.” break-ins committed per week. height and is described as ath- heyday - and now London is is sheltered from the hustle of and security camera systems to Rolex Submariner watch valued That the crook remains at “When you look back at the letic, agile, organised, disci- transfi xed by the real-life antics city life, and known mainly for its pilfer luxury watches, jewellery at around £500,000. large is not for the lack of try- history of the last 10 years, that is plined and likely knowledgeable of the ‘Wimbledon Prowler’. famous tennis tournament and and cash, detective inspector Dan “In the UK there is no one that ing, with media reporting that what he seems to do,” O’Sullivan about police investigation tech- The prolifi c burglar is sus- multi-million pound mansions. O’Sullivan said. gets close to him, in terms of the police have even hidden in trees said. niques.

Protest at library closure plans New state pension aims for simplicity and clarity

Agencies is generally expected to be sim- London pler to understand in the long run, concerns have been raised that, at present, people are confused he new state pension about how it will aff ect them. launches this week, to give Around 70,000 people in their Tsavers a more solid base fi fties and sixties will miss out en- for their retirement planning. tirely on the new state pension be- It aims to sweep away com- tween now and 2030, charity Age plexities in the existing system and UK has warned. give people a clearer idea from a Some 50,000 women and younger age of how much retire- 20,000 men do not have the mini- ment income they are likely to get, mum number of qualifying years giving them a fi rmer foundation to of NI contributions, according to build on with other pension sav- the charity’s analysis. The existing ings. regime allows people to receive at Campaigners rolled out sleeping bags among the books in a last-ditch bid to stop the closure of a popular library. More than 50 demonstrators, including families with children, The state pension will change least some state pension even with refused to leave after a vigil to mark the closure of the Carnegie library in Herne Hill. Protesters made their beds in the children’s section as the group pledged to stay until for people who reach pension age only a few years of NI contribu- Lambeth council scraps plans to turn it into a “healthy living centre” that would see a privately run gym installed alongside an unstaff ed book-lending lounge. on or after April 6. To get the new tions. state pension, men must have The work and pensions com- been born on or after April 6, 1951, mittee also recently found that and women must have been born “neither the winners nor losers yet on or after April 6, 1953. know who they are”. The current state pension sys- In the early years of the new tem is made up of two parts - the system, claimants with fewer than basic state pension as well as the 10 years of qualifying contribu- additional state pension which is tions, people who derive rights to extra money on top of the basic a pension based on their spouse’s state pension. contributions and those who built Teen refugee dies in But the full new state pension up large guaranteed minimum will be at a single-tier rate, of pensions between 1978 to 1988 £155.65 a week. Usually people will face receiving less than they would need at least 10 years of qualifying under previous rules, the commit- National Insurance (NI) contribu- tee warned. A report from retire- tions to get any state pension. ment solutions company Aegon The new state pension is part UK also uncovered a “shocking” bid to reach family of a retirement savings revolution lack of awareness about the new which has been taking place in re- state pension among working-age Guardian News and Media ing from the camp at Dunkirk Hussain’s cousin in the camp in also said she had contacted Kent experience in the last few days cent years, amid eff orts to head off people. London where the teenager had spent northern France, said: “He was police, but they allegedly refused there appears to be no co-or- fears of a looming old-age savings Aegon found two-thirds (67%) six months, revealed that he had trying to fi nd a better life and died to issue a missing persons report. dinated response in regards to crisis as people are living for longer of the nearly 4,000 working-age family members living in Man- in the process and our govern- She said Kareem was an unac- refugee children going missing. but not putting enough cash aside. people surveyed were unable to Kurdish teenager has chester – whom he was trying ment is responsible for his death.” companied minor, who had been “He is a kind, funny and smart From 2012 onwards, people correctly identify that the full rate died underneath a lorry to reach – making him eligible to She said police offi cers in Ox- living in her centre at the Cal- boy all and his friends are deeply have gradually been placed into for the new state pension will be Ain Oxfordshire, the fi rst claim asylum in the UK under the fordshire had called Hussain’s ais refugee camp for at least six concerned and feel powerless to workplace pensions, which will £155.65 a week. refugee to be killed on British EU’s Dublin regulation, which cousin on Friday evening to reveal months. do anything. He has now been help them boost their retirement One-third (34%) of people sur- soil this year, prompting fresh promotes family reunifi cation. details of the tragedy. Clegg said: “The offi cer said missing for days.” funds on top of any cash they will veyed wrongly thought the pay- criticism of the government’s The friends accused the Home In a separate incident, an that he did not go missing from Charities urged anyone who get from the state pension. ments would be higher, and upon asylum policy for people arriv- Offi ce of being responsible for the 11-year-old boy from Afghani- Kent and my reply was that I am had seen the young Afghan to And Wednesday also marks one learning the actual fi gure, nearly ing in Europe. Hussain’s death, and said chari- stan has gone missing after being 99.9% certain that he is in Kent. contact Help Refugees. year since the retirement freedoms two-fi fths (37%) now plan to put Mohamed Hussain, 18, was ties at the camp had not seen any spotted climbing on to a ferry to I kept saying it’s an emergency, It is diffi cult to make an accu- were launched to give people aged more into their private pension to clinging to the underside of a evidence of British government Dover on Wednesday morning. he’s 11 and doesn’t speak Eng- rate assessment of the number 55 and over more control over their pay for their retirement. lorry when the vehicle crashed offi cials visiting Dunkirk and Liz Clegg, who runs the women lish, but it was a very unhelpful of refugees who die trying to pension pots. The package of re- Some 38% of people in the sur- at around 6pm on Friday night. Calais to assess and register how and children’s centre in Calais response. enter Britain, but a Guardian in- forms should ultimately give peo- vey carried out between February The teenager appears to have had many refugees were eligible to and looks after scores of unac- “So they then alerted French vestigation found that at least 15 ple more confi dence that saving and March had no idea whether a legitimate claim for entry to the claim asylum in the UK. companied minors, said she had police hoping that between migrants had died trying to es- into a pension is worthwhile. they will qualify for the full state UK. Maddie Harris of the char- tried to contact the youngster, them they might generate a cape Calais in 2014. Such deaths But while the new state pension pension or not. Friends of Hussain’s, speak- ity Help Refugees, who knew called Kareem, but to no avail. She missing child alert. From our on British soil are rare.

Khalife gig Alert over dangerous Sea burial for sailor teeth whitening kits killed in yacht race Agencies can put oral health at risk. London “Trading standards are deter- mined to remove any DIY teeth Agencies burial was “one of the hardest half of all those that were fortu- whitening kits with dangerous London days of my life” and that Young nate enough to know her.” ogue beauticians are off er- levels of hydrogen peroxide from will be “sadly missed”. Organisers said the decision to ing teeth whitening using the market and will always seek to He said: “ Sarah was a valued bury Young at sea was made after Rdangerous DIY kits sold prosecute those involved in mak- n amateur sailor who crew member and amazing vict- consultation with her partner, online, councils have warned. ing and selling them. died after being swept ualler. friends, family and the crew. The kits can contain up to 300 “These whitening kits are ena- Ainto the Pacifi c Ocean “On deck she was fearless A doctor, medical advisers times the legal limit of hydrogen bling unlicensed practitioners, while competing in a global and could often be found at the and the Maritime Coastguard peroxide, which is like “brushing including some beauty salons, to yacht race has been laid to rest bow wrestling with headsails, or Agency gave guidance to go with bleach”. cash in on the treatment, and some at sea. up the mast wrestling wrapped ahead with the burial due to the Simon Blackburn, from the Lo- are using illegal gels. The 12 teams held a minute’s spinnakers, even below decks length of time it would take the cal Government Association, said “Anyone considering having silence aboard their vessels to wrestling crew to protect the bis- yacht to reach the closest land- councils want to see the govern- their teeth whitened should only remember Sarah Young, 40, who cuit ration. She was a great wres- fall. ment introduce harsher punish- have it done by a dentist or another was washed into the sea by a large tler, never lost a biscuit. Young died after being ments to unlicensed staff who regulated dental professional.” wave as she tended to the main- “The crew stood on deck washed overboard while un- perform the treatment with illegal High level bleaching gels can sail aboard her 70ft yacht on Fri- with all the courage and dig- tethered at around 1.44pm UK kits. cause mouth infections, blister- day. nity we could muster, read a time on Friday. The clipper was Professional dentists are the ing and burns to gums, damage Young, a company owner few of Sarah’s favourite prayers sailing through rough weather only people legally allowed to per- to nerves and tooth enamel, and from London, is the second and poetry, before holding a in the mid-north Pacifi c on its form teeth whitening services at a gum-shrinking. crew member to have died on minute’s silence. The ceremony way from China to Seattle. business premise. Warwickshire county coun- the IchorCoal vessel during the was ended with a beautiful tra- She was recovered by crew- Blackburn said: “People need cil alone seized more than 15,000 Clipper Round The World Yacht ditional Zulu song sung by our mates who tried to resuscitate to be made more aware of the laws dangerous teeth whitening kits Race. Sapinda Rainbow Ambassador, her but she never regained con- and dangers on teeth whitening, between May 2015 and February Drawing upon centuries-old Charlotte. sciousness, a race spokeswom- with rogue practitioners given 2016, bound for shops, salons and maritime traditions, her crew- “Sarah was an adventurer and an said. tougher sentences and larger fi nes. homes . mates committed her to the sea lived life to the full. She died an Young’s parents are both dead “Illegal DIY teeth whitening Some of the kits contained more at 1.02am British time yesterday. adventurer’s death battling the and she has no siblings. Race kits may promise fast results and than 33% hydrogen peroxide - the Three readings were delivered, elements circumnavigating the organisers said they have been a brighter smile but those con- maximum legal limit for use by the including the ballad Sea Fever by globe. I wish we could have said in touch with her elderly aunt in Lebanese composer and singer Marcel Khalife performs at the taining dangerous levels of hy- public in the UK is 0.1%, or 6% for the English poet John Masefi eld. goodbye properly, we all do. The New Zealand, who gave the cer- Barbican Centre in London. drogen peroxide are the equiva- dentists and other registered prac- Skipper Darren Ladd said the ceremony was for Sarah on be- emony her blessing. lent of brushing with bleach and titioners. Gulf Times 18 Monday, April 4, 2016 EUROPE

Molenbeek residents struggle to fend off Bomb-hit Brussels militant recruiters

By Alix Rijckaert, AFP sense of hopelessness”, says Brussels Vanderhaeghen. When undercover police “come here to try to track (po- Airport in service n Molenbeek, the run- tential trouble-makers) they down Brussels neighbour- themselves are spotted in 30 AFP Ihood with the unenvi- minutes” by residents. Brussels able reputation as a haven for “It’s very diffi cult to shadow Islamic militants, residents them – and the recruiters know are struggling to confront the it.” russels Airport reopened threat of radicalism as recruit- But Vanderhaeghen says yesterday with three “sym- ers increasingly go under- radicals are fi nding it “increas- Bbolic” fl ights and strict ad- ground to prey on the area’s ingly hard to recruit” in an area ditional checks for passengers, youngsters. whose reputation now goes be- marking a new high-security era Molenbeek catapulted fore it. for air travel in Belgium after at- to global attention after it Sarah Turine, deputy mayor tacks by Islamic State (IS) suicide emerged the district had been for Molenbeek with respon- bombers. home to several of the Islamic sibility for youth aff airs, said The key travel hub has been State (IS) attackers who took however that “a more under- closed since two men blew them- part in last November’s Paris ground, hidden, form of re- selves up in the departure hall on terror assaults, which killed cruitment” has emerged. March 22 in co-ordinated blasts 130 people. Turine points out that vari- that also struck a metro station in The unfl attering spotlight ous attackers behind the Paris the Belgian capital, killing a total fuelled criticism that Belgian and last week’s Brussels at- of 32 people. People take pictures while the first plane takes off from Brussels authorities had closed their tacks had never actually trav- A Brussels Airlines plane Airport. eyes to the problems gripping elled to Syria. bound for the Portuguese city of the impoverished, immigrant- What they do have in com- Faro became the fi rst to take off Right: Brussels Airport staff hug as the first plane takes off from the heavy area, leaving its dis- mon is a long list of convictions from the reopened airport. airport, which partially re-opened following a bomb blast 12 days ago, contented youth vulnerable to for minor crime and time spent Tearful employees and govern- in Zaventem. militant recruiters. behind bars. ment offi cials marked the 1140 Eff orts to recruit were bra- Such was the case of broth- GMT departure with a minute’s Below: Passengers arrive at the airport. zen until about two years ago, ers Brahim and Salah Ab- silence and a round of applause, with long-bearded extremists deslam, both from Molenbeek. AFP reporters saw, while on the openly calling for jihad in the Brahim Abdeslam blew him- tarmac fi re engines and police streets or outside mosques, self up outside a bar, wounding vehicles formed a guard of hon- until the authorities cracked one person, in the November 13 our. down and made some high- Paris attacks. “We’re back,” Brussels Airport profi le arrests. Salah Abdeslam, the sole chief executive Arnaud Feist said Since then recruiters have surviving suspect in that op- after watching the plane take to switched tactics, approaching eration, was arrested in Molen- the skies. youngsters more discreetly and beek on March 18, just metres Two further fl ights, to Ath- the departure hall, according to overall, the airport is one of the taking their messages online. from his family home. ens and Turin in Italy, were also Feist. country’s largest employers. Belgium, with a population “The lesson to be drawn scheduled for departure in what The damage from the blasts Belgium’s tourist industry was of 11mn, is per capita Europe’s from the attacks is that Daesh Feist called a “symbolic” reopen- was severe, with pictures from already suff ering from the after- biggest supplier of foreign Is- (IS) is mobilising criminal net- ing of the airport. the scene showing the building’s math of Islamic State attacks in lamic militants to Syria, with works who are not necessar- The same three planes were to glass-fronted facade in shatters, Paris last November, which killed more than 500 citizens leaving ily linked ideologically or who return to Brussels with passen- collapsed ceilings and destroyed 130 people. since 2011. have gone to Syria ... who ac- gers later in the day. check-in desks. A number of the Paris attack- Sometimes the recruiters cept participating in organis- The restart of the airport has Feist said he expected the air- ers had links to Brussels and stand on street corners hoping ing attacks here,” says Turine. been hailed as the beginning of bags screened before checking makeshift departure hall, and all port to start running normally the city went into lockdown for to engage Molenbeek residents Often in the case of young a return to normal for a trauma- in and being allowed to enter the bags will be checked before en- again from late June or early July. several days after the carnage in in conversations in which they radicals “we fi nd it is in jail, in tised country, but the shadow of main building. tering. The closure of Zaventem air- neighbouring France, with secu- try to tap into frustrations Belgium, where they have clus- the attacks loomed large. Loukas Bassoukos, a 20-year- Once inside, travellers will still port has wreaked havoc on the rity forces fearing an attack. about lack of opportunities or tered and turned to radicalism, Two big white tents were serv- old IT student waiting for his have to go past the usual security travel industry, triggering a drop The sole surviving Paris sus- perceived injustices, locals say. becoming a true danger to so- ing as temporary check-in facili- fl ight to Athens, said it felt “a bit barriers. in tourist arrivals and forcing pect, Salah Abdeslam, was ar- Sofi an, 18, who is looking for ciety”, says Vanderhaeghen. ties to replace the blast-hit de- weird” to be among the fi rst to Zaventem airport will initially thousands of passengers to be rested in the Belgian capital on work as a security guard, said Social workers are battling parture hall, and passengers were return to the bomb-hit airport. only be accessible by car, with no rerouted to other airports in and March 18, just four days before he himself has never been tar- to break the cycle of social rup- asked to come three hours before “So many people died here,” access for buses and trains. around Belgium. the Brussels killings. geted by recruiters but several ture that leads to radicalism departure to allow time for tight he told AFP. “But I think we can Vehicles will be screened and Brussels Airport, which He denies having any prior of his friends have been ap- whereby a vulnerable youth new security checks. overcome this. I think we slowly subject to spot checks. claims it contributes some €3bn knowledge of the Brussels at- proached on the street, in parks will drop out of school, quit The fi rst travellers to arrive have to start trusting the security The number of fl ights will be ($3.4bn) annually to the Belgian tacks, although investigators and in the apartment hallways his soccer club and then with- yesterday were met by heavily- controls.” stepped up gradually, although economy, has not released any have uncovered links with two of where groups of youngsters draw altogether from his social armed police and soldiers on the Psychologists were on hand to the airport will only be able to fi gures on the economic impact the bombers. sometimes hang out. sphere, having fi rst questioned access roads to the airport. assist any passengers overcome work at 20% capacity at best us- of the shutdown, but top carrier Belgian police are still hunt- “At fi rst, you think ‘oh these not just family authority but There was also a strong se- with emotion, AFP reporters saw. ing the temporary facilities, han- Brussels Airlines has said it has ing for a mystery third suspect, guys are just like us and could also their approach to Islam. curity presence inside the tents Under the new system, only dling 800 to 1,000 passengers an been losing €5mn daily. dubbed “the man in the hat”, who be cool’, but then you real- “It is the most fragile, the where travellers walked through passengers with tickets and ID hour. With 260 companies on-site was seen in CCTV footage next to ise they have pretty extreme weakest spirits, who get drawn metal detectors and had their documents are allowed into the It will take months to repair employing some 20,000 staff the two airport bombers. ideas,” he told AFP. “They say: in,” says Sofi an, who grew up in come with us to Syria, your a largely Moroccan area of Mo- life here is s****y. And online lenbeek. it’s the same thing, they’re not One youth, Anis, felt a void hiding, with pictures on Face- in life which prompted his de- book or messages or the videos parture for Syria aged just 18. they share.” He didn’t return, killed in a Olivier Vanderhaeghen, February 2015 bombing raid on Uncertainty prevails a day before a social worker tasked with IS positions. preventing radicalisation in Geraldine Henneghien, his Molenbeek, says that the lo- mother, is a stalwart with a cal demographic facilitates re- Molenbeek parents’ associa- cruitment. tion, founded by families who EU-Turkey migrant returns start “There is a sizeable Arab- have seen a child head to Syria. Muslim community experi- “We simply must work with Reuters two room-size tents were set up encing any number of diffi cul- young people and tell them Lesbos, Greece/Cesme, Turkey on the pier of its cramped port on ties”, with 40% of Molenbeek very clearly what their place is Saturday. residents under 25 unem- in Belgian society – and stop Two portable toilets were in- ployed, allowing recruiters to saying they are the product of here was little sign of stalled nearby. “play a little on the youth’s immigration,” says Geraldine. preparation on either side Further south, four small blue Tof the Aegean less than 24 tents were set upon the town of hours before Greece was due to Cesme for those sent back from begin returning migrants to Tur- the Greek island of Chios. key, and Greek and Turkish of- Turkey’s interior minister, fi cials gave confl icting informa- Efkan Ala, was quoted by the Czechs to deport tion on the logistics of the plan. pro-government newspaper Ak- The returns are a key part of sam as saying that 500 people an agreement between the Euro- were expected in Turkey from ‘ungrateful’ Iraqis pean Union and Turkey aimed at Greece today. ending the uncontrollable infl ux Afghans, Iraqis and Pakistanis into Europe of refugees and mi- would be deported to their coun- Reuters Police imposed a deadline of grants fl eeing war and misery in tries, he said. Prague a week for them to leave. the Middle East, Asia and Africa. The Athens News Agency re- “The seven-day deadline, Under the deal, those who ported over the weekend that the which the Iraqi Christians got cross into Greece illegally will returns would begin this morn- he Czech Republic will along with their passports, be held and sent back once their ing on two Turkish passenger send back to Iraq a group is meant for them to be able asylum applications are proc- ships chartered by Frontex, the Tof Iraqi Christians who to arrange the return home,” essed. EU border agency. tried to move on to Germany Chovanec said on his Twitter For every Syrian returned, one Some 250 people would be Children are seen yesterday at the port of Chios where refugees and migrants who broke out from Vial instead of staying in the coun- account. Syrian will be resettled to Europe returned each day through detention centre have camped out. try, Interior Minister Milan “This time cannot be used directly from Turkey. Wednesday, the report said, Chovanec said yesterday. to break laws or to move to So far, more than 6,000 mi- without citing sources. demand the borders open. delegation to Lesbos and Chios of Moria since it became a closed A group of 25 Iraqis took a another Schengen country. I grants and refugees have been “Planning is in progress,” Arrivals to the islands re- today to monitor the situation. facility last month and in protest bus on Saturday to Germany, asked the Czech police to use registered on Greek islands since George Kyritsis, a Greek govern- mained steady yesterday, two UNHCR’s spokesman on Les- at conditions there. where they were stopped im- all legal means so that these March 20, the date on which the ment spokesman for the migra- weeks since March 20, with 514 bos, Boris Cheshirkov, said there Journalists have been barred mediately after crossing the people, who abused the good- agreement came into force. tion crisis told Reuters. “I will not migrants, including many Syr- were still gaps in both Greece and from entering the site and hold- border, CTK news agency re- will of the Czech Republic and Where they will depart from, confi rm any report.” ians and Iraqis, crossing from Turkey that need to be addressed. ing centres on four other islands. ported. her citizens, are returned to to where they will be sent, and Kyritsis said returns would Turkey through the morning. “We’re not opposed to returns Condition on Lesbos were German police then asked Iraq,” he said. even how many people will be take place today, “barring any Of those, 364 arrived on Les- as long as people are not in need “challenging and volatile”, the the Czechs to take the people Thirty-seven Christian fam- taken back to Turkey under this massive hurdle which cannot be bos, authorities said. of international protection, they UNHCR said, with insuffi cient back and that was agreed, CTK ilies are supposed to come to deal today, remains unclear. overcome”. Many of those rescued by the have not applied for asylum,” he food and pregnant women and said. the Czech Republic from Kurd- Yesterday there were few signs The numbers being fl oated Greek coast guard off Lesbos said. children among those held. The Czech Republic agreed ish-controlled northern Iraq that Lesbos, the island hundreds “had come out of thin air”, he were unaware they would be sent More than 3,300 migrants and Families have been separated in December to accept 153 and refugee camps in Lebanon, of thousands of people passed said. back to Turkey. refugees are on Lesbos, an island since the deal, with some mem- Christian refugees from Iraq in four groups from January to through on their way to northern More than 51,000 migrants Greece’s parliament passed an of mainly Greek refugees who bers inside Moria and others who have fl ed areas controlled April. Europe, was getting ready to send and refugees remain in Greece asylum amendment bill on Friday fl ed Turkey in the 1920s. elsewhere in Europe. by Islamic State. Chovanec has suspended the back migrants. since border closures along the needed to implement the deal. About 2,800 people are held “Many of those who have ar- So far, only 89 have arrived. relocation programme, CTK A police spokesman said the Balkans last month. The UN refugee agency UN- at the Moria centre, a sprawling rived here have experienced Chovanec said that the 25 said. force was still awaiting instruc- Hundreds of migrants who HCR and human rights groups complex of prefabricated con- horrendous wars,” Cheshirkov Iraqis had abused Czech gener- Prague has refused to accept tions. on Friday broke out of the Chios have denounced the agreement tainers, 800 more than its stated said. “To be put in a closed en- osity and should go back home European Union quotas for Across the Aegean in the coast- holding facility in protest at the as lacking legal safeguards. capacity. vironment feels like punishment soon. distributing migrants. al town of Dikili, which a Turkish deal are at the island’s port. Amnesty International called Of those, 2,000 have made whereas seeking asylum is not a It was not immediately clear Polls show a majority of offi cial said would receive refu- Hundreds of migrants in main- it “a historic blow to human asylum claims, UNHCR said. crime, it’s a fundamental human how Chovanec meant for them Czechs would reject even those gees sent back from Greece, just land Greece are also protesting to rights” and said it would send a Aid agencies have pulled out right.” to return. fl eeing a war zone. Gulf Times Monday, April 4, 2016 19 EUROPE

Vatican probes misuse of Clashes continue despite hospital funds Azerbaijan ‘ceasefi re’ Reuters AFP Vatican City Baku/Yerevan

he Vatican said this week lashes between Azerbai- that it is investigat- jani and Armenian forces Ting two former offi cials Crumbled yesterday, de- over claims money meant for spite Baku announcing a cease- a children’s hospital was used fi re after the worst outbreak of to refurbish a cardinal’s luxury violence in decades over the dis- apartment. puted Nagorno-Karabakh region Costly work at former Vati- sparked international pressure can secretary of state Cardinal to stop fi ghting. Tarcisio Bertone’s fl at – seem- Azerbaijan said it had decided ing to clash with Pope Francis’s to “unilaterally cease hostili- recommendations that church ties” and pledged to “reinforce” offi cials live as modestly as he several strategic positions it – caused a scandal when allega- claimed to have captured inside tions emerged that the Bambino the Armenian-controlled terri- Armenian volunteers make preparations in Yerevan before making Gesu Hospital foundation had tory. their way to Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is controlled by helped foot the bill. The Armenia-backed author- separatist Armenians. Giuseppe Profi ti, former ities in Karabakh – which claims manager at the Vatican-owned independence but is heavily the frontline – reported hearing ers seized the territory from Az- Bambino Gesu, and its former backed by Yerevan – said they sporadic shooting yesterday af- erbaijan. treasurer Massimo Spina are be- were willing to discuss a cease- ternoon. Azerbaijan said one of its ing investigated, Vatican press fi re but only if it saw them regain Men carried a coffi n draped helicopters was shot down as offi cer Greg Burke said, confi rm- their territory. in Azerbaijan’s fl ag through the its forces took control of several ing a report in Italian magazine Both sides accused each other streets as the funeral of an Azeri strategic heights and a village in L’Espresso. of continuing to fi re across the soldier killed in the clashes was Armenian-controlled territory. Azeri servicemen bring their comrade, who was wounded during clashes with Armenian forces in Eff orts to track down the two volatile frontline that has divid- held. Yesterday Karabakh forces Armenian-seized Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh, to a hospital in the town of Terter. men, who no longer work at the ed them since a war that saw Ar- At least three houses were de- claimed they took back the stra- hospital, were not immediately menian separatists seize the re- stroyed by shelling and women tegic Lala-Tepe height in Ka- US Secretary of State John Karabakh region in an early den surge remain unclear, ana- successful. gion from Azerbaijan ended with and children had been evacu- rabakh which was captured by Kerry urged the arch foes to re- 1990s war that claimed some lyst Thomas de Waal of Carnegie A lawyer for Bertone, who is an inconclusive truce in 1994. ated. Azeri troops on Saturday. turn to peace talks under the 30,000 lives. Europe wrote that the “potential not being investigated, said in a “The Armenians have contin- Fierce clashes left at least 18 Baku denied the report, saying auspices of the Organisation The foes have never signed for a serious outbreak of fi ghting statement on Thursday that the ued shelling throughout the day, Armenian and 12 Azerbaijani that the height remained under for Security and Co-operation a peace deal despite the 1994 has never been greater” as both cardinal had never asked for or without interruption,” Azerbai- soldiers dead on Saturday after its control and that rebel troops in Europe (OSCE), reiterating ceasefi re. sides have bolstered their arms. authorised any payment from jani defence ministry spokes- the two sides accused each other sustained “serious manpower “there is no military solution to Energy-rich Azerbaijan, “It is more likely that one of the hospital foundation relating man Vagif Dargahly told AFP. of attacking with heavy weap- losses”. the confl ict”. whose military spending has the two parties to the confl ict to his apartment. “Fighting with the use of onry across the volatile front- Both Russia and the West ap- Turkish President Recep in the past exceeded Armenia’s – and more likely the Azerbai- Pope Francis has made clean- tanks and artillery continues line. pealed to all sides to show re- Tayyip Erdogan meanwhile entire state budget, has repeat- jani side, which has a stronger ing up Vatican fi nances a priority as Azerbaijan is telling lies that The Karabakh authorities straint, with key regional power vowed to back traditional ally edly threatened to take back the interest in the resumption of of his papacy, as allegations of it halted hostilities. Azerbaijan said one boy was killed in the broker President Vladimir Putin Azerbaijan “to the end” in the breakaway region by force if ne- hostilities – is trying to alter fi nancial crimes have continued continues shelling both Kara- fi ghting, while Azerbaijan said calling on Saturday for an “im- confl ict. gotiations fail to yield results. the situation in its favour with to emerge, including two major bakh army positions and Arme- two civilians died and ten were mediate ceasefi re”. “We pray our Azerbaijani Moscow-backed Armenia a limited military campaign,” investigations into the handling nian villages,” Armenian defence wounded. Moscow has supplied weap- brothers will prevail in these says it could crush any off ensive. de Waal wrote in a blog posting. of real estate and investments ministry spokesman Artsrun Armenia’s President Serzh onry to both sides in the confl ict, clashes with the least casual- The last big fl are-up occurred “The dangerous aspect to this is opened since late 2014. Hovhannisyan told AFP. Sarkisian called the clashes the but has much closer military and ties,” Erdogan said. in November 2014 when Az- that, once begun, any military Vatican investigators are look- An AFP photographer in the “largest-scale hostilities” since economic ties to Armenia and Ethnic Armenian separatists erbaijan shot down an Armenian operations in this confl ict zone ing into allegations the former Azerbaijani town of Terter – a 1994 truce ended a war in Yerevan is reliant on Russia’s backed by Yerevan seized con- military helicopter. can easily escalate and get out of hospital managers were involved around 10km (six miles) from which Armenian-backed fi ght- backing. trol of the mountainous Nagorny While the reasons for the sud- control.” in embezzling and misusing funds, according to L’Espresso. The work on Bertone’s resi- dence cost some €422,000 ($481,000), the magazine re- ported. Thousands rally in Poland against abortion ban Behaviour Burke did not confi rm the de- tails of the L’Espresso story. Its author, Emiliano Fittipaldi, Reuters/AFP ens the life or health of the code for published a book last year that Warsaw mother, when the baby is likely included the allegations that to be permanently handicapped money meant for sick children or when pregnancy originates Turkmen had been spent on Bertone’s fl at. housands attended a from a crime, for example rape The book, Avarice, was also at pro-choice rally outside or incest. the centre of what media dubbed Tparliament in Warsaw In a letter read out in church- offi cials a “VatiLeaks” trial into the leak- yesterday after the powerful es across the country yesterday, ing of church documents. leader of Poland’s ruling party but made public earlier this In another case involving the backed a call by Polish Catholic week, Polish bishops called for AFP Bambino Gesu, Italian media re- bishops for a full ban on preg- legislative action to tighten the Ashgabat ported in June that magistrates nancy terminations. 1993 regulation. suspected a cardinal may have Poland already has one of the “Catholics’ position on this diverted €30mn in state funds most restrictive abortion laws is clear, and unchangeable: one urkmenistan has pub- destined for the hospital to save in the European Union. needs to protect every person’s lished a code on ethical a diff erent church-owned insti- Offi cial statistics show only life from conception to natural Tbehaviour for offi cials, tution. several hundred abortions are death,” they said. “We ask the covering everything from bribe- performed every year, but pro- lawmakers and the government taking to dress code and not eat- choice campaigners say under- to initiate the legislation.” ing while receiving members of ground abortions are very com- Kaczynski told reporters ear- the public. Bishop’s sex abuse mon. lier this week that as a Catholic, The law “on ethics and behav- probe is dropped The debate around repro- he had to follow the bishops’ iour in offi ce” went into force in ductive rights has been building call. the isolated Central Asian state Italian police are dropping an up for months. While he said that he would on Thursday after being passed investigation into a bishop for The conservative Law and not force his party to vote for by the parliament, signed by the alleged sexual abuse of Justice (PiS) party, which came a ban in parliament, he was President Gurbanguly Berdy- seminarians, media reports said to power in October, plans to “convinced that a vast majority mukhamedov and published in yesterday. tighten regulations to bring of the caucus, or perhaps all of the offi cial newspaper. Prosecutors in Cassino, south of them into line with the Catholic it, will back the proposal”. Offi cials in the former Soviet Rome, had opened a probe into Church’s teachings, infuriat- PiS plans to end state fund- and energy-rich country who monsignor Gerardo Antonazzo ing liberals and women’s rights ing for in-vitro fertilisation breach the law face punishments after receiving a letter from a activists. (IVF) and reinstate a prescrip- ranging from “moral condemna- seminarian accusing the bishop Chanting “keep your hands tion requirement for “morning tion at meetings of labour col- of sexually molesting him and off the uterus” and “my body, after” emergency contraceptive lectives” to dismissal. others. my business”, the protest- A woman hangs up hangers, symbolising illegal abortion, as demonstrators protest in Warsaw pills. The law orders bureaucrats to But prosecutor Luciano ers waved wire coat hangers, against a possible tightening of Poland’s abortion law, already one of the most restrictive in Europe. The party has a majority in dress “in the generally accepted d’Emmanuele released a a crude pregnancy termina- parliament, and Kaczynski’s business style”, which it defi nes statement yesterday saying that tion tool widely seen as a grim test,” said Marta Nowak, one banners blasting the propos- Other marches were taking infl uence means that the par- as “formal, restrained and tra- no charges would be brought, La symbol of the abortion under- the protesters at the rally, which als and accusing authorities of place in several other cities in ty’s lawmakers tend to follow ditional”. Repubblica daily said. ground. was organised via social me- turning Poland into “hell for Poland. his cue. It also bans offi cials from eat- Antonazzo had been quoted on “Even Iran’s abortion laws dia by the left-wing Together women”. Poland currently allows ter- Prime Minister Beata Szy- ing during meetings or during Saturday stressing “how utterly are more liberal than this pro- party. Some slogans urged Poles to minating pregnancy only at an dlo also expressed support for “any work encounter with citi- unfounded the accusations are”. posal, that’s why we must pro- Demonstrators bore aloft “Make love not PiS”. early stage and when it threat- a ban. zens”. The code eff ectively gags of- fi cials, who must not publicly air negative opinions on govern- Man dies after cafe ment policy and their work. explosion, fire “They should not publicly ex- Fire rips through Russian ministry building press their opinions” if they “do A man has died from smoke not match the general trends of inhalation he suff ered when a government policy”, reveal se- fire broke out in a popular cafe Reuters water through hoses placed on the ground crets or make “unethical state- in central Rome, Italian news Moscow fl oor. ments about state offi cials”, the reports said yesterday. Traffi c through central Moscow was di- law says. According to the Ansa news verted. It bans offi cials from talking agency, the man – presumed to fi re ripped through a Russian defence Major General Igor Konashenkov, who was about the cost of goods and serv- be an employee of the cafe – was ministry building in central Moscow on the scene, told the Interfax news agency ices or budget fi gures, including in the underground storage Ayesterday, sending plumes of smoke that the fl ames had been put out, but that to journalists, in a country with rooms of Bar Ciampini, located over the Russian capital as fi re fi ghters battled work was continuing to extinguish parts of already tightly controlled state just off a major shopping mile, to extinguish the blaze. the building that were still generating smoke media that has been hit by falling when an explosion occurred and Around 50 people were reported to have and smouldering. oil prices and Russia’s recession. a fire broke out. been evacuated from the administrative A source told Interfax the fi re may have The law also warns offi cials The man was taken to hospital in building, which dates from the end of the started as a result of a short circuit involving against abusing their powers, critical condition and later died. eighteenth century. old electrical wiring. saying that they must report in- The authorities were Nobody was reported to have been hurt. The emergency situations ministry said the cidents of corruption to the au- investigating the accident amid Photographs from the scene showed fi re fi re had covered an area of at least 50sq m. thorities and must not use their suspicion that the explosion and Firefighters work yesterday to extinguish a fire at a building of Russia’s fi ghters scaling ladders to access the build- The defence ministry told Interfax that the positions to gain property or fire resulted from a short circuit. defence ministry in central Moscow. ing’s upper fl oors with fi re engines pumping fi re would not hamper its operations. other benefi ts. Gulf Times 20 Monday, April 4, 2016 INDIA

Tamil Nadu Roundup Activists slam AOL’s off er of bank guarantee instead of money IANS The move by Sri Sri Ravi The NGT on March 9 had al- the AOL sought permission to “By yet again defaulting on NGT to bring AOL to account for By Umaima Shafiq New Delhi Shankar’s AOL has been de- lowed the festival organisers to go submit a bank guarantee instead not making the payment of what it has done in the Yamuna scribed by an environmentalist as ahead, but imposed on the AOL of paying Rs40.75mn. Rs4.75 crore within the time fl oodplain, he said. “yet another attempt to frustrate an “environmental compensa- The AOL also sought permis- limit and seeking its extension “That the fl oodplain at the MK University he Art of Living (AOL) the eff orts to bring it to account tion” of Rs50mn which had to be sion to assist the NGT to deter- (on the very last day on April 1) site has been devastated is for scraps online Foundation is seeking for the damage it caused to the paid before the start of the event. mine if any damage has hap- to submit only a bank guarantee the whole world to see and has Tthe National Green Tri- Yamuna fl oodplains” in Delhi. After AOL failed to pay up, pened on the ground as a result is in contravention of not only been validated by a number of examinations bunal’s permission to submit a The next hearing of the case the tribunal relaxed that order of the World Culture Festival. the NGT direction dated March river experts. This fact has al- bank guarantee rather than pay by green court is to be held to- on March 11 by allowing it to pay Environmentalist Manoj 11, 2016 but also its own under- ready been adjudicated by the Rs40.75mn as “environmen- day. It is based on complaints Rs2.5mn immediately - which Misra, who had fi rst approached taking given to the NGT in the NGT and resultantly the AOL The Madurai Kamaraj University tal compensation” for causing that AOL violated environmen- the foundation did - and the re- NGT against the festival, said matter,” Misra said in a state- and the relevant government has scrapped online examinations damage to the Yamuna fl ood- tal laws by organising the World mainder in three weeks’ time. the AOL was once again default- ment. agencies have been faulted and for post-graduate programmes. plain by organising a festival Culture Festival on the Yamuna In a “miscellaneous applica- ing on its obligation by moving It is a brazen attempt to fur- fi ned and disciplined by the The university decided that the there. fl oodplain from March 11 to 13. tion” fi led on Friday at the NGT, such an application. ther frustrate the eff orts of the NGT,” Misra added. system implemented in 2014 was vulnerable to copying as it was outsourced to another educator, tough for computer illiterate students and was not recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC). Instead the university will revert to the old mode of exams. Meanwhile the Anna University West Bengal, has announced that online registration for application to engineering admissions for 2016-17 would begin from April 15. Details are available at www. annauniv.edu. Also the private Sathyabhama Assam hold University in Chennai has off ered about 50 seats for disabled students with full scholarship covering tuition and hostel fees. The courses available are BE, B Tech, B Com, B Sc - Visual Communication and MBA. fi rst phase of Details are available at www. abilityfoundation.org Off icials hunt for killer polls today elephant Mamata’s party faces tough est serving communist govern- sive 17% vote share in west Bengal Forest department off icers have challenge from Left-Congress ment in a multi-party democratic during the 2014 general elections launched a search for a wild combine in West Bengal set-up. when it was riding the crest of a elephant that trampled three The Trinamool had then won Narendra Modi wave. men to death in the Gudalur and IANS 184 seats, the Left Front 62, and The pollsters have been pre- Pandalur hill resorts in Nilgiris last Kolkata/ Guwahati the Congress 42. The Bharatiya dicting between 0-4 seats for the week. Janata Party (BJP) drew a blank, BJP this time. The first victim was while other parties and Inde- The Narada sting video foot- Radhakrishnan, an estate worker he fi rst phase of crucial as- pendents grabbed six seats, as the age, which showed several top who was attacked while returning sembly elections in West results paved the way for the state Trinamool leaders allegedly tak- home in the evening. TBengal and Assam begins to have its fi rst woman chief min- ing bribes in return for doling out The next day the elephant today. ister in Banerjee. favours to a fi ctitious company, attacked Manisekar, a 46-year-old The Mamata Banerjee-led rul- Since then, the Trinamool has has become a talking point, espe- plantation worker at Pandalur, ing Trinamool Congress in West fallen out with the Congress and cially in urban areas. who while taking a walk with his Bengal faces a challenge from a its other erstwhile partners, but It remains to be seen whether friend. Later his friend informed newly-stitched Congress-Left still managed to decimate the op- and to what extent it will aff ect the forest department who found Front alliance under the shadow position in subsequent elections the ruling party which has been the body of yet another man of the purported Narada sting to the Lok Sabha, panchayats rubbishing the videos. about 150m from Manisekar’s operation and the Kolkata fl yover and municipal bodies, though the Assam meanwhile will hold the remains. tragedy. opposition complained of large- fi rst phase today for 65 constitu- Angry villagers have imposed The staggered six-phase elec- scale electoral malpractices and encies to decide the fate of 539 a semi-curfew in the area tions for 294 assembly seats in violence. candidates. Chief Minister Tarun demanding the search and West Bengal are spread over seven Opinion polls predict yet an- Gogoi is seeking a mandate for the shooting down of the errant days ending on May 5. other victory for Trinamool, but fi fth term in Titabar constituency. pachyderm. Some villagers The other polling dates are the forecast of a narrow margin in The BJP has pitted Lok Sabha claimed that the same elephant April 11, 17, 21, 25 and 30. the vote share between the ruling MP and tea tribe leader Kamakhya had killed eight people in the past Assam will have the second party and the Congress-LF alli- Prasad Tasha against Gogoi. few months. phase on April 11. ance has prompted political ana- Similarly, BJP’s chief ministeri- Today, amid the roar of heli- lysts to dub the assembly battle as al candidate Sarbananda Sonowal copters, drones and the presence the toughest challenge so far for will seek a mandate from Majuli. Weatherman of central paramilitary troopers Banerjee’s party. The Congress has fi elded sitting retires after and state policemen, 18 constitu- The very concept of an LF- legislator from the Rajib Lochan encies in western districts - nine Congress poll tie-up would have Pegu. 36 years in Purulia, three in Bankura and seemed outlandish even a few The All India United Demo- six in West Midnapore in West months ago, with the two forces cratic Front (AIUDF), led by per- S Ramanan, the head of the Area Bengal - go to the polls. In 13 known for their mutual animosity fume baron Moulana Badruddin Cyclone Warning Centre of the Maoist-aff ected constituencies, and bitter rivalry in the state since Ajmal, is contesting in 27 seats Regional Meteorological Centre polling will end two hours early the pre-Independence days. while the regional party Asom in Nungambakkam, who became at 4pm. However, what was unthink- Gana Parishad (AGP) is contest- a celebrity for his matter-of-fact Over 4mn voters are eligible able is now a reality. ing in only 11 seats. announcements during the to decide the fate of 133 candi- And the new-found bonhomie While most of the constitu- December 2 flooding of Chennai, dates across 4,203 polling sta- between the LF spearheaded by encies will see straight electoral retired after 36 years. tions comprising 4,945 booths the Communist Party of India battles between the ruling Con- Ramanan joined the Indian - of which 1,962 are designated as (Marxist) and the Congress seems gress and candidates put up by Meteorological Department critical. to be striking deep roots from the the BJP, AGP and Bodoland Peo- (IMD) in 1980 in Chennai when Five years back, Banerjee’s Tri- lower to the highest levels of the ples’ Front (BPF) alliance in Upper weathermen had to predict climate namool Congress captured power two parties. Assam and in north bank of river based on hazy images faxed from in alliance with the Congress and Riven by factional fi ghts, lack- Brahmaputra, the constituencies Mumbai. He claimed it was diff icult the Socialist Unity Centre of India ing a charismatic leadership and in Barak Valleys are likely to see to diff erentiate between clouds, A polling off icer carries an electronic voting machine and election material into a polling booth on (Communist) in a historic elec- hamstrung by a weak organisa- a three-cornered fi ght between mountain peaks and jet streams. the eve of Assam assembly elections in Diphu in Karbi Anglong district, some 215km from Guwahati tion that toppled the 34-year-old tion, the BJP would be hard put the Congress, the BJP-led alliance However today’s crystal clear yesterday. Left Front rule - the world’s long- to retain its surprisingly impres- and AIUDF. satellite images and digital data have made predictions easier. “Weather has no border,” he said. “What aff ects us will aff ect Pakistan. The flow of information among countries is on a day-to- Saritha says Chandy day basis. And it is a department Congress clears CM’s nominees that is capable of assimilating the newest technologies - whether IANS It was not with any personal - meanwhile got in touch with sexually exploited her it is telecommunications, radars, New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram grudge that I opposed a few the Congress high command and satellites or the Internet.” names,” said Sudheeran. expressed apprehension that if IANS this. This is the latest attempt to Chandy also returned to Ker- Chandy was not going to lead the Thiruvananthapuram bring down my government, and he Congress high com- ala yesterday. After arriving in UDF, things could go haywire. for three years, this has been hap- Thread garden mand yesterday agreed Kochi, he visited his home turf Chandy had informed the pening in various forms. a big hit with Tto the demands of Kerala Puthupally. national leadership that he was TV channel yesterday re- “Did you all not hear in the Ooty tourists Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Asked if he was happy that he prepared to step down, and any- leased a letter written by past, what she said about me?” and gave its approval to fi ve can- was able to “pressure” the party one else could lead the party to Asolar scam accused Saritha Chandy asked reporters, referring didates for the assembly elec- high command, he said: “All the polls. He, however, said he Nair in which she says she was to a time when Nair had described The Thread Garden, consisting tions though their selection was what you are hearing in the news would campaign in all the 140 sexually exploited by Chief Minis- the chief minister “as a father- of artificial flowers, fruits and opposed by state party chief V M Chandy: emerges stronger is baseless.” assembly constituencies. ter Oommen Chandy at his offi cial like person”. lawns fabricated from thread Sudheeran. “No one can ever get the better Polls for the 140-member residence. Chandy said he sus- “Since this fi rst came out, the embroidery, located opposite The party high command with party president Sonia Gan- of our high command. All what Kerala assembly will be held on pected a “conspiracy” behind it. state had a few elections, and it the lake house in Ooty is fast agreed to the fi ve names after al- dhi, Chandy stood his ground and you hear is not true. We all said May 16. Nair yesterday appeared on the was discussed numerous times. becoming a popular tourist most a week of numerous rounds said if any of the fi ve was dropped, what we had to say and the fi nal Meanwhile, another pre-poll Asianet News channel and con- And now with the assembly polls, attraction. of talks at various levels. he would not contest the polls. decision would be that of the survey predicted a neck-and- fi rmed that she had written the this has surfaced again,” he said. It was founded by Antony Since the time the state’s Sources said former defence high command,” Chandy said. neck race with the opposition 24-page letter in 2013. The letter came out on a day Joseph, a college lecturer-turned top leadership reached Delhi minister A K Antony, who is also The three top leaders of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) led “Yes, this letter is mine and I when Chandy managed to con- textile businessman, who took on March 27, Sudheeran had a former chief minister of Kerala, party from Kerala - Chandy, by the Communist Party of India wrote it in police custody. I will vince the Congress high com- to embroidery after a lot of been strongly opposing the re- stepped in yesterday morn- Sudheeran and state Home Min- (Marxist) bagging 68 to 74 seats not discuss the contents, but all mand in Delhi to clear the candi- research. In 1988, he hired nine nomination of Excise Minister K ing and persuaded both party ister Ramesh Chennithala - have and the UDF 66-72. what I have written is correct,” dature of fi ve candidates, whose women embroiderers to make Babu, who is facing allegations president Sonia Gandhi and vice been in Delhi for over a week to The survey with a sample size she said. names were being opposed by floral shapes from cardboard and in the bar scam, Revenue Min- president Rahul Gandhi to allow fi nalise the list of candidates for of nearly 15,000 found CPM vet- The solar scam case surfaced state Congress president V M pasting thread onto it with glue ister Adoor Prakash, who is em- Chandy the freedom. the 82 constituencies the party is eran V S Achuthanandan, 92, when Nair and her live-in partner Sudheeran. by an intricate four dimensional broiled in a row over land trans- Sudheeran, before returning contesting. as the post popular choice for Biju Radhakrishnan were arrested Over 30 cases of cheating winding method. This method fer, Culture Minister K C Joseph, to Kerala yesterday, told report- According to sources, the high the chief minister with 35% of in 2013 on charges of cheating nu- against Nair and Radhakrishnan uses no needles or machines. who has been a legislator since ers in Delhi that he has assured command wanted to please both the respondents preferring him, merous investors who paid mon- are registered in various courts. Joseph explains that the thread 1982, Benny Behanan for alleg- the party high command that he Chandy and Sudheeran, but the closely followed by Chandy, 72, ey for solar panels. Police estimate that they cheat- winding should be perfect without edly having links with solar pan- will not put pressure on it for the chief minister stuck to his stand. with 34%. Asked for his reaction, Chandy ed investors to the tune of over overlapping, knots or gaps for a el scam accused, and fi ve-time selection of candidates. A worried Indian Union Mus- They are followed by CPM said the timing of the letter was “a Rs60mn. natural look. He established the legislator and former minister “I have assured the high com- lim League - the second big- strongman Pinarayi Vijayan, bit baffl ing” as the state is head- While Nair is out on bail, Rad- garden in 2002. Today he employs Dominic Presentation. mand, I will not stand in the way gest ally in the Congress-led (12%), BJP’s O Rajagopal, (7), ing towards assembly elections. hakrishnan is in jail on charges of about 50 women embroiderers. Even after two rounds of talks of whatever decisions they take. United Democratic Front (UDF) Antony, (6) and Chennithala (2). “I suspect a conspiracy behind murdering his fi rst wife. Gulf Times Monday, April 4, 2016 21 INDIA

TRAGEDY WILDLIFE INVESTIGATION ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLITICS Woman evacuated from World’s first white tiger Maoist couple sent PM to launch start-up Manipur CM to meet Sonia flight, dies in hospital safari in Madhya Pradesh to police custody scheme for SCs/STs over ministry reshuff le

An Air Arabia Sharjah-Chennai flight made Top ministers yesterday inaugurated what A Kolkata court yesterday sent top Maoist Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh is an emergency landing at Goa’s Dabolim has been billed as the world’s first ‘white tiger leaders Bikas Hembram and his wife Tara to tomorrow a scheme to promote entrepreneurship expected to leave for Delhi today morning to international airport yesterday morning after safari’ in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh. 14 days police custody. Claimed to be once among the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes hold a crucial meeting with Congress president a 70-year-old woman passenger complained White tigers are reported in the wild from time close to slain rebel chieftain Kishenji, Bikas and women with loans in the range of Rs1mn to Sonia Gandhi to discuss cabinet reshuff le amid a of chest pain. The woman later died of cardiac to time in India. The animal is a pigmentation alias Manasharam Hembram and Tara alias Rs10mn, off icial sources said. The prime minister rebellion in the party. He would be accompanied arrest at a private hospital, an off icial said. variant of the Bengal tiger and is believed to Thakurmani Hembram were arrested on will launch the “Stand up India Scheme”, and a web by the new state unit Congress president, T N Airport director K S Rao said that the plane have originated in the former Rewa state, now Saturday by the Special Task Force (STF) of the portal in Noida. The function will be also attended Haokip, and Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam. landed around 4.30am. “The plane landed here part of Madhya Pradesh. Chief Minister Shivraj Kolkata police from Brigade Parade Ground area. by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Minister for Since they are understood to have finalised the after the pilot reported that a woman passenger Singh Chouhan, Environment Minister Prakash Charged with several off ences, the two were Culture and Tourism Mahesh Sharma and Minister list of new ministers to be inducted, all they have was suff ering from sudden pain in the chest,” Javadekar and Steel Minister Narendra Singh presented before a court which remanded them of State for Finance Jayant Sinha, among others. to do is to get approval from Gandhi. Dissidents Rao said. Police said Leena Abraham, a resident Tomar attended a function in Satna to mark in police custody till April 17. Bikas and his wife “The scheme is expected to benefit a large number expect the swearing-in ceremony to be held of Coimbatore, died after suff ering a heart attack the opening of the while tiger safari in about were involved several acts of violence including of entrepreneurs, as it is intended to facilitate tomorrow. Meanwhile, 10 ministers, expected to soon after she was admitted to the casualty 1,000 hectare forest area in Mukundpur. The the 2010 attack in a Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) at least two such projects per bank branch of be dropped, are fighting a last-ditch battle, saying ward of the Salgaocar Medical Research Centre forest area has three white tigers, two Bengal camp in Silda in West Midnapore district in which scheduled commercial banks on an average, one as 13 dissident legislators have joined them, their after being brought in by an ambulance. tigers and some bears, said a forest official. 24 paramilitary personnel were killed. for each category of entrepreneur,” an off icial said. camp has 23 Congress legislature party members. NIA offi cer’s killing was pre-planned, say police

IANS sealed, nearby areas are being New Delhi searched and senior offi cials from Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) have been put on the job to track the olice in Uttar Pradesh are assailants and probe the attack. working “on all angles” to “I am very hopeful that we will Pfi nd out the motive behind work out the case and arrest the the killing of National Investiga- accused. It looks like a planned tion Agency offi cer Tanzil Ah- attack. It was defi nitely not a mad, who was shot 21 times in an robbery,” Chowdhary said. attack by unidentifi ed assailants The NIA has also termed Ah- on Saturday night. mad’s killing as a “planned attack”. A woman employee takes a selfie with Modi during the prime minister’s visit to an all-woman IT centre set up by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in Riyadh yesterday. The shooting in Uttar Pradesh’s “A planned attack took place on INSET: King Salman honours Modi with Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour, the King Abdulaziz Sash. Bijnor district took place when him when he was fi red upon and the offi cer was returning from a killed,” NIA spokesman Kumar wedding with his wife and chil- said. “He was assistant comman- dren. His wife Farzana got four dant with BSF and currently on bullet injuries, but his children deputation with NIA. He was with were unharmed. Ahmad, 48, us for last six-and-half years.” known for undercover opera- The premier investigating tions, joined the NIA in 2010. agency is trying to fi nd out how “The assailants came on mo- he was tracked by his assailants. India, Saudi vow joint torbikes and opened fi re from a “The patient has been brought close range on Ahmad near Sa- in a critical condition. Our doc- haspur town,” NIA spokesman tors are providing the best medi- Sanjeev Kumar told reporters cal treatment to treat the patient. here earlier yesterday. “He was As a matter of patient confi den- an inspector with NIA and was tiality we cannot comment any- seconded from the BSF (Border thing further,” a statement from fi ght against terrorism Security Force) where he was an the Fortis hospital said, referring assistant commandant.” to Ahmed’s wife. PM holds talks with King of his visit to the kingdom. hensive Convention on Inter- regional and global peace, se- King Salman expressed satis- Ahmad’s wife is under treat- Ahmad was pronounced dead Salman, agree to step up “The two leaders called upon national Terrorism (CCIT) in curity and stability. faction at the $39bn trade in ment at Fortis Hospital in Noida. after he was taken to a medical partnership the international community to the UN. “The two leaders agreed 2014-15. “Nothing can be ruled out now facility in Moradabad. His body strengthen multilateral regimes The Indian side was also to enhance co-operation to Earlier, Modi visited an all- until and unless we get absolute is being brought to Delhi. IANS to eff ectively address the chal- briefed on Saudi Arabia’s ini- strengthen maritime security in woman IT centre set up by In- concrete evidence. We have to Before joining the NIA, Ahmad Riyadh lenges posed by terrorism,” the tiative in bringing together an the Gulf and the Indian Ocean dia’s Tata Consultancy Services work on all angles. We have to see was part of the in-house team of statement said. Islamic alliance of 34 countries regions, vital for the security (TCS) in Riyadh describing it as it from all the sides and work out BSF, providing vigilance cover. Both leaders rejected “any at- against terrorism. and prosperity of both coun- the “glory of Saudi Arabia”. the case,” Daljit Chowdhary, ad- He also held tenures as instruc- ndia and Saudi Arabia yes- tempt to link this universal phe- Acknowledging the strong tries,” the joint statement said. “This atmosphere I am wit- ditional director general of police, tor at BSF Academy at Tekanpur, terday agreed to further nomenon to any particular race, bilateral security co-opera- Modi and King Salman also nessing here today has the po- Uttar Pradesh, said yesterday. near Gwalior, and training centre Istrengthen co-operation religion or culture.” tion, the two leaders agreed agreed to promote co-operation tential to give a strong message He said borders have been at Hazaribagh. in the fi ght against terror and “They called on all states to enhance co-operation in in cyber security, including the to the world,” Modi said. called upon all states to reject to reject the use of terrorism counter-terrorism opera- prevention of use of cyber space He invited the women IT the use of terrorism against against other countries; dis- tions, intelligence sharing and for terrorism, radicalisation and professionals to visit India, and Kidnapped priest ‘could be freed soon’ other countries. mantle terrorism infrastruc- capacity-building and to for disturbing social harmony. said their visit would make a “The two leaders agreed to tures where they happen to strengthen co-operation in In the fi eld of energy co-op- huge impact even in India. An Indian priest abducted by The Catholic Bishops’ Conference further strengthen co-oper- exist and to cut off any kind of law enforcement, anti-money eration, both leaders agreed to Modi was welcomed with gunmen in Yemen last month is of India (CBCI) said a delegation ation in combating terrorism, support and fi nancing to the laundering, drug-traffick- transform the current buyer- cheers by the employees as he safe and could be released soon, met External Aff airs Minister both at the bilateral level and terrorists operating and per- ing and other transnational seller relationship to one of entered the centre. a Catholic group said yesterday, Sushma Swaraj who said the within the multilateral system petrating terrorism from their crimes. deeper partnership focusing on Some of them took selfi es quoting the Indian foreign government was working to secure of the UN,” said a joint state- territories against other states; Modi and King Salman dis- investment and joint ventures with the prime minister. minister. Father Tom Uzhunnalil the priest’s safe return. “She has ment issued after delegation- and bring perpetrators of acts of cussed regional and interna- in petrochemical complexes, The centre, opened three was captured from the southern assured us Father Tom is safe and level talks here led by visiting terrorism to justice,” the state- tional issues of mutual inter- and co-operation in joint ex- years back, initially had 80 peo- Yemeni city of Aden by gunmen negotiations are on for his release Prime Minister Narendra Modi ment said. est, including the security ploration in India, Saudi Arabia ple. The number has now grown who killed at least 15 people at an which could happen very soon,” and Saudi King Salman bin Ab- Both sides agreed to work situation in the Middle East and in third countries, accord- to over 1,000. old people’s home in an attack that said Father Joseph Chinnaiyan, dulaziz. together towards the adoption and South Asia, in the light of ing to the statement. Eighty percent of the em- was condemned by Pope Francis. deputy secretary of the CBCI. Modi was on the second day of the India-initiated Compre- their common interest in the On bilateral trade, Modi and ployees are local Saudi women. Fadnavis under fi re over New faces likely in remarks on patriotism Mehbooba cabinet IANS the senior leaders who held im- Jammu portant portfolios during her fa- IANS became an issue but it has back- and that those who don’t praise ther’s 10-month chief ministeri- New Delhi fi red. Now, they have come up Bharat Mata have no right to live al tenure. Sayeed died on January with this issue of ‘Bharat mata ki in this country”. s offi cials at the Jammu 7 following multi-organ failure. jai’,” Tyagi said. Meanwhile the Congress ac- and Kashmir Raj Bhavan “At least four senior PDP lead- wo leaders of diff erent op- Communist Party of India cused the BJP and its ideological Aand the civil secretariat ers are on the ‘hit list’ of Meh- position parties yesterday (Marxist) leader Nilotpal Basu mentor Rashtriya Swayamse- skipped their weekly holiday boobaji... They held important Tslammed Maharashtra called it “tattoo-ism”. vak Sangh of insulting national yesterday to address protocol assignments in the council of Chief Minister Devendra Fad- “Forcing others to chant symbols and said “both are pur- and legal issues related to today’s ministers of her father,” a top navis’s statement that those who ‘Bharat mata ki jai’ and making suing a cheap agenda to create a swearing-in of an elected gov- PDP source said. do not say ‘Bharat mata ki jai’ are statements that those who don’t divide in the country and trying ernment, intense speculation “None among the previous not patriots and should leave In- chant it should leave India is to twist the history of our inde- did the rounds on who will get a lot of PDP ministers has so far dia and called it a “ploy to divert not patriotism; it is tattoo-ism. pendence”. berth or will be axed in the new received a formal word from her attention from relevant issues”. They want to fl aunt it like a tat- RSS leader Bhaiyyaji Joshi council of ministers. to be in readiness for tomorrow’s “The people who hold too on their bodies,” Basu said. on Saturday said the national Governor N N Vohra formally oath taking ceremony as a min- ‘bhagwa’ fl ag (saff ron coloured “They are pursuing poisonous anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ de- invited Mehbooba Mufti, the ister,” the source added. fl ag) dearer than the Tricolour politics. The constitution of In- scribed the idea of ‘rajya’ (state) Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) “But she is holding a meet- want to take India back to the dia gives everyone the freedom while the national song ‘Vande chief, on Saturday evening to be ing here and things will become medieval ages,” Janata Dal Unit- to follow their respective faiths. Mataram’ denoted India’s cul- sworn in as the new chief minis- clear after that,” the source said. ed (JD-U) spokesman K C Tyagi Besides, article 1 of the constitu- tural identity and our devotion ter of the state today. Similarly, three senior BJP said. tion calls this country as ‘India’ to it. Initial reports about the com- ministers who held important Calling those raising the slo- fi rst and Bharat later. So why “The BJP and the RSS in the position of the council of minis- portfolios in the last council of gan issue as “pseudo-national- should it be Bharat and not In- past 23 months have been in- ters said the PDP and its ally the ministers are also likely to be ists”, Tyagi said the whole aff air dia?” Basu said. sulting the national symbols of Bharatiya Janata Party would fi eld dropped and new faces brought was a ploy to divert attention Fadnavis said on Saturday at our country. It is a cheap agenda the same faces for the 25-mem- in to replace them. from real issues of unemploy- a Bharatiya Janata Party rally in to create a division in the coun- ber council of ministers which “Out of these three likely to be ment, poverty and black money. Nashik that those who do not try. Bhaiyyaji Joshi publicly in- was headed by the then chief axed, at least two are defi nitely “They keep coming with such wish to say ‘Bharat mata ki jai’ sulted the Indian fl ag. It is clear minister Mufti Mohamed Sayeed. being dropped,” revealed a BJP issues. First, it was ‘ghar wapsi’, have no right to stay in Bharat. now that the RSS is trying to ig- People’s Democratic Party leader Mehbooba Mufti is Political circles were abuzz source. then came love ‘jihad’, which Fadnavis said that “crores of nore the history of the freedom accompanied by her mother Gulshan Ara Nazir and a security with speculations yesterday that The new council of ministers failed to deliver in the Bihar (as- people in the country felt that struggle,” Congress spokesman official as she walks from an aircraft upon her arrival in Mehbooba, who arrived in Jam- headed by Mehbooba will be sembly) elections. Then, the cow one must say ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’ Randeep Singh Surjewala said. Jammu yesterday. mu, has decided to drop some of sworn in at 11.30am today. Gulf Times 22 Monday, April 4, 2016 LATIN AMERICA

OBITUARY CORPORATE LEGAL CRIME PROPOSAL Argentine jazz great Blackstone ‘considering Fujimori’s daughter cleared Chile ex-soccer boss Honduras plans to Barbieri dies at 83 $3.38bn mall deal in Brazil’ to run for Peru president sued for tax evasion build new, safer airport

Argentine-born jazz saxophonist Leandro ‘Gato’ Investment firm Blackstone Group LP hired Keiko Fujimori, daughter of a jailed former Chile’s internal revenue service said it had filed Honduras will build a $163mn international airport Barbieri, who won a Grammy for music in the 1972 advisers from JP Morgan Chase & Co. to consider Peruvian strongman, has been cleared by a criminal complaint against disgraced former in the centre of the country, designed to improve film Last Tango in Paris, has died, New York’s Blue acquiring a controlling stake in Brazilian shopping electoral authorities to stand for president in soccer boss Sergio Jadue for misrepresenting on the poor safety record of the existing airport in Note Jazz Club said. He was 83. “We’ve lost an icon, mall operator BR Malls Participacoes SA, a the April 10 election. The National Elections his income in a bid to avoid taxes. In November, the capital city, authorities said. The project will be pioneer and dear friend,” the legendary club said newspaper reported yesterday. Rio de Janeiro Board voted 3-2 to reject accusations that the Jadue resigned from his post as head of Chile’s led by a consortium between local firm Inversiones in a statement posted on Twitter. “Gato’s significant daily O Globo, without citing sources for its frontrunner had given out illegal donations ANFP soccer association and travelled to the EMCO and Flughafen Munchen, the operator of contributions to music and the arts were an information, said the acquisition would amount during the campaign. Fujimori, 40, is to US to co-operate with the Federal Bureau of Germany’s Munich Airport, which will invest $87mn inspiration to us all.” Barbieri, born on November to Brazil’s biggest-ever real estate transaction and continue her quest for her father’s former Investigation’s probe into FIFA, the sport’s world and receive a 30-year concession. The rest of the 28, 1932, recorded 50 albums during his long could be valued at as much as 12bn reais ($3.38bn). off ice. She leads in most opinion polls with governing body. Tax authorities say Jadue hid money will come from the Honduran government career. His last performance was on November 23, A spokeswoman for BR Malls, which is based in around 30%, short of the majority necessary to over $1.6mn from the Chilean government, and a Spanish cooperation fund. The country’s 2015, Blue Note said. He began to play saxophone Rio and is Brazil’s biggest mall operator, declined avoid a second-round runoff vote in June. Her resulting in lost tax revenues of some $560,000. capital, Tegucigalpa, is surrounded by hills, and professionally as a teenager in clubs in Buenos to comment. A spokeswoman for JP Morgan chief rivals include the right-wing Pedro Pablo Last month, Jadue angered Chileans when he its airport has a reputation as one of the most Aires. His career “covered virtually the entire jazz Chase declined to comment. A spokeswoman for Kuczynski, left-wing Veronika Mendoza and posted social media pictures of himself enjoying treacherous in Latin America due to a diff icult landscape,” according to his Blue Note biography. Blackstone did not return phone calls or an e-mail. social democrat Alfredo Barnechea. a beach- and sun-filled “vacation” in Miami. approach and short runway of less than 6,000 feet. Poor Olympic Fireworks Fair ticket sales alarm Brazil government

AFP es impeachment, meaning the Brasilia country does not even know who will be its leader by the time the Games start. razil’s government And a bruising recession has sounded the alarm over forced deep cuts to the Olympic Bmeagre sales of Olympic budget, with everything from tickets and public apathy just security to the opening ceremo- fi ve months before Rio hosts ny and even facilities for athletes South America’s fi rst Summer in the Olympic Village having to Games. make do with less. With worries about the Zika A national outbreak of Zika, virus, high crime and a major a mosquito-transmitted virus political crisis already over- that is believed to potentially shadowing the August 5 opening cause serious birth defects if ceremony, Brazil now faces the contracted by pregnant women, embarrassing prospect of empty has sparked numerous travel stadiums. warnings. A man takes part in the International Fireworks Fair in Indaparapeo municipality, in Michoacan State, Mexico. Only 50% of tickets to the Ol- Another worry, highlighted by ympics have sold so far, Rio 2016 the abrupt resignation last week organising committee spokes- of national public security chief man Phil Wilkinson said. Adilson Moreira, is safety. For the Paralympics, which Brazil is one of the world’s follow the main Games, the fi g- most violent countries and ure is far worse: just 12%. chunks of Rio - including the Ricardo Leyser, who this week huge Mare slum, located near replaced George Hilton as Bra- both the airport and the sta- zil’s minister of sport, said in an dium hosting the opening cer- interview with Folha newspaper emony - are subject to frequent Macri reiterates claim that he was working on a plan to shootouts between drug gangs boost purchases - as well as to and police. stir up more excitement among Leyser called security prepa- Brazilians. rations “critical,” especially in One measure could be the the wake of gun and bomb at- government buying unsold tick- tacks on crowded targets in Paris ets, particularly for the Paral- and Brussels. to Falkland Islands ympics, and distributing them More than 85,000 police, sol- among schools, he said. diers and other personnel are Agencies known in South America as the 1.7mn square kilometres to its the Falklands Islands that are “There is a perception that the being deployed in Rio for the two Buenos Aires Malvinas, have been a crown area of sovereignty. not the subject of competing Brazilian population has not yet weeks of the Games. colony of Britain since 1833, Macri‘s government hailed claims,” Mike Summers, one woken up for the Games. We are That’s twice as many as were but Argentina has consistently the decision as a “historic event.” the local legislative assembly going to work energetically on needed for the London 2012 resident Mauricio Macri claimed sovereignty. Britain dismissed the rul- members that govern the Brit- this because it’s still not in peo- Summer Games. However, crit- has repeated Argentina‘s A British naval task force ar- ing as a non-binding decision ish Overseas Territory said. ple’s heads. We need to sound an ics have queried Brazil’s ability Pclaim to the Falklands, rived within weeks of the 1982 by an advisory committee, and Summers added the decision alert so that people remember to deal with the unfamiliar chal- on the anniversary of the 1982 invasion and easily retook the noted that Falkland islanders “has no eff ect for the sovereign this event and go and buy tick- lenge of terrorism. invasion of the South Atlantic archipelago in a brief confl ict themselves wish to remain an position of the Falklands.” ets,” he said. In his resignation, Moreira islands by the country‘s then- that killed 649 Argentinians, “These islands, with which overseas territory of Britain, as Stephen Luxton, mineral re- The Olympics were awarded to was quoted by the Brazilian me- ruling military junta, which set 255 Britons and three Falkland so many memories are expressed overwhelmingly in a sources director for the Falk- Rio de Janeiro in 2009 when Bra- dia as saying he was “ashamed” off a war with Britain. islanders. bound, belong to us. We 2013 referendum. land Islands government, said zil was politically stable and en- of what he called Rousseff ’s “un- “These islands, with which Last week, a UN report say- will return there, using the Lawmakers in Falkland Is- the latest chapter in the long- joying a prolonged spurt of eco- scrupulous” government. so many memories are bound, ing that the Falkland Islands lie power of dialogue, truth lands too rejected Argentina’s standing dispute would have no nomic growth. But with the fi nal But last Thursday, the Brazil- belong to us,” he wrote on Face- within Argentina‘s maritime and justice” claim that the UN decision impact on drilling. 100 days mark fast approaching, ian tourist authorities issued book. “We will return there, us- territory reopened old wounds, strengthened Buenos Aires’ “It is very much business as organisers fi nd themselves tack- an appeal to industry operators ing the power of dialogue, truth with British Premier David Limits of the Continental Shelf claim over the archipelago. usual for all of our licencees,” ling serious problems on almost around the world to be reassured and justice.” Cameron dismissing the fi nd- approved a motion by Argentina The UN “has agreed to con- he said. “It will have no eff ect every front imaginable. that the Games would take place Around 400kms off the Ar- ings. to extend its waters in the South tinental shelf extension for Ar- on any resources in the Falkland President Dilma Rousseff fac- in “security and tranquility.” gentinian coast, the Falklands, The UN Commission on the Atlantic Ocean by 35%, adding gentina in those areas north of Islands.” Thousands rally against Airlines look to boost Farc peace process presence in Argentina Reuters Cueto said at a FIDAE panel. Santiago That could spark a revived in- AFP The 62 year-old Uribe re- want impunity in the peace terest in tourism to and from Ar- Bogota mains popular and powerful processes. We are tired of so gentina, with foreign visitors ben- opposition fi gure. His 2002- many lies and bad economic nternational airlines and efi ting from a recent devaluation 2010 presidency was marked by management, taxes and infl a- airplane manufacturers are of the country’s peso currency. ens of thousands of peo- a tough crackdown on the leftist tion,” Francisco Santos, a former Itaking steps to increase their The country’s airline mar- ple protested in more than rebels, as well as charges that he vice president, said. presence in Argentina, as a new ket already has a new entrant. T20 cities across Colombia favoured right-wing paramili- The biggest turnouts were in business-friendly government This month Avianca Holdings, against President Juan Manuel tary groups. the capital Bogota and Medellin, heralds change for the market, a key player in south and central Santos and his government’s In late February Uribe’s Uribe’s hometown, where he led executives said at the FIDAE air America, announced that it had peace process with the Farc youngest brother Santiago was the opposition march. show in neighbouring Chile. bought small Argentine execu- guerrillas. arrested on homicide charg- Police said there was no trou- The domestic Argentine air tive fl ight and charter company The demonstrations come es linked to a paramilitary hit ble. travel market has been dominated MacAir Jet - owned by none just days after Bogota launched squad. The ex-president claims Despite domestic opposition, in recent years by two carriers - other than Macri’s family. peace talks with the country’s that Santiago is a “political pris- the peace talks with the Revolu- state-run Aerolineas Argentinas “The market is opening in Ar- second-biggest guerrilla group, oner.” tionary Armed Forces of Colom- and Chile-based LATAM Airlines, gentina, with a diff erent mental- the National Liberation Army President Santos, who was bia (Farc) appear to be reaching a Latin America’s biggest airline. ity, until now it never interested (ELN), setting its sights on a to- Uribe’s defence minister, cur- successful conclusion after more The former leftist govern- us,” German Efromovich, presi- tal end to a bloody half-century rently suff ers from low approval than three years of negotiations. ment stymied competition and dent of Avianca Holdings, said. confl ict. ratings. Accords bringing in the gov- ran Aerolineas as a political “We will start with six 70-seat Large crowds ignored heavy Writing on Twitter, Uribe ernment and the Farc and ELN project rather than a business, turboprops and expand to eight- rain in some cities as they took to blasted the role of the leftist would establish peace between industry insiders said. But with een, that is the plan,” he said. the streets. Many demonstrators “dictatorship in Venezuela” in the main remaining players in the arrival in December of Ar- The idea is to fl y to under-served were decked out in the yellow, helping mediate talks with the a confl ict which over fi ve dec- gentina’s avowedly pro-busi- niche destinations, he added. blue and red colours of the Co- ELN. ades has drawn in right- and ness President Mauricio Macri, Executives from planemakers lombian fl ag. “Traitor resign now!” and “No left-wing guerrillas, govern- that is beginning to change. Boeing, Airbus and Finmec- The protests were called by more impunity!” were among ment troops and drug traffi cking “Until recently what they canica also said the change in the Democratic Center party of the banners on show as large gangs. wanted was a monopoly, without government aff orded the sector the conservative former presi- crowds swarmed through city Starting as a peasant upris- caring if it was good or bad for more opportunities, while one dent Alvaro Uribe, who has centres. ing in the 1960s, the confl ict has A woman holds a figure of Colombian President Juan Manuel the consumer. Today what they FIDAE exhibitor said compa- voiced consistent opposition to “This protest is a general dis- killed more than 260,000 peo- Santos depicted as an inmate reading “Farc President” during the are looking for is competition nies from his country had been negotiations with the Marxist sent against the government ple, uprooted 6.6mn people and “No More” march against his government and the Revolutionary and to be more effi cient,” LATAM advised by government offi cials Farc. of President Santos. We do not left a further 45,000 missing. Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) guerrillas in Bogota. Airlines chief executive Enrique to scout out deals in Argentina. Gulf Times Monday, April 4, 2016 23 PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN Iran not hand in glove with RAW: Pakistan

Agencies However, President Hassan was picked up from the Iranian Islamabad Rouhani at a press conference soil, is putting pressure on the held later in the day denied that Islamic Republic to register a the issue of Indian spy agency’s case against Pakistani agencies, akistani Interior Minister involvement in Pakistan was sources added. Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan discussed during his meeting India is also seeking to enlist Preiterated that Iran was with the Pakistani Army chief. support of the United States, the not working hand in glove with “Whenever Iran comes closer United Kingdom and France to Indian intelligence agency RAW to Pakistan, such rumours are convince Iran to go by its claim to stoke instability in Islamabad. spread,” he said. that Yadav was kidnapped from “Iran has nothing to do with Meanwhile, Iran has conveyed the Iranian soil, sources said. the activities of Indian intel- to Pakistan that it is investigat- New Delhi has even threatened ligence network. Kite fl ying re- ing whether an Indian spy ar- Tehran to choose between Pa- garding arrest of Indian spy and rested last month in Balochistan kistan and India, leaving the Is- Men collect their belongings from their makshift shop which was damaged by flood water after heavy rain on the outskirts of Peshawar. his links with Iran must stop crossed the border illegally or lamic Republic in a quandary. now,” he told reporters at a press was picked up from its soil, it India is investing billions of conference here on Saturday. was learnt from top government rupees in the Special Economic The minister said that an im- sources yesterday. Zone in Chabahar, a port New pression was being given in a Raw agent Kulbhushan Yadav, Delhi has partially built. Lying in section of media that Iran was arrested on March 3, was de- the Gulf of Oman, Chabahar port Rains kill 36 in northwest Pakistan involved in certain negative ac- ployed in Iran’s Chabahar port gives India access to Afghanistan tivities against Pakistan, the before crossing into Balochistan and Central Asia, bypassing Pa- Daily Times reported. to meet some separatist leaders. kistan. Moreover, India also buys AFP The deaths were reported in more remote areas. Severe weather hits the Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said Army chief General Raheel almost all of its oil from the Is- Islamabad Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province The worst-hit area was Ko- country every year, with hun- some elements wanted to dam- Sharif took up the matter with lamic Republic. during a downpour that began histan where 12 deaths were dreds killed and huge tracts of age positive and historic broth- Iranian President Hassan Rou- Pakistan has already handed Saturday night, a provincial reported, followed by Shangla prime farmland destroyed in erly relations and create misun- hani during the latter’s recent over evidence regarding Yadav’s t least 36 people were disaster management agency district where rains and land- recent years. derstandings between the two visit to Islamabad. Interior Min- arrest to key world powers, in- killed and 27 injured spokesman said. slides killed 10 people. During the rainy season last countries. ister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan cluding the US and UK, but they Aafter heavy rain across The number known to have Poorly-built homes, par- summer, torrential downpours Nisar Ali Khan said the mat- also discussed the issue with have yet not responded, sources northwest Pakistan caused the died had now risen to 36, the ticularly in rural areas, are most and fl ooding killed 81 people ter of relations between the two Iranian Ambassador Mehdi Ho- said. Interestingly, the same roofs of dozens of homes to col- spokesman said, adding reports susceptible to collapse during and aff ected almost 300,000 countries must not be linked nardoost in a meeting last week. world powers had quickly re- lapse, offi cials said yesterday. were still awaited from a few heavy spring rain. people across the country. with arrest of the Indian spy. According to sources, Iranian sponded when India approached “I appeal to media not to cre- authorities have directly and them over the January 2 terrorist ate an impression as if Iran is fa- indirectly conveyed to Pakistan attack on the Pathankot airbase. 15 de-miners cilitating RAW’s activities in Pa- that they were investigating India blames Pakistan-based kistan. Pakistan and Iran are tied whether or not Yadav crossed Jaish-e-Mohamed militant group kidnapped in decades-long religious, so- into Pakistan illegally. India, for carrying out the brazen assault in Afghanistan 120 civilians among 151 killed in cial, cultural and political bonds which has already claimed Yadav that killed six Indian servicemen. and nothing can come in way of As many as 15 de-miners were our relations,” he said. Indian visitors to face strict monitoring in Pakistan kidnapped in Afghanistan’s The issue of arrest of RAW western Herat province, an attacks last month in Pakistan agent was taken up by Paki- Indians visiting Pakistan will the new orders. off icial said on Saturday. “At stan Army chief General Raheel face “strict monitoring” by the The new orders came days least 15 personnel of a mine Sharif with Iranian President interior ministry, a media report after Pakistan arrested clearance agency were on Agencies 252 militants kidnapping for ransom.” Hassan Rouhani. quoting a source from the Kulbhushan Jadhav, an Indian, their way to Kohsan district Islamabad killed in last phase In Federally Administered “There is one concern that RAW ministry has said. in Balochistan. on Friday when unidentified of Zarb-i-Azb Tribal Areas 12 millitants, fi ve is involved in Pakistan, especially The interior ministry has According to Pakistani off icials, people kidnapped them,” civilians and three security per- in Balochistan, and sometimes directed all four provinces - Jadhav allegedly confessed to Xinhua quoted spokesman t least 120 civilians, 19 sonnel were killed in 13 militant also uses the soil of our brother Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan “fuelling” the Baloch separatist for the provincial government militants and 12 security Since the last phase of Opera- attacks during the month. country, Iran,” the army chief told and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa movement and “sabotage” Jilani Farhad as saying. With- Aforces personnel were tion Zarb-i-Azb kicked off by In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 29 the visiting dignitary. – to monitor the activities of the China-Pakistan Economic out identifying the de-mining killed in militant attacks in Pa- Pakistan military in February, civilians were among 40 peo- “I request, they should be told foreigners, especially Indians, Corridor project. agency, the off icial, however, kistan in March, a statement at least 252 militants have ple, including 12 security per- to stop these activities and allow who visit Pakistan, Geo TV Pakistan alleged Jadhav was blamed Taliban militants for said. been killed and 160 severely sonnel killed. Pakistan to achieve stability,” the quoted the source as saying. a RAW agent. The Indian the abduction. Though the number of injured, while security forces The province witnessed more army chief said, according to a The ministry has also directed government has denied he was militant attacks decreased in have cleared 640 square km high-profi le attacks as at least release issued by the Inter-Serv- Gilgit Baltistan and Pakistan linked to the government in March, an escalation in high- of a so far uncontrolled area 17 people were killed in the ices Public Relations (ISPR) after adminstered Kashmir to follow any way. 11 killed in profi le terror activities resulted in Shawal Valley of northwest Charsadda bombings. their meeting. in more casualties compared to tribal region of North Waziris- As many as 14 people were traff ic accident February. tan Agency, the Inter-Services killed and 55 injured when a This was stated in a monthly Public Relations, a mouth bomb ripped through a bus car- At least 11 people were killed security assessment report re- piece of army, said yesterday. rying government employees in and 6 others were injured in a leased by the Pakistan Institute Peshawar. deadly traff ic incident in west for Confl ict and Security Stud- Punjab saw the deadliest at- Taliban commander captured of Afghanistan, local media ies (PICSS) on Friday, Dawn re- Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park attack in tack of the year so far when a said on Saturday. ported. Lahore. blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal park According to the Khaama The report said security forc- The report said the opera- killed 79 people and injured 340 IANS ered an important commander Security sources said Mehsud Press newspaper, citing local es eliminated 108 militants and tional capabilities of militants others. Islamabad of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban fl ed to Afghanistan after the se- residents and eyewitnesses, a arrested 983 suspects. “March started to improve in 2016 as The attack resulted in the Pakistan as he had been behind curity forces launched a major total of 27 people were killed was the bloodiest month of the their command and control start of a military-led operation the attacks on the forces and the operation in the region in June or injured in the accident, in fi rst quarter of 2016 with 151 structure was intact in Afghan- against suspected militants in akistani security forces on tribal elders in Waziristan region. 2014, adding that Mehsud was which at least three vehicles casualties in 46 militant at- istan. the province. Saturday captured senior The commander was injured wanted by the authorities for collided. tacks.” “The increase in high-profi le A slight increase in militant PPakistani Taliban com- and was hiding in a house in his involvement in several ter- The accident took place on The over three-time increase attacks in urban areas showed attacks was observed in Sindh mander, Ahmad Mehsud, in a Razmak area of North Waziris- rorist attacks. The authorities the outskirts of Herat city after in the casualties was due to the that fi nancial pipelines of mili- where fi ve people were killed remote mountainous region of tan, security offi cials said. The described the arrest of Mehsud at least three vehicles collided rise in high-profi le attacks, in- tants were reconnected. During and 24 were injured in 11 mili- North Waziristan, security of- forces also recovered a big cache as a major success as it can lead head on as they were travel- cluding the Charsadda courts intelligence-based operations, tant attacks. January and Feb- fi cials said. of arms and explosives from the to the capture of other Taliban ling towards a recreational attack, Civil Secretariat bus security forces busted their ruary each had witnessed seven Ahmad Mehsud was consid- hideout, Xinhua reported. leaders. area. attack in Peshawar and the major source of fi nance through militant attacks. Pakistani women’s status ‘changing for the better’

IANS Javed made headlines last of a patriarchal society. The author, who started writ- New Delhi October for releasing her debut The author said that she ing the novel at the age of 17, also book over Skype in India dur- touches upon the human lives shruged off the age factor. “It’s a ing the Kumaon Literary festival after violence, as she deliber- preconceived notion that a teen- he new Pakistani woman after failing to get a visa. Now, ately avoids dwelling into the ager should indulge in shopping is changing the face of the after releasing her book in Delhi politics of violence. and dating only. I don’t think Tcountry and her status is for the second time, she har- “I don’t talk about politics. I age has to do with anything. I undergoing a drastic makeover, boured no qualms and asserted talk about the lives of the peo- spent my teenage years reading says 24-year-old author Kanza that visa hiccups are normal, ple who are aff ected by violence. and writing books,” said Javed, Javed, who recently released her given the strain between the two In my book, I look at the life of who presents the idea of a home much acclaimed book, Ashes, countries. a woman whose husband was as a free-fl owing concept in her Wine and Dust in the Indian “Why create a fuss about it?. killed in a blast. book. capital New Delhi. It’s normal as there is tension “You can’t separate a person It’s the memories of Lahore Set in Lahore and Washington between the countries. I released from politics in Pakistan. In Pa- that inspires her writing. DC, the book traces the three the book in Delhi now after re- kistan, everybody is a politician.. “When I was in the US, I was stages in the life of the pro- leasing it over Skype at Kumaon Everybody talks about it all the scared that Lahore will fade tagonist, Mariam Ameen, and it lit fest; so I had two releases in time. It becomes dull,” Javed away from memory. I was scared paints a matriarchal society. India,” the author said. reasoned. of what I will write if I forget “The new Pakistani women The book, published by Tara Javed is being touted as one of Lahore, if I don’t hear the rick- bring new culture for us, and the India Research Press, explicates the promising young writers in shaws, if I don’t smell chai, I will position of women is changing how Lahore has changed from Pakistan after the book received forget them. Who am I without for the better. Women are doing a city of old-worldly charm to rave reviews. For her, the inten- all this?” Javed asked. better than men in various fi elds a modern and rapidly evolving sity of the book comes from her The author, who has many like NGOs and other profes- one. Javed said that the book life experiences. friends and fans in India, be- sions. It was also a woman who is her tribute to the city and its “I am often asked why it’s a lieves that love will blur the dif- brought us our fi rst Oscar,” Javed changing life and people. tragic book. As a child, I was ferences between the two coun- told IANS in an interview. “In the book, there are two displaced from social scenes tries. The author shot into the lime- Lahores I am familiar with. The Kanza Javed and I used to interact more with “I felt at home when I crossed light after her book was nomi- fi rst one where my parents and maids, tailors and nannies who the border. People ask me how nated for the coveted Tibor Jones grandparents lived and the oth- a cultural place any more. It’s a her family, Javed confessed. is a maid who hits her husband had intense stories. Then, in the they can come to Lahore. They South Asia Prize. She has the er, the new city, which is more frightening place to many,” she “My family is a matriarchal and leaves him to stay with her US, I encountered the frighten- don’t care about the politics at distinction of being the youngest cosmopolitan. They are mak- added. one. In my novel, there’s a daadi, mother,” she said, adding that ing stories of South Asian im- all,” says Javed, who is planning and the fi rst Pakistani nominee ing bridges, but it doesn’t con- She drew inspiration for her who, even without a job, has a her protagonist Mariam chal- migrants. I am made up of all the her next book on depression as for the award. nect with you any more. It’s not strong women characters from strong sense of identity. There lenges the tradition and norms stories,” she said. it’s becoming a worrying trend. Gulf Times 24 Monday, April 4, 2016 PHILIPPINES

Govt’s low Power outage at airport spending keeps 26mn leaves thousands stranded poor: Binay By Joel M Sy Egco AFP Manila Times Manila nited Nationalist Alliance rare power outage (UNA) standard-bearer plunged a major section Uand Vice President Jejomar Aof the Philippine capi- Binay claimed over the weekend tal’s main airport into darkness that 26mn Filipinos are rendered overnight, forcing fl ight cancel- poor by the government’s policy lations that stranded thousands of under-spending which, under yesterday. his presidency, will never happen. As many as 78 flights by the In an interview last Saturday country’s largest carrier Cebu during a campaign sortie in Min- Pacific were cancelled, affect- doro province, Binay slammed ing nearly 14,000 passengers, President Benigno Aquino and the company said in a state- his administration for “no spend- ment. ing, all under-spending, under- Flag carrier Philippine Air- performance” for the past fi ve lines also said some of its years.“If you don’t release funds, flights were cancelled or de- your performance is aff ected. layed but could not immedi- Some students commit suicide ately say how many. because they do not have money The blackout hit Terminal 3, to pay for tuition. People die be- which services mostly domes- cause they cannot aff ord to pay for tic flights, late on Saturday medicines. But the government and power was not restored has a lot of money. Trillions of pe- until before dawn yesterday. sos are saved, rather than spent. Exhausted passengers Why?” the vice president said. sprawled on the floor as check- He particularly scored the in counters and luggage carou- government for boasting to the sels shut down. Long queues world about the country’s eco- formed outside the terminal nomic wealth as indicated by as entrances were closed until higher credit ratings. He insisted power was restored. that the state’s budget should be Terminal 3 of Ninoy Aquino spent for Filipinos, especially the International Airport, named poor who comprise a large per- after the assassinated father of centage of the country’s popula- incumbent President Benigno tion. Aquino, handles an average of Under his presidency, he 350 domestic and internation- said, government funds would al flights daily, according to Passengers wait outside the Ninoy Aquino International Airport’s (NAIA) Terminal 3 following a power outage at the airport terminal in Manila early yesterday. be used to expand the Pantawid data from the transportation Pamilyang Pilipino Programme ministry. as the world’s worst due to nal 3 general manager Octavio stored in minutes, suggesting passengers annually, but over- materialised under Aquino. (4Ps) to include senior citizens It is one of four terminals leaking toilets and creaking fa- Lina told DZMM radio. that the problem could be with use has made the airport noto- An excruciatingly slow in- and rid it of fake benefi ciaries in a complex that was once cilities. Manila power retailer Mer- the airport’s systems. rious for flight delays. frastructure overhaul has led and abolish income taxes for dubbed by the travel website “We are looking into the root alco said a transmission line The four Manila airport ter- Plans to build a new air- to chronic commuter train 6mn middle to below-middle Guide to Sleeping in Airports cause of this problem,” Termi- tripped briefly but was re- minals were designed for 17mn port outside Manila have not breakdowns and traffic jams. class workers. Japanese warships dock at port near disputed waters

AFP JS Setogiri docked in the Subic US and Filipino soldiers in the of the world’s oil passes - have Subic Bay Freeport Zone port yesterday for a routine Philippines, which is seen as a mounted in recent months visit at a sprawling former US showcase of a long-standing since China transformed con- naval base just 200 kilometres military alliance that the Phil- tested reefs into artificial is- wo Japanese destroy- from a Chinese-held shoal. ippines is counting on to deter lands capable of supporting ers and a submarine “The visit is a manifestation China. Seriously outgunned military facilities. Tdocked at a Philippine of a sustained promotion of re- by its much larger rival China, Aside from the Philippines, port yesterday near disputed gional peace and stability and the Philippines has turned to Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and South China Sea waters, where enhancement of maritime co- allies like the US and Japan to Taiwan also have overlapping Beijing’s increasingly assertive operation between neighbour- upgrade its armed forces in re- claims. behaviour has sparked global ing navies,” Philippine Navy cent years. Japan and China are locked concern. spokesman Commander Lued In February, Japan agreed in a separate dispute over an Manila is seeking to Lincuna said. to supply the Philippines with uninhabited island chain in the strengthen ties with Tokyo as The Ariake was equipped military hardware, which may East Sea. tensions mount over the dis- with an anti-submarine heli- include anti-submarine recon- The Philippines has asked a puted waterway, almost all of copter, according to an AFP naissance aircraft and radar UN-backed tribunal to declare which is claimed by China. photographer at the scene. technology. China’s sea claims as illegal and Japanese submarine Oyashio, escorted by one of destroyers JS Ariake (right), arrives at the former US naval Japanese submarine Oyashio The port call came on the Tensions in the South China the government expects a deci- base in Subic Bay yesterday. and destroyers JS Ariake and eve of war games between the Sea - through which one-third sion this year. Opposition lawmaker urges Marcos keen to replicate Ilocos Aquino to meet rice farmers health programme across nation

By Reina Tolentino the protesters were demand- words to commiserate with the By Jaime R Pilapil Manila Times ing from the government,” he victims,” the lawmaker said. Manila Times noted. “Where is the president? He As early as February last year, is busy campaigning, but has n opposition lawmaker the Department of Agriculture remained mum on Kidapawan, ice presidential candidate Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” yesterday challenged already discovered that the dam- just like in Mamasapano and the Marcos Jr over the weekend said he wants to replicate in the APresident Benigno Aqui- age from El Nino had reached other tragedies during his term,” Ventire country the successful healthcare programme he be- no to visit the farmers in Kida- P5.2bn. he added. gan in Ilocos Norte, and which he implemented when he was gover- pawan City and see the “deep- The P5.2bn worth of damage Ridon urged the Philippine nor of the northern province. running eff ects of El Nino on the destroyed an estimated 237,000 National Police (PNP) to imme- Speaking before offi cials and employees of the Chinese General livelihood of Mindanao farmers.” hectares of agriculture areas, af- diately pull out their men who Hospital in Manila, led by its president and chairman of the board Kabataan party-list Rep. Terry fecting the livelihood of 121,490 are allegedly surrounding the Dr James Dy, the Ilocano senator noted that the Ilocos Norte health Ridon made the pitch in con- farmers. Methodist church compound in programme has enabled those in far-fl ung areas to have access to nection with the dispersal of Six provinces in Mindanao Kidapawan, and let those seek- doctors and other health programmes. farmers on Friday that left three have reportedly declared a state ing food aid be given a share of “My solution was to bring healthcare to the people. First, our farmers dead. of calamity because of El Nino. donations from various support health workers conducted medical missions four times a month in “President Aquino and De- Independent research group groups and private individuals. isolated barangays (villages). They created a database of medical partment of Agriculture Secre- Ibon Foundation blamed Alcala “Our people are perishing records of residents, making diagnosis and treatment easier in their tary (Proceso) Alcala, go down for not ensuring suffi cient irri- from hunger. Our countrymen subsequent visits,” he said. from your ivory tower and see gation despite the drought’s pe- have started contributing what After a while, the programme targeted to cover 75% of the resi- for yourselves how government riodic onslaught. they can to fi ll the void left by dents of the province who did not have any health insurance cover- inaction and the criminal neg- Ridon, who fl ew to Kida- government incompetence. age with the cost shouldered by the provincial government. ligence of your administration pawan City along with fellow And how does our police force Marcos said they not only achieved the 75% target coverage but have exacerbated the plight of lawyer Bayan Muna Rep. Neri respond? With brute force,” he the programme even became self-sustaining later. our poor and hungry farmers. Colmenares to provide legal as- said. Eventually, he added, the medical missions were institutionalised Instead of pinning the blame on sistance to the farmers, also hit The lawmaker reiterated his into Rural Health Units (RHUs) with permanently assigned nurse Ferdinand Marcos Jr: healthcare focus progressive groups who have Aquino for his silence amid the call for a House inquiry into the and midwife and a doctor available for at least two days of the week come to support them, the pres- outrage over the dispersal. Kidapawan incident. to cater to basic health problems of residents. gramme to attain its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) tar- ident himself must come here “We particularly note Presi- “We cannot have the PNP to “Now our residents especially those in far-fl ung villages, who gets by 2016. and see his people’s unending dent Aquino’s deafening silence whitewash the massacre by do- had found it diffi cult to go to hospitals not only because they lack It also noted that Ilocos Norte is doing well in achieving the UHC suff ering,” Ridon said in the aftermath of the Kida- ing its own investigation of its money for transportation, but also because of other concerns such agenda, particularly addressing the fi ve programmes in maternal “This government is so use- pawan massacre. His Cabinet personnel. We are calling on our as having to leave their family and their work, have regular and easy care, infant care, HIV/Aids and establishment of a Service Delivery less. It is busy clearing names, members and Palace spin doc- colleagues in Congress to con- access to health care professionals and workers and our health pro- Network. evading accountability. It gave tors are in a rush to cover up the vene an emergency independent grammes,” the senator pointed out. Marcos earlier called for more RHUs in the country, saying major- honours fi rst to the police who incident, yet the president has fact-fi nding mission to ascertain Because of his pioneering eff orts, the Department of Health ity of health problems that people experience are common ailments hurt the farmers, instead of dis- not uttered a single word himself facts on what really transpired,” (DOH) has lauded all-out eff orts of the provincial government of that health personnel of the RHUs and barangay health centres can tributing the rice and help that days after the incident, not even Ridon said. Ilocos Norte to implement the Universal Health Care (UHC) pro- adequately address. Gulf Times Monday, April 4, 2016 25 SRI LANKA/BANGLADESH/NEPAL Over 1mn New fi nd students Zia to seek bail over taking HSC shows exams fi rebombing attack Silk Road IANS Dhaka Reuters More than 120 people were Dhaka killed and hundreds injured early last year in political violence ore than 1.2mn students during transport blockades and extended across Bangladesh yes- angladesh’s former prime strikes aimed at toppling the Mterday appeared for the minister and main oppo- government of Prime Minister Higher Secondary Certifi cate Bsition leader Khaleda Zia Sheikh Hasina. (HSC) and equivalent exams. is expected to appear in court Bangladeshi politics has been The number of students has and seek bail after she was is- mired for years in rivalry be- to Nepal increased this year by 144,744 sued with an arrest warrant over tween Hasina and Khaleda. Both from last year, bdnews24 re- a deadly fi rebombing attack, her women are related to former ported. lawyer said yesterday. national leaders, and they have IANS titude of the Samdzong tomb Exams are being also held at A court in Dhaka issued ar- alternated as prime minister for London complex favoured the excep- seven centres abroad, where 262 rest warrants on Wednesday for most of the past two decades. tional preservation of the or- students are taking them, the re- Khaleda, 70, and 27 leaders and Bangladesh, a Muslim-ma- ganic materials, said the study ports said. activists of her Bangladesh Na- jority nation of 160mn, has also extile and dye analysis published in the journal STAR: The written exams are sched- tionalist Party (BNP) in connec- seen a surge in Islamist violence of cloth remains, dated Science and Technology of Ar- uled to end on June 9 while prac- tion with a petrol bomb attack in which liberal activists, mem- Tbetween 400AD and chaeological Research. tical exams will be held between on a bus in January last year dur- bers of minority Muslim sects 650AD, found in Nepal’s Up- One of the cloth objects re- June 11 and 20. ing a deadly anti-government and other religious groups have per Mustang region shows covered is composed of wool The exams started at 10am in campaign. been targeted. that the Silk Road extended fabrics to which copper, glass 2,452 centres across the nation. “Most likely, madam (Kha- Prime Minister Hasina has further south than previously and cloth beads are attached. Education Minister Nurul Is- leda Zia) will appear before the blamed the rising tide of violence thought, say researchers. It was found near the cof- lam Nahid is scheduled the visit court on April 5 and will seek on the opposition BNP and its Silk Road refers to the an- fi n of an adult along with a a centre at the Shiddheshwari bail,” Khaleda’s lawyer Sanaul- key ally, Jamaat-e-Islami, many cient trade route, across both spectacular gold/silver funer- Girls’ College in Dhaka. lah Miah told reporters. of whose leaders are being pros- land and sea, along which silk ary mask. The mask has small The minister had earlier said The BNP called for a country- ecuted for war crimes during the and many other goods were pinholes around its edges, that they have adopted all possi- wide protest on Monday against 1971 war of independence. exchanged between people suggesting it had been sewn ble measures to prevent any leak the arrest warrant, saying it was The opposition denies any from across the world, ac- to a fabric, and probably con- of question papers. politically motivated. involvement. BNP chief Khaleda Zia cording to Unesco. stitutes the remains of a com- “Those who might be involved In the textiles recovered plex, decorative headwear. in this are under surveillance by from the Samdzong tomb “These textiles can further law enforcers and intelligence complex of Upper Mustang our understanding of the lo- agencies.” region, the researchers identi- cal textile materials and tech- Students with disabilities fi ed imported materials from niques, as well as the mecha- would be given 20 minutes more China and India. nisms through which various to write their answers with the Jamaat chief’s plea deferred “There is no evidence for lo- communities developed and help of scribes. cal silk production suggesting adapted new textile tech- Those with special needs, that that Samdzong was inserted nologies to fi t local cultural is autism and Down syndrome, IANS bench led by Chief Justice death penalty for the 1971 war Bengali freedom struggle. into the long-distance trade and economical needs,” Gleba will get extra 30 minutes as well Dhaka Surendra Kumar Sinha deferred crimes. Review is the last legal re- network of the Silk Road,” said. as will be allowed to be accom- the hearing by a week. In January, the apex court re- course for a death-row convict said one of the researchers The cloth remains are of panied by their parents, teacher “We pleaded for six weeks, jected Nizami’s appeal to over- after all other judicial options Margarita Gleba of McDonald further signifi cance as very or a helper. he appellate court in the court gave us one week. The turn the International Crimes have been exhausted. Institute for Archaeological few contemporary textile fi nds Dhaka has deferred the matter will be heard after that,” Tribunal’s 2014 verdict. On March 16, the death war- Research, University of Cam- are known from Nepal. Thearing on a petition of Nizami’s lawyer S M Shahjahan As the head of the Jamaat’s rant issued by the tribunal was bridge. The Samdzong tomb was Motiur Rahman Nizami, chief told bdnews24.com after the student wing Islami Chhatra read out to Nizami after the Su- “The data reinforce the excavated by Mark Aldenderf- of Bangladesh’s largest Islam- hearing. Sangha in 1971, Nizami com- preme Court published the full notion that instead of being er from the University of Cali- ist party, to review the Supreme Nizami, 72-year-old manded the Al-Badr, a mi- copy of its verdict on him. isolated and remote, Upper fornia Merced in the US. Forex Court verdict upholding his president of the Bangladesh litia known for its ruthless Nizami’s case is the sixth of Mustang was once a small, The dye analysis was con- death sentence. Jamaat-e-Islami party, fi led mass murders, rape, loot and the war crimes cases so far to but important node of a much ducted by Ina Vanden Berghe After Nizami’s counsel the petition on March 29 for the killing of Bengali intellec- reach the stage of a review peti- larger network of people and from the Royal Institute for reserves pleaded for more time yes- review of the Supreme Court tuals in support of Pakistan’s tion after the publication of the places,” Gleba pointed out. Cultural Heritage in Brussels, hit record terday, the appellate division verdict that confi rmed his campaign to suppress the full verdict. The dry climate and high al- Belgium. $28.27bn Ban on vuvuzela Lanka Reuters Dhaka expects angladesh’s foreign ex- during Bengali New ties with change reserves hit a Brecord $28.27bn at the end of March, the central bank China said yesterday, thanks to steady exports and slow import growth Year procession due to falling global commodi- to reach ties prices. The reserves, suffi cient to IANS After meeting the law en- a mass sexual assault against a cover eight months’ worth of Dhaka forcers yesterday, Bangladesh group of women on the campus new level imports, were 22.6% higher than Home Minister Asaduzza- of Dhaka University last year. at the same period last year. man Khan said that vuvuzela, Some 30 to 40 rowdy youths Rising garment exports and angladesh has banned masks, matches and lighters sexually harassed around 20 IANS steady remittances from Bangla- the vuvuzela, the popular have been banned at this year’s women at the gate of Dhaka’s Colombo desh nationals working overseas, Bbut noisy South African jatra. lush green Suhrawardy Udyan two mainstay revenue generators horns, from the country’s most Sources said that the South Park as they were returning for the impoverished country colourful procession, the Man- African horns, which were home after celebrating the ri Lanka looks forward of 160mn people, have helped gal Shobha Jatra, in the capital brought to Bangladesh after the New Year. to further strengthening foreign exchange reserves grow Dhaka. 2010 Soccer World Cup, and The incident caused a mas- Sits relations with China Prime Minister Wickremesinghe will be leaving for a state visit to steadily in recent years. Hundreds of thousands of their loud, overpowering noise sive show of indignation and when Prime Minister Ranil China on April 6. Early this year, the central people are expected to join the in the recent years deterred anger throughout the county. A Wickremesinghe undertakes bank cut its key interest rates by procession as part of celebrating usual chanting that accompa- barrage of protests and calls for an offi cial visit to the commu- last year, Xinhua reported. tween the two countries in the half a percentage point for the the Bengali New Year, which falls nies the main Bengali New Year the government to bring about nist country next week, a state- The statement said that spheres of economic aff airs, in- fi rst time in nearly three years on April 14, Xinhua reported. procession. justice for the victims were ment released by his offi ce said high-level discussions to be vestment and technology,” the as cooling infl ation gave it more They usually carry large Sources said the authorities posted on social media. in Colombo yesterday. held during the visit are expect- statement said. manoeuvring room to help spur symbolic fi gures of fi shes, have taken various measures Security will be tightened in Wickremesinghe will be ed to take the China-Sri Lanka “It is also expected to bolster growth. horses, tigers and elephants, all to ensure peaceful New Year Dhaka on the occasion of the leaving for a state visit to China relations to a new level. cooperation in science, sports, The central bank expects made from bamboo, and play celebrations in the wake of last Bengali New Year, and strict on April 6. This will be his fi rst “Undertaken with a view tourism development, fi nancial growth to reach 7% in the cur- Bangladeshi musical instru- year’s most unpleasant inci- safety measures will also be visit to the country as the prime of strengthening the relations services and water resources rent fi nancial year that ends in ments during the Shobha Jat- dent. taken to prevent any distur- minister since the govern- between China and Sri Lanka, management along with initia- June, picking up from 6.51% the ra, a colourful parade seeking The joyous celebration of the bance of the festivities, the ment of President Maithripala this visit is expected to promote tion of mobile clinics for kidney previous year. welfare of all. Bengali New Year was marred by authorities said. Sirisena was formed in January co-operation mechanisms be- patients.” Bridging waters solidifi es Bangladesh-China friendship

IANS across Bangladesh since then the bridge. This bridge paved the ties due to unemployment when Dhaka and the 8th China-Bangladesh way for us to earn livelihoods,” there was no bridge over the river. Friendship Bridge is now under said Sekander, who has been But now this is a developed area construction, Xinhua reports. driving a Taxi since the bridge in all aspects and there are huge haka, the capital city of Bangladeshi Road Transport was constructed. employment opportunities.” Bangladesh, is situated and Bridges Minister Obaidul For many, this bridge bears the Building friendship bridges Don the northeastern bank Quader said China has been con- technical expertise of Chinese has surely prompted the ongo- of the Buriganga river and for tributing greatly to the infrastruc- engineering. “I’ve seen many ing friendship between Bang- centuries the river had remained tural development of Bangladesh. bridges so far. But this bridge ladesh and China, and Bang- a hurdle in reaching the capital. Describing China as a trusted was constructed impeccably,” ladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Finally this major hurdle was friend and an important stake- said local resident Md Koyes. Hasina on several occasions overcome by China building a holder in the global economy, “The bridge helped developed thanked China for its enormous bridge so that people on either Quader said he hoped for more this entire area by connecting it contributions to Bangladesh’s bank could easily cross the river, Chinese assistance in implement- The first Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge was completed in February 1989, in Dhaka. with Dhaka. We had huge dif- economic development. making life easier for all. ing major projects in the country. fi culties previously crossing the Hasina, daughter of Bangla- The construction of the fi rst According to the minister, by the Chinese government between the peoples of both “We’ve all benefi ted from the river. Now it’s trouble free.” desh’s founding father Sheikh Bangladesh-China Friendship the Bangladeshi government have greatly improved the infra- countries. bridge,” said Sekander, who gave Another local Nur Moham- Mujibur Rahman, now expects Bridge, with a span of more than has sent a list of fi ve prospective structure in Bangladesh and en- Although the fi rst bridge was his single name. He said crossing mad said this bridge changed the that Bangladesh will be able to 917m in length, began in Octo- bridge sites to Chinese authori- hanced the country’s economic built around 30 years ago, people or by-passing the river to reach fate of people not merely in this reach its desired goal of becom- ber 1986, and was completed in ties for the construction of the development. still remember with much rever- Dhaka was a daily ordeal for area, but also people living in ing a middle-income country February 1989. 9th and 10th Bangladesh-China The building of friendship ence and fondness the Chinese people on both sides. southwestern Bangladesh. by 2021 and a developed one by Seven more friendship bridg- Friendship Bridges. bridges has also deepened posi- people and their sound technical “I think the whole of Bangla- “Businesses are now improv- 2041 with support from China es have since been completed Friendship bridges assisted tive feelings and overall relations knowledge and skills. desh has benefi ted immensely by ing. People faced huge diffi cul- and other friendly countries. Gulf Times 26 Monday, April 4, 2016 COMMENT

Chairman: Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Attiyah Editor-in-Chief : Darwish S Ahmed Production Editor: C P Ravindran In search of a strategy

P.O.Box 2888 Doha, Qatar [email protected] to end suicide attacks Telephone 44350478 (news), 44466404 (sport), 44466636 (home delivery) The suicide attacks martyr suicide attack almost every day around are haram (forbidden) according to the caused nothing but an increase in Fax 44350474 thousands of Muslims every the world in the recent times. Qur’an and these attacks are nothing the number of suicide bombers until The suicide attacks martyr but mass murder, intentionally killing today. Violence always begets more year in Islamic countries and thousands of Muslims every not only the attackers themselves but violence. are inhumanely considered year in Islamic countries and are also innocent people. This must be Indeed, the information gathered inhumanely considered as “the remembered that ending one’s own by various intelligence sources tells as “the natural dynamics of natural dynamics of the Middle East life is also a homicide. us there are hundreds of suicide the Middle East region” by region” by some Western circles. God, in the 32nd verse of Surat bombers trained by various factions GULF TIMES Upon the acknowledgement of the Al-Ma’ida, says that “...if someone and believed to be operating as some Western circles indecent nature of these statements kills another person, it is as if he independent cells right now in Europe since the Paris attacks in 2015, the had murdered all mankind”. For that and the US, waiting for the time to By Harun Yahya recent suicide attacks on March 22 reason, the idea that God would make their moves. The majority of Istanbul at two diff erent places in Brussels, like such a brutal action committed them were born and raised in those We must act now considered the heart of Europe, without distinguishing between countries, are going to good schools alarmed the Western world. babies, children, elderly people, and have no criminal record; as a he successive and outrageous Western society has now faced the women and innocent people can result, it is nearly impossible to suicide bomb attacks taking fact that terrorism is not something only be the product of an ignorant, identify them. place over the last month in that only the Middle East has to put unconscious, irrational and These ignorant and deceived people to reduce harmful Tvarious places, from Iraq to up with, but a disaster increasingly misdirected mind, unaware of the become more and more excited to Yemen, from Nigeria to Pakistan, and engulfi ng the world. Qur’an. experience the feelings of panic, from Turkey to Brussels, seem to be These ignorant and unconscious helplessness, fear and intimidation the precursor of a new wave of global There is no individuals are sometimes that arise in society every time a new carbon emissions terrorism. The signifi cant increase in brainwashed by ignorant religious suicide attack is made. Therefore, the number, frequency and severity theological basis to scholars and sometimes by deceitful what needs to be done to reverse of suicide attacks makes us think and fanatical religious hucksters this dire situation is very clear: The Scientists have long been issuing regular warnings that ordinary people may be facing justify suicide attacks drawing their strength from ideological falsehoods behind these about the dangers posed by the unchecked growth this ugly face of terrorism in the near radicalism. Under such pernicious suicide attacks, regardless of the in carbon dioxide emissions, but the latest is very future far more often. Since the 1980s, many ideological infl uences, some people become philosophy they advocate, should be on March 27, a suicide attack groups have begun to embrace the prepared to carry out all kinds of explained in schools, at conferences alarming and it brings Antarctica into the picture as targeted a park in Pakistan’s city of suicide attacks as a method of terror; violent and fanatical acts. and exhibitions through scientifi c never before. Lahore, killing 72 people, many of foremost among them are Marxist- Occasionally the young children evidence by any means necessary and Sea levels could rise nearly twice as much as them women and children and leaving Communist terrorist organisations in poor families, who are in need of kept on the agenda by politicians and nearly 350 people injured as well. It and radical religious terrorist groups. free education and accommodation, opinion leaders; in short, everyone, previously predicted by the end of this century if has been reported that the suicide These terrorist organisations are considered as the most favoured whether young or old, in a leading carbon dioxide emissions are not controlled, a scenario bomber came near children’s play motivate their suicide bombers in candidates for becoming suicide position in the society. that could devastate coastal communities around the area and exploded the bomb he was line with the so-called values of the bombers by radical organisations. The only solution is to explain globe. wearing. Only two days before this ideology they subscribe to, then Indeed, according to the testimony of these crucial facts, to intellectually incident, a suicide attack at a stadium persuade and prepare them for these a 12-year-old child who was recently refute this fanatical radical ideology Scientists behind a new study published in the journal in the Iraqi city of Iskandariyah, also violent actions. Such motivation recruited to carry out a suicide by means of Qur’anic, rational and Nature last week used sophisticated computer models known as Alexandria, killed 41 people comes from emotional and idealistic attack in a camp near Peshawar but reasonable explanations with the on how major glaciers melt and collapse to reveal that and wounded 105 others. And three indoctrinations in Marxist- surrendered himself to the security aim of rooting out terrorism, and to similar climate conditions in the future could lead to bomb-laden cars exploded in diff erent Communist groups. forces of Afghanistan, there are many urgently launch an extensive campaign checkpoints at the Yemeni city of Accordingly, whereas individuals children trained by their handlers for providing education and raising monumental and irreversible increases in sea levels by Aden a few days ago, killing 26 people. are considered ordinary, worthless and who promise them “that they will go awareness. 2100. On March 16, an attack by two insignifi cant people, they are talked to heaven and be freed from all their The anarchist-communist ideology, If high levels of greenhouse gas emissions continue, female suicide bombers, claimed into “being a hero of freedom who problems by carrying out a suicide on the other hand, can also be oceans could rise by more than six feet by the end of the to be proponents of Boko Haram, would become immortal by leaving attack”. ended by revealing the fallacy of the targeted a mosque in the Nigerian city their mark on the world and having People who are encouraged to materialistic mindset. If societies century. The melting of ice on Antarctica alone could of Maiduguri during the prayer time, their names written in the history of be a suicide bomber in Marxist- would like to end suicide attacks, cause seas to rise more than 49 feet by 2500. killing 24 Muslims and wounding 23. revolution”. In radical religious groups, Communist groups are also deceived they need to enhance their education Hitherto, the consensus predictions had suggested Also within the month of March, the motivation for suicide attacks is by the lies of anarchism-communism systems and respond to the wrong that seas could rise by about three feet at most by 2100. suicide bombings in the cities of achieved by the abuse of religious and are subjected to a serious ideologies with the right ones instead Ankara and Istanbul in Turkey, carried values such as “jihad, martyrdom ideological training. of laying the foundations for further Those estimates had suggested that expanding ocean out by the terrorist organisation PKK, and attaining Heaven”. As a matter That being said, there is no point in violence or restricting the freedoms of waters and the melting of relatively small glaciers killed nearly 50 people, wounding of fact, there is no basis for this to intimidating those misdirected people their citizens. would be the main drivers of sea-level rise, and did dozens. be found in the Holy Qur’an; there is who are happy to run the risk of death not envision extensive These are only a few examples of no theological basis to justify these in the cause of fake or false ideologies zHarun Yahya may be followed at @ suicide bomb attacks that occurred dastardly attacks. with death threats, bombs, weapons Harun_Yahya and www.harunyahya. The new melting from Greenland only in March. There has been a Quite the contrary, suicide attacks or operations. These methods have com or Antarctica, as projection pointed out by Washington Post. “nearly doubles” The projection prior estimates “nearly doubles” prior estimates of sea-level of sea-level rise rise, which had relied on a “minimal contribution from Antarctica”, said Rob DeConto of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, who authored the study with David Pollard of Penn State University. The research already has created a buzz in the community of scientists studying Antarctica, and experts largely praised the new model as thorough and impressive, while noting its remaining uncertainties. “People should not look at this as a futuristic scenario of things that may or may not happen. They should look at it as the tragic story we are following right now,” said Eric Rignot, an expert on Antarctica’s ice sheet and an earth sciences professor at the University of California at Irvine, who was not involved in the study. “We are not there yet. . . . (But) with the current rate of emissions, we are heading that way.” Should the new research prove correct, it could trigger a “tectonic shift” in expectations for the speed and severity of the sea-level problem, said Ben Strauss, director of the programme on sea-level rise at Climate Central, an independent organisation of scientists based in New Jersey. He said that while the study’s People mourning as they attend a funeral for a blast victim of the March 27 suicide bombing, in Lahore. fi ndings represent potentially grave problems for many coastal areas in the decades ahead, the century beginning in 2100 could see truly catastrophic shifts, unless societies make sharp cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. I’m a radical and I support Hillary Clinton The researchers have clarifi ed that their model has limitations and that human behaviour can alter By Megan Beller think and feel about this Democratic Move up into the middle class, and are a much bigger problem than Wall the possible outcomes. For instance, the worst- The Baltimore Sun/TNS primary. healthcare costs are a real burden, Street or the corporations Sanders Bernie Sanders has strong support which Bernie promises to alleviate. rails against. Low-income children case scenario - of seas rising nearly four feet due to among liberal, educated, young What about free college tuition at and families desperately need the Antarctic ice loss alone by 2100 - assumes that very ctivist and anarchist Emma white voters, which makes perfect public universities? Don’t kid yourself changes in gun regulation that will high emissions continue for carbon dioxide and other Goldman once said “I want sense. Who stands to benefi t from that this is aimed toward those with hold gun manufacturers responsible, greenhouse gases. In short, the need to drastically cut freedom, the right to self- his policies? The truly poor already no resources. require locks and safe gun technology, expression, everybody’s have free healthcare in the form of In order to be in school you need and tighten the market both for legal the harmful emissions has become more pressing than A right to beautiful, radiant things” after Medicaid. Poor mothers - and I was a place to live and food to eat, free and illegal fi rearms. ever. being told off by a fellow anarchist for one - have free healthcare for their time and child care. Those with the This violence is a waste and a dancing and enjoying herself when children in the form of the Children’s fewest resources in our society, low- burden that should be a primary he thought she should be serious and Health Insurance Programme (CHIP), income single mothers with children concern of any Democratic candidate, To Advertise dignifi ed in her role as an agitator. thanks in part to Clinton’s work as a to care for, will not be the primary and I believe Hillary is absolutely in Her response to him boiled down fi rst lady. benefi ciaries of this improvement, step with my feelings on this issue. [email protected] to “if I can’t dance, it’s not my but middle-class kids will be able to None of this means I wouldn’t vote Display revolution!” I feel real inspiration escape the burden of debt they pay for Bernie Sanders for president if he Telephone 44466621 Fax 44418811 I’m a 34-year-old, college- every month for their education. wins the Democratic nomination. But educated, radical woman, and about everything Hillary Clinton talks about and I’m tired of being told that Hillary Classified I’m tired of hearing and reading works for the least privileged in plays it safe and Bernie stands for Telephone 44466609 Fax 44418811 about why I should support Bernie that Hillary says and society, not middle-class millennials real change. I don’t agree, and if his Sanders and how my generation and their parents who worry about policies will only help my privileged, Subscription has a lack of enthusiasm for Hillary stands for health insurance and college loan middle-class family and friends, then [email protected] Clinton. I can’t dance to Bernie payments every month. She is a it’s not my revolution. Sanders, but I feel real inspiration I thank her for every urgent care powerful proponent of women’s about everything that Hillary says visit that was covered for the three healthcare access. zMegan Beller is a mother of three 2014 Gulf Times. All rights reserved and stands for. years I needed CHIP to pay for my In many American cities, if you live and a violin teacher in Baltimore. Her I refuse to be told how I should children’s healthcare and my own. in the wrong neighbourhood, fi rearms e-mail is [email protected] Gulf Times Monday, April 4, 2016 27 COMMENT Why Britain should remain European

There is no sign of the UK CER points out that product- and country involved directly in such talks being dragged down by the labour-market regulation in the generally does better. UK are closer to that of the US than In terms of Brexit’s impact on EU to Western Europe, and the same the fi nancial sector – in addition to broad pattern emerges from the broader stability concerns – the BoE’s By Simon Johnson OECD’s assessment of barriers to Financial Policy Committee is quite Washington entrepreneurship. clear. The CER’s assessment is confi rmed “(H)eightened and prolonged by the latest available information uncertainty,” owing to the impending n June 23, the United from the World Bank’s 2016 Doing referendum, “has the potential to Kingdom will hold a Business indicators, which have increase the risk premia investors referendum on whether to the advantage of covering almost require on a wider range of UK Oleave the European Union. all countries in the world. These assets, which could lead to a further On the economic side of the “Brexit” indicators are not perfect, but they do depreciation of sterling and aff ect the debate are three main questions: get at red-tape-related issues. Britain cost and availability of fi nancing for a Do European rules impose growth- is ranked sixth in the world – one place broad range of UK borrowers.” stifl ing regulation on the UK? Would above the US and behind only some This is not likely to be good for leaving the EU increase opportunities very pro-business countries, such consumers or for business investment. for British exports? And what would as Singapore, Hong Kong, and New Over the longer term, the UK be the likely impact of withdrawal on Zealand. fi nancial sector needs to be well fi nancial stability? Other leading EU countries have regulated; no one wants another These are complex issues, but the more impediments to doing business. major fi nancial disruption. But such June 2014 report by the Centre for For example, Germany is ranked 15th rules are entirely possible within the European Reform (CER) provides and France is 27th. Italy, ranked 45th, existing international and European a sensible guide on the fi rst two surely has something to worry about framework. questions. And now the Bank of – but its problems do not stem from Some other economic issues that England (BoE) has weighed in clearly Brussels. have come up in the Brexit debate on the third. In economic terms, the There is no sign here of the UK being are either minor or red herrings. As facts favour staying in the EU. dragged down by the EU. If anything, the CER report shows, immigration Heated and relatively technical the UK might aim to be a bit more like from EU member states, for example, debates of this nature require one to Denmark (an EU member, ranked third benefi ts the UK economy, because it decide which experts to trust. The in the world) on some dimensions of brings in more young people who pay commission that prepared the CER the business environment, including taxes. And the post-Brexit reduction report comprised sensible British property registration, construction in UK government spending would and European economic thinkers and permits, and paperwork reduction in most likely be minor. former policymakers with no illusions international trade. Of course, EU membership is not about how the EU really works. On the issue of trade, the just about economics. There is also Likewise, the BoE’s Financial Policy assessment is even more an important debate about Britain’s Committee was designed after the straightforward. At the heart of role in the world. But it is diffi cult to 2008 crisis to speak truth to authority European integration is the idea that see how the UK’s global stature and on where systemic risks really lurk – barriers to trade – including tariff s and infl uence would increase if it left the and what to do about them. other impediments – can be and have EU – particularly given the signifi cant The CER report is strongest on the been reduced. In the CER’s view, EU adverse impact such an outcome real (nonfi nancial) economic issues. membership has increased UK trade would have on the British economy. - The most contentious point here is in goods with other member states by This seems highly unlikely. agreements are complex, with many access to a bigger market, and trade Project Syndicate whether the British economy is held more than 50%. And the biggest trade agreement devils in the detail. The TTIP will agreements involve mutual reduction back in some way by red tape imposed Would leaving the EU create on the horizon that will affect the UK most likely move forward after the of barriers, including all kinds of non- zSimon Johnson is a professor at MIT’s by Brussels or by European treaty new robust trade possibilities that is between the US and the European US presidential election, and Britain tariff rules that minimise competition Sloan School of Management and the obligations. otherwise would not exist, either Union – the Trans-Atlantic Trade most definitely needs to be at the in the provision of services. Britain co-author of White House Burning: It is very hard to find any such within the British Commonwealth or and Investment Partnership negotiating table. will do well from this kind of service- The Founding Fathers, Our National stifling effect in the data. The with emerging markets such as China? (TTIP). 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TODAY Indian expats look further. The visit of Anil Ambani, a (Gulf Times, April 2), I would like to High: 29 C renowned Indian industrialist, last point out that three reasons are mainly Low : 19 C Please send us Moderate temperature day time with forward to Modi visit year is worth mentioning in this attributed to overweight. some scattered clouds context. They are high-calorie food, a Dear Sir, The active role and contributions sedentary lifestyle and hereditary your letters made by Indian embassy offi cials factors. TUESDAY During his three-day visit to in expanding bilateral relations Many children are obese in both By e-mail High: 29 C Saudi Arabia, Indian Prime Minister and serving the community need developed and developing countries. [email protected] Low: 22 C Narendra Modi has held wide- to be commended too. With my This is because they eat a lot of junk Sunny ranging talks with Saudi King Salman professional HR background spanning food and drink carbonated drinks, Fax 44350474 bin Abdulaziz, senior offi cials and over 25 years in the Gulf, I would like which result in their putting on Or Post businessmen, seeking to expand ties to say that the Indian embassy offi cials weight. Fast-food meals and snacks Letters to the Editor WEDNESDAY between the two countries. Modi had deserve greater recognition for their in general contain dangerous levels High: 29 C paid a successful visit to the United eff orts. of trans-fats which are harmful to Gulf Times Low: 23 C Arab Emirates last year. We look forward to Prime Minister health. P O Box 2888 Sunny We, the Indian expatriates in Qatar, Modi’s early visit to this great country. They also don’t get much exercise. Doha, Qatar expect him to visit Doha as well, to adding to the problem. Instead, witness the enviable progress achieved V Kalyanaraman they prefer to stay indoors, playing Fishermen’s forecast All letters, which are by this great country. (e-mail address supplied) computer games and on mobiles. In OFFSHORE DOHA Qatar plays host to a large Indian case of adults, a sedentary lifestyle subject to editing, Wind: SW-NW 05-15/20 KT expatriate community and we and lack of exercise are the main should have the name Waves: 2-4/6 Feet would like to thank local authorities A heavy causes of obesity. Therefore, they INSHORE DOHA of the writer, address Wind: SW-NW 03-13 KT for having provided us with an problem ought to set apart some time either Waves: 1-3 Feet opportunity to work here in a in the mornings or in the evenings, and phone number. The challenging and growth-oriented at least on alternate days, to do writer’s name and ad- Around the region environment. Dear Sir, exercise. Weather Weather Qatar and India already have dress may be withheld today Max/min tomorrow Max/min excellent relations but they have In reference to your editorial, “Need C Robinson by request. Abu Dhabi P Cloudy 27/17 Sunny 31/18 immense potential to develop them to control global obesity epidemic” [email protected] Baghdad Sunny 29/13 Sunny 31/14 Dubai P Cloudy 26/21 Sunny 27/21 Kuwait City Sunny 27/19 Sunny 28/20 Manama P Cloudy 26/19 Sunny 27/22 Muscat M Sunny 29/22 Sunny 30/23 Riyadh S T Storms 28/17 M Sunny 30/19 Live issues Tehran M Sunny 18/09 Sunny 20/11 Value of fi lling up others’ emotional bank accounts

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