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Terms & conditions apply Turkey arrests Move to check two suspected of spying rising cases of for UAE thyroid cancer QNA & AGENCIES ISTANBUL FAZEENA SALEEM The two-day THE PENINSULA conference has Turkey yesterday arrested two alleged intelligence operatives With the onset of thyroid cancer gathered local, working on behalf of the United on the rise in the country espe- regional and Arab Emirates, Anadolu Agency cially among young people, local international speakers reported judicial sources as and international experts and more than saying. gathered here to discuss According to Anadolu, the methods to check the spread of 1,200 healthcare suspects were arrested as part disease. professionals. of a probe by Istanbul prose- The Thyroid Cancer Con- cutors of alleged spying by the ference under the patronage of Gulf state. Prime Minister and Interior Chairman of the Cancer Society, The suspects were later Minister H E Sheikh Abdulla bin Dr Sheikh Khalid bin Jabor Al Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs, H E Yousef bin Mohammed Al referred to court on charges of Nasser Al Thani began yes- Thani during the opening of the Othman Fakhro (second left); Chairman of Qatar Cancer Society, Dr Sheikh Khalid bin Jabor Al Thani political and military espionage, terday in the presence of Min- conference. “Another alarming and Austrian Ambassador to Qatar, Dr Willy Kempel, and other dignitaries and officials, during the it added. ister of Administrative Devel- fact is that 50% of the patients opening session of the Thyroid Cancer Conference at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel yesterday. The two suspects confessed opment, Labour and Social diagnosed with thyroid cancer PIC: BAHER AMIN/THE PENINSULA to spying on Arab nationals for Affairs H E Yousef Mohammed are under the age of 35 years. the UAE, and is investigating Al Othman Fakhro at the Ritz- Yet we have to find the reasons gathered local, regional and treatable forms of cancer. will aim to find the reasons whether the arrival in Turkey Carlton Doha. behind this,” he added. international speakers and more A study conducted by the behind the rise in the number of one of them was related to “The conference is very The opening session which than 1,200 healthcare Qatar Cancer Society (QCS) of patients diagnosed with the murder of Saudi journalist important as we have found that discussed the epidemiology of professionals. shows that the number of thyroid cancer. Jamal Khashoggi, a senior the newly diagnosed thyroid thyroid cancer in Qatar was Thyroid cancer occurs when thyroid cancer cases diagnosed “We will find more effective Turkish official said yesterday, cancer cases have increased by attended by the Austrian abnormal cells within the in 2015 was 51, it was 66 cases methods to prevent, early reports Reuters. 20% from 2017 to 2018. Over the Ambassador, Dr Willy Kempel, thyroid gland grow in an uncon- in 2016, then it increased to 92 detection, and create One of the two men arrived past five years it has increased and several other dignitaries. trolled way. If it is caught early, in 2017 and 110 in 2018. Dr Al awareness among the public,” in Turkey in October 2018, days by more than 100%,” said The two-day conference has thyroid cancer is one of the most Thani said that the conference said Al Thani. `P2 after Khashoggi was murdered inside Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, the official said, adding the other had arrived Al Udeid Air Base holds second edition of Family Day Festival later to help his colleague with the workload. QNA families to entertain, meet and “We are investigating DOHA promote the spirit of love and whether the primary individ- familiarity among them. ual’s arrival in Turkey was Al Udeid Air Base organised He added that this event, which related to the Jamal Khashoggi yesterday the second edition of the the Air Base is keen to organise murder,” said the official, Family Day Festival for officers and every year, brings together the adding the person had been members of the Qatar Amiri Air families of the Qatari Air Base monitored for six months Force and members of friendly allied members with the families of before the arrests in Istanbul on forces working in the Air Base, in the friendly forces to exchange cul- Monday. presence of Commander of the Amiri tures and introduce the country’s “It is possible that there was Air Force, H E Major General heritage, customs and traditions, an attempt to collect infor- Mubarak Al Kumait Al Khayareen adding that this year more than mation about Arabs, including and Commander of US Air Central 1,000 men, women and children political dissidents, living in Command Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella. are participating. Turkey.” The festival included a variety Brigadier Fahd Al Arik said that A Turkish court ruled yes- of events including Al Arda, cartoon this edition of the festival is held at terday evening to keep the two characters and popular games. It a date other than the one originally suspects in custody on interna- also included the activities of camel scheduled which coincides with the tional, political and military and horse riding, shooting and Qatar National Day celebrations, espionage charges, state- archery, drawing henna, handi- but the next edition will be on its owned Anadolu news agency crafts and traditional and popular original date, praising the con- reported. foods, in addition to an exhibition structive cooperation between the State broadcaster TRT of old cars and marine tools. Air Base and Al Shaqab, the Cul- Haber published photos of the Commander of Al Udeid Air tural Village Foundation— Katara, two suspects in custody, Base Brigadier (Pilot) Fahad Abdul Qatar Shooting & Archery Associ- standing in front of the Turkish Wahid Ibrahim Al Arik said that ation and the Department of Public flag. They also released photo- this festival is a great opportunity Parks of the Ministry of Munici- graphs, apparently taken pre- for the families of officers and pality and the Environment for viously and covertly, of the two members of the Qatar Armed their great efforts to make this fes- men walking down a street Events as part of Family Day Festival organised by Al Udeid Air Base. Forces and friendly forces and their tival a success. together. 46 Palestinians injured in attack by Israeli Democrats make legal bid for full Mueller report forces at Gaza border REUTERS and the underlying evidence consistent US intelligence gathering and active Trump, who has repeatedly called WASHINGTON with past practice. The redactions criminal cases as well as potentially the Mueller probe a political witch QNA/GAZA appear to be significant. We have so damaging information about peripheral hunt, lashed out again on Friday. Congressional Democrats yesterday far seen none of the actual evidence players who were not charged. “Statements are made about me by At least 46 Palestinians, including medics took legal action to see all of US Special that the Special Counsel developed to Democratic leaders played down certain people in the Crazy Mueller and journalists, were injured yesterday Counsel Robert Mueller’s evidence make this case,” Nadler said in a talk of impeachment of Trump just 18 Report...which are fabricated & totally when Israeli occupation forces attacked from his inquiry into Russian inter- statement. months before the 2020 presidential untrue,” Trump wrote on Twitter. He hundreds of protesters taking part in the ference in the 2016 election, with an The report provided extensive election, even as some prominent seemed to be referring to former White weekly Great March of Return protests eye to using the probe’s findings against details on Trump’s efforts to thwart members of the party’s progressive House counsel Don McGahn who was at Gaza border, according to the Pales- President Donald Trump. Mueller’s investigation, giving Demo- wing, notably US Representative Alex- cited in the report as having annoyed tinian Wafa news agency. US House of Representatives Judi- crats plenty of political ammunition andria Ocasio-Cortez, promised to Trump by taking notes of his conver- The occupation forces fired live ciary Committee Chairman Jerrold against the Republican president but push the idea. sations with the president. bullets and rubber-coated steel rounds at Nadler, a Democrat, issued a subpoena no consensus on how to use it. Former FBI director Mueller also Meanwhile, the number of Amer- the protesters who gathered at many to the Justice Department for Attorney The 448-page document painted concluded in his report that there was icans who approve of President Donald encampments along the border, injuring 46 General William Barr to hand over the a clear picture of how Trump tried to not enough evidence to establish that Trump dropped by 3 percentage points Palestinians, including five medics and four full report by Mueller by May 1, saying hinder the probe. It did not conclude Trump’s campaign engaged in a to the lowest level of the year following journalists. A child was directly hit by a he cannot accept a redacted version that he had committed the crime of criminal conspiracy with Moscow to the release of a special counsel report teargas canister on the head,and his con- released on Thursday that “leaves most obstruction of justice, although it did sway the 2016 election, a finding that detailing Russian interference in the dition was critical.