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WEDNESDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10141 July 6, 2016 Shawwal 1, 1437 AH

GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Traditional cookies An array EID MUBARAK TO ALL OUR READERS of activities In brief for Eid

IRAQ | Reaction Interior minister off ers to resign holidays Iraq’s interior minister yesterday off ered to resign and said a deputy Qatar Tourism Authority has Souq Waqif (Al Rayyan Theatre), Al would take over his responsibilities, charted out a programme in Dosari Zoo and Game Reserve (from days after one of the worst collaboration with partners in the Day 2), Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al bombings in Baghdad since the public and private sectors Thani Museum, Al Samriya Equestrian 2003 invasion. Mohamed Ghabban A Palestinian man showing traditional date-filled cookies at a bakery in Jerusalem’s Old City yesterday, ahead of Eid al-Fitr, a Academy and Sealine Beach. made the announcement at a three-day holiday that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. wide range of events and special Meanwhile, the Asian Town Cricket media conference in Baghdad, a attractions have been lined up Stadium will be the venue for the fi nal video of which was posted on his Afor the Eid al-Fitr celebrations match of the Ibn Ajayan Trophy T20 off icial Facebook page. Page 4 which begin in Qatar today. Cricket Tournament this evening. Preparations for the festivities A variety of musical and cultural have been under way for the past sev- shows will also be held as part of this INDIA | Politics eral days, with organisers giving fi nal year’s “Communities Eid al-Fitr 2016 Modi adds 19 new Saudi king vows ‘iron touches to the events and the country’s Celebrations”. residents thronging malls and hyper- The Indian, Sri Lankan, Nepalese ministers to cabinet markets to buy gifts and goodies. and Korean communities will be hold- Indian Prime Minister Narendra The day that marks the end of the ing their shows beside the Asian Town Modi expanded his council of holy month of Ramadan will start with Cricket Stadium in Doha’s Industrial minister yesterday, inducting 19 fi st’ against extremists Eid prayers at 5.03am, as announced by Area on the fi rst two days of Eid. new faces in the second major the Ministry of Endowments and Is- Al Wakrah Sports Club will host ac- revamp since his party came to lamic Aff airs (Awqaf). The ministry has tivities of the Bangladeshi and Pakista- power in May 2014. Page 17 Agencies the attack near the Prophet’s Mosque. prepared 298 mosques and grounds, ni communities on the fi rst day . Riyadh The Saudi interior ministry said including 35 mosques and places re- Eid will be celebrated at the Barwa offi cers became suspicious of a man served for women, in diff erent parts of Workers’ Sports Complex, Al Khor in- PHILIPPINES | Crime heading for the Prophet’s Mosque the country for the Eid al-Fitr prayers. dustrial area, as part of this initiative. Duterte accuses top he Custodian of the Two Holy through a parking lot. With the Qatar Met department A large number of people have been police generals Mosques, King Salman of Saudi “As they tried to stop him, he blew forecasting a maximum temperature of visiting hypermarkets and malls for TArabia, yesterday vowed to himself up with an explosive belt 46C in Doha, the fi rst day of Eid is also the past few days for Eid shopping. The Philippines’ President Rodrigo strike back at those leading the coun- causing his death and the death of expected to be very hot. rush was particularly heavy yesterday Duterte publicly accused five police try’s youth astray, a day after three four police,” the statement said, add- Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) has for last minute purchasing by the resi- generals of involvement in the suicide attacks in the Kingdom, one ing that fi ve others were wounded. charted out a programme consisting an dents. Many expatriates also fl ocked to drugs trade yesterday and said of them near the Prophet’s Mosque in A damaged car is seen after a blast The head of Saudi Arabia’s Shura array of activities in collaboration with exchange houses to send money back only he would be accountable for Madinah. near the US consulate in Jeddah. Council, the kingdom’s main govern- partners in the public and private sec- home, while others formed long queues a bloody crackdown that has killed “The kingdom is fully determined ment advisory body, called the attack tors for the day. The celebrations will in front of ATMs. 30 people since he took off ice last to strike with an iron fi st all those who The group claimed responsibil- an “unprecedented” incident. be held under the theme “Capture Joy” Traffi c congestion was seen along week. Page 20 aim at the minds or ideas of our dear ity for Sunday’s car bomb attack on “This crime, which causes goose- and off er a variety of entertainment some thoroughfares, leading to the young people,” King Salman said in a shopping street in the Iraqi capital bumps, could not have been perpe- options at venues across Qatar, includ- parking lots of hypermarkets yesterday an address to the nation for the feast Baghdad in which at least 213 people trated by someone who had an atom ing sport organisations, malls and cul- due to the rush. of Eid al-Fitr, published by the offi cial were killed. of belief in his heart,” Abdullah al- tural landmarks. As reported in Gulf Times earlier this Saudi Press Agency. Meanwhile, Saudi Crown Prince Mo- Sheikh said. Malls where Eid celebrations will week, the police will intensify secu- The Madinah attack, which killed hamed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, who is Cairo-based Al-Azhar, the highest take place under this initiative are Al rity patrols in residential areas, public four policemen near Islam’s second- also the Saudi interior minister, has vis- authority in Sunni Islam, condemned Khor Mall, City Center Doha, Dar Al places and commercial centres during holiest site, 24 hours before the end ited two security offi cers and a citizen the attacks and stressed “the sanctity Salam, Ezdan Mall, Hyatt Plaza and La- the Eid and summer holidays to ensure of the fasting month of Ramadan, has wounded in the bombing in Jeddah, the of the houses of God, especially the goona Mall, which will all host family that no untoward incidents and unlaw- drawn condemnation from Islamic state news agency SPA reported. Prophet’s Mosque”. entertainment shows. ful activities take place. fi gures worldwide. “The security of the homeland is Saudi Arabia’s supreme council Other venues that will hold Eid fes- Special advisories have also been No group has claimed responsibil- good, it is at its highest levels and of clerics said the blasts “prove that tivities and activities as part of QTA’s issued by the authorities concerned ity for the attack or for two other sui- thanks be to God it gets stronger every those renegades have violated every- celebrations are Katara - the Cultural to ensure safe and hassle-free travel cide bombings the same day, outside day,” SPA quoted Prince Mohamed as thing that is sacred”. Village, Aspire Zone, The Pearl-Qatar, and on how to keep one’s house secure a mosque in the eastern city of Qatif saying during the visit. The governments of Turkey and Aqua Park, Qatar National Theatre, while the occupants are away. and near the US consulate in Jeddah in “I know that terrorist operations Lebanon joined in the condemnation, the west of the Kingdom. are not a simple thing, and the mi- while Iraq said the attacks amounted The Jeddah bombing killed only the nor impacts that you feel now will go to “heinous crimes”. attacker, and reports suggest there away, God willing,” Prince Mohamed The Organisation of Islamic Co- Oil sinks as Nigeria production rises were no innocent victims in the Qatif said, according to SPA. operation (OIC) expressed its con- attack either. “I had been through this in the past demnation and denunciation of the AFP crude surplus persisting on the global Many observers, however, suspect and feel what you feel,” he added, re- terrorist attacks. New York market. the Islamic State extremist organisa- ferring to a suicide bombing he had The UN human rights chief yester- London benchmark Brent crude for tion of being behind the bombings. survived in his offi ce in 2009. day called the Madinah suicide bomb- August delivery fi nished the day down The group, which controls areas of Meanwhile, outrage spread yester- ing an attack on Islam itself and many il prices fell sharply yesterday 4.3 % at $47.96 a barrel. eastern Syria and northern Iraq, has day after the blast in Madinah. Muslims expressed shock that their as news of increased produc- In New York, the West Texas Inter- claimed previous attacks on mosques Religious and political leaders second-holiest site had been targeted. Otion from Nigeria and a jump in mediate contract for August delivery in Qatif and elsewhere in the kingdom. across the Muslim world denounced Pages 2, 22 overall Opec output stoked fears of the lost 4.9 % to $46.60 a barrel. Obama joins Clinton on campaign trail at a rally

Reuters party nod before endorsing Clinton last the Democratic nomination was post- in the US Senate, grew tense when Charlotte, North Carolina month once she became the presump- poned after the mass shooting on June they were rivals in the 2008 race, and tive Democratic nominee. 12 at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida. became close when Clinton served in Clinton’s trip with Obama came Yesterday, Obama told the crowd in Obama’s cabinet during his fi rst term. fter months on the sidelines, the same day that FBI director James North Carolina that he saw during the Clinton and her family have played a President Barack Obama joined Comey said the agency will not recom- 2008 primary race that Clinton was role in Obama’s elections. ADemocratic presidential hopeful mend that Clinton face charges over her smart and prepared, and he said she Clinton and Obama appeared togeth- Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail at use of a personal e-mail server while had been involved in diffi cult decisions er in Unity, New Hampshire, following a rally yesterday, urging voters to pick she was secretary of state. as secretary of state. their divisive primary fi ght in 2008, and his former secretary of state to succeed White House spokesman Josh Ear- “There has never been any man or Clinton’s husband, former president Bill him in the White House. nest said Obama did not get advance woman more qualifi ed for this offi ce Clinton, gave a well-received speech at “I’m here today because I believe in notice of Comey’s announcement and than Hillary Clinton,” Obama said. the 2012 Democratic convention. Hillary Clinton, and I want you to help said he would not discuss the FBI in- Clinton hopes to reclaim North Obama has focused on what he touts elect her to be the next president of the vestigation with Clinton. Carolina for Democrats in the Novem- as Clinton’s strength of character, in United States of America,” Obama said Clinton’s campaign welcomed the ber 8 election. hopes of shoring up support among at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, end of a probe that has cast a cloud Obama won the state in the 2008 voters who fi nd her untrustworthy, a in what was likely to be the fi rst of many over her campaign, but Republicans general election but lost it narrowly in weakness Trump has sought to exploit. trips on behalf of his 2008 primary rival. seized on Comey’s criticism of what he US President Obama and Democratic presidential candidate Clinton attending a 2012. Clinton needs Obama to woo young Obama was returning the favour af- termed Clinton’s “extremely careless” campaign event in Charlotte, North Carolina. Obama’s fi rst campaign appearance and left-leaning voters who backed ter Clinton backed him in 2008. handling of e-mails. with the former fi rst lady will close a Sanders and who made up part of the This year, he waited while she bat- Presumptive Republican nominee mendation: “As usual, bad judgment.” Obama and Clinton that was initially circle on a relationship that started president’s voting coalition in 2008 tled US Senator Bernie Sanders for the Donald Trump said of the FBI recom- A joint campaign appearance of planned for soon after Clinton clinched cordially when the two were colleagues and 2012. Gulf Times 2 Wednesday, July 6, 2016 QATAR

Emir sends condolences QA celebrates weekend of capacity upgrades around the world to Saudi king HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin atar Airways celebrated don and Paris. Qatar Airways be- Hamad al-Thani has sent a cable a host of capacity in- came the fi rst Middle East airline to the Custodian of the Two Qcreases across its global to fl y to Guangzhou in 2008 with Holy Mosques King Salman bin network last weekend. a Boeing 777. Abdulaziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia, Three of the airline’s destina- The A380 is spread across condoling the victims of the tions received upgraded aircraft twin decks in a tri-class con- bombings that took place in the starting July 1, the same day fi guration of eight seats in fi rst kingdom on Sunday and Monday. when the Doha-based carrier class, 48 seats in business and The Emir expressed his strong also inaugurated its new route 461 in economy, and will serve condemnation and denunciation off ering to Marrakesh (Morocco) Guangzhou Baiyun Interna- of the barbaric attacks and with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. tional Airport, the third busiest stressed Qatar’s complete Guangzhou (China), Ge- airport in China, and the city of solidarity and support for Saudi neva (Switzerland) and Warsaw Guangzhou on the Pearl River Arabia’s leadership, government (Poland) received new aircraft The Qatar Airways senior management with senior airport off icials at Delta, home to 57mn people. Qatar Airways’ Boeing 787 Dreamliner lands at Geneva International and people. The Emir also assured types on their respective daily Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport following the arrival of the Qatar Airways also com- Airport. Picture courtesy of Genève Aéroport. Qatar’s full support for all eff orts fl ights from Doha’s Hamad In- airline’s A380 inaugural flight. menced its second Boeing 787 and actions the kingdom takes ternational Airport, in recogni- Dreamliner service to Switzer- With this, Qatar Airways said service to Warsaw Chopin Air- in the face of terrorism and tion of the “continued demand Guangzhou, Geneva and War- in the popularity of these cities land over the weekend. it became the fi rst airline to op- port commenced operations. extremism to protect its security for Qatar Airways services op- saw, almost doubling the daily as a place to visit and do busi- The inaugural Dreamliner erate the Boeing 787 Dreamliner The route was previously oper- and stability, which is also part of erated by the world’s newest capacity across all of these ness.” fl ight to Geneva was greeted by a to Geneva. ated with the Airbus A320 air- the security of the GCC states. aircraft types and expanding routes from Doha’s Hamad In- Guangzhou becomes the fi rst water cannon salute, witnessed The aircraft has a two-cabin craft. Separately, HH the Deputy Emir fl eet”, the airline said in a state- ternational Airport. Chinese city in the carrier’s Chi- by senior representatives from confi guration, comprising 22 The increase in demand for Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al- ment yesterday. “This is testament to our na network to host the Airbus Qatar Airways and Geneva Air- seats in business class and 232 travel to and from the country Thani and HE the Prime Minister Qatar Airways Group chief commitment to provide our pas- A380. The inaugural A380 fl ight port. The route was previously seats in economy. and the airline’s commitment and Minister of Interior Sheikh executive Akbar al-Baker said, sengers with the greatest com- was met with a warm welcome operated by an Airbus A320, The airline also welcomed the to the Polish market resulted in Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa “Qatar Airways is delighted to fort on board the world’s most as it touched down and now rep- while daily fl ights to Zurich al- expansion of its service from the introduction of the 260-seat al-Thani have also sent cables enhance the aircraft that serve modern and effi cient aircraft, resents the airline’s fourth A380 ready operate with the Dream- Doha to Warsaw during the A330 aircraft on the daily fl ight, to King Salman bin Abdulaziz the important destinations of while illustrating our confi dence destination after Bangkok, Lon- liner. weekend as a new wide-body the statement noted. al-Saud condoling the victims of the bombings. Emir exchanges Eid greetings HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Rota volunteers honoured Advances in stroke Hamad al-Thani has exchanged cables of congratulations with leaders of the Arab and Islamic countries on the occasion of care discussed at the advent of Eid al-Fitr. The for community services Emir also received cables of congratulations from a number of leaders of friendly countries. each Out To Asia (Rota), WCM-Q event HH the Emir exchanged greetings a member of Qatar Foun- with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Rdation for Education, of Saudi Arabia Custodian of the Science and Community Devel- ecent advances in the man- Two Holy Mosques. The Emir opment, recently held an Iftar agement of acute stroke also exchanged felicitations with for the volunteers who partici- Rwere discussed by a world- Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah pated in the Rota Ramadan 2016 renowned neuroscientist at the al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah, King Project to acknowledge their Grand Rounds of Weill Cornell Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifah of commitment to serving the wid- Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q). Bahrain, King Mohamed VI of er community in Qatar. Dr Ashfaq Shuaib, professor Morocco, Mauritania President The Iftar, which was spon- of medicine and neurology and Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, sored by Occidental Petroleum director, Neuroscience Institute Sudanese President Omar Hassan of Qatar Limited (Oxy Qatar), at Hamad Medical Corporation, Ahmed al-Bashir and President of was held at the Hamad Bin Kha- gave a presentation and explained Dr Ashfaq Shuaib speaking at Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh. lifa University (HBKU) Student the importance of recent advanc- the event. The Emir also exchanged Centre. es in neuroimaging technologies, felicitations with Crown Prince of During the event, 250 Rota data showing rates of recovery Dr Shuaib explained that a Saudi Arabia Prince Mohamed bin volunteers were praised for their and complications of stroke vic- key technological advance in Nayef bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, who dedication and hard work in par- tims, and the need for hospitals to stroke care is the development is also Deputy Prime Minister and ticipating in the month-long have dedicated stroke care units. of smaller and more portable CT Minister of Interior, Heir Apparent programme of community serv- Some of the Rota volunteers at the Iftar. Dr Shuaib, said: “The data scanners. CT scanners, which of Bahrain Prince Salman bin ice activities. shows us that if treatment is given use a form of X-ray to allow doc- Hamad bin Khalifah, who is also Throughout the holy month gral role in ensuring we were making a positive diff erence to sense of community.” within the fi rst 90 minutes after tors to see an image of the brain, First Deputy Prime Minister and of Ramadan, Rota volunteers able to successfully execute all the lives of others,” said al-Man- Stephen Kelly, president and stroke, then one in four patients are traditionally extremely large the deputy Supreme Commander were actively involved in reach- our community outreach pro- nai. general manager of Oxy Qatar, will make a full recovery. If treat- and heavy and cannot be moved. of the Bahrain Defenve Force. ing out to members of the wider grammes,” said Essa al-Mannai, Rota volunteer Khalid Albal- said: “Oxy Qatar is committed ment is not given until three hours Now, CT scanners that fi t in- The Emir and Iranian President community, developing and Rota executive director. ushi said: “It has been an ab- to making positive contribu- have passed, that number drops side an ambulance are available, Hassan Rouhani exchanged strengthening relationships “The Ramadan 2016 Project solute honour to be involved in tions to the wider community dramatically to just one in four- which have the potential to allow Eid al-Fitr greetings during a with partners and raising aware- provides new Rota volunteers Rota’s Ramadan 2016 Project. It in Qatar and we are delighted teen who will make a full recovery. doctors to diagnose a stroke and telephone call that the Emir ness of the value of volunteerism with the opportunity to partici- enabled me to give back and en- to partner with Rota, an organi- “For every minute that passes, begin treatment far earlier than received yesterday. and community service. pate in voluntary service and to gage with diff erent members of sation that shares many of our the patient loses about two mil- was previously the case. Separately, HH the Deputy Emir “Our Rota volunteers have contribute to the development the community in a meaningful social responsibility objectives lion brain cells. So you can see Dr Shuaib said: “This is a very Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al- demonstrated incredible com- of communities in Qatar. We way. Being a Rota volunteer has and is actively involved in com- that it is absolutely crucial to new technology and it is not yet Thani and HE the Prime Minister mitment to our Ramadan ini- are extremely grateful for their taught me so much about the munity outreach and develop- treat patients who have suff ered widely available. Last week we and Minister of Interior Sheikh tiatives. They played an inte- unwavering dedication towards importance of building a deeper ment.” a stroke as soon as possible.” put in an order to have one in Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa A stroke occurs when the Doha, which makes us part of a al-Thani have also exchanged brain’s blood supply is suddenly very elite group of only about ten cables of greetings on the Emir, Abu Dhabi cut off , causing brain cells to die cities around the world where occasion of Eid al-Fitr. very rapidly. There are two types this technology is available.” Meanwhile, HH the Emir has crown prince of strokes: ischemic, which Dr Shuaib also explained that received a cable of greetings on Mercury likely to touch 46 degrees hold phone talks is when a blood clot stops the patients suff er far less complica- the occasion of Eid al-Fitr from blood supply; and haemorrhagic tions if they are moved quickly HE the Speaker of the Advisory in which one of the blood vessels from emergency care units to (Shura) Council Mohamed bin “very hot” day and a hu- perature recorded in the coun- rect sunlight. HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin supplying the brain bursts. stroke wards. Mubarak al-Khulaifi. mid night are expected try was 45C in Sheehaniya, Al The forecast for inshore ar- Hamad al-Thani held a telephone Ain the country today, the Rayyan, Mesaieed and Turayna, eas today says it will be very conversation with the Crown Qatar Met department has said. followed by 44C in the Qatar hot during the day with some Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Indian embassy Emir holds phone talks with Indian PM The mercury level is likely University and Doha airport clouds and slight dust at times. Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, holiday to touch 46C in places such as areas, Al Khor, Batna and other It will become relatively humid who is also the Deputy Supreme HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani yesterday held a Doha, Messaied, Wakrah and places. by night. Commander of the UAE Armed The Indian embassy will remain telephone conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Al Khor today, according to the The Met department had Slightly dusty conditions have Forces. They discussed bilateral closed today, the first day of Modi greeted HH the Emir on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr. They also weather report. earlier reminded people not been forecast in off shore areas relations and regional and Eid al-Fitr, a mission statement discussed bilateral relations and the latest developments in regional Yesterday, the highest tem- to expose themselves to di- today. international developments. yesterday said. and international aff airs. VCUQ holds summer programme for high school students

he fi rst four courses of Summer Art Camp con- Tducted by Virginia Com- monwealth University in Qatar (VCUQ) have concluded suc- cessfully. Eight more courses will be taking place from the end of July until mid-August. Children and high school students of various age groups learned a variety of diff erent art and design techniques at the sum- mer art camp courses that took place in late June and early July at VCUQ in the Education City. In the ‘Art Fun – Tea Party’ class, 4-7 year-old children had a fun-fi lled week as they learned about art and design by making cakes, ice creams and all things sweet with a variety of materi- als such as coloured clays, cards, and paints. Eight to 12-year old students at the ‘Art Exploration’ course learned how to design and cre- ate mythical creatures by using painting, collage and clay skills VCUQ dean Akel IU Kahera presenting a certificate to one of the students. A child engaged in an art work. to great eff ect, while children of the same age group in the ‘Print processes that are being used dents wasted no time in getting to opening experience to see the to August 18 at VCUQ. creative discovery, arts & design www.qatar.vcu.edu/communi- Workshop’ created eye-catching throughout the fashion industry. grips with the materials at hand. skills of these kids grow to such One week and two week pro- intensive, fashion illustration, ty/summer-program The sum- two-colour prints. Participants The teachers and assistants Yousra Ahmed, one of the as- an extent in such a short amount grammes are available for all age and fashion design portfolio. mer classes are designed to en- in the ‘Fashion Illustration’ described the attitude of the stu- sistants in the Art Fun class, was of time.” groups starting from the age of Registration for the classes is gage young students and interest class were introduced to diff er- dents as “wonderful” and “in- impressed by how quickly the More art and design courses 6 upwards, including drawing still ongoing and details for all them in art and design from an ent fashion drawing styles and spiring” as the enthusiastic stu- children learned. “It was an eye- will be taking place from July 31 & illustration, print, collage & classes are available at http:// early age. Gulf Times Wednesday, July 6, 2016 3 QATAR

Hypermarkets brace for Eid rush Low customer

By Peter Alagos ments, electronics, and food- and toys, among others as many Business Reporter stuff . Again, we are 100% full- vacation-bound expatriates take turnout at Abu fl edged to accommodate the advantage of the wide range of infl ux of customers for this oc- discounts and promotional cam- hrongs of customers casion,” he explained. paigns of the season. fl ocked to major hyper- Asked about expected growth Some suppliers also use the oc- Hamour market Tmarkets yesterday for last in sales, Kumar said: “We have casion to introduce new brands minute shopping on the eve of recorded tremendous growth in at promotional prices for cell- celebrations for Eid al-Fitr, it is sales compared to last year’s Ra- phones, tablets and other elec- he fruits and vegetables of Ramadan were high, they learnt. madan season. This was mainly tronic gadgets, appliances like AC section at the wholesale added. Traffi c congestion was also because we have aspired to fulfi l units, refrigerators, and washing Tmarket in Abu Hamour The slowing demand has led to felt along main thoroughfares our pledge of providing the high- machines, as well as laptops. has experienced a low turnout a drop in the prices of most va- leading to parking lots of hyper- est level of customer service.” In another popular hypermar- of customers ahead of the Eid al- rieties of vegetables and fruits at markets such as LuLu along D- He added: “Ramadan was very ket, a supplier of a well-known Fitr holidays. the market. Ring Road, Safari Mall, Family good for us. All items were avail- television brand has launched a This could be attributed to a Many vendors are also willing Food Centre, and Al Meera in Al able and our customers were promotional discount for its lat- number of factors, according to to sell perishables at lower prices Mansoura area. very happy. Our prices are very est range of fl at screen smart TVs. local Arabic daily Arrayah. and a further drop is expected Many expatriates also fl ocked competitive and all our promo- The off er starts at QR999 for a These include the over- during the Eid holidays and the to exchange houses to send re- tional campaigns were well-re- 48-inch smart TV. The merchan- supply of goods and a drop subsequent days. mittances back home, while ceived by shoppers. diser for the television brand said in footfall towards the end of For instance, a box of tomatoes others formed long queues in “In terms of service, I believe the same promotion applies to the Ramadan as many custom- (weighing around 7kg) was avail- front of ATMs. we are number one. LuLu has 50-inch and 55-inch smart TV ers had stocked up by buying able for QR10-15 at the market Krishna Kumar R, general man- continued to provide quality off ered at QR1,299 and QR1,499, large quantities earlier, the recently. ager of LuLu Hypermarket along products and best prices, as well respectively. daily said. Besides, a number The same was being for sold D-Ring Road, told Gulf Times as excellent customer service in “Eid is an occasion for gift of people have left the coun- for QR30-35 during the middle yesterday that the retail giant was Garments are among the sought-after items during Eid. all means. If there is something giving, which is why many sup- try to spend the Eid/summer of Ramadan. Similarly, the price “well prepared” for the Eid rush. PICTURE: Nasar TK that we provide best for our cus- pliers take the opportunity to holidays abroad. of cucumber dropped from QR30 “We have a very good rush tomers, it is our service. present the latest models of their Most salesmen at the mar- to QR20-15 a box. of customers on the eve of Eid to serve our customers. All department store. During Eid, many stores record brand at promotional prices or ket said the slump was a normal In general, the drop in prices al-Fitr. Even days prior to Eid, items are available, particu- “There is ample supply of growth in sales of various appar- launch discounted off ers for old- phenomenon for this time of the is estimated to range from 30% we are full-fledged and ready larly in the supermarket and sought-after products like gar- el, electronic products, luggage, er stocks,” he said. year. Sales in the fi rst few weeks to 50%. Asian Town Cricket Stadium to host Ibn Ajayan Trophy T20 fi nal today

he Asian Town Cricket Stadium will host the fi - Tnal of the Ibn Ajayan Tro- phy T20 Cricket Tournament at 7.30pm today. The winning team will receive the Ibn Ajayan Trophy along with a cash prize of QR50,000, while the runners-up will get QR25,000 along with a trophy. Centurion Cricket Club and Warriors Cricket Club will meet in the fi nal. Sixteen national teams have competed in the tourna- The Warriors Cricket Club squad. The Centurion Cricket Club squad. ment, which began in June. The tournament has seen “some cricket tournament. The partici- Projects. “We will work on or- a leading facility management The Ibn Ajayan Trophy is part of “We are pleased to have kept Choudhary, managing director of spectacular cricket” played on pation of the teams was inspiring ganising more tournaments.” company in Qatar, and Pro a recurring annual cricket tourna- the sporting spirit alive in this Pro Event. “Pro Event is organis- weekdays during the holy month of and overwhelming. The event is Under the patronage of the Event, an event management ment. Last year, the tournament sports-loving community. It has ing another cricket match on Fri- Ramadan, the organisers have said. getting better year on year,” said Ministry of Culture and Sports, company specialising in sports was organised by Ibn Ajayan and indeed been heartening to see day, July 8, between Qatar Stars “This is the second time we Riyas Cheeroth, sports and rec- the tournament is jointly or- events, with the co-operation of How Automobiles and the trophy huge groups of fans cheering for and Pakistan Stars at the Asian are organising the Ramadan reation manager at Ibn Ajayan ganised by Ibn Ajayan Projects, Qatar Cricket Association. was won by Doha Cricket Club. their respective teams,” said Sajjad Town Cricket Stadium.” Gulf Times 4 Wednesday, July 6, 2016 REGION/ARAB WORLD Rebel rocket Model of Abu Dhabi Louvre kills 7 kids in Yemen city

AFP women and children, he said. break from peace talks after two Aden The toll was confi rmed by months of UN-backed nego- Saleh al-Shaddadi, the director tiations that have made little of Marib’s main hospital, where progress. rocket fi red by Iran- casualties were admitted. The talks are due to resume on backed rebels in Yemen The Houthis launched the July 15 in Kuwait. Ayesterday killed seven Katyusha rockets from Mount The confl ict in Yemen has children in a residential neigh- Haylan, 15km (10 miles) west of killed more than 6,400 people UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, former French culture minister Jack Lang, French President Francois bourhood of Marib city, east of Marib, Shaalan said. dead and wounded 30,000 since Hollande, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, head of the Louvre museum Jean-Luc Martinez and French Culture Minister the capital, offi cials said. Marib city and the majority the Saudi-led coalition inter- Audrey Azoulay look at a model of the Abu Dhabi Louvre museum, within the inauguration of the Louvre museum’s new site of The rocket hit a courtyard of the surrounding province are vened in March 2015. “Pyramide” and “Sully”, yesterday in Paris. The Louvre Abu Dhabi museum will open at the end of 2016, and many of France’s where the children were play- held by government forces who Saudi Arabia aims to restore grand museums, including the Louvre, the Musee d’Orsay and the Palace of Versailles, will loan art to Abu Dhabi as part of a 30- ing, said Abdel Ghani Shaalan, are fi ghting the Shia rebels who exiled President Abd-Rabbu year collaboration with the emirate worth 1bn euros. Marib’s deputy regional director control areas to the north and Mansour Hadi to power and as- of security. west of the oil-rich region. sert government control over Two other rockets hit The attack in Marib came large parts of the country that a house and a shop front, as Saudi-backed government had been taken over by the wounding 25 civilians including and Houthi negotiators take a Houthis in 2014. Iraqi forces advance towards 30,000 ‘foreign terrorists’ in Syria, Iraq IS-held air base south of Mosul AFP Terrorism Committee. ity of (returning) foreign fi ghters, Geneva “There are nearly 30,000, and who are not dangerous and those now that the territory held by who are.” Reuters the eastern side of the Tigris riv- side said Iraqi forces had dis- take control of Qayara air base.” Daech (the Islamic State group) The former French judge also Baghdad er from the Makhmour military lodged militants from seven Haj Elite counter-terrorism forces early 30,000 “foreign is shrinking in Iraq, we are seeing stressed that the international base in March, but tough IS re- Ali villages on Monday evening and two army divisions, also terrorist fi ghters” are them return, not only to Europe community had the judicial sistance and rough terrain have after Islamic State fl ed in boats bolstered by US-led air strikes, Ncurrently in Syria and but to all of their countries of ori- tools to fi ght against terrorism, raqi forces have retaken a slowed their advance. or by swimming away. advanced last month from a Iraq, a high-ranking UN offi - gin, like Tunisia, Morocco,” he told but warned that “the adaptabil- cluster of northern villages Government forces have now “Our sources inside the vil- northern refi nery town towards cial said yesterday, warning that reporters in Geneva. ity and fl exibility of terrorist or- Ifrom Islamic State militants, seized all villages in the Haj Ali lages told us Daesh fi ghters the Qayara airfi eld, seen as key the risk of attacks in their home “The terrorist attacks in those ganisations are much faster than the government said yesterday, area and reached the eastern started to fl ee the villages in large for a move to recapture Mosul. countries was growing. countries of origin risk getting ours.” pushing closer to an air base that bank of the Tigris, around 60km numbers on Monday,” the offi cer Two years since IS seized wide “The number of foreign ter- bigger and bigger to counter-bal- To compensate for the slowness could serve as a springboard for south of Mosul, the Defence said. swathes of northern and western rorist fi ghters is very high” in ance the pressure on them” on the of judicial systems, he called for an off ensive to retake Mosul, the Ministry said in a statement yes- “The troops’ objective now Iraq in a stunning off ensive, the war-ravaged Syria and neigh- ground in Syria and Iraq, he said. more co-operation with Internet biggest city held by IS. terday. is to hold their positions on the tide has begun to turn as an ar- bouring Iraq, said Jean-Paul Laborde urged countries to put giants like Google, Twitter and Backed by air strikes from a An army brigadier involved in river bank and wait for other ray of forces lined up against the Laborde, UN assistant secretary in place a “fi lter system to distin- Microsoft to help keep tabs on po- US-led coalition, government the operations to retake Qayara forces advancing from the south militants have made inroads into general and head of its Counter- guish between the large major- tential terrorists online. troops launched their thrust up air base on the Tigris’s western to close in on Daesh fi ghters and their proclaimed “caliphate”.

Gulf Times 6 Wednesday, July 6, 2016 ARAB WORLD

An Israeli tank takes position near the Israel-Syria border in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights yesterday, the day after the Israeli army attacked two Syrian military targets on the Golan Heights. UN chief slams Israel over settlement plans

Reuters/DPA The long-awaited report said Israel Meanwhile, an Israeli juvenile court United Nations/Jerusalem should stop building settlements, deny- sentenced a 15-year-old Palestinian ing Palestinian development and desig- boy to 14 months in prison yesterday for nating land for exclusive Israeli use that planning a knife attack against Israelis, a N chief Ban Ki-moon sharply Palestinians seek for a future state. court statement said. criticised a decision by Israel to The Palestinians want an independ- The boy, whose name was withheld Uadvance plans to build hundreds ent state in the West Bank, Gaza and as a minor, had climbed over a security of units in the West Bank and East Je- East Jerusalem, areas Israel captured in fence from the West Bank into Israel in rusalem just days after world powers a 1967 war. December with a 12cm kitchen knife called on Israel to stop its settlement The last round of peace talks broke hidden under his shirt, southern Israel’s policy, his spokesman said yesterday. down in April 2014 and Israeli-Palestini- Beersheba Juvenile Court said in its rul- “This raises legitimate questions an violence has surged in recent months. ing. about Israel’s long-term intentions, The Quartet report said at least 570,000 The court handed the boy an ad- which are compounded by continuing Israelis are living in the settlements. ditional conditional jail sentence of 12 statements of some Israeli ministers Ban “reiterates that settlements are months if he commits a similar off ence calling for the annexation of the West illegal under international law and urges in the next three years. Bank,” Ban’s spokesman Stephane Du- the Government of Israel to halt and re- Prosecutors had asked for a sentence jarric said in a statement. verse such decisions in the interest of of 18 months in jail, while the defence Ban was “deeply disappointed” that peace and a just fi nal status agreement,” argued for seven months that the boy Israel’s announcement followed the re- Dujarric said. had already served since his December lease of a report on Friday by the “Quar- Diplomats said the Quartet report 4 arrest. tet” sponsoring the stalled Middle East was not as hard-hitting as expected The ruling said the boy had confessed peace process – the United States, Rus- after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin to planning the attack and regretted his sia, the European Union and the United Netanyahu set out to ensure the docu- decision soon after he climbed over the Nations. ment was softened. fence into Israel.

Voice recorder indicates attempt to put out fire before EgyptAir crash

Audio from the flight deck voice The Airbus A320 plunged into the Earlier analysis of the plane’s flight recorder of EgyptAir MS804 indicates eastern Mediterranean en route from data recorder showed there had been an attempt to put out a fire on Paris to Cairo on May 19. All 66 people smoke in the lavatory and avionics bay board the jet before it crashed into on board were killed. while recovered wreckage from the the Mediterranean, sources on the The cause of the crash remains jet’s front section showed signs of high investigation committee said yesterday. unknown. temperature damage and soot.

Gulf Times 8 Wednesday, July 6, 2016 AFRICA

Shortage of syringes hampering fi ght against yellow fever ANC now condemns

Reuters campaign in only one zone in Kinshasa densely-populated Kinshasa for reasons of public safety and order. shortage of syringes “If we only organise in Ki- SABC ‘censorship’ is hampering plans to senso, there will be huge Avaccinate people in the crowds coming to Kisenso to Reuters sent a U-turn and may point to “That decision can be taken unemployment and looming re- lack of social services such as Democratic Republic of the obtain the vaccine and that Johannesburg schisms in the ANC, which in by the people of South Africa. cession. water or roads are not uncom- Congo against a yellow fever could become unmanageable,” May welcomed the broadcast ban Not anybody sitting in some cozy Mthembu said that the ANC mon in South Africa but have epidemic despite the arrival of Kabambi said, referring to the by the South African Broadcast- offi ce to decide and be that ar- had not been consulted on the taken on political signifi cance in more than one million doses fi rst zone offi cials plan to tar- outh Africa’s ruling Af- ing Corporation (SABC) as the rogant and decide what it is that policy change, a move he said the run-up to the August 3 local of vaccine, health offi cials said get in the capital city. “So we’re rican National Congress “best decision”. the people can see or not see,” he showed “scant disregard for the elections, which are expected to yesterday. going to wait a little to obtain S(ANC) said yesterday that “When property is burnt, peo- said. governing party”. be the ruling party’s sternest test The Congo’s government more (syringes).” the public broadcaster, accused ple of South Africa need to be SABC chief operating of- Mthembu said that the ANC at the polls since it came to power declared a yellow fever epi- The global stockpile of yel- by opposition parties of pro- shown those images, that is the fi cer Hlaudi Motsoeneng, who would be meeting Communica- in 1994. demic last month in Kinshasa low fever vaccine stands about government bias ahead of local ANC view. Because when you has pushed through a number tions Minister Faith Muthambi to Various civil society and media and two other provinces near 6mn doses after having been elections, was practicing censor- don’t show those images, that of policy changes at the public discuss the SABC, where the act- groups have protested the broad- the border with Angola. depleted twice this year to ship by not broadcasting violent amounts to censorship,” Mthem- broadcaster, is seen as close to ing chief executive, a journalist, cast ban on civil disturbances by The World Health Organisa- immunise people in Angola, anti-state protests. bu said in a televised media brief- President Jacob Zuma, whose resigned last week citing a “cor- the SABC, which has the widest tion (WHO) says some 1,400 Uganda and the Congo. The comments by party chief ing. “You can’t take that deci- popularity has been sagging rosive atmosphere”. broadcasting reach in South Af- suspected cases of the haem- The current method for whip Jackson Mthembu repre- sion, in our view.” against the backdrop of record Outbursts of violence over the rica. orrhagic virus in Congo have making vaccines, using chick- resulted so far in 82 deaths and en eggs, takes a year. is particularly concerned about Health offi cials plan to ad- conditions in Kinshasa, a city minister a fi fth of the standard of 12mn with poor health serv- dose in Kinshasa due to the ices and a climate conducive to shortage of the vaccine. Zimbabwe doctors, teachers strike over unpaid wages mosquitoes. The lower dosage provides The disease has killed 350 temporary protection against people in Angola since Decem- the disease but does not confer Reuters/AFP ber. life-long immunity. Harare The WHO plans to begin a More than 1mn people were vaccination campaign in the vaccinated in Kinshasa during province of Kwango near the a campaign from May 26-June eachers, doctors and nurs- Angolan border on July 20 but 4 in two health zones. es in Zimbabwe began a the UN body’s spokesman in But the eff ort was hampered Tstrike over unpaid sala- the Congo, Eugene Kabam- by disorganisation as residents ries yesterday, a day after police bi, said the country had only of other districts fl ocked to the used force against protesting taxi about 4mn syringes but needed vaccination sites, preventing drivers in the capital Harare amid 10mn. many local residents from re- a deteriorating economic situa- Kabambi said that some ceiving the injection. tion. 1.08mn vaccine doses had ar- Kabambi said other regions Zimbabwe is battling its worst rived in Kinshasa in recent along the Angolan border drought in a quarter of a century, days, but declined to say when would eventually be vaccinat- while the economy is beset by he thought more syringes ed, depending on how many cash shortages, prompting small, might be delivered. more doses are made available, spontaneous protests over the Health offi cials are reluc- in order to create an “immune past month. tant to begin the vaccination buff er”. Monday’s protests were the fi rst to turn violent since 2005. A cyclist buys a snack from a street trader as anti-riot police vehicles President Robert Mugabe has and water cannons are seen in Epworth, near Harare. used the police to keep a lid on the protests, but Amnesty Inter- Hospital Doctors’ Association, dent Richard Gundani told AFP. Fresh sabotage of oil national said their response on Fortune Nyamande, said. “Teachers and the rest of the civil Monday amounted to a violation The government has said it will servants are declaring their inca- of Zimbabweans’ human rights. pay doctors and nurses their June pacity to go to work. Government facilities in Nigeria Police deployed again yester- salaries on July 14 and the teach- departments were operating Schoolchildren head home from Kubatana Primary in Epworth after day in two of the townships that ers on July 7. without some of their staff who school was cancelled. saw violence on Monday but the It has also delayed paying the stayed at home.” AFP troleum Corporation) pipeline, situation was calmer. June salaries of the army and se- Acting Labour Minister Supa Finance Minister Patrick leged government failures. Warri, Nigeria about 800m from the mani- At Zimbabwe’s two largest curity services by two weeks. Mandiwanzira said that workers Chinamasa said in London on Last week hundreds of people fold, was also blown up.” state hospitals, Parirenyatwa At most state schools around had not notifi ed the government Monday that he hoped multilat- blocked the Beitbridge border The NPDC is a subsidiary of and Harare Central, non-critical Harare, students could be seen about the strike action but add- eral lenders would sign a deal for post, a gateway to South Africa, uspected militants have Nigeria’s state-run oil fi rm the patients were told to come back playing at sports fi elds in the ed the state was ready to talk to Zimbabwe to clear its arrears by to protest a government ban on blown up a pipeline in NNPC and is involved in oil and next week because junior doc- morning because teachers did them about their grievances. December, opening the door to food imports. SNigeria’s southern delta gas exploration. tors and nurses were on strike, not come to work. Without balance of payment possible new funding, the fi rst At least 71 people were ar- region, the military and locals Militants from the Niger leaving only senior staff to work, School heads, who are not al- support from the International since 1999. rested. said yesterday, the latest in a Delta Avengers said in a short Reuters witnesses said. lowed to strike under Zimba- Monetary Fund or foreign credit A social movement called In April, the main opposi- string of attacks on oil facilities statement on their website that “The issue is that doctors can- bwe’s labour laws, reported for from traditional Western donors, #ThisFlag, launched in April by tion Movement for Democratic that have hit production. they carried out the attacks. not come to work because they duty. Harare runs a hand-to-mouth a young pastor in Harare, has Change (MDC) staged the biggest A military offi cer said the The group said on Sunday have not been paid. It looks like “We have heeded the call” budget, spending 82% of its rev- called for a national stay-away anti-Mugabe protest in decades attacks happened about 10pm that it had sabotaged an NNPC this (strike) will go on until July by our governing council, Zim- enue on wages, which it is strug- day today “to shut down the calling on the 92-year-old presi- (2100 GMT) on Monday in the pipeline, two belonging to the 14,” the head of the Zimbabwe babwe Teachers’ Union Presi- gling to pay. country” in protest against al- dent to step down. Batan and Makarava areas of NPDC and two Chevron-oper- Delta State. ated oil wells in Delta state over “The Monday night attack the weekend. was an oil well head located at The attacks broke a relative Makarava community, which lull in violence in the delta re- is being operated by Chevron gion that has hit production, Congo opposition leader vows Nigeria Limited,” he said, ask- exacerbating a wider fi nancial ing for his name to be withheld. crisis in Nigeria caused by low The chairman of the Batan global oil prices. community, Ogugu Dickson, The country is dependent on return for presidential election added: “We heard three blasts oil sales for 70% of government about 10pm last night and this revenue. morning (Tuesday) we sent out Nigeria’s government has Reuters years of confl ict in the east that sucked bert Mende told Reuters, dismissing the pipeline surveillance team made moves to end the attacks, Paris in more than half a dozen countries the allegation. to go and confi rm details of the including a reported ceasefi re, and killed millions of people. Kabila, in power since 2001, is incident. although the rebels denied be- Authorities issued an arrest war- barred by constitutional term limits “From fi ndings by the team, ing party to it. emocratic Republic of the Con- rant for Katumbi in May on charges from standing for re-election after an NPDC (Nigerian Petroleum The resumption of violence go opposition leader Moise Ka- of hiring foreign mercenaries in a plot winning elections in 2006 and 2011. Development Company) mani- has been prompted by a com- Dtumbi said that he will return against the government. The government has said Novem- fold was blown up while an bination of factors, including Katumbi: I’m going to come back ... I am a candidate from Europe to contest a presidential He was allowed to seek medical ber’s poll will probably be pushed back NNPC (Nigerian National Pe- dire poverty in the region. in 2016. election later this year, dismissing an treatment abroad for an unspecifi ed due to logistical problems and has de- arrest warrant against him as “fake”. illness, as long as he returned once his nied that the delay is a ploy to extend The multi-millionaire businessman, health improved, but has since been Kabila’s rule. who has been abroad since he was ac- convicted in absentia of real estate However, the president’s allies have cused of plotting against the state in fraud and sentenced to three years in hinted he will not be stepping down May, called on world powers to step prison. soon. up sanctions on government fi gures to Katumbi, the former governor of “There will be a third term for Ka- force them to let the vote go ahead as Katanga province, has denied all the bila that the population is going to im- planned in November. charges, calling them politically mo- pose,” Ramazani Shadari, the deputy “I’m going to come back even if they tivated. head of Kabila’s PPRD party, told the have their fake police warrant ... I am a He said that he had now recovered website politico.cd on Monday. “This candidate in 2016,” Katumbi told Reu- from what he and his supporters have will be either by referendum or by an- ters in an interview in a Paris hotel on alleged was a police attempt to poi- other means.” Monday. son him, an accusation rejected by the Shadari said yesterday that he was Any return would heighten politi- government. referring to popular support for a third cal tensions in the Congo where op- “My health is improving very well. term and not offi cial party policy. position groups say President Joseph I’m going back as soon as possible ... But PPRD secretary general Henri Kabila is trying to cling to power by I’m not scared about anything,” he Mova Sakani also fl oated the idea of cracking down on dissent and delaying said. a referendum last month, pointing to the vote. Katumbi and his supporters have recent votes that allowed the leaders of The government denies the accusa- accused the police authorities of in- neighbouring Rwanda and the Congo tions. jecting him with a toxic substance Republic to stay on. The Congo has never experienced a during a demonstration in his home- Dozens died in street protests in peaceful transition of power. town of Lubumbashi. January 2015 against a revision to the The overthrow of long-time ruler “He wants to distract the popula- election code that could have pushed Mobutu Sese Soko in 1997 fuelled tion,” government spokesman Lam- the election back by years.

Nine dead in latest massacre in eastern Congo province: army

Nine civilians were murdered early yesterday in the latest in a Based in eastern DRC for more 20 years, the ADF has been long spate of attacks in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province, accused of copious human rights abuses and is thought an army spokesman said. to be deeply embroiled in criminal networks funded by The overnight raid targeted the town of Oicha, in Beni kidnappings, smuggling and logging. territory, where more than 500 people have been killed in Dozens of armed groups are active in North Kivu, where numerous attacks, often carried out with machetes, since government troops have also been accused of preying on the October 2014. civilian population. As with previous attacks, Congolese off icials and the UN’s “Fear is taking hold among the people of Oicha, who yet military mission in the Congo (MONUSCO), attributed again call on the government to provide security,” said civil yesterday’s killings to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a society leader Teddy Kataliko, who also blamed the ADF for partly Islamist armed group of Ugandan origin. the attack. Gulf Times Wednesday, July 6, 2016 9 AMERICAS Bull with attitude ‘Sweetest’ town clings to Hershey

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he town of Hershey, Penn- sylvania, calls itself the T“sweetest place on earth”. But if chocolate giant Her- shey Co considers any new The house of Milton Hershey, acquisition off er in the com- founder of Hershey Co. ing weeks, it could face bitter opposition from some in its that are tied to the confectioner. namesake town, where resi- Residents point to houses dents have prospered from its built by Milton Hershey for his presence and tend to be fi erce factory workers and extol the defenders of its independence. “Hershey legacy”, where a suc- The impact of such views cessful business looks after the goes beyond sentimental in the people, the way Hershey did at wake of Mondelez Internation- the height of the Great Depres- al Inc’s $23bn bid to buy the sion in the 1930s by embark- company, which Hershey said ing on a construction spree in on June 30 it had rejected. The town to create jobs. town of Hershey, where the House prices and income lev- company’s staunchest loyalists els in Hershey are substantially are referred to as “Hershey- higher compared to neighbor- ites”, has real infl uence over ing towns in Pennsylvania, ac- corporate decisions. cording to government data. The Hershey Trust, a $12bn Today, the heart of the “Her- school charity and the compa- shey legacy” is arguably found ny’s controlling shareholder, has in the Milton Hershey School, Pedro Reynaga of Phoenix, AZ competes in bull riding at the Prescott Frontier Days “World’s Oldest Rodeo” in Prescott, Arizona. become increasingly involved a private boarding school for in the local community over the around 2,000 students from decades, and has appeared to low-income families. Their ed- listen to its concerns in the past. ucation and living expenses are Pennsylvania’s attorney gen- paid for by the Hershey Trust, eral, who supervises the trust and which is funded by the Trust’s can ask a court to block any deal, stake in the chocolate maker. holds an elected offi ce and is sen- “Everyone who worked for sitive to local concerns, though Mr Hershey always had a job,” the current offi ce holder is not said Ernie, a 69-year-old Her- planning to seek reelection. shey worker who declined to Pennsylvania law requires give his last name. “It’s always Baltimore policeman any charitable trust to con- been Hershey.” sider, when selling an asset, Asked about the town’s the “special relationship of the role in the company, Hershey asset and its economic impact Co. said: “We are proud of as a principal business enter- the company’s rich heritage prise on the community” and and the Hershey community.” the “special value” of its ties to Spokespeople at Mondelez the community. were not immediately available opts for bench trial Since the company was for a comment. founded by Milton Hershey 122 The town’s devotion to its The case is drawing attemtion years ago, residents here have roots has led to confrontations because of the Black Lives Matter fought many plans that would in the past. Back in 2002 when movement have changed Hershey Co. and, Wm Wrigley Jr, renowned for in turn, a community built its chewing gum, attempted to Reuters around one of the world’s most buy Hershey for $12.5bn, irate Baltimore famous confectioners. local residents signed petitions Although the Hershey Trust and staged rallies to stop plans rejected the bid by the maker of to sell the company. he fourth Baltimore police offi cer Oreos cookies, a spike in Her- The then attorney gen- facing charges in the death of black shey’s share price above the bid eral sought to block the deal, Tdetainee Freddie Gray opted for a of $107 per share has indicated prompting the Trust to call off bench trial yesterday as prosecutors seek investors expect a new off er. the sale at the last minute. their fi rst conviction in the high-profi le Many in the rural town of “People like things to stay case. around 14,000 people voiced the way they are,” said a Lieutenant Brian Rice, 42, is the highest apprehension to Reuters about 63-year-old resident who has ranking of the six offi cers charged in Gray’s a sale, despite apparent reas- lived in Hershey since 1978. death in April 2015. He died after suff ering surances from Mondelez. To be sure, not all Hershey a broken neck while being transported in a The food and beverage mul- residents are attached to the police transport van. tinational has off ered to keep status quo. Some younger resi- His death a week after being arrested Hershey’s name, move its head- dents voiced indiff erence to the triggered rioting in which nearly 400 quarters to Hershey, and pre- future of the candy maker, say- buildings were damaged or destroyed in serve jobs, according to people ing practical business consider- the majority black city of 620,000 people. familiar with the matter who ations should take precedence. The case helped stoke the national debate declined to be identifi ed because On paper, a sale to Mondelez over policing in minority communities. Caesar Goodson. Mondelez has not disclosed de- could benefi t Hershey. During a pretrial hearing, Rice elected tails of the bid. Most residents Hershey has a strong US to have Baltimore City circuit court judge slaughter, second-degree assault, two a seat belt if a detainee was combative. cember in the involuntary manslaughter declined to give their full names, presence while Mondelez has Barry Williams decide his fate rather than counts of misconduct in offi ce and reck- Prosecutors’ failure to secure a con- trial of offi cer William Porter. He faces a citing local sensitivities around a global network. A marriage a jury. Williams has acquitted two offi cers, less endangerment. He is free on $350,000 viction has led some analysts to contend retrial in September. discussing the fi rm, which em- of the two would create the and a jury deadlocked in a third case. bail. Prosecutors allege that Rice failed to that state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby over- Gray’s death came at a time of national ploys 4,800 people here. world’s largest confectionary Williams rejected a defence motion to secure Gray, 25, with a seat belt when he reached with the charges fi led during the debate over the use of lethal force by po- “I don’t think they should company with an estimated drop the charges. The trial starts tomor- helped put him into the van while shack- height of the unrest. lice, especially against unarmed black men sell the company,” said a 18% of the market share, said row morning. led. Williams acquitted the van driver, of- amid questionable deaths in several cities, 76-year-old woman who gave market research fi rm Eurom- Rice was in charge of a bicycle patrol and Department protocol calls for detain- fi cer Caesar Goodson Jr., of all charges last including New York, Cleveland and Fer- her name as G C, as she guid- onitor International Ltd. ordered other offi cers to pursue Gray when ees to wear a seat belt in vans. But defence month, including second-degree murder. guson, Missouri. The deaths and ensuing ed visitors through Hershey’s While Mondelez has vowed he fl ed unprovoked in a high-crime area. lawyers have argued in previous cases He also cleared offi cer Edward Nero of protests gave rise to the Black Lives Matter Chocolate World, a sprawling to keep Hershey’s name and Rice is charged with involuntary man- that offi cers had the discretion not to use lesser charges. A jury deadlocked in De- movement. candy store stocked with giant preserve jobs, some said such chocolate bars. promises would ring empty “Hershey is Hershey. It with loyal “Hershey-ites”. should always be Milton Her- US food giant Kraft, now shey. He did good for the com- known as Kraft Heinz Co, drew munity,” said the woman, who controversy in 2010 after it shut has worked at Chocolate World a factory in southwest England for eight years. following its takeover of Cad- Debt collector faces criminal trial A 3.5-hour train ride from bury, now owned by Mondelez, New York, Hershey stretches reneging on an earlier promise out across verdant fi elds be- to keep the factory open. tween delectably named streets “Would I like it to be sold? such as Chocolate Avenue and No,” said the 63-year-old resi- for targeting 6,000 consumers Cocoa Avenue. Between well dent. tended lawns and street lamps “There is the legacy and the Reuters spond to requests for comment. In court full amount the original lender claimed. tied to government agencies and told them shaped like the popular Her- history of Mr Hershey, and New York papers, he said Williams’ conduct was not These fi rms say they are simply seeking they could face arrest. shey’s Kisses Chocolate, Her- what becomes of the Trust? I illegal, and he rejected claims that some recovery on rightfully-owed debt. Scripts employees read on the calls in- shey is dotted with landmarks don’t know what will become debts the fi rm sought to collect were fi cti- But regulators say many fi rms engage in cluded legal-sounding language, such as from a theater to a cemetery of the school and the Trust.” S law enforcement eff orts to crack tious or not owed by consumers. abusive tactics while targeting fi nancially- that the “statute of limitations” on the down on what offi cials view as un- The trial comes amid heightened regula- struggling individuals. consumers’ “civil legal rights” had ex- Uscrupulous debt collection prac- tory attention toward debt collection, which pired, prosecutors said. Cabbie beaten unconscious tices are set to take centre stage at a trial of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau The prosecution is part of the more After the FBI raid, Williams established a Georgia man who prosecutors say over- (CFPB) lists as the No 1 most-complained aggressive approach taken by US a new debt collection company that en- A Calgary cab driver is with one count of assault and saw a scheme that victimised more than about area of consumer fi nancial services. attorney Preet Bharara against gaged in similar practices, prosecutors recovering from a “disturbing was out on parole at the time of 6,000 people nationwide. The prosecution is part of the more ag- consumer-focused scams, fi ling said. and violent attack” after he the attack. Jury selection is scheduled to begin in gressive approach taken by Manhattan US criminal charges over behavior The six employees arrested with Wil- was punched unconscious by a He has a long criminal history Manhattan federal court in the trial of John attorney Preet Bharara against consumer- more oft en pursued civilly by liams have pleaded guilty. Williams, who customer and flipped his taxi. that includes violence — most Williams, whose debt collection fi rm Wil- focused scams, fi ling criminal charges regulators has been held without bail since his arrest, The dashcam footage shows recently a 2014 conviction of liams, Scott & Associates LLC was shut over behavior more often pursued civilly faces up to 20 years in prison. the driver being struck in the assault on a man in Grande down in 2014. by regulators. The case against Williams was an- The case stemmed from a CFPB referral, head, losing consciousness Prairie. He was given a two-year Prosecutors said Williams spearheaded “Happily, there has been a regula- nounced in November 2014, six months and Bharara has said he has reached out to and then being punched about sentence. Enders says he’s eff orts to defraud 6,000 consumers from tory crackdown, but there needs to be, after the Federal Bureau of Investigation the agency and the FTC about sending him 10 more times, according to hopeful that after viewing the 2009 to 2014 into paying about $4.1mn by when appropriate, a criminal crackdown raided the debt collector and the Federal more cases. Checker Yellow Cab president video, police might consider misrepresenting the status of their debts also,” Bharara said in announcing charges Trade Commission (FTC) sued to halt its Other consumer-focused cases by Kurt Enders. laying more charges or and the consequences of not paying. against Williams and six of his fi rm’s em- operation. Bharara’s offi ce since 2013 have involved “It’s probably one of the most upgrading them. “To continually Williams, 50, has pleaded not guilty to ployees. Prosecutors said employees at Williams, a $2bn online payday lending enterprise; a disturbing and violent attacks hit him another 10 times while the charge of conspiracy to commit wire Debt collection fi rms, like in Williams’ Scott & Associates contacted consumers debt settlement fi rm; and individuals ac- I’ve ever seen on one of our he’s knocked unconscious is fraud. case, buy delinquent debts, often for just and falsely referred to themselves as “de- cused of participating in a record $31mn drivers,” said Enders. ... inhumane,” said Enders. “It’s His lawyer, Mark DeMarco, did not re- pennies on the dollar, and try to collect the tective” or “investigator”, claimed to be debt collection scheme. A 38-year-old man is charged quite disgusting actually.” Gulf Times 10 Wednesday, July 6, 2016 ASEAN Singaporean couple jailed for torturing toddler to death

AFP District Judge Bala Reddy cit- the couple punished the boy pened on November 22 when including bruises on his chest most unbearable injuries cap- sentence of corresponding se- Singapore ed the “ruthless and unrelent- by making him stand for hours the couple hit and kicked the and legs, and a large welt on his tured in the photographs were verity. “The case has stirred ing” violence in the case and the wearing only a nappy, kicking boy after he refused to eat forehead. shown to you in the dock, both public outrage in Singapore, couple’s lack of remorse before and slapping him whenever he breakfast, stomping on his Zaidah claimed the boy fell in of you were nonchalant and where child abuse cases have Singaporean mother who handing down an 11-year term got tired. chest and force-feeding him the toilet and hit his head. showed no remorse or sadness been increasing. tortured her two-year- for 41-year-old mother Zaidah, “For more than a month, the dried chilli pepper. The couple faced a combined at the most pitiful sight of the More than 550 cases of seri- Aold son to death for not who goes by one name. two of you in a ruthless and un- The same punishment was total of 32 charges includ- deceased child,” the judge said. ous child abuse were investi- eating his breakfast and diso- Her boyfriend, Zaini Jamari, relenting manner infl icted severe repeated that evening before ing causing grievous hurt and “Your conduct to discipline gated by the ministry of social beying her was jailed along with 46, was jailed for 10 years and torture on your two-year-old the boy went to bed, where he physical abuse of the child, who a two-year-old with extreme affairs last year — about 40% her boyfriend yesterday for what sentenced to 12 lashes of the child who was unable to retaliate was found dead the next morn- died a month short of his third violence leading to his death more than the previous three the court described as the cou- cane. The court heard how over or defend himself,” Reddy said. ing. An autopsy showed the birthday. “When the injuries reveals a senseless brutality years. ple’s “senseless brutality”. a fi ve-week period last year, The worst of the abuse hap- boy had 41 external injuries, were explained to you and the which must be punished by a

Thailand to free IS-linked suicide bomber seven activists on bail hits Indonesia police station AFP Solo Reuters Bangkok suicide bomber riding a motorbike blew himself Thai military court or- Aup outside an Indone- dered the release on bail sian police station yesterday, Ayesterday of seven activ- injuring one offi cer in an attack ists detained for campaigning offi cials said was linked to the against a military-backed draft Islamic State group. constitution to be put to a refer- The attack in Solo city, the endum next month. country’s radical heartland and The pro-democracy cam- the hometown of President Joko paigners are part of a small but Widodo, came as the Indone- growing number of activists sian leader was preparing to who are challenging the junta in visit to celebrate the holiday of the run-up to the Aug 7 vote on Eid with his family. a constitution that the military The authorities in the world’s says will end more than a decade most populous Muslim-ma- of political crisis. jority nation are on alert a day The seven were arrested in before Eid, amid fears IS-linked June while they were handing militants could launch fresh at- out leafl ets urging people to vote tacks after a deadly assault in against the charter which critics Jakarta in January. say will entrench the military’s Police said they suspected infl uence over politics. the attacker was a man called “Police have completed their Nur Rohman, who is allegedly interrogation, so there is no need part of a network controlled to keep the suspects in custody by Bahrun Naim, an Indone- further,” a judge told a court in sian militant fi ghting with IS in the capital, Bangkok. Syria. The seven will be released to- Rohman escaped an anti-ter- day. ror operation just before New With a month to go before the Year that authorities said foiled referendum the junta has taken a series of attacks, according to what rights groups say is a tough police. stance on opposition to its plans Yesterday’s attacker got past and banned all public discussion a guard post and into the yard Police remove the body of a suicide bomber from the scene of an attack in Solo, Central Java yesterday. of the constitution. of the police headquarters in The seven activists were Solo on Java island early in the said national police spokesman Ramadan.“I have ordered the and was the fi rst major terror the most dangerous networks cused of planning to launch IS- charged with breaching a gov- morning, police sources said. Boy Rafl i Amar, adding that the police chief to hunt down and attack in Indonesia for seven but the emergence of IS has inspired suicide bombings in ernment order against public He detonated his explosives attack was “defi nitely” linked catch the network linked to this years.Indonesia has suff ered proved a potent new rallying cry the city of Surabaya. gatherings and a law that carries and died after being confronted to IS. suicide bombing,” he said. several extremist attacks in for Indonesian radicals, with Solo is considered a hot- a 10 year jail term for campaign- by a police offi cer, who suff ered Widodo called for people The gun and suicide bombing the past 15 years, including the hundreds heading to fi ght in the bed of radicalism and is where ing in connection with the ref- an eye injury and burns. to remain alert after the as- attack in Jakarta earlier this year 2002 Bali bombings that killed Middle East. fi rebrand cleric Abu Bakar Ba- erendum. The military seized “He forced his way in using a sault, which happened on the killed four civilians and four as- 202 people. Last month police arrested shir, now in jail, ran a boarding power in a coup two years ago, motorbike and blew himself up,” last day of the fasting month of sailants. It was claimed by IS A crackdown had weakened three suspected militants ac- school that trained militants. saying it had to end months of street protests that had para- lysed the government and hob- bled the economy. “Vote No is a right,” Rang- siman Rome, one of the jailed activists, shouted to reporters Myanmar official charged for Suu Kyi slur as he was led out of a prison van upon arrival at the military AFP vowing to expand freedoms she fought attention to her marriage to a British 1999, to undercut her ties to a country who said the post sparked anger in the court.Rangsiman and the six Yangon for while under house arrest for some academic. she grew up in but did not return to community. other activists arrived at the 15 years. The government employee referred until later in life. “He insulted the country’s leader... court shackled, a Reuters re- But limits on free speech remain, as to Suu Kyi as the wife of a “kalar,” a But their eff orts failed, and Suu Kyi if we did not fi le a lawsuit, public anger porter said, as their supporters n offi cial in Myanmar has been does a culture of charging critics with derogatory term used to slander for- received rapturous support from her would be bigger,” said Kan Oo, an NLD gathered outside holding plac- charged with defamation for defamation — a common play under eigners. countrymen during her years as an ac- lower house MP from Salin. ards. Areferring to Aung San Suu Kyi the former military-backed adminis- “He was arrested on Saturday and tivist.Suu Kyi, now leading the fi rst ci- Social media has exploded in Myan- One read: “End repression. with a slur parroted by the former tration. detained at our police station. vilian government in nearly half a cen- mar in recent years, alongside the lift- Allow expression”. Another junta she spent decades campaigning On Monday a court in central Mag- He appeared at court yesterday,” tury, continues to enjoy a saint-like ing of junta-era censorship laws and read: “Human, right?”. against, police said yesterday. way charged a planning offi cial from Win Tin, a police offi cer from Salin, status by many in a nation brutalised web restrictions. In a rare show of unity, po- Suu Kyi’s National League for De- Salin township over Facebook posts said. Myanmar’s former military rul- by decades of repressive military rule. But a rise in hate speech has fol- litical parties on both sides of mocracy (NLD) swept historic polls in that referred to Suu Kyi with a racial ers attempted to seize upon Suu Kyi’s The offi cial in Magway was charged lowed, as well as a surge in the pros- Thailand’s divide have said the November, with the veteran activist slur used by the former junta to draw marriage to Michael Aris, who died in by a member of the local NLD offi ce, ecution of online critics. constitution is undemocratic. ‘Mosque-mobile’ makes praying easier in gridlocked Jakarta

AFP ing in Jakarta with a team of four as music concerts, festivals and typically failing to provide facili- Jakarta in the fi nal week of Ramadan, a football games. ties for praying, the foundation month of fasting and piety, but Sometimes people intend believes the “mobile-mosque” plans to continue afterwards. to pray, but because there are will be a great help. s the call to prayer rang The van off ers its services no facilities, they skip it,” said It is the latest innovation to out across the Indonesian between 3:00pm (0800 GMT) Hamzah Fatdri, director of the off er relief to residents of Indo- Acapital, Sutikno faced a and 7:00pm (1100 GMT) for two mosque foundation. nesia’s booming but overcrowd- dilemma — the devout Muslim prayer sessions, at a time traf- The Jakarta mosque-on- ed, traffi c-choked cities, where needed to set off through Jakar- fi c is bad as millions fl ood out of wheels has hit the streets af- hundreds of new vehicles are ta’s notorious traffi c to pick up downtown areas and head back ter the foundation launched a hitting the roads every day as the his wife but did not want to miss to satellite cities. mobile place of worship in the middle class rapidly expands due out on worshipping. Muslims are supposed to pray city of Bandung, southeast of to strong economic growth. However for him and others fi ve times a day. the capital on the main island Motorbike taxi-hailing apps juggling the demands of hectic, During Ramadan, the crew of Java. The Bandung mosque that whisk passengers quickly 21st century life and piety in the running the Jakarta “mosque- proved a success, off ering prayer through the gridlock have been crowded capital of the world’s mobile” also serve snacks to sessions at 50 diff erent locations a chief benefi ciary, and have most populous Muslim-major- people stuck in gridlock when it in its fi rst year of operation, and expanded their businesses into ity country, a solution has just A recent photo shows Indonesian men offering prayers at a “mobile mosque” outside a sports complex is time to break their fast. the foundation hopes the van in other areas such as food delivery pulled up. in Jakarta. The van is run by the Archi- the capital — which is slightly and courier services. The “mosque-mobile” started pelago Mosque Foundation, an larger than the Bandung model Still, some worshippers were cruising through Jakarta in June sians goes by one name, came save time and go and pick up my Prayer rugs are rolled out in organisation that sets up and — can do even better. not immediately taken by the as the holy month of Ramadan across the van parked between wife faster.” front of the van, with space for maintains mosques, with fund- Indonesia is already home to mosque-on-wheels. drew to a close, aiming to en- a sports stadium and shopping The green and white van has up to 100 people, and a handful ing provided by Adira Sharia, some 800,000 mosques, includ- “Maybe because this was a sure Muslims did not miss out malls, and it proved a godsend. been specially adapted to be- can worship inside the vehicle. a group that provides Islamic- ing a large number in Jakarta and new experience, I felt a bit awk- on prayers by setting up in busy “I was supposed to go to a come a mobile place of worship. It also provides special robes compliant fi nancing for motor other major cities. ward and embarrassed to pray in places, such as near festivals and mosque that is quite far away but At prayer time, the sides of for women and a tank of water vehicles. But with many people stuck in an open, public space,” student sports events. then I saw this one,” he said. the vehicle open up and a small for the faithful to ritually cleanse “We were concerned that gridlock at prayer time — partic- Mahtashal Harbi said after wor- Sutikno, a middle-aged offi ce “I just parked my car and per- stage is extended, from which themselves before praying. there was a lack of places of ularly during Ramadan — and ad shipping for the fi rst time at the worker who like many Indone- formed my prayers here. I can the imam preaches. The mosque started operat- worship at crowded spots such hoc festivals and sports events Jakarta van. Gulf Times Wednesday, July 6, 2016 11 AUSTRALASIA/EAST ASIA Hong Kong Reinforced barrier bookseller ‘violating’ bail terms

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law enforcement body in China has warned Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee that he Acould face harsher legal action for violating his bail conditions after he was allowed to return to Hong Kong in June, a Hong Kong newspaper reported. A statement issued by the Ningbo Public Security Bureau said Lam had broken his bail terms by failing to return to the mainland for further investigation after an initial eight months in detention, Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper reported. Lam was one of fi ve booksellers whose disappear- ances over the past year have been linked to the Cause- way Bay Books store that had specialised in publishing and selling gossipy books about China’s leaders, in- cluding President Xi Jinping. The Ningbo Public Security Bureau said unspecifi ed criminal enforcement measures would be triggered by his failure to return. The bureau did not respond immediately for com- ment, and Lam could not be reached. The South China Morning Post reported that Chi- nese authorities had released a video of Lam during his time in detention. In a video link on the newspaper’s website, Lam could be seen eating, being given a haircut and making comments. Chinese soldiers carry sandbags to reinforce a lake dyke in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei province. Flooding in China’s Yangtze river basin has left 112 people dead or missing in recent On his return to Hong Kong last month, Lam said days, with more damage feared from a typhoon expected to land within days. Lee Bo, who went missing from Hong Kong in late De- cember, had been abducted, and said “cross-border enforcement actions” by mainland Chinese authori- ties in Hong Kong were “not acceptable”. Lam said he was arrested last October in the south- ern Chinese city of Shenzhen and blindfolded and taken to the eastern city of Ningbo, where he was kept in a small room by himself and repeatedly interrogated about the selling of books banned on the mainland. The disappearances have prompted fears that main- land Chinese authorities may be using tactics that erode the “one country, two systems” formula under Party paper warns of which Hong Kong has been governed since its return to China from British rule in 1997. Hong Kong enjoys far wider personal freedoms and protections than exist on the mainland. No formal ex- tradition treaty exists between the two jurisdictions. Lam pulled out of a protest march in Hong Kong on July 1, citing concerns for his personal safety after he noticed several people following him in recent days. South China Sea clash Hong Kong police said after meeting Lam on Mon- day there was no evidence his personal safety was at Reuters Beijing, Tokyo row over close encounter recently that as for the relevant everybody, including China, includ- risk. They advised him to call for police assistance if Beijing dispute, China does not accept any ing the United States, including Ja- needed, a police statement said. Beijing and Tokyo were at logger- to lock onto two Chinese aircraft on decision imposed by a third party as pan and all,” Yasay said, referring to heads yesterday over accusations “routine patrol” in the Air Defence a means of resolution, nor any solu- President Rodrigo Duterte, who was hina’s government yester- Japanese warplanes locked their fire Identification Zone (ADIZ) it de- tion plan that is forced upon China.” sworn into offi ce last week. NZ extradition case ‘hyping up’ day sought to downplay control radar onto Chinese aircraft, clared unilaterally in 2013. The Global Times is published He added that a “special envoy” Cfears of confl ict in the South as state-run Chinese media said The aggressive move generally by the ruling Communist Party’s was needed to help resolve the dis- right to fair trial, says Beijing China Sea after an infl uential state- the country needed to be ready for means an attacker is ready to fire offi cial People’s Daily, and while pute with China. run newspaper said that Beijing “military confrontation” elsewhere. weapons at a target. it is widely read in policy-making US offi cials have expressed con- murder suspect China wants extradited from should prepare for military con- Beijing has long been embroiled Japan’s deputy chief cabinet circles it does not have the same cern that the ruling by the court in New Zealand is “hyping up” his right to a fair frontation in the area. in fierce territorial disputes with secretary Koichi Hagiuda yester- mouthpiece function as its parent the Hague could prompt Beijing to Atrial so as to evade justice, China said yesterday, The joint editorials in the Chi- Tokyo over Japanese-controlled day denied the accusation, telling and its editorials cannot be viewed declare an air defence identifi ca- after a New Zealand court told the government to re- nese and English editions of the islands in the East China Sea, and reporters that Tokyo’s Self-Defence as representing government policy. tion zone, or ADIZ, as it did over consider its decision to send the man back. Global Times were published as with a host of littoral states over the Forces had scrambled F15 jets to It is also well-known for its ex- the East China Sea in 2013, or step Courts in China are not independent of the ruling tension mounted ahead of a July South China Sea, which it claims monitor Chinese aircraft. treme nationalist views. up the pace of reclamation and Communist Party, and many Western nations have not 12 ruling by an international court almost in its entirety. “There are no facts showing that China, which has been angered construction on its holdings in the signed extradition pacts with China over fears that the hearing competing claims of China Chinese vessels and planes regular- we took provocative action against by US patrols in the South China disputed region. accused will be denied a fair trial or put to death. and the Philippines in the South ly enter waters and airspace near the Chinese military planes,” he said. Sea, will be holding military drills What response China takes will In December, New Zealand agreed to extradite to China Sea. East China Sea islands, called Senkaku In 2013, Tokyo demanded Beijing in the waters there. “fully depend” on the Philippines, Shanghai a South Korean-born resident, Kyung Yup The newspaper said the dispute in Japan and Diaoyu in China. apologise when it said a Chinese China’s Defence Ministry said the China Daily added, citing uni- Kim, but the Pacifi c country’s High Court decided that had already been complicated by China’s defence ministry late frigate had locked its fire-control the drills are routine, the offi cial dentifi ed sources. China’s assurances of fair treatment for the man were US intervention and now faced Monday accused Japanese fighter radar onto a Japanese destroyer in China Daily reported. “There will be no incident at all if inadequate. further escalation due to the threat jets of using their fire control radar international waters. Manila has sought to dial down all related parties put aside the ar- “Kyung Yup Kim and his lawyers have hyped up the posed by the tribunal to China’s tensions with its powerful neigh- bitration results,” one of the sourc- issue of an impartial trial,” Chinese Foreign Ministry sovereignty. bour ahead of the decision but re- es told the English-language pub- spokesman Hong Lei told a regular news briefi ng. “In “Washington has deployed two in the dispute by force, the newspa- eign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei sisted pressure to ignore the ruling. lication. “China has never taken a reality, it’s for the purpose of evading legal sanctions.” carrier battle groups around the per added. said the government was commit- “The reality is that nobody wants lead in...stirring up regional ten- Kim faced murder charges after the 2009 discovery South China Sea, and it wants to “China hopes disputes can be ted to peace. a confl ict, nobody wants to resolve sion,” another of the sources added. in a Shanghai fi eld of the body of a 20-year-old woman send a signal by fl exing its mus- resolved by talks, but it must be “China will work with Asean our confl ict in a violent manner, About $5tn in ship-borne trade who had been strangled to death. He was put in prison cles: As the biggest powerhouse in prepared for any military confron- countries to safeguard the peace nobody wants war,” Philippines passes every year though the en- after China sought his extradition in 2011, following the region, it awaits China’s obedi- tation. This is common sense in in- and stability of the South China Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay ergy-rich, strategic waters of the his return to New Zealand. ence,” the Global Times said. ternational relations.” Sea,” he told a daily news brief- told ANC television. South China Sea, where China’s China has faced criticism from human rights advo- China should speed up develop- Asked about the editorials and ing, referring to the Association of “It is my understanding that the territorial claims overlap in parts cates for years for its heavy use of torture and the death ing its military deterrence to give whether confl ict could break out in Southeast Asian Nations. President would like to maintain with Vietnam, the Philippines, Ma- penalty. Capital punishment is illegal in New Zealand. the US a bloody nose if it intervened the South China Sea, Chinese For- “We’ve pointed out many times stronger, better relationships with laysia, Brunei and Taiwan. Turnbull defi es critics, ballot count resumes

Reuters ian Broadcasting Corp, both agonising- his reformist economic agenda, includ- issues like healthcare and company tax Sydney ly short of the 76 seats needed to form ing a A$50bn ($37.7bn) corporate tax cuts. a majority government in the House of break. Abbott’s supporters, including Representatives. Labor leader Bill Shorten, who has former chief of staff Peta Credlin and mbattled Australian Prime Min- Ten seats remain in doubt. been appearing in what has been de- Senator Cory Bernardi, have made blis- ister Malcolm Turnbull yesterday Turnbull said in his fi rst public com- scribed as a cross-country victory lap, tering attacks on Turnbull’s judgment. Edefended his performance after ments since Sunday that he took full re- warned Turnbull against making any At the same time, independents who widespread calls for his resignation and sponsibility for his coalition’s campaign further drastic decisions, and said La- could hold the balance of power have said he was confi dent of retaining offi ce and that he was still confi dent of win- bor was ready to work with all parties in refused to commit to either the coali- after vote counting resumed in a cliff - ning a majority. parliament. tion or Labor. hanger election. “There is no doubt that there is a level “I really think Malcolm Turnbull... Former prime minister John Howard, Electoral offi cials began counting of disillusionment with politics, with has done a grave disservice to this a hugely infl uential fi gure in conserva- 1.5mn postal and absentee votes that government and with the major par- country and he has given us instability,” tive politics, joined Attorney-General will be crucial to the result of Saturday’s ties,” Turnbull told reporters. Shorten told reporters in Queensland George Brandis and Treasurer Scott election, which is still seen as too close “We need to listen very carefully to state. Morrison in urging unity behind Turn- to call. concerns of the Australian people ex- The election was meant to end po- bull. That process is likely to carry on for pressed through this election,” he said. litical turmoil that had seen four prime “This hasn’t been an outcome we days, possibly weeks, leaving Australia Turnbull’s disastrous polling has led ministers in three years. wanted but it’s not the end of the world. in a political vacuum after Turnbull’s to attacks from inside and outside his Instead, it left Turnbull’s own leader- People shouldn’t start slitting their gamble in calling an early election back- party after he gambled and called elec- ship in question less than a year after he throats, certainly not Liberals,” Howard fi red badly with a much bigger swing tions in both houses of parliament in ousted then-prime minister Tony Ab- told reporters. than expected against his conservative an attempt to settle a querulous upper bott in a party-room coup. Peter Chen, a political analyst at the coalition. house Senate. Turnbull is being blamed for a series University of Sydney, said the election Turnbull’s Liberal-National coalition The political stability he had sought of missteps, beginning with triggering had exposed Turnbull as a failure. has so far secured 68 lower house seats has evaporated, with a wave of inde- the double dissolution of parliament in “I think probably what he should Australian Electoral Commission workers sort through absentee ballot papers and the centre-left Labor opposition 67, pendents winning offi ce, likely making May, and a long eight-week campaign be doing is cleaning out his desk. He’s in Sydney yesterday. according to projections by the Austral- it impossible for him to push ahead with that allowed time for Labor to hit key done,” Chen told Reuters. Gulf Times 12 Wednesday, July 6, 2016 BRITAIN

DECISION TRAVEL TRAGEDY HEALTH POLICY Junior doctors reject Southern Railway Woman survives car Obesity warning over Subsidy to Traff ord govt’s contract deal cuts 341 trains a day crash but killed by lorry children’s portion sizes gas plant withdrawn

Junior doctors who are members of the British Southern Railway is to cancel 341 trains a day in a A special constable died when she was hit by a Almost one in eight children are regularly overfed, The government has withdrawn a subsidy for Medical Association have voted to reject a contract revised timetable from next Monday, the company lorry after she got out of her car on a motorway. a new study has found, sparking a new child an £800mn gas plant project in Manchester, its agreement with the government. Following a has announced. The embattled operator has Samantha Derbyshire, 23, had been driving her Ford obesity warning. The study, commissioned by the developers said yesterday, following its failure referendum involving 37,000 junior doctors and made the changes following weeks of disruption Fiesta on the M61 early Monday morning when she Infant and Toddler Forum (ITF), revealed that 79% to secure investment needed to build the plant. final-year medical students, 58% voted against prompted by industrial action and train crew hit the central reservation, police said. The car of children aged one to four are often given more Carlton Power’s Traff ord gas-fired power station accepting a contract which had been agreed shortages. A spokesman said the slimmed-down was stuck, so she got out to inspect the damage, than the recommended portion size for their age. was the only new large-scale gas plant to secure between the BMA and the government following timetable was designed “to give passengers a and was hit by the lorry. She was pronounced A further one in 10 parents regularly serve adult- financing under the government’s capacity extensive talks in May. Health Secretary Jeremy better, more consistent service they can plan dead at the scene. Police are appealing for sized portions of popular meals. The ITF warned market scheme, designed to secure the country’s Hunt has described the result as “extremely around”. One of the main routes aff ected is the information about the accident, which happened that routinely overfeeding children overrides their electricity supplies. Once completed, the plant disappointing”, as it had been agreed and operator’s West London Line between Milton near junction five of the northbound motorway natural ability to regulate food intake, increasing would have the capacity to provide power to more endorsed by the leader of the BMA’s junior doctors Keynes and Clapham Junction, where all trains will in Greater Manchester. Derbyshire was based their chances of becoming obese in later life. than 2mn homes. Carlton Power missed certain committee. The BMA said that although some be suspended until further notice. In total, about in Bolton and had been recently been accepted Gill Harris, child and clinical psychologist and a deadlines for obtaining investment for the project. medics felt the contract represented an improved 15% of the operator’s services are being cancelled to join Greater Manchester Police as a full-time member of the ITF, said: “It’s never too early to start A company spokesman said discussions were still off er, others had concerns over the deal. from July 11 until further notice. constable later this year. promoting healthy eating habits.” ongoing with potential investors.

Drivers of older cars May calls for face £10 ‘T-charge’ early talks London Evening Standard London

otorists driving vehicles belching out fi lthy fumes Mare set to be hit with a on Britain £10 “T-charge” to enter central London from next year. The new toxicity levy was part of a radical package of measures billed by mayor Sadiq Khan as the toughest crackdown on the most polluting vehicles by any major leaving EU city in the world. The T-charge would apply to all London Evening Standard important as a party that we come shadow boxing or cat and mouse vehicles, diesel and petrol alike, London together... We are not Leavers or games.” with pre-Euro 4 emission stand- Remainers now, we are Conserva- But May said: “I would hope ards, broadly those registered be- tives in government with a job to that we would see that every- fore 2005. It would be on top of the heresa May yesterday do.” body recognises it is not just for congestion charge. squared up to Brussels boss The Bank of England yesterday the UK’s benefi t but actually for On the 60th anniversary of TJean-Claude Juncker by relaxed funding rules for banks to the benefi t of the EU that we have the Clean Air Act, introduced to demanding early talks on Britain’s boost lending by up to £150bn as it sensible discussions that are un- tackle smogs in London, Khan exit from the European Union. warned of a “challenging” outlook dertaken in a good spirit of will- said: “Just as in the Fifties, air In an exclusive interview with for fi nancial stability. ingness to get a deal that is right pollution in London today is lit- the Evening Standard, the front- May’s resolve to make EU lead- for us but also a sensible deal for erally killing Londoners. But un- runner to become prime minister ers sit down and discuss Britain’s the EU.” like the smoky pollution of the showed a fl ash of steel by insist- exit terms in a “sensible” way Responding to a threat by past, today’s pollution is a hid- ing on informal discussions fi rst comes a week after Cameron was Alain Juppe, the front-runner to den killer. — something that the other 27 EU sent home early from a summit in win next year’s French presiden- “Urgent action is now needed to leaders have refused. Brussels while the other 27 leaders tial election, to end the Le Tou- ensure Londoners no longer have “In the European negotiations talked about the impact of Brexit quet deal that allows Britain to to fear the very air we breathe.” I have been involved in, you often without him. maintain border controls in Cal- Other proposals put out for have preliminary talks before you Juncker, the president of the ais, she was confi dent that she consultation yesterday include: actually reach the formal posi- Brussels commission, imposed a could persuade France to back z Introducing the central Lon- tion,” pointed out May, adding: “presidential ban” to stop com- off . She said Bernard Cazeneuve, don Ultra Low Emission Zone one “This will be a point of discussion.” missioners from talking to UK the interior minister, “recognises year earlier in 2019. Cars, vans and The home secretary set out a government offi cials until a formal ... that the current arrangements motorbikes not meeting set emis- series of tough messages to Europe two-year exit timetable is trig- work for both countries. There sion standards would have to pay — and joked about her dour image. gered by the prime minister mov- is, as you say, a body of politi- £12.50 a day, and lorries, coaches With Conservative MPs gathering ing Article 50. cal opinion in France that takes a and buses £100. for their fi rst round in the ballot to Juncker told MEPs he would diff erent view,” she admitted. “As z Extending the ULEZ from choose David Cameron’s succes- not even allow informal talks be- prime minister I would want to 2020 from the congestion charge sor, she revealed: fore Article 50, saying: “There can be sitting down with my French area to the North and South Cir- z France will be warned that be no preliminary discussions. opposite number and talking culars for motorcycles, cars and it would be against its interests No notifi cation, no negotiation. about the benefi ts, not just to the vans — and London-wide for lor- to attempt to switch the border I don’t think we should condone UK, but to France.” ries, buses and coaches. from Calais to Dover, a move that z Bringing forward the require- threatens to increase the number Clarke caught on camera ridiculing candidates ment for all double-decker buses of desperate migrants trying to to be ULEZ-compliant in central cross the Channel. A veteran Conservative politician off -air in a Sky News television London from 2020 to 2019. z A May government would yesterday appears to suggest he studio. “I get on all right with her z Creating clean bus corri- keep Cameron’s goal of slash- backs Home Secretary Theresa (May)... and she is good,” Clarke, dors to tackle the worst pollution ing immigration in the long term May to succeed Prime 76, tells former defence minister hotspots by putting cleaner buses to “tens of thousands”, a level she Minister David Cameron, despite Malcolm Rifkind in unguarded on the dirtiest routes. said was “sustainable”. her being “a bloody diff icult remarks while he was still wear- z Drawing up a detailed pro- z Talks to defend passporting woman.” “Theresa is a bloody ing a microphone following an posal for a national diesel scrap- rights, allowing the City of London diff icult woman, but you and I interview. Clarke claims that page scheme, to pile pressure on to trade freely in the EU, would be a worked with if pro-Brexit Justice Secretary ministers to adopt it despite being priority in Brexit negotiations. Margaret Thatcher,” Ken Clarke, Michael Gove – one of the other reluctant to do so. z Boris Johnson and Michael a former chancellor and home four candidates - becomes prime Scientists estimate the annual Gove might both serve in a unity secretary, laughs as he speaks minister “we’d go to war with at death toll from toxic air in London Home Secretary, Theresa May, leaves after attending a cabinet meeting at Number 10 Downing Street Cabinet. to another senior Conservative least three countries at once.” to be up to 9,400. in London yesterday. May said: “I think it is hugely

Blair Project Gove has emotional need Evans ‘moving on’ to gossip: ex-Boris aide after Top Gear exit London Evening Standard he said: “It’s all true, but of London course there was another high- Guardian News and Media “UK citizens deserve to know The current favourite to re- profi le, much more impor- London that when they go to sleep at place David Cameron in Number tant resignation yesterday that night their secrets and their na- 10, Theresa May, has said that EU hris Evans yesterday doesn’t make some of the front tion’s secrets aren’t shared in the nationals will be allowed to stay issued a plea to “move pages, and that’s Nigel Farage ichael Gove cannot be newspaper column of the prime but has said that what rights they Con” as he dedicated stepping down from a very in- trusted to be prime minister’s wife the next day, or would enjoy will be determined his breakfast radio show to his fl uential political party that had Mminister because he has traded away with newspaper during the exit negotiations. former colleagues at Top Gear. a lot to do with the EU referen- “an emotional need to gossip, proprietors.” Wallace said that it was in EU On his BBC Radio 2 morning dum last week or the week be- particularly when drink is taken, Simultaneously, Johnson at- nations’ interests to agree a free show, Evans said: “Today’s fore.” as it all too often seemed to be”, tacked the government for not trade deal with Britain and that show is dedicated to all the Police have confi rmed detec- according to claims made by having made the case for Brexit the UK could also now do similar Top Gear gang. And today’s tives are investigating Evans Boris Johnson’s former campaign and, thereby, causing a “kind of deals with other countries around show is entitled Breathe In, over claims made by a woman manager. hysteria, a contagious mourning of the world. And he said that the UK Breathe Out, Move On.” The about an alleged sexual assault In a stinging attack in the Daily the kind that I remember in 1997 could still benefi t from co-opera- DJ announced on Monday that in the Nineties. The force is- Telegraph, for which Johnson also after the death of the Princess of tion with its European neighbours he was stepping down as host of sued a statement saying: “An writes a weekly column, Ben Wal- Wales”. on security. the motoring show after just one allegation of non-recent assault lace said things started to go wrong In his weekly Telegraph column, Johnson’s supporters were un- series and disastrous ratings. was made to police on May 23. as soon as Gove joined the former he wrote: “It was wrong of the happy, not only with what they On air yesterday morning, he The allegation was made by a London mayor’s Tory leadership government to off er the public a saw as Gove’s betrayal, but with then had to suff er the indignity woman against a man. campaign and accused him of be- binary choice on the EU without the manner in which it was carried of reading out the press head- “It relates to incidents in ing behind stories that leaked to being willing – in the event that out; complaining that the justice lines of the day, many of which Tower Hamlets in the Nineties. the media. people voted leave – to explain secretary gave no warning that he were about his Top Gear exit. There has been no arrest and “For me this wasn’t new” Wal- how this can be made to work in was about to announce his candi- “I’ve got to go here, so bear no person has been interviewed lace wrote. “When I was a govern- the interests of the UK and Europe. dacy. with me,” he told listeners, under caution. Enquiries con- ment whip and Michael was the We cannot wait until mid-Sep- “Boris is many things, but nasty Prince Harry poses for a group photo with members of quoting the Daily Mirror front tinue.” Evans denies the claim, chief whip, the offi ce leaked like a tember, and a new PM. We need a he is not,” Wallace wrote. “I re- The Blair Project at Three Sisters Racing Circuit in Wigan page: “’Evans quits Top Gear: which he has called a witch sieve. Important policy and per- clear statement, now, of some ba- member when he made his deci- yesterday. Prince Harry joined school children with special My best wasn’t good enough.’ hunt. BBC sources said he de- sonnel details made their way to sic truths.” sion to back Brexit I pleaded with educational needs or disabilities, as they become the first That’s true — that’s what I said cided to quit last week, before the papers. Michael seems to have Those truths, he wrote, includ- him not to. I said it would lose him in the country to race their own computer designed race yesterday in a tweet.” being made aware of the police an emotional need to gossip, par- ed there being “no risk whatever to the leadership. But he said ‘sover- karts using new 3D printing and digital manufacturing After reading out a few more probe. They added that the po- ticularly when drink is taken, as it the status of the EU nationals now eignty mattered more than any- technologies. headlines referring to him quit- lice statement was an unfortu- all too often seemed to be. resident and welcome in the UK”. thing’. ting the motoring programme, nate coincidence. Gulf Times Wednesday, July 6, 2016 13 BRITAIN Interior designer’s children battle over £20mn fortune

London Evening Standard ly successful career behind when “deal with it”. He said an earlier fi rst-class saloon on the QE2, the his fortune should be equally be- dementia. “There is no evidence saying her father “was very par- London he died aged 92 in 2013. will stated his side of the family penthouse at Claridge’s and the tween his children. It replaced one to show the deceased appreciated ticular, he wouldn’t be pushed His children — son Courtenay, would inherit the entire fortune American Bar at the Savoy. He written in 2005, which gave Cour- he was making such a signifi cant around. 57, and daughter Amanda, 56 — when Amanda dies, the High lived in a Grade II listed building tenay half of the estate, with the change,” he said. He also claimed “He wanted to dot the I’s and he children of a celebrat- are now fi ghting over control of Court heard. in Kensington. Amanda told the other half held on trust for Aman- Jacqueline Duncan, Courtenay cross the T’s and he checked eve- ed interior designer who his fortune. Amanda told judge John Mar- court she had had an “uncomfort- da for life. She could live off the in- and Amanda’s mother, had been rything to the nth degree. I never Tworked on the QE2, Clar- Inchbald left a will which said tin QC: “Courtenay was involving able” relationship with her father, come from around £10mn but the instrumental in the change as she spoke to my father about his fi - idge’s and the Savoy Hotel are his money should be split equally himself in my father’s aff airs and who divorced her mother Jacque- capital would revert to her brother is closer to her daughter. nancial aff airs or his will.” locked in a £20mn court battle between his two children. what my father should do. There line Duncan in the Sixties, but she or his children when she died. “She had, since at least 1996, Peter John, representing over his fortune. But Courtenay claims their fa- was always an edge, growing up had still visited him at his home. Richard Wilson QC, for Cour- encouraged the deceased to divide Amanda, conceded there are Michael Inchbald left one of ther had wanted a limit put on with Courtenay, that he had to In his fi nal will, signed six years tenay, said Inchbald did not un- his estate equally between Aman- “poor family relations” but said London’s grandest private houses Amanda’s access to his cash be- have more.” before his death, Inchbald said derstand the change in his will da and Courtenay,” said Wilson. the equal spilt of the fortune was and the fi nancial legacy of a huge- cause he did not believe she could Inchbald designed the main apart from small gifts to others, because he was suff ering from Amanda countered the claim, not unusual. Johnson slams party criticism of last Labour government

Guardian News and Media of the Labour leader, Jeremy Cor- London byn – said the party needed to “get its act together”. “We could have an opportunity abour will not get elected if to have a general election sooner it keeps rubbishing the last than expected,” he said. “So we’re LLabour government, the no longer talking about dawdling former home secretary Alan John- up to 2020 and having all that son has said. time. We’ve got to start thinking Giving his backing to MP Ivan very quickly.” Lewis’s bid to be the Labour can- Johnson said he was backing didate for mayor of Manchester, Lewis’s bid to be Labour’s mayoral Johnson said people in the party candidate in Greater Manchester were too often disparaging about because the MP for Bury South its record in offi ce. was incredibly talented, imagina- “We’ve got to get the record tive and creative. “It’s a very im- Demonstrators take part in a protest during a one-day strike organised by the National Union of Teachers (NUT), calling for better pay and working conditions for teachers, in straight. We won’t get a Labour portant part of politics, creativity, Parliament Square in central London yesterday. government elected by telling and I think in many ways (Lewis) people the last Labour government was constrained in his creativ- was rubbish, particularly because ity by being a minister,” he said. “I it’s untrue,” he said, speaking at a think the kind of role that mayor of rally for Lewis’s campaign. Manchester would give him would allow him free rein to use his tal- “We won’t get a Labour ents.” government elected by Lewis served as a minister in telling people the last both Tony Blair’s and Gordon Teachers’ strike hurting Labour government was Brown’s Labour governments. He rubbish, particularly was shadow culture secretary and because it’s untrue” then shadow Northern Ireland secretary under Ed Miliband’s La- “When I came into parliament bour leadership. in 1997 there were 2.6mn pen- He was removed from the sioners living in abject poverty … frontbench after 14 years – receiv- children’s education: govt by the time we left offi ce the Insti- ing the news by text message – in tute for Fiscal Studies said that for Corbyn’s fi rst shadow cabinet re- Guardian News and Media Courtney, said: “This is a popular Spain or Greece, where they had Courtney said talks had gone up by £4bn since 2011-12. the fi rst time in recorded history – shuffl e after winning the Labour London strike amongst our members be- to slash education budgets by reached a stalemate because of We have a programme of talks back through William Booth, back leadership in September. The MP cause they know the issues really up to 30%, where thousands of Morgan’s failure to acknowledge with the unions. That continues.” through the poor laws – being old had been openly critical of Corbyn matter to the young people they teachers were made redundant.” the real-terms cut in funding. In a letter to Courtney, Mor- is no longer associated with being during the leadership race, calling he Education Secretary, are teaching.” She also urged the NUT to try He said: “We would like to gan said teachers were choosing a poor.” on him to distance himself from Nicky Morgan, has ac- He pointed out that the gov- to resolve the dispute through resolve these things through “path of disruption over negotia- He continued: “When we came fi gures on the left who had ex- Tcused the National Union ernment had imposed a real- talks. Morgan said: “Courtney talks. We don’t want to disrupt tion and discussion”. into parliament one in three chil- pressed anti-Semitic views. of Teachers of putting children’s terms cut in funding per pupil. says this strike is popular with children’s education or parents’ The union says it wants to dren were being raised in poverty. “I didn’t want a vote of no con- education at risk as its mem- “George Osborne and Nicky teachers. I can tell you it is not working lives but in the talks we resume negotiations on teacher By the time we left, 1.6mn had fi dence in Jeremy Corbyn,” said bers began a 24-hour strike over Morgan are freezing the cash per popular with school leaders I’ve are having Nicky Morgan doesn’t contracts to allow workloads to been taken out of relative pov- Lewis on Monday night. “I wanted school funding, pay and teachers’ pupil that they give to schools but been talking to and it is certainly acknowledge the reality. She be addressed. It is also demand- erty, 1.3mn out of absolute pov- him to step aside in the interests of workload. they are not putting anything in not popular with parents for wrote to me on Saturday saying ing increased funding to schools erty. When we came in there was the country and the party, because Thousands of schools were for infl ation,” he said. whom this is a huge inconven- the school budget is going to be and education, and wants guar- Section 28, when we left there when I talk to Labour people, par- closed yesterday after 92% of Morgan said there was no ience. protected in real terms, which anteed terms and conditions in were civil partnerships. When we ticularly people on the doorstep in NUT members voted in favour of alternative to the squeeze on “It is also not popular with isn’t true. The Institute for Fiscal all types of schools. came in there was no protection my constituency and other con- industrial action. The union says teachers’ pay. She told Today: pupils who are missing out on Studies says there is an 8% cut In a statement, Courtney add- for people in the workplace … by stituencies, they say to me time it has a mandate for the strike “Across the public sector we have a day’s education. If Courtney per pupil. That’s why class sizes ed: “Schools are facing the worst the time we left there was a na- and time again: ‘Jeremy strikes us even though only 24% of mem- had to take diffi cult decisions in wants to sort this out then the are going up.” cuts in funding since the 1970s. tional minimum wage, the right as a decent man, but he is not a bers voted in the strike ballot. the last six years. And public sec- place to do that is the talks that Morgan said: “I just don’t rec- The decisions which headteach- to paid holiday … the right to go credible leader of the opposition, Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s tor pay is one of the areas that has are already happening, not by ognise that picture. The schools ers have to make are damaging to on strike.” nor is he a credible potential prime Today programme, the union’s been impacted. The alternative is taking strike action which puts budget is the highest it has ever our children and young people’s Johnson – who has been critical minister’.” acting general secretary, Kevin that we end up in a situation like children’s education at risk.” been this year at £40bn; it has education.” Man admits threatening Criticism looms Three teens arrested over fatal stabbing

to kill MP Bradshaw Guardian News and Media family had been notifi ed. London Folajimi, known as Fola, was an A-level student at Chelsea acad- Guardian News and Media cause it was important to get a fl a- was made, Bradshaw said he, like emy. Matt Williams, the school’s London vour of what it must have sounded all his parliamentary colleagues, hree teenagers have been principal, said: “He always had a like to the people who picked it up. was stepping up his security. He arrested on suspicion smile on his face and brought joy Bradshaw said in a victim im- added: “The security of MPs is Tof murder after the fatal to all who encountered him. We 37-year-old man is fac- pact statement to Exeter magis- constantly reviewed and of course stabbing of a 17-year-old in Not- will miss him greatly. His quick ing jail after he admitted trates court that he had received it has as a result of Jo’s murder. We ting Hill, west London. wit provided a constant source Athreatening to kill a Labour death threats before and was not have all been advised to hold ap- The Metropolitan police said of entertainment to students and MP the day before Jo Cox was unduly concerned. pointment-only surgeries – which two 16-year-old boys were ar- teachers alike.” murdered. Geoff rey Farquhar- “I am more worried about my I think is a sensible caution. rested on Monday night and were Williams described Fola as son left a message of “venom” on staff in Exeter who have borne the “We have also been advised to being held at separate London a passionate footballer who the parliamentary offi ce phone of brunt of his behaviour,” he said, let local police know about our police stations, and a 15-year- had played as a left-back for Ben Bradshaw, the Exeter MP, last adding that the murder of Jo Cox movements. But we live in a free old boy was arrested earlier in the the school in the Inner London month, ending his call with: “I will had heightened anxiety over vio- democracy and we value and cher- evening and remained in custody. Schools Cup. “His excellent de- kill you.” lence towards public servants. ish our elected representatives be- The victim, named by police fending helped the team reach During the two-minute call, Farquharson, who has a public ing out and about in public in their as Folajimi Orebiyi, bled to death the quarter-fi nals,” he said. Farquharson made comments order conviction from 2005, did constituency. on Portobello Road after be- Fola was studying maths, psy- about Bradshaw’s sexuality. Far- not comment in police interviews “I attend hundreds a year that ing stabbed on Sunday evening. chology, business and media and quharson, who admitted sending a after his arrest. His lawyer, Sue are pre-advertised – none of us Reports suggested he had been hoped to work in business, ac- communication of an indecent or Snow, said he sounded “unbal- want to change that. Politicians chased by youths on bicycles counting or marketing, Williams off ensive nature, had introduced anced and upset” as he made the driving in armoured convoy and after a fi ght on a nearby council said. “Fola had recently started himself on the call and given his call. Baker said Farquharson faced being protected by high walls is estate. to attend university open days in full address. a jail sentence but adjourned for not the British way. But it is about Witnesses said he was stabbed preparation for the next adven- Jo Clark, prosecuting, said the probation and a psychiatric as- getting the balance right and not in the neck and fl ed to Portobello ture in his life,” he said. case centred on “an abusive and sessment. He was bailed until Au- allowing crimes like this to change Road, where he collapsed. Police Liam Semugabi, a friend of threatening voicemail message” gust for sentencing and warned our way of life. offi cers and paramedics tried Fola’s, told BBC London News to Bradshaw that was picked up by not to contact Bradshaw or his of- “I just feel really numb with Former prime minister Tony Blair leaves his off ice in to save his life but he was pro- that the teenager “studied hard his Westminster offi ce staff . fi ce, or go to Westminster. grief over what happened to Jo and central London yesterday. Seven years after it began, nounced dead at the scene. at school and had a great future District judge Diana Baker de- Baker said it was a very unpleas- desperately upset for (her hus- the off icial inquiry into Britain’s role in the Iraq war The police said formal identi- ahead of him”. scribed the call as “extremely of- ant threat to an MP which con- band) Brendan and her family and finally reports today with Blair expected to face severe fi cation had not yet taken place A postmortem examination is fensive and very unpleasant”. She tained “venom”. loved ones. We all must live with a criticism. but that they were satisfi ed that due to take place at Westminster said the court should hear it be- Speaking shortly after the call constant sense of vulnerability.” the victim was Folajimi and his mortuary. Gulf Times 14 Wednesday, July 6, 2016 EUROPE

17 more charged over Istanbul airport attack, total now 30 Leaders of

AFP with “belonging to an armed ter- dogan, speaking to journalists in the airport on Sunday. with 80 special forces troops pa- fi ght with IS and other extremist terror cell Istanbul rorist group”. Istanbul, said that the suspects Night-vision goggles and trolling Ataturk airport. groups in Iraq and Syria. Ankara says the Islamic State included men from Russia’s military clothing were report- Authorities have identifi ed the Turkish media have identifi ed (IS) is behind the June 28 gun and volatile Caucasus region of Dag- edly found in their suitcases, bombers as a Russian, an Uzbek the strike’s organiser as Akhmed smashed eventeen people includ- bomb attack at Ataturk interna- estan, as well as Kyrgyzstan and along with passports in diff erent and a Kyrgyz national. Chatayev, the one-armed ing 11 Russians have been tional airport, which left 45 peo- Tajikistan. names. State news agency Anadolu Chechen leader of an IS cell in Scharged over the Istan- ple dead including 19 foreigners. “The attack was launched as The men had just arrived in Is- named two of them as Rakim Istanbul who allegedly master- in 2015 bul airport attack, Dogan news Thirteen suspects, including part of Daesh operations and tanbul from Ukraine, NTV televi- Bulgarov and Vadim Osmanov, minded two other deadly attacks agency reported, bringing to 30 three foreign nationals, had al- bears the mark of its methods,” sion reported. without giving their nationali- that killed tourists in the city. the total number charged in con- ready been charged Sunday over Erdogan said, using another Prime Minister Binali Yildirim ties. Turkey has been rocked by a sent to jail nection with the suicide assault. the worst of several attacks to hit name for the IS group. said on Monday that security was Central Asia’s former So- series of attacks over the past The latest suspects, who also Turkey’s biggest city this year. Police also detained two IS being boosted at sensitive Istan- viet republics have been a major year, blamed on both IS militants include six Turks, were charged President Recep Tayyip Er- suspects – Kyrgyz nationals – at bul sites such as metro stations, source of militants travelling to and Kurdish rebels. AFP/DPA Brussels

Belgian court has jailed four leaders of a terrorist Acell that was broken up in a deadly raid in 2015, which had alleged links to the militants who carried out attacks in Paris and French inquiry urges Brussels. The men received jail terms of between eight and 16 years for their role in leading an Islamic State (IS) group in the eastern town of Verviers that was alleg- edly planning to kill police offi c- ers. intelligence overhaul Marouane El Bali, Souhaib El Abdi et Mohamed Arshad were AFP supermarket, killing four people. jailed for 16 years each while Paris He also shot dead a police- Omar Damache was jailed for woman in Paris. eight years by the court in Brus- Justice Minister Jean-Jacques sels. French inquiry into the Urvoas said during his hearing Two suspected members of terror attacks that rocked that Coulibaly – a known radical the group were killed on the AParis in 2015 has recom- and repeat off ender – represent- January 2015 raid on the house mended a fusion of the country’s ed intelligence failings within the in Verviers, located 120km (75 intelligence services after the prison system, having been re- miles) east of Brussels near the “global failure” of the country’s leased from custody without be- German border. myriad agencies. ing put under surveillance. Prosecutors described the cell The parliamentary inquiry was The French system of judi- as the “rough draft” of the terror set up in February to probe possi- cial supervision, whereby terror cell that attacked Paris on No- ble security failings in the run-up suspects not deemed dangerous vember 13 2015. to the two major militant attacks enough to be remanded in cus- They described the terrorist in Paris last year that left 147 tody are instead ordered to report group as being under the orders people dead. regularly to the police, also con- of Paris ringleader Abdelhamid “The two big intelligence boss- tained “weaknesses”, said Piet- Abaaoud. es admitted during their hearings rasanta. Main suspect El Bali was that the 2015 attacks represent a Samy Amimour, who was in- charged with attempted murder ‘global intelligence failure’,” said volved in the attack on the Batac- for fi ring at police during the Socialist lawmaker Sebastien Pi- lan concert hall on November 13, Verviers gunfi ght. etrasanta. when a team of militants killed He denied the charge. France currently has six dif- 130 people across Paris night- Arshad meanwhile told the ferent intelligence units answer- spots, was able to travel to Syria court he acted on instructions ing to the interior, defence and in 2013 despite a ban on leaving from Abaaoud to buy walkie- economy ministries. France. talkies, ingredients for explo- After 200 hours of hearings, The lawmakers heard from an sives and rent two vehicles and a lawmakers found that the dif- anti-terrorism judge that terror- fl at in Verviers. ferent agencies had struggled ists were subject to the same level The documents were provided to communicate about known of surveillance as small-time by small-time criminal El Abdi. Islamists who had either been crooks who peddle marijuana Damache, an Algerian, was under surveillance, in prison or when released from prison under arrested at an address in Athens had their phones tapped at some court supervision. where police believe they had point before carrying out attacks. The commission of inquiry zeroed in on Abaaoud. The president of the com- recommended a single anti-ter- Damache was later extradited mission of inquiry, former judge rorism agency modelled along to Belgium. Georges Fenech, said that the the lines of the US National Former judge Fenech (centre left) and Socialist lawmaker Sebastien Pietrasanta (centre right) are seen at a press conference in Paris to present Abaaoud was killed by police barriers between the various Counter-terrorism Centre (NTC) the conclusions of French inquiry into the terror attacks that rocked Paris last year. days after the Paris attacks, in intelligence services led to the that was set up after the Septem- which 130 people were mur- surveillance of Charlie Hebdo at- ber 11, 2001 attacks in the US. night of November 13 had been though there had been threats at the request of the conservative “The state of emergency had dered. tacker Said Kouachi being lifted It also called for the creation “fast, eff ective and showed they against the Bataclan concert hall, opposition Republicans party, an impact but it seemed to quick- The group had also identifi ed when he moved from Paris to the of a dedicated prison intelligence were capable of working togeth- where 90 people were massa- to examine the resources put in ly diminish,” Pietrasanta said the Brussels airport as a poten- northeastern city of Reims. offi ce. er”. cred, the attack there could not place by the state to fi ght terror- of the measure, which is still in tial target, the judge said, citing The next time he was heard “Faced with the threat of in- However, he questioned the have been avoided. ism following the January 2015 place nearly eight months later. plans by Abaaoud. of was when he and his brother ternational terrorism we need merits of having three diff erent “Thwarting the attacks would attacks. The inquiry also questioned The court based its fi ndings on Cherif opened fi re at the satirical to be much more ambitious ... specialised units, the paramili- have presumed that investigators The inquiry also found that a the “real added value” of Op- diagrams found in Athens, where weekly in Paris on January 7 last in terms of intelligence,” Fenech tary intervention group GIGN, and intelligence agents had kept state of emergency imposed af- eration Sentinelle, under which Abaaoud had spent time in 2014. year, killing 12 people. said. “Our country was not ready, the police unit RAID and another in mind all the targets mentioned ter the attacks and deployment thousands of soldiers were de- They show individuals push- Two days later, Amedy Couli- now we must get ready.” elite police force specialising in by terrorists during questioning,” of thousands of troops to patrol ployed to protect schools, syna- ing a baggage trolley with the baly, who met Cherif in prison, Pietrasanta said the interven- hostage situations, the BRI. he said. the streets had only a “limited gogues, department stores and word “bomb” written on the took shoppers hostage at a Jewish tion of security forces on the Pietrasanta said that even The commission was formed impact” on security. other sensitive sites. sketch. Valls forces through contested labour law, again Six die, including

AFP not count on the votes of legisla- lice and 45,000 according to the Paris tors on the Socialist Party’s left hardline CGT union. three children, fl ank. Demonstrations peaked on It used the same measure to March 31 at 390,000 people rench Socialist Prime Min- force a package of economic re- across the country, according to ister Manuel Valls has by- forms through parliament last offi cial fi gures, while the unions in rebel Ukraine Fpassed parliament to force year, also to prevent the rebel left claim the fi gure was 1.2mn. through labour reforms that have fl ank of the party from sinking it. Unemployment in France sparked four months of strikes The labour bill now continues stands at a stubborn 10% overall, AFP Lysenko said the worst and street protests. on its bicameral shuttle. but for young people the fi gure is Kiev fi ghting centred on the rebels’ “This country is too used to It returns to the Senate before closer to 25%. de-facto capital Donetsk and mass unemployment,” Valls told its defi nitive adoption by the MPs have 24 hours to decide the southeastern government- parliament as many members lower house on July 22 – when whether to call a vote of no- hree children died in held port city of Mariupol, booed and several walked out of Valls is expected to again resort confi dence in Valls’ government, Ukraine’s war-torn east which links separatist territo- the chamber. to the 49-3 manoeuvre for the which the right-wing opposition Tas their father disas- ries with the Russian-annexed He said that a “coalition of fi nal step. has already ruled out. sembled a grenade, and three Crimea peninsula. immobility” had stymied the In the streets meanwhile, pro- The government survived a Ukrainian troops were killed in “We observe an escalation in reforms, which aim at reducing testers staged their 12th show of vote of no-confi dence by a com- clashes in the troubled region these areas. Some rebel shell- unemployment by freeing up the opposition to the controversial fortable margin over its use of the with pro-Russian rebels, offi - ings lasted for several hours,” job market – notably by making package, seen as too pro-busi- 49-3 clause in May. cials said yesterday. Lysenko said. it easier for employers to hire and ness and a threat to cherished Union- and student-backed An insurgency commander A Donetsk rebel spokesman fi re staff . workers’ rights. demonstrations against the re- said the children, aged between on Sunday accused Ukrainian It was the second time the However, the numbers were forms began in early March, with A protester holds a sign bearing a picture of French Prime Minister two and 11, found a grenade on troops of shelling residential embattled government used the down from previous protests. some protests descending into Valls and reading ‘I am ordering you to obey!! I am the one who is in Monday and gave it to their fa- buildings and wounding two so-called 49-3 provision for this A Paris protest drew up to violence. charge here!! Call me majesty!!’ next to a flag of French trade union ther in the separatist province civilians, the separatists’ news package of reforms, as it could 7,500 people according to po- The worst unrest was seen CGT, during a demonstration against labour law reforms in Marseille of Donetsk. agency reported. in Paris on June 14, just four yesterday. “The father, in the presence Nearly 9,500 people have Deadly sheep tumble prompts anti-bear protest days after the start of the Euro of the children, began to disas- died since the mainly Rus- 2016 football championships in staff over deals reached with un- after meeting with Valls. semble the grenade,” the sepa- sian-speaking eastern indus- Dozens of French farmers protested yesterday against the presence of France, when around 40 people ions across entire industrial sec- The prime minister said yes- ratists’ news site quoted Edu- trial regions revolted against bears in the Pyrenees mountains, after a flock of 125 sheep took fright were hurt and dozens were ar- tors – notably on working hours. terday that more than 800 ard Basurin as saying. Ukraine’s pro-Western federal and fell to their death in a ravine. rested. “Compromise was possible, amendments had been added to Basurin said that the result- government in April 2014. Farmers, hunters and local off icials in the southwestern town of Luz-Saint- President Francois Hollande, it was even within reach,” said the legislation after “a quality ing explosion killed the chil- Kiev and the West have Sauveur called for the “immediate removal” of the brown bears, which who faces a re-election bid next Christian Paul, head of the So- debate”. dren while the father survived repeatedly accused Rus- were reintroduced to the area 20 years ago after disappearing in the April, had hoped for a signature cialist rebels. Last week the right-domi- and was now being treated in a sia of buttressing the rebels early 1990s. reform to reverse his dire approv- Pierre Gattaz, the head of the nated Senate approved a more local hospital. and sending in regular troops Thierry Lassalle-Carrere told AFP he believes a bear chased his sheep al ratings. employers’ federation MEDEF, business-friendly version of the It was unclear why the father across the border. over a rocky cliff at the weekend. But pressure from the street, as said last week that he was “very legislation, but when the two had tried to disassemble the Moscow denies the accusa- “There were 309 sheep on the mountain, 125 are dead. I have been deal- well as parliament’s back bench- disappointed” with the bill in its houses fail to agree a text, as in grenade. tions. ing with bears for six or seven years,” he said. “There are attacks every es, caused the government to watered-down form, calling it a this case, the National Assembly Meanwhile, fi ghting con- A truce and political rec- year but nothing like this year. It is going to take me years to recover.” water down the proposals, which “monument of complexity, ab- has the fi nal say. tinued across the 500km onciliation agreement signed The brown bear population in the mountain range is estimated at 30. only angered bosses while failing solutely illegible” for small and The Senate bill, passed by a (310-mile) front line splitting in February 2015 helped lower French farmers are often at loggerheads with conservationists over the to satisfy the unions. medium-sized businesses. vote of 185 to 156, would scrap the the self-proclaimed “peo- the scale of the fi ghting but not presence of wild animals that threaten their stock. The main sticking point has “No one on the ground under- 35-hour work week and restore ple’s republics” of Luhansk completely halt a confl ict that Sheep farmers have also complained about wolves decimating their been a measure giving prece- stands anything anymore and it’s a cap on the amount employers and Donetsk from the rest of has plunged Moscow’s rela- animals. dence to agreements negotiated a law that will be of absolutely no would have to pay out when they Ukraine, military spokesman tions with the West to a post- between companies and their use for employment,” Gattaz said lose labour disputes. Andriy Lysenko told AFP. Cold War low. Gulf Times Wednesday, July 6, 2016 15 EUROPE Juncker raps Brexit

Juncker: The beaming Brexit heroes of yesterday are the tragic leaders for ‘quitting’ heroes of today. DPA and leader of the UK Independ- his seat in the European Parlia- He said it was incomprehensi- said. “I would have thought that the EU, in light of growing euro- His country, which is also Strasbourg ence Party (Ukip), had both been ment. ble that the champions of Brexit they would have had a plan. In- scepticism across the continent. home to a strong eurosceptic key fi gures arguing for a so-called “The beaming Brexit heroes of now needed several months to stead of developing a plan, they “Too many people in Europe movement, held the EU’s rotat- Brexit ahead of last month’s ref- yesterday are the tragic heroes agree on their approach. are leaving the boat.” are unhappy with the current ing presidency for the last six hose leading the camp for erendum, which was won by their of today,” Juncker said yesterday Britain has said it will not EU leaders have insisted that state of aff airs – be it on the na- months. Britain to exit the EU are camp. during a plenary session of the launch formal exit negotiations the bloc will not enter into exit tional or European level – and “It would be wrong to rush Tnow proving to be unpat- However, Johnson decided last EU’s legislature in the French city until after Cameron’s successor negotiations with London un- expect us to do better,” EU Presi- blindly forward towards more riotic by jumping ship, European week not to run as successor to of Strasbourg. has been chosen, with some con- til it has triggered Article 50 of dent Donald Tusk told the bloc’s political integration, and a more Commission President Jean- Prime Minister David Cameron, The likes of Johnson and Farage tenders for the position saying the EU’s treaty, which launches legislature. federal Europe because that ... Claude Juncker said yesterday, who tendered his resignation fol- are “retro-nationalists and no this may not happen until next a divorce process of at least two Some argue that the bloc must would be a denial of the senti- pointing the fi nger at Boris John- lowing the referendum. patriots”, he added, noting: “Pa- year. years. respond by seeking more align- ment felt by many European son and Nigel Farage. Farage announced on Monday triots do not leave the ship when “I don’t understand why the Meanwhile, a debate has begun ment among member states, but people, to whom the EU is, or has Former London mayor John- that he would step down as Ukip the situation gets diffi cult, that’s Brexit camp needs months before within the bloc’s remaining 27 Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte become, something remote and son and Farage, an EU lawmaker leader, although he plans to keep when they stay.” knowing what to do,” Juncker member states over the future of cautioned against the approach. aloof,” Rutte said. Erdogan outlines Hungary announces October vote citizenship plan for skilled Syrians on troubled EU migrant scheme AFP Budapest Reuters/AFP lim Eid al-Fitr holiday. Istanbul Some 260,000 of the Syr- ians in Turkey live in state-run ungary has announced a camps, while the remainder referendum on taking in resident Recep Tayyip live in accommodation in cities Hmigrants under a trou- Erdogan outlined plans across the country, which has a bled EU quota plan, a scheme Pyesterday to grant citi- population of 79mn. that right-wing prime minister zenship to some of the near “We do not think it right to and fi erce Brussels critic Viktor 3mn migrants who have fl ed host such people in tent camps, Orban has vehemently rejected. war in neighbouring Syria, container towns or in such ba- Last year Orban voted against particularly those with qualifi - sic places,” Erdogan said. sharing 160,000 migrants cations of use to Turkey. Erdogan fi rst raised the idea around the 28-nation European “Western nations open their of giving Syrian migrants the Union via mandatory quotas, doors to such skilled individu- possibility of Turkish citizen- saying that the bloc has no right als and they have no choice but ship at the weekend, saying to “redraw Europe’s cultural and to go (to the West) when we do that the interior ministry was religious identity”. not open the gates (of citizen- taking steps on the issue. The scheme, meant to ease Merkel: expected the referendum to change nothing. Orban: has said that the bloc has no right to ‘redraw Europe’s cultural ship) ourselves. We would like For Mohammed Nizar Bitar, pressure on Greece and Italy, the and religious identity’. to benefi t from their knowl- a Syrian who arrived fi ve years main entry points into the bloc people – 789 from Italy and 1,994 But his stance during Europe’s edge,” Erdogan told reporters ago, the prospect of citizenship for migrants fl eeing the Syrian from Greece – have been relocat- migrant crisis, which has seen man’s land between Hungary and a big factor was immigration. after praying at an Istanbul is “excellent news, because civil war, was approved by a ma- ed, according to EU data. more than a million people un- Serbia. “The British wanted to fi nd a mosque. we’re going to stay here any- jority of EU member states. Hungary has made zero places dertake a perilous journey to the Rupert Colville, spokesman way to resist this exodus of mod- Turkey struck a deal with way”. Hungary has joined Slovakia in available but is meant to take in continent, has caused particular for the UN High Commissioner ern times,” Orban said. the European Union in March “This would seriously im- fi ling a legal challenge against the 1,294 people. ire. for Human Rights, said yester- EU leaders “have done nothing to stem the fl ow of migrants prove the living conditions of plan, and Orban had announced In Berlin, German Chancellor Around 400,000 migrants and day that this may result in police to stop the wave of migration ... into Europe and it has sharply my compatriots,” said Bitar, participation would be put to a Angela Merkel said that she ex- refugees passed through Hunga- “forcibly expelling (migrants) which has led to less security, an cut the number of refugees and who owns three restaurants in public vote. pected the referendum to change ry in 2015 before the government without any form of legal proce- increase in danger and aggres- migrants reaching Greece. Istanbul employing dozens of Yesterday the presidency set nothing. sealed off the southern borders dure”. sion”. However, the deal has been Syrians. the date as October 2. “The question has been with razor wire and fences in the “With hundreds of people Hungary’s opposition Socialist hampered by discord over But the announcement has Voters will be asked: “Do you phrased in such a way that it asks autumn. already waiting in the strip of Party accused Orban yesterday Turkish counter-terrorism law, not gone down well with eve- want the EU to prescribe the for an answer to the already pre- The authorities also brought land between the Serbian pass- of wanting to pull Hungary out which the EU wants brought in ryone. mandatory relocation of non- vailing government policy – the in tough new laws punishing il- port control and the Hungarian of the EU “using the wildest lies”. line with its codes. As Erdogan announced the Hungarian citizens to Hungary opinion of the Hungarian prime legal entry and vandalism of the barbed wire fence, we also fear The government is planning a Ankara has already said it decision at the weekend, hail- without the approval of the Hun- minister on refugees is well fences. that this measure will only wors- billboard, television and Internet would make it easier for mi- ing the “good news”, the hash- garian parliament?” known,” Merkel said. Last year the government en the existing desperate and in- campaign urging voters to “send grants from Syria and other tag #ulkemdeSuriyeliistemi- Budapest says that the plan – Orban has long had a testy erected billboards warning for- human conditions at the border,” a message to Brussels that they nations to get work permits and yorum (“I don’t want Syrians which has been extremely slow to relationship with Brussels with eigners not to take jobs from he said in Geneva. will understand!” Erdogan said they could also be in my country”) trended on get going – violates its national critics saying that his shake-up Hungarians. Orban said after Britain’s June In order for the plebiscite re- made Turkish citizens. Twitter. sovereignty and that “terrorists” of Hungarian institutions from Yesterday new legislation took 23 referendum decision to leave sult to be valid, turnout needs “There are highly qualifi ed Turkey’s open-door ap- might enter the country dis- 2010 – since mirrored in fellow eff ect, returning any migrant the EU – he had urged Britons to to be above 50%, and previous individuals among Syrian refu- proach to refugees was ini- guised as migrants. EU member Poland – has under- found within 8km (5.0 miles) to remain in advertisements taken referendums have struggled to gees in Turkey. (Granting them tially a source of pride for many As of July 1, fewer than 2,800 mined democracy. “transit zones” located in no- out in British newspapers – that reach this level. citizenship) would both serve Turks, but more and more have Turkey’s interests and improve come to resent them as a drain their living standards,” Erdog- on state resources and com- an said at the start of the Mus- petitors for jobs. Ex-PM Berlusconi leaves hospital, 50 town halls targeted cautious about his political future

DPA He had surgery a week later to be able to give some advice.” in anti-graft probe Rome replace a faulty aortic valve that However, Berlusconi also said was putting his life in danger. he still hoped to be “useful to Ita- He told reporters that he ex- ly and Italians”, and said his con- AFP corrupt town halls as part of a ormer Italian premier Sil- perienced a “very painful ordeal” servative opposition Forza Italia Madrid network stretching from Ma- vio Berlusconi left hospi- and that he felt better, but still party would campaign against drid to Barcelona and Tarrago- Ftal yesterday, three weeks needed several weeks of recovery. constitutional reforms proposed na in the north east, police said after an open-heart operation, Berlusconi appeared to need by the government that are due panish police said yes- in a statement. sending mixed signals about his support to stand, extending his for a referendum vote in October. terday that they have “A large portion of the funds willingness to continue engaging right arm over the shoulder of an He also confi rmed that his AC Slaunched an operation obtained were then diverted in frontline politics. aide. Milan football team would be targeting some 50 town halls to the principality of Andorra Berlusconi, who turns 80 in When asked if he still felt ready sold to Chinese buyers, but only and made a dozen arrests as via complex commercial deal- September, checked into the San to lead the country, the former on condition that they com- part of an investigation into ings,” the statement added as Berlusconi talks with reporters as he leaves the hospital in Milan, Raff aele Hospital in Milan on prime minister said: “I hope mit to invest “at least €400mn fraudulent public contracts. authorities look to unmask the where he checked into on June 7 with symptoms of heart failure. He June 7 with symptoms of heart there will not be any need, but, if ($445mn) in the next two years” “Searches and demands for full extent of wrongdoing. underwent open-heart surgery at the hospital. failure. so, I hope to have the strength to to revive the squad’s fortunes. information are expected in Media reports said some of around 50 town halls,” a po- the town halls being investi- lice spokesman told AFP as the gated were run by the pro-in- latest in a wave of corruption dependence Democratic Con- DNA test shows remains belong to scandals descended on Spain, verge of Catalonia (CDC). German girl missing for 15 years further wrecking confi dence in Previous allegations of graft Austria’s new presidential vote set the political elite. enveloped former long-serv- Forensic scientists have matched the DNA of human remains found The investigation, which ing regional leader and CDC in the central German state of Thuringia to that of a schoolgirl who also involves offi ces and private founder Jordi Pujol, who was AFP just 31,000 votes in May. but Hofer has indicated that he went missing 15 years ago. homes, including in neigh- suspected of hiding millions of Vienna The FPOe launched a legal would make use of hitherto un- Peggy was nine when she failed to return home from school on May bouring Andorra, is looking to euros in tax havens and stepped challenge on June 8 alleging tapped powers aff orded under 7, 2001, prompting a major search operation. turn up documentation into down in 2003. “terrifying” irregularities, and Austria’s constitution. The partially-buried remains were found on Saturday by a man the alleged rigging of fat public Some pro-independence ustrians will again vote in on July 1 Austria’s highest court Winning the Hofburg palace foraging for mushrooms in the Thuringia woodlands 15km from sector contracts, tax fraud and groupings in Catalonia suspect a presidential election on upheld its challenge, ruling that would also be of enormous sym- Peggy’s hometown of Lichtenberg. abuse of public offi ce. Spanish police are determined AOctober 2 after the far- Austrians must vote again. bolic importance for the FPOe The bones are without doubt Peggy’s, a spokesman for the state Those arrested, who include to dig dirt on regional politi- right managed to get its narrow The Constitutional Court two years before the next sched- prosecution in the city of Gera said yesterday. a former mayor, are suspected cians in the wealthy pro-se- defeat from May declared null found that procedural errors took uled general elections, and be Chief prosecutor Herbert Potzel said on Monday that it was “highly of “public administration of- cessionist region to curb their and void, the government said place with almost 80,000 votes, a fi llip to other populist parties likely” that the remains are those of Peggy. fences”. independence drive by hitting yesterday. meaning that they potentially across Europe. It is unclear whether investigators have uncovered evidence that The operation follows a judi- their credibility. The election gives Norbert could have been tampered with. Experts say it is impossible to will shed light on the fate of the girl, breathing new life into a case cial enquiry into suspected il- Last month, Interior Min- Hofer, 45, of the opposition Free- Interior Minister Wolfgang predict the election outcome, al- that was never solved. legal practices at Efi al, a politi- ister Jorge Fernandez Diaz was dom Party (FPOe) another shot Sobotka said afterwards he was though some say that they expect A man with learning diff iculties was charged with her murder in cal consultancy linked to town caught up in a controversy at becoming the European Un- “ashamed” by the scale of the a lower turnout. 2004, but acquitted in a retrial 10 years later because of lack of halls notably in the northeast- as taped conversations were ion’s fi rst far-right anti-immi- “sloppiness” uncovered. Britain’s June 23 decision to evidence after a key witness retracted his statement. ern region of Catalonia. leaked purporting to show him gration president. Tabloid newspapers likened leave the EU could make a pos- Holger Knueppel, the mayor of Lichtenberg, said finding answers The fi rm set up front com- encouraging investigations Hofer lost out to Alexander Austria to a “banana republic”. sible Austrian exit an election was “very, very important” for the town. panies which facilitated the against political opponents in Van der Bellen, a 72-year-old Traditionally the president’s issue, with Hofer pledging a ref- “In order to close the case, we would need to find the guilty person,” laundering of public funds via Catalonia. Greens-backed independent, by job has been largely ceremonial erendum if the EU fails to reform. he said. Gulf Times 16 Wednesday, July 6, 2016 INDIA

NOBLE GESTURE CRIME MYSTERY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTIGATION 82-year-old Kerala man Delhi builder held on Five found dead on Cabinet approves Exam scam accused becomes oldest liver donor charge of duping investors Gurgaon rail track major port in TN shifted to remand home

An 82-year-old man from Kerala became the A Delhi builder was arrested on charge of Five people, including a man dressed in The federal cabinet yesterday gave its ‘in-principle’ Bihar’s toppers scam accused Rubi Rai, who was oldest liver donor in south India, off icials said duping 455 investors in the national capital women’s costume and a woman, have been approval to set up a major port at Enayam near ruled a minor by Patna court, was shifted yesterday yesterday. Vikraman was declared brain dead and other places, police said yesterday. “Manoj found dead on and along a rail track in Colachel in Tamil Nadu. The cabinet meeting from Beur jail to a remand home, police said. “Rubi after an accident late last month. The cadaveric Bhardwaj, a director of Arun Dev Builders, Gurgaon, police said yesterday. Three of the was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rai was shifted to a remand home after the court liver transplant took place at the Kerala Institute is wanted in nine cases,” Additional Deputy bodies, including of the man dressed like a According to the decision, a special purpose vehicle order was received by the concerned authorities,” of Medical Sciences in Thiruvananthapuram. Commissioner of Police Nupur Prasad said. woman, were found on Monday on a track (SPV) will be formed for developing the new port. a district police off icial said. Hearing a petition The recipient was a 44-year-old man from Bhardwaj, in his early 50s, was arrested from near Ganga Vihar colony, between Gurgaon The initial equity contribution will be from three filed by a non-governmental organisation Paryas Kollam, who is now recovering. KIMS managing his home in Raju Park area of Neb Sarai in and Bijwasan railway stations. Yesterday, major port trusts in Tamil Nadu - V O Chidambaram Bharti, the court on Monday accepted Rubi’s age director M I Sahadulla said Vikraman was south Delhi. He was in the real estate business parts of a woman’s body and the body of a Port Trust, Chennai Port Trust and Kamarajar Port on the basis of her matriculation certificate which healthy with no ailment. “The noble gesture of for the last 22 years and lured people with man in his mid-30s were also found in the Ltd. The SPV will develop the port infrastructure, mentioned her date of birth as November 15, 1998. his family has given a fresh lease of life to the throwaway prices of property, the police same area, near the tracks. Two of the three including dredging and reclamation, construction Social activists had pointed out that Rubi, who was recipient who had been ailing from a chronic off icer said. “He used to put up his company’s victims of Monday were identified as Saleem of breakwater and ensuring connectivity links. arrested on June 25, was jailed in violation of the liver disease for the past several years,” said board in diff erent cities where he took his Alam, 22 and Aslam Ansari, 35. Alam hailed According to the central government, there are Juvenile Justice Act. Rubi had ‘topped’ the Class 12 Sahadulla. He added the transplant surgery prospective customers along to hoodwink from Siwan and Ansari from Chhapra, both only a few ports in India that have suff icient draft examination in Arts stream conducted by the Bihar lasted 12 hours. them,” the off icer said. in Bihar. and can match global cargo handling eff iciencies. School Examination Board (BSEB).

Terror suspect SC to hear held in W Bengal IANS plea against Kolkata

suspected terrorist was arrested from West Ben- Agal’s Burdwan district and is being interrogated, police said acquittal of yesterday. According to the police, the 25-year-old man was arrest- ed on Monday from a train at Burdwan railway station while on way to Labhpur in Birbhum district. Salman Khan The suspect was interrogated by the state police and the Gov- Maharashtra government Maharashtra government may The Maharashtra government ernment Railway Police (GRP) on challenges verdict of the take years before it comes up for had contended that there were Monday. Bombay High Court hearing. scores of witnesses at the ac- He was later brought to the But the apex court declined. cident site who saw Khan in the headquarters of Criminal Inves- IANS “There are so many serious driver’s seat. tigation Department (CID) in New Delhi matters pending. You can’t ask zBollywood actress Priyanka Kolkata for further questioning. for the fast-tracking of the mat- Chopra yesterday refused to com- In the wake of the deadly terror ter merely because so and so is X ment on Khan’s ‘raped woman’ attack in Dhaka in which 20 peo- he Supreme Court yester- (Salman Khan),” said Justice Khe- analogy, which has been creating ple were killed, West Bengal has day admitted an appeal by har. quite a stir. The actress says she been on high alert with the Bor- Tthe Maharashtra govern- The Bombay High Court had on feels sad that the media prefers to der Security Force intensifying ment challenging the acquittal December 10, 2015 acquitted the talk about the controversy rather vigil across the Indo-Bangladesh of Bollywood actor Salman Khan actor, saying that “the prosecu- than other important issues. border. in a 2002 hit-and-run case, but tion has failed to prove the charg- Chopra, who is scaling new The National Investigation declined to fast-track the hearing. es against Khan on all counts.” heights globally with her hit Agency (NIA) which in March A bench of Justices Jagdish The Supreme Court had on American TV series Quantico and arrested an engineering student Singh Khehar and Arun Mishra February 19, 2016 issued a notice has also landed her Hollywood from the district, suspected to admitted the Maharashtra gov- to Khan on the Maharashtra gov- debut with the Baywatch movie, be an Islamic State (IS) facilita- ernment’s appeal after the actor’s ernment’s petition challenging was in New Delhi to extend her tor, has been informed about the lawyer Kapil Sibal told the court the December 2015 Bombay High support to ‘Fair Start’ campaign arrest. that Khan would like it to hear the Court verdict. by Unicef India. She became a An accidental blast at a house plea on merits. Khan was found guilty by a part of the event yesterday as in Khagragarh in Burdwan dis- In the last hearing of the case, sessions court on May 6, 2015 Unicef goodwill ambassador. trict in October 2014 led to the the court had asked the actor and convicted for, among others, Asked about her view on the NIA busting a terror module whether he would agree to the culpable homicide not amount- controversy over Khan’s com- of Bangladeshi militant outfi t hearing of the matter on merits. ing to murder, and sentenced to ment, she said: “I have been asked Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangla- Sibal told the bench that he spoke fi ve years in jail for the accident, this around 35 times and I have desh. to Khan and he wants the “matter in which one person died and four answered to some 20 newspapers. zIndia and the European Un- being heard and decided on mer- others were injured. It makes me sad that the media ion (EU) can and should work its.” Khan had in an affi davit fi led on chooses to ask this question on a together in areas of counter- As the court admitted the plea March 17, 2016 told the Supreme forum where we are talking about terrorism and security, Minister by the Maharashtra government Court that he was not driving his empowering the young genera- of State for External Aff airs V K against the acquittal by the Bom- Toyota Land Cruiser when the tion of the country.” Singh has said. bay High Court, Attorney General accident happened in Mumbai in The actress said the remark was “One area where we can and Mukul Rohatgi urged the bench 2002 but the police were trying to as callous as the question. need to do more together, is in to expedite the hearing by giving implicate him in the case. Khan courted controversy when the area of counter-terrorism some date after six months. Claiming that his driver Ashok he said he felt like a raped woman and security,” Singh in a speech “It is a 15-year-old case. The Singh was at the wheels, Khan while walking out of the wrestling on “What next for EU-India rela- hearing could be expedited and had said the prosecution had ring after shooting for Sultan. tions?” said at the Horasis India the court could indicate some failed to produce a single witness Chopra said: “I will not add to Meeting in Cascais, Portugal, on Police take a terror suspect arrested from Burdwan railway station to the headquarters of Criminal date after six months,” Rohtagi or a photograph showing that he the clutter and rather talk about Monday. Investigation Department at Bhawani Bhawan in Kolkata yesterday. said realising that the plea by the was driving the SUV. important issues.” Kejriwal government thrives on more lies ie No 1: Delhi’s Deputy Chief when his principal secretary Ra- back a long time to their college knows this. That is why his party known, had led the revolution Minister Manish Sisodia jendra Kumar’s offi ce was raided days together and the chief min- spokespersons are reiterating that with thousands of Bihars partici- Lsaid on Monday nine of by the Central Bureau of Investi- ister was in no mood to listen to “the law should be allowed to take pating. Gandhi jailed hundreds his government’s senior offi cers gation (CBI), Delhi Chief Minister Delhi Diary anyone but himself. And now he its course.” Looks like Kejriwal of them, including JP and other were transferred to Andaman and Arvind Kejriwal had furiously de- and his deputy as well as several may have bitten more than he can prominent leaders but eventually Nicobar islands without consult- clared that the real target was not By A K B Krishnan others are crying conspiracy, their chew. had to succumb to the will of the ing the government or without Kumar but he himself. Kejriwal argument being the Aam Aadmi people. even holding a meeting of the had also said repeatedly that the Gulf Times Correspondent Party (AAP) is certain to win the After the Janata Party came to joint cadre authority which de- documents confi scated by the CBI assembly elections in Punjab and Bihar’s politicians power in December 1977, chief cides on such transfers. from Kumar’s offi ce had noth- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is can’t say ‘no’ minister Karpoor Thakur an- Truth No 1: Offi cers of Delhi ing to do with the alleged corrupt the ordinary man on the road, or on charges of “criminal conspir- conspiring with the CBI to thwart nounced a pension of Rs500 to cadre belong to what is known as deeds of the offi cer but were re- the “Aam Aadmi” to borrow from acy and criminal misconduct.” its chances. to money every Bihari who was imprisoned DANICS, which is short for Delhi lated to the misdeeds of the Delhi Kejriwal’s own personal coinage, The agency has revealed that af- First of all, the CBI does not for fi ghting against the Emergen- and Andaman and Nicobar Civil and District Cricket Association could swallow it hook, line and ter sifting through hundreds of directly report to the prime min- Prime Minister Narendra Modi cy. In pre-liberalised India it was Service. This is a Group B civil (DDCA). The Kejriwal govern- sinker. e-mails and phone conversations ister. It is under the direct super- has been leading a campaign to get not a small sum, no doubt. Curi- service, meaning these offi cers ment had ordered an inquiry into The CBI had raided Rajendra it had unearthed the money trail vision of the Central Vigilance affl uent Indians to give up their ously, the state government made are at least a rank below the In- these so-called misdeeds and the Kumar’s offi ce on December 15, that eventually led to Kumar’s Commission (CVC) which is an entitlements for subsidised cook- sure that the pension amount rose dian Administrative Service (IAS) chief minister himself had ac- 2015. When the court ordered re- doorstep. He is alleged to have autonomous body that takes or- ing gas. As many as 12mn people commensurate with the cost of offi cers and, like their counter- cused federal Finance Minister turn of the seized documents, The received at least Rs33mn in kick- ders from no one. This, however, have so far obliged although the living. From Rs500 it has now be- parts in state services, can only Arun Jaitley of collusion. Hindu, among other newspapers, backs from a company that he may be hard to believe in these number could be anywhere up to come Rs10,000. be transferred within the cadre, Truth No 3: Kejriwal had ap- reported that “the CBI may have himself had fl oated under proxy days of corruption in high places, 60mn if one were to simply take That is, perhaps, as it should ie; Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar, proached the courts for the docu- misled the media in some critical names. The total scam money but till date Modi or his ministers count of just the tax payers, the be. After all, many had sacrifi ced Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman ments to be returned. The court aspects in its investigation.” But involved, according to the CBI, is or senior offi cers have not been general belief being tax payers are a lot to rid India of that most evil and Diu and the Lakshadweep is- ordered their return but agreed to the CBI spokesperson had reiter- Rs570mn. involved in any such wrongdoing. an affl uent lot in a poor country political legacy. But the surprising lands. Inter-cadre transfers that the CBI demand that it be allowed ated what she had said earlier that The case relates to a period be- Secondly, if the AAP is winning like India. The government saves fact is the prominent names that require the approval of the joint to keep the copies. Kejriwal, who everything was done as per law tween 2006 and 2014 when Delhi Punjab, as claimed by the party, about Rs200 on each cylinder of fi gure in the list of benefi ciaries: cadre authority pertains to trans- is wont to waving papers purport- and that the agency had seized was under Congress rule and Ku- then the arrest of Kumar should gas if unsubsidised. You can do Chief Minister Kumar for one and fer of IAS offi cers and not DAN- edly as proof every time he makes several “incriminating docu- mar was in charge of several de- act as a booster dose to its chances the math for total savings! federal ministers Ram Vilas Pas- ICS offi cers. Sisodia is simply ly- allegations - and these are dime a ments.” But Kejriwal and his party partments, including the one that because it can play the victim. But this saving mind-set does wan and Radha Mohan Singh. Of ing just to score brownie points. dozen - never once corroborated leaders kept harping on the DDCA conducted the Commonwealth Who does not love a victim? not seem to have rubbed on Bi- course, Rs10,000 is just chicken Lie No 2: Sisodia tells the me- his charge against Jaitley by re- angle and everyone, including Games of 2010. It has nothing But the problem may, in fact, lie har Chief Minister Nitish Kumar feed for these politicians. Okay, dia that the sanctioned strength vealing what the returned docu- the press, tended to believe them. to do with Kejriwal who became elsewhere. Kumar’s case will now who, as it is, is struggling to keep make that cattle feed because of DANICS offi cers for Andaman ments actually were. This belief got strengthened with chief minister for the fi rst time go to court and a verdict could his state expenditure under con- Lalu Prasad Yadav is also one of Nicobar islands 24 and it already The list of lies doesn’t end with each passing day as the CBI did in 2014. At least two colleagues be expected within the coming trol in the face of huge losses due the benefi ciaries. has 23 offi cers with the new ad- these three but for the moment not seem to produce any solid of Kumar as well as Transparency months. And that could be right to the newly-inducted policy on It has not occurred to Kumar to ditions. this will suffi ce. evidence. International had brought to the on the eve of Punjab elections. If prohibition. ask these rich politicians to give Truth No 2: The actual sanc- The issue is when the chief Of course, newspaper reporting notice of Kejriwal that Kumar’s is the CBI has such iron-clad proof, Bihar was the fountainhead of up their entitlements, nor have tioned strength for A&N islands minister and his deputy and sev- and common man’s perception is a chequered history and appoint- Kumar will be convicted and it the movement against the Emer- they given it up voluntarily. But 34, which means that even with eral others down the food chain one thing and actual behind-the- ing him as the principal secretary will destroy whatever chances the gency which then prime minister you have to admit that some good the addition of nine it is still short repeatedly and openly tell such scenes crime investigation is an- to the chief minister may not be AAP has in Punjab. And it will only Indira Gandhi had imposed on deeds have a lasting eff ect. Finan- of 11 offi cers. untruths even the press tends to other. The CBI has now arrested the right thing to do. help Modi, or the Congress Party, the country in 1975. Jayaprakash cially too! “There is a tide in the Lie No 3: In December 2105, believe at least some of it. And Kumar and his four accomplices But Kejriwal and Kumar go for that matter. Kejriwal, perhaps, Narayan, or ‘JP’ as he came to be aff airs of men…” and all that. Gulf Times Wednesday, July 6, 2016 17 INDIA ‘Development bond’ helps get girls into school, charity says

Reuters upfront funding from private in- children’s learning targets are The model is seen as a way for can improve accountability and India enacted the landmark is still high under the RTE Act Mumbai vestors, who earn a return from met. governments and donor agencies achieve targets with rather weak Right to Education Act in 2009, because its ceiling on annual donors or governments if targets “While this is designed to im- to transfer risks to investors, and measurements and monetary giving children from poor and household income that qualifi es are achieved. prove the quality of girls’ educa- increase effi ciency in implemen- incentives,” said Jayati Ghosh, a other disadvantaged back- children for RTE is higher than in new funding model UBS Optimus Foundation, tion in Rajasthan, the concept tation of programmes. professor of economics at Jawa- grounds the right to free and many other states. for development pro- a grant-making foundation of could be attractive to funders Critics however, say measure- harlal Nehru University in New compulsory education to the age The aim for the development Agrammes in India which the Swiss bank, made an un- across a range of issues who ment can be tricky and that the Delhi. of 14. bond is to improve education for gives private investors a return disclosed investment to a pro- want to make investments with model absolves governments of “There is defi nitely a gap in But funding for the pro- 15,000 children in 140 villages in on their investment has helped gramme by charity Educate Girls both fi nancial and social re- their responsibility of providing education, but to think you can gramme has declined in the past Bhilwara district. get marginalised girls in Ra- in rural Rajasthan for three years. turns,” Kate Hampton, chief ex- basic services to their citizens. fi x it with a 15% return is just two years. The numbers of girls enrolled jasthan into the classroom, its At the end of the term, the ecutive at the Children’s Invest- “It’s based on the premise that wrong. The government is com- In Rajasthan, one of the poor- in primary education and their backers said. foundation should receive the ment Fund Foundation - which school education cannot be done pletely reneging its responsibil- est states with among the low- progress in English, Hindi and The world’s fi rst “develop- funds back with interest of up to will pay back the investment and by governments, but only by ity,” she told the Thomson Reu- est levels of literacy particularly mathematics are being meas- ment impact bond” provides 15%, depending on whether the interest - said in a statement. micro institutions, and that you ters Foundation. for girls, activists say enrolment ured. We accept the decision, say dropped ministers

IANS that he was dropped because of New Delhi his controversial remarks. “Whatever I said, I said in the nation’s interest and I stand by f the fi ve ministers of it,” Katheria said. state dropped by Prime About a fortnight ago, while OMinister Narendra Modi addressing a gathering at the President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose with the newly-inducted ministers after the swearing-in ceremony, at in his reshuffl e yesterday, at least Lucknow University, Katheria Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi yesterday. two - Ram Shankar Katheria and had said there would be “saf- Mohanbhai Kundaria - seemed fronisation of education and to have reconciled to their fate the country” which, he sug- and reposed trust in the party gested, was being done because leadership. it was “beneficial” for the The other three dropped were country. Sanwar Lal Jat (water resources), “Whatever is good for the Nihalchand (panchayati raj) and country will be done, be it saf- Mansukh Bhai Vasava (tribal af- fronisation or Sanghwaad (prop- Modi inducts 19 new fairs). agation of RSS ideology),” the Katheria said his exit from the minister had said. council of ministers had noth- Gujarat’s Rajkot MP Mo- ing to do with the controversial hanbhai Kundaria, who was statements he made, which he minister of state for agriculture, continues to stand by. said he accepted the party’s de- He said perhaps the changes cision. faces, axes 5 ministers in the ministry were necessi- “I accept the party’s decision. tated and the party will enlist I am a soldier of the party which Only Javadekar elevated to ma Swaraj missed the event but Sabha, is a former BJP president The three new ministers from commentators say the revamp his services on organisational gave me several opportunities. cabinet rank for diff erent reasons. in Delhi. Uttar Pradesh are Anupriya Pa- was based on political calcula- assignments mainly in view of I was fi ve-time MLA in Gujarat The fi ve ministers of state who The new ministers are: Faggan tel (Mirzapur), Mahendra Nath tions and focused on induction the upcoming elections in Uttar and two-time MP. I was also Agencies were dropped were Sanwar Lal Singh Kulaste, S S Ahluwalia, Pandey (Chandauli) and Shahja- of leaders from states that will go Pradesh. made the party’s district presi- New Delhi Jat (water resources), Nihalchand Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi, hanpur MP Krishna Raj (Shahja- to polls next year, including Ut- “I think we will work in the or- dent. The party’s decision is (panchayati raj), Ram Shankar Vijay Goel, Ramdas Athawale, hanpur). While Patel is a Kurmi, tar Pradesh. ganisation, we will work more in right,” he said. Katheria (human resource devel- Rajen Gohain, Anil Madhav Pandey is a Brahmin and Krishna With a greater representation view of the polls,” Katheria said. Meanwhile, the absence of rime Minister Narendra opment), Mansukh Bhai Vasava Dave, Parshottam Rupala, M Raj is a Dalit. from the state as well as leaders “It was necessary. I think the any Keralite means the BJP Modi yesterday carried (tribal aff airs) and Mohanbhai J Akbar, Arjun Ram Meghwal, The maximum of four minis- from lower castes, the BJP hopes prime minister has done what leadership isn’t ready yet to Pout a major reshuffl e of his Kundaria (agriculture). Katheria Jaswant Sinh Bhabhor, Mahen- ters were picked from BJP-ruled to appease constituents and was needed.” make good on its promise that council of ministers by inducting has been lately vocal in favour of dra Nath Pandey, Ajay Tamta, Rajasthan: Arjun Ram Meghwal, widen its political base. Katheria, who was minister of the state would get representa- 19 new faces, elevating Minister hardline Hindutva politics. Krishna Raj, Mansukh Bhai P P Chaudhary, C R Chaudhary The BJP is keen to win power in state for human resource devel- tion in the cabinet if the party of State for Environment Prakash “Whatever the reason I was Mandavia, Anupriya Patel, C R and Vijay Goel. Uttar Pradesh, ruled by regional opment, also said he was being performs well in assembly Javadekar to the cabinet rank and dropped, I have been told by party Chaudhary, P P Chaudhary and Gujarat got three ministerial parties for the past 15 years, as it dropped as “my party will need polls. dropping fi ve junior ministers. president that I should be work- Subhas Ramrao Bhamre. berths in Parshottam Rupala, regards the state as key to its re- my services in the organisation. The BJP opened its account in Seventeen of the new minis- ing for the BJP,” Katheria said. Among the new ministers, Jaswant Sinh Bhabhor and Man- election bid in national elections I will abide by the decision of the the Kerala assembly in elections ters sworn in at the Rashtrapati Contrary to earlier specula- 16 are green horns while Goel, sukh Bhai Mandavia. in 2019. party leadership.” held in May with O Rajagopal Bhavan are from the Bharatiya tion that four to fi ve ministers Ahluwalia and Faggan Singh Ku- So did Madhya Pradesh. “Uttar Pradesh has its own Asked if he may be required to winning the Nemom seat. Janata Party (BJP). The two oth- of state would get cabinet berth, laste have been central ministers Assam’s Rajen Gohain was in- importance. Keeping in mind the play a role in the Uttar Pradesh In seven other constituencies, ers are Republicn Party of India only Javadekar got a promotion. earlier. ducted. Uttarakhand and West conditions that have been creat- assembly elections, which are the party fi nished second, up leader Ramdas Athawale of Ma- The new ministers of state Political sources said Ahlu- Bengal also got one minister each ed in the state in the last 15 years, scheduled next year, the Agra from just three second places in harashtra and Apna Dal’s Anu- are drawn from Uttar Pradesh, walia, elected to the Lok Sabha in the expansion. Modi took over the only way to save the state is MP said nothing specifi c has the previous election. priya Patel of Uttar Pradesh. which will see assembly elec- from Darjeeling, and Akbar, a as prime minister on May 26, through development. And only been conveyed to him. That does not seem to have The ministers were sworn in tions next year, Gujarat, Mad- Rajya Sabha member from Mad- 2014 and fi rst expanded his min- the BJP can guarantee develop- Katheria also said BJP presi- been a “good” performance by President Pranab Mukherjee hya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttara- hya Pradesh, have been inducted istry in November 2014. ment,” Modi told the Indian Ex- dent Amit Shah did not say any- for the BJP national leadership in the presence of Vice President khand, Maharashtra, Karnataka, in a bid to woo minorities. The prime minister in recent press. thing particular about his role which otherwise hailed the par- Hamid Ansari, Modi, BJP presi- West Bengal and Assam, where With yesterday’s exercise, the interviews said the exercise was With the expansion, the size of in Uttar Pradesh assembly elec- ty’s debut in the state assembly dent Amit Shah and several min- a BJP government took offi ce in total number of ministers in the aimed at improving the effi cien- Modi’s cabinet has swelled to 78 tions. “Whatever the BJP chief as “historic.” isters including Arun Jaitley, Ra- May for the fi rst time. Modi government from Uttar cy of his administration in meet- - one of the biggest in years and a and the party would decide, I There is no Keralite among the jnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari. Delhi too got representation. Pradesh has risen to 15, besides the ing India’s budget and develop- far cry from Modi’s 2014 election would go by it.” 19 who took oath yesterday as BJP veteran L K Advani and Vijay Goel, although elected prime minister himself who rep- ment goals. promise of “minimum govern- He said it was wrong to say new members of the cabinet. External Aff airs Minister Sush- from Rajasthan to the Rajya resents Varanasi in the Lok Sabha. But party politicians and ment and maximum governance.” Priyanka to be Congress’ Arrest doesn’t seem ‘lead campaigner’ in UP motivated: Dikshit IANS arrest him or not, they have New Delhi arrested him. I don’t think I am IANS “The media and television A mother of two, Priyanka in a position to fi nd out why New Delhi channels have been running Gandhi, 44, has thus far con- the CBI does something or programmes on Priyanka for fi ned herself to campaigning in ormer Delhi chief min- doesn’t,” the Congress leader the past two days. I think she is Rae Bareli and Amethi, the Lok ister Sheila Dikshit added. ongress president Sonia the right person. She would be a Sabha constituencies of her Fyesterday said the ar- Asked about the timing of Gandhi’s daughter Priya- great asset for the party.” mother and brother respectively. rest of Chief Minister Arvind the arrest, she said: “I don’t Cnka Gandhi Vadra will be Congress spokesman Randeep She has also occasionally Kejriwal’s principal secretary think the CBI works on timing the “lead campaigner” for the Surjewala said: “We refuse to in- strayed into some nearby areas Rajendra Kumar did not seem per se.” party in the Uttar Pradesh as- dulge in any speculation. If a de- such as Sultanpur. She has de- “politically motivated” to her, Besides Rajendra Kumar and sembly polls next year, party cision is taken vis-à-vis the role clined to take up a larger role in adding the Central Bureau of deputy secretary Tarun Shar- sources said yesterday. and responsibility of Priyanka the party despite persistent calls Investigation must have found ma, the CBI arrested two direc- “This is confi rmed that she Gandhi Vadra, we shall be happy from Congress leaders and ac- “something” against him. tors of Endeavour Systems Pri- has agreed to become the lead to share it with the media.” tivists. “The CBI must have got vate Limited, Sandeep Kumar campaigner. This will be formal- Asked if Priyanka Gandhi Many in the Congress con- some information about Ra- and Dinesh Kumar Gupta, and ly announced by the AICC (All would assume any formal re- sider Priyanka more charismatic jendra Kumar. That’s why they Ashok Kumar, an offi cial said. India Congress Committee) in a sponsibility in the party, Sur- than Rahul and feel her cam- did it; otherwise, why would The CBI on December 14, day or two,” a source said. jewala said: “Lots of Congress paign style can draw the votes they arrest him? They don’t go 2015, registered a First Infor- There has been speculation that leaders and workers have ex- the party is looking for in Uttar around attacking everybody,” mation Report against Ra- Priyanka Gandhi and former Delhi pressed their opinion from time Pradesh. Dikshit told reporters here. jendra Kumar on charge of chief minister Sheila Dikshit may to time on various issues includ- After dominating the politics The CBI on Monday arrested abusing his offi cial position in play a major role in the polls. ing the role and responsibility of of Uttar Pradesh for decades, the Rajendra Kumar on charges of awarding contracts of the Del- Dikshit said on Monday that various individuals. Congress has now become an al- misusing his offi cial position hi government to Endeavour Priyanka would be the “right” “We are humbled by their so-ran, ceding primary space to and facilitating issuance of Systems. person to be the chief campaign- support and respect that. How- the now ruling Samajwadi Party, tenders of Rs90.5mn to a par- A New Delhi court sent Ra- er for the Congress in the coun- ever a decision to give a role and the Bahujan Samaj Party and the ticular company. jendra Kumar to fi ve days of try’s most populous state. responsibility to any particular Bharatiya Janata Party. “I don’t think it (arrest) is CBI custody. “If she joins the campaign, she individual will be taken by the In the 2014 Lok Sabha elec- politically motivated because CBI Special Judge Arvind will be very welcome. She is famil- Congress president and vice tion, only two Congress candi- fi ve-six months ago a raid took Kumar allowed the agency to iar with UP,” said Dikshit, a three- president (Rahul Gandhi) in con- dates won from the state - Sonia Congress leader Sheila Dikshit speaks at press conference in New place at his offi ce. Whether question Rajendra Kumar and term chief minister of Delhi. sultation with state leaders.” and Rahul. Delhi yesterday. they found adequate reason to others till July 10. Gulf Times 18 Wednesday, July 6, 2016 LATIN AMERICA

DECISION ACCIDENT LAW AND ORDER CLAIM STANCE Caracas ‘willing’ to restore Mexico bus crash Two gang members slain Politician ‘planned’ Farc rebels stop levying diplomatic ties with US leaves 12 people dead after policeman’s murder police station attack ‘tax’ in peace drive

Crisis-hit Venezuela is willing to restore diplomatic Twelve people including two children died and Gang members murdered a police off icer in Haitian senate candidate Guy Philippe was the Colombia’s Farc rebel force says it has halted relations with the US after a six-year freeze, 30 were injured when their bus turned near the his home in eastern El Salvador on Monday, mastermind behind an attack on a police station recruiting fighters and demanding money from the socialist government said. The foreign Mexican tourist resort of Cancun, emergency triggering a hunt that ended with off icers killing that left one off icer dead and two injured, the civilians as it works towards a historic peace ministry’s announcement came two weeks after services said. The bus crashed in the early two of his suspected assailants in an exchange of police announced. “This attack was planned deal with the government. “Three months top US diplomat Thomas Shannon met with hours in a wooded area of the Carrillo Puerto gunfire, off icials said. The policeman, a sergeant during a meeting held by alleged criminals ago we stopped recruiting men and women Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in a bid to municipality, said Reyes Silvestre, head of the identified as Francisco Noe Garcia, was the posing as members of the former Armed Forces to the ranks of the Farc,” the force’s leader help tackle the country’s economic and political local civil protection rescue team. There were 20th off icer to be killed so far this year, Justice of Haiti under the auspices of Guy Philippe,” Timoleon Jimenez was quoted as saying by crisis. In a message congratulating the US on its 50 passengers on board, all Mexicans, Silvestre and Security Minister Mauricio Ramirez told a criminal investigation into the May incident the Colombian news agency Prensa Rural. “I Independence Day commemoration, the ministry said. The bus had driven some 200kms from the reporters. In 2015, a total of 62 police off icers concluded, referring to the country’s former have also just given the order to the entire Farc expressed its “willingness to establish respectful Veracruz region headed for Cancun. “Among were killed, according to off icial figures. El military that disbanded in 1995. The incident, command to suspend levying taxes on all legal bilateral diplomatic relations.” The two countries the 12, there was a baby who died at the scene Salvador is one of the most dangerous countries which took place the night of May 15, involved economic activity in the regions,” he added. The have not exchanged ambassadors since 2010 of the accident, and another child whose exact on the planet outside of nations gripped by 50 heavily armed attackers wearing khaki Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) due to tensions between Washington and the age we do not know, who died while being open war. Most of the killings that take place are uniforms who stormed a police station in the have been in a bloody territorial conflict with government of Hugo Chavez, Maduro’s mentor. transferred to hospital,” Silvestre said. attributed to gang-related violence. town of Les Cayes in southern Haiti. the Colombian state for 52 years. Troubled Rio Chile education reforms sought hits one month countdown to Olympics

AFP itants’ hot spots, coupled with Rio de Janeiro the country’s absence from wars, is seen as a major plus. However, Rio faces its own rime-plagued, cash- serious violent crime that has strapped Rio de Janeiro embarrassed Olympic organisers Cstruck an optimistic note trying to change the city’s image. yesterday at the one month New government statistics re- countdown to becoming South leased yesterday showed a dip in America’s fi rst city to stage the murders, which have been on the Olympic Games. rise all year, totalling 2,083 in the Stadiums are ready — barring fi rst fi ve months across Rio state. fi nishing touches — and within But street muggings have ex- weeks, Brazil expects to greet at ploded this year, with 9,968 cas- least 500,000 tourists for the es in May, up almost a third on August 5-21 Games. May last year — the equivalent of Brazil’s Olympic committee 14 robberies an hour. boss Carlos Nuzman celebrated Police — heavily criticised by the milestone in an epic seven- human rights groups over their year eff ort to transform Rio from brutal tactics in slums known as Students demonstrate demanding the government speed up a long-awaited reform to guarantee universal access to free public education in Chile, Santiago, yesterday. a beautiful but crumbling city to favelas — are themselves coming Students have been appealing for the past decade to change the current system dating to the 1973-1990 dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. glittering stage for the world’s under deadly fi re. most-watched event. More than 50 Rio state police “We are sure that this will be have been killed this year. an unbelievable party and eve- Deepening the sense of crisis, ryone will love it,” Nuzman told Rio state, which is near bank- a press conference alongside ruptcy amid Brazil’s crippling Mayor Eduardo Paes.”Rio has recession, has for months been seen the greatest transformation unable to pay full salaries to po- of a city.” lice and other emergency serv- Some 10,000 athletes will ices workers, teachers and pen- compete over 19 days in Rio, sioners. We mistook US arrest for ranging from familiar sports On Monday, police offi cers icons such as sprinter Usain Bolt greeted travellers in Rio interna- and swimmer Michael Phelps tional airport’s arrival hall with to the stars of Olympic newbie a banner reading “Welcome to sport rugby sevens and golf, re- Hell” and warning that security turning after more than a cen- cannot be guaranteed in the city. tury’s absence. A 2.9bn reais ($883mn) emer- kidnap plot: Maduro kin But despite growing excitement gency bailout from the federal in the sporting world and visible centre is due to be distributed Reuters pression of statements they ship with senior members of without fully understanding who has been facing a politi- progress at Olympic sites in Rio, this week, easing tensions. New York made to US authorities after the Venezuelan government, I their US cal and economic crisis in Ven- a mounting series of problems are As the torrent of bad public- their arrest. believed that we were poten- right to remain silent. Their ezuela. Flores in January called overshadowing the Games. ity grows, Rio’s mayor and Ol- The court fi lings mark the tial targets for an extortionate lawyers want those statements her nephews’ arrest a “kidnap- Terrorism is a serious concern ympic organisers have fought wo nephews of Vene- fi rst time the nephews of Ven- scheme or other violent attempt suppressed. ping.” given the Islamic State group’s back. Paes said yesterday that zuela’s fi rst lady accused ezuelan President Nicolas Ma- at retribution against my fam- A spokesman for Manhat- A US law enforcement source geographical reach, with mass improvements to Rio are on a par Tof conspiring to import duro’s wife, Cilia Flores, com- ily and country,” Campo Flores tan US attorney Preet Bharara, has said the nephews met a DEA attacks and suicide bombings with those credited with bring- cocaine into the US say they mented substantively on their said. whose offi ce is handling the informant in Honduras in Oc- claimed by or blamed on the ing huge urban renewal to Bar- feared for their lives after being arrests in November and the US Only after being placed on case, declined to comment. tober and sought help sending group in Baghdad, Istanbul, celona in 1992. “The Rio 2016 arrested at a Haiti hotel last year investigation. an airplane several hours later The case, which arose from 800kg of cocaine to the US via Bangladesh and Florida in the Games can also transform the as they thought they were being In first-person declara- did anyone identify themselves a DEA sting operation, is one an airport on the Honduran is- past month alone. city,” he said. kidnapped due to their political tions, the men said that during as being with the US Drug En- of a series of enforcement ac- land of Roatan. The authorities will deploy Despite the decision of sev- ties. a meeting in a hotel room in forcement Administration or tions and investigations by US Prosecutors last week un- 85,000 police backed by army eral athletes, notably high pro- Franqui Francisco Flores de Port-au-Prince, Haiti, about inform them that they had been authorities that have linked veiled charges against a third soldiers on Rio’s streets. fi le golfers, to pull out of the Freitas, 30, and Efrain Anto- 20 heavily armed men with charged, they said. individuals connected to the person, a Honduran named That’s twice as many secu- Olympics because of fear over nio Campo Flores, 29, made no visible identification en- Told they faced up to life in Venezuelan government to drug Roberto De Jesus Soto Garcia, rity personnel as used in the 2012 the mosquito-transmitted Zika that claim in papers filed on tered their room and abducted prison if they did not co-op- traffi cking. for agreeing to facilitate the London Olympics. virus, the authorities insist there Friday in Manhattan federal them. erate, both men’s lawyers said The nephews’ case has been cocaine’s arrival at a Honduran Brazil’s distance from the mil- are no serious health risks. court as they sought the sup- “Given my familial relation- they spoke with the agents an embarrassment for Maduro, airport on its way to the US. Kuczynski plans face Drought kills Paraguay’s alligators hurdles in Congress AFP Dozens of environmentalists General Díaz, Paraguay have come to the region to try to help. The head of the state en- Reuters Congress, say they will likely ries somewhat,” Thorne said. vironment department Rolando Lima vote against Kuczynski’s plans “I don’t think there’s disagree- drought in northern Par- De Barros insisted “there are dif- for lowering sales taxes and giv- ment with Popular Force, I think aguay has driven thou- ferent parts of the river where ing rebates to big companies that there’re campaign wounds.” Asands of thirsty alligators there is still a lot of water.” entrist president-elect reinvest profi ts. Fujimori, the daughter of im- to crowd around lakes and wells, But Aquino rejected sugges- Pedro Pablo Kuczynski “I think it’s going to be impos- prisoned ex-President Alberto scaring off cattle from the dwin- tions that the alligators be round- Carguably has one of the sible to pass” the tax reforms, said Fujimori, is the only leading po- dling water sources, environ- ed up and taken away from areas best resumes for steering Peru’s Popular Force lawmaker Freddy litical fi gure in Peru who has not mentalists and locals say. where they pose a threat. “It is mining-dependent economy Sarmiento, who added he would met with Kuczynski following Parched leathery corpses of not advisable to move alligators through choppy global head- vote against them because he his surprise victory. the reptiles lie on the cracked from one place to another,” she winds in coming years. worries they will widen the budget Despite the distance between earth near the Pilcomayo River said. “Some of them have already A former investment banker defi cit in favour of big businesses. the two leaders, both favour a where the borders of Paraguay, gone back into the woods. Others and World Bank economist with On the campaign trail, 77-year- continuation of Peru’s free- Argentina and Bolivia meet. are waiting by the water to save past stints as a prime minister old Kuczynski touted the tax re- market economic policies and The Chaco region is suff er- energy and stress. Moving them and mining executive, Kuczynski forms as central to his plans for want to cut red tape and boost ing its worst drought in 19 years, would stress them more.” plans to raise economic growth unleashing investments, stimu- infrastructure projects. Public Works Minister Ramon The Pilcomayo’s waters usually to 5% per year despite the com- lating consumption and broaden- Betting that their common Jimenez Gaona said recently. diminish at this time of year. But modities slump that has hit Pe- ing the tax-payer base. ground will trump the diff erenc- Trying to survive, the reptiles this time authorities have been ru’s key mineral exports. Now Kuczynski’s team is es, Kuczynski plans to ask Con- are on the move. “When they fi nd accused of failing to dredge sedi- But some of Kuczynski’s eco- tweaking the proposals to make gress to temporarily grant him themselves in very dry conditions ment from the riverbed which has nomic proposals might not make them more palatable in the next powers to legislate economic re- they tend to walk long distances blocked up its course in places. it out of a Congress dominated Congress, which he will address forms, a request that Fujimori’s in the wood in search of food,” President Horacio Cartes said by the party of his run-off rival upon taking offi ce on July 28. lawmakers have said they would said Aida Luz Aquino, a biologist it was a “critical situation.” But Keiko Fujimori, who has said lit- Tax rebates would apply for evaluate. with the Paraguay branch of the he accused the media of exag- tle since ruling out any alliance companies of any size, said in- “Union means everyone must World Wildlife Fund. gerating a natural phenomenon in a sour concession speech last coming fi nance minister Alfredo pitch in and at times swallow ob- The alligators are scaring off “that happens all the time.” Lo- month. Thorne. The sales tax rate would jections to work together,” Kuc- local residents and livestock. cals have been drilling new wells Lawmakers-elect with Fu- be lowered by just one percent- zynski said at a ceremony last “Cattle cannot approach to drink and leaving meat on the river- jimori’s right-wing populist age point, with further reduc- week where he was proclaimed for fear of being attacked by alli- banks to feed the alligators. We party, Popular Force, which will tions subject to targets. the winner. No one from Fuji- Alligators lie in the mud of the dry Pilcomayo river in Boqueron, gators,” said Alcides Gonzalez, a prefer to do that than see our an- control 56% of seats in the next “That should ease their wor- mori’s party attended the event. on the border between Paraguay and Argentina. local herdsman. imals devoured,” Gonzalez said. Gulf Times Wednesday, July 6, 2016 19 PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN Sharif urges global response after Saudi attacks

Agencies attacks in holy land and share side of Medinah near the grand the photograph of the bomber on forge unity at this critical mo- Sharif spoke to the Saudi De- Islamabad the pain and grief of their Saudi mosque while policemen were his identity card. ment to foil the nefarious de- fence Minister Mohamed bin brethren,” Sharif said. having their fast-breaking A Pakistani Foreign Minis- signs of enemies of humanity Salman and condemned the ter- The suicide bomber who meal. try official said on condition and the Islamic nations. rorist attacks. akistan Prime Minister, caused a blast near Prophet The Saudi Interior Minis- of anonymity: “We will inves- “We need to renew collective “We stand shoulder to shoul- Nawaz Sharif yesterday Muhammad’s mosque in the try said early yesterday that the tigate the claim that one of the efforts to fight the menace of der with our Saudi brethren in Pcondemned the terrorist Saudi city of Medinah on suicide bomber Abdullah Waqar bombers was a Pakistani who terrorism,” the Prime Minister fi ghting the menace of terror- attacks in Saudi Arabia, which Monday night killed four po- Khan was a Pakistani national. according to reports was living said and reiterated Pakistan’s ism,” the army chief said in his killed at least four security men, lice officials and injured four The ministry said that the in Saudi Arabia for more than condemnation of terrorism in message. and has called for international others, Xinhua news agency bomber had been residing in Jed- 12 years.” all its forms and manifesta- About 2mn Pakistanis work in anti-terror response. reported. dah with his wife and her parents The Pakistani Prime Minister tions. the kingdom and are the source “The government and people The bomber targeted the for 12 years and had worked as a stressed that the international He said Pakistan stands fi rm of more than $15bn of remit- of Pakistan are deeply shocked parking lots of the emergen- driver. community in general and the against every act of terrorism. tances each year, according to and saddened over the terrorist cy forces vehicles in the west Saudi offi cials also released Muslims in particular need to Pakistani Army Chief Raheel offi cials. Nawaz Sharif

TECHNOLOGY Japan to help Pakistan install security system US ditched plan to give Afghan at airports The government of Japan has agreed to extend a grant aid for the economic and social development programme worth 200mn Japanese Yen equiva- lent to around Rs205 million to forces more armoured vehicles install face recognition systems at airports to improve security Afghan forces want more year in which he said he needed take better protective measures, measures in Pakistan. heavily armoured vehicles; more armoured vehicles, includ- according to the Pentagon, but it The face recognition system is a Off icers say they would help ing so-called Mobile Strike Force remains the second most com- computer application capable of make army smaller, more Vehicles (MSFVs). mon type of attack after direct identifying or verifying an indi- eff ective; US military initially “In the type of fi ghting we’re fi re. vidual from a digital image of the argued for fresh supplies; facing, the MSFV is more eff ec- That can also take a toll on human face captured on video. Eventually ruled against it, tive than the Humvee,” he said troops riding in lightly armoured It is now being used more in secu- citing costs in an interview, referring to the vehicles. rity systems as it can be used for smaller, less well protected vehi- US military offi cials say they mass identification and there is no cle more commonly provided to are trying to help the Afghans need for physical interaction with Reuters Afghan troops. fi eld more armoured vehicles, the subject such as fingerprints to Kabul Most important, in Afghan and are reducing the army’s help the identification process. eyes, is the MSFV’s “V-shaped” overall fl eet by nearly half in an Facial recognition systems have hull and extra armour, which eff ort to make it more manage- been installed in several places s Afghan troops were pre- refl ect advances in engineering able. where people gather in large paring to take on Taliban widely adopted to better protect “We continuously assess what numbers, including airports. Amilitants without Nato troops, especially from roadside their need is for the fi ght they are A contract was signed in this combat support in 2014, US of- bombs favoured by Afghan in- in,” said US Major General Daniel regard yesterday between Takashi fi cials shelved plans to provide surgents. Hughes, who oversees military Kurai, the Japanese ambassador them with hundreds of poten- So while most local troops still aid to the Afghan government. to Pakistan, and Economic Aff airs tially life-saving armoured ve- travel in Humvees and regular MSFVs and similar vehicles Division Secretary Tariq Bajwa. hicles, documents reviewed by pickups, coalition soldiers rarely come with their own drawbacks, “Security enhancement is indis- Reuters show. leave bases unless they are in as they are large, harder to ma- pensable for successful socio-eco- The decision not to supply more heavily protected vehicles. noeuvre, and expensive. nomic development in Pakistan,” around 300 extra vehicles, taken In 2013, the Afghan army al- Hughes said he considered said Kurai, adding that this face largely for budgetary reasons, ready had 600 MSFVs, and they the MSFV a “very specialised recognition system would im- remains a sore point, as local are still used in many of the most capability” of limited use to the prove security of the passengers forces struggle to implement a dangerous areas of Afghanistan. Afghan army troops in a Mobile Strike Force Vehicle (MSFV) return from a mission in Kunduz, Afghanistan Afghans, noting that MSFVs al- and airport staff . US-led push to get them off bas- At the time, US military plan- on April 21, 2016. ready in Afghanistan are often es and into active battle against a ners agreed on the need for al- only used defensively. COMMERCE resilient insurgency. most 300 more, and sent a re- for the past year and we antici- Afghan leaders say those ef- “We have observed over the Planners opted to order 1,600 Since 2002, the United States quest to Congress for around pate this will continue to be a forts to build a more mobile army past decade the coalition pro- replacement Humvees this year, Trade via Karachi has allocated more than $68bn $900mn to cover the cost. favourite tactic of our enemy for are undermined by an over-reli- vided its forces with improved which at around $280,000 apiece Port records to train and equip Afghan secu- “It provides the ANA with an the foreseeable future,” he said. ance on lightly armoured vehi- armoured vehicles based on are cheaper than nearly $1mn for rity forces, with a view to even- armoured force that has more In the end, the US military cles like the Humvee, not widely the same threat reality,” Karimi each MSFV, Hughes said. 15% increase tually withdrawing from the mobility, survivability, and le- scrapped the MSFV order “to used in combat by US troops for wrote in his 2014 memo. About 50 additional MSFVs country. thality than regular infantry address overall concerns about nearly a decade. Karimi said more MSFVs, were ordered last year to replace Imports and exports of Pakistan Yet serious shortfalls in per- units,” the Pentagon wrote in its long-term sustainability and US military offi cials have said which have MRAP-level pro- losses. via the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) sonnel and hardware remain. pitch to lawmakers. aff ordability” of Afghan forces, thousands of American lives tection, could allow the Afghan US commanders fi rst take jumped 15.25% to 50.05mn Masoom Stanekzai, acting de- Congress approved the mon- Pentagon spokesman Adam have been saved in Afghani- army to become a smaller, more into account combat needs, but tonnes in the fiscal year ended fence minister before being ap- ey, but the order was put on hold Stump said in a statement to stan and Iraq by switching from fl exible fi ghting force. ultimately they can only pro- June 30, 2016 as import of fuel, proved by parliament recently in early 2014. Reuters. Humvees to “mine-resistant, More than 3,500 international vide what they can aff ord under cooking oil and cotton and as intelligence chief, told Reuters Shortly after that, Afghan Instead, US offi cials decided ambush-protected” vehicles troops have died in Afghanistan, budgets approved by Washing- export of rice and meat soared the Afghan government was still army chief of staff Sher Mo- to provide additional upgraded (MRAPs) considered better able at least 1,400 of them killed by ton, he said. in the year, according to official trying to obtain more armoured hamed Karimi wrote a memo to Humvees as a way to provide to withstand roadside bomb roadside bombs. “I’m General ‘No.’ I add the statistics. vehicles from the United States. coalition commanders outlining more armoured vehicles, he blasts. Last year as many as 7,000 Af- fi scal reality. You can’t just say “The port handles around 60% of After Washington approved a the military’s need for better ar- added. That point has not been lost on ghan soldiers and police are esti- yes to everything, you have to the total import and export cargo large shipment of cargo trucks moured vehicles. US advisers have been press- Afghan soldiers and police, who mated to have died. judge it on the fi nancial piece of the country,” said an off icial of not requested by the Afghans, “Mines continue to account ing Afghan troops to leave their suff ered more deaths last year The number of roadside bomb because the ultimate goal of this the Karachi Port Trust yesterday. Stanekzai wrote a private letter for nearly 90% of the ANA (Af- bases and launch more off ensive than coalition troops did in 15 casualties among Afghan sol- is that Afghanistan supports its The remaining 40 per cent of to coalition commanders last ghan National Army) casualties operations. years of fi ghting in Afghanistan. diers has slowly declined as they own military.” trade is made through Port Qasim and Gwadar Port. The KPT reported that it handled 559 oil tankers during the year against 494 in the preceding fiscal year. Latest data of the Pakistan Bureau Brexit’s impact on Pakistani rupee not signifi cant: SBP of Statistics (PBS) showed that the country imported 148,316 tonnes of soyabean oil in the first Internews Pakistan’s economy is exposed Remittances and exports are against the Pak rupee has not According to a few exchange al currencies persists, it could 11 months of 2015-16, which was Karachi to the fallout from Brexit from the two largest sources of foreign been that signifi cant.” companies, the infl ow of sterling have negative consequences for 292.34% higher than 45,103 tonnes three major directions: remit- exchange for Pakistan. In the The pound has fallen from a in the open market has practi- Pakistan’s exports, says the State in the corresponding period of tances, currency volatility with past - such as the great fi nancial selling price of Rs154.6 on June cally stopped, with all parties Bank, especially if it involves a last year. he State Bank of Pakistan its attendant impact on trade, crisis of 2008 – volatility in glo- 23rd, the date of the referendum preferring to hold the currency “sustained appreciation of the According to industry off icials, the has fi nally broken its si- and the fi nancial markets. bal markets negatively impacted in which British voters opted to in the hopes it will regain its val- rupee in real terms.” traders imported higher quantity Tlence on the momentous “Together, these economies exports, but remittances contin- “leave” the EU, to Rs143 today, ue in a few days. “Further, exports may also of soyabean oil due to its availabil- changes activated in the world constituted 28.2% of Pakistani ued rising. although most money changers This has led to shortages in be affected with reduced ity at much reduced prices in the economy following Britain’s his- exports in FY15. UK is the fi fth Matters might be a little more are not selling on that price even the open market, with money demand in the wake of any international markets. Additionally, toric referendum of June 23rd, largest source of workers’ re- serious on the currency front. though it is indicated on their changers advising those who slowdown in the UK econ- cheaper freight also made the saying in an e-mail that the UK mittances for Pakistan whereas “Brexit has already led to de- boards. have to send pounds to their omy post Brexit. Reduced imports viable. and EU economies hold “signifi - remittances from the European preciation of pound against oth- In the black market, pounds children studying in the UK to economic activity and immi- The import of fuel oil rose 1% cant importance” for Pakistan’s Union, although smaller, are also er major currencies, particularly are available for Rs146 and above send dollars instead and make gration curbs in the UK may to 15.81mn tonnes in the first 11 external sector. an important source of foreign the dollar” says the State Bank, in some outlets, although that the conversion there. also moderate flow of remit- months against 15.65mn tonnes in In the central bank’s view, exchange for the country.” adding that thus far the “impact rate changes day to day. If the volatility in internation- tances.” the same period last year.

Heading home for Eid Law to regulate Umrah operators on anvil

Internews tive business in the country the offi cial who played a key role ment’s move, saying that the Islamabad because millions of pilgrims in drafting the law. ministry has no mandate to visit Saudi Arabia throughout regulate their operations. the year to perform religious “We have sent the draft to TAAP Secretary-General n a bid to tighten the noose rites. But there is no fi xed rate at the cabinet division for Khadim Rasool said that travel around unbridled Umrah which to charge people intend- fi nal approval. Later it will agents are registered with the Ioperators, the Ministry of ing to perform religious rites be sent to parliament for tourism department which is Religious Aff airs of Pakistan and every Umrah operator has legislation” already regulating the operators has fi nalised a draft legislation been charging people according under the Travel Act, 1976. to regulate their working in the to its devised rate. According to the offi cial, the When told that the ministry country. However, after the legisla- major complaint against pri- has received many complaints At present, private travel op- tion the rate would be fi xed, vate tour operators is accom- against different tour opera- erators are registered with the said the offi cial who is privy to modation. There are reports tors for overcharging and lack tourism department of the re- the development. The draft also that Umrah operators misguide of facilities, Rasool denied it, spective province. recommended diff erent penal- pilgrims and do not provide saying lack of awareness is the However, the religious aff airs ties - including cancellation of them the accommodation they reason. ministry has decided to regulate licences for lifetime and dif- promised. In addition, com- He said every tour operator Umrah tour operators and pro- ferent imprisonment under the plaints regarding substandard provides complete facilities. posed imprisonment for vio- Pakistan Penal Code. food and inadequate transport According to him, 0.8 million lating terms of their contracts “We have sent the draft to the facilities are also rampant. pilgrims performed Umrah last A man sits in a train, under the suspended bags of fruits, as he leaves for his hometown ahead of with people, Joint Secretary cabinet division for fi nal ap- The Travel Agents Associa- year and TAAP has registered the Eid al-Fitr festival, at the Cantonment railway station in Karachi. (Umrah) Iftikhar Uddin said. proval. Later it will be sent to tion of Pakistan (TAAP), how- 1,500 tour operators that are Umrah has become a lucra- parliament for legislation,” said ever, has opposed the govern- functioning legally. Gulf Times 20 Wednesday, July 6, 2016 PHILIPPINES Duterte names, shames top

President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech during the Philippine Air Force’s 69th cops for helping drug gangs anniversary celebration at Clark airbase in Angeles City, Reuters Pampanga province, north Manila of Manila.

hilippines’ President Ro- President drigo Duterte publicly Paccused fi ve police gener- off ers talks als of involvement in the drugs trade yesterday and said only with China he would be accountable for Philippine President Rodrigo a bloody crackdown that has Duterte yesterday off ered China killed 30 people since he took conciliatory talks on a long-await- offi ce last week. ed international tribunal ruling Duterte named the generals over Beijing’s maritime claims, a during a televised speech and week before the verdict. said they were protecting drugs Duterte, who was sworn into syndicates and contributing to a off ice last week, said he was “deterioration of law and order” optimistic that the UN-backed that he would fi ght to reverse, tribunal in The Hague would rule with no remorse for the conse- in favour of the Philippines. quences. “If it’s favourable to us, let’s talk,” Three of the generals were Duterte said in a speech before retired, including one mayor, the Philippine Air Force at the while the two serving offi cers former US military base of Clark, were relieved of their duties, he about an hour’s drive from the said. capital Manila. An international “It’s going to be a dirty fi ght, tribunal will rule on July 12 in a it’s going to be a bloody fi ght. I case the Philippines brought am not apologising for it,” Du- challenging China’s claims to terte said. most of the strategically vital “As public authority, mine South China Sea. China’s claims and mine alone, I assume full extend even close to the coasts legal responsibility for it.” of the Philippines and other Duterte appears determined Southeast Asian nations. to follow through with what China has said it would reject the was the only substantive elec- ruling and refused to recognise tion promise he made — to wipe the Permanent Court of Arbitra- out drugs gangs and end crime tion’s jurisdiction over the issue. in six months. Duterte has said he wants He has been dubbed “the ex- friendly relations with China, a ecutioner” and “the punisher” departure from his predecessor among his supporters and crit- Benigno Aquino who angered ics alike. Beijing by launching the legal ac- Thirty suspected drugs deal- tion and strengthening ties with ers were killed in the fi ve days the Philippines’ longtime ally the after he took offi ce on June 30 United States. Aquino’s govern- and the death toll since his May ment argued that China’s claims 9 election win is far higher than to most of the South China Sea that recorded in the previous A member of the Philippine National Police (PNP) signs on a plastic bottle with his urine during a random inspection inside a police station in Metro Manila yesterday. and its massive island-building four months. programme in the disputed wa- The drugs war has triggered But Duterte said there lives to help clean up the places,” he said. “We have to generals Duterte accused of col- I will be tried by publicity,” he ters violated international law. alarm among human rights would be no turning back and streets. remove that fear. Let us trans- luding with drugs gangs, denied told ABS-CBN News Channel. Aquino had refused to hold direct groups, lawyers and the clergy called for the recruitment “The criminals have hi- fer that fear in the hearts of the any involvement and said he de- “I hope I will be given a talks with China on the issue. who say “summary executions” of 3,000 new police and for jacked, they have taken over criminals.” served a fair hearing. chance to face my accuser...and should stop. security forces to risk their the public streets and public But Vicente Loot, one of the “Because of that statement, clear my name.” Peace pact with Reds Wooing customers eyed by year-end

By Catherine S Valente March 2014 for alleged murders. Duterte earlier Manila Times/Clark Air Base sent his presidential peace adviser Jesus Dureza to Oslo, Norway, to begin exploratory talks with Sison and the group’s chief negotiator Luis Jalan- resident Rodrigo Duterte expects to end doni. decades of insurgency with the signing of a But Duterte said he is not ready to release all Pfi nal peace agreement with the Communist political prisoners. “I am not ready to release Party of the Philippines-National Democratic everybody. Only after the success of the talks–if Front (CPP-NDF) by the end of the year. there’s one coming our way, then we can grant “We hope we will have a fi rm agreement by the amnesty but they have to lay down their arms,” end of the year if Sison would come home,” Du- he said. terte said yesterday, referring to CPP founder Jose Duterte also said he is willing to continue talks Maria Sison. The president said he is ready to give with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) “a safe conduct pass” to Sison and top commu- and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). nist leaders Benito Tiamzon and his wife Wilma. “Maybe we’ll go to Jolo and talk to him be- Benito is the chairman of the CPP and its armed fore we formally agree to talk offi cially,” Duterte wing, the New People’s Army, while Wilma is the said, referring to MNLF founding chairman Nur secretary general. They were arrested in Cebu in Misuari.

11mn Filipinos unemployed: survey

By Catherine S Valente The survey was conducted jobs, 3.3mn who involuntarily Manila Times among 1,500 respondents from lost their jobs, and 1.8mn who March 30 to April 2. were fi rst-time job seekers. The fi gure is 2.5 points higher The latest survey also he number of unemployed than the 21.4 percent or 9.1mn showed that 39 percent of Fili- Filipinos swelled to 11mn unemployed in the last quarter pinos foresee more job open- Tin the fi rst quarter of the of 2015. ings in the next 12 months, year, 2mn more than the previ- The unemployed in the fi rst while 31 percent said it will stay ous quarter, a Social Weather quarter poll consisted of 5.9mn the same and 15 percent said A vendor pushes her cart filled with vegetables to sell at a wet market in Metro Manila. Stations (SWS) survey showed. adults who voluntarily left their there will be fewer jobs. Senator warns against reclamation in Manila Bay

By Jeff erson Antiporda Villar, who has been vocal “Solar City” by the Manila Gold the Ramsar-listed Wetland of deal, which is said to resurrect City government under Mayor fects on the environment and Manila Times against reclamation plans along Coast Corp, said to occupy land International Importance locat- the notorious Public Estates Au- Edwin Olivarez is also reviving on the safety of residents are the Manila Bay, said the Philippine twice the size of Rizal Park. ed south of Manila Bay. thority (PEA)-Amari deal, with the $13bn Manila Bay Interna- reasons why she fi led a petition Reclamation Authority (PRA) The San Miguel Group and San “At fi rst glance, development the Pasay City government as tional Airport project. for writ of kalikasan in 2012 be- enator Cynthia Villar has approved a National Rec- Jose Builders are also proposing in Manila Bay looks like a lucra- the major player and main pro- Under the plan, the proposed fore the Supreme Court, along warned against the imple- lamation Plan that proposes to a P338.8bn public-private part- tive business venture, but I ap- ponent instead of the PRA. airport will make use of 157 hec- with the majority of Las Pinas Smentation of more recla- reclaim 26,000 hectares of Ma- nership project to reclaim part of peal to companies interested in Under the deal, SM Prime tares of Freedom Island. residents. mation projects in Manila Bay, nila Bay. Among the proposed Manila Bay to build an express- these reclamation projects to will undertake and fi nance the “Instead of reclaiming Ma- “The reclamation of Manila saying it will adversely aff ect reclamation projects are the way, a commercial area, a coastal also consider the eff ects on the reclamation of 360 hectares of nila Bay, we should all sup- Bay is dangerous as it can also be communities and the livelihood P50.2bn, 660 hectare “Future sea barrier and a fl ood control residents and fi shermen de- Manila Bay, and in exchange, port its restoration and reha- seen as a violation of Supreme of fi shermen. City” sought by SM Prime Hold- system. pending on the bay for liveli- the company will get 49% or bilitation and avoid massive Court’s continuing mandamus She appealed to companies ings, Inc But Villar warned that the hood,” she said in a statement. 176.4 hectares of the reclaimed flooding, which experts say since 2008 directing the gov- that plan to reclaim land near the that will house government planned reclamation of the bay The senator’s statement came land, while Pasay City will have could go up to eight metres in ernment to clean up Manila Bay. bay to look at the environmental offi ces as well as commercial will also destroy the Las Pinas- out a week after Manila Times the remaining 51% or 183.6 hec- Paranaque, Las Pinas and Cav- Reclamation, which will increase impact of their projects, not at and residential buildings and the Paranaque Critical Habitat and columnist Dodo Dulay discussed tares. ite,” Villar noted. commercial activity, will pollute the profi t they will make. 148-hectare entertainment hub Eco-Tourism Area (LPPCHEA), the Pasay City-SM reclamation Meanwhile, the Paranaque Villar said these adverse ef- the water,” she added. Gulf Times Wednesday, July 6, 2016 21 SRI LANKA/BANGLADESH/NEPAL/MALDIVES Bangladesh police say Politician stunned by may have shot hostage son’s role Reuters Dhaka in attack angladesh police shot dead the pizza chef of a BDhaka restaurant, mistak- AFP a kitchen worker who was held enly thinking he was one of the Dhaka hostage. militants who killed 20 people, Relatives of Saiful Islam and misread online warnings Chowkider raised the alarm af- of an impending assault, police Bangladeshi politician spoke ter recognising the 39-year-old and government offi cials said yesterday of his horror to among the pictures of the suspects yesterday. Alearn his son was among the police released after the siege. New details from interviews suspects who murdered foreign- “We protested. We said he was with the offi cials and the first ers at a Dhaka cafe, and said many never a militant. He was hardwork- information report registered at young men from wealthy, educated ing man and one of the best pizza a Dhaka police station painted a families were going missing. and pasta makers in Bangladesh,” picture of security agencies slow Imtiaz Khan Babul said his Chowkider’s cousin Solaiman said. to deal with Friday’s attack, one 22-year-old son Rohan Imtiaz, “We went to the military, but of the country’s deadliest. who was killed when comman- they would not hand over the “This was the fi rst time in dos stormed the cafe on Satur- body, they said he was a suspect.” Bangladesh such a thing had day, had been a top-scoring stu- Witnesses say the perpetra- taken place. Nobody was pre- dent whose behaviour gave no tors of the attack, claimed by the pared for it. They did not realise hint he was radicalised before he Islamic State group, spared the the gravity of the situation ini- disappeared last December. lives of Muslims. tially,” H T Imam, political ad- “I was stunned and speechless Bangladesh’s foreign minister viser to Prime Minister Sheikh to learn that my son had done met diplomats yesterday. Hasina, said. “Initial response such a heinous thing,” a tearful “We’ve raised our worries was slow.” Babul said. during the meeting. We dis- Bangladesh authorities who “I don’t know what changed cussed how to deal with the situ- monitor social media saw sever- him. There was nothing that ation and ensure security for the al messages on Friday posted on would suggest that he was get- diplomatic community and the Twitter saying there would be an ting radicalised. He hardly read foreign community here,” one attack, he said. any religious books.” foreign diplomat said, speaking But the police thought any at- Babul, an offi cial with the rul- on condition of anonymity. tack would more likely be aimed Policemen standing under umbrellas at a checkpoint in Dhaka yesterday, in a street leading to the entrance of a restaurant which was the site ing Awami League party, said he The government says homeg- at embassies and major hotels of a bloody siege that ended in the death of 17 foreigners and five Bangladeshis. believed his son may have been rown extremists are responsible and restaurants, Imam said. He “brainwashed” online. for the deaths of some 80 secu- said police closed major hotels vivors told local TV that Muslims at least partly cleared up yester- assault. One was a Muslim wom- raid was launched after daybreak. He had not seen Rohan since lar activists, foreigners and reli- and eateries in and around hotel who could not recite the Koran day, when police named Saiful an, a regular at the restaurant Imam said police repeatedly travelling to India in December gious minorities murdered over Westin, about 1km (0.62 mile) were also killed. Islam Chowkidar, a pizza maker who did not wear the Islamic veil, sent messages asking what the with his maths teacher wife, leav- the last three years. from the Holey Artisan Bakery The targeting of foreign- at the Holey Artisan Bakery, as whose throat was slashed when attackers wanted, initially think- ing their three children in Dhaka. It has repeatedly denied inter- and O’Kitchen site that was at- ers has unsettled the country’s among the six people security she refused to recite the Qur’an, ing they sought a ransom. The In the months following Ro- national jihadist networks have tacked. $26bn garment export sector, forces killed when they stormed Imam said. The gunmen also cut fear was the hostages would be han’s disappearance, Babul lob- a presence in the country, even “They (police) didn’t think at with some foreign retailers sus- the building to end a 12-hour off her wrist, he said, citing sur- killed if the police forced their bied senior party offi cials to though IS and a South Asian all it can be this place,” Imam pending all business travel to the stand-off . vivor accounts. way in, he said. help fi nd his only son and even branch of Al Qaeda have claimed said. “It is to be investigated country. “He may not be involved,” Sai- Two police offi cers were also “The way the police and the scoured the city’s morgues. As he a number of attacks. whether there was an intelli- Islamic State and Al Qaeda ful Islam, a police offi cial inves- killed outside the restaurant. RAB acted in the early hours searched, he met other families Bangladesh’s home minister gence failure.” have claimed a series of killings tigating the attack, said, adding The police report showed that raises questions that need to be who had suff ered the same fate. has said the men behind Fri- The attack, claimed by Islam- of liberals and members of reli- Chowkidar’s death was still being police made an initial attempt looked into,” Imam said, referring “I met so many parents whose day’s attack at an upmarket cafe ic State, marked a major escala- gious minorities in the past year. investigated. to enter the restaurant after the to the Rapid Action Battalion, an boys had gone missing,” he said. were highly educated and from tion in the scale and brutality of The government has dismissed An employee at the cafe, attackers stormed in, but facing elite counter-terrorism unit. “Even yesterday, one of them wealthy families. violence aimed at forcing strict those claims, as it did the Islamic shown a photo of a man killed at gunfi re and grenades they held The fi ve named in the case fi l- was saying that I was lucky that Among them was Meer Islamic rule in Bangladesh, State claim of responsibility for the eatery and wearing a chef’s off any action for more than eight ing were Nibras Islam, Rohan I got the body of my boy. Some of Saameh Mubasheer, an 18-year- whose 160mn people are mostly Friday’s attack. outfi t, identifi ed him as Chowki- hours. “The terrorists kept fi r- Imtiaz, Meer Saameh Mubash- them are not so lucky.” old student at an elite school Muslim. Police believe Jamaatul Mu- dar, and said he had worked there ing and throwing grenades at us eer, Khairul Islam and Shafi qul Security forces shot dead six whose father said he was “a vic- Police named fi ve Bangladeshi jahideen Bangladesh (JMB), an for 18 months. every time we moved forward,” Islam. men when they stormed the cafe, tim of his simplicity”. gunmen who stormed the res- outlawed domestic group that In the police fi ling, Chowki- the report said. At least three of the gunmen bringing the all-night siege to an “He couldn’t keep his atten- taurant before separating for- has pledged allegiance to Islamic dar’s name was included among Between 30 and 35 policemen were from wealthy, liberal fami- end, while one suspected attack- tion on one thing for too long. eigners from locals. Several peo- State, played a signifi cant role in 21 hostages killed by attackers were wounded when the attack- lies who had attended elite Dhaka er was taken alive. But he was always into religious ple have been arrested. organising the band of privileged, armed with knives, guns and ex- ers threw grenades at a force schools, in contrast to the tra- Police initially identifi ed all study,” said Meer Hayet Kabir. Most of the dead were for- educated, young attackers. plosives. stationed to the west of the cafe, ditional Bangladeshi militant’s six as suspected attackers, but “He was slow in his mental eigners - from Italy, Japan, India Confusion over exactly how At least three Bangladeshis forcing police to wait for rein- path from poverty and a ma- yesterday they said they were growth and didn’t have many and the United States- but sur- many gunmen were involved was were also murdered during the forcements. Eventually the police drassa education to violence. looking into whether one was friends.” Lanka’s new central Maldives foreign minister bank chief vows to quits over death penalty

AFP implementing the death pen- Malé alty,” Maumoon, 43, said. stay independent The new policy came “at a time when serious questions are he Maldives’ foreign min- being asked, and concerns being Reuters ister resigned yesterday, expressed, about the delivery Colombo Tciting “irreconcilable dis- of justice in the Maldives,” she agreements” with the president added. over a proposed implementation Capital punishment has not of the death penalty in the po- been carried out in the nation of ri Lanka’s new central bank litically troubled nation. 340,000 Sunni Muslims for over chief pledged yesterday Dunya Maumoon, a niece of 60 years. Sto maintain the monetary President Abdulla Yameen, also She becomes the second min- authority’s independence in de- raised doubts over the judicial ister to quit the government in cision making and to avoid poli- system in the Indian Ocean ar- as many weeks and the 12th to cies that lead to boom and bust chipelago, which is facing inter- resign from the cabinet since cycles. national censure over the jailing the hardline president came to Indrajith Coomaraswamy, a of dissidents and persecution of power in November 2013. former central banker, became political opponents. Home Minister Umar Naseer, the 14th governor of the cen- The foreign minister had who was eff ectively Yameen’s tral bank when he took offi ce been an ardent defender of the deputy, quit late last month, on Monday for a six-year term. regime, but recent local media hours before a cabinet reshuffl e. President Maithripala Sirisena reports suggested a rift between The Maldives has been Dunya Maumoon appointed the veteran economist her father, former strongman rocked by political turmoil in to help quell uncertainty after Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, and recent years, with almost all over a month after Mohamed years in prison on controversial the previous governor declined his half-brother Yameen. of Yameen’s key rivals jailed or Nasheed, the country’s fi rst terrorism charges last year but to seek reappointment. “I decided to resign because exiled from the popular honey- democratically elected leader, was allowed to travel to Britain Successive Sri Lankan lead- of irreconcilable disagreements moon destination. was granted asylum in Britain. for surgery in January and grant- ers have appointed central on the government’s policy in The latest resignation comes Nasheed was sentenced to 13 ed political asylum in May. bank heads of their choice out- side the monetary authority or civil service since 2004. The political appointments have Indrajit Coomaraswamy addressing reporters at the Central Bank sometimes been criticised as in Colombo yesterday. being biased towards govern- Nepal landslides kill 11 after heavy rains ments in power. The 66-year old Coomar- took up his post in January “I have spoken to our leaders aswamy was a former direc- 2015, stepped down on Thurs- too about this that the central tor of economic aff airs at the day amid a corruption inves- AFP “Eight people from two dif- “The dead bodies have been for treatment,” Thapa said. bank does its work independ- Commonwealth Secretariat. tigation that embroiled his Kathmandu ferent families were found dead recovered (after) a rescue op- “The landslide was caused by ently and in a technical way and He faces stiff challenges, in- son-in-law in a bond scam. after their homes were buried eration was carried out jointly by heavy rainfall the day before,” he discreetly advises the govern- cluding stabilising a faltering Mahendran has denied any by landslides due to torren- police and locals,” Rathod said. said. ment about what we think is the rupee, averting a balance of wrongdoing, but the ongoing andslides triggered by tial rainfall,” said Ranjit Singh Another three people lost Scores of people die every year best way forward ... which the payments and debt crisis and investigations have perturbed heavy rains killed 11 people Rathod, Pyuthan district police their lives in Gorkha district from rain-triggered disasters - central bank has responsibility,” boosting a sluggish economy. fi nancial markets. Lin western Nepal yester- chief. when a landslide slammed into including fl oods and landslides he told the staff in his inaugural Many civil society organi- Volatility in the rupee cur- day, including a teenage boy and The victims included a cou- a trail used by villagers yesterday - during the monsoon season in speech. sations and political parties, rency seen last week calmed four young girls, police said. ple and their three daugh- morning, local police chief Bi- the Himalayan nation. He also said the central bank including the opposition, have down after Coomaraswamy’s An overnight downpour sent ters all aged under 10 in Ra- rendra Thapa said. Heavy rains last week caused needs to get away from a cycle of welcomed Coomaraswamy’s appointment as markets ex- mud and stones hurtling down the jwara village, while a family of “Two women who were 45 and parts of a school to collapse in stop-go policies of creating ar- appointment. pect some key policy changes slopes of the hilly district of Py- three, including a seven-year- 30 years old and a 15-year-old the capital Kathmandu, kill- tifi cial periods of boom through Arjuna Mahendran, the from the new governor, dealers uthan, burying two houses in two old girl, died in the nearby boy were confi rmed dead... Three ing two pupils and injuring misaligned policies. former central bank chief who said. diff erent villages around dawn. settlement of Puja. others have been taken to hospital 24 others. Gulf Times 22 Wednesday, July 6, 2016 COMMENT

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P.O.Box 2888 Doha, Qatar the advice of experts? [email protected] Telephone 44350478 (news), 44466404 (sport), 44466636 (home delivery) Experts are accused of bearers of knowledge and expertise? international integration, they are what coexistence in multicultural Fax 44350474 The fi rst explanation is that many undoubtedly more inclined toward communities may entail. being biased mainly voters attach little value to the highlighting its benefits than the Second, experts should be more because they support the opinions of those who failed to warn average citizen is. granular in their approach. them about the risk of a fi nancial crisis This points to the third and most They typically should examine mobility of labour across in 2008. convincing explanation: while experts policies’ impact not only on aggregate borders, trade openness Queen Elizabeth II spoke for many emphasise the overall benefi ts of GDP in the medium term, but also on when, on a visit to the London School openness, they tend to disregard or how policies’ eff ects are distributed GULF TIMES and globalisation of Economics in the autumn of 2008, minimise its eff ects on particular over time, across space, and among she asked why no one saw it coming. professions or communities. social categories. By Jean Pisani-Ferry Furthermore, the suspicion that They regard immigration – to A policy decision can be positive in Paris economists have been captured by the which Cameron attributed the Leave the aggregate but severely harmful to fi nancial industry, expressed in the campaign’s victory – as a net benefi t some groups – which is frequently the 2010 movie Inside Job, has not been for the economy; but they fail to case with liberalisation measures. Global outrage y the time British citizens dispelled. pay attention to what it implies for Third, economists should move went to the polls on June 23 Ordinary people feel angry about workers who experience downward beyond the (generally correct) to decide on their country’s what they regard as a betrayal by the wage pressure or for communities observation that such distributional Bcontinued membership in intellectuals. struggling with a scarcity of aff ordable eff ects can be addressed through over attacks the European Union, there had been housing, crowded schools and an taxation and transfers, and work out no shortage of advice in favour of Because growing overwhelmed health system. how exactly that should happen. remaining. In other words, they are guilty of Yes, if a policy decision leads to Foreign leaders and moral public distrust of the indiff erence. aggregate gains, losers can in principle authorities had voiced unambiguous This criticism is largely correct. be compensated. But this is easier said in Saudi cities concern about the consequences cognoscenti provides As Ravi Kanbur of Cornell than done. of an exit, and economists had University pointed out long ago, In practice, it is often hard to overwhelmingly warned that leaving fertile ground to economists (and policymakers) tend to identify the losers and to fi nd the right The multiple terror attacks in Saudi Arabia just the EU would entail signifi cant look at issues in the aggregate, to take instrument to support them. ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival have evoked worldwide economic costs. Yet the warnings were demagogues, it a medium-term perspective, and to To argue that problems can be condemnation. The suicide bombing near Islam’s second- ignored. assume that markets work well enough solved without examining how and A pre-referendum YouGov opinion poses a threat to to absorb a large part of adverse under what conditions is sheer holiest site in Medina shows the group or groups behind poll tells why: “Leave” voters had no shocks. intellectual laziness. such atrocities have no regard for religion and their aim is trust whatsoever in the advice-givers. democracy Their perspective clashes with To tell people who have been hurt to discredit Muslims. They did not want their that of people who care more about that they could have been spared The attack near the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina was judgment to rely on politicians, Most economists, let alone distributional issues, have diff erent the pain does not give them any academics, journalists, international specialists in other disciplines, (often shorter) time horizons, and are less reason to complain; it just fuels one of three in the kingdom on Monday. There were no organisations, or think tanks. regard such accusations as unfair, wary of monopolistic behavior. resentment of technocratic experts. claims of responsibility for the bombings in Medina, As one of the Leave campaign’s because only a few of them devoted If economists and other experts Because growing public distrust Jeddah and the eastern city of Qatif. leaders, justice secretary Michael themselves to scrutinising fi nancial want to regain their fellow citizens’ of the cognoscenti provides fertile Gove, who is now seeking to succeed developments; yet their credibility has trust, they should not be deaf to these ground to demagogues, it poses a The targeting of Medina has caused shock and outrage in David Cameron as prime minister, been seriously dented. concerns. threat to democracy. all Islamic countries. bluntly put it: “People in this country Because no one pleaded guilty for They should fi rst be humble and Academics and policymakers may Qatar has condemned the explosions, stressing that have had enough of experts”. It is the suff ering that followed the crisis, avoid lecturing. be tempted to respond by dismissing “criminal acts” like these contradicted all humanitarian, tempting to dismiss this attitude as a the guilt has become collective. They should base their policy views what looks like a celebration of triumph of passion over rationality. The second explanation has to do on the available evidence, rather than ignorance and retreating into ivory moral and Islamic values. Yet the pattern seen in the UK is with the policies advocated by the on preconceptions. towers. Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Aff airs, in a statement, oddly familiar: in the United States, cognoscenti. And they should change their minds But this would not improve matters. expressed “Qatar’s support to the Kingdom of Saudi Republican voters disregarded the Experts are accused of being if the data do not confi rm their beliefs. And there is no need to surrender. Arabia as the latter faces these crimes committed against pundits and nominated Donald Trump biased, not necessarily because they This largely corresponds to what What is needed is more honesty, as their party’s presidential candidate; are captured by special interests, but researchers actually do; but when more humility, more granular analysis innocent people”. in France, Marine Le Pen, the leader because, as a profession, they support speaking to the public, experts tend to and more refi ned prescriptions. - Qatar also highlighted the kingdom’s leading role in the of the far-right National Front, elicits the mobility of labour across borders, oversimplify their own views. Project Syndicate, region, particularly in counter-terrorism. little sympathy among experts, but trade openness, and globalisation For economists, humility also Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) secretary has strong popular support. more generally. implies listening to people from other zJean Pisani-Ferry is a professor at the Everywhere, a signifi cant number There is some substance in disciplines. Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, general Iyad Ameen Madani said that those who carried of citizens have become hostile to the this argument: although not all On immigration, they should hear and currently serves as commissioner- out, planned or supported the attacks were carrying out cognoscenti. economists, and certainly not what sociologists, political scientists, general of France Strategie, a policy desperate acts to undermine the security and stability of Why this angry attitude toward the all social scientists, advocate or psychologists have to say about advisory institution in Paris. the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the mainstay of the security and stability of the region and the Islamic world. He reiterated the OIC’s Qatar has full solidarity with the leadership, government condemned and people of Saudi the explosions, Arabia in all the steps and measures taken stressing that to combat terrorism “criminal acts” through a comprehensive approach that addresses like these its political, economic, contradicted all social and intellectual root causes. Madani humanitarian, reiterated the OIC’s categorical position moral and which denounces Islamic values terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman of Saudi Arabia, has vowed to strike back at those leading the country’s youth astray. Britain’s Justice Minister Michael Gove addressing a press conference in London. Gove, one of the Leave campaign’s leaders, believes that “people (in the UK) have “The kingdom is fully determined to strike with an iron had enough of experts”. fi st all those who aim at the minds or ideas of our dear young people,” King Salman said in an address to the nation yesterday. Salah al-Budair, the imam of the Prophet’s Mosque, meanwhile, has warned young people about being lured by EU authority fraying after Brexit vote the “malignant” ideology of extremist groups. “(The bomber) is an infi del who has sold himself to the By Paul Taylor President Francois Hollande has conservative candidate Alain Juppe money limiting losses for bank enemies of his religion and his country,” he said. Reuters/Athens also demanded a rewriting of EU called on Monday for a new balance investors. Iran called for Muslim unity after the attacks. merger control rules and restrictions of power between Brussels and Dutch and German ministers have on state aid to industry to enable the member states and a halt to further attacked a Commission decision that Extremists have claimed or been blamed for a wave of he European Union’s creation of “European champions”. EU enlargement, ending Turkey’s the European Parliament can approve shootings and bombings during Ramadan, including in authority is fraying as Socialist Prime Minister Manuel membership bid. a trade pact with Canada without Orlando, Bangladesh, Istanbul and Baghdad. governments and politicians Valls said on Sunday an EU regulation He called last week for a referendum referring it to national parliaments. It is strange that terrorism is on the rise despite Tin many members challenge allowing employers to pay seconded on a “new Europe”. The Dutch parliament was assured EU policies and take aim at “Brussels workers less than their local Italy is demanding a loosening of it would have a chance to weigh in on concerted campaigns against groups espousing such bureaucracy” in the aftermath of counterparts must be changed soon or recently adopted EU regulations that the treaty. ideas. It is high time that all countries come together to Britain’s vote to leave the 28-nation Paris would stop applying it. make shareholders, bondholders and But perhaps most worryingly for devise a joint strategy to counter extremist groups. An bloc. depositors liable for the losses of failed the EU, senior ministers in Germany, The Czech president and some “There must be equal banks before taxpayers. the bloc’s reluctant hegemon, are international summit to discuss plans is urgently called contenders for the French presidency Italian Prime Minister Matteo advocating shrinking the executive for. Anti-social forces, which aim to create chaos in key have called for their own referendums treatment upwards Renzi, who has fought to bend EU Commission, trimming its powers, regions of the world by perpetrating terror attacks, can on continued membership of the budget defi cit rules and now seeks and bypassing common European only be defeated through a joint campaign. pan-European economic and political to fi ght social to pump billions of euros into his institutions to take more decisions by community, although no such country’s ailing banks if needed to intergovernmental agreement. plebiscite is on the cards in the near dumping” shore them up, said on Monday the A call from veteran German future. EU was run by “a technocracy with no Finance Minister Wolfgang Verbal assaults on the role of Employers are not now obliged to soul”. Schaeuble, long an advocate of closer To Advertise the European Commission and the pay posted workers more than the He also opposed sanctions against integration, to shift more policy European Parliament since the British minimum wage of the host country fellow southern members Spain decision-making to governments [email protected] shock almost two weeks ago look more - often well below the average wage and Portugal for violating the EU’s for expediency’s sake was among the Display like an attempt to appease domestic in the sector - and they pay social defi cit limits last year — a step the most striking indicators of the mood Telephone 44466621 Fax 44418811 public opinion than a concerted drive contributions in their home country Commission is due to consider on around Europe. to strip Brussels of its main powers. welfare systems which are usually far Tuesday in a German-backed drive “If the Commission doesn’t get Classified But they could further undermine lower than those in western Europe. to uphold the much-abused budget involved, then we should take the Telephone 44466609 Fax 44418811 the legitimacy of the EU’s common Central and east European rules. matter into our own hands and solve institutions in the eyes of citizens. governments oppose moves to reduce Italy’s banks are saddled with 360bn problems between governments,” Subscription France, facing a presidential the gap. euros ($401.18bn) in bad loans and Schaeuble told Welt am Sonntag [email protected] election next year, has threatened “There must be equal treatment their share prices plunged after last newspaper, saying now was a time for to stop obeying EU rules on workers upwards to fi ght social dumping,” month’s Brexit vote. pragmatism. posted from one member state to Valls said. Rome is in talks with the EU “This intergovernmental approach 2016 Gulf Times. All rights reserved another, which it says undercuts the Spooked by a surge of support for Commission to devise a plan to proved successful during the euro jobs of native employees. anti-EU nationalist Marine Le Pen, recapitalise its lenders with public zone crisis,” he added. Gulf Times Wednesday, July 6, 2016 23 COMMENT Why climate change is an education issue

Addressing the dangers of miss out on opportunities for rapid knowledge centres such as Silicon climate change is not only development. Valley or Oxford to develop a silver By understanding that their world is bullet to the climate problem. an existential imperative; changing – and that the likelihood of Solutions may come from tech it is also an opportunity to future disasters is increasing – these hubs, but they will also come from populations can build resilience and villages and developing cities, from move toward a cleaner, more learn to adapt to the sudden and slow farmers and manufactures with vastly productive and fairer path of stresses of a changing climate. diff erent perspectives on the world Second, education challenges around them. development apathy. And this will create a virtuous cycle. Knowing the measures available It is easier for educated people By Felipe Calderon to address climate change can open to migrate and integrate into new New York up vast opportunities for economic societies, sharing the knowledge growth. they’ve brought with them. Global investors should be made to Fortunately, younger generations limate change aff ects us all, understand that sustainable solutions today are better educated and more but we still are not acting can increase well-being and create committed to reducing their own as quickly as we should to additional economic opportunities. carbon footprint than previous Caddress its causes, mitigate To take one example, in Niger, generations were. the damage, and adapt to its eff ects. education and improved farming They are leading the way and Many people don’t understand the techniques helped double real farm forcing us all to reconsider our own risks climate change poses to global incomes for more than one million actions. economic and social structures. people, while restoring huge tracts of But we must broaden the availability And, sadly, many who do severely degraded land. of education worldwide to ensure that understand are dismissive of the In the US, as of 2014, there were their eff orts are not in vain. far-reaching benefi ts a global shift to more jobs that depended on solar In recognition of education’s sustainability and clean energy would energy than on coal mining. importance, the government bring about. Still, many people insist that of Norway, under the visionary According to a recent Pew study, implementing measures to mitigate leadership of Prime Minister seven out of ten Americans classifi ed the eff ects of climate change is too Erna Solberg, has established as political independents were not costly to our current way of life. the International Commission very concerned that climate change According to the Pew study, almost on Financing Global Education would hurt them. seven out of ten people believe that, Opportunity, of which I am a member. Worse still, Yale University given the limitations of technology, We meet this week in Oslo, and it researchers recently found that 40% they would have to make major is my hope that we will confront the of adults worldwide have never even lifestyle changes. challenges of our time and act on the heard of climate change. This does not have to be the case, knowledge that education is the best In some developing countries, such and education can challenge the kind of problem-solving asset we possess. as India, that fi gure climbs to 65%. scepticism that forecloses opportunities Addressing the dangers of climate These fi gures are discouraging, but for climate-smart living. change is not only an existential they can be improved. Finally, education furnishes the imperative; it is also an opportunity The Yale study concluded that, technical knowledge needed to build to move toward a cleaner, more “educational attainment tends to a better future through innovation productive and fairer path of be the single strongest predictor – one that includes clean and safe development. of public awareness of climate energy, sustainable agriculture, and Only an educated global society can change”. smarter cities. take the decisive action needed to get By investing in quality education, Broadening access to education us there. - Project Syndicate we can set the next generation on the would lead to more homegrown right path to addressing this global For starters, education fi lls life can have practical benefi ts. such as landslides and fl oods, caused innovation – entrepreneurs spotting zFelipe Calderon, former president problem. knowledge gaps. This is especially true for poor by climate change. opportunities to address local of Mexico, is chair of the Global Education and climate action work Understanding how climate change populations that are most vulnerable Populations that must rebuild from problems. Commission on the Economy and together in three ways. is already having an impact on one’s to crop failures and natural disasters, scratch after each new catastrophe Globally, we cannot rely on Climate. Weather report What is the goal of Juno’s mission to Jupiter? Three-day forecast TODAY High: 46 C AFP How will it fi nd out? Low : 35 C Miami Very hot daytime with some clouds and slight dust at places at times By measuring the amount of water becomes relatively humid at night asa’s Juno spacecraft and ammonia in Jupiter’s atmos- yesterday began circling phere, the spacecraft can determine THURSDAY Jupiter on a 20-month if the planet has a solid core, “directly High: 43 C Nmission to learn more about resolving the origin of this giant planet Low: 34 C the origin of the solar system’s most and thereby the solar system”, said Sunny massive planet. Nasa. Juno will also map Jupiter’s The arrival was a triumph for the gravitational and magnetic fi elds. Juno $1.1bn project to get closer to Jupiter, a is carrying nine science instruments FRIDAY mysterious “planet on steroids” where and also has a camera that can capture High: 44 C everything is extreme, the atmosphere still images and video of Jupiter and Low: 34 C is poisonous and the radiation is 1,000 its moons. Sunny times the lethal limit for a human, ac- cording to principal investigator Scott What are the risks of getting so Bolton. close to Jupiter? Fishermen’s forecast core form fi rst and gravitationally water the planet contains is also a key OFFSHORE DOHA What are the great mysteries capture all that gas, or did an unstable fi gure, because it will tell scientists Jupiter’s magnetic fi eld is nearly Wind: SW-NW 04 -14 KT about Jupiter? region collapse inside the nebula, trig- a lot about when and how the planet 20,000 times as powerful as Earth’s, Waves: 1-3 Feet gering the planet’s formation?” Nasa formed. Bolton also said Juno is likely and the planet is surrounded by an INSHORE DOHA Wind: NW-NE 08-15/20 KT Jupiter, the largest planet in our asked. to discover more moons around Jupi- intense radiation belt. This radia- Waves: 1-2 Feet cosmic neighbourhood, is believed to ter, which is already known to have 67. tion amounts to 100mn X-rays in the be among the fi rst to have formed in What does the mission hope to It also aims to probe how the planet’s course of a year, according to Heidi Around the region the solar system. But how did it form? learn? intense magnetic fi eld is generated, Becker, senior engineer on radiation Weather Weather Scientists still don’t know. Like the and study the formation of auroras - eff ects at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Labo- today Max/min tomorrow Max/min sun, it is made up of mostly hydrogen The Juno mission aims to peer streamers of light in the sky caused ratory. 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By Paula Marantz Cohen More than that, it off ers solace The letter I received six months kingdoms of the mind and spirit. The Philadelphia Inquirer and escape in the face of loss, after the class ended was from Richard “Sometimes my mind wants to disappointment and existential Guy, a participant in that course who slip away to my worries and concerns despair. had spent 33 years in prison. and even longings like good food, s a professor of literature, I I was reinforced in this belief when The letter expressed, simply and tomorrow’s softball game and, being have noted a trend that helps I received a letter recently from the cogently, what literature is good for. heterosexual, women. explain the decline of the Pennsylvania State Correctional His words deserve to be read by all “But I push them back, lock them up Ahumanities as an object of Institute at Fayette, near Pittsburgh. educators and social reformers. again as I’ve long since learned to do as reverence: Students are less prone to The writer had been part of a Here is an excerpt from it: a matter of personal survival to be dealt read for pleasure than they used to be. correspondence course I had taught “Ever since the class ended I have with in the light of day. As the books Blame the packed nature of their last year in which a group of Drexel been reading a half hour before bed absorb me and go into me and become a course schedules and the many students selected stories and essays each night, regardless of how much part of me so that they are something I Around the world activities that compete for their that were sent to a group of men I’ve read earlier in the day. will always have.... 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Assorted Chinese dumplings served at the festival. Dragon Mart off ers

Chinese cuisine, A demonstration shows how to prepare authentic Chinese tea. cultural shows

By Joey Aguilar residents in Qatar,” he added. The Year of Culture, a cul- A distinguished service award Staff Reporter The 10-day festival, which tural exchange programme will also be given to a restaurant started on June 30, also fea- initiated by Qatar Museums, for providing the quality service tures a live presentation on how aims to convey Qatar to an to visitors. he Chinese Food Culture Chinese dishes and snacks are international audience by or- Besides traditional Chinese Festival at Dragon Mart prepared. ganising various exhibitions, performances and cultural ex- Twill continue off ering a Stalls will open at 3pm start- festivals, and competitions, hibits, Yang said some activities variety of authentic Chinese ing today to welcome residents among others, to connect at the festival such as the free cuisine, as well as staging of cul- who will be spending their Eid cultures and promote mutual face painting has been a big hit tural performances to entertain al-Fitr holidays in the country. understanding. with children. visitors until July 9. The festival is also promoting Organisers of the Chinese Visitors also had the chance to Yang Qi, logistics manager the Qatar-China Year of Culture Food Culture Festival have also try Chinese calligraphy, which at Dragon Mart, said Chinese at the Chinese mall by showcas- invited celebrity chefs from is widely practised in mainland chefs who work in some of the ing signature Chinese dishes some well-known Chinese res- China. restaurants in Doha prepare the to Qataris and the expatriate taurants in the Gulf, includ- Yang stressed that these kind food, drinks and snacks at stalls communities. ing Shanghai Garden, Royal of activities aim to promote and in the mall, located on the Barwa In March, residents and for- Bafi lyon, Beijing House and raise public awareness about Commercial Avenue. eign tourists also enjoyed au- Guangzhou Barbecue. Chinese culture, history, and “Visitors can try assorted thentic Chinese dishes, served Part of the event is the tea tradition. Chinese dumplings (of diff erent side-by-side with Qatari food, ceremony, which had been per- He hopes to hold similar fes- types) and noodles served with at a dedicated pavilion during formed previously in some of tivals and events at Dragon Mart tea, these are two of the popu- the annual Qatar International the events organised by Dragon to entertain and serve the grow- lar and favourite snacks of many Food Festival 2016. Mart. ing population in Qatar. Stalls off er meals to visitors at aff ordable prices.

Chinese calligraphy session at the festival. Face painting is a popular attraction among children. A female artist shows how to draw Chinese letters. Astad and Hemaya sign strategic security pact

stad Project Management managing director of Hemaya. versifi cation with the development ments to ensure continuity. This and Hemaya Security Serv- Al-Khalifa said the signing of and management of major infra- new strategic partnership with Aices have signed a strategic the agreement between the two structure and building projects Astad helps us achieve this goal, security co-operation agreement. parties marks the start of several throughout Qatar. We manage all which is the common desire of The partnership aims to develop projects between them. These in- phases of our projects eff ectively both parties – to develop and pro- and strengthen co-operation be- clude major projects such as the by applying the best international vide the best and fi nest consultan- tween the two companies in joint development of Hemaya’s head- practices in the construction sec- cy services in the fi eld of security. ventures. quarters as well as a high-level tor and this agreement will further This is an integral part of the vision The agreement was signed training centre and accommoda- build upon and add to the experi- and objectives of Hemaya.” by Astad CEO Ali al-Kha- tion for staff in Mesaimeer and ence and knowledge we off er in our This venture between the two lifa and Hemaya executive Al Khor. services,” al-Khalifa added. national companies is an exam- manager Khalid bin Im- “Hemaya will prepare a study On his part, al-Imran said: “He- ple of State-supported economic ran al-Imran in the pres- for Astad’s security needs on all maya has always sought to provide policy under the economic plan ence of Fahad bin Abdulrah- projects. This agreement has come services and experience profes- for Qatar National Vision 2030, a man al-Khater, chairman and about due to Astad’s growing di- sionally through strategic agree- statement notes. Off icials at the signing ceremony.