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Emir performs Emir visits Emiri Guard buildings at Barzan Camp Istisqaa prayer

Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani visited the Emiri Guard buildings at the Barzan Camp yesterday morning. During the visit, the Emir was briefed on the various facilities at the camp and listened to a detailed explanation about the technical equipment that it contains.

mir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani performed the Istisqaa (rain-seeking) prayer Eat Al-Wajbah prayer ground yesterday Emir invites morning. Exposed: UAE planned to wage H H Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, Per- Advisory Council sonal Representative of H H the Emir; H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani and H E Sheikh Jas- to convene on sim bin Khalifa Al Thani took part in the prayer. financial war, steal FIFA 2022 A number of Their Excellencies Sheikhs and November 14 Ministers, Speaker of the Advisory Council, his Dep- uty and members of the Council, as well as a mir H H Sheikh Tamim gathering of citizens also performed the prayer. The plan was found in the bin Hamad Al Thani UAE planned to force Qatar to share 2022 World Cup, In a sermon after the prayer, Dr. Sheikh Thaqeel task folder of an email Eissued yesterday Decree Al Shammari urged the worshippers to repent, ask according to the outline. The plan calls for using a public No. 88 of 2017, inviting the Allah for forgiveness, avoid sedition and make sup- account belonging to Advisory Council to convene plication to Almighty Allah for rainfall. UAE Ambassador to the relations campaign to point the international soccer body its 46th ordinary session on United States Yousef Al FIFA to Qatar’s dwindling cash reserves, making a case Tuesday (Safar 25, 1439H), → More pictures on page 2 Otaiba and subsequently corresponding to November 14, that the country can’t afford to build the necessary 2017. The decree is effective obtained by The infrastructure. starting from its date of issue Intercept. and is to be published in the official gazette. The economic war will make it harder for Qatar to continue → See also page 2 The Peninsula building stadiums and other assets needed to host the Emiri order eaked documents have games. exposed a plan of the United Arab Emirates to wage issued financial war against Qatar The UAE, according to the document, hopes to make a push mir H H Sheikh Tamim and steal the 2022 World for the GCC to host the premiere global sports event across bin Hamad Al Thani LCup from the country, said news Eissued yesterday Emiri organization- The Intercept. The plan the member nations, rather than in Qatar alone. Order No. 3 of 2017, assigning was found in the task folder of an Minister of Justice H E Dr. Has- email account belonging to UAE san Lahdan Saqr Al Mohannadi Ambassador to the United States The economic warfare involved an attack on Qatar’s to assume the duties of the Yousef Al Otaiba and subsequently currency using bond and derivatives manipulation Minister of State for Cabinet obtained by The Intercept. Affairs in addition to the duties One of the plan’s stated aims is according to a plan by Banque Havilland. of his post, and to annul Item Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh forcing Qatar to share soccer’s 2022 2 of Article 1 of Emiri Decision Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani World Cup, according to the outline. The outline, laid out a scheme to drive down the value of No. 4 of 2013. The order is visiting the headquarters of the Ministry of The strategy laid out in the document effective starting from its date Transport and Communications yesterday. calls for using a public relations cam- Qatar’s bonds and increase the cost of insuring them, with of issue and is to be published paign to point the international soccer the ultimate goal of creating a currency crisis that would in the official gazette. body FIFA to Qatar’s dwindling cash PM reviews projects at reserves, which they expected to fall, drain the country’s cash reserves. and making a case that the country MoTC headquarters can’t afford to build the necessary infrastructure. Plan says about creating a new offshore investment fund QNA The outline concludes with the constructed to obscure its links to the UAE. The fund would hope that the economic war will make rime Minister and Interior Minister H E it harder for Qatar to continue build- hold Qatari bonds already owned by the UAE, as well as Pic: Qassim Rahmatullah/ Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al ing stadiums and other assets needed additional debt the fund could buy. The Peninsula PThani visited yesterday the headquarters to host the games: “If Qatar now of the Ministry of Transport and Communica- spends its reserves on protecting the HMC opens annual tions, and inspected a number of projects and currency and domestic credit mar- The plan seeks to ramp up the “PR machine” in order to Sealine Medical Clinic the progress of work in them. kets, there is less dry powder to fund The Prime Minister toured the Government the infrastructure spending.” The UAE, slam Qatar internationally, pointing to its weakening hree new helipads built to Contact Center (109) and reviewed the new according to the document, hopes to financial situation. “Focus on the prospect of restricted land LifeFlights. The upgrades and developments at the center in order make a push for the Gulf Cooperation access to US Dollar and now-doubtful stability of the coun- TAmbulance Service to support all e-government services in the country Council to host the premiere global ensures 24-hour coverage of the and help the quick implementation of the objectives sports event across the member try,” the plan reads. “And … continue to increase positions.” area by providing ambulances of Qatar e-Government 2020 Strategy. nations, rather than in Qatar alone. and paramedics throughout.

→ Continued on page 2 → Continued on page 3 → Full report on page 16 02 HOME FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2017 H H the Emir performs Istisqaa prayer

Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani performed the Istisqaa (rain- seeking) prayer at Al-Wajbah prayer ground yesterday morning. Personal Representative of H H the Emir H H Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani and H E Sheikh Jassim bin Khalifa Al Thani took part in the prayer. A number of Their Excellencies Sheikhs and Ministers, H E Speaker of the Advisory Council, his Deputy and members of the Council, as well as a gathering of citizens also performed the prayer.

Emir greets Emir reconstitutes Advisory Council King of QNA Khyareen 4. Abdurrahman Youssuf Abdurrah- 18. Khalid Mohammed Ajaj Al Kubaisi 9. Abdullah Khalid Mohammed Al man Al Khulaifi 19. Mohammed Mansour Khalil Al- Cambodia mir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Mana 5. Youssuf Ahmed Ali Omran Al Kuwari Khalil Al Shahwani Al Thani issued yesterday Emiri Deci- 10. Nasser Khalil Ibrahim Youssuf Al 6. Abdullah Khalid Mohammed Al Jaber 20. Khalid Abdullah Rashid Al Buainein mir H H Sheikh Tamim Esion No. 22 of 2017, renewing the Jaidah Al Nuaimi 21. Mohammed Ali Jaber Hamad Al bin Hamad Al Thani membership of some Advisory Council 11. Saqr Fahd Saqr Al Meraikhi 7. Mohammed Abdullah Abdulghani Henzab Esent yesterday a cable members and appointing new members 12. Nasser Ahmed Mohammed Al Malki Nasser Al-Abdulghani 22. Abdullah Fahad Abdullah Ghorab of congratulations to H H to the council. Al Juhani 8. Dahlan Jamaan Basheer Al Hamad Al Marri King Norodom Sihamoni of The first article of the decision stipu- 13. Ahmed Khalifa Meteeb Rashid Al 9. Hessa Sultan Jaber Mohammed Al 23. Abdullatif Mohammed Abdullatif the Kingdom of Cambodia on lates that the following members shall have Rumaihi Jaber Al Sada the anniversary of his coun- their membership renewed: The second article stipulated that the 10. Khalifa Ali Khalifa Al Hetmi 24. Hend Abdurrahman Mohammed try’s Independence Day. 1. Rashid Hamad Al Farhoud Al membership of Advisory Council mem- 11. Aisha Youssuf Omar Al Hamad Al Mubaral Al Muftah Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Maadhadi bers whose names weren’t mentioned in Mannai 25. Fahad Mohammed Fahad Saad Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani 2. Nasser Rashid Seraei Al Kaabi the first article shall be terminated. 12. Abdulaziz Mohammed Abdullah Al Buzweir also sent a similar cable of 3. Youssuf Rashid Youssuf Al Khater The third article of the decision stipu- Attiyah 26. Saleh Abdullah Mohammed Al Ibra- congratulations. Prime Min- 4. Mohammed Khalid Abdulaziz Al lated that the following names shall be 13. Nasser Salmeen Khalid Al Suwaidi him Al Mannai ister and Interior Minister Ghanim Al Maadheed appointed members of the Advisory 14. Mohammed Mahdi Ajyan Moham- 27. Mohammed Ali Sultan Al Ali Al H E Sheikh Abdullah bin 5. Ibrahim Khalifa Ibrahim Al Nasr Council: med Al Ahbabi Maadheed Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani 6. Nasser Suleiman Haider Moham- 1. Youssuf Mohammed Youssuf Al 15. Ali Abdullatif Mohammed Al Misnad 28. Reem Mohammed Rashid Al Ham- sent a cable of congratula- med Al Haider Obaidan Al Mohannadi moudi Al Mansouri tions to Prime Minister of the 7. Mohammed Abdullah Youssuf Al 2. Ismail Mohammed Shareef Al Emadi 16. Nasser Sultan Nasser Al Humaidi The Emiri decision is effective starting Kingdom of Cambodia, Hun Sulaiti 3. Ahmed Abdullah Zaid Al 17. Mubarak Saif Hamdan Musif Al from its date of issue and is to be published Sen, on the anniversary of his 8. Hadi Said Abdulhadi Heleit Al Mahmoud Mansouri in the official gazette. country’s Independence Day. Qatar succeeds in resolving disputes through ‘mediation diplomacy’ PM reviews projects at MoTC Athens both sides share. He added that this local issues in any country or continent of QNA conference is being held while the the world affect everyone as in Europe and world is facing many regional and the Arab world. headquarters inister of State for Foreign Affairs international challenges, which The Minister stressed that the challenges Continued from page 1 H E Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi necessitates us to redouble efforts faced by the Arab region, whether on the Maffirmed the success of the State of to improve the framework and Palestinian issue or the Syrian crisis or the The Prime Minister also Qatar in resolving many national and level of cooperation between the interference of regional and international reviewed the ministry’s Dig- regional conflicts and disputes through the Arab countries and the European powers or instability in Yemen, Libya, Iraq ital Business Incubator and development of the “mediation diplomacy” Union (EU). and the counter terrorism, are no longer listened to a presentation between the parties. Al Muraikhi said that Qatar confined in their geographic space or in about the incubator and its The Minister said at the EU-Arab World appreciates the continuity of the their cultural orbit but it has become a trans- efforts to promote innovation Summit “Towards a Solid Alliance”, which organisation of the “EU-Arab boundary, a cross-border and cross-cultural and creativity in the field of began yesterday in Athens and concludes World Summit” as well as the barriers, which confirms the reality of the technology, and the services today, that working to resolve disputes and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs H E Sultan choice of its motto “Towards a common destiny of humanity as a whole. it provides for young entre- conflicts at its home country, achieves sta- bin Saad Al Muraikhi at the EU-Arab World Solid Alliance” and the focus of its He pointed out that building a strong preneurs to help them bility and thus reduces the flow of Summit in Athens. deliberations, as this slogan has alliance between the Arab world and Europe develop their ideas and refugees. important implications in view of is not only a moral responsibility towards projects and transform them Al Muraikhi said that this meeting is the common challenges facing the the peoples of the two regions, but a prac- into viable products. proof of the collective conviction of the towards its development towards a wider world. He noted the world today is no longer tical commitment and humanitarian duty The Prime Minister importance of Arab-European dialogue and horizons and the necessity of coordination as it was yesterday, which necessitates the towards the world peacemaker and the col- watched a presentation on the importance of building on what has been between the two sides, particularly due spir- need to build strong and effective alliances, lective building of the future between the Tasmu Smart Qatar and the established in the past, as well as working itual, historical, cultural and other levels because the effects and consequences of Arab world and Europe. progress of its initiatives. FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2017 HOME 03

UAE planned to wage financial Foreign Minister meets Kuwaiti counterpart war and steal FIFA 2022

Continued from page 1 The hope is to get other trad- The outline, prepared ers who aren’t in on the plan to On October 20, several weeks see the high volume on the “tape” after The Intercept first obtained by Banque Havilland, — the market ticker — and think the document outlining the plan, a private Luxembourg- that, since volume is high in a a well-funded Twitter campaign based bank owned period of political turmoil, some- launched with the goal of taking by the family of thing important must be the World Cup from Qatar, com- happening, prompting them to plete with a slickly produced controversial British sell. The sales, if the technique video. financier David goes to plan, would drive the price “An appeal to FIFA will be to Rowland, laid out of the bonds down, creating more display football as a tool to stabi- panic and more selling. Accord- lise the region,” the document a scheme to drive ing to the plan, the UAE, having Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani met yesterday with reads. “The GCC can petition FIFA down the value of bought credit default swaps to grant the tournament to the Qatar’s bonds and against the debt, would see the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuwait H E Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al Hamad Al Sabah during his visit to the fraternal State of Kuwait. The region as a whole.” If Qatar rejects increase the cost of value of that insurance rise as the idea, the plan contends, “they Qatari debt tanked. meeting discussed bilateral relations and ways of strengthening and developing them, in will be seen unwilling to work insuring them, with The document outlining the addition to the latest developments in the region. Kuwait News Agency mentioned that with their GCC partners” — one the ultimate goal of scheme puts the bond trading the meeting was attended by Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al Jarallah, Assistant Foreign of which would have just creating a currency proposal in print: “Establish a Minister for the First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister’s Office Ambassador launched a surreptitious finan- crisis that would drain crossing transaction arrangement Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al Mohammad Al Sabah, Assistant Foreign Minister for Protocols, cial attack against the country. whereby another affiliated party Ambassador Dhari Al Ajran and several other senior officials of the Foreign Ministry. The plan of economic war- the country’s cash sells the same bond holdings back fare involved an attack on Qatar’s reserves. to the original seller and thereby currency using bond and deriv- creates additional downward atives manipulation. The plan, pressure.” laid out in a slide deck provided referencing the document. “We’ve The hope is to spark a run by to The Intercept through the never done anything,” Rowland bond investors who think every- Qatar to use atomic energy group Global Leaks, was aimed said. Asked for more details, Row- body else is selling, so they better at tanking Qatar’s economy, land responded, “I can’t make any get out quickly. according to documents drawn comment,” and hung up. Falling debt prices and rising up by a bank outlining the After the call with Rowland, costs of the default swaps would technique for food security strategy. Herbert Kozlov, a lawyer with the signal a fresh crisis to the mar- The outline, prepared by firm Reed Smith, reached out to kets, putting pressure on Qatar’s Sanaullah Ataullah Banque Havilland, a private Lux- The Intercept and said on behalf currency. The Qatari riyal is The Peninsula embourg-based bank owned by of the bank that it had not traded pegged to the US dollar, so as its the family of controversial Brit- in Qatari bonds or credit default offshore value falls, the country atar is implementing a ish financier David Rowland, laid swaps, the financial products the would be forced to spend billions research project in collab- out a scheme to drive down the plan proposed to use. “Banque of dollars from its reserves to push Qoration with the value of Qatar’s bonds and Havilland does not trade in bonds, it up. As the document notes, at +International Atomic Energy increase the cost of insuring them, securities, CDS, or any other the end of the operation — if it’s Agency (IAEA) in which peaceful with the ultimate goal of creating instruments of Qatar and it has successful — it will be difficult for atomic energy will be used to a currency crisis that would drain no plans to do so,” Kozlov said, the UAE to unload its Qatari bonds grow plants faster to ensure food the country’s cash reserves. reading a statement. As for the because the attack would have security. Rowland has long had close plan to take down Qatar, he said, largely weakened Qatar finan- The project is entitled “Using relationships with UAE leader- “The bank is a prestigious private cially. If all goes according to the Nuclear Techniques to Enrich FROM LEFT: Dr Abdelbagi Mukhtar Ali Ghanim, Plant Breeder ship, particularly with Abu Dhabi banking group and will not be plan, the next move would be to Agricultural Research for Sustain- Geneticist at Seibersdorf Laboratory; Dr Rajbir Sangwan, Director Crown Prince Mohammed bin drawn into or make comments force Qatar to blow through its able Food Security in Qatar”. of UNIDO; and Nada Siddig Mustafa, biotechnology expert; Zayed, known as MBZ. on what are political storylines.” cash to prop up its currency. “The importance of the during the press conference. Pic: Baher Amin / The Peninsula The bank is currently in the Documents marked “secret “Maintaining the peg requires project in which the Agricultural process of creating a new finan- and confidential” outlining the extensive use of central bank for- Research Department at the Min- international organisations such species resistant or tolerant to cial institution in cooperation with plan for the financial attack eign exchange reserves,” reads istry of Municipality and as the United Nations Food and salinity and breed wild plants to the UAE’s sovereign wealth fund, against Qatar were being circu- the outline’s mission statement. Environment, in collaboration Agriculture Organization (FAO), produce plants with desirable Mubadala, according to contracts lated between Banque Havilland The idea would be that as the with IAEA, use atomic energy in addition to effective coopera- agricultural or desirable forage. and correspondence obtained by and the Emirati embassy in Qatari bond market tanks, so will peacefully and safely in food tion with a number of regional She added that there are The Intercept outlining the terms Washington as recently as late the country’s currency. And as security through the use of scien- organisations. more than 620 plant inputs in the of the deal. That project is sepa- September. holders of Qatar’s currency sell it tific techniques that could lead to Aisha Dasmal Al Kuwari, genetic resources unit for more rate from the Qatar operation, but A Private financial institution off and exchange it for dollars, the a new method to grow plants head of genetic resources division than 3,500 samples, as well as a it reflects the close relationship like Banque Havilland would be country’s dollar reserves plum- faster”, said Hamad Saket Al at ministry’s agricultural research seed bank with more than 450 between the bank and the UAE. very familiar with the first step of met. The third stage of the plan Shamari, Assistant Director of the department, said the ministry plant inputs from wild plants in The Qatar debt project would the plan as laid out in the outline: would be to ramp up the “PR Department. adopts several projects, agricul- the country, and seeds for many be grandiose in its ambitions, creating a new offshore invest- machine” in order to slam Qatar Al Shamari was talking to the tural and environment endangered plants and other reported The Intercept. “Control ment fund constructed to obscure internationally, pointing to its media persons on the sideline of programmes to protect the Qatari important plants in Qatar. the yield curve, decide the future,” its links to the UAE. The fund weakening financial situation. a press conference held yester- environment and develop and Dr Abdelbaqi Mukhtar Ali reads the planning document, would hold Qatari bonds already “Focus on the prospect of day to announce a workshop to sustain its genetic resources, Ghanim, IAEA expert and project referring to a standard financial- owned by the UAE, as well as restricted access to US Dollar and train the employees for the imple- which are considered a wealth for official of Qatar on the uses of industry graph showing a additional debt the fund could now-doubtful stability of the mentation of the project. future generations. atomic energy to improve genetic country’s borrowing costs for debt buy. The fund would also buy country,” the plan reads. “And … He said, the duration of the Al Kuwari said one of the pro- diversity in cultivated and wild that is due at different dates. The credit default swaps, which would continue to increase positions.” project is three years, expressing grams and projects the genetic plants, said goal of the project is height and shape of the yield rise in value as Qatari debt sank. In other words, keep the market hope to keep the agreement resources department is estab- to build capabilities of the Qatari curve is thought to be a reflection The plan then calls for pre- cornered and feed fears about going, especially since the prelim- lishing in cooperation with the experts and train them to use of how healthy an economy is and cipitating a run on the debt falling prices with manufactured inary results of the project were IAEA is to enrich genetic diversity atomic energy peacefully to influences what financing options through a series of sham trans- bad news. The public relations tangible and clear and have pos- and conserve plant genetic develop some types of wild crops are available to a country. actions to drive down the price of effort also calls on other countries itive impact on the environment resources in Qatar using nuclear and trees. Al Ghanim said that, The Intercept reached Qatar’s bonds – a manipulation for help — presumably UAE allies, as well as wild and edible plants and other related technologies. through this project, the agency Edmund Rowland, David’s son technique known as “painting the like Egypt and Saudi Arabia in Qatar. Al Kuwari revealed the main aims to develop laboratories in and CEO of the UK branch of tape,” where players swap instru- The documents were pro- Al Shamari said the depart- goals of the project is preserving the country and support it with Banque Havilland and asked ments back and forth to create the vided to The Intercept by an ment is seeking cooperation in the plant genetic resources in the equipment and required chemi- about the status of the plan to false appearance of a high vol- opaque group that calls itself Glo- this context with other country, inspect some plant cal materials. short Qatar on behalf of the UAE, ume of trades. bal Leaks. Aspire Lake Festival begins with a visual feast

Raynald C Rivera his entire family for the show. The Peninsula “It was a great show for eve- ryone. All of us enjoyed it diverse group of artistes especially with the nice weather. unleashed a stunning vis- Aspire should organise this every Aual feast enjoyed by year,” said Ahmed, who watched thousands of people who with his friends. thronged the opening night of the With a wide variety in their Aspire Lake Festival yesterday. menus, 12 food trucks spread The dazzling interplay of light across the venue attracted many and music paralleled with the customers looking to enjoy food brilliant performance of the while watching the show. artistes in their elaborate cos- The festival is presented by tumes resulted to a spectacular Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) in show which left the audience in partnership with Katara and absolute delight. Ooredoo in line with its commit- A first-of-its-kind show in ment to boosting the tourism and Artistes perform at the Aspire Lake Festival at Aspire Park yesterday. Pic: Baher Amin / The Peninsula Qatar, the show, which combined leisure sectors in Qatar by intro- cultural and artistic elements, ducing new activities to attract exuded an Italian vibe as per- performances truly spectacular. Performers dressed as but- A number of gigantic jellyfish night with hundreds more in and excite visitors. Due to this formers staged a sensational Singers, acrobats, and fire terflies flapped their wings emitting celestial lights floated in queue, while others stood around innovative approach, Aspire Park show on gondolas along the lake artistes some of whom were glittering with a multitude of the air, while vibrant music the lake to witness the show. has become one of the most pop- involving state-of-the-art design garbed in costumes to resemble lights and fire artistes played with played and spotlights flashed in “We knew that many people ular destinations for both and effects. Making the hour-long fantastic land and sea creatures fire as a singer belted power bal- all directions during the show. will watch the show since this is recreational and sporting events. show unique was the use of ele- performed on a stage set up on lads during the performances The 1,400 capacity seating the first time in Aspire so we The festival runs until tomor- ments of nature including air, fire Aspire lake and on over a dozen which earned ovations from the area was filled in no time during made sure to come early to secure row with two free-to-the-public and water as effects, making the gondolas cruising on the lake. audience. the first of the two shows of the seats,” said Intas, who came with shows at 7.30pm and 9.30pm. 04 MIDDLE EAST FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2017

Lebanon FM Syria declares demands return of Hariri from victory over IS Saudi Arabia Beirut Beirut AFP Reuters The capture of Albu Kamal town ends ebanese Foreign Minis- yria’s army declared Islamic State’s era of ter Gebran Bassil victory over Islamic territorial rule over Lyesterday demanded the State (IS) yesterday, the so-called caliphate return of Prime Minister Saad saying its capture of that it proclaimed in Hariri from Saudi Arabia, the militant’ last town 2014 across Iraq and where he announced days ago Sin the country marked the col- his shock resignation. “Today lapse of their three-year, Syria and in which we demand the return to the hardline reign in the region. millions suffered under nation of our Prime Minister The army and its allies are its hardline, repressive Saad Hariri,” tweeted Bassil. still fighting Islamic State in strictures. The foreign minister is the desert areas near Albu Kamal, son-in-law of Lebanese Pres- the last town the militant terrorist Daesh organisation’s ident Michel Aoun, who has group had held in Syria, near project in the region”, an army not yet accepted Hariri’s res- the border with Iraq, the army statement said, using an Arabic ignation and is awaiting his said. term for Islamic State. return before taking any deci- But the capture of the town The fate of its last com- sion. Hariri announced in a ends Islamic State’s era of ter- manders is still televised speech from Saudi Yemenis wait next to empty gas cylinders amid increasing shortage of cooking gas, in the ritorial rule over the so-called unknown—killed by bombard- Arabia on Saturday that he caliphate that it proclaimed in ment or in battle, taken prisoner capital Sana’a, yesterday. was stepping down, citing 2014 across Iraq and Syria and but unidentified, or hunkered Iran’s “grip” on Lebanon and in which millions suffered into long-prepared hideouts to threats to his life. under its hardline, repressive plot a new insurgency. Yemen: UN and aid groups The shock announcement strictures. Yet after ferocious The last appearance of Abu raised fears that Lebanon — defensive battles in its most Bakr al-Baghdadi, who split into rival camps led by important cities this year, declared himself caliph and heir warn of starvation and death Hariri and the Iranian-backed where its fighters bled for every to Islam’s historic leaders from movement Hezbollah — could house and street, its final col- the great medieval mosque in Sana’a of supplying ballistic missiles to opening” of all air and once again descend into vio- lapse has come with lightning Iraq’s Mosul, was made in an AP the Houthis, charges denied by seaports. lence. It also raised questions speed. audio recording in the rebels, who insist they pro- “If I have to compare Yemen about the fate of Hariri, who Instead of a battle to the September. he United Nations and more duced the missile used Saturday to a person, I would say that this also holds Saudi nationality, as death as they mounted a last “Oh Soldiers of Islam in than 20 aid groups said yes- on their own. person is very sick, this person it coincided with the announce- stand in the Euphrates valley every location, increase blow Tterday that the Saudi-led The coalition, which is allied is very weakened, and is being ment in Saudi Arabia of an towns and villages near the after blow, and make the media coalition’s tightening of a block- with Yemen’s internationally drip-fed, so if you want to keep anti-corruption purge in which border between Iraq and Syria, centres of the infidels, from ade on war-torn Yemen could recognized government, has the patient alive, we need to dozens of princes, ministers many fighters surrendered or where they wage their intellec- bring millions of people closer to been at war with the rebels since reactivate drip-feeding as soon and businessmen have been fled. tual wars, among the targets,” “starvation and death.” March 2015. The Houthis con- as possible,” Robert Mardini, the rounded up. “There’s some fighters left he said. The UN’s humanitarian chief trol most of northern Yemen, Middle East director for the Al Akhbar newspaper, but they’re few. Small numbers Mosul fell to Iraqi forces in warned a day earlier that unless including the capital, Sanaa. International Committee of the which is close to Hezbollah, is all I can say,” said a Syrian July after a nine-month battle. the coalition lifts its blockade, About two-thirds of Yemen’s Red Cross, told The Associated has suggested that Hariri was army commander of the Islamic State’s Syrian capital of Yemen will face “the largest population relies on imported Press. being held “hostage” in Saudi remaining militants near Albu Raqqa fell in October to the Syr- famine the world has seen for supplies, said the aid groups, The blockade has already Arabia. “We have no informa- Kamal. “Some were killed and ian Democratic Forces (SDF), a many decades, with millions of which include CARE, Save the led to a fuel crisis in the rebel- tion (concerning Hariri). We some ran away. They went U.S.-backed alliance of Kurd- victims.” Children and Islamic Relief. held capital, Sanaa, where just want him to return” towards eastern or northern ish and Arab militias, after four The coalition closed all ports Over 20 million people need hundreds of cars lined the roads home, Moustapha Allouch, a villages.” months of fighting. and halted aid shipments after humanitarian assistance, includ- Wednesday after the Houthis member of Hariri’s Al Mous- In Albu Kamal, the jihadists But all the forces fighting Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired a bal- ing 7 million facing ordered the closure of fuel sta- taqbal (Future) party said, had fought fiercely, said a com- Islamic State in Syria and Iraq listic missile over the weekend “famine-like” conditions, they tions. The rebels said they closed commenting on that report. mander in the pro-Syrian expect a new phase of guerrilla that was intercepted near Riyadh. said. Food supplies are expected the stations after merchants The party itself issued a state- government military alliance. warfare, a tactic the militants Saudi Arabia blamed the strike on to run out within six weeks refused to fix prices. The price ment yesterday saying Hariri’s But it was captured the same have already shown themselves Iran, which supports the Houthis while vaccines will last only a of fuel has risen by 50 percent return was “necessary” and day the assault began. capable of with armed opera- but has denied arming them. month. since the coalition tightened the essential for “total respect of This sealed “the fall of the tions in both countries. The US has also accused Iran They urged an “immediate blockade. Lebanon’s sovereignty”.

Harvest time Over 110 detained NEWS BYTES in anti-IS raids Uganda’s president boosts military in Ankara unit as rural support slips away Ankara AFP BUSHENYI: When Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni returned to his home region to throw an Independence Day urkish police detained party last month, the uniformed security outnumbered the small 111 Islamic State sus- crowd of bored spectators. Museveni slowly drove past the Tpects in a vast crowd, a mix of schoolchildren and farmers, in a top-of-the- anti-terror operation in the range pick-up truck, giving them a wide smile and a thumbs-up, capital Ankara yesterday, the the ruling party symbol. He was met with blank stares. The latest round-ups in a widen- apathy - on a continent where strongman rulers are tradition- ing crackdown against the ally feted in their home areas - reveals the slow leaching away extremist group. of political support from one of Africa’s longest-serving rulers. A total of 1,500 police Now, as his party plans to extend his rule, the president is officers took part in the raids increasingly reliant on a military unit from his home area, the across the Turkish capital Special Forces Command, to quell dissent over collapsing pub- after authorities issued arrest lic services, corruption, growing poverty and brutality by security warrants for 245 suspects, services. “We’ve had enough of him,” said butcher Steven Rutu- state-run news agency Ana- rukirira bluntly. dolu said. The raids took place at A Gazan farmer picks the pineapples at a greenhouse in Gaza City, yesterday. Farmers 250 addresses where docu- Nigerian police in shoot-out with gang started production of pineapples which doesn’t require much water, with the purpose ments and digital material of saving water due to blockaded on Gaza. were found, the agency said, WARRI: Nigerian police investigating the kidnapping of four without giving further details. British missionaries said yesterday that they had arrested two In the western city of people suspected of involvement while a third was killed in a Bursa, 27 suspects including shoot-out at the gang’s hideout. The Britons, from a Christian Syrians were also detained in medical charity providing free healthcare in villages in Delta Zimbabwe court grants bail to US anti-IS raids, Anadolu said. state, in Nigeria’s oil-rich south, were abducted on October 13. Turkey has been hit by a The foreign ministry in London announced Monday that three series of attacks blamed on IS of the hostages were released and returned home safely while citizen charged with subversion jihadists in the past two years, a fourth was killed in captivity, without giving further details. including the killing of 39 Delta state police spokesman Andrew Aniamaka said that two Harare the seizure of her laptop in a on her @matigary account: “We people in an elite Istanbul suspects were arrested in the oil hub of Warri on Wednesday. AFP dawn raid at her apartment last are being led by a selfish and nightclub over the New Year After questioning, they led officers to their hideout, about 40km Friday came just weeks after the sick man.” The tweet was illus- by Uzbekistan-born Abdul- to the north in the town of Sapele. imbabwe freed yesterday government appointed a cyber- trated with a photo showing the gadir Masharipov. a 25-year-old American security minister tasked with Zimbabwean president with a He has previously con- Zjournalist charged with policing social media. catheter device. fessed to the attack and will Blogger’s death penalty cut to 2 years subverting President Robert “Ms Martha O’Donovan has The judge sided with the go on trial in Istanbul on Mugabe on account of an alleged been granted $1,000 bail and defence and accepted that the December 11. NOUAKCHOTT: A Mauritanian appeals court yesterday tweet that described the ageing ordered to reside at a given state had failed to justify the rea- The group began to tar- reduced the death penalty for a blogger accused of blasphemy leader as “selfish and sick”. address, surrender her pass- son for remanding her in get Turkey from late 2015 to a two-year jail term, a legal source said, after a case that Martha O’Donovan had been port... and report twice a week” custody. O’Donovan works for onwards after Ankara had drawn protests from rights watchdogs. Cheikh Ould charged with attempting to to detectives, said O’Donovan’s Harare-based Magamba TV, allowed the US military to Mohamed Ould Mkheitir, who will be released as he has been overthrow Mugabe as well as lawyer Obey Shava, speaking which describes itself as a lead- conduct air strikes on IS tar- in custody since January 2014, was also fined 60,000 ougui- undermining or insulting the outside Harare’s High Court. ing producer of cutting-edge gets in Syria via Turkey’s yas ($169) by the court in northwestern Nouadhibou, the source veteran leader, now 93. Prosecutors say that on political satire and comedy. Its southern Incirlik air base said. The arrest of O’Donovan and October 11, O’Donovan tweeted content is uploaded to YouTube. from August 2015. FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2017 ISLAM 05 Islam: Guidance to the straight path

(Islam/religion) is easy…” (Al-Bukhari). Allah does not burden a Allah does not burden a soul beyond soul beyond its capacity. its capacity. There will be challenges, temptations and difficulties in living as There will be challenges, a Muslim but they are things that we ulti- temptations and difficulties mately have the capacity to bear. in living as a Muslim Everything in Shariah (Islamic law) ben- but they are things that efits us or wards off harm for us in this world and/or the next. we ultimately have the Islam, which is submission to the capacity to bear. commands of Allah, is also a familiar and well-trodden path, the path of all the Prophets and their followers. As uslims plead to be guided Allah says: to the straight path at And whoever obeys Allah and the least seventeen times a Messenger – those will be with the ones day while reciting Surat upon whom Allah has bestowed favour Al-Fatihah (the first chap- of the prophets, the steadfast affirmers Mter of the Qur’an) in the five daily of truth, the martyrs and the righteous. prayers. How many of us have reflected And excellent are those as companions. on the nature of this guidance and the (An-Nisaa’ 4:69) path that we are supposed to be upon? The final, universal revelation of Islam is wide and spacious and accom- “Guide us” (Ihdina) modates all, regardless of color, race or In Arabic the word hidayah does not social status. It is us with our parochial simply mean guidance, but it means to attitudes that restrict the vastness of this guide gently. The word “gift” (hadiyyah) path to our favorite ‘saved’ group, way of in Arabic also comes from the same root thinking, sheikh or a specific allegiance letters as the word for guidance (hidayah). that excludes others that Islam hasn’t Religious guidance is the greatest gift that Taghabun 64:11) and internalise the fact that we have no catching sight of it without being excluded. Ibn Majah records that the a person can possess. It is also something 4- Hidayah that is in the next life, by real power over this matter, and that blocked from seeing it. Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “I have that we do not control or own, but rather which one shall be guided to Paradise. true guidance is the sole dominion of 9- Make one aware of one’s own left you on a (wide, spacious) clear (white) it is bestowed upon us in an act of infinite And We will have removed what- Allah, the ‘turner of the hearts’. destitution and desperate need for guid- path, its night is like its day, whoever devi- mercy and grace of Allah (Exalted is He). ever is within their breasts of However, that should not make us ance (from Allah) over and above all ates from this after me will be Notice how it is in the plural- not ‘guide me’ resentment, (while) flowing beneath despair of the work we do, for which other necessities. destroyed….” but “guide us”. This instills in us a sense of them are rivers. And they will say, our reward is with Allah. But rather it 10- Make one see the two misguided Indeed, the path of Islam leads to brotherhood by making this request on “Praise to Allah, who has guided us to should increase our confidence in invit- paths that veer off from the path of guid- the desired destination, which is Allah’s behalf of fellow Muslims, especially as we this”. (Al-A`raf 7:43) ing others knowing that the result is not ance; firstly the path of the people of Pleasure gained by obeying Him. Allah stand in prayer as a group. Each one of the above types of dependent on ‘my da`wah’ or speech, wrath- those who intentionally, out of says: So those who believe in Allah and hidayah has a sequential connection and which is full of weakness and defects, rebellion, turned away from following the hold fast to Him – He will admit them Hidayah mentioned in the Quran relationship. Without the first level of but is in the hands of Allah Who can truth; secondly the path of the people of to mercy from Himself and bounty and There are four types of hidayah guidance you will not have the capac- instantly change the hearts of the most misguidance- those who turned away out guide them to Himself on a straight path. mentioned in the Quran, according to ity to attain the second and without the wicked and tyrannical into the most of ignorance and misguidance. One then (An-Nisaa’ 4:175) (Ibn Al-Qayyim). second you cannot attain the third and pure and righteous. sees the straight path upon which are all You will also notice that the word 1- General hidayah that is given to fourth levels. the Prophets and Messengers (peace be as-sirat (path) in the surah (chapter) has all creation. This type of guidance and We have absolutely no power to The ten levels of guidance upon them) along with their followers the definite article “Al”. The definite arti- knowledge is given by Allah to all cre- guide anyone using any of the above A Muslim may question why he or from the truthful (siddiqeen), the martyrs cle is close to the meaning of ‘the’ which ated things. By this guidance, animals, types of guidance except for the second she has to ask for guidance at least sev- and the righteous. We are instructed by renders it ‘the straight path’ in English plants and even inanimate objects ful- type of hidayah that is explanation and enteen times a day whilst they have Allah to ask for guidance to the straight and has several possible meanings in fill the purpose for which they were education. This type of guidance is what already been guided to Islam. Scholars path (as-sirat al-mustaqim). What then is Arabic. Here it is said that it denotes created. This also includes the general is referred to in the following verses. have explained that it is because firstly the nature of this path? something definite which is in the mind intellect, wits and inherent intuitive And indeed, (O Muhammad), you we ask for constancy (thabat) on guid- as well as in reality. knowledge given to all responsible guide to a straight path. (Ash-Shura ance and secondly because there are so Description of the straight path For example, when students wait- beings regardless of their faith. This is 42:52) many levels and aspects of guidance that In the language of the Arabs a path ing for their teacher to arrive say ‘the referred to in the following verse: You are only a warner, and for every we are in need of in every detail of our (sirat) needs to possess five qualities for it teacher is late.’ The teacher they are He said, “Our Lord is He Who gave people is a guide. (Ar-Ra`d 13:7) daily life. The following will help to clar- to be called a sirat. The path needs to be: referring to is known amongst them and each thing its form and then guided (it)”. The remaining types of guidance, ify. For example, there are a further ten 1- Straight in their minds they know exactly who (Ta-Ha 20:50) particularly the third type which is taw- levels of guidance that need to be 2- Easy to travel upon they are referring to. In that sense, gram- 2- Hidayah that is in the form of fiq from Allah to have iman, are what attained for one to be truly guided. (Ibn 3- A familiar well-trodden path matically, ‘the teacher’ is a definite noun explanation and education by way of are referred to in the following verse of Al-Qayyim) 4- Wide and spacious phrase and not an indefinite one. They defining the two paths of good and evil. the Quran, again addressing the Prophet Therefore one should bear in mind 5- Leading one to the desired would not say a teacher is late in this It is when someone guides you by Muhammad (peace be upon him): when asking for guidance that one is destination case. Similarly, in this case, it is a spe- explaining that which is good and warns Indeed, (O Prophet), you do not asking Allah to: Since the path that we are asking cific and definite known path that we you from that which is evil according to guide whom you like, but Allah guides 1- Be granted guidance of knowl- guidance to is Islam itself, notice and are seeking guidance to. It is the path Islam. This is the type of hidayah whom He wills. And He is most know- edge and clarity, in order for one to reflect on how these qualities apply to that Allah has ordained for the people referred to in this verse: And indeed, (O ing of the (rightly) guided. (Al-Qasas know and reach the truth. Islam. Islam is straight in that it is a cor- that He has favored, the path that leads Prophet), you guide to a straight path. 28:56) 2- For the capacity to be guided rect and firmly established way, pure to His Pleasure and His Paradise, which (Ash-Shura 42:52) In other words even the Prophets 3- Make one desirous of guidance and protected from any crookedness or is in fact His deen (religion) – besides 3- Hidayah that is tawfiq (a specific cannot guide whom they choose to 4- Make one act upon the deviation from the truth. Allah describes which nothing is acceptable to Him. type of divine guidance) and inspiration become believers in the sense of actu- guidance those who want to block people on the It is said that it is also the path that we (ilham) from Allah to be guided to the ally putting faith in a person’s heart. 5- Make one remain steadfast on path of Allah: intuitively know in the deepest core of our truth of iman (faith), Islam (submission), They can only guide in terms of expla- guidance …Who averted (people) from the way hearts that must exist because as human etc. The following verses refer to this type. nation, exhortation, clarification and 6- Remove all barriers and obstruc- of Allah and sought to make it (seem) beings we were affirmed, when we were …Thus does Allah leave astray whom instruction regarding the truth. tions that impede guidance deviant while they were, concerning the created, that Allah is our Rabb (Lord). All He wills and guides whom He wills. (Al- The first lesson here is that we 7- Be granted a distinctive and Hereafter, disbelievers. (Al-A`raf 7:45) praise is to Allah Who has gently guided Muddaththir 74:31) should seek guidance in every matter detailed level of guidance on the path Islam is also easy as Allah has said: us to the straight path, described to us with No disaster strikes except by per- with Allah first and foremost before itself and its stations Allah intends for you ease, and does crystal clarity its features and guided us mission of Allah. And whoever believes turning to others. Secondly, it should 8- Be granted sight of one’s ultimate not want to make things difficult for you, to pray for it every day of our lives. in Allah He will guide his heart. And humble those of us who are inviting or goal along the path, to be alerted to it so (Al-Baqarah 2:185)) Allah is Knowing of all things. (At- ‘guiding’ others to Islam to acknowledge that one can perceive it on the journey, and as the Prophet said, “The deen Source: suhaibwebb.com

Prophet Muhammad: A mercy for all creation The mission with which Allah sent the Yusuf Rios verse as it is traditionally done 2. Have Not Sent You except inclusive of the eco-system. This It is the Prophet (PBUH) who Prophet (PBUH) is in the Arabic language. as a Mercy. Mercy even applies to those who guided us to understand the not restricted to a hose who wish to under- This part of the verse is very choose not to believe in it. nature of our life and taught us particular audience stand what Islam is and An analytical view profound and deserves the most To understand the Quranic the path to self-fulfillment and Twho was Prophet Muham- 1. “And We”. possible attention. Here, verse better, it is necessary to key how to be humane not only to but rather it is an mad (peace be upon him) let him In these two words, the mes- Almighty Allah is declaring why in on the notion of “mercy” in fellow human beings but also to inclusive message. resort to what the Quran said sage related is that it is the one He commissioned the Prophet this verse. Mercy here means that fellow creatures. This was not It is a message to all about the Prophet (PBUH). and only Allah, the Exalted, who (PBUH). The Arabic reflects a Allah (glory be to Him) sent the merely done by wise sayings but humanity. Almighty Allah says: “And we commissioned the Prophet restrictive meaning as it reads as Prophet (PBUH) with “guidance it was through his lived exam- have not sent you except as a (PBUH). So, the origin of the Pro- such -the Prophet was sent for to a meaningful existence”. He ple. The thousands of authentic mercy to all of Creation.” (Al- phetic teachings and message is no other purpose except to be a was sent to teach humankind the narrations related about his life Anbiya’ 21:107) not the wisdom of a wise man or means for humankind to attain path to a communal and social (known as Hadiths) were; state- sense of brotherhood. Islam The single verse mentioned an ascetic, but rather it is Divine. Allah’s Mercy. There is an life which is pleasing to Allah. He ments, actions or tacit declares that the unity of human- illustrates in detail his mission Sometimes, Allah uses the emphasis on the role of the taught respect and love in a way approvals. ity lies in recognising Allah’s and identity. The Arabic words singular first person “I” referring Prophet as a vehicle of mercy that grants all the right to co- 3. To All of Creation Mercy as presented by all Proph- of this verse are much richer in to Himself and sometimes uses sent from Allah, in addition to the exist and lead a full life. This This part of the verse makes ets. The noble Prophets of Allah meaning. Arabic is the language the royal “We”. In many lan- point that this mercy is to be understanding of mercy is a path clear that the message of Islam all taught that even though life of the revelation and the oldest guages, there is a mechanism for shared with all of humanity. to a peaceful existence in this is universal and directed at all is not free of hardship, it has living language on the earth. one to speak in the plural giving The mission with which Allah world and a path to a blissful peoples in all walks of life and meaning and that existence is not There are other tongues like San- the meaning of elevated status. sent the Prophet (PBUH) is not eternity after death. Also, this can from all backgrounds without haphazard. The aim of life is to skrit older than Arabic but most For example, a chief of an Arab restricted to a particular audi- only be understood in the con- any kind of discrimination. contemplate our origin and our of them are dead languages, no tribe might address his people as ence but rather it is an inclusive text of Allah having created the In fact this part of the verse end and to reflect on the deeper longer spoken. Given this real- “We” when talking to them. Of message. It is a message to all human being to lead a purpose- is a declaration that Islam calls order of Creation. It is through ity we wish to expound upon this course, after the revelation and humanity. In other words, Islam ful life, a life of worship and a life humanity to brotherhood and reflection upon the life of the verse from its original language the conversion of Arabia to Islam is a message for all of humanity. in which the purpose of existence cooperation and rejects tribal, Prophet, being sent as “a mercy so that the most meaning can be this became restricted to the It is comprehensively character- is fulfilled by living a committed nationalistic and racist thinking. to mankind”, this issue can be derived from it. Let us begin to Quran, Islam urges people to be ised by mercy for all of humanity and profound relationship with Islam considers all humanity as more firmly grasped and better ponder on the meaning of the humble. and all of creation, thereby the Creator. brothers, and promotes mutual understood. 06 ASIA FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2017

Modi to attend Himachal polls Asean, East Asia Summits New Delhi see record IANS

rime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday 74pc turnout Pleave on a three-day visit to the Philippines where he will attend the Asean and Shimla East Asia Summits and hold a IANS For the first time, the bilateral meeting with Presi- Election Commission dent Rodrigo Duterte, it was announced yesterday. record over 74 per used VVPAT machines This will be Modi’s first cent, highest in four to ensure secrecy of official visit to the decades, of Himachal the votes. Philippines. Pradesh’s 50.25 lakh “He will be going there to electorate on Thurs- attend the 15th Asean-India dayA exercised their franchise in Summit and the 12th East Asia the assembly elections where the single phase election. Higher Summit,” Priti Saran, Secretary ruling Congress and the BJP were reaches witnessed mild rain and (East) in the External Affairs locked in a straight contest. snow later in the day. “Despite Ministry, told the media. “The percentage is expected minor hiccups as EVMs devel- With this, India would have to go up further. This is the high- oped snags at some places, there Shyam Saran Negi (centre), arrives to vote in Himachal Pradesh state elections in Kalpa, around undertaken high-level visits at est poll percentage recorded by was no report of any delay in 145 miles from Shimla, yesterday. The 100-year-old Negi walked the red carpet to the polling the level of President, Vice the hill state in assembly polls,” starting the poll process,” an booth to retain his record of voting in every election since independence. President and Prime Minister Dilip Sharma, Director General, electoral officer said. to all 10 Association of South- Election Commission, told In the first two hours, the elections. Both Singh and Dhu- seventh time, said he was con- first voter of India, cast his vote east Asian Nations (Asean) reporters in New Delhi. state recorded 13.72 percent poll- mal cast their votes along with fident of the Congress getting a for the 15th time in the assembly members - Brunei, Cambodia, Election officials said the ing but by 4pm, nearly 64 family members at their home- majority. On the other hand, polls at Kalpa in Kinnaur district. Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, polling was peaceful and no percent of votes were cast. towns Rampur and Samirpur two-time Chief Minister and Elections official provided him Myanmar, the Philippines, Sin- major untoward incident was A total of 337 candidates, 19 respectively. Leader of Opposition Dhumal a vehicle for his transportation gapore, Thailand and Vietnam reported from the 68 seats. of them women, are in the fray. Union Health Minister J P said the BJP was aiming to get to the polling booth from his - in the last three years. However, there were reports There are 112 Independent can- Nadda and Congress leader and 60 plus seats this time. home. For the first time, the Elec- “This shows the impor- of malfunctioning of EVMs and didates. The main contest is former Commerce Minister Women, who form 19 lakh tion Commission used VVPAT tance India attaches to its Voter Verifiable Paper Audit between the ruling Congress Anand Sharma cast their votes of the over 50 lakh voters, turned machines to ensure secrecy of relations with the Asean,” Trail machines at a few polling and the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bilaspur and Shimla towns. out in strength in the rural areas. the votes. Saran said. “It symbolizes booths, which led voting contin- (BJP). “The BJP has made false The Congress and the BJP The highest polling station in India’s commitment to deep- uing at these booths even after The Congress has projected promises, run fake campaigns in have fielded candidates on all 68 the state was been set up at an ening relations with Asean the polls officially closed at 5pm. incumbent Virbhadra Singh, 83, the state to lure the voters,” seats, while the Bahujan Samaj elevation of over 15,000 feet at member states in particular Voters across the state could as its Chief Ministerial candidate, Sharma told reporters. Party and the Communist Party Hikkam in Lahaul and Spiti dis- and with the Indo-Pacific be seen reaching polling stations while former Chief Minister After casting his votes, Chief of India-Marxist have fielded 42 trict. It has 194 electors and saw region in general within the even before polling started at 8 Prem Kumar Dhumal, 73, is the Minister Virbhadra Singh, who and 14 candidates respectively. an 85 percent turnout despite framework of our Act East a.m. despite the cold in the BJP’s. Both are contesting the is try to get at the helm for the Shyam Sharan Negi, 100, the snow in the evening. Policy.”

Arunachal integral part Solar probe report indicts former Kerala CM of India: Govt Thiruvananthapuram volumes in English and one in close links with Saritha Nair. was signed by the commission “The letter that was included IANS Malayalam. In his hour-long press con- later after the report was sub- is not the 21-page letter which New Delhi Chief Minister Pinarayi ference at the state party mitted,” said Chandy.\ The report she had written in jail as was IANS Vijayan tabled the report in the headquarters here, Chandy said has recommended for action seen by the then Jails Director ormer Kerala Chief Minis- Kerala Assembly yesterday that certain things that have sur- against Chandy for involving in General of police Alexander ter Oommen Chandy morning and copies of it were faced after the report was corruption and also sexually Jacob. Even Saritha herself had fter China expressed Fyesterday said he does not given to all the legislators and submitted last month arouse exploiting Saritha Nair. testified before the commission anger over Defence rule out foul play in preparation also to the media. suspicion. The Congress leader said the that my name does not figure in AMinister Nirmala Sith- of the solar judicial probe report The allegations regarding the “I feel there has been lack of commission also in its report has the letter. But things have araman’s visit to Arunachal in which he has been indicted. multi-crore solar energy invest- transparency on the part of the included the same letter of changed and now we see a Pradesh earlier this month, the The 1,000 page report was tabled ment fraud that rocked the then Left government after the report Saritha Nair in two volumes and 25-page letter that has been put government yestserday reas- at a special session of the state Chandy government in 2013 were was submitted. We know the “one suspects if this was a Solar in the commission report. How serted that the northeastern assembly. Chandy added that the led by Saritha Nair and her live- general norm in any commission commission or a Saritha com- did this happen?” asked Chandy. state is an integral part of India. final victory would be his when in partner Biju Radhakrishnan. once it submits its report is that mission”. It is in this letter that Chandy pointed out that “As you all know, Aru- the case is finally disposed of. The findings of the report it has to be signed on all the Saritha Nair accuses Chandy and never before has any commis- nachal Pradesh is an integral The report by Justice G. indict Chandy and his office and pages. But in this case, it has several of his party leaders of sion report been kept so part of India,” External Affairs Sivarajan (retd) includes four the way his three office staff had come to light that one volume sexually exploiting her. “secretive” like this one. Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in his weekly media briefing here. “Indian leaders have all Welcome to Mumbai the right and freedom to visit Kolkata-Khulna Arunachal Pradesh as they have to visit any other part of India,” he stated. train flagged off Court may let Kolkata India takes pride in being a “reli- Karti go abroad IANS able partner” in Bangladesh’s development and that the two New Delhi bridges, built at a cost of $100m IANS aking their close ties and out of India’s Line of Credit, connectivity links further, would help strengthen the rail he Supreme Court yes- TIndia and Bangladesh network of Bangladesh. terday indicated that it yesterday opened a new rail He said development and Tmay allow Karti line between Kolkata and connectivity are linked to each Chidambaram, son of former Khulna with Prime Minister other and the ties between Finance Minister P Narendra Modi, his Bangladeshi India and Bangladesh, partic- Chidambaram, to go abroad for counterpart Sheikh Hasina and ularly between West Bengal four or five days as it studied West Bengal Chief Minister and Bangladesh, are decades documents submitted by the Mamata Banerjee jointly flag- old. He said yestrerday’s launch CBI to oppose his application. ging-off the ‘Bandhan Express’ was aimed to further cement- Karti Chidambaram is via video-conferencing. ing the close bilateral bonds. seeking the apex court’s nod Maharashtra Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao (left) and his wife Vinodha (second left) The dignitaries also inau- “With the inauguration of to travel to Cambridge in con- welcomes Belgium’s King Philippe and his wife Queen Mathilde at the Governor House gurated the International the new International Passen- nection with the admission of in Mumbai yesterday. Passenger Rail Terminal, End- ger Terminus and launch of a his daughter. to-End Immigration and new train service passengers Customs Clearance Facilities will be benefitted,” he said. (for passengers of Maitree The Prime Minister said he Express and Bandhan Express) was happy that work on the $8 at Kolkata station, under the billion concessional finance of India-Bangladesh Cooperation the project was on track. Delhi declares pollution emergency in Railways. Emphasising on good ties Rail bridges over river Titas with neighbours, Modi said, “I New Delhi states surrounding New Delhi, vehi- showed a reading of 608 at and restaurants in some of the and Bhairabh in Bangladesh have always thought that rela- Reuters cle exhaust emissions in a city with 10am when the safe limit is 50. city’s most crowded parts were were also launched, to speed tions with neighbours should be limited publictransport and swirl- An hour before it was 591. deserted. “I’d like to assure peo- up connectivity between Dhaka like neighbours. So that when- ing construction dust have caused Residents complained of ple that the central government and Chittagong. ever there is a need to talk there he Indian capital declared the crisis, which arises every year. headaches, coughs and smart- shall do everything possible to External Affairs Minister should be talks and visits, and a pollution emergency yes- The problem has been com- ing eyes. “Waking up with a bring about improvement in air Sushma Swaraj joined in from between all these protocol issues Tterday as toxic smog hung pounded this year by still headache, breathlessness & quality in Delhi and the Nation New Delhi, and her Bangladesh should not come in.” over the city for a third day and conditions, the Met office said. throat irritation every day,” Bha- Capital Region,” federal environ- counterpart A H Mahmood Ali He said the most important air quality worsened by the hour. A US embassy measure of vani Giddu wrote on Twitter. ment minister Harsh Vardhan from Dhaka. aspect of connectivity is “peo- Illegal crop burning in the farm tiny particulate matter PM 2.5 Many people stayed home said. Prime Minister Modi said that ple to people connectivity”. FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2017 ASIA 07

Pakistani Nato vows more troops for Afghanistan assemblies to complete Brussels presence but not by as much as Nicholson said, was that the 80 percent of the troop commit- Reuters hoped. “We have made it very The security situation United States would again be put ments had been met by the allies. tenure: ECP clear to the allies that we really in a position where it would have They declined to say what per- need their help in filling these in Afghanistan has to fill the shortfall. centage had been filled after the Islamabad ato’s pledge to send billets that we have identified,” deteriorated in recent The security situation in meetings, but acknowledged that Internews more troops to said General John Nicholson, the months, 16 years after Afghanistan has deteriorated in there was still a shortfall. Afghanistan still falls top US commander in Afghani- the United States recent months, 16 years after the The number is based on a short of commit- stan and head of the Nato United States invaded Afghani- constantly changing Nato docu- ll the five elected ments, US training mission. invaded Afghanistan stan to topple the Taliban ment known as the combined assemblies of Pakistan Ncommanders said yesterday, Nato Secretary General Jens to topple the Taliban government that gave Al Qaeda joint statement of Awill complete their concerned that fewer reinforce- Stoltenberg said this week that government. the sanctuary where it plotted requirements,. constitutional tenures in the ments could threaten the already Nato allies and the United States the September 11, 2001, attacks. “Coming out of today, it last week of May 2018, says precarious security situation in would split the burden of pro- “We fought ... at the lowest won’t be at a 100 percent... but the Election Commission of the country. viding some 3,000 more troops, send an additional 700 troops, year level of capability that we we are still in discussion with Pakistan (ECP). At a meeting of Nato defence an increase that would take potentially making up a have ever had in the 16 years. So more than a few nations that are Some media reports have ministers, commanders said that Nato’s training mission to about 3,500-strong personnel increase. it was the lowest level of capa- looking at increasing... so I’m been suggesting that the nearly three months after Pres- 16,000 troops. Germany, one of the main bility and the highest level of risk encouraged,” said Army General National Assembly will ident Donald Trump announced Two diplomats said that at this European troop contributors, we have faced in this time,” Curtis Scaparrotti, who is the top complete its tenure on June 5 his “South Asia strategy,” the stage, the United States is likely to said it was not increasing its con- Nicholson said. US military official in Europe and and the general elections may promised troop numbers do provide 2,800 troops, while non- tribution for next year. Prior to the meeting of Nato also Nato’s Supreme Allied be held by August 5 to meet expand the Nato training US Nato allies and partners will Part of the concern, ministers, US officials said about Commander. the constitutional requirement of holding the polls within 60 days after expiry of the term of a house. “The five-year constitutional Trump criticises term of the National Assembly and the Punjab Assembly is ending on May 31 while those of the Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa unfair China trade and Balochistan assemblies, on May 28,” said ECP Director- Beijing Tillerson offered a blunter General (Elections) Yousuf AP assessment of China’s trade sur- Khattak. plus with the United States, He, along with ECP which in October widened by additional secretaries Zafar resident Donald Trump 12.2 percent from a year earlier, Iqbal Husain and Dr Akhtar sought to present a united to $26.6bn. The total surplus with Nazeer and other officers, Pfront with Chinese Presi- the United States for the first 10 was briefing the media on the dent Xi Jinping following two months of the year was $223bn. recently-passed Election Act days of meetings yesterday, “I think the best way to char- 2017 and the rules prepared despite lingering differences acterise it is that while we by the Commission under it over trade and North Korea. appreciate the long hours and here yesterday. On trade, Trump criticised the effort that our Chinese coun- Khattal disclosed that the “very one-sided and unfair” terparts have put into those trade under the new ECP rules all the trade relationship between the discussions, quite frankly in the officials from district returning US and China. But he stopped grand scheme of a $3- to 500bn officer to election assistance short of castigating Xi, saying he trade deficit, the things that have and security staff to be doesn’t blame the country for been achieved are pretty small,” deployed in and around polling having taken advantage of the Tillerson told reporters in stations for 2018 vote would US in the past. Beijing. be made to take oath before Trump said China “must He said that, that, “in terms the polls that they would immediately address the unfair of really getting at some of the US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping arrive at a state dinner at the remain impartial and won‘t trade practices that drive” what fundamental elements of why Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, yesterday. violate the code of conduct. he said is a “shockingly” large this imbalance exists, there is still Under the new powers trade deficit, along with barriers a lot more work to do.” focus of the talks. Before arriv- revenue for its nuclear and bal- Before the meetings, China conferred on the ECP by the to market access, forced tech- Tillerson also acknowl- ing in China, Trump had listic missile programmes. rolled out the red carpet for Election Act 2017, the election nology transfers and intellectual edged that there were delivered a stern message to Bei- Trump yesterday appeared far Trump, treating him to an elab- staff would be under direct property theft. “But I don’t blame differences “tactics and the jing, using an address in South more conciliatory, thanking China orate welcome ceremony on the control of the Commission. China,” he said. “After all, who timing and how far to go with Korea to call on China to do for its efforts and saying he’d been plaza outside the Great Hall of Husain said that under can blame a country for being pressure” on North Korea. But more to confront and isolate the encouraged by his conversations. the People. the new law election petition able to take advantage of another he insisted that the two coun- antagonistic nation. That ”China can fix this problem eas- Trump looked on approv- may be directly filed with the country for the benefit of its cit- tries were on the same page. included urging China to fully ily. And quickly. And I am calling ingly as a Chinese honor guard election tribunal, whose izens?”\ To applause, Trump “There is no disagreement on implement UN Security Council on China and your great president played the national anthems of decision could be challenged said: “I give China great credit.” North Korea,” he said. resolutions aimed at depriving to hopefully work on it very hard,” both countries, cannons boomed only in the Supreme Court His Secretary of State Rex North Korea remained a the North’s government of Trump said. and soldiers marched. and not in high courts. Pakistan shuts MSF facility in tribal belt Suggestions for new

islamabad Tribal Areas (FATA), where Azaad Alessandro Alocco, the plagued by some of Pakistan’s Reuters healthcare access is limited, and group’s representative in Paki- poorest healthcare and lowest UNSC seats rejected hits 120 staff working there. stan, said in a statement. literacy rates, require no-objec- The move comes seven “As the only major hospital tion certificates from the Geneva membership, operating on the akistan yesterday told weeks after the medical charity providing free, quality health- government, but their renewal Internews basis of the least common medical charity Medecins was ordered to shut down two care in the area, the closure of has been denied to MSF. denominator, will erode the PSans Frontieres’ (MSF) to health facilities it ran for 14 years MSF’s activities will leave a The interior ministry, standing of the council and not shut its last remaining facility in in the nearby Kurram district, major gap and have serious neg- responsible for the issue of the akistan has rejected what strengthen its role as some the impoverished tribal belt bor- plagued by militancy over the ative implications for the health documents, did not respond to it termed “dysfunctional” argue besides compromising its dering Afghanistan, the health past decade. of people living in Bajaur.” a request for comment. Psuggestions for creation efficiency and effectiveness,” organisation said. “Healthcare services are No reason was given for the Large swaths of land in the of new permanent seats in the she said. The closure ends MSF’s four- very limited in the area and most closure order, it added. region have been ravaged by so-called reformed Security The ambassador criticised year stint in the Bajaur region of of our patients cannot afford to Foreign nationals and groups militant groups for the better Council as projected by certain the position taken by a hand- the Federally Administered pay even for basic medical care,” working in the sensitive region, part of a decade. self-appointed pretenders for ful of countries demanding a a permanent seat on the most permanent seat in the Secu- powerful organ of the world rity Council saying these states body. sought a privileged and une- 3 policemen During a debate on the qual status for themselves, expansion of the Security Coun- anchored in power politics, dead in cil, Pakistan’s Ambassador to which was in sharp contradic- the UN Maleeha Lodhi said that tion to the modern democratic Quetta attack “permanent seats are contrary spirit. to the universally agreed prin- “Even more telling, while Auetta ciples of democracy, they remain firmly wedded to AFP accountability and their own positions, they ask transparency”. others to be flexible,” she noted. “After all, permanent mem- She argued that it was not a suspected suicide bership remains at the core of lack of will on the part of the bomber killed a senior much that is flawed about the many, but a lack of will on the Apolice official and two of existing Security Council,” she part of a few that remained the his colleagues in the south- said, adding “it is, therefore, most persistent stumbling block western Pakistani city of counter-intuitive to us that an in the way of achieving a more Quetta yesterday, officials said. expansion in the council could representative, transparent, Officials said the attack be advocated as a means to accountable and effective reform hit the vehicle of Quetta’s address its inherent dysfunc- of the Security Council. Deputy Inspector General of tional ties”. Lodhi argued for an expan- Police Hamid Shakil. Drawing the attention of the sion in the non-permanent “Hamid Shakil, his driver 193-member General Assembly category of membership, based and an assistant sub-inspec- to the growing and complex on equitable geographic distri- tor were martyred when a challenges to global peace and bution and a system of fair suspected suicide bomber security, Ambassador Lodhi said rotation and said that this solu- struck his motorcycle with his this warranted a firm and clear tion was both fair and just, and vehicle,” senior police official Officials inspect the scene of a bomb blast which killed a senior Pakistani police official and action by the Security Council. was supported by all member Naseeb Ullahsaid. two of his collegues on their way to work in Quetta, Pakistan, yesterday. “An enlarged permanent states and groups. 08 VIEWS FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2017

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he Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meet in Vietnam brings together three major world leaders who probably have close to a Tthird of the world population and more than half of the land area in their countries. Russia’s Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump, and China’s Xi Jinping are among the leaders Legalising annexation of Jerusalem who will attend the 21-member summit. Xi and Trump are to talk on the future of global trade as they participate in a meeting that will see sensitive issues statistically reduce the Palestinian pop- regime in which they are considered like the South China Sea dispute, the trans-Pacific Yara Hawari ulation of “Greater Jerusalem” by permanent residents but not citizens. partnership, and the Rohingya problem discussed. Al Jazeera 100,000. Their status as residents is Trump and Putin face each other the second time Beyond the gerrymandering, this dependent on whether or not they can after the real estate tycoon took power in January this bill would yet again make a clear state- prove that their centre of life is in year. The two have between them a large number of ment that international law does not Jerusalem. This means that they are at issues, besides one which has put Trump on a virtual apply to Israel. constant risk of having their residency notice of sorts. The Cold War rivals have to discuss n late October, the Israeli Ministerial For Palestinians, this is simply a permits revoked, not to mention the trade, diplomacy and security that always call for Committee for Legislation was set to continuation of their lived reality of an denial of citizenship and therefore full attention in a unipolar world given to geopolitical vote on the “Greater Jerusalem” Bill. If it accelerating settler colonial project. rights. vicissitudes. had passed, it would have been pre- Palestinians in East Jerusalem are The potential repercussions for All eyes will be on the meeting between Trump and sented before the Knesset floor for already subjected to an oppressive residents of the Palestinian neigh- Putin. The intransigent Trump has been accused of Iseveral readings, before a vote on whether bourhoods that will be downgraded to colluding with the Kremlin to influence the US or not to legislate it. Israeli Prime Minister sub-municipalities are not clear, but Presidential election. The controversy has spawned Benjamin Netanyahu had previously stated should the bill pass, the situation for talk of an unprecedented upheaval in the US that he would support it, giving it serious them would undoubtedly worsen. establishment with anti-Russia hawks claiming political force and backing. The vote has now It is not surprising that Israel is Trump’s scalp. A major probe into Trump’s alleged been postponed following requests for clari- attempting to annex more land in the collusion is on as Putin and the US president meet on fication on various aspects of the bill from West Bank. Perhaps what is surpris- the US administration. ing however, is the continuous the sidelines of the summit. The bill, as suggested by its title, would demand by the international commu- Though Apec is largely expand the municipal boundaries of Jerusa- nity that Palestinians put their faith in an economic gathering, lem to include four major illegal settlements The annexation of international law, its institutions and political issues sometimes and many more smaller ones under the East Jerusalem is also processes. take centre stage. Problems municipal jurisdiction of Jerusalem. The set- unequivocally recognised Israel continuously flouts interna- The meeting between US and Russia tlements, Ma’ale Adumim, Givat Ze’ev, Betar tional law with no repercussions or have spawned geopolitics as unlawful. Under the between Trump Illit and Efrat, are part of the Gush Etzion sanctions. Indeed, the word “sanctions” and the eastward settlement block that stretches from Jerusa- two-state framework, can barely be whispered in diplomatic and Putin should expansion of the US-led lem to Hebron. Although legislators claim East Jerusalem would and policy circles before accusations of not overshadow North Atlantic Treaty that these areas will not be under full Israeli constitute the capital of a bias towards Israel are made. the multilateral Organisation has been a sovereignty, this move would certainly The question for Palestinians thus sticking point. Palestinian State and its nature of Apec. amount to de facto annexation. remains: How far is too far? The West Russia has been eager This is part and parcel of a “facts on the colonisation is continuously Bank has been under belligerent occu- to spread its influence in its ground” strategy Israel has been pursuing condemned by much pation for over 50 years, East former sphere of influence since 1967, when it occupied the West Bank, of the international Jerusalem and the Golan Heights have with smaller states like Gaza and the Golan Heights, annexing East been annexed for just as long, Gaza has Estonia, Lithuania, and Jerusalem and declaring the whole of Jerusa- community. Yet this has been placed under a crippling siege for Latvia often feeling lem as the capital of Israel. had little effect and today more than 10 years, while the refugees intimidated by Moscow’s might. In the same way, China Israeli settlement building in the territo- there are over 200,000 have been in exile for nearly seven has been trying to spread its footprint by claiming a ries occupied in 1967 is undeniably illegal Israeli settlers living in decades and the Palestinian citizens of group of islands in the South China Sea and building an under international law which forbids the Israel continue to be subjected to sys- artificial one somewhere else, much to the chagrin of transfer of the occupying power’s population East Jerusalem, with tematic oppression. Palestinians states like Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, into territories it has acquired during war or demolitions of Palestinian reached “too far” a long time ago; it is Japan, South Korea. conflict. However, as of today, no Israeli homes and appropriation time for the international community Moreover, hosts Vietnam will get an opportunity to government has ceased its expansion in the of Palestinian land being a to catch up. West Bank and the population of illegal set- improve ties with China as the summit unfolds. What is daily occurrence. of concern is the public skepticism that Hanoi displays. tlers today is well over half a million. The writer is the Palestine Policy Fellow of The Communist Party of Vietnam can work to change The annexation of East Jerusalem is also AlShabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network. the image of China among the public. Vietnamese unequivocally recognised as unlawful. Under President Tran Dai Quang’s visit to China to attend the the two-state framework, East Jerusalem Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in would constitute the capital of a Palestinian May was seen by observers as a move towards State and its colonisation is continuously reaching out to Beijing. Xi’s visit to Vietnam is likely to condemned by much of the international bring the two nations together. community. Yet this has had little effect and today The Apec Summit is likely to be a key witness to there are over 200,000 Israeli settlers living many key global issues and attempts at their in East Jerusalem, with demolitions of Pales- resolution. It is hoped bilateral problems do not tinian homes and appropriation of scupper attempts at forging a regional mechanism for Palestinian land being a daily occurrence. trade and economic relations. The bill’s supporters are motivated by an Israeli obsession with demographics. Their idea is to ensure that Jewish Israelis maintain QUOTE OF THE DAY a dominant majority in every part of historic Palestine. In Jerusalem, this approach is specifically being used to counter the international dis- The EU‘s principle of course that the city belongs both to respect for the rights of its Palestinians and Israelis and to assert that citizens will cease to be an Jerusalem is the “undivided capital of the empty one only when the Jewish people”. debate about the future of Minister of Transport and Intelligence the European Union takes Israel Katz who has been heavily promoting the bill, stated that this was a move to place with the participation “ensure a Jewish majority” in the city. of all concerned, not in Indeed, the proposed bill will also three or four capitals. exclude the Palestinian neighbourhoods of Kufr Aqab, Shuafat refugee camp and Anata that currently exist beyond the separation Beata Szydlo A car drives along a road near the Israeli barrier in the Palestinian town of Abu Polish Prime Minister wall. Placing them under a sub-municipality, it would remove them from the census and Dis in the West Bank, as Jerusalem is seen in the background. FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2017 OPINION 09 Trump’s limited appeal a warning sign for Republicans

Republicans.” Gillespie, a longtime James Oliphant Washington insider and lobbyist, Reuters tried to keep his distance from Trump personally even as he adopted some of his more combat- ive campaign rhetoric. It was a strategy that failed and emocratic election victories in Virginia Mackowiak said the result and New Jersey showed Republicans reflected Trump’s historically low losing more ground in suburban areas, approval rating. “I don’t think the where President Donald Trump’s White House was worried about unpopularity could cost them dearly in that before, but now I think they Dnext year’s congressional races. have to be.” The results from Tuesday, particularly in Vir- The five-day Reuters/Ipsos ginia, suggest that Trump’s strategy of playing to a tracking poll has Trump hovering loyal but limited base has not enabled him to around 35 percent approval broaden support for his presidency or his party. nationally, with close to 60 per- Democrats were delighted, believing that con- cent of respondents disapproving trol of the US House of Representatives, and of his performance in office.A per- perhaps even the Senate, now both controlled by son familiar with Trump’s political Republicans, might be up for grabs in next year’s operation dismissed the election elections. results on Tuesday as having any- Some Republicans shared that view after their thing to do with the president, party’s candidates did poorly among independent, noting that both New Jersey and college-educated, women, and minority voters in Virginia were won by Clinton in suburban areas. “Unless we get our act together, we 2016. are going to lose heavily,” Republican Senator John Andrew Surabian, an adviser McCain said on Wednesday. to the pro-Trump political group US President Donald Trump greets supporters as he departs for Bedminster, New Jersey, from the Democrats would need to pick up 24 seats next Great America Alliance, said year to retake control of the House. Should that White House in Washington DC in this file photo. Gillespie lost because he was happen, Trump’s policy agenda would be effec- exactly the kind of establishment tively dead and the administration would come Gillespie’s poor showing, saying on Twitter that the expected in some rural and suburban areas that Republican that Trump voters under greater scrutiny. Republican candidate “worked hard but did not Trump easily won last year. have rejected. The win by Democrat Phil Murphy in New Jer- embrace me or what I stand for.” In rural Dickenson County, considered to be the “Ed Gillespie’s campaign went sey’s governor’s race came as no surprise because Still, Trump’s leadership record appeared to heart of Trump country in Virginia, Gillespie’s mar- down in flames because he failed of the unpopularity of outgoing Republican Gover- motivate. Democrats to vote in record numbers in gin over Northam was almost 7 percentage points to fully embrace the president or nor Chris Christie. But Ralph Northam’s 9-point Virginia, with exit polls showing that many came less than Trump’s margin of victory over Democrat his agenda,” Surabian said, “and victory over Republican Ed Gillespie for governor in out simply to express their displeasure with the Hillary Clinton last year. without a coherent message and swing-state Virginia was larger than expected. president. Trump won the city of Virginia Beach in 2016 by an authentic messenger, Republi- Trump quickly tried to distance himself from “Trump is turning off more voters than he’s 3 points, but Gillespie lost to Northam there by 5, a can candidates will not be bringing in,” said Rodell Mollineau, a Democratic swing of eight points. successful moving forward.” strategist in Washington. “His base is strong, but it More critically, Gillespie was blown out by isn’t growing.” Northam in northern Virginia’s populous suburbs, The writer is a White House corre- During his first year in office, Trump has con- where Trump also struggled in the presidential spondent for Reuters. sistently played to a base of passionate supporters, race. “The suburbs came out in full force,” said Matt many of them older white men who live in rural Mackowiak, a Republican strategist. “They appear areas declining in population, and has shown little to be very motivated to try and deliver a message to inclination to reach out to the majority of voters Trump.” During his first year in office, Trump who disapprove of him. In growing Loudoun County, outside of Wash- has consistently played to a base of Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster based in Vir- ington, Democrat Barack Obama barely edged out ginia, said the party was on a risky track. Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential passionate supporters, many of them “Republicans have traded fast-growing upscale race. On Tuesday, Northam buried Gillespie there D-RING ROAD older white men who live in rural suburban counties for slow-growing or declining by almost 20 points. POST BOX: 3488 rural areas. That is not a formula for long-term suc- “I’m worried,” Ari Fleischer, a former White areas declining in population, and DOHA - QATAR has shown little inclination to reach cess.” There also may be signs of slippage in House spokesman for Republican President George Trump’s political base. W Bush, told Fox News on Wednesday. “Democrats [email protected] out to the majority of voters who In Virginia, Gillespie campaigned hard on immi- came out in huge numbers yesterday in the races disapprove of him. gration and crime — two hot issues with the and if they have that kind of enthusiasm going into president’s supporters — but did worse than 2018, it’s going to be very tough sailing for EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OFFICE TEL: 4455 7741 / 767 FAX: +974 4455 7758

MANAGING EDITOR Why Apple should take the plunge and buy Netflix TEL: 4462 7505

DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR shoppers in the US — I would not expect much in work with over 90 million members in 190 countries. TEL: 4455 7769 Barry Ritholtz the way of anti-trust concerns. • Tim Cook has a fairly deep bench, but some fresh Bloomberg Apple has already bought back shares of management ideas in the form of Reed Hastings could stock in excess of $200 billion. A purchase of help keep Apple from becoming too stodgy. LOCAL NEWS SECTION Netflix would require swapping about 1 1/3 • Netflix can stop worrying about how it is going to TEL: 4455 7743 shares of Apple stock for each share of Netflix access capital to pay for its original content. (which closed Monday at $174.25 and $200.13 • Spending $10 billion or even $20 billion a year on BUSINESS NEWS SECTION try not to give unsolicited advice to respectively). Google’s purchase of YouTube Inc. content acquisition would hardly dent the $300 billion TEL: 4462 7535 billionaires or corporate managers and Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods Market stockpile of cash Apple has accumulated. on what they should do with their Inc. led both companies’ stocks to surge in excess • The team at Netflix can help Apple revamp its SPORT NEWS SECTION money. Warren Buffett and Apple of the purchase price, making the buys practi- streaming video product. TEL: 4455 7745 both have done rather well for cally free. I doubt we will see that here, as Netflix • Apple TV sales could be juiced by including free Net- Ithemselves and their investors without is a much larger and more expensive buy. Wall flix memberships for six to 12 months with each new ONLINE SECTION my help. Today, I violate my own rule : Street also historically misunderstands what purchase. TEL: 4462 7501 Apple should buy Netflix in an all-stock Apple does and won’t see how valuable the con- • Netflix has broad expertise in native internet [email protected] deal for about $100 billion. tent deal is to Apple; recall the pushback on the infrastructure. Let’s unpack this flight of fancy. In original iMac, iPhone and iPad rollouts. There are some obvious arguments against: PUBLIC RELATIONS this scenario, Apple would be wildly Outside of phones and tablets, Apple has not • At $100 billion, Netflix would not be a small or inex- overpaying for Netflix. However, the been competing well, especially in content. Its pensive purchase. TEL: 4455 7613 world’s most valuable company has a software is starting to become sloppy; it has • Apple has purchased lots of small firms for their [email protected] not-so-secret weapon: its own wildly ceded a giant lead in voice to Amazon; Apple TV expertise and engineers, but it has no experience making expensive currency. 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Apple has both the Fire Stick and Apple TV and almost • Any change to culture at either successful company [email protected] learned that film and television are very exclusively use the Fire Stick.) will always be a risk. different industries than music. Oh, and one other thing: The latest smart TVs • Making a large acquisition like Netflix is potentially a SUBSCRIPTION & DISTRIBUTION Its video content offerings have not have web services such as Amazon Prime and huge distraction to Apple’s core business -- namely, mak- TEL: 4455 7809 / 839 caught up to those offered by competi- Netflix and HBO Go built right into them, so you ing insanely great hardware and software. FAX: 44557819 tors Netflix and Amazon.com Inc. Netflix no longer need the separate hardware to cut the The upsides for Apple are fairly obvious; the biggest is spending billions per year to acquire cord and stream video. Take these new TVs out of downside is the cost. If anything, it might spare us the [email protected] or create new content, money that it may the box, sign in with your user name and pass- boring quarterly routine of analysts expecting soft iPhone not have in the future. A deep-pocketed word, and voila! You’re watching your favorite sales and then being shocked when the company beats to partner would ensure the lead it has shows. The advantages are many: the upside. All thoughts and views built does not disappear. • Apple acquires a library of content that If Apple passes on Netflix, don’t be surprised if Ama- expressed in these columns And both companies are well aware would instantly make it competitive with zon does not. That alone is reason to make the purchase. that the mightiest competitor they face Amazon. are those of the writers, not these days is Amazon. A tie-up creates a • Netflix adds $10 billion in annual revenue; The writer is a Bloomberg View columnist. He founded Ritholtz of the newspaper. competitor that would equal the Jeff Apple should be able to scale that fairly quickly, Wealth Management and was chief executive and director of Bezos juggernaut. doubling or even tripling it over the next five equity research at FusionIQ, a quantitative research firm. He All correspondence Given the fierce competition in the years. blogs at the Big Picture and is the author of “Bailout Nation: regarding Views and How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook space — Prime now has 90 million mem- •The acquisition would immediately make Opinion pages should be bers, reaching 63 percent of all Amazon Apple the world’s leading internet television net- the World Economy.” mailed to the [email protected] 10 EUROPE FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2017 May names Brexit Reject separatist ‘poison’: Juncker Madrid Reuters campaigner to uropean Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker yesterday called on Europe to stand up against sep- Earatism at a time when the Catalan independence push has deeply divided Spain. The standoff between Madrid and supporters of Cata- replace Priti Patel lan independence, triggered by a banned October 1 referendum splitting with Spain, has stirred separatist feel- ings far beyond Spanish borders. London “Nationalisms are a poison that prevent Europe from AFP working together”, said Juncker in a speech at a university Spanish city of Salamanca, where he received an award. ritish Prime Minister Theresa “We cannot stay with our arms crossed because it is May yesterdya promoted a time for us to do what needs to be done. I say ‘no’ to any junior minister to replace form of separatism that weakens Europe and further wid- ousted aid secretary Priti Patel, ens the existing fissures.” avoiding a major personnel Juncker’s comments will further disappoint deposed Bshuffle and maintaining the delicate Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, who went into self- Brexit balance in her cabinet. imposed exile in Belgium last week after Spain’s central The Conservative leader named government responded to an independence declaration Penny Mordaunt, a minister in the wel- by firing his administration. fare department and a strong supporter Puigdemont had ambitions to garner support for his of Britain’s withdrawal from the Euro- independence campaign in the heart of the European Union pean Union, as her new international and has appealed for EU intervention, which so far has not development secretary. been forthcoming. The secessionist drive has dragged Spain Prime Minister of Bulgaria Boyko Borisov (left) and On Wednesday evening, Patel into its worst political crisis since the return of democracy Jean Claude Juncker, President of the European became the second minister to quit within four decades ago. a week, after a row over unauthorised The European Union is also currently facing a huge Commission, shake hands during a joint press meetings she had during a holiday to challenge to its unity in Britain’s impending exit from the conference following their meeting in Brussels. Israel in August, including with Prime bloc. The Spanish dispute also bears some similarities with Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. the battle for Scottish separation, which culminated in a difficult times.” “Juncker has supported the Spanish gov- Patel is a prominent Brexit supporter, Britain’s newly-appointed 2014 referendum that narrowly rejected independence. ernment’s actions, has expressed his respect for our and some Conservative MPs had pressed International Development Secretary, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who was with constitution, our laws and our legal system,” he told stu- for a replacement that would maintain Juncker in Salamanca, thanked him for his support “in such dents and professors at the event. Penny Mordant leaves 10 Downing the political — and gender — balance. Mordaunt had initially been tipped Street in London yesterday, after to replace Michael Fallon as defence sec- being appointed to the position. retary when he quit on November 1 Speaker: Independence declaration not legally binding following allegations of sexual harass- appearance fee to a local swimming pool. ment, but that job went to one of May’s She also delivered a bizarre speech Madrid Court sources said they told the the other five legislators in custody close aides, Gavin Williamson. in the House of Commons in 2013 about Reuters hearing that the October 27 declara- while an investigation into the charges “The Queen has been pleased to Easter and poultry, reportedly a response tion, which followed a referendum against them continues, or release approve the appointment of Penny Mor- to a bet by navy colleagues. he parliamentary speaker who banned by Madrid, was not legally them under certain conditions. daunt MP as secretary of state for Prominent Brexit supporter and Con- enabled Catalonia’s declaration binding. The concession might also The same court decided yesterday international development,” a statement servative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg had Tof independence said yesterday increase their chances of being con- to take over two other cases against from Downing Street said. earlier called for a replacement for Patel the document was not legally bind- ditionally released, which would Forcadell and the lawmakers currently Mordaunt, a 44-year-old Royal Navy who was enthusiastic about leaving the ing, sources said, in a comment that enable them to campaign freely for overseen by the Catalan High Court, reservist, is the MP for the English naval European Union. could undermine the region’s seces- regional elections on December 21. suggesting judges were looking to cen- town of Portsmouth, and served as a jun- “As long as it’s somebody who has sionist push. The Catalan independence push tralise all legal proceedings involving ior defence minister before becoming accepted that Brexit is happening and will Carme Forcadell, a vocal critic of has deeply divided Spain, dragging it the independence vote in one court. minister for disabled people last year. support it properly... I don’t think there the central government’s takeover of into its worst political crisis since the The Spanish High Court is hear- Elected in 2010 after a career in busi- will be a problem,” he told the BBC. the region that the declaration trig- return of democracy four decades ago ing a case against eight former ness and media, including as head of But leading pro-European lawmaker gered, made the remark in an and fuelling anti-Spanish sentiment members of the Catalan government foreign press for George W Bush’s 2000 Chuka Umunna, of the opposition Labour appearance before Spain’s Supreme in Catalonia and nationalist tenden- and the leaders of the two main pro- presidential campaign, Mordaunt has cut party, tweeted: “This is the same minis- Court. She and five other lawmakers cies elsewhere. The Supreme Court, independence grassroots groups, who a rather different path from many of her ter who falsely claimed Turkey was about were answering charges of rebellion which handles cases against defend- are in custody awaiting trial on sedi- fellow MPs. She took part in a celebrity to join the EU (during the referendum). and sedition for their leading roles in ants with parliamentary immunity, tion charges for their involvement in television diving show in 2014, giving her Words fail me.” the independence drive. will decide whether to remand her and the referendum.

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ATHENS: A political row over 100 patients erupted in Greece after a key far-left assassin implicated in deadly attacks on US, British, Berlin 2015 of two murders and two Turkish and Greek targets was AP attempted murders at a hospi- given a two-day leave from tal in Delmenhorst and was prison. nurse who is already sentenced to life in prison. Dimitris Koufontinas, 59, serving a life sentence During his trial, Hoegel had a senior member of the A for two murders may said he intentionally brought November 17 extremist group, have killed more than 100 about cardiac crises in some 90 was granted leave from Kory- patients over several years at patients in Delmenhorst dallos Prison for the first time two hospitals in northwestern because he enjoyed the feeling in 15 years. Koufontinas, Germany, prosecutors said of being able to resuscitate dubbed “Poison Hand” by yesterday. them. Greek media and serving Investigators have com- He later told investigators multiple life sentences, must pleted toxicological that he also killed patients in report to a police station examinations on patients who Oldenburg. twice a day. died during Niels Hoegel’s time Hoegel worked at the Old- The former mathemati- as a nurse in hospitals in Old- enburg hospital from 1999 to cian and beekeeper emerged enburg and Delmenhorst, 2002 and in Delmenhorst from smiling from the top security prosecutors and police in Old- 2003 to 2005. prison, greeted a few friends Students climb the Berlin Wall memorial in Bernauer Strasse, as Germany marks the 28th enburg said. Prosecutors said he is now and made no comments to anniversary of the fall of the wall in Berlin, yesterday. They found a further 16 suspected in 38 cases in Olden- journalists gathered outside. cases in which he is burg and 62 in Delmenhorst, The shadow November 17 suspected. but that in five of those cases group, named after an anti- In late August, they said further examinations are junta student uprising, was they had determined that he needed. It isn’t clear when those behind the 1975 killing of the might have killed at least will be concluded. CIA’s Athens station chief IRSN suspects nuke accident in Russia another 84 patients beyond the As part of a wider investi- Richard Welch, and claimed ones for whose murder he is gation involving both hospitals, responsibility for assassinat- Paris radioactive medicine. There has IRSN official said. already serving time. police and prosecutors ing 23 people in scores of Reuters been no impact on human “Russian authorities have At the time, they said that reviewed more than 500 attacks on US, British, Turk- health or the environment in said they are not aware of an they were awaiting toxicology patient files and hundreds more ish and Greek targets between cloud of radioactive pol- Europe, the IRSN said. accident on their territory,” results on another 41 fatalities, hospital records. They also the 1970s and 1990s. lution over Europe in IRSN, the technical arm of IRSN director Jean-Marc Peres which have now been exhumed 134 bodies from 67 US ambassador to Greece A recent weeks indicates French nuclear regulator ASN, said. He added that the insti- concluded. cemeteries, and questioned Geoffrey Pyatt condemned that an accident has happened said in a statement it could not tute had not yet been in contact Prosecutors reiterated in a Hoegel six times. the leave approval, calling it in a nuclear facility in Russia or pinpoint the location of the with Kazakh authorities. statement that they expect to Police have said if local an insult to the victims and Kazakhstan in the last week of release of radioactive material A spokeswoman for the file additional charges against health officials hadn’t hesitated their families. “I add my voice September, French nuclear but that based on weather pat- Russian Emergencies Ministry Hoegel early next year. in alerting authorities, Hoegel to those from across Greece’s safety institute IRSN said terns, the most plausible zone said she could not immediately Additional convictions could have been stopped political spectrum deploring yesterday. lay south of the Ural mountains, comment. could affect Hoegel’s possibil- earlier. prison council decision to The IRSN ruled out an acci- between the Urals and the It was not immediately pos- ity of parole, but there are no Authorities are already pur- release a convicted terrorist, dent in a nuclear reactor, saying Volga river. sible to reach authorities in consecutive sentences in suing criminal cases against murderer & N17 leader,” Pyatt it was likely to be in a nuclear This could indicate Russia Kazakhstan or the Kazakh Germany. former staff at the two medical said on Twitter. fuel treatment site or centre for or possibly Kazakhstan, an embassy in Moscow. Hoegel was convicted in facilities. FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2017 AMERICAS 11 Rival Republican tax-cut plans emerging in US Congress

Washington included in the Senate plan being “We’re going to get this over a loophole that allows private Republicans from higher-tax Reuters President Donald unveiled on Thursday. the finish line,” Ryan said. The equity fund managers and other states in the House to torpedo the Trump, who took House Speaker Paul Ryan House bill would repeal a deduc- wealthy Wall Street financiers to tax bill. In the Senate, Republicans ival Republican tax- said he would like to get rid of tion on federal income tax that pay the capital gains tax rate on may also need support from Dem- cut plans were office in January and this so-called individual man- Americans can now take for state their “carried interest” income, ocrats to pass their version. emerging in the US is still looking for date, which is a key part of the and local income and sales taxes, instead of the higher wage Ryan indicated that the Congress yesterday a major legislative healthcare law that Republicans but preserve the deduction for income rate, she said. House will not simply pass what- that differed on issues success, has made tax have tried but failed to repeal, business owners. It would cap Republicans will need to pre- ever the Senate approves in Rsuch as cutting the corporate “any way I can.” There were dis- the deduction for state and local vent defections in their own ranks order to get the bill to Trump, income tax, the deduction for cuts a top objective, cussions about whether to property tax paid at $10,000. to get legislation approved given saying a House-Senate confer- state and local taxes and the tax and congressional include the provision in the The Senate plan was that Democrats are so far united ence committee will have to on inheritances paid by the rich- Republicans are aiming House tax proposal, he said. expected to repeal the state and in opposition, blasting the Repub- work out differences between est Americans. The Senate plan was local tax (SALT) deduction lican proposals as giveaways to the two versions. The resulting As the House of Represent- to pass the legislation expected to add less to the fed- entirely, said analyst Henrietta large corporations and the rich. compromise would need to be atives’ tax committee put the by the end of the year. eral deficit and to be more Treyz of Veda Partners LLC. Senate Democratic leader passed by both chambers before finishing touches on its bill, appealing to moderate Republi- Either way, curtailing the SALT Chuck Schumer said repeal of the going to Trump to sign into law. momentum behind a Republi- cans in that chamber, setting up provision would hit taxpayers SALT deduction and other pro- White House economic can push for the biggest US The Senate plan, like the the possibility that it, not the hardest in high-tax, typically visions would hurt middle and adviser Gary Cohn defended the tax-code overhaul in decades House version, would cut the House plan, could become the Democratic-leaning states such upper-middle class Americans. Republican tax agenda as a was shifting to the Senate, where corporate tax rate to 20 percent version most likely to be passed as California, New York and New “Passing this plan won’t help model for trickle-down eco- a separate proposal was set to be from 35 percent, but would delay ultimately by Congress, said ana- Jersey. Lawmakers are looking Republicans climb out of the hole nomic growth, saying it was unveiled. this by one year until 2019, said lysts and lobbyists. at measures such as this to offset they are in, it will bury them aimed at boosting wages. President Donald Trump, Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, Wins by Democrats in state the revenue losses that would deeper ... this bill could be your “We create wage inflation, who took office in January and a member of the tax-writing and local elections in Virginia, result from tax cuts. Treyz also political doom,” he said on the which means the workers get is still looking for a major legis- Finance Committee. New Jersey and elsewhere on said the estate tax on inheritances floor of the Senate, where paid more, the workers have lative success, has made tax cuts Cassidy added that a repeal of Tuesday increased the urgency — affecting only the wealthiest Republicans will need to be more disposable income, the a top objective, and congres- the requirement under the Afford- for Republicans, who control taxpayers - would be maintained especially tightly united given workers spend more. And we see sional Republicans are aiming to able Care Act, or Obamacare, that both the White House and Con- by the Senate, not repealed grad- their slim 52-48 majority. the whole trickle-down through pass the legislation by the end of individual Americans obtain gress, to make good on their ually as the House proposes. The SALT issue could be piv- the economy, and that’s good for the year. health insurance will not be campaign promises on taxes. The Senate plan would close otal. There are enough the economy,” Cohn told CNBC.

Former Argentina Poll: Most Americans president rejects charges of money oppose visa lottery laundering Washington killed by the Republican-led Reuters House. The recipients of the visas Buenos Aires are chosen randomly by lottery, AFP ost Americans oppose though they have to go through the use of a lottery sys- standard security checks before ormer Argentine presi- Mtem for giving they are granted permission to dent Cristina Kirchner immigrants permanent US res- enter the United States. Fyesterday rejected idence, but a majority support Seventy percent of all adults charges she engaged in allowing immigrants to obtain support allowing foreign money laundering. green cards through sponsorship spouses of U.S. citizens to obtain Kirchner, who won a seat by US employers, according to a green cards, and 61 percent in the Senate last month that Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll. support allowing immigrants protects her from going to The poll, released yester- to obtain permanent resident prison if convicted, submit- day, found that only 25 percent status through their work for ted a written request to Judge of Americans support allowing U.S. businesses. Julian Ercolini asking that the immigrants to obtain U.S. green Though 60 percent of all case be dismissed. cards or permanent resident adults said they opposed allow- The leftist former presi- status through a lottery system, ing immigrants to obtain green President of the Venezuelan opposition-controlled parliament Julio Borges (centre), speaks dent faces money-laundering while 60 percent oppose it. cards through a lottery, a during a press conference in Caracas, yesterday. and bribery charges in the so- The green card lottery, also smaller percentage, just over called Hotesur case, named called the “diversity visa” pro- half, said they would support a after a Kirchner family hotel gram, aims to diversify the U.S. proposal to end the program. US sanctions 10 Venezuelan officials business in Patagonia, the immigrant population by allot- The Trump administration suspected source of the alleg- ting 50,000 immigrant visas has targeted both legal and ille- Washington Assembly; and Venezuelan envoy to U.S. jurisdiction have been edly laundered funds. each year to citizens of coun- gal immigration. An April Anatolia Julian Isaias Rodriguez Diaz, who frozen as a result of the new “There are at least seven tries that do not send many executive order by Trump the Treasury listed as the former designations. Americans are also firm judicial decisions which, people to the United States. called for reforming the pro- he US yesterday continued vice president of the assembly. prohibited from doing business after analyzing the same acts, The program has long been gram awarding H-1B visas for to tighten economic penal- The head of the country’s National with them. have ruled out the existence criticized by immigration hard- skilled workers, and the admin- Tties on Venezuela, Telephone Company, Manuel They are the fifth round of of any type of illicit activity,” liners in Congress, and came istration has challenged sanctioning 10 current and former Angel Fernandez Melendez, was US sanctions this year as Presi- Kirchner wrote. under renewed attack by applications for the visas more government officials for what it also blacklisted. dent Donald Trump seeks to Saying she wanted to Trump and some Republicans often than at nearly any point called efforts to suppress the pop- “We will maintain our vig- ramp up pressure on Maduro avoid a “media show,” Kirch- after Sayfullo Saipov, an Uzbek in the Obama era. ular will in the country. orous efforts to sanction and his government. ner asked her supporters not national who came to the Chrystal Wilkins, 54, said The blacklisted individuals Venezuelan government offi- Maduro was sanctioned in to gather outside the court- United States on a diversity visa she disagreed with ending the are involved in “undermining cials who are complicit in late July ahead of the election of house as they have several in 2010, was charged in an green card lottery. Wilkins, a electoral processes, media cen- Maduro’s attempts to undermine a national assembly with the times in the past. She arrived attack last week in New York Democrat, is married to a Sen- sorship, or corruption in democracy, violate human power to rewrite the country’s at the courthouse in Buenos City that killed eight people. egalese immigrant who is now government-administered food rights, inhibit the freedom of Constitution. The US has warned Aires some 90 minutes before Trump has urged Congress a US citizen. Her husband did programs”, the Treasury Depart- expression or peaceful assem- the assembly is an effort to the start of the hearing to to kill the diversity visa lottery, not come through the visa lot- ment said in a statement. bly, or engage in public undermine Venezuela’s deliver her letter but declined which has drawn fire for being tery but has a friend who did, They include Sandra Oblitas corruption, unless they break democracy. to respond to reporters’ ques- vulnerable to fraud and for pos- she said. The Reuters/Ipsos poll Ruzza, the vice president of Ven- from [President Nicolas] Madu- The unusual move to sanc- tions. Kirchner’s children, ing national security risks. A was conducted online in Eng- ezuela’s National Electoral ro’s dictatorial regime,” Treasury tion a head of state was later Maximo, 40 and Florencia, 27, 2013 bipartisan effort to reform lish throughout the United Council; Elvis Eduardo Hidrobo Secretary Steve Mnuchin said. followed by a series of sanctions have been summoned to tes- immigration would have done States. It gathered responses Amoroso, the Second Vice Pres- All of the assets held by the aimed at piling up pressure on tify in the same case next away with the program, but was from 1,278 adults. ident of Venezuela’s Constituent blacklisted individuals subject Maduro’s inner circle. week. On Twitter, she described the case as a “new chapter of judicial persecu- tion order” by President Mauricio Macri, who suc- Mexico condemns Texas execution of its citizen ceeded Kirchner in 2015. In her letter to the court, she said she was “aware that Washington murder of a 16-year-old cousin, between the US, Mexico and granted prompt access to consu- In 2004 the UN’s International the explanations provided AFP Mayra Laguna. Canada if renegotiation doesn’t lar assistance,” he wrote in an Court of Justice found that the will not even be considered In his statement, he thanked work. One of Ramirez’s lawyers, opinion piece in the Austin-Amer- United States had “breached its and that the fate of this he US state of Texas on “every government official” who Greg Kuykendall, had filed in ican Statesman newspaper. obligations under international instruction has already been Wednesday executed a Mex- tried to assist him. The Mexican vain a series of last-minute UN human rights experts had law by not notifying Mexican decided a long time ago.” Tican convicted of murdering president expressed his “strong- appeals, including to the US also urged the US government authorities about the arrest of 51 Several prominent mem- his teen cousin, sparking condem- est condemnation” of the Supreme Court, in hopes of a stay not to carry out the execution. of its nationals,” including Carde- bers of her former government nation from President Enrique execution on Twitter, saying it of execution. Mexican officials “The US government will have nas, “thus denying them the right have been detained on corrup- Pena Nieto and adding to tensions violated a ruling by the Interna- insist that Cardenas was not implemented a death penalty to consular assistance from their tion charges in recent weeks, between the two countries. tional Court of Justice. promptly given access to an without complying with inter- government.” including ex-public works Ruben Cardenas Ramirez, 47, Mexico abolished the death attorney or the consular assist- national human rights Washington at the time minister Julio De Vido and received a lethal injection and penalty in 2005 and had asked ance that is allowed under the standards,” wrote Agnes Cal- rejected the court’s ruling. For Amado Boudou, Kirchner’s was pronounced dead at the United States not to carry out 1963 Vienna Convention. lamard and Elina Steinerte, two the family of Laguna, the mur- vice-president from 2011-2015. 10:26pm (04:26 GMT yesterday) the execution. The case came “For the government of Mex- UN human rights experts. dered high school sophomore, Kirchner won a seat in the despite last-minute intervention alongside tensions over Presi- ico this is not an issue about “(Cardenas) did not have the execution of Ramirez Senate for Buenos Aires prov- by his lawyers and concerns dent Donald Trump’s plan to culpability or innocence, but about access to a lawyer for the first 11 brought “true peace,” her sister ince in last month’s legislative raised by the United Nations. build a border wall and make respect for human rights and due days of his detention,” they said. said in a statement. elections. She takes up her “I will not and cannot apol- Mexico pay for it as part of his process,” said Carlos Gonzalez “Some of the statements he made Fifty-four Mexican nation- seat on December 10. ogize for someone else’s crime, administration’s broader efforts Gutierrez, the Mexican consul gen- during this period were relied on als have been condemned to In Argentina, parliamen- but, I will be back for justice!” to restrict the flow of immigrants eral in the Texas capital Austin. by prosecutors during the trial.” death in the United States and tary immunity protects Ramirez said in a written final and refugees. Since the start of the case Neither was Cardenas informed another 75 are being prosecuted against arrest but does not statement. He was found guilty Trump has also threatened Cardenas “was denied the right to of his right to seek consular for crimes that could result in a prevent judicial cases from of the 1997 kidnap, rape and to scrap a free trade pact due process of law, as he was not assistance, the experts said. death sentence. going ahead. 12 CLASSIFIEDS FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2017

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08:00 News 10:30 Auction Kings 10:10 Biggest And 13:20 Lolirock 08:30 My Tunisia 11:00 How Do They Do Baddest 15:00 The Zhuzhus 09:00 Al Jazeera World It? 11:05 North America 16:05 Disney Mickey 10:00 News 12:40 Street 12:00 Going Ape Mouse 10:30 Inside Story Outlaws 13:50 Whale Wars 16:10 Elena Of Avalor 11:00 News 13:30 Carspotting 14:45 Biggest And 16:35 Bizaardvark 11:30 The Stream 14:27 Misfit Garage Baddest 17:00 Tangled: The 12:00 News 16:00 Street Customs 15:40 North America Series 12:30 101 East 2008 16:35 Lone Star Law 17:30 The Swap 13:00 NEWSHOUR 17:32 Street 17:30 Treehouse 19:00 The Zhuzhus 14:00 News Outlaws Masters 20:05 Descendants 14:30 Inside Story 18:22 Carspotting 18:25 Keeping Up With Wicked World 15:00 Digital Dissidents 19:42 Garage Gold The Kruger 20:10 Liv And Maddie 16:00 NEWSHOUR 20:10 Gold Rush 19:20 Dogs 101: New 20:35 Jessie 17:00 News 21:00 Street Tricks 21:00 Tangled: The 17:30 The Stream Outlaws 20:15 Biggest And Series 18:00 newsgrid 21:50 Carspotting Baddest 21:50 K.C. Yesterday's answer 19:00 News 22:40 Misfit Garage 21:10 Gorilla School Undercover 19:30 Earthrise 23:30 Deadliest 22:05 Keeping Up With 22:15 Bizaardvark Conceptis Sudoku: Conceptis Sudoku is a number- 20:00 News Catch The Kruger 22:40 Bunk'd placing puzzle based on a 9×9 grid. The object is to 20:30 Inside Story 00:20 Boy To Man 23:00 Dogs 101: New 23:05 Rolling With The place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so 21:00 NEWSHOUR 01:10 Street Tricks Ronks that each row, each column and each 3×3 box 22:30 UpFront Outlaws 23:55 North America 23:20 Miraculous Tales contains the same number only once. 23:00 Agora: From 02:00 Carspotting 00:50 Lone Star Law Of Ladybug & Cat Democracy to The 02:50 Misfit Garage 01:45 Treehouse Noir 03:40 Masters 23:45 CROSSWORD Market Strip The City Lolirock BABY BLUES

SHOWING AT NOVO — Pearl VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER Murder On The Orient Express (2D/Crime) 10:30, 11:00, 11:30am, 1:00, 2:00, 3:30, 4:15, 4:30, 6:00, 7:00, 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 11:00pm & 12:00midnight Thor: Ragnarok (2D/Action) 10:10, 10:30am, 12:45, 1:00, 1:30, 3:30, 6:00, 6:15, 6:45, 8:30, 9:00, 11:00, 11:30 & 11:45pm Boo: 2 A Madea (2D/Horror) 10:15am, 2:30, 6:45 & 11:00pm Jigsaw (2D/Horror) 12:30, 4:45 & 9:00pm The Giant King (2D/Animation) 10:00am, 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00&6:00pm An Ordinary Man (2D/Thriller) 8:00, 10:00pm & 12:00midnight Darkness Rising (2D/Horror) 10:00am, 2:00, 6:00 & 10:00pm Escape Room (2D/Thriller) 12:00noon, 4:00, 8:00pm & 12:00midnight The Battleship Island (2D/Action) 10:15am, 3:15 & 8:15pm Thank You For Your Service (2D/Drama) 1:00, 6:00 & 11:00pm Thor: Ragnarok(3DIMAX/Action)10:40am, 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20&12:00midnight

Yesterday's answer MALL Qarib Qarib Singlle (2D/Hindi) 2:00 & 11:30pm Sherlock Toms (2D/Malayalam) 2:30pm C/O Surya (Telugu) 2:30pm The Giant King (2D/Animation) 4:15pm Thank You For Your Service (2D/Drama) 5:00 & 9:30pm Escape Room (2D/Thriller) 6:00pm Seven Sundays (2D/Tagalog) 7:15pm Murder On The Orient Express (2D/Crime) 7:30pm Thor: Ragnarok (2D/Action) 7:45pm Omar El Azrak (Arabic) 9:30pm Darkness Rising (2D/Horror) 10:00pm Aramm (2D/Tamil) 11:30pm The Battleship Island (2D/Action) 11:30pm LANDMARK C/O Surya (Telugu) 2:15pm The Giant King (2D/Animation) 2:15 & 3:45pm Sherlock Toms 2:15 & 9:00pm Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana (2D/Hindi) 4:45pm Escape Room (2D/Thriller) 6:15pm An Ordinary Man 4:30pm Thor: Ragnarok (2D/Action) 5:30 & 9:15pm Murder On The Orient Express (2D/Crime) 7:45 & 11:45pm The Battleship Island (2D/Action) 11:30pm Thank You For Your Service (2D/Drama) 9:45pm Darkness Rising (2D/Horror) 7:45pm Ippadai Vellum (2D/Tamil) 11:30pm ROYAL PLAZA The Giant King (2D/Animation) 2:15 & 4:00pm Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana (2D/Hindi) 2:30 & 5:00pm Sherlock Toms (2D/Malayalam) 3:00pm Escape Room (2D/Thriller) 6:00pm Seven Sundays (2D/Tagalog) 5:30pm An Ordinary Man 7:45pm Thank You For Your Service (2D/Drama) 9:30pm Murder On The Orient Express (2D/Crime) 7:15pm Yesterday’s answer Thor: Ragnarok (2D/Action) 7:45pm Ippadai Vellum (2D/Tamil) 11:30pm Darkness Rising (2D/Horror) 10:00pm On The Wings of Eagle 11:30pm ALL IN THE MIND The Battleship Island (2D/Action) 9:15pm Secret Superstar 11:30pm ASIAN TOWN Aramm (Tamil) 12:30, 5:30 & 10:30pm Ippadi Vellum (Tamil) 3:00, 8:00pm & ANSWER, APPLAUSE, 01:00am Villain 1:00, 3:45, 9:00pm & 01:00am C/O Surya 6:30pm Sherlock AUDIENCE, BUZZER, Toms 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15pm, 12:00midnight Qarib Qarib Singlle 12:30 & 5:30pm CHALLENGER, CHAMPION, Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana 3:00 & 8:00pm Ramaleela 10:30pm CHOICE, COMPETITOR, AL KHOR CONTESTANT, GUESS, HOST, Thor Ragnarok 10:30am, 12:30, 3:30, 6:00, 8:45 & 11:30pm Villain 10:30am KNOWLEDGE, MEMORY, Murder On The Orient Express 1:15, 6:30 & 11:45pm Ippdai Vellum 3:45pm PARTICIPANT, PLAYER, Aramm 9:00pm Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana 3:15 & 8:45pm POINTS, PRESSURE, PRIZE, Qarib Qarib Singlle 1:00, 6:15 & 11:30pm QUESTION, QUIZ, RECALL, ROXY RESPONSE, RIGHT, RIVAL, The Giant King (2D/Animation) 12:00noon, 2:00 & 4:00pm SCORE, SHOW, SPEED, Escape Room 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00 & 8:00pm SUBJECT, THEME, TIME, Murder On The Orient Express 12:00noon, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30 & 10:00pm TOPIC, TRIVIA, VICTOR, Sherlock Toms 12:00noon, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 & 11:55pm WINNER, WRONG. Thor Ragnarok 12:20, 6:00, 8:40 & 11:20pm Aramm (Tamil) 9:00pm 16 HOME FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2017

PRAYER TIMINGS HMC opens annual Sealine Medical Clinic FAJR 04.28am SHOROOK 05.47 am Fazeena Saleem Ghareeb, Consultant at HMC’s Medi- The Peninsula cal Administration Department and ZUHR 11.18 am MAGHRIB 04.50 pm Medical Supervisor of the Sealine Med- ASR 02.26 pm ISHA 06.20 pm ith the winter camp- ical Clinic, told The Peninsula. ing season starting, “The clinic will operate every Hamad Medical Cor- weekend during the camping season, WEATHER TODAY poration (HMC) starting from Thursday at 3pm and yesterday officially remain open until 5pm on Sunday. It Wopened its eighth annual Sealine Med- will be available for approximately 25 o o ical Clinic, to provide specifically weeks until the end of April,” he added. 25 C 34 C emergency medical services for the In addition to its regular round- Minimum Maximum people visiting the area. the-clock emergency coverage in the The clinic operated during the Sealine area, the Ambulance Service weekend is equipped with medical has added two ambulances and two equipment and medication to treat 4x4 emergency vehicles which will be simple injuries and emergency cases, permanently stationed in the area. Ali while critical trauma cases will be Darwish, Assistant Executive Director referred to hospital by ambulance or of the Ambulance Service said the LifeFlight helicopters. It is staffed with Ambulance Service is ready to trans- a physician and two nurses 24 hours port emergency cases from the sand a day. The Ambulance Service ensures dune area to the clinic or to the heli- 24-hour coverage of the area by pro- copter landing area, as required. viding ambulances and paramedics During weekends, the number of throughout. ambulances onsite will be increased. Ali Darwish, Assistant Executive Director, Ambulance Services HMC, A helipad is been built next to the “Every year we cover the Sealine during the official opening of Sealine Medical Clinic, located in the clinic to facilitate transportation of area during the camping season start- Sealine area, yesterday. Pics: Qassim Rahmatullah / The Peninsula seriously injured patients to hospital ing from the bridge of the Mesaieed on helicopters, called LifeFlight. Also city until the last point of the Inland He also said that on Fridays the Communications Committee, and Saleh an additional three helipads are built Sea with our regular ambulances, 4x4 number of regular ambulances will be Hasan Al Kuwari, Director of the Nat- in the Inland Sea area. emergency vehicles and the life flight. increased from eight to 12 and 4x4 ural Reserve Department at the Ministry “We will receive patients with This year we are creating three more emergency vehicles from three to five, of Municipality and Environment. A minor health concerns, as well as helipads for landing inside Inland Sea as its considered the peak time that number of senior leaders and admin- emergency cases. The main aim of in order to airlift patients from the area accidents and other medical emergen- istrators from HMC attended the event. this clinic is to provide first aid or in easily. Soon we will display signs indi- cies occur in the area. This is the eighth Al Khater, who is also Project Man- critical cases to stabilize the patient cating the life flight ambulance service consecutive year that the HMC is oper- ager for the Sealine Medical Center, before transferring to a hospital for landing sites and requesting people to ating the clinic, which began receiving said HMC operates the clinic in the further treatment,” Dr Hamid keep a distance,” said Ali Darwish. patients last weekend. Sealine area each year to ensure med- The ceremony to officially open the ical services, and specifically Hazy at first, becomes mild clinic was attended by Ali Abdullah Al emergency medical services, are temperature daytime with scattered Khater, Chief Communications Officer available for residents during the busy clouds. at HMC and Chair of the Healthcare camping season.

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Venus will be 6 innovators reach Stars of Science semis approaching

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