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Qatar condemns Qatar calls for military camp talks to end attack in Mali DOHA: Qatar has strongly condemned and denounced the attack that targeted a mil- itary camp in the northern Rohingya woes Mali city of Gao, killing and wounding dozens of people. In a statement yesterday, The Peninsula the Ministry of Foreign Affairs OIC meeting reiterated Qatar's rejection of he Minister of State Rohingya issue is a all criminal acts which con- for Foreign Affairs humanitarian one in travene all values and H E Sultan bin Saad the first place and principles of humanity, and Al Muraikhi yester- aims to destabilise security requires dialogue day called for finding and stability. The statement and new patterns of Ta solution to the issue of also renewed Qatar's rejec- Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar cooperation and tion of violence and terrorism through dialogue and a peace- partnerships. in all their forms and ful and comprehensive manifestations. settlement. The Minister of State An opening parade of The Spring Festival at Souq Waqif yesterday. Pic: Baher Amin/The Peninsula The statement also The remarks came in his for Foreign Affairs expressed sincere condo- address at an extraordinary H E Sultan bin Saad lences to the Government and meeting of foreign ministers of Al Muraikhi's remarks people of Mali and the fami- the Organisation of Islamic came in his address Spring Festival opens at Souq lies of the victims who were Cooperation's (OIC) member killed by this evil crime. at an extraordinary states in Kuala Lumpur to dis- meeting of foreign cuss the situation of the Rohingya Muslim minority in ministers of the OIC Waqif and Souq Al Wakrah Rebel group to Myanmar. member states in Al Muraikhi said that the Kuala Lumpur to sign Darfur pact Rohingya issue is a humanitar- discuss the situation Huda N V with the 'bukhnuq,' the black An operetta on life in Qatar ian one in the first place and of the Rohingya The Peninsula head gear embroidered in gold, before the discovery of oil and gas KHARTOUM: Sudan is ready requires dialogue and new pat- Muslim minority. and boys in their white 'thoub' was showcased at the beach area to sign a peace agreement terns of cooperation and he country has burst into a musing over marbles won much of Souq Al Wakrah. The operetta with a major rebel group in partnerships, adding that set- festive spirit as some of the admiration from the visitors. The presented by Director Faisal al the long-standing Darfur tling disputes is not inseparable well as aid inside Myanmar, Tprime tourist destinations girls sang and moved in tune to Tamimi with a group of Qatari conflict, a government offi- from development projects, particularly in Rakhine State, in the country unwrapped their the old music while the boys kept actors focused on pearl diving. It cial said yesterday, just days achieving transitional justice, he added. annual recreational extrava- hoop rolling along the Souq Al showed the horrors of the sea, after President Omar Hassan the rule of law and good gov- The Minister said that ganza. The Spring Festival Wakrah walkway. which the ancestors had to face Al Bashir extended a unilat- ernance, and addressing human Qatar's keenness on a peaceful running until February 3, opened Stilt walkers in fancy cos- while pearl diving. The event also eral ceasefire. rights violations. settlement stems from its firm yesterday at Souq Waqif and tumes, clowns, acrobats and features traditional singing bands. Magdy Khalafalla, head of Al Muraikhi said that Qatar belief that if clashes, hate Souq Al Wakrah, bringing in traditional Khaleeji folkloric The venue also hosts a number of the government's office for supports national reconciliation speech and incitement to vio- scores of families to join the fun troupes entertained people from exhibitions and popular games on peace in Darfur, said an and backs all efforts that aim to lence continue, an environment and entertainment activities. various age groups with per- the walkway. A kids play area, agreement would be signed raise regional and international of violent extremism from all The festival offers musical formances at both the souqs. The featuring a number of recrea- in Doha next week between awareness of the effects of the sides as well as chaos might be shows, parades, street perform- alleys and walkways were filled tional activities, has also been put the government and Sudan issue. Doha has pledged finan- created, which will negatively ances, acrobatics, games and art with visitors taking videos and up near the parking area at the Liberation Second Revolu- cial aid to some neighbouring affect the peace and stability of activities at various locations in photos of the stilt walkers and Souq Al Wakrah. tion, a group led by prominent countries to cover the costs of the whole region. popular tourist hubs. Girls clad performers passing by in regu- → Continued on page 2 rebel figure Abu Al Qasim hosting Rohingya refugees as → Continued on page 2 in traditional outfit complete lar intervals. → Pictures on page 16 Imam. Trump ready for his big moment Syria aid still blocked

Washington as UN invited to talks AP Geneva most, and all warring sides rou- eady for his big moment, Donald Reuters tinely do all they can to stop aid Trump traded in his beloved private getting to women, children and Rplane for a military jet yesterday and N Syria envoy Staffan de wounded on the other side, he swooped into Washington for three days of Mistura has been invited said. inaugural festivities. As the president-elect Uto peace talks convened Even if Syria's government left New York behind, the capital braced for by Russia, Turkey and Iran in the approves UN aid plans, human- an onslaught of inaugural crowds and dem- Kazakh capital Astana, his itarian convoys get blocked by onstrators numbering in the hundreds of spokeswoman Yara Sharif said a "complete, hopeless, bureau- thousands. yesterday. cratic quagmire" of red tape, Trump was already taking on more of A UN statement said de Mis- Egeland said. the trappings of the presidency, giving a tura himself would lead the UN Russia, Iran and Turkey had salute to the Air Force officer who welcomed team in Astana because of the told a weekly humanitarian him as he stepped off the military plane with complexity and importance of meeting in Geneva that they wife Melania at Joint Base Andrews just out- the issues likely to be raised. The would push all sides, including side Washington. talks are expected to begin on Syria's government, to stop pre- Meanwhile, the White House was quickly January 23. De Mistura has said venting humanitarian aid from emptying out. President Barack Obama's he hopes Astana will support the getting through, he added. schedule was clear beyond his daily brief- next round of UN-led talks he The upcoming peace talks ing and his final weekly lunch with Vice plans in Geneva from February were also a chance to save the President Joe Biden, US President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania stepping off a plane upon 8. Russia's foreign minister has people of Idlib, a rebel-held Vice President-elect Mike Pence, in a arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, yesterday. previously dismissed the nego- town which received 36,000 tweet, called Inauguration Eve "a momen- tiations in Geneva as "fruitless people evacuated from eastern tous day before a historic day," as security inaugural officials, top Republican leaders heavily armoured vehicles to prevent any- sitting around." Aleppo, from another "big barricades and blockades went up around in Congress, his Cabinet picks and top mem- body who's not authorized from being in the De Mistura's humanitarian storm". "Idlib would be the sym- Washington in preparation for today's bers of his new White House team. area from driving something in there." He adviser Jan Egeland said Russia, bol of a place that can be saved swearing-in ceremony and all of the hoopla Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary said there was "no specific credible threat" Turkey and Iran had taken on if this becomes the year of diplo- and hand-wringing that comes with it. Jeh Johnson said he'd be putting on his related to the inauguration. Trump's public an immense responsibility as macy, 2017, after six years of "We are all ready to go to work," Pence "favourite DHS jacket" and taking to the schedule for the inaugural celebration starts guarantors of a process that failed diplomacy," he said. said at a morning news conference. "In fact, streets to inspect security preparations for with an afternoon wreath-laying at Arling- aimed to enable a new begin- The fighting was still "tre- we can't wait to get to work for the Ameri- the inaugural festivities. ton National Cemetery. Next, a welcome ning for the civilian population. mendous" in many places, can people to make it great again." He told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that areas concert on the steps of Lincoln Memorial Despite a nationwide "cessation including the Wadi Barada val- Trump headed straight for his own hotel where inaugural crowds will congregate will ending with fireworks. of hostilities", aid is still not get- ley near Damascus, and around for a leadership luncheon bringing together be "extra fortified this year with dump trucks, → See also page 12 ting to people who need it the the desert town of Deir Al Zor. 02 HOME FRIDAY 20 JANUARY 2017 Divorce rate among Transport Minister meets Unesco official Qataris declines

Amna Pervaiz Rao being issued by banks, lack of The Peninsula Reasons for rift work-family balance and most Reasons behind importantly domestic ivorce rate among divorce in Qatar violence. citizens shows a include lack of Nasser AbdulAziz Al downward trend, parent’s role in Mogaiseeb, youth activities pio- with a decline of neer and an organiser of the children’s life, about 24 percent seminar told The Peninsula: economic problems, Dfrom 2009 to 2015, according “This seminar aims to highlight to a report released by the Min- bank loans, lack of all the issues the Qatari youth istry of Development Planning work-family balance faces and find a suitable solu- Minister of Transport and Communications H E Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti met yesterday and Statistics. and most tion to the problems. Last year, with Stanley Mutumba Simataa, President of the General Conference of the United Nations Divorce cases in 2015 importantly, the youth came out with new Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). They exchanged views on reached 807 among Qatari domestic violence. suggestions in this context.” topics of common interest. males and 706 among females. “This year more than 80 Divorce among Qatari people attended the seminar women fell from 10.4 percent in Al-Wakra (5.2 percent ), the rest and gave 20 recommendations 2009 to 7.9 percent in 2015. As of the municipalities (Al-Khor, which included conducting a for Qatari men, it dropped by Al-Shamal and Al-Dhaayen) 4.6 special course for the youth 22.3 percent during the period percent. before marriage,” he added. Health care students join hands 2009-2015 from 12.1 percent in Non-Qataris’ divorce decla- The Ministry report further 2009 to 9.4 percent in 2015. rations are mostly concentrated indicates that divorce cases are Data from the report was in Doha Municipality(40.4 per- higher among Qatari spouses in presented at a seminar on cent ), followed by Al-Rayyan the age group of 20 to 29 years, for inter-profession workshop divorce in Qatar organised by (35.8 percent), Al-Wakra (8.4 amounting to 42 percent of total the Department of Youth Affairs percent), Umm Salal (3.8 per- Qatari divorce cases by age- The Peninsula matched professions with a In addition, the students are at the Ministry of Culture and cent ), Al-Khor (2 percent), and group, followed by the variety of medical developing an ease of commu- Sports on Wednesday at Hilton the rest of the municipalities (Al age-group 30 to 39 years, inety-four students from competencies. nicating with one another in hotel. Sheehaniya, Al-Shamal and Al amounting to 31.2 percent. Qatar University College The students then reviewed open, honest and professional Presenting the report by Dhaayen) 2.4 percent. The lowest divorce rate was Nof Pharmacy (QU-CPH), a patient case study which stud- ways, which is vitally important Wafa Al Sulaiti, Chairperson of The programme was divided in the age group of under 20 Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar ied the journey of an elderly in a care-giving scenario." Administrative Registration at into four main segments. First years, reaching 0.1 percent due (WCM-Q), College of the North patient from admission to dis- CPH Associate Professor Dr the Ministry Muhammad Ali segment was about ‘Divorce to the smaller number of mar- Atlantic-Qatar (CNA-Q) and charge. Using clinical reasoning Nadir Kheir said: “IPE is increas- Akeeibad, Population Expert at problem in Qatar and reasons ried couples in this age group. University of Calgary in Qatar discussions, they identified the ingly adopted in health the Ministry said, “Most divorce behind it’. Second segment was As for non-Qatari spouses, (UCQ) participated in a work- patient’s needs, defined how education in the developed cases occurred in Al Rayyan regarding ‘Islamic Rules in order the highest percentage of shop on “Introduction to each member of the team could world, and definitely Qatar is Municipality with 43.3 percent to stop divorce’. Third segment divorce was among the age- Interprofessional Education assist in addressing them, and leading in this direction. Health of the total cases, followed by was related to ‘rules which group of 30 to 39 years with 41 (IPE)”. learned how as a team, they were care students across Qatar are Doha Municipality (29.2 per- should be spread in community percent, followed by the age- The workshop, which was best placed to provide evidence- now enjoying this advanced cent), Al Wakra (5.9 percent), for the importance of family’. groups (20-29 years) and (40-49 organised by IPE Committee and based, holistic and timely care. strategy of education, and are Umm Salal (5.2percent), Al- Fourth and last segment was years) with 25 percent and 20.6 hosted at WCM-Q, aimed to fos- CPH Assistant Dean for Stu- learning in an environment that Sheehaniya (4.5percent), and the about ‘the rules that media and percent respectively. The low- ter collaboration among various dent Affairs and Chair of the brings them together as a team rest of the municipalities (Al- social organisations should est divorce rate among health care professions. Interprofessional Education from an early stage in their Khor, Al-Shamal, Al Dhaayen) implement to rebuild the non-Qataris is in the age-group Students were divided into Committee Dr Alla El Awaisi career. This way, we are help- by 4.3percent,” he added. families.’ of above 60 years in 2015. 12 multi-disciplinary groups and said: “The IPE exercises are ing shape the future health care Most cases of Qataris’ The research paper by Wifaq The divorce rate during the engaged in a series of exercises proving to be extremely effec- delivery in a way that had never divorces occurred in Al-Rayyan (Family consulting Center) men- first five years and before con- under the supervision of facili- tive vehicles for allowing been seen before, and the result Municipality with 50.7 percent, tioned the reasons behind summation constitutes 65.4 tators from CPH, WCM-Q, students of different disciplines will be an enhanced health care followed by Doha (25.9 percent), divorce in Qatar which included percent of total divorces by CNA-Q and UCQ. They partici- to develop mutual understand- delivery which in turn will be Al-Sheehaniya (7.1 percent), lack of parent’s role in children’s duration of married life (nearly pated in an ice-breaker activity ing and respect for one another’s reflected in a better quality of Umm Salal (6.4 percent ), life, economic problems, loans two thirds of total divorce cases). followed by a task in which they professional expertise. life for our patients.” Rains forecast amid fall in mercury

Huda N V extension of the high pressure The Peninsula belt. Since the temperature asso- cattered clouds over the ciated with ridges is similar to country are expected to that in the high pressure region, bring rains during the the mercury is expected to dip Malaysian Prime Minister Dato' Sri Mohammad Najib Tun Abdul Razak met Minister of State for Foreign Affairs H E Sultan bin S coming days, along with a dip in Qatar during this period. A Saad Al Muraikhi in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. RIGHT: The Minister speaking at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in mercury. There is an noticeable drop in tempera- meeting on the Rohingya Muslim minority of Myanmar. increased chance of rain espe- tures will be seen, with the cially on Sunday, according to minimum temperature in Doha the weather bureau. expected to range between 10 Cooperation sought to solve Rohingya crisis From today until early to 13 degrees Celsius. In exter- Monday, the skies are expected nal areas, the strong winds will Continued from page 1 Al Muraikhi said that the transparent policies towards the U.N. Office for the Coordina- to become gradually partly give a higher feeling of cold. Al Muraikhi said that OIC Muslim world still faces several racial and religious minorities, tion of Humanitarian Affairs cloudy to cloudy at times, with Today, the weather bureau and the international commu- challenges that affect its unity adding that the authorities must (UNOCHA), in addition to thou- a chance of scattered light rain has issued warnings of poor vis- nity have a responsibility to play and stability and limit cultural enable Rohingya to restore their sands who were forced due to the especially on Sunday. ibility at first due to hazy to a major role in raising the level interaction and global coopera- citizenship, stop discrimination, violence to flee to countries that Strong northwesterly winds misty condition at places. The of cooperation so as to establish tion. Stability in the Muslim violence and the unexplained are part of the OIC, Malaysia and ranging between 15 to 25 knots sky will become partly cloudy a mechanism at the regional and world will reflect on the whole violations against them. Asean included. reaching 35 knots offshore with to cloudy at times bringing a international levels to solve the world and settling disputes in He added that the organisa- Al Othaimeen said that it is high seas are expected to hit chance of light rain at places. issue of Rohingya. Muslim states will help in build- tion received many reports from likely for the UN to report a Qatari shores. This is due to a The temperature in Doha He added that all sides con- ing global peace and different sources about violence humanitarian crises in Myan- ridge of Siberian high pressure will range between 16 and 25 cerned must cooperate to settle consolidating human values. against the Rohingya Muslims, mar, hence it may not be system over the country that is degrees Celsius. Abu Samrah the issue in a way that helps OIC Secretary General Dr including unlawful killings, considered as an internal con- expected from Monday until will experience a maximum of Rohingya Muslims live in dignity Yousef bin Ahmad Al Othaimeen burning of homes, and many flict and should be handled as Wednesday. A ridge of high 28 degree Celsius and a mini- with their fellow citizens in a said the organisation is cooper- arrests by security forces. one of the human rights issued pressure is a wedge-shaped mum of 11 degrees. safe environment where stabil- ating with Myanmar authorities More than 65,000 Rohingya and dealt with attention of the ity, prosperity, growth and on various levels, and called on fled to Bangladesh between Octo- public opinion and the global national unity prevail. them to follow just and ber 9 and January 5 according to community. Fireworks at Souq Al Wakrah

Continued from page 1 Meeting on humanitarian crisis in Aleppo The Souq Al Wakrah venue also hosts animal show. Added to this, pony and horse rides are on offer for young visitors. Camels and horses dressed in traditional gear are also an added attrac- QNA Qatar Charity (QC). The participants stressed the parties. Officials of the Qatari tion at Souq Al Wakrah. A statement issued by the need for coordination and coop- government participated in the Traditional dances, acrobats and clowns spurred the activi- high-level round table meeting said that the agenda has eration between national meeting. They were represented ties at Souq Waqif. The venue also hosts several events, though, meeting on (innovative been formed after the worsen- humanitarian organisations and by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the activities in both the places as part of the festival are entirely Apartnerships to discuss ing humanitarian situation in humanitarian agencies of the as well as Qatar’s Regulatory different in order to give people more options. the humanitarian consequences Aleppo and the launch of Qatar's United Nations in order to Authority for Charitable One of the festival offerings at Souq Waqif includes Kingdom in Aleppo) was held at the initi- campaign in support of provid- achieve an effective response to Activities. of Snakes at the Al Rayyan Theater. The ticketed show that tells ative of H E Dr Ahmed bin ing relief to the brotherly Syrian the needs of the victims of the Several Qatari humanitar- the story of a princess who gets kidnapped, will open today and Mohammed Al Muriakhi, the UN people in response to the direc- Aleppo crisis, and to build an ian organisations including RAF run until the end of the festival. envoy for Humanitarian Affairs. tives of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim effective sustained collaborative participated in the organisation Adding excitement to the Spring Festival today, Souq Al Wak- The meeting was organised by bin Hamad Al Thani. framework between the two campaign. rah will have elaborate fireworks for the first time. FRIDAY 20 JANUARY 2017 MIDDLE EAST / AFRICA 03 Iran shocked by deadly fire; 20 dead

Ankara Like a horror movie The agency quoted an official Reuters in the Tehran governor’s office as Soldiers, sniffer dogs saying an electrical short-circuit t least 20 firefighters and rescue workers had caused the fire, but there was were killed when a were searching the no immediate confirmation of this. 17-storey Tehran ruins of the Plasco President Hassan Rowhani commercial building building after it ordered an immediate investiga- collapsed on top of crashed down in a tion and compensation for those themA as they tried to put out a affected. Occupants of the building giant cloud of dust. blaze, Iranian state television The collapse was had been evacuated as the firefight- quoted the city’s mayor as say- ers tackled the blaze. State TV said shown live on state ing yesterday. the tenants included garment man- Soldiers, sniffer dogs and television. One ufacturers, and broadcast footage rescue workers were searching witness described it of business owners trying to re- the ruins of the Plasco building as “like a horror enter the wreckage. after it crashed down in a giant movie”. Sniffer dogs searched for cloud of dust. The collapse was signs of survivors buried under shown live on state television. giant slabs of concrete and heaps One witness described it as “like But Tehran Fire Department of twisted metal. The rescue a horror movie”. spokesman Jalal Maleki told the operation could last more than “At least 20 firefighters who broadcaster: “I cannot confirm two days, state TV said. The were trapped under rubble have the death of around 20 firefight- Plasco building, Iran’s first pri- died,” Mayor Mohammad Baqer ers ... The rescue operation still vate high-rise, was built more Qalibaf said. “They are martyrs. continues. They might still be than 50 years ago by a promi- They lost their lives when trying alive.” State TV said at least 78 nent Iranian-Jewish to help people.” Qalibaf had ear- people, including 45 firefighters, Fire engulfs high-rise building, Plasco, in Tehran, yesterday. businessman who was arrested lier said around 25 firefighters had been injured, and the and sentenced to death for ties were trapped inside the build- remains of the building had con- taken to hospital and many were news agency said troops had firefighters to be reached had to Israel after the 1979 Islamic ing. State TV said the death toll tinued to burn after the collapse. quickly discharged, it said. been sent to help dig through the demanded to be let back inside revolution. Tasnim said it “had might increase. Most of those hurt had been The semi-official Tasnim ruins. It said one of the first to save his colleagues. caught fire in the past”. Jordan boosts border forces Over 80 IS militants dead in US strikes in Libya amid IS threat from Iraq & Syria Tripoli military camps in Libya, seeking government of national accord. IS control. The US remains pre- AMMAN: Jordan is deploying more forces to face a growing threat Agencies to eliminate extremists who had He did not say how many militants pared to further support Libyan to its borders, as Islamic State (IS) extremists in neighboring Iraq escaped the former IS stronghold may have been killed. efforts to counter terrorist threats and Syria are being dislodged from some strongholds, the com- ore than 80 Islamic State of Sirte, the Pentagon "The IS terrorists targeted and to defeat IS in Libya." mander of the kingdom's border guards said. (IS) jihadists were killed announced. Pentagon press sec- included individuals who fled to The Pentagon believes no The IS group, which seized large parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014, Min US strikes on training retary Peter Cook said in a the remote desert camps from civilians were killed in the is under intense military pressure in both countries and has lost camps in Libya, including several statement that the camps were Sirte in order to reorganize, and strikes, a defense official said, significant territory in recent months. US-backed Iraqi forces who were involved in plotting located about 45km, southwest they posed a security threat to while "several dozen" IS mili- recently announced the recapture of the eastern side of Mosul, the attacks in Europe, Pentagon chief of the central coastal city of Sirte. Libya, the region, and US tants are thought to have been northern city where they have been waging a three-month-old Ashton Carter said yesterday. The strikes were carried out national interests," Cook said. killed. The official was not offensive. Brig Gen Sami Kafawin, commander of Jordan's border "They certainly are people overnight and were authorised by "While we are still evaluat- authorized to discuss details of forces, said he expects some of the retreating IS fighters to make who were actively plotting oper- President Barack Obama, marking ing the results of the strikes, the the attacks and so spoke on con- their way to southern Syria, close to Jordan. ations in Europe and may also perhaps the final use of military initial assessment indicates they dition of anonymity. Libya fell IS-affiliated groups already hold positions in southern Syria, some have been connected to some force by a wartime president who were successful," Cook added. into chaos following Gaddafi's a few hundred meters from the border, the commander said, ahead of attacks that have already intervened in Libya in 2011 as part "This action was authorised by the ouster and killing. The country a tour of military positions along the western-most stretch of Jordan's occurred in Europe," Carter said of a coalition that ultimately top- president as an extension of the remains divided between east border with Syria. One such position, Thneibeh, faces the small Syrian on his last day in office. pled dictator Muammar Gaddafi. successful operation the US mili- and west, with no effective gov- village of Qusair, across the Yarmouk River. Qusair is controlled by an US Air Force B-2 bombers Cook said the attacks were made tary conducted last year to support ernment and a multitude of rival IS-affiliated group, said Col. Rami Sondos, a border official. and drones attacked a pair of IS in conjunction with the Libyan Libyan forces in freeing Sirte from factions and militias.

Damaged street Arab Israelis NEWS BYTES strike after Turkey slams song mocking Istanbul attack demolitions ISTANBUL: Turkey's TV regulator has criticised a French singer who satirised the bloody New Year attack on an Istanbul night- Jerusalem club, state media reported yesterday. Just 75 minutes into 2017, AFP a lone gunman attacked the elite Reina nightclub killing 39 people. The Islamic State group later took responsibility. In a ARAB communities in Israel letter to his French counterpart, Ilhan Yerlikaya, the head of began a one-day general strike Turkey's audiovisual authority RTUK, condemned as "disturb- Thursday over the death of a ing" a song by Frederic Fromet, a satirical French singer, the Bedouin man and house dem- official Anadolu news agency reported. On January 6, on France olitions in the southern Negev Inter radio, Fromet sang a song to the tune of the Macarena desert a day before. which included these lyrics: "An attack in Nice is real agony, Two Arab parliamentar- an attack in Berlin, ah yeah, it's concerning, an attack in Istan- ians announced they would bul is cooler, Reina!" Writing to Olivier Schrameck, head of the table a bill calling for a freeze Superior Council of Audiovisual (Content) which regulates A Syrian man walks along a damaged street in Aleppo's old city yesterday, a month after on demolitions in Arab neigh- French broadcasters, Yerlikaya said the French public would government forces retook the northern Syrian city from rebel fighters. bourhoods, a day after a be just as outraged if a similar song was written about the police raid in a Bedouin town November 13, 2015 attacks in Paris, in which 130 people died. led to the deaths of an officer and a local resident in dis- Kenyan teachers in nationwide strike puted circumstances. Adama Barrow sworn in as Firas Al Omari, from the NAIROBI: University lecturers in Kenya began a strike over Higher Arab Monitoring Com- pay yesterday, joining doctors who walked out in early Decem- mittee which represents Arab ber, crippling the country's healthcare. The strike was called Gambia’s new president communities in Israel, said by the Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) to protest there would be a one-day government failure to implement a four-year-old agreement general strike as well as three to increase wages by at least 50 percent. Union chairman Muga Dakar who pulled off a shock win on contrast to Jammeh, a longtime days of mourning for the K'Olale said failure to have their demands met had led to a Reuters & AFP December 1, Barrow's uncon- leader of the poor West African Bedouin man killed. "massive brain drain in public universities". In a statement ventional route to the state seen as ruthless and self- He said that a major dem- declaring the strike late on Wednesday the union called on dama Barrow was sworn presidency has been overshad- serving. But he is still clinging to onstration was planned for President Uhuru Kenyatta and his ministers to honour a pay in as Gambia’s new presi- owed by a political crisis power despite African forces Saturday, while schools in the deal proposed in the 2012 collective bargaining agreement Adent yesterday at a triggered by the man he nar- massing on the border ready to Negev would be closed. (CBA). ceremony in the country’s rowly defeated. oust him. "Schools in towns other embassy in neighbouring Senegal, Yahya Jammeh, president Barrow — who suffered per- than in the Negev will focus as incumbent Yahya Jammeh for 22 years, initially conceded sonal tragedy on Sunday when during the first two periods Six Britons dead in Saudi road crash refused to step down after last defeat but days later performed his eight-year-old son died after today on the attacks against month’s presidential election. a U-turn and is still refusing to being bitten by dogs -- has been our homes and villages," he LONDON: Six British nationals have been killed and several “This is a day no Gambian quit office, leaving doubt over sheltering in neighbouring Sen- said. The Arab town of Qalan- more injured in a road crash in Saudi Arabia, Britain's Foreign will ever forget in a lifetime,” any formal transition of power. egal pending his inauguration. suwa was almost completely Ministry said. "We are supporting the families of six British peo- Barrow said in a speech imme- Barrow was finally sworn in A businessman who owns an closed, an AFP journalist on the ple who have sadly died following a road accident in Saudi Arabia," diately after taking the oath of as president on Thursday, but at estate agency, he was previously ground said, with shops and a Foreign Office spokeswoman said. "We are also helping sev- office. The ceremony was his country's embassy in neigh- employed at The Gambia's larg- restaurants shuttered, while eral more British nationals who were injured in the crash," she broadcast on Senegalese televi- bouring Senegal's capital where est property rental firm, and Israeli media reported most of said, without specifying how many. Glasgow Central Mosque sion. Adama Barrow — an he sought refuge days before. It lived in Britain for three and a Nazareth — the largest Arab released a statement naming two of the victims as Glasgow cou- Arsenal fan who was once a remained unclear whether force half years when he was younger. city in Israel —was also closed. ple Mohammad Aslam and Talat Aslam, who have five children, security guard in London — was would be needed to ensure he can His time in Britain saw him A similar strike was held saying they had just completed Umrah, a pilgrimage to Makkah, elected on people's hopes of finally take office in Banjul. work as a security guard in Lon- on January 11 after Israeli Islam's holiest site. They "were travelling in a minibus" to Mad- delivering long-wanted change A former economic migrant, don, where he developed a love authorities tore down 11 inah, it said, adding: "Four members of another family from in The Gambia. A softly-spoken, Barrow's lack of political bag- for Arsenal. Football is one of his homes in the Arab town of Manchester were also killed in the tragedy". untried 51-year-old candidate gage endeared him to voters, in few distractions. Qalansuwa. 04 ISLAM FRIDAY 20 JANUARY 2017 The marvel of positive thinking

Ali ibn Hussein reported: The Positive thinking should lead to an optimistic Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Verily, part of perfection in Islam outlook and good expectations in Allah and is for a person to leave what does His mercy. These good expectations are the not concern him. (Source: Sunan Al Tirmidhī inner secret that makes our prayers and 2318, Grade: Sahih li ghayri) worship most effective and fulfilling. Ibn Al Qayyim writes: The most beneficial remedy is that you preoccupy yourself with thoughts of what should concern Abu Amina Elias Positive thoughts are those you and not those that should not that produce good feelings, good concern you. Thinking about ur thoughts have a deeds, peace of mind, gratitude, what does not matter to you is powerful ability to tranquility, contentment, and the door of every evil. Whoever determine our feel- other positive emotional states. reflects upon what does not con- ings and emotional These are truthful thoughts about cern him, then he will miss what states and ulti- Allah, hope in the Hereafter, the does concern him. Omately affect how we behave, for prophets, our blessings, good (Source: Al Fawaid 1/175) better or worse. Islam teaches us deeds, and so on. They produce This means busying our- to direct the act reflection wisdom and enlightenment in selves with worldly thoughts only (tafakkur), or deep thought, the heart. to the extent necessary, and also towards the signs of Allah, the Negative thoughts are those learning not to worry about mat- names and attributes of Allah, to that produce bad feelings, anger, ters beyond our circle of his blessings and wonders, to envy, jealousy, hatred, anxiety, influence or control. If we con- hope in the Hereafter, and to depression, and other negative stantly worry or get upset by optimism. By controlling our emotional states. These are things we cannot change, that thought processes in a positive thoughts about the world, our will take our attention away from manner, we can increase the wealth, our status, people we do what we can change. effectiveness of our prayers and not like or who have wronged After understanding the In another narration, the will answer you. pray and what to pray for. The worship as well as relieve our- us, and so on. The cause of these effects of positive and negative Prophet (PBUH) said: I am (Source: Sahih Muslim 2678) real secret of prayer, though, is selves from the anger, thoughts is an attachment to the thoughts, we then need to direct amazed by optimism, the good Once we make a supplica- that we will get good from Allah depression, and anxieties that delusions of worldly and mate- our thought processes towards word, the kind word. tion, we should affirm it in our to the measure that we expect worldly thoughts induce. rialistic life that cloud the heart positive trains of thought and (Source: Sahīh Al Bukhārī hearts and minds that Allah has good from him. Abu Huraira Contrary to popular belief, we and prevent its purification. learn to dismiss negative 5422, Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi without a doubt already heard reported: The Messenger of Allah, have control over which thoughts Abu Sulaiman, may Allah thoughts before they take us into ) and answered us. Let the prayer peace be and blessings on him, we choose to follow. We may not have mercy on him, said: a downward spiral. Many of the Ibn Abbas reported: The Mes- sink into the bottom of your heart said: Allah the Exalted says: I am have a choice over which partic- Thought upon the world is a veil Prophet’s companions consid- senger of Allah, peace and and penetrate your subconscious as my servant expects me and I ular thought occurs initially in our over the Hereafter and a punish- ered the skill to direct thought in blessings be upon him, was opti- mind. am with him as he remembers minds at a given time, but we do ment for the people. Thought a positive way as the enlighten- mistic and he did not see evil Sometimes the answer does me. have a choice to either ignore it or upon the Hereafter produces ment of true faith. omens, and he liked good names. not come the way we would (Source: Sahih Al Bukhārī pursue it. Our voluntary thoughts wisdom and life in the heart. Amir ibn Abdi Qais, may (Source: Musnad Ahmad expect. But as long as we pray for 6970, Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi) are nothing more than inward Whoever looks to the world as Allah have mercy on him, said: I 2762, Grade: Sahih) good and expect good, the In another narration, the statements. Hence, the rule is that his protector will come to accept heard from more than one or two Positive thinking and opti- answer has already been fulfilled Prophet (PBUH) said: Allah says: we should only engage good its delusions. or three of the companions of mism are most important as they even if we do not know how. If he thinks good of me, he will thoughts or keep our minds (Source: Hilyat Al Awliyā Muhammad, peace and blessings relate to our prayers, supplica- Abu Saeed Al Khudri reported: have it. And if he thinks evil of silent. 14447) be upon him, that they said the tions, and acts of worship. A The Messenger of Allah, peace and me, he will have it. Abu Huraira reported: The Not all thoughts about the radiance or light of faith is in prayer or supplication that is blessings be upon him, said: There (Musnad Ahmad 8833, Grade: Messenger of Allah (peace and world are evil. Thinking about reflection. offered with certainty that Allah is no Muslim who supplicates to Sahih) blessings be upon him) said: something Allah blessed us with (Source: Al Durr Al Manthūr will answer is far more effective Allah without sin or cutting fam- Our prayers need to be Whoever believes in Allah and in the world is good. And we have 3:190) and beneficial than a weak ily ties in it but that Allah will give accompanied with certainty and the Last Day, let him speak good- a duty to take care of our worldly Thinking about the blessings prayer. For this reason, the him one of three answers: He will conviction that our good expecta- ness or remain silent. (Source: affairs, meet our work obligations, of Allah is itself an act of worship Prophet (PBUH) told us to pray hasten fulfillment of his supplica- tions will be fulfilled. We have to Sahih Bukhārī 6110, Grade: Mut- pay our bills, fulfill our trusts, and that leads to gratitude, content- to Allah in the certain knowledge tion, he will store it for him in the constantly reaffirm and reinforce tafaqun Alayhi) so on. We should think about these ment, and happiness. It takes no that he will answer. Hereafter, or he will divert an evil our prayers with the positive Sometimes Satan will throw things in so far as they are neces- significant effort from us and yet Anas ibn Malik reported: The from him similar to it. (Source: thoughts that Allah heard us and evil suggestions into our minds. sary and beneficial. it produces great results in our Messenger of Allah, peace and Musnad Ahmad 10749, Grade: has already answered us in the These suggestions have no power For example, we may need lives. blessings be upon him, said: Sahih) best manner. Thinking well about over us unless we choose to act to think about how we are going Umar ibn Abdul Aziz, may When one of you supplicates, let As long as we continue pray- Allah in this way is another step on them. If we follow an evil or to complete a work project. But Allah have mercy on him, said: him be determined in the sup- ing and supplicating, the answer on the road to excellence in Islam. negative train of thought, then it perhaps at work someone said a Speaking in remembrance of plication and he should not say: is sure to come even if it is stored Abu Huraira reported: The will lead us to a terrible end. mean word to us or did some- Allah the Exalted is good, yet O Allah, give me if you will. There for the next life. In contrast, we Messenger of Allah, peace and Thus, when we find ourselves thing to annoy us. If we thought upon the blessings of is no one to coerce Allah. are in danger of having our blessings be upon him, said: Ver- caught up in a bad line of think- constantly dwell upon that neg- Allah is the best act of worship. (Source: Sahih Al Bukhārī prayers unanswered if we get ily, thinking well about Allah is a ing, we need to immediately ative interaction, it will only (Source: Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr 5979, Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi) frustrated or stop praying part of excellent worship of Allah. replace these negative thoughts cause harm to us and produce 3:190) In another narration, the altogether. (Source: Sunan Al Tirmidhī with positive inward statements no benefit. It is an unnecessary All of this points to the fact Prophet (PBUH) said: Call upon Abu Huraira reported: The 3970, Grade: Sahih) to cancel their effects. Abu Dharr worldly thought and should be that the believers should be opti- Allah with certainty that he will Messenger of Allah, peace and In sum, Islam teaches us to reported: The Messenger of Allah dismissed. mistic and not pessimistic or answer you. blessings be upon him, said: direct our thoughts towards what is (PBUH) said: Follow a bad deed In fact, a step on the road to cynical. There are no omens in (Source: Sunan Al Tirmidhī Every one of you will have his good and to ignore bad thoughts. with a good deed and it will erase excellence in Islam is learning to Islam (or signs that predict the 3479, Grade: Hasan) supplications answered as long Like outward statements, thoughts it. (Source: Sunan Al Tirmidhī think about only those things that future), but the believers are This means we should pray as he is not impatient and he we pursue are simply inward state- 1987, Grade: Sahih) should concern us. always expecting the best from while believing that Allah has says: I have supplicated but I was ments that should be good or at least Allah even if they do not know already answered us in the best not answered. neutral. If we entertain a bad exactly how it will be. manner. (Source: Sahih Al Bukhārī thought, we should follow it with Abu Huraira reported: The Ibn Hajar comments on this 5981, Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi) several positive inward statements Prophet (PBUH) said: There tradition, saying: The meaning of Many of us do not have our to cancel its effect. Positive thinking are no omens, but the best of determination is to be persistent prayers answered because we do should lead to an optimistic outlook it is optimism. in the supplication and to affirm not pray in a good manner, we and good expectations in Allah and They said, “O Messenger that what is asked will occur. pray for sinful things, we do not His mercy. These good expecta- of Allah, what is optimism?” (Source: Fathah Al Bārī 5979 expect good from Allah, or we tions are the inner secret that The Prophet (PBUH)said: A And An-Nawawi writes: It is simply give up. In this respect, makes our prayers and worship righteous word one of you to have good expectations (husn the Prophet (PBUH)is the best most effective and fulfilling. hears. Al zann) that Allah the Exalted role model for us to learn how to www.abuaminaelias.com Islam, Iman and Ihsan

t was narrated on the authority of Umar His Books and His Messengers and in the Last (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: Day, and in qadar (fate), both in its good and IWhile we were one day sitting with the in its evil aspects." He said, "You have spoken Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), there truly." Then the man said: "Inform me about appeared before us a man dressed in extremely Ihsan." The Prophet (PBUH) answered: "It is white clothes and with very black hair. No that you should serve Allah as though you could traces of journeying were visible on him, and see Him, for though you cannot see Him yet none of us knew him. He sat down close by (know that) He sees you." the Prophet (peace be upon him), rested his He said, "Inform me about the Hour." The knee against his thighs, and said, "O Muham- Prophet (PBUH) said, "About that, the one ques- mad! Inform me about Islam." tioned knows no more than the questioner." The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon So he said, "Well, inform me about the signs him) said, "Islam is that you should testify that thereof." He said, "They are that the slave-girl there is no deity except Allah and that Muham- will give birth to her mistress, that you will see mad is His Messenger, that you should perform the barefooted, naked, destitute, the herds- salah, pay the Zakah, fast during Ramadan, men of the sheep (competing with each other) and perform Hajj to the House, if you are able in raising lofty buildings." Thereupon the man to do so." went of. I waited a while, and then he (the Mes- The man said, "You have spoken truly." senger of Allah) said, "O Umar, do you know We were astonished at his questioning him who that questioner was?" I replied, "Allah and (the Messenger) and telling him that he was His Messenger know better." He said, "That right, but he went on to say, "Inform me about was Jibril (the Angel Gabriel). He came to teach iman." The Messenger of Allah answered: "It you your religion." is that you believe in Allah and His angels and (The 40 Hadith by Imam Nawawi) FRIDAY 20 JANUARY 2017 ASIA 05 Japan hotel N Korea preparing new missile launch faces China Seoul Nuclear ambitions AFP Quoting high-level backlash orth Korea is prepar- officials and South ing to test new Korean and US Tokyo rockets, a report military sources, the Reuters said yesterday, after South's Yonhap news its leader Kim Jong- agency reported that A JAPANESE hotelier's denial NUn said the country was in the two new missiles had of a 1937 massacre by Japanese final stages of developing inter- been loaded onto troops in the Chinese city of continental ballistic missiles. mobile launchers. Nanjing has prompted Chinese Pyongyang's missile pro- social media calls for a boycott gramme and its pursuit of of travel to Japan, threaten- nuclear arms have seen it The missiles' ing tourist arrivals days before repeatedly sanctioned by the UN existence appeared to the Lunar New Year holidays. Security Council. have been The furore erupted over Quoting high-level South intentionally leaked books by Toshio Motoya, the Korean officials and South by Pyongyang to send president of Tokyo-based Korean and US military sources, a "strategic message" hotel and real estate devel- the South's Yonhap news agency to incoming US oper APA Group, which said two new missiles had been President Donald contain his revisionist views loaded onto mobile launchers. Trump. and are placed in every room They were believed to be of the company's 400-plus North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspects a sub-unit under KPA Unit 233, in Pyongyang, equipped with new engines that APA Hotels. yesterday. the North tested last April, it In one, printed in English added, when Pyongyang said US president Donald Trump, due and Japanese and entitled they would "guarantee" an even- to be sworn in today. missile launch in the coming North Korea was in the "final said last month that the North "The Real History of Japan", tual nuclear strike on the US CNN and other US news months. stages" of developing an ICBM. has developed the capability to he says the "Nanking Massa- mainland. reports, quoting a US defence A spokesman for the South He said the country had sig- pair a nuclear warhead with a cre story" was "impossible", The missiles' existence official, said last week that the Korean military's Joint Chiefs of nificantly bolstered its nuclear missile and launch it. blaming looting and killings appeared to have been inten- Pentagon had deployed a high- Staff said the Yonhap report had deterrent in 2016, pointing to a But it has not mastered the on members of a branch of tionally leaked by Pyongyang, tech sea-based X-band radar not been verified. string of nuclear and missile tests ability to bring the weapon back the Chinese military who had according to Yonhap, to send a system to keep watch for a pos- In his closely-watched New last year. from space and onto a target, he shed their uniforms. "strategic message" to incoming sible North Korean long-range Year speech, Kim Jong-Un said A senior US defence official said. "These acts were all said to be committed by the Jap- anese army, but this is not true," Motoya, using his pen name Seiji Fuji, wrote. Call for Indonesia zoo to Japan's wartime occupa- tion of Nanjing and resulting massacre is a highly conten- release 'starving' bears tious issue between the uneasy neighbours. Jakarta visitors to throw food into their China says Japanese Reuters concrete enclosures in a pri- troops killed 300,000 peo- vately-owned zoo in ple in the city. A post-war n Indonesian wildlife Indonesia's third-largest city, Allied tribunal put the death group yesterday urged Bandung. toll at about half that number. Aauthorities to provide "These starving bears were To the fury of China, some immediate medical care for, first found in mid-2016," the conservative Japanese poli- and free, captive bears it alleges group's senior investigator, ticians and academics deny are being starved in a zoo close Marison Guciano, said, adding that the massacre took place, to the capital, Jakarta. there were 11 bears in all. or they put the death toll The case is the latest "The fastest and most much lower. instance of alleged animal cru- important step is that we check Motoya's latest book, elty in Indonesia, where illegal their health. If they're sick, we comprised of essays written wildlife trade and practices are treat them. We hope that these over the last two years, rampant and there is a record bears could be released from caught Chinese attention after of lax law enforcement. the cages of Bandung Zoo." it was uploaded on a Chinese Scorpion Wildlife Trade A zoo spokesman said gov- social networking site, ignit- Monitoring Group released a ernment inspectors called in ing criticism on Chinese social Activists stage a rally marking the 42nd anniversary of the 1974 naval battle between grim video this week showing after the release of the video media and the travel boycott China and then-South Vietnamese troops over the Paracel Islands, in front of the statue of emaciated sun bears waiting for had declared the bears healthy. calls. Vietnamese King Ly Cong Uan, in Hanoi, yesterday. Vietnam police halt anti-China protest

Hanoi an estimated $5 trillion in trade made no comment and state- Malaysia offers reward for missing MH370 Reuters passes each year. controlled media did not report The protest in Hanoi started the protest. Kuala Lumpur one of the world's greatest avi- "All costs must be borne by olice in Vietnam's capital after a peaceful commemora- Tension between the two Reuters ation mysteries unanswered. them. We will only reward stopped an anti-China tion for soldiers of what was communist countries peaked The Boeing 777 jet disap- them if they are successful," Pprotest within minutes then South Vietnam who were most recently in 2014, when alaysia said yesterday peared in March 2014, en route Abdul Aziz said. yesterday at a ceremony to killed in 1974, when China China moved an oil rig into dis- it would pay a reward to Beijing from the Malaysian He said the size of the commemorate a clash between seized the Paracel islands, which puted waters and protests broke Mto any private com- capital of Kuala Lumpur, with reward had not been decided. the two countries in the South it still holds. out across Vietnam. pany that found the fuselage 239 people on board. "Any company intending China Sea more than four dec- Police dragged about 20 Relations have since of missing Malaysia Airlines Malaysian Deputy Trans- to search should contact the ades ago. protesters on to a bus after they improved, although a quiet mil- Flight MH370, days after a port Minister Abdul Aziz government, and a decision Vietnam and China have a ignored a warning to disperse itary buildup continues in the fruitless, three-year hunt was Kaprawi said the government would then be made on the longstanding dispute over the and began marching with ban- region. suspended. was open to credible private reward," he added. South China Sea, nearly all of ners and chanting "Demolish China and Vietnam last Australia, Malaysia and companies searching for it, and Flight MH370 lost contact which is claimed by China. China's Invasion" and other week pledged to manage their China ended the search for the would reward any that found over the Gulf of Thailand in the Four other countries have slogans. differences and safeguard peace aircraft on Tuesday, leaving its fuselage. early hours of March 8, 2014. claims in the sea, through which The government and police in the South China Sea. Court rejects arrest warrant Taiwan: China should for Samsung empire heir not be narrow-minded Seoul flagship Galaxy Note 7 device Taipei "Don't be so small," Yu, who AFP and reports have suggested it AFP belongs to the ruling Beijing- could face sanctions from over- sceptic Democratic Progressive South Korean court yes- seas authorities if Lee is hina should not be so "nar- Party, was quoted as saying by terday refused to punished. row-minded", Taiwan Taiwan's state Central News Aauthorise the arrest of the Lee, who became Samsung's Csaid yesterday, after Bei- Agency. heir to the Samsung business de facto head after his father suf- jing pressed Washington to "There hasn't been any empire, in a setback to prosecu- fered a heart attack in 2014, is block the island from attending leader with such a narrow mind tors probing a corruption accused of bribing Choi Soon- Donald Trump's inauguration. in all Chinese dynasties," added scandal engulfing President Park Sil, Park's secret confidante at Samsung Group Chief, Lee Jae-Yong, leaves the Seoul A former premier will lead Yu, referring to Chinese Presi- Geun-hye. the centre of the scandal, and Detention Centre in Uiwang, South Korea, yesterday. Taipei's delegation as foreign dent Xi Jinping. Officials yesterday sought receiving policy favours from dignitaries from around the Chiu Chui-cheng, spokes- the arrest of Lee Jae-Yong on Park in return. decision as "very regrettable" but decision on the potential eco- world descend on the US cap- man of Taiwan's Mainland charges of bribery, embezzle- But the court rejected the said they will "carry on with our nomic ramifications rather than ital for the president-elect's Affairs Council which handles ment and perjury, sending shock request on grounds of insuffi- probe without wavering". justice. swearing in. China affairs, called Beijing's waves through the group, which cient evidence, which could mar Opposition politicians and "A fair ruling is a require- But Beijing has asked the US rhetoric "unhelpful for the nor- is a major part of the South investigators' plan to question analysts questioned the ment for economic to bar the self-ruling island it sees mal development" of Korean economy and includes Park -- impeached by parlia- decision. improvement," he said on as a renegade province and part relations. the world's largest smartphone ment last month -- on charges Seoul mayor Park Won- Facebook. of "one China" to be reunified. "There is no need for China maker. of bribery. Soon, who is expected to stand "A country that tolerates cor- Former premier Yu Shyi- to restrict or suppress Taiwan's It is already reeling from the A spokesman for the prose- for president later this year, ruption cannot do well kun, who is leading Taiwan's regular interactions and debacle over the recall of its cution team described the accused the court of basing its economically." delegation hit back. exchanges with the US", he said. 06 ASIA FRIDAY 20 JANUARY 2017

Militants free Philippines & leftist rebels open talks two Filipino hostages Rome Talks in Rome AFP I am one with Manila he Philippines President Duterte's Reuters expressed hope yes- optimism that in this terday of securing a round of talks, we are AN Islamic State-linked kid- permanent ceasefire able to finalise and nap gang in the Philippines deal with communist approve the joint freed two Filipinos held cap- Trebels waging one of Asia's long- ceasefire agreement: tive for nearly three months, est insurgencies, as peace talks Govt chief negotiator. the military said yesterday, the resumed in Italy. second release in less than a The communists have been week by a group notorious for waging a "national democratic The communists' chief beheading foreigners. revolution" since 1968 to over- negotiator pointed It was unclear if a ransom throw a capitalist system that has out 'serious obstacles' was paid but the military said created one of Asia's biggest in the talks as he its intensified operations rich-poor divides and claimed reiterated the rebels' against the heavily armed 30,000 lives, according to the demand that nearly Abu Sayyaf group likely military. 400 jailed guerillas forced it to release captives. A new round of negotiations be released. "We've added more began in Rome yesterday, with forces there so that's the most the government's chief negotia- probable reason," said Franco tor Silvestre Bello saying Both sides agreed to a tem- Alano, spokesman for the longstanding contentious issues porary ceasefire during talks in military's Western Mindanao could be "hurdled". Norway last August. Command. "I am one with President The government said then it Chief of the National Democratic Front of Philippines (NDFP) Jose Maria Sison (right) shakes Abu Sayyaf on Saturday (Rodrigo) Duterte's optimism was aiming for a final peace deal freed the captain of a South hand with Philippines Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus G Dureza during the that in this round of talks, we are within 12 months. Korean cargo ship captain opening ceremony of the formal peace talks between the Philippine government and the able to finalise and approve the However, the communists and a Filipino crew member joint ceasefire agreement," Bello said this week they would need NDFP, in Rome, yesterday. held since October last year. said at the opening of the talks. at least two more years after The group, which was "There are reasons to hope negotiators agreed on a series of jailed guerillas be released. prisoners be treated as trump constitutional reforms at the born out of a separatist ide- we can hurdle the task." economic and political reforms Duterte last year released 18 cards to extract concessions from heart of the communists' ology but is better known for Duterte, 71, said it was his before even beginning "serious top leaders to kickstart the peace the (communists). Such conduct grievances. banditry and piracy, is still "dream" to secure a lasting peace discussions" on a final peace process but had refused to free is bound to further erode mutual Despite the challenges, the holding about two dozen cap- deal within his six-year term. pact. the rest, calling them his "aces" trust and confidence." communists understand their best tives on Jolo island. After assuming office in June Yesterday, the communists' in a "poker game". In the week-long talks in chance for securing most of their "The military was expect- last year, the self-styled social- chief negotiator Fidel Agcaoili "It is a matter of justice and Rome, negotiators will discuss goals is during the presidency of ing more captives to be freed ist launched the peace process pointed out "serious obstacles" an obligation of the (govern- some of the toughest and most Duterte, who has pivoted his in the coming days as its and appointed three communists in the talks as he reiterated the ment)," Agcaoili said. complicated issues involving nation's foreign policy away from operations take their toll on to his cabinet. rebels' demand that nearly 400 "Neither should the political political, economic and the US towards China. the rebels," Alano said. Taliban seeks to reassure UAE over Afghan attack Manila police chief wants Peshawar Afghan authorities have blamed country with which the Taliban delegation to mourn the slain Reuters on the Taliban and Pakistani has previously had good rela- diplomats and explain that it was to punish rogue officers intelligence services. tions came as a major shock, not involved. he Afghan Taliban has However, the Taliban has prompting the insurgent move- "We have very cordial rela- Manila "very offended" after learning sought to reassure the denied responsibility, instead ment to seek to reassure UAE tions with some of the Islamic Reuters the crime took place at the TUnited Arab Emirates that accusing "covert intelligence cir- authorities. world including the UAE and we home of the national police. it was not behind an attack in the cles" close to the government of The UAE was one of the few would never want to target he Philippines police chief Dela Rosa did not say how southern city of Kandahar that carrying out the attack to dam- countries to recognise the them," he said. expressed sorrow and many police were involved, or killed five UAE diplomats and age relations between the former Taliban government in "We have targeted a number Tfury yesterday after dis- if any had been charged. injured the ambassador, senior insurgents and a friendly Arab the 1990s although it broke rela- of diplomats and foreign mis- covering some of his men had Media said Jee's wife had Taliban officials said yesterday. government. No claim of respon- tions in the wake of the sions in Afghanistan and there kidnapped and killed a South paid an undisclosed ransom for More than a dozen Afghan sibility has been made. September 11 attacks on US tar- were several occasions we could Korean businessman inside the his release but the kidnappers and foreign officials were killed Although the insurgents have gets in 2001. have attacked diplomats from national police headquarters. wanted more. last week by a bomb hidden frequently targeted Afghan gov- A senior Taliban member Islamic countries but we didn't "I want to disappear from "I am very sorry that this under a couch in the Kandahar ernment officials, the attack on based in Qatar said the move- as they are our friends," he this world because of so much crime happened and my own governor's residence in an attack diplomats from a Muslim ment was planning to send a added. shame after what my men did," men are involved," Dela Rosa national police chief Ronald said. Dela Rosa said. "I want to punish those Dela Rosa, a longtime ally policemen who are into crime of President Rodrigo Duterte, syndicates but I cannot do it. Uproar over missing Teaching of Holy Quran said he was "very angry" and That's illegal." bloggers in Pakistan made compulsory in KP

Karachi in a complaint to police. Pehawar Muslim students in grade 1 Reuters Critics of Pakistan's blas- Internews to 5. phemy laws say they have long Besides, it said the trans- ardline religious protest- been used by individuals and he teaching of the Holy lation of the Holy Quran to ers threw stones at religious groups to settle Quran has been made Muslim students in grade 6 Hsupporters of five miss- disputes. Tcompulsory subject in to 10 would also be compul- ing Pakistani activists yesterday About 100 members of a lit- all the public and private sory in both the public and and demanded that police tle-known religious group, schools by the Elementary private educational institu- charge the missing men under Tehreek Labaik Ya Rasool and Secondary Education tions in the province. a blasphemy law that carries a Allah, arrived at the local press Department in Pakistan’s The summary was mandatory death sentence. club in the port city of Karachi northwest province of Khy- approved by the chief min- The liberal activists, who and started hurling stones at ber Pakhtunkhwa. ister for placement before the have posted blogs criticising the people gathered there to sup- An official handout said provincial cabinet of Khyber political influence of the mili- port the missing activists. the Elementary and Second- Pakhtunkhwa and the deci- tary and speaking up for the They chanted slogans ask- ary Education Department sion would be implemented Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte talking to Philippine rights of religious minorities, ing police to file blasphemy plans to impart the teaching in the forthcoming educa- have all gone missing separately cases against the missing activ- of the Holy Quran (Nazra) as tional session, said the National Police (PNP) chief Ronald Dela Rosa during the since January 4, and it is unclear ists and carried banners that a compulsory subject to communique. oath-taking of the newly promoted officials of the PNP at what happened to them. read: "Beheading is the punish- the Malacanang Palace, in Manila, yesterday. Shortly after their disap- ment of blasphemers." pearances, blasphemy The activists' supporters allegations against them were forced to withdraw into a appeared on social media and nearby building. Threats to Afghan media rise as violence spreads Kabul actions are not taken, 2017 could Daily newspaper. "It limits the against journalists over what Reuters be worse," said AJSC head Najib ability of journalists to move and they perceived as unfavourable Sharifi. produce stories and increases coverage. fghan journalists say they Journalists are increasingly the cost of media outlets for The militants followed up are facing more risks than in the firing line of a conflict additional security." with a deadly attack against Aever as both insurgents between the Western-backed "Targeted violence has employees of Tolo, one of and unscrupulous government government and Islamist mili- forced some journalists to find Afghanistan's largest TV officials increasingly threaten, tants like the Taliban, who safer work," he added. stations. assault, and even murder threaten several major cities. The AJSC blamed the deaths They said the station was an reporters. Besides the 13 deaths, the of at least 10 of the 13 journalists "intelligence network" opposed At least 13 journalists were press group documented at least on the Taliban, saying the group to national unity and religious killed in Afghanistan last year, 88 incidents of assault, intimi- had "drastically increased" its values, not an impartial media making it the deadliest year on dation, abuse, and other physical targeting and intimidation of outlet. Tolo rejected the record for Afghan media, the attacks, a 38 percent increase journalists, leading in some cases accusations. Afghan Journalists Safety Com- over numbers recorded in 2015. to more self-censorship by A Taliban spokesman could Human rights activists chant slogans during a protest to mittee (AJSC) said. "Direct attacks on journal- media. not immediately be reached for condemn the disappearances of social activists in Karachi, "This is an ugly, worrying ists are very worrying," said In late 2015, the Taliban comment on the AJSC's yesterday. and serious trend, and if certain Parwiz Kawa, editor of the 8am group issued death threats findings. FRIDAY 20 JANUARY 2017 ASIA 07 Bull fight: Modi refuses to step in; protests flare

Chennai/New Delhi "The Centre would be sup- the protests began on Tuesday IANS portive of steps taken by the morning following the arrest of State Government," it added. protesters in Madurai district's he ongoing massive Panneerselvam said steps Alanganallur town, well known protests in support of will be taken soon. "The state for conducting the sport. Jallikattu, a festival government will take necessary In Jallikattu, a bull vaulter is featuring young men action in coordination with the expected to hang on to the ani- wrestling with bulls, in central government to hold Jal- mal's hump for a stipulated TTamil Nadu looks set to intensify likattu. The state government's distance or for a minimum of with Prime Minister Narendra action in relation with Jallikattu three jumps by the bull. Modi remaining silent on the would soon be seen," he told Around a lakh of youth gath- demand to promulgate an ordi- reporters in New Delhi. ered to protest in Chennai's nance enabling the holding of the However, political parties Marina beach and also across the traditional bull-taming sport. and thousands of the protesting state and support for them is Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O youth in Tamil Nadu were not swelling. Associations represent- Panneerselvam met Modi yes- amused with Modi's response to ing truckers, retailers, private terday in Delhi and urged him to the Jallikattu ordinance request. taxi operators, schools, have promulgate an ordinance. PMK leader Anbumani Ram- announced that they will not While Modi assured support adoss, who was detained in Delhi work today. to the state government's steps, for protesting outside the Prime State government employ- he skirted the main demand cit- Minister's residence, in a state- ees have decided to take out a ing the matter as sub-judice. ment said his party would hold Protesters gather during a demonstration against the ban on the Jallikattu, and calling for a procession. The movie industry "The ban imposed on Jal- Jallikattu on Republic Day on ban on animal rights orgnisation PETA, at Marina Beach in Chennai, yesterday. has cancelled shooting and the- likattu by the Supreme Court January 26 in case the Centre atre halls would remain closed came up for discussion. While failed to promulgate an ordi- today. appreciating the cultural signif- nance to facilitate the hugely call an all-party meeting during performing animals including in among the protest leaders was Meanwhile with several col- icance of Jallikattu, the Prime popular sport. the day as well as a special bullock-cart races. Since then, that the Supreme Court had leges declaring holiday yesterday Minister observed that the mat- DMK Working President assembly sitting over the issue. people have been urging the cen- insulted Tamil culture by disal- and in other parts of the state, ter is presently sub-judice," the M K Stalin, terming the situation The Supreme Court in May tral government to take steps to lowing the traditional sport the number of students assem- Prime Minister's Office said in a in the state as "abnormal', urged 2014 banned Jallikattu, saying allow the sport. observed during the harvest fes- bled at Marina went up series of tweets. Chief Minister Panneerselvam to that bulls cannot be used as The common complaint tival of Pongal. In Tamil Nadu, drastically. School bus crash China jails former PetroChina executive for graft Beijing senior of two vice chairmen at The court in Dezhou in the to his crimes, meaning he got a Reuters PetroChina, China's top oil and northern province of Shandong lighter punishment, it added. gas producer, making him the said Liao had been found guilty It was not possible to con- in northern India Chinese court yesterday company's second-highest- of bribery, the provincial high tact a legal or family jailed the former vice ranking official. court said in a statement on its representative for him. A chairman of oil giant Pet- The ruling Communist Par- official microblog. Liao, a 30-year veteran at roChina for 15 years after finding ty's anti-corruption watchdog Liao had abused his various CNPC, was appointed vice chair- leaves 13 dead him guilty of corruption, the lat- had previously said Liao was positions in the energy industry man of PetroChina in May 2014, est official to be brought down under investigation for "serious between 1997 and 2014 for per- just months after China in a sweeping crackdown on disciplinary violations" stem- sonal gain, between 2003 and announced that several top New Delhi had earlier tweeted more than graft. ming from his role as a general 2015 took 13.4m yuan ($1.95m) executives from the two com- AFP 15 children were killed in the Liao Yongyuan stepped manager of China National in bribes, and was unable to panies were under investigation. accident. down from his posts as vice Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), account for the origin of 21m That included Jiang Jiemin, school bus carrying doz- Ahmad's spokesman Rahul chairman and non-executive the parent company of yuan in assets, the court said. former chairman of both enti- ens of pupils collided Srivastava said that the figure director in 2015. He was the most PetroChina. Liao repented and confessed ties, who has also been jailed. Awith a truck in northern was a result of "confusion and India yesterday, killing 13 peo- chaos" that followed the ple, officials said. accident. Twelve of the dead were Nath said authorities sus- Boris Johnson in Kolkata NEWS BYTES children aged between seven pect the vehicles were speeding to 14 years, who were seated in foggy conditions. near the front of the bus, when The driver of the truck is in an oncoming truck collided critical condition, he added. India helps Nepal install tubewells with it in the state of Uttar The authorities have also KATHMANDU: In an effort to impart growth to Nepal's agri- Pradesh. charged the school manage- cultural sector through enhanced facilities, India has assisted The school bus driver also ment with disobeying an official the Himalayan nation install 2,700 shallow tubewells to meet died in the crash, the latest edict after apparently defying irrigation needs in the Terai region. Nepal's Minister for Irri- deadly accident in a country a government order to shut gation Dipak Giri and Indian Ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae with one of the worst road during an ongoing cold spell. yesterday inaugurated the Nepal-Bharat Maitri Irrigation Project safety records. Road accidents killed nearly under which New Delhi gave an Nepal rupees 256.72m grant "The death toll is 13 and 150,000 people in India last to Kathmandu for procurement and installation of pumps for some 11 people are in hospital year, around 400 a day, accord- 2,700 shallow tubewells (STWs) in 12 Teraian districts. undergoing treatment," ing to data from the highways Shambu Nath, the local district ministry. 'Mr Pringles' to run for HK head magistrate, said. Prime Minister Narendra "At least 28 were dis- Modi tweeted his condolences British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson looks at the HONG KONG: Hong Kong's former finance chief John Tsang charged after first aid." to the victims' families, saying stumps as he is bowled during his visit to a cricket announced his bid to run for leader, promising to resolve Uttar Pradesh's Director he was "anguished by the tragic academy in Kolkata, yesterday. conflict after a tumultuous period which has seen major anti- General of Police Javeed Ahmad accident". Beijing protests. The city has become sharply divided under outgoing Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, who opponents cast as a puppet of the Chinese government squeezing the semi-autonomous city's freedoms. Nicknamed "Mr Pring- Beijing to spend $2.7bn on cleaning air les" for his resemblance to the crisp brand's mascot, a smiling China notes Tsang, 65, held up his phone to reveal a cartoon sticker of himself in the style of the moustachioed Pringles icon as he Beijing energy on the outskirts of the city and announced his candidacy. AP phase out 300,000 high-polluting older progress in ties vehicles, the official Xinhua News Agency eijing will spend $2.7bn to fight air said yesterday, citing Beijing's acting pollution in the capital this year, mayor, Cai Qi. under Obama Bstate media reported yesterday. Part Authorities are eager to bring about a of the money will be used to close or visible improvement in China's bad air, upgrade more than 2,000 polluting fac- especially in the high-profile capital and Beijing tories, replace the use of coal with clean its surrounding areas. AP

idestepping recent disputes over Taiwan Chinese New Year of the Rooster and regional security, China said yester- Sday that "important progress" has been made in its relationship with the US under Pres- ident Barack Obama and the two countries should move forward as partners rather than competitors. Asked to sum up relations under Obama, Hindu Sena party president, Vishnu Gupta (right) offers who leaves office today, Foreign Ministry sweets to a garlanded poster of US President-elect spokeswoman Hua Chunying recalled the Donald Trump during an event in New Delhi yesterday. numerous meetings between the US President and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Trade, investment and people-to-people exchanges Delhi Police chief is CBI director between the sides all hit new records under Obama, while the countries worked together NEW DELHI: The Indian government appointed Delhi Police on climate change, an investment agreement, Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma as the next Director of the building trust between their militaries, coun- Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Verma, a 1979 batch terterrorism and the Iranian nuclear issue, Hua officer of Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territory said. "Important progress has been made by the cadre, was appointed to the post of CBI chief almost one-and- two countries. This has shown that China-US a-half months after the superannuation of previous incumbent A rescued chicken named Cherry during a lunch event held by animal rights relations have strategic and overarching sig- Anil Sinha. After Sinha's retirement, Additional Director of CBI activist group PETA to promote vegan meals in the upcoming Chinese New nificance and we have more common interests Rakesh Asthana, a 1984 Gujarat cadre Indian Police Serv- Year of the Rooster, in Beijing, yesterday. than differences and when China and the US ice (IPS) officer, was handling the charge as interim director. work together we can achieve a lot," Hua said. 08 VIEWS FRIDAY 20 JANUARY 2017

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EDITORIAL The heat is on s the man who disavows climate change takes over the reins of the country with the largest carbon footprint, scientists have reaffirmed that 2016 was the hottest year on record. One subject that has A generated the most heat in scientific circles across the world is climate change as a result of Army mutiny exposes cracks man-made global warming. Climatologists the world over have debated with renewed vigour that the burning of fossil fuels during industrial activity has led to rising temperatures, faster melting of in Ivory Coast success story glaciers at the poles and increasing sea levels. Last year registering record temperatures hasn’t said. “If you look at what happened in relied on the French for protection. So come as a surprise to scientists who have been Joe Bavier 1999, it started off as a mutiny. It ended the military became, and continues to crying themselves hoarse over industrial activity Reuters as a coup and then there were years of be, an employment organisation,” said that is damaging flora and fauna as a result of the crisis.” the regional security official. rising amount of greenhouse gases. Ouattara’s focus on the economy Since 1990, Ivorian soldiers have The Paris climate summit came as a redeeming above all to make things better harks staged no fewer than 11 mutinies, factor in the war against global warming that has vory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara back to the tactics employed by the according to data compiled by Maggie acquired centre stage. As nations forged an has seduced foreign investors with his country’s founding President Felix Hou- Dwyer, a research fellow at the Univer- agreement to deal with the scourge, the spectre single-minded focus on economic phouet-Boigny, who ruled after sity of Edinburgh. A pay dispute in 1999 still haunts nations, especially those like Maldives reform and growth but entrenched independence from France in 1960 until degenerated into Ivory Coast’s first coup that are threatened with extinction due to rising problems within the security forces his death in 1993. He encouraged mil- d’etat, which ousted President Henri Ithreaten to undermine a much-lauded recov- lions of migrants from neighbouring Konan Bedie and installed a military sea levels. Statistics by the Intergovernmental Panel on ery. Split from 2002 to 2011 between rebels in countries to come and work the land. junta. In 2002, northern soldiers decry- Climate Change (IPCC) have always documented a the north and government forces in the south, That transformed the country into a ing discrimination within the army and frightening picture of what the future would be like Ivory Coast has since become one of the giant agricultural machine, exporting Ouattara’s exclusion from a 2000 presi- if nations didn’t crimp emissions and continued world’s fastest growing economies and is reg- cash crops and using the proceeds to dential election tried to overthrow ularly cited as a model of post-conflict build motorways and skyscrapers. President Gbagbo. They failed, but the with their profligate renewal. But that narrative was dealt a major Ivory Coast remains the world’s big- putsch sparked the civil war that rent the behaviour. blow this month when thousands of soldiers, gest cocoa producer and investment in country in two until the next civil war in Another ghastly mostly former rebels who battled for years to infrastructure following the years of cri- 2011. Today, soldiers complain they must prediction of the IPCC get Ouattara into power, mutinied and seized sis has helped the economy expand at an pay for uniforms out of their meagre sal- It is hoped that report says that the control of the country’s second biggest city. average annual rate of nearly 9 percent aries. At bases in Abidjan, not far from despite Trump’s impact of climate The government capitulated rapidly and from 2012 to 2015. the construction sites for a luxury change will continue for met demands for bonus payments the soldiers An economist by training, Ouattara marina and high-rise apartment blocks, denial, the new centuries even if all White House said they were promised when fighting to has been governor of the Central Bank of they grow vegetables to supplement emissions from fossil oust former President Laurent Gbagbo, who West African States and a deputy man- their diets. administration fuel were to stop. This lost a disputed election to Ouattara in 2010 aging director at the International The latest revolt was carried out by will rise up to implies that if all but refused to quit. While many foreign inves- Monetary Fund. “He’s using a strategy many of the same soldiers who were the challenge of economic activity were tors are looking past the uprising as a that a rising tide lifts all boats. If you can paid off after the 2014 mutiny. But again to come to a standstill — relatively minor hiccup, analysts and diplo- just push through, the economic the government cut a deal — and fired climate change. vehicles taken off roads, mats see it as warning of more trouble to improvements will take care of the rest,” the heads of the army, police and gen- factories closing come, not least because it was the second said one Abidjan-based diplomat. darmerie for good measure. operations, planes mutiny in three years and has triggered simi- Yet despite the abundance of luxury Ivorian authorities have not released stopped from flying and lar revolts by security forces left out of the cars and new shopping malls in the com- details but mutiny leaders say the deal stoves in kitchens deal. “It’s not enough just to focus on the mercial capital Abidjan, few have seen included a payment of 12 million CFA switched off — the effect of what humanity has economy and attract investors. What’s hap- the benefits of the near double-digit francs ($19,400) in bonuses to some wrought on nature will take hundreds of years pening in the army should be the growth and many Ivorians are losing 8,400 former rebel fighters — a hefty to go away. government’s priority,” said International Cri- patience. Teachers went on strike in price tag of some $160 million, if true. As such, the urgency of the situation cannot be sis Group’s (ICG) West Africa analyst Cynthia November. Civil servants walked out last While the government probably had overestimated. The common man may believe he is Ohayon. “Ouattara’s own stability is at stake.” week demanding nearly $400 million in little choice but to capitulate to avoid the scarcely affected by the phenomenon that he can The immediate issues date back to the back wages and students took to the mutiny spiralling out of control, ICG’s bypass by keeping the airconditioner running for aftermath of the civil war in 2011 that ended streets on Monday. But the army is the Ohayon said such payoffs were no sub- longer or wiping his brow more frequently, but the nearly a decade of geographical division in most pressing risk, and the country’s his- stitute for the more difficult but truth is that the rising mercury due to higher carbon Ivory Coast and put Ouattara in power. tory shows it is ignored at its peril. absolutely essential military reforms emissions is going to deluge the poor and rich alike. Thousands of former rebels who backed Under Houphouet-Boigny, Ivory required. First off, the settlement Trump’s victory has brought the subject of him became part of the army, as well as other Coast maintained very close ties with exposes the government’s susceptibility climate change more into the spotlight, largely branches of the security forces, the forestry Paris, including an agreement that to blackmail and has already encour- proving the brash billionaire wrong. More so, when service, customs offices and the prison sys- France would ensure its internal and aged similar revolts this week by jealous his pick to head the environment protection agency tem, rubbing shoulders with former foes. external security. Given that, he did little soldiers who did not participate in the contradicted him by admitting that climate change But six years, on the country’s security to create a working military with a sense mutiny and were not paid off. is man-made. apparatus remains riven by factions. of loyalty to the state. And it was the mil- Looking further ahead, the risk that In 2011, analysts said the new administra- itary that first undermined the veneer of factions within the army could be mobi- More awareness and greater recognition of the tion needed to get a grip on the situation stability Houphouet-Boigny had main- lised to support rival political camps problem — as is being seen — will certainly support quickly by imposing discipline, vetting the tained in a region plagued by coups and ahead of the 2020 presidential election the fight against the scourge. rank and file to trim the army down to a size civil wars elsewhere. “They always remains. in keeping with Ivory Coast’s few external threats and controlling the stockpiles of weapons amassed in recent years. Analysts say this did not happen because QUOTE OF THE DAY rebel commanders, some of whom led the 2002 uprising that split the country, remained in control of much of the army through paral- lel chains of command that Ouattara shied This is a day no away from breaking. With little leverage or control over its own military, the govern- Gambian will ever ment’s approach has been to throw money at forget. This is a victory flare-ups, as it did with a similar mutiny in of the Gambian nation. 2014, and do little else. “Right now all these Our flag will now fly deals are all carrot and no stick,” said a regional security official. high among those of Ouattara now finds himself hostage to his the most democratic army with little option to pay up, said ICG’s nations of the world. Ohayon, but that is an unsustainable and potentially expensive strategy fraught with risks. “Where are they going to find all the Adama Barrow money if you keep having groups of soldiers Soldiers of Ivory Coast presidential guard patrol as they arrive at the port of Abidjan. Gambia’s President-elect rising up demanding more money?” Ohayon FRIDAY 20 JANUARY 2017 OPINION 09 Obama’s biggest failing was a lack of ambition

new president. Obama soon recognised mostly to his supporters — “Yes we Clive Crook the limits of that approach, but he was did” — not to America. Obama Bloomberg stuck with the country’s suspicion of accepted the country’s political forceful leadership in global affairs. divisions as given, and risked noth- In domestic policy, Obama had to ing on changing them. cope with a Congress crippled by polar- Compounding the problem, he obody thinks Margaret Thatcher’s claim isation. Republicans were soon in a had no taste for transactional poli- on posterity is that she was Britain’s first position to block every legislative initi- tics. He entrenched polarization by female prime minister. Admirers and ative, and did so remorselessly. choosing not to elicit latent critics alike know she was more conse- Obamacare was a centrist initiative, but demand for a new center, yet was quential than that. Barack Obama was Congress no longer had a center to get disdainful of the tawdry deal-mak- NAmerica’s first black president, which is a huge thing behind it. It passed without a single ing that this lack of ambition made and a fine thing. But when you’ve said that, you’ve Republican vote, and despite the reser- necessary. Grand political realign- probably said what matters most about his time in vations of many leftist Democrats. It ment was not his thing. Cutting office. was a narrowly partisan victory that deals, better left to other people, Perhaps it was harder — less probable — for a failed to impress even the winners. was not his thing either. black man with little experience of government to be Far-reaching reform requires con- Great leadership — more pre- elected president of the US in 2008 than it was for a sensus; lacking consensus, it fails to cisely, the desire to be a great leader woman to lead the British Conservative Party to elec- stick. Obama thought the ACA would — can be dangerous. Let’s hope Don- toral victory in 1979. Obama’s rise to the presidency create a consensus all by itself, after the ald Trump is more interested in the was a remarkable accomplishment. Talk about fact. So far, it hasn’t. Many politicians long-term value of his brands than his audacity. But reflecting on his eight years in office, make the mistake of thinking that con- place in history. Remember, too, that one wonders how much ambition he had left after sensus requires timidity. Thatcher could easily have been a that. He doubtless wanted to succeed, and he did, in Thatcher was abrasive and radical, great failure: She bet her premiership some ways. Not least, he won re-election in 2012 and and aroused ferocious opposition — but and the lives of many soldiers and departs the White House with most voters thinking her assault on a trade-union movement sailors on a stupid war with Argen- well of him. But already in 2008 he could say and run amok commanded wide support. tina, a reckless venture that on any think, “Yes we did.” Nothing he achieved afterward Thatcherism moved the center of Brit- rational analysis was likely to fail. She eclipses that. Thatcher, in contrast, betrayed little or US President Barack Obama leaves after giving his final presidential ish politics to the right, and the shift had to be outrageously lucky as well no interest in defeating a prejudice about what press conference at the White House, in Washington, DC. persisted. Subsequent Labour and Tory as ambitious. Don’t be too quick to women could aspire to be. She wanted power governments have nestled closely blame Obama for his caution. because she believed it was necessary to transform climate change to national security. Take all that together in this repositioned middle. Thatcher And yet it’s disappointing. Britain, and nobody else was up to the job. For good together, and his legacy is indeed a country changed Britain by changing British politics. America’s polarisation and the or ill, transform Britain is what she did. transformed. Could Obama have aspired to something similar deep political dysfunction that A prime minister with a comfortable majority in All of this is very questionable. The recession in the US — repopulating the political center and flows from it are themselves a kind Parliament has more power to change Britain than would certainly have been worse without the stimu- aligning it leftward, behind a new New Deal built on of crisis. Now they’ve yielded Pres- any president has to change the US No checks and lus, and the stimulus might have been smaller American capitalism but addressed to growing ine- ident Trump — and who knows balances to deal with. Yet you could argue that Ron- without Obama’s input, but modern economies with quality and diminished economic security? what harm will flow from that? If ald Reagan managed it. Obama, you could also argue, huge public sectors and forceful central banks aren’t In 2008, it seemed possible. The new president Obama had been willing to think might have managed it too, had he tried. The occa- vulnerable to depression in the way countries were was a man of enormous talent, effortlessly com- big and take risks — not just before sion presented itself in the form of an economic in the 1920s and 1930s. manding respect, an enthralling speaker, calm, sober getting elected but afterward as crisis. Leaders subsequently deemed great usually Britain’s economy fell further in the slump, but its and instantly likable. He’d come up from nothing, well — things might have been dif- find themselves contending with a crisis, domestic or subsequent recovery has been about as strong as and by the way, he was black. ferent. But Obama wasn’t that man. foreign, sometimes of their own making. But Obama America’s, for the most part with a fiscally orthodox He was something entirely new, yet quintessen- let his particular crisis go to waste. Conservative government in charge. tially American. The country, it seemed, was proud of Obama’s admirers will say, what nonsense: His We’ll see what remains of the Affordable Care Act him and proud of itself for having produced him. The stimulus bill saved the US from a new Great Depres- in due course, but its prospects certainly aren’t politically uncommitted wanted him to succeed, and sion; his health-care reform was a decisive and helped by its unpopularity from the outset. Some despite later controversies and disappointments this (despite the Republicans’ forthcoming efforts) irre- argue that Obamacare established access to health never really changed. versible advance; he used his executive powers to care as a right, and from this at least there’s no going It would be wrong to say he squandered these shift policy across a wide range of issues, from back. Actually, it failed to establish that idea. assets, but he took no chances with them. You don’t D-RING ROAD Obamacare reduced the number of uninsured Amer- realign politics by tending exclusively to the hopes POST BOX: 3488 icans, which is progress, but not to zero. and ideas of your partisan followers. That’s what he As for the rest, what executive actions can do, did. As president, Obama was most comfortable DOHA - QATAR Even Obama’s most fawning executive actions can undo. On race relations, hopes preaching to the converted. 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[email protected] the United States to remain there and later She sold her small apartment in the Arroyo Naranjo munici- apply for residency — has left his parents Cuba and the United States pality on the outskirts of Havana with the intention of leaving CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT stranded in Costa Rica. She has no idea But if the election of Donald Trump had alarmed the country. A week later, Cuba and the US signed their new TEL: 4455 7857 when they will see each other again. many Cubans, Obama’s final act as president with immigration agreement, shattering her hopes of joining her [email protected] Anibal’s parents left Cuba two weeks respect to their country has left them even more family in the US. ago, heading first to Guyana. They have concerned about what the new president may mean Elena is now homeless and sleeping in a neighbour’s SUBSCRIPTION & DISTRIBUTION already crossed the borders of four Cen- for them. house. “I sold it for 4,000 Cuban convertible pesos ($4,000) TEL: 4455 7809 / 839 tral American countries aiming to reach “Obama did things that nobody believed, but so I could go fast. That gave me enough to buy the ticket and FAX: 44557819 the US. But their trip was interrupted on now his successor is a man who can do anything, then to jump the border at Mexico,” she says. January 12, when the Cuban government even return to ‘dry feet, wet feet’ and Cubans once Her three children and seven grandchildren have all left [email protected] and the outgoing Obama administration again dying in the sea or in the jungles of Central Cuba over the past decade. “They were tired of fighting every reached an agreement that cancels sev- America,” says Gloria Fernandez, 36, day in the street to eat a plate of food and dress well, to be eral annexes of the Cuban Adjustment who specialises in dental medicine. able to go out on weekends. I understand them, they did not All thoughts and views Act, of which the “wet foot, dry foot” pol- Gloria and her brother Armando deserve to live in those conditions,” says Elena. expressed in these columns icy was a part. Fernandez have not heard from their “I have lost everything. I don’t have a home, not even Cubans such as Anibal’s parents will money because I already spent part of it on the tickets. I do are those of the writers, not now no longer have preferential treatment not know what I’m going to do,” she says, slumping into her of the newspaper. on reaching the US and will instead be wooden rocking chair. treated like migrants of other nationalities. Cubans are watching closely as the Elena’s neighbour says she will do what she can to help, All correspondence Mirta uses the wi-fi in a park in the US inaugurates its new president at least taking care of her possessions until she can find regarding Views and Havana neighbourhood of Vedado to somewhere else to settle, but that she cannot do more. Opinion pages should be make a video call to Anibal’s parents. On and wondering what it will mean “I do not care about Trump or Obama,” Elena reflects. “I mailed to the the screen of her smartphone, Anibal’s for them. do not know what I’m going to do with my life .... I do not parents cry. Mirta tries to be encouraging. want to be here any more.” [email protected] 10 EUROPE FRIDAY 20 JANUARY 2017

The A24 highway gate is seen next to exit of the town of Colledara, following a series of earthquakes and a snow avalanche hitting a hotel in central Italy, yesterday. (RIGHT) A video image shows a man being escorted by Alpine policemen (right) and a fireman (left) outside Hotel Rigopiano, near village Farinfola, on asterne lower slopes of the Gran Sasso mountain, in Italy. Avalanche buries hotel in Italy; many feared dead

Rome sniffer dogs combed the rubble, rubble in the entrance area of from hypothermia but not in any for hours by two metres of snow AFP Survivors unlikely officials said one body had been what they dubbed a ‘coffin hotel’. danger. One of them, identified in the nearest village, Farindola, Prospects of anyone recovered and the location of The region was hit by four as Giampiero Parete, 38, was some nine km away. everal children were being rescued alive another one identified. seismic shocks in the space of quoted by friends as saying his The hotel was located at an among the missing yes- “We are trying to recover four hours on Wednesday. Quake wife and two children, aged 6 altitude of 3,900 feet around from the ill-fated terday after a devastating bodies,” said fire service spokes- experts said the tremors almost and 8, had been inside the hotel. 90km east of the epicentres of Hotel Rigopiano avalanche buried an Ital- man Luca Cari. Asked if there certainly triggered the snowslide. Officials said there had been Wednesday’s earthquakes, all ian mountain hotel with looked bleak with was any hope of survivors, he The four-star hotel’s guests 20 guests staying and seven or near Amatrice, the town devas- Smore than 25 people believed to rescue efforts told reporters: “You never had been assembled on ground eight staff on duty at the hotel on tated in an August quake. be trapped inside. hampered by heavy know.” He added: “The building floor awaiting an evacuation fol- the eastern lower slopes of the A region dominated by Gran The prospects of anyone snow on roads. was basically run over by the lowing the quakes that was Gran Sasso mountain. The first Sasso, a majestic 9,554 feet peak, being rescued alive from the ill- avalanche leaving it buried. delayed by snow-blocked roads mountain police on the scene got has numerous small ski resorts fated Hotel Rigopiano looked “I saw mattresses that had when the avalanche struck. The there by helicopter with others popular with day-trippers from bleak with rescue efforts ham- The first rescue workers only been dragged for hundreds of building was moved some 10 following on skies. Rome and urban centres on Ita- pered by heavy snow that had reached the remote site in the metres, which shows how big the metres off its foundations by the They were quoted as saying ly’s east coast. blocked access roads to the early hours of yesterday and it search area is. There are tonnes force of hurtling wall of snow. there were no signs of life inside The one person confirmed remote site. was midday by the time a snow of snow, tree trunks and all kinds Local officials confirmed two the building while one of their dead Wednesday was a man The three-storey building plough and the first mechanical of detritus.” guests who were not inside when commanding officers told report- found buried under debris of a was hit by a six-feet high wall of excavation equipment got there. Italian television showed the avalanche struck had been ers: “There are many dead.” building in Castel Castagna, a small snow late on Wednesday. As some 35 firemen and images of piles of masonry and rescued. They were suffering Ambulances were blocked town to north of Farindola. Swedish oppn Nato sees sharp rise party launches bid to bring in state-backed cyber down govt attacks: Stoltenberg Stockholm Reuters Berlin AFP SWEDEN’S Moderate party yesterday called for the four ato chief Jens Stoltenberg parties of centre-right oppo- (pictured) yesterday said sition to put forward a Nthe alliance is coming common budget, which under an increasing number of would effectively bring down state-sponsored cyber attacks as the coalition government if he called on the bloc to boost its supported by the anti-immi- online defence capabilities. gration Sweden Democrats. “According to our latest eval- Mainstream politicians uations, there was a monthly have so far refused to have average of 500 threatening cyber anything to do with the Swe- attacks last year against Nato den Democrats party, which An employee puts final touches to waxwork model of US President-elect Donald Trump infrastructure that required name the states responsible for has its roots in far-right intensive intervention from our the attacks against Nato, Ger- ahead of its unveiling at the Grevin museum in Paris, yesterday. fringe. But Moderate leader experts,” he told Die Welt daily. many has on several occasions Anna Kinberg Batra said her “That’s an increase of 60 fingered Russia as a culprit— party was now prepared to percent compared to 2015. Most accusations that Moscow denies. bring down the coalition with Trump waxwork joins world of these attacks did not stem Separately, Germany’s its support. from private individuals but domestic intelligence chief The minority Social Dem- were sponsored by national Hans-Georg Maassen told for- ocrat and Green Party leaders at Paris museum institutions of other countries,” eign journalists that the country coalition has been able to he added. Voicing deep con- faces possible cyber attacks govern since 2014 because cerns about the development, from Russia in the lead-up to the opposition cannot form a Paris The museum was so certain a lot of time on his hair every Stoltenberg said cyber defence September elections. majority government with- AFP that Clinton would win the day, and he may need a simpler will play a key role at the next Pointing to hacking of the out Sweden Democrats, who November election that it decided style once he takes office.” Nato summit. German parliament in 2015, command more than 20 per- n the eve of his inaugu- to forgo trouble of sculpting stat- As with all the museum’s “We must boost our capa- and of US Democratic Party last cent support in opinion polls. ration as US president, ues for both candidates. waxworks, the Trump hair is bilities in this area,” he said, year—both blamed on Russia “In questions where there ODonald Trump was “We should have had both natural and can be re-dyed as warning attackers can “dam- by respective national security are the conditions for agree- already standing among world ready, to be safe,” said sculptor needed. age defence readiness of Nato services—Maassen said “it is ment, I do not think we should leaders at Grevin wax museum Eric Saint Chaffray. “So we were Chaffray said he thought and hinder work of our armed obvious that a similar scenario exclude building a majority in Paris yesterday—though the under time pressure,” he said, that once he was in office, the troops.” “All military activities is possible in Germany.” with the Sweden Democrats,” sculptor admits the hair posed adding he worked from photos 70-year-old Trump would tone are now based today on data Stoltenberg also rejected Batra told reporters. a challenge. and videos. down his hair colour, noting: transmission. If that fails to Donald Trump’s criticism of However, she ruled out Sculpted in record time — “Luckily he has sharp fea- “Already it’s less orange, more work, it can cause serious dam- alliance’s fight against terror forming a coalition with the just over two months — after the tures that are easily caricatured. platinum.” age,” he said. and shrugged off the US presi- Sweden Democrats or includ- museum was wrong-footed by That’s an advantage for us,” said The work on Clinton’s like- Several Western nations dent-elect’s claim that Nato was ing them in preparing an Trump’s shock victory over Hil- Chaffray, who has been sculpt- ness had advanced to the stage including Britain, France and “obsolete”. Alliance budget. lary Clinton, the wax likeness ing US presidents for more than of the modelling, said Veronique Germany have warned of a rise “Nato is already strongly “But again, I do not want stands next to one of German 20 years at the Grevin. Berecz, the Grevin’s press atta- in cyber attacks, and are boost- engaged in fight against interna- to begin talks on forming a leader Angela Merkel and at “He has very long hair, and che, adding that the museum ing their defence infrastructure tional terrorism, and we are government ... or budget arm’s length from Vladimir it’s done in a sort of wave,” would hold on to the work “just to cope with the new front. discussing how this engagement negotiations,” she said. Putin of Russia. Chaffray said. “I think he spends in case”. While Stoltenberg did not can be broadened,” he said. FRIDAY 20 JANUARY 2017 EUROPE 11 EU citizens and Britons air Brexit concerns

London a Pole who heads East European permanent residency in Britain, reception has become colder, however, did appear less wor- AFP In shock Resource Centre, told a parlia- which according to Anne-Laure more distant.” ried about paperwork involved. An estimated three mentary committee. Her Donskoy, a French academic in Polish ministers flew to Brit- Sue Wilson, who lives in rom healthcare costs to million European concerns echoed those of Chris- city of Bristol, involves a “night- ain last September after attacks Spain, described a “very simple burdensome bureauc- nationals residing in topher Chantrey, a British citizen mare” 85-page document. She on Poles, including one murder, process” with a two-page form racy, some of the Britain are none the who has lived in France since 1973. said the document includes and urged the UK to do more to to apply for permanent resi- millions of EU citizens wiser about their “Our main concerns are loss questions such as: “Have you protect their nationals. dency. But the fall in the value of in the UK and Britons fate. of EU citizenship and rights ever been a terrorist?” The National Police Chiefs’ the pound in recent months has Fliving on the continent aired their devolving from that: right to Donskoy criticised the com- Council said more than 3,000 inci- worried British retirees in Spain, Brexit concerns in parliament remain, healthcare arrange- plexity of forms and said the dents were reported to police she said. “Pensioners are already this week as negotiations loom. Similarly, 1.2 million ments and the future of process discourages people from nationwide between June 16 and suffering financially as a result More than six months after British citizens living pensions,” he said. applying, while warning of 30 last year. of exchange rates. They are con- Britain voted to leave the Euro- in the 27 other EU The status of Europeans liv- administrative burden Britain In continental Europe, British cerned if they will be able to pean Union in a shock countries, who are ing in a post-Brexit UK remain will face if all EU citizens living citizens fear they could be forced afford healthcare if they will referendum result, an estimated anxiously waiting to unclear, with Prime Minister in UK were to apply for residency to return to Britain after their need to pay for it “Many moved three million European nation- learn how London’s Theresa May refusing to guaran- under the current system. home country cuts its EU ties. to Spain originally because it was als residing in Britain are none divorce from tee their rights ahead of formal “You end up with a figure of “If that happened to me, how cheaper to live there. Many are the wiser about their fate. Brussels will affect negotiations with Brussels. 149 years... taking us to some- would my Italian wife get a right struggling,” she said. The same can be said of some their lives. May has said their status will where around 2166” to process to stay in UK, and my son? We Around 70,000 British pen- 1.2 million British citizens living in be dependent on that of British all applications, she said. are talking about splitting fami- sioners live in Spain, compared to the 27 other EU countries, who are citizens in other parts of EU and “This is not the country I lies,” said Gareth Horsfall, a just 62 Spanish retirees in Britain, anxiously waiting to learn how uncertainty, the threats of depor- has promised to make this a “pri- came to live in 30 years ago.” British financial advisor who according to comments made in London’s divorce from Brussels tation, the sense of being ority” in the talks. Drozdowicz said she had lives in Rome. November by Chris Wormald, per- will affect their lives. ostracised; people are extremely The uncertainty has prompted noticed a change in attitudes Those who are determined manent secretary at the UK’s “People are worried—the stressed,” Barbara Drozdowicz, some EU citizens to apply for towards foreigners: “The to stay in their adopted countries, Department of Health.

Cyprus & Greece NEWS BYTES insist on Turkish troops pullout Six-year jail sought for teenage for peace deal girl in police stabbing case BERLIN: German prosecutors yesterday sought six years for Nicosia a teenage girl accused of stabbing a police officer, an assault AFP allegedly ordered by the Islamic State organisation but which it did not claim. CYPRUS and Greece yester- Safia S, 16, is charged with “attempted murder, grievous day insisted that any peace bodily harm and support for a foreign terrorist organisation”, deal for the divided island a crime which carries up to 10 years in jail. must provide for the with- Prosecutors said the German-Moroccan national, who is drawal of Turkish troops and believed to have been radicalised as a young girl, had sought to new security arrangements. catch the attention of police officers by following them at the If Turkey and the island’s main train station in the northern city of Hanover. minority Turkish Cypriots want a solution, “there can EU to push ahead with Moldova pact neither be occupation troops nor guarantees”, Greek Pres- BRUSSELS: The European Union said yesterday it would ident Prokopis Pavlopoulos push ahead with a key political and trade agreement with Newly-elected President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev (left) and Vice-President Iliana Iotova said after talks in Nicosia with Moldova, after its pro-Russia president threatened to scrap his Cyprus counterpart Nicos (right) stand during their swearing-in ceremony in Bulgarian Parliament in Sofia, yesterday. it and restore ties with Moscow. Anastasiades, the Greek Cyp- The bloc has signed similar pacts with several former Soviet- riot leader. era satellites, most notably Ukraine, to offer them an EU option, Anastasiades, whose New Bulgaria president to but Moscow says such overtures amount to dangerous med- country has been a EU mem- dling in Russia’s backyard. Moldova’s President Igor Dodon said ber since 2004, said: “Our after talks with President Vladimir Putin this week that the EU deal common goal is to finally had failed to deliver the benefits promised, and that he wanted the achieve a solution that is fully dissolve parliament in a week “full re-establishment” of economic cooperation with Moscow. compatible with European acquis (EU legislation)... Macron to field candidates “Without the need to have Sofia Boiko Borisov to resign, raising which is lapping at Bulgaria’s any third country as a guaran- Reuters prospect of prolonged political border with Turkey. PARIS: Independent French presidential candidate Emmanuel tor or troops of any country uncertainty in the country and Radev said membership of Macron said yesterday he would field candidates in all constit- staying to protect supposedly ormer air force com- making an early parliamentary the EU and Nato was a strategic uencies in June parliamentary elections and would welcome one or the other community.” mander Rumen Radev was election virtually inevitable. choice for Bulgaria that should individual candidates from other parties. Their comments came as Fsworn in as Bulgaria’s new “You have one more week not be questioned but said he Macron, a centrist whose rise in opinion polls is worrying technocrats in Switzerland president yesterday and said he (until dissolution),” Radev told hoped a dialogue between the leftwing and rightwing candidates in the presidential race, said were discussing a post-set- would dissolve the parliament lawmakers, meaning that under West and Russia would be he would launch a call for applications online for all those who tlement Cyprus security in a week’s time following the Bulgaria’s constitutional rules restored after Donald Trump would like to run in the parliamentary election under the col- formula. UN-backed negoti- collapse of the centre-right the parliamentary election is takes over as U.S. president. ours of his En Marche (Forward) party. ations in the Swiss resort government. likely to take place on March 26. “Bulgaria’s foreign policy The election in the lower house of parliament will come on town of Mont Pelerin include Radev, who ran as an inde- Political analysts say the should be open to world and win the heels of the April and May presidential election. Greek Cypriot and Turkish pendent with backing of parliamentary election, Bulgar- friends and partners, not ene- “En Marche will field 577 candidates,” the 39-year old ex- Cypriot representatives as opposition Socialists, takes up his ia’s third since 2013, is again mies,” said Radev, who trained economy minister told a news conference. well as officials from Ankara, largely ceremonial post on Sun- unlikely to produce a strong as a pilot in the United States. Athens and former colonial day after pledging to maintain majority government able to His stance on Russia con- Setback for Norway digital radio power Britain. Bulgaria’s position as a member implement the judicial, eco- trasts with that of outgoing Anastasiades and Turkish of the European Union and Nato nomic and other reforms they President Rosen Plevneliev, who OSLO: Norway’s digital radio network has suffered its first Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci while also improving historically say the country needs. was one of 17 east European disruption just a week after it became the first nation to start have been holding direct talks important ties with Russia. Radev won presidency on leaders to sign a letter to Trump shutting down its FM network, in a controversial move. at various locations for the past Radev’s decisive victory in back of voters’ frustration with urging him not to ease sanctions Some parts of the country, including areas near the capi- 20 months on how to forge a November’s presidential race a corrupt political elite and con- on Moscow over its annexation tal, Oslo, were left without Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) on unified, two-zone federation. prompted the government of cerns over EU’s migrant crisis, of Ukraine’s Crimea. Wednesday night after two separate and simultaneous cable breaks caused by human error, said Norkring, the public body responsible for broadcasting. The connection was re-established after about three hours, Silent tribute but the incident will do little to reassure most Norwegians, who Moscow says criticism see the transition to DAB from FM as premature. The outage affected about five percent of the population that was able to receive DAB, Norkring said in a statement. of Obama not personal Europe’s far-right to flex muscles

Moscow unfriendly actions toward our FRANKFURT AM MAIN: French presidential hopeful Marine AFP country,” Peskov told journal- Le Pen will lead a European gathering of right-wing populist ists. He mentioned the US parties in Germany on Saturday in a show of strength ahead ussia had criticised a lot missile defence system in of crucial elections across the region this year. of Washington’s policy Europe and “aggressive behav- The congress in the western city of Koblenz will also fea- Rduring President Barack iour by security services ture Geert Wilders of the Dutch far-right Freedom Party, Frauke Obama’s two terms in office, towards Russia”. Petry of the anti-migrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) and but it was not personal, the He also pointed to financing Matteo Salvini of Italy’s xenophobic Northern League. Kremlin said yesterday , while of non-governmental organisa- Emboldened by Britain’s vote to leave the EU and Don- blaming the US for worse rela- tions in Russia which “engaged ald Trump’s US election win, they are hoping to capitalise tions since the Cold War ended. in political activity” among long- on rising resentment against the establishment and alarm “It’s true during the period of standing disagreements between over migration to shake up the political landscape on the the presidency of Mr. Obama our the two powers. continent. relations seriously worsened on Despite US top diplomats Billed as a “European counter-summit”, the event is being all levels,” President Vladimir famously pressing “reset” button held just a day after the inauguration of Trump, who himself Putin’s spokesman Dmitry to jump-start relations in 2009, rode to power on a wave of discontent with the status quo. Peskov said on Obama’s last full during presidency of Dmitry Members of the Lower House of Parliament, Bundestag In announcing the meeting on Twitter, Wilders used the working day as US leader. Medvedev, ties between Moscow stand in silence to commemorate the victims of Berlin hashtag “WeWillMakeOurCountriesGreatAgain”, a play on “Over, the past decade, the and Washington deteriorated truck attack in Berlin, Germany, yesterday. Trump’s election-winning slogan “Make America Great Again”. US has repeatedly conducted sharply in subsequent years. 12 AMERICAS FRIDAY 20 JANUARY 2017 Fresh riot erupts in Brazilian jail; unrest spreads

Natal, Brazil That was the third major AFP Army summoned mass-killing in a Brazilian prison The governor of this year. tick-wielding inmates surrounding Rio So far this year, 134 people hurled stones and lit Grande do Norte have been killed in prison vio- fires yesterday in a Bra- state, Robinson Faria, lence, according to the Folha de zilian jail where dozens Sao Paulo newspaper, citing jus- called for the armed were previously massa- tice ministry figures. forces to deploy on Scred, as authorities struggled to Authorities are accused of contain a spreading wave of gang the streets of Natal allowing gangs to run the over- violence. after rioting spread crowded jails. In a bid to wrest Police fired rubber bullets to beyond the prison. back control, the government is try to separate two groups of deploying 1,000 troops to “clean inmates as they fought a pitched out” arms, explosives and cell- battled in the courtyard of the Six cars and a truck were set phones from various cellblocks Alcacuz prison in the northern on fire and seven people were in the country. town of Natal, reporters over- arrested in that unrest, the Defence Minister Raul Jung- looking the facility saw. spokesman said. One person died mann called the situation a The governor of surround- and five were hurt during “national emergency.” ing Rio Grande do Norte state, another prisoner uprising in the Brazilian police had stormed Robinson Faria, called for armed nearby town of Caico, he said. Alcacuz prison early Sunday to forces to deploy on the streets of On Wednesday, elite officers halt the bloodbath, but were still Natal after rioting spread beyond entered the Alcacuz prison near not in full control four days later. the prison. Globonews television city of Natal and transferred 220 Rival groups of prisoners channel showed pictures of inmates to another jail. remained loose in the courtyard, Inmates are seen during an uprising at Alcacuz prison in Natal. injured inmates being evacuated The Alcacuz facility was the sheltering behind barricades of from the jail. scene of gruesome violence mattresses and furniture. Experts say the violence is markets and trafficking routes. Command (PCC), faced off Rioting also broke out in six between two rival gangs last The prison was built for a part of a war between drug gangs At Alcacuz, inmates from the against allies of their rivals from towns in the state, a spokesman weekend when 26 inmates were maximum of 620 inmates but battling for control of one of the country’s biggest gang, the Sao the Rio de Janeiro-based Red for local authorities said. massacred. currently houses 1,083. world’s most important cocaine Paulo-based First Capital Command. Perdue appointed Trump asks 50 senior Obama US secretary appointees to of agriculture continue jobs Washington AP Washington which requires confirmation by AFP the US Senate, is the final pick PRESIDENT-elect Donald Trump for Trump’s 16-member cabi- has asked roughly 50 senior onald Trump announced net, which includes the vice Obama administration appoint- yesterday he has nomi- president—who was elected in ees to remain in their posts after Dnated former Georgia November with Trump—and his inauguration to ensure con- governor Sonny Perdue to be the heads of 15 executive tinuity in government, his US secretary of agriculture, departments. incoming White House press sec- completing the president- Another former governor, retary said yesterday. elect’s 15 cabinet selections on Rick Perry of Texas, has been The officials include highest- the eve of his inauguration. tapped for the cabinet post of ranking career officials at key With his inner circle final- energy secretary, while South national security agencies like the ized, Trump’s incoming cabinet Carolina Governor Nikki Haley Pentagon and State Department. will feature no Hispanics, the is Trump’s pick to be ambassa- Deputy Defence Secretary first time since Ronald Reagan’s dor to the United Nations, a Robert Work and America’s third- presidency in the 1980s. position with cabinet rank. Various signs direct pedestrians and motorist along Constitution Avenue in Washington, DC, ranking diplomat, Under Secretary Perdue, 70, has considera- Out of the 21 cabinet-rank of State Thomas Shannon, will yesterday. President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th President of the United ble political experience, having positions already nominated by serve as acting chiefs of their agen- States today. been a state senator for a dec- the President-elect, only four cies until successors for top jobs are ade before serving two terms are women. One is black and confirmed by Senate, Trump’s as governor of an agricultural two are Asian-American. spokesman Sean Spicer said. state whose capital Atlanta is a Incoming press secretary Climate change: Perry softens stance Also staying will be Brett major business hub. Sean Spicer defended Trump’s McGurk, Obama administration’s He also worked as a veter- cabinet makeup against charges special representative for fight inarian before becoming a he has the largest number of Washington also clashes with Trump’s state- pulling America out of a global against IS group, and Nicholas small-business owner, and he white males in his cabinet in Reuters ments during his campaign that climate change pact signed in Rasmussen, director of National is a first cousin of US Senator years, describing as “second to global warming is a hoax meant to Paris in 2015. Counterterrorism Center. Trump David Perdue. none” Trump’s diversity in his ick Perry, President-elect weaken US business. As energy secretary, Perry also is keeping Adam Szubin, the “From growing up on a overall political Donald Trump’s pick to run “I believe climate is changing. would lead a vast scientific Treasury Department’s top offi- farm to being governor of a big appointments. Rthe US Energy Department, I believe some of it is naturally research operation credited with cial for terrorism and financial agriculture state, he has spent “It’s not just about skin said during his Senate confirma- occurring, but some of it is also helping trigger a US drilling boom intelligence. his whole life understanding color and heritage,” Spicer told tion hearing yesterday that global caused by man-made activity. The and advancements in energy effi- Work will likely man ship for and solving the challenges our reporters in Washington. warming caused by humans is question is how do we address it ciency and renewables only a matter of hours. Trump’s farmers face, and he is going to “I think that what you’re real, but efforts to combat it in a thoughtful way that doesn’t technology, and would oversee selection for Pentagon, retired deliver big results for all Amer- seeing and you’re going to con- should not cost American jobs. compromise economic growth, America’s nuclear arsenal. General James Mattis, is expected icans who earn their living off tinue to see, not just the cabinet The comment marks a shift for affordability of energy, or Ameri- Perry said he also regrets hav- to be confirmed today shortly the land,” Trump said in a state- but the entire thing, is diversity the former Texas governor who can jobs,” Perry said. ing previously called for the after inauguration ceremony. ment announcing Sonny Perdue in gender and diversity in had previously called the science Trump, has vowed to slash US department’s elimination, during Shannon is expected to run as his pick. thinking and diversity in behind climate change “unsettled” regulations curbing carbon diox- his failed bid for the Republican the State Department at least until The nomination of Perdue, ideology.” and a “contrived, phony mess”. It ide emissions and has suggested presidential nomination in 2012. next week.

Series of heavy storms soak Safe backpack California amid snow

San Francisco canyon roads near Malibu. The roads flooded. A big rig collision AP Hollywood Reservoir got almost shut down truck lanes on south- three-quarters of an inch rain, bound Interstate 5 in northern inter’s run of snow and Curt Kaplan, a meteorologist LA County. rain goes another with the National Weather Serv- The road woes were felt to Wround with the West ice said. the north in Oregon. A 45-mile as the first in a series of storms Flood advisories and stretch of Interstate 84 between soaks much of California and icy watches are posted on the far Troutdale and Hood River conditions close schools in Ore- north coast and winter storm remained closed because of ice. gon despite a thaw in some warnings are in place across the The temperature in Hood areas. Californians yesterday Sierra Nevada. River was expected to climb to saw snarling commutes, The National Weather Serv- slightly above freezing today, downed trees and heavy snow ice in San Diego warns that melting some of the ice that has in the mountains. five-day rainfall totals will likely turned the highway into a skat- Up to 3 inches of rain was be substantial and that mud and ing rink. But it’s a slow expected in parts of the San debris flows could occur as process. Francisco Bay Area while in heavy rains fell on wildfire burn With snow and ice hanging A security guard checks a student's backpack during a security operation called “Safe Southern California’s Santa scars east of Los Angeles. around the area, schools were backpack”, organised by authorities after a teenage student shot several students and a Monica Mountains, rain was fall- Commuters in greater Los closed in several districts yes- teacher before killing himself in a private school of Monterrey, at Jorge Quijano school, ing at rates of up to a half-inch Angeles were urged to slow terday, as well as some state in Mexico City, Mexico, yesterday. per hour. A rockslide closed down as freeway lanes and local agency offices. FRIDAY 20 JANUARY 2017 CLASSIFIEDS 13

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LANDMARK Bairavaa (Tamil) 2:00 & 8:45pm Ballerina (2D/Animation) 2:00 & 5:15pm Surf’s Up 2: Wave Mania (2D/Animation) 3:45pm Guppy (Malayalam) 5:00 & 11:15pm Shathamanam Bhavati (Telugu) 5:30pm Mantaka Mahzoura (2D/Thriller) 7:15 & 11:30pm XXX: The Return of Xander Cage (2D/Action) 3:45, 7:00, 9:00 & 11:00pm The Bye Bye Man (2D/Horror) 2:00 & 9:30pm The Family Fang (2D/Comedy) 7:45pm

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Ballerina (2D/Animation) 2:00 & 5:30pm Yesterday’s answer Guppy (Malayalam) 2:00 & 11:00pm XXX: The Return of Xander Cage (2D/Action) 3:00, 7:15, 9:15 & 11:15pm Surf’s Up 2: Wave Mania (2D/Animation) 3:45pm The Family Fang (2D/Comedy) 4:30 & 11:00pm ALL IN THE MIND The Bye Bye Man (2D/Horror) 5:00 & 9:00pm Bairavaa (Tamil) 6:30pm Mantaka Mahzoura (2D/Thriller) 7:00 & 9:30pm ACCENT, ADDRESS, ARGUE, BABBLE, BLAB, BLUSTER, CANT, CHAT, CHATTER, COMMENT, COMMUNICATE, ASIAN TOWN CONVERSATION, CONVERSE, DEBATE, Bairavaa (Tamil) 12:30, 3:00, 3:45, 6:15, 7:00, 9:30, 10:15pm, 12:30 & 01:15am DISCLOSE, DISCOURSE, Shathamanam Bhavati (Telugu) 12:30 & 6:30pm DISCUSS, DISSERTATE, Kirik Party(Kannada) 1:00 & 7:00pm Gautami Putra (Telugu) 4:00pm DIVULGE, GABBLE, GOSSIP, Guppy (Malayalam) 12:30, 3:30, 9:00pm & 12:00midnight GUSH, IMPART, INFLECT, Dangal (Hindi) 10:00pm LANGUAGE, LECTURE, LINGO, MODULATE, MOUTH, NARRATE, ORATE, PALAVER, PARLEY, PATOIS, AL KHOR PONTIFICATE, PRATE, XXX: The Return of Xander Cage (2D/Action) 12:00noon, 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9:00 & PREACH, RAP, SHOUT, 11:15pm Bairavaa (Tamil) 1:15, 4:30, 7:45 & 11:00pm SLANG, SPEAK, SPEECH, Ballerina (2D/Animation) 11:00am, 1:00, 3:00 & 5:00pm PIEL, TALK, TELL, UTTER, The Bye Bye Man (2D/Horror) 7:00, 9:15 & 11:30pm WHISPER. 16 MORNING BREAK FRIDAY 20 JANUARY 2017

PRAYER TIMINGS Spring Festival enthralls visitors FAJR 05.01 am SHOROOK 06.21 am

ZUHR 11.45 am MAGHRIB 05.11 pm ASR 02.48 pm ISHA 06.41 pm

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Expected poor horizontal visibility at places at first. Hazy to misty/fog- gy at places at first becomes part- Activities entertaining visitors during the opening of the Spring Festival at Souq Waqif and Souq Al Wakrah, yesterday. ly cloudy to cloudy at times with a chance of light rain at places. Pic: Baher Amin and Abdul Basit / The Peninsula HIGH TIDE 09:45 - 17:00 LOW TIDE 03:00 - 17:30 Courtesy: Qatar Meteorology Department Primates facing extinction Babies remember their Washington birth language: Study AP

orillas, monkeys, Seoul down in [the] very early months lemurs and other pri- QNA of life, which can be retained Gmates are in danger without further input of the lan- of becoming extinct, and abies build knowledge guage and revealed via scientists say it's our fault about the language they re-learning,'' she told BBC News. that our closest living rela- Bhear even in the first few In the study, adults aged about tives are in trouble, a new months of life, research shows. 30 who had been adopted as international study warns. If you move countries and babies by Dutch-speaking fam- About 60 percent of the forget your birth language, you ilies were asked to pronounce more than 500 primate spe- retain this hidden ability, Korean consonants after a short cies are "now threatened according to a study. Dutch- training course. Korean conso- A capped gibbon at the Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary in with extinction" and 3 out speaking adults adopted from nants are unlike those spoken of 4 primate species have Jorhat District in the eastern state of Assam, India. South Korea exceeded expec- in Dutch. The participants were shrinking populations, tations at Korean pronunciation compared with a group of adults according to a study pub- recently returned from the mammals. Scientists study when retrained after losing their who had not been exposed to lished in Wednesday's jungles of Brazil studying them to learn about human birth language. the Korean language as children journal Science Advances . marmosets. The decline has behaviour and evolution. Scientists say parents should and then rated by native Korean While scientists had been blamed on human Much of the problems talk to babies as much as pos- speakers. Both groups per- tracked dwindling numbers activities including hunting, faced by primates are sible in early life. Dr. Jiyoun Choi formed to the same level before of individuals and groups of mining and oil drilling. Log- recent. For example, the of Hanyang University in Seoul training, but after training the primates in forests around ging, ranching and farming Grauer's gorilla dropped led the research. international adoptees exceeded the world, this is the first have also destroyed pre- from a population of 17,000 The study is the first to show expectations. big-picture look. The result cious habitat in Africa, Asia in 1995 to just about 3,800 that the early experience of There was no difference was "a bigger wake-up call" and South America. now, mostly from bushmeat adopted children in their birth between children who were than previously thought, Primates, which include hunting and mineral min- language gives them an advan- adopted under six months of age said researcher Paul Garber apes, monkeys and humans, ing, the study found.There tage decades later even if they - before they could speak - and of the University of Illinois. have forward-facing eyes are only about 14,000 think it is forgotten, she said. those who were adopted after "The outlook is not very and grasping ability that set Sumatran orangutans left in ''This finding indicates that use- 17 months, when they had good," said Garber, who them apart from other the world. ful language knowledge is laid learned to talk.

Magical Festival Village opens at Katara

Visitors at the Magical Festival Village, opened yesterday, at Katara Cultural Village. The festival, featuring diverse entertainment events for children and families, will run until April 30. Pic. Salim Matramkot / The Peninsula