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TUESDAY Vol. XXXVIII No. 10630 November 7, 2017 Safar 18, 1439 AH

GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Emir meets Volkswagen chairman New decree In brief off ers big QATAR | Religion Prayer for rain to be performed on Thursday The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Aff airs has called on all Muslims in the incentives State to perform Istisqa (rain-seeking) prayer on Thursday (20 Safar 1439/ November 9) in line with the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). In a statement, the ministry called for the performance of the prayer at His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met yesterday at the Emiri Diwan with Volkswagen Group Supervisory the State’s mosques at 06.01am. Board Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch. The meeting dealt with boosting co-operation ties. to investors zEmir issues Decree Law No 21 of 2017, amending some QATAR | Event provisions of Law No 34 of 2005 on Investment Free Zones Safety and security meet kicks off today is Highness the Emir Sheikh ated the local, regional and interna- Under the patronage of HE the Prime Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani is- tional developments for achieving Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Qatar Airways buys 9.6% Hsued yesterday Decree Law No the nation’s economic targets and at- Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al- 21 of 2017, amending some provisions tract local and foreign investments. Thani, the First Major Event Safety and of the Law No 34 of 2005 on Invest- The amendments were also aimed at Security Conference kicks off today at ment Free Zones. enhancing the business environment St. Regis Doha. The two-day conference The decree law is eff ective starting in the country and meet the chal- is organised by the Security Committee stake in Cathay Pacifi c from its date of issue and is to be pub- lenges and changes in the economic of the Supreme Committee for Delivery lished in the offi cial gazette. fi eld. “This would further boost the & Legacy (SC) in collaboration with Commenting on the new law, HE authenticity of state organisations to Interpol. Page 7 zIt’s national carrier’s first major acquisition in an Asian airline the Prime Minister and Interior Min- attain Qatar National Vision 2030 and ister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin its national strategies and economic QATAR | Education By Pratap John share capital. Completion of the trans- in International Airlines Group, 10% in- Khalifa al-Thani, said the amend- orientations based on freeing up trade Chief Business Reporter action is expected to take place later to- vestment in LATAM Airlines Group and ments were recommended by the and economy, and give room for the New QNL building day in Hong Kong.” 49% investment in Meridiana.” Cabinet based on the Emir’s in- private sector to play a pioneering role opens to public today Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive For Cathay Pacifi c, the Qatar Airways structions to speed up economic de- in the economic activities in the coun- The new Qatar National Library (QNL) atar Airways has broadened its Akbar al-Baker said: “Qatar Airways is stake will give it a third strategic share- velopment and investment, besides try.” building in Education City will open global reach by purchasing a very pleased to complete its fi nancial holder behind Swire Pacifi c Ltd and Air providing the highest possible ad- He said creating a conducive invest- its doors to the public for the first Q9.61% stake in Cathay Pacifi c, investment in Cathay Pacifi c. Cathay China Ltd and under the terms of the vantages to both Qataris and foreign ment atmosphere is a joint responsibil- time today. QNL contains the latest the national carrier’s fi rst major stake in Pacifi c is a fellow oneworld member Cathay deal, Qatar Airways will buy investors. “Accordingly, the Cabinet ity of the State and the private sector. advances in digital technology in the an Asian airline. and is one of the strongest airlines in the about 378.2mn shares. had worked throughout the past pe- HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser world of information and libraries. It Qatar Airways, which is the world’s world, respected throughout the indus- A Reuters’ dispatch quoted Hong riod on the strategy to advance the pointed out that the free investment give residents access to more than fastest-growing airline, yesterday said it try and with massive potential for the Kong’s Kingboard Chemical Holdings economic development policy of the zones off ered excellent investment op- 1mn books, periodicals, and special “entered into an agreement to purchase future. and said it had sold the stake to Qatar country through effective and inno- portunities and would lead to increase collections, in addition to the heritage an amount of 378,188,000 shares of “This investment further supports Airways for HK$5.16bn ($661mn), mak- vative means and to benefit from the in GDP, the volume of investment and library, and a special collections for Cathay Pacifi c Airways Limited, being Qatar Airways investment strategy, ing the Middle Eastern carrier the third- available opportunities.” trade, as well as the creation of job op- children and young people. Page 2 approximately 9.61% of the total issued which already includes 20% investment largest shareholder in Cathay. To Page 4 The premier said the Cabinet evalu- portunities. To Page 24 Top fashion school planned for Qatar

By Ramesh Mathew well as a fashion destination in coming Heya Arabian Fashion Exhibition being Staff Reporter years as there is enormous interest in held in Doha (November 3-7). “There its people. was an impressive turnout of young The famed Italian designer, who has fashion lovers and my inquiries found prestigious fashion school of in- excelled in diverse areas of fashion over some of the locals want to deliver spe- ternational standards would be the years is hopeful that the school cifi c apparels to suit the needs and re- Aopened in Qatar next year, a top would be off ering a series of activities quirements of the region’s populace. visiting Italian designer has said. round the year as a number of Qatari With a little more exposure, experi- Rome-based Valeria Mangani, who men and women are evincing interest ence and better skills the local students has perfected and created an array of in acquiring better knowledge and in- could also launch quality costumes designs in such areas as apparels, bags, formation in diff erent areas of fashion. that could make a mark even in the in- accessories and jewels, told Gulf Times “This is becoming more evident from ternational market,” feels the famous that “a move in that direction (estab- the presence of a large number of top designer. lishing a fashion school) is going on brands in Doha,” she said. While replying to queries about the and the institute is likely to be a real- Fashion, said Mangani, is a 360-de- Italian fashion world, Mangani said ity, most probably in the fi rst half of gree umbrella but a large number of though some of the local connoisseurs 2018”. people feel it deals only with apparels know it too well that the institutes in She said a number of “quality and and costumes. “It also covers such ar- Rome are deeply rooted in traditions useful” lessons in fashion and design- eas as bags and similar personal leather and culture, they are not exactly famil- ing would be imparted to the country’s accessories, quality footwear, writing iar with the day- today developments fashion buff s by well-experienced pro- instruments, and jewels among others.” in the industry there. “As a result, a fessionals from Italy. Mangani said she Mangani is extremely happy at the perceivable gap exists and that is ex- is quite optimistic that Qatar would do response her session received at the pected to be bridged with the arrival of a fashion school of international stand- ards in Doha,” she said while revealing her plans for a show involving some of the upcoming Italian brands next sum- mer. The designer said her country had a colourful record in the fashion arena since the Renaissance and its infl uence is felt all over the European and Medi- terranean regions. “Now, more than 2.8mn people are employed at diff erent levels in the fashion industry,” she said adding that since the early 70s , a large number of modern trends have origi- nated from Milan. Along with Mangani, Marco Coretti, who had earlier served as the Vice- President of the Chamber of High Fashions, is also in Doha. Chamber of High Fashions, run by the Ministry of Economic Development of Italy, is a reputable institution, providing sup- port to people at diff erent levels of the Valeria Mangani and Marco Coretti in Doha. fashion world. Page 24 Gulf Times 2 Tuesday, November 7, 2017 QATAR

Emir condoles PM meets Somalia minister Culture minister meets Tajik envoy with Kuwaiti leader

His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, His Highness the Deputy Emir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani and HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani have sent cables to the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah on the death of Sheikha Shamma Hmoud al- Salman al-Sabah. Emir sends condolences to US president

His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani His Highness the Deputy Emir holding talks with the Minister of Internal Security of Somalia, Mohamed Abukar Islow, in Doha HE the Minister of Culture and Sports Salah bin Ghanem bin Nasser al-Ali holding talks with the Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad yesterday. They reviewed areas of co-operation, especially in the military fields and the fight ambassador of Tajikistan to Qatar Khisrav Sohibzoda, in Doha yesterday. They reviewed relations al-Thani, and HE the Prime against terrorism, in addition to regional and international issues of common concern. between Qatar and Tajikistan and means of enhancing them in the fields of culture and sports. Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani have sent cables to US President Donald Trump, extending their condolences to the president and to the American people following the horrific incident that took place inside a church in southern Texas in which dozens were killed and injured. They wished speedy New Qatar National Library recovery to those injured in the incident. Emir issues decrees building opens to public today His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani issued By Joseph Varghese QNL salient features and services the following decrees yesterday: Staff Reporter 1. Decree No 84 of 2017 ratifying zBuilding spread over 45,000sq m agreement on Co-operation in z Opening hours: Saturday to Thursday - from 8am to 8pm, the field of combating organised howcasing an array of and Fridays - from 4pm to 8pm crime between the governments unique features and serv- z Capacity of displaying more than 1mn books of Qatar and Algeria signed in Sices, the new Qatar Na- z The library currently hosts a little more than 800,000 Doha on 31/10/2016, tional Library (QNL) building volumes 2. Decree No 85 of 2017 ratifying in Education City will open its z A custom-designed circulation system, including an agreement on the exemption of doors to the public today. automatic book sorter and self-check-in/out machines visas for holders of diplomatic The building is open to all zSelf-check in and check-out services using Radio and private passports between members of the public, with free Frequency Identification the governments of Poland membership to anyone with a z The People Mover System – making the collection signed in Warsaw on 5/5/2017. Qatari ID. accessible to everyone 3. Decree No 86 of 2017, ratifying A tour of the facility was or- zWide range of computer systems, tablets, interactive a co-operation agreement in ganised yesterday for the local screens and audio/visual equipment the field of education, higher media, during which the sali- zAssistive technology area, including 16 computer stations education, scientific research ent features of the library such with adjustable levelling and technology between the as self-check in and check-out z Individual and group study spaces government of Qatar and Kenya services, the People Mover Sys- z Computer labs, a writing centre and innovation stations signed in Nairobi on 11/4/2017. tem, Heritage Library; the as- off ering creative tools, such as 3D printers and musical 4. Decree No 87 of 2017, ratifying sistive technology area, among instruments a co-operation agreement in others, were showcased. zA dedicated area for teens the cultural field between the Mainly available in Arabic and z Six instruction rooms governments of Qatar and Kenya English, collections at the library z 21 individual and group study rooms signed in Nairobi on 11/4/2017. cover some 17 languages in total. z 28 student and faculty carrels QNL, a member of Qatar Off icials of QNL during the media tour yesterday. PICTURE: Noushad Thekkayil z Two multimedia rooms Emir issues Foundation for Education, Sci- zA 120-seat auditorium ence and Community Develop- z A restaurant and café Decree Law ment (QF), is one of the largest libraries of this type in the world, His Highness the Emir Sheikh according to library offi cials. serve meeting and event spaces other languages, featuring picture Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani Five years in the planning, the in the building, and access the books, chapter books, informa- yesterday issued Decree Law facility was announced in 2012 dozens of online digital resources tion books, easy readers, maga- Number 21 of 2017 amending by Her Highness Sheikha Moza available to members. QNL will zines, DVDs, databases, audio- some provisions of the Law bint Nasser, chairperson of QF. celebrate the building’s open- books, e-books and e-magazines. Number 34 of 2005 on Spread over 45,000sq m, the ing with a range of events, all of Additionally, the children’s Investment Free Zones. building has the capacity to dis- which are open to the public. section will off er early literacy play more than 1mn books and The building is designed by programmes and workshops Instruments currently has a little more than Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, for families to develop reading 800,000 volumes. In addition, and is fully accessible to visitors skills from an early age. The QNL of ratification the library hosts a large number with special needs. It features Children’s Library also has edu- of periodicals, special collec- numerous custom-designed in- cational toys, arts and crafts ma- His Highness the Emir Sheikh tions as well as the QNL Herit- novations, including an auto- terials, and innovative learning Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani age Library. matic book sorting system, sev- software, as well as its own team issued yesterday an instrument Members can check out books eral interactive media walls, and of dedicated librarians. of ratification endorsing a draft and other media from the main many more. The Teen Library, aimed at visi- agreement on economic, trade collection, access the children’s The Heritage Library, located tors aged 13 to 18 years, includes and technical co-operation and teen’s library, and begin us- in the centre of the QNL build- more than 30,000 books as well as between the governments of ing QNL’s creative and collabo- An area of the library where books are displayed (supplied picture). ing, includes rare and valuable magazines, computer labs, graphic Qatar and Liberia, signed in Doha rative facilities, such as the writ- texts and manuscripts related to novels, interactive learning tools, on May 21, 2014. ing centre, innovation stations cation landscape in Qatar. QNL “With the Heritage Library at ture,” added Dr Wastawy. Arabic and Islamic civilisation. and a specially-tailored events The Emir also issued an and study rooms. is a place where everybody can its heart and innovative tech- QNL has also launched its new QNL also features a dedicated space. It also includes school cur- instrument of ratification “The opening of the QNL learn, collaborate and create,” nology throughout, the QNL website at www.qnl.qa, allowing children’s section containing riculum and college textbooks for endorsing an agreement building is a landmark achieve- said Dr Sohair F Wastawy, ex- building is truly a bridge be- users to register for membership, more than 100,000 books in Ara- students preparing for exams, in- on air services between the ment for the cultural and edu- ecutive director, QNL. tween Qatar’s past and its fu- search the library’s collection, re- bic, English, and a selection of cluding the ACT and SAT. governments of Qatar and Turkmenistan, signed in Ashgabat on March 7, 2016. Education minister Heritage Library hosts rare and valuable texts in Paris talks HE the Minister of Education and By Joseph Varghese Higher Education Dr Mohamed Staff Reporter Abdul Wahed Ali al-Hammadi met the Minister of Science, Technology and Research of Sri he Heritage Library, lo- Lanka, Susil Premajayantha, on cated in the centre of the the sidelines of the 39th general TQatar National Library conference of the United Nations (QNL) building, includes rare Educational, Scientific and and valuable texts and manu- Cultural Organisation (Unesco) scripts related to Arabic and Is- taking place at the organisation’s lamic civilisation. headquarters in Paris. “The Heritage Library has The meeting discussed a number about 26,000 printed Arabic of topics of common interest and foreign materials as well as and means of developing them, 4,000 manuscripts. It has more especially in the educational field. than 1,300 maps and a large number of photographs,” Aysha Qatar-Serbia Hassan al-Ansari, head of the heritage collection at QNL, told ties reviewed Gulf Times. Aysha Hassan al-Ansari at the Heritage Library. “In addition to Arabic manu- PICTURES: Noushad Thekkayil Secretary-General of the Foreign scripts, historical maps and Ministry Dr Ahmed bin Hassan globes, scientifi c instruments make sure that they are protect- pharmacological and astronom- al-Hammadi has met separately and early photography, the Her- ed from any damages. ical texts, along with famous with Foreign Minister of Serbia itage Library contains writings The Heritage Library exhibi- works produced by Ibn Sina and A map displayed at the Heritage Library. Ivica Dacic and Secretary-General by travellers who explored the tion area features space to dis- al-Razi. One of the oldest man- of the Foreign Ministry of Serbia Arabian Gulf region over the play approximately 300 items, uscripts in the collection is a set Arab printing section contains Arabic books printed on presses la’, printed in Rome in 1478. This Veljko Odalovic in Belgrade. centuries,” she added. giving visitors the opportunity of four parts of al-Bukhari’s al- important collections such as a in Shweir in Lebanon, Aleppo, is the fi rst map to mention Qatar, They discussed relations According to the offi cial, there to learn about the history and Sahih, on parchment that dates large part of Sheikh Ali bin Ab- Mosul, Cairo such as Bulaq’s printed in Latin as Catara. The between Qatar and Serbia and is also a conservation and pres- culture of the Islamic world and back to the 6th Century H /12th dullah al-Thani’s private library, books and in the Hijaz. collection has leaves from the ways to support and develop ervation unit at QNL, which Qatar. Century AD, written in Spain. the former library of Khayr al- It also contains the Ptolemy famous Blue Mushaf (Qur’an) them, in addition to matters of looks after the manuscripts and The library contains medical, The Heritage Library’s early Din al-Zerekly, some of the fi rst map entitled ‘Sexta Asiae Tabu- attributed to the 9th century. common concern. Gulf Times Tuesday, November 7, 2017 3 QATAR Food processing fi rm to build dairy farm By Peter Alagos pany had started connecting its tar with juices and other drinks, Business Reporter new lines this week to increase including Qatar Airways, hos- production capacity. pitals and government depart- “Everything is running ac- ments. Also, increased demand Qatari food processing cording to our plan and we are prompted the company to add company will be import- still working 24 hours a day on more than 40 delivery trucks to Aing cows from Germany maximum capacity to meet the meet market needs, he said. and Australia by mid-2018 as market needs. Last week, we “We now have a strategic part of plans to build a farm in started the distribution of seven stock of raw materials that is Qatar with the aim of supplying new fruit drinks and nectar, and good for more than six months 45% of the local market’s dairy plan to unveil new and healthy to ensure that we supply the and juice needs, an offi cial has products soon. market with high-quality prod- said. “Because of the Ministry of ucts. We are looking to export Gulf Food Production busi- Economy and Commerce’s cam- our products in the near future ness development manager Mo- paign to support national prod- but want to fi ll the gap in the hamed Ali al-Kuwari said the ucts, we have experienced excel- Qatari market fi rst by support- farm will be built on a 500,000sq lent patronage and display on ing all community events and m area equipped with the many shelves around the coun- activities,” he stressed. “highest technology” for milk try. We thank the ministry for By early next year, al-Kuwari Mohamed Ali al-Kuwari, business development manager, Gulf Food production. its decision to raise government said the company will open its Production. “We have already started this procurement of local products factory to schools as part of an project and hope to fi nish it in the from 30% to 100%,” al-Kuwari educational tour and familiari- Qatar Development Bank was a couple of agreements, and we middle of next year,” al-Kuwari pointed out. sation programme for children. amazing, and we had many vis- looking forward to the ‘Made in told Gulf Times yesterday. He said the company is also “Our participation in the Ger- its from potential clients from all Qatar 2017’ exhibition this com- According to him, the com- supplying 80% of schools in Qa- man food trade fair, Anuga, with over the world. We also signed ing December,” he added. Some of the new lines set up by Gulf Food Production. Commercial Bank launches fi rst Traffi c accident contactless debit cards in country cases fall in Sept

ommercial Bank has to go live in spring 2018, digital movement towards a digital raffi c accident cases in and 18 from Dukhan. announced the launch wallets allow customers to pay payment ecosystem, the forth- Qatar were on the decline MDPS also said incidents Cof the fi rst contact- for purchases using their mo- coming World Cup in 2022, and Tin September against of traffi c violations fell 3.8% less debit cards in Qatar on the bile phones. huge transport infrastructure the previous month’s level, but month-on-month to 99,135 in internationally-accepted Visa Contactless cards are a fast, investments such as the Doha Madinat Khalifa and Al Rayyan September this year. However, and MasterCard NFC platform. easy, and secure ways to pay for Metro where contactless pay- saw increasing trends, according jumping red light signal had The contactless debit cards purchases by simply touching ments are expected to feature. to offi cial statistics. seen an of 18.5% increase, non- will enable Commercial Bank’s your card on a reader and a PIN All of these points will drive the While Madinat Khalifa and renewal of driving licence by customers to conveniently ‘Tap is not required. Transactions use of contactless payments in Al Rayyan witnessed 18.3% and 21.2%, traffi c signs violation by & Go’ at NFC-enabled point of are much faster compared to Qatar and Commercial Bank 4.8% increase in traffi c acci- 7.2% and radar by 1.3%. sale (POS) terminals and they cash and PIN-based transac- will be leading the way to enable dents respectively, North saw a The ministry said the total can also use the card as a normal tions, making contactless ‘Tap the use of this technology.” 23.1% decline, Industrial Area number of new vehicles regis- debit card at any POS terminal. & Go’ an important feature for Amit Sah, EGM head of con- (-20%), Dukhan (-18.2%), Air- tered stood at 4,140 in Septem- Commercial Bank contact- supermarkets, fast food outlets, sumer banking, Commercial port (-10.6%), South (-10.1%) ber, a 23.6% decline month-on- less debit cardholders will not mass public transport, tick- Bank, said: “Commercial Bank and Al Mamoura (-7.9%), ac- month and 22.6% fall on a yearly be required to enter a PIN or eting, and sporting events in holds a leading position with cording to the data released by basis. sign receipts for transactions up many parts of the world. acquiring retailers and mer- the Ministry of Development The total number of driving to QR100 per day. Customers Joseph Abraham, chief ex- chants, which are the key seg- Planning and Statistics. licences issued was 6,515 in Sep- will also have an option of us- ecutive offi cer, Commercial ment for contactless payments, There has been more than 7% tember, which were 27.7% and ing their debit card as a normal Bank Group, said: “Commercial and Commercial Bank has fo- decline month-on-month in to- 12.1% decline on monthly and chip and PIN card for conduct- Bank has a long tradition of be- cused on driving both the is- tal number of traffi c accidents yearly basis respectively. ing transactions if the value of ing innovators in the payments suance of contactless cards to across the country in September Of the 6,515 licences, as many transaction is higher than the market and we are proud of in- increase the number of custom- this year. as 5,864 licences went to non- contactless daily limit. troducing the fi rst contactless ers, as well as drive the penetra- Qatar had seen a total of 417 Qatari males, 524 (Qatari males), Contactless cards are the Commercial Bank Plaza in West Bay. debit cards in Qatar, with credit tion of contactless acceptance accident cases in September 117 (non-Qatari females) and 10 latest innovation from Com- cards following soon. devices. Our contactless card this year, of which 71 were re- (Qatari females). mercial Bank to make bank- mercial Bank will roll out the less credit cards and pay cards. “The potential for contact- proposition will enable our cus- ported from Madinat Khalifa, There has been a more than ing simple and convenient fi rst batch of contactless debit Another digital innovation less payments in Qatar is very tomers to transact faster, while 70 from Al Mamoura, 66 from 90% plunge in licences issued to for the best client experience. cards to the Qatari market, coming soon from Commercial exciting due to our young and continuing to enjoy a high level Al Rayyan, 62 from South, 60 Qatari females and 89% decline Starting in November, Com- shortly followed by contact- Bank is the digital wallet. Set tech savvy population, Qatar’s of security.” from North, 42 from Airport in non-Qatari females. Al Furousiya street to be converted into four lanes

he Public Works Author- ity (Ashghal) has an- Tnounced the start of road improvement works on Al Furo- usiya Street in western Doha. Salem al-Shawi, assistant manager, road projects de- partment, said the project is of great importance in terms Dignitaries at the festival’s inauguration. of enhancing traffi c fl ow and improving transportation in western Doha. Al-Shawi said Al Forousiya Street plays a vital role in con- necting several areas in the above- LuLu begins ‘Discover mentioned part of the city. The assistant manager said the project, which is located within Areas 54 and 55 in Al Rayyan Municipality, include America Festival’ increasing the number of lanes of the 7.8km Al Furousiya Street to four lanes in each di- uLu Hypermarket Group Chamber of Commerce, and Grant commended LuLu rection with a service road on has announced that the other dignitaries representing Group’s contributions to both sides of the street. This is Lopening of Discover the US mission, chamber and the development of Qatar’s being done to enhance traffi c America Festival 2017 took US Department of Agriculture. strong economic ties with fl ow and increase the street ca- place at LuLu Hypermarket, LuLu’s showcase of US pro- the US, and was amazed at pacity to accommodate current Al Gharafa. duce and food products, as part the wide range of American and future traffi c requirements. sides of the intersection. Al-Shawi said, “The project oping the irrigation system, and The festival has been organ- of the Discover America Festival, foodstuff s on display, the The project also includes The works on this intersection includes widening Al Mana- landscaping works along the ised in co-ordination with the will continue until November statement noted. converting the Al Furousiya are expected to be completed by seer intersection to include four street. US embassy in Doha and Ameri- 15. American products will be Besides off ering products of and Muaither roundabouts into the beginning of the third quar- main lanes and three lanes to The project also includes can Chamber of Commerce in on prominent display across all renowned brands of US origin, signal-controlled intersec- ter of 2018. The Muaither inter- turn left on all sides of the inter- infrastructure improvement Qatar. “After the success of the LuLu Hypermarket outlets in LuLu Group has also focused on tions to ease traffi c congestion section will comprise four main section as well as one separate works in the project’s area such fi rst Discover America food fes- Qatar, and stores will off er showcasing a wide range of ‘free as those two roundabouts are lanes in both directions of Al U-turn lane on both directions as constructing a positive storm tival in 2015, LuLu Group is priv- discounts on a wide range of from worry’ food products such considered to be the most con- Furousiya Street, three lanes to of Al Furousiya Street.” water drainage system, upgrad- ileged to again partner with the such imported products. as organic, gluten-free, lactose- gested roundabouts in the area turn left from Al Furousiya Street The project’s road improve- ing the TSE (treated sewage ef- US embassy,” the Group said in a LuLu’s management said it free, dairy-free, vegan and other especially during peak times. into Muaither Street and vice- ment works include installing fl uent) network and protecting press statement. has been importing high-qual- healthy options. Al Furousiya intersection will versa, as well as two separate U- 233 light poles on Al Furousiya utility lines in the area. Guests of honour included ity US products for more than This year’s festival is themed comprise four main lanes in turn lanes for those coming from Street, providing pedestrian The project is being implement- William Grant, chargé d’aff aires a decade in Qatar, and with this on the traditional US fresh food both directions of Al Furousiya Al Rayyan on Al Furousiya Street. and cyclist lanes, pavement and ed by Al Jaber and Makhlouf at a at the US embassy, inaugurated festival it intends to further pro- market and food trucks seen Street, three main lanes in both The intersection is planned to road marking, installing direc- cost of approximately QR244mn. the ceremony with Jay Turk, mote US products through their from coast to coast across the directions of Al Qalaa Street, be completed by the end of the tional signage, providing Intel- It is expected to be completed in vice-chairman of the American stores in Qatar. American states. and three lanes to turn left on all second quarter, 2018. ligent Transport System, devel- the fourth quarter of 2019. Gulf Times 4 Tuesday, November 7, 2017 QATAR

QA stake in Cathay From Page 1 It said that after a strong Elsewhere in Asia, Qatar fi nancial year 2016, traffi c Airways is looking to es- growth has accelerated fur- Qatar Airways launches tablish a division in India ther in this fi nancial year, that could operate as many with India likely to overtake as 100 single-aisle planes Japan in 2017 to become the as Qatar’s fl agbearer seeks world’s third largest domes- to tap into the world’s fast- tic market behind the US and est growing major aviation China. market. Currently, Qatar Airways direct service to Adana According to CAPA Cen- is celebrating 20 years of its tre for Aviation, India’s do- establishment and is fl ying By Joey Aguilar mestic market is on track to to more than 150 business Adana, Turkey New link for trade surpass 100mn passengers and leisure destinations all this year. over the world. The introduction of three atar Airways’ fi rst non- weekly belly-hold flights to stop fl ight to Adana landed Adana will provide eff icient Qat Adana Airport yester- connections for garment and day, bringing the airline’s total textile businesses in the city to number of weekly fl ights to the Middle East, Asia and India urkey to 41. via Qatar Airways Cargo’s state- With this new route to of-the-art Doha hub. TTurkey’s fi fth largest city, Qatar Airways Cargo currently Qatar’s national carrier now be- off ers twice weekly Airbus A330 comes the fi rst fi ve-star Middle freighters to Istanbul and 38 Eastern airline to off er non-stop weekly belly-hold flights to the fl ights to Adana as it continuously main airports in Istanbul and expands its global operations. Ankara. In a statement, Qatar Airways With the new addition of Doha- Group chief executive Akbar al- Ehab Amin, Salem bin Mubarak al-Shafi, Mahmut Demirtaş, Mustafa Yavuz and Ahmet Bülbül lead the cake-cutting Adana-Doha route, the cargo Baker said Turkey remains one of ceremony yesterday at Adana Airport. carrier aims to increase its the award-winning airline’s key market share in Turkey. target areas for growth. Mubarak al-Shafi , Adana Gover- Named 2017 Airline of the Year, “We are delighted to launch nor Mahmut Demirta, Adana As- as awarded by Skytrax, Qatar our fi rst direct service to Adana, sistant Governor Mustafa Yavuz Airways has a host of exciting a much-anticipated addition to and State Airports Authority and new destinations planned for our expanding global network. We Adana Airport chief manager Ah- the remainder of this year and have identifi ed Adana as an im- met Bülbül, as well as other 2018, including Canberra, Aus- portant Turkish destination to in- dignitaries and government tralia; Chiang Mai, Thailand, St clude in our expedited expansion offi cials. Petersburg, Russia; and Cardiff , plans,” he stressed. A group of Turkish performers UK, to name a few. Speaking at a press conference also entertained the delegation at Adana Airport yesterday, Qatar from Doha as they disembarked Airways chief commercial offi cer from the aircraft. creased its number of fl ights to Ehab Amin said the airline was “We are thrilled to welcome Qa- Turkey due to huge passenger de- pleased to connect Turkish citi- tar Airways fl ights to Adana, con- mand. It launched services to An- zens further to its more than 150 necting passengers to destinations kara in 2010 and fl ights to its sec- destinations through its hub in all over the world and enabling us ond airport in Istanbul at Sabiha Doha. to welcome the world to Adana,” Gökçen Airport in May 2014. Amin expressed confi dence Bülbül said. Qatar Airways currently oper- that Qatar Airway’s new service to “The State Airports Authority ates three daily fl ights between Turkey would further strengthen and Adana Airport chief manage- Qatar Airways flight QR 438 receiving a traditional water cannon salute Doha and Istanbul’s Sabiha Qatar’s relations with Turkey. ment are fully supporting Qatar at Adana Airport yesterday. Gökçen Airport, 10 weekly fl ights Flight QR 438 touched down at Airways, and together, we look between Doha and Istanbul Atat- Adana Airport at 11.25am yester- forward to a successful future,” he off ers a taste the unique and au- Adana Archeological Museum. urk International Airport and daily day and was greeted with a noted. thentic cuisine while enjoying a Since it launched its fi rst non- fl ights between Doha and Ankara. traditional water cannon salute. Adana, located at the crossroads view of the river from one of the stop fl ight to Istanbul (Ataturk In- The three-times-a-week Doha- Amin, who led a high-profi le of Anatolia and the Middle East, is city’s rooftop restaurants. ternational Airport) in 2004, Qa- Adana route (Monday, Thursday delegation on the inaugural direct one of the most populous cities in Some of Adana’s tourist attrac- tar Airways has been continuously and Saturday) is operated by an fl ight from Hamad International Turkey and known for its fascinat- tions include the 16th century operating to three destinations in Airbus A320, featuring 12 seats Airport, was greeted by Qatar’s ing sunsets over the Seyhan River. Great Mosque (Ulu Cami), Clock Turkey for 13 years. in Business Class and 132 seats in ambassador to Turkey Salem bin The southern Turkish city also Tower, the old bazaar and the The airline also steadily in- Economy. Al-Baker calls on Bosnia and Herzegovina cabinet chairman

atar Airways Group ia, China and Korea thanks chief executive Ak- to the four-times-a-week Qbar al-Baker was service now operating from welcomed by the chairman the airline’s hub in Doha. of Council of Ministers for The new route will also Bosnia and Herzegovina, benefi t the people of Bosnia Dr Denis Zvizdic, during his and Herzegovina who can recent visit to Sarajevo. take advantage of shorter In the capital for the of- connection times to attrac- fi cial launch of the airline’s tive destinations such as new route from Doha to Sydney, which is reachable in Sarajevo, al-Baker took 21 hours via Doha, and Bang- the opportunity to meet kok, which is just a 12-hour with Dr Zvizdic to discuss journey away from Sarajevo. the business opportunities The 700 Bosnian nationals and partnerships that the living and working in Doha new fl ights will off er to the will also be able enjoy the people of both Bosnia and direct fl ights to visit friends Herzegovina and Qatar. and family without the in- During the meeting, al- convenience of connecting Baker, who was accompa- through another airport. nied by Qatar’s ambassador Akbar al-Baker shakes hands with Dr Denis Zvizdić. With 12 tonnes of belly to Bosnia and Herzegovina, hold cargo capacity per Rashid Mubarak RA al-Ka- launch of our new fl ights it possible for us to oper- week to and from Sarajevo wari, and Bosnia’s ambas- to this beautiful country, ate to Sarajevo and we look on board the A320 aircraft sador to Qatar, Tarik Sadovi, as well as to demonstrate forward to building on this which serves this new route, reiterated the airline’s com- to the people of Bosnia and strong beginning in the export businesses in Bosnia mitment to increasing tour- Herzegovina our intentions coming years.” and Herzegovina are also ism to this Balkan capi- to boost their economy by Already a popular des- set to grow as they can now tal by promoting the new bringing more business and tination with travellers reach more than 150 desti- destination to passengers leisure passengers here than from the GCC, Sarajevo is nations with Qatar Airways across its extensive global ever before. We thank Dr set to see an increase in the Cargo – the third largest network. He said, “We are Denis Zvizdic and every- number of tourists visiting international air freight in Sarajevo to celebrate the one who has helped make from as far away as Austral- carrier in the world.

Ride of Champions hoping to break record

By Mudassir Raja the third highest in terms ride. However, if you fi nish Doha of the number of aspirants within a certain time, you registered with us. Filipi- will be placed in a certain nos stand fi rst with 200, category. For example, if r Abdulaziz al- the British second with 95, you fi nish within three and Kuwari, president, and Qataris next with 70. a half hours, you are gold, DQatar Cyclists, has We hope the numbers will within four hours silver, and said he hopes the Ride of increase.” within fi ve hours bronze,” Champions event becomes The 2017 event includes he explained. an international fi xture in three events starting at The event is supported by Qatar as the organisers have Dr Abdulaziz al-Kuwari 6.30am (48km, 78km and Qatar Cyclists, the Ministry been following UCI (Un- addressing the media. 137.5km) for experienced of Culture and Sports, Qa- ion Cycliste Internationale) PICTURE: Shemeer Rasheed adult cyclists. A further fes- tar Cycling Federation, QF regulations since the launch tival of cycling will start at and Ooredoo. of the event. Road World Champion- 9am — for families, begin- Thanking QF and other Speaking at a press con- ships. “This time, we hope ners and riders new to the sponsors, Dr al-Kuwari said: ference yesterday, he said the number will exceed sport — at Qatar Foundation. “Since the signing of a mem- the organisers hoped to (that). We have already reg- Talking to Gulf Times, orandum of understanding break last year’s record in istered more than 700 as- Dr al-Kuwari said the event with QF, we have been able terms of the number of pirants,” he noted. taking place at QF on No- to support this beautiful participants. The Ride of Responding to a question vember 24 would have a sport. We have weekly events Champions brought to- on how many Qataris are family ride as well as a ride like indoor classes as well as gether 1,000 cyclists last participating in the event, for kids around the Oxygen outdoor rides through the time, held as part of the UCI he said, “Till now, they are Park. “It is not a race but a Foundation.” Gulf Times Tuesday, November 7, 2017 5 QATAR

Ooredoo tv’s ‘beIN Domasco wins gold at Honda’s Full Package’ adds 2017 regional 3S skills contest two more channels

oha Marketing Services Company (Domasco), the oredoo has announced content for families in Qatar, exclusive distributor of Honda vehicles in Qatar, that Ooredoo tv’s ‘beIN including TV series like Qalb Dhas won gold in the Team category at the Honda OFull Package’ has intro- AlMadina and Wardi Shamia. Regional 3S Skills Contest 2017. duced two new premium chan- The ‘beIN Full Package’, The two-day contest, organised by Honda Motor nels from beIN. The new chan- which costs users QR110 per Company, saw over 30 participants from across the re- nels, beIN SERIES HD2 and month, includes 60 channels gion attend and undergo various rounds of theory and beIN DRAMA HD1, have been and covers live and exclusive practical tests. added on Ooredoo tv channel sports channels, as well as pre- Domasco Honda was represented by Sajith Thampi numbers 501 and 179 as part mium and exclusive content (Sales), Dante Donato (Service) and Emmanuel Marfi l of Ooredoo and beIN’s “ongo- such as programmes for kids, (Parts) and took home the Gold Award for Excellence in ing investment in world-class lifestyle, factual, the latest the Team category, beating fi ve other teams from across entertainment for Qatar”, ac- movies, music and more. the GCC. cording to a press statement. Ooredoo tv customers who Faisal Sharif, managing director of Domasco, said: The beIN SERIES HD2 want to take advantage of the “This is the fi rst time that a Team category was intro- channel covers “all the latest channels can also enjoy their duced in the Skills contest and we are extremely proud to and best” western TV shows fi rst two months ‘beIN Full have won the Gold Award. The contest tests the compe- with a focus on the genres of Package’ subscription free, tence, aptitude and skills of the associates in diffi cult and action and suspense. beIN has if they sign up to a 12-month challenging environments and their ability to work as a partnered with CBS to bring subscription. team. various popular series such Ooredoo tv off ers features “This award further reiterates the expertise and high as Salvation, Valor and the such as 4K resolution, time quality of customer service that our team delivers each most watched CBS talk show, shift, Android apps, parental and every day. On behalf of all of us at Domasco, I would The Late Late Show with James control, thousands of hours of like to congratulate the team.” Corden. on-demand content and more. The Regional Skills Contest aims to provide a platform The beIN DRAMA HD1 Ooredoo tv is available now via for Honda employees across the region to display their channel, on the other hand, Ooredoo shops, Starlink, Tech- creativity, knowledge and expertise. Off icials with the award. will off er the latest Arabic noBlue and Jumbo outlets.

Ministry organises vaccine management training 2009 VW Jetta, Golf

he Ministry of Public Health models recalled (MoPH) recently organised a train- Ting course on vaccine management. In all 50 doctors, pharmacists and nurses he Ministry of Economy The MEC will co-ordinate from various government health facilities and Commerce (MC), with the dealer to follow up on and a number of private health entities Tin collaboration with Q- the maintenance and repair took part. Auto, dealer of Volkswagen vehi- works and communicate with The course is part of the annual train- cles in Qatar, has announced the customers to ensure that the ing programme organised by the National recall of 23 Volkswagen Jetta and necessary repairs are carried out. Immunisation Programme of the MoPH Golf models of 2009 over the The ministry has urged con- to promote and develop the effi ciency probability of thermal overload sumers to report any violations and quality of immunisation services in in the ABS/ESC control unit. to its Consumer Protection and the country. It also aims to develop the In a statement, the minis- Anti-Commercial Fraud De- knowledge and skills of health workers Some of the participants at the workshop. try said the recall campaign partment through the call cen- who provide vaccination services. comes within the framework tre: 16001, e-mail: info@mec. The two-day course included sev- developments related to giving vac- not damaged or lack effectiveness. tention from the fi rst moment of access of its ongoing eff orts to protect gov.qa, Twitter: @MEC_Qatar, eral scientific lectures to train the par- cines, in addition to reviewing the sci- These vaccines are sensitive to exter- at the health facility to storing them using consumers and ensure that car Instagram: MEC_Qatar and ticipants and update their information entific arrangements for proper stor- nal factors such as light or diff erences in the recommended methods until the time dealers follow up on vehicle the mobile app for Android and with the latest scientific and practical age of vaccines to ensure that they are temperature storage, which calls for at- of treatment. defects and repairs. iOS: MEC_Qatar. Gulf Times 6 Tuesday, November 7, 2017 QATAR Huawei Mate 10 Series unveiled he Huawei Mate 10 Series plication ecosystem to make the times that of a CPU and 50 times has been launched in Qatar, smartphone so intelligent with the effi ciency of a CPU. Tit was announced yesterday. personalised AI applications that Providing the “world’s fastest” The Huawei Consumer Business “it completely changes smart ap- 4.5G experience, the Huawei Mate Group (CBG), along with Chinese plications and delivers a faster, 10 Series only require a few sec- ambassador to Qatar Li Chen, and stronger and seamless” smart- onds to load and play 4K online. Intertec Group chief fi nancial of- phone experience to users. The devices are also the “world’s fi cer George Thomas, and in the Built with the world’s fi rst AI fi rst smartphone” with Dual 4G presence of Huawei multi-coun- processor for smartphones, the SIM support, enabling each SIM try director Yu Zxhaoyua, senior Huawei Mate 10 Series predicts its to make calls and browse simulta- management executives and of- most effi cient mode, optimising neously. fi cials from Huawei (CBG) and performance to keep the phone In partnership with Leica, the Intertec, attended the unveiling in prime condition and deliver Huawei Mate 10 Series is the fi rst of the “world’s most powerful AI all-round greater effi ciency, with Intelligent Photography smart- fl agship smartphones” – the Hua- more power, at higher speeds. phone that turns every shot into wei Mate 10 Series – in Qatar, ac- Powered by the Kirin 970, Hua- a perfect memory, while the ad- cording to a press statement. wei’s new smartphone System- vanced AI-powered battery man- “Heralding a new decade of on-a-Chip that combines an agement technology used in Hua- smartphone development, the eight-core CPU, a new generation wei’s Mate 10 Series allows for new Huawei Mate 10, Mate 10 Pro, 12-core GPU, and a dedicated NPU full-day use with the 4000mAh and Porsche Design Huawei Mate to power AI computing, the Hua- battery combined with smart 10 devices are set to deliver the wei Mate Series off ers a signifi - power-saving technology. ultimate intelligent experience for cantly faster intelligent experience The Huawei Mate 10 is avail- regional consumers by providing for consumers across the region. able for purchase at the Huawei more comprehensive mobile in- CPU, GPU and NPU stand for brand store on Al Merqab Street telligence through Mobile AI,” the central processing unit, graph- and across leading retailers, and statement noted. ics processing unit, and Neural come with an initial six-month The Huawei Mate 10 Series Processing Unit, respectively. screen damage warranty service “goes beyond smart”, using the The performance of the Kirin off er available at all Huawei serv- Off icials at the Huawei Mate 10 Series launch ceremony. AI (artifi cial intelligence) ap- 970 NPU “is unparalleled” with 25 ice centres across the country. Fifty One East hosts Marchesa fashion show

ifty One East has celebrated for cording to a press statement. and eccentric art, Aimee Crocker’s Craig said: “Qatar is an impor- the fi rst time in Doha a fashion Customers may recognise wanderlust transported her to a tant retail destination for Marchesa Fand trunk show showcasing Marchesa from A-list Hollywood world fi lled with lavish collections of and we are thrilled to be showcasing internationally-recognised Marche- celebrities such as Penélope Cruz, fi ne materials. our new collection here for the fi rst sa’s Spring/Summer 2018 collection, Blake Lively, Cameron Diaz, Selena Guests were awed by fl oor-sweep- time.” inspired by explorer Aimee Crocker Gomez, Halle Berry, Eva Longoria, ing gowns with billowing kimono “We would like to thank Fifty One and her travels to Japan. and Emma Watson. sleeves, strands of multi-layered East for this opportunity and for its The popular New York-based Marchesa co-founder Craig made necklaces, and golden leaf thread- support, as a perfect destination fashion house specialises in luxury her debut in Qatar with a fashion work during the fashion show, remi- for our collection that mirrors our womenswear, with founding Brit- show followed by a two-day trunk niscent of the pearl divers of the Far own collections; dynamic, feminine ish designers Georgina Chapman show at the luxury department store East. and fashion-forward,” the designers and Keren Craig creating a popular at Lagoona Mall, Fifty One East, and Marchesa’s bridal collection fo- added. lifestyle brand over the past 12 years, attended by Qatar’s fashion elite. cuses on fantasy, romance and ethe- “We look forward to continue de- including eveningwear, Marchesa The Spring/Summer 2018 collec- real beauty, and the Spring/Summer signing for strong, confi dent women Notte and Notte Bridal, handbags tion is a look inside the Far East, spe- 2018 collection is no less than a fairy who aren’t afraid to take risks, which and shoes, as well as collections of cifi cally a glance at Japan. tale with dreamy and romantic de- we’ve seen in abundance here in Qa- One of the designs being showcased at the fashion show. both fi ne and fashion jewellery, ac- With an affi nity for pearls, snakes signs. tar.”

Textec event to celebrate 13 years in Qatar Off icials at the corporate event.

extec International will contin- major projects that include the Hamad Textec International vice-presi- ue to provide its full support to International Airport, Doha Festival dent for Europe, Raman Sambasivan, Tthe infrastructure development City, and Sidra Medicine. thanked the Qatar management team that is taking place in Qatar to make US embassy senior commercial of- – which comprises made business the 2022 FIFA World Cup “the most fi cer Ilona Shtrom opened the corpo- development managers Prakash Gopi prestigious event of all time”, Textec rate event and lauded Textec Interna- and Sanish Sambasivan, and public re- US president and chief executive Sath- tional’s work and support for Qatar. lations offi cer Sayyid – for making the yajith CP has said. Ryan El Zein from the US embassy event a success. Textec is a global leader in supply was also in attendance. One of the highlights of the semi- chain management with offi ces in Qa- Textec global vice-president of nar was a live demonstration by Shaun tar and abroad. business development (US), Simon Griffi th, director of Flexmaster USA, The company recently hosted a cor- Chacko, briefl y explained the com- known for their air distribution prod- porate event in Doha to celebrate 13 pany’s strategic business plan and ucts in the HVAC industry. years of its presence in Qatar. welcomed business partners and cus- Textec International is the sole dis- Since 2005, Textec International has tomers to future events in Qatar and tributor for Flexmaster USA in the been supplying materials in Qatar for the US. Middle East region.

The new 2018 motorcycles are available now at the Harley-Davidson Doha showroom on Salwa Road. Harley-Davidson launches 2018 range

o celebrate Harley-Davidson’s breaking technology and a fresh look, ley Owners Group (HOG), alongside 115th anniversary, Harley-Dav- along with the new CVO 2018 models fans of the brand with their friends and Tidson-Qatar has revealed the equipped with all the 117 Milwaukee- families. new 2018 motorcycles at a special cer- Eight engines,” the statement noted. During the ceremony, HOG intro- emony recently at their showroom on The new Softail models have been duced new group members and the Salwa Road. “developed with the rider in mind, new demonstrative staff who would At the event, fi ve limited-edition with thousands of hours in research supervise and manage events for the anniversary bikes and eight all-new and testing creating the most ground- group. Softail models were launched, pre- breaking technology and a whole new The crowd enjoyed music, enter- senting “new, contemporary designs rider experience”. tainment and discussed their passion not seen in over a decade”, according to The new 2018 collection comprises for Harley-Davidson, while riders ex- a press statement. the Street, Sportster, Softail, Touring, changed their skills and traded experi- “Each new cruiser motorcycle has Trike and CVOTM models. ences. been redesigned and transformed The unveiling ceremony was at- The new 2018 motorcycles are avail- from the ground-up and all feature the tended by the Harley-Davidson man- able now at the Harley-Davidson Doha Milwaukee-Eight with new ground- ager in Qatar and members of the Har- showroom on Salwa Road. Gulf Times Tuesday, November 7, 2017 7 QATAR Global security experts converge at Doha meet Organised by Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy and Interpol, the two-day conference on event safety opens today and will be attended by leading experts from around the world Jürgen Stock

he fi rst ‘Major Event Safe- the “Current security threat en- The speakers include federal “Decision making in response ty and Security Confer- vironment in the UK, the need police commissioner of Brazil, to critical incidents and threats”, Tence’ and an accompany- for a step-change in approach Valdecy Junior Urquiza, super- are Major General Arthur Denaro ing exhibition, organised by the when one considers preparation intendent David Berston of Aus- (retd), UK Armed Forces, and Security Committee of the Su- for major events.” tralian Federal Police, Alexander former UK Special Forces and preme Committee for Delivery & In the same session, Filipo Protasov, head of Safety and Se- Middle East adviser to the UK Legacy (SC) in association with Dispenza, director-general of curity of Russia 2018 LOC, and Ministry of Defence — speaking Interpol, is set to begin at The Public Security, Prefect of the Jean-Pascal Mariani, head of on “Military doctrine applied to St Regis Doha today under the Police of Cagliari, Italy, will International Aff airs at Counter major terrorist incidents”; su- patronage and in the presence of present a paper titled “European Terrorism Unit in the Ministry of perintendent Luis Elias, security HE the Prime Minister and Min- perspective on the major event Interior of France. adviser to the Prime Minister of ister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah security threat environment”. The speakers will present pa- Portugal — speaking on the sub- bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani. Filipo has 41 years’ experience in pers on “Case study from Brazil ject “Portuguese football polic- Representatives of 192 Inter- the police force and has served as on the experiences of policing ing and critical incident model”; pol member-states and inter- director of major Italian police authorities regarding how good and deputy chief Kevin Catalina, national organisations, high- offi ces across the country. practices and opportunities for commanding offi cer, Intelligence ranking offi cials and participants In addition, Dr Jolene Jerard, improvement identified from Operations and Analysis Sec- from 65 countries will attend the deputy head of the International the 2014 FIFA World Cup were tion of Intelligence Bureau in the two-day security conference, Centre for Political Violence and Hassan al-Thawadi harnessed for the 2016 Olym- New York Police Department – the Ministry of Interior (MoI) Terrorism Research, Nanyang pics”, “The Australian security speaking on the topic “NYPD’s has said in a press statement. Technological University of Sin- 350 security experts from 65 countries and international planning approach focusing approach to planning for and A total of about 350 security gapore, will speak on the subject on lessons learned from recent responding to critical incidents experts will take part in the event “Current and emerging IS-cen- organisations taking part in the conference to enhance major sporting events”, “Rus- during major events”. with the aim of enhancing inter- tric threat landscape and its im- partnership in the field of providing security and safety for sia’s Major Event Policing and In the last session of the con- national partnership in the fi eld pact on major events”. Security Planning Approach for ference, held under the theme of security and safety for major From the Qatari side, Ma- major sports events the 2018 FIFA World Cup” and “Technology in support of ma- sports events. jor General Hazza bin Mubarak “Evolution of counter-terror- jor event policing and security’, SC secretary-general Has- al-Hajrey, assistant secretary- ism strategies for major events the speakers are Chris de Silva, san al-Thawadi and Interpol general of the Co-operation with case studies from France’s vice-president for Public Safety, secretary-general Jürgen Stock Council for the Arab States of recent experiences with Euro EMEA, NEC Europe; Jeff Muller, will deliver the keynote speeches the Gulf for Security Aff airs, 2016, Handball World Champi- president/CEO of Muller Group on the opening day, while Capt will address the audience on the onships 2017 and preparations International; Hong-eng Koh, Falah al-Dosari, senior manager topic “GCC perspective on cur- for Paris 2024”, respectively. global chief public safety expert of Project Stadia, will introduce rent security threat environ- The third session on the of Huawei; and Lieutenant Colo- the Project on the fi rst day of the ment”, while Brigadier Ibrahim “Event Critical Infrastructure nel Jassim al-Saeed. event that will host leading secu- al-Mohannadi, senior member Resilience” will host the head of They will present papers on rity experts from diff erent parts of the National Counter Ter- Q-Cert Qatar, Dana Yousef al- “Case study from the imple- of the world. rorism Committee and head of Abdulla, on the subject “Cyber mentation of facial recognition On his part, Stock said holding the Consultancy Unit, Security emergency response team prep- technology at Estadio Atanasio the fi rst major event safety and Committee for 2022 FIFA World arations for the 2022 FIFA World Girardot Stadium and impact security conference through co- Cup, will present a paper titled, Cup”. on reducing fan violence and operation between Interpol and “Focus on preparations Qatar is Other presenters of this ses- improving the spectator ex- Qatar is a matter of pride as Qa- making to understand, build out sion are senior representative of perience”, “Enhanced security tar is organising the conference and mitigate threat” in the same MITRE – Dr Robert Coury, and through integrated technology in the context of its preparations session. Dr Fahad al-Jaber – CEO of SO- for major events”, “Harnessing for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. MOD, on “Protecting national communications technology FIFA security approach cyber infrastructure during ma- to deliver major event policing Real challenge In the second session, direc- jor events” and “Event critical and security with discussion of The conference provides an tor of security of FIFA Helmut infrastructure resilience – The contemporary approaches and opportunity to gather experts Spahn will present a paper on Qatar approach”, respectively. case studies from recent major from various organisations and “FIFA’s security approach for The speakers in the fourth events” and “ Technical securi- countries around the world major tournaments” under the session, held under the theme ty systems in support of 2022”. to discuss the importance of theme “Models of risk-based strengthening creative co-op- policing and security for major eration in the fi eld of organising events”. Spahn is also a former major events, which is consid- director-general of the Inter- ered a real challenge for coun- national Centre for Sport Secu- Africa and current head of se- ty, Qatar Airways; Thani Zarraa, and security during a period of tries that will host major events rity and current president of the curity of South African Reserve project manager of Al Wakrah signifi cant change in the threat — sports or otherwise— in the German football club, Kickers Bank, will speak on the subject Stadium; and Maj Fahad al-Sub- environment, while the head future, he added. Off enbach. “South Africa’s experience in ai, head of Training Unit at the of Sports Conventions Unit at Al-Thawadi expressed hap- He has spent over 20 years delivering safety and security for Security Committee of SC, will Council of Europe, Sergey Khry- piness at organising the confer- as a high-ranking offi cer in the 2010 FIFA World Cup”. present various papers related chikov, will deliver a speech on ence in Doha in partnership with German police force. Spahn was Brig Ibrahim Saad al-Sulaiti, to the functions of each depart- “Overview of the Council of Interpol, adding that the SC’s re- formerly head of security for the head of the Risk Management ment. Europe Convention on an inte- lationship with Interpol started 2006 FIFA World Cup in Ger- Unit, Security Committee for The last session of the first grated safety, security and serv- some fi ve years ago at the general many and chief security offi cer the 2022 FIFA World Cup, will day will be concluded with a ice approach at football matches assembly of Interpol in Rome. for the German football associa- present on the subject “Qa- presentation on ‘Project Sta- and other sports events and how “Ahead of us, we have only fi ve tion. He has also been a Uefa se- tar 2022 risk management ap- dia – Capability Develop- it can assist in managing the years to host the fi rst World Cup curity offi cer for the Champions proach”. ment’ by the head of National evolving threat environment”. Kevin Catalina Filipo Dispenza in the Middle East and during League and Europa League as Intelligence IOCCC, National Head of the Security Depart- this period, we will be signing well as Uefa Euro 2012. Network security Crime Agency of the UK, Mick ment-TNP of Turkey, 1st degree co-operation agreements with Meanwhile, Commander Geoff In the third session of the fi rst O’Connell, and Dr Lou Mar- chief superintendent Cüneyt Interpol in order to carry out Smith from the Tasmanian Police day of the conference, Dr Ahmed ciani, director of National Cen- Unal, will speak in this session our activities and operations in in Australia will deliver a speech al-Sulaiti, CEO of Qatar National tre for Spectator Sports Safety on the subject “Case study from a good way for ensuring the or- on “Australia’s new strategy for Broadband Network, will present and Security at University of the December 2016 attack on Be- ganisation of the unprecedented protecting crowded spaces from a paper on “Network security Southern Mississippi, US. siktas Stadium in Istanbul, Tur- World Cup in 2022,” he said. terrorism and its applicability to and fi bre optic infrastructure” In the fi rst session of the key”, while another speaker in During the fi rst session of the future major events” in this ses- under the theme “Overview of second day of the conference, this session will be Subprefecto conference on “Current security sion. Commander Geoff is pres- transport, training and stadium former head of Safety and Secu- Eduardo Cerna Lozano of the threat environment and implica- ently a counter-terrorism senior construction preparations for rity of Euro 2016, Ziad Khoury, Chilean Police and the subject tions for major events”, Andrew adviser to the Tasmania police the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar”. will present a paper on the sub- will be “Copa America 2015”. Glazzard, director of National commissioner and deputy com- Besides, Ian Williams, trans- ject “Case study from Euro 2016” “Mitigating security threats Security and Resilience Studies missioner. port operations senior manager under the theme “Responding to during major events” is the at the Royal United Services In- David Garnett, former com- at the SC; Ashish Jain, senior evolving threat environment”. theme of the second session of stitute for Defence and Security manding offi cer at National Joint vice-president of Group Safety The speaker will focus on the second day of the confer- Studies, London, will speak on Operational Command of South and Security and Airport Securi- planning and delivery of safety ence. Brigadier Ibrahim al-Mohannadi Ziad Khoury

Superintendent Luis Elias Major Gen Arthur Denaro, retd Falah al-Dosari Helmut Spahn Dr Lou Marciani Valdecy Junior Urquiza Commander Geoff Smith

Hong-Eng Koh Cuneyt Unal Chris de Silva Superintendent David Berston David Garnett Dr Ahmed Salman al-Sulaiti Ian Williams Gulf Times 8 Tuesday, November 7, 2017 REGION/ARAB WORLD Saudi-led forces close air, sea, land Aoun calls for unity after access to Yemen Hariri’s shock resignation Reuters edly criticised the coalition for Reuters Sanaa blocking aid access, especially to Beirut north Yemen, which is held by the Houthi rebels battling the Saudi- he Saudi-led military led coalition. ebanon’s President Michel coalition fi ghting Houthi Over 10,000 people have been Aoun appealed for nation- Trebels in Yemen said yes- killed in the past two years in the Lal unity yesterday after terday it would close all air, land Yemen confl ict. prime minister Saad al-Hariri and sea ports to the Arabian Pe- Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al- quit in a broadcast from Saudi ninsula country to stem the fl ow Jubeir said on his Twitter account Arabia, collapsing the coalition of arms to the Houthis from Iran. yesterday that Riyadh reserved government and plunging the The move, which follows the the right to respond to what he country into political crisis. interception of a missile fi red to- called Iran’s “hostile actions”. His shock resignation ex- wards Riyadh on Saturday, is like- Iranian Foreign Minister Mo- posed Lebanon again to the ly to worsen a humanitarian crisis hamed Javad Zarif said Saudi Ara- sharp end of the struggle for in Yemen that according to the bia was blaming Tehran for the Middle East dominance between United Nations has pushed some consequences of its own “wars of Saudi Arabia and Iran, which has 7mn people to the brink of famine aggression”. also wrought upheaval in Syria, and left more than half a million On Sunday the coalition ac- Iraq, Yemen and Bahrain. infected with cholera. cused the Houthis of “dangerous In a televised speech on Sat- “The Coalition Forces Com- escalation (that) came because of urday, Hariri shocked even his mand decided to temporarily Iranian support” after Saudi air close aides by resigning. close all Yemeni air, sea and land defences intercepted the ballistic Lebanon’s most infl uential ports,” the coalition said in a missile heading towards Riyadh. Sunni politician, Hariri said statement on the Saudi state news It was brought down near Riya- he feared an assassination plot agency SPA. dh airport without causing casu- against him, accusing Iran and its It added that aid workers and alties. Lebanese ally Hezbollah, which humanitarian supplies would Iran rejected the criticism as was part of his coalition, of Lebanese President Michel Aoun holds a financial meeting at the presidential palace in Baabda, yesterday. continue to be able to access and “destructive and provocative”. breeding strife in the Arab world. exit Yemen. Foreign Ministry spokesman The government was pains- wrong, he said – an apparent turns from abroad, said Jreissati, across the curve and credit de- source of strife in Lebanon for The United Nations, however, Bahram Qassemi “referred to the takingly devised to group key reference to speculation that who is politically aligned with fault swaps jumped yesterday. years. said it was not given approval war crimes and aggression of the sectarian factions including the Hariri was detained or forced to Hezbollah. The central bank sought to The crisis could re-aggravate for two scheduled humanitarian Saudis during the past years and Iran-backed Hezbollah. quit. “The president is waiting for calm fears that the political tur- tensions between Sunni and Sh- fl ights yesterday and was seeking said the reaction by Yemenis is Its leader Sayyed Hassan Speculation in Lebanon over Hariri’s return to hear from him moil would hit Lebanon’s al- ias and affl ict Lebanese govern- clarifi cation on the coalition’s an- an independent reaction and not Nasrallah accused Saudi Arabia Hariri’s status bubbled as Saudi personally,” he said. ready fragile economy. ment with paralysis once again. nouncement. a move caused by another coun- of forcing Hariri to go and said Arabia underwent a purge in “This indicates a sovereign Governor Riad Salameh told All of the sides have called for The UN and international try’s action or incitement”, a min- there were “legitimate ques- which royals, ministers and in- vision and that the resigna- local television that the mon- calm and there has been no sign of aid organisations have repeat- istry statement said. tions” over whether he had been vestors have been arrested. tion must be voluntary in every etary situation was stable and unrest since Hariri’s resignation. detained in the kingdom. Aoun held a meeting with sense.” markets were normal. His coalition government Aides to Hariri, whose family ministers and top security of- Finance Minister Ali Hassan There was no danger to the took offi ce last year in a political Saudi purge widens made their fortune in the Saudi fi cials at Baabda palace, tell- Khalil said Lebanon and its fi - Lebanese pound, which is deal that made Aoun, a Hezbol- construction industry, have ing them that political leaders nancial institutions could cope pegged to the US dollar, he add- lah ally, president. A campaign of mass arrests of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. strongly denied such claims. had been responsive to calls for with the impact of the surprise ed. The deal ended years of dead- Saudi Arabian royals, ministers The Saudi stock index initially Interior Minister Nohad calm. resignation. In his speech, Hariri accused lock, and last month it produced and businessmen expanded fell 1.5% in early trade but closed Machnouk, a senior member of “He stressed that security, “We are confi dent in the sta- Iran of a “deep hatred for the Lebanon’s fi rst budget since yesterday after a top entrepreneur eff ectively flat. Hariri’s political party, said he economic, fi nancial, and politi- bility of the fi nancial and mon- Arab nation” and Hezbollah of 2005. was reportedly detained in the Al Tayyar Travel plunged 10% in was under the impression the cal stability is a red line,” Justice etary situation in the country. pointing its weapons at Yem- Hariri fl ew to Saudi Arabia on biggest purge in the kingdom. the opening minutes after the premier would return to Beirut Minister Salim Jreissati said af- There are no very big challenges enis, Syrians and Lebanese. Friday after meeting in Beirut The reported arrest of Nasser company quoted media reports within days. ter the meeting. ahead of us,” he said yesterday Hezbollah’s ties to Iran and the top adviser to Iran’s supreme bin Aqeel al-Tayyar followed the as saying board member Nasser A meeting between Saudi Aoun will take no steps to de- after a meeting with the presi- its support for President Bashar leader, who described the coa- detention of dozens of top Saudis bin Aqeel al-Tayyar had been King Salman and Hariri in Riya- cide on whether to accept the dent. al-Assad in neighbouring Syr- lition as “a victory” and “great including billionaire investor detained. dh yesterday proved “rumours” resignation before Hariri re- Lebanese dollar bonds fell ia’s war have been a signifi cant success” afterwards. Time to shut camps hosting Darfur displaced, says Bashir

AFP “They come and off er humanitarian Sudanese offi cials including Bashir Khartoum aid, take pictures of our people to get say that the war in Darfur has ended, donations and then take 80% of these and have consistently demanded that donations themselves,” he said, without the United Nations peacekeeping force udanese President Omar al-Ba- naming any aid organisation. deployed in the region be disbanded. shir said yesterday it was time to “They are investing in the suff ering Earlier this year, the UN Security Sshut camps hosting hundreds of of our people and doing business in the Council approved a reduction in the thousands of displaced people from the name of helping IDPs.” number of the peacekeeping forces, cit- confl ict in Darfur as the war in the re- Bashir has regularly criticised for- ing an overall fall in violence in Darfur. gion had ended. eign aid organisations, and in 2009 he Although there has been a signifi - Bashir said internally displaced peo- expelled several that were operating in cant reduction in violence, deadly tribal ple should return to their villages and Darfur. clashes still occur in Darfur, a region the not stay in camps any more. The United Nations said in October size of France. “Darfur has now recovered, and the that about 3mn people in Darfur needed The confl ict in Darfur broke out in next step is to empty the IDP camps as aid, of whom nearly 1.6mn lived in 60 2003 when ethnic minority rebels took we don’t want any more IDPs,” Bashir camps. up arms against Bashir’s Arab-domi- said in a speech at a youth convention in “A lack of basic services and infra- nated government, accusing it of mar- Khartoum. structure in addition to insecurity in ginalising the region economically and “IDPs and refugees have to return to some areas continues to prevent the politically. their villages. We will provide security return of displaced people to their ar- The UN says the confl ict has killed and services to their villages.” Bashir al- eas of origin,” the UN Offi ce for the Co- about 300,000 people and displaced leged that the IDP camps had become ordination of Humanitarian Aff airs, or more than 2.5mn, most of whom still business ventures for foreign aid groups. OCHA, said in a recent report. live in large camps.

Rouhani meets Pakistan army chief

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani meets Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa in Tehran yesterday.

Iran eases curbs on opposition leader

AFP him at any time and without any prob- The protests followed allegations of Tehran lem,” he said. rigging in the 2009 presidential elec- Karroubi, who turned 80 in Septem- tion which they lost to hardliner Mah- ber, has also been allowed to receive moud Ahmadinejad. ran has eased conditions for oppo- political fi gures at home, after their Neither has ever been charged with sition leader Mehdi Karroubi, who names were cleared by the authorities, a crime. Ihas been under house arrest since his son added. President Hassan Rouhani has re- 2011, allowing him to receive visitors, Ismail Dousti, of the Etemad Melli peatedly said he would work for the one of his sons said yesterday. (National Confi dence) party founded release of Mousavi and Karroubi, and Mohamed Hossein Karroubi was by Karroubi, was able to meet the op- thousands chanted their names at ral- speaking to ISNA and ILNA news agen- position leader twice in September and lies in May during his campaign for re- cies, which are close to the Iranian re- October, the Karroubi family said. election. formist camp. Karroubi and opposition leader Mir Karroubi underwent heart surgery “Since his release from hospital (in Hossein Mousavi – both former presi- in August after going on a brief hunger mid-August), members of his family, dential candidates – have been in de- strike to demand a trial and the removal his children, his daughters-in-law and tention since February 2011 for their of intelligence agents who were posted his grandchildren have been able to see role in anti-government protests. inside his home. Gulf Times Tuesday, November 7, 2017 9 AFRICA

TERRORISM GROWTH MILITANCY POLITICS NEGOTIATIONS 6 dead as Boko Haram hits Africa set to top 1bn mobile Shebaab militants execute AFP lensman charged with Abuja off ers talks as oil delta town in northeast Nigeria Internet connections by 2022 4 men accused of spying ‘trespassing’ at Kenya dairy militants cancel ceasefire

At least six people were killed when suspected Africa’s mobile Internet connections are set to Somalia’s Islamist Shebaab insurgency yesterday The chief photographer for Agence France- The minister for Nigeria’s oil-producing Delta Boko Haram fighters attacked a town in northeast double in the next five years, a study showed shot four men accused of spying in a public Presse (AFP) in east Africa appeared yesterday in region said yesterday the government was ready Nigeria, in the latest attack against vulnerable, yesterday, thanks to affordable smartphones execution which underscored the insurgents’ court after 48 hours in police custody, charged to meet militants days after they called off a isolated rural communities, the local government and the roll-out of high-speed networks. A control of swathes of the country’s southern with trespassing on a property belonging to year-long ceasefire. Usani Uguru Usani asked the said yesterday. Bukar Wakil Tawu, secretary of report by research and consulting firm Ovum region even as the government girds up for the president’s family. Japanese photographer Niger Delta Avengers to be patient and said the the Magumeri local government area, said about in London estimates that mobile broadband an off ensive against them. “The four men Yasuyoshi Chiba, 46, was arrested on Friday government was pushing through development 20 people believed to be from the jihadist group connections will rise from 419mn at the end of were captured weeks ago. They were publicly afternoon at a farm belonging to the Brookside schemes in the southern territory where rights attacked Jaddannam at about 9pm (2000 GMT) this year to 1.07bn by the end of 2022. “Data executed today after the court ruling and after dairy company which is owned by President Uhuru groups have long complained about poverty on Friday. “They killed six people and burnt connectivity is growing strongly in Africa, and admitting espionage,” Mohamed Abu Abdalla, Kenyatta’s family. He had gone to photograph and pollution. The Avengers — whose attacks almost the whole town. They also burnt livestock there are also good prospects on the continent Shebaab’s governor for the Jubba regions said the company logo after the opposition National on energy facilities in the Niger Delta last year and food supplies from recent harvests,” he in areas such as digital media, mobile financial by phone. “Two of them were spying for the Super Alliance named Brookside as one of three helped push Africa’s biggest economy into said in Maiduguri, nearly 50km away. “The poor services, and the Internet of Things,” said Ethiopian government and the other two were companies its supporters should boycott as part recession — called off the ceasefire on Friday. residents are peasants who rely on subsistence Matthew Reed, Practice Leader Middle East spying for Somali government intelligence.” The of a “resistance” campaign following disputed “If the Avengers wants to meet with us, we are farming. They have now lost all their belongings.” and Africa at Ovum. men were shot in Buale, south of Mogadishu. presidential elections. ready to meet with them,” Usani said in Abuja.

Liberia court Court petition challenges indefi nitely delays vote Kenyatta election victory for president AFP Reuters diplomacy and security and its pro- Monrovia Nairobi longed election season has disrupted its economy. Rights groups said on Monday the iberia’s Supreme Court yesterday former lawmaker yesterday government was trying to prevent indefi nitely delayed a vote for a new fi led a petition at Kenya’s Su- them from lodging cases challenging Lpresident, ordering the electoral Apreme Court challenging Pres- the October 26 result. commission to resolve an opposition par- ident Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory in last The government’s NGO Board, ty’s complaint for fraud before the runoff month’s presidential election in a last which monitors civil society organisa- can be held. The decision throws Libe- minute move that opens the door to tions, summoned three groups yester- ria’s fi rst democratic transition in seven legal scrutiny of the vote. day for an audit, they said. decades into uncertainty. Harun Mwau fi led the petition “It is not a coincidence that the NGO Africa’s fi rst elected female leader, the hours before a deadline yesterday set Board has decided to come after these Nobel laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, is by the constitution expired. organisations. All three have been in- stepping down after transitioning her Earlier in the day, a coalition of civil strumental in calling for free, fair, and nation out of a long civil war. society groups said they were being credible elections,” said a statement Supreme Court Chief Justice Fran- targeted by the government in an ef- from Kura Yangu Sauti Yangu, a coali- cis Korkpor said the National Elections fort to head off potential legal cases. tion of civil society groups that moni- Commission (NEC) was prohibited “from The Supreme Court has until No- tored the election. The name means conducting the runoff election until the vember 14 to rule on election peti- My Vote My Voice in Kiswahili. complaint fi led by the petitioners is in- tions. If it upholds the result, Kenyatta The three organisations, Katiba In- vestigated,” referring to the opposition will be sworn in on November 28. stitute, Muslims for Human Rights and Liberty Party. Kenyatta came to power in 2013 and Inuka Trust, belong to the coalition. Former international footballer George won a second and fi nal term in August, The head of Muslims for Human Weah and incumbent vice-president defeating opposition leader Raila Od- Rights said he had planned to fi le a Joseph Boakai were due to face each other inga by 1.4mn votes. court challenge. in a runoff vote today. But they must now The Supreme Court nullifi ed the Kura Yangu Sauti Yangu deployed await the result of an ongoing NEC com- vote citing procedural irregularities 2,000 monitors for last month’s vote plaint as well as any Supreme Court ap- and ordered a second election. and said it found multiple cases where peal, which could take weeks. Odinga did not contest the repeat results from polling stations diff ered The case was brought by Liberty Party vote on October 26 saying it would be from results on the forms posted on Kenya’s opposition leader, Raila Odinga holds up a clenched fist as a sign of resistance after he acquired a new sim card presidential candidate Charles Brumk- unfair because the election commis- the election portal. in Nairobi, along with other opposition politicians, as he leads a move by opposition politicians to migrate from Kenyan sine, who came third on October 10 and sion had failed to implement reforms. “They are trying to attack every- telecoms company Safaricom. has alleged ballot stuffi ng and false voter Kenyatta won with 98% of the vote, where to see who is preparing to go registration cards marred the election. though opposition supporters staged to court so that they stop it,” Tom Calls to Fazul Mohamed, the NGO the interior ministry, under which the sation fi led a case against the opposi- “Liberty Party has rested evidence fully a boycott and prevented polls from Oketch, secretary general for the Coa- Board’s executive director, went un- board falls, said only Mohamed could tion, seeking to hold them liable for and we, the National Elections Commis- opening in the west of the country. lition for Constitutional Implementa- answered. comment. losses incurred because of their dem- sion (NEC), will now take the stand. So in Kenya is a regional hub for trade, tion, told a news conference. Mwenda Njoka, a spokesman for In a separate case, another organi- onstrations. a matter of days, we hope that there can be some conclusion to the investigation,” said Musa Dean, a lawyer with the commission. “Whoever is dissatisfi ed will come to the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court will again hear their appeal. And Mugabe fi res his deputy as Zimbabwe succession race heats up thereafter, we’ll set a date for the runoff ,” Dean explained. Liberia’s constitution sets out a legal DPA cream at a party event last month during maximum of 30 days following the lodg- Harare which he become violently ill. ing of a complaint by the NEC, meaning And last week Mugabe accused his dep- the body has until November 22 to re- uty of leading a faction in the ruling Zanu- solve the Liberty Party’s case, which was imbabwe’s 93-year-old president, PF party to try and topple him. brought on October 23. Robert Mugabe, yesterday sacked Although Mugabe, who has led Zimba- From then, the party has a week to ap- Zhis powerful deputy and a main con- bwe for over 30 years, has sworn to contend peal, and the Supreme Court a week to tender in the leadership race to replace the 2018 elections, the battle for who will decide on the appeal. him, with his wife Grace now tipped as his replace the increasingly doddery leader af- The court also has the power to call most likely successor. ter that has grown increasingly heated. new elections within 60 days if it decides Simon Khaya Moyo, Zimbabwe’s infor- Mugabe is said to favour Grace so as to to nullify the result. mation minister, announced Vice Presi- keep power in the family, though it is also The court yesterday found that the dent Emmerson Mnangagwa had been fi red possible he believes with his wife at the NEC had acted contrary to the law in for having “consistently and persistently helm he would be shielded from any legal declaring Weah and Boakai the top two exhibited traits of disloyalty, disrespect, cases bought against him for years of al- candidates following an October 10 fi rst deceitfulness and unreliability.” leged human rights abuses. round election while a question mark Best known by his nickname ‘The Croc- As rumours were swirling yesterday over the validity of the votes was pend- odile’, Mnangagwa has long held a power- ahead of Mnangagwa’s sacking, opposition ing. ful place in the southern African nation’s politician Tendai Biti lamented on Twitter “By setting a date and proceeding to politic sphere, but has increasingly come that Zimbabwe was poised to become a po- conduct a runoff election without rstfi into confl ict with the Mugabes in recent litical dynasty. clearing the complaint of the petition- months. “Surely we must say no to dynastic cap- ers which alleged gross irregularities and In one bizarre example of the souring ture of the State. The country is not a pri- fraud, the NEC was proceeding contrary Zimbabwe Information Minister Simon Khaya Moyo announces the dismissal of vice-president Emmerson relationship, Mnangagwa accused Grace vate limited entity with a sole shareholder,” to rules which are to be adhered to at all Mnangagwa with immediate eff ect yesterday in Harare. Mugabe of having given him poison ice Biti tweeted. times,” Korkpor said. Contemporary art fi ghts back at Nigeria cover-ups

By Celia Lebur, AFP independent republic of Biafra for the tinent — is a source of fascination with that brought global attention to the Lagos Igbo majority there. its economic dynamism, fl ourishing devastating pollution by foreign oil That triggered a bloody civil war that cinema industry Nollywood and bil- companies, including Shell, in his na- lasted 30 months and left more than lionaire pop stars. tive Ogoniland. n a constantly changing coun- 1mn dead. But the glitzy icons are a far cry from Three years ago, Zina Saro-Wiwa de- try where all eyes are fi xed on the But Uwadinma, 35, said: “This story, the music legend of the 1970s and 80s, cided to return to her roots in the Niger Ifuture, Nigerian artist Johnson like the atrocities committed by suc- Fela Kuti and his anti-establishment Delta to “explore the legacy” of her fa- Uwadinma is fi xated by the past. cessive military regimes, is not taught Afrobeat. ther. “If you do not know where you are at school.” “We only hear about money, girls and She created ‘Boys’ Quarters’ in her coming from, how then do you know Ten years ago, the federal govern- parties, it’s out of touch with reality,” father’s old offi ce in a working class where you are going to?” he asks. ment even withdrew history from pri- said Uwadinma. area of the oil hub Port Harcourt, mak- For his project, ‘Amnesia’, he has mary and secondary school teaching, The second edition of Art X this year ing it a pop-up contemporary art gal- stuck together hundreds of balls made deeming it not to be an essential subject saw works shown from more than 60 lery where promising artists, including from old crumpled up newspaper and for students as future jobseekers. artists from 15 African countries at 14 Uwadinma, could exhibit. painted in bright colours, like a mass of There have been mounting calls in galleries. Zina Saro-Wiwa refuses the tag of strange molecules. politics and academia for it to be re- Celine Seror, the co-founder of the “activist”, calling it “too fl at and too The piece — symbolising the many introduced. pan-African Intense Art Magazine, simplistic”. She also refused to be re- unresolved crises Nigeria has faced over For Uwadinma, “the way we recycle described it as a crossroads of “very in- signed to the inevitability of oil pollution decades — was on show last weekend at the news is a symptom of the way we tense, very rich” cultural exchange. and confl ict between armed militants, the contemporary art fair, Art X Lagos. trash our memory and look for the next “It connects Nigerian artists and the oil companies and the government. “The media constantly repeats the trendy story”. whole continent with politicians and Instead, the artist wants to get young same stories about corruption, war, This “programmed forgetfulness” rich major collectors who could buy People register at the annual Art X Lagos event. people in the Delta to ask questions violence, deceit,” said Uwadinma. “We has not stopped the West African oil their art,” she said. about their future and their environ- never learn from our past.” giant, with its population hurtling to- “They’re exploring ‘classic’ themes of For Zina Saro-Wiwa, even if the Saro-Wiwa is also the daughter of the ment through art and performance. Uwadinma hails from the southeast, wards 200mn, from developing at a contemporary art such as the body, in- event has a clear commercial side, art Nigerian writer and activist Ken Saro- She sees it as a way of telling them: where 50 years ago, the military gover- rapid pace since the return of civilian timacy...but there are also a lot of works must before anything else “mobilise Wiwa, who was executed in 1995 by “Don’t expect foreign companies to nor in charge of the region, Chukwue- rule at the end of the 1990s. with a strong political message about the spirit, create value”. Sani Abacha’s military regime. provide a job for you or to steal oil from meka Odumegwu Ojukwu, declared an Nigeria — a driver of the whole con- corruption or even the wealth gap.” A curator, artist and fi lm-maker, Her father led a popular movement them, we have to take charge of us.” Gulf Times 10 Tuesday, November 7, 2017 AMERICA

Judge refuses to ease bail conditions for former presidential aide Manafort and his associate A US District judge again declined to ease bail she was concerned about some of the $12mn in and failing to register as foreign agents of in trust and in his wife’s name. But having a many restrictions and can also be subject to conditions for President Donald Trump’s former assets that Manafort had off ered as security to Ukraine’s former pro-Russian government. relative serving as a surety, or a guarantor of asset forfeiture in the case of a conviction, the campaign manager Paul Manafort and his get the court to lift house arrest and allow him to Jackson said she was especially worried about the policy, Jackson said, “is very problematic”. judge said. Prosecutors also say they are not yet business associate Richard Gates yesterday, stop wearing an electronic monitoring device. life insurance policies Manafort had off ered as Anyone serving in this capacity needs to provide satisfied they have enough details on how to saying they still needed to provide more financial They are charged with conspiring to launder part of an eff ort to secure better bail conditions. details about their assets and liabilities, she said. value Manafort’s properties, including a condo he information. Judge Amy Berman Jackson said money, conspiracy against the United States The policies, valued at about $4.5mn are held Life insurance policies held in trust tend to have has in Trump Tower. Gulf Times Tuesday, November 7, 2017 11 AMERICA

Pastor Frank Pomeroy and his wife Sherri speak at a press conference at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Right: Meredeth Cooper hands flowers to a police off icer guarding a road block near the First Baptist Church. Gunman’s in-laws sometimes attended church, says sheriff Kelley beat his wife and child and harassed his girlfriend

Reuters Shooter had history of Sutherland Springs disturbing behaviour, man thrown out of the US Air Force for beating his wife and child shot Aand killed 26 people in a Texas say his friends church where his in-laws had sometimes worshipped before shooting himself, offi - cials said yesterday, in the latest in a string Reuters Aside from his court-mar- of US mass shootings. Washington tial, Kelley was cited for traf- The gunman, Devin Patrick Kelley, 26, fi c violations such speeding, as walked into the white-steepled First Bap- turning without signalling and tist Church in rural Sutherland Springs he gunman who killed 26 failing to stop at a stop sign, carrying an assault rifl e and wearing black people at a Texas church according to records in both tactical gear, then opened fi re during a Tshooting on Sunday had Colorado and Texas. Sunday prayer service. He wounded at a history of disturbing behav- Adcock, his former girlfriend, least 20 others, offi cials said. iour, according to criminal and said he last contacted her about After he left the church, two local resi- US military records, former six months ago via Facebook. dents, one of whom was armed, chased classmates and a former girl- Soon after that incident, him in their vehicles and exchanged gun- friend who accused him of har- Shields contacted Adcock and fi re, and Kelley crashed his car and shot assing her. demanded that she leave Kelley himself, dying of his wounds, Wilson A former girlfriend, Brittany alone. County Sheriff Joe Tackitt told CBS News Adcock, said in a phone inter- “This is your last and fi nal in an interview yesterday morning. view they had dated for about warning,” the wife’s message “At this time we believe that he had a four months when he was 18 from May 2014 read. self-infl icted gunshot wound,” Tackitt and she was 13 nearly a decade Adcock explained that Kelley said. ago, and that he had harassed had messaged her, rather than Tackitt said Kelley’s in-laws sometimes her long after that. vice versa, and Shields apolo- attended services at First Baptist, which After they broke up, she said, gised, Adcock said. was cordoned off by yellow crime-scene he began calling her constantly Former schoolmates of Kelley tape yesterday morning. and creating fake Facebook pro- said he had some unspecifi ed “I heard that they attended church from fi les to try to connect with her. mental health problems, an as- time to time,” Tackitt told Reuters. “Not He last messaged her around six sertion that was echoed by Tex- on a regular basis.” months ago, she said. as Governor Greg Abbott, who The attack came a little more than a At one point, she said she told CBS yesterday that Kelley month after a gunman killed 58 people in called police to fi le a complaint, was a “powder keg.” Las Vegas in the deadliest shooting by a and changed her phone number. Kelley frequently shared sole gunman in US history. “He just started getting really posts on Facebook about athe- The initial death toll matched the fatali- weird,” Adcock, now 22, said. ism and his assault rifl e, ac- ties at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Kelley, who graduated from cording to Reid Mosis, who at- Newtown, Connecticut, where a man shot New Braunfels High School in tended school in New Braunfels and killed 26 children and educators and 2009, served in the Air Force with Kelley from 6th through his mother before taking his own life in starting in 2010 and was sta- 9th grades. December 2012. Those attacks now stand Local residents embrace during a candlelight vigil for victims of a mass shooting in a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, US, tioned at Holloman Air Force Mosis, 26, said in an inter- as the fourth deadliest by a single gunman November 5, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Khursheed Base in New Mexico. view that Kelley was “always a in the United States. He divorced his fi rst wife in bit of a loner.” Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott Democrats renewed their call to restrict fi rearms among responsible owners make He also posted a photo of what appeared New Mexico in 2012 and mar- “I know his parents had him told CBS there was evidence that Kelley gun ownership following the attack. the state safer. to be an assault rifl e, writing a post that ried Danielle Shields in Texas in on heavy doses of meds in mid- had mental health problems and that he “How many more people must die at John Stiles, a 76-year-old retired US read: “She’s a bad ***.” 2014, soon after his discharge, dle school,” Mosis said. “A lot had been denied a Texas gun permit. churches or concerts or schools before Navy veteran, said he heard the shots from US President Donald Trump yesterday according to state records. of friends that knew him said “It’s clear this is a person who had vio- we stop letting the @NRA control this his home about 150 yards from the church. said the mass shooting in a Texas church Texas offi cials yesterday said he was too sick in the head to lent tendencies, who had some challeng- country’s gun policies,” Democratic US “The wind was blowing and there was that left at least 26 people dead was due to there had been a “domestic deal with by senior year of high es, and someone who was a powder keg, Senator Elizabeth Warren said on Twit- a bang, bang, bang. It was the gunshots,” a “mental health problem” and wasn’t “a situation” involving his in- school.” seeming waiting to go off ,” Abbott said. ter. Stiles said. “My wife and I were looking for guns situation”. laws and that Kelley had sent Another New Braunfels na- Abbott and other Republican leaders The victims in Sutherland Springs, a a peaceful and quiet place when we moved Asked what policies he might support in “threatening” text messages. tive, Courtney Kleiber, said were quick to say that the attack did not community of fewer than 400 people, lo- here but now that hasn’t worked out.” response to the shooting at a press confer- Attempts to reach Shields on Facebook she was close infl uence their support of gun ownership cated about 65km east of San Antonio, in- Kelley served in its Logistics Readiness ence in Tokyo, Trump said that based on and her parents were unsuc- with Kelley in middle and high by US citizens — the right to bear arms cluded the 14-year-old daughter of church unit at Holloman Air Force Base in New preliminary reports, the gunman was “a cessful. Shields and Kelley schools and that he had slowly protected under the Second Amendment pastor Frank Pomeroy, the family told sev- Mexico from 2010 until his discharge in very deranged individual, a lot of prob- lived for some time in Colorado changed from a “normal” kid of the US Constitution. eral television stations. 2014, according to the US Air Force. lems”. Springs, where Kelley was cited into one with emotional or “This isn’t a guns situation. I mean we One couple, Joe and Claryce Holcombe, Kelley was court-martialed in 2012 on “We have a lot of mental health prob- for cruelty to animals, accord- mental problems. could go into it but it’s a little bit soon to go told the Washington Post they lost eight charges of assaulting his wife and child, and lems in our country, as do other coun- ing to records. “Over the years we all saw into it,” US President Donald Trump told extended family members, including a given a bad-conduct discharge, confi ne- tries. The misdemeanour case was him change into something that reporters while on trip to Asia. “But for- pregnant granddaughter-in-law and three ment for 12 months and a reduction in rank, But this isn’t a guns situation,” he said. dismissed after Kelley paid a he wasn’t,” she wrote. “To be tunately somebody else had a gun that was of her children. Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said. “Fortunately somebody else had a gun that fi ne, according to court records. completely honest, I’m really shooting in the opposite direction, oth- In rural areas like Sutherland Springs, Kelley’s Facebook page has been de- was shooting in the opposite direction. He moved back to New not surprised this happened, erwise...it would have been much worse. gun ownership is a part of life and the leted, but cached photos show a profi le “This is a mental health problem at the Braunfels, about 60km from and I don’t think anyone who But this is a mental health problem at the state’s Republican leaders for years have picture where he appeared with two small highest level,” he said. “It’s a very, very sad the church, in 2017, property knew him is very surprised ei- highest level.” balked at gun control, arguing that more children. event.” records showed. ther.” Bush Sr voted for Clinton, called Trump ‘blowhard’

AFP cism to date from the Bush clan on why want to make their move successful,” Once the bombastic billionaire real late a long-running feud and come date can disassemble a political party, Washington their Republican successor is uniquely he said. estate magnate secured the Republican after George W Bush gave a speech it speaks volumes about how strong unfi t to hold offi ce. nomination, Bush expressed surprise last month that condemned bigotry, a legacy its past two presidents really “I don’t like him,” the elder Bush told Bush expressed surprise and and worried about Trump’s lack of hu- bullying and lies in US politics in had.” ormer US president George H W Updegrove in May 2016 before the elec- worried about Trump’s lack of mility, and thus his inability to recog- what was widely seen as a broad- “And that begins with the Iraq war, Bush voted for Hillary Clinton tions in November of that year, accord- humility, and thus his inability nise his own limitations and surround side against Trump even though one of the greatest foreign policy mis- Fin the 2016 election and called ing to excerpts of the book obtained by to recognise his own limitations himself with more knowledgeable peo- the president was not mentioned by takes in American history,” the offi cial Donald Trump a “blowhard” who was AFP. and surround himself with more ple. name. added. driven by “a certain ego”. “I don’t know much about him, knowledgeable people. “As you know from looking at my The book’s title was inspired by the The younger Bush also pushed back His son George W Bush left his bal- but I know he’s a blowhard. And I’m family,” Bush said, humility “is a certain younger Bush’s concerns that he had hard on the widely-held perception lot blank and said of Trump: “This not too excited about him being (our) The younger Bush was sceptical heritage, that’s what they expect, and been “the last Republican president” — during his time in offi ce that his vice guy doesn’t know what it means to be leader.” about then-candidate Trump’s chanc- we’re not seeing that” in Trump. not just because Clinton was seen as fa- president Dick Cheney and secretary president.” While travelling to Tokyo on Air es in a race in which his younger brother After Trump said, “I’m my own ad- vourite to win the election, but because of defence Donald Rumsfeld control- The revelations, contained in histo- Force One, Trump walked back to the Jeb was an early favourite. visor,” Bush quipped: “Wow, this guy Trump represented a major break from led the White House from behind the rian Mark Updegrove’s The Last Repub- press cabin and responded to the Bush- “Interesting, won’t last,” was his ini- really doesn’t understand the job of traditional conservatism. scenes. licans, available in bookstores later this es’ criticism. tial reaction when Trump entered the president.” A White House offi cial hit back, tell- They “didn’t make one decision” he month, represent the strongest criti- “I don’t need headlines. I don’t race. The comments are sure to esca- ing CNN: “If one presidential candi- told Updegrove. Gulf Times 12 Tuesday, November 7, 2017 ASIA/AUSTRALASIA Australian politicians told to prove citizenship

AFP announced a set of measures say so and take the appropriate house will have 21 days to declare Australia’s High Court last father, was found ineligible to sion did so because their foreign Sydney making it compulsory for MPs action.” where they and their parents week ruled that five of seven be in parliament. citizenship status was inconclu- formally to declare they are not The proposal, which requires were born. politicians were in breach of His disqualifi cation means a sive. dual citizens and provide evi- cross-party agreement, comes If they were formerly citizens the constitution even though by-election for his lower house The dual citizenship rule was ustralian politicians will dence to support it. amid a crisis that has seen sever- of another country they must they claimed to be unaware seat will be contested on De- inserted into the 1901 constitu- have to prove they are “Every member of the (lower) al politicians fall foul of a previ- provide evidence that they have they held dual citizenship. Four cember 2, upending the govern- tion to ensure parliamentarians Anot foreign citizens un- house and every member of the ously obscure constitutional rule renounced it. “Members and were born in Australia, while ment’s one-seat parliamentary were loyal solely to Australia. der plans proposed yesterday (upper house) Senate has a per- which bars dual citizens from senators have been put squarely one moved from Canada when majority. The remaining four However, critics say it is out of as the conservative govern- sonal obligation to ensure that sitting in parliament. The Labor on notice now and so they will be she was a baby. Deputy Prime politicians, from various parties, step with the modern reality of ment grapples with a consti- they are in compliance with the opposition has indicated it is turning their mind to their own Minister Barnaby Joyce, who sit in the Senate and are suc- the country, where 50% of the tutional crisis that has cost it a constitution,” Turnbull said. “If open to discussing the new rules. aff airs and the issues of citizen- recently discovered he auto- ceeded by MPs next in line from population are either foreign- majority in parliament. Prime they have reason to believe that If they are ratifi ed, each ship, foreign citizenship,” Turn- matically acquired New Zea- their own party. The two who born or the children of immi- Minister Malcolm Turnbull they are not, then they should member of the upper and lower bull added. land citizenship through his survived the High Court deci- grants.

N Korean Trump warns ‘patience’ on suspects named in Jong-nam North Korea wearing thin murder AFP Tokyo AFP Shah Alam, Malaysia he time for “strategic pa- tience” with North Ko- Trea is over, US President our men suspected of plot- Donald Trump warned yester- ting with two women to day, after winning Japan’s back- Fmurder the North Korean ing for his policy of considering leader’s half-brother were yes- all options to rein in the rogue terday named by police as North state. Trump described the Koreans who fl ed Malaysia after North’s nuclear programme as the assassination. They were “a threat to the civilised world identifi ed at the trial of Indone- and international peace and sian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese stability” on the second day of Doan Thi Huong, the women an Asian tour dominated by the accused of killing Kim Jong- crisis. nam on February 13 with nerve The president has signalled US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo agent VX at Kuala Lumpur In- in the past that Washington Abe feed koi fish during a welcoming ceremony in Tokyo. ternational Airport in a hit that could look beyond a diplomatic stunned the world. solution to the North’s nuclear evident amusement of his sec- un would send them back. If The pair, who were arrested weapons ambitions and consid- retary of state. Aides had been he would send them back, that days after the assassination and er military intervention. “The concerned the unorthodox would be the start of something face death by hanging if con- era of strategic patience is over,” Trump would go off message very special,” he said. victed, pleaded not guilty to he declared alongside his host, or commit some gaff e in the Despite the bonhomie, trade murdering the estranged half- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo famously rules-sensitive coun- between the two nations re- brother of Kim Jong-un when Abe. try. But Trump sailed through mained a point of friction, with the trial began on October 2. Washington in the past a tricky protocol encounter Trump earlier blasting ties as They say they were tricked into hoped that sanctions pressure with the emperor, greeting him “not fair and open” and saying believing they were taking part and internal stresses in the iso- US First Lady Melania Trump poses with 4th graders at the Kyobashi Tsukiji elementary school in Tokyo. with a slight nod and avoiding that Tokyo had been “winning” in a prank for a reality TV show lated country would gradually the criticism his predecessor for decades at the expense of and their lawyers have blamed bring about change. But critics most recent in September fol- North Korea, adding “they are other’s company so much over Barack Obama got by bowing to the US. “We seek equal and re- North Korean agents. said that policy gave Pyongyang lowing its sixth nuclear test and under a very repressive regime” a dinner of scallops and steak the diminutive Japanese ruler. liable access for American ex- The charge sheet says four room to push ahead with its nu- a fl urry of missile launches. and that he hoped it “works out on Sunday night that they lost There were also moments ports to Japan’s market in order other individuals still at large clear ambitions. Earlier, Trump had appeared for everyone”. track of time, while Trump said of high emotion when Trump to eliminate our chronic trade are suspected of murdering Kim Close ally Abe echoed to adopt a more conciliatory But Pyongyang showed no their relationship was “extraor- met the families of civilians ab- imbalances and defi cits with Ja- along with the women, but does Trump’s remarks, voicing Ja- tone towards North Korea, say- sign of let-up in its attacks on dinary”. ducted in the 1970s and 1980s, pan,” stressed Trump. not identify them. pan’s support for Washington’s ing he would not rule out talks Trump, with ruling party news- At a state banquet Trump de- who were clutching pictures of Trump can expect a more Yesterday, Wan Azirul Nizam policy that “all options are with its bellicose young leader paper Rodong Sinmun calling scribed the Japan leg of his mar- their young family members. A muted welcome from his next Che Wan Aziz, the main inves- on the table” to deal with the Kim Jong-un. “I would sit him the “lunatic old man of the athon Asian tour as being like a number of ordinary Japanese hosts in South Korea, where tigating offi cer, testifi ed to the North Korean threat – includ- down with anybody,” he said. White House” and saying there “working vacation” and said he citizens were kidnapped by his relationship with President Shah Alam High Court outside ing military force. Abe, whose “I don’t think it’s strength or was no telling when he would had enjoyed “every minute” of North Korean agents in order to Moon Jae-in is cooler. Kuala Lumpur that the four were country is under the path of weakness, I think sitting down start a nuclear war. it. “It’s an honour. To have you train spies in Japanese language After that, he heads to Beijing North Korean men who fl ed Ma- North Korean missile launches, with people is not a bad thing,” Abe and Trump’s joint news as my good friend,” said Trump. and culture. for crunch talks with his Chi- laysia after the murder. They also announced Japanese sanc- he said in a television interview. conference capped two days of The trip has also provided Trump said he would do eve- nese counterpart Xi Jinping. “I were known to the women by tions on the assets of 35 North “So I would certainly be open to chummy behaviour in which lighter moments, such as when rything he could to secure their like him a lot. I call him a friend. pseudonyms, he said. Korean groups and individuals. doing that but we’ll see where it the two golf fans have teed off Trump appeared to lose pa- release and appeared to hold He considers me a friend. With Hong Song Hac, 34, was The United Nations has adopt- goes, I think we’re far too early.” for nine holes and enjoyed in- tience feeding koi carp at the out the prospect of a deal with that being said, he represents known as Mr Chang; Ri Ji Hyon, ed multiple rounds of sanctions And the president again formal and relaxed dinners. Akasaka Palace and tipped his Kim. “I think it would be a tre- China, I represent the United 33, was known as Mr Y; Ri Jae against the reclusive North, the praised the “great people” of Abe said they had enjoyed each whole box into the pond, to the mendous signal if Kim Jong- States,” Trump said. Nam, 57, was called Hanamori; and O Jong Gil was known as James. An Interpol “red notice” Indonesia threatens to block was issued for the men after the WhatsApp over obscene content murder at Malaysia’s request. Kite festival This alerts police in Interpol Indonesia yesterday vowed to WhatsApp would be blocked Kites of diff erent shapes, member countries to share in- block Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp within 48 hours unless the sizes and colours take to formation on the suspects with a Messenger within 48 hours if images supplied by third the sky during the 2017 view to potentially arresting and the service did not ensure that parties were taken off the Rudong International extraditing them to face justice. obscene Graphics Interchange service. “Yes, true. They have Kite Tournament in CCTV footage of the men, Format (GIF) images were to follow the rules of the China’s eastern Jiangsu who entered Malaysia between removed. WhatsApp, which host,” Pangerapan said of the province. late January and early February, is widely used in Indonesia, proposed block. around the airport on the day of the world’s most populous The ministry had sent three the murder has been shown in Muslim-majority nation, said letters to WhatsApp over the court. They were seen changing message encryption prevented issue, he said. “They have their clothes after the murder it from monitoring the third- responded, but asked us to before departing. Three of the party providers Indonesians speak directly to the third party. men left Kuala Lumpur for Ja- use to search for GIFs. It asked The GIFs appeared in their karta, Wan Azirul said, adding the government to work with apps. Why do we have to be he could not recall the destina- the providers instead. Semuel the one speaking to the third tion of the fourth. The court also Pangerapan, a director general party? They are supposed to saw CCTV footage yesterday of at Indonesia’s communications be the ones managing it,” said some of the North Korean sus- and informatics ministry, said Pangerapan. pects meeting a North Korean embassy offi cial and an offi cial from national airline Air Koryo at the airport’s main terminal shortly after the attack.

PNG court to rule on bid to restore food, water to detention centre

Reuters yesterday applied to the PNG Su- in the processing centre where the personnel determined to stop groups have for years cited human Sydney preme Court to order authorities last food distribution was on Oc- boats coming too close,” Behrouz rights abuses among detainees in to immediately restore food, water tober 29. “Saving lives should be Boochani, one of the men at the the centres. On Sunday, Australia and electricity to the camp, cit- the top priority. Starvation should camp, told Reuters. turned down an off er by New Zea- Papua New Guinea (PNG) ing heightened fears for the men’s not become a tool of deterrence,” Representatives for PNG’s min- land to take 150 asylum seekers court will decide today welfare, several of whom require UNHCR spokesman Babar Baloch ister for immigration did not im- being held in the camp. The relo- Awhether authorities in the medical treatment. A court time- told Reuters in Geneva. mediately respond to a request for cation of the men to other facili- Pacifi c nation should restore pow- table seen by Reuters shows the Food remains extremely tight comment. ties on Manus Island is designed er, food and water to an Austral- ruling is due today. “The men re- despite locals delivering some PNG’s High Court ruled last to aff ord the United States time ian-run immigration detention ally need food and water. They are supplies over the weekend via year that the Manus centre, fi rst to complete vetting of refugees as centre where nearly 600 men have severely dehydrated and a number boat to the rear of the camp, three opened in 2001, was illegal and part of a refugee swap deal that barricaded themselves for almost of them have pretty serious health asylum-seekers told Reuters. the camp closed on October 31, Australia hopes will see it no long- a week. The men in the Manus Is- problems such as heart issues,” However, the asylum-seekers said when security staff withdrew. er responsible for the detention of land facility have defi ed attempts Elaine Pearson, director of Human each detainee had barely enough Australia’s controversial off shore nearly 1,400 asylum seekers who by Australia and PNG to close the Rights Watch told Reuters. food for one meal and that the detention programme sees asy- have been classifi ed as refugees. camp, saying they fear violent re- The UN refugee agency UNHCR supply line had since been closed. lum-seekers that arrive by boat to Those not accepted by the Unit- prisals from the local community also voiced deep concern for the “Today, the navy positioned its shores transferred to camps in ed States would likely be resettled if they are moved to other “transit welfare of the men – who include personnel close to the beach to PNG and Nauru in the South Pa- in Papua New Guinea or in an- centres” on the island. refugees and asylum-seekers from prevent any boats getting through. cifi c, where they are detained. other developing country, dashing Lawyers for the asylum-seekers Iran, Afghanistan and Myanmar – We have been surrounded by navy The United Nations and rights hopes of coming to Australia. Gulf Times Tuesday, November 7, 2017 13 BRITAIN

CRIME INVESTIGATION INDUSTRIAL ACTION OFFBEAT TRAVEL Police off icer stabbed at Possible abduction of ‘Bogus’ 48-hour rail strikes Residents can’t bear Misery for commuters further education college young girl being probed by RMT draw criticism any more filming as train derails

A police off icer has been stabbed in the back Police are investigating the possible abduction London’s business leaders yesterday The reviews for Paddington 2 are in, and they’re A derailed train close to Wimbledon station while attending an incident at Edinburgh of a young girl in Manchester. Detectives said the condemned the “bogus and wholly unnecessary glowing. But unhappy locals in north London added to a morning of travel woe for rush- College. He had been called to the Granton child – thought to be around six or seven years old, strikes” set to cause the worst disruption for may cause problems if the bear returns for a hour commuters, with delays on several major campus at about 9am following reports that according to social media – was believed to have decades to the capital’s mainline rail commuter third instalment. On Sunday residents of Chalcot London transport routes. South Western a man was threatening to harm himself and been snatched from Heaton Park, where there was network. The row over guards and driver-only Crescent in Primrose Hill, which stands in as the Railway halted services between Waterloo others. The off icer was taken to hospital, where a Bonfire night event. Superintendent Arif Nawaz operation will see a 48-hour strike by RMT train fictional Windsor Gardens, arrived at the Camden and Wimbledon after the last compartment he is being treated for an injury which is not life- of Greater Manchester police said: “I want people crews tomorrow and Thursday, causing major Odeon for a special screening of the film for those of an eight-carriage train came off tracks at threatening. Police Scotland said a man is now to know we are taking this report seriously and are disruption for hundreds of thousands of people. who had had their lives disrupted during shooting. Alexandra Road, Wimbledon, shortly before being held over the incident. A spokeswoman following all possible lines of inquiry, which may South Western Railway, which serves mainline Parents, children waited as the start time came and 6.30am yesterday. One person suff ered minor for Police Scotland said: “Police in Edinburgh cause some disruption to people leaving the event Waterloo station, Southern Rail, serving London went, before being told “there is no film today”. It injuries, according to the London Fire Brigade, were called to an address in West Granton this evening. We need to be really clear about what Bridge and Victoria, and Greater Anglia, which emerged that the film company had failed to send which helped 300 passengers from the train Road around 9.10am on Monday following a has happened this evening so I’d ask that people operates into Liverpool, will all be hit. Two the movie reel, and the crowds began a chorus of after it derailed. The line reopened after report of concern for a man who was allegedly refrain from speculating around the circumstances further strikes, each of 24 hours tomorrow, will “No more Paddington 3 on our street”. Some other closing briefly but travellers faced a series of threatening to harm himself and others.” on social media as we follow our processes.” take place on Northern Rail and Merseyrail. street is going to have to look after this bear. cancellations and delays as a result.

Property Walk in the park rental site to Businesses seek ditch letting agency fees Brexit clarity Reuters London

omeRenter, a new British online property lettings but PM May Hwebsite backed by news- paper publisher Trinity Mirror was launched yesterday, off ering to cut out the role of traditional letting agents and the hefty fees which they levy on tenants. provides none These fees, which go towards the cost of conducting viewings, Reuters ing lack of clarity could have. be agreed until the entire exit verifying references and draw- London “If business conditions mov- agreement is sealed, had little ing up contracts, have become ing forward mean the UK is not detail on timing. an increasingly important earner competitive, then we will have “We are in a negotiation with for traditional agents as a short- ritish businesses yester- to make the decision to adjust the European Union...First of age of aff ordable housing forces day urged Prime Minister and do something else,” said all we need to get full agree- more people to rent each year. BTheresa May to provide Steven Armstrong, Ford’s presi- ment that this is something However, their sharp rise has clarity on how Brexit will work, dent for Europe, Middle East that will happen, and then we’ll infl ated the cost of renting and but she gave no new details be- and Africa. need to negotiate the details,” fuelled public anger, prompting yond reiterating plans to seek a “Which is why it’s very im- she said in response to a ques- the government to last year an- transition deal as soon as pos- portant that we get a clear view tion. nounce plans to ban such tenant sible. of what the fi nal agreement (with “Of course, some of those fees. Talks on how goods and serv- the EU) is going to be and assur- details, you need to know what HomeRenter’s Airbnb-style ices will fl ow between Britain ances that we have the transition the end state is, what that future online marketplace would allow and the European Union after agreement for a period of time so partnership is, because this is renters to circumvent such fees. Brexit in March 2019 have made we can plan and adjust accord- about practical change.” Instead, the business intends slow progress, fuelling fears ingly.” May’s Brexit minister has to make its revenue by tapping of an exodus of multinational said previously he wants an the estimated 2mn landlords fi rms. “First of all we need to get outline transitional deal in ear- who own fewer than three prop- Speaking to business lead- full agreement that this ly 2018. erties by charging them an an- ers, May said she understood is something that will Almost two in three British nual membership cost of £99.99 the importance of clarity for happen, and then we’ll fi rms will have implemented to showcase properties. employers and that she hoped need to negotiate the contingency plans by March “High fees and poor service for an “implementation peri- details” if Britain and the EU have not on off ers from traditional agents od” that would allow the same struck a transitional deal by created the momentum to build trading conditions to contin- BT, Britain’s biggest telecoms then, a CBI survey said. HomeRenter,” chief executive ue for around two years after company, said unless businesses Another survey said most Eu- Will Handley, the former man- Brexit. were clear by early 2018 about ropean businesses plan to cut aging director of Trinity Mirror’s But the president of the Con- the terms of a transition they back orders from British suppli- news businesses division, said. federation of British Industry would need to plan for a damag- ers because of the slow progress “We fi rmly believe that (CBI) said the government’s ing “hard Brexit”. of Brexit talks. through the digital means you Brexit strategy reminded him of Ever since the June 2016 EU While Britain’s economy has can cut out the middle agent and a soap opera with a diff erent epi- referendum, business leaders shown unexpected resilience create a world in which landlords sode each week and that Britain have been calling on the govern- since the Brexit vote, there are and tenants enjoy happier ten- was less united than the EU’s 27 ment to give them clarity about signs of weakness including ancies.” other states. how Brexit will look, though slowing growth and accelerating If successful, the site could “Brexit is only 508 days away, ministers say that is impossible, infl ation. pose a further challenge to tra- but for many businesses their given that the exit terms have Brexiteers accept there is ditional estate agents such as alarm clocks are set earlier than still to be negotiated. likely to be some short-term Countrywide and Foxtons, who that: They’re set to the moment “I know how important it is economic pain but say Britain are struggling in a cooling mar- they’ll actually enact their con- for business and industry not will thrive in the longer term ket in the face of Brexit uncer- tingency plans,” CBI president to face a cliff-edge and to have if cut loose from what they see tainty and facing rising compe- Paul Drechsler said just before the time it needs to plan and as an undemocratic and costly tition from online rivals such as May spoke. prepare for the new arrange- experiment in European inte- Purplebricks. “The clock is ticking, so gov- ments,” May told the CBI con- gration they say is doomed to Recent results have shown on- ernment and the EU need to get a ference. fail. line agents gaining traction, with move on...First of all sorting out, “I want us to agree the de- But companies have warned Purplebricks having forecast a with clarity, details on a transi- tailed arrangements for this pe- that Britain could crash out more than doubling in fi rst-half tional arrangement.” riod as early as possible.” of the world’s biggest trading revenues. A top executive with US au- But May, who recently un- bloc without a deal, imperil- Countrywide and Foxtons A couple walk in Richmond Park, in west London, Britain, yesterday. tomaker Ford also warned of nerved executives by saying ling cross-border supply chains, have reported profi t falls. the negative impact a continu- any transitional deal would not business orders and jobs.

Corbyn defends promoting Minister apologises MP despite reprimand over Israel meetings Reuters harassment scandal which last London week forced defence minister Guardian News and Media shadow cabinet, was appointed denied he acted in an inappro- Michael Fallon to resign. London amid a wave of changes caused by priate way. He said: “I simply May’s most senior minister frontbenchers resigning in protest put an arm around her shoulder nternational Development Damian Green is also under in- at Corbyn. The Labour leader said to give her a brief, slight hug just Minister Priti Patel yesterday vestigation from the Cabinet eremy Corbyn has defended he knew about the allegations, but before getting into my car. Iapologised for failing to dis- Offi ce after claims by a former promoting Kelvin Hopkins believed it was over. “I did not hold her tight. She close meetings with senior Israeli senior police offi cer that por- Jto his shadow cabinet after “Yes, I was aware that he had waved me off as I drove away and offi cials during a private holiday. nography was found on one of the Labour MP had been rep- been reprimanded and I was also did not say anything whatsoever The meetings were a potential his work computers and that he rimanded over claims of inap- made aware that that was the to suggest that anything had oc- breach of ministerial protocol. made an inappropriate sexual propriate behaviour, saying that end of the matter,” Corbyn said. curred that upset her, let alone Patel said she met with senior advance on a young woman. as far as he knew, “the case had “He had been reprimanded, the revolted her.” Israeli fi gures, including Prime He denies any wrongdoing. been closed”. case had been closed. I thought Labour’s shadow foreign sec- Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Other political parties are also With a series of allegations faced it was reasonable to appoint him, retary, Emily Thornberry, said Foreign Minister Yuval Rotem and under scrutiny. Labour’s spokes- by some Labour MPs, as well as a albeit for a very short time, to the party needed to boost its poli- opposition leader Yair Lapid. woman for international develop- number of Conservatives, Corbyn shadow cabinet.” cies on combating harassment. She apologised for failing to ment Kate Osamor said that Patel has been under pressure to explain He added: “I made a decision to Asked by Sky News whether she follow the usual procedures that should resign or face an investi- why he made Hopkins shadow cul- put him into the shadow cabinet would agree that current proce- ministers inform the Foreign Of- gation by the Cabinet Offi ce for ture secretary in 2016 after com- for a short time and I thought that dures were inadequate, Thornber- fi ce before conducting offi cial breach of the ministerial code. plaints from a party activist. was the right thing to do. And now ry said: “Yes, I would have thought business overseas and said she A government spokesman Ava Etemadzadeh alleges the the case has been reopened and it that’s right, absolutely, and we regretted suggesting Foreign said May accepted Patel’s apol- Luton North MP inappropriately will be looked at again. need to make sure that we’re now Secretary Boris Johnson had ogy and met with her yesterday touched her and sent her objec- “He has been suspended from changing. I agree with you. been aware of her trip. to remind her of the obligations tionable text messages in 2014 party membership, which is a “I hope that this awful week “I can see how my enthusiasm under the ministerial code. and 2015, which he denies. decision I took immediately af- will result in something diff er- to engage in this way could be After details of Patel’s meet- It is understood Hopkins was ter I heard about the later revela- ent and something better coming misread, and how meetings were ings in Israel were fi rst reported spoken to about what happened tions.” Etemadzadeh has said she from it and a step change to the set up and reported,” Patel said last week, Patel told the Guard- and reprimanded by the then was dismayed when she learned way in which we treat women, in a statement. “I am sorry for ian newspaper Johnson “knew chief whip, Rosie Winterton. Hopkins had become a shadow particularly young women and this and I apologise for it.” about the trip.” Hopkins was suspended from minister. young men within our political Prime Minister Theresa May’s In a clarifi cation yesterday she Labour last week pending an in- In a statement after he was process, because quite frankly government is already under the said that “this was not the case” vestigation. suspended, Hopkins said he what are we going to do without microscope over the fallout from and that he “did become aware of Hopkins, who is no longer in the “absolutely and categorically” youngsters coming into politics?” Priti Patel: controversial meeting a broader parliamentary sexual the visit, but not in advance of it”. Gulf Times 14 Tuesday, November 7, 2017 BRITAIN Soldier denies attempting to kill skydiver wife

Guardian News and Media Emile Cilliers, of the Royal toria, or begin a new life with his from a parachute rig, which led to pipe at their home, hoping to cause court he met her on Tinder while low” and felt she had “had enough London Army Physical Training Corps, lover, Stefanie Goller. Victoria, 42, an expert skydiver an explosion when she lit the stove. in Austria on an army skiing trip of life”. She also told him she had was planning to fl y to Honduras, But Cilliers, a father-of-six, in- and instructor, plunging 1,200 Cilliers, who denies two charges in November 2014. Asked why he post-traumatic stress disorder and Winchester crown court heard. sisted that he had not attempted to metres (4,000ft) to the ground of attempted murder, is alleged had been using the app, he said had failed him as a wife. n army sergeant accused He was to spend the trip with a murder Victoria. Asked by his bar- during a jump in Wiltshire. She to have had debts of £22,000 and he was “far, far away from home” Cilliers told the jury: “I know of attempting to murder woman he had met via a dating rister, Elizabeth Marsh QC: “Did was badly injured but survived. he believed he would receive a and added: “I needed some female she was very emotional … I don’t Ahis wife by tampering with app during an army skiing expe- you want to harm Victoria,” he The jury heard that shortly be- £120,000 insurance payout if his company, someone to talk to.” know if she was trying to get more her parachute before a skydive dition. replied simply: “No.” His barrister fore the incident at the army para- wife died. At the time, the court heard, attention from me.” He admitted has told a jury that he booked a Giving evidence for the sec- asked him: “Did you want to kill chute association camp at Neth- In the witness box he admit- Victoria was pregnant with their that he did not tell Victoria about holiday in central America with a ond day, Cilliers told the jury he Victoria?” Again he replied: “No.” eravon, Salisbury Plain, in April ted that despite his dire fi nances second child and messaged him Goller and lied to his lover that the secret lover a week before the al- was confused about whether he Cilliers, 37, is accused of delib- 2015, Cilliers allegedly tried to kill he had travelled around Europe to that she loved and missed him. child his wife was expecting was leged crime. wanted to stay with his wife, Vic- erately removing vital components his wife by interfering with a gas meet up with Goller. He told the But she said she was feeling “very not his. The trial continues.

Charles on target Man guilty of adopted daughter’s murder

Guardian News and Media also twice suff ered bruises to her London forehead. The adoption was formally approved on May 12, 2016, but 13 former fitness instruc- days later Scully-Hicks dialled tor has been found 999 and said his daughter had A guilty of murdering an collapsed. When paramedics ar- 18-month-old girl less than a rived she was not breathing and fortnight after he and his part- was in cardiac arrest. She died ner adopted her. four days later. Matthew Scully-Hicks She had suff ered three sepa- gripped his daughter, Elsie, rate areas of bleeding on her around the rib cage, shook her brain, retinal bleeding, a skull and may have banged her head fracture and three rib fractures. against a hard surface. An independent review will Paul Lewis QC, for the pros- consider whether social workers ecution, told the jury at Cardiff and health professionals missed crown court that Scully-Hicks chances to step in and protect lost his temper with Elsie and Elsie before she was shaken and caused her “catastrophic inju- battered to death by Scully- ries”. Hicks. At least four social work- Taking aim with a traditional Borneo blowpipe, Britain’s Prince Charles gave a royal puff and shot a sharpened wooden dart into a target as he tried out the weapon during Lewis said: “He shook her and ers, a GP, a health visitor and a visit to the Sarawak Cultural Village in Santubong, outside Kuching, on the island of Borneo, yesterday. Charles, heir to the British throne, and his wife Camilla met tribal he struck her head against some hospital staff including a regis- leaders, enjoyed a raft ride and watched traditional dance on their trip to the vast, jungle-clad island, part of an 11-day swing through Asia. Prince Charles and Camilla, hard surface, or he used a hard trar saw or treated her injuries. Duchess of Cornwall are on a seven-day visit to Malaysia. object to hit her to the back of A child practice review – the the head. She was just 18 months Welsh equivalent of a serious old. She was defenceless and case review – will look into the vulnerable.” contacts Elsie and Scully-Hicks The attack happened at the had with various agencies after four-bedroom house Scully- she was placed with him and his Hicks, 31, shared with his part- partner. ner in a Cardiff suburb in May It is also expected to look at 2016. how the adoption was approved Elsie had been placed with and monitored, although the Royal advisers ‘must explain the Scully-Hickses in Septem- National Adoption Service for ber 2015 by the Vale of Glamor- Wales has made it clear the proc- gan council after being removed ess is in-depth and robust. from her mother, who was a drug From the outside, the Scully- user. Scully-Hicks took full- Hicks household appeared hap- £10mn off shore’ investments time care of Elsie and her adop- py, peaceful and well-run. The tive sibling while his partner, an couple had a network of friends account manager, worked. and relatives who helped look London Evening Standard in funds in the Cayman Islands a public inquiry like this.” audited and legitimate.” The Par- the wealthy are using mechanism The court heard that Scully- after Elsie. London and Bermuda. Dame Margaret Hodge, former adise Papers represent the big- to avoid paying tax in the UK. Hicks had complained in a series Previously unreported tran- He issued the demand as hun- chairwoman of the Commons gest data leak since the Panama Angel Gurria, head of the Or- of texts that Elsie was a diffi cult scripts of police interviews re- dreds of the world’s “super-rich” Public Accounts Committee, said Papers release last year. Hundreds ganisation for Economic Co- child and calling her a “psycho” veal that within weeks of begin- he queen’s advisers faced the prospect of revelations she believed the Queen would be of individuals and companies re- operation and Development, said and “monster”. He once wrote he ning their relationship in 2008, should be forced to give about their tax aff airs after a leak “completely shocked” to learn portedly have had their overseas that 50 countries were already was “ready to explode”. the couple had talked about the Tevidence to a full public of 13.4mn confi dential docu- that her funds had been invested investments exposed by the fi les, sharing details of people’s over- In the months before the fa- possibility of children. inquiry into off shore tax havens, ments, dubbed the Paradise Pa- in a way that “sullied” her reputa- which are also said to reveal that seas investments, with another tal attack, Scully-Hicks, 31, In court, Scully-Hicks in- Labour demanded yesterday. pers, mainly from one leading tion. The Queen voluntarily pays major global companies have 50 countries due to join the trans- had physically abused Elsie on sisted he had never been violent Shadow chancellor John Mc- fi rm in off shore fi nance. tax on any income she receives exploited off shore schemes to parency programme during the a number of occasions, causing towards Elsie. The postmor- Donnell called on the Duchy of “What we need is a public in- from the Duchy. A spokesman avoid tax. There is no suggestion coming year. broken bones and bruises. She tem examination told a diff er- Lancaster, which manages the quiry on tax avoidance overall,” for the estate said: “We operate a that those involved in investing Among those said to be named was treated in hospital twice but ent story. She was found to have Queen’s private estate, to be said McDonnell. “The Duchy of number of investments and a few their money in the tax havens in the papers are former Tory Scully-Hicks’s explanations that suff ered subdural bleeding and grilled over claims that £10mn of Lancaster manages on her behalf of these are with overseas funds. acted illegally. But the revelations treasurer Lord Ashcroft, who de- she had fallen were believed. She fractures to her skull and ribs. her personal fortune was invested so they will have to be involved in All of our investments are fully sparked fresh furore over whether nies wrongdoing.

Street art Black truffl e grown in Plans to pedestrianise Britain for fi rst time

Oxford Street unveiled Guardian News and Media cultivation has shown that the cli- London matic tolerance of truffl es is much broader than previously thought, Guardian News and Media be retained. Cyclists would be plans are the very best they can but it’s likely that it’s only possi- London required to dismount on this be”. Residents in areas such as n expensive Mediterranean ble because of climate change, and route, while new and extended Marylebone are concerned about black truffl e has been culti- some areas of the UK – including taxi ranks would be created near the impact of rerouting traffi c. Avated in the UK for the fi rst the area around Cambridge – are large section of London’s Oxford Street for cabs to pick The proposals are backed by time, the farthest north that the now suitable for the cultivation of Oxford Street could be up and drop off customers. the New West End Company, species has been found. this species.” A traffic-free by next De- Unveiling the blueprint with which represents some 600 Researchers believe the truffl e, The black truffl e is one of the cember under a proposal un- Robert Davis, deputy leader of retailers in the area. More than mostly found in northern Spain, world’s most expensive ingredi- veiled by the mayor yesterday to Westminster city council, Sadiq 3.5mn people visit Oxford Street southern France and northern Italy, ents, worth as much as £1,700 improve the area for shoppers. Khan hailed it as “a hugely ex- each week, and the Bond Street, was able to grow in Wales due to cli- per kilogram, but its Mediterra- A public consultation has citing moment for the capital”. Oxford Street and Regent Street mate change. nean habitat has been aff ected by opened into banning all forms of He said: “Oxford Street is area contributes about £7.6bn It was grown in Monmouthshire drought due to long-term climate transport between Oxford Circus world famous with millions of each year to the UK economy. as part of a project run by the truf- change, and yields are falling while and Orchard Street to coincide visitors every year, and in just Its chief executive, Jace Tyrrell, fl e fi rm Mycorrhizal Systems Ltd the global demand continues to with the launch of the new Eliza- over a year the iconic part of said: “Removing the wall of red (MSL) and was harvested in March rise. beth line at the end of 2018. the street west of Oxford Cir- buses from Oxford Street will 2017 by a trained dog named Bella. “This is one of the best-fl a- The £60mn plan is aimed cus could be transformed into reduce congestion and improve The aromatic fungus was grow- voured truffl e species in the world at tackling growing air qual- a traffic-free pedestrian boul- air quality.” ing within the root system of a Med- and the potential for industry is ity concerns, high accident and evard. The plan is the first of three iterranean oak tree that was planted huge,” said Thomas. collision rates and congestion “Whether you’re a local resi- phases for the transformation in 2008 and treated to encourage “We planted the trees just to at peak travel times. Trans- dent, a business or shop in some of Oxford Street, to be followed truffl e production. monitor their survival, but we port for London (TfL) has been of the area’s famous stores, our by the stretch between Oxford It had been inoculated with truf- never thought this Mediterranean working since summer last year plans will make the area sub- Circus and Tottenham Court fl e spores, and the surrounding soil species could actually grow in the to reduce the number of buses stantially cleaner and safer Road and then between Mar- was made less acidic by treating it UK – it’s an incredibly exciting de- operating along Oxford Street. for everyone, creating one of ble Arch and Orchard Street. with lime. velopment.” The half-mile western sec- the finest public spaces in the TFL said the first phase would Further microscopic and genetic A study by the fi rm, together tion between Oxford Circus world.” cost about £60mn with plans analysis confi rmed that Bella’s fi nd with Cambridge University, has and Orchard Street would be The mayor said he would for the full revamp – funded by was a Perigord black truffl e (Tuber been published in the journal Cli- traffic-free for east-west traf- continue to work closely with the government and the private A woman walks past street art showing bees, the city’s melanosporum). mate Research and suggests that fic – and buses diverted – while residents, businesses and West- sector – hopefully in place by symbol, in Manchester, Britain. Dr Paul Thomas, of MSL and the truffl e cultivation may be possible some north-south routes would minster council “to ensure the 2021. University of Stirling, said: “This in many parts of the UK. Gulf Times Tuesday, November 7, 2017 15 EUROPE

Berlusconi’s coalition wins Sicily election UN warns on heat as AFP unity,” the politician said. Rome As things stand, the PD will enter the general election with former premier Matteo Renzi ilvio Berlusconi was cel- as its candidate to lead the ebrating yesterday a re- country. Sturn to centre-stage in A centrist, Renzi is loathed Italian politics as a right-wing by many on the left of his own climate talks begin coalition he helped put togeth- party and in other factions. er headed for a convincing vic- They accuse him of adopting Reuters the 2015 Paris climate agreement tory in Sicily elections seen as a right-wing policies in the guise Bonn and try to step up action before key test ahead of Italy’s general of reforms aimed at bolstering 2020. election next year. Italy’s fl agging competitive- “This is our moment of truth,” With 60% of votes counted ness. his year will be among the Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Baini- after Sunday’s vote, the Ber- Renzi also carries the bag- three hottest on record, marama, presiding at the Bonn lusconi-backed candidate for gage of his defeat in a 2015 ref- Tthe United Nations said talks, told delegates, urging them regional president, Nello Mu- erendum on constitutional re- yesterday as almost 200 coun- to “lock arms with all other na- sumeci, had 39.27%, comfort- form that led to his resignation tries began talks in Germany to tions and move forward togeth- ably clear of Giancarlo Can- and replacement by current bolster a global climate accord er”. celleri of the populist 5-Star premier Paolo Gentiloni. that the United States plans to “Millions of people around the Movement (M5S), on 35.05%. In contrast, Berlusconi is quit. world have suff ered and continue Fewer than half the 4.5mn on the rise again and victory Temperatures this year to suff er from extreme weather eligible voters cast ballots with in Sicily will strengthen the would be slightly less than dur- events,” said Patricia Espinosa, turnout predicted to be slightly 81-year-old’s hand as he pre- ing a record-breaking 2016 and the UN’s climate chief. “The down from other recent votes pares to tie down the terms of roughly level with 2015, as part message cannot get any clearer. on the mafi a-plagued island a general election alliance with of a long-term warming trend We must act right here, right where disillusionment with the far-right Northern League. driven by greenhouse gases from now.” politicians runs deep. “This marks the start of a burning fossil fuels, the UN’s US President Donald Trump, The outcome represents a wonderful new chapter for the World Meteorological Organisa- who doubts mainstream scien- signifi cant setback for M5S, united right,” said Giovanni tion (WMO) said. tifi c fi ndings that man-made which had harboured ambi- Toti, governor of the north- “We have witnessed extraor- greenhouse gases are the primary tions of taking control of its ern region of Liguria and a key dinary weather,” said Petteri Ta- cause of climate change, said in fi rst region after claiming the lieutenant of the revitalised laas, head of the WMO, pointing June that he would pull out of the mayorships of Rome, Turin and Berlusconi. to extreme events including a Paris agreement and instead pro- a string of smaller municipali- Four-time former premier spate of hurricanes in the At- mote US fossil fuels. ties last year. Berlusconi, famous for his lantic and Caribbean, monsoon None of the speakers at the People pass by a poster prior to the COP23 UN Climate Change Conference 2017, hosted by Fiji but held in It also underlined the sig- “Bunga Bunga” sex parties, fl oods in Asia and drought in East opening ceremony mentioned Bonn, at the Bonn World Conference Centre. nifi cant problems facing the penchant for plastic surgery Africa. Trump by name. ruling Democratic Party (PD) and serial gaff es, had been He said the dip from last year The meeting included a tradi- space, for instance, than those mate change “one of the world’s were about 1.1° C above the pre- as it struggles to unite Italy’s written off as a spent political was largely because a natural El tional Fijian ceremony and chil- for France or Italy. biggest challenges”, will head the industrial era in data from Janu- divided left in time for a gen- force after a series of scandals Nino event that released extra dren parading with models of a A formal US pullout will take US delegation. ary to September. eral election due in the fi rst half and open heart surgery last heat from the Pacifi c Ocean in whale, jellyfi sh and polar bear to until November 2020 and del- The Paris climate agreement Many scientists say the 1.5° C of 2018. year. 2016 had faded. urge more action. egates say there are wide uncer- sets a goal of ending the fossil limit is slipping out of reach be- Summing up the lessons of He is barred from public of- Delegates said sweltering tem- A UN list of delegates counts tainties about how far Wash- fuel era this century and to limit cause of insuffi cient action by the vote, Luiss university poli- fi ce as a result of a conviction peratures and weather extremes 48 Americans, mostly technical ington will balance Trump’s warming to “well below” 2° Cel- governments. tics professor Giovannia Orsina for tax fraud, but is hoping to were a spur for action at the an- experts and many fewer than in pro-coal agenda with the confer- sius (3.6° Fahrenheit) above pre- The United Nations says that said: “Berlusconi is still going have the ban lifted. nual conference in Bonn from recent years. ence’s goals. industrial times, ideally 1.5° C. the world is on track for a tem- and the right is competitive Even if it is not he will be a November 6 to 17, which will to The US delegation offi ce in Thomas Shannon, a career The WMO report said aver- perature rise of about 3° C by again.” central fi gure in what promises work on a detailed rule book for a tent village in Bonn has less diplomat who once called cli- age surface temperatures in 2017 2100. M5S did double its popular to be a highly unpredictable vote from the last round of re- election. gional elections and claimed a With the left struggling to moral victory on the grounds overcome its divisions and M5S that it was projected to get losing momentum, a Forza Ita- more votes that any other sin- lia-Northern League alliance Erdogan launches project to Puigdemont blasts gle party. looks well-placed to emerge as Fabrizio Micari, the PD can- the biggest force at the polls, didate, claimed 18% of the which will be fought under a Spain after Belgium votes counted, having suff ered new electoral system favouring build Istanbul opera house slightly less slippage than ex- broad alliances. pected to a rival from the far M5S has denounced the releases him on bail left. electoral reform as rigged AFP PD regional secretary Fausto against it. Istanbul Raciti warned that the vote, The party, which styles itself AFP which means the party will lose as an anti-establishment force, Brussels control of the Sicilian regional has thus far ruled out entering urkish President Re- assembly, had worrying impli- into any alliance. cep Tayyip Erdogan has cations for the left. Its candidate for prime min- Tlaunched a project to build atalonia’s sacked sepa- “As we wait for the defi nitive ister, Luigi Di Maio, had been a new opera house in Istanbul, ratist leader Carles results, we can only recognise due to debate Renzi on national lashing out at critics of the plan CPuigdemont has de- a clear defeat. I hope that this television yesterday but pulled and saying the building would be nounced Spain as an undemo- outcome will trigger refl ection out as the disappointing Sicily a symbol for the city. cratic country that “unjustly” across the left on the need for results emerged. The 2,500-seat opera house, jailed his colleagues, his fi rst due to open in early 2019, will be Erdogan makes a speech during the launch of the project to build an reaction since he was freed on built on the site of the Ataturk opera house at the site of the former Ataturk Cultural Centre. bail in Belgium. Cultural Centre (AKM) which has Puigdemont and four former Germany’s awkward partners start been unused for over a decade was “not because of sensitivity pling over the past, the archi- ministers were released with renewed push for coalition govt and whose impending demoli- to culture but ideological obses- tect of the new building, Murat conditions on Sunday night tion has worried some architects. sions”. Tabanlioglu, is the son of Hayati after turning themselves in to The parties seeking to form Germany’s next government begin a Erdogan said the cutting-edge He added: “After protests, Tabanlioglu, the architect of the Belgian authorities to face a Puigdemont: Our thoughts fresh round of talks yesterday, hoping that a sharper focus on policy building would give new life to court cases and commotion, the original AKM. Spanish warrant for their ar- are with colleagues unjustly detail will reinvigorate negotiations that have barely inched forward Taksim Square in central Istan- path of science, intellect and ra- The glass-covered modernist rest on charges of rebellion and imprisoned by a state that is since a national election in September. bul, which was the hub for mass tionality has prevailed.” facade of the new building is also sedition. far from democratic norms. Despite weeks of exploratory talks, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s protests against his rule in 2013 Taking a swipe at the West- similar to the old edifi ce. “Released without bail. Our conservatives, the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) and the sparked by an urban develop- ern-educated intelligentsia who Opera houses are usually the thoughts are with colleagues to decide whether to send the Greens remain far apart on climate, immigration and energy policy, ment project in the nearby Gezi criticised the project, he added: places where rich elites go, “but unjustly imprisoned by a state Catalans back to Spain. and they disagree on where the blame lies for the lack of progress. park. “I know that the new AKM will this should change. that is far from democratic Puigdemont, who still de- “By dragging their foot on climate protection, the FDP are playing Backers of the project want benefi t the most those who have They should be places where norms,” Puigdemont said on scribes himself as Catalonia’s into the hands of climate change deniers like (US President Donald) the opera house to be as much as sabotaged it for years.” everyone can go,” said Murat Twitter hours after the fi ve “president”, has also said he is Trump,” Greens party chair Simone Peter told a news conference. symbol of Istanbul as the Bolshoi He added Taksim – seen by Tabanlioglu. were released. willing to run as a candidate in “The lack of seriousness has to stop.” Theatre is in Moscow or the Syd- many Istanbul residents as a cha- But Sami Yilmazturk, chair- A Spanish judge in Madrid the December 21 regional elec- For his part, FDP leader Christian Lindner said the hard work of ney Opera House in Australia. otic mess best avoided – would man of the Istanbul Chamber of had on Thursday put Puigde- tion called by Prime Minister finding common ground was only now beginning. “God willing, it will become an be fully pedestrianised with Architects, said that the plan to mont’s deputy and seven other Mariano Rajoy to “restore nor- “There haven’t been attempts to build bridges in the past two weeks honour and symbol for Istanbul vehicle traffi c passing under- demolish the AKM was “an at- deposed regional ministers be- mality” to Catalonia. because that wasn’t the purpose,” he said. “We look forward in this and our country,” Erdogan said at ground, bringing a “new richness tack against modern Turkey” hind bars because of a risk that Puigdemont has said he and phase to moving from outlines to the facts and goals that need to the launch. to the square”. because the building itself repre- they would fl ee. his colleagues – Meritxell Ser- be harmonised – or not, as the case may be.” The AKM, which for years has What cultural programme will sents the values the Republic had Belgium’s Foreign Minister ret, Antoni Comin, Lluis Puig, stood as an empty shell on Tak- be put on at the new opera house been built upon. Didier Reynders insisted that it and Clara Ponsati – would sim Square, has had a troubled remains unclear, but Erdogan “AKM is cultural heritage that was a legal matter and not one co-operate with the Belgian Iceland coalition talks broken off history. lamented that Turkey had in the needs to be protected,” he told for politicians to deal with, de- authorities, some of whom are It opened in 1969 but then past made the mistake of imitat- AFP. spite recent criticism of Spain sympathetic to the ousted Cat- Talks on forming a new government in Iceland broke off yesterday, closed almost immediately after ing the West in culture. “Can you imagine expanding from some Flemish separatist alan leaders. the leader of Iceland’s opposition Left Green Movement said. a fi re. “We failed to see this cultural or renewing Hagia Sophia and members of his own govern- “In Belgium they release us Katrin Jakobsdottir was last week given the mandate to form a It reopened in 1978, becoming imitation was a surrender to a the Blue Mosque? AKM is such a ment. without bail, while in Spain we government by President Gudni Thorlacius Johannesson, and the centre of Istanbul cultural world which considered us a rival building,” Yilmazturk said, refer- “We must let the Belgian and would be jailed,” Serret said on opened formal talks on Friday with three other parties. life, but was then shuttered in and even as an enemy,” he said. ring to the two most celebrated Spanish courts do their work,” Twitter. In addition to her own party, Jakobsdottir had aimed to include the 2008 for restoration that never “We are rejecting any surrender. Byzantine and Ottoman monu- Reynders told his country’s The case has caused ten- Social Democrats, the Pirate Party and the Progressive Party. took place. We are working to turn Turkey ments of Istanbul. media. sions both between Belgium They have 32 seats combined, a slim majority in the 63-seat Critics of the new project com- into an assertive state which has Yilmazturk described the Puigdemont and his allies and Madrid, as well as within legislature. plain that it will remove a symbol a say in every domain.” demolition of the AKM building escaped to Belgium a week the government of Belgium, Jakobsdottir told public broadcaster RUV that it was a of the modern Turkish Republic There remains a lively cultural as a “violation of justice” and a ago after Spain dismissed the a country divided between disappointment since the talks had gone well. She did not initially founded after the break-up of scene in Turkey, including West- “constitutional crime”. Catalan executive and imposed French- and Flemish-speaking plan to go to the president but was to keep him informed. the Ottoman Empire by Mustafa ern opera, ballet and classical Erdogan did not make clear in direct rule on the semi-auton- populations. The online edition of the Morgunbladid newspaper reported that Kemal Ataturk, from whom the music, which is partly a legacy of his speech when the demolition omous region following the Belgian Interior Minister the centrist Progressive Party had ended the talks as they felt the building takes its name. Ataturk’s own love for the arts. of the old edifi ce and construc- declaration of independence Jan Jambon, a member of the majority was too slim and were also doubtful about the anti- But Erdogan said the resist- In a signal that the government tion of the new building will be- by the parliament there last Flemish separatist N-VA party, establishment Pirates. ance to the building’s renewal does not want to be seen tram- gin. month. questioned why the EU has Spain issued European arrest failed to denounce the harsh warrants on Friday after Puig- crackdown by one of its 28 demont and his allies ignored member states. a summons to appear before a “I see there is a deafening judge on allegations linked to silence everywhere,” Jambon Story of Hitler’s rise wins France’s top book award the move to declare Catalonia told Flemish VRT television an independent state. on Sunday, referring to Spain’s Puigdemont’s PDeCat party jailing separatist leaders and AFP L’ordre du jour (in English, His novelistic account of Hit- those not shortlisted for the camp for his often lethal experi- said on Sunday that he had clubbing “peaceful people” Paris Agenda) had been among the fa- ler’s rise, which sticks doggedly Goncourt, went to The Disap- ments on prisoners. turned himself in to show his who voted in a banned October vourites for the Goncourt prize to the facts, turns on a secret pearance of Josef Mengele, anoth- “I wanted to understand what “willingness not to fl ee from 1 independence referendum. – the most prestigious in the meeting in February 1933 be- er book about the Nazis which is left of a person after they have the judicial process but to de- He accused the EU of dou- wo books about the Nazis French-speaking world. tween Hitler and the heads of walked the tightrope of historical done that kind of evil,” Guez said. fend himself in a fair and im- ble standards by taking legal took France’s biggest liter- Vuillard, 49, said he was taken Krupp, Siemens, Opel, IG Farben fact. While Vuillard gets only €10 partial process, which is pos- action against the right-wing Tary prizes yesterday, with aback on hearing he won for his and other major industrial groups Journalist Olivier Guez spent ($11) for winning the Goncourt, sible in Belgium, and highly governments of Poland and Eric Vuillard’s story of how Ger- elegant, 160-page book which where they agreed to bankroll his years retracing the secret post- the prize almost guarantees a doubtful in Spain”. Hungary for allegedly defying man industry and fi nance backed charts how the fi nancial support election campaign. Holocaust life of the SS doctor, boost in sales of 450,000 cop- The next court hearing will democratic norms. Adolf Hitler winning the top Prix of German industrialists was The Renaudot award, often notorious as the “Angel of Death” ies or more, placing it instantly be in the following 15 days. 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SHOCK AVIATION EVENT POWER SCANDAL Delhi man gets forged IndiGo to have 1,000 HRD ministry launches Ministers to meet on It’s a smear campaign, Rs2,000 note from ATM flights a day in December workshop on education electrifying households says Goa minister

A Delhi resident yesterday got a forged currency Low cost carrier IndiGo yesterday said it will The Human Resource Development (HRD) Central and state power ministers will hold a Goa Fisheries Minister Vinod Palienkar, who is in note of Rs2,000, one half of which is an original achieve 1,000 flights per day mark in December. Ministry yesterday launched a two-day national meeting to discuss how to realise the ‘Saubhagya’ the eye of an alleged sex scandal, yesterday said note and the other half plain paper from an The airline said it will launch 47 flights including workshop on school education, bringing together scheme target of reaching electricity to all a smear campaign was being launched against ATM. Mohamed Shadab, a resident of Shaheen additional frequencies on its network, which will experts from the private and government households by the end of 2018 in Bihar beginning him because of his “uncompromising stand” Bagh said he withdrew Rs10,000 from the ATM take its operations to 1,000 flights per day mark fields. During the workshop, the stakeholders, on Friday. The conference of Power and New and against the drug mafia. Palienkar’s comments and found the forged note. Shadab, who holds by December 23. Currently, IndiGo, with its fleet of which include NGOs, will make a number of Renewable Energy Ministers of states and union come soon after lawyer-activist Aires Rodrigues an account in Yes Bank’s Jasola branch, said: “I 142 Airbus A320 family aircraft, operates over 900 presentations on several issues concerning territories, to be held in Rajgir on November 10 and said he would submit to Governor Mridula Sinha immediately complained to the customer care daily flights connecting 46 destinations. The new digital education, experiential learning, life 11 will be inaugurated by Power Minister R K Singh, contents of a video footage allegedly featuring executive about the forged note. As I was not flights include services on the Lucknow-Sharjah, skills education, physical education and value the ministry said in a statement. The Saubhagya, or Palienkar with a woman from his constituency. satisfied with his replies, I informed the police.” Hyderabad-Sharjah, Lucknow-Srinagar, Hyderabad- education. HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana, aims Speaking to reporters, Palienkar said the Police said they were examining the closed- Ranchi and Lucknow-Dehradun sectors. In terms at the inaugural event that he didn’t discriminate to achieve 100% electrification of households by the smear campaign could have resulted from his circuit television footage from the ATM. Bank of additional frequencies, more flights connecting among NGOs, private players and government end of 2018 and was launched by Prime Minister opposition to the drug mafia. “If he says there employees and other workers who put cash Kolkata, Bengaluru and Chennai with cities including bodies on education and that the workshop Narendra Modi in September. “The aim of this two- is a CD, ask him for details. I do not know what in the ATM are being questioned. It is not the Guwahati, Bhubaneswar, Kochi and others will also should be used to discuss what is good and cheap day conference is to review the implementation to say. He has neither called me nor spoken first such case in south Delhi. In March, some be started. “A thousand daily flights is a milestone in digital technology. He said the day is not far of various ongoing schemes/programmes and to me. It is a public campaign. I believe this is customers got fake Rs2,000 notes with ‘Children that no airline in India has ever achieved before,” when there will be digital ‘blackboards’ in all class deliberate on a host of issues pertaining to power happening because of my uncompromising Bank of India’ written on them at some ATMs. said Aditya Ghosh, president of IndiGo. rooms across the country. and renewable energy sectors,” said the statement. stand and actions against the drug mafia.” Media must make eff orts to maintain credibility: PM

IANS Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal to the Swachh Bharat Mission. Chennai Purohit, Chief Minister E Palan- As we strive to achieve Swachh iswamy, Deputy Chief Minister Bharat by 2019, the 150th birth O Pannerselvam, federal minis- anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, rime Minister Narendra ters Nirmala Sitharaman and Pon I am touched by the constructive Modi yesterday asked the Radhakrishnan, fi lm personali- role the media has played, both in Pmedia to make extra ef- ties including Rajnikanth and in- generating awareness and mass forts to maintain credibility and dustrialists. consciousness towards clean- do introspection to bring forth Recalling a statement by late liness. They have also pointed reforms within. president A P J Abdul Kalam on out the work that remains to be Participating in the plati- why success stories of people done, before we can claim to have Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls on M Karunanidhi at the DMK president’s residence in Gopalapuram in Chennai yesterday. num jubilee celebrations of the have not been acknowledged, achieved our goal.” mass circulated Tamil daily Dina Modi said today media discourse Modi said editorial freedom Thanthi, Modi also urged the revolves mostly around politics. must be used wisely, in public media to shift its focus from pol- “It is only fair that politics be interest. “Equally so, the free- itics and devote space for stories discussed at length in a democ- dom to write, and to decide what on people. racy. However, India is more than is to be written, does not include Nothing political about Modi’s “Just as education now focuses just us politicians. It is the 125 the freedom to be ‘less than ac- a lot more on learning outcomes, crore Indians, which make India curate’, or ‘factually incorrect’. our attitude towards consump- what it is. I would be happy to see As Mahatma Gandhi himself tion of content has changed. media focus a lot more on their told us: ‘The press is called the Today, every citizen analyses, stories and their achievements. Fourth Estate. It is defi nitely a meeting with Karunanidhi: Stalin power, but, to misuse that power discusses and attempts to cross- “In this endeavour, every citi- check and verify the news that zen with a mobile phone is your is criminal’,” he said. IANS ing and damage caused by heavy “We told the prime minis- Thanthi, Modi discussed the comes to him, through multi- ally. Citizen reporting can be an The prime minister said even Chennai rains in Chennai, its neighbour- ter that around Rs1,500 crore is fl ood situation with the chief ple sources. The media, there- important tool in the sharing though media may be owned by hood and coastal districts. needed to set up a basic infra- minister, Deputy Chief Minister fore, must make an extra eff ort and dissemination of success private individuals, it serves a Disclosing this, Chief Minis- structure and permanent facility O Panneerselvam and offi cials. to maintain credibility. Healthy stories of individuals. It can also public purpose. It’s an instru- ravida Munnetra Ka- ter K Palaniswamy told reporters to remove the water. He said the He also made an aerial inspec- competition among credible be of immense help in directing ment to produce reform through zhagam leader M K Stalin that Modi, with whom he dis- central government would pro- tion of some areas. media platforms is also good for relief and rescue eff orts in times peace, rather than by force. Dyesterday said there was cussed the situation, promised vide the necessary funds,” Palan- “On landing in Chennai, Modi the health of our democracy,” he of crisis or natural disasters,” the “Hence, it has as much so- nothing political about Prime him all assistance from the cen- iswami said. discussed the situation arising said. prime minister said. cial responsibility as the elected Minister Narendra Modi meeting tral government for relief and re- Asked about the complaint due to heavy rains and fl oods in “Renewed emphasis on cred- Modi referred to natural disas- government and the judiciary. with his father and party presi- habilitation work. of absence of basic facilities in Chennai and other parts... with ibility brings us to the subject of ters and said they seem to be oc- And its conduct must be equally dent M Karunanidhi. He said the prime minister was residential areas, Palaniswami the chief minister and deputy introspection. I fi rmly believe curring with increasing frequen- above board. To recall the words Stalin told reporters no politics briefed about a plan to construct said places like Kanchipuram chief minister. He assured them that reform in the media, when- cy and intensity across the world. of the great saint Thiruvalluvar was discussed between them nor a drainage network to avoid and Tiruvallur were originally all assistance from the Centre,” ever required, can only come “Climate change is a challenge ‘There is nothing in this world was there any political intention fl ooding in Chennai, the neigh- villages and residents had built the prime minister’s offi ce said in from within, through introspec- for each one of us. Can the media except ethics, which would bring behind Modi’s courtesy call on bouring areas of Kanchipuram their houses then without per- a tweet. tion. take a lead in the battle against both reputation and wealth to- his father. and Tiruvallur districts and in mission. These areas were low- At the function, Modi ex- “Indeed, we have seen this it? Can the media devote just a gether’.” He said there was nothing in the coastal areas of Cuddalore, lying and hence there would be pressed grief and condolences process of introspection hap- little space, or a fi xed time daily, Lauding the role of vernacular the meeting for the media to Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur. water-logging, but the govern- to the families of those who lost pen on some occasions, such as to report, discuss or increase newspapers, Modi said in a di- speculate about. “Low-lying areas in Chen- ment is removing the water, he their lives in the rains. the analysis of the reportage of awareness about what we can do verse nation like India the role of Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu yes- nai, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur said. He also assured the state gov- the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. to combat climate change?” he newspapers published in regional terday sought central assistance districts get water-logged during Earlier, on arrival from Delhi ernment of all possible support Perhaps, it should happen more asked. languages remained as important of Rs15bn from Modi to tackle heavy rains,” the chief minister to attend the platinum jubilee by the central government to often.” “I take this opportunity to ap- today as it was during the inde- the situation arising from fl ood- said. celebrations of Tamil daily Dina handle the situation. The function was attended by preciate the media’s response pendence movement.

Jagan campaign Kerala CPM goes slow on Pawar could become next PM: Praful Patel action against minister IANS view of such elements. He urged Raigad, Maharashtra Pawar to give up his soft stance and become “more aggressive”. IANS because of this issue and there- Pawar, now 76, broke away Thiruvananthapuram fore, appropriate action should ationalist Congress Party from the Congress to launch the be taken. (NCP) leader Praful Patel NCP in 1999. But Vijayan and the CPM Nyesterday said party chief NCP state spokesman Nawab meeting here by Kerala’s would prefer to buy time until Sharad Pawar could be the prime Malik said in the emerging politi- ruling Communist Party November 9 when the Kerala As- minister after the 2019 Lok Sab- cal landscape, a situation similar Aof India (Marxist) yester- sembly is having a special one- ha election. to 1996-97 was developing when day to discuss charges of land day sitting to table the Solar Ju- Patel also said the NCP was many small parties joined hands grab against Transport Minister dicial Commission probe report willing to forge an alliance with and then Karnataka chief minis- Thomas Chandy turned out to that indicts former chief minis- the Congress for the Gujarat As- ter H D Deve Gowda became the be a damp squib, as it decided to ter Oommen Chandy and several sembly election and even beyond. prime minister. wait for legal opinion. senior leaders of the Congress “2019 will be the year of NCP On the Gujarat elections, Patel There was speculation that Party. and Sharad Pawar. Given the said the NCP was ready to shake the meeting of the CPM secre- Vijayan feels that once the current changing political situ- hands with the Congress. tariat might consider sending report is tabled, the media will ation, his cherished desire may “It will be damaging to both out a clear signal that Chandy’s Chandy: controversy go after the “spicy” solar scam be fulfi lled. He could become the parties (the Congress and the continuance as a minister would report running into over 1,700 PM,” Patel said to huge applause NCP) if they contest separately. be diffi cult, as a report of the dis- which suggested that the allega- pages. while addressing the party’s We may have our diff erences trict authorities clearly says that tions of violations by Chandy’s The scam probe report talks two-day session to plan for the with the Congress but there is no the minister’s plush resort in the resort were true. about the manner in which Sa- next Lok Sabha election. (ideological) confl ict between the backwaters of Alappuzha vio- While Chief Minister Pinarayi ritha Nair and her then live-in The former federal minister NCP and Congress,” said Patel. lates the norms. Vijayan continues to have a soft partner started a business that said Pawar had the capability to He attacked the Bharatiya Ja- According to a party source, corner for Chandy, the Com- involved setting up solar panels lead the country. nata Party on various counts, and at the secretariat meeting the munist Party of India, the sec- and later alleged that she was YSR Congress Party president acknowledges the “Pawar’s is an infl uential name on how the mood had swayed Chandy issue was only taken ond biggest partner in the LDF, sexually exploited by these Con- greetings of his supporters after he launched a in politics and his views com- against the government in the up briefl y and it was decided to is in an aggressive mood as gress leaders. six-month-long ‘padyatra’ or foot march in Andhra mand respect... Even the PM lis- past few months following de- await legal opinion. state Revenue Minister E Chan- Vijayan and the CPM expect Pradesh, virtually kicking of his campaign for the 2019 tens to him in parliament,” Patel monetisation, damage to small Ahead of the meeting, details drasekheran and his party’s state that using the solar report, the assembly elections, in Hyderabad yesterday. He will cover said. businesses due to GST and how of the report prepared by Alap- secretary Kanam Rajendran feel allegations against the minister 3,000km across all 13 districts of the state to interact with He said attempts are now be- the government had failed on its puzha District Collector T V that the image of the govern- can be defl ected by keeping the people and know their problems. ing made to “defame” the NCP, commitments including to farm- Anupama surfaced in the media, ment has taken a severe beating Congress-led opposition silent. adding that Pawar takes a mild ers. Gulf Times Tuesday, November 7, 2017 17 INDIA Interlocutor starts Kashmir dialogue process

IANS travel operators, shikara owners, was previously codenamed Papa ceive any invitation from Sharma. tempts to persuade Geelani, the security forces and militants in was shifted to hospital and rein- Srinagar fruit and saff ron growers and ar- II, a joint interrogation centre He is expected to stay in the octogenarian head of the Hurri- Kashmir. forcements were rushed to the tisans. operated by the Border Security valley for three days to meet yat Conference, to meet Sharma. According to police the soldier area to augment the strength of However, separatists have re- Force (BSF) until 1996 when it political parties, socio-cultural “Geelani does not oppose a identifi ed as Sham Sunder of 44 the security forces. ormer Intelligence Bureau fused to meet him. was shut down. organisations, individuals and dialogue process but at the same Rashtriya Rifl es was killed dur- Following special intelligence offi cer Dineshwar Sharma Sharma, who has served as The sources said the delega- opinion makers before moving to time he is not ready to facilitate a ing the encounter in Aglar vil- inputs troops of the Rashtriya Fyesterday launched Kash- assistant director of the Intel- tion members highlighted their Jammu. process that is aimed at delaying lage of Pulwama district in south Rifl es, state police and the Cen- mir talks and met representa- ligence Bureau in the state from problems during their meeting Separatist leaders Syed Ali rather than resolving the basic Kashmir. tral Reserve Police Force had sur- tives of about half-a-dozen apo- 1992 to 94, when militancy was with Sharma who listened to Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar issue,” said a Geelani aide. A civilian identifi ed as Tariq rounded Aglar village yesterday litical organisations at a Srinagar at its peak in Jammu and Kash- them “patiently”. Farooq and Yaseen Malik have Former chief minister and Na- Ahmad sustained a bullet injury evening. As the security forces high security guest house. mir, started his fi ve-day visit to No representative of any po- jointly declined to meet the inter- tional Conference leader Farooq during simultaneous clashes closed in on the hiding militants, Sources said those who met Kashmir yesterday. litical party called on him on the locultor, calling his appointment Abdullah said on Sunday that he between protesting civilians they were fi red at, triggering the the central government’s inter- Immediately after his arrival fi rst day of his stay in the state to a time-buying tactic “adopted did not expect much from the and security forces near the en- gunfi ght, the police added. locutor at the Hari Niwas state in Srinagar, Sharma, who has a start the multi-layered dialogue under international pressure and new process. counter site. The protesters were Meanwhile, Internet services guest house included repre- cabinet secretary rank and has process. regional compulsions”. A soldier was killed and a trying to disrupt the operation in Pulwama district were sus- sentatives of tribal Gujjars and been given Z security, drove in an The opposition National Con- Sources in the separatist camp civilian injured yesterday in an against the holed up militants. pended to check the spread of Bakerwal organisations, tour and SUV to the state guest house that ference said they were yet to re- said the offi cials have made at- ongoing gunfi ght between the Police said the injured civilian rumours.

Smog covers Delhi Ministries clash over demand for rail imports amid shortfall in steel

Reuters to supply 1.3mn tonnes, falling New Delhi short of 1.5mn tonnes sought by the railways, the letter showed. “We require rails. SAIL is not ndia’s steel and rail minis- able to deliver the rails. That’s tries are at loggerheads over it,” said Ashwani Lohani, the Ithe state-run network’s chairman of the Railway Board. proposal to buy much-needed He said Indian Railways had rails from overseas, a move that “no intention to change the ten- would undermine Prime Min- der”, which is the fi rst time the ister Narendra Modi’s drive to company ever sought overseas build key infrastructure in India. rails. SAIL did not respond to re- The railways ministry, which quests for comment. manages the world’s fourth- The steel ministry urged In- largest rail network, has grap- dian Railways not to violate the pled with a spate of accidents. “Make in India” policy that re- People walk early in the morning as smog covers India Gate war memorial in New Delhi yesterday. Delhi, one of the world’s most polluted cities, suff ers from high levels Modi’s government wants to quires all infrastructure projects of pollution during winter months, with millions of vehicles contributing to the city’s bad air. The air quality in Delhi got more toxic yesterday, with winds coming from overhaul the country’s ageing worth more than Rs500mn to Punjab and Haryana where stubble burning continues unabated. tracks, but shortages of steel use locally-made steel. produced by state-run Steel Au- In a meeting on Friday, steel thority of India Ltd (SAIL) have ministry offi cials asked the rail- slowed progress. ways to abide by procurement The clash highlights the di- rules that require steel for major lemma the government faces as infrastructure projects to come it tries to promote local produc- from domestic producers, three tion through the “Make in In- people who attended the meet- dia” campaign at the same time ing said. it faces resistance from some Indian Railways maintains state buyers who need to procure that passenger safety justifi es Probe ordered after goods as quickly and cheaply as an exemption to the “Make in possible. India” policy. The government Indian Railways issued a ten- could allow an exception if there der seeking 717,000 tonnes of are shortages or specifi c grades steel rails on October 18, which of steel are unavailable. was the fi rst time the state-run In a letter to Lohani from railroad operator sought over- Aruna Sharma, the secretary at Paradise Papers leak seas rails. the steel ministry, dated October The tender could be worth an 23, the ministry urged the rail- Amitabh, top politicians The leaked documents were ures as Appleby’s second-larg- his past association with Omid- ignated representative on the D estimated Rs30bn ($464mn) for ways “to follow the procedure” among 714 Indians in alleged obtained by Germany’s Sued- est client internationally, with yar Network. Light Board,” he tweeted. global steel majors such as Arce- on steel procurement, but said global tax evasion scam deutsche Zeitung newspaper as many as 118 diff erent off shore BJP Rajya Sabha mem- The daily said Sinha did not lorMittal and Thyssenkrupp. it would examine the need for a and shared with the Interna- entities,” the newspaper said. ber Ravindra Kishore Sinha, a mention this in his declaration That amount will make up waiver. Agencies tional Consortium of Investiga- The leaked data indicates that former journalist who founded to the Election Commission SAIL’s shortfall for the next two In September, Modi named New Delhi tive Journalists (ICIJ) and some among Appleby’s Indian clients the private security service fi rm when he contested the Lok Sab- fi nancial years. Piyush Goyal as the new railways media outlets. were several prominent cor- SIS or Security and Intelligence ha polls in 2014, nor to the Lok For the fi nancial year for minister to oversee a $130bn, India ranks 19th among 180 porates and companies which Services, is heading a group Sabha Secretariat or the Prime 2017/18, SAIL is expected to fi ve-year modernisation pro- he government yester- countries, exposed in the cache subsequently came under the that has two off shore entities in Minister’s Offi ce as a minister supply 920,000 tonnes, only gramme and to replace some of day formed a panel of of 13.4mn documents in terms scrutiny of investigating agen- Malta off shore. of state in 2016. 65% of the target, according to a the 92,000km of tracks operated Tgovernment offi cials to of the number of individuals cies like the Central Bureau of Besides corporates, the data But the minister said all these letter sent by Indian Railways to by Indian Railways. investigate cases that fi gure in and companies who have skirt- Investigation (CBI) and the En- revealed details of individuals as transactions have been fully the steel ministry dated October The railways are a lifeline for the the so-called Paradise Papers, a ed taxes and invested in off - forcement Directorate. well: Bachchan’s shareholding disclosed to “relevant authori- 18. more than 20mn mostly poorer trove of leaked documents about shore companies in tax havens. These include fi rms in the in a Bermuda company acquired ties through all necessary fi lings In 2018/19, SAIL is expected people who use it every day. off shore investments of wealthy It comes a year after Panama Sun-TV-Aircel-Maxis case; Es- before the 2004 Liberalised as required”. individuals and institutions. Papers leak and two days before sar-Loop 2G case; SNS-Lavalin Remittance Scheme kicked in; “After leaving Omidyar Net- Offi cials from government the government observes “An- in which Kerala Chief Minister corporate lobbyist Niira Radia work, I was asked to continue Minister apologises for ‘sexist’ remark bodies and the Reserve Bank of ti-Black Money Day” to mark Pinarayi Vijayan was named and and fi lm star Sanjay Dutt’s wife on the D Light Board as an in- India will carry out and monitor the fi rst anniversary of demon- then cleared; the Rajasthan am- who fi gures under her former dependent director. On joining Maharashtra Water Resources Sunday to launch the sugarcane- the investigation, the fi nance etisation – a move that sought bulance scam which has recent- name Dilnashin. the Union Council of Ministers, Minister Girish Mahajan yesterday crushing season in a co-operative ministry said. to hit at illicit wealth. ly been routed to the CBI and Sinha yesterday denied any I immediately resigned from the apologised after his ‘sexist’ sugar factory in Nandurbar, Minister of State Jayant Sin- The data relates to two fi rms which names a company called wrongdoing and said all trans- D Light Board and severed my remarks that liquor brands be Mahajan commented that liquor ha, Bharatiya Janata Party MP – Bermuda’s Appleby and Sin- Ziquista Healthcare (Sachin actions related to him men- involvement with the company.” named after women to boost brands should be named after Ravindra Kishore, Congress gapore’s Asiaciti and 19 tax ha- Pilot and Karti Chidambaram tioned in the investigation were But the Congress was not im- sales sparked outrage. Amidst women to boost sales. Shiv Sena leader Sachin Pilot, former vens across the world that help were earlier honorary/inde- “fully disclosed” to authorities pressed with his defence and de- a furore with ally Shiv Sena and slammed the minister saying on minister P Chidambaram’s son the global rich to move their pendent directors of the fi rms and were done in his “offi cial manded Sinha’s resignation and a most opposition parties like the one hand, women in many parts Karti and Bollywood superstar money abroad, according to the respectively); and fresh fi nan- capacity, not personal”. “high-level probe” into the scam. Congress, the Nationalist Congress of Maharashtra were campaigning Amitabh Bachhan fi gure among Indian Express which was part cial links in a CBI case against “These were bonafi de and Congress spokesman Ran- Party and the Aam Aadmi Party for prohibition to rid the men 714 Indians named in the papers of the worldwide probe carried YSR Congress chief Y S Jagan legal transactions undertaken deep Surjewala said: “Prime targeting him, Mahajan said of alcoholism and on the other that allegedly expose how the out by the ICIJ. Mohan Reddy. on behalf of highly reputed Minister Narendra Modi’s so- “sorry”. However, he said the Mahajan wanted women to world’s rich and powerful have “Interestingly, it is an Indian Minister of State for Civil world-leading organisations in called fi ght against black money comments were made in a lighter become “brand ambassadors” to stashed their wealth abroad to company, Sun Group, founded Aviation Jayant Sinha’s name my fi duciary role as Partner at and corruption remains a com- vein. Addressing a function on pep up liquor markets. evade legitimate taxes. by Nand Lal Khemka, that fi g- fi gures in the record because of Omidyar Network and its des- plete fl op. Royal Enfi eld’s big bike could test Harley’s India dominance

Reuters player in the country’s big bike squarely with the Street 750. populated city streets provides than most of our competitors New Delhi market – defi ned as those with India-based industry ana- a far larger rider base than in will do. But that’s our strategy engines above 601cc – and con- lysts and commentators say Western markets where Harley and we are sticking to it.” trols 60% of a segment that has that Harley’s distribution net- sells most of its bikes. Royal Enfi eld’s new bike – to arley-Davidson Inc’s almost tripled in size since 2014 work in India must be expand- Harley plans to increase its be unveiled in Milan today – pole position in India’s and is expected to double again ed if it is to deal with the new network but is cautious about is expected to retail at around Hfast growing big-bike in the next 4-5 years. competition and rising demand undermining its premium brand Rs300,000 ($4,640) compared category is set to face a sweeping With the arrival of Royal En- from the country’s 1bn plus and has had problems with com- to Harley’s Street 750 at more test when Indian-owned Royal fi eld, however, it faces a locally- consumers. plaints about bike servicing in than Rs500,000. Enfi eld launches its fi rst heavy- owned distribution network that “Having outlet numbers in the India in the past. Other Harley executives say weight bike today. dwarfs Harley’s roughly 30 out- mid-20s is clearly a thin distri- “The specifi c plans and the they feel confi dent that it will The world’s biggest bike and lets by a multiple of 24. bution spread,” SBICAP Securi- rate at which we (expand) is a remain a brand Indians will look scooter market with 18mn in Were Enfi eld to ship even 10 ties analyst Mahantesh Sabarad function of fi nding a big enough up to. the year to last March, India ac- of its new big bikes to each of said. market area and a really com- “When it comes to wooing counts for less than 2% of Har- its about 700 locations, it could “India has over 30 10mn-plus petent dealer that can make the those riders from Royal Enfi eld ley’s global sales but is now a double Harley’s 3,700 in annual cities and each such city needs investments to have the brand to Harley Davidson, we have a production location for its pop- sales. 2-3 dealerships to cater to a bud- Royal Enfield will launch its first heavyweight bike today. experience that we want to have track record of that now since ular Street 750 bike and a prom- A day before the new bike’s ding market of bike enthusiasts.” for riders,” Levatich said. we have been in India,” said Marc ising generator of growth as US launch, Royal Enfi eld yesterday Asked about the new bike last that he would not dismiss a com- would not be changing strategy. “So that’s part of the formu- McAllister, Harley’s managing demand slows. unveiled a 650cc twin engine, month, Harley Chief Executive petitor’s strengths but that he Popular enthusiasm for com- la, which will naturally make it director for international mar- Harley was the fi rst major putting it on track to compete Matthew Levatich told Reuters had faith in Harley’s brand and muting bikes in India’s densely probably slower and less dense kets. Gulf Times 18 Tuesday, November 7, 2017 LATIN AMERICA Remains of Argentines killed in NY attack return Reuters eight people killed in the truck Buenos Aires attack as they rode bicycles on a pedestrian path in lower Man- hattan along the Hudson River he bodies of fi ve Argen- on October 31. tine men killed in a truck The Argentines were part of a Tattack in New York City group of 10 friends who had trav- arrived yesterday morning at a elled to New York to celebrate the Buenos Aires airport, where a 30th anniversary of their high police escort received them. school graduation. Several dozen offi cers accom- Argentine President Maurico panied the bodies of the victims Macri is expected to visit the site as they were transported from of the attack to pay tribute to the Buenos Aires Ezeiza Interna- victims while he is in New York tional Airport in a motorcade to on a previously planned trip to Rosario, home town of the fi ve meet with investors and business men and Argentina’s third-larg- executives. est city. Rosario entered a three-day Other offi cers on horseback mourning period after the deadly saluted as the cars carrying the attack. men’s bodies passed through the The victims’ high school, streets of Buenos Aires. where administrators said life- Family members, who had long friendships are common fl own to New York after the at- among students, is observing a tack to bring home the victims, week-long mourning period and were expected to take another counselling students on the cir- fl ight from Buenos Aires to Rosa- cumstances of the attack. rio yesterday morning, according Guillermo Banchini, one of the to local media. men on the trip who survived the The victims are Hernán Fer- attack, urged justice as he spoke ruchi, 48, Alejandro Damián from the Argentine counsel in Pagnucco, 49, Diego Enrique New York on Friday. Angelini, 48, Hernán Diego “Let there be justice. Let this Mendoza, 48 and Ariel Erlij, 48. not be repeated, not here nor The fi ve, who were business- anywhere in the world,” Banchini Mauricio Macri, president of Argentina, speaks in front his wife, Juliana Awada (R), New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (2nd R), Chirlane McCray (2nd L), and attack survivor Guillermo men or architects, were among said. Banchini at the scene of the October 31 attack in New York. Low turnout The rainforest is a in Chile will world of wonders make it easy for Amazon tribe for Pinera Reuters right to abstain without reper- The forest is the storehouse which The Waiapi also believe that just as Akitu Waiapi, 24, stopped every 20 then planted, mostly with their staple Santiago cussions. provided all of life’s essentials for the the planet’s biggest rainforest looks af- yards to point out the benefi ts of yet an- food cassava. A recent CEP poll, conduct- tribe ter them, their tribe of 1,200 people is other tree. Once the soil is exhausted, the ed in September and October, uniquely positioned to guard the Amazon, The bark from one helps cure diarrhoea, Waiapi leave the patch fallow, move on he frontrunner for found that only 43 % of Chile- AFP crucial to regulating global climate, for the another lowers fever, while a third aids the and carve out another. Chile’s presidency, bil- ans are likely to vote in the com- Waiapi, Brazil rest of the world. scarring process. On a large scale, slash-and-burn can Tlionaire businessman ing election. For decades, the Waiapi and other in- Many of the trees had already had strips devastate the environment. Sebastian Pinera, faces an ar- The poll showed Pinera would digenous tribes have been under pressure of bark removed. However, when performed by such ray of left-wing parties in this beat his two closest contenders, hen Japarupi Waiapi looks into the from miners, ranchers and loggers, who “There are a lot of medicinal elements a small tribe in a big area, the cleared year’s elections but he can ex- the centre-left Alejandro Guil- dense foliage of the Amazon rain- consider the “Indians”, as they are univer- in the forest and when people need them patches are given time to recover, cre- pect help from one quarter — lier and leftist Beatriz Sanchez, Wforest, he sees the equivalent of a sally known in Brazil, a nuisance at best. they just come and get them,” Akitu ating a healthy cycle. low turnout. in a December 17 runoff . supermarket, pharmacy, furniture store — Pressure intensifi ed this August when Waiapi said. Japarupi Waiapi says his people know Recent opinion polls give Coalitions of Chile’s centre- and that’s just the beginning. Food like co- President Michel Temer declared a vast Invisible, but just as present for the ani- how to maintain the balance, moving Pinera, a conservative former left parties for decades domi- conuts, roots and bananas grows plentifully. protected reserve around Waiapi territory, mist Waiapi are the spirits inhabiting trees village as soon as “the land is tired, the president, a commanding lead nated politics but have fractured Animals and fi sh are readily available for called Renca, open to foreign mining. and rivers and animals. river is tired.” over his seven mostly left-of- in the face of disagreements hunting, and the bark of many trees has Temer had to retreat a month later in the The tribesmen pointed out one of the The tribe’s footprint is exceptionally centre rivals for the November over Bachelet’s economic and medicinal uses. face of withering criticism from environ- giants of the forest, the Dinizia excelsa light. 19 fi rst round but predict he is social reforms. Just in terms of diff erent wood types, mentalists. tree, a hardwood which the Waiapi call “When you live in the forest, when unlikely to take the more than The CEP poll found that only “we see thatch for our roofs, we see bows, But the Waiapi say they will keep watch peyryry. you hear the music of the animals 50% needed to avoid a run-off . 11% of voters sympathise with we see arrow heads”, Japarupi Waiapi, 45, as long as they live. The tree, fl anked by massive roots, rose that live there, it’s diff erent,” Japarupi While a unifi ed left might Bachelet’s Nueva Mayoria coali- says in the heart of Waiapi tribal land in “This forest we’re in — we’re the ones as broad and tall as a castle tower. Waiapi explains during a lunch of muster the votes to defeat Pin- tion and nearly 60% of Chileans eastern Brazil. who preserve it,” said Tapayona Waiapi, “That one has a whole invisible com- smoked monkey meat. era in the second round, weak did not identify with any of the Add to that palm for weaving back- 36, who lives at the edge of tribe’s terri- munity (of spirits),” Jawaruwa Waiapi said. “We understand and can talk to the turnout fed by disenchantment major political parties. packs, calabash for making bowls, reeds tory. “There’s everything in there. animals.” with politics and interparty Pinera’s campaign has sought to use as drinking straws, banana leaves as Hiking into the rainforest, tribesmen We can’t see it.” Perhaps seeing the look of surprise bickering would pave the way to capitalise on growing discon- table cloths, animal bones for tools — and warned reporters to keep their eyes peeled Ironically, Waiapi agriculture relies on on his visitors’ faces, Japarupi Waiapi for a Pinera win. tent and division among the left all this literally there for the taking. for hazards. cutting down trees, but they do this sus- cups his hands and makes three power- “It’s likely that many left- by appealing to centrist Chris- “We don’t depend on commerce or One spindly, innocuous-looking plant tainably. ful whistles, each with a slight trill. Five wing voters are not going to vote tian Democratic voters, his- money,” Japarupi Waiapi says, explaining was said to be so poisonous that the tribes- Like many other indigenous peoples seconds of silence follow. in the second round because torically the largest bloc within the tribe’s ancient, self-suffi cient way of men, wearing only red loincloths, avoided around the world, the tribe uses a tech- Then from somewhere in the dark their candidate will have been Bachelet’s coalition. life, living in isolation from Brazil’s white even getting close. nique called slash-and-burn or swidden, canopy of virgin forest, a bird calls eliminated, and with this drop, Pinera recently called former settlers. “This is the Amazon — there could be where a patch of forest is cut down and back. Pinera’s vote share catapults,” President Patricio Aylwin, a “I tell my son: never put out your hand anything,” Jawaruwa Waiapi, 31, said. the dead trees are left to dry before being For now, at least, the Waiapi and said analyst Kenneth Bunker, of Christian Democrat credited to the white man. Rely on the forest. Rely But for those who know where to look, burned to clear new ground. their beloved Amazon remain in har- Tresquintos. with smoothing Chile’s transi- on the rivers.” the forest is more friend than foe. The ash helps fertilise the soil which is mony. “Pinera is going to win if few- tion to democracy in the 1990s, er people vote.” an “example to follow”. Investors strongly favour Candidates on the left have Shark kills Pinera and bet he would bet- sought to counteract Pinera’s ter manage labour and educa- advances by attempting to rally swimmer tion reforms implemented by new voters. A shark attacked and fatally Paradise Papers leak: Brazil ministers deny current centre-left President “We need a programme that wounded a young man taking Michelle Bachelet, in power makes sense for everyone. If a nighttime swim at a beach since 2014.Chile, South Amer- voter participation increases, in Cuba, a newspaper said any wrongdoing in their investments ica’s most developed economy, we win,” said centre-left front- yesterday. The attack 10 feet is one of the few countries in the runner Guillier, a former jour- off shore at Guardalavaca beach region that does not have man- nalist and legislator. is believed to be unprecedented, AFP Boston and a possible presidential contend- fuss Zen-Noh International Ltd, an off shore datory voting. In late October, Bachelet’s ad- the provincial newspaper Ahora Brasilia er, is linked through an organization called trust registered in the Cayman Islands. Turnout in the elections fol- ministration launched a get-out- said. Friends swimming with the the Sabedoria Foundation. The trust is a creation between the Amag- lowing Chile’s transition from the-vote campaign of television 22 year old man hit the shark A statement from his offi ce described the gi family group — in which the cabinet min- compulsory to voluntary vot- and radio advertisements, calling with a bottle and wrested him wo Brazilian cabinet ministers whose foundation as a philanthropic body created ister is a shareholder — and the Dutch food ing in 2012 has dipped as low the election “an important mo- from its jaws, then rushed him names appear in the Paradise Papers when he was living in the United States to giant Louis Dreyfuss Commodities group. as 42%, near the bottom of de- ment for our democracy”. to a clinic in the city of Holguin, Tsaid yesterday that there was nothing use part of his inheritance for education in The Amaggi group, the largest Brazilian veloped countries, according to Pinera has criticised the cam- located 730km northeast of illegal in keeping funds in an off shore ac- Brazil. company in the soybean industry, said that statistics from the International paign as a political manoeuvre, Havana. But the man arrived in count. The foundation seed money was reported shareholders received benefi ts from the off - Institute for Democracy and but Maria Luisa Puig, of the a state of shock, with a gaping Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles and to tax authorities, and the philanthropic shore trust “in an indirect way” emphasis- Electoral Assistance. Eurasia Group, said that moti- wound in the left thigh that Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi appear in body will remain inactive until Meirelles’s ing that it was “perfectly regular and legal” Many Chileans are disen- vating a large remaining block of must have aff ected his femoral data leaked from off shore law rmfi Appleby, death, the statement said. Meirelles headed under the laws of Brazil and the Cayman chanted with politics following undecided, or uninspired, vot- artery, a doctor named Enrique which emerged as part of the Paradise Pa- Brazil’s Central Bank from 2003-2010 after Islands. campaign fi nance scandals that ers in the centre of the political Remedios told the paper. Shark pers released by the US-based International his career at BankBoston. The Amaggi group also told AFP that the have tainted parties of both the spectrum could prove critical to attacks are rare in Cuba, which Consortium of Investigative Journalists Meanwhile Maggi, an agribusiness mo- agriculture minister has had “no position right and left. both sides. “Voter turnout will is heavily reliant on foreign (ICIJ). gul, said in a statement that he was “never in the administration” of the group since he Unlike citizens of Brazil, Peru be the key to this election,” she tourism. Meirelles, a former senior offi cial at Bank- a direct benefi ciary” of Amaggi Louis Drey- entered public life. and Argentina, they have the said. Gulf Times Tuesday, November 7, 2017 19 PAKISTAN

Shaukat Aziz named in Pakistan welcomes US role Paradise Papers

Internews in easing tension with India Islamabad India’s influence in Afghanistan has created t least chaos: Pakistan two Pa- Akista- Agencies nis have been Islamabad named in the Paradise Pa- Shaukat Aziz pers – former akistan believes in region- prime minister Shaukat Aziz and al peace and welcomes former National Insurance Cor- Pmediation by the United poration Limited (NICL) chair- States in easing tension with person Ayaz Khan Niazi. India, Foreign Minister Khawaja Aziz is linked with Antarctic Asif said yesterday. Trust, which was set up by the Addressing the fourth round former premier and includes his of US-Pakistan Bilateral Dia- wife, children, and granddaugh- logue in Islamabad, Asif said ter as benefi ciaries. Pakistan has always preferred Aziz had set up the trust in the a comprehensive dialogue with US state of Delaware before be- its South Asian neighbour that coming fi nance minister in 1999. could contribute to peace in He was working for fi nancial the region, Radio Pakistan re- giant Citibank at the time. ported. Delaware is considered a do- The dialogue, titled ‘Conver- mestic tax haven by US fi nancial gence amid Divergence: Identi- experts. fying Pathways to Co-operation The trust was not declared at in a Challenging Environment’, any point during his time as fi - was called to deliberate on ways nance minister or prime minis- to ease the strain in bilateral Pa- ter. kistan-US ties. Also, in a 2012 internal Commenting on the new US memo, the law firm’s compli- strategy for South Asia and the ance officer noted that Aziz had role accorded to India in the pol- been accused by the opposition icy, the minister said US has as- of false declaration of assets, sured Pakistan that New Delhi’s corruption and misappropria- role in Afghanistan would be tion of funds. limited to providing economic Three years later, in a database assistance to the war-torn coun- of high-risk clients, Appleby try. US ambassador to Pakistan David Hale (left) speaks as Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Mohamed Asif (right) listens during the 4th Round of the US-Pakistan bilateral dialogue noted that a Pakistani court had Pakistan has repeatedly ex- in Islamabad yesterday. The event, organised by private think tanks, is aimed at improving US-Pakistan relations, and working towards a resolution to the conflict in neighbouring issued three arrest warrants pressed concern over India’s Afghanistan. against Aziz in relation to the role in the US strategy, saying its killing of Akbar Bugti. security concerns in the region negative perceptions. ity in Afghanistan, he said. war-torn country. But US offi cials objected, say- tries to make eff orts for regional In September 2015, Antarctic should be recognised. The foreign minister said self- Asif said intelligence shar- “Pakistan is against India’s in- ing Kabul was “too unstable”. peace. Trust was closed and the related While announcing his strat- defence and self-interest is Pa- ing is vital for improving border tervention in Afghanistan,”Asif “It is not our problem,” Asif Hale said the US had told Pa- fi le removed from one of Apple- egy for the region, US President kistan’s foremost priority and management with Afghanistan, said. said referring to the refugees. kistani offi cials to take decisive by’s internal databases. Donald Trump had said the US the country will not allow its adding that the US should share The minister also emphasised “The US can invest in the re- action against terrorists active According to ICIJ, Aziz’s law- appreciates India’s important soil to be used against any other timely intelligence so that Paki- the need for immediate removal placement of these refugees to from its soil. yers have said that he was not le- contributions to Afghan stabil- country. stan can take action. of what he called terrorist safe their home country.” “US Secretary of State Rex gally required to declare the trust ity. But he also lamented that He said Pakistan is ready to Talking to reporters, the min- havens in Afghanistan, adding He added that US-Pakistan Tillerson has conveyed to the to Pakistani authorities. India “makes billions of dollars extend all possible co-operation ister said diff erences in Pak-US the US Afghan policy was dam- relations needed to be worked on political and military leader- They added that the same ap- in trade with the United States.” to achieve the goal of peace and bilateral ties are only miscon- aging the reconciliation process and the “blame game” needed to ship in Pakistan that the Paki- plies to his wife and children. Trump had said he wanted stability in Afghanistan. In line ceptions which are being re- in the country. end so that both countries may stan-US relations are at a cru- The lawyers added that Aziz India to provide more economic with the same eff orts, Pakistan moved by continued dialogue. Asif added that Afghanistan’s work towards mutual under- cial juncture and if they don’t paid all applicable US taxes. assistance and development to has also reached out to regional Asif added that recent high- economy and structure had been standing. cooperate, we will act accord- The purpose of the account Afghanistan. countries and forums like South level exchanges between the two hampered and damaged by years Earlier, US ambassador David ingly,” he said. was “to ensure that if he were Pakistan’s counter-terrorism Asian Association for Regional countries have helped relieve the of war and there were multiple Hale said India’s role in Afghani- The meeting in Islamabad was to die, his assets would pass ef- eff orts have prevented “count- Co-operation (Saarc). tension in the relationship. pressure groups which wanted stan was restricted to only eco- also attended by Foreign Secre- fi ciently to his family.” less” militant attacks in the US Saarc should be activated and Asif told the media after the the war to continue. nomic assistance. tary Tehmina Janjua, Hale and Ayaz Khan Niazi has connec- and Europe, Asif said, adding steps should be taken to promote diplomatic talks in Islamabad He said Islamabad suggested He added that both Pakistan Wilson Center Asia Programme tions with a trust and three off - that Pakistan and US both have trade in the region which has that India’s infl uence in Afghan- that Afghan refugees in Pakistan and India needed to improve Deputy Director Michael Kugel- shore companies in the British a lot of work to do in fi ghting suff ered for long due to instabil- istan has created chaos in the needed to be sent home. relations and urged both coun- man among others. Virgin Islands (BVI). Smog eff ect: Islamabad power Sectarian terrorism is on fi rm resumes load-shedding the decline in Pakistan Internews An Iesco representative loadshedding and after that sup- Islamabad said the power cuts began ply is restored across the region. due to a sudden shortfall of The lower power generation is Internews year on Thursday revealed that TA was also being further and 345 under trial while 102 electricity. due to various reasons so the Islamabad 937 Uniform Resource Loca- strengthened. accused were convicted and 33 espite Pakistani gov- The representative claims that demand and supply gap is man- tors (URLs), 10 websites of Pro- Total number of terror- were acquitted. ernment’s claims that smog has also played a role in the aged,” he said. scribed Organisations (POs) ists executed under ATA/PPC The recovered amount was Dscheduled power cuts power supply breakage, but the He added: “The Energy Di- akistan has witnessed a against abuse of Internet and was 483, while 11 Special Trial Rs1,321mn and 1,060 were ar- would end across the country situation would be under control vision and Iesco authorities visible decline in sectari- Social Media have been blocked Courts were notifi ed and 388 rested. by November, a sudden wave of within a week and the power cuts are closely monitoring the Pan terrorism with report- under steps to dismantling cases had been transferred to Moreover, the data showed loadshedding has begun once would stop. situation, and load shedding ing of only two such incidents communication networks of them. that total 336 Anti-Money- again, inconveniencing residents An Iesco representative said will be stopped as soon as the during this year as compared to terrorists. Laundering cases were regis- of the capital and other areas un- the region’s electricity require- demand and supply gap im- 185 in 2012. About steps ensuring against A total 336 Anti-Money- tered of which 136 were under der the Islamabad Electric Sup- ment ranges between 1,100 and proves.” During last seven years, total re-emergence of Proscribed Laundering cases were investigation and 147 under ply Company (Iesco). 1,200MW. The offi cial said the smog had 676 incidents of sectarian ter- Organisations (POs), the data registered of which 136 trial. Residents have been facing He said during some hours, increased humidity in the air, rorism were reported, of which showed that the number of were under investigation The number of arrests was four to six hours of daily load- there is a shortage of 300MW, and so also becomes a reason for 70 were recorded during 2011, such organisations was 63, and 147 under trial 483. shedding, leading many to once which drops to 200MW by tripping in grid stations. 185 in 2012, 127 in 2013, 176 in three were under-surveillance, Under the Suspicious Trans- again use UPS systems. evening. He hoped that the power cuts 2014, 79 in 2015, 37 during 2016 8,333 persons were on 4th Regarding implementation action Reports (STRs), the data Residents who had disposed “There is no shortage of elec- would be stopped completely af- and two such incidents in 2017. Schedule ATA and number of about choking of fi nances of revealed that 176 were received of their UPS machines are also tricity in the night. During busy ter a week, as the production of Statistics issued by Interior movement restrictions was terrorists, the data revealed that from Financial Monitoring Unit considering repurchasing them. hours, we manage the load by electricity will be increased. Division regarding implemen- 2,052 while 5023 accounts were total 777 Hawala/Hundi cases (FMU), of which 32 were con- tation status of National Ac- also freezed. were registered out of which verted into cases, 14 were closed tion Plan (NAP) till August this The data showed that NAC- 201 were under investigation and 130 were under inquiry. Government to get $1.1bn to import crude oil, LNG

Internews and LNG to be provided other The ITFC will raise the This is worth mentioning Islamabad companies, offi cials of Finance money on its books from in- that the government has ad- Ministry told The News. ternational capital markets mitted in Parliament that size The government will borrow and then lend it to Pakistan, of circular debt stands at about akistan will get $1,100mn $900mn from International they added. Rs450bn. ($1.1bn) to help fi nance Islamic Trade Finance Corp The money will be received Whereas independent sourc- Pcrude oil imports and (ITFC) of the Jeddah-based Is- during this week to be paid es insist that total size of the LNG, mainly by Pakistan State lamic Development Bank (IDB) to the Ministry of Water and Circular Debt is Rs850bn and Oil in coming days. to fi nance crude oil imports and Power which will pay to the at this stage the government is The facility will be available $200mn from a local bank to PSO. worried about current account to the PSO this week, The News import LNG. This facility will also lessen defi cit and is not in a position to has learnt reliably. The ITFC an entity work- pressure on Pakistan’s exter- pay Circular Debt. The move will also help avert ing under the IDB will lend the nal reserves, which on October Out of Rs850 or Rs450bn, pressure on the rupee-dollar money under a short term Mu- 27, the latest data available on Rs190bn is to be paid to state parity in coming days and en- rabaha fi nancing arrangement, SBP’s website were $13.84bn owned PSO, which is not in a sure to meet immediate needs said offi cials at the Ministry of held by the SBP and $6bn with position to import oil unless Commuters drive their vehicles through heavy smog in Islamabad yesterday. of the PSO to import crude oil Finance. commercial banks. payments are not made. Gulf Times 20 Tuesday, November 7, 2017 PHILIPPINES Duterte set to meet Trump in Vietnam

By Catherine S Valente ers. In a news conference in Ma- for the international gather- and then number two, the desire Manila Times lacañang, Foreign Aff airs Assist- ing from November 8 to 11. The to grow the diff erent engines of ant Secretary Leo Herrera-Lim DFA offi cial said it was possible global economy,” Lim said. said there were a number of ven- for Duterte and Trump to hold After APEC, Trump is sched- resident Rodrigo Duterte ues for the two leaders to meet, a bilateral meeting at the APEC uled to visit the Philippines on Duterte and Trump are expected to attend the APEC leaders meeting in Vietnam. and US President Donald including the welcome dinner sidelines. He said the two lead- November 12 to 14 for the Associ- PTrump will meet for the and the gala dinner for state lead- ers were likely to discuss security ation of Southeast Asian Nations a bilateral meeting with Viet- trading partners were APEC connectivity and human resource fi rst time this week in Vietnam, ers. threats and the economy during (Asean) Summit in Manila. nam President Tran Dai Quang countries. development. the Department of Foreign Af- “There are several opportuni- their meeting. Lim said the DFA was also ar- or Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan He added the Philippines’ “During the past year the Du- fairs (DFA) said yesterday. ties both at the welcome dinner “There are several opportuni- ranging other bilateral meetings Phuc as Vietnam is the host of priorities in the APEC meet- terte administration has made The two leaders are expected to on the 8th and then there will ties for exchanges. Pretty much for the Philippine President, in- the APEC Summit. ings would include pushing for inclusive growth and pro-poor attend the Asia-Pacifi c Econom- also be several engagements, in- a convergence between the two cluding meetings with Chinese Lim stressed the importance of the full participation of micro, agenda, so the hallmarks of its ic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ cluding the gala dinner and the presidents would be one, na- President Xi Jinping and Russian APEC to the Philippines as a re- small and medium enterprises development plan; and this ties Meeting from November 8 to 10, meetings itself,” Lim told report- tional security both at the coun- President Vladimir Putin. gional economic bloc, saying that (MSMEs) in the global economy, into bringing MSMEs into the along with 20 other world lead- ers. Duterte will be in Vietnam try level and at the regional level Duterte is also likely to have nine out of the country’s top 10 sustainable and inclusive growth, global value chain,” Lim said. Former speaker De Venecia pushes peace mission to North Korea

By Jeff erson Antiporda operation (APEC) and Inter- of sending a joint peace mission or mid-levels, representing not a meeting of the two Koreas, with ing chairman of the Interna- Venecia said, is not impossible, Manila Times Cultural Dialogue, said leaders to Pyongyang. more than seven parties includ- the participation of APEC and tional Conference of Asian Po- citing the cases of Germany and of the 10-member Association of President Rodrigo Duterte ing key APEC members like the Asean representatives, could litical Parties (ICAPP), counts Vietnam. “Unforeseen, unne- Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in a recent speech said some- United States, China, Russia, Ja- even lead to the inclusion of Pyongyang’s Korean Workers gotiated geopolitical circum- ormer house speaker Jose and the 21-member APEC could one should talk to North Korean pan, South Korea, a representa- North Korea in the Asean Plus 3 Party as one of ICAPP’s more stances eventually proved eve- de Venecia believes that explore the possibility of forming leader Kim Jong-un to convince tive of Asean, and North Korea. nations. “This would add North than 300 ruling, opposition and ryone wrong, resulting fi nally in Ftwo major international a small team to lead negotiations him nobody is out to remove him “Progress could be publicised Korea to the current Asean Plus independent parties as members. a strong, prosperous united Ger- summits can be good opportu- with North Korea. or destroy his country. or unpublicised with a recess on 3, which includes the 10 Asean Also, as co-chairman of the many and a fl ourishing united nities for world leaders to come He noted that the APEC meet- De Venecia said a joint peace the eve of the Christmas holi- nations plus China, Japan, and International Association of Par- Vietnam,” he pointed out. up with a new approach to ad- ing in Vietnam to be held on mission could help ease tensions days, and the talks could target South Korea. In the future, per- liamentarians for Peace (IAPP), De Venecia is on a visit to Iran dress the Korean peninsula cri- November 8 to 11 and the Asean in the Korean peninsula and pave preliminary understanding by haps the two Koreas could con- he plans to invite the North Ko- to promote Inter-Cultural Dia- sis. summit in the Philippines on No- the way for an enduring peace early next year,” de Venecia said sider a “unifi cation” or “confed- rean Parliament to nominate del- logue and to pursue a project De Venecia, a special envoy vember 10 to 14 are opportunities in the area. He said the inter- in a statement. eration,” he added. egates to the IAPP. for a petrochemicals complex in for Asia Pacifi c Economic Co- for the leaders to explore the idea Korean talks could be at senior The former speaker noted that De Venecia, the found- The unifi cation of Korea, de Pangasinan and Northern Luzon.

Chinese dredging On the slow track vessel comes under close surveillance

Reuters monitor movement of this so- Manila called very big dredger ship.” The testing of the dredger comes ahead of two major in- he Philippines ex- ternational meetings in Viet- pressed concern yes- nam and the Philippines this Tterday about China’s week and the next, set to be testing of a massive dredg- attended by China and the ing ship, saying it would track United States. In August, the its activities closely, despite foreign ministers of South- Beijing’s assurances it would east Asia and China adopted not develop areas where it has a negotiating framework for a competing claims with Ma- code of conduct in the South nila. China, which has poured China Sea, a move they hailed billions of dollars into building as progress but which critics artifi cial islands to strengthen saw as a tactic to buy China its sovereignty claims across time to consolidate its mari- most of the South China Sea, time power. has started testing a new ship All parties say the frame- designed to boost its land rec- work is only an outline for how lamation capability. the code will be established, “The mere presence is a lit- but critics say the failure to tle bit concerning,” Defence outline as an initial objective Secretary Delfi n Lorenzana the need to make the code le- told reporters. “Where it is go- gally binding and enforceable, ing, we do not know.” or have a dispute resolution Military offi cials said the mechanism, raises doubts ship, Tian Kun, had a deck the about how eff ective it will be. size of nine basketball courts In Beijing, Chinese Assist- and would become Asia’s larg- ant Foreign Minister Chen est dredging vessel. Xiaodong said talks on the China claims almost the en- framework had achieved im- tire South China Sea, through portant progress and there which more than $3tn of sea- would be results at the Manila A horse-drawn Kalesa passes through the Ayuntamiento building inside the walled city of Intramuros, Metro Manila, Philippines. borne trade passes each year. summit of Southeast Asian Brunei, Malaysia, the Philip- nations, attended by Chinese pines, Taiwan and Vietnam Premier Li Keqiang. also have confl icting claims in “Whether the code is bind- the area. ing, or how it would be bind- Lorenzana said troops de- ing, and what the code looks ployed on nine Philippine- like in its fi nal form, depends Police hunt for possible new pro-IS leader Baco claimed features in the South on the outcome of the talks China Sea had been ordered between China and the As- to monitor the movements of sociation of Southeast Asian Reuters cessor as the emir of those ter- Chinese navy, coastguard and Nations,” Chen told reporters. Manila rorists”. fi shing boats in the Spratly “It can’t be decided by a single More than 1,100 people – islands. “We are constantly party.” mostly militants – were killed and monitoring the movement Chinese President Xi Jin- hilippine authorities were 350,000 displaced by the Marawi of the ship,” he added. “We ping will attend the other on the lookout yesterday unrest, a crisis that shocked pre- have also our air patrol going meeting, of Asia-Pacifi c lead- Pfor a Malaysian who could dominantly Catholic Philippines regularly, so we will be able to ers in Vietnam. be the new leader of pro-Islamic and led to unease about Islamic State (IS) groups in Southeast State gaining traction in parts of Asia, security chiefs said, follow- the island of Mindanao. ing the deaths of several high- Police chief Ronaldo dela Rosa Aegis ‘big brother’ named profi le regional extremists. said he received similar informa- The army terminated combat tion that Baco, an expert bomb- The supposed identity of the “big brother” of the Aegis Juris operations in southern Marawi maker, had assumed the role of fraternity was finally revealed yesterday – Arnel Bernardo – a two weeks ago after killing what Islamic State’s point man. lawyer said to wield influence and could help fraternity members it believed were the last rem- Experts say Baco was trained escape liability for the death of University of Santo Tomas (UST) nants of a rebel alliance that held under Malaysian militant Zulkifl i law freshman Horacio “Atio” Castillo 3rd. parts of the lakeside city for fi ve bin Hir, alias Marwan, who was The fraternity’s “big brother” was often mentioned in group chats months. killed in 2015 in a clash in marsh- and text exchanges of Aegis Juris members leaked over social Following the country’s big- lands in Maguindanao province media. Bernardo was identified by Mark Anthony Ventura, a former gest security crisis in decades, that left 44 police commandoes off icer of the fraternity who was present during the initiation rites troops have made signifi cant dead. The information that Baco that led to Castillo’s death on September 17. gains in the week since they killed could be in charge came from an The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, Isnilon Hapilon, a leader of the Indonesian arrested in Marawi led by Sen Panfilo Lacson, resumed its probe into Castillo’s death Abu Sayyaf group and anointed last week, dela Rosa said. Philippines Air Force (PAF) personnel, deployed in the war-torn Marawi city, march during a Heroes’ wherein Ventura’s testimony became one of the highlights. leader of Islamic State in South- Despite declaring the end of Welcome ceremony yesterday at the PAF headquarters in Pasay city, Metro Manila. Ventura has turned against the law fraternity and has agreed to east Asia. operations, troops are still fi ght- become a government witness in the case. His assumed deputy, Malay- ing some hold-outs hiding amid in Marawi but intelligence sourc- Philippines for a long time and links to the Islamic State network A certain Alston Kevin Anarna suggested in the group chat that sian Mahmud Ahmad, was also the ruins of a city battered by es said he had fl ed. had links with regional extrem- were not known to be strong, an- they inform “big brother” about Castillo’s death. believe killed, as was Omarkhay- months of air strikes. Troops “He could be somewhere ist group Jemaah Islamiah. He other military intelligence offi cial “Brods dapat masabihan si big bro. Para masabihan n’ya ang an Maute, a top operative in the have since killed nine gunmen in on Jolo island or in nearby was married to a daughter of said. barangay na sira ang mga CCTV. What u think? Suggestion lng alliance. Marawi, Colonel Romeo Brawner Maguindanao,” an army colonel a local militant sub-leader. As He said Baco was in a position (Brods we need to inform big brother so he could tell the village “We are still looking for Amin said yesterday, emphasising why familiar with Islamist militant early as 2011, he was facilitating to take over because of his famili- off icials that the CCTVs are not working. What do you think? Just a Baco,” Defence Secretary Delfi n residents were being kept out of groups in Mindanao, told Reu- movements into the Philippines arity with extremists from vari- suggestion),” Anarna said, as read by Sen Juan Miguel Zubiri during Lorenzana said, describing the the pulverised battle zone. Baco ters. of funds, arms and fi ghters from ous groups in Mindanao. the hearing. — Manila Times Malaysian as the likely new “suc- was reported to have been killed He said Baco had been in the Indonesia and Malaysia, but his Gulf Times Tuesday, November 7, 2017 21 SRI LANKA/BANGLADESH/NEPAL

7 killed, 40 injured in Fuel shortage grips Lanka bus crash AFP cars, motorcycles and the coun- Colombo try’s ubiquitous tuk-tuk taxis. The situation forced many DPA commuters to turn to public Colombo Sri Lankan minister was transport, which was unaf- forced yesterday to apol- fected as it mostly runs on Aogise for a fuel shortage diesel. t least seven people were that has seen long queues form Ranatunga said the situa- killed and more than 40 at gas stations and forced many tion had been made worse by Ainjured when a passenger commuters to leave their cars at panic buying fuelled by re- bus crashed into a bridge and home. ports of a fuel crisis on social veered off the road yesterday in Petroleum Minister Arjuna media. northwestern Sri Lanka, police Ranatunga said the govern- Petroleum offi cials said they said. ment was working to resolve were down the last 10,000 The bus carrying passengers the crisis, which came weeks tonnes of gasoline in their stor- from Colombo to northern Sri after authorities turned away age tanks while the daily av- Lanka met with the accident in a shipment of about 40,000 erage consumption of 2,500 Madurankuliya, Puttalam, 123km tonnes of gasoline saying it was tonnes had shot up by over 50% north of the capital. contaminated. in the past two days. More than 100 passenger “I apologise to consumers Sri Lanka’s retail oil market buses operate between Co- for this inconvenience, but we is operated by the state-owned lombo and the former war-torn rejected the last shipment be- Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Northern Province after the end cause we didn’t want to give and a local arm of the Indian Oil of the confl ict when travel was substandard product to our Company. restricted. motorists,” the minister told Ranatunga said the govern- Sri Lanka has planned to dras- reporters. ment would have to consider tically increase fi nes for traffi c “We were expecting another bigger and better storage ar- off ences in view of the increased shipment at the start of this rangements to ensure supplies number of accidents in which at month but it was delayed,” he to the island, which has no oil least eight people are killed daily. said, adding he now expected it of its own and imports fi nished Last year, more than 3,000 to arrive tomorrow night. products as well as crude oil for people were killed in traffi c Gasoline is used mostly for refi ning locally. Commuters queue to buy petrol in Colombo yesterday. accidents. Commonwealth lawmakers agree Suspect in on uniform visa, trade norms US blogger

Agencies The eight-day annual fl ag- the commonwealth countries. Parliament needs to give voice The two recommenda- Dhaka ship conference of the Com- Three lawmakers from Ni- to the youth by making sure the tions are: Parliaments within monwealth Parliamentary As- geria, the UK and Guiana were policies close to their hearts are Commonwealth will ensure a murder sociation with the participation the key speakers at the workshop actively considered. framework for combating cli- ommonwealth parliamen- of some 500 lawmakers began on moderated by Canadian law- Parliaments and parlia- mate change is developed and tarians yesterday reached November 1. maker Alexandra Mendegraves. mentarians should ceaselessly implemented, and legal re- Ca consensus on a recom- The general assembly of the At another workshop titled endeavour to ensure main- form to ensure climate resilient mendation to introduce uniform 63rd CPC will be held today to fi - ‘Giving Voice to the Youth: streaming of the youths in development. arrested visa and trade norms, and ease nalise Dhaka Declaration follow- Mechanism for Ensuring Eff ec- governance and nation build- The Commonwealth MPs tariff restrictions among the ing the placement of a number of tive Participation of Youth in the ing so as to equip and empower are committed to fi nding Commonwealth countries like the resolutions on diff erent issues. Governance Process,’ the Com- them to shape the destinies of means to give legal protections Reuters The militant, identifi ed European Union (EU). The Commonwealth lawmak- monwealth lawmakers agreed democracies worldwide. to people displaced by climate Dhaka as Abu Siddiq Sohel, They also agreed on some ers at a workshop titled ‘The Role on introduction of youth quotas Youth delegates from diff erent change and support a UN gen- is a member of the Al other recommendations, in- of Parliamentarians in Building in parliaments, and youth quo- countries also attended the work- eral assembly resolution to Qaeda-inspired militant cluding the one for introducing Stronger Ties within the Com- tas at the party levels in case of shop. At a separate workshop ti- this eff ect. angladeshi counter- group Ansar Ullah youth quota in parliaments of monwealth: Including New choosing candidates. tled ‘The Climate Change Debate: Five other workshops were terrorism police said Bangla Team the Commonwealth countries. Trade Issues, Travel Restric- The lawmakers also agreed A Challenges for the Common- also held yesterday on diff er- Byesterday they had ar- The recommendations were tions, non-tariff restrictions’ that parliaments must ensure wealth’, the Commonwealth law- ent issues focusing on democ- rested an Islamist militant people, is struggling to con- passed at diff erent workshops unanimously agreed to work for that youth participations are makers unanimously agreed on racy, Sustainable Development wanted for the 2015 killing of a trol attacks by Islamist groups of the 63rd Commonwealth Par- introduction of uniform visa and given voice in the parliamentary two recommendations, including Goals (SDGs), and what factors US blogger critical of religious on secular bloggers, athe- liamentary Conference (CPC) trade systems and easing tariff national, regional and interna- ensuring a framework combating fuel the rise of diff erent kinds of extremism. ists, foreigners and religious being held in Dhaka. restrictions among tional representative bodies. climate change. nationalism. The militant, identifi ed as minorities. Abu Siddiq Sohel, 34, a mem- The most serious recent ber of the Al Qaeda-inspired attack came in July 2016, militant group Ansar Ullah when gunmen stormed a Bangla Team, is suspected of restaurant in the diplomatic Top court judges meet president taking part in the killing of quarter of Dhaka and killed Zia’s plea writer Avijit Roy, Deputy Po- 22 people, most of them lice Commissioner Masudur foreigners. Rahman said. Police say the militant group for change Roy, a US citizen of Bang- is behind the killings of more ladeshi origin, was hacked to than a dozen secular bloggers death by machete-wielding and gay rights activists. They of court attackers in February 2015 believe a sacked army major, while returning home with who is still at large, was the his wife from a Dhaka book leader of the group and mas- rejected fair. Roy’s widow, Rafi da terminded the killings. Ahmed, was maimed in the Al Qaeda and Islamic State attack. have also claimed responsibil- By Mizan Rahman Sohel, who was identifi ed ity for a series of killings over Dhaka after analysing CCTV foot- the past few years, including age, was arrested in the capi- Roy’s. tal Dhaka, on Sunday night, Authorities have consist- he Bangladesh Supreme Rahman said. ently ruled out the presence of Court yesterday rejected a A total of eight people such groups, blaming domes- Tpetition fi led by main op- took part in the killing, So- tic militants instead. However, position BNP chairperson Kha- hel said in court yesterday, security experts say the scale leda Zia to change the court to court offi cials said. However, and sophistication of the res- hold hearing of Zia Orphanage he denied he was directly in- taurant attack suggested links Trust graft case against her. volved in the killing, saying to a wider network. A fi ve-member bench led by Judges of the Bangladesh Supreme Court, led by Acting Chief Justice Abdul Wahhab Miah, met with President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban four people carried out the Police and army comman- acting Chief Justice M Wahab in Dhaka yesterday. According to a statement issued by the president’s off ice, the acting chief justice briefed the president at the meeting actual attack on Roy while dos have killed more than 60 Miah passed the order. about the overall situation and functioning of the apex court. The acting chief justice also invited the president to be the chief guest at the others assisted. suspected militants and ar- Earlier, on Sunday, after con- judicial conference on the Supreme Court Day on January 2. Bangladesh, a Muslim- rested hundreds since the cafe cluding hearing, the SC set yester- majority country of 160mn attack. day for delivering verdict. Khaleda Zia fi led the petition on August 6. The Anti-Corruption Com- mission fi led a graft case on July 3, 2008 accusing Khaleda Zia, her eldest son Tarique Rahman, now living in the UK after se- Nepal air safety issue on agenda of EC meet curing bail, and four others for misappropriating over 21mn taka that came as grant from a foreign Agencies tend the meeting. The meeting As Caan’s chief has been bank to Zia Orphanage Trust. Kathmandu will reassess whether Nepal routinely sacked by the civil Meanwhile, the Supreme Court should be removed from the aviation ministers at the be- Aircraft overshoots runway aft er wheel burst yesterday set Thursday to de- air safety list. hest of some private airline liver its verdict on leave to appeal he aviation safety In December 2013, the EC operators, it has been aff ecting An aircraft of Nepal Airlines landing this afternoon. It has been learned that senior fi led by Zia seeking stay on the committee meeting of imposed a blanket ban on all the stability of the institution Corporation overshot the Sisel Chitrakar, airport’s chief, pilot Nipendra Bhattarai had trial proceedings and recording Tthe European Com- airlines from Nepal from fl ying and undermining the avia- runway of Gautam Buddha said the rear left wheel got piloted the aircraft while it deposition of the witnesses of Zia mission (EC) will discuss into the 28-nation bloc. The tion sector reforms. “Political International Airport in punctured before the aircraft overshot. The NAC had ousted Orphanage Trust graft case. Nepal’s aviation safety issue EC has asked European op- interference in the regulatory Bhairahawa of Rupandehi overshot the runway. him citing negligence on duty. A fi ve-member bench led by on November 13-15 in Brus- erators and travel agents to in- body has been worrisome to district, 264km from There were only two pilots on Meanwhile, the incident has acting Chief Justice Miah fi xed sels, Belgium, to assess the form European travellers who many, including the EC,” said Kathmandu, after one of its the 9N AKS aircraft and both halted flight operations from the date. progress made by the coun- will have a right to reimburse- the offi cials. tyres burst while are safe. and to the airport for a while. Earlier on October 30, the try’s carriers and civil avia- ment if they booked a seat on a In February, the then foreign SC passed ‘no order’ on a pe- tion authority, a Caan offi cial Nepali carrier as part of a jour- minister Prakash Sharan Ma- tition fi led by Zia and cleared said yesterday. ney to Nepal and decide not to hat had requested EC President Subsequently, on August 3, On July 21, the International 55.01% in eff ective implementa- way for the continuation of Zia Rajan Pokhrel, deputy di- use it. Jean-Claude Juncker during Caan had sent its report on the Civil Aviation Organisation tion (EI) of critical elements Orphanage Trust graft case. rector general, Civil Aviation Some offi cials at Caan, how- their meeting in Brussels to re- improvements carried out in (Icao) removed the signifi cant of safety oversight system was Later, Zia fi led leave to appeal. Authority of Nepal (Caan), ever, said that the EC had been move Nepali airlines from the the aviation sector to the EC to safety concerns tag it had put way below the global average On October 22, the High Court said that the EC had informed raising questions over Nepal’s safety list stating that Nepal had urge it to lift the ban on Nepali on Nepal four years ago after of 60%. disposed with observation the pe- the authority that Nepal has institutional reform and sta- made signifi cant progress. airlines. The EC has pointed assessing that Nepal’s safety The latest audit has given tition fi led by Zia seeking its direc- been put on the agenda of the bility of the country’s aviation President Juncker said they out defi ciencies in three areas – standard had not improved on a Nepal a score of 66% for eff ec- tive for recording deposition of nine committee meeting. regulator. The concerns fol- would look into the matter posi- lapses in the revalidation of the par with global standards. tive implementation of safety witnesses of state. Besides, the HC However, none of the of- low amid ongoing rift between tively after studying the facts air operators’ certifi cate, train- The 2013 audit report, a fol- standards. The government rejected an appeal fi led for re-exam- fi cials from the airlines and Caan and the Civil Aviation provided by the government of ing and licensing and Caan’s low-up to the 2009 audit, had moved to get Nepali airlines un- ining two witnesses of the case. Caan have been invited to at- Ministry. Nepal. institutional capacity. pointed out that Nepal’s score of banned following the Icao audit. Gulf Times 22 Tuesday, November 7, 2017 COMMENT

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P.O.Box 2888 Doha, Qatar [email protected] Telephone 44350478 (news), 44466404 (sport), 44466636 (home delivery) Fax 44350474 GULF TIMES Fears grow about Bayern’s domination Jupp Heynckes has created such a stunning turnaround since his latest arrival as Bayern Munich coach that there are fears the champions could be as dominant as in the last record-breaking season under the veteran coach fi ve years ago. “We’ll play better and I hope successful football when our injured players return,” the 72-year-old warned his Bundesliga rivals before he headed for a short vacation on Sunday The statement came after Bayern clinically beat big rivals Borussia Dortmund 3-1 to make it seven wins in seven games in all competitions since Heynckes took charge again on Nothing natural about the October 9 in succession of Carlo Ancelotti. Bayern trailed then leaders Dortmund by fi ve points at the time, and are now six ahead of them. Their Bundesliga lead going into the international break is four points over last season’s runners-up RB natural unemployment rate Leipzig. Many fear that Bayern will By Edmund S. Phelps alone increases employment and thus eurozone are in the midst of a boom. In relatively low wages, are still pouring Their dominate in the same way as New York investment and even growth – was America, unemployment has reached in to the labour market. This slows in Heynckes’ previously last groundless. Yet they continue to very low levels and shows no sign of the growth of wage rates at a given Bundesliga repeat it. rising back to its former natural rate – unemployment rate, leading to lower season 2012-13 when they hy is unemployment The structuralist perspective on whatever its new level may be. With no unemployment at a given rate of wage lead going won the Bundesliga, German so low in countries macroeconomic behaviour led to the more evidence than that, a structuralist growth. cup and Champions League where infl ation remains concept that came to be called the model would predict an infl ation rate More interesting is the possible into the break subdued? For econo- “natural” rate of unemployment, that is already elevated and rising – and eff ect of people’s values and attitudes, title treble — dominating the W mists, this is a fundamental question. borrowing from the notion, which the infl ation rate is not running high, and their hopes and fears about the is four points league with a record 91 points And when economists confront a arose in Europe during the interwar even though the US Federal Reserve has unknown and unknowable, on the and an unrivalled 25-point fundamental question, fundamental years, of a “natural” interest rate. Yet fl ooded the economy with liquidity. In natural rate. Here we are entering terra over Leipzig disagreement often follows. the term “natural” was misleading. the eurozone, too, unemployment is incognita. lead. I was one of the rebel economists The basic idea of the structuralist falling, yet infl ation rates are still low For me, a compelling hypothesis “It wouldn’t be a problem in our eyes if the race for of the 1960s who rejected the approach is that while market there, too. is that workers, shaken by the the championship title were boring,” defender Mats macroeconomics we were taught in forces are always fl uctuating, the What explains the paradox of low 2008 fi nancial crisis and the deep the 1950s – the “Keynesian” theory unemployment rate actually has a unemployment despite low infl ation recession that resulted, have grown Hummels said, unconvincingly adding that he doesn’t developed by J.R. Hicks, A.W. Phillips homing tendency. If it is, say, below (or vice versa)? So far, economists afraid to demand promotions or to expect a similarly lopsided campaign. and James Tobin, according to which its “natural” level, it will rise toward – structuralists as well as diehard search for better-paying employers However, as Heynckes pointed out, Bayern will be aggregate demand drove everything. this level – and the rate of infl ation Keynesians – have been stumped. The – despite the ease of fi nding work in High unemployment was caused will pick up. (Of course, a fresh shock answer must be that the “natural rate” the recently tight labour market. A even stronger once all injured players have returned for only by defi cient demand, and low to demand could send unemployment is not a constant of nature, like the corollary hypothesis is that employers, the second half of the season: unemployment only by abnormally back up and reduce infl ation; but speed of light. Certainly, it could be disturbed by the extremely slow Thomas Mueller, Franck Ribery, Manuel Neuer and high demand. the “natural rate” always exerts its moved by structural forces, whether growth of productivity, especially in This bothered us, because the basic centripetal force.) technological or demographic. the past ten years, have grown leery of Jerome Boateng. economic theory we were taught – the But there is a complication I have It is possible, for example, that granting pay raises – despite the return That will give Heynckes plenty of depth to rotate theory built by Alfred Marshall, Knut long emphasised. The “natural rate” demographic trends are slowing wage of demand to pre-crisis proportions. his squad once the key weeks of the season arrive in Wicksell, and Robert Solow – said itself may be pushed up or pulled down growth and reducing the natural rate. I have also argued, based on a everything was driven by structural by structural shifts. Moreover, shifts in From the 1970s to the late 2000s, model of mine, that as the return of a spring, after time for fi ne-tuning during the winter forces. Faster technological progress human attitudes and norms may also demography was essentially a dormant strong dollar by early 2015 threatened break. and a greater preference to work or to have an impact. issue. Now, the baby boomers are to inundate American markets with “And now, the big boredom,” the Sueddeutsche save were to be welcomed, because Yet a curious development has posed retiring from relatively high-wage imports, fi rms became scared to they would boost the supply of labour a challenge to this view. America and the jobs while young people, who start at supply more output at the same Zeitung headline read on Sunday in reference to the and capital – and thus employment price. Or else they supplied the same title race, and the Bild paper said on its website “No and investment. But the Keynesians output as before at reduced prices. title is safe from Bayern.” maintained that structural forces And they refused to raise employees’ were bad, because they cost people wages. In short, more competition Dutch winger Arjen Robben swiftly dismissed their jobs, unless policymakers created “super-employment” – low any talk about another treble but Bayern have been manufactured enough demand to unemployment and low infl ation. impressive since Heynckes’ arrival. match the increase in supply. All this does not mean there is no A conclusion we drew was that, natural unemployment rate, only that Apart from the Dortmund game they also prevailed at the very least, the path of an there is nothing natural about it. There over Leipzig twice in the league and cup, and two economy, measured by conventional never was. – Project Syndicate victories over Celtic assured them of a last-16 berth in macroeconomic variables of unemployment, inflation, and output z Edmund Phelps, the 2006 Nobel the Champions League with two games to spare. growth, is not fully determined by Laureate in Economics, is Director of All these victories came although Heynckes imposed aggregate demand. Structural forces the Center on Capitalism and Society at a strict training regime after Ancelotti allegedly was matter. Keynesians’ claim that Columbia University and the author of too soft in this area. “demand” is all-powerful – that it Mass Flourishing. “It’s amazing how Heynckes has done it in such a short time,” Robben said of the turnaround after Bayern had gone winless in three Bundesliga games and a 3-0 loss at Paris Saint-Germain then put an end to Ancelotti’s term. Robben, who also scored Bayern’s 89th-minute winner over Dortmund in the 2013 Champions League fi nal and many other key goals in their duels, opened the scoring this time around to become Bayern’s best foreign scorer with 93 goals.

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By Joseph E Stiglitz that benefi t him personally. He realised New York that an extremist would raise interest rates – any real-estate developer’s worst nightmare. ne of the important powers Trump broke with precedent of any US president is to in another way: he chose a non- appoint members and heads economist. The Fed will face great Oof the many agencies that challenges in the next fi ve years, as are responsible for implementing it reverts to more normal policies. the country’s laws and regulations Higher interest rates could give rise and, in many cases, governing the to market turmoil, as asset prices economy. Perhaps no institution is undergo a signifi cant “correction.” And more important in that regard than the many are expecting a major downturn Federal Reserve. in the next fi ve years; otherwise, the In exercising that power, Donald economy would have experienced an Trump has broken a long-standing almost unheard-of decade-and-a- pattern, going back almost a half- half expansion. While the Fed’s tool century, whereby the president kit has been greatly expanded in the reappoints (on a non-partisan basis) last decade, the Fed’s low interest the incumbent Fed chair, if he or she rates and huge balance sheet – and has been seen to be doing a good job. the possibly massive increase in debt, Probably no chair has done a better job, should Trump get his tax cuts – would in a particularly diffi cult moment, than challenge even the best-trained Janet Yellen. economist. Whereas her two immediate Most importantly, there has been predecessors greatly tarnished the a bipartisan (and global) eff ort to Fed’s reputation by looking the other depoliticise monetary policy. The way as massive risk was accumulating Fed, through its control of the money – and massive fraud occurring – supply, has enormous economic power, within the fi nancial sector, Yellen and such power can easily be abused restored the Fed’s reputation. Her calm for political purposes – say, to generate and balanced hand nurtured broad more jobs in the short run. But lack of The Federal Reserve is responsible for implementing the country’s laws and regulations and, in many cases, governing the economy. consensus among a Federal Reserve confi dence in central banks in a world Board characterised by divergent of fi at money (where central banks can regulatory reforms, designed to designed fi nancial regulations. something to rend the fabric of US insurance coverage), and commitment economic philosophies, and she create money at will) weakens long- prevent a recurrence? The consensus But politicisation of the Fed should society and infl ame its already-deep to fi nancial deregulation (ignoring navigated the economy through a term economic performance, owing beyond Wall Street is that Dodd- be viewed as just another part of social and partisan divisions. The the consequences of the 2008 crisis). slow recovery in a period when fi scal partly to fears of infl ation. Frank didn’t go far enough. Excessive Trump’s battle against what his former clear and present danger is that the But, while the Fed may be safe for policy was unnecessarily constrained, Even in the absence of direct risk taking and predatory behaviour chief strategist, Steve Bannon, has country is growing so accustomed now, whatever possible economic as duplicitous Republicans hyped the politicisation, the Fed always faces are still real problems, as we are referred to as the “administrative to Trump’s outrages that they now benefi ts this agenda could bring pale dangers of defi cits. The Republicans’ a problem of “cognitive capture” by frequently reminded (for example, by state.” That battle, in turn, should be appear “normal.” For more than in comparison to the magnitude of shallow commitment to fi scal rectitude Wall Street. That’s what happened reports about the growing volume of viewed as part of a larger war against seven decades, America has fought – the political and social risks posed by is now being exposed as they advocate when Alan Greenspan and Ben subprime auto loans). In one of the the Enlightenment legacy of science, often fi tfully, to be sure – to redeem Trump’s assaults on America’s most massive tax cuts for corporations and Bernanke were in charge. We all more insidious recent instances of democratic governance, and the rule its stated values, taking on bigotry, cherished institutions and values. – billionaires that will add one and half know the consequences: the greatest malfeasance, bankers at Wells Fargo of law. Upholding that legacy entails fascism, and nativism in all their Project Syndicate trillion dollars to the defi cit over the crisis in three quarters of a century, simply opened accounts on behalf of employing expertise as needed, and forms. Now, America’s president is a next decade. mitigated only by massive government customers, unbeknownst to them, so creating, as Edward Stiglitz of Cornell misogynist, racist xenophobe whose z Joseph E Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate To be fair, Trump chose a moderate, intervention. that it could collect additional fees. Law School has emphasised, trust in policies embody profound contempt in economics, is University professor when many in his party were pushing Yet, somehow, the Trump None of this bothers Trump, of public institutions. A large body of for the cause of human rights. at Columbia University and Chief for an extremist. Trump, never shy administration seems to have forgotten course, who as a businessman has been research now supports the idea that One may approve or disapprove of Economist at the Roosevelt Institute. about confl icts of interest, has an what happened less than a decade no stranger to nefarious practices. societies perform more poorly without the Republicans’ tax proposals, eff orts His most recent book is The Euro: How uncanny ability to embrace economic ago. How else to explain its eff orts Fortunately, it appears that Powell such trust. to “reform” healthcare (oblivious to a Common Currency Threatens the policies, such as the proposed tax cuts, to rescind the 2010 Dodd-Frank recognises the importance of well- Every few days, Trump does the tens of millions who might lose Future of Europe. Weather report Three-day forecast A federal Spain in a federal Europe TODAY High: 32 C Low : 26 C By Guy Verhofstadt Tejero’s attempted coup. majority of Catalans, recognising the negotiating. The future of Catalonia, Off shore: Fine with some clouds Brussels Spain’s democrats must not believe illegal nature of the exercise, would and the future of my own Flemish that law and the judiciary can address not participate. Indeed, from all the community in Belgium, where some all of the problems with Catalonia evidence that has emerged, it seems are also agitating for independence, WEDNESDAY have always been a profound on their own. Certainly, the Spanish likely that a majority of Catalans, lies not in brutal separation, but in co- High: 32 C admirer of Spanish democracy, authorities will not overcome the crisis including those who stayed home, are operation within federal structures, in Low: 24 C but especially since February with police violence, even though the against separation. a federal Europe. Sunny I23, 1981. On that dramatic day, national government’s eff orts to halt By refusing to establish a minimum The experience of the Basque Colonel Antonio Tejero attempted the Catalan independence referendum turnout threshold for a secession country is illustrative in this regard. a coup d’etat against the young were based on a court ruling. vote to be declared valid, the pro- Under Spain’s democracy, the THURSDAY democratic regime. What is needed now is a renewed independence leaders of Catalonia’s Basques have developed their region High: 32 C In his acclaimed book Anatomia political vision, an inclusive dialogue. regional government revealed how they for the benefi t of its inhabitants, not Low: 24 C de un instante (The Anatomy of a Realistically, that vision can only be of would portray the result before anyone only defeating terrorism, but also Sunny Moment), Javier Cercas describes how, a multicultural, multilingual, federal cast a ballot. Their deceptive tactic reinventing themselves as proud and under the threat of Tejero’s pistol, state embedded in a multicultural, refl ected a disturbing willingness to autonomous. three Spanish political leaders sat multilingual, and federal Europe. manipulate their citizens. To declare In politics, there is no shame in Fishermen’s forecast upright in their seats, refusing to hide Catalan separatists were wrong to independence on the basis of a compromise. Quite the contrary: OFFSHORE DOHA under their benches. Not one of them call an illegal referendum. No one can defective referendum was a politically When a choice must be made between Wind: NW 03-12/15 KT – Communist Party leader Santiago govern democratically without the irresponsible act of contempt for a constructive bargain and ideological Waves: 1-3/4 Feet Carrillo, Adolfo Suarez, the fi rst prime rule of law. But it is also true that the democratic norms. purity, it is always better to choose the INSHORE DOHA Such irresponsibility is a threat path of unity, however small the steps Wind: NW-NE 05-15 KT minister of post-Franco, democratic existing legal framework is incapable Waves: 1-2 Feet Spain, and Suarez’s deputy, General of healing such deep political division. not only for Spain, and not just for may be. Gutierrez Mellado – blinked. It was an Sustained dialogue – the real strength Europe, but also for Catalonia itself. As In her famous book The March of Around the region act of courage and determination that of eff ective politicians and statesmen with so many referendums, this fake Folly, the American historian Barbara Weather Weather anchored democracy forever in the soul – between Spain’s leaders and independence vote has opened a deep Tuchman warned against the urge to today Max/min tomorrow Max/min of Spain. 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The point for me ends. prime minister, is president of the the same disciplined determination as is that the referendum lacked any It is therefore vital that all the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Carrillo, Suarez, and Mellado to resolve democratic legitimacy whatsoever. people of Spain act to stop any Europe Group (ALDE) in the European Spain’s gravest political crisis since It was clear well in advance that a further escalation and instead begin Parliament.

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‘Qatar Welcomes the World’ Unique options attract tourists to Qatar shores QNA Doha

ourism in Qatar brings together mod- ern and traditional styles in its ar- Tchitectural designs which visitors to Qatar can see in the old markets, museums, skyscrapers, unrivalled sports venues, ho- tels and malls. All these refl ect Qatar’s cul- tural movement, rich in local identity and open to the cultures of the world. Qatar is an inspiring land of peace, secu- rity and authentic Arabic hospitality that gives a visitor an unforgettable experience. In the midst of this development and modernisation, cities in Qatar combine an- A dhow prepares to sail in Doha. A fleet of taxis branded ‘Qatar Welcomes the World’ has been stationed around the ExCel Centre in cient past and fascinating present, as visi- London. The mobile advertisements form part of Qatar’s latest destination promotion campaign, tors who stay in one of the skyscrapers can Rakayat is the Arabic word for ‘well’ and it by the famous architect I M Pei, visually dif- encouraging those attending the 37th World Travel Market (WTM) at the ExCel Centre, as well as enjoy visiting the remains of ancient villages is believed that the fort was built to protect ferent off ering in Qatar . London’s visitors and residents, to discover more about Qatar and its attractions. The fleet will and castles in the Qatari towns and con- the essential sources of water in the area. The museum features a variety of cultural continue to carry the campaign’s designs into 2018. The WTM, which kicked off yesterday in London, template some of its Arab-Qatari-Islamic It is a typical of desert forts, with three events and exhibitions throughout the year. is the global tourism industry’s most anticipated annual event. The three-day event held at the ExCel architecture without forgetting the pleas- rectangular towers and one cylindrical one. Activities outside the main building ex- Centre, brings together more than 50,000 senior travel industry professionals, tourism industry ure of the popular markets, which the state Three sides of the central courtyard are tend to the adjacent garden, which is a social leaders, government off icials and international press. is making great eff orts to maintain, as they aligned with narrow rooms without win- venue with activities all year round, includ- tells important chapters of the history of dows and doors that open onto the light and ing fi lm shows, sports activities, art work- Qatar in architecture, art, commerce and old spacious courtyard. shops and other events. life in general. There are other ancient forts on the The collection of ‘Mathaf: Arab Museum Qatar enjoys a rich cultural diversity that north-western coast of Qatar that can also of Modern Art’ is a unique survey of 20th gives the visitor a unique experience. be visited in Freiha, Ruwayda, Yousufi ya, Bir and 21st century modern and contemporary The communities in the country from Hussain, Thaqab and Zikrit. art from the Arab World, the Middle East, International peers complement diff erent nations add more cultural variety, On the eastern coast, there are forts at Al and wider geographies of Africa, Asia and refl ecting the depth of communication and Huwaila, Zarqa and Athba, and in the areas Europe that are historically connected to openness to diff erent cultures. surrounding Doha, at Al Koot, Umm Salal Qatar and the Arab Peninsula. local talent at Heya Fashion expo In addition to this amazing cultural diver- Mohamed and Al Wajbah, Qatar’s oldest fort. Sports in Qatar have a museum which is sity, museums and archaeological sites in the The popular markets in Qatar, Doha’s Qatar Olympic and Sport Museum, that un- country add another dimension to tourism. Souq Waqif and Wakrah’s Souq Waqif pro- doubtedly embodies Qatar’s relationship to nternational designers are Qatar Museums actively and eff ectively vide an unforgettable experience. sport. complementing local tal- enrich cultural tourism and focus heavily on They have been restored to preserve his- Even before its opening, the museum has Ient at the 12th Heya Arabian engaging the local community and foreign torical monuments, and to form spaces for begun organising temporary exhibitions Fashion Exhibition, which con- visitors to enter the world of cultural life by citizens, residents and visitors, but with the that present sport in a cultural spirit. cludes today. The event is pre- providing self-guided tours to them and of- taste of Qatar’s history and culture. The museum is expected to be a widely senting shopping opportunities fering visitors a personal journey through Doha’s Souq Waqif, with its winding recognised national and international cen- from more than 150 abaya and the museums and galleries of Qatar muse- stone-paved corridors, and its various res- tre for sports history, heritage and knowl- modest fashion brands from Qa- ums and heritage sites. taurants off ering dishes from the East and the edge, promoting and encouraging academic tar and around the world. For example, historical sites gives a his- West, becomes a centre for special souvenirs, research. Complementing a wealth of torical view of the past of Qatar and the re- or for lovers of carpets and Bedouin textiles, Qatar’s Orientalist Museum is the only in- quality Qatari collections, brands gion in general. Arab coff ee pots, incense burners, traditional stitution of its kind. It is dedicated to Orien- from the Middle East, Central Sitting on the coast of northern Qatar is copper tools, jewelled jewellery boxes, mini- talism — an infl uential period in art history, America, Europe, Asia and North Zubarah, an ancient town located 100km from ature models for sailboats and artisan crafts. based around Western artists’ fi rst experi- Africa are participating in the Doha. It is one of the most important histori- It is also an art square that hosts musical ences and impressions of the ‘oriental’ East. show, including off erings from cal landmarks in the State of Qatar that in- festivals in diff erent seasons of the year, like All these museums and others refl ect the Kuwait, Oman, India, Turkey, cludes also an archaeological fort that is itself Souq Waqif Spring, Eid Al Fitr and Eid Al new concept and goal pursued by Qatar Lebanon, Indonesia, Morocco, a landmark that tells the history of the city. Adha festivals and other musical festivals by Museums Authority (QMA), which is to be Mexico, Spain, Sri Lanka, Ger- Zubarah was once a fl ourishing port bus- the Arab artists, as well as various bouquets a cultural catalyst for a new generation of many, Italy, the UK, France and, tling with fi shermen and merchants, and of heritage and entertainment activities for creators through cultural activities and in- for the fi rst time, Hong Kong. Models showcase a German designer’s off erings at the fashion show. was one of the largest trade points in the families. ternational art exhibitions. New and returning brands region, particularly for pearl trade. The area Wakrah, located south of the capital, has The Fire Station Artist in Residence sits from around the world are avail- of Culture’ — with Germany, in In addition, visitors partici- was registered in 2009 as a protected area. its own Souq Waqif traditional market. at the heart of Doha’s fl ourishing art com- able to shoppers at Heya, includ- partnership with the embassy, pated in the forum, ‘The Trends In 2013, the World Heritage Committee There is also an old market in Doha known munity. It provides the perfect springboard ing Bocan and Lale Devri from German brand PerretSchaad in Italian Fashion’, by industry inscribed the Zubarah Archaeological Site as the Omani market, containing tradition- for creativity. Turkey; May Sobh Couture and hosted a catwalk show, two veterans Matteo Scarparo and into the Unesco World Heritage List. al, and agricultural products such as dates In addition to these cultural monuments Samar Secret from Lebanon; workshops and a forum. Valeria Mangani. The site includes three major features, the and herbs treated for livestock and others. and archaeological sites, there is the Cul- Doris Dorothea from Indonesia; The workshops looked at ‘Social Haute couture designer Marco largest of which are the archaeological re- Museums in Qatar are another tourist at- tural Village Foundation – Katara with its Nirraamyaa and KD Boutique Media and Fashion; A Powerful Coretti also hosted a workshop mains of the town, dating back to the 1760s. traction, and another destination for visi- unique location on the banks of the Gulf and from India; Caftan lalla Salman Combination’ and ‘The Rhythm this week on ‘The Sublimation Connected to it is the settlement of Qal’at tors looking for the past. its unique design that imitates old neigh- and Ayahs Kaftan from Morocco, of Fashion, How Does It Work?’ of Fashion.’ In addition, with the Murair, which was fortifi ed to protect the The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha con- bourhoods. It always hosts cultural and ar- Pineda Covalin from Mexico, The sessions acted as a general help of the Mexican embassy, city’s inland wells. Zubarah Fort was built tains collections and masterpieces belonging tistic activities. Since the year 150 AD, ‘Ka- Luna’s Abaya, Wlns Cashmere introduction to the fashion busi- Cristina Pineda presented its col- in 1938 and is the youngest, most prominent to diff erent communities, collected from the tara’ was the fi rst and most ancient name and Soya Eyewear from Italy, and ness, rhythm of seasons and how lection at a catwalk show at Heya. feature at the site. houses of princes, kings and ordinary people. designated for Qatar Peninsula in geograph- PerretSchaad from Germany. to work successfully with social Designer Ricardo Covalín Built in the heart of the desert 110km Although the pieces in the Museum’s col- ic and historical maps. Responsible for delivering Heya, media as a fashion brand. showcased his collection of northwest of Doha is the Rakayat Fort, dates lections are primarily related to Islam, many Years ago, Qatar attracted the world by Design Creationz’s spokesperson In addition, the forum hosted an modest wear, based on promot- back to the 19th century. A freshwater well of them refl ect patterns of art. organising the top sports events, and host- Esraa Abel said: “As Heya contin- energetic debate on ‘Trending Now: ing Mexico’s culture through the sits in the fort and the scattered remains of a The museum not only impresses with its ing many major tournaments, such as ten- ues to evolve and grow, we have The ‘Perks’ of Online Business’. production and distribution of village can be found nearby. possessions, but also its building, designed nis, squash and rally competitions seen a great response from the in- Berlin-based fashion duo Jo- pieces inspired by art. ternational community. New part- hanna Perret and Tutia Schaad of Further, new to Qatar and nerships have allowed us to cre- PerretSchaad designs comment- Heya this year, Hong Kong- ate valuable knowledge-sharing ed on their participation at Heya: based brand Fine n’ Rhine hosted workshops and forums for lively “We were honoured to be asked a catwalk show off ering viewers debates on pressing trends and is- to come to Heya 12. We have nev- an insight into the one-stop shop sues across the fashion industry.” er been to Qatar and were excited for desirable accessories, cloth- Big incentives for investors The partnerships forged with to see the city, meet the people, ing, luxury handbags and shawls. the Italian, Germany and Mexi- and see the fashion for women.” Held under the patronage of can embassies presented catwalk Popular Italian collections HE Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Ha- From Page 1 shows, and hosted forums and from Wlns Cashmere and Soya mad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the workshops, to help nurture and Eyewear were part of the eclec- fashion event at Doha Exhibition Investments in free zones enjoy a variety develop local design talent. tic mix of catwalk shows at the and Convention Centre will ring of advantages and incentives in accordance As part of Qatar’s 2017 cultural opening of Heya, through the down the curtain for the public at with the free zones law, most important exchange programme — ‘Year Italian embassy collaboration. 10pm today. of which are: no limits on the the capital, freedom to choose the legal outline of the project, freedom to put price tags for prod- ucts and profi t rates, and the exemption of capital assets, and production, imports and exports from taxes and other charges. Also, Arab world ‘benefi ts’ from Qatar initiatives the projects at the free investment zones are given various guarantees, most importantly freehold ownership. atar has always sought the benefi t of the FIFA World Cup bid and He further affi rmed that the amend- Arab world, whether it’s through ventures said Qatar has always main- ments would create new zones, eradicate Qin arts, language, business or sports, found- tained this was a victory for all hurdles to capital infl ow, allow the entry er of Solanki Mission Group (Mission20) Amanat everyone in the region. of modern technology and develop the ex- Solanki said yesterday. “From Day 1, Qatar has isting free zones. It would also give special Speaking on Qatar Urdu Radio’s live show said the 2022 World Cup is incentives to logistic services and projects Haqeeqat, the young entrepreneur and social ac- for the Arab people and the that use local components. tivist talked about the initiatives taken by Qatar to region will collectively ben- He also stressed that the free zones au- support entrepreneurs and businesses in the region. efi t from the promotion of thority would facilitate the issue of licenses “When it comes to startups for young entrepre- football here,” he noted. to save investors’ time and eff orts. It would neurs, Qatar has not only supported initiatives of Haqeeqat, which aims also provide plots equipped with all the people based here but also backed people in other to engage and interact with necessary facilities to set up projects. The An artistic rendition of a free zone. countries, including Egypt,” Solanki said, citing the large South Asian ex- free zones authority will also help in get- Qatar Business Incubation Centre, Qatar Science & patriate community in ting visas for investors and the recruitment sim bin Mohamed al-Thani said the new another law would be issued regarding the Technology Park and the Digital Incubation Centre Amanat Solanki was Qatar, is a joint venture of of the necessary workforce. law would strengthen the economy of the partnership between the public and the pri- among the landmark research and development cen- a guest on Haqeeqat Gulf Times and Qatar Me- The free investment zones in Qatar in- country and attract foreign and local in- vate sectors. He said that all the economic tres in the region. “Qatar is also committed to pro- yesterday. dia Corp Urdu Radio. It is clude the Manateq and Hamad Interna- vestments. It would also help in developing legislations would be reviewed aiming at mote the Arabic language and it is heavily investing broadcast from Sunday to tional Airport which are being set up at an the private sector in the country. achieving the desired economic diversifi ca- in that sector, which shows that it collectively looks Thursday on FM107. Log on to Qatar Urdu Radio on estimated cost of QR50bn. He stated that in addition to this law, tion and equip the private sector to face the at the benefi t of the Arab world,” he added. Facebook and ‘@QatarUrduRadio’ on Twitter for Meanwhile, HE the Minister of Economy amendments are being made to the law challenges of low oil prices and the geopo- Solanki recalled the time Qatar won the 2022 feedback and comments about the show. and Commerce Sheikh Ahmed bin Jas- of investment of non-Qatari capital, and litical and environmental changes.