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Emir receives credentials of five new envoys Emir names new Qatar keen to Board of Qatar Leadership Center promote peace DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday issued Emiri Decision No. 37 of 2016, reconstituting the board of directors of Qatar Leadership in region: FM Center. H E Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad Al Thani will be the Chairperson of the board, with East deserve to live in a society that Minister of State for Defence ensures equity instead of inequal- Affairs H E Dr. Khaled bin The Foreign Minister ity,” he said. Mohamed Al Attiyah as Deputy says Qatar is He called for an end to fighting Chairman. in some Arab countries. “The fight- Members include Minister of determined to be ing in Syria, Iraq, Libya and Yemen Administrative Development and a force for good in must come to an end because the Labour and Social Affairs H E Dr. longer the fighting, the greater the Issa bin Saad Al Jafali Al Nuaimi; the world to play sacrifice of human capital and the H E Sheikh Dr Abdullah bin Ali Al an active role in more children who will be deprived Thani and H E Sultan bin Rashid promoting peace. of their right to an education.” Al Khater. “And the longer the fighting, the Membership is for three years more likely that moderate young and could be extended. men and women will be radicalised The decision is effective from The Peninsula and lured into the extremist camp Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday received separately at the Emiri Diwan five its date of publication in the offi- as a result of their desperation and new ambassadors who presented their credentials. They were Fath Al Rahman Ali Mohamed Omar cial gazette. hopelessness. (Sudan, pictured); Sheikh Ahmed Tijani Dakite (Mali); Axel Wabenhorst (Australia); Faizullah Kakr QLC is a center of excellence He stressed the need for peace (Afghanistan); and Adama Compaore (Burkina Faso). The ambassadors conveyed to the Emir greetings for developing leadership and DOHA/OSLO: Qatar is determined efforts in the Middle East. “I think of their leaders and wishes of development and growth to the Qatari people. The Emir welcomed the creating knowledge in support of to be a force for good in the world it is obvious to all of us that the ambassadors, wishing them success in their duties and relations between Qatar and their countries the human, social, economic and to play an active role in promoting importance of peace-making and further development and prosperity. The ambassadors were also accorded official receptions. environmental pillars of Qatar peace, Foreign Minister H E Sheikh reconciliation efforts in the Middle National Vision 2030. Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al East has never been more critical Thani said yesterday. than it is today,” he said, adding He told an annual gathering of Qatar was and remains a strong Norway’s ambassadors abroad that supporter of the Palestinian cause. there is more to be done “to give the He said Qatar has been com- New Qatari firm to sell petroleum products abroad people in the Middle East the oppor- mitted to youth empowerment and tunity to hope for a better future”. supporting initiatives that promote “The people of the Middle East large-scale job creation, entrepre- did not choose to live in an envi- neurship and engagement of young DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin petroleum products” LLTD, will sell company will perform as a com- publication in the Official Gazette. ronment of terrorism and sectarian people in economic and social Hamad Al Thani yesterday issued petroleum products that fall under mercial entity “with the right of The Emir also issued Decision violence. History shows that we are development. Law No. 9 of 2016 for setting up a government regulation and speci- ownership of government-regulated No. 8 of 2016 regulating marine a people of tolerance and coexist- “Along with our partners, we Qatari shareholding company for fied in the law. products to market and sell them in surveying. ence regardless of our different seek to replace guns with pens, selling petroleum products in the The Cabinet earlier endorsed Qatar and outside on its name”. The law includes 32 articles reg- backgrounds, ethnicity, religions, despair with hope and stagnation international market. the draft law amending some pro- The law indicates that the com- ulating marine surveying under or sects. with innovation...We also believe According to the law, a Qatari visions of Decree No. 15 of 2007 on pany will delegate Qatar Petroleum the Ministry of Transport and “The people of the Middle East that it is our moral and humanitar- shareholding company, wholly the regulation of the marketing and as a representative to market and sell Communication. deserve governments that are ian responsibility to help those less owned by Qatar, will be established, sale outside Qatar of products under government-regulated products on All surveying vessels must obtain responsive to their hopes and needs fortunate,” Sheikh Mohammed said. represented by Qatar Petroleum. government regulation, and referred its behalf. a licence, must be equipped with nec- and ensure that their rights are pro- The company, with the name it to the Advisory Council. All the concerned are obliged to essary devices and pass a technical tected. The people of the Middle → Continued on page 2 “Qatar Petroleum for selling The law stipulates that the new enforce the law the next day of its test, according to the law.

Military Service Digital display Turkish firm to build QR7.6bn Law amended Al Khor Expressway project QNA

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh By Sidi Mohamed be completed in 30 months, the ministry said Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani The Peninsula in a statement yesterday. It will also include yesterday issued Law No. 7 of eight intersections and pedestrian, bicycle and 2016 amending some provi- motorcycle lanes. sions of the Military Service Tekfen, a conglomerate based in Istanbul, Decree Law No. 31 of 2006. DOHA: Qatar yesterday signed an agreement has subsidiaries engaged in a diverse range The law states that a with Turkish company Tekfen for construc- of construction activities including power military personnel can take tion of QR7.6bn highway as part of Al Khor generation, airports, petroleum, roadways, special leave in accordance Expressway project. infrastructure projects, building complexes. with Article 69 if he is accom- The deal was signed in Ankara by Min- Tekfen primarily operates in Turkey, the Mid- panying a state envoy on an ister of Municipality and Environment dle East, the Caspian region and North Africa. official mission, or to attend H E Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi; Arslan said that the number of projects a training course or study Turkish Minister of Transport, Maritime undertaken by Turkish contractors in Qatar abroad. Affairs and Communications Ahmet Arslan; reached 119 amounting to a $15 bn value, Turk- The law is effective from and a senior official of Tekfen Holding Con- ish news agency Anatolia reported yesterday. its implementation and date struction. Qatari Ambassador to Turkey Salem The trading volume between Turkey and of publication in the official Vehicles moving on Salwa-Abu Samra Road under a newly installed digital screen Mubarak Al Shafi was present. Qatar almost tripled to reach $1.3 billion in gazette. displaying awareness advice to motorists on traffic safety. The writings change frequently The highway will span 34km, include 12 the last five years, Arslan said, underlining to highlight different aspects of road safety and traffic rules. bridges and crossings and will link Doha with the complementary roles of both economies. Pic: Salim Matramkot / The Peninsula Lusail, Al Khor and the new stadiums. It will → Continued on page 2 Nasser bin Abdullah consist five lanes in each direction and is to bin Abdullah Al Atiyyah dies WISH 2016 to host first Islamic Ethics Panel on genomics DOHA: Nasser bin Abdullah bin Abdullah Al Attiyah died The Peninsula report, including policy recommendations, on The report will lay out hypothetical scenar- Legislation and Ethics (CILE), Qatar Faculty of yesterday morning, aged how to create culturally sensitive guidelines ios to help tackle them. Islamic Studies (QFIS), Hamad Bin Khalifa Uni- around 80. regarding genomics. “Discussions will focus on finding the right versity (HBKU). The funeral prayer will Genomics is the study of genes and their balance between openness to new healthcare WISH 2016 will host the panel for the first take place after Asr prayers DOHA: A special panel at World Innovation function and examines genetic factors which practices and Islamic traditions. Our conclu- time. The panel will address issues such as tomorrow at Imam Muham- Summit for Health (WISH 2016) will provide play a role in the disease and helps in its sions will combine both elements to provide managing the ‘return of incidental findings,’ mad bin Abdul Wahab answers from an Islamic perspective to ethical treatment. policy recommendations in the context of which involve stakeholders, including health- Mosque. Al Attiyah will be questions surrounding genomics — a discipline As interest in the field increases in the Gulf healthcare delivery,” said Dr Mohammed Ghaly, care professionals and policymakers. laid to rest at Al Kherittiyat seeing increased interest in the region. and other Muslim countries, issues of morality panel moderator and Professor of Islam and graveyard, reports QNA. The Islamic Ethics Panel will produce a and ethics are poised to gain further attention. Biomedical Ethic at Research Centre for Islamic → Continued on page 2 02 WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST 2016 HOME

Emir honours outgoing ambassadors FM says Qatar and Norway share commitment to peace

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“We are investing in education as a human right and as a tool for pros- perity and sustainable development. But we are convinced that education is also the best preventive measure we can take against the threat of radicalisation and terrorism. For this reason, Qatar has sup- ported programmes that reach millions of out-of-school children in the Middle East and North Africa, with the goal of protecting the region and the world from the rise of vio- lent extremism. To date, Qatar’s investments in teachers and classrooms have allowed over 600,000 children in Syrian refugee camps to continue education. He said Qatar and Norway share a commitment to peace. “We Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani favour diplomacy and negotiations speaking at the annual gathering of Norway’s ambassadors abroad, as a means to solve disputes — as in Oslo. opposed to war and bloodshed — and I believe this is where we can forge a lasting partnership.” He highlighted Qatar’s role in successfully mediated between the He said Qatar and Norway “can promoting peace and resolving Tebu and Taureq tribes, resulting in better facilitate dialogue, encour- regional conflicts such as brokering the signing of a peace and reconcil- age conflict resolution and promote Doha agreements between Leba- iation agreement in Doha. reconciliation,” and by so doing, nese factions in 2008, peace efforts Sheikh Mohammed said Qatar Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday met separately at the Emiri Diwan outgoing “Norway and Qatar can become in Sudan, and hosting peace talks in also helped resolve a border dis- ambassadors Mutib Saleh Al Mutawtah Kuwait (pictured); Julio Florian Alegre (Peru); and Ioannis partners for peace.” Doha before hosting an international pute between Djibouti and Eretria Metaxas (Greece). The Emir conferred the Sash of Merit on them for their efforts in promoting and Sheikh Mohammed said Nor- donor conference for reconstruction in 2010. developing relations between Qatar and their countries and wished them success in their future way is not only the home of the and development in Darfur. “In every mediation effort, we assignments and relations further progress and prosperity. The ambassadors expressed gratitude Nobel Peace Prize but has also been The Foreign Minister also spoke kept our doors open to all parties in and appreciation to the Emir and officials for cooperation which helped them promote relations. a major player in conflict resolution about Qatar’s efforts to enhance the dispute to bring about a lasting for decades. peace in Libya and said Doha has peace,” he added.

Emir appoints new Expressway Minister meets Turkey Prime Minister ambassadors ‘project a great QNA

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim example of DOHA: Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim yesterday met Minister of bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday Municipality and Environment H E Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi, issued Emiri Decision No. 30 of collaboration’ who is on a visit to the Turkey. Talks in Ankara dealt with cooperation 2016 appointing Youssef Hassan between both countries in the fields of economy and infrastructure. Yildirim Continued from page 1 Youssef Al Saai as Ambassador praised cooperation between the two countries in various fields. Extraordinary and Plenipotenti- ary in Azerbaijan. “The Al Khor Expressway project The Emir also issued Emiri will be a great example of collabora- Decision No. 31 of 2016 appoint- tion between Qatar and Turkey in the ing Jaber Ali Salem as Ambassador field of construction. Qatar is going UN official hails Qatar’s Extraordinary and Plenipotenti- to host the FIFA 2022 World Cup and ary in Eritrea. introduce great projects through its The Emir also issued Emiri 2030 National Vision. Turkish con- humanitarian efforts Decision No. 33 of 2016 appoint- tractors have immense knowledge, ing Ahmed Ali Abdulrahman Al experience, workforce in order to Jamil Al Tamimi as Ambassador accomplish these projects,” Arslan QNA in humanitarian aid in 2015 and Extraordinary and Plenipotenti- added. its humanitarian contribution in ary in Kazakhstan. Meanwhile, the Turkish Prime the current year reached $110m in Minister of Municipality and Environment H E Mohammed bin Abdullah The Emir issued Laws No. Minister Binali Yildirim yesterday Syria, along with other aid in Iraq, 35 and 36 for 2016, appointing received Al Rumaihi and discussed Al Rumaihi, (left) and Turkish Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and DOHA: UN Under-Secretary-Gen- Yemen and many countries. Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Al ways to further enhance cooperation Communications Ahmet Arslan exchanging documents after signing eral for Humanitarian Affairs and Qatar has built hospitals and Hail and Ahmed Jassim Mohamed between the two countries. the agreement. Emergency Relief Coordinator schools for displaced Syrians in Ali Al Homr as ambassadors of Stephen O’Brien hailed Qatar’s Turkey and other places, “I have Nepal and Indonesia, respectively. efforts in the field of humanitar- seen all these Qatari efforts and The law is effective from its date of ian aid and relief work, which are institutions built by Doha in many publication in the official gazette. highly appreciated by the United places through tours... the Qatari Minister bids farewell to ambassadors Nations and the international aid helped people dramatically community. and effectively,” he said. Emir ratifies Speaking to Al Sharq, he high- He also highlighted Qatar’s lighted Qatar’s commitment to diplomatic efforts in resolving agreements humanitarian issues, noting its conflicts in the region, calling on efforts in conflict-hit areas, espe- the international community to DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim cially in the Middle East. follow the Qatari example in pro- bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday O’Brien thanked and praise viding humanitarian assistance issued Decree No. 36 of 2016, Qatar’s leadership and govern- in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and other ratifying an agreement between ment for humanitarian efforts to countries. Central American Integration alleviate the suffering of people all He said such aid contributes System and Qatar on Qatar’s over the world. to saving the lives of innocents, accession to SICA as an observer He said Qatar pledged $92m including women and children. member. The deal was signed in Belize City on December 16, 2014, and takes the force of law in line with Article 68 of the Constitution. The Emir also issued Decree Ministry offers guidelines No. 37 of 2016, ratifying a mem- orandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of for genomic research information technology and com- munications between the Ministry of Communications and Informa- Continued from page 1 CILE again in tackling some of the tion Technology and South Korea’s thorniest ethical issues in modern Ministry of Science, Information “The Ministry of Public Health healthcare,” he added. and Communication Technology, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs H E Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi yesterday hosted a farewell offers guidelines that assist inves- WISH, a global initiative of and Future Planning. It was signed ceremony for ambassadors Mutib Saleh Almutawtah (Kuwait); Julio Florian Alegre (Peru); and Ioannis tigators and institutional review Qatar Foundation (QF), is a meet- in Seoul on November 5, 2014 and Metaxas (Greece). Members of diplomatic missions in Qatar and directors at the Foreign Ministry boards in the design and conduct ing point for thousands of high-level takes the force of law in line with were present. of genomic research to ensure par- policymakers, academics and pro- Article 68 of the Constitution. ticipants’ safety and wellbeing,” fessionals. It has evolved into a key said Dr Eman Sadoun, Chair, Qatar platform for the dissemination of National Research Ethics Commit- healthcare innovation and best tee at the ministry. Egbert Schillings, practices. CEO, WISH, said the summit has WISH 2016 will feature seven QC to run Orthopaedic Surgery Centre in central Yemen featured a session on Islamic Eth- groundbreaking research forums ics and Health so the moral issues to highlight and address some of raised by the era of the human the world’s most pressing health- The Peninsula The centre in Taiz is to perform areas of conflict, the security and He said the project will provide genome can be brought forth and care challenges. surgical operations for 220 to 250 economic situation is deteriorating. free orthopaedic surgical services to discussed. The forums will generate people in cooperation with Sobol The project also aims at signing casualties in the province, where the “Genomics reveals more about interdisciplinary, evidence-based Charitable Foundation. an agreement with hospital to per- first specialised centre in Yemen is an individual than even what they reports on topics, including healthy DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) has Due to the suspension of services form surgical operations and carry being furnished and equipped in Al are aware of and that information populations; precision medicine; launched a project to run an Ortho- at health facilities in the province of out examinations for 220-250 cas- Taoun hospital in Taiz. will increasingly guide clinical economic benefits of investing in paedic Surgery Centre in central Taiz as a result of lack of resources ualties, said Mohammed Rashed Al The special orthopaedic centre practice, while posing fresh ethi- health; accountable care; cardi- Yemen for the benefit of people and growing medical needs of Kaabi, Manager, Relief Department, includes three equipped operation cal dilemmas for everyone involved. ovascular disease; autism; and wounded in the ongoing civil war. increasing casualties daily in the QC. rooms. 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Qatar condemns Israeli aggression Qatar Airways sponsors Sydney Swans against Gaza and brand and leader in international Al Aqsa Mosque air travel, so we’re delighted to have The three-year deal them join the Sydney Swans as our DOHA: Qatar yesterday con- is the first major official international airline partner. demned Israeli air raids on Gaza “Both organisations share a com- and the continued storming in of sports sponsorship in mon goal in that we are passionate Al Aqsa mosque. Australia, a reflection about delivering premium experi- The Foreign Ministry said Isra- of the airline’s firm ences and strive for excellence in el’s military escalation and illegal everything we do. This is a significant siege on Gaza Strip is a clear vio- commitment to the partnership for our football club and, lation of international law. Australian market as the airline’s own brand message It also stressed condemnation suggests, we’re excited to be going of continuous attacks on Al Aqsa places together. We look forward to and said such acts provoke mil- welcoming QA to our Sydney Swans lions of people around the world. The Peninsula family and working with them in the The ministry called on the years to come.” international community to face As part of the sponsorship deal, the crimes Israel is committing QA will receive prominent branding against the Palestinian people and DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) has at the Sydney Swans’ home games stressed the importance of find- marked its first foray into the Aus- and training ground and will engage ing a fair political resolution to the tralian Football League (AFL) with a the players in exclusive marketing Palestinian causes in accordance three-year sponsorship of the Sydney and promotional activities. to international law and resolu- Swans, signing with the team until Supporters can also look forward tions, reports QNA. the end of the 2019 season. to an enhanced match day experi- The multiple-award winning ence at the Sydney Cricket Ground carrier was named official interna- Qatar Airways, named official international airline partner for Sydney Swans, takes pride of place in front in the seasons to come. Minister meets tional airline partner yesterday at the of the iconic Ladies Stand at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The sponsorship marks a new iconic Sydney Cricket Ground, home milestone for QA in Australia. The ambassadors of the Sydney Swans. QA’s Country Akbar Al Baker, CEO, Qatar Air- in Australia’s sports arena. commitment to Australia. We look airline has doubled its footprint in Manager for Australasia Adam Rad- ways Group, said: “QA has long “Since we first started serving forward to sharing in our travellers’ Australia in 2016, with Sydney and DOHA: Minister of Transport and wanski; Sydney Swans Chairman supported some of the best sports Australia in 2009, QA has received love for football, supporting their Adelaide joining its global network Communications H E Jassim bin Andrew Pridham; Chief Executive clubs and events in the world. We tremendous support from the Aus- commitment to the Sydney Swans in March and May, respectively, join- Saif Al Sulaiti yesterday met sepa- and Managing Director Andrew strongly believe in connecting with tralian community. The partnership and building a stronger brand con- ing Perth and Melbourne on the QA rately ambassadors Saad Cachalia Ireland; Coach John Longmire; Co- our global travellers through their with Sydney Swans, one of the coun- nection with our Australian market map. Australian travellers can go (South Africa) and Wong Kok Bonn captain Kieren Jack; and members of passion for sport, and have been try’s best-supported and most elite through this multi-year partnership.” more places with QA than with any (Singapore). Talks dealt with rela- the Sydney Swans team were present. looking for the right partner for QA sporting teams, is a reflection of our Pridham said: “QA is a global other airline serving Australia today. tions between Qatar and the friendly countries in the field of transportation and communica- tions and ways of enhancing them. Healthy lifestyle can prevent cancer Local vegetable markets see sale Ministry recalls of 11,296 tonnes in four seasons Lexus CT 200h The Peninsula models of 2010-11 The Peninsula witnessed the biggest sales com- pared to the previous seasons. A DOHA: The Ministry of Economy DOHA: As part of its ongoing aware- total of 1,365 tonnes of fruits, 130 and Commerce, in collaboration ness activities, Qatar Cancer Society tonnes of fish and 6,750 tonnes of with Abdullah Abdulghani & Bros (QCS) organised a workshop for DOHA: The three local vegetable sheep, goats and other items were Co W.L.L, dealer of Lexus vehicles, employees of a private company. markets sold 11,296 tonnes of veg- sold during the season. has announced the recall of Lexus The workshop was organised to etables during the last four seasons, The 2015-2016 season saw sales CT 200h models of 2010-2011 over convey the message to the employ- with the participation 231 Qatari worth QR58m compared to QR39m potential defect in the side curtain ees and society that having cancer farms. in the previous season. shield airbag bracket. does not necessarily mean death and Of the three markets, Al Maz- The Agricultural Affairs Depart- The ministry said the recall is that cancer is a disease that can be roua was the first to open in 2012, ment at the Ministry of Municipality part of its efforts to protect con- controlled and cured if diagnosed followed by Al Khor-Dakhira in and Environment is gearing up to sumers and ensure that dealers at an early stage. It also stressed a January 2013 and Al Wakrah last open a new winter market in Al follow up on vehicle defects and healthy lifestyle to prevent cancer, December. Shamal in the coming season, an repairs. such as eating healthy food, exercis- The 2015 -2016 season was the official at the ministry earlier told The ministry said it will coor- ing on a regular basis and sleeping longest, lasting seven months and this daily. dinate with the dealer to follow for a sufficient number of hours to up on maintenance and repairs strengthen the immune system and The participants at the workshop organised by Qatar Cancer Society. and communicate with custom- protect the body from being suscep- Erring restaurant shut for 15 days ers to ensure necessary repairs tible to various cancers. are carried out. It urged custom- Over 50 employees of The Look “We are pleased to participate like to express my deep apprecia- ers to report any violations to its Company (TLC) attended the work- in the awareness campaign, since tion to TLC for its efforts to fight The Peninsula to food outlets to ensure compliance Consumer Protection and Anti- shop organised by QCS’ health our concern is to raise awareness cancer by supporting us in our can- with food safety and hygiene stand- Commercial Fraud Department education department. about cancer and its various types cer awareness activities. I would also ards to ensure consumer safety. through its call centre 16001; Jacob Burke, Co-President of and spread the culture of health to like to thank those who supported DOHA: Umm Salal Municipality Meanwhile, Al Daayen Munici- email: [email protected]; Twitter: TLC, stressed the importance of help protect ourselves from cancer,” QCS and helped spread its message has shut down a restaurant in Al pality, in collaboration with Public @MEC_Qatar; Instagram: MEC_ useful lectures and events like the he said. by empowering the community with Kharaitiyat for 15 days for prepar- Cleaning Department, conducted Qatar; or the ministry’s mobile app workshop to educate and encourage Dr Hadi Mohamad Abu Rasheed, the knowledge about cancer and ing food in unhealthy conditions. a cleaning campaign to keep the for Android and IOS: MEC_Qatar. employees to live a healthy lifestyle. Health Educator, QCS, said, “I would how to treat and prevent it.” Inspectors are conducting visits city clean. Ashghal announces traffic diversions and closure of ramp

The Peninsula families, schoolchildren and teach- ing staff, Ashghal is keen to complete works and make the section available for public use before the re-opening DOHA: The Public Works Author- of schools. ity (Ashghal) has announced that it Ashghal expects to complete the will temporarily close a 2km section entire project, converting a 2.9km construction of a new signal-control- Al Khor Road will also be between Al Qalaa Interchange and Al stretch of Al Rayyan Road into a dual led junction on the eastern side of the upgraded with a link road between Wajba Interchange on Al Rayyan Al carriageway, four lanes in each direc- Al Sakhama Interchange. the North Road and Umm Birkah Jadeed Street, as shown in the map. tion with three interchanges, by the Ashghal will place directional Road and a cycle path will be built The diversion starts tomorrow end of first quarter of 2017. and advisory signage and urged road along the North Road. and lasts two weeks, in coordination Ashghal will install signs advis- users to abide by speed limits in place The contractor of the North Road with the Traffic Police Department. ing motorists of the diversion and along the diversions and observe all enhancement project has achieved Road users travelling from Bani has urged road users to abide by the signs and instructions to ensure their over 10 million man hours without Hajer towards Doha will be diverted existing 80kmph speed limit and fol- and others’ safety. loss time injury from Al Rayyan Al Jadeed Street onto low signs for safety. The upgrade of Al Sakhama Inter- Ashghal will also divert traffic on Al Wajba Street and can turn left onto Meanwhile, Ashghal said a two- change is part of the North Corridor a section of Temporary Truck Route Al Qalaa Street and then exit right at month ramp closure will be in place Enhancement project, including con- as shown in the map. The diver- the roundabout to rejoin Al Rayyan at the eastern side of Al Sakhama struction of service roads along the sion, about 2.3km south of Dukhan Al Jadeed Street. Interchange on Al Shamal Road North Road from Al Duhail Inter- Highway-Temporary Truck Route Road users travelling from Doha tomorrow. change, northern Doha, to Al Shamal Interchange, will be implemented in towards Bani Hajer will be diverted Commuters coming from Doha city, north of Qatar. coordination with the Traffic Police from Al Rayyan Al Jadeed Street onto towards the northern areas using The project to enhance the Department. Diversion begins tomor- Al Qalaa Street and can turn right B-Ramp of Al Sakhama Interchange connection with the new develop- row and lasts 12 months. onto Al Wajba Street to rejoin Al will be diverted to the western side ment projects near the highway, Road users travelling in both Rayyan Al Jadeed Street and continue of the North Road Corridor to travel also comprises construction of two directions along Temporary Truck travel towards Salwa Road or Lusail. advise motorists of the closure and journey. The diversion is required through a dual two-lane service new interchanges in Izghawa and Route will be diverted to a 4.6km par- The diversion is required to facil- has urged road users to abide by the to facilitate the laying of perma- road to Umm Al Amad Interchange Umm Salal Mohammed areas, and allel road. Ashghal anticipates that itate construction of the mainline speed limit, which has been reduced nent asphalt on the first phase of Al to access Al Shamal Road, as shown improvements to three interchanges, the road change should have minimal roadway on New Orbital Highway to 80kmph for vehicles and 50kmph Rayyan Road Upgrade project. in the map. including Al Sakhama Interchange impact on transit time for vehicles and Truck Route project. for trucks and follow signs for safety. To minimise disruption to The detour is required to facilitate and Al Kaaban Interchange. using Temporary Truck Route to Ashghal will install signs to 04 WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST 2016 HOME NU-Q students urged to find a purpose in their lives

sense. It’s a time to relish and enjoy, and don’t worry about sucking it dry. offering freedom unlike what you “There will always be more Ellis Cose, US will experience at any other point. knowledge to take its place. Use your author, journalist, “It’s a time of reflection, and of time here as an occasion to look out myriad possibilities — some of which on the larger world and find a place commentator and you can see and some of which will that needs and deserves you, to find educator, addressed become clearer later. And it allows your next plot of soil where you really you to defer, at least for a while, some belong,” he added. the convocation for fundamental questions: What will my A long-time columnist and con- the largest freshmen life mean? What will I do with my tributing editor for Newsweek time on this earth? No matter how magazine, Cose is a former editorial class in NU-Q’s smart and reflective you are, that’s page editor of the New York Daily history. never an easy question to answer. News and has been a contributing “Great universities, by their editor and press critic for Time mag- nature, are like huge fertile fields to azine. He has a master’s degree in nurture ideas, aspirations and the science, technology and public policy The Peninsula souls of the young — and sometimes from George Washington University the not so young. This is true of this and has been a fellow at the former institution, whose original campus Gannett Centre for Media Studies was founded in Evanston outside my at Columbia University, National DOHA: Following a week of orienta- hometown of Chicago by Methodist Research Council/National Acad- tion to ease new students’ transition abolitionists. It says much about the emy of Sciences, a senior fellow and into university life, Northwestern founders’ vision that, generations director of energy at Joint Centre for University in Qatar (NU-Q) hosted later, Northwestern continues to Political Studies in Washington and its convocation to welcome its larg- nurture students around the globe a consultant to Ford and Rockefeller est freshman class since establishing as they seek to develop themselves foundations. a campus in Doha in 2008. and find a purpose.” The convocation speech reaffirms In remarks titled ‘How Do You Everette E Dennis, Dean and CEO, NU-Q’s mission to bring some of the Want to Be Remembered’, Ellis Cose, NU-Q, welcomed the faculty, staff best talent in global journalism and Ellis Cose with Everette E Dennis, Dean and CEO, NU-Q and some students at the event. US author, journalist, commentator and students and said this year’s class strategic communications to Qatar and educator, told the gathering that continues to represent “the best and to teach, mentor and inspire Qatar’s they had their story and their univer- brightest students from Qatar and President, NU-Q Student Union, also a story of an architect who could If you are so blessed, children may future leaders and its next genera- sity experience offers an opportunity countries across the globe to NU-Q”. spoke. point to his buildings as a way to be be your legacy. And, if you can find tion of communicators. to shape that story. The faculty led the new students Cose said while they live in remembered, Cose told the students: a forum, you may contribute ideas According to the independent US “… There is something universal into the venue dressed in academic “perilous times, “ it is important to “But massive structures are not the and insights that tell a larger truth. News National Universities rankings, about the college experience. It is a regalia. More than 200 current stu- think about how they want to be only things for which you can be “That journey, for many of you, Northwestern is the top American time to become whatever you aspire dents, alumni, and staff were present. remembered”. remembered. At the very least, you will start here; so suck all the wisdom university currently teaching in to become, to actually be reborn, in a Jemina Marcos Legaspi, Illustrating his point through can leave behind your good name. you can from this great university; Qatar. Harman wins three EISA awards

The Peninsula to recharge the internal battery. Open and neutral sounding, with impressive bass, AKG N90Q is close to achieving loudspeaker-like sound. This DOHA: The European Imaging and game-changing technology takes your Sound Association (EISA) has announced private listening to cutting-edge. the winners of its 2016-2017 European JBL Reflect Mini BT: The Bluetooth Awards. 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DOHA : Media Plus, a local adver- tising and event management company, in association with Friends Cultural Centre and Anti- Smoking Society Qatar, organised an awareness programme to mark World Humanitarian Day. Muhammed Hafiz, Executive Director, Bradma Group, inaugu- rating the event and called on the community to work for the wel- fare and peaceful coexistence of society. “The world we live in is faced with challenges and we have to overcome all issues with an open mind based on the feelings of humanity and fraternity. Serv- Shukkur Kinalur presenting a certificate of appreciation to Muhammed Hafiz, Executive Director, ice to the humanity should be our Bradma Group. prime aim,” he said. In his keynote address, Taj and exhorted the audience to of oneness of mankind and one Media Plus, conducted the event. Aluwa elaborated on calamities stand for wiping the tears of suf- humanity.” M T Nilambur and “It is part of our corporate social and hardships being faced by fering brethren. “In this mission, Niyas Abdul Naser also spoke. responsibility to take the message human beings across the world we all have to have single feeling Amanulla Vadakkangara, CEO, of the day across the community.” MIDDLE EAST WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST 2016 05

Turkey strikes IS as Syria Call for release of prisoners border tensions flare

Activists have said hundreds of Anadolu news agency said. Turkish Ankara-backed rebels were prepar- artillery responded by shelling IS US Vice-President ing an offensive against the IS group positions around Jarabulus. Abdulka- Joe Biden is due in to seize control of the Syrian town of dir Selvi, a well-connected columnist Ankara today to meet Jarabulus, which lies opposite the town for the Hurriyet daily, said the Tur- of Karkamis in Turkey. key-backed offensive “could begin at Turkey’s leadership, Without confirming the operation, any moment”. with agreeing a unified Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu The move by Ankara-backed rebels pledged to give “all kinds of support” could potentially put them on collision strategy on Syria set to to push the jihadists out of Jarabulus. course with the militia of the Kurdish be a crucial issue. “We do not want Daesh (IS) to exist Democratic Union Party (PYD) which in Iraq and Syria,” he told reporters. Ankara vehemently opposes and In an interview with private NTV which also has designs on Jarabulus television, Deputy Prime Minister after seizing the strategic Manbij area AFP Numan Kurtulmus said Turkey saw in northern Syria from IS. Palestinian demonstrators hold posters during a protest calling for the release of relatives Jarabulus “as a national security mat- US Vice-President Joe Biden is due from Israeli jails, outside the International Committee of the Red Cross, in Gaza City, yesterday. ter”. “What we have said, since the in Ankara today to meet Turkey’s lead- beginning, is that having Jarabulus or ership, with agreeing a unified strategy ISTANBUL: Turkey yesterday vowed to any other city held by IS is unaccept- on Syria set to be a crucial issue. give full support to moves to free a key able,” he said. The authorities also Ankara has always called for the Push to retake town south of Mosul Syrian border town from the control of ordered residents to vacate Karkamis ouster of President Bashar Al Assad as Islamic State (IS) militants as expecta- and the surrounding area for safety the key to ending the conflict, putting tions grew of a major Ankara-backed reasons after the rocket fire, although Turkey at odds with his main support- AFP ing base for operations to attack to be its biggest anti-IS operation offensive against the group. there was no indication this was linked ers Iran and Russia. Mosul, military sources said. yet, the UN warned of population Turkish forces also pounded jihad- to the impending operation. However Prime Minister Binali Qayyarah lies on the west- displacement on a scale not seen ists in Syria with new artillery strikes Two mortar rounds fired from Yildirim at the weekend for the first ern bank of the Tigris river, about in years. “The operation started after a deadly suicide bombing in the Jarabulus hit Karkamis while three time acknowledged that Assad was one KIRKUK, IRAQ: Iraqi special 60km south of Mosul, the Islamic at dawn with the participation of city of Gaziantep at the weekend and more hit the centre of the Turkish of the “actors” in Syria and may need to forces led an operation yesterday State group’s last major urban Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) repeated rocket fire across the border. border town of Kilis, the state-run stay on as part of a transition. aimed at retaking the jihadist-held stronghold in Iraq. With the clock and army forces,” Brigadier Gen- town of Qayyarah, a key stag- ticking down on what Iraq expects eral Firas Bashar said. Saudi court sends Egyptian to jail for espionage, sorcery

RIYADH: A Saudi newspaper is reporting that an Egyptian man has been sentenced to six years in prison on charges of attempting to disturb public order, violating the king- dom’s labour laws and communicating with a sorcerer to bewitch his employer. The Egyptian, who was unnamed in the Okaz report, was accused of acquiring a secret mil- itary document that listed the movements and names of Saudi troops and of emailing this document to the Iranian Embassy in Lebanon.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard targets 450 social media users

TEHRAN: The cyber-arm of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard says it has summoned, detained and warned some 450 administrators of social media groups in recent weeks. The announcement yesterday, carried on a website affiliated with the Guard’s cyber arm, says those detained used social media like the messaging app Telegram, which is popular in Iran. The announcement says those detained or summoned made posts that were considered immoral, were related to modeling, or which insulted religious beliefs. It says the Guard only took action after “judicial procedures” were completed, without elaborating. In May, authorities announced an operation targeting those involved in modeling on Instagram. British-Australian man granted bail in Dubai

DUBAI: A British-Australian man detained in Dubai last month for highlighting the work of an Afghan refugee char- ity on social media has been released on bail, a campaign group said yesterday. Scott Richards, 41, had been held at a Dubai police station since his arrest on July 28 for alleg- edly breaching a new law on promoting foreign charities. UK-based support group Detained in Dubai said in a statement on Facebook that Richards was home with his family in Dubai after being “finally bailed”. “He is home, relieved and recovering with his family, and will later pre- pare (his) legal defence,” group founder Radha Stirling said on Facebook. The group did not provide any details about bail conditions or potential charges against Richards, who had been denied bail on three previous occasions. Richards grew up in Adelaide in Australia and then lived in London, before moving to Dubai about eight years ago, according to the campaign group. He is married with two sons aged 14 and three. He came across the charity during a visit to Afghanistan, where he worked as an economic development policy advisor for the government, accord- ing to his brother Brett Richards. Tunisian singer’s photo with Israeli soldier causes stir

JERUSALEM: A top Tunisian singer and reality TV judge has defended himself after facing criticism for appearing in a photograph alongside an Israeli soldier. Saber Rebai, a performer known throughout the Arab world and a judge on the Arabic version of “The Voice”, said he was unaware the soldier was Israeli and rejected any acceptance of the Jewish state. The controversy broke out when the Israeli military body responsible for the country’s policies in the occupied Palestinian territories, known as COGAT, posted a photo- graph on social media of a smiling Rebai posing beside an Arab Israeli soldier, identified as Hadi Khatib. The photograph was taken as Rebai was crossing from Jordan into the occupied territories ahead of a Friday gig in the Palestinian city of Rawabi. COGAT captioned the pic- ture saying it was “happy promoting concerts”. The post was later deleted, but the image was widely shared on Palestinian social media, with one Gazan telling Rebai: “Shame on you”. In a statement released on Face- book on Monday, Rebai said he was unaware Khatib was in the Israeli army. 06 WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST 2016 ASIA / AFRICA US cautions Nigeria against military crackdowns

But Kerry cautioned against a after torching the house of a Muslim heavy-handed response and empha- man who stood up for a Christian Kerry cautioned sised respect for human rights. student accused of blasphemy. against a heavy- “In the wake of terrorist activity, Kerry is due to meet with Pres- handed response and some are tempted to crackdown on ident Muhammadu Buhari later on anyone and everyone,” Kerry said. Tuesday in the Nigerian capital of emphasised respect “But extremism can’t be defeated Abuja as part of a three-nation tour for human rights. through repression or fear. Fear focussed on counterterrorism. instilled through repression invites The top US diplomat, who was not confidence but contempt,” Kerry in Kenya on Monday, is expected to said, “it creates terrorists.” discuss the Boko Haram insurgency, AFP Amnesty International and fighting corruption and boosting Human Rights Watch have accused Nigeria’s moribund economy that Nigerian troops of excessive force has been pummelled by the drop in SOKOTO: US Secretary of State and extra-judicial killings of sus- global oil prices. John Kerry yesterday congratu- pected Boko Haram insurgents, In its quest to create a funda- lated Nigeria on its recent military hundreds of Shia Muslims and pro- mentalist Islamic state Boko Haram successes against Boko Haram, Biafra protestors. The military has has killed more than 20,000 peo- but warned the country will face a denied the charges. ple and displaced 2.6 million from blowback if it “cracks down” on the On his third visit to Nigeria in their homes. Islamists with excessive force. less than two years, Kerry met with With homes and businesses Speaking at a press confer- traditional and religious leaders, destroyed and farmland devastated, ence in the northern city of Sokoto, including Sokoto Sultan Muham- the United Nations has warned that Kerry praised Nigeria for reclaim- madu Sa’ad Abubakar. some 50,000 children could starve ing swathes of territory from Boko Kerry appealed to Nigerians to to death this year in Borno state Haram and releasing thousands of practise equality and tolerance to alone if nothing is done. hostages over the past year. “overcome deep-seated ethnic and Earlier in August the US govern- Nigeria has made “important religious divisions.” ment pledged $37m in aid for victims US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) sits next to Sokoto Sultan and President-General of the Nigerian progress”, Kerry said. “Nigeria and His remarks come one day after of Boko Haram as fears of a famine its neighbours are degrading Boko police reported that a Muslim mob in mounted in the ravaged Lake Chad National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar (centre) and state governor Haram’s capabilities.” northern Nigeria killed eight people region. Aminu Tambuwal at the Palace of the Sultan in Sokoto, yesterday. Suspect pays $31m to end probe Eight dead over alleged

AFP into alleged laundering of money It is not known if China will seek blasphemy in Nigeria Boko Haram derived from a series of frauds in the extradition of William Yan, who China between 1999-2001. arrived in New Zealand in the year leader wounded WELLINGTON: A Chinese-born “The outcome in this case 2001 and was granted citizenship AFP house of the rescuer with eight peo- businessman has agreed to pay New reflects the effective working rela- despite having multiple identities ple inside. in air strike Zealand authorities $31m to settle tionship between Chinese and New and an Interpol alert against his “The man who rescued the stu- their money laundering investiga- Zealand law enforcement agen- name. SOKOTO: A Muslim mob in north- dent and his wife were not among tion into him, although he remains cies,” Paul Hampton, manager of In 2012, he was acquitted on ern Nigeria has killed eight people the dead,” the police spokesman said. LAGOS: Nigeria’s military wanted by Beijing over the alleged the police financial crime unit said charges relating to false declara- after torching the house of a man He said police has imposed a claimed to have seriously multi-million-dollar fraud. recently. tions on immigration and citizenship who tried to save a Christian stu- dusk-to-dawn curfew in the town injured Boko Haram’s elu- William Yan, 45, holds New The New Zealand High Court had papers. dent accused of blasphemy, police while the students’ school has sive leader Abubakar Zealand citizenship and denies any approved the settlement, police said According to the New Zealand said yesterday. been closed down to prevent fur- Shekau and killed other wrongdoing. in a statement. Herald, Yan has said he made his “Eight people were killed in the ther violence. commanders in an air Although he was never charged “They were alleged to have fortune legitimately as a business- house by the mob over the alleged Witnesses who passed through strike on the Islamist in New Zealand with money-laun- assisted in money laundering and man and the two identities he came blasphemy” Zamfara state police the town shortly after the riots saw group’s forest stronghold. dering, China still considers him various property associated with to New Zealand with, Yong Ming Yan spokesman Shehu Mohammed said, armed soldiers and policemen man- The announcement one of the country’s most-wanted them was restrained, including three and Yang Liu, are valid because he which happened on Monday. ning snap checkpoints on the roads. was met with scepti- suspects. Auckland properties, a Porsche and was a foster child. He said the mob of Muslim stu- Students were also seen hur- cism by Boko Haram New Zealand police said Tues- Maserati, and over NZ$4.5m in bank Both his birth parents and fos- dents in the town of Talata Mafara riedly fleeing the town over fears experts who pointed out day they have frozen assets worth funds. ter family registered him with were enraged over alleged derog- of religious riots. that Nigeria has repeat- $31.22m including luxury cars, prop- Chinese authorities claim Yan different names and dates of birth, atory comments about the Prophet Nigeria, Africa’s most populous edly claimed to have erty and millions of dollars in bank stole NZ$129m and New Zealand Yan said recently, who claimed Muhammad (PBUH) by their Chris- country, is almost evenly divided killed Shekau in previous funds, which will not be released Prime Minister John Key revealed, the Chinese government consid- tian schoolmate, who they attacked. between a mainly-Muslim north raids only for the militant until the money is paid. following a meeting with Chinese ered him an enemy because he is He said the victim was rescued and predominantly Christian south. leader to surface shortly The settlement with Yan, his wife President Xi Jinping earlier this year, associated with the banned Falun by a passerby, a Muslim who rushed Ethnic and sectarian clashes afterwards in videos. Wei You and two associates follows that Yan was fifth on China’s most- Gong spiritual movement and is him to the police station for safety. have claimed thousands of lives in Shekau was “fatally a complex three-year investigation wanted list. pro-democracy. The mob then burned down the the country in recent years. wounded in the shoulder” during Friday’s raids, army spokesman said.

Official defends Facebook users indicted for mocking Thai junta leader

protest-hit visit AFP “The court indicts all eight and will later call them in for a plea,” to Taiwan the group’s lawyer, Winyat Chart- BANGKOK: A Thai military tribunal montree said. TAIPEI: A top Shang- yesterday indicted eight people with They have been charged with hai official yesterday sedition for running a Facebook sedition and violating the kingdom’s defended his contro- page that mocked the kingdom’s computer crime act, two broadly- versial visit to Taiwan as junta chief, making them the latest worded laws that are routinely used “open and transparent” victims of the regime’s crackdown to silence critics. as protesters burnt his on dissent. The number of computer crime, photo and accused him Thailand’s generals have sedition and royal defamation of promoting the island’s clamped down on politics and charges have all shot up since the unification with China. severely curbed free expression junta seized power in a May 2014 Sha Hailin, a stand- since their 2014 power grab, jailing coup. ing committee member scores of critics of the government Some have seen jail sentences of the Communist Party and monarchy -- often for com- as long as 30 years for Facebook in the city and head of ments posted on social media. posts deemed insulting of the the United Front Work The eight Facebook users were monarchy. Department there, arrested in April by military raids The government has defended arrived on Monday for in Bangkok and northeast Khon its clampdown on free speech as an a forum on municipal Kaen province, according to Human effort to heal political conflict that exchanges. Rights Watch. has ripped Thailand in two. He is the highest-level They now face up to seven But critics say the junta is chiefly mainlander to visit since years in prison for running a page bent on crippling the political cross-strait ties wors- that featured memes and doctored network loyal to the ousted gov- ened under Taiwan’s new photos of junta leader Prayut Chan- ernment, a faction led by former Eight people charged with ridiculing junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha arrive at the military court in Bangkok, government. O-Cha -- the former army chief who premiers and siblings Thaksin and yesterday. seized power two years ago. Yingluck Shinawatra.

Indonesia steps up security in Bali Kabila opponents go on strike; want president to go

Reuters of entry into Bali,” said provin- Reuters such as Limete, many shops were foreign firms have big investments, November, before Kabila’s mandate cial police chief Sugeng Priyanto shuttered. residents said that activity largely runs out on December 19, but will be recently. Police fired teargas to disperse carried on as usual. delayed as authorities enroll millions DENPASAR: Indonesian author- “The focus of our attention KINSHASA: Opponents of Congo- dozens of protesters from oppo- “I really regret seeing our Congo- of new voters. ities have tightened security in is also the small ports that are lese President Joseph Kabila went sition leader Etienne Tshisekedi’s lese brothers and sisters open their Kabila’s opponents accuse him of Bali, a police official said late on spread around Bali,” he said, add- on strike yesterday to demand that UDPS party, who threw stones and stores,” said Samuel Kazadi, a motor- dragging his feet on holding the elec- Monday, after reports at the week- ing that informal points of entry he steps down when his mandate erected barricades near the party bike taxi driver on Kinshasa’s Avenue tion in order to cling to power in DR end of a suspected militant plot to are also being monitored. expires in December. headquarters in the Kinshasa dis- de Commerce, where several shops Congo, a country that has not seen a attack the holiday island. Anti-terror police said at the In the commercial centre of the trict of Limete, a witness said. had their metal doors locked. peaceful change of government since “In connection with infor- weekend they were investigat- capital Kinshasa, home to 12 million The strike appeared to have sig- But he added: “We are waiting independence from Belgium in 1960. mation about a terror arrest and ing whether a suspected militant people, rush hour seemed lighter nificantly less uptake than one in for December 19... Kabila won’t stay Western powers are leaning a planned action in Bali, we are arrested last week was plotting an than usual. February over the same issue. In the in power. The population will be in on him to honour the constitution, increasing security at all points attack in Bali. In the city’s surrounding districts, eastern city of Goma and southern the street every day.” which limits a president to two terms, especially opposition strongholds mining hub of Lubumbashi, where Elections were due to be held in and step down. ASIA / PHILIPPINES WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST 2016 07 N Korea lays landmines near landmark bridge

January and a string of rocket tests said were mines laid by the North. since then, regards the joint exercises The North expressed regret for the The presence of any as akin to war and has threatened to incident, without directly admitting device or munition launch a military strike in retaliation. to planting them. North Korea had laid the mines South Korea’s defence ministry on or near the bridge near the DMZ “truce village” of Pan- declined to comment on the Yon- seriously jeopardises munjom, which is controlled by both hap report of new mines saying the of the Koreas and the US military. area was under the control of the the safety of people “North Korean’s military was UN Command. The UN Command, near the border: UN seen laying several landmines last headed by the US military, which week on the North’s side of the Bridge jointly supervises security in Pan- Command of No Return,” Yonhap quoted an uni- munjom with the North, expressed dentified South Korean government concern about activities by the North’s source as saying. military but did not confirm the report The bridge crosses over a river about mines. Reuters along the Military Demarcation Line “The presence of any device or (MDL) border, near the scene of a 1976 munition on or near the bridge seri- attack by ax-wielding North Korean ously jeopardizes the safety” of SEOUL: North Korea has laid land- soldiers in which two US soldiers people near the border, the U.N. Com- mines in the Demilitarized Zone were killed. mand said in a statement. South Korean soldiers wearing gas masks walk on the concorse during an anti-terror drill on the sidelines (DMZ) between the two Koreas, Yonhap said the mines were laid It declined to speculate on the of South Korea-US joint military exercise, called Ulchi Freedom, at a subway station in Seoul, yesterday. the South’s Yonhap news agency on the North’s side of the MDL border. reason for recent unspecified activ- reported yesterday, as tension rose The DMZ is littered with mines ity by the North’s military. on the divided peninsula after the planted over the years but neither Yonhap cited the government On Monday, the North’s military annual drills called Ulchi Freedom recent days by the defection of a start of annual US-South Korean mil- side is meant to lay new ones. Last source as saying the mines may have said it was prepared to launch a retal- Guardian, in which about 25,000 US senior North Korean diplomat to itary exercises. North Korea, which year, two South Korean soldiers been laid to prevent North Korean iatory strike against the South and troops are participating. the South in an embarrassing blow conducted its fourth nuclear test in were wounded by what the South soldiers from defecting to the South. the United States in response to the Tension has been inflamed in to the North. Court temporarily stops UN slams China on human rights

300 police hero’s burial for Marcos AFP

officers involved Reuters amassed an estimated $10bn in ill- BEIJING: A UN expert accused gotten wealth and thousands of China on Monday of staging a “pin- in drugs: Chief suspected communist rebels and cer movement” to curb the influence MANILA: The Philippine Supreme political foes were killed. His wife, of lawyers, activists and non-gov- MANILA: The Philippines’ Court ordered the government yes- Imelda, denies amassing wealth ernmental organisations and limit national police chief said terday to put on hold a divisive plan illegally. their ability to protest against abuses. yesterday about 300 of to bury former dictator Ferdinand In 1986, he was ousted in a “peo- While China has made signifi- his officers were sus- Marcos in a heroes’ cemetery, a ple power” revolt and fled to Hawaii cant progress towards its ambitious pected to be involved in court spokesman said yesterday. where he died three years later. goal of eliminating poverty by 2020, the drugs trade, warning A plan supported by President His remains were returned in it has often ignored the harm done these personnel will be Rodrigo Duterte to bury the former the early 1990s and have been kept to individuals as it pursues greater removed and charged in president in the cemetery has been in a family mausoleum in his home- economic development, said Philip court if found guilty. criticised by human rights groups town in the north. Alston, the UN special rapporteur on Director-General Ron- and many politicians, including Vice Newly elected president Duterte extreme poverty and human rights. ald dela Rosa said about President Leni Robredo and sena- has said Marcos, as a former leader At the same time, he said, Beijing Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human 300 police officers were tors allied with former President and a soldier, should be buried at has cracked down on civil society, Rights, prepares to answer a question during a press conference in on a watch list on sus- Benigno Aquino. the cemetery. limiting the space for individuals and Beijing, yesterday. picion of selling drugs The 15-member high bench of Marcos was a guerrilla leader groups to influence public policy and confiscated in raids or the court, responding to a petition during World War Two when the air grievances. over matters such as land rights, understand human rights with Chi- protecting syndicates filed last week by opponents of the former US colony was occupied by Since President Xi Jinping took workers’ rights and environmental nese characteristics as authorising involved in the manufac- plan, told the government not to do Japanese forces. power in 2012, the ruling Commu- threats”, Alston wrote in a statement. a fundamental departure from the ture and distribution of anything on the issue for 20 days, Opponents of the plan say bur- nist Party has arrested hundreds of In later remarks, he chided Bei- full range of internationally agreed narcotics. Supreme Court spokesman Theo- ying a dictator at the cemetery, activists and lawyers in a sweeping jing for asserting that governments rights and standards.” dore Te said yesterday. known as the Libingan ng mga campaign that has closed avenues should be able to choose which human Alston’s comments came at the Te did not elaborate on why the Bayani, would violate military reg- for the legal activism which emerged rights to respect and which to ignore, end of a nine-day tour of China, where Missing translator court had isued the order but said it ulations that bar “those who have in recent years. depending on cultural practices. he was invited to study the govern- had called for arguments from both been dishonourable discharged Recently introduced laws have “That approach is simply incom- ment’s poverty alleviation efforts. delays Bangkok sides to help the judges decide on from service or personnel con- combined with police action against patible with the international human He praised China’s commitment the issue before the planned burial victed of an offence involving moral protesters and lawyers in “a pincer rights system,” Alston said. to reducing extreme poverty, but said shrine bomb trial on September 18. turpitude”. movement designed to systemati- “Given that China insists that it faces serious challenges, includ- As a dictator in the 1970s and Marcos died on September 28, cally narrow and control the space it is part of the system... it would ing inequality levels that are “deeply BANGKOK: The trial of two ‘80s, Marcos, his family and cronies 1989 at Honolulu, Hawaii. for citizens to express discontent be very dangerous if we were to problematic”. Chinese Uighurs accused of killing 20 people when they allegedly bombed a Bangkok shrine was post- poned yesterday because the men still do not have a translator. The delay is the lat- est snag in a cryptic case that has so far shed little light on the horrific attack in Thailand’s capital last year that also left 100 people wounded. More than a dozen ethnic Chinese were among the dead when explosives detonated in August 2015. Australia chases men who dumped crocs in school

SYDNEY: Australian police are searching for A Bangladeshi is treated in hospital following an explosion at a chemical factory in Chittagong. four men who left three malnourished saltwa- ter crocodiles in a school, after breaking in to steal 200 fall ill after toxic gas leak computer equipment. Northern Territory AFP (DAP) plant in the port city out of danger,” he said. “Around Police said the men where a 500-tonne capacity 150 people were given first aid entered the Tamin- ammonia tank exploded late locally.” min College in Humpty CHITTAGONG: An explosion Monday. Firefighters battled through Doo, 40km south of Dar- at a chemical fertiliser factory Mesbah Uddin, the district’s the night to halt the leak and win, early on Sunday left at least 200 people needing chief administrator, said that 56 finally declared that the situ- after pushing the croc- medical treatment after toxic people had been admitted to the ation was under control in the odiles through a broken gas spread across large parts of Chittagong Medical College Hos- mid-morning. window. Bangladesh’s second city Chit- pital after the gas leak, none of “We used loudspeakers to CCTV footage released tagong, officials said yesterday. whom was in a life-threatening urge people to evacuate the by police showed the men Police and fire officials said condition. area. Hundreds did leave but stealing a computer moni- hundreds of residents were also “Eight have been discharged. they came back after the sit- tor before running away. evacuated from their homes Forty-eight people are still in uation improved,” Uddin said near the di-ammonia phosphate the hospital today but they are recently. 08 WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL Iran’s open secret Turkey’s potentially ran’s involvement in the Syrian conflict and its explicit and direct support to Bashar Al Assad regime is not a secret. Following the regime’s violent response to the mass protest in Syria in 2011, Iran first sent Shia militia momentous shift on Assad Hezbollah, its proxy in Lebanon, to support Assad against Iopposition groups, besides providing military instruments such as crowd-control equipment and Internet surveillance together a unified state. technology. By deploying Quds Froces, affiliated to its powerful Turkey is a The Syrian war in par- ticular has had disastrous Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Tehran subsequently was Nato member consequences across a wide announcing its presence in the Syrian war. which until now area: a half million killed, Last week, Russian warplanes used Iran’s Hamedan base to has supported half the country’s population bomb rebel targets in Syria’s flashpoint region of Aleppo. This is displaced, and millions of ref- the first time Iran is allowing a foreign power to use its military the West’s ugees flooding not only Turkey base since the 1979 revolution. Since Iran’s constitution bars any efforts to end and other neighbouring coun- tries but also Europe, fueling foreign powers to use its military bases, Tehran kept this action the repressive xenophobia and economic as a secret. Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani denied Tehran had authoritarian difficulties. permitted Russia to use the base, citing West’s efforts to end the repres- And it created bedfellows the law. But Russia surprised its ally By Dan Perry and sive authoritarian system in system in to discomfit Washington: Iran, Russian when it announced that its warplanes Zeina Karam Damascus. Damascus. astoundingly given its history, warplanes had flown out of Iran’s base. That AP Erdogan is not naturally Erdogan is not even recently allowed Russia to declaration prompted Iran’s Defence given to back down, but he is launch airstrikes from its terri- bombed operating in perilously shift- naturally given to tory in support of Assad. Minister General Hossein Dehghan Aleppo at ing ground. back down, but The Syrian government, to criticise Russia’s ‘showing off and The Syrian Kurds have for its part, has unleashed all Iran’s request inconsiderate attitude’. Dehghan or five years fighting emerged as the main force he is operating in kinds of indiscriminate weap- to assist says Russia has failed to respect has raged in Syria — a fighting the Islamic State group, perilously shifting ons against civilian areas in humanitarian disas- affording them a great deal its quest for survival, using its military confidentiality, describing Moscow’s ground. attitude as ‘ungentlemanly’. Dehghan ter destabilising the of autonomy in their enclave warplanes, so-called barrel region and the world. in the north of the country, bombs and siege-and-star- advisers. also denied Iran had reserved its FThe aim of Bashar Assad’s oppo- bordering Turkey. The strength- vation methods that have airbase in the western Hamedan region nents’ always was to drive the ening of the Syrian Kurds has resulted in the death of tens for Russia, saying it would only use Syrian leader from power, but in turn emboldened Turkey’s partner who can guarantee that of thousands. the base for a limited time in line with the need in Syria. But, Ali they have lacked the means to own minority Kurds; that’s Syria’s Kurds remain contained. Yet the West, fearing Shamkhani, the top official coordinating security and political dislodge him. Now an inflec- a worrying development for “I think this is the begin- another Middle Eastern quag- affairs between Tehran and its allies, Moscow and Damascus, tion point may be at hand, with Ankara, which has long tried ning of a dance where both mire, has wavered — stopping said yesterday that the Russian warplanes bombed Aleppo at powerful opposition backer Tur- to keep down Kurdish power parties signal not only their short of announcing a no-fly key suggesting Assad, despite his and ambitions. willingness but ability as zone in northern Syria, not Iran’s request to assist its military advisers on the ground. It is brutality in the war, could play Nonetheless, after suffering well to find areas of common attacking Assad’s forces after reported that growing public opinion against the use of air base a role in an unspecified transi- a series of attacks on civilians interests in terms of contain- blaming him for the use of by Russia had prompted the Speaker to come with a denial. tion period. which were blamed on IS, Ankara ing the Kurds,” Kamel said. chemical weapons, and hes- Everyone knows Iran’s interest in Syria and its unequivocal The statement on Satur- is now promising to more actively “We are in the process of bar- itating to forcefully back and backing of Assad, a war criminal and human rights violator. day by Turkish Prime Minister fight the jihadis as well. gaining and trying to find a heavily arm the rebels. But Tehran officially says it only has ‘military advisers’ in Syria. Binali Yildirim was nuanced: That would create a settlement in which all par- That landscape has On one hand, “Assad does not supremely awkward implicit ties have a win.” proven a boon for Putin, The fact is that, hundreds of Iranian Revolutionary Guard appear to be someone who alliance of Turkey and the With so many Arab nations whose support of Assad Corps (IRGC) fighters — including Quds special forces — are can bring (Syrians) together” Kurds — as well as Iran, Syria unravelling or sidelined by insur- appears determined, strategic operating in Syria and several hundreds, including a number of — but on the other, “there may and the US-led coalition. It’s a gencies, Turkey is poised for and successful when com- senior commanders, are known to have died fighting alongside be talks (with Assad) for the situation many would be eager greater influence in the region pared to the Western powers’ Hezbollah and Assad regime forces. But Tehran continues to transition.” to keep brief. despite the lingering resent- prevarications. mislead the world that its primary objective in Syria is fighting Until now, Syria’s neigh- Ankara is also tired of tak- ments of heavy-handed colonial Viewed from that per- the Islamic State (IS) terrorists before it can become a threat bour to the north was ing in Syria refugees; they now rule by its predecessor, the Otto- spective, Western leaders may determined to see him out number over two million. man Empire. quietly come to the conclu- within its own borders. Whatever the motivation, Iran seems of power — providing refuge Perhaps most impor- Yet for its new openness to sion that the need to end the as committed as ever to fighting in Syria, alongside an array and supply lines for a variety tant: Erdogan’s strikingly Assad to prevail, it would need war could trump the need to be of other outside powers. But the new level of Russian-Iranian of Syrian rebel groups and repressive crackdown after to be adopted by other players, immediately rid of Assad. cooperation raises more doubts. turning something of a blind the failed July military coup primarily the mainstream Syr- Nudging them in that direc- eye to the use of its territory by has been widely criticised ian rebels and the key powers of tion is Assad’s central argument: groups waging their own fight by the West, prompting him the West. that the most powerful of his with Assad as well. to move closer to Russia; a For the West, the notion of a opponents, the jihadi radicals Turkey had several reasons friendly meeting two weeks determined shift to democracy of the Islamic State group, are, for offering critical support to ago with Vladimir Putin, held great appeal back in 2011, amazingly perhaps, the greater the rebellion. Though not an Assad’s determined patron, when the Arab Spring was in of the evils. Quote of the day Arab state, Turkey is predom- commenced a rapproche- its infancy and idealistic hopes inantly Sunni, like most of the ment and seemed to hint at ran high. We have to produce oil rebels, and it naturally chafes more to come. But that has changed with Zeina Karam of the Associated at the domination of Syria by Ayham Kamel, a Middle the serial failures across the Press in Beirut, Lebanon has in order to get gas. This Assad’s Alawite sect, an off- East analyst with the Eurasia region — a failed state in Libya, reported on political upheaval, is a very old oilfield, if shoot of Shiaism and part of Group consultancy, said Tur- the rise of IS in multiple coun- war and transformation in the this field does not a regional axis that includes key’s position on Assad is tries, never-ending wars in Middle East for almost two dec- Lebanon’s Hezbollah group becoming significantly more Yemen and Syria, the election ades, has been named as Beirut produce oil, it can be and Iran. flexible as Russia plays a more of Islamists in Egypt followed bureau chief for The Associated degraded. The government of Presi- active role, and that the Syr- by their ouster by the military. Press, leading coverage of Leb- dent Recep Teyyip Erdogan is ian government’s recent and Iraq’s sectarian miseries anon as well as the devastating Haider Al Abadi Islamist-rooted while Assad is unprecedented bombing of have even lent some currency conflict in Syria and Dan Perry is Associated Press Middle East Iraqi Prime Minister avowedly secularist. And Tur- US-backed Kurdish posi- in the region to the notion that key is a Nato member which tions sought to show Ankara Saddam Hussein, brutal des- editor (text), previously Europe/ until now has supported the that Assad is the only serious pot though he was, at least held Africa editor.

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information, security officials said they were hoping that members of MARA could assist, but were left frustrated — yet unsurprised — by their brush off given junta leader-cum-Prime Minister Pray- uth Chan-ocha’s recent dismissiveness of the group. Although no one has claimed respon- sibility for the bombings, officials (despite initially stonewalling) now say they believe that the attacks were linked to the trouble in Thailand’s far South, in which more than 7,000 people have been killed By Don Pathan since January 2004 when insurgency Anatolia flared up in the majority Muslim, Malay speaking southernmost border provinces. All fingers, they say, point to the BRN, the one group that Thai and international spate of bombings that killed observers say controls the vast majority four people and injured of the combatants on the ground. around 35 in Thailand’s south We tried to seek comment from BRN are expected to have negative on the attacks earlier this week, but offi- repercussions on ongoing cials declined a response. Apeace talks between the government MARA Patani surfaced in August and Malay Muslim rebels in the far South. 2015 and made three key demands as In spite of silence from policy makers attempted to negotiate: immunity for in Bangkok, Thai investigators believe the all key members, official recognition of Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) — the the group as the government’s counter- largest and most heavily armed of the part in the peace talks, and to make the deep South rebel groups — was behind negotiations to find peace in the south a the August 11-12 spate of attacks. national agenda. These demands must be They were hoping members of an met before a formal negotiation process umbrella organisation, MARA Patani can take place, they said. — which is claiming to represent many From August 2015 to April 2016, rep- rebel units in peace discussions with the resentatives from the two sides met on government — could help shed light, or several occasions to nail out the terms of Soldiers stand guard at the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand. perhaps act as go-between with the BRN, reference (TOR) for a formal process, but but MARA has decided to give the Thais when it came to signing the TOR, Thai- community, including the Organisation of discredit the Thai-MARA peace initia- Moreover, it has actively come out a cold shoulder. land balked. Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the 57-mem- tive because the very district in which the against the perpetrators, many of whom Thailand’s military government has Chan-ocha told reporters in April that ber world body made up of Muslim ranger unit was located was poised to be it at one time claimed to represent. been in discussion with MARA since 2015, he could not recognize MARA because the countries. designated as a cease-fire zone. “I strongly condemn the recent inci- but Thai officials said this week that the organisation was associated with “crim- MARA met an OIC delegation in Kuala As a way to test if MARA has any dents that targeted innocent civilians,” unofficial “pre-negotiation” talk will inal” elements. Lumpur last January in spite of objection influence with the combatants on the Kasturi Mahkota, a key figure from now be pushed to the back burner as it Thai officials, however, claim that from the Bangkok government, but dur- ground, Thai negotiators had requested MARA, said in a statement issued soon is becoming increasingly clear that MARA reference to “criminals” — combatants ing the OIC Summit in Turkey this year, that three districts in Thailand’s far South after the explosions. could not (or would not) provide infor- on the ground — was just a convenient the Thai government succeeded in con- come under a so-called “safety zone”. Kasturi is the president of one of the mation on the perpetrators behind the excuse. The real reason they say has vincing OIC not to make any reference to BRN insurgents on the ground, how- three Patani United Liberation Organi- bombing and arson attacks in seven tour- to do with Bangkok’s unwillingness MARA Patani in the final communique. ever, sabotaged the plan to show that they sation (PULO) factions, which signed ist destinations in the upper south. to grant any Patani Malay separatist In the past, such ambiguity over the were the ones in control of the situation, up with MARA last year. With the Talking to Anatolia on condition of movement any more legitimacy than extent of MARA’s influence over combat- according to a source in the movement. gap between the groups and those anonymity given the sensitivity of the they think they deserve. ants on the ground has played in their After a barrage of criticism from local on the ground increasing, questions Moreover, said the source, Chan-ocha favor, as they know that Thailand des- residents and human rights organisa- are being asked as to how talks can does not believe that MARA has any influ- perately wants to curb daily violence to tions, MARA decided to play it safe by possibly continue, with MARA Patani ence over combatants on the ground. show the public that the military is pro- denying any involvement and criticising seemingly having little control over Thailand’s military government has In spite of the ill feeling stemming gressing in the right direction. the use of a hospital as a staging ground. the insurgents. been in discussion with MARA since from Chan-ocha’s statement, the two On its launch, in August 2015, the BRN, which now sees MARA as a rival BRN officials have told Anatolia that sides are expected to meet early next movement claimed to have some 9,000 (as the two compete to win over com- they will only talk peace with Thailand 2015, but officials said this week month in Kuala Lumpur to continue fighters on the ground, but over time — as batants on the ground), has said that in if they are given the same training in that the unofficial “pre-negotiation” with the TOR, although Thai officials say insurgents continued to carry out attacks spite of the criticism of the use of the hos- negotiations and diplomacy by the inter- any reference agreement will be “very while violating humanitarian principles pital, discrediting the Thailand-MARA national community and foreign states talk will now be pushed to the back diluted”. — MARA decided to recalibrate their posi- peace initiative was well worth it. And afforded to rebel groups in Indonesia’s burner as it is becoming increasingly Although MARA Patani does have a tion and distance themselves from the the security sources say the August 11-12 Aceh and the Philippines’ Mindanao. handful of self-proclaimed BRN mem- old claim. bombings were another moment of truth As for MARA Patani, Thai security clear that MARA could not provide bers on its executive board, combatants One example was a March 2016 for MARA. officials said they would almost certainly information on the perpetrators on the ground have said that they do not operation in Narathiwat’s Cho Ai Rong “MARA Patani has chosen to play now evolve into a purely political entity behind the bombing and arson take orders from the organisation or the district, when scores of separatist mil- it safe by distancing themselves from and take up social-political issues. self-proclaimed representatives. itants used a local hospital to stage insurgency violence in the deep South, “They could even liaise between attacks in seven tourist destinations Since its existence, MARA has consist- an attack on the army’s Paramilitary especially the ones that clearly violate Bangkok and BRN, assuming if this in the upper south. ently tried to make itself relevant. This Ranger unit next door. humanitarian norms,” said a Thai secu- is acceptable to all sides,” one official includes reaching out to the international BRN said the attacks were meant to rity officer monitoring the conflict. underlined. Ukrainian reforms open a new door to fraud

By Natalia Zinets But that turned out to be just the first Apostol told Reuters those head of Ukraine’s European Business shopping mall in the eastern city of Reuters hint of a much bigger problem. The behind the fraud appeared to have Association. Kharkiv, from Austrian firms Uniqa company, it transpired, was no longer been involved in other cases as well, “But in practice, positive tools Real Estate and Uniqa Real Estate the owner of a $50 million subsidi- although he declined to give more are being used by unscrupulous peo- Holdings. “In our case it was clear ary running one of its main projects. details of the ongoing investigation. ple while bona fide owners are not from the first glance that documents he goal was to make Ukraine A few days earlier, someone had “We are aware of the people at protected. An agent, motivated by had been forged. The names of our more friendly for investors by walked into a registrar’s office in the very lowest rung, who had the money, can transfer your business co-founders had been written with Treducing red tape. But reforms Baryshivka, a village of about 10,000 affidavits on which the firm was to anyone, because the law does not mistakes—Unica instead of Uniqa,” that loosened the rules for registering people, 74 km (45 miles) outside the transferred,” he said. How long it assume any responsibility for nota- Yuriy Kushnir, general director of Ave ownership of assets have left compa- capital. The man presented forged would take to prosecute the case ries,” Mikhaylovska told Reuters. Plaza, told journalists. nies prey to fraudsters who can swipe documents, and re-registered the would depend on how long the Deputy Justice Minister Pavlo Like Stolitsa, Uniqa was able to entire businesses at a pen stroke. title to the subsidiary. chain went to find those ultimately Moroz told Reuters the government recover control of its subsidiary. But The new laws, which took effect According the register, the new responsible. still has only limited tools to address the fraudsters managed to steal mil- in December, give thousands of pri- owner was now a 21-year-old living Since a revolution ousted the issue. The ministry can bar nota- lions of hryvnias from the company’s vate notaries new powers to record in territory controlled by separatists Ukraine’s pro-Russian government ries suspected of wrongdoing from account before it was handed back. changes of ownership of assets at in eastern Ukraine, who had bought in 2014, the country’s new pro- accessing state records, but it can- That case is also under investigation. According to the registries around the country. one of the highest-profile real estate Western leaders say they are trying not withdraw their licences, nor is In another case, global agricul- According to the government, on projects in Ukraine for $400. Stolitsa to make Ukraine a better place to there a law that specifically classi- ture producer Bunge says a private government, at least 250 occasions so far, fraud- says the whole transaction was fake. invest. Ukraine has crept up the fies incorrect registrations as a crime. notary in the Vinnytsia region reg- on at least 250 sters have taken advantage of the “It happened out of the blue and World Bank’s “ease of doing business” In September the ministry plans istered a grain elevator belonging to changes to seize control of shopping we rushed to Baryshivka to that reg- rankings from 112th to a relatively to submit a draft law to parliament one of its subsidiaries to new owners. occasions so far, malls, building sites or other busi- istry office,” Valentyna Radionova, a respectable 83rd, two spots above which will remove the right of nota- The local subsidiary of Italian fraudsters have nesses, sometimes emptying bank senior manager at Stolitsa, told Reu- China. One change was to speed up ries to change the ownership of bank Unicredit temporarily lost a taken advantage accounts before they are discovered. ters. Stolitsa, which has built hotels, transactions by making it much eas- businesses that are not in their local Kiev office building called Horizont The fraud outbreak shows how shopping malls and office buildings ier to register changes in ownership area. More documentation will be Park that it had held as collateral for a of the changes to steps taken by Ukraine’s pro-West- across Kiev, was eventually able to of assets. Previously, only central- required to register changes in prop- loan. A private notary in a village had seize control of ern government to open the country recover control of its subsidiary, and ised registries could record changes erty ownership, and owners will have changed ownership, the bank says. “A up to investment can instead back- the case is now the subject of a crim- of ownership of property. But now the option of obtaining paper cer- situation is developing in which nota- shopping malls, fire, providing more opportunities inal investigation. Managers agreed such transactions can be recorded in tificates that must be presented to ries ... can, with complete impunity, building sites or for criminals. The government says to discuss the fraud on condition that local registries like the one in Bary- transfer titles. “I am confident as soon carry out the illegal manipulation of it is planning new legislation to tackle the project that was targeted not be shivka. Some 6500 private notaries as these changes are approved this property,” Tamara Savoshchenko, other businesses, the problem, but those changes are identified, to avoid undermining con- can register a business, a change phenomenon will disappear,” Moroz CEO of UniCredit’s Ukrainian sub- sometimes months away, and meanwhile the fidence in it. in ownership or the movement of said. Since the reforms, foreign inves- sidiary, told a news conference. emptying authorities have few tools to stop the The government says it collateral for banking loans. Trans- tors as well as Ukrainian firms have With a few multi-storey build- thefts. Something was wrong when responded as quickly as possible, actions can be recorded day or night, been hit by similar scams. ings surrounded by cottages nestled bank accounts an accountant for Ukrainian real helping Stolitsa recover its prop- at weekends and from any location. The same day that the Bary- among fruit trees, the village of before they are estate developer Stolitsa Group tried erty. Mykhaylo Apostol, an adviser “It was aimed to improve shivka village registry recorded the Baryshivka is almost big enough to log on to the company’s online fil- to the interior minister, personally Ukraine’s position in the World bogus purchase of Stolitsa’s subsid- to be classified as a small town, discovered. ing system one Monday in July. went with Stolitsa representatives to Bank’s rating for doing business,” iary, it also transferred ownership earning it the official trappings of The login credentials didn’t work. Baryshivka to investigate. said Svetlana Mikhaylovska, deputy of Ave Plaza, a business centre and a district centre.

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Afghanistan hails US MQM ousts London-based chief troop deployment to Enough is enough. embattled city The party can no longer afford the AFP “The (US) troops... are provid- backlash of such ing all the support necessary to statements and our forces on the ground,” ministry KABUL: Afghanistan yesterday wel- spokesman Mohammad Radmanesh speeches of Altaf comed the deployment of around said recently. Hussain: Sattar 100 US troops to Lashkar Gah to “We have enough Afghan troops help head off a potential Taliban on the ground in Helmand, but they takeover, the first major Ameri- need support and training from our can deployment to the southern international partners. We appre- Anatolia city since foreign forces withdrew ciate their presence alongside our in 2014. forces.” Fighting has recently escalated in The turmoil convulsing Hel- KARACHI: Squeezed by mounting the southern opium-growing prov- mand, blighted by a huge opium public and government pressure, a ince of Helmand, with insurgents harvest that helps fund the insur- controversial opposition party has coming within a few kilometres of gency, underscores a rapidly suspended its London-based chief its capital Lashkar Gah, raising alarm unravelling security situation in and appointed a veteran leader as that the city was at risk. Afghanistan. new head declaring that the party The Taliban have also closed in Fighting has left thousands of could no longer “afford” the burden on Kunduz, the northern city which people displaced in Helmand in of self-exiled supremo. the insurgents briefly seized last recent weeks, sparking a humani- The move came a day after year in their biggest military vic- tarian crisis as officials report food hundreds of members of the Kara- tory so far, leaving Afghan forces and water shortages. chi-based Muttahida Qaumi stretched on multiple fronts. Nato officially ended its combat Pakistani paramilitary rangers patrol as they cordon off a street leading to the headquarters of MQM after Movement (MQM) party stormed tel- “This is a big effort by the Tali- mission in December 2014, but US evision stations, clashed with police it was sealed recently. ban. It’s probably the most serious forces were granted greater powers and shouted anti-state slogans in the push we’ve seen of the (fighting) in June to strike at the insurgents as southern port city of Karachi follow- the party as well -, and subsequently remarks. He, time and again, has happen in the future, we are taking season,” Brig Gen Charles Cleveland, President Barack Obama vowed a ing a speech by their leader Altaf led to a security forces crackdown made such non-defendable remarks- the party affairs in our hands,” Sat- spokesman for US-led Nato forces more aggressive campaign. Hussain, who has been in exile in in Karachi, and other parts of the sometimes against the state of tar said with over two dozen party in Afghanistan said on Monday. The US intervention has fuelled London for last 24 years. southern Sindh province, late Mon- Pakistan- isolating the party and leaders, and parliamentarians along- Cleveland said around 100 the perception that foreign powers At least one person was killed day night. leaving the leaders and workers in side him. US troops had been deployed to are increasingly being drawn back and several others injured when Farooq Sattar, a founding member trouble,” Sattar, who was among “If such statements are a result of Lashkar Gah, in what he called a into the conflict as Afghan forces hundreds of members from the and the MQM’s parliamentary leader 25 students who had formed MQM mental stress, then that mental stress “temporary effort” to train and struggle to rein in the Taliban. MQM stormed the office of the local in the lower house - National Assem- in 1979 in Karachi for the rights of needs to be resolved first. It would advise local forces, although he The fighting in Helmand comes ARY TV station before clashing with bly - has taken over as the new party Urdu-speaking people, said. be better for MQM to operate from refused to specify a time frame. as Afghan troops are stretched on police who arrived at the scene. head declaring that “ all the decisions “Enough is enough. The party can Pakistan until Altaf Hussain’s health “We do not believe that Lashkar several other battlefronts across His speech also contained anti- from now will be taken by us”. no longer afford the backlash of such issues are resolved”, he maintained Gah is about to fall,” he added. Afghanistan -- including eastern Pakistan slogans, which drew “MQM has already suffered a lot statements and speeches. Therefore, referring to reports that Hussain has The Afghan defence ministry Nangarhar province where the IS countrywide criticism - from within from (Altaf Hussain’s) controversial to make sure that these things do not been suffering from mental stress, welcomed the US reinforcements. group is making inroads.

Bangles offered to Leaving for Hajj Ban for ‘inaction’ Migrant travels 400km belted to AFP killed in clashes between protesters and police and troops and thousands underside of lorry more injured in the worst violence MUZAFFARABAD: Women in Paki- to hit the restive region since 2010. ROME: An Afghan migrant stan-administered Kashmir offered Hospitals have reported hun- travelled 400km along an their bangles to Ban Ki-moon yes- dreds of young men and boys Italian highway strapped terday, an insult in patriarchal South suffering serious eye and other inju- to the bottom of a lorry Asia aimed at the UN head’s per- ries from the pellets. with leather belts, police ceived inaction over violence of the “If the secretary general of the said yesterday. disputed region. UN Ban Ki-moon can’t help Kash- The man, estimated Hundreds of refugee women miris, he should wear these bangles by the authorities to be marched in Muzzafarabad, capi- and rest,” protester Irshad Qureshi around 20 years old, tal of the Pakistani side, chanting said, clutching her bracelets. was arrested after other slogans against the UN as some Others held placards saying the motorists on the Naples- clutched their bangles in their hands bangles were “For UN”. Rome stretch of the in protest at the weeks of deadly Bangles are deeply embedded in A1 motorway alerted violence. female identity in Pakistan. police after seeing him Much of Kashmir has been To offer the delicate bracelets suspended from his under curfew since protests broke to a man is to say he is acting like makeshift harness. out over the death on July 8 of a a woman -- still seen as an insult It was unclear when Pakistani Hajj pilgrims load their luggage onto a waiting bus at The Hajj Complex in Islamabad, yesterday, popular young rebel leader in a gun- in the deeply conservative country, exactly he had attached fight with security forces. where women have been fighting for before leaving for the annual pilgrimage to the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah in Saudi Arabia. himself to the underside More than 60 civilians have been their rights for decades. of the vehicle but police believe he had travelled like that from the south- eastern port of Brindisi. The Bulgarian lorry Pakistan to expand glacier monitoring in bid to cut disaster risk drivers, said they had been unaware of the stowaway and were allowed to con- Reuters the fastest in the world, according to director-general of the meteoloro- money with each $1 spent saving $7 seven flood warning radars - is now tinue their journey. the Pakistan Meteorological Depart- logical department said. in tackling the aftermath of disasters very poor and obsolete,” Ghulam ment (PMD). “Based on data from these such as floods, development experts Rasul said. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will invest Last month, the government weather stations, timely warnings have said. Besides expanding early warn- Islamabad to $8.5m to expand a network of glacier approved 892.5 million rupees for will be issued to provide a lead time Pakistan’s meterological depart- ing systems, disaster management monitoring stations tracking the pace a four-year project to expand the of 60 to 90 minutes to communi- ment also has submitted a six-year officials are focusing on getting establish first of glacial melt in the Hindu Kush, network of monitoring stations as ties in flood-prone areas to respond plan to modernise the country’s aging early warnings to as many people Karakoram and Himalayan moun- officials seek more accurate data effectively to early flood warnings,” weather forecasting system - at a cost as possible as quickly as possible, old age home tain ranges, in an effort to strengthen on temperature, humidity, chang- he said. of $159m - to Prime Minister Nawaz said Ahmad Kamal, a spokesman early warning systems and reduce ing rainfall patterns and wind speed, Pakistan is one of the most dis- Sharif for approval. for the National Disaster Manage- ISLAMABAD: A shelter the impact of flooding in the South while tracking the rate at which gla- aster-prone countries in the world. The plan proposes installing 22 ment Agency. home for elderly will soon Asian country. ciers are melting. In 2010, the country suffered the meteorological radar stations across The agency has sought coopera- be established in the Almost half of Pakistan’s 5,000 “The initiative is indispensi- worst floods in a generation with the country and 400 advanced tion from the state-owned Pakistan federal capital with an glaciers, covering around 15,000 ble for enhancing the country’s more than 1,600 killed and over 14 automatic weather stations, while Telecommunication Authority and accommodation capacity square kilometres, are in rapid climate resilience, and vital to the million affected as floodwaters inun- overhauling community-based bodies regulating print and electronic of 40 persons. retreat, scientists say. The rate of gla- meteorological department’s abil- dated over a third of the country. weather observatory stations in 98 media to disseminate weather fore- The National Council cial melt, which has risen by about ity to timely release warnings about Investing in disaster prepared- districts. casts and early warnings by SMS and of Social Welfare (NCSW) 23% in the previous decade, is among the flood risk,” Ghulsam Rasul, ness not only saves lives but also “Our radar network - comprising print media when disaster threatens. Chairperson, Dr Nadeem Shafiq Malik, informed that they would estab- lish the old age home, a first in the city, for male Two children wounded in grenade blast Pakistanis miss Asian Science Camp and female inmates in collaboration with a non-government organi- AFP where Taliban militants have been militants had left the grenade there. Internews universities of the country were sation (NGO), Nijat Trust, active. Taliban militants stormed a selected by the government after which was already run- Two children who came to school school in Peshawar in December a written test and expert panel ning two shelter homes in PESHAWAR: A hand grenade early found a grenade lying on the 2014, killing more than 150 people, ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani del- interviews. Rawalpindi. exploded yesterday, wounding two ground. They picked it up and started mostly children, in Pakistan’s dead- egation has missed the 10th Asian Nobel Laureates and world- Dr Malik said that the schoolchildren, one critically, as playing with it before removing its liest-ever terror attack. Science Camp taking place in the distinguished scientists will speak council would provide they were playing with it in a remote pin, senior police official Zahid Khan Islamist militants opposed to co- Indian city of Bengaluru because on the occasion, according to the accommodation and bear northwestern Pakistani village, said. education have destroyed hundreds the government has failed to get official website of the Asian Sci- utility expenses, while police said. One of the children was critically of schools, mostly for girls, in north- visas for the participants in time. ence Camp that started from rest of the facilities would The incident took place a pri- wounded while the other had light west Pakistan, while the shooting of According to official sources, August 21 and would continue be ensured by their part- mary school in Dhob Darra of injuries, Khan said. Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan’s Swat five students from various for seven days. ner NGO. northwestern Upper Dir valley, He added that police suspect Valley in 2012 shocked the world. INDIA WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST 2016 11 More than 6 million affected by floods

ground and they are being provided World’s ‘longest’ with cooked rice, clean drinking Vada Pao made Heavy monsoon rains water, polythene sheets,” he told the have caused rivers, Thomson Reuters Foundation. in Gurgaon In neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, including the mighty where 43 people have died and over Gurgaon: A team of 25 Ganges and its one million are affected, schools people used 200kg of were closed in the cities of Varanasi potatoes and bread each tributaries, to burst and Allahabad as both the Ganges to make the world’s long- their banks forcing and Yamuna rivers crossed danger est Vada Pao in just people into relief levels and flood waters continued three hours — 145 feet to rise. long. So said a spokes- camps in Madhya Two persons drowned in the person for Nukkadwala, Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Yamuna in Allahabad after a car a chain of restaurants was swept away in the river, police which brings street food Pradesh, Rajasthan said. Three friends, including the from across India, yes- and Uttarakhand. manager of a Christian school, terday , the World Vada had gone to see the flood-swollen Pao Day. Vada Pao, often river when the incident took place called the Indian burger, around 2am. is hugely popular in Reuters & IANS The car drowned at Naini near Maharashtra. The long- the DPS school. The dead were iden- est ‘Indian burger’ was tified as Mitchell Innes and Ambuj displayed at Vatika Busi- Pandey, police said. A third person ness Park at Sector 49 NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: At in the car, Neeraj Kesarwani, swam here on Sohna Road. The least 300 people have died in eastern to safety and informed the police and preparations had been and central India and more than six the families of his two friends. The going on for three days. million others have been affected by three could not estimate the depth of The final Vada Pao was floods that have submerged villages, the water on the road in which they made within a record Men sit on the roof of a partially submerged shop in a flooded residential colony in Allahabad yesterday. washed away crops, destroyed roads were driving. The water current was time of three hours. Over and disrupted power and phone lines, very strong. 2,500 people attended officials said yesterday. The holy city of Varanasi, where Pradesh, where at least 70 have died Officials said the fast-flowing “The Centre assures total support the event and eventually Heavy monsoon rains have thousands of Hindus flock daily, since the onset of the monsoons in waters had breached embankments in the rescue and relief operations.” feasted on the Vada Pao. caused rivers, including the mighty was also forced to halt cremations June and more than 40,000 homes and eroded dykes in some areas, Aid agencies responding in Gaurav Bhalla, Manag- Ganges and its tributaries, to burst along the banks of sacred Ganges partially or fully destroyed, almost leaving some roads inaccessi- Bihar and Uttar Pradesh said it ing Director, Nukkadwala, their banks forcing people into river — forcing families to cremate 20,000 people have been evacuated ble, compounding efforts to rescue was critical to be better prepared said: “I think we take our relief camps in the states of Madhya their relatives on the terrace roofs of to relief camps. marooned villagers. to minimise the deaths, displace- street food like Vada Pav Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajas- nearby houses, officials said. Officials said villagers would India’s National Disaster ment and devastation which is for granted. We wanted than and Uttarakhand. Television pictures showed return home when water levels Response Forces (NDRF) have been caused every year. people to know about the Government officials in Bihar, villagers wading waist deep in receded, although the Indian Mete- deployed to the five states, rescuing “Nowadays, floods are seen as World Vada Pav Day, so which has seen some of the worst floodwaters with their livestock, orological Department has forecast more than 33,000 people stranded a chronic problem and are viewed we decided to celebrate flooding this year with almost 120 mud-and-brick homes collapsing more rains for central India over the in remote villages. The NDRF have quite differently from other emer- it in our very own unique dead and more than five million and people climbing into wooden next two days. also distributed relief and provided gencies — so they often no longer Nukkadwala style. affected, said the situation was boats to get to relief camps. India usually experiences mon- medical assistance to over 9,000 attract adequate attention from serious. “We are all worried about what soon rains from June to September, survivors. either the media or donors,” said “The flood waters have engulfed we should do. For the last four days which are vital for its agriculture. The devastation prompted Thomas Chandy, CEO of Save the Ferocious dogs low-lying areas, homes and fields of we have living like this. We don’t even But in many states across the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Children in India. will be culled: crops,” said Zafar Rakib, a district have any food to eat,” 42-year-old country, the rains frequently cause Monday to offer additional sup- “In such a scenario, therefore, it is magistrate of Katihar, one of 24 dis- villager Doda Yadav told the NDTV landslides and flooding that dev- port from the federal government. critical that we develop better, more Kerala Minister tricts out of Bihar’s 38 districts which news station from Ballia district in astate crops, destroy homes and “I pray for the safety and well- effective, long-term solutions to cater have been hit by the deluge. Uttar Pradesh. expose people to diseases such as being of those in areas affected by to the plight of people and children Thiruvananthapuram: “We have shifted people to higher In the central state of Madhya diarrhoea. floods,” said Modi in a statement. in preparedness for floods.” The Kerala government has decided to cull all “ferocious dogs” after 50 strays killed a 65-year-old woman here last week. Women entrepreneurs Cows get glow-in-the-dark Minister for Local Self Government K T Jaleel told reporters that the horns to stop crashes government was aware of the feelings of the peo- ple following the ghastly NEW DELHI: Police in central India Balaghat district said. “There was an incident. “The immediate are sticking glow-in-the-dark strips urgent need to prevent such acci- steps that will be taken on the horns of stray cattle to prevent dents,” he said. will be to cull ferocious motorists from crashing into the ani- Because of the success of the dogs. All the local bodies mals as they wander across roads at scheme, officers say they now plan have been asked to ... ini- night, an officer said yesterday. to buy permanent radium paint to tiate Animal Birth Control Following a spate of road acci- cover cows’ horns, as the plastic programme among dogs,” dents, traffic police in one district bands only last for a few weeks. said Jaleel. Vijyan called of Madhya Pradesh state have stuck Authorities have also asked an emergency meeting of orange radium reflective bands on farmers to fix glow-in-the-dark all department heads to the horns of 300 cows and bulls to bands on their own cattle to help immediately address the help drivers spot them. them be seen more easily. fear of the public over the Stray cattle are a major traffic In 2015 more than 550 people frequent attacks by stray menace in India, with hundreds of were killed in India in accidents dogs in the state. bovines roaming freely on roads involving stray animals, according across the country. to road ministry figures. Diamond necklace “Many drivers injured them- A World Health Organisa- selves or killed the cattle after tion report in 2013 said more than for Rio medal girls Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor (centre) at “The Women Entrepreneur Exhibition” in Mumbai yesterday. running over them at night,” Kailash 231,000 people die on India’s deadly Chauhan, traffic police inspector for roads each year. Chennai: Leading jewel- lery chain NAC Jewellers yesterday decided to shower diamonds on Olympic medal win- Curfew eased in Srinagar; ning shuttler P.V. Sindhu Policeman swallows 40 knives and wrestler Sakshi Malik as well as gym- Rajnath to visit Kashmir AFP from a tumour after body scans showed a large solid nast Dipa Karmakar for mass. But on further investigation, they discovered doz- their great performance ens of folding knives with metal and wooden handles and at the recently-concluded measuring up to 18cm (seven inches) unfolded. Rio Olympic games. NAC IANS violent protests and counter-vio- NEW DELHI: A policeman who spent two months swal- “We immediately prepared him for surgery and Jewellers said it would lence that has so far left at least 68 lowing knives and had 40 of them surgically removed removed the knives. There was bleeding as some of them honour Sindhu with a people dead in over five weeks of said yesterday that “spiritual powers” made him do it. were unfolded,” Rajinder Rajan, one of the surgeons at diamond necklace worth unrest. The death toll also includes The father of two underwent a successful five-hour Corporate Hospital, said. Rajan said he suspected the Rs600,000 for a win- NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: Curfew two policemen. Thousands of civil- operation to remove the knives from his stomach in the patient, who told doctors he passed two more knives in ning silver medal, and was relaxed in parts of Srinagar ians and security personnel have northern city of Amritsar after complaining to doctors his stools, was suffering from depression. one worth Rs300,000 to yesterday after 45 days of unre- been injured. of severe abdomen pain. Doctors were not ruling out the possibility that he had Malik for winning bronze lenting restrictions with Home Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi “I don’t know why I did it but there was some spirit- pica disorder in which the sufferer feels compelled to con- medal in the women’s Minister Rajnath Singh set to visit and other senior officials from the ual power behind it,” the 42-year-old said from Amritsar, sume non-edible things. But the man said he would not do freestyle wrestling while the Kashmir valley on Wednesday ministry are expected to accompany declining to be named. “It started in June when I swal- it again. “I consumed a knife a day for about two months. honouring gymnast Kar- for a security review and expected Rajnath Singh to the valley. lowed the first knife and I enjoyed the feeling. It soon I never felt it was going to harm me but when it pained, I makar with R.100,000 for talks with politicians and civil soci- The visit comes as relative calm became a habit,” he said. came to the hospital. “I will not repeat it. I am glad they her great performance in ety members. prevailed in parts of Srinagar yes- Doctors said they initially thought he was suffering saved my life and I want to go back to my family.” which she just missed a The relaxation in weeks of cur- terday, after which the government medal. few and Home Minister’s planned lifted curfew from the uptown areas visit followed Prime Minister Naren- of the city from 9am to 8pm for the Jewellery worth dra Modi’s announcement on Monday first time since July 9 when violent that “there has to a dialogue” for a unrest erupted in the valley — after First Kerala resort goes ‘green’ Rs30m robbed “permanent and lasting solution” to the July 8 killing of Hizbul Muja- the problem within the framework hideen militant Burhan Wani. New Delhi: Diamond of the Constitution of India. While restrictions remained in IANS Set in the outskirts here, Poovar resort M R Narayanan said: The non- jewellery worth Rs30m Home Ministry officials in Delhi the Old City, people going in twos Island has pioneered green and envi- conventional energy system installed was robbed from the refused to divulge details about or threes were not stopped. Some ronment friendly systems. It plans to at Poovar will help it save nearly 35 house of an airline exec- Rajnath Singh’s two-day valley trip, vehicles also plied on the roads, go ‘Energy Neutal’ in future. The cur- percent in electricity bills. utive’s daughter here his second in a month. They said his residents said. Shops and business THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Ker- rent project has cost Rs31 lakh. The Poovar is also launching a hi- when she went out meetings in Srinagar had not been establishments, however, remained ala’s first premier green resort was present capacity of the newly installed tech polyhouse for growing organic to attend a wedding, finalised as yet. closed across the city for the 46th commissioned yesterday. The Poovar system will generate 50 kilo-Watt of vegetables. Known for offering the police said. The inci- The officials said the govern- day in a row. Separatist leaders have Island Resort on Kovalam beach will power from solar energy and another in-demand ayurvedic package, dent occurred on Sunday ment was keen on breaking the asked people to continue the shut- run on a combination of solar power two kW from wind energy. Poovar Island has increased the night in Anand Lok area. logjam and end the vicious cycle of down till August 25. and wind generated energy. Managing Director of Poovar number of rooms at the resort to 85. 12 WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST 2016 EUROPE

Berlin and Paris Perched at the top Russian soldier press for EU gets life for killing Armenian family

YEREVAN: An Armenian encryption law court yesterday sentenced a Russian soldier to life in prison for killing a family jihadist Islamic State a big user of of seven outside a Russian such apps, investigators in several military base in Armenia, French Interior countries have said. which sparked a major cri- Minister Bernard French Interior Minister Ber- sis in relations between nard Cazeneuve said European the two historic allies. Cazeneuve said Commission should draft a law The court in city of the European obliging operators to cooperate in Gyumri, found Valery Per- Commission should judicial investigations into tracking myakov guilty of killing down terrorists. “If such legislation the family after he left his draft a law obliging was adopted, this would allow us to base with a machine gun operators to impose obligations at the European and went on a shooting level on non-cooperative operators,” rampage at their home, cooperate in judicial he told a joint conference with his killing all of them includ- investigations to German counterpart in Paris. ing a 6-month-old infant. Cazeneuve singled out the app track down terrorists. operated by Telegram, which he said did not cooperate with gov- The Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) buttefly and a cabbage white (Pieris brassicae) perch on a flower Swiss charge 3 ernments, adding that legislation in Popielarze village, near Warsaw, Poland, yesterday. should target both EU and non-EU suspects in global Reuters companies. A spokesman for Tele- gram did not immediately respond phishing case to a request for comment. Telegram promotes itself as ultra- GENEVA: Swiss prosecu- PARIS: France and Germany said secure because it encrypts all data Top French court to examine burkini ban tors say they’ve charged they want to compel operators from the start of transmission to the three people accused of mobile messaging services to finish. A number of other services, of illegally obtaining allow access to encrypted content including Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp, AFP the town of Villeneuve-Loubet. including one in Nice on July 14. data on at least 133,600 to aid terrorism investigations, join- say they have similar capabilities. Villeneuve-Loubet, west of Nice, The burkini was “liable to offend credit cards with compu- ing forces after a series of deadly Cazeneuve’s initiative has come was among the first of some 15 French the religious convictions or (reli- ter fraud following their attacks in both countries. under fire from privacy and dig- towns to ban burkini, triggering fierce gious) non-convictions of other users extradition from Thailand. French intelligence serv- ital experts, who warned against PARIS: A ban on the Islamic burkini debate in France and about the wear- of the beach,” and “be felt as a defi- The Swiss attorney ices, on high alert since attackers opening “backdoors” that would swimsuit by several French towns ing of the full-body swimsuit, women’s ance or a provocation exacerbating general’s office said yes- killed scores of civilians in Paris in let governments read content. will come before France’s highest rights and secularity. tensions felt by” the community, it terday the group for November and in Nice in July, are How could we then prevent administrative court tomorrow, the The Nice tribunal ruled on added. years earned a living from struggling to intercept messages terrorists from creating their own tribunal said. Monday that the ban in Villeneuve- The ruling by the State Coun- unlawful procurement from Islamist militants. encrypted apps and as a conse- The Human Rights League (LDH) Loubet was “necessary, appropriate cil, France’s highest administrative and fraudulent online Many of the groups now favour quence enjoy a higher level of is appealing a decision by a lower and proportionate” to prevent court, will provide a legal prece- use of credit card data. encrypted messaging services over security than users who have noth- court in the Riviera city of Nice public disorder after a succes- dent for towns to follow around the It said “credit card hold- mainstream social media, with ing to hide?” experts said. which upheld a ban on the outfit by sion of jihadists attacks in France, country. ers around the world and Swiss financial institu- tions” were affected. The three obtained the data through so- In cool waters Germany to accept called phishing attacks. UK soldier dead migrants from Italy in night-time

Reuters la Repubblica TV, yesterday. training exercise “(But) today we have heard that from September hundreds of refu- LONDON: Britain’s Min- gees will be able to go each month istry of Defence said a ROME: Germany has agreed to to Germany. If things go well with soldier has been killed take in hundreds of migrants who Germany, we think they will also go during a night-time train- are blocked in Italy in a move that well with other countries,” he added. ing exercise involving live might revive the European Union’s Italy has taken in more than rounds on a firing range. failed relocation programme, Italy’s 420,000 boat migrants since the Police said the Royal Interior Minister Angelino Alfano start of 2014, official figures show. Regiment of Scotland sol- said yesterday. Many of the newcomers move dier died from a serious As part of a deal to relieve pres- swiftly on, looking to reach wealth- head wound at the Otter- sure on Europe’s frontline states in ier northern European nations, but a burn Training Area in the migration crisis, the European crackdown on border crossings has Northumberland, north- Commission last year devised a plan slowed the flows, leading to over- ern England. aimed at moving thousands of new crowding in Italy’s transit camps Police and Ministry of arrivals away from Italy and Greece and refugee centres, official fig- Defence accident inves- towards other EU members. ures show. tigators are trying to Under the scheme, up to 40,000 “We must remember that Ger- determine how the sol- migrants could be relocated from many already took in more than one dier died and whether any Italy over two years, but so far only million migrants in 2015. If it also other soldier was involved. a few hundred have been flown out takes in some of our (refugees) ... the Investigators have declined with many EU allies apparently message will be extremely strong, to specify whether the sol- reluctant to welcome in asylum because if Germany can do it, then dier was suspected of being People walk in the fountain by the Pyramid of the Louvre Museum in Paris, yesterday to cool off as seekers and refugees. so can all those who have not put shot by his own firearm or hot summer temperatures hit the city. “Up until now, the relocation in the huge effort that Germany another weapon. has been a real flop,” Alfano told already has,” Alfano said. 75 arrested in major Don’t take Trump seriously: Biden to Baltic states

Reuters region and some nervousness online child abuse swoop among allies about Trump, who has suggested he might abandon Nato’s AFP suspects and could for instance pledge to defend all alliance mem- include information such as com- RIGA: US Vice-President Joe Biden bers automatically if elected. puter IP addresses, Georges said. told Baltic leaders yesterday not to Both Democrats and Republi- She confirmed that in many take seriously comments by Repub- cans supported the Nato pledge, said THE HAGUE: Police swooped in 28 cases, perpetrators used the “Dark lican presidential nominee Donald Biden, who made his remarks during European countries and arrested 75 Web” and the Tor encryption sys- Trump that called into question the an appearnace with the leaders of all suspects for sharing child images on tem to mask their identities. US commitment to protect Nato allies three Baltic states in Riga. the internet while investigating 207 These networks “continue to be in the face of Russian aggression. “There is continued overwhelm- cases across the continent, Europe’s a primary source for persons with On a trip to Latvia, Biden sug- ing bipartisan commitment in the policing agency said yesterday. a violation interest in children who gested Trump, who has never held United States of America in both “Operation Daylight” was are seeking child abuse and exploi- elected office, did not understand political parties to maintain our started after Europol received tation material online,” Europol said Nato’s mutual defence guarantee, commitment to Nato,” he said. information from Swiss police last at its headquarters in The Hague. known as Article Five. Trump is running against Dem- year revealing a vast network of Although no specific countries “I want to make it absolutely ocratic presidential nominee Hillary criminals involved in the sexual were mentioned, Italian police said clear to all the people in Baltic states: Clinton, who has also affirmed her exploitation of minors, spokes- in a separate statement that many of we have pledged our sacred honour, commitment to Nato. woman Claire Georges said. those arrested were unknown to law the United States of America ... to the Lithuania, Latvia, and Esto- “The investigation lasted for enforcement and had never before Nato treaty and Article Five,” Biden, a nia, the three Baltic states which US Vice-President Joe Biden (left) and Latvia President Raimonds more than a year, based on the been outed. Democrat, said in the Latvian capital. regained independence in the early Vejonis speak during their bilateral meeting in Riga, Latvia, yesterday. Swiss information which led to 611 “All above suspicion and many “The fact that you occasionally 1990s a half century after being ‘intelligence packages’ being sent of them older than 50, they secretly hear something from a presidential annexed by the Soviet Union, see time and increase air and sea patrols sure that no matter what changes to 26 EU member states,” she told contributed to this despicable net- candidate in the other party, it’s ... themselves on the frontline of any to reassure allies in the region wor- will be after the elections in (the) reporters. Norway and Switzerland work from the confines of the four nothing that should be taken seri- potential conflict with Russia. ried about the threat from Moscow. United States, their commitments also participated. walls of their homes, always paying ously,” Biden said. Nato leaders agreed last month “It is important for us that we ... to Nato, to (the) Baltic region, will So-called intelligence packages maximum attention to source the Biden’s visit comes amid height- to deploy military forces to the Baltic are ready, all parties, to confirm our stay,” said Lithuanian President Dalia have detailed information about latest material,” the statement said. ened tensions with Russia in the states and eastern Poland for the first strategic partnership ... and we are Grybauskaite, speaking after Biden. AMERICAS WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST 2016 13 Obama vows to rebuild flood-ravaged Louisiana

residents of the water-soaked region, Going door-to-door and trailed many of whom have said they feel by cameras, he offered sympathy to The US President their plight has been ignored by residents as they took a break from visited flood-hit national officials and the media. the cleanup to talk about the damage. “This is not a one-off, this is not a “I wish I was coming at a better areas yesterday photo-op issue,” the president said in time,” he told one resident, as he put and spoke to the a statement to reporters. “I need all his arm around her and walked into residents assuring Americans to stay focused on this ... I her home for a brief tour. “But I’m know you will rebuild again.” glad to see everybody is safe, at least.” them of full help. Obama’s visit was a reminder The White House said Obama of political dangers and opportuni- is willing to assume criticism about ties that natural disasters can pose. “optics” as long as the federal The president has been criticised response is up to par. AP for waiting until after this New Eng- “The survivors of the flooding land vacation to tour the flooding. in Louisiana are not well served by The timing, coming amid a heated a political discussion; they’re well presidential campaign, drew criti- served by a competent, effective, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA: Stand- cism from some local officials and strong, coordinated government ing amid piles of waterlogged debris, Republicans political opponents, response,” White House spokes- President Barack Obama yesterday including GOP presidential candi- man Josh Earnest said. “And the promised a sustained national effort date Donald Trump. federal government has certainly to rebuild flood-ravaged southern Obama told reporter he doesn’t done our part in the first eight to Louisiana “even after the TV cam- “worry too much” about politics 10 days after this disaster, but eras leave” on a visit aimed in part and said he saw Americans coming there’s a long road ahead.” at stemming campaign-season crit- together to help. Obama was met at the Baton icism that he’s been slow to respond The president walked past mat- Rouge airport by a bipartisan group to the disaster. tresses, appliances and heaps of of officials, including Louisiana Gov- As he toured a battered neigh- clothing tossed out on the curb in ernor John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, bourhood and spoke to reporters, a middle-class area in East Baton and Lieutenant Governor Billy Nun- Obama reassured residents that the Rouge Parish, where few homes were gesser, a Republican. Republican US President Barack Obama speaks with residents as he tours a flood-affected area in Baton Rouge, federal response would be robust spared from storms that killed at least Senators Bill Cassidy and David Vitter and he tried to buck up beleaguered 13 people and displaced thousands. also met the president on the tarmac. Louisiana, yesterday.

Canada tells US tourists to leave Crew struggle to douse wildfires at several places AP where more than 2,400 people were destroyed near the town of Daven- All the park’s main tourist facilities stoking extreme fire behaviour. guns at home under evacuation orders. The fire was port, a figure that includes homes, and roads were open, although the fire Some 20 homes and other build- 35 percent contained after destroying garages and outbuildings. was creeping toward a key road linking ings were threatened, and other 34 homes and 14 other buildings. The fire jumped Spokane River West Entrance with the park’s interior. residents were told that the evacu- AFP SAN SIMEON, CALIFORNIA: Grow- California’s biggest fire grew to and threatened the small community The blaze has charred mostly ation area may spread. ing wildfires fed by windy, dry nearly 135 square miles in rugged wil- of Wellpinit on the Spokane Indian remote forest between West Yellow- OREGON: A wildfire spotted in conditions have destroyed buildings derness coast along Highway 1 north Reservation. Residents were told to stone, Montana, a border town just eastern Oregon has quickly become and forced evacuations in central of Big Sur. More than 400 homes evacuate after the town lost power. outside the park’s western boundary, one of the state’s largest active blazes. OTTAWA: A rash of gun-tot- California, eastern Washington, Ore- remained threatened by the fire. Another wildfire, south of Spokane and the Madison Junction recrea- Fire officials say the fire has ing Americans visiting Canada gon and elsewhere. Meanwhile, a 58-square-mile fire near the town of Spangle, destroyed at tional area within the park. scorched nearly 50 square miles of prompted its border agency to Crew in both states fought to con- that destroyed 105 homes in South- least 10 homes and numerous other The flames expanded by nearly brush and grass near Idaho state line. launch a public awareness cam- tain blazes yesterday, with firefighters ern California was almost entirely buildings Sunday, according to the 10 square miles. It’s one of four fires Officials say fire’s size was reduced paign yesterday reminding making headway in Golden State while contained and all evacuation orders Washington State Patrol. burning in Yellowstone, and warm, from 80 square miles due to better Americans about their northern authorities counted at least 16 homes were lifted. A third blaze was burning on windy weather was expected again. mapping. neighbours’ relatively strict fire- burned in the Northwest. WASHINGTON: Wildfires in northeast side of the city. That fire MONTANA: Authorities ordered Bureau of Land Management arms laws. Here’s a look at major wildfires: Spokane area have burned more than scorched 250 acres, and officials said people in a rural area of northwest- spokesman Larry Moore said wildfire “Canadian laws are different CALIFORNIA: A growing wild- a dozen homes and forced evacuations. some homes were likely destroyed. ern Montana to evacuate after a is burning two miles east of Owyhee than US ones,” the Canada Border fire in central California had charred One blaze west of eastern Wash- WYOMING: The largest fire wildfire doubled in size in one day. Reservoir, and it’s threatening Succor Services Agency said in a state- nearly 50 square miles by yesterday, ington city destroyed at least six in Yellowstone National Park in The Sanders County Sheriff’s Creek State Park. One hundred fire- ment issued yesterday. while a destructive blaze in Southern homes and scorched more than 9 northwest Wyoming grew to about Office told people to leave their fighters battled the fire. Forecasters “Non-restricted firearms can California was mostly under control. square miles, the Department of Nat- 35 square miles amid windy, warm homes outside the small town of were expecting afternoon wind gusts be used for hunting purposes Nearly 1,900 structures were ural Resources said. weather, but tourists could still visit Thompson Falls. Wind gusts of up of 25 miles per hour. and protection against wildlife threatened by a blaze in coastal San The Lincoln County Sher- the popular park during the busy to 40 miles per hour were expected The cause of the fire has yet to be in remote areas.” Luis Obispo and Monterey counties, iff’s Office said 11 structures were summer season. to blow across the dry, hot terrain, determined. But, it added, the “use of fire- arms for personal protection, or protection of property is not deemed a valid purpose to import firearms into Canada.” Junior panda turns one California lawmakers revive Switchblades, nunchucks, crossbows, blowguns and brass knuckles are also banned in Can- farmworker overtime bill ada, it noted. The announcement comes on the heels of two separate incidents AP comply and stepped up an online in which Texas retirees denied campaign to build support. carrying weapons at a border “Eventually humanity wins out,” checkpoint in Saint Stephen, New Gonzalez said. “I think people real- Brunswick. SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA: Cal- ise just how tough of a job it is and A search of their vehicles ifornia’s state Senate revived a bill how this inequality is really affect- uncovered several handguns, a that would make the state the first ing people’s lives.” shotgun and loose ammunition, in the United States to give farm- Republicans contend farm work which were seized. workers the same overtime pay as is inherently seasonal and shouldn’t The two tourists were also people who work in other indus- be subject to the same rules as tra- fined more than Can$1,000 ($775 tries, a last-ditch effort to reverse ditional labour. They said the bill US) and kicked out of Canada, a nearly 80-year-old practice of would raise costs for farmers and along with their wives. exempting the field hands from make it more difficult for them to In the first six months of this wage rules. compete with rivals in other states year, 413 guns were seized at the The provision passed with only and countries. border—both from smugglers and Democratic support after a debate It also would lead farmers to gun lovers. The figure is up from over whether it would help or hurt hire more workers, critics said, leav- 386 guns seized during the same an estimated 829,000 people who ing their existing employees with period in 2015, according to gov- work on California farms harvesting fewer hours and smaller paychecks ernment figures. fruit and vegetables, tending dairy — or prompt farm owners to replace Authorities have linked cows and performing a wide variety labor-intensive crops with products recent spikes in violent crimes to Giant panda cub Bei Bei (left) plays with his mother Mei Xiang at the David M. Rubenstein Family of other agricultural tasks. more conducive to automation. the smuggling of handguns and Giant Panda Habitat of the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, DC. The youngest Hourly workers in California are “This bill, instead of trying to other prohibited weapons from giant panda cub turned one yesterday. generally entitled to pay at one-and- help the farmworkers, is hosing the United States. a-half times the hourly rate after the farmworkers,” said Senator Tom they have worked eight hours in a Berryhill, R-Twain Harte. day or 40 hours in a week. But for The United Farm Workers union agricultural workers, the thresh- has lobbied intensely this year for old required to get overtime pay is increased farmworker overtime 10 hours a day or 60 hours a week. and is well connected to Demo- Rousseff to enter final ouster battle tomorrow “It’s time that we do right by cratic lawmakers. Farmworkers and these men and women who work supporters tried to draw attention to these fields every single day to their cause last week with a 24-hour AFP impeachment drive as a “coup” by provocative, there will be a reac- Rousseff survived torture in the nourish our bodies,” said Senate fast held outside the state Capitol in her rivals, led by her replacement, tion,” he told reporters. 1970s under Brazil’s military regime. President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, Sacramento. former vice president Michel Temer. The trial will open tomorrow, She later beat cancer and became the D-Los Angeles. Approval by the Assembly and “In the Senate, I will argue not four days after the Olympic Games country’s first woman president. The bill sponsored by Assem- Democratic Governor Jerry Brown BRASÍLIA: Brazil’s suspended pres- only for democracy and respect for closing ceremony in Rio de Janeiro. But she was unable to resist the blywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San would make California the first ident Dilma Rousseff enters her final the direct vote of the Brazilian peo- Rousseff is scheduled to appear in turning of the political tide as she Diego, would gradually eliminate state with equivalent overtime rules battle to win back power tomorrow, ple, but also for justice,” Rousseff told person to defend herself on August struggled to cope with a recession the disparity over a three-year for farm and non-farm workers, when senators open an impeach- reporters. 29. Senate president Renan Calhei- that hit in 2014 and failed to main- period beginning in 2019. Farms according to the UFW. ment trial expected to remove her But media estimate that most ros said the final vote would likely tain alliances. with fewer than 25 employees Farmworkers have been exempt from office for good. That would for- senators will vote to remove her. take place on August 30. “She made every kind of mistake would get an extra three years to from overtime pay requirements mally end 13 years of leftist rule in “This will be the last chance she If two thirds of the senators vote that a president can make,” said Ser- meet the standard. since Congress approved the Fair Latin America’s biggest economy. has to defend herself. For our part, against her, she will be out. gio Praca, an analyst at the Getulio The Senate’s 21-14 vote sets up a Labor Standards Act in 1938 to out- During a trial expected to last we will treat her with respect,” one “Dilma would need a miracle Vargas Foundation. showdown in the Assembly, which line workplace protections. several days, Rousseff, 68, will of the senators seeking to impeach for that not to happen,” said polit- “She failed to keep her campaign narrowly rejected a nearly identi- Farmworkers were again take stand to defend herself against Rousseff, Cassio Cunha Lima. ical analyst Everaldo Moraes from promises, didn’t pay enough atten- cal bill in May. exempted in 1999 when California charges she fiddled state accounts. “It will also depend on her Brasilia University. “Even her own tion to her coalition, ignored her own Since then, Gonzalez agreed to guaranteed overtime pay after eight She denounces the attitude. If she is aggressive and allies can see that.” party and didn’t listen to anyone.” give more time for smaller farms to hours in a day, not just 40 in a week. 14 WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST 2016 AMERICAS

Hillary ready for Trump seeks ‘wacky’ debate probe into with Trump AFP

WASHINGTON: White House hope- Clinton charity ful Hillary Clinton suggested rival Donald Trump could be an unpre- dictable adversary in upcoming he tries to rebound from a slide in presidential debates, saying she is national opinion polls with little girding for “wacky stuff.” Trump accused more than two months to go until With the first debate scheduled to former president Bill the Nov. 8 election. take place a month near New York, Trump accused former Pres- Clinton joked about what to expect Clinton and his wife ident Bill Clinton and his wife of from her unorthodox opponent. of turning the Clinton turning the Clinton Foundation “You’ve got to be prepared charity into a “pay-for-play” scheme for wacky stuff. I’m planning on Foundation charity in which wealthy donors, foreign drawing off my experiences from into a “pay-for-play” and domestic, got favors from the elementary school,” she said on talk State Department during Hillary show “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” scheme. Clinton’s 2009-2013 tenure as the Trump has suggested he might country’s top diplomat. not attend all of the three scheduled Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses supporters at the James A Rhodes Arena in Trump faulted both the Jus- debates. But he is trailing badly in the tice Department and the FBI for Akron, Ohio. polls and the highly watched events Reuters not indicting Clinton over her use offer a much-needed chance to break of a private email server as sec- some it said were examples of prefer- Podesta said Trump “needs to come do for months. The more disciplined through with undecided voters. For retary of state. FBI Director James ential treatment provided to donors at clean with voters about his com- Trump followed a campaign shake- a first-time debater, this cauldron of Comey cited her careless handling the request of former Clinton Founda- plex network” of businesses that are up last week that brought in veteran presidential political theatre could AKRON, OHIO: Republican pres- of classified emails but opted not to tion executive Douglas Band. in debt to big banks, including the pollster Kellyanne Conway as cam- present a daunting challenge. idential nominee Donald Trump prosecutor her. Trump’s call for an independent state-owned Bank of China, after a paign manager. Trump has thrown a series of urged the Justice Department on “The Justice Department is investigation followed an announce- New York Times report on the subject. But in a sign that organisational barbs at Clinton, describing her Monday to appoint a special pros- required to appoint a special pros- ment by Clinton Foundation it would “Donald Trump should stop hid- challenges remain, Trump cancelled as “crooked” and making opaque ecutor to investigate if donors to ecutor because it has proved to be, no longer accept foreign donations ing behind fake excuses and release a rally planned for later this week in suggestions lately that she has the Clinton Foundation got special sadly, a political arm of the White should Clinton be elected president. his tax returns and immediately dis- Las Vegas and postponed an immi- unspecified health problems. treatment from the State Depart- House,” Trump said. “Nobody has The Clinton campaign fired back close the full extent of his business gration speech in Denver. Host Kimmel asked Clinton to ment when it was run by his ever seen anything like it before.” at Trump, saying the foundation had interests,” Podesta said. On Monday, Trump insisted he open a jar of pickles to show she was Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. Trump’s appeal came as a con- already laid out “unprecedented steps While keeping up the attack on was not “flip-flopping” on immigra- in good health and also took her pulse Trump made the appeal at a servative watchdog group, Judicial the charity will take if Hillary Clin- Clinton, Trump in his speech also tion, despite a comment by Conway as she brushed off a scandal over rally before thousands of cheer- Watch, released 725 pages of State ton becomes president.” outlined some agenda items, as that his plan to deport 11 million ille- emails sent from a private server ing supporters in Akron, Ohio, as Department documents, including Clinton campaign chairman John Republicans have been urging him to gal immigrants was still under review. when she was secretary of state. Judge orders State Department to review 14,900 new Hillary emails

Reuters careless” with sensitive information who have seized on the email issue to the 55,000 pages of emails that Clin- for convenience, and later apolo- “Her people have been trying to by using the private server but rec- charge she is untrustworthy. ton previously turned over to State gised, saying “I take responsibility.” pin it on me ... The truth is, she was ommended against bringing charges The announcement by US District Department after her use of a pri- Meanwhile, former Secretary of using (the private email server) for a against Clinton. She has been dogged Court Judge James Boasberg, who is vate email server and private email State Colin Powell over the weekend year before I sent her a memo telling WASHINGTON: A judge ordered the by questions about the issue through- overseeing a group of lawsuits seek- account became public last year. dismissed reports that Clinton told her what I did,” Powell told People State Department early yesterday out her run for the White House. ing to make Clinton’s emails public, The new documents are believed federal investigators that it was at on Saturday. to review and determine potential The State Department could came the same day a conservative to consist chiefly of emails to or from his suggestion that she used a per- Last week, The New York Times release of 14,900 documents, most make public the first batch of emails watchdog group, Judicial Watch, Clinton, said a US official who spoke sonal email account, according to a reported that Clinton told federal of which are believed to be emails to in October, weeks before the Dem- made public a batch of Clinton’s on condition of anonymity, and may media report. investigators that Powell had sug- or from Hillary Clinton, that turned ocratic nominee faces Republican emails obtained through a lawsuit. include a mix of personal and work Powell, who served as the gested she use personal email for up in an FBI investigation of her use rival Donald Trump in the November Judicial Watch says the emails emails. Some of the emails were nation’s top diplomat from 2001- unclassified email when the two of a private email server as secre- 8 election. State Department employ- show donors to Clinton family’s char- found on the servers of people she or 2005 under Republican president spoke over dinner. The conversa- tary of state. ees are due to craft a timeline for the itable foundation seeking access to her staff were communicating with. George W Bush, told People maga- tion occurred “in the early months” The documents are part of a release at a meeting on September 23. her during the period she was secre- Clinton, who is currently lead- zine that while he did send Clinton a of Clinton’s tenure at the State cache that the FBI turned over to The revelation of more emails after tary of state from 2009-2013. ing Trump in opinion polls ahead memo about his own email practices, Department, the Times said, citing the State Department at the end of its 55,000 pages of emails were turned The 14,900 documents referred to of the election, has said she did Clinton had already chosen to use per- a forthcoming book by journalist Joe probe into Clinton’s use of the server. over by Clinton last year could pro- by Boasberg are believed to include not compromise classified infor- sonal email rather than a government Conason that first reported the din- The FBI found Clinton was “extremely vide continued fodder for opponents emails that were not included among mation and used a private server account while she had the job. ner exchange.

Peru says nine Free fruits Canadian police allow officers identified in probe of police women to wear hijab death squads AFP The garment did not encum- ber officers and could be removed AP quickly and easily if needed, the Montreal daily La Presse reported. OTTAWA: Hoping to boost recruit- No officers has yet asked to wear LIMA, PERU: Peru’s government ing of Muslim women, the Royal hijabs as of earlier this year, when said yesterday that its initial Canadian Mounted Police is allow- the policy was quietly enacted. investigation into allegations of ing its officers to wear hijabs as part Updated figures were not imme- police death squads has identified of their uniforms, the government diately available. However, some nine officers, including a general, said yesterday. 30 officers had asked for a relax- who purportedly masterminded “The commissioner of Royal ing of rules for religious or cultural the disappearance of at least 20 Canadian Mounted Police recently reasons over the past two years, La civilians since 2012. approved this addition to the uni- Presse reported. In most cases, the The much-awaited prelim- form,” Public Safety Minister Ralph officers wanted to grow beards. inary report comes on the heels Goodale’s spokesman Scott Bards- With the latest uniform change, of comments by new Interior Min- ley told reporters. the RCMP becomes the third police ister Carlos Basombrio that there “This is intended to better reflect force in Canada to add the hijab is strong evidence police officers the diversity in our communities option after Toronto and Edmonton. ran death squads in different parts and encourage more Muslim women Police in Britain, Sweden and of the country in order to secure to consider the Royal Canadian Norway, as well as some US states, promotions and other benefits. Mounted Police as a career option,” have adopted similar policies, Bard- The revelations are fueling Farmers of the Argentine province of Rio Negro give out apples and pears for free at Plaza de Mayo he said. sley said. louder calls for an overhaul square in Buenos Aires, Argentina as a protest against high production costs. The RCMP officer’s uniform—a In a related development, Cana- of Peru’s free-wielding police red serge tunic, leather riding boots dian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau force, which has been dogged and wide-brimmed felt campaign defended individual rights and by allegations of corruption and hat—is an iconic Canadian symbol. freedoms while touting cultural involvement in organised crime It dates back to the 1800s, when diversity and tolerance when asked under former President Ollanta the RCMP’s forerunner, the frontier about a controversy swirling in Humala. Officials who backed Maduro recall to be sacked North-West Mounted Police, spread France over a burkini ban. Those killed were originally law and order to the wilds of Can- “We should be past tolerance in presented as dangerous outlaws ada’s western provinces and Arctic Canada,” Trudeau told reporters after involved in crimes such as bank AFP embattled leftist leader’s designated President Nicolas Maduro’s revo- territories. meeting with his ministers to plan the robbery and kidnapping. But Dep- aide to monitor the opposition’s ref- lution cannot be in management Inspired by British military government’s legislative agenda. uty Interior Minister Ruben Vargas erendum drive. positions... in ministries, public uniforms of the period, it has since Some lawmakers in Can- said at a news conference that 11 “They have 48 hours to see institutions, or state or local gov- undergone only minor changes. ada’s Quebec province have of the 20 killed didn’t have crim- CARACAS: Venezuelan civil servants to it that these people who are in ernments,” he added. The RCMP faced a public outcry called for outlawing “burki- inal records and accused officers who signed a petition for a referen- so-called positions of responsibil- The lists of signatories were dis- in 1990 over a decision to allow Sikh nis”—body-concealing Islamic of falsifying intelligence reports. dum on removing President Nicolas ity—managerial jobs—get a different tributed to the food, finance, labour officers to wear turbans as part of swimsuits—following bans in at Vargas didn’t name any of the Maduro from power must be sacked professional destiny,” he told a news and basic industries ministries and their uniforms. Attitudes have sof- least 15 towns in France’s southeast. officers under investigation but within 48 hours, a top aide to the conference early yesterday. the presidential office, he said. tened since then and Canadians Trudeau called for “the respect said one of them was decorated president said. Those who signed the peti- Maduro, who succeeded his have embraced the change. of individual rights and choices.” six times for his service. Five ministries have been given tion had “publicly expressed their late mentor Hugo Chavez in 2013, Three types of hijabs were tested This, he said, should be “at the Media led by the newspaper lists of employees in manage- closeness to the Venezuelan right” is fighting for his political survival before one was selected as suitable top of public discourse and debate.” La Republica first published alle- rial posts who signed the petition and had no place in Maduro’s gov- amid a crushing economic crisis that for police work, according to cor- Trudeau dismissed idea of a bur- gations that as many as 90 officers in favour of a recall vote against ernment, Rodriguez said. has caused severe shortages of food respondence between Goodale and kini ban in Canada, saying Canadians were alleged to have been involved. Maduro, said Jorge Rodriguez, the “People who are against and basic goods. RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson. should rise above the controversy. BREAK TIME WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST 2016 1517

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Reuters to inspect other tiger attractions, and in order to produce tiger cubs for tour- brigadier rank at confiscated 24 tigers from two venues, ist photo-ops, said Schmidt-Burbach. but the scrutiny has been short-lived. The practice involves taking newborn Edinburgh Zoo INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY “On the ground, nothing has changed,” cubs away from their mothers so that BANGKOK: Thailand’s tiger tourism said Jan Schmidt-Burbach, a Bangkok- the females are ready to breed again business is booming and the captive based wildlife adviser for the World sooner. Reuters tiger population is growing fast, experts Animal Protection NGO. Edwin Wiek, director and founder say, more than two months after Thai A July report by World Animal of Wildlife Friends Foundation Thai- wildlife authorities found scores of Protection shows that the number of land, said high demand was fueling LONDON: Standing in line for dead cubs while rescuing animals from captive tigers in Thailand’s tiger enter- tiger tourism. “People still want their a special ceremony, uniformed Vehicles passing a mes- the popular Tiger Temple. tainment industry jumped 33 percent, tiger selfies,” he said. soldiers of His Majesty the King sage board reading Animal rights activists called on from 623 tigers in 2010 to 830 tigers In July, Bollywood actress Sushmita of Norway’s Guard are carefully #DriveSafely on the tourists to shun Thai animal attrac- in 2015-2016. Eight new venues also Sen visited a Thai tiger attraction, post- inspected — by a penguin. Abu Samra #Doha road tions, which they say are cruel and opened during the period. ing pictures on Instagram of the visit Sir Nils Olav, a resident king (Salwa Road). Photo by: @ should be shut down, after the Tiger Thailand offers an array of wildlife just days before World Animal Protec- penguin at Edinburgh Zoo, was matramkot Temple in Kanchanaburi province, west tourist attractions, from tiger “selfies” tion appealed to Indian tourists not to honoured with the title of briga- of Bangkok, closed in June. to elephant rides and orangutan boxing. support what it described as “the cruel dier on Monday during a parade Thai wildlife authorities vowed Some venues practice “speed breeding” industry”. in the Scottish park. The bird is the mascot of His Majesty the King of Norway’s Guard and was made a knight Ben-Hur left in the in 2008. Strong winds tear up wooden structure Under cloudy skies, Sir Nils dust at North Olav slowly made his way down the zoo’s Penguin Walk, end- American box office ing his inspection with a cry and a scratch of his head. A zoo keeper then bestowed the hon- AFP our on his wing. The penguinial link between Edinburgh Zoo and Norway goes LOS ANGELES: Paramount’s back to 1914 when a Norwegian $100m remake of “Ben-Hur” family presented the zoo with bombed in its opening weekend king penguins. at the North American box office, In 1972, one of the zoo’s king industry data showed, putting it penguins was named Nils Olav on course to become the summer’s after Norwegian Major Nils Ege- biggest flop. lien, who arranged his adoption, The chariot racing epic and Norway’s then King Olav. brought in just $11.2m, said Two others have shared the box office monitor Exhibitor name since. Relations, making it the high- More than 50 Norwegian sol- est-profile casualty in a season diers are in Scotland to take part which has seen several big stu- in The Royal Edinburgh Mili- dio movies crash and burn. tary Tattoo, and it has become a Scattered rains and strong winds hit the Jumailiya area in Qatar on Monday. Picture shows a wooden structure torn apart in the trongs wind. Critics gave Timur Bek- custom for them to promote the mambetov’s reboot of the penguin when in the city. Biblical fable — starring Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell and Mor- gan Freeman — the thumbs down across the board, with several dubbing it “Chariots of Pokemon-mad Russians hunt Ivan the Terrible with new app Misfire”. “Suicide Squad,” which has been a commercial hit despite AFP an augmented reality app called Dis- which maps historical buildings and “educational version” of the game in release from city hall, which is on poor reviews, held on for a third cover Moscow Photo, which is billed makes it possible for locals and tour- its publicity materials. “Some users a quest to redevelop Moscow into a straight week as the top money- as Russia’s answer to the Nintendo ists to create personalised guided tours have accused us of stealing the (Poke- tech-savvy and modern capital, so maker, pulling in $20.9m. Since creation. as well as offering quizzes and quests. mon Go) idea,” Kuznetsov said and far with mixed results. it opened three weeks ago, the MOSCOW: A compass on the smart- Instead of yellow and pink Poke- “The launch of Pokemon Go gave fur- explained that in fact the Russian game The game is set to add another movie has earned $262.4m. phone screen points towards Red mons, the app’s characters are figures ther impetus” to the Moscow game, has been in the making for three years, dozen characters to the current nine, “Sausage Party,” the raun- Square. As the distance to the tar- from Russian history — from mod- which debuted in mid-August, said ever since the augmented reality tech- a difficult and delicate task as they chy animated comedy with Seth get narrows, the camera app pops up ernising tsar Peter the Great to project leader Kirill Kuznetsov, who nology became available. have to be widely recognisable but Rogan as the leading voice, con- and zooms in on a bearded figure in Napoleon Bonaparte, who briefly works for Moscow city hall. The game — so far only in Rus- not too controversial. tinued its strong performance, a fur cloak. occupied Moscow in 1812, to Soviet The game comes out as Pokemon sian — took a while to complete since For Maxim Malyshev, the head sealing the number two spot for The routine is familiar to Poke- cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and national Go is still not officially available in developers were trying out various developer at the game’s producer a second week running with a mon hunters obsessed with the poet Alexander Pushkin and com- Russia, although thousands of Rus- technologies to digitise the historical Notamedia, “the most difficult thing $15.5m take. ultra-popular Pokemon Go game — poser Pyotr Tchaikovsky. sians have already found ways to figures and make them three-dimen- is to find actors who resemble the “War Dogs”, a new comedy but this is no Pokemon. Instead, it is The app, available for Apple and download it and their incessant sional, Kuznetsov said. “Through this characters as closely as possible.” starring Jonah Hill and Miles Russia’s brutal 16th-century tsar Ivan Google Android devices, allows play- Pokemon hunting has irked some game, we hope to attract tourists to As augmented reality technol- Teller as arms dealers in over their the Terrible, or rather, his digital 3D ers to track down historical figures in officials and clerics. the main Discover Moscow app, so ogy advances, there will be more and heads, opened in third place with rendition in a new app developed by places they once frequented and take The Moscow government has that they can learn something about more possibilities for the game, he $14.7m, followed by “Kubo and the Moscow authorities. a selfie with their 3D images. invested 1m roubles ($15,600) in the the rich history of the city,” he said. said: “We can make characters inter- Two Strings,” another debutant, As the Pokemon Go craze sweeps The app is part of an educational app and does not deny its resem- The game gives Muscovites “more act with objects or play with other which took $12.6m. the globe, city officials have launched digital project called Discover Moscow, blance to Pokemon Go, calling it an reason to go for a walk,” said a press parameters like perspective.” www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 18 QE 11,116.42 -97.43 PTS PAGE | 20 DOW 18,561.34 +31.92 PTS Net worth of China’s richest man Bill Gates hits FTSE100 6,868.51 +39.97 PTS set to seal $2bn US record $90bn BRENT $49.93 +$0.77 film deals

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Oil bounces on Qatar to be region’s best performing IT market speculation of Iran supporting Opec the country has been forecast to be In a report by Research and Mar- brands. It is a Qatari IT systems inte- and equipment 2017 has to be a bet- one of the best-performing IT mar- kets, analysts forecast that Qatar’s grator and solutions provider. ter year,” George added. freeze action Cloud services are kets in the region. IT market would grow at a CAGR of Jacob George, the Sales Manager The Research and Markets report, picking up and According to BMI Research, 12.37 percent over 2014-2019. The of Qatar Computer Services (QCS), IT Market in Qatar 2015-2019, was demand for computer hardware held report covered the existing scenario another prominent vendor, almost prepared on the basis of an in-depth NEW YORK: Oil prices rose yes- businesses are up better in Qatar than most com- and growth prospects of the IT mar- echoed Khan’s views. “There has market analysis with inputs from terday, reversing early losses, after moving towards these modity reliant markets in 2015, and ket in Qatar for the period 2015-2019. been no growth in the IT sector so industry experts. Reuters reported Iran was sending Qatar’s medium-term outlook was The IT market is categorised into far this year,” he says. The report states: “In traditional positive signals that it may sup- services because of stronger across the whole IT mar- three segments — hardware, soft- According to George, last year delivery models, organisations spend port joint Opec action to prop up cost factor, ease of ket than the rest of the GCC. “Major ware and IT services. there was, at least, some growth. “We a lot of time establishing connections the market. use and availability of project spending by the govern- Some key vendors operating in are a systems integrator and with with different systems to achieve Iran, the third-largest oil pro- ment will drive IT services demand the local IT market see very few signs budgetary cuts and projects being put an integrated flow of information. ducer in the Organisation of the services at all times. as Qatar engages in major modern- of vibrancy. on hold, IT sector growth in general Companies worldwide adopt cloud Petroleum Exporting Countries, isation initiatives for the economy “Growth prospects seem bleak has been affected. Cloud services are computing solutions to focus on has been boosting output since the and public services, particularly in this year and next year also looks picking up and businesses are mov- their core business activities. The lifting of Western sanctions in Jan- infrastructure for the FIFA World Cup tough. The software and hardware ing towards these services because of responsibility and accountabil- uary and refused in April to join By M.V.A. Kumar in 2022. “The hardware outlook is markets look saturated. In the IT the cost factor, ease of use and avail- ity for complex IT tasks, therefore, an Opec production freeze plan. The Peninsula weaker, with retail market saturation services segment, cloud services ability of services at all times.” rests with the cloud service pro- Though it has not officially placing a limit on growth potential have some demand, because it is George said, although SMEs are viders. Many SMEs prefer public announced whether it will join and vendors are reliant on replace- subscription based and firms don’t inclined towards cloud services, QCS cloud service as vendors connect a new effort to curb production ment sales. We forecast a compound have to purchase any hardware or does not cater as much to the SME their systems to their organisation’s at a meeting of Opec and other DOHA: The Information Technology annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.3 per- software,” said Ahsan Khan, Sales sector as it does to big enterprises. IT systems. Therefore, in-house IT producers in September, Tehran (IT) sector in Qatar is unlikely to meet cent for the whole IT market over Manager of Almana Computer Serv- George is, however, more pos- departments are relieved from set- appears to be more willing to growth expectations this year and 2016-2020 to a value of QR4.9bn,” it ices. Like other prominent vendors itive about 2017. “Based on current ting up their own IT infrastructure. reach an understanding on the industry sources don’t expect much had stated in its analysis on the coun- in the market, Almana Computer projects in the country and the fore- The SMEs are adopting SaaS and IaaS matter, sources in Opec and the improvement next year either, though try’s IT sector. Services represents most global IT casted demand for IT-related services cloud services.” oil industry said. Brent crude was up 30 cents, or 0.6 percent, at $49.46 a barrel by 12:03 pm EDT (1603 GMT). It Qatar industrial had fallen 1.4 percent earlier. US Ooredoo launches ‘mobile Slowdown hurts shipping West Texas Intermediate (WTI) PPI grows by crude rose 20 cents, or 0.4 per- cent, to $47.61, after reaching a device management’ 4% in June session low of $46.59. “Iran is reaching its pre-sanc- tions production level soon and after that it can cooperate with solution for businesses The Peninsula the others,” said a source famil- iar with Iranian thinking after a visit by Venezuelan Oil Minister The Peninsula DOHA: Driven by mining group, Eulogio Del Pino to Tehran. which includes crude oil and nat- A two-year long selloff in oil ural gas, Qatar’s overall Producer has severely hurt the economies Price Index (PPI) of the industrial of Venezuela, Iraq and Nigeria and DOHA: Ooredoo has launched an sector touched an estimated 46.7 they are more anxious to boost innovative service, ‘Mobile Device points, an increase of 4 percent crude prices than Opec produc- Management’ that enables compa- on month-on-month in June. On ers such as Saudi Arabia and Iran, nies to monitor all devices, content year-on-year basis, the PPI fell that are more keen in protecting and apps operating on the company 25.3 percent for the month, data market share. Despite rebound- network. released by the Ministry of Devel- ing this year, oil still trades at With Mobile Device Manage- opment Planning and Statistics less than half of mid-2014 levels ment businesses will be able to (MDPS) noted yesterday. of above $100 per barrel. allow users access to corporate PPI is a weighted index of Del Pino last week toured oil- resources on their own devices, prices measured at the whole- producing countries, including whilst still ensuring user privacy, sale, or produced level. Industrial Saudi Arabia, to convince OPEC and the integrity of company data. sector PPI covers goods relating for a production freeze after a Powered by IBM MaaS360, the to ‘mining, electricity and water similar plan failed in April. Many capabilities of the solution will and manufacturing. The mining analysts remain sceptical of the allow enterprises to have their own segment witnessed a rise of 6.0 effort. App Catalogue that presents users percent in June, when compared A fully loaded cargo ship heads out to sea from New York Harbor “The current price level of well with approved or recommended corporate life today that employ- with the previous month, prima- in New York City. The continued global economic slowdown, over $40 does not provide non- public applications and in-house ees use their smart devices at work rily due to the increased in prices especially the financial difficulties in China, have hurt profits Opec producers with any kind of developed applications, while offer- and at home to access the compa- of “Crude petroleum and natural in the global shipping business. With growth in the industry motivation to support oil prices ing the ability to automatically push ny’s network. We’ve developed our gas”. ‘Manufacturing’ recorded expected to be near zero this year, hundreds of cargo ships by cutting or maintaining current updates of those applications as they service that is powered by one of an increase of 1.3 percent, while are being sent to the scrap heap prematurely in an effort to cut production levels,” said Tamas are made available. the world’s leading technology com- the ‘electricity and water’ group capacity and raise prices for shipping. Varga, analyst at London-based As more and more employees in panies, IBM, so that all companies showed a decrease of 5.0 percent. energy broker PVM. Qatar are bringing smart devices to across all industries can benefit work, and using their own phones from higher employee productivity and tablets to access company data, online while reducing the day-to- Ooredoo has developed this service day risks.” to provide peace of mind for busi- Ooredoo’s Mobile Device Man- Turkey cuts rates again despite ratings worries nesses and enhance mobility. agement service offers a range of The Mobile Management solu- essential solutions via the cloud, so tion also let’s businesses provision that employees can access corpo- mobile device apps and content— rate email, calendar, contacts and Reuters interest rates it uses to set policy, by indicators has been largely reversed for cheaper credit. He told lenders all from a single portal—while share documents securely through 25 basis points to 8.5 percent. It left due to improved global risk appe- this month following the failed coup minimising risk to organisations. their device. Companies deploying its benchmark one-week repo rate tite and the recent measures,” the that they should not be charging high In addition, it enables employ- the system can manage inventory, unchanged at 7.5 percent. central bank said in a statement, interest rates, and promised action ees to collaborate across multiple update policies and configure fea- ISTANBUL: Turkey’s central bank cut The attempted coup on July 15 though it noted a fall in tourism rev- against those that “go the wrong device platforms, which boosts tures via a central portal, giving interest rates for the sixth straight and its aftermath have increased enue would have a negative impact way”. productivity. them more security and control. month yesterday despite high infla- uncertainty for investors and sent in the short term. In a bid to stimu- William Jackson of Capital Eco- Yousuf Abdullah Al Kubaisi (pic- This service will also enable tion and the threat of credit rating Turkey’s lira to record lows against late lending, the bank cut minimum nomics said the decision to cut tured), Chief Operating Officer, businesses to protect data on lost downgrades, saying the adverse the dollar, although the currency reserve requirements for commer- “provides further evidence that the Ooredoo Qatar, said: “Whether or stolen devices with remote pass- market impact of last month’s failed has since recovered almost to pre- cial banks in early August. (monetary policy) council is paying you’re working for one of Qatar’s word locks and resets, as well as coup had all but reversed. putsch levels. President Tayyip Erdogan, who scant regard to its inflation target leading enterprises or operating a partial and full data wipes, remote The bank cut its overnight lend- “The adverse impact of domestic wants stronger consumption-led and more attention to moves in the small family business, it’s a fact of lock and generate reports. ing rate, the highest of the multiple developments in mid-July on market growth, has made repeated calls currency.” 18 WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST 2016 BUSINESS

Net worth of Bedaya holds workshop Bill Gates hits on ‘financial statements’ record $90bn

finance to support their business. “On a monthly basis, we aim to The monthly workshops organized tackle new topics that enhances and Monthly workshop is by Bedaya Center focus on support- develops the skills of our attendees a joint initiative with ing young Qataris and providing them by bringing together experts and QDB and Silatech and with guidance, training, support and pioneers from diverse fields and offer them the needed proficiency industries. This helps entrepreneurs focus is on ‘financial and practical experiences. refine their kick start or expand their statements for Through this month’s workshop, businesses.” Bedaya Center sought to enable Speaking on the occasion, Mah- startups’. entrepreneurs to understand and mood Al Mahmood, Entrepreneurship prepare a profit and loss statement Advisor at Bedaya Center, said: “most for their projects. This was done by entrepreneurs face difficulties in using templates that helped in fore- calculating their sales figures and The Peninsula casting sales figures and managing profit and loss statements both on a monthly as well as annual “profit and monthly or annual basis.” loss” expectations. “Therefore, Bedaya strived Reem Al-Suwaidi, General Man- through this monthly meeting to NEW YORK: The net DOHA: The Bedaya Center for Entre- ager of Bedaya Center, commented: shed light on the challenges faced worth of the world’s preneurship and Career Development “Through these monthly workshops, by entrepreneurs. We also sought to richest person, Bill Gates (Bedaya Center), a joint initiative by we seek to highlight the important provide a better understanding on the (pictured), hit $90bn last Qatar Development Bank and Silatech methods and approaches that aim to basics of how to calculate the profit week, fuelled by gains in recently hosted its second Sunday provide and promote SME growth in and loss for a business through mod- public holdings including monthly workshop. The workshop’s Qatar. These workshops have become els as well as templates and guided Canadian National Rail- focus was on “Financial statements very popular among entrepreneurs them on how to prepare budgets for way Company and Ecolab Mahmood Al Mahmood, Entrepreneurship Adviser at Bedaya Center, for startups” and was aimed at help- interested in starting a business or the continuity of their businesses,” Al Inc. ing entrepreneurs understand basic enhance their existing businesses.” Mahmood said. speaking at the occasion. Strong performances from Canadian National Railway Co and Ecolab Inc moved Gates $13.5bn ahead of the second rich- est man in the world, Smart building tech can cut GCC’s cooling bill by 40% Spanish retail magnate Amancia Ortega. Gates was Microsoft’s The Peninsula demand during peak summer technology uses specialised algo- platform which reduces energy headquarters in Abu Dhabi’s Mas- largest single stock- months, so it’s extremely important rithms to optimise the entire usage by controlling and optimis- dar City. holder until 2014, when he that we evaluate the entire cooling chilled water system of a cooling ing a building’s systems, including “Cooling amounts to some 70 stepped down as company chain to identify where technology plant, delivering energy savings of ventilation, air-conditioning, light- percent of an average building’s chairman. His net worth DOHA: As the Middle East region can generate savings,” said Koen between 15 and 30 percent. ing, shading, fire safety and security electricity bill in the GCC, and surpassed $60bn in 2012 faces soaring temperatures dur- Bogers, Senior Executive Vice-Presi- By simplifying operations, services. The impact on a typi- aside from the clear environmen- and reached $80bn two ing summer months, Siemens has dent, Building Technologies Division, increasing the cooling capacity cal building is a saving of between tal benefits there is also a very strong years later. Earlier this proved that by implementing two Siemens Middle East. and improving efficiency, the sys- 10 and 25 percent of the energy business case for these types of tech- year It was down to $76bn. key technologies for building man- “Digital technologies have huge tem is able to reduce flow in periods required for cooling. Earlier versions nology,” says Bogers. “For example, Gates’ wealth makes agement and district cooling, the potential to make our cities more of lesser demand, lowering opera- of the Desigo building management at Dubai’s Wafi Mall our Demand up 0.5 percent of the US amount of energy required for sustainable, and we have proved tion and maintenance costs and platform have been implemented in Flow solution achieved a 30 percent gross domestic product, or cooling can be reduced by up to 40 it is possible to almost halve the significantly lowering energy use. numerous buildings across the Mid- saving on utility costs in its first year, the value of all goods and percent. energy used for cooling by apply- The system is already in place at the dle East, including Sheikh Zayed representing an annual cost saving services provided over a “Cooling is considered to be ing two technologies to the supply iconic Wafi Mall in Dubai. Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, Qatar’s of some $439,000 (QR1.61m) with a single year. responsible for approximately 70 and demand sides.” The second technology, Desigo Tornado Tower, the Atlantis Hotel in guaranteed payback period of two- percent of the GCC’s electricity Siemens Demand Flow CC, is a building management Dubai and Siemens’ own regional and-a-half years,” Bogers added. Volkswagen Al Rayan Bank’s reaches deal with suppliers Knightsbridge branch sees customer growth FRANKFURT: Troubled German car giant Volkswagen said yes- terday it had reached a deal with suppliers to resume deliveries The Peninsula financial solutions including resi- after a stoppage that forced the dential and commercial real estate group to halt production at sev- finance as well as ‘over the counter’ eral plants. “The affected sites are banking services. The product range preparing step-by-step to resume DOHA: Just fifteen months after it offered by the Branch continues to production,” VW said in a state- opened its exclusive private banking evolve with the launch, last month, ment. branch in Knightsbridge, Al Rayan of the Bank’s state-of-the-art safe VW and suppliers Cartrim and Bank (UK) has revealed that its pri- deposit boxes as well as commis- ES Guss — which make seat cov- vate client business has experienced sion free foreign exchange services. Al Rayan Bank’s Knightsbridge branch. ers and gearbox parts — had been unprecedented growth. Since being Ahmed Rawaf, Head of Private locked in a dispute over the com- officially opened on May 15, 2015 Banking, Al Rayan Bank (UK) said: ponent makers’ decision to halt by Yousef Ali Al Khater, Ambassa- “As expected, our Knightsbridge deliveries. dor for Qatar to the United Kingdom, branch has become an important officially opened last year in an event Manchester and Leicester, as well as Al Rayan Bank’s overall approach The car giant obtained court the flagship branch has opened more hub from where our clients, who attended by the Boards of Directors of offices in Luton, Tooting, Bradford has earned it recognition as an eth- injunctions ordering the two sup- than 600 new accounts and helped are mainly from the GCC region, are Masraf Al Rayan and Al Rayan Bank, and Blackburn. ical alternative to conventional pliers to resume delivery in early to grow the value of the Bank’s pri- choosing to carry out their banking including, Masraf Al Rayan Chairman Al Rayan Bank is an Islamic Bank, banking by the Move Your Money August. But they refused to com- vate client real estate business by 173 requirements. In just fifteen months and Managing Director, Dr. Hussain founded on faith-based, ethical prin- campaign. The Bank can also be ply and challenged that in a court percent, whilst the value of its pri- since it opened the branch has wel- Al Abdulla, Group CEO, Adel Mus- ciples that are derived from trade, found in the top ten of ethical cur- appeal, arguing that VW had can- vate client liabilities has increased comed many hundreds of new high tafawi, Al Rayan Bank Chairman entrepreneurship and risk-sharing, rent account providers, according celled future contracts without by more than 140 percent. net worth customers and has been Robert Sharpe, Al Rayan Bank CEO, in which the customer and bank to ratings compiled by Ethical Con- providing adequate compensation. From its strategic location in an engine behind the rapid growth Sultan Choudhury and Al Rayan Bank work together as partners towards a sumer magazine. VW said both sides had finally Hans Crescent, immediately opposite in the Bank’s private client business. CCO, Keith Leach. mutually profitable end. These prin- Al Rayan Bank is authorised by reached an agreement on Tuesday Harrods department store, Al Rayan The branch will continue to quickly The Knightsbridge branch is ciples prohibit Al Rayan Bank from the Prudential Regulation Authority, to resume deliveries, after a series Bank’s Knightsbridge branch pro- respond to the changing needs of our the pinnacle of Al Rayan Bank’s investing savers’ deposits in unethical regulated by the Financial Conduct of negotiations over the last days. vides its private banking customers private banking customers and we national branch and office net- activities such as gambling, pornog- Authority and the Prudential Reg- The parties have agreed to with a high quality, personalised and anticipate that the next year will be work. Customers can also access raphy, speculation, tobacco, arms ulation Authority, and is a member keep details of the agreement bespoke banking service and a com- equally successful.” branches in London Edgware Road, and other commodities not in keep- of Financial Services Compensation secret, the group said. prehensive range of Sharia compliant The Knightsbridge branch was London Whitechapel, Birmingham, ing with the values of Islam. Scheme. KIA launches pre-owned cars programme

The Peninsula will aid us as a distributor in offering flexi- aspect of your vehicle inspected. All of the bility and practicality for our customers as highest standards come standard in a Kia we aim to meet their needs without compro- Certified Pre-Owned”. mising on KIA’s quality or reliability”, said Based on the existing stock on display, DOHA: KIA Qatar has announced the launch Hossam Abu Shadi, Automotive Director of customers can choose from an existing array of Konfidence Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) Al Attitya Motors and Trading Co. (AMTC), the of CPO cars such as Sportage SUV, Cerato vehicles division for the local market. official distributor of KIA Motors in Qatar. sedan and Soul MPV with model years rang- Qatar has been chosen as one of the pilot Sajith Mohamed, CPO Division Manager, ing from 2013 up to as recent as 2016. markets for the rebranded division which said customers of Konfidence are assured One of the major advantages of having will eventually roll out to many other coun- that the vehicles offered have been tested the Konfidence programme is that customers tries as well, KIA Qatar top officials told the and certified based on the high stand- can not only choose to purchase a new KIA media. “We are ecstatic in that not only do ards set. “Every Kia that earns the title of via a retail purchase but can opt for alter- we have a revamped, manufacturer-sup- CPO is five years or newer, has less than natives such as a CPO car or even through ported certified pre-owned cars programme 100,000km and has undergone a thorough leasing. Furthermore, customers with exist- Participants at the launch of Konfidence Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) vehicles division. but in that we are one of the first markets to multi-point quality assurance inspection. ing vehicles can trade in their old model and roll out regionally and globally. Konfidence From brakes to electrical to engine, every initiate a purchase for a new car as well. BUSINESS WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST 2016 19

QE INDICES SUMMARY QATAR STOCK EXCHANGE QE Index 11,116.42 0.87 % QE Total Return Index 17,985.63 0.87 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 4,198.63 0.82 % QE All Share Index 3,057.9 0.74 % QE All Share Banks & Financial Services 3,038.84 0.40 % QE All Share Industrials 3,345.28 0.69 % QE All Share Transportation 2,580.51 2.02 % QE All Share Real Estate 2,708.71 0.91 % QE All Share Insurance 4,735.76 0.61 % QE All Share Telecoms 1,254.72 1.49 % QE All Share Consumer Goods & Services 6,520.18 0.83 %

QE MARKET SUMMARY COMPARISON 23-08-2016 Today 22-08-2016 Previous day Index 11,116.42 11,213.85 Change 97.43 83.65 % 0.87 0.74 YTD% 6.59 7.52 Volume 4,095,494 5,192,202 Value (QAR) 160,760,010.20 204,800,647.81 Trades 3,205 3,710 Up 04 | Down 33 | Unchanged 04

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ECB to face pressure China’s richest man set to on bond buying beyond March seal $2bn US film deals

By John Geddie and bond buying. A failure to do so Francesco Canepa would signal the ECB is willing Reuters to curb the pace of money print- ing, potentially exposing it to the risk of a market backlash. “That would definitely be a problem he European Central because it would be the first sig- Bank will have to bump nal that there was less stimulus up its monthly purchases coming up,” Commerzbank strat- of government bonds if egist David Schnautz said. Tit decides to continue buying Although conditions were beyond March 2017, just to ensure different and the dollar has a far maturing paper does not reduce higher market profile than the the pace of its money printing. euro, a flavour of what might JP Morgan estimates €320bn ensure can be gauged from the worth of bonds will mature reaction in mid-2013 when the between 2017 and 2019, and Federal Reserve announced a will need to be invested again to tapering of its QE programme. honour an ECB pledge to rede- Bond and stock prices col- ploy the money it receives when lapsed, even though the Fed move bonds are repaid. came in response to improving This additional buying could economic conditions. compound liquidity problems By contrast, inflation in the that have created unpredictable euro zone is nowhere near the price swings in the bond market, ECB’s target of just under 2 per- and the ECB might find it hard to cent and its President Mario source enough paper and keep Draghi has flagged economic within its purchase criteria in risks, including Britain’s vote to some countries — notably Ire- leave the European Union. land and Portugal where it has The ECB began buying gov- Wang Jianlin, Chairman of the Wanda Group, speaks during an interview in Beijing yesterday. already scaled back transactions. ernment bonds in March 2015 Most of the maturing paper and set a minimum maturity is government debt that the ECB of two years, beyond the pro- By Matthew Miller Reuters reported last month that Wanda and sports companies in the United States started buying in March 2015 in gramme’s original end-date of and Shu Zhang has held talks with Viacom Inc about and Europe. a bid to kick-start inflation and September 2016 which was later Reuters acquiring its stake in Paramount Pictures, “If the target company fits our appetite, growth in the eurozone by low- pushed back by six months. one of Hollywood’s “Big Six” studios that there is no upper limit for budgeting,” he ering the cost of borrowing. It also announced last also include Twentieth Century Fox, Warner said. With inflation hover- December that maturing prin- Brothers, Walt Disney, Universal Pictures But he cautioned that too many inves- ing around zero, expectations cipal payments on the securities eal estate and entertainment and Columbia. tors were rushing into the “hot” film market. are growing that the ECB will purchased would be reinvested conglomerate Dalian Wanda “We are interested not only in Para- “Most of the money invested in China, announce an extension of its for as long as it deems necessary. Group Co expects to seal two mount, but all of them. If one of the Big Six and even the global film industry, is silly quantitative easing (QE) pro- Estimates from JP Morgan billion-dollar film-related deals would be willing to be sold to us, we would money. Only a little is smart money,” he said. gramme, possibly as soon as its show that 19 billion euros of in the United States this year, be interested,” Wang said. “As China’s film industry growth slows next meeting on September 8. bonds would need to be rein- RChairman Wang Jianlin said yesterday, as “Only the six are real global film com- to below 20 percent, or even 10 percent, 8 This has led analysts to start vested in 2017, ramping up China’s richest man steps up his push into panies, while the rest are not. If we are to percent this year, some will be washed out. questioning how the ECB would sharply to €103bn in 2018 and Hollywood. build a real movie empire, this is a neces- It’s like Warren Buffett said, ‘you only find approach the reinvestment of €197bn in 2019. “You have an After completing the acquisition of two sary step.” out who is swimming naked when the tide maturing government bonds issue about how heavy the pro- non-production film companies — each Dalian Wanda is leading a slew of Chi- goes out’.” if the money-printing scheme gramme would feel in the market worth above $1bn — Dalian Wanda’s next nese firms that are investing in Hollywood. Separately, Wang said that Dalian continues. if you add reinvestments on top target would be a so-called “Big Six” movie They include Fosun International, which Wanda Commercial Properties Co, Wan- An ECB spokeswoman said of the monthly purchases,” said studio, Wang said. has invested in Studio 8, a production com- da’s real estate flagship, would re-list on any redemption is added to the Gianluca Salford, European rates “My goal is to buy Hollywood companies pany started by former Warner Brothers the Shanghai stock exchange either through €80bn of assets the Bank buys strategist at the US bank. and bring their technology and capability executive Jeff Robinov, and Huayi Broth- an initial public offering (IPO) or a back- every month. Given that the gov- The signs the ECB is already to China,” Wang said. ers Media Corp, which is producing films door listing. ernment bonds bought by the ECB finding it difficult to source some He declined to elaborate on the two with STX Entertainment, a studio invested Shareholders of the Hong Kong-listed since 2015 have not matured yet, countries’ bonds suggest higher deals in the pipeline, which would further in by Chinese private equity company Hony firm last week approved a buy-out offer so far this has only applied to monthly purchases would fur- bolster Wanda’s motion Capital. that would see the firm privatized. covered and asset-backed bonds, ther raise the need for tweaks to picture empire. Dalian Wanda would also start co- The company said earlier this month which have added a few hundred QE to alleviate supply problems. In January, Wang investing in global blockbusters next year, it planned to de-list from the Hong Kong million euros to the monthly Sources close to the ECB told splashed $3.5bn to buy Wang added. stock exchange on September 20. purchases. But any extension Reuters earlier this year that, to a controlling stake in The Chinese conglomerate, which Wang said both options were on the of the government bond-buy- expand the pool of eligible assets, US film studio Legen- began as a property developer in the north- table for the planned Shanghai re-list- ing scheme, which accounts for the bank would first consider dary Entertainment, eastern city of Dalian, was also looking to ing. Approval for an IPO could take two or roughly 80 percent of the €1.17 raising the limit on how much it behind hits such as extend the world’s biggest motion picture three years, while a backdoor listing would trillion worth of assets bought so can purchase of each bond issue After completing the “Jurassic World”, mak- theater network, Wang said. require more than a year, he added. far, would present a much big- not protected by collective action ing Wanda the first Following the completion of its acqui- Mainland-listed firms typically com- ger challenge, especially as that clauses, or amend rules about acquisition of two Chinese firm to own sitions of London-based Odeon & UCI mand higher valuations than those traded paper becomes hard to find. which assets it can buy. non-production film a major Hollywood Cinemas Group and Carmike Cinemas Inc in Hong Kong, helped by a large pool of To keep its balance sheet The ECB sees a higher hur- studio. in the United States, Dalian Wanda would retail investors. expanding at its current tempo, dle to abandoning its ‘capital key’, companies — each Dalian Wanda, control 15 percent of global box office rev- But Wang said the “core problem” that the ECB will have to reinvest which dictates that government worth above $1bn — which was added to the enues, Wang said, and may reach its goal triggered the de-listing plan was not the the money it receives when debt be bought in proportion to Fortune Global 500 list of controlling 20 percent earlier than its low valuation of the company’s Hong Kong its government bond holdings eurozone countries’ shareholding Dalian Wanda’s next this year, aims to triple target of 2020. shares, but the lack of liquidity. mature — similar to the Federal in the bank, because that would target would be a revenue from its cul- Wang, who has also bought Swiss sports “We only listed 14 percent of the com- Reserve’s approach in 2010 when have political and legal ramifi- so-called “Big Six” tural division, led by marketing firm Infront Sports & Media AG pany in Hong Kong, which means 86 it announced a second round of cations, the sources said. entertainment, sports and World Triathlon Corp, owner of the percent of shares are neither liquid nor movie studio. and tourism, to 150bn “Ironman” franchise, said he was prima- could be pledged as collateral,” Wang said. yuan ($22.6bn) by 2020. rily interested in acquiring entertainment “That’s not a real listed company.” Investors sceptical of Fed’s policy ahead of Yellen speech

By Jason Lange and volatility — first over concerns about China’s Bullard, who has criticised the Fed’s now is the right time to hike rates and those Lindsay Dunsmuir economy and then later Britain’s decision communications strategy as being too who want to wait were apparent with the Reuters to quit the European Union — and choppy confusing for the public, said he was release last week of the minutes from the US data. surprised the gap in expectations between Fed’s July 26-27 meeting. With only three policy meetings left in the central bank and markets remained Yellen has sought to move the Fed away the year, investors wonder whether it has so wide. from its so-called “forward guidance” ederal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen dug itself into the sidelines. In December 2015, investors were bet- approach, a communication tool that was may struggle later this week to con- “You can talk all you want but let’s ting on two rate increases over the coming used to provide reassurance that mone- vince financial markets she can face it: In the last seven years we have had year compared to the four signaled by the tary policy would remain accommodative. steer a divided US central bank to one measly 25-basis-point hike. Show me Fed. That was roughly the same outlook The Fed’s current position is that it is data- Fraise interest rates at least once in 2016 the money,” said Don Ellenberger, a port- each camp had a year earlier in Decem- dependent, with a rate rise possible at any Yellen will deliver the after it started the year with four hikes on folio manager at Federated Investors in ber 2014. meeting. keynote speech at a its radar. Pittsburgh. The gulf is now wider, with policymak- The Fed had to push markets by specifi- Yellen will deliver the keynote speech at Prices for Fed funds future contracts ers expecting three rate increases in 2017 cally mentioning in its policy statement last global central banking a global central banking conference in Jack- suggest investors see almost no chance for in addition to two hikes this year. Finan- October that it might raise rates at its “next conference in Jackson son Hole, Wyoming, on Friday, an event that a rate increase at the September or Novem- cial markets, however, show investors see meeting” in December. Fed chiefs have traditionally used to signal ber meetings and roughly even odds at the only one rate increase from now through Barclays economist Michael Gapen says Hole, Wyoming, on Friday, the direction of monetary policy. last meeting of the year in December. the end of 2017. Yellen could use her Jackson Hole speech to an event that Fed chiefs Fed policymakers began this year with If Yellen’s Fed fails to convince Wall “We still have got this disconnect deliver a concrete message that a rate hike the wind at their backs, having pushed Street about the policy path, a rate increase between markets and the Fed,” Bullard said. will happen in the coming months if U.S. job have traditionally used through a rate increase in December, the could trigger financial turmoil of the sort A few Fed policymakers worry the US growth stays strong. Otherwise, investors to signal the direction of first such move in nearly a decade. Their seen in 2013, when investors were caught economy, which has delivered strong job will keep doubting future rate increases, monetary policy. forecasts at the time suggested an economy off guard by the central bank signaling an gains but worryingly weak rates of infla- he said. strong enough to withstand four more hikes end to its bond-buying program. tion, could be stuck on a low growth path “They question whether she will ever see in 2016. “She has a tough job,” St. Louis Federal that requires low rates for years as well as data that will justify a rate hike,” Gapen said. But the Fed has been buffeted by a glo- Reserve President James Bullard told report- new policy tools. “I think she herself has a credibility prob- bal growth slowdown, financial market ers last week. Tensions between those who believe lem with markets.” WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST 2016 21

Pakistan celebrate ‘incredible journey’ to No.1

AFP was nearly thrown out of the inter- not only to this team but to all the Waqar Younis. “People may say 46 Tests since the spot-fixing scan- national arena over a spot-fixing players, coaches and support staff that its easier to get there than to dal while keeping the off-field image scandal on their tour of England in members who have represented remain there so we need to keep clean, echoed the comments. 2010. Pakistan in recent years.” that momentum, and improve in “It’s the greatest moment of my KARACHI: Cricket-obsessed Paki- Pakistan have also been forced New coach Mickey Arthur one-dayers.” career,” he said, thanking “everyone stanis were yesterday celebrating to play their home matches in the stressed that the work was just Under Younis, Pakistan plum- involved in the game”. their national team’s ‘incredible United Arab Emirates since an armed beginning. meted to number nine in one-day Fans on the street are also journey’ to the top of the Test rank- attack on the Sri Lankan team bus “It’s a fantastic achievement and international rankings – a slump savouring the occasion. ings after a turbulent seven years in in 2009, a significant disadvantage. a lot of people deserve the credit for which they need to address in the “We cannot bring international which they were forced to play home Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) that, but the top of them all will be five-match series against England cricket (to the country) but we have matches on neutral venues. chairman Shaharyar Khan branded the players who have worked hard starting on Wednesday. brought the number one rankings,” Pakistan supplanted arch-rivals the rise “historic”. and been outstanding,” said Arthur, Younis, who coached Pakistan said Abdul Qayyum. India to become the world’s number “The ascension to the top of who coached Pakistan to a 2-2 in two stints from 2010-11 and 2014- The ICC will present a special one Test side on Monday, after India’s the ICC Test rankings culminates draw in the four-Test series against 16, was also delighted said it was a trophy to Pakistan in honour of the final Test against the West Indies an incredible journey for Pakistan England. “proud moment”. achievement next month. ended in a rain-hit draw at Port of cricket,” he said. “I am just the lucky coach who “The hard work has paid off... If Pakistan remain number one Spain. It capped a remarkable rise “This is a historic moment in has been with the team now but oth- We as a nation are all proud of this until the April 1, 2017 cut-off date, under captain Misbah-ul-Haq’s (pic- our rich Test cricket history and the ers have done wonderfully well,” he achievement.” they will also receive a much-needed tured) leadership for a team which credit for this great achievement goes added, singling out his predecessor Misbah, who has led the side in $1m prize money.

South Africa, Trinidad board NZ first Test launches probe ends in a after washout damp draw Reuters

Reuters MUMBAI: The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board has launched an investigation after DURBAN: The first Test between only 22 overs could be played South Africa and New Zealand over five days in the fourth and ended in a damp draw yesterday final test between West Indies without a ball bowled over the and India at the Queen’s Park final three-and-a-half days due Oval due to a soggy outfield. to a sodden outfield at Kingsmead. The lack of action meant Only 100 overs were possible India won the four-Test series in the match with New Zealand 2-0 but surrendered top spot in frozen on 15 for two wickets in the International Cricket Coun- their first innings for 11 sessions cil (ICC) rankings to Pakistan. after the players left the field prior Rain halted play on the to lunch on the second day never first day of the Test after West England’s ODI captain Eoin Morgan (left) and his Pakistani counterpart Azhar Ali pose for a photograph with the trophy, on the vee of the to return. Indies had reached 62 for two The tourists were replying to opening game of the series at The Ageas Bowl in Southampton, yesterday. RIGHT: England’s Liam Dawson (left) and Jake Ball during a game wickets and no further play South Africa’s first innings total of football before the start of nets, yesterday. was possible over the next of 263 all out on a difficult batting four days despite periods of surface in what was the first win- sunshine. ter Test to be played in Durban. “As hosts, the Trinidad South African captain Faf du and Tobago Cricket Board and Plessis (pictured) backed the deci- QPCC (Queen’s Park Cricket sion to call off play. England ponder triple spin Club) regret that limited play “There were a few areas that was possible in the 4th Test were muddy and loose under- Match between WI and India at foot, so the umpires were worried the Queen’s Park Oval,” TTCB that if you had to make a sudden President Azim Bassarath said movement or sprint, you could get in a statement after the match. badly injured,” he told reporters. attack in Pakistan series “We have jointly launched “We respect the decision. an investigation to determine From a captain’s point of view, what occurred with a view if one of your fast bowlers runs to remedying the situation so around the boundary and gets against Pakistan at Southampton that is something we might have to that this does not occur in the injured, you’d be pretty upset.” today. take into consideration as we look FIVE-MATCH SERIES future. “Once this has been New Zealand coach Mike Captain Morgan hints For much of the time, in both ahead to the winter tours of Bang- STARTS TODAY done, it will be presented to Hesson also felt it was the right at inclusion of spin Test and ODI cricket, recent England ladesh and India,” Morgan told the WICB (West Indies Cricket decision. teams have been content to field just reporters at Southampton yester- Board).” “It’s very clear that both teams trio of Dawson, Ali the lone specialist slow bowler. day, on the eve of first match. limited-overs matches in South Former West Indies captain were very keen to play, but we also and Rashid for the But recent dry conditions, as well “It will be a very tough series Africa last winter even though he Viv Richards was among those respect that umpires are in charge as the need to prepare for the spin- against Pakistan, especially as the didn’t have the best time in the Tests,” critical of the organisers. of ground, weather and light,” he opening game friendly pitches that England will recent weather means conditions said Morgan. “Folks here have some said. encounter on their upcoming tours of may suit them more than they suit “He played out of his skin. I have questions to answer,” the bat- “Even from the time we Bangladesh and India, could prompt us initially. It is a good test leading been in that position before and it’s ting great said on television arrived at this venue, we knew a change of approach in the first of a into the winter.” a nice feeling to be able to play with commentary. “Not having a AFP that the outfield was in a poor five-match series. Meanwhile, former Ireland bats- freedom in white-ball cricket. He has Super Sopper (mechanical state and obviously it couldn’t As a result, Hampshire left-arm man Morgan said he expected Alex the backing of everyone.” mop) is unacceptable.” handle the rain.” spinner Liam Dawson could make his Hales to return to form in white-ball All-rounder Ben Stokes is back The ground might also The debacle will now place the LONDON: England limited overs ODI debut on his home ground along cricket after the Nottinghamshire in the squad after a calf injury but, face action from the ICC if Sri spotlight on Cricket South Afri- captain Eoin Morgan has said his with off-spinner Moeen Ali and leg- opener struggled in the drawn 2-2 despite bowling in the nets, Morgan Lankan match referee Ranjan ca’s decision to play the game at team could take the unusual option break bowler Adil Rashid. Test series against Pakistan, manag- said the paceman would play as Madugalle submits an adverse Kingsmead, with no play possi- of playing three spinners in their “Having Liam Dawson brings the ing just 145 runs at an average of 18.12 a batsman only in at least the first report against the venue. ble for three days despite no rain. opening one-day international option of playing three spinners and “Alex played very well in the two ODIs. Work was done to improve the outfield -- removing sand and grass and relaying it -- after both teams complained that it was too hard when they played a one- Pink ball makes first-class debut in India day International at the venue last year. The work was completed on July 1 but recent flooding and a lack of sunshine has not helped AFP The first-ever day-night Test Green who is trying to force his way the grass to properly recover, match, which saw Australia beat New back into the Indian team, was sim- leaving it soft underfoot and Zealand by three wickets in Adelaide ilarly enthusiastic. patchy. The latest rains have exac- last November, got mixed reviews “The Duleep Trophy has not been erbated the situation. NEW DELHI: India’s Duleep Tro- from players and commentators. played with the pink ball before and The timing of the work is now phy domestic championship began But players taking part in yester- it’s a good challenge. All the boys are under question as a similar proc- staging its first match under flood- day’s match, between teams that have keen (to perform) and this is a good ess in Pretoria, where the second lights yesterday, experimenting with been rebranded India Red and India platform ahead of the season,” said and final Test is to start on Satur- a pink ball in a likely precursor to the Green, were excited at the prospect of Raina. day, was completed in April. advent of day-night Tests in cricket’s the longest format of the game also Singh’s team won the toss and biggest market. being played after dark in India. chose to bat first in the afternoon in Organisers of the Duleep Trophy, “I think it is pretty exciting and front of a sizeable crowd who had a four-day triangular tournament something to look forward to,” said filed in to watch a piece of cricket- which traditionally heralds the veteran all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, ing history. start of the Indian cricket season, who has enjoyed great success for the “It’s a novel idea. Local people are are hoping to attract bigger crowds national team under lights in ODI and eager to watch the pink ball game ‘India Green’ captain Suresh Raina (right) is watched by wicketkeeper by playing until around 9pm. T20 cricket. under lights. We are just hoping that But the first match on the out- “The New Zealand-Australia Test all goes well,” Rajeev Tyagi, one of the Parthiv Patel as he holds a pink ball during a Duleep Trophy match skirts of the capital New Delhi match I saw was pretty exciting. The ground’s administrators, said. against ‘India Red’ in Greater Noida, yesterday. is also being closely watched by ball was swinging a bit much. It will India had been expected to stage India’s cricket board, which is widely be challenging if it swings a lot, play- their first day-night Test during a Kookaburra ball. Designers say the ball used in limited-overs cricket is expected to push ahead with plans ing under lights,” added Singh, who tour by New Zealand starting next pink ball is far more visible under not viable for Tests as it clashes with for a day-night Test if the experiment is captaining India Red. month. But the plans were shelved to lights than the red ball that has tradi- the players’ white clothing and sight succeeds. Suresh Raina, the captain of India give more time for trials of the pink tionally been used in Tests. The white screens as well as being less durable. 22 WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST 2016 SPORT

QMMF-backed-driver FIA World Cup: Al Attiyah bids Amro Al Hamad to confirm title at Baja Poland

FIA World Cup leader Nasser bin Qatar’s rally star Saleh Al Attiyah of Qatar returns from again teams up with skeet shooting programme at the Rio French navigator Olympics to compete at Baja Poland. Matthieu Baumel and arrives in Szczecin with a massive 88-point lead in the QMMF’s Amro secures title race podium at Zolder race The Peninsula The Peninsula which was a great result after a night of pressure and suspense. Certainly the team at this point SZCZECIN: Overdrive Racing’s dared to dream that they could season of FIA World Cup for Cross- DOHA: After completing a gruelling almost be within reach of the overall Country rallying continues when 24h of Zolder, QMMF-backed-driver podium until in the final six hours, it enters five Toyota Hiluxes in Amro Al Hamad and his Bas Koeten a fire started in the car causing a this weekend’s Columna Medica Racing team were denied the results lengthy pit stop to fix the wiring, Baja Poland, round seven of the they had hoped. dropping the team again back down nine-event series, in Szczecin in The team although fast, suffered the grid again into 23rd position. northwestern Poland. technical issues and fought hard for As the team worked tirelessly to FIA World Cup leader Nasser bin a podium place and third in the pro- mend the car time was ticking by as Saleh Al Attiyah returns from skeet totype class. they waited to know if they would shooting programme at the Rio Amro joined up with co-driv- be able to start the car again and Olympics to try and secure a fifth ers Thomas Piessens, Stienes Longin finish the remainder of the race. successive rally victory since join- and Sven van Laere in this historic “It was a roller-coaster of emo- ing Overdrive Racing before the Abu to action with Overdrive Racing for of Marcin Maluszynski and Julita a shakedown test at the nearby mili- long distance race. tions for us and a very tough race. Dhabi Desert Challenge in April. the first time since visa issues forced Maluszynska. “This is another impor- tary range on Friday morning. After Starting very well in practice After such a positive start every- The Qatari again teams up with them to withdraw prematurely from tant event for Overdrive Racing and the ceremonial start in Szczecin at and qualifying, the team went on thing was going to plan,” said Amro. French navigator Matthieu Baumel the recent Silk Way Rally in Asia to a superb opportunity for Nasser and 17.00hrs on Friday, teams will then in the Superpole to take a top P2 “The car was perfect all and arrives in Szczecin with a mas- occupy the fourth Toyota. Chabot Matthieu to secure the title for the tackle the opening 6.9km super spe- grid position to start the race from throughout practice and qualifying sive 88-point lead in the title race. and Pillot enjoyed a successful Dakar team and for our other drivers to cial stage in the militarised area. the front row. but just didn’t want to play the game Victory in Poland would give the outing with the team in January. continue their experience with the Saturday’s action comprises two With Longin starting the race during the race. The rain didn’t help Qatari a total of 210 points and make Al Attiyah’s brother Khalifa Toyota Hilux,” said Overdrive Rac- selective sections of 175km apiece in they were quick to take an early lead and the car being a prototype was it mathematically impossible for him drives the fifth car with backing ing’s CEO Jean-Marc Fortin. the militarised area around Draw- in the first lap, until only a few hours not the ideal car for those weather to be caught with two events remain- from the Qatar Motor and Motorcy- Columna Medica Rally Poland sko Pomorskie from 08.20hrs and later the car suffered transmission conditions, but saying that we did ing in Morocco and Portugal. cle Federation (QMMF). Although a is being organised by Foundation 13.40hrs. and engine issues just as heavy rain get the fastest lap of the entire race The Polish duo of Marek Dab- relative newcomer to the discipline Baja Poland and takes place in the Sunday’s action consists of started to fall on the Zolder circuit. and I am really happy and relieved rowski and Jacek Czachor return to of off-road rallying, Khalifa has con- Szczecin, Dobra, and Zachodni- two repeat runs through a pair of Having to pit so early on in the to reach a podium in such difficult cross-country action in the second siderable experience of FIA Middle opomorskie areas and across the shorter special stages of 39.50km race for repairs dropped the car conditions,” he added. Team Orlen car and aim to improve East special stage rallying and teams military zone in Drawsko Pomor- and 18.20km in length. down the grid to 30th position and “The team worked extremely on the driver’s sixth position in the up with Belgian co-driver Stephane skie. The host city of Szczecin is the These Dobra and Lubieszyhn into the night Amro and his co-driv- well under such pressure and it’s championship standings. The duo Prevot. seventh largest in the country and specials will then be repeated at ers had to double their stints at three due to the mechanics and team finished fifth on their home event The duo finished July’s Baja Spain the capital of the West Pomeranian 12.30hrs and 13.20hrs, before the hours each to make any advance up working so hard that we even last year in a Toyota Hilux. Aragon together in 13th position, but Voivodeship. ceremonial finish in the Szczecin the leaderboard. reached the podium at all, every- Frenchman Ronan Chabot and retired from the recent Hungarian The Northeast Marina will host Rally Park from 14.30pm. Just as the rain began to fall one did a great professional job and his navigator Gilles Pillot crew the Baja. scrutineering checks and adminis- In a total route of 787.68km, again in the early morning the team I am proud we got a reward of 3rd third car and the Dane Jes Munk and Overdrive Racing has also sup- tration in Szczecin tomorrow, before teams will tackle a total of 472.30 pulled together and managed to in our class for our efforts”, com- Polish co-driver Rafal Marton return plied a sixth car for the Polish duo crews will be permitted to carry out competitive kilometres. climb back up to 4th position overall mented Amro. Rio saga: Last major sponsor Airweave also drops Lochte

Reuters four months after naming him its global brand ambassador for one of its products. Sponsorship and endorsement deals typically include “morals clauses” that NEW YORK: US swimmer Ryan Lochte lost allow sponsors to terminate deals early if Team GB athletes the last of his four major sponsors, Japa- they feel the athlete has behaved poorly nese mattress maker Airweave, days after in public. pose for a he admitted to exaggerating his story about Nottingham, UK-based Speedo’s photograph as being robbed at gunpoint in Rio during the US unit said on Monday it would donate they return home Olympics. $50,000 of Lochte’s fee to Save The Chil- from the 2016 The incident embarrassed the host city, dren, a global charity partner of Speedo. Rio Olympics, angered the local police and government Lochte said in an email that he at Heathrow and dominated news coverage of South respected Speedo’s decision. Airport in London, America’s first Olympics, leading the US “I was immature and I made a stupid yesterday. Olympic Committee to issue an apology. mistake. I’m human. I made a mistake and Lochte, a 12-time Olympic medalist, I definitely learned from this,” Lochte said apologised on Saturday in an interview to in an interview on the Today show. Brazil’s largest broadcaster, Globo TV. “I “They (the people of Rio) put on a great wasn’t lying to a certain extent,” he said. Games ... And my immature, intoxicated “I over-exaggerated what was happening behavior tarnished that a little,” Lochte to me.” said. Ralph Lauren and Airweave said its Brits return home in gold-nosed plane Within hours of the Games coming to endorsement agreement with Lochte was a close, Speedo USA issued a statement for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. saying it would drop Lochte as one of its Ralph Lauren had taken down refer- endorsers, while Ralph Lauren Corp said ences to the gold medalist from its website AFP their relatives in their sport- Cycling saw Britain’s ‘golden long-distance running’s ‘double it would not be renewing its contract with last week. ing ambitions – were present couple’ of Jason Kenny and fian- double’. the swimmer. Lochte, 32, won one gold medal at the to watch them land at London’s cee Laura Trott, triumph in the Farah was not alone in being Hair removal company Syneron Can- Rio Olympics. Heathrow Airport and were then velodrome. a repeat champion, with boxing’s dela also ended its partnership with Lochte, LONDON: Great Britain’s trium- ushered into a private lounge. Kenny matched British Nicola Adams and taekwondo’s phant Olympic team returned Also on hand to greet the team cycling great Chris Hoy’s tally of Jade Jones also repeating their home yesterday when a gold- was former sports minister Hugh six golds with three wins in Rio, victories of four years ago. nosed aircraft brought home a Robertson, who was involved in while Trott won two of her own Double gold medal-win- host of athletes clutching gold, the delivery of the successful 2012 to take her total to four. ning gymnast Max Whitlock and silver and bronze from the Rio London Games. Kenny, who returned ear- Adams were first off the plane, Games. Britain’s performance in Rio lier with Trott, told ITV’s Good posing and waving for photog- Great Britain’s most success- was the best by any country that Morning Britain yesterdayday: raphers, before the rest of the ful Olympic Games in more than a had hosted the immediate pre- “It is now sinking in. As we go team followed to further cheers century saw it finish with 67 med- ceding Olympics and Robertson, out for dinner, people are com- and applause from airport staff. als, 27 of them gold, with only the now a vice-president of the Brit- ing up and saying ‘Well done’ and Also on the plane were tri- United States ahead in the over- ish Olympic Association (BOA) buying us drinks. I don’t think we athlon medal-winning brothers all standings in Rio. said the knock-on effect from have bought a single drink since Alistair and Jonny Brownlee and Some 320 athletes and sup- London had played a part. we have come back.” five-time rowing Olympic med- port staff travelled back from “One of the objectives was to Several British competitors allist Katherine Grainger. Brazil in the British Airways leave a legacy for UK athletes for defended titles won in London, Several athletes posted tweets Boeing 747 with “victoRIOus” generations to come,” he told AFP. notably Mo Farah who again took during the flight back and, after emblazoned on the side. “Rio has surpassed all our gold in both the 5,000 metres and landing, Alastair Brownlee Some of the medallists’ fami- expectations,” added Robert- 10,000 metres and so became the tweeted a selfie at the top of the In this still image from video Olympic gold medallist swimmer Ryan Lochte of the lies – who have themselves given son, who flew back from Brazil first man since Finland’s Lasse plane stairs with the caption: “So US gives an interview to Globo TV in New York City, on Saturday. up hours of their time to support last Friday. Viren in 1976 to complete Olympic #goodtobBAck. What a welcome.” SPORT WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST 2016 23

Manchester Qatar beat Al Gharafa SC Fractured hand United defender Blackett joins rules Hernandez Reading out of opening Reuters game of season LONDON: Manchester United defender Tyler Blackett joined Championship club Reading AFP on Monday, signing a three- year contract. The 22-year-old England BERLIN: A fractured hand, from falling down the under-21 spent last season on stairs at home, means Mexico striker Javier ‘Chi- loan at Celtic, where he won charito’ Hernandez will miss Bayer Leverkusen’s a Scottish League winner’s opening game of the new season, his club medal. announced Tuesday. Reading manager Jaap “’Chicharito’ suffered a fractured right hand Stam, formerly a defender falling down the stairs in his flat last night,” said with United, said Blackett’s Leverkusen in a statement. versatility was a key factor “Hernandez was successfully operated on this in the move. morning.” “He can play as a Injury means both Hernandez and Leverkusen left-back or a left-sided cen- captain Lars Bender have been ruled out of Sat- tre-back; he has got great urday’s German league match at Borussia potential in the sense that he Moenchengladbach, the club’s first of the season. is quick and athletic, defen- The pair are expected to be sidelined for the sively he is strong and he is next fortnight. Action from the practice match between Qatar and Al Gharafa, played at Al Sadd Stadium, yesterday. Qatar beat Al good at set pieces,” Stam told Bender suffered an ankle injury playing for Reading’s website (www. Gharafa 3-1 ahead of their FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifying match against Iran, which will be played on September 1. Germany in the men’s final of the Rio de Janeiro readingfc.co.uk). Olympic Games last Saturday, when the Germans “As a defender he can go lost to Brazil on penalties. and play high up the pitch as His injury was confirmed by an MRI scan by well, and that is what we need his club in Cologne on Tuesday morning after his in the squad.” return from Brazil. The 28-year-old Hernandez joined Leverkusen from Manchester United in August 2015 and was the club’s top-scorer in his first season in Germany Allardyce mulls Reborn Sterling leads with 17 goals in the Bundesliga. Bender has won 19 caps for Germany and has England recall made 174 league appearances for Leverkusen since for Terry City’s Champions joining in 2009. AFP Leganes claim

BURTON-ON-TRENT, United Kingdom: New Eng- historic first land manager Sam Allardyce League charge will consider ending former captain John Terry’s four- La Liga win year international exile, he revealed on Monday. He was also derided for day and impressed again in last more finely poised, with Dutch Terry, 35, retired from some insipid England displays Saturday’s 4-1 win at Stoke City, giants Ajax level at 1-1 with Ros- AFP England duty in Septem- Pep Guardiola’s at Euro 2016, but he is thriving unselfishly setting up a late goal tov ahead of the second leg in ber 2012 after the Football men advance upon under Guardiola and inspired for Nolito. Russia. The heavyweight tie Association charged him the Champions City to a 5-0 win at Steaua Sterling’s return to form between Roma and Porto, MADRID: Victor Diaz scored the only goal as with racially abusing Queens Bucharest in their Champions has not escaped the attention which concluded in the Italian Leganes defeated Celta Vigo 1-0 on Monday Park Rangers defender Anton League group League play-off round first leg. of new England manager Sam capital yesterday, is also deli- in the club’s first ever game in the Spanish top Ferdinand. He was later fined phase as former “Obviously he’s been criti- Allardyce. cately balanced at 1-1. flight. and given a four-game ban. cised a lot in the last year, but “People say in football Monaco, quarter-finalists in Diaz steered in from a corner on 75 min- Roy Hodgson, Allardyce’s Liverpool the way he’s responding is that when you have the dip, 2015, carry a 2-1 lead into their utes to hand Leganes victory on their La Liga predecessor, said in March midfielder returns great,” said team-mate Kevin it’s how well do you overcome home game with Villarreal. debut, having won promotion to the top tier by that England had still not suc- De Bruyne ahead of Wednes- it?” Allardyce told reporters on Dundalk’s hopes of becom- finishing runners-up in Spain’s second division cessfully replaced the Chelsea to form day’s return leg against Steaua. Monday. ing the first Irish team to reach last season. centre-back and Allardyce “He’s a great player. I don’t City have won all three of the group stage appear slim Leganes, who were founded in 1928, will host has not ruled out handing care what people say about their competitive games to date as they travel to Legia War- Atletico Madrid at their modest 8,000-seater sta- him a recall. him after last year or the Euros. under Guardiola, but he warned saw needing to overturn a 2-0 dium on the outskirts of the Spanish capital in Asked if Terry might be AFP These things happen. Football- after the Stoke win: “There is first-leg deficit. Like City, Celtic their first home game next weekend before cham- in line for an England return, ers have ups and downs. time to get better.” appear all but home and hosed pions Barcelona visit next month. Allardyce said: “Maybe so. I “Hopefully he can continue With the tie against Steaua after crushing Israeli represent- Meanwhile, Las Palmas stunned Valencia 4-2 think it depends on what John this for us now, because he is effectively over, today’s game at atives Hapoel Beer-Sheva 5-2 in at the Mestalla with Croatian striker Marko Livaja said. LONDON: As Pep Guardiola’s very dangerous.” the Etihad Stadium gives Guar- the home leg of their tie. netting a brace in the final game of the opening “Maybe if I get the oppor- Manchester City advance upon Sterling set the tone for City diola an opportunity to hone But their fans face a probe round of matches in Spain. tunity, I might have to give the Champions League group in last week’s first leg in Bucha- his tactical innovations, such by UEFA after unveiling doz- Santi Mina headed Valencia into a sixth- him a ring. But until I come phase, previously maligned rest, winning an early penalty as his use of full-backs in cen- ens of Palestine flags during minute lead, but Livaja equalised before Jonathan to that selection or that proc- winger Raheem Sterling (which Sergio Aguero squan- tral midfield roles. He may also the game in Glasgow. Viera converted a penalty and Kevin-Prince Boat- ess, we’ll wait and see. appears to have been reborn. dered) and laying on goals for hand playing time to some of his Israeli police have vowed eng stretched the visitors’ advantage on his Las “I don’t know what the Sterling, 21, joined City from David Silva and Aguero, who fringe players, but it remains to to confiscate any Palestinian Palmas debut. political side of that might Liverpool in a fractious £44m scored a hat-trick. be seen whether outcast goal- flags brandished by any of the Mina struck again to make it 3-2 after just 34 mean, if there is a political move last year, but flattered to He won a penalty as City keeper Joe Hart will be granted expected 250 away fans dur- minutes but Livaja rounded out a famous vic- side. I’ll have to have that deceive and ultimately lost his beat Sunderland 2-1 on the Pre- a first start of the campaign. ing Tuesday’s return fixture in tory late on. conversation if I feel that John place in the starting XI. mier League season’s opening Today’s other games are all Beersheba. Terry may be a possibility.” Terry, capped 78 times, signed a one-year Chelsea contract extension in May and has played in their two games to date under new manager Guardiola confirms Bravo on his way to replace Hart Antonio Conte. Allardyce, 61, was appointed England manager AFP relegated to third choice at the so after that we can speaspeakk aaboutbout nationalnational breakbreak theythey willwill in July after Hodgson stepped Eastlands. everything. bebe fullyfully part ofof our down following England’s Hart’s plight has been com- “The situationation withwith Joe, I spospokeke training sessions.”sessions.” humiliating elimination by pounded because potential moves to about in the llastast two press confer-confer- Iceland at Euro 2016. MANCHESTER: Pep Guardiola Everton and Sevilla appear to have ences. I am notot ableable to speakspeak aboutabout He begins his tenure with insisted on Tuesday that he will fallen through, at least in part due negotiations.”” a 2018 World Cup qualifying continue working with Joe Hart at to his high salary which makes even The City mmanageranager hhasas mamadede an match against Slovakia in Manchester City, even as Barcelona a loan move prohibitive for many impressive starttart to thethe new cam- Trnava on September 4 and goalkeeper Claudio Bravo flew in to potential suitors. paign despite bbeingeing witwithouthout injuredinjured will name his first squad on replace the unwanted England inter- “I have an excellent relation- captain Vincentent Kompany anandd pre- Sunday. national. ship with Joe. We are clear -- him season signingsgs IlkayIlkay GunGundogandogan andand Allardyce, known as ‘Big Hart has been the most high- with me, I with him. We spoke about Leroy Sane, alalthoughthough hehe expects Sam’, confirmed goalkeeper profile victim of Guardiola’s new football,” said Guardiola who was the trio to bee avaiavailablelable forfor thethe Joe Hart will be selected, reign as manager of the Premier photographed talking to Hart during Manchester derbyderby on Septem-Septem- despite having lost his place League club, with the City boss pub- training ahead of City’s Champions ber 10. at Manchester City under new licly announcing his preference for a League qualifying tie with Steaua “Now wee havehave thisthis manager Pep Guardiola. goalkeeper who can play better with Bucharest today. week and tthenhen 10 But Allardyce warned it the ball at his feet. “So I can’t deny what everybody days to work withwith is “critical” for Hart to secure Willy Caballero replaced Hart knows. Barcelona, seven to 10 days them in train-n- regular first-team football for City’s first three competitive ago, were the first ones to announce ing sessions too if he is to remain England’s games, all victories, that Spanish contact with Manchester City. improve their first-choice goalkeeper. manager Guardiola has overseen. “But I’m sorry guys, until the physical con- Guardiola has expressed Bravo flew in to Manchester from deal is complete or not complete dition,” said reservations about Hart’s Barcelona on Tuesday to complete (I can’t speak), but at the moment Guardiola. passing ability and Allardyce his reported £17m ($22m) transfer the player (Bravo) is not our player,” “Hope- said he would speak to the from the Spanish club, a move that Guardiola also told reporters. fully when City manager about the will see Hart, England’s undisputed “Until August 31, all the play- we come Pep Guardiola matter. first-choice goalkeeper during this ers here are my players, and I will back from year’s European Championships, work with them like there is no end, the inter- www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 22 PAGE | 23 Al Attiyah bids to Guardiola confirmsms confirm title at Bravo on his way to Baja Poland replace Hart

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QSL giants take on Emirati side as coach Sabri Lamouchi eyes semi-finals berth

By Rizwan Rehmat The Peninsula

DOHA: Qatar Stars League (QSL) giants El Jaish go into the first leg of their AFC Champions League quar- ter-finals against UAE side Al Nasr knowing new recruit Seydo Keita of Mali could play a key role in the match today. El Jaish reached the quarter- finals for the first time in the club’s history earlier this year in May after Lekhwiya failed to go past the pre- El Jaish coach Sabri Lamouchi (left) and Al Nasr coach Ivan Jovanović (right) addressing press during media briefings held yesterday, ahead of their AFC Champions League quarter- liminary stage. El Jaish coach Sabri Lamouchi final match which will be played at the Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha today. feels his squad has hit the ground running in the pre-season season influential Abderrazak Hamdallah to play the quarter-finals. Nobody Abkar said: “It is a great opportunity “El Jaish is an excellent team. a pre-season without match practice training camp and added Keita is up who is out with injury. could have imagined to see El Jaish to do well at the Asian level. We will They showed this in the earlier stage. will be a concern for both sides. But for his debut for the top QSL side. “I want to remind you that he is in this position a few months ago,” try hard and please our fans.” They showed that against Lekhwiya we have adapt,” he said. “It will be his (Keita’s) first offi- here because Abderrazak Hamdallah Lamouchi said yesterday. Al Nasr coach Ivan Jovanović said also. As I said before. We will do our Al Nasr player Ahmed Ibra- cial game. We need his experience is out injured. I want to wish him well. “We have good players but they his side would be keen to go past El best to go to the next round,” the him said: “We managed to get good for tomorrow and in QSL games also. We are waiting for him to return,” also need to play with organisation,” Jaish in the quarter-finals stage. coach said. preparation in the pre-seaon camp. Of course, (he is a) big name. Hope- Lamouchi said. “We want to see him the coach warned. “It’s a very important match. A When asked about the absence We trained in Dubai and in Poland fully he will do well,” Lamouchi said again on the pitch,” Lamouchi said. When asked about feeling the very difficult team and tough game of Kembo Ekoko, the coach said: “Of for 14 days. Some new players have at a press conference yesterday. The El Jaish coach quickly added pressure of playing on home soil, for both. One of the two teams will go course, Kempo is a very important joined us. We hope they add value “We know Keita is a big player. that today’s clash will test his side. Lamouchi said: “I feel the pressure for to semis so that’s the target,” Jovanović player but we have to find a solution to our team. We have trained in high He came here from Europe a week “Of course it won’t be an easy all games. We always play to win. We said yesterday. in his absence.” temperature.” ago,” Lamouchi said. game. We were in Emirates for three have the determination. The players “ For our team, tomorrow is a big Al Nasr coach said the hot weather The match starts at Lekhwiya Sta- Lamouchi said Keita - the weeks for training but we are happy to know that. I prefer to play the first leg day. It’s the first time we reach quar- may test the two sides. dium at 7:00pm today. The return leg 36-year-old Barca veteran play this game,” Lamouchi said. away but we are ready for this one.” ters. We will try to reach the semis,” “Am sure the weather will be diffi- will be played on September 14 at Al - is a short-term replacement for “I can say we are happy and proud El Jaish played Abdulrehman Jovanović said. cult for both sides. Also, coming from Maktoum Stadium in Dubai. SC’s booth at Bayt Qatar concludes successful run at Rio Games

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RIO DE JANEIRO: As the curtain came down on the 2016 Rio Olym- pics, the doors of Bayt Qatar, Qatar Olympic Committee’s hospitality house at the Games, were also closed after welcoming more than 16,000 visitors through its doors. Those who visited Bayt Qatar also had the opportunity to learn about preparations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup at the Supreme Commit- tee for Delivery and Legacy’s (SC) booth – and many illustrious names did just that. The highlight was a visit from Qatar’s Olympic silver medallist ViVisisitotorsrs at thhe BaBaytyt Qaattaarr, QaQattar Olympip c Commmittttee’ss Mutaz Barshim, who was given a hohospspititalalitity hohousse atat thhe 2016 Rio Olymmpics. RIRIGHGHTT: Brrazilliaan hero’s welcome. fofoototbballl legend Ronaldo (rright) visiititingng thee Bayyt Qatar He was joined by Brazilian foot- ball legends Ronaldo and Cafu, as well as Evaristo de Macedo, the including Challenge 22 and Gener- Olympics, for this achievement, as Qataris to redouble their efforts and “The high turnout has encour- captain Dunga (1994) and former former Brazil international who ation Amazing. well as to the Qatar Athletics Fed- achieve even more in international aged the SC to participate in more Brazil international Denilson, World coached Qatar to second place at SC Secretary General, Hassan Al eration (QAF) and Mutaz Barshim. sport, both by winning more med- sporting events around the world, in Cup winning defender Lucio (2002), the 1981 FIFA Under-20 World Youth Thawadi expressed his happiness at He said: “This victory is a result als and by hosting sporting events.” order to show the true face of Qatar UEFA Euro 2000 winner David Championship. the success of the SC’s participation of the QOC’s efforts and its invest- Referring to the high number of and let people everywhere know Trezeguet of France and former Real Regardless of the star names, in Bayt Qatar in Rio de Janeiro. ment in sports people as well as the visitors received at the SC’s booth, about the country’s preparations for Madrid midfielder Christian Karem- every guest learned about Qatar’s Al Thawadi congratulated Qatari government’s ongoing sup- Al Thawadi added: “This is natural the 2022 World Cup and what has beu visited the booth. own preparations to welcome Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, port for the sports sector. because of the Brazilian people’s been achieved in this regard so far.” Qatar’s Olympic team also the world in 2022, highlight- the president of the Qatar Olympic “Bayt Qatar has produced excel- passion and love for football, with In addition to the public, other stopped by, including Nasser Al ing Al Rayyan Stadium and the Committee (QOC) and the head of lent results and made people happy. many international football stars former football stars and coaches Attiyah, a bronze medallist in Lon- most important SC legacy projects the Qatari delegation to the 2016 Rio It has been a great motivator for hailing from Brazil. such as Brazil World Cup winning don 2012.