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AMIR, IRAQI PRESIDENT DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONS, RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ Qatar, Iraq vow to strengthen ties

Amir welcomes Iraqi Amir hails strong fraternal president’s invite relations between the to visit Iraq two countries

QNA president and his accompa- luncheon banquet in honour DOHA nying delegation, praising the of the Iraqi President and fraternal relations between the delegation accompanying THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim the two countries and stress- him at the Amiri Diwan. bin Hamad al Thani and ing that the Iraqi president’s After a successful visit to Iraqi President Dr Barham visit would contribute to ce- Qatar, the Iraqi president left Salih on Thursday discussed menting the relations. Doha on Thursday. bilateral relations and the The Iraqi president laud- The Iraqi president and ways to further enhance the ed the deep-rooted relations the accompanying delega- relations in economy, trade, between the two countries tion were seen off upon de- investment, infrastructure and voiced his aspiration to parture from Hamad Inter- and tourism. develop them to wider pros- national Airport by Minister During the official talks at pects. of Commerce and Industry the Amiri Diwan on Thurs- At the end of the talks, the HE Ali bin Ahmed al Kuwari, day, the Amir and the Iraqi Iraqi president extended an Acting Charge d’Affaires president also discussed the invitation to the Amir to visit of the Embassy of Qatar reconstruction of Iraq. Iraq. The Amir welcomed the in Iraq HE Hussein Ali al The two leaders ex- invitation. Fadala and the Acting Charge changed views on a number Earlier upon arrival at the d’Affaires of the Iraqi Embas- of regional and international Amiri Diwan, the Iraqi presi- sy in Qatar HE Dr Abdulsat- issues of common concern. dent was accorded an official tar al Janabi. At the outset of the talks, reception ceremony. the Amir welcomed the Iraqi The Amir also hosted a More on page 16 Ô The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani with Iraq President Dr Barham Salih at the Amiri Diwan on Thursday.

SECOND QATAR-US STRATEGIC DIALOGUE Amir sends message to Macron PARIS The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani on Thurs- QSE reaches highest day sent a written message to French President Emmanuel Macron. The message pertains to bilateral ties and the means Qatar, US to sign slew to enhance them. The message was handed over by Ambassador of Qatar to France HE Sheikh Ali bin Jassim al Thani, during a level in two years meeting with Diplomatic Adviser to the French President Philippe Etienne. (QNA) of MoUs, says Khater AST year’s rally has shown no signs of slowing down in 2019 as the Lrecord run in Qatari stocks appears to be gaining momentum. Qatar’s QNA stock market hit its highest level in nearly two years on Thursday as DOHA financial stocks boosted the market ahead of corporate earnings and dividend announcements next week. The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) THE 2nd Qatar-US Strategic Dialogue, main index rose 127 points, or 1.2 percent, on Thursday to hit its high- to be held on Sunday in Doha, aims est level since March 2017 as 14 of its 20 stocks in the main bench- to strengthen cooperation with the mark index gained. The index was boosted by financial shares, with trusted and important ally and give Industries Qatar adding 2.9 percent and Qatar Islamic Bank increasing fresh impetus to the bilateral relations, 1.3 percent. Bellwether Qatar National Bank (QNB) rose 0.8 percent which are strong and built on shared to push the index higher on the day to close the first full trading values and mutual respect, Spokesper- week of 2019 on a positive note. Having declared as the son for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs best performing stock market in the region with gain of over HE Lulwah al Khater has said. 20 percent in 2018, Thursday’s impressive rise helped QSE In remarks to QNA, she said the kick off weekly trade with a bang in the New Year. The Qatar strategic dialogue that will review the Stock Exchange (QSE) main index gained 307.87 points, or overall Qatar-US relations is co-chaired 2.97 percent, during the first trading week of beIN Sports resumes by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister 2019 to close at 10,658.22 points. of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Moham- service in Egypt med bin Abdulrahman al Thani and US — SATYENDRA PATHAK Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. PAGE 9 ATAR broadcasting giant beIN said on Thursday that it will The dialogue will be held with the Qresume its service in Egypt, days after pulling the plug participation of a line-up of top govern- over a dispute with its only cable network in the country. Two ment officials from the both sides, she Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign days after announcing it was cutting its service to Egypt›s added. Affairs HE Lulwah al Khater. CNE, beIN said it had resolved the dispute over commercial The Qatar-US strategic dialogue terms. “beIN SPORTS is pleased to announce that Cable will include high-level discussions on a commitment of the two friendly coun- Network Egypt (CNE) has now signed an agreement for the number of political, economic, defence tries to promote bilateral trade and carriage of beIN on its network,” the media group said. CNE and cultural issues and will witness the discuss bilateral investment frame- also confirmed in a statement that beIN’s sports service had signing of a number of memoranda of works that address tax policies and resumed. beIN provides several sports via CNE including the understanding (MoUs) that with a view reduce regulatory obstacles. English Premier League, Champions League, major tennis to enhancing cooperation in the inter- The two sides also signed a num- tournaments, NBA and Formula One. Up to 300,000 view- ests of the Qatari and the US people, ber of agreements, MoUs and letters ers are believed to be using the service. “We are delighted Khater added. of intent in the fields of trade, invest- that fans across Egypt can now, once again, have access to The first strategic dialogue was ment, technology, energy and cooper- the best and most exciting sports and entertainment in the held in January 2018 in the US, which ation in sport, education, health, arts world,” beIN said in its Thursday statement. (AFP) issued a joint statement stressing the and culture.

First exhibition for Kahraman QU’s Spring semester to commence on Sunday amber opens at Katara ATAR Uni- QNA Cultural Village Dr Khalid bin Qversity (QU) DOHA Ibrahim al Sulaiti expressed his students are pre- happiness over the massive par- paring to start A wide range of products made of ticipation of traders and manufac- their studies in authentic Kahraman amber from turers of Kahraman amber in the the Spring se- across the world are on display at exhibition from around the world mester of 2019 the first edition of Katara Exhibi- and hoped that the event would on Sunday. The tion for Kahraman, which opened give a major boost to Kahraman university has at the Katara Cultural Village on amber industry worldwide. announced that January 17 will be the last date for deletion Thursday. The three-day exhibi- tries are participating in the exhi- The exhibition features about and addition, while March 21 will be the deadline for withdraw- tion is the first of its kind in Qatar bition. 80 stalls showcasing different va- ing from the courses. April 4 is the deadline for withdrawal and the biggest in the region. The participating countries are rieties of prayers beads, bracelets, from the semester. During the period of deletion and addition, Traders, collectors and manu- Qatar, Turkey, Kuwait, Lebanon, ornaments and antique products students can meet the academic advisor and register or de- facturers of authentic Kahraman Russia, Poland and Lithuania. made of amber, which are also be- lete courses according to the study plan of each student, until amber products from seven coun- General Manager of Katara ing offered for sale. PAGE 16 the end of the first week of the beginning of the study. 02 Friday, January 11, 2019

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HAMMADI MEETS CHINA, JAPAN, KOREA’S ENVOYS

Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr Ahmed bin Hassan al Hammadi on Thursday met separately with Ambassador of China to Qatar HE Li Chen, Ambassador of Japan to Qatar HE Seiichi Otsuka and Ambassador of Korea to Qatar HE Kim Chang-Mo. During the meetings, they discussed relations and means of enhancing them, in addition to a number of issues of mutual concern. (QNA)

Temporary closure on Industrial R/A 1 at Al Khor Qatar Charity provides relief aid to

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK tion with the General Directo- snowstorm-hit refugees in Lebanon DOHA rate of Traffic. The temporary closure is THE Public Works Author- required to facilitate the works Nearly 17,000 Syrian refugees received relief aid from Qatar Charity during the past two days of the storm ity (Ashghal) will implement a of laying TSE pipe as part of temporary closure at the Indus- design, build, operation and TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK contributions to support the af- through QC’s website (QCH. trial Area Roundabout 1 in Al maintenance of Al Dhakhira DOHA fected people, as they are still QA/B0). The donors can also Khor, located between the In- Sewage Treatment Works, living under harsh weather con- request a ‘home collector’ dustrial Area Street and Khat- Transfer Pumping Station and QATAR Charity (QC) has ditions such as freezing cold, through QC’s app (QCH.QA/ taf Street where one lane will be Associated Pipelines. rushed in emergency relief aids heavy rain, snow. APP) or dial the charity’s hot- closed while the other lane will Ashghal will instal road to thousands of Syrian refugees Jihan al Qaisi, relief inter- line, 44667711, to make their be kept open in all directions of signs to guide motorists of the in the Arsal camp in Lebanon, vention coordinator, said, “Qa- contributions. the roundabout, the authority closure. Ashghal has requested which has been devastated by tar Charity is one of the first Mobile donations can also has announced. all road users to abide by the storm Norma. organisations to respond to the be made. To send QR50, QR100 The closure will last for one speed limit, which is pegged at The aid has benefitted near- Syrian refugees’ appeal for help and QR500, one can send an month starting from Saturday, 50 km/hour and follow the road ly 17,000 refugees in the camp in Arsal. The charity provided SMS with code (B0) to 92632, January 12, 2019, in coordina- signs to ensure their safety. during the past two days of the urgent relief aid to families 92642, and 92428, respectively. storm. threatened with death due to Donations to the Below The relief team managed to The relief aid included heating fuel, blankets, winter clothes and other blizzard.” Zero campaign can also be reach the camp despite accu- items to protect the tents from rain and wind, in addition to food aid Qaisi emphasized that al- made at QC’s headquarters or mulated snow, heavy rain and to the affected families. though Qatar Charity has con- through its branches within the violent winds. The members tributed to helping thousands of country and collection points in of the team distributed the aid blizzard, as the state of emer- persons with disabilities. families, they still require sus- commercial complexes. materials as part of QC’s “Below gency has been declared. The relief aid included heat- tained attention and more aid. Since the beginning of the Zero” winter campaign. The charity has allocated a ing fuel, blankets, winter clothes The programme coordinator Syrian crisis, Qatar Charity has Syrian refugees in Arsal, a budget to support those affect- and other items to protect the described the situation in Arsal been supporting Syrian refu- town and municipality situated ed by the snowstorm within the tents from rain and wind, in ad- as harsh that requires urgent gees in Lebanon by implement- in eastern Lebanon, are badly framework of the “Below Zero” dition to food aid to the affected action to salvage the quickly de- ing many relief, shelter, health, affected by the snowstorm, campaign. This makes Qatar families. The materials were teriorating condition there. development and education which has increased their suf- Charity one of the first humani- distributed in coordination with Qatar Charity urges people projects. fering in light of a severe short- tarian agencies to respond to the Union of Relief and Devel- in Qatar to continue support- Qatar Charity has carried age of basic life necessities, es- this hazard. opment Associations (URDA) ing its Below Zero campaign in out many relief projects for pecially heating materials. The number of beneficiaries in Lebanon. order to reach out to the larg- internally-displaced persons Qatar Charity managed to in the first two days of the storm Qatar Charity expressed est number of displaced people, (IPDs) and refugees in 2018 at intervene quickly to provide re- reached around 17,000 Syr- its gratitude to all donors of its refugees and those in need. a cost of more than QR85mn, lief aid to the affected persons in ian refugees, mostly children, winter campaign and urged the The donations in favour benefiting about 4 million peo- order to help them survive the women, the sick, the elderly and general public to make more of the campaign can be made ple in various fields.

Vodafone gives a taste DADA leather collection at Blue Salon, Aigner of superfast 5G power to TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK sories and a refreshing colour the series. ity, finely pearl-grained leather what it takes to become a new DOHA palette give the collection a The Cybill Scacchi impress- from Italy. Retro details such classic. The shoulder bag in Kaffeinated Festival visitors brand new vibe. es with a black/white chequer as metal panels and the braid- three shapes and colours plays THE new collection DADA is Bright, bold colours such as board pattern and makes a ed handle are interpreted in a with volume, size and depth. now available at the Blue Sa- cyan blue, sage green and lemon statement with a golden handle. modern way and give the model With narrow straps that are TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK allowing them to connect to lon and the Aigner boutique at yellow characterise the look and For the ‚Cybill Cavallo AIGNER a cool touch. closed diagonally at the front, DOHA Vodafone’s 5G powered Wi-Fi the Pearl. are combined with muted sum- picks up on its history in eques- RUBY: The new shoulder it has a compact, square shape. network delivered through a The artistic and literary mer shades such as nougat and trian sports with a modern bag in three special versions GALA: As the name sug- AS part of its commitment to 5G Router. movement Dadaism from the cloud white. Signal red adds a striking golden horse’s head as is an absolute eye-catcher. In- gests, Gala is full of grace in its support local businesses in Just last month, Voda- 20th century inspired Christian strong accent. Colour contrasts a handle. With the innovative spired by a model of a former design and appearance. The the country, Vodafone Qatar, fone deployed its 5G network Alexander Beck for the spring/ create an interesting tension 3D print in an embroidered AIGNER bag, it breaks through soft-top grain leather radiates for the second year in a row, in Katara Cultural Village, summer 2019 season. and allow brand new creations. look in bright seasonal colours, the modern look. In bright cyan and shines in rich black, bur- is backing the popular coffee where the Kaffeinated is tak- With the DADA collection The collection includes Cy- the Cybill Lettra picks up on the blue with a stylised eye and a gundy or sage green. festival, Kaffeinated, as the ing place. AIGNER is different, but still bill specials, Alessia, Greta, Gala season’s trend shades and dem- contrasting ruffle in lemon yel- KAIA: The unusual, high- event’s official strategic tel- Kaffeinated Festival is retains its classy styles. and Kaia. onstrates the collection’s theme. low or in a black & white look quality design of Kaia is a spa- ecommunications partner. open to the public until Janu- The collection’s clean de- CYBILL SPECIALS: The ALESSIA: As the reis- with modern AIGNER letter- tial wonder thanks to its espe- In addition to several on- ary 13 from 12pm to midnight. signs are up against creative signature bag from AIGNER re- sue of an AIGNER hallmark in ing or in striking red with white cially soft leather and casual, the-ground activations, Voda- More than 60 local cafes, mixing and matching patterns, mains an important part of the two sizes, vintage elements are fringing – every model is unique linear shape in three different fone is giving thousands of the most of which are start-ups, while unexpected details such collection. On top of established reinterpreted in the luxurious and completely different. sizes. Besides two spacious festival’s visitors a feel for the are featured at the festival, as as trompe-l’oeil prints are re- models, three special versions clip frame bag and gain an el- GRETA: With its timeless, bags, a mini crossbody version power of superfast 5G connec- well as competitions and spe- flected on clear shapes. Acces- in a new size are the highlight of egant finish with the high-qual- minimalist shape, Greta has also stands out. tivity and download speeds by cialty coffee classes. PN Baburajan to head ICBF Rajini starrer ‘Petta’ opens with over 60 screenings in Doha SANTHOSH CHANDRAN SANTHOSH CHANDRAN kan expatriate communi- DOHA DOHA ties participated in the first screening and cake-cutting PROMINENT Indian expatri- SOUTH Indian language Ta- ceremony.” ate social worker PN Babura- mil film ‘Petta’ starring big In- Rajini Makkal Mandram jan was elected the president of dian star Rajinikanth hit Doha members dressed in same pat- Indian Community Benevolent with more than 60 screenings tern and colour that Rajini- Forum (ICBF), the apex body in 17 cinema halls. kanth wore in the film, distrib- of Indian community in Qa- Hindi version of the film uted sweets and calender of tar, during an election held at screened at Roxy in B Squire 2019 with the portrait of their Ashoka Hall of Indian Cultural Mall and Landmark in Al favourite film actor among Centre (ICC) on Thursday. Gharafa also witnessed a audience. The event also fea- Baburajan will head the fo- packed house on Thursday. tured live telecast of the cel- rum for the next two years. PN Baburajan A total of 12 screenings at Celebration of ‘Petta’ screening at Asian Town Cinema Hall in Doha on Thursday. (HANSON JOSEPH) ebration on Facebook and ICBF, under the aegis of Asian Town and eight screen- special programmes about the Indian embassy, is a non-profit ICBF, management commit- ings at City Centre also saw big begin at 6am and continue un- The opening screening the occasion a big celebration successful life of Rajinikanth and philanthropic organisation tee member of Indian Cultural fans of Rajinikanth on Thurs- til 3am on Saturday. held at Asian Town was at- as the film was released on in the film industry. helping the needy and working Centre and active member in day as most of the tickets to The birthday of Indian su- tended by a large number of India’s big actor’s birthday. On the occasion of Rajini- class from the community. prominent socio-cultural and these shows were sold out perstar Rajinikanth falling on Tamil Film lovers. Rajanikanth is a sensation kanth’s birthday on Wednes- PN Baburajan from Thris- business organisations, includ- many hours before the screen- the releasing day of his film A member of Rajini Mak- among Tamil-speaking peo- day, Rajini Makkal Mandram sur District of Indian State of ing Indian Business Profession- ings. has made the occasion a big kal Mandram - association of ple all over the world. Large arranged a feast for 425 deaf Kerala has served Indian com- als Council and Kerala Business On Friday, the screening at celebration for Rajinikant’s Rajinikanth fans association - number of Rajinikanth and dump students in a school munity as vice-president of Forum. Asian Town Cinema halls will fans in Doha. said, “We would like to make fans in Indian and Sri Lan- at Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu. 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Virtues of the Forgiveness of Allah Question: Will Allah forgive someone who committed a sin but didn’t know it and then repented? congregational prayer Answer: Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions. Whoever com- mits sins and then repents, Allah will accept his repentance regardless of whether he knew that the sins he committed were forbidden or not. Allah knows best.

How to overcome one’s nervousness

Question: I get nervous with very small little things. In this case how could I overcome my nervousness?

Answer: Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions. As for the reasons of being too nervous and the ways of overcoming this, they are as follows: A: One should think about the consequences of nervous- ness. If he does so, he will become patient and forbear- ing. B: One should learn about the good turns of patience and forbearance. The Prophet Muhammad (Blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said to Ashaj Abd Al- Qays: “You have two qualities that Allah and His Prophet Muhammad (Blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) like: Forbearance and patience.” [Muslim]. Allah Says while describing some people that he likes: (Those who spend [in Allâh’s Cause - deeds of charity, alms, etc.] in prosperity and in adversity, who repress an- ger, and who pardon men; verily, Allâh loves Al-Muhsinûn (the good doers). [3:134]. C : Know also that the brave is the one who could con- trol himself when becoming angry. The Prophet Muham- mad (Blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “The strong one is not he who knocks out his adversary. The strong one is he who keeps control over his temper.” [Bukhari & Muslim]. Allah knows best. ERFORMING the (obliga- man said ‘yes.’ The Prophet, peace be this right guidance. If you were to pray tory) prayers in congre- upon him, then said: “Then respond them in your houses, as the one who Who should be the Imam: gation is mandatory and to it [by coming to the mosque]!” stays behind in his house, you would The congregational prayer is led required of every believing [Muslim] be leaving a ‘Sunnah’ of your Prophet, by an Imam. The Imam should be adult male who has no ex- Moreover, the Prophet, peace be peace be upon him. If you leave the male, just and well aware of Islamic Da‘wah is the best act cuseP for not doing so. Many authentic upon him, severely warned against ‘Sunnah’ of your Prophet, peace be jurisprudence. The Imam stands in Ahadeeth highlight the superiority and abandoning it. Abu Hurayrah, may Al- upon him, you would go astray. Ver- front by himself while the followers excellence of praying in congregation. lah be pleased with him, also reported ily, I have seen a time when no one stand behind him in straight lines, of worship that the Prophet, peace be upon him, abandoned them [the congregational all facing the Qiblah (the direction Among these Ahadeeth are: said: “I swear by Him in whose hand prayers] except for the hypocrites who of Ka’bah). The most worthy of lead- The Prophet, peace be upon him, my soul is! I have considered order- were well known for their hypocrisy. A ing people in prayer is the one who is Question: Is Da‘wah considered an act of worship on said: “The prayer in congregation is ing a fire to be kindled and then ask man would be brought, supported by the best in memorising and reciting the basis that acts of worship include practice of eve- superior to the prayer performed in- someone to lead the people in prayer. two people [due to his weakness or ill- the Quran. If they are equal, then the rything that Allaah The Almighty loves, whether a deed dividually by twenty-seven degrees” And then go to the men [who did not ness] until he was placed in a row (in one who has the deepest knowledge of or a saying, overt or covert? [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] the congregation).” [Muslim] Sunnah. If they still are equal in the If it is an act of worship, why is Da‘wah mentioned The Prophet, peace be upon him, The Prophet, peace be upon him, knowledge of Sunnah, then the oldest separately when describing the Muslim nation as a na- also said: “The prayer of a man in con- The stressed the importance of praying in of the group. The Messenger of Allah, tion of worship and Da‘wah? gregation is twenty-five times more congregation under all circumstances. peace be upon him, said: “The most superior (in reward) to his prayer Prophet, peace be In one Hadeeth, he, peace be upon versed in the recitation of the Book Answer: All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the in his house or market - and this him, said: “Any three people liv- of Allah leads the people in prayer. Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship is because he performs ablution upon him, also said: “The ing in a village or in the desert If they are equal, then the one who is except Allaah, and that Muhammad, peace be upon him, and perfects it and goes to the who do not make Athan nor most aware of the Sunnah. If they all is His slave and Messenger. mosque with the sole purpose prayer of a man in congregation establish the prayer will be are equal, then the one who emigrated Da‘wah (calling to Islam) is one of the best acts of of performing the prayer. He overwhelmed by Satan, so earlier. If they again are all equal, then worship for those who seek closeness to Allaah The does not take a step without is twenty-five times more superior you have to establish congre- the oldest of them.” [Muslim] Almighty. Therefore, Allaah The Almighty selected for this being raised a degree and (in reward) to his prayer in his house gational prayers, as the wolf task His Prophets and Messengers, and He made their having one of his sins erased. eats only the sheep that strays Women attending the congre- followers their inheritors. Allaah The Almighty Says what When he prays, as long as he or market - and this is because he from the herd.” [Ahmad, An- gational prayer: means: {And who is better in speech than one who invites does not lose his ablution, the Nasa’i, and Abu Dawood - Al- Concerning women, it is better and to Allaah and does righteousness and says, “Indeed, I angels keep on supplicating performs ablution and perfects it Albani graded it Hasan] more rewarding for them to pray in am of the Muslims.”} [Quran 41:33] Indeed the Prophet, [for him] ‘O Allah, bless him. their houses than to attend the congre- peace be upon him, was reported to have mentioned that O Allah, have mercy upon him.’ and goes to the mosque with the What is considered a gational prayers. However, they may scholars are the inheritors of the prophets. [At-Tirmithi and And he is considered in prayer as congregation? attend the congregational prayer in others, Al-Albaani: Saheeh] long as he is waiting for the prayer.” sole purpose of perform- The least number required the mosque provided they are secure Describing the Muslim nation as a nation of worship [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] ing the prayer. for the congregational prayer is from any temptation. Also, they should and Da‘wah may be a means to attract Muslims’ atten- two: the Imam (leader) and an- avoid wearing or using any attractive tion to the importance and merit of Da‘wah as an act of Abandoning the congrega- other one with him. The more or tempting adornment or perfume, worship, in the same way that Allaah The Almighty Says tional prayer: the people, the more rewarding and refrain from intermingling with (what means): {Whoever is an enemy to Allaah and His an- To know the status of praying with is the prayer. The Prophet, peace be men, as the Prophet, peace be upon gels and His messengers and Gabriel and Michael - then the congregation and how serious a attend the prayer] and burn their upon him, said: “A man’s prayer with him, said: “Do not prevent the female indeed, Allaah is an enemy to the disbelievers.} [Quran matter it is to abandon it, the Prophet, houses over them.” [Al-Bukhari and another man is worth more than his slaves of Allah (i.e. women) from the 2:98] In this verse, Allaah The Almighty mentioned Jibreel peace be upon him, hardly exempted Muslim] prayer individually, and his prayer mosques of Allah. They should go (Gabriel) and Mikaa’eel (Michael), may Allaah exalt their anyone from it. Abu Hurayrah, may This was clearly understood by the with two men is worth more than his without wearing perfume. If she wears mention, after mentioning the angels, even though they Allah be pleased with him, reported Companions, may Allah be pleased prayer with only one man. The more perfume, it is not lawful for her to at- are definitely among the angels. In this context, they were that a blind man said to the Prophet, with them, and their words reflected they are, the more rewarding the tend the prayer in congregation in the given special mention. peace be upon him: “O Messenger of it. ‘Abdullah Ibn Mas’ood, may Allah prayer is by Allah.” [Ahmad and Abu mosque.” [Ahmad and Abu Dawood] The description of the Muslim nation as a nation of Allah, I have no guide to lead me to the be pleased with him, said: “If anyone Dawood] worship and Da‘wah may be intended to explain to those mosque (to attend the congregational would like to meet Allah tomorrow as The prayer is better to be per- Women leading the congrega- who wrongfully believe that the practice of Islam is limited prayer).” He asked the Prophet, peace a Muslim, he should persevere in ob- formed in the mosque. The farther tional prayer: within performing outward rites such as prayer and pilgrim- be upon him, for permission to pray serving these five prayers (in congre- the mosque is, the better. Concerning It is forbidden for a woman to lead age that Islam is a comprehensive religion that combines in his house and the Prophet, peace be gation) whenever the call for them is this, the Prophet, peace be upon him, a man in prayer. If a woman leads a outward rites, Da‘wah as well as numerous other branches upon him, permitted him. Then, when made, for Allah has chosen for your said: “The people attaining the most man in prayer, his prayer is void and of faith. he turned to go, the Prophet, peace be Prophet, peace be upon him, the reward are those who are farthest to he has to make it up. This is a mat- Allaah Knows best. upon him, called him and said: ‘Do way of right guidance. And the [five walk (to the mosque).” [Muslim, Ah- ter which is agreed upon among the you hear the call to prayer?’ The blind prayers in congregation] are part of mad and Abu Dawood] jurists.

If a man takes a bath on Friday, purifies himself thor- Morals and Zakah oughly wears any perfume which is available in the ARDLY ever is prayer help the poor and needy, isfaction of the heart as he ers in all possible ways and it house, sets forth for the mosque, does not (forcibly) sit mentioned in the Noble protects him from meanness obeys the commands of Al- indicates the purity of their Quran without being and curbs his sinful desires. lah The Exalted. Thus, he is hearts and the spiritual el- between two persons, offers the prayer that is prescribed Hassociated with Zakah. It helps spread an atmos- keen not to delay paying the evation of their souls. for him and listens to the Imam silently, his sins between Zakah is the inseparable twin due Zakah and is diligent in The Messenger of Allah, of prayer in the Book of Allah giving it to its eligible re- sallAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam, this Friday and the previous Friday will be forgiven. The Almighty and the Sun- Zakah is like prayer in cipients. Allah The Exalted said: “Smiling in the face of nah of His messenger, sal- terms of its relation to Says (what means): {Take, your brother is charity, en- – Al-Bukhari lAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam, as morals. The payer of Zakah [O, Muhammad], from their joining good and forbidding well. offers it out of obedience wealth a charity by which evil is charity, guiding a lost Zakah is like prayer in to his Lord you purify them …} [Quran man in a foreign land is char- terms of its relation to mor- 9:103] ity, guiding the blind is char- als. The payer of Zakah of- When Muslims fully ity, removing harmful things, fers it out of obedience to his phere of love, intimacy and grasp this, they find them- thorns and bones from a Lord, abiding by His com- affection among Muslims selves willing not only to pay road is regarded as charity mands, warding off devils, and creates a close bond the due Zakah, but also to and pouring what is left from relieving oneself from being between the rich and poor spend in charity according to your vessel into that of your Islam is a mercy. If you see its opposite, cruelty, then know that is questioned about the obliga- within the Muslim commu- their abilities even if this was brother is charity.” tion of Zakah on the Day of nity. not obligatory upon them. Hence, the close bond be- not Islam – Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim Judgment. Zakah increases The payer of Zakah rel- This renders them eager to tween Zakah and morals in one’s wealth, allows him to ishes the pleasure and sat- give in charity and help oth- Islam becomes clear. 04 Friday, January 11, 2019 India / World

News Tshisekedi wins historic DR Congo presidential poll in brief AFP di is provisionally declared the The mineral-rich country sition party UDPS. According KINSHASA elected president of the Demo- has never had a peaceful tran- to the initial timetable set out by Alert sounded in cratic Republic of Congo,” said sition of power since it gained the CENI, the definitive results UP after 17 swine THE Democratic Republic of Corneille Nangaa, the head of independence from Belgium in are due on January 15 with the flu cases reported Congo is set to see its first hand- the Independent National Elec- 1960. swearing-in of the new presi- over of power in 18 years after tion Commission (CENI). The candidate Kabila hand- dent three days later. LUCKNOW: The Uttar opposition candidate Felix Tsh- Shouts of joy erupted at picked to succeed him, loyalist As the lengthy results were Pradesh government has isekedi was Thursday named the commission’s offices as the former interior minister Em- read out on nationwide TV, po- alerted all districts about by election officials as the pro- results were announced early manuel Ramazani Shadary, lice were deployed at strategic the H1N1 swine flu virus af- visional winner of an historic Thursday morning, AFP jour- came third in the poll. spots in the capital Kinshasa ter 17 cases were reported presidential poll. nalists reported. The other main opposition where, for the second evening in the past week, health The election’s supervisors The DRC -- a vast and poor candidate, former oil executive running, many residents went officials said on Thursday. had faced mounting pressure country burdened by a history Martin Fayulu came second, of- home and locked their doors According to the gov- at home and abroad to publish of bloodshed -- has been in the ficial results showed. early. ernment, so far 17 cases the results after repeated delays grip of a two-year crisis over the The son of major Congo- Kabila, 47, was due to step of swine flu have been stoked fears for the giant coun- succession of President Joseph lese political figure Etienne down two years ago but clung reported from across the try’s stability. Kabila, who said last year he Tshisekedi, the 55-year-old to office, sparking widespread Supporters of Felix Tshisekedi, who was named provisional winner state. Among the affected, “Having gained... 38.57 per- would finally step down after president-elect is the head of protests that were repressed at of Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential election, celebrate in a 46-year-old patient hailing cent of the vote, Felix Tshiseke- nearly two decades as leader. country’s longtime main oppo- the cost of scores of lives. Kinshasa on Thursday. (AFP) from Rae Bareli, passed away on Wednesday. (IANS) Two Kerala govt staff arrested 10% upper caste quota for SBI attack Panel chaired by challenged in top court THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Two Kerala government IANS and ought to be struck down as employees were arrested NEW DELHI it negates a binding judgement,” here on Thursday for vandal- read the petition. izing the cabin of a State CHALLENGING the Constitu- It stated the amendment Bank of India (SBI) manager Modi removes Alok tional validity of the 10 percent breaches the 50 percent cap set here on the second day of reservation in jobs and educa- by Supreme Court in the Indira a 48-hour nationwide trade tion to upper castes, a petition Sawhney case. union strike. Ashokan and was filed before the Supreme “By way of the present Harilal appeared before a Court on Thursday seeking stay amendments, the exclusion of court which remanded them of the operation of the Constitu- the OBCs and the SCs/STs from in judicial custody till Janu- Verma as CBI chief tion (103rd) Amendment Act. the scope of the economic res- ary 24. On Wednesday, a Filed by Youth For Equality, ervation essentially implies that group of 15 people stormed a Delhi-based NGO, the petition only those who are poor from into the cabin of the SBI contends that the amendment the general categories would manager and vandalized it. In three-member committee, Cong leader Kharge opposes Verma’s removal violates the “basic structure” avail of the benefits of the quo- Santosh Karunakaran, the of the Constitution. It cited the tas. manager whose cabin was 1992 Indira Sawhney case in “Taken together with the attacked, told the media on which the Supreme Court held fact that the high creamy layer Thursday that the police had that economic criteria cannot be limit of Rs8 lakh per annum en- started their probe. (IANS) the sole basis of reservations un- sures that the elite in the OBCs der the Constitution. and SCs/STs capture the reser- 12 detained for “The (103rd) Constitution vation benefits repeatedly, the growing cannabis Amendment completely violates poor sections of these categories in Zambia the Constitutional norm that remain completely deprived. economic criterion cannot be This is an overwhelming viola- LUSAKA: Zambian anti-drug the only basis of reservation tion of the basic feature of equal- authorities have arrested 12 as has been laid down by the 9 ity enshrined in Article 14 of the Chinese construction work- judges in Indira Sawhney. Such Constitution and elsewhere”, it ers for allegedly cultivating an amendment is vulnerable said. cannabis without a permit, a government official said. he group was based in the city of Chipata in Zambia’s Nigerian soldiers retake key Eastern Province where they were building a studio for the town after Boko Haram attack state-run Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation. AFP town of Monguno and the “It’s really regrettable that the ABUJA Borno state capital, Maidu- 12 (were) arrested for alleged guri, as the military prepared cultivation of cannabis,” the Nigerian troops were back a fight-back. provincial government perma- in a strategic town on the A military officer in Mai- nent secretary Chanda Kasolo shores of Lake Chad, mili- duguri said: “Our soldiers en- said. (AFP) tary and civilian sources said tered Baga yesterday evening Thursday, after Boko Haram (Wednesday). They are in to- Suitcase full of attacks forced tens of thou- tal control of the town and the cash stolen from sands to flee. terrorists had fled. Robert Mugabe Fighters from the self- “They entered the town at styled Islamic State West Af- about 7:00 pm (1800 GMT) HARARE: A suitcase con- rica Province overran a naval after taking control of Kuros- taining $150,000 in cash base and another housing Kauwa, which is 15 kilometres was stolen from ousted troops from a regional force (nearly 10 miles) from the Zimbabwean president in and around Baga late last town,” he told AFP. Robert Mugabe, a court in month. The development was Harare has heard, with the Alok Verma was reinstated on Tuesday by the apex court on the ground that the government cannot transfer or alter the duties of the CBI chief The UN has said more confirmed by a resident, who suspected thieves spending without going to the Selection Committee. than 30,000 people had since like the officer asked not to be the money on cars, houses sought refuge in the garrison identified for security reasons. and farm animals. IANS is earlier, a notification by the Wednesday but Kharge sought The three accused -- NEW DELHI The meeting Appointment Committee of the CVC report on the allega- which include Constancia Cabinet said. tions against Verma and also Mugabe, 50, a relative of A day after he resumed duties, O The meeting was Verma, who was removed time to study it. The committee the president -- appeared CBI Director Alok Verma was attended by Prime Minister from the agency’s helm on the met briefly and decided to meet GST exemption limit doubled to before Chinhoyi magistrates on Thursday unceremoniously Narendra Modi, Justice midnight of October 23 after on Thursday. court on Wednesday, state removed from the post after a Sikri and Leader of his fight with Special Director Sources said the Commit- Rs40 lakh for small businesses media reported. (AFP) 2-1 decision by the high-level Rakesh Asthana became pub- tee took into account the “ex- Congress in the Lok Sabha IANS Selection Committee, a deci- Mallikarjun Kharge lic, was reinstated on Tues- tremely serious” nature of ob- Goods and Services Tax (GST). sion that came under attack day by the apex court on the servations made by the Central NEW DELHI The revised limits will be ap- India must play from the opposition and legal O The decision of the ground that the government Vigilance Commission against plicable from April 1. experts. committee came after CJI cannot transfer or alter the du- Verma. IN a major relief for MSMEs Announcing the decisions greater role in The decision of the com- nominee Justice AK Sikri of ties of the CBI chief without go- It was of the view that be- and small businesses, the GST after the GST Council meeting mittee came after CJI nomi- the Supreme Court sided ing to the Selection Committee. ing the head of a very sensitive Council on Thursday doubled here, Finance Minister Arun Afghan peace nee Justice AK Sikri of the The committee’s members organisation, Verma was not the exemption threshold from Jaitley also ruled out any fur- Supreme Court sided with the with the government that are the Prime Minister, leader functioning with the integrity Rs 20 lakh to Rs 40 lakh and ther cuts in tax rates and said process: Karzai government that Verma should Verma should be shunted of the largest opposition group expected of him, they said. raised the limit for availing the “reductions will be made only be shunted out of the post on out of the post and the Chief Justice of India. They said the CVC found composition scheme to Rs 1.5 when revenues move up”. IANS the basis of the findings of the Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, evidence of influencing of in- crore from the present level of He said while under the NEW DELHI Central Vigilance Commission who heard the case arising out vestigation in the Moin Qureshi Rs one crore. original GST structure, it was (CVC), which went into some Verma was appointed Direc- of Verma’s challenge against case. It also allowed Kerala to envisaged for those with a INDIA must do as much as allegations levelled against tor General, Fire Services, Civil the government decision, There was also evidence of impose a natural disaster cess turnover of up to Rs20 lakh to possible for the peace process him. Defence and Home Guard till nominated Justice Sikri as his taking of bribe of Rs 2 crore. of up to 1 per cent for a period get exemption, the threshold in Afghanistan to be a success, The meeting was attended January 31 when his tenure nominee to attend the commit- The CVC was of the view that of up to two years in view of the for some north eastern and hill former Afghan President Ha- by Prime Minister Narendra would end. tee meeting. his conduct in the case is suspi- devastation the state faced due states was kept at Rs 10 lakh. mid Karzai said here on Thurs- Modi, Justice Sikri and Leader The government also The Supreme Court, while cious, and there is a prima facie to massive floods in August “We have decided to con- day. of Congress in the Lok Sabha brought back M Nageswara reinstating Verma, had said case against him. last year. tinue with the twin structure “India and Afghanistan Mallikarjun Kharge, the other Rao, Additional Director, CBI that the Committee should “The CVC also felt that the Till now, businesses, most with two slabs. While the Rs 20 share an amazing relationship, member of the committee, who to look after the duties of the meet within a week and decide entire truth will come out if a of them micro, small and me- lakh threshold has been dou- an almost romantic one,” Kar- gave a dissent note and op- Director, CBI till the appoint- the issue afresh. criminal investigation is or- dium enterprises (MSMEs), bled to Rs40 lakh, for smaller zai said in response to a ques- posed the majority decision. ment of a new Director or un- Modi convened the meet- dered,” the sources said citing with a turnover up to Rs 20 states, the exemption has been tion during a session at Raisina Shortly after the meeting, til further orders, whichever ing of the committee on the Committee’s view. lakh were exempt from paying kept at Rs20 lakh,” Jaitley said. Dialogue, India’s flagship an- nual geopolitical and geostrate- gic conference here. “Most of the Afghan people view India in such good light... We want India to do as much as China: The not-so invisible hand in US-N Korea talks possible,” he said. Karzai’s remarks come after AFP summits with Trump and South national Studies (CSIS), told from China’s borders. US President Donald Trump BEIJING Korean President Moon Jae-in. AFP. “I don’t think they believe Following their meeting said earlier this month that In- China, which wouldn’t want it’s impossible under President in Singapore where Kim and dia was not doing enough for BY hosting North Korean leader to be left out in the cold in any Trump... and this is one of driv- Trump signed a vaguely-word- peace and stability in Afghani- Kim Jong Un for a fourth time, settlement, has worked to im- ers for Xi Jinping to keep Kim ed document pledging work to- stan. In his first Cabinet meet- China has signalled again that it prove relations with its neigh- Jong Un close,” Glaser said, wards the “denuclearisation of ing, Trump asked India, Russia, will not be sidelined in the dip- bour, which deteriorated after noting that Xi reached out “very the Korean peninsula”, progress Pakistan and other neighbour- lomatic dance between its Cold Beijing backed UN sanctions quickly” after Kim started en- has stalled, with Pyongyang and ing countries to take the re- War-era ally and Washington. against North Korea. gaging with Moon. Washington unable to agree on sponsibility for Afghanistan’s With another nuclear sum- While Beijing has been an- China has played diplo- what that means. security as he defended his mit looming between Kim and gered by Kim’s nuclear tests, it matic wingman to North Korea, North Korea also needs to move to withdraw troops from US President Donald Trump, a would not be happy to see its even loaning Kim an Air China stay close to its Korea War ally that country. meeting between President Xi decades-old ally move closer to jet to travel to his meeting with if diplomacy fails. Trump also referred to Jinping and the North Korean the United States at China’s ex- (File photo) Chinese president President Xi Jinping (right) with North Trump in Singapore last year. Trump’s withdrawal from Modi as an example of how leader was inevitable, according pense. Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Beijing is intent on keeping the Iran nuclear deal and Lib- world leaders were talking to analysts. “(China) does not think Pyongyang within its sphere of yan leader Moamer Kadhafi’s about their contributions that It has become something of their interests would be threat- bility of a North Korean align- Beijing’s nightmare,” Bonnie influence -- the North acts as a ouster after giving up his own were nowhere near the billions a ritual: Last year, Kim briefed ened by better inter-Korean ment with the US, even poten- Glaser, a senior adviser at the buffer state, keeping the 28,500 weapons programme are not of dollars the US was spending. Xi before and after his historic relations, whereas the possi- tially, against China, I think it’s Center for Strategic and Inter- US troops in South Korea far distant memories. Pakistan / SA / SEA Friday, January 11, 2019 05

News Taliban kill over 26 security in brief Man jailed for posting Bangladesh PM’s distorted pictures on social media DHAKA: A Bangladeshi man who distorted and posted photos personnel in Afghanistan of the prime minister has been sentenced to seven years in jail under tough internet laws that critics say are used to muzzle dissent. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, re-elected in December in Taliban offensive continues as stakeholders talk of peace in the war-torn country polls tainted by violence, mass arrests and claims of rigging, has been accused of increasing authoritarianism. Mohammad Monir, 35, was found guilty late Wednesday by a Dhaka cyber tribunal for doctoring and publishing on social media images of Hasina and ex-president Zillur Rahman. “He posted those distorted images in his Facebook status and made derogatory remarks in the photo captions,” prosecu- tor Nazrul Islam Shamim told AFP. He was convicted under section 57 of the South Asian country’s Information and Com- munication Technology (ICT) laws. (AFP)

Thailand police arrest 28 Red Notice criminals from 14 countries BANGKOK: Thai police over the past month have arrested up to 28 criminals of 14 different nationalities listed in Interpol’s Red Notice database, authorities told reporters Thursday. The arrests were made by a new task force aimed at rid- ding the country of foreign criminals. “We won’t allow bad people to make Thailand their safe haven any longer. We only want good people,” said immigration police chief Surachate Hakparn. The individuals, most of whom are male, are wanted in their home countries for a variety of crimes, including murder, transnational crimes, sex offences, fraud and drug-related crimes, said Torsak Sa-ardpak, the director of the task force. Interpol publishes Red Notices to inform all its member countries that a person is sought for prosecution or to serve a sentence. (DPA)

Manila ex-banker Lanka ‘war criminal’ jailed, fined named army’s over cyberheist second-in-command MANILA: A Philippine ex-banker COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s presi- was handed a lengthy jail term dent has appointed a gen- and $109 million fine Thurs- eral accused by the United day in the first conviction over Nations of war crimes to the one of the biggest ever cyber- country’s second-highest heists which saw $81 million army ranking, evoking outcry stolen from Bangladesh’s from rights groups. Afghan security officials patrol in Helmand, Afghanistan, on Thursday.(EPA-EFE) central bank. Major General Shaven- Shadowy hackers trans- dra Silva, who commanded DPA 17 scribes killed in Afghanistan in 2018 said. A Taliban attack left ferred the cash in 2016 from an army division accused KABUL The Taliban have ramped up four dead in northern Jawz- Bangladesh’s US accounts to of gross abuses against their attacks on security KABUL: At least 17 journalists were killed and over 100 cases of jan province, an official said, Philippine bank Rizal Com- civilians during Sri Lanka’s AT least 26 security forces forces and government violence against media workers reported in Afghanistan in 2018, one in a surge of militant attacks mercial Banking Corp (RCBC), civil war, formally assumed were killed and 45 wounded facilities in recent months, of the bloodiest years for the press in the war-torn country, a media across the country’s northern where it was swiftly withdrawn. duties as Chief of Staff of in Taliban attacks across watchdog said on Thursday. The Afghan Journalists Safety Commit- provinces. The theft exposed the the army on Thursday. four provinces, officials said while Afghan and US troops tee in its annual report released in Kabul said the number of slain The attack on a check- Philippines as a haven for dirty Sri Lanka’s armed Thursday. have increased operations journalists was fewer than in 2017 when 20 deaths marked the point in Faizabad district of money, where some of the forces crushed the Tamil At least eight police- against the militants’ field deadliest year for media persons since the non-profit started tracking the province also wounded world’s strictest bank secrecy Tiger separatist rebels in men were killed in northern commanders these incidents in 2013, reports Efe news. It said 15 journalists were six others, the head of the lo- laws protect account holders 2009 in a no-holds barred Takhar province after Taliban injured last year and 121 cases of physical violence and intimida- cal council, Abul Hai Hayat, from scrutiny. offensive that ended a 37- attacked their post around tion were reported, including illegal detention, threats and insults. Of said. A Manila court found Maia year war that left 100,000 1 am on Thursday (2030 ban stormed their checkpoint the 121 cases, 41 percent were carried out by the Taliban and the The Taliban have ramped Deguito, who was an RCBC people dead. GMT Wednesday), provincial Wednesday evening, provin- Islamic State militant groups, 27 percent by the people related to the up their attacks on security branch manager where the The final days of the council member Mawlawi cial council member Zarif Za- government, 5 percent by owners of media outlets and the rest by forces and government facili- money landed, guilty on eight conflict saw mass atroci- Karamtullah said. rif told dpa. unidentified people.(IANS) ties in recent months, while counts of money laundering ties against civilians in Fourteen others were also At least five policemen Afghan and US troops have which carry a minimum of four Sri Lanka’s predominantly injured in the incident that were also injured in the in- increased operations against years each behind bars. The Tamil north. took place in Khawja Ghar cident that took place on the ghanistan’s western Badghis told dpa. the militants’ field com- court also ordered her to pay The UN, in a report into district of the province, he outskirts of Pul-e Khumri, the province. The militants stormed lo- manders. Military sources $109 million in fines. De- the allegations, named said. capital of Baghlan, Zarif said. The overnight attacks on cal government buildings, say around 35 members of guito plans to appeal and can Silva as playing a major Meanwhile, seven police- At the same time, at least Ab Kamri district also wound- overrunning two checkpoints. the country’s security forces remain free on bail until the role in orchestrating war men were killed in northern seven security forces were ed at least 20 others, local The militants retreated after are killed every day in attacks conviction is finalised.(AFP) crimes. (AFP) Baghlan province after Tali- killed in Taliban attacks in Af- council member Nasir Nazari a fierce gun battle, the official and clashes. ‘PTI operating 18 undeclared bank accounts’ Ex-Pakistan minister Alamgir, his

DAWN.COM PTI’s annual audit reports sub- In July 2018, after exhaust- wife indicted in corruption case ISLAMABAD mitted to the ECP as required Fake accounts ing all attempts to requisition under the law. PTI bank statements and re- DAWN.COM their assets were acquired to the court myself, why can’t A report submitted by the State The annual audit reports O The PTI is operating 26 cord, the ECP wrote to the SBP ISLAMABAD through known sources. While those hiding under the umbrel- Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to the submitted to the ECP include a bank accounts in different to requisition the party’s bank rejecting the charges against la of the law like Pervez Khat- Election Commission of Paki- certification of authenticity and cities of the country, but statements. Consequently, the AN accountability court on them, Asma said their assets tak and Mehmood Khan do the stan (ECP) has revealed that the accuracy by PTI chairman Im- only eight of them have SBP wrote letters to the presi- Thursday indicted former fed- have been in the family for the same?” Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) ran Khan — a legal requirement been declared before the dents of all scheduled banks, eral minister Dr Arbab Alamgir past 200 years. The court summoned four is operating at least 18 unde- for all party heads. commission seeking PTI bank statements and his wife Asma Alamgir, a “We even disclosed the witnesses on January 24 to clared bank accounts across the It is feared that details of for the period 2009-13 to be former MNA, in a reference ac- properties that were not in our commence the trial. country. these illegal accounts and their O The remaining 18 bank submitted to the ECP by July cusing them of possessing as- name,” said Arbab, while his NAB claimed that during According to the informa- money trails could put Mr accounts fall in the 16, which was finally done. sets disproportionate to their wife claimed that “NAB has investigation it was revealed tion gathered from scheduled Khan, Imran Ismail and others category of fake or illegal Since the revelation of fake known sources of income. turned into a joke of an institu- that both of the suspects had banks and submitted to the — some of whom are in senior bank accounts as these or illegal PTI accounts in the The National Accountabil- tion”. accumulated huge assets worth ECP by the SBP, the PTI is op- government positions — in legal have not been declared in presence of the party’s repre- ity Bureau (NAB) has alleged While criticising NAB, millions of rupees dispropor- erating 26 bank accounts in dif- jeopardy as they are principal PTI’s annual audit sentatives at a meeting of the that both the suspects accu- Asma said, “The LDA reference tionate to their income. As ferent cities of the country, but and co-principal signatories of scrutiny committee last year, mulated assets to the tune of against the Punjab Assembly per the reference, the inquiry only eight of them have been these accounts. the PTI has stopped cooperat- Rs332 million, which were dis- speaker has been shut while was authorised on November declared before the commis- Sources said the details ing with the ECP — a reflection proportionate to their known we have been indicted in court. 4, 2015 and was subsequently sion. The remaining 18 bank of these undeclared bank ac- a meeting of the ECP’s scrutiny of which was the absence of any sources of income. The couple, Why does the law that applied converted into investigation accounts fall in the category of counts, including two in Kara- committee headed by the com- PTI representative in the sched- belonging to Pakistan People’s to Pervez Elahi speaker not ap- with the approval of NAB ex- fake or illegal bank accounts as chi and one each in Peshawar mission’s director general (law) uled scrutiny committee meet- Party, have repeatedly claimed ply to anyone else?” “When I ecutive board on January 12, these have not been declared in and Quetta, had been shared at in October last year. ing on Wednesday. innocence and stated that all — being a woman — can come 2018.

Rohingya Hindu refugees in B’desh Nepali woman, 2 children, die in outlawed ‘menstruation hut’ keen on Myanmar return: LAT AFP IANS Many communities in Nepal Hinduism and considers wom- 400 Hindu refugees in Bangla- KATHMANDU en untouchable during men- DHAKA desh are segregated and housed consider menstruating struation and after childbirth. in a separate facility called Hin- A Nepali mother and her two women as impure and force Under Chhaupadi, women Rohingya Hindus who sought du Camp, which is under round- children have died of suspected mothers and daughters to are barred from touching food, refuge in Bangladesh want to the-clock securit. smoke inhalation after a night in stay in sheds away from the religious icons, cattle and men return to Myanmar but were not Hindu and Muslim refugees a windowless hut where women during their period and must being allowed by Bangladesh of- in Bangladesh live in a state mu- are banished during their pe- family home once a month sleep away from others. ficials, according to the Los An- tual animosity. riod, police said Wednesday. The death of Bohara and geles Times. The Los Angeles Times Many communities in Ne- Parts of the blankets shel- her children are not the first In a report from the Kutu- said that Hindu families have pal consider menstruating tering the trio were burned, and linked to the practice. palong Refugee Camp in Bang- appealed to the Indian govern- women as impure and force Bohara had suffered burns to Last year, a 21-year-old ladesh, the newspaper said on ment for help, but have so far mothers and daughters to stay her legs. woman succumbed to smoke Wednesday that 105 Hindu received only humanitarian aid. in sheds away from the family The ancient shunning prac- inhalation while banished to a families were ready to leave “India is a land for all Hin- home once a month, despite the tice known as “chhaupadi” hut, and other women have died when a deal was made by the dus. Mr (Narendra) Modi practice being outlawed. was outlawed in 2005 but is from snake bites in the past. UN last May for refugees to re- (Prime Minister) is a Hindu. Police said Amba Bohara, still enforced in parts of Nepal, The country’s National Hu- turn home to Rakhine state in Why is he not helping us?” the 35, fell asleep in a hut in west- The practice of ‘chhaupadi’ is still common in Nepal despite being particularly its remote and con- man Rights Commission said Myanmar. newspaper quoted Shishu Sheel, ern Bajura district on Tuesday banned in 2005 and criminalised last year. (AFP) servative western regions. police needed to do more to en- But they are stranded in a 32-year-old leader in the refu- evening with her two sons aged Last year, Kathmandu in- force the law. Bangladesh because their return gee camp for Hindus, as saying. 12 and nine. The trio had hud- Singh Bhat told AFP the wom- sults of a postmortem to con- troduced three-months jail and “Women will continue to die home was canceled when the Unlike the more than dled around a fire to stay warm an’s mother-in-law opened the firm the cause of death, but be- a 3,000 rupee ($30) fine for unless there are consequences UN decided it was not safe for 700,000 Rohingya Muslim ref- in Nepal’s freezing winter con- hut the next day to find all three lieve they died of suffocation,” anyone caught imposing chhau- for enforcing this tradition,” refugees to go back to Myanmar, ugees, the Hindus have Myan- ditions. dead. Bhat told AFP. “We are investi- padi. said the commission’s Mohna Hindu refugees were quoted mar citizenship, the newspaper Local police chief Uddhab “We are waiting for the re- gating.” The practice is linked to Ansari. as telling the newspaper. The said. 06 Friday, January 11, 2019

ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 3, 2006 PRINTED AT ALI BIN ALI PRINTING PRESS Opinion HAMAD BIN SUHAIM AL THANI CHAIRMAN ADEL ALI BIN ALI MANAGING DIRECTOR DR HASSAN MOHAMMED AL ANSARI EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Forest Mismanagement The Beginning Of The US US president’s threat to stop aid to California wildfire victims is yet another instance of his authoritarian conduct Endgame In Afghanistan N between his threats to keep the govern- “act together,” moving to spend $1 billion ment shut for months or years if Congress over five years to reduce fire risk and better Irefuses to fund his border wall, President prepare communities for the larger, more The tell-tale signs of US-Taliban detente suggests that Americans have Donald Trump made time on Wednesday destructive fires driven, in part, by climate morning to threaten to cut off disaster relief change. Governor Gavin Newsom on Tues- reinvigorated their traditional development-oriented model as part of dollars to Californians whose homes were day called for even more money — an ad- charred by wildfires last ditional $100 million this strategic goals to counterbalance China and Russia’s influence in Central Asia year. After complaining for year — to help accelerate the umpteenth time about the thinning of dry, dense NICOLAS JOHNSTON the way the state manages forests and brush. TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE its forests, Trump tweeted, Some 60 percent of Cal- “Unless they get their act ifornia’s forests are on fed- ITHIN reporting about the recent together, which is unlikely, eral land, however, and as US discussions with the Taliban I have ordered FEMA to Newsom points out, the US and seemingly impending US send no more money.” Forest Service budget has withdrawal from Afghanistan, it The threat is probably been cut by more than $2 Wseems broadly overlooked that no more serious than it was billion since 2016. Instead these decisions are the product of a chain the last time Trump uttered of properly funding fire pre- of events that began in the early months of it. He has frequently shaken vention on federal lands, 2018. Lost also within the ongoing stream his fist at California — over where some of the most de- of commentary is the prospect that the Af- its immigration policies in structive fires in the state’s ghan conflict is not so much being wound particular — and has rarely history have raged, Trump down as evolving into a small square on followed through. has repeatedly railed the broader chessboard of clashing eco- Still, President Trump’s California is, in fact, getting its against the “gross misman- nomic interests in the region. response to the fires, like ‘act together’, moving to spend agement” of forests in Cali- On February 28, 2018, Afghan Presi- his response to congres- $1 billion over five years to fornia — whatever that’s dent Ashraf Ghani marked a profound sional Democrats’ refusal supposed to mean. turn in the conduct of the Afghan War to waste billions of dollars reduce fire risk and better pre- Trump is myopically when he announced that he would seek on a bigger, longer border pare communities for the larg- focused on forests when peace talks with the Taliban without wall, reflects his disturb- er, more destructive fires driv- some of California’s larg- preconditions. Only two weeks before ingly authoritarian view of en, in part, by climate change est fires have been in the that announcement, President Ghani’s the presidency. brush and grasslands. But spokesman had overtly denounced the Stung by criticism from such details apparently Taliban’s recent open letter to the Ameri- California’s Democratic leaders, Trump is mean nothing to Trump. California leaders can people calling for peace. proclaiming his intention to ignore the fed- have dared to question his decisions and What triggered this massive policy lagging in a great power struggle over in- diminish Russian and Chinese influence eral law governing disaster assistance and challenge his demands, therefore — in the shift in those 14 days? It cannot be a co- frastructure and economic dominance in in Eurasia. Both pipelines are intended simply turn off the spigot of federal dollars. World According to Trump — they do not incidence that, only four days prior to Eurasia. China’s Belt and Road Initiative to bypass and isolate competing Iranian Frustrated that lawmakers won’t fund his deserve his government’s support. Never Ghani’s call for peace, a Taliban spokes- (BRI) has made massive strides in its first pipelines (in TAPI’s case, the Iran-Paki- pet project at the border, Trump threatens mind that thousands of Californians have man vowed that the group would ensure five years, overtly challenging long-stand- stan-India gas line). Characteristic of the to declare a national emergency so he can lost their homes and businesses and are re- the security of the Turkmenistan-Afghan- new political paradigm, TAPI is also a ignore the will of Congress and spend the lying on federal assistance to rebuild their istan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas means of ensuring that hydrocarbon-rich money anyway. lives. Even if he doesn’t carry out his threats, pipeline in their areas of control. The US cannot compete with China’s Central Asian countries – such as Turk- What’s especially galling about Wednes- the fact that he would make them tells you TAPI was first negotiated in 1995 as a highly centralised decision-making menistan – do not exclusively rely on Chi- day’s sniping was Trump’s willful ignorance a lot about the man who seeks to use the US-funded pipeline independent from the structure and large public resources, na for their export markets or potentially about the nature of California’s wildfire tremendous power of his office not to unite Russian network. It would transport nat- particularly as far afield as Central Asia fall into the same ‘debt trap’ now ensnar- problem. California is, in fact, getting its people, but to bully them into submission. ural gas from the abundant fields of Turk- ing other subscribers to BRI projects. menistan to the energy-hungry industries If this analysis holds true, we can ex- (Tribune News Service) of Pakistan and India. The Taliban regime ing American primacy in this field. During pect in the coming months (and years) in Afghanistan initially supported the 2016 alone, the Asian Infrastructure De- to see the US establish further political pipeline, but negotiations halted follow- velopment Bank (AIIB) – China’s answer alternatives intended to counterbalance ing the 1998 US embassy bombings and to the World Bank and a major source of China’s influence in Central Asia, par- the Taliban’s pledge of support to Osama BRI project funds – invested $1.73 billion ticularly as flaws begin to emerge in BRI bin Laden. in nine major projects across Asia and the projects. There are rumours of a nascent What Collusion Looks Like In December 2002, just over a year Arabian Peninsula. US-led competing strategy driven by an after the coalition invasion of Afghani- BRI (mainly with AIIB funding) initial $200 billion Japanese investment. T’S beginning to look a bit more like, yes, viduals — all of which were initially denied stan, new terms for the TAPI project were broadly pursues the ostensible goal of as- Although this is touted as an ‘alternative’ collusion. Court documents submitted by — this raises multiple red flags. agreed upon between the leaders of Turk- serting Renminbi-denominated Chinese rather than a “competitor” to BRI, it will IPaul Manafort’s lawyers accidentally re- For one, also this week, the US attor- menistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. What economic dominance over the region, necessarily compete for the influence ac- vealed that, while serving as US President ney for the Southern District here in New has changed – 15 years later – that makes with the possible goal of challenging the quired from funding similar projects. Trump’s campaign chairman, Manafort York indicted Natalia V Veselnitskaya, the peace with theTaliban and construction of US dollar’s status as the regional, and We should, similarly, be on the look- handed over internal campaign polling data Russian lawyer who met Manafort, Don- the $10 billion project necessary? eventually global, reserve currency. out for signs of political agitation among to Konstantin V Kilimnik, a Russian busi- ald Trump Jr and Jared Kushner in Trump Behind the Taliban’s rhetoric that The US cannot compete with China’s the Uyghur peoples in Xinjiang, China, nessman linked to the GRU intelligence Tower in June 2016 to discuss acquiring TAPI is “an important element of the highly centralised decision-making struc- which would force China to address more agency GRU. Kilimnik, in turn, reportedly dirt on Hillary Clinton. Prosecutors claim country’s economic infrastructure and ture and large public resources, particu- pressing domestic concerns than its cur- handed the data over to two Ukrainian oli- that, in a money-laundering case involving that its proper implementation will ben- larly as far afield as Central Asia. It has rent geoeconomic expansion. The United garchs with close ties to the Kremlin. Mana- New York real estate, Veselnitskaya lied efit the Afghan people,” I would argue, lies instead historically exerted strategic lever- States’ winding down of the Afghan con- fort allegedly lied to the Mueller investiga- about her links to Russian intelligence. a secret deal with the Afghan government age by working with governments and pri- flict is, in this context, the lesser of two tion about all these actions. Rightly so, with the House now under and its US sponsors that has been years in vate enterprise to control the supply and evils. With its interests assumedly secure An American presidential campaign Democratic control, seven committee chair- the making. This deal likely provided the transport of natural resources. The ongo- in Afghanistan under the Taliban, it will chairman handing over of internal polling men wrote a letter to Treasury Secretary US with the assurance required to with- ing construction of TAPI suggests that the likely devote its attention (and resources) data to a corporate associate of a foreign Steve Mnuchin asking why the department draw the bulk of its forces, secure in the US may be reinvigorating this approach. to securing – or undermining China’s ef- power is unusual, at best. But, added to eve- had decided now was the right time to lift knowledge that their vital interests will be To such an end, we can identify po- forts at securing – the region as a whole. rything already known about contacts be- sanctions off of pro-Russian aluminum oli- maintained under Taliban governance. litical similarities between TAPI and the tween Trump associates and Russian indi- garch Oleg Deripaska. We might thus understand the recent Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline (Nicolas Johnston is a developments in Afghanistan as an indi- constructed in 2006. Like BTC, TAPI is graduate of the Australian Defence (Tribune News Service) cation that the US has recognised that it is a US- and allies-funded alternative to Force Academy - UNSW Canberra.) The Legend Of Amelia Earhart Lives On In Public Imagination As the mystery behind the US aviator’s death in 1937 continues, she remains a pioneering woman, a pilot and a hero who lived well ahead of her time

EPHRAT LIVNI rooned on a small uninhabited South Pacif- were careful about how often they reached lieved these could be Earhart’s remains. a certain bottle alleged to have been found TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE ic land mass the British then called Gard- out because running the radio would also But a physician’s examination that same near skull discovered on Gardner Island. ner island—now known as Nikumaroro drain the plane’s battery. He suspects that year concluded the bones were those of a Grateful you retain bottle in safe place for HE pioneering pilot, author, design- island. The pilot and her navigator were Earhart and Noonan spent their days on the “short, European” man. present and ask Koata not to talk about skull er, and feminist Amelia Earhart was 350 nautical miles north of their intended island, seeking food, water, and shade. Last year, Richard Jantz, director of which is just possibly that of Amelia Earhart. officially declared dead 80 years ago destination Howland island. The evidence Gillespie gathered on the University of Tennessee’s Forensic An- Since then, Gillespie, Jantz, and many oth- on January 5, 1939. Her plane sup- On July 4, a San Francisco resident the island and from historical records thropology Center, re-examined data from ers have worked together to form a cohesive Tposedly disappeared in the Pacific reported picking up another message be- leads him to believe that on July 7, the those remains, concluding in a study in Fo- picture of what really happened. Earhart, Ocean. Yet to this day, no one can say for lieved to be from Earhart, saying, “Still tide was so high that it flooded the plane’s rensic Anthropology that these bones could who was popular in her day, has only grown sure when Earhart really died. alive. Better hurry. Tell husband all right.” transmission and made it impossible for have belonged to a tall woman and were more beloved in the public imagination Despite decades of speculation, inves- The last time that a clear, credible trans- Earhart to make contact again. He sus- “likely those of Amelia Earhart.” He argues in the intervening years and our curiosity tigations, and analysis, aviation historians mission from Earhart was reported was on pects that Earhart lived as a castaway for that Earhart, who stood at five-feet-seven about the pilot never seems to wane. and anthropologists are still trying to piece July 7. Thelma Lovelace of New Brunswick, some time after, and that Noonan likely inches, is more similar to the Nikumaroro Today, Earhart is understood to have the puzzle of her disappearance and death Canada, said she heard the pilot asking, died almost immediately due to injuries. bones than 99 percent of individuals in a been much more than just an aviation pio- together. They know Earhart was flying a “Can you read me? Can you read me? This is The researcher admits, however, that de- large reference sample. As for previous con- neer. She had millennial hustle long be- plane across the Pacific—the first female Amelia Earhart … Please come in. We have spite his best efforts, the questions about clusions about the bones, he notes, “There fore the new millennium—Earhart wrote pilot to attempt such a flight. On July 2, taken in water, my navigator is badly hurt what precisely happened—and why au- are many examples of erroneous assess- books, sewed her own clothes, had a much- 1937, she disappeared, along with her … we are in need of medical care and must thorities ignored and discounted the civil- ments by anthropologists of the period.” admired style that’s still cool and worth navigator Fred Noonan, during the 2,227 have help. We can’t hold on much longer.” ian reports of Earhart’s cries for help—will Lending credence to this conclusion is copying, and designed a fashion line, apart nautical mile trip from Lae, New Guinea to Based on these and other transmis- never be resolved completely. the fact that the search party that found the from working in aeronautics. She was a Howland Island. sions, data analysis, and recent physical Wreckage from the plane was photo- original remains also found part of what feminist who helped organise other female Researchers believe, based on records investigations of radio transmissions from graphed in the Nikumaroro reef in October appeared to be a woman’s shoe nearby, “flyers” and was intent on having a career of 57 credible distress calls analysed in a Nikumaroro, Richard Gillespie, execu- of 1937, and parts of the plane were discov- along with an American sextant box—a and maintaining her independence—mar- report released last year, that Earhart ra- tive director of The International Group ered in 1938, when the previously uninhab- navigation instrument—similar to the kind ried to a then-influential publisher, George dioed this message shortly after her dis- for Historic Aircraft Recovery—which has ited island was briefly settled. But by then, Earhart used, and a bottle of Benedictine Putnam, in 1932, Earhart insisted that the appearance on July 2. “Plane down on an been trying to solve this mystery for dec- American authorities had already declared liqueur, which she was known to carry. A New York Times address her by her own uncharted island. Small, uninhabited.” ades—believes Earhart and Noonan died Earhart dead and concluded that her plane telegram from Gerald Bernard Gallagher, “professional name” and not Mrs Putnam. A Texas housewife, Mabel Larremore, on Nikumaroro in 1937. landed in the Pacific Ocean, lost forever. a British colonial officer responsible for the In other words, she was a woman way scanning her home radio, heard the call, According to Gillespie’s research, their The case was officially closed, but the 1940 discovery, to the acting administrative ahead of her time. We may never find out followed by 12 hours of silence. The 56 plane, an Electra, likely landed in a reef at the story continued to unfold. In 1940, three officer of the Central Gilbert Islands District what exactly happened to her in the days other signals that are thought to have been water’s edge. Earhart and Noonan sent their years after Earhart’s plane disappeared, in Tarawa on September 23, 1940, explains: before she died. But we can be sure that sent by Earhart in the subsequent six days distress signals at night when the low tides British officials also discovered 13 human Please obtain from Koata (Native Mag- she’s an enduring hero, and that her mem- indicate that she and Noonan were ma- allowed the transmissions to be heard, but bones on Nikumaroro. They initially be- istrate Gardner on way to Central Hospital) ory will remain very much alive.

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THE OPINION AND ANALYSIS PAGES ARE THE AUTHORS’ OWN. QATAR TRIBUNE BEARS NO RESPONSIBILITY. Gulf / Middle East Friday, January 11, 2019 07 Nearly 11,000 Syrian kids face ‘miserable’ US military kills 10 Shabaab fighters Turkey pro-Kurdish lawmaker on hunger condition due to harsh winter, heavy rains in Somalia in two days strike in ‘critical’ condition BEIRUT: Harsh winter weather and torrential rains in Syria’s MOGADISHU: The US armed forces have reportedly killed a to- ISTANBUL: A detained lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish People’s NEWS north-western province of Idlib have left some 11,000 dis- tal of 10 fighters from the Islamist terrorist group al-Shabaab Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey is suffering a “life-threaten- IN BRIEF placed Syrian children in difficulties, a charity group warned on in Somalia in air attacks within a two-day period. In an air raid ing” medical condition as her hunger strike enters its 64th Thursday. in the southern Bay Province, six extremists were killed on day, the party said on Thursday. Leyla Guven, 55, launched According to Save the Children, heavy rains have led to Tuesday and four more in two bombings the day before, the a hunger strike on November 8 in protest at the prison condi- flash flooding in camps for displaced people.(DPA) military said in a statement on Wednesday. (DPA) tions for Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan. (AFP) Houthi drone kills six loyalists at Yemen airbase

AFP Originally built by the then AL-ANAD AIR BASE Soviet Union during the Cold War, Al-Anad served as the A rebel drone hit Yemen’s larg- headquarters for US troops est air base Thursday, killing overseeing a long-running six loyalist soldiers during a drone war against Al-Qaeda military parade in an attack until March 2014, when it was which threatens to hamper overrun by the Houthis. UN-led peace efforts. Government forces recap- At talks in Sweden last tured it in August 2015 as they month, the UN brokered sever- recovered territory from the re- al agreements between Houthi bels with support from a Saudi- rebels and the Saudi-backed led military coalition. government seen as the best - Top brass wounded -Yem- chance of ending nearly four en’s deputy chief of staff Saleh years of devastating conflict. al-Zandani, intelligence Briga- The Shiite Houthi rebels dier General Saleh Tamah and said they carried out the strike senior army commander Fadel on Al-Anad air base, in govern- Hasan were among the wound- ment-held Lahij province some ed, along with Lahij governor 60 kilometres (40 miles) north Ahmad Abdullah al-Turki, doc- of Yemen’s second city Aden. tors at Ibn Khaldoun hospital At least 12 people were told AFP on condition of ano- wounded, including top com- nymity. manders, according to medics Chief of staff General Ab- at Ibn Khaldoun hospital in the dullah al-Nakhi was also at the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital, east of Cairo, on Thursday. (REUTERS) provincial capital Huta. base at the time of the attack, a Footage of the attack pro-government official said. showed a drone exploding over He was not named among the a podium around which doz- casualties. ens of military personnel were The strike on loyalist top standing. brass is likely to create a new Pompeo rallies M-E allies, Soldiers scrambled to carry obstacle to the launch of formal wounded comrades to military peace talks. vehicles, while a man holding a Yemeni Information Min- camera bled on the ground. ister Moammer al-Eryani said An AFP correspondent at Thursday’s drone attack was “a the scene said journalists were strong blow” to the UN’s peace vows to fight IS and Iran among the wounded. efforts.

lamist extremism wherever we Pompeo’s speech was remi- Secretary of State stresses Trump’s policy, M-E tour find it,” he added. niscent of a 2009 keynote ad- Pompeo is currently in Egypt dress delivered in Cairo by then Turkey to launch Syria repudiates Obama’s vision in Cairo O Pompeo is currently in as part of an expansive trip of the US president Barack Obama Egypt as part of an Middle East aimed at reassuring aimed at the time at mend- DPA Cairo in an attempt to allay US expansive trip of the Middle allies that the US is committed ing Washington’s ties with the offensive against Kurds CAIRO partners’ concerns in the Middle East aimed at reassuring to their security. In his speech, Muslim world that had been East. allies that the US is Pompeo blasted Iran and its al- damaged under his predecessor if US delays pullout US Secretary of State Mike “America will not retreat committed to their security lied Lebanese Hezbollah move- George W Bush. Pompeo pledged his country’s until the terror fight is over,” he ment. “For those who fret about Robert Malley, a White AFP commitment to the “complete added in a speech at the Ameri- O The top US diplomat the use of American power, House coordinator for the Mid- ISTANBUL dismantling” of Islamic State, can University in Cairo. Pompeo warned that the US remember this: America has al- dle East under Obama, criticised but called for more engagement defended the US regional pol- sanctions against Iran will ways been and will always be a Pompeo’s speech. “Listening to TURKEY will launch an of- from Washington’s partners in icy under Trump, saying it had get tougher unless Tehran liberating force, not an occupy- Secretary Pompeo’s speech is fensive against Syrian Kurdish the Middle East. learnt from past mistakes. changes its policies ing power. We’ve never dreamed like listening to someone from forces if the United States de- US President Donald Trump “In just 24 months, the of domination in the Middle a parallel universe, in which lays the withdrawal of its troops rattled allies in the region last United States under President East. Can you say the same of the the war in Iraq, ... US indiffer- from the war-torn country, the month when he announced a Trump has reasserted its tra- tionships. Iranian regime?” he said. ence to its allies’ human rights foreign minister said Thursday. surprise plan to pull US troops ditional role as a force for good We have rejected false over- The top US diplomat warned violations, or Washington’s own “If the (pullout) is put off out of war-torn Syria, declaring in this region, because we’ve tures from enemies,” he added. that the US sanctions against complicity in the humanitar- with ridiculous excuses like the defeat of Islamic State there. learned from our mistakes,” “But assist is the key phrase. We Iran will get tougher unless Teh- ian catastrophe in Yemen never Turks are massacring Kurds, “The US is committed to the Pompeo said. ask every peace-loving nation in ran changes its policies, which occurred,” added Malley, who which do not reflect the real- complete dismantling of ISIS “We have rediscovered our the Middle East to shoulder new he said threaten the US and the heads the non-governmental ity, we will implement this de- [Islamic State],” Pompeo said in voice. We have rebuilt our rela- responsibilities for defeating Is- international community. Crisis Group based in Brussels. cision,” Mevlut Cavusoglu told NTV television. Turkish President Turkey and the United Recep Tayyip Erdogan. States are at loggerheads over the future of Syrian Kurdish day that Turkey had commit- Anti-govt Sudan protest Truce deal sees former Qaeda forces after US President Don- ted to protecting Washington’s ald Trump made a surprise an- Kurdish allies fighting the Is- death toll climbs to 22 nouncement last month to pull lamic State in Syria. affiliate take over Syria’s Idlib out 2,000 troops from Syria. American forces have Ahead of Trump’s move, worked closely with the Syr- AFP to step down marched in the Turkish President Recep Tayyip ian Kurdish People’s Protection KHARTOUM capital’s twin city of Omdurman AFP ber, Ankara was expected to aganda channel Ebaa said. Erdogan threatened to launch Units (YPG) militia, seen by An- chanting “freedom, peace, jus- BEIRUT rein in Idlib factions to stave The self-proclaimed Salva- another operation in Syria tar- kara as a “terrorist offshoot” of ANTI-GOVERNMENT protests tice” and “revolution is the peo- off a threatened government tion Government is an HTS- geting the US-backed Syrian the outlawed Kurdistan Work- that have rocked Sudan have ple’s choice”. A militant group dominated offensive with potentially dis- dominated body which had Kurdish militia, which Turkey ers’ Party (PKK), which has left 22 people dead, authori- But they were quickly con- by Syria’s former Al-Qaeda astrous humanitarian reper- been administering large parts regards as a terrorist group. waged an insurgency against ties said Thursday, after three fronted with tear gas fired by riot affiliate Thursday sealed its cussions. of the Idlib area, including its Turkish officials had a tense the Turkish state since 1984. demonstrators died hours after police. Videos posted on social grip on northern Idlib, the last The militants’ deal, a copy eponymous capital. meeting this week with Trump’s Cavusoglu said Turkey would go thousands cheered for President media that could not be inde- major rebel bastion, in a deal of which was circulated on lo- Its reach now extends national security adviser John ahead with its incursion plan. Omar al-Bashir at a rival rally in pendently verified showed some ending days of fighting with cal media outlets, brings an to most of Idlib province Bolton in Ankara aimed at coor- “We are determined on the Khartoum. demonstrators pelting police of- rival factions. immediate end to the fighting and parts of the neighbour- dinating the pullout process. field and at the table... We will Wednesday’s competing ral- ficers with rocks. On Thursday, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham between HTS and the rival Na- ing provinces of Aleppo and Erdogan -- who has wel- decide on its timing and we will lies in the capital followed weeks police confirmed that three pro- (HTS) signed a ceasefire with tional Liberation Front (NLF), Hama. comed the pullout plan -- ac- not receive permission from of angry street protests over a testers had died in the Omdur- what was left of a rival alliance which was directly backed by The deal sees Ankara- cused Bolton of a “grave mis- anyone.” government decision to triple man demonstration but did not that sees it confirm its su- Turkey. backed Islamist factions Ahrar take” by demanding that Ankara He also said some officials the price of bread at a time when specify the cause of death. premacy and unites the region “This morning, HTS and al-Sham and Suqur al-Sham provide assurances on the safety in the US administration had the country faces an acute short- “An illegal gathering was under a militant-led adminis- NLF signed an agreement to stand down, as areas they once of the Kurdish fighters before sought to deter Trump from age of foreign currency and soar- held in Omdurman and police tration. put an end to ongoing fight- held come under HTS admin- Washington withdraws its the pullout plan and create “ex- ing inflation. dispersed it with tear gas,” police Under an accord reached ing... and establish the control istrative control. These in- troops. US Secretary of State cuses” like Turkey is massacring Hundreds of protesters who spokesman Hashim Abdelrahim by rebel backer Turkey and of the Salvation Government clude the two major towns of Mike Pompeo, who is on a re- Kurds, in reference to Pompeo’s have repeatedly called on Bashir said in a statement. regime ally Russia in Septem- in all areas,” the group’s prop- Maarat al-Noman and Ariha. gional tour, also said Wednes- comments. Amnesty calls for international probe into Khashoggi murder

AFP of the Saudi consulate in Saudi consulate is located. “It’s absolutely shock- bin Salman, the internation- ISTANBUL Istanbul, the scene of the Several questions re- ing that 100 days later there al community demanded a murder. main unanswered includ- are no real concrete steps transparent investigation. AMNESTY International In a case that shocked the ing the whereabouts of to bring this murder to jus- Turkey and Saudi Arabia on Thursday called for an world Khashoggi, a US resi- tice,” Andrew Gardner, Am- have opened separate inves- international investigation dent and Riyadh critic who nesty’s Turkey strategy and tigations into the murder into the murder of Saudi wrote for the Washington In a case that shocked the research manager, told AFP. but Ankara has repeatedly journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Post, was murdered and his world Khashoggi, a US resi- “Unfortunately the in- accused Riyadh of failure to in a ceremony marking the corpse dismembered inside dent and Riyadh critic who ternational community has cooperate. 100th day since his killing the kingdom’s diplomatic wrote for the Washington been incredibly weak, and Turkish officials have sparked global outrage. compound on October 2. trade and diplomatic re- blamed the crown prince for “We once again call for “We demand justice Post, was murdered and his lations with Saudi Arabia the killing, which the Saudi an international investiga- for Jamal Khashoggi who corpse dismembered inside have taken precedence over authorities categorically tion under the authority of fought for the freedom of ex- the kingdom’s diplomatic fundamental human val- deny. the United Nations into the pression in the Arab world,” compound on October 2 ues,” he said. A trial opened last week murder of Jamal Khashog- Ozahishali said. After evidence emerged in Saudi Arabia. The pros- gi,” Goksu Ozahishali, one Amnesty activists lat- that the killing was done by ecutor has demanded the of the rights group’s Turkey er symbolically hung a Khashoggi’s remains more a team of Saudis sent from death penalty against five of Members of Amnesty International during a demonstration in representatives, said in a street sign reading “Jamal than three months after the Riyadh and closely linked to the accused whose identities Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday. (AFP) statement read out in front Khashoggi Street” where the murder. Crown Prince Mohammed have not been revealed. 08 Friday, January 11, 2019 Europe / Americas ‘Yellow vest’ anger as French boxer who hit police denied bail Fifty-one migrants land in Italy despite ‘closed ports’

PARIS: Supporters of a French boxer filmed punching police officers during a “yellow vest” ROME: Fifty-one migrants including two infants landed on a beach in southern Italy on Thursday, protest reacted angrily on Thursday after he was denied bail, as a fund for the injured officers despite the far-right interior minister’s insistence that the country is closed to new arrivals. NEWS topped one million euros. Locals in the small town of Torre Melissa in Calabria were woken before dawn by the cries of IN BRIEF Christophe Dettinger, a former light heavyweight champion caught on camera beating two riot the Kurdish migrants, who had set sail from Turkey, the mayor Gino Murgi said. The interior ministry officers, was remanded in custody by a Paris court until his trial on February 13. Dettinger has said they were the first arrivals of the year. Some 23,270 people landed in Italy in 2018, most of become a symbol of the deep divisions wrought by the ‘yellow vest’ movement, with some protest- whom had set off from crisis-hit Libya in North Africa. Those arriving from Turkey are often packed ers hailing him as a hero and critics of the rebellion labelling his actions outrageous. (AFP) into sailing boats by Ukrainian or Russian people-smugglers and dropped off on beaches. (AFP)

Japanese PM tells UK PM May Labour leader calls for election to end Brexit impasse to avoid no-deal Brexit AFP election is not only the most LONDON: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo WAKEFIELD, UK practical option, it is also the UK ex-defence chiefs warn May’s deal threatens national security Abe said on Thursday he hoped Britain would most democratic option. LONDON: Two Brexit-supporting former British defence chiefs have said that Prime Minister Theresa avoid crashing out of the European Union BRITAIN’S main opposi- “It would give the win- May’s European Union withdrawal agreement will threaten national security if it is passed by mem- without an agreement, as he threw his sup- tion leader Jeremy Corbyn on ning party a renewed mandate bers of parliament next week, Sky News reported on Thursday. port behind the government’s contentious Thursday called for a general to negotiate a better deal for Former Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service Richard Dearlove and the former Chief of Defence Brexit deal days before a vote by MPs. election to resolve the current Britain and secure support for Staff Charles Guthrie warned the agreement would “threaten the national security of the country in Flanked by British Prime Minister Theresa deadlock in parliament over it in parliament and across the fundamental ways,” in a letter to chairmen of May’s Conservative Party local associations. May during a visit to London, Abe said Japa- Brexit, arguing that he would country,” he said. “Buried in the agreement is the offer of a ‘new, deep and special relationship’ with the EU in nese businesses “very much welcomed” her renegotiate the agreement with The EU has ruled out any defence, security and intelligence which cuts across the three fundamentals of our national security draft divorce deal, which a majority of British Brussels if he came to power. renegotiation of the deal. policy. Please ensure that your MP (Member of Parliament) votes against this bad agreement and lawmakers look set to reject in parliament next Tuesday amid “If the government cannot The Labour leader has said supports a sovereign Brexit on WTO rules,” their letter said. (REUTERS) fierce opposition. pass its most important leg- he will seek a vote of no con- “We truly hope that a no-deal Brexit will be avoided and in islation, then there must be a fidence in the government if fact that is the... wish of the whole world,” the Japanese leader general election at the earliest parliament, as expected, next no confidence motion, there fail to do so. the table, including the option told a Downing Street press conference. opportunity,” he said, speak- week votes against the Brexit will be a period of 14 days in The Labour Party has said of campaigning for a public “This draft agreement for transition and legal stability for ing at an electronic compo- deal that Prime Minister The- which parties can seek to find it will only push for a second vote,” Corbyn said. Japanese businesses is very much welcomed,” he added. nents factory in Wakefield in resa May has negotiated with an alternative working major- referendum on Brexit if it fails Wakefield voted by 66 per- The endorsement came as pressure grew on May to rule out northern England. EU leaders. ity in parliament and a general to trigger an election. cent in favour of leaving the a no-deal Brexit if agreement is rejected by MPs next week. (AFP) “To break the deadlock, an If the government lose a election would be called if they “We’ll keep all options on EU in the 2016 referendum.

Maduro sworn in Trump heads to US-Mexico for second term as border to insist on wall plan Venezuela president US vows to pressure ‘illegitimate’ leader zThe move comes a day after the president walked out of meeting with Democrats when they refused to fund his project AFP zTrump demands $5.7 bn for construction of a wall ‘needed to stop violent crime crisis caused by an unsecure border’ CARACAS AFP VENEZUELA’S President MCALLEN Nicolas Maduro was sworn in on Thursday for a contro- PRESIDENT Donald Trump versial second term, posing headed on Thursday to the US- a challenge to the United Mexico border to push his de- States and much of the in- mand for a wall, a day after he ternational community that walked out of negotiations with have branded his mandate Democrats in a political crisis illegitimate. paralysing the government. Maduro, 56, was sworn in Trump left early from the by Supreme Court president Venezuela’s President White House en route for Tex- Maikel Moreno, amid cheers Nicolas Maduro as, where he was expected to and applause by a crowd of visit the community of McAl- hundreds attending the inau- and freedom in Venezuela,” len and meet with local border guration in Caracas. he wrote. patrol agents. The ceremony was boy- Secretary of State Mike “We need border secu- cotted by the European Pompeo called on Venezue- rity,” Trump told journalists Union, United States and lans to work not with Madu- before boarding the Marine Venezuela’s South American ro but with the National As- One helicopter. neighbours. sembly, which is controlled The Texas trip gives The US on Thursday by the opposition but has Trump yet another high-pro- refused to recognise Ven- been sidelined by a new file stage to push his wall plan, ezuelan President Nicolas Constituent Assembly creat- following a national television Maduro’s legitimacy as he ed by Maduro’s government. address on Tuesday and his started a controversial new “We urge those who sup- drama-filled abandonment of term and urged rank-and- port this regime, from eve- talks with Democratic oppo- file government employees ryday employees getting by nents on Wednesday. to empower the opposition. on food subsidies to the Ven- Trump wants $5.7 billion “The US will not recog- ezuelan security forces sworn for construction of a wall that nise the Maduro dictator- to support the constitution, to he says is needed to stop a vio- ship’s illegitimate inaugu- stop enabling repression and lent crime crisis caused by an ration,” national security corruption and to work with unsecure border. advisor John Bolton tweeted. the National Assembly and “If you don’t have a steel “We will continue to in- its duly elected leader, Juan barrier or a wall of some kind crease pressure on the cor- Guaido, in accordance with -- strong, powerful -- you are rupt regime, support the your constitution on a peace- going to have human traf- democratic National Assem- ful return to democracy,” ficking, you are going to have Union workers protest against the government shutdown in Washington on Thursday. (AFP) bly, and call for democracy Pompeo said in a statement. drugs pouring across the bor- der, you’re going to have... “If we don’t make a deal, I Trump “sort of slammed the the gangs coming in,” he said think it would be very surpris- Operations threatened by shutdown: FBI table,” then “got up and walked outside the White House. But ing to me not to declare a na- WASHINGTON: Federal Bureau of Investigation agents warned on out.” “Again, we saw a temper Democrats say the wall would tional emergency”, he said. Thursday that the ongoing partial shutdown of the government tantrum because he couldn’t Germany’s Merkel visits Athens not solve real US immigration “I’m not prepared not to do is threatening their ability to investigate crimes and maintain get his way,” Schumer said. problems and is being promot- that yet, but if I have to, I will. staffing. Trump disputed that on to promote post-austerity ties ed as a gimmick to satisfy the I have no doubt about it.” Ana- “Special Agents remain at work for the American people with- Thursday, saying “I didn’t president’s right-wing base. lysts say the declaration would out being paid, and FBI leadership is doing all it can to fund FBI pound the table. That is a AFP and Germany have calmed Trump has tried to pres- likely be challenged in court operations with increasingly limited resources -- this situation is lie.” “I don’t have temper tan- ATHENS since her previous visits in sure Congress by refusing to as a case of presidential over- not sustainable,” the FBI Agents Association (FBIAA) said in a trums,” he said. “All of that 2012 and 2014, which were sign off on a host of unrelated, reach, in which case the wall statement. “The important work done by the bureau needs to be narrative is a lie.” GERMAN Chancellor Angela overshadowed by angry anti- normally uncontroversial gov- still would face being blocked. funded immediately.” In Texas, aid workers say Merkel arrives in Greece amid austerity rallies. ernment spending, resulting However, it would still give The FBIAA warned in a petition to the White House and Con- people crossing the border do tight security on Thursday, as Merkel’s visit is seen as in a partial government shut- Trump political cover with his gressional leaders that not receiving paychecks from January 11 not present the menace that she looks to turn the page on a chance to leave behind a down. Hundreds of thousands base by showing he’d done due to the shutdown could damage the finances of agents. (AFP) Trump claims. the biting austerity measures fraught period caused by of federal employees, includ- what he could. At that point, “The truth is that a great that sparked major protests tough German demands for ing air traffic controllers and Trump could end the partial number of percentage of peo- during her last official visit to Greek austerity accompanying members of the Coast Guard, government shutdown. ing skills as a New York real the wall in exchange for him ple entering our country, ask- Athens in 2014. EU bailouts for the country have been without pay for Indicating that the im- estate magnate, has not man- ending the government shut- ing to come in to the country, Nearly 2,000 police have during the eurozone sovereign three weeks. passe could drag on, Trump aged to get the Democrats to down. When the Democrats are not criminals: they are been deployed to supervise debt crisis. The frustrated president said he will skip an interna- budge on his demand for the said no, he walked out. families, children, mothers, Merkel’s visit and authorities Greece, which left eight again repeated his threat that tional forum in Davos in just $5.7 billion. “A total waste of time,” who really are asking for pro- have banned demonstrations years of bailout programmes if the Democrats don’t back under two weeks “if the shut- On Wednesday, he invited Trump tweeted. “I said bye-bye, tection,” said Sister Norma around the home of Prime behind last year, has also been down, he will declare a national down continues.” Democratic leaders to the nothing else works!” Chuck Pimentel, head of the Catholic Minister Alexis Tsipras, where deeply affected by the Euro- emergency to give himself au- Trump, who revels in tell- White House and began by Schumer, the top Democrat Humanitarian Respite Center the two leaders are set to meet. pean migrant crisis in recent thority to go around Congress. ing stories about his negotiat- asking if they would approve in the Senate, told journalists in McAllen, Texas. Relations between Greece years. Germany airport strike Roads, train services disrupted as Europe weathers snowstorm 5am on Thursday. grounds 600 flights Germany, Austria, Czech Republic partially shut down, Train passengers were not spared, with much train AFP from 3:00 am (0200 GMT) trapped highway drivers spend night in vehicles service disrupted across the FRANKFURT AM MAIN to midnight (1100 GMT), was country’s south and east. expected to affect around DPA under the weight of the snow. Dozens of centimetres of ALMOST 640 flights were 100,000 travellers. MUNICH On Thursday, mountain snow have already fallen, with cancelled in Germany on At Cologne-Bonn, where rescuers there reported that the country’s weather service Thursday as security staff 131 of almost 200 flights were A BLANKETING of snow that they saved nine winter tour- promising nearly non-stop went on strike at three air- cancelled, union Verdi told shows no signs of stopping ists from Hungary, Poland, snow until the middle of next ports, meaning disruption for DPA the security strike was over Central Europe disrupted Russia and Ukraine who had week. around 100,000 passengers. also slowing freight handling. everything from traffic to fu- become stuck in the snow at Train officials blamed fall- The number of flights blocked The knock-on effects also neral services on Thursday, as the Zell am See resort. The en trees for the disruptions, was more than half the 1,050 triggered flight cancellations parts of Germany, Austria and Eastern Europeans had ven- but noted that they had kept scheduled for Duesseldorf, at Munich airport, which is the Czech Republic effectively tured off-piste despite ava- most major stretches free. Cologne-Bonn and Stuttgart. grappling with disruptions shut down. lanche warnings. The mass of snow has Duesseldorf -- the coun- caused by inclement weather. At least eight weather-re- Meanwhile, hundreds of knocked down trees across try’s third-largest airport -- Representing 23,000 lated deaths have been report- drivers had to spend the night A snow covered train is seen at the station in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, the region, blocking roads and said in a statement that 370 airport security staff across ed in Austria since the week- in their vehicles after becom- Germany, on Thursday. (EPA-EFE) cutting off some communities. of Thursday’s 580 planned de- Germany, Verdi is demand- end. One child was reported ing trapped on a highway in Authorities have also warned partures had to be cancelled. ing a pay increase to 20 euros dead in Bavaria on Thursday, southern Germany amid a ma- with the region. from about 8 pm on Wednes- of avalanche risks. Most The walkout, slated to last ($23.08) per hour. presumably by a tree that fell jor snowstorm having its way The drivers were trapped day (1900 GMT) until about schools are closed. JLR to cut thousands www.facebook.com/QatarTribune of UK jobs after China, www.youtube.com/QatarTribuneChannel diesel slump www.twitter.com/Qatar_Tribune PAGE 10

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Quick read Ford Europe to slash QSE kicks off 2019 weekly trade thousands of jobs in turnaround plan FORD said on Thursday it will cut thousands of jobs, look at with a bang, gains over 300 pts plant closures and discontinue loss-making vehicle lines as part of a turnaround effort aimed at achieving a 6 percent Qatar index gains 127 points on Thursday operating margin in Europe. Key trading Ford Europe has been losing to reach highest level since March 2017 money for years and pressure O Trading value during the to restructure its operations SATYENDRA PATHAK during the first trading week week increased by 121.8 has increased since arch-rival DOHA of 2019 to close at 10,658.22 percent to QR1.47 billion General Motors raised profits points. against QR663.3 million in by selling its European Opel LAST year’s rally has shown Crossing the QR600 bil- the previous week and Vauxhall brands to France’s no signs of slowing down in lion mark, the week saw mar- Peugeot. Ford said it will seek to 2019 as the record run in Qa- ket capitalisation of the bourse O Trading volume increased exit the multivan segment and tari stocks appears to be gain- rise by 3.43 percent to QR611.5 by 139.2 percent to reach focus on developing more profit- ing momentum. billion against QR591.2 billion 71.8 million shares against able “crossover” and sports Qatar’s stock market hit at the end of the previous trad- 30 million shares in the utility vehicles, and will stop its highest level in nearly two ing week. manufacturing automatic trans- years on Thursday as finan- Achieving the much-need- previous week missions in Bordeaux in August. cial stocks boosted the market ed liquidity, the week wit- It will also review its operations ahead of corporate earnings nessed a large increase in trad- percent on a trading volume in Russia, and combine the and dividend announcements ing value, volume and number of 2.1 million shares. On the headquarters of Ford UK and next week. of transactions. other hand, Ooredoo was the Ford Credit to a site in Dunton, The Qatar Stock Exchange Trading value during the worst performing stock for Essex. (REUTERS) (QSE) main index rose 127 week increased by 121.8 per- the week with a decline of 1.8 points, or 1.2 percent, on cent to QR1.47 billion against percent on 566,673 shares Thursday to hit its highest lev- QR663.3 million in the previ- traded. Foxconn December el since March 2017 as 14 of its ous week. Industries Qatar (IQ), Qa- revenue dips, first 20 stocks in the main bench- The banks and financial tar Islamic Bank (QIB) and time in 10 months mark index gained. services sector led the trad- QNB were the primary con- The index was boosted by ing value during the week, tributors to the weekly index TAIWAN’S Foxconn, a key Apple financial shares, with Indus- accounting for 34.1 percent gain. supplier, reported a 8 percent tries Qatar adding 2.9 percent of the total trading value. IQ was the biggest con- fall in its December revenue on and Qatar Islamic Bank in- The industrial sector was the The Qatar Stock Exchange building in Doha. tributor to the index’s weekly Thursday, dampening its perfor- creasing 1.3 percent. Bellweth- second biggest contributor to gain, adding 109 points to mance in 2018 amid tepid de- er Qatar National Bank (QNB) the overall trading value, ac- in the previous week. The in- tutions remained bullish with trading in 2019. the index. QIB was the sec- mand for electronics. Foxconn, rose 0.8 percent to push the counting for 28.6 percent of dustrials sector led the trading net buying of QR217.8 million Qatari institutions turned ond biggest contributor to the formally known as Hon Hai Pre- index higher on the day to the total. volume, accounting for 33.7 against net buying of QR92.6 positive with net buying of gain, tacking on 37.7 points cision Industry, said in a stock close the first full trading week QNB was the top value percent, followed by the banks million in the previous week. QR16.2 million against net to the index. Moreover, QNB exchange filing that revenue fell of 2019 on a positive note. traded stock during the week and financial services sec- Foreign retail investors, selling of QR48.7 million in contributed 34.5 points to the 8.3 percent to T$619.3 billion Having emerged as the with total traded value of tor which accounted for 26.6 however, turned bearish with the previous week. index. ($20.12 billion) in December. It best performing stock market QR241.2 million. percent of the overall trading net selling of QR12.9 million Qatari retail investors re- On the other hand, Oore- is its first year-on-year monthly in the region with gain of over Trading volume increased volume. against net buying of QR5.2 mained bearish with net sell- doo (ORDS) deleted 8.3 revenue dip since February. The 20 percent in 2018, Thurs- by 139.2 percent to reach 71.8 Qatar First Bank (QFB) million in the previous week. ing of QR221.1 million against points from the index. revenue performance for De- day’s impressive rise helped million shares against 30 mil- was the top volume traded According to an estimate net selling of QR49.2 million Of the 46 listed companies, cember compared to consolidat- QSE kick off weekly trade with lion shares in the previous stock during the week with by QNB Financial Services in the previous week. 36 companies ended the week ed revenue of T$675.1 billion in a bang in the New Year. week. 12.5 million shares. (QNBFS), foreign institu- Qatar German Company higher. While nine stocks de- December last year, which then The Qatar Stock Exchange The number of transac- Continuing buying spree tions have bought Qatari for Medical Devices was the clined, there was no change in represented a 50 percent year- (QSE) main index gained tions increased by 70.3 per- of Qatari stocks worth $2.5 equities $31.3 million on best performing stock for the share price of the remain- on-year rise. “The main reason 307.87 points, or 2.97 percent, cent to 38,073 against 22,355 billion in 2018, foreign insti- net basis since the start of the week with a gain of 25.3 ing one stock. is that the fall for consumer cat- egory products was rather big,” a company representative told reporters, explaining the reason for December’s revenue dip. Brent steadies at $61/bbl Wall St flat after 4-day surge as Longer US govt REUTERS details, helping end a four- incredible run we had yester- retailers, trade talks disappoint shutdown will hit NEW YORK day rally in share markets and day,” said Phil Flynn, an ana- economy: Powell pushing the US dollar to a near lyst at Price Futures Group in REUTERS China and France, rekindled ple down 0.4 percent and Mi- OIL prices steadied on Thurs- three-month low. Chicago. NEW YORK worries about global growth. crosoft 0.7 percent. Profit fore- THE US economy could take a day, following a week-long ral- Disappointing data from Barclays forecast that Closer home, reports from casts for technology companies clear hit from the government ly, after US-China trade talks Brent will remain range bound US stocks were little changed Macy’s and American Airlines have fallen more than any sec- shutdown if it continues for a failed to produce a resolution at $55 to $65 per barrel as in- on Thursday after a four-day added to fears of corporate prof- tor other than energy. long time, Federal Reserve Chair- and weak Chinese data damp- ventories build in the coming surge, as weakness in retailers The Dow Jones Industrial man Jerome Powell said Thurs- ened risk appetite. months, while it expects “the due to tepid holiday season re- Average was up 62.93 points, or day. While most previous shut- Brent crude futures fell 13 market will return to a bal- port from Macy’s Inc and con- Among the bright spots 0.26 percent, at 23,942.05, the downs have been fairly short and cents, or 0.2 percent, to $61.31 anced state” by the second half cerns over progress in the US- was Twitter, which rose 1.7 S&P 500 was up 3.87 points, or have not affected the economy a barrel. US West Texas Inter- of 2019. China trade talks were offset percent after Bank of 0.15 percent, at 2,588.83 and in the aggregate, Powell said, “if mediate crude CLc1 futures US bank Morgan Stanley by gains in Boeing. America double upgraded the Nasdaq Composite was up we have an extended shutdown, rose 13 cents to $52.49 a bar- cut its 2019 oil price forecasts Despite the S&P 500’s .SPX the stock to ‘buy’ from 8.61 points, or 0.12 percent, at I think that would show up in rel. by more than 10 percent on sluggish moves, the benchmark 6,965.69. the data pretty clearly.” The US Both benchmarks rose by Wednesday, pointing to weak- index is at three-week highs ‘underperform’ The trade-sensitive indus- government has been partially around 5 percent the previous ening economic growth expec- it hit after rallying more than trial stocks however rose 0.73 shuttered since late December day, capping off an eight-day tations and rising oil supply. 5 percent in the last four days it growth shrinking, which was percent, lifted by Boeing, which as President Donald Trump has rally that marked oil’s longest China overnight added to con- The main source of new on strong US jobs data, easing exacerbate after Apple’s sales gained 1.7 percent after the US refused to sign a budget agree- sustained rise since July 2017. cerns about a global economic supply is the United States, fears of higher interest rates warning last week. Air Force accepted its long-de- ment unless Congress agrees to Global financial markets slowdown. where crude oil production and rising hopes of a trade deal. Macy’s plunged 18.1 per- layed KC-46 air tanker. allocate $5 billion for a border had surged on renewed opti- China’s producer prices in has held around a record high But the trade-related opti- cent after the department store American Airlines Group wall. About 800,000 federal mism that Washington and December rose at their slowest of 11.7 million barrels per day mism was dampened as China operator cut same-store sales fell 7.4 percent after the No.1 workers, including air traffic con- Beijing would soon end their pace in more than two years, a since early November, accord- offered little details on key is- forecast for the full year due US carrier cut its fourth-quar- trollers and members of the dispute and avert an all-out worrying sign of deflationary ing to government data. sues such as forced technology to weak demand during mid- ter profit and unit revenue fore- Coast Guard, have been without trade war between the two big- risks. To counter rising output, transfers, intellectual property December. casts. That weighed on other pay for three weeks. “In the short gest economies. “Data out of China, weak the Organisation of the Pe- rights, tariff barriers and cyber The report, along with that airlines as well. term if government shutdowns But the hope-fueled rise in inflation and the consumma- troleum Exporting Countries attacks, while saying the meet- of Kohl’s and others, pushed Among the bright spots was don’t last very long they’ve typi- global markets began to sput- tion of China-US talks without and its allies, including Rus- ing set a “foundation” to resolve the S&P 500 retailers index Twitter, which rose 1.7 percent cally not left much of a mark on ter out after the two sides each any major breakthroughs that sia, reached a deal to rein in differences. 0.56 percent lower. after Bank of America double the economy,” Powell said. (AFP) issued vaguely positive state- we’re aware of at this point led supply that officially began in The lack of clarity, coupled The technology index upgraded the stock to “buy” ments that lacked concrete to some profit taking after the January. with weak economic data in dropped 0.56 percent, with Ap- from “underperform.” Investors question Amazon’s future after Bezos’ divorce news

REUTERS of the morning down slightly. what happens to Amazon tion mark’,” he said. NEW YORK The split throws into ques- when Jeff Bezos chooses Bacarella, however, said he tion how the couple will split World’s richest to turn over the day-to-day is not concerned because even AMAZON.COM shares their fortune, which includes running of the company he if MacKenzie Bezos liquidated see-sawed on Thursday as an approximately 16 percent Bezos, whom Forbes lists at founded?” he said. “His an- her expected 8 percent stake, investors questioned how ownership stake in Amazon’s the world’s richest person with nounced divorce gives me there would be no fundamen- the impending divorce of roughly $811.4 billion market an estimated wealth of pause for thought.” tal reason behind the sale. Any company founder Jeff Bezos capitalization. Divorce laws $136.2 billion, said via Twitter Robert Bacarella, portfo- impact would be short-term in would affect his control of the in Washington state, where on Wednesday that he and his lio manager of the Monetta nature. most valuable company on they live, hold that property wife of 25 years, Mackenzie, fund, said that while he is “Unless you worry that he Wall Street and its ambitious acquired during a marriage will divorce not changing his investment will get so distracted by the expansion plans. is generally divided equally in Amazon, he expects other divorce that he cannot man- Bezos, whom Forbes lists between spouses. growth-focused portfolio age the company, this will be at the world’s richest person Most analysts and fund runs hedge fund Seabreeze managers may trim their a non-event,” said Michael with an estimated $136.2 managers are largely sanguine Partners, said he sold his stake stakes due to concerns about Pachter, an analyst at Wed- billion, said via Twitter on and say the divorce will not in Amazon on news of the the divorce’s impact. bush Securities in Los Angeles. Wednesday that he and his lead to any significant change divorce. That was after initially “This is such an over- “He is given control of the wife of 25 years, Mackenzie, in the company’s leadership or buying a stake in late Decem- owned company and this company because sharehold- will divorce. Amazon shares its growth prospects. ber and naming Amazon gives them an excuse to say ers like him and his vision, not Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (left) and his wife MacKenzie Bezos in were flat in midday trading on Prominent short-seller among his “best ideas list.” ‘Maybe I’ll trim some back because he has 50 percent of Berlin. (File photo) (EPA) Thursday after spending most Doug Kass, however, who “Is it premature to ask because it adds a new ques- the stock.” 10 Friday, January 11, 2019 Economy & Business Global stocks US weekly jobless claims rally splutters as trade talks, fall more than expected data disappoint Claims for unemployment benefits fell 17,000 to a seasonally adjusted 216,000 for the week ended Jan 5

REUTERS down from 2.710 percent on LONDON Wednesday, when Fed min- utes showed its policymak- A four-day rally in world ers were becoming more stocks ran out of steam on cautious about future rate Thursday and the dollar hikes. touched a near three-month The dollar remained low as mixed signals from near its lowest since mid- US-China trade talks and October. It was barely caution at the Federal Re- changed at $1.1542 to the serve applied the brakes. euro, which had gained 0.9 China said the three percent against the dollar days of talks in Beijing had during the previous session, established a “foundation” its biggest one-day gain to resolve differences, but since late June. gave virtually no details on China’s yuan had also key issues at stake. muscled higher to breach A slew of weak data also the 6.8 per dollar level for dampened the mood. Again the first time since August in China, factory-gate infla- in both onshore and off- tion was the slowest in more shore trade in Asia. than two years, while worse- “This drop in the dol- than-expected industrial lar is an overdue correction figures in France provided following a surprisingly more evidence that Europe robust few weeks, despite is spluttering again. the massive collapse in US The pan-European rate expectations,” said Ul- STOXX 600 index saw Paris rich Leuchtmann, currency drop as much as 0.8 percent strategist at Commerzbank. and Germany’s trade-sen- Asian shares performed sitive DAX fall 0.3 percent, fractionally better overnight though both recovered on the weaker dollar and some ground after the ECB hopes of more economic said it was looking at an- stimulus in China. other mass dump of ultra- But many stocks see- cheap lending. sawed, and Tokyo and Despite a few isolated Shanghai both closed lower Construction workers work on a building on the west side of Manhattan in New York. (File photo) (AFP) bright spots there were as markets parsed the trade plenty of grim reports on talks and hoped that they Christmas trading from will ultimately avert anoth- REUTERS week ending December 29 as ered a better measure of La- bank’s Decemebr 18-19 policy European and US retailers, er ramping-up of US tariffs WASHINGTON workers furloughed because of bour market trends as it irons meeting published on Wednes- and Ford and Jaguar Land in March. a partial shutdown of the US out week-to-week volatility, day showed “many” officials Rover both warned they Emerging market bond THE number of Americans government applied for ben- rose 2,500 to 221,750 last week. were of the view that the Fed were laying off thousands of investors then got a major filing applications for jobless efits. The federal government The government reported “could afford to be patient their workers. jolt as Lebanon’s finance benefits fell more than ex- partially closed on Dec. 22 as last week that the economy cre- about further policy firming.” The soured sentiment minister Ali Hassan Khalil pected last week, pointing to a President Donald Trump de- 800k workers ated 312,000 jobs in Decem- The Fed has forecast two saw the standard move told a local newspaper that strengthening Labour market manded that the US Congress affected ber, the most in 10 months. rate hikes this year. Fed Chair- into safe-haven govern- it was weighing up a debt that could further ease con- give him $5.7 billion this year The unemployment rate rose man Jerome Powell and sever- ment bonds that give a restructuring. Goldman cerns about the economy’s to help build a wall on the US The shutdown, which has two-tenths of a percentage al policymakers have said they guaranteed return. Yields Sachs had warned this week health. border with Mexico. affected a quarter of the point to 3.9 percent as some would be patient and flexible in on German and French and that such a move, if extreme Initial claims for state The shutdown, which has government, including the unemployed Americans piled policy decisions this year. government bonds - which enough, could potentially unemployment benefits fell affected a quarter of the govern- Commerce Department, has into the Labour market, confi- Thursday’s claims report move inversely to price - wipe out Lebanon’s banks. 17,000 to a seasonally adjusted ment, including the Commerce left 800,000 employees dent of their job prospects. also showed the number of dropped towards recent “The exposure of Leba- 216,000 for the week ended Department, has left 800,000 furloughed or working without Labour market strength people receiving benefits af- two-year lows. nese banks to the sovereign Jan. 5, the Labour Department employees furloughed or has helped to calm fears that ter an initial week of aid fell The European Central (local debt and Eurobonds) said on Thursday. Data for the working without pay. Private pay. Private contractors the economy was slowing 28,000 to 1.72 million for the Bank then published the amounts to some 55 trillion prior week was revised up to contractors working for many working for many government sharply following steep de- week ended Dec. 29. The four- minutes from its December Lebanese pounds, almost show 2,000 more applications government agencies are also agencies are also without pay clines in consumer confidence week moving average of the meeting which showed its double the 30 trillion LBP received than previously re- without pay. and manufacturing activity in so-called continuing claims in- officials had talked about capital base of the banking ported. Claims by federal workers December, which rattled finan- creased 15,250 to 1.72 million. pumping another round of system,” the bank’s analysts Economists polled by Reu- are reported separately and workers can submit claims for cial markets. Tighter financial November’s wholesale in- ultra-cheap long-term fi- wrote. ters had forecast claims declin- with a one-week lag. The num- unemployment benefits, but market conditions and slowing ventories report from the Com- nancing into the euro zone Lebanon has the third ing to 225,000 in the latest ber of federal employees filing payment would depend on global growth, however, could merce Department’s Census banking system. largest public debt-to-GDP week. The Labour Department for jobless benefits increased whether Congress decides to make the Federal Reserve cau- Bureau, which was scheduled US Treasury yields last ratio in the world at around said only claims for Puerto by 3,831 to 4,760 in the week pay their salaries retroactively. tious about raising interest for release on Thursday, will stood at 2.697 percent, 150 percent. Rico were estimated last week. ending December 29. Fur- The four-week moving av- rates this year. not be published because of the Claims were boosted in the loughed federal government erage of initial claims, consid- Minutes of the US central government shutdown. India’s inflation in Dec likely hit lowest since June 2017: Poll

price inflation has held below currency that has managed to ing economy after growth Fall in food prices in December key factor the mid-point of the RBI’s tar- stabilise after a steep sell-off. cooled sharply in the July- get band. Crude oil prices are down September quarter, the RBI REUTERS um-term target range of 2.0- Forecasts ranged between Inflation has at least in the over 30 percent since October is likely to hold interest rates BENGALURU 6.0 percent - according to the 1.80 percent and 3.00 percent, second half of 2018 3, when it hit the highest in al- next month and move to a Jan 3-9 poll of 41 economists. and suggested price pressures most four years, and the rupee more dovish stance, econo- INDIA’S December retail in- In November, inflation was at are easing off from earlier in surprised on the downside. I has bounced nearly 6 percent mists say. flation is expected to have 2.33 percent. 2018. think it is common after touching a lifetime low of “We expect them (the RBI) eased to its lowest since June “Food prices fell more in “Inflation has at least in the knowledge now that it is 74.48 on October 11. to move from ‘calibrated tight- 2017 as food costs fell and fuel December. Which maybe just second half of 2018 surprised mainly driven by food prices According to separate ening’ to ‘neutral’, so a change prices rose at a slower pace, a seasonal thing, but I see that on the downside. I think it is Reuters polls, the rupee is not in stance is very much on the a Reuters poll showed, giving as the main factor, a potential common knowledge now that Radhika Rao, an economist at expected to depreciate sharply cards,” said DBS’s Rao. the central bank breathing downside factor for inflation,” it is mainly driven by food DBS Bank from here and oil prices are “But I don’t think they space to keep policy on hold. said Prakash Sakpal, Asia prices,” said Radhika Rao, an predicted to rise just modestly would go ahead and cut rates Inflation likely cooled to economist at ING. economist at DBS Bank. this year. in February, but dovish lan- 2.20 percent in December - If the latest consensus is “In fact, the food and bev- will be the third month run- Cooling inflation expecta- Those expectations should guage would keep the door close to the lower end of the realised it will mark the fifth erages component in itself has ning, where prices have actu- tions have also been driven by keep inflation in check. And open for easing in subsequent Reserve Bank of India’s medi- month in a row consumer been in disinflation. December ally declined year-on-year.” lower oil prices and a rupee given concerns about a slow- meetings.”

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Attiyah’s impressive win in 4th stage of the Dakar Rally ASIAN CUP 2019 PALESTINE VS AUSTRALIA Jordan tame Syria to reach Asian Cup knockout stage Jordan are the first team to enter the quarter-final stage; brave India go down fighting against hosts

Thailand’s Chanathip Songkrasin (left) celebrates scoring a goal with teammate Tristan Do during the Asian Cup group A match against Bahrain in Dubai on Thursday. (AFP)

whistle. Cup football tournament here Earlier, bleach-blond on Thursday. Chanathip fired Thailand to The Indians dominated the only the second Asian Cup win first-half and were unlucky to in their history as they beat miss out on their second con- Bahrain 1-0 to reignite their secutive victory. campaign in Group A. They created around half The Consadole Sapporo a dozen clear chances most of midfielder’s second-half strike which came off the woodwork. was enough for the Thais, who India, who beat Thailand sacked their coach Milovan 4-1 in their campaign opener, Rajevac after opening with a now have 3 points from two shock 4-1 loss to India. matches. Players of Jordan celebrate a 2-0 goal during their 2019 AFC Asian Cup group B preliminary round match against Syria in Al Ain on Thursday. (EPA) Thailand had no shots on The uae, who drew 1-1 with target as Bahrain controlled Bahrain, have four points from AFP/IANS against Palestine. that they have a good team,” he Jordan’s lead two minutes Syria’s Omar Khrbin came the first half, with Mohamed two matches. AL AIN Vital Borkelmans’ team, added. from half-time, when he bun- close twice after the break, once Jasim Marhoon and Sayed The uae took the lead who stunned defending cham- At a raucous Khalifa Bin dled past Syrian captain Omar when his free header cleared Dhiya Saeed coming clos- against the run of play when JORDAN won a bruising derby pions Australia in their first Zayed Stadium in Al Ain, Jor- the bar and again when he un- est as they forced goalkeeper Khalfan Mubarak (41st min- with Syria 2-0 to become the game, could soon be joined in dan slowly asserted dominance leashed a shot which went just Chatchai Bootprom into a ute) produced a well-placed first team to reach the Asian the last 16 by surprise package and could have scored when Results wide. sharp double save. But Chan- finish a short while before the Cup knockout stages on Thurs- India, who face hosts UAE later Suleiman’s mazy run prised Tempers flared when Jehad athip, whose fans compare him break. day, while talisman Chanathip in Group A. open Syria’s defence, but Group A: UAE 2 (Mubarak 41, Al-Baour pulled back Suleiman to Lionel Messi, seized victory The hosts played better “Messi Jay” Songkrasin hauled “We know where we are Yousef Rawshdeh’s shot sailed Mabkhout 88) India 0 during a break and a shoving for the War Elephants near in the second-half even as the crisis-hit Thailand back on coming from -- from very over. Bahrain 0 Thailand 1 match developed on the touch- the hour-mark with a superbly visibility disheartened Indians track. low. And we changed a lot of But on 26 minutes, after (Chanathip 58) line, egged on by the crowd. struck first-time shot that rock- tried hard for the equaliser. In a rowdy atmosphere at things,” said Borkelmans, a a break down the left, the two Saeed Al-Murjan’s lunge eted past Sayed Shubbar Alawi The uae got their second a packed Khalifa Bin Zayed former Belgium assistant coach combined again when Sulei- to get on the end of a free kick in the Bahrain goal. goal a couple of minutes be- Group B: Jordan 2 (Suleiman 26, Stadium, first-half goals from who joined Jordan last year. man stabbed home Rawsh- was somehow kept out by Syr- A spirited India dominated fore the end of regulation time Mousa Mohammad Suleiman “Before, nobody believed deh’s shot from close range, Khattab 43) Syria 0 ian ‘keeper Ibrahim Alma but pre-game favourites the United when a long ball caught most of and Tareq Khattab gave Jor- in these players but now at this triggering deafening celebra- the job was already done for Arab Emirates (uae) before go- the Indian defence out of po- dan a maximum six points in moment I think all the media tions. Al-Soma to nod in a corner in Jordan, who celebrated joy- ing down 0-2 in their second sition and Ali Mabkho (88th) Group B with one game to go and the Jordan people believe Tareq Khattab doubled at the near post. ously with their fans at the final Group A match at the Asian scored with a cool finish.

Quick read beIN SPORTS signs Mourinho as pundit for beIN urges Serie A to change Italian “Special” Week of Football DOHA: Jose Mourinho will join beIN SPORTS, the global sports broadcaster, this week as part of the AFC Asian Cup 2019 and Super Cup venue from Saudi’s Jeddah English Premier League coverage, which viewers across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) enjoy exclusively on the leading sports TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK The beIN Media Group channel. In his first TV appearance since leaving Manchester United DOHA CEO also wrote, “We’ve also in December, the former Chelsea, Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Porto received reports of beoutQ manager will be part of a panel of expert analysts based in beIN BEIN Media Group CEO being openly accessed in Lon- SPORTS’ studios exclusively covering two of the most watched prod- Yousef al Obaidly urged Serie don, Geneva, Florida and con- ucts in the MENA region. A to switch the Italian Super tinuing to spread. This content Mourinho, known as the ‘Special One’, will be providing his forth- Cup final match from Jeddah has not only been brazenly right opinions during the the English Premier League match, Arsenal as the host country has been stolen from beIN SPORTS vs Chelsea, on Saturday 19 January; and the AFC Asian Cup 2019 actively supporting the plague but from broadcasters such as including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Scholes, Ruud Gullit, Arsène of piracy against the world NBCUniverseal and your UK Wenger, Marcel Desailly, Yaya Touré, Nemanja Vidic, Wesley Sneijder sports. broadcast partner ELEVEN and Graeme Souness. Obaidly wrote a letter to SPORTS. We’ve provided to Serie A CEO Luigi De Siervo you comprephensive, incon- on Wednesday to change the trovertible and independent Al Kharaitiyat beat Umm Salal to reach venue of the January 16 final third party evidence of where QSL Cup quarter-finals, Gharafa held between Juventus and AC Mi- beoutQ is based and who is be- lan. hind it.” DOHA: Al Kharaitiyat blanked Umm Salal 2-0 in the QSL Cup Round The World Trade Organi- “While (Gaetano) Micciche 5, while Al Arabi played out a 1-1 draw with Al Gharafa in Group A sation has already launched an (Serie A Preisident) has said in matches played at the Al Arabi Stadium on Thursday, The fight for the investigation into Saudi Ara- his recent statement that the fourth quarter-final spot from the group was between Umm Salal and bia’s violation of intellectual match in Jeddah will promote Al Kharaitiyat, while Al Arabi were out of contention for qualification. property rights. beoutQ has Gonzalo Higuain (left) of AC Milan and Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus. ‘Made in Italy’ and its values, Umm Salal needed only a draw, while Al Kharaitiyat were in a been committing a completely the match in fact serves mere- must-win situation. unprecedented and brazen to stop the match in Jeddah associations for the protection months, which is undermin- ly as promotion of ‘Stolen by The match between Qatar SC and Al Duhail will be played on theft of intellectual property by saying “The decision to play of journalists, and sports fans ing the long-term commercial Saudi Arabia’ and the endorse- Friday, along with the three Group B games. over the past 18 months - af- the Italian Supercup in Saudi are also demanding action and prospects of Serie A and rights ment of such a flagrant daily Al Kharaitiyat beat Umm Salal 2-0, with first-half goals from fecting rights holders, broad- Arabia must be blocked im- sanctions against Saudi Ara- holders worldwide. breach of international norms Majed Salmeen and Abdulaziz al Ansari powering them. Meanwhile, a casters, and other stakehold- mediately... What happened in bia. “Furthermore, the MENA and the rule of law. second-half strike by Wesley Sneijder helped Al Gharafa record a 1-1 ers across the world of sports the consulate of Saudi Arabia Obaidly, who had writ- regions is one of the world’s “If the game goes ahead, draw against Al Arabi. Hosts Al Arabi grabbed the lead in the 23rd and entertainment. in Istanbul cannot be passed ten to Serie A in December as most important and fastest Serie A will have failed to up- minute. Fahad Khalfan spotted Diego Jardel unmarked close to the Italian Deputy Prime Min- over in silence.” well, wrote in his latest letter: growing markets for sports hold its duty to its member Al Gharafa box and slipped in a neat cross. The Brazilian midfielder ister Matteo Salvini called the Amnesty International “Our chief concern, however, and live entertainment and clubs and the wider sporting tapped the ball and charged into the Al Gharafa box even as keeper holding match in Saudi Arabia said recently about Saudi Ara- as a global sports and enter- unless Saudi Arabia’s attempt community, including other Qasim Burhan stepped out of his position. Jardel easily hoodwinked ‘disgusting’ due to the restric- bia, “Even before the horrific tainment broadcaster, is very to undermine the rule of law major international leagues Burhan and flicked the ball into the net. In the 74th minute, Dutch tions placed on female fans. killing of Jamal Khashoggi, simple. Saudi Arabia has been is addressed, it will fatally whose intellectual property international and Al Gharafa skipper Wesley Sneijder curled in a Italy’s former Minister of Saudi Arabia had a truly ap- actively supporting a plague damage one of Serie A’s most rights and revenue streams superb free-kick to score the equaliser. Sport, Luca Lotti has added palling human rights record.” of piracy on world sports and important sources of revenue are threatened by beoutQ’s ac- his voice to the growing calls Also women’s rights groups, entertainment for over 18 growth.” tions,” Obaidly noted. Sports Friday, January 11, 2019 13

HH SHEIKH ABDULLAH BIN KHALIFA AL THANI TROPHY DAY MEETING Dazzling runs by Sharesa, Ebraz Both help trainer Julian Smart and rider Theo Bachelot secure a grand double; Pedroza, trainer Malki also win two races

(Left) HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa al Thani with HH Sheikh Abdullah Bin Khalifa Al Thani Trophy winner Sharesa’s group and QREC officials in New Al Rayyan on Thursday. (Right) Ebraz and rider Theo Bachelot return to the winner’s paddock after clinching the HH Sheikh Abdullah Bin Khalifa Al Thani Cup on Thursday.

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK lengths ahead of Khataaf, rid- DOHA den by Jimmy Quinn. Al Sha- man and Opera Baron got the TRAINER Julian Smart had fourth and fifth places, respec- a big smile across his face as tively. his wards Ebraz and Sharesa, Earlier in the day, Es’hail both ridden by Theo Bachelot, was led to the victory in the landed the two biggest races Very Nice Cup by Gerald on the HH Sheikh Abdullah Avranche. Qatari Gold failed to Bin Khalifa Al Thani Trophy match the pace and was second Day at the Qatar Racing and by four lengths. Al Maftoon Equestrian Club Racecourse (Bentley) beat French Encore on Thursday. by less than a length to emerge Ebraz provided him the the winner in the Charm Spirit first success of the day as the Cup, while the Yasmeen Cup HH Sheikh Mohammed bin was claimed by Hajaam under Khalifa al Thani-owned six- Tomas Lukasek in a tight finish year-old gray colt shot from Julian Smart: The trainer of Ebraz and Sharesa in New Al Rayyan on Winner Gtnah’s connections with HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa al Thani after the HH Sheikh Abdullah Bin against Rich History. behind pace-setter Carab Thursday. Khalifa Al Thani Silver Cup race at the QREC Racecourse on Thursday. (Marco Casamento) and East- er De Faust (JP Guillambert) pull off a big victory in the HH by Aahil (Ronan Thomas). AJS of Kasser by a length. Bint Al RESULTS to come to the fore. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Khalifa Al Al Rayyan (Tomas Lukasek) Akaber was third under Ryan Just when Tayf was begin- Thani Trophy (1,600m) worth earned the fourth spot, beat- Curatolo. Highest rated Caid HH Sheikh Abdullah Bin Khalifa Al Thani Trophy Day UMM QARN TROPHY 2,000m Lukasek), 5. Daloob (Faleh Bughanaim) ning to shift into top gear from QR500,000, beating Molheb ing Deebah (Pelletan) by four de L’Ardus managed the fourth Meeting (turf) Prize Money: QR200,000 (1st 114,000 2nd 44,000 Won by short head, 3.25, neck, 2.75. outside, Ebraz galloped hard Al Naif by half length in a late lengths. spot, ahead of Zameer. VERY NICE NAME CUP 1,600m 3rd 22,000 4th 12,000 5th 8,000) Owner: Al Shaqab Racing. Trainer: Alban de Mieulle Prize Money: QR50,000 (1st 28,500 2nd 11,000 3rd 1. Pazeer (Eduardo Pedroza), 2. Jewel House (Ivan to get past him and win the but thrilling dash from outside. Al Shaqab Racing’s Gtnah For the Sheikh Salman bin 5,500) Rossi), 3. Khataaf (Jimmy Quinn), HH SHEIKH ABDULLAH BIN KHALIFA AL THANI CUP QR300,000 Cup race (Group1 After Debaah led the pace was piloted by to a short head Jassim al Thani’s six-year-old 1. Es’hail (Gerald Avranche), 2. Qatari Gold (Ronan 4. Al Shaman (Theo Bachelot), 5.Opera Baron (JP (Gr2 PA) 1,600m PA) by half a length. Both had ahead of AJS Rayyan and triumph over Maxr in the HH gray colt, this was the first win Thomas), 3. Festive (Marco Casamento) Guillambert) Prize Money: QR300,000 (1st 171,000 2nd 66,000 contested the 2017 HH the Meqdam Al Zaidy, Bentley Sheikh Abdullah Bin Khalifa in five races this season, taking Won by 4, neck. Time 1:38.20 Won by 3.75, 2.5, 0.75, head. Time 2:03.71 3rd 33,000 4th 18,000 5th 12,000) Owner: Khalid al Mohannadi. Trainer: Rashid al Jehani Owner: Abdulatif al Emadi. Trainer: Ibrahim al Malki 1. Ebraz (Theo Bachelot), 2. Tayf (Ronan Thomas), 3. Amir’s Sword race and Ebraz pushed favourite Molheb Al Al Thani Silver Cup (2,200m). his tally to three in 10. He also Spaghetti (Harry Bentley), 4. Meelad (Mathieu Pelletan), had beaten him that time as well. Naif to the front. When he was The Alban de Mieulle trainee helped trainer Ibrahim al Mal- CHARM SPIRIT CUP 1,400m MAJD AL ARAB P/A SPRINTER CHAMPIONSHIP (Gr3 5. Easter De Faust (JP Guillambert) This was the fourth race of being challenged by Aahil, the held on to her charge and ki and rider Eduardo Pedroze Prize Money: QR60,000 (1st 34,200 2nd 13,200 3rd PA) 1,100m Won by 0.5, 6, 2.75, 6.25. Time 1:45.87 the season for Ebraz and good Sheikh Khalifa bin Mohammed edged to second win a row in grab a double for the day. 6,600) Prize Money: QR200,000 (1st 114,000 2nd 44,000 Owner: HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al Thani. 1. Al Maftoon (Harry Bentley), 2. French Encore (Ryan 3rd 22,000 4th 12,000 5th 8,000) Trainer Julian Smart comeback from his third-place bin Khalifa al Thani’s six-year- the season. For the four-year- The Umm Qarn Trophy Curatolo), 3. Woodkid (Theo Bachelot) 1. Al Muntathar (Eduardo Pedroza), 2. Kasser (Stephan finish in last race in the Late old gray filly launched a brutal old gray filly, it was overall sec- was the fifth biggest race of Won by 0.75, neck. Time 1:25.81 Ladjadj), 3. Bint Al Akaber (Ryan Curatolo), 4. Caid De HH SHEIKH ABDULLAH BIN KHALIFA AL THANI Sheikh Jassim Bin Moham- kick with less than 100m to go ond triumph in saven races. the day, carrying QR200,000 Owner: Khalifa bin Sheail al Kuwari. Trainer: Moahmmed L’Ardus (Harry Bentley), 5. Zameer (Marco Casamento) TROPHY 1,600m med Al Thani Trophy recently. and went on to pass the Al Naif Annan (Bachelot) was prize money. Pedroza guided Jassim Ghazali Won by 1, 1, head, 1.25. Time 1:13.67 2019 Toyota Land Crusier to the winning Owner Owner: Sheikh Salman bin Jassim al Thani. Trainer: Prize Money: QR500,000 (1st 285,000 2nd 110,000 This was his second victory Racing’s star runner, who was third, three lengths adrift of the 2018 HH the Amir’s Shal- YASMEEN CUP 1,850m Ibrahim al Malki 3rd 55,000 4th 30,000 5th 20,000) and overall, the seventh win- looking for the ninth win in a Maxr, while AJS Moaddie and fa winner Pazeer to an easy Prize Money: QR60,000 (1st 34,200 2nd 13,200 3rd 1. Sharesa (Theo Bachelot), 2. Molheb Al Naif (Harry ner in 20 races. row. Daloob completed the top five. win by over three and a half 6,600) HH SHEIKH ABDULLAH BIN KHALIFA AL THANI SILVER Bentley), 3. Aahil (Ronan Thomas), 4. AJS Al Rayyan Spaghetti (Harry Bentley) This was the third winner Seventh last year, Al Mun- lengths. For the owner Abdu- 1. Hajaam (Tomas Lukasek), 2. Rich History (Jean CUP 2,200m (Tomas Lukasek), 5. Deebah (Mathieu Pelletan) Baptiste Hamel), 3. Off He Goes (Theo Bachelot) Prize Money: QR250,000 (1st 142,500 2nd 55,000 Won by 0.5, neck, 4.25, 4. Time 1:45.93 was third six lengths. Meelad in as many runs for Sharesa tathar ran a brave race to latif al Emadi, this was the first Won by 0.25, 1. Time 1:56.44 3rd 27,500 4th 15,000 5th 10,000) Owner: Sheikh Khalifa bin Mohammed bin Khalifa al (Matheiu Pelletan) was fourth this season and overall, a sixth clinch the Majd Al Arab Pure- win by Pazeer in three races. Owner: Al Jeryan Stud. Trainer: Hadi al Ramzani 1. Gtnah (Ronan Thomas), 2. Maxr (Ryan Curatolo), 3. Thani. Trainer: Julian Smart ahead of Easter De Faust. victory in 13 races. bred Arabian Sprinter Cham- Jewel House (Ivan Rossi) Annan (Theo Bachelot), 4. AJS Moaddie (Tomas It was later Sharesa’s turn to The third spot was claimed pionship (Gr3), getting better was second two and a half

Qatar to take on Angola in world ATTIYAH’S IMPRESSIVE WIN IN 4TH STAGE handball championship today

the Asian Games in August in Indonesia. The last two continental competitions – Indonesia in August and Ko- rea in January – saw Qatar beat Bahrain in both events, although Indonesia saw the Bahrain side take the Qataris to additional time. Qatar have been working hard to develop home-grown talent and recent squads have shown the long-term project from Rivera resulting in a mix of home-grown and natural- ised players with names in- Qatar’s double winner Nasser bin Saleh al Attiyah beat Stéphane Peterhansel to claim the fourth stage in cluding Firas Chaieb, Rasheed the Dakar Rally from Qreeuipa to Tacna on Thursday. He won by one minute and 52 seconds to reinforce Yusuff, Mahmoud Hassaballa, his place on the top of the general standings. Ahmad Madadi, Kamal Aldin Qatari players during a work-out in Copenhagen ahead of their match against Angola. Mallash, Youssef Ali, Mousta- fa Heiba and Anis Zouaoui in- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK QATAR FACTFILE cluded. DOHA To qualify for Germany/ Tennis match-fixing gang KEY PLAYERS: Denmark 2019, Qatar finished VALERO Rivera’s former Frankis Carol Marzo (left back), Daniel Saric Group at Germany/Denmark 2019 in the top four of the 2018 silver medallists Qatar will (goalkeeper), Rafael Capote (left back) Group D: Sweden, Hungary, Qatar, Argentina, Asian Championship in Ko- dismantled in Spain: Police launch their new campaign Egypt, Angola rea, winning the title thanks to in the IHF World Handball QUALIFICATION INFORMATION: coming back again from a half- AFP fore reaching the ATP and ed a provisional suspension 2018 AHF Men’s Asian Championship – Winners FIXTURES (ALL TIMES LOCAL) MADRID Championship in Copenhagen January 11: Angola vs Qatar (15:30) time deficit in the final against WTA Tours. The Civil Guard from the sport at the end of with a match against Angola HISTORY IN TOURNAMENT January 13: Qatar vs Egypt (15:30) Bahrain. added the operation kicked last year following an investi- on Friday (local time 15.30). 1954-2001: DNQ, 2003: 16th, 2005: 21st, January 14: Hungary vs Qatar (15:30) Frankis Carol Marzo was SPANISH police have disman- off after the Tennis Integrity gation into what the TIU de- Four years ago, Qatar 2007: 23rd, 2009-2011: DNQ, 2013: 20th, January 16: Qatar vs Sweden (20:30) named as Most Valuable tled a gang that allegedly fixed Unit (TIU), an anti-corruption scribed as “alleged breaches carved out a rare piece of 2015: 2nd, 2017: 8th January 17: Qatar vs Argentina (18:00) Player in the final and he led professional tennis matches, tennis body, made an official of the Tennis Anti-Corruption handball history as they be- the way for his side, scor- detaining 15 people and prob- complaint. Program.” came the first non-European France, Qatar finished eighth ship at home before moving ing at crucial points in the 60 ing 68 others including play- It did not identify those According to the EU police team to play the World Cham- after they lost their quarter- to Qatar to take the reins of minutes to finish with eight ers, one of whom competed in detained or being probed but agency, Europol, “the suspects pionship final at the Losail final to eventual bronze med- the ambitious Asian side, who goals, alongside his teammate, last year’s US Open, they said said one of them played in bribed professional players to Stadium. They had beaten allists Slovenia. were preparing to host their Bertrand Roine, who plays his on Thursday. the last US Open. It is unclear guarantee pre-determined re- Austria (eighth-finals), Ger- This is the sixth year for own World Championship, in club handball for Al Ahli SC in In a statement, the Civil whether the player is among sults and used the identities of many (quarter-finals) and Po- Qatar’s national coach Velera 2015. Doha. Guard police force said the the arrested or investigated. thousands of citizens to bet on land (semi-finals). at Germany/Denmark 2019 Since taking over, Rivera “There is no doubt that organisation bribed tennis Reports in Spain claimed the pre-arranged game.” Al Annabi played well till after he started the role back has made Qatar dominant on we are the best in Asia,” he players to fix matches in ITF the Spanish player Marc For- The members of the or- the half time but France were in 2013. In 1993 and from the continental stage, win- continued. “Our third straight Futures and Challenger tour- nell-Mestres, ranked 236th in ganisation are Armenian. unstoppable and went on to 2008-2013 he coached the ning the Asian Championship title proves it beyond doubt. naments, the lower levels of 2007, was one of the leaders of “Some of them” were arrested, land the title. Spanish men’s team, win- in all three editions (2014, Winning the Asian title was an the professional game where the organisation. a Civil Guard spokeswoman In the 2017 edition in ning the World Champion- 2016 and 2018) as well as ambitious project for us.” younger players start out be- Fornell-Mestres was hand- told AFP. 14 Friday, January 11, 2019 FEATURES First Look at Jude Law, John Malkovich in ‘The New Pope’

NICK VIVARELLI Like Home”). Details are be- first season, “The New Pope” Written by Sorrentino with TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE ing kept under wraps about will also feature returning cast his regular Italian co-scribe their roles in the limited eight- members from “The Young Umberto Contarello, who also FIRST-LOOK image of episode series, which is not, Pope,” an HBO statement said. served as a co-writer on “The Paolo Sorrentino’s TV strictly speaking, a second sea- They include Cecile de France Young Pope,” and with Ste- series “The New Pope” son of “The Young Pope.” as Vatican marketing execu- fano Bises (“Gomorrah”), “The has been released show- Malkovich’s casting had tive Sofia; Ludivine Sagnier as New Pope” is a Sky-HBO-Ca- Aing John Malkovich and been previously the wife of a Swiss nal Plus original produced by Jude Law both wearing papal announced. Sha- Guard, who is a Lorenzo Mieli and Mario Gia- vestments, which appears to ron Stone is also fervent papal fan; nani for Wildside and co-pro- confirm rumors that Malko- widely reported and Silvio Orlan- duced by Haut et Court and vich will play the new pontiff. to be a guest star do as the warty, Mediapro. Fremantle will be The show is currently shooting on “The New TV series manipulative the show’s global distributor. in Venice. Pope,” but a rep- Cardinal Voiello. “The Young Pope,” created Sky, HBO, and Canal Plus resentative for Shooting on by Sorrentino and produced have also announced that production com- “The New Pope” started after he won the foreign-lan- “Homeland” star Mark Ivanir pany Wildside declined to in Rome in November, then guage Oscar for “The Great has joined the cast of “The comment Wednesday. moved to the U.K., and is cur- Beauty,” debuted on Sky in New Pope,” as well as veteran Conceived as an anthology rently underway in Venice, October 2016 and then on British actor Henry Goodman series somewhat like “Fargo” where “The Young Pope” had HBO in January 2017. Law re- (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”); and “True Detective,” which its open-ended finale. The ceived a Golden Globe nomi- Denmark’s Ulrich Thomsen changed casts in their second production will be moving nation for his work on the (“The Blacklist”); and Italy’s seasons but retained elements back to Rome. No airdate has show. The series has aired in Massimo Ghini (“No Place and some characters from the been set. 150 territories.

Smoking is at a record low in the US, but the benefits

Games aren’t shared equally BY KAREN KAPLAN LOS ANGELES TIMES (TNS)

IGARETTE smoking is at an all-time low in the United States, but the benefits of this Cpublic health achieve- ment are not being shared equally by all Americans. A new analysis of health data from the nation’s 500 largest cities shows that the people who live in neigh- borhoods with the high- est smoking rates are more likely to be poor, less likely to be white, and more likely to have chronic heart or lung diseases. “The degree of inequity was surprising,” said study leader Eric Leas, who con- had scores between 0.1 and ducted the work as a postdoc- 0.15. The most inequitable toral scholar at the Stanford P city in America was Wash- Prevention Research Center. ington, D.C., with a score of Smoking may be a choice, A new analysis shows 0.23. but if you want to live a long that the people who Leas said he was amazed and healthy life, it’s a bad one. live in neighborhoods by the differences in the na- In the U.S., life expectancy tion’s capital: The smoking is at least 10 years lower for with the highest prevalence in some neighbor- smokers than for nonsmok- smoking rates are hoods was 8.8 percent, while ers, and smoking is respon- in others it reached 49.1 per- sible for roughly 20 percent more likely to be cent. of deaths each year, accord- poor, less likely to be “A rate of 49.1 percent is ing to the Centers for Disease white, and more likely higher even than where the Control and Prevention. national average was in the The U.S. surgeon general to have chronic heart 1960s, highlighting how far says smoking can be blamed or lung diseases. many neighborhoods need for more than 80 percent of to come to catch up to the deaths due to lung cancer national trends,” said Leas, (the deadliest type of can- who is now an assistant ad- New Block Creation, Weapons, cer in the U.S.) and about junct professor at the UC San 80 percent of deaths due Diego School of Medicine. to chronic obstructive pul- Health Health experts make a and Adjustments in Latest monary disease (the coun- distinction between inequali- try’s third-leading cause of ties and inequities. Some death). Smokers also face amount of health inequality increased risks of heart dis- lence. may be unavoidable, such as ease, stroke, asthma, dia- In addition, neighbor- when a genetic variant makes betes, and at least 10 other hoods with higher smoking a person more vulnerable to a kinds of cancer. rates were more likely to be particular disease. However, In 1965, when the Na- populated by African Ameri- when an unequal outcome tional Center for Health Sta- cans and Latinos, while the could have been avoided, you ‘Fortnite’ Patch tistics began tracking tobacco reverse was true for non- have a case of inequity. use, 42 percent of U.S. adults Hispanic whites. A 10 per- The researchers proposed were cigarette smokers. By centage-point increase in a several policy measures to 2017, that figure had declined census tract’s white popu- combat the inequities they LIZ LANIER Plus, “14 Days of Fortnite” has may experience client crashes, loss to 14 percent. lation corresponded with a documented. VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT NEWS SERVICE been extended, giving players some of progress, or other unexpected er- Leas and his former 0.84 percentage-point de- For instance, people in extra time to complete Challenges rors.” colleagues from Stanford crease in the prevalence of neighborhoods with higher A new community creation makes they missed. That’s not the only lim- This notice was also posted on the wondered how the result- smoking. smoking rates were more its way to The Block, along with new ited time mode players can enjoy, last content update. ing health gains were spread The Stanford team also likely to encounter stores sell- weapons and minor adjustments in the Epic hinted. For this current update, the only across the country. To find found that the popularity of ing cigarettes and other to- latest update to “Fortnite,” Epic Games “We’ll also be featuring some noted addition is the Suppressed out, they examined data from smoking and the prevalence bacco products — an increase revealed in its patch notes Wednesday. of the most popular Limited Time Sniper Rifle to the Creative Inventory the 500 Cities Project, a joint of diseases rose or fell in of five tobacco retailers in a V7.10 Content Update #3 has ad- Modes that have been available over Weapons, the specs are the same as effort of the CDC and the tandem. For instance, if the census tract corresponded ditions for Battle Royale, Creative, and the past two weeks,” the patch notes the Battle Royale mode sniper above. Robert Wood Johnson Foun- smoking rate in a neighbor- with a 0.11 percentage-point Save the World modes. But, let’s start stated. “Log in each day to find out “Fortnite Save the World” dation that gauges health risk hood were to increase from increase in smoking preva- out with the most popular mode, the which modes are available to ex- The paid version of “Fortnite” has factors in 27,204 census tracts 10.7 percent (the 10th per- lence there, the researchers free to play “Fortnite Battle Royale.” plore.” a couple of new weapons: Santa’s Lit- in America’s largest cities. centile of all census tracts) found. Regulations aimed “Fortnite Battle Royale” Finally, some adjustments to Bat- tle Helper and the Popshot Shotgun. They found that smoking to 27.6 percent (the 90th at “limiting the quantity, lo- Last month, Epic Games revealed tle Royale weapons and items have Santa’s Little Helper shoots was more popular in some percentile), the prevalence of cation, and type of tobacco that The Block would be used to dis- been made, including the Dynamite out presents, and doesn’t consume census tracts than others — coronary heart disease would retailers” in an area might play the best user-generated crea- drop rate getting reduced by 40%, ammo. But, it’s not a very durable and that there were certain rise by 27 percent, asthma lead to reductions in smoking tions. The latest “Fortnite” user crea- and several adjustments to Boom weapon. It will be available Jan. 9 to things these census tracts had would jump by 39 percent, there, they wrote. tion is by KojackNumber2, and this Box. Several X-4 Stormwing changes Jan 16. in common. and chronic obstructive pul- Raising taxes on ciga- DM Arena is now available to explore are included in the update, includ- The Popshot Shotgun is a rapid For starters, the people monary disease would climb rettes to make them more in Battle Royale mode with the new ing a bug fix which prevents players fire weapon that “will be available as a living in neighborhoods with by 120 percent. expensive would probably update. from flying above the max build limit, Frostnite Weekly Challenge reward,” higher smoking rates tended In each of the 500 cit- reduce demand among low- More fun additions are coming and an adjustment which decreases according to the patch notes. to make less money than ies, the researchers quanti- income smokers, helping to Battle Royale, including the Sup- the knockback from getting hit by a Finally, the Weekly Frostnite people in neighborhoods fied the degree of “smoking to erase at least some of the pressed Sniper Rifle. While not as Stormwing by 70%. For full details, Challenge 2 has reduced time be- with lower smoking rates. prevalence inequity” on a inequity, they added. The powerful as other options, the stealth check out the full patch notes. tween when players get hit with new The researchers calculated scale from 0 (perfect equity) findings also suggest that factor should make up for that. This “Fortnite” Creative Mode waves of enemies. Rewards include that a $10,000 increase in a to 1 (complete inequity). All smoking cessation programs weapon can be found in “chests, floor The Creative Mode is noted as the aforementioned Popshot Shotgun census tract’s median house- cities in the study had a score would do more good if they loot, Vending Machines, and Supply being an “early release” in the patch as well as the Challenge Banner 2 and hold income corresponded of at least 0.03, representing were “targeted to resource- Drop,” according to the post. notes, and Epic cautions that “you Snowflake Tickets. with a 0.92 percentage-point at least a small degree of in- poor communities,” they decrease in smoking preva- equity, and the bulk of them wrote. Friday, January 11, 2019 15 KIDS CORNER Can duct tape make workable car tires? TNS ics and astronomy/engineering young college student attending P with plans to be an astronaut. TCU and for being the younger HOSE are some of the ques- (He was 12 when the episodes brother of another TCU science tions Cannan Huey-You, Cannan is a TCU sopho- were filmed). Cannan was the prodigy. T13, explored last summer as youngest MythBuster and the Cannan’s older brother is part of a six-member team of more double majoring in show’s only college student. Carson Huey-You, who made junior scientists who worked physics and astronomy/ The show’s producers came headlines last year when he be- with celebrity host Adam Sav- up with the myths and let the came TCU’s youngest graduate age on the new “MythBusters engineering with plans to group test them. at 14. Carson, who researched Jr.” “There are quite a few material for the myths behind- The show is a spinoff of the be an astronaut. (He was things that I learned,” Cannan the-scenes, will show up in two popular “MythBusters.” Six 12 when the episodes said. “In college we don’t build episodes. mythbusters under 16 joined anything or blow anything up.” “I’m pretty excited about Savage on camera to test myths were filmed). Cannan The original “MythBusters” the show airing,” Cannan said about the world around them, was the youngest Myth- was popular with parents and in early December. His team including one involving flatu- children. Many young viewers, explored building a fire extin- lence. Buster and the show’s including Cannan, have de- guisher jet pack and whether “We tried to use flatulence scribed learning about science there are dominoes big enough as viable rocket fuel,” Cannan only college student. because they liked the show. to crush a car. For Cannan, it explained matter-of-factually. Savage said he hopes to inspire also meant learning a more Cannan Huey-You was part of a six-member team of junior scientists. (You will have to tune in to find roes” who are helping shape viewers to delve deep into figur- universal teen rite of passage — out more.) tomorrow’s world. He said the ing out scientific questions. driving a car for the first time. “It is pretty fun riding on duct Savage says: “Cannan, you just associate dean for administra- The 10-episode season pre- young co-hosts are helping “The goal is to make some- “That was fun,” he said. tape tires.” drove a car, buddy!” tion and graduate programs at mieres at 8 p.m. Jan. 2 on the break those age-old negative thing more substantial than en- Cannan said the first epi- In that episode, Cannan Savage said he enjoyed the TCU’s College of Science and Science Channel. It was re- stereotypes about lazy youth. tertainment,” Savage said. sode finds the team testing goes behind the wheel as Sav- driving lesson. Engineering, said a campus corded in studios north of San “I was so inspired to work Before Cannan joined the whether duct tape can be used age teaches him how to ma- “Teaching Cannan how to viewing event is in the plans. Francisco. with these kids,” Savage said. cast of the Science Channel to make workable car tires. neuver a car. Under Savage’s drive was one of the best things He said the brothers’ aca- Savage described the young Cannan is a TCU sopho- show, he was already well- “I may have hit one or two guidance, Cannan drives the I did all summer,” Savage said. demic journeys are popular on people he worked with as “he- more double majoring in phys- known in North Texas as a cones,” Cannan said, adding: obstacle course. At the end, C. Magnus L. Rittby, senior campus.

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QNA discussed bilateral relations and the Iraqi president and his ac- at the Hamad International Air- DOHA means of boosting them in vari- companying delegation. port by Minister of Commerce and ous fields to achieve common in- The function was attended by a Industry HE Ali bin Ahmed al Ku- THE Amir His Highness Sheikh terests, especially in the areas of number of ministers. wari, Acting Charge d’Affaires of Tamim bin Hamad al Thani and economy, trade, investment, infra- The Iraqi president left Doha the Embassy of Qatar in Iraq HE President of Iraq Dr Barham Salih structure, tourism and reconstruc- later on Thursday after an official Hussein Ali al Fadala and Acting held an official session of talks at tion of Iraq. visit to the country. Charge d’Affaires of the Iraqi Em- the Amiri Diwan on Thursday. HH the Amir later hosted a The president and his accom- bassy in Qatar HE Dr Abdulsattar During the talks, the two sides luncheon banquet in honour of panying delegation were seen off al Janabi.

FM MEETS IRAQI COUNTERPART: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of For- CULTURE MINISTER MEETS IRAQI COUNTERPART: Minister of Culture and Sports HE eign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al Thani on Thursday met Salah bin Ghanem al Ali on Thursday met with Minister of Culture of Iraq Dr Abdulamir with Foreign Minister of Iraq Mohamed Ali al Hakim. During the meeting, they Hamdani. During the meeting, they discussed aspects of cooperation between the two discussed bilateral relations and ways to boost them, in addition to a number of countries in cultural and sports fields and means of developing them. (QNA) regional and international issues of common interest. (QNA)

Civil Defence Qatari Amiri Navy celebrates graduation of its training courses MoI concludes training to carries out evacuation drill boost seaports security at QIIB building QNA Convention and the Inter- DOHA national Ship and Port Fa- cility Security (ISPS) Code, GENERAL Directorate of THE training workshop on maritime security principles, Civil Defence conducted an securing seaports organised threats and preventive meas- evacuation drill at the Qatar by the Permanent Committee ures, the functions of the International Islamic Bank for the Management of Sea- company security officer, the (QIIB) building in Grand ports in cooperation with the ship security officer, maritime Hamad Street. Police Training Institute con- threats and security standards The drill began with a cluded on Thursday with the provided for in the ISPS code. mock smoke emission noti- participation of a number of Chairman of the Perma- fication at one of the offices representatives of the State’s nent Committee for the Man- in the building. It was imme- stakeholders from ministries, agement of Seaports Brigadier diately reported to the Civil agencies and institutions, as Dr Abdulhadi Mohammed al Defence. well as participants from Ku- Dossari said the workshop, A fire brigade team quickly wait and Oman. dedicated to securing sea- moved from Al Ghanim Civil The training workshop, ports, was the result of coop- Defence Center. The fire alarm provided by experts from the eration between the commit- was sounded in the building International Maritime Organ- tee and many of the parties in and employees and custom- ization (IMO), aimed to famil- the country. ers were alerted through loud- iarise participants with the sci- Supervisor of the maritime speakers to evacuate through ences relating to the security of transport sector at the Minis- emergency exits. seaports and the role of IMO in try of Transport and Commu- The Civil Defence team ar- strengthening maritime secu- nications Dr Saleh Mohsen Fe- rived as the mock fire broke rity and the organisation’s de- tais said the workshop comes out from one of the offices on cision-making processes and as part of cooperation between the first floor and was handled maritime security measures of the ministry and MoI in mat- and controlled. The evacua- the organisation. ters of common interest. tion of employees and custom- The workshop also aimed At the end of the workshop, ers was also carried out by the to provide assistance to mem- Brigadier Dr Dossari and Dr security and safety staff at the ber states, as well as to famil- Fetais honoured the partici- bank.(TNN) iarise them with the SOLAS pants of the workshop. First Kahraman amber exhibition opens at Katara TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK since people in the Gulf region DOHA consider Kahraman amber as part of their culture. Women, A WIDE range of products children and men here are made of authentic Kahraman proud of owning the prayers amber from across the world beads and ornaments made of are on display at the first edi- amber and give them as gifts on tion of Katara Exhibition for special occasions like Eid. Kahraman, which opened at On the sidelines of the ex- the Cultural Village (Katara) hibition, lectures, seminars and on Thursday. workshops are being held focus- The Father Amir HH ing on the Kahraman amber in- Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al dustry worldwide. Thani visited the exhibition Russia and East European after the opening and toured countries are considered the several stalls. He was accom- popular markets of amber panied by senior Katara offi- Katara General Manager Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim al Sulaiti with other dignitaries and guests at the opening of first edition of Katara Exhibition for Kahraman in Doha on Thursday. products, although China has cials and other dignitaries. emerged as a major contender Katara General Manager Kahraman amber products a major boost to Kahraman am- are also on hand to showcase Many of the stalls also collectors and manufacturers over the past few years by rede- Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim al Su- from seven countries are par- ber industry worldwide. their skills. showcase rare and authentic of amber products with 360 signing amber for use in neck- laiti earlier opened the three- ticipating in the exhibition at The exhibition features Amber is fossilised resin pieces of fossilised amber of dif- members from 33 countries, laces and ear rings. day exhibition, the first of its Building 12 at Katara. The par- about 80 stalls showcasing originating from trees and ferent colour, size and quality. said an official. Katara has also announced kind in Qatar and the biggest ticipating countries are Qatar, different varieties of prayers the seas and the process of The exhibition is also intro- Katara has announced plans to establish a forum for in the region. Turkey, Kuwait, Lebanon, Rus- beads, bracelets, ornaments their formation takes thou- ducing the different styles and its decision to set up a per- collectors of Kahraman beads Several diplomats and Kah- sia, Poland and Lithuania. and antique products made of sands of years. perspectives in manufacturing manent Kahraman centre on in Qatar to help them meet raman amber enthusiasts were Sulaiti expressed happiness amber, which are also being of- Amber found in the Arab of authentic beads. its premises to be a meeting and exchange knowledge and present during the opening. over the massive participation fered for sale. world is called Kahraman. The International Amber point for amber traders, col- experience. The event will conclude of traders and manufacturers of The prices range from few Beads made of natural and au- Association has also set up its lectors and enthusiasts. The exhibition will be open on Saturday. Kahraman amber from around hundreds to millions of riyals. thentic Kahraman amber have stall at the exhibition. The as- The exhibition is attract- to visitors today from 3pm to Traders, collectors and the world in the exhibition and Experts making the beads been famous among the Arabs sociation, based in Poland, is a ing a large number of visitors, 10pm and Saturday from 10am manufacturers of authentic hoped that the event would give by hand from natural material since ancient times. common platform for traders, including women and children, to 10pm.