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Egypt court SHEIKHA MOZA AT FEZ MUSIC FESTIVAL recommends Minister opens death for two Al Jazeera staff labour clinic AP CAIRO AN Egyptian court on Satur- at Mesaimeer day recommended the death sentence against six people, The new health centre has an attached Medical including two Al Jazeera em- ployees, for allegedly passing Commission Unit to cater to workers documents related to national security to another country and a TV network during the TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK cialised clinics in the fields of occupa- rule of Islamist president Mo- DOHA tional medicine, internal medicine, hammed Morsi. ophthalmology, ear, nose and throat A verdict on Morsi, ousted MINISTER of Public Health HE Dr (ENT), chronic diseases, dermatology, by the military in July 2013 af- Hanan Mohammad al Kuwari inaugu- cardiac diseases, lung diseases and five ter one year in office, and four rated Mesaimeer Labour Health Centre dental clinics. other defendants in the case, and its Medical Commission Unit at- The facility includes a bandaging will be announced June 18, tached to it on Thursday. and minor surgery room and acute cas- judge Mohammed Shirin Fah- A number of officials from the Min- es section that includes 12 beds. Moreo- my said. Morsi's co-defendants istry of Public Health and Qatar Red ver, there are medical laboratories for include his office director and Crescent attended the inauguration. vital and chemical analyses, blood and private secretary. With the capacity to microscopic analyses, The two Al Jazeera employ- receive 32,000 visitors The centre with the in addition to a radiolo- ees — identified by the judge per month and an ad- capacity to receive gy section, a pharmacy, as Alaa Omar Mohammed and ditional 11,000 visitors mental health services, Ibrahim Mohammed Hilal — at the Medical Com- 32,000 visitors per health education serv- were sentenced in absentia. mission Unit, the cen- month, will be operated ices and infectious and tre will be operated by by Qatar Red Crescent communicable diseases Qatar Red Crescent un- control. QUICK READ der an agreement with The facility includes a The facilities of the the Ministry of Public bandaging and minor centre’s reception can Health. surgery room and acute handle 300 visitors. It Saudi names Falih Speaking at the cases section that also includes a lecture energy minister to ceremony, the minis- includes 12 beds hall and administra- Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser and Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco at the opening of the replace Naimi ter said Qatar is keen tive offices. It is built on 22nd edition of the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music in Fez, Morocco, on Saturday. (AR AL-BAKER/HHOPL) PAGE 20 on providing the best The Medical Commission 13,382 square metres KHOBAR: Saudi Arabia, the treatment and preven- Unit includes a medical it has a mosque, staff world's largest crude oil exporter, tive healthcare services laboratory, a radiology sec- accommodation and on Saturday appointed Khalid al for the population. She a cafeteria. The centre Falih, chairman of Saudi Ara- also stated that workers tion and a reception hall has 135 employees, 80 mco, as its new energy minister, are provided healthcare percent of whom are replacing Ali al Naimi, who had services of a very high standard. medical professionals. MoI opens service office held the post since 1995. The The minister pointed out that the The Medical Commission Unit in change is unlikely to mean a inauguration of the centre is one of Mesaimeer new health centre includes shift in Saudi oil policy, which is the ministry’s many future healthcare a medical laboratory, a radiology sec- being crafted to a large degree by projects targeting workers. tion, a reception hall with the capac- at SC headquarters Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed These projects include four health ity to accommodate 200 visitors and bin Salman. PAGE 16 centres, three modern hospitals for administrative offices. The unit has 60 workers as well as other medical com- employees – 80 percent of whom are The office will provide mission units. medical professionals. Residents return as all services available at Mesaimeer Labour Health Centre SEE ALSO PAGE 20 truce extended in consists of 12 general clinics and spe- other centres Syria's Aleppo TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK ALEPPO: Displaced families DOHA returned home and schools reopened in rebel-held districts of Ooredoo clarifies stance THE Ministry of Interior (MoI) has Syria's Aleppo on Saturday after a opened a service office at the head- truce was extended for 72 hours quarters of the Supreme Commit- in the battleground northern city. on beIN Sports issue tee for Delivery and Legacy (SC) to Residents trickled back into east- serve customers and facilitate their ern areas of Aleppo, encouraged TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK point out that other telecommunica- relevant transactions and proce- by a halt in the deadly violence, DOHA tions companies across the region had dures at the ministry. an AFP reporter said. More than also faced similar issues with beIN, but The services to be provided by 300 civilians were killed in two OOREDOO has released a statement had been given a full month to respond the office include all the services weeks of fighting.PAGE 17 aimed at ‘setting the record straight’ fol- to the offer. With football and sporting available at other service centres lowing the announcement on Thursday packages being among the most popular such as expatriates' affairs services, SC Secretary-General Hassan al Thawadi (second left) with other officials during that Ooredoo tv and Mozaic TV serv- contents for expats and nationals alike in criminal evidence and information the opening ceremony of the service centre in Doha recently. Khan sworn in as ices will no longer broadcast beIN Sports Qatar, Ooredoo has called for beIN to be service, traffic department services London's first channels. a more responsible partner in the world and other services by the MoI. the increase in number of clients," at MoI said the office has been fur- Muslim mayor In order to be as transparent to cus- of televised sport, as it works with com- Director of the Unified Services he added. nished with all the necessary equip- tomers as possible, Ooredoo has released panies to fulfil the demand of customers Department at Ministry of Interior While hailing the initiative, Has- ment needed to complete and proc- LONDON: Sadiq Khan was sworn more information about the contract is- in Qatar and around the world. Brig. Abdullah Ahmad al Ansari said san al Thawadi, Secretary-General ess MoI's transactions and services. in as London mayor Saturday af- sues with beIN Media Group, stating Customers across Qatar took to social this office will provide MoI’s services of the Supreme Committee for De- Madhahka added that other MoI ter being elected the first Muslim that not one, but two offers of increased media channels this weekend after Oore- for employees and visitors to the of- livery and Legacy, thanked the MoI projects including a service centre leader of a major Western capital, amount were rejected by the sports com- doo posted a number of Tweets stating fice of the SC. for accomplishing such a project and Unaizah Police Station project as the Conservatives defended pany within a period of one week after that it was not responsible for the sudden Ansari said that a number of which will help in facilitating the in addition to the Al Khor Service attempts to link him to extremism months of silence. According to the tel- and unexpected withdrawal of the beIN similar centres with similar services necessary services for citizens and Centre will be completed soon. during the campaign. The opposi- ecommunication company’s statement, channels from its service. Besides apolo- will be opened in the future. residents as well as other govern- He said there are other projects tion Labour lawmaker, the son of the week-long negations reached a dead- gising for the disruption, Ooredoo has of- "The number of services centre ment agencies. in the pipeline including Al Fazaa a Pakistani bus driver, broke from end on Thursday afternoon when beIN fered compensation for beIN subscribers, of the MoI has gone up to 16 centres Brigadier (Engr.) Mohammed Management project, Al Fazaa and convention by taking his oath of stuck to its demand of an unreasonable of six months’ free access to its StarzPlay and of the service offices to four. The Thani al Madhahka, Director of Civil Defence buildings in Al Wakra, office in a multi-faith ceremony at amount for the contract renewal. entertainment package, Fox channels, ministry is ready to expand the cen- Building Affairs Department of the in addition to some other smaller Southwark Cathedral. PAGE 15 The Ooredoo statement goes on to OSN Yahala and Rotana content. tre and the services in proportion to General Directorate for Logistics projects across the country. Attiyah cruises to resounding 10th victory in Jordan Rally

was important that I came here be involved in the fight in the utes in the penultimate stage Abdulaziz al Kuwari fights back to take with a focus to win the rally and desert to decide the winner of before retiring and leaving the claim the maximum 39 points MERC 2. Khaled Juma held door open for Abdullah al Ku- second place overall for winning both legs and the all the aces in the pack at the wari, the Qatari duly confirm- event,” said Attiyah, who now start of the day, but Husam Sa- ing a 1-2-3 podium finish. It TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Hashemite kingdom and a has a massive MERC series lem returned with a vengeance was also the first All-Qatari po- DEAD SEA (JORDAN) 63rd in his FIA Middle East lead after three rounds. and a rebuilt car and began to dium outside Qatar in MERC Rally Championship (MERC) “I was able to control the eat into his rival’s advantage history. NASSER Saleh al Attiyah may career was never really in race from the very start and set throughout the morning. Khalid al Suwaidi over- have eased his pace over the doubt once eventual runner- my own pace. Whoever wants Salem was closing fast on whelmed Juma in the 17th stage closing stages of the Jordan up Abdulaziz al Kuwari left the to compete outside in the Juma when the latter’s Mit- to snatch fourth position after Rally, but the Qatari was still road on Friday afternoon, be- World Championship needs to subishi reached a real low Salem’s late demise, while the in inspired form and a white- fore clawing his way back from first beat Nasser al Attiyah in point at the Baptism Site and Jordanian (Juma) managed to wash of each of the 19 special fifth to second place in a second the Middle East!” spluttered to a halt in the wa- reach the finish in fifth after Ku- stages was enough to give Skoda Fabia R5. On an event held in con- ter splash, the 17 minutes lost wait’s Meshari al Thefiri with- the Skoda Fabia R5 driver a But the Qatari and French junction with the celebrations wrecking the local national drew three stages from the end staggering winning margin of co-driver Matthieu Baumel of 100 years since the Great championship’s podium dream with transmission issues. Nasser al Attiyah and co-driver Matthieu Baumel on the podium at 18min 18.4sec. rarely seemed to break sweat Arab Revolt, it was fitting that and handing Salem the lead. SEE ALSO PAGE 29 the end of the Jordan Rally on Saturday. A 10th victory in the after a dominant weekend. “It two Jordanian drivers should But Husam lost five min- 02 Sunday, May 8, 2016

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Ooredoo, QFA sign 3-yr sponsorship agreement

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OOREDOO and the Qatar Football Association (QFA) have on Satur- day signed a three-year partnership agreement in a ceremony at Oore- doo’s HQ1 in West Bay. The agreement, which was signed by Yousuf Abdulla al Kubaisi, Chief Operating Officer, Ooredoo Qatar, and Mansoor al Ansari, General Sec- New partnership will see Ooredoo support the Emir Cup, Qatar national ‘A’ team, retary of QFA, will see Ooredoo sup- Qatar national Olympic team and University League. port two of the QFA’s top events, The Emir Cup and University League, as spirit and excitement of the game. I nerships with major entities in Qatar, well as the Qatar national ‘A’ team thank the QFA for partnering with us to ensure that football acts as a tool and Qatar national Olympic team. once again, and look forward to the to help achieve the National Vision With this agreement, Ooredoo will be next three years of advancement.” 2030, and therefore, our partnership the official telecommunications part- Mansoor al Ansari, General Sec- with Ooredoo reinforces this goal.” ner for all QFA events until 2018. retary of QFA, commented: “We are The sponsorship is the latest in Yousuf Abdulla al Kubaisi, COO delighted to sign this partnership a long line of agreements between Ooredoo, said: “Ooredoo has been a agreement with a company such as Ooredoo and QFA, as the organisa- supporter of football in Qatar for a long Ooredoo, to support the country’s big- tions work together to promote foot- time. Not just for our national team, gest football tournament of the year. ball in Qatar in preparation for the but for our local leagues, grassroots By partnering with Ooredoo, we are 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. players and the youth of this country. able to reach a wider segment of our Ooredoo is offering financial sup- This partnership is another demon- fans, therefore, allowing them to ex- port for the events and teams, and stration of our commitment to the in- tend their support to the most famous will be encouraging its customers to credible sporting talent Qatar has, and tournament in Qatar. As a pioneer watch and attend forthcoming games we aim to bring our technology to each national association, the QFA is con- via its Supernet network and through match, to create new ways to enjoy the stantly committed to developing part- newspaper adverts. Nation Sunday, May 8, 2016 03 Deputy PM meets Bashir Star rating system for ACs to be PRESIDENT Omar Hassan Ahmed al Bashir of Sudan met with Qatar’s Deputy Prime implemented in July this year Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs HE Ahmed TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK It is worth mentioning here that carbon emissions decrease. bin Abdullah al Mahmoud, who DOHA Kahramaa has adopted technical stand- The energy efficiency labeling sys- is currently visiting Khartoum. ards and specifications to ensure avail- tem was launched to serve consumers as At the beginning of the THE star rating system for air condi- ability of energy-saving air conditioners per their needs as the star rating label on meeting on Saturday evening, tioners in Qatar will be implemented in the country. the ACs allows the consumer to compare Mahmoud conveyed greetings in July this year as part of Qatar Gen- The energy efficiency labeling sys- between the ACs’ devises regarding its of the Emir HH Sheikh Tamim eral Electricity & Water Corpora- tem contains four classifications (from energy-consumption. bin Hamad al Thani to the Su- tion’s (Kahramaa) National Program three to six). The three-star air condi- The star rating system for ACs will danese president, best wishes for Conservation & Energy Efficiency tioner (equal to Energy Efficiency Ratio also be applied to other electric devices for him and wished the Su- (Tarsheed). EER: 8.5) is the minimum allowed en- such as washing machines, refrigerators, danese people more progress The system introduced by Kahramaa ergy efficiency rating in Qatar. The EER: heaters. The more stars on the devices, and prosperity. in collaboration with the Ministry of 9.5 is the minimum allowed for ‘Split’ the less the consumption of energy. FIRE BREAKS OUT IN SEALINE AREA: Fire broke out at a bike rental Discussions during the Municipality and Environment (MME) ACs and begins with 4-star rating. A campaign will be launched to raise shop in Sealine area on Saturday. Thick smoke could be seen billow- meeting dealt with bilateral and concerned authorities in the coun- The star rating is a global classifi- awareness of the star rating system of ing from the shop. The fire was, however, put out after much struggle relations and ways of devel- try seeks to ensure energy efficiency of cation system for ACs. The more the the ACs through a number of different by the concerned authorities. The cause of the fire and the subse- oping them in various fields. air conditioners and reduce harmful number of stars increases, the more the media, such as TV channels, newspa- quent damages are yet to be ascertained. There are many bike and The meeting was attended by carbon emissions rates. AC’s efficiency increases and harmful pers and magazines. beach buggy rental shops spread across the Sealine area which have Qatar’s Ambassador to Sudan workshops made of wood, cloth and flammable materials. (TNN) HE Rashid bin Abdulrahman al Nuaimi. (QNA) Qatar Airways to Attiyah meets GCC Air MME drive leads to removal of 1,845 tonnes of increase flights Force, defence officials to Indonesia THE Civil Aviation authorities THE Minister of State for De- construction waste, 2,823 old tyres in 1st week in Qatar and Indonesia have fence Affairs HE Dr Khalid bin agreed to increase the number Mohammad al Attiyah met GCC THE Ministry of Municipality and En- This is the biggest campaign of flights between Doha and Air Force commanders and air vironment (MME) removed more than launched by the MME so far in terms of Indonesian cities, so as to sup- defence commanders in Doha 1,845 tonnes of construction waste and the volume of work as well as require- port the expansion plans of on Saturday. 2,823 old tyres during the first week ment of equipment and workers to car- Qatar Airways (QA). The defence officials from of its drive to remove abandoned ve- ry out the operation which reached 80 A press release by Civil Avi- the GCC were in Doha to take hicles, equipment and tires and con- and 240 respectively. ation Authority stated that the part in their 22nd meeting. struction waste from Industrial Area. The administrative and legal ac- agreement came after bilateral Speaking on the occasion, About 805 different types and tions taken against abandoned vehicles talks in the field of air trans- Attiyah commended the efforts sizes of abandoned vehicles were also start with the pasting of a warning no- portation between the two of the Air Force and air defence removed whereas 269 cleaning viola- tice on the vehicle to be moved. In case countries held recently in the commanders in strengthening tions were reported and 1,285 warning of the failure of the owner to respond Indonesian capital, Jakarta. cooperation between the GCC labels were put on abandoned vehicles to the notice during the period granted The statement pointed out air forces to realise the vi- during the period. to him, the vehicle will be moved to the that the two-day talks resulted sion of the leaders of the GCC The campaign continues with the abandoned vehicles yard. However, the in agreement to increase the countries in developing the participation of a number of concerned owner can get his vehicle back during a number of flights between readiness of the joint defence in authorities and will conclude after it three-month period after paying the fine Doha and Jakarta from 21 to order to protect strategic inter- rids the area of all such waste. as well as the transportation fees. (TNN) 28 flights a week, and addi- ests of the GCC nations and to tional flights between Doha promote stability and security. and Bali from 14 to 21 flights He also praised the ef- a week, that in support of the forts made by Qatar’s Emiri Air plans and requirements of Force in hosting this meeting, QAs’ expansion and growth in expressing the hope that they its operations of its destina- will succeed in achieving the tions network. desired goals. The two sides also agreed The meeting was held for on seven flights to the city of over two days, where the com- Surabaya, Indonesia’s second- manders were briefed on the most important city, which QA results of the working teams, plans to have flights to in the and took the necessary deci- near future. sions and recommendations With regard to cargo that would enhance the capabili- flights, the two sides agreed to ties of the GCC Air Force Joint increase their number to be- Air Defence. (QNA) come 14 flights per week. (QNA)

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lieve_Aleppo campaign for ambu- QC allocates QR10 million to aid Syrians lances, injured treatment and food distribution. Donations can be TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Mohammed Rashid al Ka'bi, of Aleppo. They will include food done through Al Rayan Bank ac- DOHA director of Operation Manage- baskets, cooked meals and dates count number: IBAN/QA40MA- ment at QC, said, “Under the cur- until the distressed families are FR000000000003111111001; QATAR Charity (QC) continues rent exacerbating circumstances, supplied with cooking tools and QC’s website qcharity.org; QC’s offering its urgent relief aid to the QC’s field team has finished pre- bread. Some shelters will be Headquarters and branches in people of Aleppo through its field paring for the medical aids it is of- equipped for them. They will in- Qatar and collection points in the Public AnnouncementAnnounce team as it has allocated QR10 fering to bridge the dire shortage clude mattresses, blankets, food malls. Donations for medical million as urgent relief money to in the medical needs of the city.” storage cans and lighting equip- services - treating the injured - meet the Syrians’ needs. He also spoke about how QC ment,” he said. can be done through sending ‘MS’ Notice to Remotely Pilotedil d Air Ai Systems S The team identifies the needs has finished working on provid- He encouraged all the philan- code by SMS to 23629 to donate then offers food and health relief ing ambulances, drinking wa- thropists in Qatar to urgently aid QR50; to 24629 to donate QR100; (RPAS)()p Operators services based on the results. ter tanks, flour for bakeries and their brothers and sisters besieged to 82429 to donate QR500 and to QC called for an urgent relief baby milk for children. in Syria as they are suffering from 92429 to donate QR1,000. Do- Commonly referred to as “Drones” campaign for the sake of the dis- “QC’s field team has finished the continuous shelling. nors can donate a food basket at tressed Syrians in Aleppo #Re- identifying the supplies which Philanthropists can aid people QR150 through sending ‘ES’ code Pursuant to the provisions of Law No.15 of 2002 on Civil Aviation, lieve_Aleppo. will be distributed to the people in Aleppo through donating to #Re- by SMS to 25629. Unmanned Air Systems are prohibited to operate in the territorial airspace of the State of Qatar without a prior authorization issued by the Civil Aviation Authority. Whereas the Civil Aviation Authority noted with concern the recent rise in the popularity of the unauthorized use of automated or Experts’ talk on underwater Remotely Piloted Air Vehicles, in violation of the provisions of the Civil Aviation Law. Whereas such unauthorized use poses serious threats and vehicles for oil & gas industry hazards to the State Air Safety and Air Navigation. TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Accordingly, the Civil Aviation Authority hereby warns RPAS DOHA Operators against the operation of RPAS systems without a prior authorization from the Civil Aviation Authority. MORE than 45 experts par- The Civil Aviation Authority calls upon RPAS Operators to comply ticipated in a workshop on au- with the provisions of above-mentioned law, and reiterates tonomous underwater vehicles its endeavors to eliminate such violations through taking the (AUVs) recently hosted by Texas necessary legal action, in coordination with the competent A&M University at Qatar in Edu- authorities, against proven violators of the provisions of the Law cation City. The objective of the workshop was to develop pri- on Civil Aviation. ority research and technology development areas for environ- mental monitoring, search and Any further inquiries should be addressed to: rescue and asset integrity for the Civil Aviation Authority, Tel. +974 44557333, E-mail: [email protected] oil and gas industry. The oil and gas industry in Qatar represents the vital source of income to the country with Speakers at a workshop on autonomous underwater vehicles hosted by Texas A&M University at Qatar in Doha recently. most of its infrastructure being offshore, said Dr Mansour Kark- tegrity and Environmental Mon- University of Athens (Greece). for advancing AUV research for oub, professor of mechanical en- itoring in Qatar, featured noted Featured speakers were all the purpose of offshore infra- Ministry of Interior gineering at Texas A&M at Qatar AUV scientists and speakers experts in control, optimisation, structure sustainability in Qatar and workshop organiser. Kark- from local industry, including ocean engineering, underwa- and in the region in line with Qa- Tenders Committee oub also directs the Smart Sys- Maersk Oil Research & Technol- ter robotics, sensor technology, tar National Research Strategy tem Lab at Texas A&M at Qatar. ogy Centre, Qatar Petroleum, computer science, and industry and Qatar National Vision 2030. “At the Smart System Lab, we Siemens, Shell, Rasgas, and Qa- and government guests also in- The experts who were invited to ADVERTISEMENT FOR (RE-AUCTION) have been developing solutions tar Computing Research Insti- vited to attend. present their work also assisted for the oil and gas industry in tute; the Qatari Navy. 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Students showcased their research projects at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar’s annual research symposium. Study on Qatar bacteriophage gets top prize

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK The research study titled, disinfect water. Ilker Baybars, dean and nerability Detection Tool for Fund (QNRF), Qatar Comput- and Statistics recognised five DOHA ‘Characterising a Novel Ba- Second prize was awarded CEO of CMU-Q, commented the Qatari Web’ by computer ing Research Institute, Qatar projects for special awards. cillus-like Phage from Qatar’s to ‘Wireless Eruptions – Re- that “Meeting of the Minds is a science students Aseel Ghazal Biomedical Research Institute, QNRF recognised one A RESEARCH project demon- Sand’ was conducted by bio- programming Wireless Sensor highlight of the academic year, and Daanish Ali Khan, under Qatar Biobank, Qatar Science project and one poster for a strating how bacteria found in logical sciences student, Aya Networks: Challenges and Ap- a celebration of the ingenuity, the mentorship of Thierry Sans, and Technology Park, Hamad special award. Qatar’s sand can be used to pu- Abd Elaal, under the mentor- proaches’ by computer science hard work, scientific explora- assistant teaching professor of Bin Khalifa University, George- Meeting of the Minds origi- rify water won the Best Project ship of Annette Vincent, as- student, Aliaa Essameldin. tion and intellectual curiosity computer science. town University in Qatar, Texas nated on the Carnegie Mel- award at the 10th annual Meet- sistant teaching professor of ‘Role of DNAJB3/HSP-40 in that characterises students in Students presented their A&M University in Qatar, Qatar lon University main campus ing of the Minds undergraduate biological sciences at Carnegie Maintaining Metabolic Home- all disciplines at Carnegie Mel- research projects to a panel of University, Northwestern Uni- in Pittsburgh, the USA, which research symposium held by Mellon in Qatar. The study ostasis’ by biological sciences lon University in Qatar.” judges from the Ministry of De- versity in Qatar and Siemens. hosted the first annual under- Carnegie Mellon University in explores using bacteriophages student Bushra Memon was The award for Best Poster velopment Planning and Statis- Additionally, the Minis- graduate research symposium Qatar (CMU-Q). extracted from Qatar’s sand to awarded third place. went to ‘CheckMyStack Vul- tics, Qatar National Research try of Development Planning in 1995. UCQ, CNA-Q collaborate at teaching & learning meet

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK adapt our teaching methods to education in Qatar,” she said. “I DOHA meet today’s challenges – the hope through my presentation, Teaching and Learning Con- attendees will have a deeper EXPERTS from the University ference plays an integral role understanding of the impor- of Calgary in Qatar (UCQ) and in this ongoing effort.” tance of motivation in learning, the College of North Atlantic University educators, re- as well as techniques to inspire in Qatar (CNA-Q) joined lead- searchers and students from students to go above and be- ing academics from Qatar and UCQ, CNA-Q, WCM-Q, Sidra yond in their studies.” abroad at the 4th annual Teach- Medical Research Centre, Qa- “The quality presentations, ing and Learning Conference, tar University and Doha Com- collaborative discussions and held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel munity College participated in interactions were outstand- in Doha on May 5. the conference. Several pre- ing,” said William Kay, Teach- The two-day conference was senters focused on demonstrat- ing and Learning Specialist themed, ‘Engage: Teaching and ing how teaching innovations from UCQ. “Over the past Learning in Higher Education’. could be applied to various spe- four years, this conference has Over the course of the confer- ther improve how we educate cific classes and theories, while helped cultivate productive ence, over 125 participants from future leaders for Qatar. This More than others shared ideas aimed at and rewarding relationships a variety of sectors exchanged collaboration can yield powerful 125 partici- increasing reading and writ- between educators, which have ideas on innovation in post-sec- results as our graduates join the pants from ing levels and better managing yielded better outcomes for ondary education and ways that workforce and contribute to the a variety student progress. Experts also students across all disciplines.” Qatari educators could improve advancement of the country’s of sectors recommended ways to cre- UCQ offers its gold-stand- teaching methods, specifically healthcare sector.” exchanged ate engaging classrooms and ard Bachelor of Nursing and in a higher education setting. “CNA-Q is determined to ideas on integrate active teaching and Master of Nursing degrees to Dr Kim Critchley, Dean and achieve goals in alignment innovation learning strategies. Qatar’s current and future nurs- CEO of UCQ, noted: “UCQ is with the Qatar National Vi- in post- Hind al Amri, a fourth year ing leaders. Over 600 students committed to developing ex- sion 2030 by giving our stu- secondary Qatari student in UCQ’s Bach- are currently enrolled in its pro- ceptional nurses for Qatar’s fu- dents the skills to succeed in education. elor of Nursing programme, grammes. On May 22, 61 nurs- ture and quality instruction is a knowledge-based economy,” spoke at the conference about ing leaders will graduate from critical to achieving that goal. remarked Dr Ken MacLeod, her research on student moti- the University and contribute The Teaching and Learning President of CNA-Q. “In order vation. “I think collaboration to Qatar’s national healthcare Conference is about exchang- to achieve this, we must con- between students and instruc- system. To learn more about ing perspectives, research and stantly be on the lookout to tors is necessary in order to UCQ’s programmes, visit ucal- expertise with our peers to fur- find new ways to improve and advance the quality of higher gary.edu.qa. 06 Sunday, May 8, 2016 Reports by Ailyn Agonia For events and press releases email Kabayan Corner [email protected] or call (974) 44422077

Bohol Beach Club. Alta Vista Boracay. In a brochure of the Philippine Halal Tourism project distributed by the Embassy recently, a list of Halal-certified establishments spread EMBASSY PROMOTES across key cities in the Philippines including Manila, Cebu and Davao is detailed. More than 40 hotels, resorts, restaurants and other PHILIPPINES IN QATAR tourism-related establishments are included in the list International Arrivals February 2012 - 2016 2016 549,725 2015 456,524 2014 422,631 2013 418,108 2012 361,925

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HE Philippine a joint project of the Depart- global promotion is Crescen- that you are not extending a the earnings of February 2015 Embassy is keen ment of Tourism (DoT) and tRating, an organisation that proper welcome to,” Tourism amounting to Php 19.35 billion. on raising the the National Commission on produces the Global Muslim Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr The month of February 2016 awareness of po- Muslim Filipinos (NCMF), Travel Index (GMTI) together remarked about the initia- posted a significant growth tential tourists lists the establishments that with MasterCard, and which tive. He further stressed that of 20.42 percent as visitor from Qatar to bolster its Halal have fully complied with the ranks over 100 countries on be- the Philippines is determined arrivals reached 549,725 ver- tourism market. requirements for Halal certi- ing Muslim-friendly. to claim 20 to 25 percent of sus the 456,524 arrivals in In a brochure of the Phil- fication. These Halal-certified In an official release pro- the $200 billion global Halal February 2015. In the past ippine Halal Tourism project establishments are located in vided by the Embassy to Qatar market share. 62 months, the month of distributed by the Embassy re- Manila, Cebu, Boracay, Davao, Tribune, the Philippines DoT While the Philippines is February 2016 registered the cently, a list of Halal-certified Bohol, Zamboanga City, Gen- chief underscored the impor- seeking a larger slice of the glo- biggest growth rate. establishments spread across eral Santos City, Koronadal, tance of using food as an impor- bal Halal tourism market, DoT The records show that key cities in the Philippines Cotabato City, Surigao City, tant tool to attract more tourists records provided by the Em- Korea remained the top spend- including Manila, Cebu and and Siargao Island. to the Southeast Asian country. bassy to Qatar Tribune also ing market during the month Davao is detailed. More than 40 The official Halal-certifi- “The best and most impor- show that the country’s tour- (Php12.92 billion), followed hotels, resorts, restaurants and er is the Halal International tant way to welcome visitors ism activities for the month by the US (Php 2.87 billion), other tourism-related establish- Chamber of Commerce and is with food. And if you are of February 2016 generated China (Php 1.71 billion), Japan ments are included in the list. Industries of the Philippines not offering halal food, then an estimated earnings of Php (Php1.45 billion) and Australia The brochure of the Phil- (Hiccip), which is accredited by there is a very important seg- 27.49 billion, which posted a (Php 0.96 billion) for the month EDSA Shangri-La Manila. ippine Halal Tourism Project, the NCMF. The partner in the ment of society in the world growth of 42.09 percent from of February 2016.

EVENTS Manila-based news bureaus highlight HERO Qatar extends help to more than 40 distressed overseas Filipino workers

Filipino community award HERO Qatar handed over travel bags filled supported by HERO Qatar volunteers. enaded the group and provided entertainment as MAJOR news bureaus in the Philipppines, GMA Network (www. with grocery items, blankets, towels and HERO The group also awarded two airplane tickets part of the programme. Beauty queen and HERO gmanetwork.com) and Philippine Daily Inquirer (www.inquirer. Qatar Cares shirts to more than 40 distressed to the agency and treated the distressed work- Ambassador Janela Joy Cuaton delivered an inspi- net) as well as the official page of the Philippine Department of Filipino workers temporarily under the care of ers to free packed lunch and other goodies like rational message on the occasion. Foreign Affairs highlighted the Best Community Award given to Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO-OWWA) in candies and chocolates. The beneficiaries were The drive, which was also graced by HERO the Filipino community in Qatar at the opening of the third annual Doha on Friday. also provided with free blood pressure check-up Founding Chairman Henry Dimaano, was sponsored Labor Rights Protection conference held in Doha recently. The drive with the theme ‘Paglingap sa Bayan, and blood sugar testing as well as free interna- by For Your Eyes Only, Phil Hoops, Pampangeños The special recognition, the first of its kind in the country, Tulong Kay Kabayan’ was led by HERO Co-founder tional calls, giving them a chance to talk to their Restaurant, SGA, AKRHO-Qatar, Kusina ni Kaka and was received by Philippine Ambassador HE Wilfredo C. Santos Ria Minette Baculi and HERO Qatar President loved-ones back home. KIA Club Qatar. together with the top officers of the United Filipino Organizations Kentry Ayson. It was a joint initiative of recently MusikHERO, led by the Committee Chair of in Qatar (UFOQ). launched HERO Kids and MusikHERO and was HERO Qatar Performing Arts, Julius Canaria, ser- (PHOTOGRAPHS: RENAN PRINCENA) Sunday, May 8, 2016 07 Reports by Ramy Salama The page title ‘Liwan’ ( ) is a traditional Qatari room For events and press releases email facing north. It is the coldest part of the house where the [email protected] or Qataris used to receive guests. call (974) 44422077 AN INITIATIVE TO HIGHLIGHT THE NEEDS OF THE DEAF The Qatar Social and Cultural Center for the Deaf specialises in offering courses and workshops for the deaf and those who work with them in such specialised subjects as sign language, as well as on other topics including computer skills, languages, and arts and crafts

or age”. Addressing the Arab Week for the Deaf, the director noted that its most important aim was to raise awareness in society of the special needs and require- ments of the deaf, which, if satisfied, would enable them to function like any other person in society. “The centre hopes that through this event, we can effec- tively convey the message that secondary certificates issued to those with special needs, includ- ing the deaf, should be made equivalent to those awarded to the general population, which would make it easier for them to pursue higher education locally, Qatar Social and Cultural Center for the Deaf Director Saleh al Marri. regionally and internationally,” he explained, elaborating on the ATAR is a regional people. In addition, the Arab meet’s major agendas. and even an in- Week for the Deaf aimed to “The pursuit of higher ternational leader guide the media and strove to education is the ambition of in social assist- mould public opinion on the every deaf person, especially ance initiatives, best ways to highlight deafness, since, through completing such which are administered and as well as explaining the basic training, they will certainly dispensed through a thriv- needs of those who are deaf. be better equipped to express ing and effective network of Qatar Tribune spoke with themselves socially and de- civil society institutions. This Qatar Social and Cultural Cent- velop their ideas culturally. In was demonstrated once again er for the Deaf Director Saleh al addition, a university degree or when Qatar, through the Qatar Marri about the center’s work equivalent would of course en- Social and Cultural Center for and the importance of organ- able a deaf person to find a bet- the Deaf organised a regional ising events such as the Arab ter job in the competitive mar- gathering of groups dedicated Week for the Deaf. ket of today,” he added, while to assisting the deaf, the Arab Discussing the Center’s mis- noting in this regard that the Week for the Deaf. sion and mandate, Marri noted first deaf Qatari student was The 41st edition of the Arab that it specialises in offering recently granted admission to a Week for the Deaf, held under courses and workshops for the university in the United States. the patronage of, and inaugu- deaf and those who work with Marri noted that an art rated by the Minister of Admin- them in such specialised sub- exhibition by deaf artists and istrative Development, Labour jects as sign language, as well as a handicrafts showcase were and Social Affairs, HE Dr Issa on other topics including com- some of the highlights of the bin Saad al Jafali al Nuaimi, was puter skills, languages, and arts Arab Week for the Deaf, which held recently in Doha’s Marriott and crafts. visitors had particularly ap- Marquis hotel. The activities He added that the Qatar preciated. of the Arab Week for the Deaf, Social and Cultural Center for “The works demonstrate which is marked by all the Arab the Deaf is “the first centre of the creativity and artistic tal- countries, included exhibits and its kind in Qatar, specialising in ent of some of the center’s paintings on deafness and in- caring for people with hearing students, and I think it is im- formation on its prevention. disabilities by providing them portant that they have this The event sought to raise with opportunities for educa- outlet to express their own awareness among members of tion, awareness and entertain- aspirations and hopes, their the community regarding the ment. Our programmes and experiences and challenges, deaf, their abilities and chal- initiatives seek to assist any so that they can communicate lenges, as well as ways to care deaf person in Qatar irrespec- with the wider society through Officials including the Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs, HE Dr Issa bin Saad al Jafali Al Nuaimi, tour the for, assist and rehabilitate deaf tive of their gender, nationality these media”, he said. various exhibits of the Arab Week for the Deaf

Artworks created by deaf artists showcased their talent and creativity.

Artworks by deaf artists showcase their talent and creativity. 08 Sunday, May 8, 2016 Philippines / Southeast Asia

Candidate Philippine rivals warn of perils of for mayor shot dead in Duterte win in campaign finale Philippines AFP Two candidates reject Aquino’s call to unite against the presidential frontrunner MANILA A CANDIDATE for mayor in the southern Philippines was shot dead on Satur- day, police said, bringing to at least 15 the number of people killed in violence re- lated to national elections. The Philippines has a long tradition of political violence -- fuelled by lax gun laws, politicians with private armies and corrupt law enforcement agencies -- and dozens of people are killed each election cam- paign. In the latest incident, unknown gunmen broke into the home of politi- cian Armando Ceballos in a mountainous town in the southern Philippines at dawn Saturday and shot him dead, a provincial po- lice spokesman said. “The killers wore bon- nets... as of now we are treating this as an elec- tion-related case,” the spokesman, Chief Super- intendent Surki Serenas, told AFP by telephone. Ceballos was one of two candidates standing for mayor of Lantapan, a re- mote town about 840 kilo- metres (520 miles) south of Manila. His opponent is the incumbent vice mayor. In the far southwest- ern island of Puerto Princ- Supporters of presidential candidates Mar Roxas (left) and Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte attend separate campaign rallies in Manila on Sunday. (AFP) esa, gateway to some of the Philippines’ most popular REUTERS killings as a deterrent against AQUINO PARALLELS RISE OF DUTERTE AND HITLER public disenchantment with holiday destinations, two MANILA rampant crime and illegal Aquino’s administration. supporters of the local may- drugs. That sentiment has per- or were stabbed to death at PHILIPPINE presidential But there were no signs of MANILA Philippine President Benigno Aquino warned on Saturday the frontrunner in the race to plexed investors and some a campaign sortie late on hopefuls held mass rallies Aquino’s appeal working after replace him carried similar dangers to Hitler and would bring terror to the nation. Using a final Western governments, given Thursday, police said. on Saturday in a festival-like two candidates rejected a pact. election campaign rally to issue his harshest criticism yet, Aquino sought to draw parallels between the robust performance of the The two men were part finale to a divisive campaign Some experts said it could the rise of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in Germany and what could happen under a Duterte presidency. Philippine economy under of a motorbike convoy in and called on voters to block backfire on Aquino’s chosen “I hope we learn the lessons of history. We should remember how Hitler came to power,” Aquino Aquino. However, criticism by support of Puerto Princesa firebrand frontrunner Ro- successor, Manuel Roxas, who said at the rally in Manila for his preferred successor, fellow Liberal Party stalwart Mar Roxas. “If opponents that the economic city mayor Lucilo Bayron, drigo Duterte’s path to the warned the country was head- you allow them to oppress your fellow man and you do not speak up, you will be the next one to be improvement has not trans- who is stumping to retain presidency. ed towards a Duterte dictator- oppressed.” (AFP) lated into jobs or better liveli- his seat, police investiga- Pop stars, celebrities and ship. hoods for millions of poor ap- tor Earl Torres told AFP scantily clad dancers enter- “They will destroy every- pears to be resonating. on Saturday. The attackers tained big crowds across Ma- thing that we have done, eve- Duterte, the long-time ered both an entertainer and a Poe took a swipe at him Poe’s pro-investment, an- were not identified, though nila, two days from an election rything that has been achieved mayor of Davao City, cam- loose cannon. Police estimated and said the country could not ti-poverty platform is striking the Bayron camp blamed shaken up by a last-gasp appeal and we will not let it happen,” paigns with a logo of a clenched his rally on Saturday drew an be led by an “executioner”. a chord and some experts have supporters of his rival. from President Benigno Aqui- Roxas told a crowd of some fist and has repeatedly vowed estimated 300,000 support- “Are we going to choose a suggested some voters who There had been 14 no for a united front to stop 30,000 people. “We won’t give to shoot dead criminals who ers, far eclipsing the crowds of corrupt and insensitive man were expected to back Roxas deaths in 26 “validated Duterte converting his runa- up this fight. This is the good put up violent resistance. In his rivals. who kills?” she told support- might instead get behind Poe, election-related incidents” way popularity into victory. fight, the fight for our lives.” final opinion polling he had a He reiterated his prom- ers. “I’m not perfect, but we setting the stage for a bitter, of violence between Janu- Philippine politics is no At the same rally, outgoing sizable 11-point lead over Sen- ise to eliminate crime in six need leaders with compas- two-way fight with Duterte. ary 10 and May 5, national stranger to controversial char- leader Aquino made a final ap- ator Grace Poe, with Roxas a months. sion.” “This is a highly divisive police said in a statement. acters and opponents of the peal for voters to come out and close third. “I’m staking my life and Experts say Duterte’s re- election, an election that’s very It was not clear whether maverick mayor are alarmed stop Duterte. Duterte, 71, is the alterna- honour on this presidency. I cent surge and Poe’s populari- emotional. A lot is at stake,” the Puerto Princesa deaths by his incendiary rhetoric “I can’t do it alone. I need tive candidate, often likened will do it,” he said of his war ty as the adopted daughter of a political analyst Aries Arugay were included in the list. and advocacy of extrajudicial all of you,” he said. to Donald Trump and consid- on crime. famous movie star represents said. Congress run about legacy, not landmark, Duterte vows to ‘butcher’ criminals AFP “If I make it to the presi- foul language to help cast him- says Filipino transgender contestant MANILA dential palace, I will do just self as an anti-establishment what I did as mayor. You drug figure, has a lead of 11 percent- REUTERS ner. She has been campaign- to continue her family’s public PHILIPPINE presidential pushers, hold-up men and do- age points going into Mon- ORANI, PHILIPPINES ing hard for a seat in the na- service, although she admit- favourite Rodrigo Duterte nothings, you better go out. day’s election, according to the tional congress in her native ted she was initially concerned vowed to forget human rights Because as the mayor, I’d kill latest survey. CONTESTING an election in province of Bataan in northern about failing and denting her if he wins Monday’s election you.” Senator Grace Poe, the the Philippines is a tough task, Philippines. mother’s legacy. and “butcher” criminals, in a In his 90-minute speech, adopted daughter of a late even more challenging when Roman said she is no nov- Her campaign still marks a typically savage tirade to end the last of his campaign, Du- movie star, and establishment the main opposition is not ri- elty candidate and her popu- breakthrough of sorts in a pre- an explosive campaign. terte said he would be pre- bedrock Mar Roxas, are tied val candidates, but discrimi- larity is about policies and dominantly Catholic country Duterte, who has hypno- pared to kill a criminal even in second place. Vice Presi- nation and gender prejudice. pedigree. She is running for where the church has strong tised millions of voters with in front of human rights cam- dent Jejomar Binay, the early Geraldine Roman insists the seat vacated by her moth- political influence. his promises to eradicate paigners or other critics. favourite, has fallen to fourth she can overcome that. Once er, who has served a maximum Though it has not taken a crime and corruption, repeat- “I will butcher him in front place under the weight of a a man, she now finds herself three terms in the 300-seat Transgender congressional position on transgender in- edly warned tens of thousands of them if they want,” he said. barrage of corruption allega- on the brink of becoming the chamber. candidate Geraldine Roman dividuals, it has lobbied hard of fans in Manila on Saturday Duterte, 71, has made his tions. country’s first transgender “The ideal situation is against divorce, abortion and night that there would be mass threats to kill criminals the Aside from his cuss-filled person to be elected to public where gender is not an is- where yellow-shirted support- same-sex marriage. killings under his presidency. centrepiece of his campaign promises to kill, Duterte has office in an national election to sue and we can focus on the ers cheered and chanted her Roman said she has en- “Forget the laws on hu- strategy, outraging critics but rocked the political establish- be contested on Monday. platform, the agenda and the name. dured character assassination man rights,” said Duterte, as winning the hearts of many in ment with threats to instill Roman, 49, has lived as a personality and the character “That’s what is important, by rival candidates, but has he boasted of killing criminals an electorate who are fed up one-man rule if lawmakers woman for two decades since of each candidate,” Roman not the gender really.” managed to block that out be- during his more than two dec- with lawlessness and corrup- disobey him and create a rev- changing her name and shares told Reuters during a march Roman said her aim is not cause the public had given her ades as mayor of the southern tion. olutionary government that her home with her male part- in her home town of Orani, about making a statement, but a warm reception. city of Davao. Duterte, who has also used could rewrite the constitution. Embattled PM’s coalition romps home in Malaysian state polls

AFP cal machine, a burst of gov- elections can provide a clear KUALA LUMPUR ernment spending announce- Najib led the BN -- in power since independence in indication of sentiment to- ments in the polls run-up and 1957 -- to its worst-ever showing in 2013 national elec- ward Najib. MALAYSIA’S ruling coalition the creation of 11 new seats in tions as the opposition capitalised on voter concerns Known for its vast tropical romped to victory in elections its stronghold areas. over the economy, corruption and alleged government forests, mighty rivers and ar- in the country’s largest state Disunity in Malaysia’s op- repression. ray of Borneo tribal communi- Saturday, providing some re- position may also have helped, ties, Sarawak is one of Malay- lief for Prime Minister Najib with candidates competing sia’s least-developed states. Razak, who is under fire over head-to-head in some areas. counts in 2013. Allegations of electoral It has remained so under allegations of massive graft. Najib led the BN -- in pow- Najib and the state com- abuses have marred the polls, decades of ruling-coalition The vote in Sarawak, er since independence in 1957 pany, 1Malaysia Development including the redistricting government, despite abundant on Borneo island, has been -- to its worst-ever showing in Berhad, steadfastly deny the exercise that created 11 new energy, timber and hydroelec- closely watched for clues that 2013 national elections amid money was syphoned from seats, which critics have la- tric resources, and its govern- Najib’s troubles have eroded voter concerns over the econ- 1MDB, but the prime minister belled gerrymandering by the ment has been accused of bla- ruling-coalition support as na- omy, corruption and alleged has sparked anger by shutting ruling coalition. tant corruption. tional elections loom by mid- government repression. down investigations and side- The state government has But the BN-aligned parties 2018. It now faces allegations lining critics. also blocked opposition politi- who control it continue to hold But parties aligned to the billions of dollars were plun- A recent independent sur- cians and activists from enter- sway over voters, particularly ruling Barisan Nasional (Na- dered from a debt-stricken vey found most Sarawakians ing to campaign, using entry in the vast rural interior, due tional Front) gained 17 seats, state-owned investment fund support the BN-aligned state controls Sarawak retained in part to a reputation for pro- giving them a total of 72 and a Najib founded in 2009. government, however, and when it joined Malaysia in the Malaysians stand in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station in tecting the state’s autonomy resounding majority in the 82- The accusations, which were little swayed by the Najib 1960s. Kuching, Malaysia, on Saturday. (AFP) from more populous mainland seat state assembly, according burst forth last year, include graft allegations. The result may allow Na- Malaysia. to Malaysian media. the revelation Najib received Sarawak holds state-as- jib to claim his government But Sarawak, separated what firewalled from political The ruling coalition con- The BN was likely aided at least $681 million in de- sembly elections out of sync retains popularity despite the from mainland Malaysia by developments in the rest of trols 10 Malaysian states, and by its well-established politi- posits to his personal bank ac- with the rest of Malaysia. scandal. the South China Sea, is some- the country, and only national the opposition three. Pakistan / South Asia Sunday, May 8, 2016 09 Anti-mine agitations continue in Myanmar Pakistan’s anti-graft body seizes currency, gold from official

YANGON Hundreds of Myanmar villagers rallied on Saturday against a controversial Chinese- QUETTA A spokesman for Pakistan's anti-graft body says its officers have seized currency and gold backed copper mine, activists told AFP, reigniting a contentious issue that could pose an early worth 680 million rupees, or $6.4 million, from the residence of top provincial financial official in NEWS challenge to Aung San Suu Kyi's new government. The Letpadaung mine in the central town southwestern Baluchistan province. Abdus Shakoor says investigators from the National Account- IN BRIEF of Monywa has for years been dogged by complaints of land-grabbing, environmental damage ability Bureau, or NAB, arrested provincial finance secretary Mushtaq Raisani in the provincial and brutal police crackdowns on protesters. Growing numbers of villagers have gathered over capital of Quetta on Friday. He says the arrest on corruption charges was followed by a quick raid the past four days in the first major anti-mine demonstration since Suu Kyi's civilian adminis- at Raisani's official residence, where investigators found bags stuffed with Pakistani and foreign tration took power this year, ending decades of military domination. (AFP) currency, slabs of gold and financial bonds. (AP) Nepal recalls envoy from India, cancels president’s visit India -- which is often accused ‘PRESIDENT BHANDARI DISAPPOINTED’ of the Nepali daily Nagarik, The ambassador was recalled after allegedly siding with the Nepali of acting as a "big brother" said the latest developments to its smaller, impoverished suggested relations between Congress oppn in supporting a threat by Maoists to topple Oli’s govt neighbour -- has been strained NEW DELHI Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari is reportedly the two countries had not im- since a months-long border very disappointed with the decision of Prime Minister K P Sharma proved as much as previously AFP Nepal's parliament was ment in April 2015. blockade last year. Oli government to cancel her visit to India. “I have learnt from thought. KATHMANDU thrown into chaos last week A foreign affairs adviser The blockade, by Nepal's sources close to the president that she is very upset by the Oli "Nepal should be engaged after the Maoists threatened to to Prime Minister Oli did not Madhesi ethnic minority, government’s decision to cancel her visit,” Vijay Kanti Lal Karna, with India to strengthen our NEPAL has recalled its ambas- pull out of the ruling coalition give a specific reason for the came in protest at a new con- former Nepalese ambassador to Denmark, told IANS over phone ties right now, but recent devel- sador to India and cancelled an and dislodge the prime minis- envoy's recall. stitution which they said left from Kathmandu on Saturday. “She was really keen to maintain opments show diplomatic im- upcoming visit by its president ter -- a move reportedly also "A government has the them politically marginalised, good relations with India,” he said. Bhandari, Nepal’s first woman maturity on our part," he said. to New Delhi, officials said on backed by India. The Maoists right to recall an envoy if he with more than 50 people dy- president, was to embark on her first official visit to India next The new constitution, Saturday, further straining ties later decided to continue sup- does not correctly represent ing in clashes with police. week on the invitation of President Pranab Mukherjee. Karna said the first drawn up by elected between the two neighbours porting the government. the country, and the decision Kathmandu accused In- the Nepal cabinet took the decision to cancel the president’s representatives, was meant after months of tension. "He (Upadhyay) is close to was taken accordingly," Gopal dia of imposing an "unofficial visit following political upheaval in the Himalayan nation two days to cement peace and bolster Deep Kumar Upadhyay Nepali Congress and seemed Khanal said. blockade" on the landlocked ago when Oli’s government was nearly toppled by its Maoist ally. Nepal's transformation to a was recalled to Kathmandu to play an internal role in the It came as President Bid- nation in support of the Mad- According to Karna, what is all the more surprising is that the democratic republic after dec- late on Friday after allegedly exercise to change the gov- hya Devi Bhandari was forced hesis, who share close cultural, process of Bhandari’s visit was actually initiated by the Nepali side ades of political instability and siding with the Nepali Con- ernment, that was the main to suspend her first official vis- linguistic and family links with after Oli’s visit to India in February this year. “This is a very danger- a 10-year Maoist insurgency. gress opposition in supporting reason (for his recall)," an offi- it to India, scheduled to start Indians across the border. ous game being played by Oli,” Karna warned. “Just imagine, only But ongoing discussions a threat by the Maoist party cial source told AFP on condi- on Monday, after the Nepali Prime Minister Oli visited two days back, the president invited the Indian ambassador to din- between the government and to topple Prime Minister K tion of anonymity. Upadhyay government Friday failed to India in February in a bid to ner and the visit was very much on track,” he said. “The survival of protesting parties over the P Sharma Oli's government, was appointed by the former endorse the trip. smooth ties. this country is dependent on close relations with India.” (IANS) charter have failed to yield an sources said. Nepali Congress-led govern- Nepal's relationship with But Guna Raj Luitel, editor agreement.

EXTREMIST THREATS Sri Lanka still torturing war detainees: UN

AFP within the structures of the COLOMBO armed forces, police, attor- ney-general's office and judi- A UN official slammed Sri ciary perpetuate the real risk Lanka's criminal justice sys- that the practice of torture tem on Saturday, accusing will continue," he warned. police of sexually abusing sus- Suspects have been beaten pects and still using torture with sticks or wires on the seven years after the end of its soles of the feet, suspended ethnic war. for hours while handcuffed, United Nations Human asphyxiated using plastic bags Rights Expert Juan E. Mendez drenched in kerosene and told reporters in Colombo he hung upside down, he said. had found credible evidence In some cases, victims had of detainees being tortured chili powder thrown on their and disappearances since the face and eyes and there were end of the war in May 2009. "sexual violations, including Mendez, Special Rap- mutilation of the genital area porteur on torture and other and rubbing of chili paste or cruel, inhuman or degrading onions on the genital area". treatment or punishment, Still, he expressed hope said he heard between 16,000 the government of President and 22,000 people had gone Maithripala Sirisena will de- missing during the conflict liver on promises of account- and its immediate aftermath. ability for war crimes and an He described the disap- end to rights abuses. pearances as the "torture of Sirisena's administration, the most horrifying kind". which took power in January "The current legal frame- last year, has promised to in- work and the lack of reform vestigate rights abuses.

(File photo) Bangladeshi students protest in Rajshahi on April 24, a day after suspected Islamists hacked to death a university professor. (AFP) Pakistan celebrates Khan’s London win

Bangladesh Sufi Muslim AFP is the sister of Sadiq Khan's ISLAMABAD principal opponent Zac Gold- smith -- also tweeted his con- THE election of a Pakistani gratulations to the new mayor. bus driver's son as the mayor Elsewhere on social media leader hacked to death of London was greeted with most Pakistanis appeared to celebration on Saturday in greet Khan's win with pride, Pakistan, from where Sadiq with messages marking the The police officer said the Suspected Islamists have ernment in Dhaka denies that Khan's parents emigrated to recent successes of other high- Sufis have been targeted by Islamists killing of the self-proclaimed been blamed for or claimed IS and Al-Qaeda are behind Britain in the 1960s. profile British Muslims -- in- Sufi master was "similar" to dozens of murders of atheist the attacks, saying they have News of Khan's win in the cluding former One Direction several times in last three years other recent hacking deaths bloggers, liberal voices and no known presence in Bangla- British capital featured on the member Zayn Malik, who also of religious minorities carried religious minorities in recent desh, and blames the killings front pages of all major Paki- has Pakistani heritage -- going AFP ing before villagers last night out by attackers with machetes years including Sufi, Shiite on homegrown militants. stani newspapers Saturday, viral Saturday. DHAKA found his body in a pool of or cleavers. and Ahmadi Muslims, Hindus, Sufis have been targeted while also causing a stir on so- Some could not resist blood in a mango grove in Ra- "He was slaughtered Christians and foreigners. in several of the 37 suspected cial media. pointing out the irony of the A local Sufi Muslim leader has jshahi. from his neck and there are In the past five weeks, Islamist attacks recorded by "Congratulations @ jubilant reaction in the deeply been found hacked to death It comes amid a troubling also some deep gashes in his two gay activists, a liberal police in the past three years. SadiqKhan 4 being elected conservative country. in Bangladesh in a suspected rise in violence against reli- throat," Abdur Razzak, a local professor, an atheist activist In September the custodi- mayor of London," tweeted "Pakistani: Sadiq Khan Islamist killing, police said gious minorities, liberal activ- police official said, adding that and a Hindu tailor who alleg- an of a Sufi shrine and his as- Bilawal Bhutto, leader of the won! Reporter: So you'd vote Saturday, two weeks after the ists and foreigners in Bangla- "he had scores of followers in a edly made derogatory remarks sistant were murdered in the opposition Pakistan People's for a minority immigrant son Islamic State group claimed desh, with six murders since nearby district". about the Prophet Moham- port city of Chittagong. Party and son of former prime of a bus driver as Mayor of the murder of a liberal profes- the start of last month alone. Sufi Islam is considered med were hacked to death. A long-running political minister Benazir Bhutto. Karachi? Pakistani: Are you sor in the same northwestern "He was not a famous Sufi. deviant by many of the coun- The Islamic State group crisis in officially secular Bang- "British Pakistanis need mad?" tweeted newspaper col- district. But there could be a possibility try's majority Sunni Muslims. and a Bangladeshi branch of ladesh has radicalised oppo- +ve rolemodel," he added. umnist Bina Shah. Mohammad Shahidullah, that he was killed by Islamist They include the Salafis and Al-Qaeda claimed responsibil- nents of the government and Rival opposition leader Khan has told media that 65, had been missing since militants," Rajshahi district po- Wahabis, who are gaining ity for several of the killings. analysts say Islamist extrem- and former cricketer Imran he has relatives in Karachi, leaving home on Friday morn- lice chief Nisharul Arif told AFP. strength in the country. However the secular gov- ists pose a growing danger. Khan -- whose ex-wife Jemima Faisalabad and Islamabad. Afghanistan faces tough battle as Haqqanis join Taliban

the deputy post is the highest, close ties to the slain al-Qaida The ascendency of the Haqqani network could significantly strengthen most direct role that the net- chief Osama bin Laden. After work is known to have taken in his death, his son Sirajuddin Taliban and herald another summer of fierce fighting in Afghanistan the Taliban leadership. Haqqani took over. The network pledged alle- The elder Haqqani aligned AP shown by a Kabul bombing last cent meeting of the top Taliban giance to the Taliban years ago his group with the Taliban af- ISLAMABAD month that killed 64 people, the leadership, obtained by The As- but has traditionally operated ter the insurgents were driven deadliest in the Afghan capital sociated Press, offers a glimpse independently. from power in the US-led in- A SHADOWY, Pakistan-based in years, which experts say was into the influence the Haqqani vasion that followed the Sept. militant faction is on the rise too sophisticated for the insur- network now holds within the The Haqqani network’s 11, 2001 attacks. The network within the Taliban after its gents to have carried out with- movement. Sirajuddin Haqqa- role could also further maintained close ties to al-Qa- leader was appointed deputy out the Haqqanis. ni, the network's leader and ida and is believed to have large and played a key role in unify- The network's role could newly elevated deputy head of poison already tainted numbers of foreign fighters. ing the fractured insurgency. also further poison already the Taliban, tells the gathering relations between The network is believed to The ascendency of the tainted relations between Is- that they must end differences Islamabad and Kabul. command thousands of fighters Haqqani network, a US-des- lamabad and Kabul. Afghan- and focus on fighting. on both sides of the Afghan-Pa- ignated terrorist organisation, istan is pressing Pakistan to "It is time to work. The The network was founded kistani border. Over the years, could significantly strengthen crack down on the Haqqanis, mujahedeen (Islamic holy war- by Jalaluddin Haqqani, a one- the Haqqanis emerged as the the Taliban and herald another accusing it of tolerating the riors) are happily going to the time ally of the United States Taliban's strongest asset be- summer of fierce fighting in group, a charge the Pakista- battlefield," he is heard saying. who achieved fame fighting cause of their battle-hardened Afghanistan. The firepower nis deny. The voice is recognizable as the Soviets in Afghanistan in fighters and traditional links to (File photo) Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the Haqqani network, it brings to the Taliban was An audio recording of a re- Haqqani's. Haqqani's rise to the 1980s and who developed Pakistan's security agencies. during an interview in Miran Shah, Pakistan. (AP) 10 Sunday, May 8, 2016

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 Europe & Migration From Africa How To Solve With tens of thousands arriving from Africa, the EU needs to have a coherent plan to deal humanely with refugees Iraq’s Political Crisis CONTROVERSIAL deal signed be- Africa.” The idea is to tackle migration from tween the European Union and Turkey Africa at the source, by promoting “security A in March has reduced the flow of refu- and development.” This makes sense: Most gees and migrants to Greece from Turkey. people would not travel to war-torn Libya Now, the European Union is turning its and pay smugglers exorbitant sums to risk The only way out of the current stalemate is to inject attention to migrants from Africa heading their lives at sea if they had decent options new blood into the country’s political class across the Mediterranean to Italy. closer to home. The deal with Turkey was roundly To make sure migrants in Libya don’t criticised by human rights groups and the move on to Europe, the EU is planning to ZAID AL ALI | NYT SYNDICATE United Nations for violating international enlist NATO to patrol the Mediterranean law protecting asylum seekers. The deal off Libya’s coast, as NATO began doing off ITH the Islamic State still in con- was signed with President the coast of Turkey in Feb- trol of large parts of the country Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an The European Union is also ruary. In theory, NATO’s and oil prices depressed, Iraq is autocrat, who has attacked purpose is to go after smug- on the verge of a meltdown. But the news media and free- planning a deal with glers. But it’s not clear, be- instead of working to solve the Nigeria modelled on the W dom of expression. yond a powerful symbol of country’s problems, Iraq’s political class If the European Union refugee deal with Turkey. Western solidarity to pro- has been consumed by a power struggle. does not do better on deal- But there are no details yet tect Europe’s borders, what Last weekend, protesters in Baghdad lost ing with migration from on how the EU will do any purpose these patrols really their patience and stormed the Parlia- Africa, it will further dam- better job of protecting the have. Smugglers generally ment building, threatening further action age to its credibility as a rights of asylum seekers in don’t board the boats they if serious reform is not enacted soon. model of democracy and load up with migrants, and This eruption was a long time com- human rights. this deal. NATO is not in the business, ing. Last August, Prime Minister Haider Some 100,000 people alas, of rescuing drowning al Abadi promised to improve govern- are expected to cross the Mediterranean migrants at sea. ment services and eliminate corruption. from Africa to Italy this year alone. As of The EU is also planning a deal with Unsurprisingly, he has failed to deliver. the end of last month, 28,000 people had Nigeria modelled on the refugee deal with In response, protesters have demanded already arrived in Italy; nearly 1,000 oth- Turkey. Nigerian ‘economic migrants’ not a new government and the abandonment ers drowned, or are missing and presumed eligible for asylum would be returned to Ni- of the sectarian quota system that has un- dead. Clearly, this catastrophe must be ad- geria in exchange for European economic derpinned Iraqi governments since 2003. dressed. But Europe’s focus is on heading aid. But there are no details yet on how the Abadi has tried to respond by putting off migration from Africa, where popula- EU will do any better job of protecting the forward a “technocratic” cabinet, but he tion growth is outstripping economic op- rights of asylum seekers in this deal than it hasn’t been able to get it approved by portunity. did in the deal with Turkey. Europe needs Parliament. Ordinary Iraqis are furious. Last year, the EU approved a 1.8 billion- to make sure this deal, like its trust fund for Moktada al Sadr, the Shiite cleric who has euro fund to address the “root causes of ir- Africa, is more than simply a means to keep long acted as a leader of Iraq’s underclass, islators in the world. This has had the ef- A number of Iraqi organisations, ex- regular migration and displaced persons in refugees out. has tried to capitalise on this by leading fect of attracting candidates for the wrong perts and even some politicians have been the protest movement. But even he can- reasons. Salaries, benefits and pensions calling for these reforms, but more needs New York Times not control the anger Iraqis feel toward for members of Parliament should be sig- to be done to coordinate and prioritise their leaders. nificantly reduced. them. Nominally, all of these changes re- The cause of Iraq’s political paralysis Second, the electoral commission quire legislative action, but if the current is neither ideological nor sectarian. In must be given wide-ranging powers to Parliament refuses to act, the government fact, most of the main actors in the con- disqualify candidates who violate basic should proceed unilaterally in the knowl- tinuing dispute are Shiite Islamists. The edge that it will have the people’s full disagreement is instead based on mutual Any new Iraqi government’s support. Iraq has been in crisis for years distrust, which is fuelled by the incompe- Àrst priority should be to or- and any insistence on adhering to legal Egypt’s Formula For Repression tence and corruption that have formed formalities seems misplaced at this point. the basis of Iraq’s political system since ganise fresh elections on an New elections, organised on the basis N addition to leading a repressive and sion has been accompanied by one crisis af- 2003. That dynamic has made it impos- entirely different basis from of a reformed electoral law, would finally abusive regime, President Abdel Fattah el ter another, including an outcry in Italy over sible for state institutions to present any how they have been conduct- allow the possibility of enacting the genu- ISisi of Egypt also appears to be running an the torture and murder of an Italian gradu- viable solutions to the crisis. ed in the past. ine reforms that could once and for all end increasingly incompetent one. On Tuesday, ate student, which the Italians believe was Some Iraqi and American officials, the culture of impunity in Iraq’s political the Interior Ministry accidentally released carried out by Egyptian security services. including Vice President Joseph R Biden campaign rules. In the past, some candi- class: reforming the judiciary and purging confidential guidelines to stop critical re- The unlikely trigger for the current spate of Jr, have expressed hope that Abadi, at the dates have openly bribed, manipulated it of corrupt judges; establishing a new, porting by the news media, including in- protests was the transfer of two uninhabited head of a new government, can turn the and threatened voters, while financing progressive and independent constitu- structions not to admit mistakes and a pro- Egyptian islands to Saudi Arabia. With po- situation around. They are missing the their campaigns with embezzled funds tional court; redefining the role of Iraqi posed rule to stop all coverage related to the litical passions running high, the transfer point. Even if a new government is formed, without any serious penalties. The result judges to protect the public interest. torture and murder of an Italian student. provoked a furious reaction from Egyptians new ministers have to be approved by the is a Parliament populated by society’s New elections would also allow for The leak, which the ministry explained who believed the government was peddling Parliament, which insists on nominat- worst elements, full of incompetents who Iraq’s decrepit government account- as a “technical malfunction,” offered evi- Egyptian land for Saudi dollars. The ensu- ing the same crop of ineffectual, corrupt have no vision apart from their own en- ability organisations to finally be fixed. dence, if more was needed, of the military ing demonstrations led to mass arrests and former exiles who have been running the richment and empowerment. These peo- The disastrous laws governing Iraq’s government’s brutal and destructive ap- confrontation with journalists, who rallied country into the ground. More important, ple should never have been allowed to run anti-corruption bodies were drafted by proach to the wave of discontent sweeping again in Cairo on Wednesday, demanding a new government would be beholden to for Parliament. It might be hard to imag- the American-led Coalition Provisional Egypt. the dismissal of the interior minister. the corrupt, sectarian Parliament. Making ine the enactment of new electoral rules Authority and have been left untouched Sisi, the former chief of the Egyptian With the government largely hid- the argument that a new government can given Iraq’s political situation. But there by the Parliament. But these institutions armed forces, came to power in the political den from public view, it is not even clear design, pass and carry out comprehensive is a precedent. need independence — and teeth — if they struggle that followed the Arab Spring pro- whether Sisi has full control over the po- governance reform is either delusional or In 2009, the Parliament was forced to are to hold officials to account. tests of 2011. The Muslim Brotherhood gov- litical repression, abductions, torture and an attempt to punt. move from a closed to an open electoral list Without new blood, these vital reforms ernment of Mohamed Morsi, elected after other human-rights violations ascribed to The only way out of the current stale- system because of pressure from Iraqi civil have no chance of success. And without a the ouster of the dictatorial former president, the security services. President Obama has mate is to inject new blood into the coun- society (including religious institutions, new culture of accountability for govern- Hosni Mubarak, was overthrown by the mili- not concealed his frustration with Middle try’s political class. Any new Iraqi govern- think tanks and major media outlets) and ment officials, Iraq has no hope. tary in 2013, and in short order Sisi began a Eastern allies like Saudi Arabia. It’s time ment’s first priority should be to organise from the international community (in- crackdown on the Brotherhood as well as any for him to make clear to Egypt’s rulers that fresh elections on an entirely different cluding the United Nations, the United (Zaid al-Ali, a visiting lecturer form of criticism, including that of human the United States will not continue pump- basis from how they have been conduct- States and the European Union). Given and fellow at Princeton, is the rights activists and independent journalists. ing military aid into a regime at war with its ed in the past. There are two simple and the current level of popular anger, there’s author of ‘The Struggle for Iraq’s The intensification of political repres- own people. necessary changes that should be made a strong possibility that similar pressure Future: How Corruption, Incom- immediately. First, members of Iraq’s could be exerted today, giving strength to petence and Sectarianism Have New York Times Parliament are some of the best-paid leg- efforts to reform electoral rules. Undermined Democracy’.) Olympians Shouldn’t Swim Through Sewage

The aquatic events must be moved to safe, clean waters – and if that can’t be found in Brazil, they must be transferred to another country

LYNNE COX | NYT SYNDICATE came gravely ill during a race in the Nile bodies in Brazil is extremely high.” He told have recently resigned, and the president, and past adviser to three United States River. Although I didn’t know it at the me it was “very likely that a person swim- Dilma Rousseff, is facing impeachment in Olympic swim teams, told me, “Athletes HIS summer, when the Olympic time, I was already sick with dysentery ming in these waters will get infected.” the wake of a corruption inquiry. It’s obvi- should consider pulling out if the safety is- Games are held in Rio de Janeiro, from training in the polluted water. Swim- The AP also asked Kristina Mena, an ous the country will be unable to deliver on sues are not addressed because no athlete marathon swimmers, sailors and tria- ming through sewage, rotting rats and expert in risk management for waterborne its exuberant promise of a “Green Games should risk their health to compete in the thletes will be asked to compete in the dead dogs, I struggled to finish the race. viruses at the School of Public Health at for a Blue Planet.” Athletes should not Olympic Games.” Thighly polluted waters of Guanabara I didn’t want to stop because I was rep- the University of Texas, to examine Spilki’s have to swim through sewage in pursuit of The president of the International Ol- Bay and off nearby Copacabana Beach. resenting the United States, but after 15 results. She predicted that athletes who in- their Olympic dreams. Something must be ympic Committee, Thomas Bach, has said Any athlete coming into contact with these miles, I nearly passed out. In the emergen- gest just three teaspoons of water from the done to protect them. that “the competition area for the athletes waters has a high probability of becoming cy room I was told I was extremely dehy- bay have a 99 percent chance of infection. This is the Olympics: Athletes are will- will offer safe and fair conditions.” It is the ill. Members of the United States junior drated and that I could have died. When Rio was awarded the Games ing to compete at all costs. Jordan Wili- committee’s responsibility to ensure this national rowing team and competitive I am worried that the Olympic coaches in 2009, the Brazilian National Olym- movsky of the United States open-water is so. The aquatic events must be moved sailors have become sick with diarrhoea, and athletes heading to Brazil this year are pic Committee acknowledged the unsafe swim team told me that he trusted “that to safe, clean waters — and if that can’t be vomiting and flulike symptoms after train- not well informed about these risks. Raw conditions and announced plans to in- USA Swimming won’t put us in a situa- found in Brazil, they must be transferred ing and competing around Rio, and they sewage from the Rio metropolitan area’s 12 stall eight water treatment plants. But as tion where swimming could cause us to get to another country. experience only “incidental contact” with million people — enough to fill 480 Olym- of last year only one had been built. Asked sick,” adding, “Obviously though, I plan on While there is no modern precedent for the water. Marathon swimmers and tria- pic-size swimming pools — flows into Gua- about Brazil’s commitment to clean up swimming no matter what the water con- a binational Olympics, and the commit- thletes will ingest this water — and the nabara Bay every day. And that water flows the water, Rio’s state environmental sec- ditions are.” tee’s charter may forbid them, such a move consequences could be deadly. directly onto Copacabana Beach, the site of retary said, “It’s not going to happen.” He His coach, Catherine Vogt, said she may be the only solution, short of cancel- I am a long-distance open-water swim- the marathon swimming competition. acknowledged that the city will not meet was paying attention to the issue and ap- ling these races. But that would shatter the mer. Before marathon swimming was Fernando Rosado Spilki, a virologist its pledge to reduce pollution, and instead propriately relying upon “water reports dreams of athletes who have trained most an Olympic sport, I twice set the overall and expert in water quality at Universi- cited efforts to prevent trash from entering and listening to” the United States Olym- of their lives to reach the Olympic Games. men’s and women’s record for swimming dade Feevale in Brazil, was commissioned the waterways through the use of booms, pic Committee and USA Swimming, the They deserve a chance to compete where the English Channel, and I was the first by The Associated Press to test conditions nets and garbage-dredging ‘ecoboats’ — an national governing body for the sport. But the water won’t hurt them. person to swim the Bering Strait from the in all the water competition sites. He iden- entirely ineffective approach to addressing those organisations, and the International United States to the Soviet Union. Like all tified virus levels 1.7 million times what the threat caused by bacteria and viruses. Olympic Committee, should be among the (Lynne Cox is the author athletes, I overcame pain in pursuit of my would be considered hazardous at a Cali- There are fewer than 100 days to go loudest voices demanding a solution. of ‘Swimming to Antarctica’ goals. fornia beach. Spilki concluded that “the until the Olympics. Brazil’s chief of secu- Jack Simon, a former president of the and the forthcoming The only time I failed was when I be- quantity of fecal matter entering the water rity for the Games and the sports minister American Swimming Coaches Association ‘Swimming in the Sink’.)

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Hillary’s speech was filled with the flattery that candidates always offer their audiences, but the political rhetoric was conventional and she didn’t really capture the texture of life Demolition job

With just a few days left to go before the Philippines votes in the national election, a 30-second multi-million ‘attack advertisement’ on top televi- sion channel showed children ques- tioning presidential frontrunner Rod- rigo Duterte’s morals as a president. The clip was spliced with snippets of Duterte cursing the Pope, vowing to kill people and joking about rape. I was deeply disturbed when I saw the video. To me, it is wrong on all lev- els. Children are being coerced and used for personal benefits. It’s child abuse! While it is true that the words we hear in the clip really came from Duterte…the ad has been spliced and edited to deliver an insidious mes- sage. The court must not allow mi- nor children to be used in such black propaganda type of political adver- tisements against the leading presi- dential candidate. We have long been aware of the fact that using children for character assassination of an op- ponent is illegal, more so with pub- lishing and broadcasting this through mass media. Thus, I really wonder how on earth was campaign material created and disseminated! I cannot accept the reason offered by the par- ents of the children in the ad footage N March Hillary Clinton told a CNN Life expectancy falls. People slip between agenda. That would have grabbed the saying that they allow their children The Way Forward interviewer, “We’re going to put a lot the cracks and inevitably drug use rises. attention of all those Americans whose to participate in the political adver- of coal miners and coal companies out According to The Charleston Gazette- families are touched by addiction and tisement because they worry about DAVID BROOKS of business.” That was a true but dumb Mail, between 1999 and 2009, per-capita mental health issues — which is basically the impact of Duterte’s behaviour on NYT NEWS SERVICE Ithing to say in advance of the West Vir- consumption of oxycodone, hydrocodone everybody. the children and the youth. Well, that ginia primary. So this week Clinton went and fentanyl tripled. By 2009 West Vir- A more imaginative approach might for me is a parenting responsibility. A on an apology and listening tour through ginians were annually filling 19 painkiller have been to unfurl a vision to reweave child will be more influenced by the Appalachia. prescriptions a person. social fabric, the way David Cameron has cartoon show he/she watches than Hillary could have She heard tales of loss and renewal. Heavy opioid use often slides over in Britain. In areas of concentrated pover- Duterte’s foul mouth (so they say). A Then she gave a speech proposing an into heroin use. Heroin overdose deaths ty, everything is connected to everything parent must be responsible for his/ agenda for the region. It was a perfectly tripled between 2009 and 2014. In those else – job loss, family structure, alcohol- her child’s welfare and upbringing…. offered something serviceable speech. Yet you can see in it years the state had the highest drug over- ism, domestic violence, neighbourliness. that’s a parenting problem and can some of the reasons the Clinton campaign dose death rate in the nation. It would be nice if America, too, had crea- never be caused by a nation’s leader. inspiring and has not exactly caught fire. It’s not surprising that there’s so much tive politicians who could put together Well, I just want this election to be The core problem is that she sounds drug use in towns where there’s so little a comprehensive agenda that nurtures over. I just pray for a clean and hon- audacious – to like a normal Democratic candidate in to do. But the root of this kind of addic- social connection, rather than just rely- est one…but then again, I can’t help the noble tradition of Edmund Muskie tion crisis is social isolation. Addiction ing on economic levers like job-training being suspicious. and Hubert Humphrey, but she doesn’t is a disease that afflicts the lonely. It is a programmes that have consistently disap- make America sound like an imaginative candidate who disease that afflicts those who have suf- pointed. Marga NTA is responding with fresh eyes to situations fered trauma in childhood and beyond. A more timely approach would have the daring mobile today. And once the social fabric frays it’s hard noted this fact: That for all of American This year it seems especially impor- for economic recovery to begin. I ran into history, people have moved in search of tant to show voters that you see them and employers in Pittsburgh who had indus- opportunity, but these days we’re just not place it used know them, and can name the exact frus- trial jobs to fill but they couldn’t find peo- moving. The number of Americans who trations in their lives. Clinton’s speech ple who could pass the pre-employment move in search of jobs has been declining to be. She could was filled with the flattery that candidates drug test. steadily since 1985. always offer their audiences — “Appala- Clinton did gesture toward some of Place-based federal anti-poverty pro- have grabbed the chia is home to some of the most resilient, these truths, saying, “They’re dying from grammes discourage mobility; if you hardworking people anywhere.” But the suicide, but I thought Bill really put his move in search of opportunity you risk political rhetoric was conventional and finger on it. He said, ‘You know what losing your benefits. The government nation’s attention. she didn’t really capture the texture of life. they’re really dying of? They’re dying of a could offer mobility grants to help people “Day or night, India or abroad, She didn’t really capture the way eco- broken heart.’” But her policy ideas don’t get their families from one place to anoth- nomic loss has triggered a series of com- exactly respond to current realities. er. It could set up migration zones – help- Centre has always worked plex spirals, and that social decay is now She vowed to “take a hard look at re- ing people find housing and connection in tirelessly for well-being of the centre stage. A few decades ago there training programmes.” She’d expand tax places where jobs are available. were 175,000 coal jobs in the US. Now credits to encourage investment. She’d get Clinton’s speech was not bad by any people of Kerala & will always there are 57,000. That economic disloca- tough on trading partners who are trying means. But she could have offered some- continue doing so.” tion has hit local economies in the form to dump cheap steel. These are the nor- thing inspiring and audacious – to tackle of shuttered storefronts and abandoned mal, sensible ideas candidates propose, mental health problems, to reweave com- Narendra Modi bank buildings. but they are familiar and haven’t exactly munity, to make America the daring mo- Everywhere there are local activists done much good. bile place it used to be. She could have Prime Minister of India trying to rebuild, but it’s hard to hold off A daring approach might have been grabbed the nation’s attention. the dislocation, distrust and pessimism. to use the speech to propose a compre- This is a country seriously off course. Birthrates drop. Family structures erode. hensive drug addiction and mental health A little creativity is in order.

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The problem does not (Fahd Alahmadi is a Some experts think aspirin is too risky draw strong conclusions” Dr Jacobs said. lie in frequent changes, but in hypocrisy. Saudi Arabian writer.) 12 Sunday, May 8, 2016 India Justice Sacher calls for repealing JNU hunger strike enters 10th day; Court issues summons to Kejriwal for sedition laws Kanhaiya withdraws ‘thulla’ remark against police KOLKATA Justice Rajinder Sacher on Saturday urged people NEW Delhi The indefinite hunger strike by JNU students entered NEW DELHI A court here on Saturday issued summons to Delhi NEWS to unite and launch a movement for repealing the ‘sedition the 10th day on Saturday even as students’ union president Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly using the word “thulla” IN BRIEF laws - 124A’ of Indian Penal Code. Section 124A, he said, of- Kanhaiya Kumar withdrew his fast due to medical reasons. So to describe policemen. The case deals with a defamation com- fended the fundamental right of freedom of speech and used far, six students have withdrawn their fast against the punishment plaint filed against Kejriwal by constable Ajay Kumar Taneja of as “weapon of oppression across the country from Bastar to by the university in connection with the February 9 event during Lajpat Nagar police station, claiming he was “hurt” by the chief university campuses”. (PTI) which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised. (PTI) minister’s remark and felt “insulted and defamed”. (IANS) Cong, BJP issue whips to MLAs ahead of U’khand floor test claimed. The former minister them through Collector of the HC RESERVES ORDER ON REBEL CONG MLAs The Supreme Court had on The Supreme Court has ordered a floor also said a meeting of the party concerned district, Kaushik Friday ordered a floor test on MLAs will be called prior to the said. On rebel BJP MLA Bhim May 10 in the state Assembly test on May 10 in the state Assembly floor test. However, the timing Lal Arya, he said the Ghansali DEHRADUN The Uttarakhand High Court on Saturday reserved when Rawat will seek a vote of of the meeting will be decided legislator will also be issued a pronouncement of its verdict on the nine rebel Congress legisla- confidence in which the nine PTI gress Chief Whip and former after consulting deposed Chief whip and he will have to adhere tors for Monday. The high court on Saturday completed hearing in rebel Congress MLAs cannot DEHRADUN Parliamentary Affairs Minis- Minister Harish Rawat. to the party line. a case filed by the rebel legislators over their disqualification from participate if they continue to ter Indira Hridayesh said on Meanwhile, BJP chief whip He said, “Arya will be is- the state assembly. The MLAs were represented by senior lawyers remain disqualified at the time AHEAD of the crucial floor Saturday. The MLAs are being in the state Assembly Madan sued the whip through the As- of the Supreme Court (SC) C A Sunder and Vivek Dwivedi. of voting. test on May 10, Congress and informed through e-mail, SMS, Kaushik said preparations to sembly Speaker if he refuses to The rebel leaders apprised the court that they had not acted “After the disqualification Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and letters. They have been in- issue whip to party MLAs have receive it”. Kaushik had earlier against their party and had resentment against the style of func- of the nine MLAs, the effective are issuing whips to their structed to be present in Utta- been made, adding a copy of petitioned the Speaker seek- tioning of the then chief minister Harish Rawat. This, they said, strength of the House is 62 out MLAs as they try to keep their rakhand Assembly on May 10 the whip will be served to each ing Arya’s disqualification for did not mean that their membership be cancelled by the state which 61 MLAs will participate, flock together. and vote in favour of the con- legislator at a meeting of party defying party whip. However, assembly Speaker. The counsel for the Speaker, former union barring the Assembly Speaker. THE process to issue whips to fidence motion, Indira added. MLAs here on Sunday. Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal minister and senior lawyer Kapil Sibal, vehemently opposed the The figure to prove a majority all the party MLAs for the floor “The numbers are favouring In case MLAs fail to attend had, on May 2, rejected BJP’s plea of the nine rebel legislators. (IANS) in the House now stands at 31,” test has been initiated, Con- Congress and we will win,” she meeting, whip will be served to petition. Kunjwal said. Former IAF chief’s AGUSTAWESTLAND CHOPPER SCAM brothers, lawyer Modi scared of arresting questioned over chopper scam Sonia Gandhi: Kejriwal IANS trix Info Solution Pvt Ltd, on NEW DELHI Monday to quiz them in the Agusta case. BJP and Congress have an ‘alliance in corruption’, alleges Delhi Chief Minister THE CBI questioned three Firms Finmeccanica, cousin brothers of former IAF AgustaWestland, IDS Info- chief S P Tyagi for the second tech Ltd (India) and Aero- consecutive day on Saturday matrix India are the accused along with a city-based lawyer companies booked by the CBI Gautam Khaitan in connec- in the First Information Re- tion with the alleged payoffs port (FIR) lodged in March in the Rs 3,600-crore Agus- 2013 in connection with the taWestland helicopter deal. AgustaWestland case. The three Tyagi brothers S P Tyagi and 13 others, - Sanjeev, Rajiv and Sandeep including his cousins and Eu- - were questioned for over ropean middlemen, have also eight hours at the Central Bu- been named in the FIR. reau of Investigation (CBI) The former IAF chief has headquarters in Delhi. been accused in Italy and India of helping AgustaWe- stland win the chopper con- S P Tyagi and 13 others, tract by reducing the flying including his cousins and ceiling of the helicopter from European middlemen, have 6,000 metres to 4,500 metres also been named in the (15,000 feet). He, however, has denied FIR lodged in March the allegations against him 2013. and said the decision was re- portedly taken in consultation Khaitan was questioned with officials of the Special for the fourth consecutive day Protection Group (SPG) and on Saturday. the Prime Minister’s Office. The CBI sources said the Twelve helicopters were to agency has asked S P Tyagi, be bought by India. who was questioned from Khaitan, who is alleged to Monday-Wednesday, to come have formed shell companies to the agency’s headquarters to route the bribe money to again on Monday for further India, told CBI that he had questioning. taken payments from Augusta He was also questioned by middlemen Guido Ralph Has- the Enforcement Directorate chke and Carlo Gerosa. (ED) on Thursday. He has also been a former Apart from S P Tyagi, the board member of Aeromatrix. CBI has also called Pratap Ku- He was also instrumental in mar Aggarwal, the chairman setting up IDS Infotech (Tu- of IDS Infotech Ltd (India), nisia) -- a subsidiary company Aam Aadmi Party leaders during a protest against AgustaWestland scam at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Saturday. (PTI) and Praveen Bakshi, chief of IDS Infotech (India), one of PTI executive officer of Aeroma- the accused companies. “The Italian Court order Kejriwal also said that leged that there hasn’t been end,” Kejriwal said. NEW DELHI also has names of Sonia Gan- an “inch” of movement on Noting that during the poll dhi, Ahmed Patel, certain of- the two parties had a the probe, despite the Modi campaigns, Modi said that he LAUNCHING a scathing at- ficers and Congressmen, but “setting” that the BJP government coming to pow- will take action against Con- tack on the Modi government Modi is not able to gather government will not er on the assurances that gress President’s son-in-law and Congress over the Agus- enough courage to arrest Sonia arrest Gandhi in chop- the Robert Vadra for alleged irreg- taWestland chopper scam, Gandhi, to ask her even two per scam and the corrupt will be taken to task. ularities in the land deal, but Delhi Chief Minister Arvind questions, to interrogate her...” Congress will not raise “What investigation did despite being in power for two Kejriwal on Saturday said the he said. they do in AgustaWestland years, and having state govern- Prime Minister does not have “Modi ji you have been the matter of Modi’s case in two years? The Ital- ments in Haryana and Rajas- “enough courage” to arrest So- made PM to take action not to educational qualifica- ian government completed than, he (Vadra) hasn’t been nia Gandhi and that the two leave the task for Italy court... tion. investigation, filed the cases interrogated even once. parties have an “alliance in Our chest would also be of 56 in court, judgment came and “Modi had said that the corruption”. inch if you would have sent her Kejriwal alleged that those who were involved in corrupt will be sent to jail. It Questioning the Congress to jail...when my PM says that there hasn’t been an paying bribe were sent to jail.” has been two years and not a on the issue of PM’s alleged Italy’s court is taking Gandhi’s “inch” of movement on “When Anna agitation single person has been sent “fake” degree, Kejriwal also name and not him....I want to the probe, despite the started, people wanted to to jail...the country has been Former Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi arriving at the CBI headquarters said that the two parties had a ask Modiji why are you scared Modi government com- change the government...they cheated and hence we had in New Delhi recently. (PTI) “setting” that the BJP govern- of her?” Kejriwal said, address- ing to power on the knew that both Congress and to again gather against their ment will not arrest Gandhi ing a rally at Jantar Mantar BJP are two sides of the same ‘alliance’ four years after we in chopper scam and the Con- here. assurances that the coin, but Modi ji gave such had gathered at the same gress will not raise the matter Questioning the progress corrupt will be taken to wonderful speeches before Lok place to protest the corrup- Congress demands of Modi’s educational qualifi- of the investigation in the task. Sabha polls that people’s hopes tion of these two parties,” President’s rule in Odisha cation. chopper deal, Kejriwal al- were build that corruption will he said.

IANS gress MLAs appealed to the BHUBANESWAR governor to recommend dis- Bovines walk the ramp at beauty pageant in Rohtak solution of the assembly to the CITING the “dictatorial atti- President of India. tude” of the ruling Biju Janata Mishra told reporters here: heels and had to be pulled and Dal (BJD) in the Odisha as- “We can no more tolerate the The show was held to promote prodded by their owners to sembly, Congress legislators dictatorship of the ruling party. walk for the judges. on Saturday appealed to Gov- We in the opposition tried our domestic cattle breeds and raise The winners, representing ernor S C Jamir to recommend best to help the speaker run the awareness about animal health three different breeds, carried invoking of President’s rule in House. But the ruling mem- home prizes and a winner’s the state. bers are in no mood to cooper- AP and overall looks, the length of sash. The farmers led their “If a ruling party with brute ate with us. So we placed our ROHTAK their horns and, for the cows, prize cows with pride at the majority is determined not to demand before the governor their milk-yielding capacities. sprawling grounds of the In- allow the opposition to have that President’s rule should be EVEN beasts can be beautiful. The judges selected 18 ternational Institute of Veteri- their say, where stands democ- invoked in the state.” Hundreds of cows and winners in various categories, nary Education and Research. racy?” said the memorandum He said the Leader of Op- bulls walked the ramp in a choosing the healthiest and “I have brought my best submitted to the governor by position is not allowed to north Indian town on Satur- best-looking cows and bulls cow for the show and she has A pair of bulls wait for their turn to walk the ramp during a bovine Congress legislators led by the have his say on the floor of the day in a bovine beauty pageant from more than 630 animals won a prize,” Randhir Singh, beauty pageant in Rohtak, Haryana, on Saturday. (AP) Leader of Opposition Naras- House. The state government aimed at promoting domes- in the contest, held in the a farmer from nearby Dwarka ingha Mishra. “This amounts through its spokespersons and tic cattle breeds and raising farming town of Rohtak in village, said as he pointed to Prem Singh, the Haryana of- to popularise local breeds of to breakdown of the constitu- ministers have been openly awareness about animal Haryana state. a red ribbon tied around the ficial in charge of animal hus- cows. tional machinery and there- making statements that they health. On the ramp, the bovines head of his well-groomed cow, bandry, said only indigenous Farmers from all 21 dis- fore, sir, your intervention would not let the opposition As farmers led their ani- displayed their individuality. which won first place in its cat- breeds were allowed to take tricts of Haryana participated is absolutely necessary,” the members speak in the House, mals, the panel of experts Some sashayed with casual egory. “I wanted my cow to win part in the contest because the in the cattle show and pageant, memorandum said. The Con- he added. judged the beasts for their size grace, while others dug in their and she has done me proud.” state government was trying the official said. India Sunday, May 8, 2016 13

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Leading astronomers to see ‘Transit meeting with CMs of 3 states of Mercury’ from Srinagar SRINAGAR Leading astronomers from across India and abroad will gather here on May 9 to view rare celestial event, the Centre, states, local bodies, NGOs and citizens must work together to tackle the problem: PM “Transit of Mercury”, which will be best viewed from Jammu and Kashmir. “On May 9, 2016 a rare celestial event is taking place in the universe when planet Mercury will sail across the Sun (Transit of Mercury). “As the event will be best viewed from Kashmir, leading as- tronomers from across the country and from various parts of the world will be gathering at Kashmir University campus to watch the event which will be telecast live on the Rajya Sabha TV from the convocation complex of the University between 4.30 pm to 7.30 pm,” an official statement said. The event will coincide with the 34th Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI-2016) which will be inaugurated by Governor N N Vohra at the varsity campus on May 10, it added. (IANS)

In a first, Kerala Governor, wife to cast vote in assembly polls THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Kerala Governor P Sathasivam and his wife are all set to cast their votes in Kerala state assembly polls on May 16 -- a first for the southern state. Speaking to IANS, Thiruvananthapuram District Collector Biju Prabhakar said what they have learnt from Raj Bhavan records that this is the first time that a Kerala Governor and his wife are going to cast their votes in an election here. Sathasivam is a former chief justice of the Supreme Court. “Today morning, I went and handed the photo identity voting slip to him - P Sathasivam and his wife. When I handed over the slip, I told him through this he has become a full Keralite,” said Prabhakar. “See the policy in enrolling in the electoral list is the applicant has to register online and that was what the Governor did. Once he did that, the booth level officer and the tehsildar did the verification and today I handed over the slips,” said Prabhakar. (IANS)

4 terror suspects Will make list of released due to wilful defaulters lack of evidence public: RBI governor Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) chairing a high-level meeting on the drought situation with the Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah, in New Delhi on Saturday. (PTI) NEW DELHI Four of the 10 NEW DELHI Reserve Bank IANS apprised the prime minis- ures adopted by Chhatrapati terror suspects who were is working on a new system NEW DELHI ter of the work done by the Shivaji. detained by Delhi Police for making public the list of state government for farmers UP SEEKS RS 11,000 CRORE RELIEF Chief Minister Fadnavis for their alleged ideological wilful defaulters, while a new PRIME Minister Naren- and drought-affected areas. said that his government was leaning towards banned out- mechanism is being put in dra Modi on Saturday met Nearly 50 districts are fac- working on a plan to ensure fit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) place for out-of-court settle- the chief ministers of Uttar ing drought in Uttar Pradesh NEW DELHI With Uttar Pradesh hit by a severe drought, its that the entire sugarcane belt were on Saturday released ment of bad loan-related Pradesh and Maharashtra, which is reeling under acute Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday sought nearly Rs in Maharashtra comes under due to lack of adequate disputes, Governor both states facing drought water scarcity. 11,000 crore from the Centre as Prime Minister Narendra Modi drip irrigation in three years. evidence, three days after Raghuram Rajan said in some parts, as well as the In yet another tweet, reviewed the situation in the state and directed immediate Modi also discussed all being questioned by its on Saturday. chief minister of Karnataka Modi said: “Akhilesh Yadav assistance. water related problems in Special Cell. “As a regulator we have and said that the Centre, and I discussed the need to Days after rejecting the Centre’s offer for a water train for Karnataka with Chief Minis- Delhi Police have also no intent or desire to pro- states, local bodies, NGOs effectively utilise the period Bundelkhand, Yadav sought financial assistance to buy 10,000 ter S Siddaramaiah. approached the Indian tect malfeasance... We are and citizens must work to- before monsoon for water tankers to carry water to villages of parched region and other Drought-like conditions Computer Emergency Re- very happy to make that list gether to deal with problems recharge and conservation drought-hit districts of Uttar Pradesh. prevail in several states sponse Team (CERT-In), public. In fact my people are posed by drought in parts of efforts. Usage of latest tech- “The Centre and the state have to work together...farmers across the country with Ma- the Government of India’s working on making sure that the country. nology and community par- have faced the onslaught of both hail storm and drought...we harashtra and Odisha being nodal agency that deals with we can put that list up in an Modi asked the state lead- ticipation, particularly of our want to increase the number of tankers to carry water to villag- the worst affected. cyber security threats, to accessible way and also (of) ers to generate awareness Nari Shakti can play a key ers,” Yadav told reporters after the hour-long meeting with the People in the parched ar- help them in the investiga- defaulters against whom suit among people in their respec- role in effective drought man- Prime Minister here. eas continued to suffer from tion. has been filed because that tive states to use water re- agement.” Under various heads, Yadav demanded nearly 11,000 crore the scarcity of water even as Of the four suspects is already public informa- sources judiciously. The prime minister told from the Centre for drought relief. Asked why the state govern- crops over hundreds of hec- who were detained on tion,” he said while “Had a productive meet- Maharashtra Chief Minister ment had rejected offer to send water train to Bundelkhand, he tares of agricultural land have Saturday, three are resi- delivering a lecture here. ing with UP CM Akhilesh Devendra Fadnavis that the said there is water in Bundelkhand but his government needs been severely affected. dents of east Delhi’s However, the central Yadav on the drought situa- government must focus on means to carry it to villages. “Can a train carry water to vil- Besides Maharashtra and Chand Bagh locality and the bank was in favour of pro- tion in various parts of UP. medium and long-term so- lages,” he questioned. (PTI) Odisha, some parts of states other is from Ghaziabad’s tecting privacy in cases The various drought mitiga- lutions to tackle drought in like Andhra Pradesh, Telan- Loni area. where there is no wrongdo- tion measures undertaken various parts of the state. gana, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, They were let off from ing, he said, adding a blan- in the state were discussed He also stressed on the gation in sugarcane increases and modern water conserva- Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh the force’s anti-terrorism ket edict that everybody’s extensively in the meeting,” importance of using water the quality of sugar. tion and storage mechanisms. and Madhya Pradesh are unit Special Cell’s Lodhi name should be made public Modi tweeted after meeting efficiently through drip irri- The prime minister said He said that a lot can be experiencing severe water Colony office around on the website might not be Uttar Pradesh Chief Minis- gation and sprinklers in agri- there was a need to adopt a learnt from the water man- scarcity and drought-like 4 PM. (PTI) desirable. (PTI) ter Akhilesh Yadav. Yadav culture, stating that drip irri- judicious mix of traditional agement practices and meas- conditions.

Won’t commit historical Clashes in Kashmir after 3 militants killed blunder of becoming nial rule in 1947. Both claim Villagers came out onto the streets, the Himalayan territory in its Kerala CM again: Antony throwing stones at police who fired entirety. Hizbul Mujahideen is one of several rebel groups that PTI turns to power in the coming tear gas to disperse the crowd have since 1989 been fighting THRISSUR assembly elections. Indian forces deployed in the “Twelve years ago I was AFP “The operation started in disputed region, calling for in- SENIOR Congress leader A K chief minister. Each person has SRINAGAR the night in which three ter- dependence or a merger of the Antony, whose all three terms a time. It is best to stop sing- rorists were killed,” Colonel N region with Pakistan. as Kerala Chief Minister in the ing when your voice is good,” HUNDREDS of villagers N Joshi, an army spokesman, The fighting has left tens of past were cut short, on Satur- he said referring to a Malay- clashed with police in restive told AFP. thousands dead, mostly civil- day said he would not com- alam proverb. A three-time Indian-administered Kashmir As word of the killings ians. Since the beginning of the mit the “historical blunder” of chief minister, Antony’s terms on Saturday after three armed spread, hundreds of villag- year, residents have frequently becoming the CM of the state were cut short on all occasions. militants were killed in an early ers came out onto the streets, taken to the streets to support again. “I will not commit the He become the youngest chief morning gun battle with gov- throwing stones at police who rebels following gunbattles historical blunder again...That minister at the age of 37 from ernment forces, the army and fired tear gas to disperse the with government forces. era is over. Even in my dreams, April 1977 to October 1978. In witnesses said. crowd, an officer said on condi- Two civilians have died I am not harbouring plans to his second term, he held the of- Soldiers and special op- tion of anonymity. in the resultant clashes and return to Kerala politics,” he fice from 1995 to 1996. erations officers cordoned off Police later identified the scores have been injured since An injured man is carried on a stretcher for treatment at a local told reporters here. Antony who had taken Panzgam village, about 35 kilo- deceased as members of Hizbul February. Civil and military au- hospital in Srinagar on Friday. (PTI) The former Defence Minis- over reins of the state when the metres (22 miles) south of the Mujahideen, a local rebel group thorities have issued repeated ter was replying to a question Congress-led UDF was voted main city of Srinagar, before opposed to Indian rule of Kash- warnings asking people within ignored. On Friday an Indian Pakistan. India regularly ac- whether he was keen to return to power in 2001, had to quit dawn after receiving a tip off mir. Kashmir has been divided a two kilometre-radius of a soldier was killed trying to stop cuses Pakistan of arming rebels to state politics and take over three years later after the front that militants were hiding in- between India and Pakistan gunbattle to stay indoors, but suspected rebels from cross- and sending them across the as chief minister if the United suffered a total rout in the then side a house. since the end of British colo- the warnings have mostly been ing the de facto border with border. Democratic Front (UDF) re- Lok Sabha elections. Leaders pay tribute to Tagore via Twitter Rahul promises corruption-free

IANS words resonate even stronger Cong-DMK govt in Tamil Nadu NEW DELHI today,” Yechury tweeted with a photo of Tagore’s poem IANS and other industries. The Con- house,” Gandhi said. SOCIAL networking site Twit- Where the mind is without MADURAI gress vice chief said the state Noting leaders like K Ka- ter on Saturday saw several fear. does not need a chief minister maraj, M G Ramachandran political leaders, including Finance Minister Arun CONGRESS Vice-President who stays behind the four walls and K Karunanidhi listened Prime Minister Narendra Jaitley tweeted: “On 155th Rahul Gandhi on Saturday of her house and does not come to people, mingled with them Modi, Congress Vice-Presi- birth anniversary of Rabind- came down heavily on Tamil out to see the flood-affected and understood them and were dent Rahul Gandhi and CPI- ranath Tagore, the celebrated Nadu Chief Minister J Jayala- humble, he said that on the M leader Sitaram Yechuri pay author of Gitanjali, let us lithaa for corruption while as- Attacking the AIADMK other hand, Jayalalithaa is con- tribute to Nobel laureate Rab- remember & pay him our suring the people of providing government, he said by vinced that she need not meet indranath Tagore on his 155th respectful tribute.” a clean government if his par- giving freebies like fans, anybody and is of the view that birth anniversary. Communications and In- ty-DMK alliance won the May there in nothing that anybody “I bow to Gurudev Tagore Students of Rabindra Bharati University garland the bust of formation Technology Minis- 16 poll. Addressing an elec- mixies worth Rs 5,000, could tell her in the state. Gan- on his birth anniversary. He Rabindranath Tagore on the eve of his 155th birth anniversary, at his ter, Ravi Shankar Prasad with tion rally in this temple town, the government has taken dhi said the state does not need was a versatile personality ancestral house in Jorasanko Thakurbari, Kolkata, on Saturday. (PTI) a picture of Tagore tweeted: around 480 km from Chennai, away Rs 60,000 from each a government that crushes dis- whose profound thoughts and “My tribute to the author of he said: “Corruption has gone family through liquor sent. Coming down heavily on writings continue to inspire,” ways be remembered,” Rahul rudev Rabindranath Tagore the Indian National Anthem up to new heights in Tamil sales. the AIADMK government, he Modi tweeted. Gandhi posted. “Remember- on his birth anniversary,” the Shri Rabindranath Tagore Nadu. New industries are not said by giving freebies like fans, “A man of letters, a think- ing today Gurudev Rabind- Congress party posted. Ji on his birth anniversary.” coming to the state fearing cor- mixies worth Rs 5,000, the er and a philosopher his im- ranath Tagore on his birth an- “Rabindranath Tagore, His junior minister Rajyavar- ruption.” He also said Tamil parts of the city. “I could come government has taken away mense contribution to our niversary,” he further tweeted. one of India’s finest minds, dhan Rathore also posted his Nadu has become backward in from Delhi but the chief min- Rs 60,000 from each family cultural & political life will al- “We pay tribute to Gu- was born this day in 1861. His tribute on twitter. areas like steel, petrochemical ister could not walk out of her through liquor sales. 14 Sunday, May 8, 2016 World / Africa

US considers Kenya plan to shut refugee camps selling Nigeria attack planes to fight Boko Haram threatens to displace over 600,000 AFP WASHINGTON Kenya has been hosting refugees for nearly 25 years and it has taken its toll on the country: Interior Ministry THE UNITED STATES is considering selling Nigeria AP ground attack planes to help NAIROBI fight Boko Haram rebels, of- ficials said on Friday, despite THE KENYAN government concerns over the local mili- said Friday it will close two tary’s human rights record. refugee camps, including one Nigeria’s Western al- of the world’s biggest, due to a lies have vowed to assist the lack of security and economic West African giant in its fight challenges as human Rights against the brutal Islamist group condemned the plan. group, but have been cautious The closure of the camps of providing arms to troops will have adverse effects and regularly accused of extrajudi- the international commu- cial killings. nity should collectively take Washington is now, how- responsibility for the hu- ever, contemplating selling manitarian needs that arise, Nigeria a dozen A-29 Super Karanja Kibicho, permanent Tucano ground attack planes secretary at the Interior Min- of the type US contractors have istry, said. supplied to Afghanistan to help The government has dis- it strike Taliban guerrillas. banded the Department of US officials would not pub- Refugee Affairs, which works licly confirm the plan, as it has with humanitarian organiza- not been formally approved or tions looking after the welfare explained to Congress, but said of refugees, Kibicho said. Washington is looking for ways The voluntary repatriation to help President Muhammadu process in an agreement signed Buhari’s government. by the United Nations High Washington has long- Commission for Refugees, Ken- standing concerns about Ni- yan government and the Somali geria’s rights record and the government in 2013 has been government is prevented by very slow, Kibicho said. law, under a 1997 amendment He said Kenya has been authored by Senator Patrick hosting the refugees for nearly Leahy, from arming units that 25 years and it had taken its act with impunity. toll on the country. “We are committed to The camps targeted for implementing the letter and closure are Daadab and Kaku- spirit of the Leahy Law, and ma. Daadab in eastern Kenya will not provide assistance is that largest, with more than (FILE PHOTOS) Women stand in line to get water in a refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, recently. (AP) to any unit for which there 328,000 refugees, mainly is credible information of Somalis escaping conflict in Amnesty International said which 63 people were killed in Kenya,” Human Rights whose stay in Kenya is now humanitarian assistance. a gross violation of human their war-torn country that is the move is reckless and lived in Kakuma camp. Watch said in a statement. over generations,” said Mu- Doctors Without Borders rights,” a senior administra- struggling to defeat an insur- It’s not the first time Amnesty International thoni Wanyeki, Amnesty’s “is urging the government to tion official told AFP. gency by the al-Qaida-linked could lead to the involun- Kenya has threatened to send said the move is reckless and regional head. “Forced return reconsider this call, and — “We provide training and al-Shabab insurgents. The tary return of refugees to home the refugees and inter- could lead to the involuntary to situations of persecution or alongside the international or- other assistance to numer- Kakuma camp hosts 190,000 countries where their lives national rights groups con- return of refugees to countries conflict is not an option.” ganizations already present in ous Nigerian security force refuges, the majority of them could still be in danger demned the move. where their lives could still be Doctors Without Borders the camp — to continue to pro- units not implicated in human South Sudanese escaping civil “Officials have not provid- in danger. said the closure of the camps vide humanitarian assistance rights violations and we be- war in their country. ed credible evidence linking “While it is true that re- would risk some 330,000 So- and ensure acceptable living lieve that assistance has and Kibicho said the camps militants as part of the African Somali refugees to any terror- settlement to third countries mali lives and have extreme conditions for the hundreds of will have a significant impact have bread terrorists from al- Union forces bolstering Soma- ist attacks in Kenya. Human has been slow, Kenya should humanitarian consequences thousands of people who des- on Nigeria’s fight to defeat Shabab. Al-Shabab has vowed lia’s weak government. Two Rights Watch is not aware of itself consider permanent so- of forcing people to return to perately need it,” said Liesbeth Boko Haram.” attacks on Kenya for sending attackers in the September 21 convictions of Somali refugees lutions towards the full inte- a war-torn country with mini- Aelbrecht, DWB head of mis- Buhari, a former military troops to Somalia to fight the Westgate Mall in Nairobi in in connection with any attack gration of refugees, some of mal access to vital medical and sion in Kenya. dictator, was elected to the Nigerian presidency last year, replacing the incumbent Good- luck Jonathan, whose govern- ment was widely derided as NEWS Japan’s Abe hails ‘breakthrough’ in island dispute at Putin talks incompetent and corrupt. IN BRIEF Since Buhari came to of- AFP rently stagnated negotiation,” treaty to formally end World ous thinking,” Kawamura said. fice, the United States has SOCHI Japanese foreign ministry War II hostilities, hindering Japan and Russia’s linger- “This is literally a new ele- sought new ways to help out NATO’s Georgia press secretary Yasuhisa Ka- trade and investment ties. ing tensions have prevent- ment,” he said, without giving in the struggle against Boko drills to destabilise JAPANESE Prime Minister wamura said. Abe, in a rare visit by a G7 ed them ever signing a more detail. Haram, but has proceeded Caucasus: Moscow Shinzo Abe on Friday hailed Tokyo-Moscow relations leader to Russia, met Putin peace treaty to formally “Japan is not just our cautiously because of the Ni- a potential breakthrough in a are hamstrung by a row dating for talks at his holiday resi- end World War II hostili- neighbour, it is a very impor- gerian military’s reputation MOSCOW RUSSIAN foreign decades-long territorial dis- back to the end of World War dence in the Black Sea resort ties, hindering trade and tant partner for us in the Asian- for brutality. ministry on Friday accused pute with Russia, after talks II when Soviet troops seized of Sochi with their talks fo- Pacific region,” Putin told Abe “As a matter of policy, we do NATO of seeking to desta- with President Vladimir Pu- the four southernmost islands cusing on the dispute. investment ties at the start of the meeting. not comment on proposed US bilise the Caucasus region tin, Japan’s foreign ministry in the Pacific Kuril chain, “The prime minister said “We have certain ques- defense sales or transfers until with upcoming joint exer- spokesman told AFP. known as the Northern Terri- that Mr Putin also shared Kawamura said. tions that demand special at- they have been formally noti- cises in Georgia, where US “The prime minister said tories in Japan. ... the same feeling” and the Putin and Abe agreed to tention, maybe for this reason fied to Congress,” said David soldiers will train together that today he could feel a Japan and Russia’s linger- leaders “agreed today that “promote negotiations by em- we must devote special atten- McKeeby, spokesman for the with Georgian forces this breakthrough, he could make ing tensions have prevented they themselves directly get ploying a new approach without tion to building relationships,” State Department’s bureau of month. “We view this a breakthrough in the cur- them ever signing a peace involved in the negotiation,” being bothered by the old previ- the Russian leader added. political-military affairs. consistent ‘development’ of Georgian territory by NATO soldiers as a provocative move, aiming to deliberately destabilise the military- N Korea’s Kim defends nuclear arsenal Opinion poll shows tight political situation in the Caucasus region,” it said in race in Australian election a statement. (AFP) AFP In his opening address on Speculation that the North PYONGYANG Friday, the 33-year-old Kim, might be readying a fifth test, REUTERS tralia’s flagging economy and 17 missing, 2 dead dressed in a western-style suit in defiance of toughened UN SYDNEY hot-button issues like its tough after collision in NORTH KOREA’S first rul- and tie, hailed the “magnifi- sanctions, was fuelled Saturday policy on asylum seekers. East China Sea ing party congress since 1980 cent ... and thrilling” nuclear by recent satellite imagery of AUSTRALIA’S conservative A Seven-ReachTEL poll- moved into a second day Sat- test carried out on January 6, the Punggye-ri nuclear test site government is running neck- had the governing Liberal- BEIJING A COLLISION be- urday, after leader Kim Jong- which Pyongyang claimed was in the northeast of the country. and-neck with the centre-left National coalition and Labor tween a fishing boat and a Un opened with a defiant de- of a powerful hydrogen bomb. Analysts at the US-Korea Labor opposition, according both on 50 percent support on cargo ship in the East China fence of his nuclear weapons The test and long-range Institute at Johns Hopkins to an opinion poll published a two-party preferred basis, Sea has left 17 missing and programme and amid fresh rocket launch that followed University said the presence on Saturday, a day before elec- under which votes for minor two dead, Chinese state signs Pyongyang is readying a a month later had “smashed of vehicles at the complex’s tions were widely expected to parties are redistributed to the media said on Saturday. The fifth nuclear test. the hostile forces’ vicious test command centre sig- be called for July 2. two main blocs. Lu Rong Yu collided with a The once-in-a-generation manoeuvres geared to sanc- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un nalled the possibility of a test Australian media has re- The coalition, which re- Maltese freighter at 3:40 gathering of the country’s top tions and strangulation, and “in the near future”. ported extensively that Prime turned to power in 2013, has AM Beijing time. Passing decision-making body is be- displayed to the world the in- ed a total of four nuclear tests, “While the historical record Minister Malcolm Turnbull surrendered its lead to Labor. ships rescued two addi- ing scrutinised for signs of any domitable spirit, daring grit two of them since Kim came is incomplete, it appears that would formally set in motion The opposition however still tional passengers who later substantive policy change or and inexhaustible strength of to power in late 2011 follow- vehicles are not often seen the election process on Sunday, needs a swing of 4.3 percent died, the report said, adding major reshuffle in the isolated heroic Korea,” Kim said. ing the death of his father and there except during prepara- starting a two-month campaign against the government to rule that search and rescue state’s ruling elite. North Korea has conduct- former leader Kim Jong-Il. tions for a test,” they said. that will likely focus on Aus- in their own right. operations are ongoing. The cargo ship, which was under a Maltese flag, left the scene, according to China Radio International. (AFP) Sea-level rise claims 5 islands in Pacific’s Solomons: Research Kenya govt critic slain; oppn blames relocations.” -- in addition to sea-level rise security forces The rise in sea levels is feared to cause The scientists said the five -- were found to have a greatly that had vanished were all veg- accelerated loss compared with NAIROBI AN OPPOSITION widespread erosion and inundation of etated reef islands up to five the more sheltered islands. leader says a businessman low-lying atolls in the Pacific hectares (12 acres) that were “This provides a bit of an who was critical of President occasionally used by fisher- insight into the future,” he Uhuru Kenyatta’s government men but not populated. said. was shot dead as he drove “They were not just little “There’s these global home. Former Prime Minister AFP experiencing some 10 houses sand islands,” leader author trends that are happening Raila Odinga suggested the SYDNEY being swept into the sea be- Simon Albert told AFP. but the local responses can be killing of Jacob Juma night tween 2011 and 2014. It is feared that the rise in very, very localised.” was an assassination and FIVE islands have disappeared “At least 11 islands across sea levels will cause widespread For now, some communi- blamed it on the security in the Pacific’s Solomon Is- the northern Solomon Islands erosion and inundation of low- ties in the Solomons are al- forces. This is a challenge to lands due to rising sea levels have either totally disappeared lying atolls in the Pacific. ready adapting to the changed those who are running the and coastal erosion, accord- over recent decades or are cur- Albert, a senior research conditions. country we tell them that you ing to an Australian study that rently experiencing severe fellow at the University of An aerial view of the Northern Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean. “In addition to these vil- can kill as many as you like scientists said Saturday could erosion,” the study published Queensland, said the Solo- lage relocations, Taro, the but ultimately the people will provide valuable insights for in Environmental Research mons was considered a sea- satellite imagery from 1947 to posed to high wave energy, capital of Choiseul Province is resist, Odinga said. Juma future research. Letters said. level hotspot because rises 2014, combined with historical indicating a “synergistic inter- set to become the first provin- had linked high ranking A further six reef islands “Shoreline recession at two there are almost three times insight from local knowledge. action” between sea-level rise cial capital globally to relocate government officials to cor- have been severely eroded in sites has destroyed villages higher than the global average. They found that rates of and waves. residents and services due to ruption scandals. (AP) the remote area of the Solo- that have existed since at least The researchers looked shoreline recession were sub- Those islands which were the threat of sea-level rise,” mons, the study said, with one 1935, leading to community at 33 islands using aerial and stantially higher in areas ex- exposed to higher wave energy the study said. UK / Europe Sunday, May 8, 2016 15 Papal envoy preaches peace at NATO’s Baltic base French citizens’ movement calls for worldwide demos on May 15

SIAULIAI (Lithuania) The most senior cardinal in the Vatican met NATO troops in Lithuania on PARIS The French citizens’ movement “Nuit debout” (Up all night) that has been holding a nightly Saturday, delivering a message of peace in the Baltic region amid tensions with Russia. sit-in in central Paris for more than a month called on Saturday for demonstrations on May 15 NEWS Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin met Portuguese troops at the northern Siauliai air around Europe and the world. “We are in a phase of internationalisation,” said 22-year-old Jean, IN BRIEF base which hosts NATO’s Baltic air police mission patrolling the alliance’s frontier with Russia. who has taken part in the protests since late March, at the “Nuit debout” movement’s site on NATO jets at the base have been scrambled with increasing frequency to intercept Russian Place de la Republique. The idea is to hold autonomous demonstrations on the same day -- next aircraft since tensions with the West soared after Moscow’s 2014 annexation of the Crimean Sunday -- in many cities, especially in Europe along shared themes such as migrants, austerity and peninsula from Ukraine. (AFP) free trade. (AFP) Conservatives unapologetic as London’s first Muslim mayor sworn in

Election of Labour Party’s Khan puts a said the result highlighted the helm of the global financial the BBC. “I think it is right London’s tolerance, a “remark- centre, even though the issue that candidates for some of the supporter of Britain remaining in the EU able triumph over the racial barely came up in the cam- most important offices in Brit- at the helm of the global financial centre and religious tensions that paign. Goldsmith and outgoing ain do get scrutinised about have bedevilled other Euro- mayor Boris Johnson favour their past associations.” pean capitals”. a vote to leave when Britain Conservatives including REUTERS him to extremism. “My name is Sadiq Khan holds a referendum on the is- Prime Minister David Cam- LONDON The son of a Pakistani and I’m the Mayor of London,” sue next month. eron and Fallon himself had immigrant bus driver and a the 45-year-old said to wild Politicians from all sides questioned whether London SADIQ Khan of Britain’s oppo- seamstress, Khan defeated applause at his ceremony at lined up to condemn the Con- would be safe under the con- sition Labour Party was sworn Conservative candidate Zac Southwark Cathedral attended servative Party tactics in the trol of Khan, a former hu- in as Mayor of London on Sat- Goldsmith, the son of a bil- by the city’s police chief, politi- race, but in the aftermath, man rights lawyer who grew urday, becoming the first Mus- lionaire financier, by a record cians and leaders of different Defence Secretary Michael up in public housing in the lim to head a major European margin to secure the biggest faiths. Fallon refused to apologise. capital’s inner city. Many capital after an election cam- individual mandate in British His election also puts a “In the rough and tumble New London Mayor Sadiq Khan reacts as he leaves commentators said the focus paign marked by the ruling political history. supporter of Britain remain- of elections, you get stuff said, Southwark Cathedral in cental London after attending his on religion had backfired in Conservatives’ efforts to link The Financial Times ing in the European Union at questions asked,” Fallon told swearing-in ceremony on Saturday. (AFP) a city noted for its diversity.

Thousands march in Berlin against Pro-migrant protesters, cops right-wing extremists clash on Austria-Italy border DPA BERLIN FAR-RIGHT PROTEST AGAINST MERKEL Imposing controls on the Austrian border with Italy would be a ‘political catastrophe’ for Europe: Juncker THOUSANDS of protesters gathered in the centre of Berlin on Saturday to counter a dem- BERLIN Almost 2,000 far- onstration by right-wing ex- right protesters marched tremists in the German capital. through Berlin on Saturday The right-wing gather- to demand that Chancellor ing was far outnumbered by Angela Merkel step down for the two counter demonstra- allowing more than a million tions against xenophobia and r migrants from the Middle acism. East into Germany since Police estimated that last year. around 7,000 people had Under the motto ‘Merkel turned out for the counter must go’, demonstrators rallies. gathered outside Berlin’s The right-wing gathering central train station waving was attended by only 1,000 German flags and holding up people, after organisers had posters reading ‘Islamists registered 5,000. not welcome” and “Wir sind Some 1,700 police were out das Volk’ (‘We are the Peo- on the streets. “So far every- ple’), a slogan coined by the thing has been peaceful,” police protesters who ended com- spokesman Wilfried Wenzel munist rule in East Germany, said. adopted last year by the By the late afternoon there anti-Islam Pegida movement. had not been any arrests. How- (REUTERS) ever, there had been several minor clashes between differ- ing ‘Refugees welcome’ and ent groups of protesters. ‘Against racism and rightist A counter-demonstration violence.’ For Solidarity in Berlin by an A Walk for Openness anti-Nazi group was attended and Tolerance of the Protes- by around 4,500 people hold- tant Church was attended by ing banners and placards say- another 2,400 people.

Destroyed Bosnia mosque reopens after 23 years

AFP Turkish media. SARAJEVO The 16th century former UNESCO World Heritage Site THE Ferhadija mosque in the was one of the foremost places Demonstrators clash with police at the Brenner train station, a few hundreds of metres from the border crossing between Italy and Austria, on Saturday. (AP) Bosnian Serb capital Banja of worship for Muslims in Bos- Luka reopened to worshippers nia before the 1992-1995 war AFP torched while several protest- ny’s Funke Mediengruppe. the principal entry point for kans and from Italy, and saw on Saturday, more than two that pitted Muslims and Croats BRENNER ers were arrested, according “This is why everything migrants arriving in Europe, hundreds of thousands of decades after it was dynamited against Serbs, and later Mus- to Italy’s AGI news agency. that blocks the Brenner Pass following a controversial EU- migrants cross its territory in by Serb forces in 1993 at the lims against Croats. SEVERAL hundred young Vienna is threatening to will have not just serious Turkey deal and the closure 2015. height of the Balkans war. After the war, the country protesters clashed with resume checks on the Bren- economic consequences, but of the Balkan route up from Authorities have received “The hate has receded, con- was split into the Serb Repub- Italian anti-riot police on ner Pass between the two Greece. around 90,000 asylum ap- fidence has grown and the rec- lika Srpska and the Muslim- Saturday near the Austri- countries as part of a pack- In previous years, many plications from people fleeing onciliation will strengthen our Croat Federation. an-Italian border during a age of anti-migrant measures Vienna is threatening to migrants landing in Italy have war, persecution and poverty spirits,” said Bosnia’s Muslim All 14 mosques in Banja demonstration against Vi- if Italy does not do more to resume checks on the headed on to other countries who have opted to settle in religious leader, Grand Mufti Luka were destroyed during enna’s proposed anti-migrant reduce the number of new ar- Brenner Pass between the including Austria but Rome the country. Husein Kavazovic, in front of the war, with Muslims and measures. rivals heading to Austria. two countries as part of a now fears it could be stuck Juncker also raised the a crowd of several thousand Croats forced out of the north- The protesters, who brief- But imposing controls hosting thousands of new alarm over Austria’s response people. “Muslims, Orthodox, ern town. During the war, 614 ly occupied the small train on the Austrian border with package of anti-migrant arrivals. to the migrant crisis which he Catholics, Jews and all the oth- of Bosnia’s 1,144 mosques were station at the Brenner Pass, Italy would be a “political ca- measures if Italy does not On average 2,500 lorries said had tempted other coun- er citizens can and must build destroyed and 307 damaged, were confronted by police as tastrophe” for Europe, Euro- do more to reduce the and 15,000 cars travel daily tries to close their borders a shared, peaceful home on Eu- according to Muslim figures. they tried to cross the border pean Commission President number of new arrivals through the Brenner Pass while making far-right poli- ropean soil,” he said. Dozens of Orthodox and from Italy into Austria. Jean-Claude Juncker said on heading to Austria. -- a crucial lifeline for Italy’s tics “presentable” elsewhere The heavily guarded open- Roman Catholic churches were Some threw stones and Saturday. exports to northern Eu- in Europe. ing ceremony was attended by also destroyed. Muslims make smoke bombs at police who The Alpine route is a ma- rope that is already prone to “What we see in Aus- Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet up some 40 percent of Bosnia’s responded with tear gas, an jor European transport cor- most importantly heavy po- delays even without border tria we have unfortunately Davutoglu whose country part- 3.8 million inhabitants, while AFP photographer at the ridor and a key link between litical consequences,” he said. checks. seen in other European coun- funded the cost of the painstak- Catholic Croats and Christian scene reported. the north and south of the With over 28,500 mi- Austria sits at the cross- tries, where (political) par- ing reconstruction of the Otto- Orthodox Serbs account for 10 Two police officers were continent, said Juncker dur- grants arriving since January roads of the two major mi- ties play with people’s fears,” man structure, according to and 30 percent respectively. wounded and a police car was ing an interview with Germa- 1, Italy has once again become grant routes, from the Bal- he said. 240,000 Poles join pro-EU, pro-democracy march Three Spanish journalists abducted in Syria freed want to fight for Poland’s Protesters accuse the right-wing freedom, for democracy,” AFP media around the time of their govt of undermining democracy former president Bronislaw MADRID disappearance, were last seen Komorowski, a liberal, told in July 2015 in the northwest- marchers as the demonstra- THREE Spanish journalists ern city of Aleppo where they AFP the 1989 collapse of commu- tion got under way. kidnapped in Syria some 10 had been reporting on fighting. WARSAW nism in Poland. The protest comes amid months ago have been freed, Pampliega, a freelance war The mammoth protest a mounting political crisis in the Spanish Press Federation reporter born in 1982, con- AROUND a quarter of a mil- came about as an annual the central European heavy- (FAPE) and government said tributed to AFP’s text coverage lion Poles flooded central pro-EU parade merged with weight, triggered by changes on Saturday. of the civil war in Syria for a Warsaw on Saturday, march- a demonstration called by a the populist-oriented right- “All three have been re- period up to 2013. ing to defend their country’s coalition of pro-democracy wing Law and Justice (PiS) leased, Antonio Pampliega, A passionate reporter who place in the European Union groups and opposition parties. government has made to the Jose Manuel Lopez and Angel tended to focus on human in- and protest against moves by Shouting “freedom, equal- constitutional court. Sastre, and are on their way (to terest stories, he also contrib- the right-wing government, ity, democracy,” the mass of In December, it pushed People take part in the ‘We are and will remain in Europe’ opposition Spain),” said FAPE president uted to AFP’s coverage in Iraq. which they claim undermine marchers inched their way through legislation to stack march in defence of democracy in Warsaw, on Saturday. (EPA) Elsa Gonzalez. A government Lopez, born in 1971, is a democracy. through the sun-drenched the court and modify its deci- spokeswoman confirmed the prize-winning photographer Warsaw city hall said the city centre, brandishing a mix sion-making rules. it against the PiS majority means the court is paralysed, release, adding: “All three are who contributed images to AFP march drew around 240,000 of red-and-white Polish flags The court itself struck government, which wasted no leaving Poland without a fun- well.” from several war zones, includ- people, making it one of the with blue and gold EU flags. down the changes as uncon- time in dismissing the ruling. damental check on govern- The trio, who had been ing from the Syrian conflict up largest demonstrations since “We’re here because we stitutional in March, pitting The resulting deadlock ment powers. working for various Spanish until 2013 and Iraq in 2014. 16 Sunday, May 8, 2016 Gulf / Middle East Morocco jails brother of presumed Paris attacks ringleader Army colonel gunned down in Yemen’s Aden

RABAT A Moroccan court has sentenced the younger brother of suspected Paris attacks ring- ADEN A Yemeni army colonel was gunned down in Aden on Saturday in the latest in a spate of as- leader Abdelhamid Abaaoud to two years in prison on charges including justifying terrorism, sassinations of senior officers that underlines the persistent insecurity in the city. A gunman riding NEWS state media reported. According to his lawyer, Yassine Abaaoud was unaware of the activities of on the back of a motorcycle killed Colonel Badr al-Yafei in the city's Khormaksar district, which IN BRIEF his brother, who was killed in a French police raid just days after the November 13 attacks that houses diplomatic missions and the airport, a security official told AFP. Yemen's second city is the killed 130 people in Paris. Moroccan intelligence helped put French investigators on the trail headquarters of the government and its allies in a Saudi-led coalition as they battle Iran-backed of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a 28-year-old Belgian of Moroccan origin who had appeared in grisly rebels who control the capital Sanaa. On Friday, the governor of Aden's Mansura prison was killed Islamic State group videos and was linked to a series of plots in Europe. (AFP) in a similar ride-by shooting. (AFP) Israel air strikes hit Gaza as violence flares for fourth day

Hamas security sources and shelling have raised con- as "it continues to breach Israeli rael," he said. Escalation of attacks raises concerns said the retaliatory raid hit two cerns for the future of an infor- Hamas’s Gaza leader, sovereignty and build tunnels." Perry, who is now a member about the future of prevailing truce brickworks in the southern city mal truce that has held since the Ismail Haniya, said on Hamas's Gaza leader, Ismail of parliament for the centrist op- of Khan Yunis, causing damage conflict ended. Friday that the group was Haniya, said on Friday that the position Yesh Atid party, urged but no casualties. An Israeli tank round killed “not calling for a new group was "not calling for a new the government to avoid adopt- AFP fire since 2014 has been carried But witnesses said two mis- a Palestinian woman when it hit war”, but would not war", but would not accept Is- ing a purely military response GAZA CITY out by fringe Islamist groups siles hit a base of Hamas's mili- her home east of Khan Yunis on accept Israeli incursions raeli incursions into Palestinian and to take steps to improve the but Israel holds Hamas respon- tary wing east of the city, caus- Thursday. territory. lives of Gaza's residents. ISRAELI aircraft hit two Ha- sible for all such attacks. ing significant damage. Since Wednesday, Hamas into Palestinian territory. A former head of Israel's "It would be good if in ad- mas targets in Gaza early on "Earlier today (Saturday)... It was the fourth day of the and other militant groups have Shin Bet internal security dition to the determined op- Saturday in response to rocket a rocket was fired from the Gaza worst cross-border violence fired at least 12 mortar rounds mas fighters during the 2014 agency, Yaakov Perry, said erational activities against fires as the worst flare-up of vio- Strip at southern Israel," the since the 50-day war between at Israeli forces searching along conflict and one was uncovered that Hamas was fearful of los- the tunnels, Israel would take lence since a 2014 war entered a army said in a statement. Israel and Hamas which left the border, and short distances by the army on Thursday. ing the tunnel network, which measures to improve the eco- fourth day. "In response... aircraft 2,251 Palestinians and 73 Israe- inside Gaza, for infiltration tun- The Israeli army said it had was one of its proudest military nomic situation and provide op- There was no immediate targeted two Hamas terror in- lis dead in 2014. nels leading into Israel. "no interest whatsoever" in a achievements. tions that would show Gazans claim of responsibility for the frastructures in the southern Mortar fire by Palestinian Such tunnels were among military escalation, but would Hamas "is using mortar fire the possibility of an easier and rocket launch and most such Gaza Strip." militants and Israeli air strikes the most feared weapons of Ha- continue to act against Hamas to communicate that fear to Is- better future," he said. Longtime Saudi oil minister replaced Egypt court hands death to in govt shake-up 2 Jazeera scribes, 4 others AFP share and driving out less- RIYADH competitive players, including US shale producers. Judge postpones verdict against Mursi and three others charged in the same case to June 18 SAUDI King Salman replaced Major oil producers failed his long-serving oil minister in Doha to reach an agree- on Saturday as part of a major ment on freezing output last government overhaul which month as Saudi Arabia in- comes as the kingdom grap- sisted any deal must include ples with a slump in energy all OPEC members, including revenues. rival Iran, which boycotted The revamp follows last the talks. month's announcement of an Naimi was born in 1935, ambitious plan to transform two years before the first com- Saudi Arabia's economy to re- mercial quantities of oil were duce its dependence on oil. discovered in the kingdom's Ali al-Naimi, who held the east. post of oil minister for more than two decades, was one of the most powerful figures Among other changes, a within the OPEC oil cartel. new central bank governor But recently his influence was announced and the appeared to have been curbed ministry of electricity and by the growing power of Sal- water was scrapped. man's son Prince Mohammed who has taken charge of eco- nomic policy. He obtained a master's de- Naimi has been replaced gree in geology from Stanford by Khaled al-Falih, previously University and then joined the health minister, who takes the Aramco oil company, accord- enlarged portfolio of energy, ing to an official biography. industry and mineral resourc- He was a supervisor at an es, according to a royal decree oilfield before rising through announced Saturday by state a series of management roles media. to become president of Saudi Among other changes, a Aramco in 1983 and oil minis- new central bank governor ter 12 years later. was announced and the min- He had kept his post istry of electricity and water despite two major cabinet was scrapped. shakeups last year under Naimi, described by Salman, who acceded to the Forbes magazine in 2014 as throne in January 2015 after "the world's most power- the decade-long reign of King ful oilman", oversaw a major Abdullah ended. change in policy towards the Under his father, Prince end of his tenure as OPEC Mohammed has emerged as refused to cut production de- one of Saudi Arabia's most spite a price plunge. influential figures since being Instead the kingdom fo- named second-in-line to the cused on protecting its market throne last year. Egypt’s ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi gestures from behind the defendant’s bars during his trial at the police academy in Cairo on Saturday. (AFP)

REUTERS est since a crackdown on the several others charged in the devoid of any type of espio- CAIRO Muslim Brotherhood after A final decision on the same case, would be post- nage or participation in it," a an army takeover stripped death sentences of the poned to the same date. defence lawyer told Reuters. Yemen govt pulls AN Egyptian court on Satur- former president Mohammed journalists is expected on Prosecutors in Saturday's Mursi has been sentenced day recommended the death Mursi of power in 2013 fol- June 18, after it has been case argued that Mursi's in three other cases, includ- penalty for three journalists lowing mass protests against referred to the top reli- aides were involved in leak- ing the death penalty for a out of direct and three others charged with his rule. Mursi and other gious authority, the Grand ing sensitive documents that mass jail break during the endangering national securi- Brotherhood leaders, as well exposed the location of weap- 2011 uprising and a life sen- ty by leaking state secrets and as leading figures from the Mufti, for a non-binding ons held by the Egyptian tence for spying on behalf of peace talks documents. 2011 popular uprising that opinion. armed forces. Hamas. Jordanian national Alaa toppled Hosni Mubarak, Defence lawyers said that Mursi is in jail along with AFP three joint working groups Omar Sablan and Ibrahim many of them secular activ- Mursi has been sentenced documents were moved out thousands of Brotherhood KUWAIT CITY formed under UN auspices, Mohammed Helal, who both ists and journalists, are now in three other cases, of the presidential palace to members, many of whom he said. work for Qatar-based broad- in jail. including the death penal- protect them during grow- have been sentenced to death YEMEN'S government del- The working groups ex- caster Al Jazeera, and Asmaa Following Saturday's rul- ty for a mass jail break ing protests against Mursi's on separate charges. egation pulled out of direct changed views on resolving Al Khateeb, a reporter for ing, a final decision is ex- during the 2011 uprising. rule, but this process was Sisi says the Brotherhood negotiations with represent- political and security issues Rassd, a pro-Muslim Broth- pected on June 18, after the not the responsibility of the poses a serious threat to se- atives of the Houthi rebels and the release of prison- erhood news network, were sentence has been referred Judge Mohammed Shi- president and the documents curity despite the crackdown, on Saturday after there was ers and detainees, in ac- sentenced in absentia. They to the top religious authority, reen Fahmy, who announced presented in the case show no which has weakened what no sign of progress, a mem- cordance with UN Security can appeal. the Grand Mufti, for a non- the verdict, also said that signs of spying. was once Egypt's most organ- ber of the government del- Council Resolution 2216. The sentence is the lat- binding opinion. a ruling against Mursi and "The case's documents are ised political group. egation said. This orders the rebels UN envoy Ismail Ould to withdraw from territory Cheikh Ahmed will now they have taken since 2014 have to go back to indirect and to surrender heavy negotiations in the talks weaponry they had seized. that began in Kuwait on However, the delegation UN official rejects Netanyahu’s Jewish history lesson April 21. from the rebels and their al- On Thursday, Ould lies was demanding "prior Cheikh Ahmed said the agreement on the establish- coming weeks, would educate Netanyahu last month en by Israel in the 1967 Six- foes had begun discussing ment of a transitional ex- UN staff in Jerusalem are sufficiently UN staff and diplomats about slammed the "absurd" reso- Day War and later annexed major political and security ecutive body", the govern- educated, says coordinator the site's history. lution for ignoring Juda- in a move not recognised issues in face-to-face nego- ment official said. The UN's special coor- ism's connection to the internationally, has long tiations aimed at bringing In a statement on the dinator for the Middle East Temple Mount, "where the been a focal point of ten- an end to 13 months of dev- sabanews website, a rebel AFP condemning Israeli "aggres- peace process, Nickolay two temples stood for a sions in the Israeli-Pales- astating war. delegate said the three joint JERUSALEM sions" against Muslims at Mladenov, bristled at the thousand years and to which tinian conflict. But after two unproduc- teams will resume work Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque suggestion that UN staff in every Jew in the world has It has seen frequent clash- tive meetings on Saturday, "after an agreement on the A SENIOR United Nations compound, while failing to Jerusalem were insufficiently prayed for thousands of es over fears that Israel is "direct talks are suspended" form of the state and the official Saturday brushed mention the site's Jewish educated. years". planning to change the rules and the UN mediator must transitional authority". aside an invitation from Is- name Temple Mount. "If someone wants to is- After Israel's reaction, that allow Muslims to pray resume separate consulta- Without such an agree- raeli Prime Minister Ben- The UNESCO executive sue invitations they should be UNESCO chief Irina Bokova there but Jews only to visit. tions with the two sides, the ment, the talks were "a waste jamin Netanyahu to a lecture board resolution, submitted for Paris and addressed to the issued a statement stress- Netanyahu denies seeking government official said, of time" said the rebel del- on Jewish history, amid a by several Arab countries, ambassadors of the member- ing that "Jerusalem is a Holy to change the status quo. blaming the Huthis for the egate, adding that President row over a flashpoint Jerusa- was described by Netanyahu states of UNESCO there," he Land of the three monothe- According to Biblical tra- impasse. Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi's lem holy site. as "denying any Jewish con- said in a statement. istic religions, a place of dia- dition, the first and second The rebels "went back government was "an adver- Netanyahu said Friday nection to the Temple Mount, "UN staff in Jerusalem logue for all Jewish, Christian Jewish temples were located on their word" to dis- sary and it is unacceptable he would host the lecture in our holiest site". know the history of the re- and Muslim people". at the site before being de- cuss substantive issues in that he embodies the state". response to a recent resolu- He said the lecture, to be gion, its people and religions The compound in east stroyed by the Babylonians tion of the UN's cultural body delivered by a scholar in the all too well." Jerusalem, which was tak- and Romans. Gulf / Middle East Sunday, May 8, 2016 17 Residents return as truce Conditions worsen in besieged Hama extended in Syria’s Aleppo prison, say activists REUTERS groups say thousands of AMMAN detainees are held in Syr- O Russia says ceasefire to continue till MondayO Schools reopen in city’s east ian government prisons CONDITIONS were worsen- without charge and many ing in a Syrian prison where of them are tortured to nearly 800 mostly political death, a claim denied by detainees have launched a the authorities revolt, with security forces Human Rights Watch failing in an attempt to expressed concern about storm the facility overnight, the safety of the hostages rights groups and activists and said an attempt to re- said on Saturday. take the facility risked high The prison has been casualties. surrounded by government "This standoff should forces since Monday after not end in a bloodbath," inmates rose up and seized Nadim Houry, deputy Mid- several guards in protest at dle East director at Human the transfer of five detain- Rights Watch was quoted as ees sentenced to death to a saying in a statement late feared high security prison, on Friday. according to rights activists in touch with inmates and The prison has been with New York-based Hu- surrounded by govern- man Rights Watch. ment forces since Security forces on Fri- day fired dozens of tear gas Monday after inmates bombs and used rubber bul- seized several guards lets in an attempt to end the in protest at the rebellion. transfer of five Videos released by in- detainees sentenced mates on social media to death to a feared showed several men gasp- high security prison. ing for breath and coughing and saying they were suf- Syrian rights activist focating from "poisonous Mazen Darwish said gas", with gunshots heard in the background and fires conditions were fast breaking out in the corridors deteriorating with after the gas cannisters were electricity and water launched. cut for three days Syrian rights activist amid food shortages Mazen Darwish, a former and serious medical detainee in the prison and conditions among in touch with prisoners said conditions were fast dete- some of the inmates. A photograph taken from the Turkish-Syrian border region near Kilis on Saturday shows plumes of smoke rising as IS targets are bombed on the Syrian side of the border. (AFP) riorating with electricity and water cut for three days "The situation in Syria's AFP ing can revive faltering peace Fighting rages else- recent extension, our goal is jihadists and around 10 pro- amid food shortages and detention facilities and pris- ALEPPO talks to end a five-year war that to get to a point where we no regime fighters, whose bodies serious medical conditions ons is deeply unstable and has killed more than 270,000 where including in the longer have to count the hours IS displayed on the walls of a among some of the inmates. prison conditions should be DISPLACED families returned people and displaced millions. rebel bastion of Eastern and that the cessation of hos- public garden, it said. "Inmates are running out a priority for the interna- home and schools reopened in Schools in Aleppo's east Ghouta outside tilities is fully respected across Assad on Saturday met Ali of food and water and even tional community." rebel-held districts of Syria's reopened Saturday after stay- Damascus and on the Syria," US State Department Akbar Velayati, an adviser to medicines are no longer be- Syria's military field Aleppo on Saturday after a truce ing closed for more than two outskirts of Aleppo city. spokesman John Kirby said. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatol- ing given to those in serious courts have secret, closed- was extended for 72 hours in weeks. But fighting rages on else- lah Ali Khamenei, state news conditions," Darwish said, door proceedings that do the battleground northern city. "There were many bomb- In northern Aleppo where including in the rebel agency SANA said. adding prisoners wanted not meet basic fair trial Residents trickled back into ings so our parents got scared province, six people die bastion of Eastern Ghouta out- An international outcry has the Syrian Red Crescent to standards, HRW said in the eastern areas of Aleppo, en- and stopped sending us to in night air raids on two side Damascus and on the out- grown over air strikes Thurs- mediate on their behalf after statement. couraged by a halt in the deadly school," one schoolboy said skirts of Aleppo city, the Syrian day on a camp for the displaced an earlier deal that released The Syrian interior min- violence, an AFP reporter said. told AFP. Islamic State group Observatory for Human Rights near the closed Turkish border at least 46 detainees before istry has denied "reports ... More than 300 civilians A monitor reported rebel strongholds. said. that left at least 28 dead includ- talks broke down. about Hama central prison", were killed in two weeks of shelling of areas in western In northern Aleppo prov- ing women and children. Inmates have demanded but has not elaborated on fighting in the divided city Aleppo but said there were no A monitor reports rebel ince, six people including wom- Anti-regime activists have the release of political de- the issue since Monday. before the truce took hold on casualties. shelling of areas in en and children were killed in blamed the regime, but the tainees held without charges Earlier this year, United Thursday, with regime air Russia's defence ministry western Aleppo but night air raids -- apparently by Syrian military has denied the and say their fears mainly Nations investigators said strikes on the opposition-held said the truce had been ex- says there are no the US-led coalition -- on two accusation. stem from a wave of execu- detainees held by the Syr- east and rebel shelling of its tended "in order to prevent the casualties. Islamic State group strong- Russia suggested Syria's Al- tions that could follow if they ian government were being regime-controlled west. situation from worsening" just holds, the Britain-based moni- Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front were to be transferred to the killed on a massive scale "I decided to come home minutes before an initial 48- month severely threatened a tor said. could have shelled it, while the Sadnaya military prison, amounting to a state policy after relatives told me it was hour truce was due to expire. nationwide ceasefire between Four IS leaders were also United States said that the cir- north of Damascus. of extermination of the civil- calm," father-of-six Abu Mo- "The regime of silence in President Bashar al-Assad's killed in the air strikes, it said, cumstances are unclear. International rights ian population. hammed said. the province of Latakia and in regime and non-jihadist rebels. and 12 IS jihadists were report- Hijab on Saturday blamed "We left because it was car- the city of Aleppo has been ex- Washington has been ed to have died fighting rebels. the Russians for the attack. nage here. The air strikes were tended from 00:01 (local time) working with Moscow to pres- IS and regime forces Regime aircraft have pre- incredible," said the resident of on May 7 (2101 GMT Friday) sure the regime to stop the vio- clashed near the divided east- viously targeted rebels other the rebel-held Kalasseh district. for 72 hours," a ministry state- lence and revive the February ern city of Deir Ezzor on Fri- than Al-Nusra and IS, which The international commu- ment said. 27 cessation of hostilities. day, the Observatory said. are not covered by the Febru- Syria neighbours should nity hopes that a drop in fight- Violence in Aleppo last "While we welcome this The violence killed five ary 27 ceasefire. keep borders open: MSF

AFP He said the incident was BEIRUT "an illustration that the idea of 13 Iranian soldiers die fighting near Aleppo safe zones inside Syria is dan- THE head of medical char- gerously false". REUTERS Fars news agency on Sat- There are indications insurgent posts. Guards in a statement on ity Doctors Without Borders MSF has said that last year DUBAI urday quoted a Revolution- that some of the casu- Jaish al-Fatah and affili- Saturday urged people not (MSF) said on Saturday Syria's alone, 94 air strikes and rocket ary Guards official as saying ates have published on social to be affected by the Islamist neighbours should keep their attacks hit 63 hospitals and SEVERAL Iranian soldiers that 13 Iranian military advi- alties might be Afghans media videos and photos of rebels' "psychological war on borders open to allow people to clinics that it supports in Syria. were killed near Aleppo, the sors had been killed and 21 who are trained in Iran what appear to be the bodies the social media". flee the war-torn country. Another 12 MSF-supported Revolutionary Guards said wounded in the fighting. and are deployed of Iranians or other Shi'ite A top advisor to Iran's "We need to ensure that health facilities were hit this on Saturday, in what ap- The attack on Khan Tou- alongside Iranian sol- militias who were killed in Supreme Leader on Saturday the border between Syria and year, Oberreit said, but these peared to be one of Iran's man was launched by an al- diers in Syria. Khan Touman. reiterated Tehran's contin- other neighbouring countries were by no means the only ones biggest losses in Syria since liance of Islamist insurgents Some videos include foot- ued support of Syria's presi- remains open. It is a lifeline and hit inside the country. "We are it deployed forces to support known as Jaish al-Fatah, in- of the city, one of the major age of their wallets, personal dent in a meeting with Bashar people should have the right to working in a very extreme en- Syrian President Bashar al- cluding the al Qaeda-linked fronts where Iranian-backed documentation and Iranian al-Assad in Damascus. flee conflicts," Jerome Oberreit vironment and unfortunately Assad. Nusra Front, which has re- forces have been deployed, currency. "Iran will use all its means told AFP. a lot of other structures have Islamist insurgents on jected diplomatic efforts to has escalated in recent days. There are indications to fight against terrorists who He was speaking after been hit that are totally unno- Friday seized the strategic halt the five-year civil war. The Syrian Observatory that some of the casualties are committing crimes in the more than 28 civilians includ- ticed," he said. village of Khan Touman, Earlier this week, the for Human Rights, a British- might be Afghans who are region," Ali Akbar Velayati, ing women and children were Just last week, the bombing some 15 km (9 miles) south- United States and Russia bro- based group that monitors trained in Iran and are de- Ayatollah Khamenei's top ad- killed in an attack on a camp of the MSF-supported Al-Quds west of Aleppo. Dozens of kered a ceasefire in the city of the conflict, said that Syrian ployed alongside Iranian viser on international affairs, for displaced Syrians in Idlib hospital in Aleppo left at least people were reported to have Aleppo itself. But fighting in and Russian jet planes have soldiers in Syria. was quoted as saying by the province near the closed Turk- 55 people dead, according to been killed in the battle. the countryside to the south intensified their bombing of The Revolutionary Fars news agency. ish border. the latest toll from MSF. Erdogan accuses Europe of ‘sidelining Two more arrested over attempt democracy’ in fight against terrorism to shoot Turkish journalist dead AFP "You are (a) traitor. You Dogan said. AFP TIT FOR TAT by the terrorists at the doors ISTANBUL will pay a price," the attacker, The attack occurred just ISTANBUL of the European Parliament," identified by Turkish media as before Dundar was sentenced Erdogan said. TWO more people were de- 40-year-old Murat Sahin, re- to five years and 10 months TURKISH President Recep Those who criticise us It was an apparent refer- tained on Saturday in connec- portedly shouted. on charges of revealing state Tayyip Erdogan on Satur- are reduced to sidelin- ence to a tent set up by Kurd- tion with the attempted shoot- CNN-Turk reported him as secrets. Cumhuriyet's Ankara day accused European na- ing democracy and ish activists near the Europe- ing of a Turkish opposition saying he had wanted to teach bureau chief, Erdem Gul, was tions of hypocrisy in pressing freedoms when bombs an Council in Brussels where journalist outside an Istan- Dundar "a lesson" and that handed a five-year jail sentence. his country on terror laws started to explode on a Turkey-EU summit was to bul courthouse where he was he had acted alone. "I did not "We know very well who while "sidelining democracy" their soil” be held in March. standing trial, the Dogan news want to kill him, but I could showed me as a target," Dundar at home in their own fight Saturday's swipe followed agency reported Saturday. have done it," he was quoted as said after the attack, accusing against terrorism. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on the heels of another com- Brandishing a pistol, an saying. President Recep Tayyip Erdog- "Those who criticise us Turkish President. bative speech in which Erdog- attacker fired several times on Plainclothes police drew an and pro-government media are reduced to sidelining de- an warned Turkey would not Friday at Can Dundar, editor- their weapons and ordered the of whipping up a climate of ha- mocracy and freedoms when change its panoply of anti- in-chief of leading opposition man to lie chest down on the tred against him. bombs started to explode on had to meet five objectives, ropean Union. terror laws. daily Cumhuriyet before being ground before detaining him. RSF ranks Turkey 151st out their soil," Erdogan said in including changes to its anti- "I am going to talk plainly: The EU has a list of 72 cri- detained by police. "Two other people were of 180 countries in its latest a speech in the southeastern terror law, to gain visa-free on the question of visas, let teria for pushing through vi- Dundar was unhurt in the detained today (Saturday) af- World Press Freedom Index. city of Malatya. travel to its passport-free those who call on Turkey to sa-free travel for Turkish na- attack, although another jour- ter the gun attack that targeted Secular newspaper Cum- Last week, the European area under a deal to curb the modify its anti-terrorism law tionals under the landmark, nalist covering the trial was Can Dundar yesterday in front huriyet is staunchly opposed Commission said Turkey influx of migrants to the Eu- start by removing tents set up but controversial, agreement. lightly injured. of the Istanbul courthouse," to the Erdogan government. 18 Sunday, May 8, 2016 US / Americas

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Founder of online underworld bank gets Trump over party unity bid 20 years in prison NEW YORK THE FOUNDER of an online underworld bank that A key part of the meeting is surely Trump’s campaign persona and requests for him to tone it down allegedly laundered billions of dollars for criminals was sentenced on Friday to 20 years in prison. Arthur Budovsky, 42, had pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to commit money laundering on January 29, three days before the scheduled start of his trial in New York. He was also ordered to pay a $500,000 fine by US District Judge Denise L. Cote. “The significant sentence handed down today shows that money laundering through the use of virtual currencies is still money laundering, and that online crime is still crime,” Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell said. (AFP)

Trial delayed for man accused in San Bernardino attack

LOS ANGELES THE TRIAL of a man accused of purchasing the weapons used in the San Bernardino terror attack has been delayed until next year, authorities announced on Friday. En- rique Marquez, 24, was set to go on trial in July, but his case will now go before a jury in March, a judge in California ruled. Both sides in the case had requested that the trial be de- layed, citing the huge amount of complex documents that had to be examined. Marquez has been charged with purchasing the rifles used by Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik who massacred 14 people in December. (AFP)

Officer arrested after three killed in Washington shooting

WASHINGTON POLICE on Friday arrested a federal officer suspect- ed in a two-day shooting rampage in the Washington suburbs that killed his wife and two apparent strangers and revived memories of the “Beltway sniper” attacks of 2002. Three others were wounded in the three separate attacks. Eulalio Sevilla Tordil, 62, a police officer with the US Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Protective Service, was arrested in a doughnut shop near the site of the second of Friday’s two shootings, police said. He had been suspected of killing his wife and shooting a bystander on Thursday in Prince George’s County, Maryland. (REUTERS)

Mexico drug boss Nicaragua sets ‘Chapo’ moved to November 6 for jail on US border presidential polls MEXICO CITY MEXICAN drug MANAGA AUTHORITIES in Protesters gather and chant against a visit by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Eugene, Oregon. on Friday. (AP) boss Joaquin “Chapo” Guz- Nicaragua on Friday set man has been moved from November 6 as the date for REUTERS paign persona and Republi- BUSH REFUSES TO BACK TRUMP so they can choose to embrace a jail in central Mexico to a presidential and legislative WASHINGTON can leaders’ requests for him or run away from Trump, de- prison in Ciudad Juarez, a elections widely expected to to tone it down, but political pending on their home dis- northern city located on the see leftist President Daniel PAUL RYAN and Donald analysts said Ryan will have WASHINGTON FORMER Florida Governor Jeb Bush has said he tricts’ politics, with the goal US border, but the move was Ortega vie for a third term. Trump, the top Republicans other considerations in mind, will not vote for Republican nominee Donald Trump in November’s of preserving control of the not a prelude to extradition, Ortega’s Sandinista National in the United States, plan to as well. presidential election. Bush joins several high-profile Republicans House, analysts said. authorities said on Saturday. Liberation Front party, born out meet next week to try to unite One issue is likely to be his who have refused to support the New York businessman’s cam- Ryan dropped a bombshell Eduardo Sanchez, the spokes- of the 1970s rebel movement their party, with both men fo- own future, said Larry Sabato, paign. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday he “was not on Thursday when he said man for the president’s office, he helped lead, has not yet of- cused on the Nov. 8 presiden- director of the University of ready” to support Trump, but will meet him next week. Breaking he was not ready to endorse said Guzman’s transfer was ficially declared its candidate. tial election, but the Wiscon- Virginia’s Center for Politics. with tradition, Bush’s father and brother - both former presidents Trump until he shows he can due to upgrades at his current But the 70-year-old incumbent sin congressman also perhaps Ryan, 46, lost his 2012 - also withheld support. Some Republicans have said they would unify the party, still reeling location, the Altiplano jail, and leader, who was elected in looking further ahead. campaign for vice president as back Democrat Hillary Clinton but Bush ruled that out. (IANS) from a bitter primary cam- not part of initial efforts to de- 2006 and 2011 and previ- Speaker of the House of Mitt Romney’s running mate. paign that left many establish- port him to the United States. ously ruled from 1985 to Representatives Ryan has in- Like Romney, Ryan prob- ment Republicans stunned at Guzman, the head of the 1990, is tipped to try to hold vited Trump, this year’s like- ably has serious doubts that “Suppose Trump loses in 2020, maybe toward Ryan Trump’s victory. Sinaloa drug cartel, was one on to office amid few apparent ly Republican presidential Trump, 69, can win this year, overwhelmingly. Would you as the nominee. One moderate Pennsyl- of the world’s most wanted rivals. In 2014, amid contro- nominee, to meet on Thurs- Sabato said. want to have been siding with As chairman of the Re- vania congressman, Repre- drug kingpins until his capture versy, he had a law passed day with Ryan and other con- If so, Ryan will want to the captain of the Titanic, publican Party convention in sentative Charlie Dent, said in January, six months after that scrapped a previous limit gressional leaders on Capitol find a balance between ac- or maybe seen as someone Cleveland in July, Ryan’s po- he thought most of his fel- he broke out of a high-security of two consecutive five-year Hill, Ryan’s office said in a cepting Trump as the nomi- who was begging the captain litical tightrope will be espe- low House Republicans will jail in central Mexico. His terms for presidents. Nicara- statement on Friday. nee and keeping some dis- to watch out for icebergs?” cially perilous. be comfortable with what lawyer, Juan Pablo Badillo, gua’s High Electoral Council A key part of the conver- tance from him, just in case Sabato said, adding that a One of his objectives will Ryan said, because they are said Guzman was moved on has told the 17 registered par- sation is sure to be Trump’s the real estate mogul’s cam- Trump defeat could push the be to provide political cover “conflicted” themselves over Saturday night, but was not ties in the country to present combative, in-your-face cam- paign ends in disaster. party in a different direction for his 246 House Republicans whether to support Trump. sure why. (REUTERS) their candidates. (AFP) Obama tackles race in university address Fed by hot, dry weather, Canada AFP more, Maryland have explod- Howard University, while of- WASHINGTON ed amid the killing of young fering a litany of examples of wildfire explodes in size black men at the hands of how things had changed for BARACK OBAMA visited a white police officers. the better. predominantly black college African-American men are “When I was graduating, ALBERTA The fire that has already “It is a dangerous, unpre- Saturday, making the case still far more likely to have the main black hero on TV was LAC LA BICHE prompted the evacuation dictable fire, an absolutely vi- that the last decades and his served time in jail and to earn Mr. T,” the burly, Mohawk- of 88,000 people from the cious fire that is feeding off of presidency had brought sub- less than their white peers. wearing former professional A RAGING Canadian wildfire city of Fort McMurray was an extremely dry boreal for- stantial improvements for But Obama insisted wrestler. “Rap and hip-hop grew explosively on Saturday est,” Canadian Public Safety African-Americans. progress had been made. were counter-culture, under- as hot, dry winds pushed the on its way to doubling in Minister Ralph Goodale told a Acknowledging that more “America is by almost every ground. Now, Shonda Rhimes blaze across the energy heart- size on Saturday media briefing. needs to be done to reduce in- measure better than it was owns Thursday night, and Be- land of Alberta and smoke CBC News reported the equality, Obama took head-on when I graduated from college,” yonce runs the world.” forced the shut down of a ma- oil sands region north of Fort fire had expanded southeast the issue of race relations that he said, looking back to 1983. “We’re no longer entertain- jor oil sands project. McMurray, taking them on a and grown to 156,000 hectares have sometimes appeared to “Race relations are bet- ers, we’re producers, studio The fire that has already harrowing journey through (385,000 acres). Officials had fester under his administration. ter since I graduated. That’s executives. No longer small- prompted the evacuation of burned out parts of the city warned late on Friday that the Since Obama came to of- the truth. No, my election did President Obama delivers the business owners, we’re CEOs, 88,000 people from the city of and billowing smoke. Some fire, which they then said was fice in 2009 as the first Af- not create a post-racial soci- commencement address to the we’re mayors, representatives, Fort McMurray was on its way 1,600 structures are believed 101,000 hectares, could double rican American president, a ety, but the election itself and graduating class of Howard Uni- presidents of the United States.” to doubling in size on Saturday, to have been lost. in size by the end of Saturday. strain of opposition to him has the subsequent one -- because versity in Washington. (REUTERS) In a nod to the lingering the seventh day of what is ex- With temperatures on Sat- The Syncrude oil sands emerged that often appears ra- the first one, folks might have problems that have spurred the pected to be the costliest natu- urday expected to rise as high project said Saturday it will shut cially driven. made a mistake... was just “Racism persists. Inequal- Black Lives Matter movement, ral disaster in Canada’s history. as 28 Celsius, officials said the down its northern Alberta oper- Meanwhile, cities from one indicator of how attitudes ity persists,” he told graduat- Obama insisted that anger at Police escorted another weather was hindering efforts ation and remove all personnel Ferguson, Missouri to Balti- have changed.” ing students at Washington’s injustice was not enough. convoy of evacuees out of the to fight the wildfire. from the site due to smoke.

Colombia to extradite Panama drug-money suspect to US Scientists warn of a ‘global sleep crisis’ der, countries and time zones. AFP to the United States,” the vice Sleep is mostly affected by the time Sleep is driven by an inter- BOGOTA head of the Colombian police’s people go to bed: Study nal “circadian” clock, a cluster drug squad, Ricardo Alarcon, of 20,000 nerve cells the size COLOMBIA will extradite a told a news conference. of a grain of rice located behind leader of a prominent Pana- A court in Florida has AFP “The effects of society on the eyes, and adjusted accord- manian business family to charged Waked on money WASHINGTON sleep remain largely unquan- ing to the amount of light cap- the United States, where he is laundering and bank fraud tified,” says the study pub- tured, especially natural light. charged with laundering mon- charges. SOCIAL pressures are forc- lished on Friday in the jour- The average amount of ey for ruthless drug gangs, au- His family runs at least 68 ing people to cut back on their nal Science Advances. sleep in the world varies from thorities said on Friday. companies with activities in- sleep, contributing to a “global “We find that social pres- a minimum of seven hours Police branded the sus- cluding luxury goods and du- sleep crisis,” according to a sures weaken and/or con- 24 minutes in Singapore and pect, Nidal Ahmed Waked Ha- ty-free shops, real estate and new study based on research ceal biological drives in the Japan to a maximum of eight tum, the most-wanted money newspapers. collected through a smart- evening, leading individuals to hours 12 minutes in the Neth- launderer in the world. The US Treasury De- phone app. delay their bedtime and short- erlands, the study found. They arrested the 44-year- partment said it had put the It enabled scientists from en their sleep.” Although a difference of 48 old at Bogota’s airport upon family’s Grupo Wisa on a the University of Michigan to Lack of sleep is mostly af- A study spanning 100 countries finds middle-aged men get the least minutes may seem inconse- arrival from Panama on sanctions list, classing it as a track sleep patterns around fected by the time people go to amount of sleep. quential, a lack of sleep for half Wednesday, Colombian of- major drug money launder- the world -- gathering data bed, the study found. an hour can have significant ef- ficials said, after US authori- ing organization. about how age, gender and Middle-aged men get the data collected through the sleep, wake-up and lighting fects on cognitive function and ties blacklisted him and seven Wisa includes companies the amount of natural light to least amount of sleep, less free smartphone app Entrain, environment, enabling the health, the researchers said. associates. such as the La Riviera luxury which people are exposed af- than the recommended seven launched in 2014 to help users scientists to obtain a large People who need sleep “Procedures have been goods chain, the Balboa Bank fect sleep patterns in 100 coun- to eight hours. fight jetlag. amount of data about sleep suffer a reduction in their launched via the state pros- and Trust and two top news- tries -- and better understand And age is the main factor Scientists asked some patterns worldwide. The app cognitive abilities without re- ecution service to carry out papers. It reportedly employs how cultural pressures can determining amount of sleep. 6,000 people 15 and older to also asks users to input infor- ally being conscious of it, the the protocol to extradite him thousands of people. override biological rhythms. The research is based on send anonymous data about mation about their ages, gen- new study says. Nation Sunday, May 8, 2016 19

EDUCATION CONFERENCE 2016 Qatar has made great progress in education sector: Deputy PM QNA an opportunity for exchanging including provision of buildings, DOHA scientific expertise and experi- variety of services, public sources ences in the field of education, of learning, programmes, initia- THE Deputy Prime Minister and pointing out that, through the tives, competitions and awards. Minister of State for Cabinet Af- conference’s workshop, papers This year’s Education Confer- fairs HE Ahmed Abdullah al and discussion panels, partici- ence focuses on important edu- Mahmoud on Saturday said that pants will reach the best means cational issues, such as modern Qatar has made a great progress to utilise these experiences and educational leadership and its in the field of education under develop them. He reiterated that role in quality management, the the leadership of the Emir His Qatar attaches great importance concept of education centred on Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Ha- to education. the 21st century skills for ena- mad al Thani. Addressing the opening ses- bling and developing teachers’ Inaugurating the Educa- sion of the conference, Hammadi role in the educational process, tion Conference 2016 under the praised HH the Emir’s outstand- proposals for the application of slogan ‘Learning Leadership: ing and continuous support to the the current education system, Contemporary Visions’ at Qatar education sector because of HH educational solutions applicable National Convention Centre, he Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs HE Ahmed the Emir’s belief in the great role in the classroom and special edu- pointed out that one of the pri- Abdullah al Mahmoud and Minister of Education and Higher Education HE played by education in achieving cation, in terms of reflections and mary objectives of the Qatar Na- Dr Mohammed bin Abdul Wahed al Hammadi with other dignitaries at the sustainable human development. future visions about the best lo- tional Vision 2030 was to develop Education Conference 2016 and exhibition in Doha on Saturday. Hammadi pointed out that cal and international educational education and the human wealth. the Ministry of Education and practices in the development of The two-day conference is be- ‘Professional Teaching’ exhibi- madi. They toured the pavilions Higher Education strives to re- teaching, thinking and care for ing held under the patronage of tion, which offers educational so- and were briefed on the exhibits fine the scientific personality of people with disabilities and the the Prime Minister and Minister lutions for teachers in accordance and contents, including teaching students and its foundation of gifted people in addition to other of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah with modern teaching trends. aids, technological solutions, pro- logical thinking, analysis and related educational issues. bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani The Deputy PM was accompa- grammes and activities provided brainstorming, far from the old The conference features 104 and organised by the Ministry of nied by the Minister of Education to various age groups of students. traditional methods. training programmes, nine lec- Education and Higher Education. and Higher Education HE Dr Mo- Mahmoud said the confer- The minister stressed on Qa- tures, 16 working papers and 46 Mahmoud also unveiled the hammed bin Abdulwahed al Ham- ence was necessary as it provides tar’s tireless efforts in this regard distinct educational practices. Nasser gets Large turnout at Family Day celebrations WISE, EDI support recognition TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA QNA school leaders at QF BAKU AAMAL Medical and Ebn Sina TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK reviewed the challenges they Medical, an Aamal Holding DOHA face, and designed evidence- PRESIDENT Ilham Aliyev of company - part of Al Faisal informed solutions and de- Azerbaijan has awarded the Holding group, celebrated THE World Innovation Sum- tailed plans to address them. Presidential Medal of First ‘Family Day’ recently. mit for Education (WISE), in Dr Asmaa al Fadala, Direc- Class to HE Nasser bin Ab- The annual event was suc- collaboration with the Educa- tor of Research, WISE, empha- dulaziz al Nasser, the High cessful with a turnout of more tion Development Institute sised that the programme pro- Representative of the United than 500 people. (EDI), has concluded the sec- vides support to school leaders Nations Alliance of Civiliza- In addition to celebrating ond part of its five-month pro- in order to improve student tions, in recognition of his ef- the company’s achievements, gramme, entitled ‘Empowering academic motivation and per- forts in promoting the culture ‘Family Day’ also recognises Leaders of Learning’, with a formance. “We are confident of peace and dialogue among top-performing employees. two-day event held at the Qatar that the school leaders who civilizations at the global level The company’s success this National Convention Centre. have committed themselves in general, and between the year was attributed to an in- Both WISE and EDI are in- to the innovative, proven tech- UN organisation and Azerbai- crease in demand from both The annual event by Aamal Medical and Ebn Sina Medical was successful with a turnout of 500 people. itiatives of Qatar Foundation niques and professional prac- jan, in particular. the private and public medi- (QF), and 21 leaders from QF tices of this programme will President Aliyev and Nass- cal sectors, which was further schools were invited to partici- see significant improvement er opened the Seventh Inter- strengthened by a signifi- pate in the conference, which in their students’ academic national Conference of the Al- cant increase in government was led by Dr Simon Break- performance.” liance of Civilizations in Baku spending to develop the medi- spear, founder and CEO of the Dr Asmaa noted that on April 26 which continued cal sector in Qatar. Australia-based LearnLabs. WISE plans to extend the for two days, and concluded ‘Family Day’ started off The LearnLabs programme programme to include more with the issuance of ‘Baku with a guided tour of Sheikh is based on research in effec- schools, including Ministry of Declaration’ which was adopt- Faisal bin Qassim al Thani tive teaching strategies, be- Education and Higher Educa- ed by the Member States, and Museum in Al Shahaniya. havioural design and organi- tion schools. “This programme focused on the concept of co- This was followed by out- sational learning. It introduces provides our educators with existence and respect of oth- door activities, including a participants to key leadership the tools and proactive prac- ers, respect for religions and friendly football match and strategies needed to drive and tices they need to support acceptance of cultural and family activities. support change in teaching student success. Our schools, civilizational diversity with The companies rewarded “I thank all of our employ- hata, general manager for Ebn ance in the past year,” said Dr practice, in order to achieve and our future as a nation, are special emphasis on the role of their top performing staff ees and their families, who Sina and Aamal Medical. Samy Hanna, deputy manager and incubate excellence in line dependent on their dedication education in promoting these from various departments make up the Ebn Sina and “We are delighted at the for Administration Affairs for with the aspirations of QF. and hard work.” concepts. such as finance, marketing, Aamal medical family, for the huge turnout of more than Ebn Sina and Aamal Medical. In preparation for the ses- The programme, which The Seventh International tender, retail, sales, PR, HR incredible work that they do 250 staff members and fam- The day culminated in a gala sion, participants were given was made possible in part by Conference of the Alliance of and logistics. Twelve employ- and for continuing to show ily from Ebn Sina Medical dinner, which was hosted for the a short exercise to reflect on ExxonMobil, focused on en- Civilizations witnessed a large ees from Ebn Sina and six why we are the largest phar- and Aamal Medical. An activ- staff and their families by Sheikh their actions, outcomes, and couraging school principals, and effective participation at from Aamal Medical were ac- maceutical distribution com- ity like Family Day provides Faisal bin Qassim al Thani, what was learned over the assistant principals and head the level of Heads of State and knowledged for their efforts pany in Qatar. We aim to scale our employees and their fam- chairman of Al Faisal Holding, duration of the programme, teachers in Qatar to reflect government, foreign ministers by Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim al even greater heights not only ily members an opportunity Ebn Sina Executive Committee as well as a reading focused WISE’s strategy to support and a group of politicians, jour- Thani, who presented to them in the country but at a global to get to know each other and and management and members on teacher learning. School some of the country’s most in- nalists and opinion makers. certificates and gifts. level as well,” said Sherif She- enjoy the company’s perform- of Aamal Medical. leaders then discussed and fluential change-agents.

MoQ’s road safety initiative benefits hundreds of students ‘Darb Al Salama’ drive starts TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Hasba Driving School, over DOHA the course of the week. Many of the new drivers, including in northern communities HUNDREDS of students at several working in the oil in- independent and driving dustry, received one-on-one TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK ‘Darb Al Salama’ uses a helps young drivers identify schools gained valuable tips training from internationally DOHA mix of practical and computer- and respond to potentially un- on road safety ahead of the accredited driving instructors based education tools to help safe traffic situations, with the Holy Month of Ramadan, dur- in the state-of-the-art SFRS BUILDING on its success in change driving behaviours, aim of positively impacting ing a programme delivered by driving simulator. previous years, the Ras Laf- with the vision of improving their driving behaviour. Maersk Oil Qatar in partner- Director of Traffic Depart- fan Community Outreach traffic safety. To date, the ini- Last year’s campaign at- ship with the General Directo- ment Brigadier Mohammed Programme (COP) recently tiative has attracted participa- tracted almost 7,000 stu- rate of Traffic at the Ministry Saad al Kharji said: “Through kicked off the third annual tion of more than 12,000 young dents from 30 schools in Al of the Interior recently. our strong partnership with season of the ‘Darb Al Salama’ people from youth centres and Thakhira, Umm Slal and the The awareness event was Maersk Oil Qatar, we have (safe journey) initiative for schools across Doha and the northern communities. held as part of the Students taken major strides towards schoolchildren. northern communities. ‘Darb Al Salama’ is a COP in- for Road Safety (SFRS) pro- achieving Qatar’s National The road safety campaign ‘Darb Al Salama’ includes itiative organised in partnership gramme which aims to turn 12 Road Safety Strategy that took place on May 4 and 5 at the ‘Rakkiz Tislam’ programme, with the Ministry of Interior’s to 18 year olds into road safety aims to make our roads safer. the Barzan Youth Centre, and which means ‘Focus to be Safe’ Traffic Department, Qatar Red advocates through a mix of in- We would like to thank Mae- it targeted residents of Umm The road safety campaign took place at the Barzan Youth Centre, and in Arabic. ‘Rakkiz Tislam’ is a Crescent and Community Polic- classroom lectures and practi- rsk Oil Qatar for their contin- Slal and the northern commu- it targeted residents of Umm Slal and the northern communities. computer-based training mod- ing Department. COP is a con- cal experience in a road safety ued efforts and support.” nities, particularly those aged ule that has been brought to the sortium of operators in Ras Laf- simulator. Lewis Affleck, managing between 14 and 21 years old. protect Qatar’s most valuable to help change behaviour in Middle East for the first time fan Industrial City that includes Last month, the pro- director of Maersk Oil Qatar, This initiative supports resource – its people. ‘Darb order to reduce fatalities and and is designed and tailored Qatar Petroleum, Qatargas, Ras- gramme visited Al Hasba Driv- said: “I’m pleased to see such the human development pillar Al Salama’ is a long-term sus- serious injuries resulting from to Qatar’s roads and its driving Gas, Dolphin Energy Limited, ing School, Mosaab Bin Omar positive engagement. This of the QNV 2030 by helping tainable initiative of the COP road accidents. environment. The programme Pearl GTL and Oryx GTL. Independent School and Abu month alone over 500 people Baker Asideeq Preparatory were educated in safe driv- Independent School, where a ing practices. We are look- total of 125 people gained one- ing forward to targeting more on-one assistance to improve students in their schools and their approach to road safety. through community events The Students for Road along with our partner, the Safety awareness activities are General Directorate of Traffic.” held ahead of Ramadan due The driving simulator to the sharp increase in road used in the SFRS programme accidents in Qatar during the features cutting-edge technol- holy month. ogy originally deployed in the With the aim of target- Formula One and aviation in- ing young drivers, the SFRS dustries, including a full real programme trained more car cockpit, and an advanced than 100 new drivers this display system with a wrap- month while stationed at Al around screen. 20 Sunday, May 8, 2016 The Last Word Rumaihi calls private sector to invest in agricultural production QNA agricultural production. and other service sites located DOHA This came on Saturday within the administrative during a visit the minister boundaries of the Municipal- MINISTER of Municipal- made to a private farm in Al ity. The tour included a visit ity and Environment HE Khor area, as a part of a tour in to Al Khor industrial city and Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Khor Municipality. the labour city project site in al Rumaihi called for en- During the tour, the minis- addition to the vegetables and couraging the private sector ter inspected a number of un- fruits market and the fish farm to contribute to increasing der-implementation projects in the area. Plan first to realise your goals: Rota’s Goodwill Ambassador tells students

AILYN AGONIA ing interest among Qataris DOHA in mountaineering. The Qatari mountaineer REACH Out To Asia’s (Rota) is preparing to complete his Goodwill Ambassador HE mission of scaling the seven Sheikh Mohammed bin highest summits of the sev- Abdullah al Thani shared en continents of the world experiences of his success- by climbing the last summit ful mountaineering expe- on the list, Mt Denali, the Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser and HRH Princess Lalla of Morocco witness the opening of the 22nd edition of the Fez Festival ditions for a noble cause highest mountain peak in of World Sacred Music. (AR AL BAKER/HHOPL) with Qatar Academy (QA) North America, scheduled students recently. this month. In his motivational “The most important speech, Sheikh Mohammed summit for me is Mt Denali Sheikha Moza attends underscored the importance because it is my last expedi- of having a plan to realise per- tion. I have been training for sonal goals in life. More than more than six months for this 200 students from grades 10 mission. But of all the sum- and 11 of QA attended the lec- mits, I consider Mt Everest as opening of Fez Festival ture session. the most memorable expedi- Sheikh Mohammed, who Rota’s Goodwill Ambassador HE tion because it was the long- QNA Mohammed VI of Moroc- show included music, light- King Chahryar and, by do- is renowned for being the Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah est and the hardest mission,” FES (MOROCCO) co with the theme of ‘The ing effects and spectacular ing so, save the women of first Qatari to scale Mt Ever- al Thani. (HANSON K JOSEPH) he added. Women Founders’. stage mapping. his kingdom. est, narrated his experiences It is worth mentioning HER Highness Sheikha HH Sheikha Moza The tale is a dream-like Since its inception 22 through videos documenting expeditions I look forward here that the young moun- Moza bint Nasser and HRH watched the opening night journey into the world of years ago, Fez Festival of his expeditions. to continue giving talks to taineer has already con- Princess Lalla Meryem premiere ‘A Sky full of Stars’ wise, mystical and enchant- World Sacred Music suc- “Giving back to the com- students and young children quered Mt Kilimanjaro in Af- of Morocco attended the in which the women of the ing women. Against a back- ceeded in occupying a lead- munity is very important. I promoting my cause and that rica, Mt Elbrus in Europe, Mt opening ceremony of the Orient lead the audience on drop of stars, Sheherazade ing international position as have been associated with of Rota,” Sheikh Mohammed Kosciuszko in Australia, Vin- 22nd Fez Festival of World a journey of discovery into has taken the audience one of the most important in- Rota since 2009 and it has told Qatar Tribune on the son Massif in Antarctica, Mt Sacred Music, organised the history of Morocco and on her journey to change ternational events in the field been a nice journey with sidelines of the event. Aconcagua in South America under the patronage of King the myths of the East. The the heart of the vindictive of sacred music. them. After completing my He also lauded the grow- and Mt Everest in Asia. Rota launches iEARN-Qatar 2016 TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA

REACH Out To Asia (Rota) has officially inaugurated the International Education and Resource Network in Qatar for 2016 (iEARN-Qatar). This year’s programme kicked off with an Open House event on Thursday, and brought together 327 students from around the country, along with 65 teachers, to showcase 43 unique projects. Hosted at Qatar Univer- sity (QU), the event was held under the patronage of Qatar Chemical and Petrochemi- The programme promotes youth development through education. cal Marketing and Distribu- tion Company (Muntajat) in year, iEARN-Qatar provides “We are fully committed to The programme encourag- HEALTH MINISTER ATTENDS partnership with the National students with a platform to promoting social responsibil- es cultural exchange between INAUGURATION CEREMONY: Center for Educational Devel- showcase their special projects. ity through our sponsorship participants from member Minister of Public Health HE Dr opment (NCED) in the College The event reflects our collective of development and educa- states, from kindergarten Hanan al Kuwari inaugurated of Education at QU. commitment to moving beyond tional initiatives, particularly through secondary grade, via Mesaimeer Labour Health Centre In his opening speech, traditional education methods programmes which promote a virtual network that con- and its attached Medical Com- Rota’s Executive Director Essa to project-based learning, ena- youth empowerment and nects teachers and students mission Unit on Thursday. A al Mannai said: “Building hu- bling students to play an active capacity building.” worldwide. number of officials from the man capacity and empower- role in the learning process.” Made up of over 50,000 Rota, a member of Qatar Ministry of Public Health and ing youth through education is This year’s Open House schools and youth organisa- Foundation for Education, Sci- Qatar Red Crescent attended the an integral part of promoting saw an increase in the number tions in more than 140 coun- ence and Community Develop- inauguration. Under an agree- community development. We of projects exhibited and tries, iEARN is a non-profit ment (QF), became the official ment with the Ministry of Public believe that by equipping youth schools that participated, organisation that works to representative of iEARN-Qatar Health, the Centre will be oper- with the necessary skills they demonstrating the success of empower young people to in 2008. In 2014, NECD joined ated by Qatar Red Crescent with will have more confidence in the partnership between Rota, undertake projects designed the programme, and, in the the capacity to receive 32,000 shaping their future.” NECD and Muntajat. to make a meaningful contri- same year, Muntajat signed a visitors per month and an ad- Dr Abdullah Abu-Tineh, Muntajat CEO, Abdul- bution to the welfare of the three-year agreement to be- ditional 11,000 visitors in the NECD Director, said: “Each rahman Ali al Abdulla, said: wider community. come its official sponsor. medical commission unit. (TNN)

KATARA HONOURS AL MEYNA CONTEST WINNERS, PARTICIPANTS

THE 3rd edition of Al Mey- na competition, a pearl diving contest for Qatari children, successfully con- cluded at Katara on Sat- urday with an honouring ceremony called ‘Al Qafal’ held for the winners of the contest and participants. The total number of oys- ters collected by all par- ticipating teams during the event was 15,516. As many as 100 Qatari youngsters aged between 10 and 14 years took part in the com- petition. (TNN)