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Rescue Centre First in Region N Good Wishes for the Premier VOL XXXVIII No. 254 (GGDN 024) SUNDAY, 29th NOVEMBER 2015 200 Fils/2 Riyals TI SCIENTIFIC CALCULATORS make international calls to win a car enrol for free, dial 98995# * XEROX B&W A3 MULTIFUNCTION PRINTER BD 650/- MOIC/PC 5236-2015 www.gulfcomputerservices.com 17 815 444 n Good wishes for the Premier MANAMA: Citizens yesterday took to the MANAMA: Eco- social media to wish His Royal Highness Prime SECURITY IN Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa nomic disorder good health and a long life following his and lack of op- successful health checks. portunity are The Royal Court announced on Friday that the Premier had been admitted to hospital where contributing to he underwent the medical check-ups. the instability in The citizens stressed their feelings of love and respect for the Premier, who they described Middle East, it as a national icon and builder of modern was revealed last Bahrain. They hailed his role in the kingdom’s political, night. economic and social developments. The Regional stability citizens also pointed out to his efforts, under and business opportunity go hand Bahrain Bay Forum in Manama. under the theme Middle East: Re- is far greater. However, economic the leadership of His Majesty King Hamad, to transform Bahrain into a model of growth and in hand, Industry, SPOTLIGHTCommerce Organised by the International In- gional Security and Business Oppor- disorder and lack of opportunity un- prosperity, according to a report in our sister and Tourism Minister Zayed Al stitute for Strategic Studies (IISS) at tunity. doubtedly perpetuates the issue.” paper Akhbar Al Khaleej. Zayani said. the Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay, “The current instability in the Mid- He noted that falling government He also stressed the need for the two-day event brings together dle East cannot be wholly ascribed to revenues in the wake of a remarkable n Iran envoy summoned “unprecedented” economic reform global decision-makers who will dis- social instability and lack of oppor- oil price decline was the biggest eco- across the Gulf in light of lower oil cuss economic development against tunities. nomic challenge facing the Gulf. MANAMA: The Foreign Ministry yesterday Full report – Page 3 summoned Iranian acting charge d’affaires revenues as he addressed the first the backdrop of regional instability “The complexity of the situation Hameed Shafe’e Zad in protest against recent statements by his country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Rescue centre Under-Secretary Abdulla Abdullatif Abdulla handed over an official memorandum in protest against the statements which, he said, represented flagrant interference in Bahrain’s internal rst in region affairs, an unacceptable violation of its sovereignty and independence and an MANAMA: A new safe home will open its affront to UN principles. doors today to shelter victims of human The statements also reflect Iran’s known trafficking – as well as potential victims. policy of sectarian discrimination and are Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin contrary to the values of civilised societies, Ahmed Al Khalifa will inaugurate the new he said. facility, thought to be the first of its kind in Such false statements that carry an explicit the region. incitement and reflect a clear determination The centre is the fruit of co-operation to foment discord and fuel tensions in the between Labour Market Regulatory Au- region must stop, the under-secretary said. thority (LMRA), the ministries of interior, He stressed the need of committing health, labour and social development, in fully to the principles of the UN and the addition to the Bahrain Corporate Social Organisation of Islamic Co-operation. Responsibility Society and the Migrant He urged full compliance with the Workers Protection Society. principles of good neighbourliness and The national anti-human trafficking the norms governing relations between committee will supervise it with support sovereign states, affirming that Bahrain from LMRA. The centre will be capable of would not hesitate to take measures to accommodating 100 people, said committee protect its interests, maintain its security head and LMRA chief executive Ausamah and stability and ensure the safety of its Al Absi. It will have a helpline available in GDN Motor - ear panel_4x3 ads.pdf 1 10/22/15people. 3:59 PM seven languages. n Tourists look at the tomb of King Tut as it is displayed in a glass case at the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Egyptian Antiquities Minister Mamdouh El Damaty said yesterday that there is a 90 per cent chance that hidden chambers will be found within King Tutankhamun’s tomb, based on the preliminary results of a new exploration of the 3,300-year-old mausoleum. 2 Gulf Daily News Sunday, 29th November 2015 UK minister quits over bullying row LONDON: A British govern- ment minister resigned yester- day amid a crisis over alleged Putin hits Turkey bullying within the governing Conservative Party sparked by the death of a young activist. International Development Minister Grant Shapps sent a resignation letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, say- ing “the buck should stop with with sanctions me.” Shapps was n Shapps ANKARA: Russian President Turkey’s airspace despite re- party chairman Vladimir Putin yesterday peated warnings to change until May’s general election, called for sanctions against Top Kurdish lawyer shot dead course. and has been accused of failing “We are truly saddened by to act on claims of bullying and Turkey, following the down- this incident,” Erdogan said. ing this week by Turkey of a DIYARBAKIR: A leading Kurdish lawyer was shot ple dead since a two-year-old truce between Anka- abusive behaviour in the Con- dead yesterday in southeast Turkey after unknown ra and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fell “We wish it hadn’t happened as servatives’ youth wing. Russian warplane. attackers opened fire on a gathering in the main- apart in July. such, but unfortunately such a Conservative activist Eliott The decree published on ly Kurdish province of Diyarbakir, triggering a Elci, who had been detained in October for thing has happened. I hope that Johnson, who was 21, was the Kremlin’s website Satur- shootout with police. alleged “terrorist propaganda” on behalf of the something like this doesn’t oc- found dead on railway tracks day came hours after Turkish The unknown assailants shot at Tahir Elci, head PKK, died at the scene of gunshot wounds to his cur again.” in September in an apparent President Recep Tayyip Erdo- of the bar association in Diyarbakir, and 40 oth- left eye. Addressing supporters in suicide. He had accused Con- gan had voiced regret over the er activists as they were giving a Press statement Diyarbakir governor’s office said in a statement Balikesir, Erdogan said neither near a mosque in the city’s Sur district, according that one policeman was also killed and two police servative youth organiser Mark incident, saying his country to witnesses. were injured in the shootout. country should allow the inci- Clarke of bullying. was “truly saddened” by the The police immediately returned fire, they said. A hunt for the attackers was underway while dent to escalate and take a de- Clarke denies wrongdoing event and wished it hadn’t oc- Southeast Turkey has been rocked by a new clashes were continuing throughout the Sur dis- structive form that would lead but was expelled from the party curred. wave of unrest that has left several hundred peo- trict. to “saddening consequences.” as it emerged that other Conser- The decree includes a ban He renewed a call for a meet- vatives had also accused him on some goods and forbids ing with President Vladimir Pu- of bullying, sexual harassment extensions of labour contracts tails, but it also calls for ending vacation packages that would since Tuesday’s incident tin on the sidelines of a climate and blackmail. for Turks working in Russia. It chartered flights from Russia include a stay in Turkey. in which Turkish F-16 jets conference in Paris next week, The party had previously said doesn’t specify what goods are to Turkey and for Russian tour- Erdogan’s expression of shot down the Russian jet on saying it would be an opportu- it was not aware of any oth- to be banned or give other de- ism companies to stop selling regret yesterday was the first grounds that it had violated nity to overcome tensions. er allegations against Clarke, Erdogan’s friendly overture who ran an operation that sent however, came after he again young activists to campaign vigorously defended Turkey’s n Mass grave in close-fought constituencies action and criticised Russia for during the election. its operations in Syria. In his resignation letter, found in Iraq After the incident, Russia Shapps said that “although nei- ARBIL: A bomb-rigged mass grave deployed long-range S-400 air ther the party nor I can find any believed to hold the remains of defence missile systems to a record of written allegations more than 120 people killed by the Russian air base in Syria just of bullying, sexual abuse or Islamic State (IS) group has been 50km south of the border with blackmail made to the chair- found in north Iraq, an official said Turkey to help protect Russian man’s office prior to the elec- yesterday. It is the sixth mass grave warplanes, and the Russian tion, I cannot help but feel that discovered in or near the town of military warned it would shoot the steady stream of those who Sinjar since it was recaptured from down any aerial target that IS jihadists earlier this month. IS raised smaller, more nuanced, overran Sinjar in August 2014 and would pose a potential threat to objections should have perhaps carried out a brutal campaign of its planes.
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