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TERMS AND CONDITIONS Licensed as a conventional retail bank by the CBB New President Light showers for Sri Lanka Hundreds arrested Colombo in Iran crackdown ri Lanka’s former war- Stime defence chief Tehran Gotabaya Rajapaksa has won a presidential election ran’s supreme leader yes- that has split the country terday threw his support The United States along ethnic lines. Ibehind a decision to hike supports the Iranian Official results showed petrol prices, a move that people in their Mr Rajapaksa, 70, took sparked nationwide unrest in peaceful protests 52.25 per cent of the vote. which he said “some lost their against the regime His rival Sajith Premadasa lives.” had already conceded. A policeman was killed in that is supposed to Mr Rajapaksa was the the western city of Kerman- lead them. clear victor in Sinhalese hshah in a clash with armed STEPHANIE GRISHAM majority areas while Mr “rioters”, the second con - Premadasa scored better in firmed death since protests In a speech aired on state the Tamil-dominated north. erupted across Iran on Friday. television, Khamenei said The election is Sri Lanka’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “some lost their lives and some first since the deadly Easter blamed “hooligans” for dam- centres were damaged”. Sunday attacks. aging property despite wide- The White House on Sun- spread anger at the increases day condemned Iran for using and as Iranians suffer from the “lethal force” against the dem- Prez campaign country’s economic woes. onstrators. Several people were also “The United States supports kicks off wounded and dozens arrested the Iranian people in their Algiers PIC BY: SANURAJ in two days of demonstrations peaceful protests against the Signalling the beginning of a new season, the Kingdom last night experienced light showers. The Meteorological that saw motorists block high- regime that is supposed to lead Directorate forecasts an unsettled weather with probability of scattered rain-showers, thundery at times, for Monday. lgeria’s presidential cam- The Works Ministry is in its best efforts to tackle rain-related chaos. ways and others attack and set them,” White House press sec- Apaign officially kicked fire to public property. retary Stephanie Grisham said. off yesterday with five can- didates vying to replace the country’s longtime leader, who was pushed out in April amid sustained protests. Two former prime minis- ters, Ali Benflis and Abdelmad- jid Tebboune, are among those running in the Dec 12 election to succeed former President Protests rage in Iraq Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Protesters regain control of third bridge in Baghdad More than 300 people have Protesters made been killed since the start of • mass unrest in Baghdad and DON’T MISS IT a barricade of old southern Iraq in early October, cabinets, trash cans and the largest demonstrations since metal sheeting on the the fall of Saddam Hussein in bridge while security 2003. GIPF to showcase forces took positions Protesters are demanding the India realty overthrow of a political class behind blast walls. seen as corrupt and beholden to 02 investment foreign interests. options The unrest has In Basra in the south, dozens shattered• the relative of protesters burned tires and Employees briefly blocked some roads on calm that followed Sunday, before police managed accused of the defeat of Islamic to restore control and reopen 03 embezzling BD1.5 State in 2017. them, police said. million, acquitted The unrest has shattered the Baghdad relative calm that followed the by court defeat of Islamic State in 2017. Burning tyres block a road in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. The protesters have been en- New project to raqi protesters regained con- ergised by support from Iraq’s create 600 car trol of a third bridge leading attempt to disrupt traffic and who choked on the tear gas were leading Shiite cleric, Grand 04 parking spots at Ito Baghdad’s Green Zone on reach the Green Zone housing evacuated by tuk-tuk, a Reuters Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani, in his Sunday, taking further ground government ministry and em- cameraman said. sermon on Friday. SMC in the biggest wave of anti-gov- bassies. On Saturday, Iraqi demonstra- Mr Al Sistani called for the ernment demonstrations in dec- Protesters made a barricade of 300 tors reoccupied part of adjacent government to change the elec- people have been killed 210 fils (includes VAT) ades. old cabinets, trash cans and met- Sinak Bridge and a nearby tall toral law as demanded by pro- Security forces used tear al sheeting on the bridge while since the start of mass building in Baghdad that securi- testers, which he said would gas and stun bombs to prevent security forces took positions unrest in Baghdad and ty forces had pushed them away restore public confidence in the protesters from getting right behind blast walls installed to southern Iraq in early from a week before. They have system and give voters the op- October. across Ahrar Bridge in central prevent protesters from cross- held a third bridge, Jamhuriya, portunity to bring “new faces” Baghdad, part of a weeks-long ing to the other side. Protesters since October 25. to power. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2019 02 His Highness Shaikh Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, accompanied by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, yesterday viewed a Second World War-era Supermarine Silver Spitfire, which landed in Bahrain as part of a round-the-world expedition. During this occasion, HH Shaikh Isa highlighted the strength of historic ties between Bahrain and the United Kingdom, noting that the strong partnership between the two Kingdoms, continues to advance across various levels. HH Shaikh Isa and HH Shaikh Mohammed were given a brief on the history and make of the iconic British fighter jet, and its role and use during World War II. The short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft, embarked on a round the world expedition earlier this year, and is set to visit approximately thirty countries – Bahrain being one of the destinations. 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