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Foreign Minister meets French envoy for Gulf crisis Emir to patronise Qatar upholds QU graduation QNA

mir H H Sheikh Tamim humanitarian bin Hamad Al Thani will Epatronise the gradua- tion ceremony of Qatar University’s 40th batch of male students, due to be held law principles today morning at Qatar National Convention Center. H H Sheikha Jawaher bint The Peninsula Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani, wife of the Emir, will patron- atar will remain a The Minister of ise the graduation ceremony safe haven and sup- Justice noted of the female students porter of the that international tomorrow. oppressed as empha- humanitarian law Qsised by Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al today faces serious Emir holds phone Thani, said Minister of Justice challenges, especially H E Dr Hassan Lahdan Saqr Al in situations of talks with Buhari Mohannadi yesterday, noting armed conflict. Qatar’s adherence to this prin- mir H H Sheikh Tamim ciple since the era of the bin Hamad Al Thani Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani met yesterday with French founder Sheikh Jassim bin held last evening a envoy for the Gulf Crisis, Bertrand Besancenot, who is on a visit to Doha. The meeting E Mohammed bin Thani. phone call with Nigerian Qatar’s government insti- He added that this sympo- discussed developments in the Gulf crisis and Kuwaiti mediation efforts. President Muhammadu tutions and national sium comes at the heart of the Buhari. The call dealt with committees are keen to uphold mission of the national commit- bilateral relations between the principle of the rule of law tee for international the countries and ways of and continue their efforts to humanitarian law established developing them, as well as increase community awareness in order to embody the issues of common concern. of this principle, said the Min- approach of Qatar under the Move to strengthen cyber security ister of Justice during his speech leadership of Emir H H Sheikh at the inauguration of the inter- Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Al Kawari wins national humanitarian law Qatar’s wise leadership Fazeena Saleem on Cyber Security” has been Ambassador of Turkey to Qatar, symposium. believes in the principle of con- The Peninsula developed by QNRF, as part of representatives from the Minis- first round vote The event was organised by flict prevention, maintenance Qatar Foundation Research and try of Interior and Ministry of the national committee for of peace, security and peaceful n a major move to further Development (QF R&D), and the Transport and Communications E Dr Hamad bin international humanitarian law resolution of disputes. strengthen country’s cyber Scientific and Technological and several other dignitaries. Abdulaziz Al Kawari, in cooperation with its coun- The Minister said participa- Isecurity, a joint initiative Research Council of Turkey. The strategic importance of H Qatar’s candidate for terpart in Morocco to draw tion of the Moroccan delegation between the Qatar National It also aims to pool knowl- cyber security, the need for the post of Director-General attention to the great legal risks in this symposium underlines Research Fund (QNRF) and Tur- edge, expertise, and resources wider awareness on the subject, of Unesco, has won the first and serious violations that have Morocco’s seriousness in respect key’s leading research agency in tackling cyber-safety priori- the role of research and inno- round of elections with 19 become normal for some coun- of international laws and its firm was launched yesterday. ties of Qatar and Turkey. vation in safeguarding Qatar’s votes. tries, in disregard of the commitment to the principles The research collaboration “Academia-Industry Coop- cyberspace and critical infra- Dr Al Kawari is compet- conventions and treaties which of international humanitarian aims at developing innovative eration on Cyber Security” was structure were the subjects ing with six candidates, fall under the banner of inter- law. solutions to Qatar’s cyber secu- launched at the Qatar National highlighted during the event. including three Arabs. national humanitarian law, the rity needs. The programme Convention Centre (QNCC) in The second round of vot- Minister stressed. → Continued on page 4 “Academia-Industry Cooperation the presence of Fikret Ozer, → Continued on page 7 ing will take place today.

QTA & Qatar Qatar Media Corporation CEO meets French envoy PHCC treats 15,000 citizens Airways extend ‘free’ of three siege nations stopover offer The Peninsula imposed on Qatar. Importantly, these patients have received espite the unjust block- exactly the same level of care The Peninsula ade imposed on the and similar treatment as any Dcountry, a total of other Qatari citizen. atar Tourism Author- 15,000 citizens of Saudi Arabia, PHCC has emphasized that ity (QTA) and Qatar UAE, and Bahrain have received after 120 days of the blockade, QAirways announced health care services at health its 23 health centres, continue to yesterday that they would centres since June 5, the Pri- provide normal services, noting continue offering their mary Health Care Corporation that the medical teams provide attractive stopover package (PHCC) said yesterday. health service without any dis- until the end of the year, fol- It indicates that the health- crimination. “PHCC health lowing excellent results from care services in Qatar are centres are providing health phase one. provided to all patients with- services as usual, we are com- The enticing offer — part Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Media Corporation, H E Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Hamad out any discrimination. mitted providing primary health of a broader +Qatar cam- PHCC has received 10,550 care services to all people in the Al Thani, met yesterday with French Ambassador to Qatar, Eric Chevallier. The meeting paign — encourages all Saudi Arabian citizens, 3,353 country, including all GCC discussed media relations between the two countries. transit passengers to add from Bahrain and 1,284 from nationals. Qatar to their travel plans the UAE, since the blockade was → See also page 8 and provides transit passen- gers with an opportunity to discover the country. The offer includes free luxury hotel stays and com- Mobile phone prices go down as new models emerge plimentary transit visas. Initially planned to run from May until the end of the sum- Sachin Kumar to 20 percent in the last few iPhone 6 and 7 and Samsung retailer are even offering free- QR2,599 in June this year but now mer, the offer will The Peninsula months. Galaxy S7 and S8 declined, after bies such as free cover with it . it is available at QR2,499. Simi- now continue until Decem- Tech giants Apple and Sam- these new models reached the iPhone 6 Plus with internal larly, Samsung S7 with 32 GB ber 31. During the initial rices of existing phone sung had recently announced the local market. 64GB internal memory was trad- internal memory was being sold period, the country welcomed models have fallen signif- launch of their latest models last iPhone 7 plus with 128GB ing at QR2,099 in September last at around QR2,000 but it is now 34 percent more transit pas- Picantly after the launch of month. Apple announced it had internal memory was being sold year, but now the customer can available QR1649, showing a fall sengers compared to the new models by phone makers, launched its iPhone 8 and iPhone at QR3,199 in March this year, get hold of the same model at of 18 percent. Other models have same period in 2016. giving consumers chance to own X while Samsung launched its but now the same model is avail- QR1,699, a fall of 20 percent. also witnessed the same trend. cell phones at lower rates. Prices Note 8. able at QR2,899, showing a Samsung S8 with 64GB inter- → See also page 8 of existing models have fallen up Prices of existing models decline of 10 percent. Some nal memory was being sold at → Continued on page 8 02 HOME TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2017

Emir approves Cabinet’s Condolences conveyed to Tajikistan President decision; issues decrees

QNA Republic of Turkey, which was signed in Doha on October 7, signed in Trabzon on December 2015. mir H H Sheikh Tamim 18th, 2016, annexed to this H H the Emir also issued an bin Hamad Al Thani decree and to have the force of instrument of ratification approved yesterday law in line with Article 68 of the approving a draft air services the Council of Minis- constitution. agreement between the Govern- ters’ decision No. 40 H H the Emir also issued ment of the State of Qatar and Eof 2017 establishing the national Decree No. 70 of 2017, ratifying the Government of Australia anti-drug committee. The deci- a cooperation protocol in the signed in Doha on November 17, sion is effective starting from its field of journalism and media 2016. date of issue and is to be pub- between the governments of the H H the Emir issued an lished in the official gazette. State of Qatar and Republic of instrument of ratification H H the Emir also issued Turkey, which was signed in approving the ratification of a Decree No. 68 of 2017, ratifying Doha on December 2, 2015, memorandum of understand- a cooperation agreement on cul- annexed to this decree and to ing on the development of ture between the governments have the force of law in line with cooperation in the field of of the State of Qatar and the Article 68 of the constitution. energy between the Govern- Kyrgyz Republic, which was The decrees are effective ment of the State of Qatar and signed in Doha on December starting from their date of issue the Government of Turkmeni- 8th, 2014, annexed to this decree and are to be published in the stan signed in Doha on March and to have the force of law in official gazette. 15, 2017. line with Article 68 of the H H the Emir also issued an H H the Emir also issued an constitution. instrument of ratification instrument of ratification H H the Emir also issued approving a draft memorandum approving the ratification of a Decree No. 69 of 2017, ratifying of understanding for coopera- protocol on the amendment of H E Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani conveyed the condolences of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim a memorandum of understand- tion in the field of tourism Article (50/a) of the Convention bin Hamad Al Thani and Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani to President of ing on cooperation in the field between the Government of the on International Civil Aviation the Republic of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, on the death of his brother Noureddine Rahmon. of culture between the govern- State of Qatar and the Govern- (Chicago 1944) signed in Mon- Sheikh Khalifa conveyed the condolences at the Presidential Palace in Dushanbe yesterday. ments of the State of Qatar and ment of the Sultanate of Oman treal on 6/10/2016. Emir greets Qatar’s role in promoting human rights praised President QNA QNA on the sidelines of a three- field of human rights. He noted concerned to the United Nations and residents in the fields of of Uganda day workshop held here on Qatar’s reforms on the labour law Office for Training and Documen- health, education, standard of liv- eorge Abu Al Zulof, Regional interaction skills and ways for and its important role in terms of tation in the field of human rights, ing, social welfare and related EMIR H H Sheikh Tamim bin Director of the United national human rights institutions providing the potentials and which reflects the role of national services. Qatar can be proud of Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of GNations Human Rights with the committees of interna- favourable environments for institutions in providing and cre- what it achieved in this the field,” congratulations to President of Training and Documentation Cen- tional human rights conventions, human rights activists to meet, ating favourable environments Abu Al Zulof said. the Republic of Uganda, Yow- tre for South-West Asia and the organised by the Regional Office consult and work together to pro- that help to freely exchange expe- He said Qatar has made great eri Kaguta Museveni, on the Arab region in Doha, has praised of the Asia-Pacific Forum in Doha mote and protect these rights in riences, build knowledge and progress in terms of expatriate anniversary of his country’s remarkable steps and invaluable in cooperation with the National the region and the world. This is empower human rights workers workers’ issues and the develop- Independence Day. Deputy efforts exerted and being made by Human Rights Committee and the what the Office of the UNHCHR without restrictions, stressing that ment of expatriate labour law, Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Qatar to promote and develop Doha-based UN Office for Train- welcomes, as all these efforts Qatar’s efforts in this field is well about which he said that the UNH- Hamad Al Thani and Prime human rights in the region and the ing and Documentation. show that Qatar is moving in the recognised. “Through my pres- CHR is looking at positively and Minister and Interior Minis- world, noting Doha’s hosting of He said Qatar’s hosting of such right direction, in a positive and ence in Qatar, I can say that the hopes to build upon it to achieve ter H E Sheikh Abdullah bin many international conferences vital and important activities con- progressive manner. reality is constantly evolving in the more and it extends its hands to Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani and meetings in this regard as a firms its continued commitment Abu Al Zulof also noted the field of economic, social and cul- Qatar for this purpose. “We are also sent similar cables of con- testament to this great interest. to supporting any international, facilities and support provided by tural rights. It is clear that Qatar satisfied with what has been gratulations. Abu Al Zulof was speaking to regional or local initiative in the Qatar and the authorities provides all services to citizens achieved and we welcome it.”

New envoy in Slovak Qatar Airways extends new Pre-Select Dining service

The Peninsula exemplary Dine-on-Demand Airways website and choose from service already available for val- the seasonal menu available on atar Airways is extending ued First and Business Class their flight. Meals can also be its new Pre-Select Dining passengers. ordered through the Qatar Air- Qservice to even more First Qatar Airways Group Chief ways mobile app. and Business Class passengers Executive Akbar Al Baker said: The Pre-Select Dining option from October. It will now be “Following its highly successful complements the airline’s available for those flying long- introduction in August, we have recently launched new Business Hassad Food haul to Africa and Asia, joining decided to extend our popular Class experience, Qsuite, which Europe, the Americas and Aus- Pre-Select Dining service for pas- offers an unparalleled level of lux- exports dates tralasia. This bespoke service sengers flying on long-haul flights ury and privacy on board a enables First and Business Class from Doha to select destinations Business Class cabin. First and despite siege passengers to have even more in Africa and Asia. This gives even Business Class passengers can choice and freedom to create more of our First and Business now board their flight in the com- their own personalised dining Class passengers the opportunity fort and knowledge that their The Peninsula experience while travelling on to pre-select their meals before pre-selected dish is reserved and Lukas Parizek, State Secretary of the Ministry of select long-haul flights. they fly and is a highly-valued waiting for them whenever they assad Food, Qatar’s Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, The extension of the Pre- enhancement to our already unri- are ready to dine, giving them premier investor in received a copy of the credentials of H E Sheikh Ali bin Select Dining service follows its valled onboard experience. It also more time to relax and enjoy the Hfood and agri-busi- Jassim Al Thani, as Qatar’s (non-resident) Ambassador highly successful introduction by reinforces why we were recog- airline’s superior onboard enter- ness sector, announced the Qatar Airways in August. Passen- nised as the Airline of Year at this tainment and amenities. commencement of Dates Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Slovak Republic. gers travelling in First and year’s 2017 Skytrax awards, moti- As well as enjoying unrivalled exporting to India for the first The State Secretary wished the Ambassador success in Business Class are able to pre- vating us to continue innovating five-star service, premium cus- time despite the blockade on his duty and bilateral relations further development and select one main course from the to offer our unparalleled five-star tomers can also be pampered the State of Qatar, and noted progress. For his part, the Ambassador expressed his à la carte on-board menu, as far service.” with amenities from world-class that the first shipment arrived desire to develop bilateral relations between the State as 14 days in advance and up to To pre-select a meal, passen- brands such as BRIC’S, Nappa on Friday. of Qatar and the Slovak Republic. 24 hours before take-off. This is gers simply need to log into ‘My Dori, Monte Vibiano and The Mohamed Badr Al Sadah in addition to the existing and Trips’ on the Qatar White Company. (pictured), Hassad Food CEO, said: “It is our pleasure to open bridges of business cooperation with our friendly country India. This move MEC detects 28 violations in commercial stores demonstrates the strength and stability of Qatar’s econ- omy, as Hassad was able to QNA abiding by the terms and condi- The surprise inspection cam- the markets and commercial inspection campaigns to control begin exporting in the food tions of the sale license or paigns are within the efforts activities in the State with the such practices and refer all vio- sector despite the unjust he Ministry of Economy promotional offer and not sep- undertaken by the Ministry of aim of controlling prices and lators to the concerned entities blockade on Qatar”. and Commerce carried out arating the goods. Economy and Commerce’s keen- detecting abuses, in order to pro- to take the appropriate measures He added “We plan to Ta surprise inspection cam- The Ministry said in a state- ness on monitoring the extent to tect the rights of consumers, as against them to protect the increase the number of future paign on number of different ment that this type of practice which suppliers (commercial well as monitoring the compli- consumer. shipments to India and other commercial stores in the contravenes the provisions of outlets) comply with their obli- ance of suppliers. The Ministry called on all countries around the world”. country. Law No. 8 of 2008 on consumer gations under the provisions of The Ministry confirmed it consumers to report any viola- Furthermore, Hassad The campaign resulted in the protection, and the ministerial Law No. 8 of 2008 on consumer will be firm against all those neg- tions to the Ministry through its Food supports the local farm- seizure and issuance of 28 vio- decision No. (5) of 1984 on sale protection, and the ministerial ligent and not complying with difference communication chan- ers through purchasing their lations, which varied from not through discounts, where the decision No. (5) of 1984 on sale the consumer protection law and nels such as phone, emails, social Dates produce, with the aim advertising in Arabic, not deliv- value of the single offense ranges through discounts as well as its its executive regulations. It also media or application available of increasing the local ering an invoice in Arabic, not between QR 5000 and 6000. keenness on regulating confirmed it will intensify its on smartphones. production. TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2017 HOME 03 04 HOME TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2017 Qatar committed to uphold rules of humanitarian laws

Al Suwaidi praised Moroc- co’s stance on the fabricated Gulf crisis, where at the beginning of the crisis Morocco expressed its eagerness to not follow hasty statements which only results in fueling and deepening the dif- ferences. Morocco favours to take a constructive neutral stance and to encourage open and inclusive dialogue without infringing internal sovereignty. It also decided to have a clear stance and fulfill its commit- ments, Al Suwaidi added. President of the Moroccan Sultan bin Abdullah Al Suwaidi (left), Undersecretary of the National Committee for Interna- Ministry of Justice and President of National Committee for tional Humanitarian Law, Dr Farida El Khamlichi said the sym- International Humanitarian Law, and Dr Farida El Khamlichi, posium combines the efforts of President of the Moroccan National Committee for International Qatari and Moroccan expertise to Humanitarian Law at the event. look into the international humanitarian law, define the law, Sultan bin Abdullah Al impact on people and its application, scope, differenti- Suwaidi, Undersecretary of the belongings. ating it from other similar laws, Minister of Justice H E Dr Hassan Lahdan Al Mohannadi (left) and other dignitaries at the event. Ministry of Justice and President He added that Qatar estab- present its main principles as well of National Committee for Inter- lished the National Committee as the application mechanisms → Continued from page 1 national Humanitarian Law said on International Humanitarian and ensure its respect. She said places of conflict and the hotbeds The two-day symposium the event is the first coopera- Law due to its eagerness to the aim of this symposium is for Minister of Justice H E Dr of tension and conflict. He also touches on different topics tion between both sides to effectively adhere to its global the attendees to connect scientif- Hassan Lahdan Al Mohannadi highlighted that Ministry of Jus- related to international human- achieve the goals of the memo- commitments, where the com- ically, to develop expert network noted that international human- tice presented an initiative to itarian law, the categories randum of understanding on mission aims to spread and those interested in interna- itarian law today faces serious form experts network in the legal protected by law, the scope of the implementing the international awareness on the law through tional humanitarian law in Qatar challenges, especially in situa- and legislative fields to enhance law, its principles and the mech- humanitarian law. Al Suwaidi such symposiums targeting and Morocco, which may have tions of armed conflict and the the exchange of experience in the anisms of implementing the said the multiple armed conflicts government employees and effective contribution to the com- failure of the international com- fields of training and international humanitarian law in Libya, Palestine, Syria, Yemen those working in relevant mittee’s efforts in spreading the munity to protect civilians in qualification. on a national and global level. and Iraq have had a destructive companies. law. Over 11,000 visit Kahramaa Awareness Park

Sanaullah Ataullah postage stamps carrying pictures also became paperless after The Peninsula of wildlife of Qatar. switching Human Resources “The KAP that opened by the Department to online system and ahramaa Awareness Park end of April was visited by a total Q-Post is using PDA system in (KAP) received more than of 11,390 school students, partic- place of paper work required for K11,000 visitors during past ipants of summer camps and delivery, said Hessa. five months, said Fatima Al employees from public and pri- Dr Mohammed Al Muhan- Mesnad, Head of Community vate sectors,” said Al Mesnad. nadi, Environment Specialist in Awareness and Development Al Mesdan said: “Today we Health, Safety and Environment Department at Qatar General invited an institution, Q-Post that Department at Kahramaa deliv- Electricity and Water Corpora- is adhering to the sustainable ered a lecture on “Paper Use and tion, (Kahramaa). development and working on to Environment”. KPA is an ambitious initia- preserve the resources”. Al Muhannadi discussed in tive of Kahramaa to promote the Hessa Al Marisi, Head of details about the harms of paper culture of conservation of elec- Leadership Development at waste on economy and environ- tricity and water among Qatar Post, explained the efforts ment and gave many tips to save community especially the of Q-Post for protecting natural it. “Paper production involves A display of the World Post Day at Kahramaa Awareness Park children. resources and environment in a mechanical and chemical pulp- yesterday. Pic: Baher Amin / The Peninsula Al Mesnad was speaking on Hessa Al Marisi, Head of presentation at the event. ing to convert raw materials into the sideline of an event organ- Leadership Development at “Q-Post has issued various various paper products,” said Al precious water are used. recycled saves almost 13 trees, ised by Kahramaa’s National Qatar Post at the event. types of postage stamps carry- Muhannadi. “These processes “When paper goes to landfill 2.5 barrels of oil, 1400 KW of Program for Conservation and ing pictures of birds, animals and consume large amounts of it produces dangerous green- electricity, 4 cubic meters of Energy Efficiency “Tarsheed” in trees to support protection of energy and use valuable natural house gases during landfill and 31,780 liters of collaboration with Q-Post yes- in Tokyo, Japan in 1969. environment and wildlife of resources including trees and decomposition. Production of water”, he added. terday at KPA to mark World The event aims at educating Qatar,” said Hessa. water.” paper emits 1.46 tonnes of green- Giving tips, Al Muhannadi Post Day that falls on October 9. school students and employees Hessa said that Q-Post has He said that trees are the house gases per tonne”, said Al said people should send emails This is the anniversary of the of Q-Post about reducing wast- signed a contract with a local main resource in the paper pro- Muhannadi. instead of distributing printed establishment of the Universal age of paper to protect the company for recycling papers duction. A tonnne of paper He said the average office documents, minimize printing Postal Union in 1874 in the Swiss environment and preserve the and installed central printer that consumes approximately 20-full work bins around 50kg of high- and use double sided copying Capital, Bern. natural resources and trees. helped reduce paper consump- grown trees. To make just one grade paper a year, a staggering where ever possible. Avoid buy- It was declared World Post Q-Post also held an exhibi- tion about 40 percent. tonne of paper out of the virgin 10,000 sheets of A4 size. ing goods which use excessive Day by the UPU Congress held tion at the event to showcase the The management of Q-Post materials, over 90,000 litres of “Each tonne of paper that is packaging.

Turkish TRT World Channel now on Ooredoo tv

TRT World is Turkey’s first English broadcasting international news platform and is available on channel 342.

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Sidi Mohamed approaching, we have started The Peninsula There is no change in advertising our goods through social media”. s people gear up for the prices of winter Other equipment which the winter camping camping equipment campers use for grilling are season, traders have and that they were available too in the market and said that all equip- not affected by the prices start from QR150 depend- ment which campers ing on the quality. neededA are available in the mar- ongoing blockade. On the cost of setting up the ket and there is no shortage. tents, he said, “There is no fixed “We have found new alter- price and it differs depending on native markets in place of Saudi four to six metres, the price is the size and the number of tents Arabia and the UAE. We are now around QR2,600 depending on and the location. Setting up one People gear up for the winter camping season. importing tents which people use the quality; there are some tents tent may cost QR500”. during the winter camping and which are expensive especially “Winter camping is some- even for other events from Tur- those imported from Kuwait thing that we can’t miss, because Minister of Municipality and November 1, 2016 and contin- the campers were allowed to key, Pakistan , India and Kuwait,” because whose prices start from we used to live in the desert and Environment H E Mohamed bin ued until April 15, 2017, recorded plant a maximum of five local said Mohamed, winter camping QR5,000,” he added. during this season we relive the Abdullah Al Rumaihi recently fewer number of violations com- trees such as Sidra, Al Ghaf, Al supplies seller. Another trader said, “Earlier same experience in a nice issued a ministerial decision by pared to the previous season. Gharat. Some campers were put He also said that there is no we were depending on Saudi weather. It is a chance to forget organising a committee to take About the conditions in win- in the blacklist for violating the change in the prices and that Arabia but we have found new city life, meet friends and rela- care of winter camping activi- ter camping, an applicant must camping rules and threatening they were not affected by the markets and the quality is good tives and sit together in that ties. The committee allocates the be a citizen with age not less than Qatari environment and wild- ongoing blockade. also. The campers can buy any family atmosphere”, said a sites of winter camping and to 25, and should pay QR10,000 as life, like cutting trees, and using “The prices of tents range type they want, and many of citizen. put the condition of it and to find a guarantee, which is refunda- the camp for other purposes. from QR2,000 to QR25,000 them don’t like to buy products “It also reminds us of the life solution for obstacles which may ble in case there is no violation Environment inspectors have the depending on the size and spec- from siege countries. Because the of our ancestors and preserve faces campers. registered against him. right to enter the camps if ifications. For example, if it is winter season is fast our tradition,” he added. Last season which started on During the previous season, needed. Qatar Airways & Vietjet Air in partnership Al Mirqab Real Estate to launch

The Peninsula to the airline’s fast- commercial tower in Lusail City growing global atar Airways yesterday network in Novem- The Peninsula announced its interline ber 2010. Qpartnership with Viet- Passengers will ben- enowned Real Estate com- nam-based Vietjet Air, an efit from frequency pany, Al Mirqab Real Estate, agreement which will allow increases to both cit- Rhas recently announced its Qatar Airways passengers to ies starting from plans to launch a grand Marina travel to and from points in January 1, 2018, with Commercial Tower in Lusail City. Vietnam not served directly by Qatar Airways flying The Marina Tower offers a wide Qatar Airways using a single double-daily to range of office spaces, as well as, reservation across both air- (HPH), Nha Trang (CXR), Phu transferring to their Qatar Air- Hanoi and providing 10 flights showrooms that range between lines’ networks. Quoc (PQC), Pleiku (PXU), Vinh ways flights”. a week to Ho Chi Minh City. 150 to 1,800 sqm. The new partnership will City (VII) and one international “Qatar Airways is delighted In March 2016, Ho Chi Minh Each floor boasts a total area allow passengers travelling to point, Taipei (TPE). to celebrate ten years in Viet- City also became Qatar Airways of 46,807 sqm, and is equipped and from eight new domestic Qatar Airways Group Chief nam this year, and it is all thanks Cargo’s sixth freighter destina- with world-class gyms, upscale points within Vietnam to con- Executive Akbar Al Baker said: to the Vietnamese market’s sup- tion in Asia Pacific. These restaurants, and shopping centres. nect via Qatar Airways’ existing “We are delighted to welcome port that we have been able to developments serve as a reflec- “The real estate market in Qatar gateways in Vietnam – Ho Chi Vietjet to our growing roster of expand our footprint in this tion of the airline’s growing has been growing significantly, and top-tier amenities which include Minh City (SGN) and Hanoi interline partners as they allow growing market,” he added. presence and commitment to will continue to grow over the next world-class gyms, swimming (HAN) – providing them with us to provide a more seamless Qatar Airways first com- the Vietnamese market. The five years, thanks to the efforts pools, shopping centres, theatres a more seamless travel experience for our passengers. menced operations to Ho Chi award-winning airline recently made by the State of Qatar in the and much more. experience. The new agreement with Viet- Minh City on March 25, 2007. added additional services to the development of its economy by Suwaid has noted that con- The agreement includes the jet will offer our passengers The airline was also the first Vietnamese cities of Ho Chi supporting the various economic struction on the project will be popular coastal city Da Nang even more choice, providing Gulf carrier to offer non-stop Minh City and Hanoi, as well as sectors, which in return is enticing completed by the end of the year, (DAD), as well as Ban Me Thuot them an easy connection in Ho service to Vietnam’s largest city. to the popular Thai holiday des- the country’s major players to fur- and that the company is accepting (BMV), Dalat (DLI), Hai Phong Chi Minh City or Hanoi before In addition, Hanoi was added tination of Krabi. ther invest locally,” said Joe Suwaid reservation offers on all residen- (pictured), General Manager, Al tial units. Mirqab Real Estate. “I reckon that the fact that the Al Mirqab Real Estate has also state of Qatar will be hosting the recently announced the launch of 2022 World Cup will further attract Access to nearly one of its largest residential international as well as local inves- projects ‘Fox Homes’, which is tors, which will lead to a comprised of 429 residential units remarkable boom, high demand 1 million collections ranging from one to three bedroom and investment in the residential, apartments, as well as duplex units. commercial and hotel sectors,” at new QNL building The project comes equipped with Suwaid added.

The Peninsula community. The QNL building is intended to be a public space atar National Library where people of all ages can (QNL) will officially open come to learn, reflect, engage, Qits new state-of-the-art and be inspired,” said Dr Sohair building to the public on F. Wastawy, Executive Director, November 7, giving residents QNL. “In addition, we are The new Qatar National Library building at Education City. access to nearly one million pleased to offer a permanent books, periodicals, and special home for the Heritage Collec- houses educational toys, arts custom-designed innovations, collections, including its famed tion, which is a valuable and crafts materials, and inno- including an automatic book Heritage Collection. repository of the history and vative learning software, as well sorting system, a people mover QNL, a member of Qatar heritage of Qatar, the Arabian as its own team of dedicated system, several interactive Foundation (QF), is destined to Gulf region, and the larger Arab children’s librarians. media walls, and self-check in/ become one of the world’s and Islamic worlds.” Meanwhile, the Teen Collec- out machines that make bor- preeminent centres of learning, The Heritage Collection, tion, aimed at visitors aged 13 to rowing books easier for research, and culture, and also located in the centre of the QNL 18, includes more than 30,000 visitors. a guardian of the region’s herit- building, includes rare and val- books, as well as magazines, Once the building opens, age, as an institution promoting uable texts and manuscripts computer labs, graphic novels, existing QNL members can pick discovery and human develop- related to Arabic and Islamic interactive learning tools, and a up a membership card, while ment in line with the Qatar civilization. In addition to Ara- specially-designed events space. those not yet registered can do National Vision 2030 and the bic manuscripts, historical maps It also includes school curricu- so by presenting their Qatar ID. UN’s Global Sustainable Devel- and globes, scientific instru- lum and college textbooks for Dr Wastawy said,“The Qatar opment Goals. ments and early photography, students preparing for exams National Library building offers The QNL building, designed the collection also contains writ- including ACT and SAT. something for everyone, and we by renowned Dutch architect ings by travelers who explored Young visitors can utilize are really looking forward to Rem Koolhaas and located in the Arabian Gulf region over the individual and group study welcoming the entire commu- Education City, is the first new centuries. spaces, computer labs, a writ- nity to this wonderful national library to open any- QNL also features a dedi- ing center, and an Innovation institution.” where in the world in this cated Children’s Library Station offering a wide variety QNL’s doors will be opened millennium. containing more than 150,000 of creative tools such as 3D for the first time in November The new QNL facility has books, in English, Arabic, printers, sound recording and 2017, giving the local commu- been five years in the planning, French, German, and other lan- editing, and musical nity the first chance to use the having been founded in 2012 by guages, and is offering early instruments. tremendous new building and H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, literacy programs and work- The 45,000-square-meter resources, while a full range of Chairperson of QF. shops for families to develop QNL building, which is fully exhibitions and services will be “We are very pleased to reading skills from an early age. accessible to visitors with spe- launched at the official inaugu- open our doors to the Qatar The Children’s Library also cial needs, features numerous ration ceremony in 2018. 06 HOME TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2017

Ofcom vindicates CITES cautions on souvenirs made from animals Al Jazeera’s Sanaullah Ataullah endangered bird, them to grassland for environ- ‘The Lobby’ The Peninsula The Ministry of Habara Bustard ment purpose. (pictured) at vari- Al Mansuri said that two o protect the species Municipality and ous farms and bird types of Habara — Asian and l Jazeera’s journalism of endangered ani- Environment is waging sanctuaries across African — are being bred at the has been vindicated in mals, birds and plants, a massive campaign the country, said a farms of the ministry separately Afour landmark rulings the Ministry of Munic- to protect the report published on without being hybridised. issued by Britain’s Office of ipality and the website of the Bustards are large, terrestrial Communications, known as TEnvironment has asked the endangered species Ministry. birds living mainly in dry grass- Ofcom. The decisions pub- nature-loving people to consult of animals, birds and To increase the land areas. They range in length lished on the regulatory body’s with the department concerned plants and has taken population of from 40 to 150 cm. Bustards eat website addressed a number before bringing any gift made of Habara, the Minis- leaves, buds, seeds, fruit, small of complaints made against Al wildlife to Qatar. several measures try also opened vertebrates, and invertebrates. Jazeera’s award-winning “If you are not sure whether to increase their international trade in specimens multiple farms in The Ministry asked the peo- Investigative Unit, which pro- you need a permit to bring a population. of wild animals and plants does Qatar and abroad. “The farms of ple to call hotline 998 to inform duced the January 2017 tourist souvenir from aboard, not threaten their survival. the Ministry in Qatar, Iran, the violations related to the undercover series “The Lobby.” you must consult CITES office at The Ministry of Municipality Morocco and China produce environment. The films made front-page the Ministry before you purchase Department of Protection and and Environment is waging a between 1,300 to 1,600 Habara Inspectors from the Depart- news headlines across world- such items”, said a post shared Wildlife of the Ministry. massive campaign to protect the birds per year,” a report quoted ment of Protection and Wildlife wide after it exposed the Israeli on the Ministry’s social media CITES is a multilateral treaty endangered species of animals, Mohamad Al Mansuri, in-Charge at the Ministry of Environment Embassy’s covert influence platform. to protect endangered plants and birds and plants and has taken of the Habara Breading Farm run seized 62 bird-call whistles campaign to smear and attack CITES (the Convention on animals. The convention was several measures to increase by the Ministry in Qatar, as recently. These whistles are British citizens critical of Israel International Trade in Endan- opened for signature in 1973 and their population. saying. banned in the country since they and its practices — including gered Species of Wild Fauna and CITES entered into force on 1 July In a major move, the Minis- Al Mansuri said that once the can be used to attract some of against British Foreign Office Flora) office is operating at the 1975. The treaty ensures that try is also breeding an birds grows up, the farms release the protected species. Minister Sir Alan Duncan. Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit covertly filmed Shai Masot, the Israeli Embassy’s then Senior Political Officer, in Regular eye tests must Janahi is Chair of Medical Education & discussion with a British civil servant, plotting to “take down” Sir Alan Duncan. In the to avoid vision loss Designated Institutional Officer at Sidra past Sir Alan had criticised ille- gal Israeli settlement activity. The Peninsula The threat against him cost The Peninsula the country. Ultimately what Masot his position at the ore than 10,000 patients motivates me is that together, Embassy, resulted in the res- with various eye condi- idra Medical and Research we can help support the ignation of the civil servant, Mtions and disorders Center (Sidra) has progress of healthcare services Maria Strizzolo, who enter- visited the Ophthalmology Sappointed Professor Ibra- for women and children,” said tained it, and triggered a UK Department at Hamad Medical him Janahi (pictured) as Chair Prof. Janahi. Parliamentary Inquiry into for- Corporation (HMC) between Jan- of Medical Education and Des- Prof Janahi will also over- eign interference in British uary and July this year, with ignated Institutional Officer and see extended fellowship politics that is ongoing. The almost 1,000 patients being he will oversee the implemen- programs including accredited Israeli Ambassador to Britain, treated for glaucoma. tation of all medical education residency programs from the Mark Regev, apologised to the Dr Zakia Mohamed Al Ansari programmes in the Accreditation Council for Grad- British Foreign Office while (pictured), a Glaucoma Special- retinopathy or vision impairment organisation. uate Medical Education Foreign Secretary Boris John- ist at HMC’s Ophthalmology or loss,” said Dr Al Ansari. Prof Janahi, who is the sen- - International (ACGMEI), a body son conceded Masot’s “cover” Department, said the most com- She noted that almost 80 ior attending physician and directly aligned with ACGME, was “well and truly blown.” mon vision impairments treated percent of cases of visual impair- Division Chief of pediatric pul- It is also one of the three pillars which is responsible for accred- Ofcom received com- in Qatar include glaucoma, cat- ment can be avoided through the monology at Sidra. His new role that form the foundation of Sid- iting the majority of graduate plaints from a number of aracts, and diabetic retinopathy. appropriate treatment if diag- will also include the coordina- ra’s mission to provide patient medical training programs for pro-Israeli British activists, She stressed the importance of nosed early. HMC’s tion of undergraduate and care and biomedical research. physicians in the United States. including one former Israeli regular eye examinations to Ophthalmology Department also graduate medical training. Qatar national health strategy In addition to his responsi- Embassy employee. avoid vision loss. provides comprehensive eye Prof. Janahi and his team is making great strides, and we bilities at Sidra, Prof. Janahi is a These complaints levelled “It is important for everyone, testing and specialised diagnos- will monitor the Continuous have a duty to share our knowl- Professor of Clinical Pediatrics a range of charges against Al including children, to have reg- tic services such as Optical Medical Education (CME) and edge and inspire future at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar. Jazeera extending from anti- ular and comprehensive eye Coherence Tomography (OCT), Continuing Professional Devel- healthcare professionals. As an He attained his board certifica- Semitism and bias to unfair exams to identify avoidable eye Electrophysiology, and corneal opment (CPD) of senior medical advocate for continuous learn- tion with the American Board of editing to infringement of pri- diseases such as cataracts and imaging via referral from pri- staff. “Medical education is crit- ing, I am very excited about how Pediatrics, the Board of Pediat- vacy. Ofcom has dismissed glaucoma. People with diabetes mary health care clinics, HMC ical to ensuring the we will develop and mentor a ric Pulmonology and the Royal these charges, and the com- especially need to maintain physicians, and private sector advancement of healthcare for new generation of specialist College of Pediatrics and Child plaints as a whole without proper eye care to avoid hospitals and clinics. patients and professionals alike. doctors coming out of Health Fellowship (UK). reservation. TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2017 HOME 07 Qatar makes great efforts to face consequences of siege

QNA Shammari said that international and sustainable development belief in the importance of inter- trade is a catalyst and an impor- The State of Qatar will continue its efforts as an occupies a priority in the State of national development he State of Qatar exerts tant tool for development and active member of the international community Qatar, which sees the develop- cooperation and participatory great efforts to mitigate economic growth in a way that is ment process as a shared responsibility for sustainable the consequences of the both inclusive and sustainable, in order to achieve prosperity for peoples. approach that respects all human development, and its partnership siege and unilateral and contributes to the realization rights and is based on joint efforts with the international community coercive measures, in of the aspirations of the Sustain- to intensify efforts to reach com- would contribute to sustainable among all components of society. in this area, noting that Doha Torder to maintain the resilience able Development Plan 2030. mon visions that promote global development, inclusive growth “In the framework of our constant hosted in 2008 the International of the country’s strong economic “In the light of the need to economies, especially with today’s and job creation. endeavor to work globally, in a Follow-up Conference on Financ- performance, sustainable growth increase international coopera- economic crises, high unemploy- She highlighted the report of spirit of cooperation to meet chal- ing for Development to Review and economic and social devel- tion in the area of investment ment rates and the debt burden the UN Secretary-General on lenges and promote sustainable the Implementation of the opment, said Nouf Abdullah Al facilitation for the implementa- of a global economic environment international trade and develop- development efforts, the State of Monterrey Consensus. Shammari, member of Qatar’s tion of the objectives of of uncertainty and volatility, ment under the terms of this Qatar hosted the 13th session of The State of Qatar will con- delegation participating in the sustainable development, we mainly in developing and least Committee which noted that the the United Nations Conference on tinue its efforts as an active works of the 72nd session of the commend the important role of developed countries. promotion of the Doha Develop- Trade and Development member of the international com- UN General Assembly. the United Nations Conference on Al Shammari also underlined ment Agenda of the World Trade (UNCTAD) in 2012,” she said . munity in order to achieve Addressing the Second Com- Trade and Development the need to realize a genuine real- Organization was a much needed The State of Qatar will also prosperity for peoples. “In this mittee on Item (17) on (UNCTAD) in this area, and in a ization of the aspirations of all boost towards greater policy cer- host a high-level meeting to pre- direction, we will remain commit- Macroeconomic Policy Questions, wide range of areas relating to peoples of the world in a digni- tainty and enhanced capacity of pare for ECOSOC Forum on ted to working with the and Item (18) on follow-up to and international trade, investment fied life, and the importance of the multilateral trading system to Financing for Development fol- international community to implementation of the outcomes and enterprise development,” she building a rules-based, open, non- contribute to the sustainable low-up in 2018 on November 18 address challenges in all areas of of the International Conferences added. discriminatory and equitable development. and 19, 2017. She noted that host- common concern,” Al Shammari on Financing for Development, Al She stressed the importance multilateral trading system that The comprehensive ing the meeting reflects Qatar’s concluded. ‘Pearls of the Past’ features diverse cast of characters

Amna Pervaiz Rao fiction set here because I want the early drafts of this story and The Peninsula people to know what it is like to I’m really pleased that our soci- really live in the Middle East – not ety is represented without the espite the blockade, the the reports they see on television. normal stereotypes you see in the unity within the country There is a third title planned in news,” said a Qatari woman dur- Dis growing stronger as the series, due out in 2020.” ing the event. recently local and expatriate “I am glad to hear that my Patti Tatum said: “I just fin- readers came together to cele- readers love the book. Pearls of ished reading “Pearls of the Past” brate the release of “Pearls of the Past is merely about the mar- and I am looking for more. The the Past”. itime history of the GCC and the author continues to develop each The fiction series features a connections to other parts of the of the main characters but leaves diverse cast of characters world for a long time. I have the door open for more action including young locals as well received many good comments and suspense. Granted one could as other residents of Qatar. In which turn out to be like dessert pick up this book and not be lost Dr. Hamad Al Ibrahim (second left), Executive Vice-President, this second novel, a university after a delicious meal. The con- in who these people are but she Qatar Foundation Research and Development; Dr Orkun student, Luluwa, tries to ensure structive feedback I try to apply also brings in someone from her Hasekioglu (left), Vice-President, TUBITAK; Fikret Ozer (second harmony among the various to the next project I’m working other novels to make one go to right), Ambassador of Turkey to Qatar; with other dignitaries at branches of her family. on to make it even better.” clubs, university faculty, even her other series from Qatar to the launch of the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF)-TUBITAK This is the second novel in a “Readers and authors love stay-at-home mothers, who have have a clearer picture of life in Joint-Funding Initiative on Cyber Security at the QNCC in Doha series about modern life in Qatar re-entering the world of charac- read previous work by the the Gulf.” “I would recommend yesterday. Pic: Salim Matramkot / The Peninsula at Jones the Grocer in the Pearl. ters they have come to know and author. The interest in accurate this novel and her others to any- Talking to The Peninsula, Dr. aren’t yet ready to leave so it is depictions of the region was ech- one who loves reading about Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar (pic- rewarding to write further books oed by most in the crowd of tales in Qatar and yes, I am now Move to strengthen cyber security tured), author of Pearls of the in the series.” Attendees included attendees. waiting for the next novel to Past said: “I started writing members of book “I read and gave feedback on come out,” he added. Continued from page 1 stakeholders can increase the impact and benefits of science and innova- “The blockade has highlighted tion. For both Qatar and Turkey, it Vendors caught the challenges that Qatar faces and will open new avenues for research the country has also re-enforced and innovation that brings value to for norm the importance of innovation, col- our economies and tangible benefit laboration and unified efforts for to our societies,” he Al Ibrahim noted. violations addressing these challenges as well The joint initiative will address three as need to enhance our resilience key areas as, cloud and big data secu- and security for our systems. It has rity, security systems in mobile The Peninsula not restricted our research and devices and applications, and criti- innovation, it has only given us cal infrastructure security. he inspectors from extra momentum, because neces- All projects will involve collabo- Health Monitoring sity creates focus on science and ration between a research institute TUnit at Al Al Sha- innovation which are capable of fix- or university, and a commercial com- haniya Municipality ing what politics alone can not. pany or research end-user, from each caught several vendors During the blockade of Qatar, we country, with the aim of laying the for violating some provi- often hear the word diplomacy; our foundations for enduring research sions of the law collaboration with TÜBİTAK is sci- and innovation ties between Qatar regulating cleanliness at ence diplomacy,” said Dr Hamad and Turkey. Also Captain Medawi the farms in Al Al-Ibrahim, Executive Vice Presi- Saeed Al Qahtani, Head Officer of Shahaniya. dent, QF R&D. Cyber Crime Investigation Centre at The inspection drive “This bilateral cooperation the Ministry of Interior, made a pres- was launched in collab- between QNRF and TÜBİTAK will entation on “Cybercrime in Financial oration with inspectors focus first on cyber security chal- Transactions” and Khalid Al Hashmi, from the Ministry of lenges that Qatar and Turkey share, Undersecretary Assistant for Cyber Economy and commerce but this is just the beginning. It will Security at the Ministry of Transport and police personnel ultimately extend into other areas of and Communications discussed from the Ministry of Inte- collaboration designed to address about the “National Cyber Security rior in a bid to monitor both nations’ strategic priorities,” he Strategy”. A panel of experts also had the markets to ensure the added. “It will demonstrate how a discussion session on Cyber Secu- public interests, accord- cross-sector partnerships involving rity - A Global Challenge Requiring ing to a statement all research and development Global Collaboration. provided.

Winners of Safari ‘Win 20 Toyota Camry Car Promotion’

Safari Hypermarket Group announced the winners of the fourth lucky draw of the ‘Win 20 Toyota Camry Car Promotion’ at Safari Mall, Abu Hamour, in the presence of Qatar Ministry official and management staff. Winners of the lucky draw are: Yaseen Hannan Mohammed (Coupon no: 2908752), Surendra Raj Thakuri (Coupon No: 3378640) and Mohammad Ayub Ali (Coupon No: 4186039). Each of them will be gifted with 2017 model Toyota Camry cars. 08 HOME TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2017

QSGA to participate Young Qatari artistic talent in scouts and guides conference to undergo training in Paris QNA he Qatar Scouts & Guides Association The Peninsula programme in Doha. It provides Middle East, including Middle T(QSGA) is to participate one lucky artist with an oppor- East Film & Comic Con 2016. in the 28th International atar Museums’ (QM) tunity to live and study in Paris Khalifa Al Obaidly, Director of Scouts and Guides Confer- Fire Station has with access to studio space, the Fire Station, said: “I am ence, which will be held on announced that young museums, galleries and numer- always eager to award this the Indonesian island of Bali Qatari painter Abdulla ous opportunities to network incredible opportunity to a tal- from October 9 to 14. QAl Kuwari (pictured) with peers and other artists from ented and deserving artist for a During the conference, has been selected to complete a around the world. chance to push boundaries and Qatar will announce its acces- three-month residency pro- Abdullah’s work explores be inspired by a city that has sion to the World Association gramme at the renowned Cité spaces of ambiguity and fantasy, bred countless talent over mil- of Scouts and Guides (ISGF), internationale des Arts, Paris, shifting between the real and the lennia. Abdulla has impressed which will increase the one of the biggest and most imagined. He is mainly inspired with his colourful depictions of strength and importance of important art residencies in the by nature, memories and pop dreamlike scenes that are at talent in Paris, following two Station will also host an open the Arab presence in such world. culture. Abdulla received his BFA once playful and thought-pro- spectacular showings from Ebt- studio and talk to celebrate Al events. It also includes the Held under the patronage of in Painting and Printmaking in voking and I look forward to the isam Al Saffar and Nasser Al Attiya’s work and accomplish- election of the host country QM Chairperson, H E Sheikha Al 2014 from Virginia Common- body of work he will produce as Attiya who recently hosted an ments. Members of the public for the 29th World Confer- Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khal- wealth University, graduating part of the Paris residency.” open studio at the Citéinterna- will be invited to meet him, ence, in addition to holding ifa Al Thani, the Paris Residency with the Highest Honours. Abdulla is the third Qatari tionale des Arts in late exchange cultural and artistic workshops on various scout is an extension of the Fire Sta- He has participated in exhi- artist to have a chance to September to showcase his views and learn about his expe- topics as well as other finan- tion: Artist in Residence bitions and art events in the develop their skills and artistic work. Later this month, the Fire rience and latest projects. cial and administrative issues. Awareness initiative launched to bring youth and girls up

QNA enhancing religious and moral youth centres and girls centres feedback of girls through a sur- Qatar National Vision 2030 by patterns and behaviour that stem values. have become incubators of tal- vey that the centre carried out. providing programmes, support from the authentic values and oha Girls Center, along Held under the auspices of ents and youth initiatives that She called for addressing the and ideas that achieve the goals religious teachings so as to inte- with a number of girls’ Minister of Culture and Sports H help them become able to serve issue of having extra free time of the initiative by cooperation grate with the results of the Dcentres, launched on Sun- E Salah bin Ghanem Al Ali, the the country. He noted that such for girls, noting that the initiative between the different educa- survey that reiterated the impor- day an awareness initiative launch ceremony saw Dr. Issa Al initiatives reflect the success of is ambitious and believes in the tional, youth and social tance of work, time, knowledge aimed at Qatari girls to make Horr, Head of Youth Activities the ministry’s strategy in pro- abilities of the Qatari girl to come institutions for girls to practice and spreading awareness of the them participate in the national Department at the Ministry of moting youth and girls. out to the social sphere and con- their constructive activities and importance of respecting these renaissance as well as raise a Culture and Sports, reiterate the Doha Girls Center Director, tribute to the renaissance march. programs. values in terms of deepening the generation of girls who are capa- ministry’s support for all mean- Houriya Al Ajamy, said the initi- She reaffirmed the initiative’s Al Ajamy said the initiative ties of tolerance, justice and ble of serving the country while ingful initiatives, stressing that ative came in response to the social responsibility to achieve aims to spread positive thought social stability. Free stopover offer extended

Continued from page 1 forward to welcoming more Through this exclusive offer, our stopover visitors to Qatar. Over stopover passengers will have QTA and Qatar Airways fur- the past eight months, we have the opportunity to add Qatar to ther announced that the offer seen the portion of our leisure their travel plans, stay at some will now be extended to passen- visitors who are also stopover of Doha’s finest hotels and enjoy gers booking their travel visitors almost double, showing the country’s renowned through tour operators, allow- that our strategy to promote hospitality.” ing more people to benefit from Qatar as a stopover destination Passengers can select from the offer of a free overnight stay is on track,” commented Al hotels including The Four Sea- in a luxury hotel or a two-night Qurese. sons, Marriott Marquis, Radisson stay for the discounted price of “We have also seen the Blu and Oryx Rotana. The city $100. numbers of visitors from Europe tours, organised by Discover In addition to the hotel and the Americas increase over Qatar, will offer passengers the accommodation, QTA and Qatar the past period, demonstrating opportunity to explore Doha and Airways are offering a free stop- the impact of our efforts to experience desert safari adven- over city tour, which can be diversify Qatar’s visitor source tures or a dinner cruise aboard booked on arrival at Hamad markets. In the coming period, a traditional dhow, giving visi- International Airport. Accord- the +Qatar campaign will be par- tors a taste of Qatar’s authentic ing to Rashed Al Qurese, Chief ticularly geared towards hospitality. A winner, of the ‘SeeMyDoha’ photography competition, receives prize at an award Marketing and Promotion Australian, African and Euro- To be eligible for this offer, Officer at QTA, the 100,000th pean travellers.” passengers simply need to book ceremony at Art 29 at W Doha on Sunday. customer of the stopover city Ehab Amin, Qatar Airways their flight on www.qatarai- tour will be welcomed this Chief Commercial Officer said, rways.com, select ‘multi-city’ month, demonstrating the pop- “At Qatar Airways, we are and choose their hotel once they ularity of this offering. always looking for ways to receive their flight confirmation. ‘SeeMyDoha’ winners announced “We are delighted to extend ensure that our passengers have This offer is available for all the +Qatar offer to Qatar Air- a memorable experience, both Qatar Airways passengers, both ways passengers, and look on the ground and in the sky. Premium and Economy. The Peninsula photography contest. The com- Thani, and the second runner petition uses camera-enabled up, Iman Heaphy were each aidah Automotive, Chevro- smartphones and the social awarded a cash voucher of let’s exclusive dealer in Qatar, media platform Instagram, and QR5,000 at the ceremony. Mobile phone prices PHCC treats 15,000 citizens of siege nations Jand the official organiser of started in October 2016.The “We are very pleased with the ‘SeeMyDoha’ photography competition has gained popu- the amount of entries we go down as competition, announced the larity since its first edition in received in this years’ competi- Continued from page 1 winners of the third and final Qatar, and quickly became one tion from Qatari nationals and new models emerge Our Corporation follows values and ethics as well as pro- edition of the competition at an of the most anticipated events expats alike, and delighted to see Continued from page 1 vide quality healthcare services to whoever in need without award ceremony at Art 29 at W of the year for photography a record number of remarkable any discrimination,” Primary Health Care Corporation said Doha on Sunday. enthusiasts in Doha. images portraying Doha in an “There are two set of custom- in a statement. The event also saw the The competition’s aim is to outstanding light for the world ers. The first one, which has high It also indicated that the blockade did not have an impact opening of an exhibition show- portray Doha in a new and to see,” said Jaidah. disposable income, is always on the delivery of services provided by primary health care casing all nominated pictures inspirational way, reflecting “This year marks our final eager to buy the latest models. facilities, where operations in the health centers have been and will run until October 18. people’s unique experiences. competition. I would like to They are insensitive to prices and organized with long-term national plans and strategies in Mohamad Jaidah, Executive This year’s finalist and two run- thank Marianne Hope and See- are ready to buy latest phones at place to meet any exceptional circumstances. Director of Jaidah Group, ners up were chosen by panel MyCity for helping in making any cost. While there is another PHCC also said that the medicine and medical equipment attended the event, as well as of expert judges. The winner, this competition a success since category of customers who buy supply at all health centers were not interrupted due to the representatives from Jaidah Richard Limbo received a two- its inception in 2013. We hope existing models. They focus more blockade. Automotive. night trip to Oman for two to continue organizing events on savings and less on features,” “Healthcare services in Qatar has always been given pri- The ‘SeeMyDoha’ photogra- persons in a five-star hotel that that reflect our continuous com- a retail sales manager of hyper- ority by the country’s leadership . The health system in the phy competition is an offshoot was presented to him by mitment to provide meaningful market told The Peninsula. country is implemented through a clear strategy, which aims of ‘SeeMyCity’ and has been Mohamed Jaidah and Marianne social contributions to this won- Customers say that new to be one of the best health sectors in the region and in the adopted by Jaidah Automotive Hope, Founder of SeeMyCity. derful country and our beloved phone launches do not always world,” PHCC said in the statement. as the way forward to its annual The first runner-up Haya Al city,” he added. mean big innovation. “In the last two years, I have not seen any dramatic change in the new phone models. New models come QRCS provides healthcare support in Mosul with QFFD aid with just few cosmetic changes. So it is better to spend on exist- QNA project of operating a field hospital in thigh external fixation, vascular screen- and Debaga); supplying medicines, ing models rather than on new Hamam Al-Alil, a town south of Mosul, ing, femoral artery bypass grafting, equipment, and furniture to nine health launches,” said an expatriate. atar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) which offered all medical services for laparotomy, wound cleansing and sutur- centers in western Mosul; rehabilitating “I was waiting for the launch is working to enhance the medi- the Iraqis displaced from eastern dis- ing, appendectomy, and splinter removal and operating the Mosul General Hospi- of iPhone 8, not because I wanted Qcal sector in Mosul, Iraq, with tricts due to the military operations. and the radiology department served tal in Wadi Hajar, operating the Mosul to buy it. I knew that once the funding from Qatar Fund for Develop- Till completion of the project with the around 2,500 patients. Since the end of Al-Jadida Health Center and Sports Med- new model hits the market, the ment (QFFD) and in cooperation with end of war in Mosul, QRCS’s medical staff 2016, QRCS have conducted several icine Center, operating mobile clinics at price of iPhone 7 will drop,” said the International Organization for Migra- had received 9,850 patients, who enjoyed health care projects with funding from destination hubs in Badush and Yar- an expatriate who bought iphone tion (IOM). top-quality health care and treatment. QFFD, notably inaugurating health cent- mouk, and other major health care 7 with 32 GB internal memory. QRCS’s medics have completed the This included 548 surgeries such as leg/ ers at IDP camps (Khazir, Hasansham, projects. TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2017 MIDDLE EAST / AFRICA 09 US visa suspension decision upsetting: Erdogan

Ankara yesterday, urging Washington to Ties affected Agencies reverse its visa decision. Ministry officials told the dip- Ankara hit back at urksih President Recep lomat the move was creating the US suspension of Tayyip Erdogan yes- “unnecessary escalation and vic- the issuing of non- terday condemned the timisation”, the state-run immigrant visas — a US move to suspend Anadolu news agency reported. move described by non-immigrant visa The US embassy in Ankara President Recep Toperations at diplomatic facili- said Sunday that it would sus- Tayyip Erdogan as ties in Turkey. pend issuing visas for tourism, “very, very “The embassy’s decision to medical treatment, business, suspend all non-immigrant visa temporary work or study, after saddening” — with a applications is upsetting,” the arrest last week. tit-for-tat response Erdogan said in a joint news con- “Above all, this decision is against American ference with his Ukrainian very, very saddening,” Erdogan citizens. counterpart Petro Porochenko said in his first reaction to the in Ukraine’s capital Kiev. decision, at a news conference The Turkish foreign He added that Turkey’s with his Ukrainian counterpart ministry summoned response had reciprocated the Petro Poroshenko in Kiev. the US embassy’s US decision. “For the (US) ambassador in deputy chief of Turkey yesterday urged the Ankara to take a decision like mission yesterday, United States to reverse a deci- this, to put it into practice, is sad- urging Washington sion to halt the issuing of all dening,” he added. to reverse its visa regular visas at American con- Last week an Istanbul court decision. sulates in the country, as remanded in custody the consu- prosecutors summoned another late employee over accusations Istanbul mission staffer in an of links to the group of US-based The Hurriyet daily reported President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right), receives Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa escalating crisis. Muslim preacher Fethullah that the individual wanted by The dispute, which analysts Gulen, whom Ankara blames for prosecutors has taken sanctuary Abduldzhemil Dzhemilev at Government Guest House in Kiev, Ukraine, yesterday. have described as the worst the failed 2016 coup aimed at at the US consulate in Istanbul. between the Nato allies in half a unseating Erdogan. He has been “It’s definitely a historic low Turkish officials had indicted by US authorities after any time soon to what they used century, erupted when Turkey formally charged with espionage in ties, at least in recent mem- expressed hope of a new page in clashes with protesters during an to be,” Cagaptay said. jailed a Turkish employee work- and seeking to overthrow the ory,” said Soner Cagaptay, Ankara-Washington relations official visit this year, infuriating Turkey’s influential Indus- ing at the American consulate in Turkish government, accusations Director of the Turkish under President Donald Trump, the Turkish president. trialists’ and Businessman’s Istanbul. the US embassy rejected as Research Program at the Wash- and had pressed Washington for American pastor Andrew Association (TUSIAD) described Ankara hit back at the US “wholly without merit”. ington Institute, adding that the the extradition of the Pennsyl- Brunson, who ran a church in the the move by the US as “most suspension of the issuing of non- Yesterday, Turkish prosecu- last such dispute of this magni- vania-based Gulen, who denies western city of Izmir, has been unfortunate”, saying it risked immigrant visas — a move tors summoned another local tude was after the 1974. “Neither any link to the coup bid. held by Turkish authorities since hurting citizens who had noth- described by President Recep employee working at the Amer- side is willing to step back,” he The lack of movement on the October 2016 on charges of being ing to do with the row. Tayyip Erdogan as “very, very ican consulate in Istanbul, said. issue has further strained ties a member of Gulen’s group. Flag carrier Turkish Airlines saddening” — with a tit-for-tat Anadolu said. Turkish television, The developments also came already fraying over Washing- Erdogan suggested last offered refunds or exchanges to response against American including the private NTV chan- after a Turkish employee at the ton’s support for a Syrian Kurdish month that Turkey could release passengers with Turkish pass- citizens. nel, said earlier that an arrest US consulate in the southern city militia Ankara deems a terror him in exchange for Gulen but ports flying to the US and vice The Turkish foreign minis- warrant had been issued for the of Adana was arrested in March group. Washington showed little inter- versa. Its shares were hit heav- try summoned the US embassy’s employee, though this was not on charges of supporting the Meanwhile, members of est in the proposal. “It will be ily by the row, falling 9.26 deputy chief of mission confirmed in the Anadolu report. Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Erdogan’s security detail were hard for relations to be restored percent to 8.43 dollars a share.

Morocco prepares Sirleaf urges Liberians to respect vote result to test ‘fastest train in Africa’ Monrovia television, seated behind a desk. president did not want to be seen AFP “We all must respect the out- as “interfering” with the vote. Rabat come of the election as declared Sirleaf, 78, also hailed Liberia’s AFP iberian President Ellen by the National Elections progress from a nation left in the Johnson Sirleaf yester- Commission.” ashes of war in 2003 to what she ngineers in Morocco are Lday urged peaceful Sirleaf has largely absented described as “one of the most preparing to test the elections ahead of the vote to herself from the campaign trail, vibrant democracies in the west EArab world’s first high- replace her after 12 years in even though her Vice-President Africa region” today. speed railway this week with power, exhorting citizens to of 12 years standing, Joseph “For the first time in three trains reaching 320km per respect the outcome regard- Boakai, is running to replace her generations we will be transfer- hour, the country’s rail office less of the winner. as she completes the constitu- ring presidential authority said yesterday. Today’s elections will rep- tional maximum of two terms. democratically and peacefully One train reached 275kph resent the first democratic Boakai’s biggest rival is football- from one elected leader to yesterday along a stretch of transfer of power in the small ing superstar turned politician another,” she noted. track between the northern west African nation since 1944, George Weah, whose party con- Liberia was founded by freed cities of Kenitra and Tangier, and with no clear frontrunner tested the 2005 and 2011 election slaves from the United States in the ONCF said. the stakes are high. results in court, before ultimately 1847, but has suffered a series of “This is already the fast- “Go to the polls peace- accepting them. coups and dictatorships that cul- est train on the African Liberian anti-riot policemen take part in an exercise in Monrovia, fully,” Sirleaf said in a short A Sirleaf advisor who minated in back-to-back civil continent,” said French For- yesterday, on the eve of the country’s presidential elections. speech broadcast on state requsted anonymity said the wars between 1989 and 2003. eign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, who was in Morocco to sign a loan deal between the ONCF and the French Development Agency. Mugabe He said the railway was Iraqi VP warns of ‘civil war’ “emblematic of the Franco- snubs top Moroccan bilateral relationship”. candidate The 350-kilometre (215- over Kurdish-held Kirkuk mile) link between Casablanca and Tangiers via in reshuffle the capital Rabat will slash Baghdad according to remarks reported forces fled from the advancing journey times between the AP by the Afaq TV channel, which Islamic State group. Barzani Harare North African country’s eco- is close to the state-sanctioned held the referendum over the AFP nomic hubs by almost two raqi Vice-President Ayad militia. strong objections of Baghdad, thirds, to just over two hours. Allawi warned yesterday Allawi, a former prime min- Ankara, and Tehran, enraging imbabwe’s President the backdrop of a severe hard Morocco’s TGV, which there could be a “civil war” ister, said any move by the leaders in the regional Robert Mugabe (pic- currency shortage that has gets its name from the French over the Kurdish-admin- country’s Popular Mobilisation capitals. Ztured) yesterday dealt a fresh blow to confi- abbreviation for high-speed istered city of Kirkuk if Front militias, which include the Also yesterday, Iraq’s gov- stripped one of the top candi- dence and investment in the trains, is set to enter service Italks over Kurdish independ- Asaib Al Haq, to enter Kirkuk ernment demanded dates to succeed him of a southern African economy, in summer 2018. ence are left unresolved. would “damage all possibilities Kurdish-based cellular network cabinet post, as the battle to which uses the U.S dollar. Chi- The project is 50 percent Allawi, in an interview, for unifying Iraq” and open the operators relocate their head- replace the long-ruling leader namasa was appointed financed by France with loans urged Kurdish leader Masoud door to “violent conflict.” quarters to Baghdad. intensifies. finance minister in 2013 after of around $2.4 billion (2 bil- Barzani, as well as Iraq’s cen- “The government claims Two of Iraq’s three main Vice-President Emmerson Mugabe was re-elected and lion euros). It is set to go tral government and its they control the Popular Mobi- network operators are head- Mnangagwa, who also doubled his move to head a newly cre- around 15 percent over Iranian-backed militia forces, lization Forces. If they do they quartered in the Kurdish region, as minister of justice, was ated ministry of cyber budget, according to figures to show restraint and resolve should restrain them, rather namely Asiacell and Korek Tel- replaced by ruling ZANU-PF security, threat detection and released on Monday. But their disputes over the oil-rich than go into a kind of civil war. ecom. It was the latest in a party loyalist Happyton mitigation was unexpected. ONCF head Rabii Lakhlii said city. And there should be a restraint package of power-centralisa- Bonyongwe. Chombo, who does not the project had cost “less than The head of the Asaib Al Haq on Masoud Barzani and the tion measures intended to Mnangagwa will stay on as have a finance background, is 9 million euros per kilome- militia Qais Khazali warned Peshmerga not to take aggres- pressure the Kurdish regional one of the two Mugabe vice a staunch Mugabe supporter tre, compared to a European worshippers in a sermon Sun- sive measures to control these government to abandon the ref- presidents. Zimbabwe Presi- who comes from the 93-year- standard of 20 million euros day that Iraq’s Kurds were lands,” said Allawi. erendum. Baghdad banned dent Robert Mugabe has old leader’s rural home per kilometre”. The route, planning to claim much of north Kirkuk was included in the international flights to and from replaced Finance Minister district. He was a surprise made more complex by hilly Iraq, including Kirkuk, for an September referendum even the region one week ago. Patrick Chinamasa, who will choice for minister of finance. terrain and strong winds, independent state, after Iraq’s though it falls outside the auton- Prime Minister Haidar Al lead a new Security Ministry, The new finance minister will required the building of sev- Kurds voted for independence omous Kurdish region in the Abadi’s cabinet asked Turkey with Home Affairs Minister have to contend with a seri- eral viaducts including one in a controversial but non-bind- northeast Iraq. The ethnically- and Iran to close their crossings Ignatius Chombo in a cabinet ous shortage of foreign some 3.5 kilometres long. The ing referendum two weeks ago. mixed city has been with the Kurdish region and reshuffle, the government currency that has seen US dol- ONCF expects the line to He said it would be tanta- administered by Kurdish forces liaise exclusively with said. lar bank balances lose value attract six million travellers mount to a “foreign occupation,” since 2014, when government Baghdad. The move comes against against cash dollars. within its first three years. 10 VIEWS TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2017

ESTABLISHED IN 1996

CHAIRMAN SHEIKH THANI BIN ABDULLAH AL THANI

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DR. KHALID BIN MUBARAK AL-SHAFI [email protected]

ACTING MANAGING EDITOR MOHAMMED SALIM MOHAMED [email protected]

EDITORIAL

A view of Qatar University campus. Nudging the market he Nobel Prize in Economics this year has gone to US economist Richard Thaler for what the Nobel jury said was “making economics more Qatar University... human.” It called Thaler a pioneer on integrating economics and psychology. The TChicago University professor has made major inroads into behavioural economics. The definition of economics as propounded by Lionel Robbins as the “science that 40 years of creativity studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means”, comes closer to the aspect of the opportunities for innovative learning and and Islamic Studies aims at achieving a subject Thaler has been awarded for. QNA research. It seeks to educate its students distinctive model in Islamic studies that Not since Indian Economist Amartya Sen won the and develop their abilities to succeed as are still related to modern curricula Economics Nobel late in the last century that the Prize has engineers in the engineering world and in through the development of emerging been awarded for something that sounds less esoteric and postgraduate colleges. The Collage disciplines. The college consists of two which comes closer to understanding the economic and atar University (QU) will celebrate includes seven academic departments, academic departments, two bachelor pro- financial vagaries of daily life. The award to Thaler would today and tomorrow the gradua- nine bachelor’s programs and eight grad- grams and two postgraduate programs. go a long way in understanding how people make purchase tion of its 4th batch of male and uate programs. It has received academic Qatar University has a number of decisions that involve the apportioning of one’s income into female students at Qatar National accreditation for seven of its programs by research centers including, the Center for segments like necessities and luxuries, to put it simply. A QConvention Center (QNCC). The the US Accreditation Board for Engineer- Advanced Materials (CAM), Environmen- founder of ‘nudge theory’ in economics, Thaler argues that batch comprises 4000 students. Of the total ing and Technology (ABET). Its faculty tal Science Center (ESC) and Gas economic decision making is led more by bahaviour or number of graduating students, 1,000 are members, students and researchers con- Processing Center (GPC), Qatar Road emotion than rational choices. Man may be a rational males and 3,000 are females. duct a wide range of researches in many Safety Studies Center (QRSSC), Social and animal, but according to the American economist who has The QU has opened up a wide range of areas. Economic Survey Research Institute acted in a movie about the 2008 financial crisis, human sciences and knowledge for graduating stu- QU also includes the College of Health (SESRI), Laboratory Animal Research decisions are not necessarily based on rational choices. dents and provided the country with the Sciences (CHS), which was founded in Center (LARC), KINDI Center for Comput- The fields of marketing and consumer behaviour deal competencies that occupy prestigious posi- 2016. It is the national provider of quality ing Research (KINDI), Biomedical majorly with choices consumers make. The Nobel jury’s tions in all workplaces in the country in line health education and research in Qatar. It Research Center, National Center for Edu- choice this year has projected the decision into another with the comprehensive renaissance of the also offers undergraduate programs in cational Development (NCED), Early Qatari society and to achieve Qatar National Biomedical Sciences, Human Nutrition Childhood Center, Center for Humanities realm. Consumer Behaviour Vision 2030 which was adopted by the Emir and Public Health, as well as postgraduate and Social Sciences (CHSS), Center for has been defined as the study H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani . programs in Biomedical Sciences and Entrepreneurship (CFE), the Gulf Studies of decision making units and This year’s Since its inception in 1973, QU has suc- Master in Public Health. Center and the Center for Energy and the processes they use to Economics Nobel ceeded in graduating students and qualified Qatar University College of Law is Sustainability Law. select, secure, use, and underscores leaders capable of making the future of committed to providing students with a QU has changed the landscape of dispose of products, services, their homeland and nation. The number of distinctive legal education that helps higher education in the State in recent the need for a experiences, or ideas to satisfy graduating male and female has so far them to achieve unparalleled professional years, as competition among outstanding departure from needs and the impacts that reached more than 41,000 students. The QU success. The College offers a Bachelor students and their requirements have a mathematical these processes have on the has become the country’s national and degree in law (LLB), as well as a Master been increased. Accordingly, it is impera- consumer and society. The model of the major institution for higher education. It degree in Public and Private law. tive for Qatar University to keep pace behavior of the consumer provides quality education with global Among the faculties of the university with this development, not only in subject to a works on the premise that standards and it is the fastest-growing uni- is the College of Medicine, which is QU’s response to these requirements, but also behavioural one. irrationality is an acceptable versity for research in the region. eighth college and was founded in Octo- in order to achieve excellence in various choice. It is what once made Today, Qatar University offers about 79 ber 2014. It admitted the first cohort of fields. youth in the US city of Boston undergraduate and postgraduate programs students in Fall 2015. The College was As Qatar University celebrates the try to ‘force’ others to wear sneakers of a reputed German and comprises nine colleges namely Arts established to meet the basic needs of graduation of the 40th batch of its stu- brand or hang their boots, literally. Anyone who went into and Sciences; Business and Economics; Qatari society. It is also fully aligned with dents, the University continues to Intervale Street with shoes of any other make was pinned Education; Engineering; Law; Pharmacy; Qatar’s national strategies in Education enhance its academic role in supporting to the ground, had his sneakers taken off and tossed on to and Sharia and Islamic Studies; Medicine and Health. the general orientation of the country, a tree that was ‘christened’ for the purpose. and Health Sciences. The College of Pharmacy is the first which is represented in the transition Though such behaviour does not lead a person to The College of Arts and Sciences is one and only pharmacy degree program in towards a knowledge-based economy in directly pick up a pair of the product from the shelf, it of the largest faculties of the university and the State of Qatar. The College currently accordance with the Qatar National surely affects economic decision making. The field of offered Bachelor degree programs and has three accredited academic programs Vision 2030, by focusing on scientific economics has an intense smattering of technical concepts postgraduate programs. It has 10 academic with a university degree that provide the research and providing all the disciplines — from Pareto Criterion to quantitative tightening, but the units , 17 bachelor’s programs and six grad- necessary knowledge and skills to pursue and programs needed by the growing award of the Nobel Prize for something that explains the uate programs. The College has seven a successful career in pharmacy and labor market. ‘nudging’ of a consumer deserves accolades. Earlier prizes programs that have international academic pharmaceutical sciences. It has been The graduation of the 40th batch is an have been awarded to academics who studied “game recognition from international bodies. awarded the status of Full Accreditation evidence of a long record of achieve- theory”, laid the “foundations of mechanism design The Business and Economics is a leading for its Bachelor of Science program in ments and years of hard work done by the theory”, and “analysed intertemporal tradeoffs in academic college with four academic Pharmacy for the six year term 2012 - university which achieved distinguished macroeconomic policy.” departments, four bachelor’s programs and 2018 and the status of Full Accreditation positons among universities internation- The closest the Prize came to be awarded for a high- two graduate programs in addition to an for its Doctor of Pharmacy program in ally and regionally and many of its brow subject was one given to Cambridge scholar Amartya executive program. It has partnerships with Pharmacy for the four year term January colleges and programs obtained academic Sen in 1998 “for lending an ethical dimension to the major business organizations in the State of 2014 - December 2018. The mission of the accreditation. Qatar. The Center for Entrepreneurship at College is to create and disseminate a Qatar University’s laboratories and modern world of Economics” for studying the Bengal the College offers a variety of entrepreneur- knowledge that is related to pharmaceuti- departments also obtained the certificate famine. The need for touching the lives of the common ial research where the Center focuses cal institutions and of the International Organisation for man is more important than going into concepts that largely on involving the university in study- products in order to Standardization (ISO ) which was hardly come out of the pages of tomes of economic theory. ing various aspects of commercial and improve health outcomes reflected positively on the level and effi- The Nobel jury seems to have understood it this year. economic activities. and quality of life. ciency of the university’s graduates. QU’s College of Education is the first The College of Sharia QU has also been ranked 349 in the institution of higher education in Qatar and Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World Uni- QUOTE OF THE DAY the only institution for teacher preparation. versity Rankings 2018 , improving It has two academic departments, two on its 2017 performance by 44 places. The bachelor’s programs, each with its own The QU has opened up a QU ranks 4th in the GCC and 5th in the specializations, and two post-graduate pro- wide range of sciences and Arab region. It also has been ranked 37 in We should concentrate grams in addition to four Post-Bachelor knowledge for graduating the “QS Top 50 Under 50 2018” ranking our negotiating time and Diploma programs. students and provided the among the world’s leading young univer- capital on what really The college has received academic sities founded less than 50 years ago. country with the competencies matters: The future long- accreditation from the International Agency Moreover, QU has been ranked that occupy prestigious positions term relationship we will for Teacher Education Programs (IRTE) a among the top 500 universities in the in all workplaces in the country have with the EU after this year ago. The College works to address world in the Times Higher Education important educational issues and contrib- in line with the comprehensive (THE) World and ranked No 6 also in THE temporary period ends. utes to the achievement of Qatar National renaissance of the Qatari society Top 15 Arab World Universities Ranking. Vision 2030 goals and the country’s quest and to achieve Qatar National Tomorrow will be a national event for Theresa May to establish a knowledge-based economy of the State and its citizens as the country British Prime Ministe the highest international quality standards. Vision 2030 which was adopted will celebrate the birth of a new constella- One of Qatar University’s colleges is the by the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim tion of graduates to the labor market and College of Engineering, which is one of the bin Hamad Al Thani . the fields of giving and creativity to par- leading colleges offering excellent ticipate in building the country. TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2017 OPINION 11 Spain’s effective but expensive antidote to secession

Sonya Dowsett Reuters

s Spain and Catalonia head towards a constitutional collision over the region’s claim to independence, lawmakers on both sides of the crisis are pointing to a way out: north, to Basque Country. AAmong the verdant mountains of Basque Coun- try, which borders France, a once-violent campaign for independence has petered out, with generous fis- cal autonomy from Madrid helping to keep popular agitation for independence in check. “We don’t have that economic resentment,” Aitor Esteban, organizer for the Basque National Party in Spain’s parliament, told Reuters in an interview at party headquarters in Bilbao. “People don’t feel that need to act upon a griev- ance about money; that makes a big difference.” The Catalan government is not calling for a Basque-style deal, insisting instead on independence after declaring overwhelming support for secession in an Oct. 1 referendum banned by Madrid. But the most moderate lawmakers in the region’s ruling coalition privately say they could drop inde- pendence claims if they were given the tax autonomy that Basque Country enjoys. In Madrid, some socialists have suggested it could serve as a model for a compromise that would defuse Spain’s biggest political crisis since a failed Spanish police forces trying to separate right-wing nationalists from protesters calling for Catalan independence during counter coup in 1981, although the cost to the central govern- demonstrations in Valencia, yesterday ment would be significant. Basque staged modest protests over Madrid’s violent crackdown on Catalonia’s referendum, but Basque militant group ETA, which killed more It is due to return 800 million euros to Madrid in the crisis has failed to rekindle secessionist fervour than 850 people in a decades-long campaign to what is known as an annual quota to cover the costs communities have become under- on the streets of Bilbao, the Basque capital nestled on carve out a separate state, effectively ended its of national expenses such as defence or financed, resulting in cuts in public the banks of the Nervion. armed resistance this year when it surrendered its infrastructure. services. Catalan flags hang from balconies alongside the weapons. Rajoy has sweetened that arrangement since he “Now the situation is so critical, Basque flag in a sign of solidarity, but Bilbao is pros- The region now has one of the highest economic regained power at the head of a minority govern- there might just be the political perous and peaceful. Where once unionist outputs per capita and one of the lowest unemploy- ment last year, as the price of securing Basque momentum needed to tackle it,” politicians needed bodyguards and car bombings ment rates in Spain. National Party support for his 2017 budget. said Antonio Garcia Pascual of Bar- were a constant fear, tourists now crowd the taverns “The independence debate is on standby in It has proved unpopular with other regions who clays Capital. of the old town and the world-famous Guggenheim Basque Country because of great fatigue after years would almost certainly oppose any similar deal for museum. of violence and uncertainty after the economic cri- Catalonia, as it would mean cutting their share of Just 17 percent of Basques want independence sis,” said Xabier Barandiaran, professor of sociology state revenue. Typically, regions pass taxes to Madrid and less than half would like to hold a referendum at Deusto University. which redistributes money back to them according on the issue, according to a poll carried out by the Basque’s fiscal autonomy is among the most gen- to a formula that favours the poorer regions. university of Deusto. erous of any region in Europe, dating back to the 19th Former Catalan leader Artur Mas tried to hold century and enshrined in Spain’s 1978 constitution. talks with Rajoy in 2012 about granting Catalonia D-RING ROAD If it were to be extended to Catalonia, an eco- powers to raise and spend its own taxes, but the POST BOX: 3488 nomically more powerful region accounting for a prospect of negotiations in the current climate look Among the verdant mountains fifth of national production, the Spanish state would bleak. 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LOCAL NEWS SECTION South African families battle to uncover apartheid truth TEL: 4455 7743 BUSINESS NEWS SECTION died in police detention, sometimes in circumstances Since then, the family have pressed on with efforts to secure TEL: 4462 7535 Beatrice Debut strikingly similar to those of Matthews’ case — for a proper investigation of Matthews’ death -- despite their mod- AFP example Ahmed Timol. est means. SPORT NEWS SECTION In 1971, fellow activist Timol also plunged to his Among their leads is a UN report from 1979 of which two- TEL: 4455 7745 death from the 10th storey of the same police station. and-a-half pages deal with Matthews’ death. This year, after battling for years, Timol’s family con- The document quotes the police inquiry into the death which ONLINE SECTION vinced prosecutors to re-open the inquest into the claimed that Matthews “forced the window open” and climbed TEL: 4462 7501 ime is running out for 95-year- death — a legal first in South Africa. on to a ledge. [email protected] old Phillip Mabelane. For 40 The court probing the case will deliver its long- “The police were unable to stop him but called to him to years he has waited to discover awaited verdict on October 12. The result could set an come back... he lost his balance and fell to his death,” the police PUBLIC RELATIONS the truth of how his son died at important precedent for other South African families investigation said. the hands of police during South whose loved ones also fell victim to the brutal apart- But the UN found that “it would be absurd to suggest that TEL: 4455 7613 TAfrica’s apartheid era. Now the reopening heid system but, like the Mabelanes, have been denied he attempted to escape through a window of the 10th floor”. [email protected] of a similar case has given him hope that the truth. “There is a strong, and in the circumstances irresistible, he may finally learn what really happened. In the Timol case, witnesses described in detail to inference that he was forced to climb out of the window because ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT In February 1977, Mabelane heard that a Pretoria court the extreme violence meted out against he was being tortured,” said the official UN conclusion. TEL: 4455 7837 / 780 a detainee had died in unusual circum- opponents of the regime. Torture at police headquar- Matthews’ corpse was never subject to an autopsy, but when FAX: 4455 7870 stances. “I heard the news report that a ters included electric shocks, testicles crushed “like the Mabelanes retrieved his body they discovered his blood- [email protected] detainee jumped from the 10th floor” of pepper” and jaws and skulls fractured by savage beat- soaked trousers contained a disturbing message, Lasch said. Johannesburg police headquarters, he told ings. Lasch listened attentively to the hearings from “Brother Lasch, tell mother and my other brothers that the CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT AFP, his back upright, his head shaven, sport- the public gallery, stunned by what he heard. police will push me from the 10th floor. I bid you farewell,” said TEL: 4455 7857 ing a white goatee. “There was a modus operandi” among the police, the message written in the garment’s lining. [email protected] A few hours later, two policeman were he said. In their despair and in fear of the apartheid system, the fam- hammering on the door of his modest Soweto “The Timol inquest gave us hope... We never ily did not hold on to the trousers. SUBSCRIPTION & DISTRIBUTION home. The victim was his 23-year-old son thought that it would happen, that the truth would “Nobody could think that today, 40 years down the line, we TEL: 4455 7809 / 839 Matthews, an anti-apartheid activist who come to the surface.” could ever think of going to court and request an inquest to be FAX: 44557819 had been arrested two weeks earlier as he opened,” Lasch said. “I wish I would have kept it.” crossed the Botswana border. Gathering evidence so long after the incident has also proved [email protected] Since then, Phillip has been haunted by challenging. The Mabelane family, like dozens of others who a single question: “How can someone jump The court probing the case have suffered similar trauma, feel that they have been failed from the 10th floor when you have done will deliver its long-awaited by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, in power All thoughts and views nothing bad?” since the end of white-rule in 1994. expressed in these columns “Matthews loved life, he loved jazz, he verdict on October 12. The “The government and the ANC have not done anything for loved music, he loved girls, he was a social- result could set an important 20 years,” said Yasmin Sooka, director of the Foundation for are those of the writers, not of the newspaper. ite. He could not have committed suicide,” precedent for other South Human Rights in South Africa, which has helped finance the said Lasch, 63, his brother. “Matthews was Timol family’s campaign for justice. pushed.” African families whose loved “That is why we have been looking at these cases privately.” All correspondence The Mabelanes never believed the offi- ones also fell victim to the Sooka’s organisation recently decided also to champion the regarding Views and cial version which exonerated the police, as brutal apartheid system but, case of Matthews Mabelane. Opinion pages should be in all similar incidents of the era. like the Mabelanes, have been Time is against them. The policemen involved are elderly, Between 1963 and 1990, human rights if not dead. But most importantly, Phillip Mabelane prays that mailed to the activists say 73 people denied the truth. justice will be done while he is still alive. [email protected] 12 MIDDLE EAST / AFRICA TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2017

Animated discussion Lebanon receives Iran bristles at 2 military aircraft from the US Beirut US threat to AP he Lebanese army says the United States has Tsupplied Beirut with two label Guards A29 Super Tucano light- attack aircraft designed for counter-insurgency opera- London tions. The army said in a Reuters Trump is also statement that the aircraft expected to were handed to Lebanon yes- ran promised yesterday to terday at the Hamat air base give a “crushing” response designate Iran’s north of the capital Beirut. It if the United States desig- most powerful gave no further details. nated its elite security force, Washington has been a Revolutionary Guards as the Revolutionary major supporter of Lebanon’s Ia terrorist group. army, which until recently The pledge came a week Guards Corp (IRGC) had been fighting the Islamic before President Donald Trump as a terrorist State group and Al Qaida. Last announces final decision on organisation, as he year, Washington delivered how he wants to contain three Huey II helicopters, rolls out a broader Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Al Hariri gestures as he talks to former prime minister Fouad Tehran. He is expected on Octo- raising to 10 the number of Siniora during a parliament session in Beirut, yesterday, ber 15 to “decertify” a landmark US strategy on Iran. such US-made aircraft in Leb- 2015 international deal to curb anon’s fleet Iran’s nuclear programme, a consider the American army to step that by itself stops short of be like Islamic State all around pulling out of the agreement but the world.” gives Congress 60 days to Jafari also said that addi- decide whether to reimpose tional sanctions would end the Syria fighters preparing for final push in Raqqa sanctions. chances for future dialogue Trump is also expected to with the United States and that designate Iran’s most powerful the Americans would have to Beirut Forces are reinforcing positions security force, the Revolution- move their regional bases out- AP ahead of the final attack on the ary Guards Corp (IRGC) as a side the 2,000km range of city of Raqqa,” Bali said by tele- terrorist organisation, as he IRGC’s missiles. S-backed fighters in phone yesterday, speaking from rolls out a broader US strategy The foreign ministry northern Syria are pre- northern Syria. on Iran. spokesman Qasemi also denied Uparing for a final He added that no time has “We are hopeful that the US accusations that Iran had offensive on neighbuorhoods yet been set for the attack, dis- United States does not make cooperated with North Korea. still held by the Islamic State missing reports in some media this strategic mistake,” foreign In an interview that was group in the city of Raqqa, a that the “final offensive” had ministry spokesman Bahram aired on Saturday night, Trump spokesman for the group said started. Qasemi was quoted as saying accused Iran of “funding North yesterday. A US official affirmed Bali said the main battles are by the state news agency IRNA Korea” and “doing things with that the battle for Raqqa is now expected to take place around at a news conference. North Korea that are totally approaching its last phase. the Al-Aswad Football Stadium, “If they do, Iran’s reaction inappropriate”. Mustafa Bali of the Kurdish- where IS fighters used to hold would be firm, decisive and Qasemi called the accusa- led Syrian Democratic Forces detainees. crushing and the United States tions “baseless”. told The Associated Press that Brett McGurk, the top US should bear all its conse- “Israel and some specific the battle is expected to last envoy for the anti-Islamic State quences,” he added. countries are raising these between seven to 10 days. The coalition, said the Raqqa battle Individuals and entities accusations to create Iranopho- extremists still have hundreds of was approaching its final phase, associated with the IRGC are bia.” In his first speech to the fighters in the city that they once with SDF fighters advancing already on the US list of foreign UN General Assembly in Sep- declared as their de facto “room-by-room through the city terrorist organisations, but the tember Trump called Iran “a capital. centre.” He added in a tweet that organisation as a whole is not. corrupt dictatorship”, and the The Kurdish-led forces 75 coalition airstrikes in the last IRGC commander Moham- nuclear deal negotiated by his launched an offensive against IS 48 hours prepared the ground mad Ali Jafari said yesterday “if predecessor Barack Obama “an in Raqqa in early June, under the for the SDF assault on remain- Fighters of Syrian Democratic Forces inspect weapons and the news is correct about the embarrassment”. cover of airstrikes by the US-led ing IS holdouts. munitions recovered at the former positions of the Islamic stupidity of the American gov- The deal was also sup- coalition. The Kurdish-led group The loss of Raqqa would be State militants inside a building at the frontline in Raqqa, Syria. ernment in considering the ported by Britain, France, has captured 80 percent of the yet another major defeat for IS, Revolutionary Guards a terror- Germany, Russia and China city, leaving IS in control of parts which has suffered significant Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city The battles have been ongo- ist group, then the saw Iran agree to curbs on its of the Raqqa’s centre and north. setbacks over the past year, and the biggest that the extrem- ing for weeks in Raqqa, which Revolutionary Guards will nuclear programme. “The Syrian Democratic including the loss in July of ists ever held. IS took over in 2014.

Ethnic land Marcel Khalife concert Militant attacks leave dispute forces farmers to flee two UN peacekeepers in Ivory Coast dead in east Congo

Guiglo Goma MONUSCO will respond, and it Reuters Reuters will respond strongly.” Army spokesman Mak n ethnic-fuelled land ilitants attacked two Hazukay said the attacks were dispute has driven military bases in north- carried out simultaneously and Athousands of farmers Meastern Democratic hit a UN base housing Tanza- off illegal plantations in Ivory Republic of Congo yesterday, nian peacekeepers who formed Coast’s main cocoa belt, killing two UN peacekeepers part of an intervention brigade threatening the start of the and injuring several others, the which has a mandate to con- harvest in the world’s top UN mission and the army said. duct offensive operations producer. The mission, known as against militants. Humanitarian workers MONUSCO, said it had deployed Hazukay said later that UN and local government offi- attack helicopters in response helicopters were shelling rebel cials said at least 3,000 Lebanese composer, singer and oud player Marcel Khalife performing within the “East to the raid, and the army said it positions inside Virunga people had already been dis- Symphony” event at Lutfi Kirdar International Convention and Exhibition Center in Istanbul, was battling militants along the National Park as Congolese placed by the violence, after yesterday. main road leading from North troops fought to recover a the government said last Kivu province’s Beni territory stretch of road from the rebels. week that two people had to the Uganda border. ADF is believed by author- been killed in clashes and sol- The fighting, which began ities to have ambushed and diers had been sent to the this weekend, is a fresh out- killed many civilians nearby area. break of violence for a region this weekend after a lull in Ivory Coast’s main pro- Vampire scare prompts UN plagued by ethnic tensions and attacks against civilians near duction area has for decades massacres that killed more than Beni this year. been subject to explosive dis- 800 people between Omar Kavota, who leads an putes over land ownership pullout from southern Malawi 2014-2016. organisation that monitors vio- between native groups in the Gunmen believed to belong lence in North Kivu, said ADF area and migrants from to the Allied Democratic Forces fighters killed at least three neighbouring countries and Lilongwe aid agencies and NGOs work. A The Acting UN Resident (ADF), a Ugandan Islamist civilians on Saturday by slitting other parts of Ivory Coast. Reuters spate of vigilante violence linked Coordinator, Florence Rolle, group active near the border, their throats and took another The latest dispute broke to a vampire rumours also said in an emailed response to attacked a UN peacekeeping 19 hostages. MONUSCO said out last month between he United Nations said erupted in Malawi in 2002. questions that based on the base in the village of Mamun- that according to initial reports, members of the We alliance yesterday it has pulled “These districts have report that “some UN staff have dioma, over 30 km (20 miles) up to 20 civilians were killed. from the Guere, Yacouba and Tstaff out of two districts in severely been affected by the relocated while others are still northeast of Beni, MONUSCO Congolese authorities have Wobe ethnic groups, who southern Malawi where a vam- ongoing stories of blood suck- in the districts depending on said in a statement. blamed the ADF for nearly all entered the Cavally and pire scare has triggered mob ing and possible existence of locations of their operations”. “This region has seen more the massacres between 2014- Gouin-Debe forest reserves violence in which at least five vampires,” the UN Department “UNDSS is continuing to than enough violence already,” 2016. However, independent in western Ivory Coast and people have been killed. Belief on Safety and Security (UNDSS) monitor the situation closely to mission chief Maman Sidikou and UN experts say several threatened ethnic Baoules in witchcraft is widespread in said in a security report on the ensure all affected UN staff are said. “I reiterate to all these armed groups as well as and migrants from Burkina rural Malawi, one of the world’s Phalombe and Mulanje districts back in the field as soon as pos- armed groups who continue to national army commanders Faso farming there. poorest countries, where many that was seen by Reuters. sible,” Rolle said. threaten and kill civilians, have been involved. TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2017 ASIA 13

Militant Court bans leader dead in Kashmir firecracker police raid Srinagar AFP sales in Delhi ndian forces said they shot dead a top leader of the IKashmir militant group New Delhi Jaish-e-Mohammad in a clash AFP The decision comes yesterday. The Pakistani national ndia’s top court ordered a a little over a week known only as Khalid was temporary ban on the sale before Diwali — the trapped in a house after of firecrackers in New Hindu festival of throwing a grenade at a Delhi yesterday, ahead of lights — when Delhi police checkpoint in the the Diwali festival that northern village of Ladoora, Ileaves the city shrouded in toxic fills with acrid smoke they said. Khalid has been smog. from celebratory accused of organising a string The decision comes a little firecrackers set off day People buy firecrackers at a shop in New Delhi yesterday. of suicide attacks across over a week before Diwali — the Kashmir. “He was one of the Hindu festival of lights —when and night. Organization survey of more cannot be ruled out,” the Con- But the November order was most wanted militants and Delhi fills with acrid smoke from than 1,600 cities ranked Delhi as federation of All India Traders briefly lifted last month, allow- the chief operational com- celebratory firecrackers set off the most polluted. said in a statement. “In such a ing residents to buy firecrackers mander of JeM,” Kashmir day and night. forthwith,” Haripriya Padmana- Yesterdayafternoon, the US case, Delhi traders will be in a ahead of Diwali, which falls on Inspector-General of Police, The onset of winter usually bhan, one of the petitioners, told embassy showed the concentra- disadvantageous position and October 19 this year. Muneer Ahmed Khan, said. worsens the situation as cooler NDTV news network after the tion of PM2.5 — the fine particles will lose business to their coun- “I guess those people will “He threw a grenade at temperatures trap the pollutants, order. The court reportedly said linked to higher rates of chronic terparts in other states.” end up bursting them, so it’s not the checkpoint which failed exacerbated by crop burning in it wanted to assess whether the bronchitis, lung cancer and heart The top court had imposed a 100 percent victory,” Pad- to explode. He then fired a neighbouring states. ban would make a difference to disease — at an “unhealthy” a similar ban last November manabhan said. pistol and took refuge in a Acting on a petition, the Delhi’s pollution levels. level. Delhi traders said the order when Delhi’s air quality reached India’s environment minis- nearby house where he was Supreme Court directed that all India’s notoriously poor air was a violation of their right to “hazardous” levels after Diwali, try launched a pollution-free killed.” licences to sell firecrackers in quality causes over one million conduct business and would lead forcing schools to shut and a Diwali campaign in August, urg- Police said Khalid had New Delhi and neighbouring premature deaths every year, to “huge losses”. temporary ban on ing families to light traditional planned suicide attacks in cities be suspended until Octo- according to a joint report by two “(The) possibility of people construction. oil-and-wick earthen lamps. Kashmir, including one on a ber 31. US-based health research insti- buying crackers from other At the time the court had said Similar anti-firecracker drives paramilitary camp near Sri- “The court has made it clear tutes earlier this year. states and bursting them in Delhi that a complete ban would be an in the past, have, however, been nagar airport on October 3 in that all licences stand banned A 2014 World Health NCR (national capital region) “extreme step”. largely unsuccessful. which one soldier and three attackers were killed. In August JeM said it staged a raid on a police base in the southern town of Pul- Court commutes death sentences of 11 in Godhra carnage wama in which eight security force members died. A two- day gunbattle also left three Ahmedabad strictures on the government, leading to deaths of another and kept its sentence reserved for has found a conspiracy in the of the attackers dead. IANS then ruled by Chief Minister about 1,000 people. two-and-a-half years. incident, we expected strictest Rebel groups including Narendra Modi, stating that the A total of 130 persons were A special bench of the Gujarat punishment,” Vijay Patel, lawyer JeM have for decades fought he Gujarat High Court yes- state had failed to maintain law accused, of which 94 stood trial High Court refused to alter the representing victims of Sabarmati Indian troops in the restive terday commuted to life and order in the state and on charges of murder and con- verdict on 63 acquittals while the Express burning, told reporters territory. Police say at least Timprisonment the capital directed payment of a compen- spiracy. Of these 63 were judges expressed regret for delay at the court. 160 militants and 59 soldiers punishment of 11 convicted for sation of Rs10 lakh to the next of acquitted by a special court in in pronouncing the judgment. “We are partially satisfied as or police have been killed so burning a Sabarmati Express kin of the ‘kar sevaks’ who were 2011 which had pronounced life “There seems to be some dis- the court has upheld the incident far this year. Yesterday, a sol- coach near the Godhra railway killed. The attack on the Sabar- sentence for 20 and death sen- crepancies in the investigation. as a planned conspiracy but sad dier died in crossfire when station in Gujarat in 2002 which mati Express train coming from tence for 11 persons. This was Nothing can be done about the that strictest punishment has not suspected rebels attacked a killed 59 persons. The High Ayodhya had triggered massive challenged in the Gujarat High way it was investigated but even been given... We will go to the patrol, said army spokesman Court simultaneously passed communal riots across Gujarat, Court, which heard the petition with this investigation if the court Supreme Court,” Patel said. Colonel Rajesh Kalia.

20 farmers Festive time No plans to change AMU, dead in pesticide BHU names: Javadekar Ahmedabad suggested that the words ‘Mus- poisoning IANS lim’ and ‘Hindu’ be dropped from the names of AMU and Mumbai nion Human Resource BHU. Asked about reports that AFP Development (HRD) dubbed these universities as UMinister Prakash Java- feudal or facing problem of wenty farmers have dekar yesterday denied there inbreeding, he said he had not died and hundreds of were plans to drop ‘Muslim’ and seen the reports yet. Tothers are in hospital ‘Hindu’ from the names of Ali- “I have not seen any report after inhaling poisonous pes- garh Muslim University and yet. But I am telling you in ticides while spraying crops, Banaras Hindu University. advance that we have no such officials said yesterday, high- “There is no such decision. intention (of changing their lighting lax safety standards Both universities have been names),” Javadekar said. in the country. there for almost a 100 years. It The University Grants Com- The farmers in the west- has been a century... and we mission (UGC) had directed for ern state of Maharashtra, one have no intention to make any special audit in 10 central uni- of India’s most important changes in the way they are,” versities in the wake of agricultural regions, died Javadekar told reporters here. complaints of financial, admin- after using the dangerous His remarks come in the istrative and academic pesticides without wearing A woman decorates earthenware oil pots or ‘diyas’ at a workshop ahead of the forthcoming wake of a newspaper report irregularities. The UGC order protective gear. “Twenty Diwali festival on the outskirts of Hyderabad yesterday. that said that a government followed a MHRD directive on farmers are dead and hun- audit of central universities had the matter. dreds are undergoing medical treatment. Fifty are critical with damage to their eye- sight,” Kishore Tewari, the spokesman for a state gov- Delhi passes resolution for withholding Metro fare hike ernment task force that helps farmers in distress, said. The first death was New Delhi year. The last hike was effected in Other members of the ruling The DMRC defended its deci- reported in August and the IANS May. AAP said that they won’t allow the sion by saying its input costs had number of fatalities increased The resolution moved on fares to go up and they will pro- gone up over the years and the throughout September, he Delhi Assembly passed a Wednesday by Transport Minis- test if fares are hiked. increase was at par with Metro according to local news resolution seeking withhold- ter Kailash Gahlot urged the Union While BJP member Jagdish rails in other cities. reports. They occurred in the Ting of the proposed Metro Urban Development Ministry to Pradhan said that fares should be On Friday, the central govern- Yavatmal region, around fare hike set to come in force from “quickly and actively intervene” low, Leader of Opposition Vijender ment informed Kejriwal that it 670km from the financial today. so that the proposed “unlawful Gupta, of the BJP, said that the rec- cannot put on hold the proposed capital Mumbai. Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas and anti-people fare hike” be ommendation to increase fares hike unless his government gives Activists blame a lack of Goel also wrote to Union Housing reversed in the interest of com- was binding. about Rs 3,000 crore annually to regulations covering pesti- and Urban Affairs Minister Hard- mon people and the environment. are being increased as “a conspir- The DMRC was formed in DMRC as grant-in-aid for the next cides and a failure to provide eep Singh Puri, urging him to “Calls upon all the stakeholders to acy” so that cab aggregators Ola 1995 with equal equity participa- five years. In response, Kejriwal poor farmers with proper withhold the hike, citing the stop forthwith the implementa- and Uber will be cheaper and peo- tion of the central government and said that his government was safety equipment. Tewari said resolution. tion of the proposed fare hike by ple would give up using Metro. the government of National Cap- ready to pay Rs 1,500 crore a year, the victims had not worn The Aam Aadmi Party govern- DMRC,” the resolution reads. Gahlot said that Delhi Metro ital Territory of Delhi. if the centre was ready to fund the boots, masks or gloves. Vic- ment has locked horns with the On Monday, participating in was not made to be a world-class Earlier, Chief Minister Arvind other half. tims reported experiencing Delhi Metro Rail Corporation over the discussion on the resolution, profitable venture but it’ll be world Kejriwal (pictured) had asked He also said that the Delhi blurred vision and excruciat- the proposed hike to be enforced Deputy Chief Minister Manish class when people leave their Gahlot to find a way to stop the goverment was ready to take over ing headaches, he added. from October 10 — the second this Sisodia said that the Metro fares vehicles and use it. “anti-people” fare hike. the DMRC. 14 ASIA TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2017 More Rohingya flee Myanmar; 14 dead as boat capsizes

Cox’s Bazar More attacks cious military response. Reuters Refugees and rights groups New refugees say the army and Buddhist vig- housands of Rohingya speak of bloody ilantes have engaged in a Muslims from Myan- attacks by Buddhist campaign of killing and arson mar sought refuge in mobs on people aimed at driving the Rohingya Bangladesh yesterday, trekking towards out of Myanmar. in a new surge in an Myanmar rejects accusations the border. Tunrelenting flow of people driven of ethnic cleansing and has by violence the United Nations labelled the militants from the has denounced as ethnic cleans- Food running out Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army ing and increasingly by hunger because the state who launched the initial attacks too. government as terrorists who have killed Reuters reporters on the had closed the civilians and burnt villages. Bangladeshi side of the border, village markets. Among those fleeing were up in Palong Khali district, saw sev- to 35 people on a boat that cap- eral thousand people crossing sized off the Bangladesh coast on from Myanmar’s Rakhine State, had torched his village, he said. Sunday. At least 14 of them filing along embankments “I left everything,” he said, drowned while 13 were rescued, A Rohingya refugee woman waits for help in the water as she crosses the border in Palang between flooded fields and sobbing. “I can’t find my relatives Bangladeshi police said. Khali, Bangladesh, yesterday. scrubby forest. ... I can’t take this any more.” “We faced so many difficul- “Half of my village was Some new arrivals spoke of ties, for food and survival,” operations” against the militants worries about food and security transport of food, apparently to burned down. I saw them do it,” bloody attacks by Buddhist mobs survivor Sayed Hossein, 30, told ended in early September and as their reasons. cut supplies to the militants. said Sayed Azin, 46, who said he on people trekking towards the Reuters, adding that his wife, people had no reason to flee. But Some villagers in Rakhine “The situation’s getting had walked for eight days with border. About 519,000 Rohingya three children, mother and father in recent days the government State said food was running out worse, we have no food and no his 80-year-old mother in a bas- have fled Myanmar since Aug. in law had drowned. “We came has reported large numbers of because rice in the fields was not guarantee of security,” said a ket strung on a bamboo pole 25, when attacks by Rohingya here to save our lives.” Muslims preparing to leave, with ready for harvest and the state Rohingya resident of Hsin Hnin between him and his son. militants on security posts in The Myanmar government more than 17,000 people in one government had closed village Pyar village on the south of the Soldiers and Buddhist mobs Rakhine State sparked a fero- has said its “clearance area alone. The government cited markets and restricted the state’s Buthidaung district. EU may shun Myanmar’s top generals in new sanctions

Brussels starvation and violence which commander-in-chief of the internal repression”. situation in the most-affected international criticism for not Reuters the United Nations denounced Myanmar/Burma armed forces It called on Myanmar to dis- Rakhine State as “extremely seri- doing more to stop the violence. as ethnic cleansing. and other senior military offic- cuss repatriating refugees from ous” and said Kachin and Shan While the EU feels disillu- he European Union will cut The United States and the ers”. The text, which will be neighbouring Bangladesh and provinces were also “of great sioned, it also acknowledges Aung back contacts with Myan- European Union have been con- discussed further by envoys from praised the latter for its role in concern.” San Suu Kyi has little influence Tmar’s top generals in a first sidering targeted sanctions the 28 EU states on Tuesday and the crisis, which started when It called on all sides to cease over Myanmar’s security forces. step to increase sanctions over against Myanmar military lead- may be modified, said the EU attacks by Rohingya militants on violence, told the military to “end The move to punish the army an army offensive that has driven ers, though the European bloc may consider further measures security posts brought a fero- its operations” and protect all head is largely symbolic as the more than 500,000 Rohingya sees its options as relatively lim- depending on developments in cious military response. civilians equally, as well as call- West is also wary of hurting the Muslims out of the country, ited, with no hard-hitting, direct Myanmar but would “respond Refugees and rights groups ing on Myanmar to allow wider economy or destabilising according to a draft document leverage on the ground. accordingly to positive say the army and Buddhist vig- humanitarian access to the already-tense ties between Suu seen by Reuters. EU foreign ministers will dis- developments”. ilantes use killing and arson to affected regions. Kyi and the army. Thousands of the Rohingya cuss the situation in Myanmar on The document confirmed drive the Rohingya out of Myan- The West has invested politi- Its leverage on the ground fled for Myanmar to Bangladesh Oct.16, and their draft joint state- support for an existing EU mar. Myanmar rejects cally in Myanmar leader and Nobel fades compared to that of Myan- yesterday in a new surge of ref- ment said the bloc “will suspend embargo on arms and equip- accusations of ethnic cleansing. peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, mar’s immediate neighbours, ugees driven by fears of invitations to the ment “that can be used for The EU draft characterised the who has faced scathing including China. Philippines apologises to Australian publisher to China over Taiwan logo challenge

Manila of using a different logo on a record payout AFP banner to represent the Minis- try of Defence of the People’s Sydney he Philippines apologised Republic of China,” said a Phil- AFP to China yesterday, days ippine defence ministry Tafter embarrassingly using statement. leading publisher said the logo of rival Taiwan at an “We have issued an official yesterday it would official defence ministry cere- apology to the government and Aappeal Australia’s larg- mony to accept a Chinese the people of the People’s est defamation payout donation of rifles and Republic of China,” it said, add- awarded to Hollywood actor ammunition. ing that Philippine defence Rebel Wilson as the “unprec- A banner with the logos of authorities and the military edented” amount had major the Philippine and Taiwanese “strictly adhere” to Manila’s “One implications for the media defence ministries hung above China Policy”. industry. the stage on Thursday as Philip- The Philippines has no dip- The “Pitch Perfect” star pine Defence Secretary Delfin lomatic ties with self-ruling was awarded Aus$4.5m Lorenzana and Chinese ambas- Taiwan, which Beijing considers ($3.5m) in damages against sador Zhao Jianhua sat together a breakaway province. Bauer Media by an Australian to witness the weapons The Chinese embassy could court last month over maga- turnover. not be reached for comment. zine articles claiming she lied “Military assistance gratis The Philippines, a military about her age and back- from the Ministry of National ally of the United States for dec- Chinese embassy’s military attaches of the People’s Liberation Army inspect rifles donated by ground to further her career. Defense of the People’s Repub- ades, is trying under President their government to the Philippines’ military, with a tarpaulin (background right) emblazoned “It’s important for us to lic of China,” read the banner, Rodrigo Duterte to build warmer with logos of the Philippine defence department and (inadvertently placed) Taiwan’s defence revisit this unprecedented with the wrong logo apparently relations with China. ministry. decision on the quantum of not attracting attention at the The weapons from China damages, which also has time. were the second batch to be broad implications for the “The Department of National delivered to the Philippines this occupying parts of the southern been at loggerheads over dis- has sought to play down the media industry,” Bauer Defence committed a grievous year to help Duterte fight Islam- city of Marawi since May. puted islands and waters in the issue as he seeks more trade and Media’s General Counsel but purely unintentional mistake ist militants who have been The two neighbours had long South China Sea, though Duterte investment from Beijing. Adrian Goss said in a brief statement. In his ruling, Supreme Court of Victoria Justice John Dixon said Bauer -- which North Korea’s ‘princess’ now one of top policy makers owns magazines Woman’s Day, Australian Women’s Seoul all-powerful party organ where “As the saying goes ‘blood is is now in a secluded place near Kim Jong Nam, who lived in Weekly and Cosmopolitan -- Reuters top state affairs are decided, the thicker than water,’ Kim Jong Un Pyongyang undergoing a treat- exile in Macau, had criticized his had “acted in its own North’s official media said on thinks Kim Yo Jong can be ment for an unidentified disease, family’s dynastic rule and his corporate interests to secure he promotion of North Sunday. trusted.” according to an August briefing brother had issued a standing improved circulation, or Korean leader Kim Jong It makes her only the second Unlike her aunt, who was to parliament. order for his execution, accord- increased views/hits”. TUn’s 28-year-old sister to woman in patriarchal North promoted to the politburo in Jang and his wife are not the ing to some South Korean Bauer argued the allega- the country’s top decision-mak- Korea to join the exclusive club 2012 after serving more than only relatives to fall from Kim lawmakers. tions made in Woman’s Day, ing body is a sign he is after Kim Kyong Hui, who held three decades in the party, Kim Jong Un’s favour. The smartly dressed Kim Yo Australian Women’s Weekly strengthening his position by powerful roles when her brother Yo Jong has risen to power at an Kim Jong Un’s estranged Jong, her hair usually pulled back and OK Magazine in 2015 drawing his most important peo- Kim Jong Il ruled the country. unprecedented pace. half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, was in a ponytail and mostly seen in were true and denied they ple closer to the centre of power, “Since she is a female, Kim Kim Kyong Hui has not been killed with a toxic nerve agent at black suits and black-heeled had damaged 37-year-old experts and officials say. Jong Un likely does not see her seen since her husband, Jang a Malaysian airport in February. shoes, made her first debut on Wilson’s reputation. Kim Yo Jong was named as as a threat and a challenge to his Song Thaek, once regarded as Two women are on trial for the state media in December 2011, Bauer’s parent company, an alternate member of the polit- leadership,” said Moon Hong-sik, the No.2 leader in Pyongyang, murder, which South Korean and seen standing tearfully next to Bauer Media Group, is a buro within the ruling Workers’ research fellow at the Institute was executed in 2013. South US officials believe Kim Jong Kim Jong Un at the funeral of worldwide publishing house Party of Korea - the opaque, for National Security Strategy. Korea’s spy agency believes she Un’s regime was behind. their father. based in Hamburg. TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2017 ASIA 15

Gunmen shoot Anti-corruption dead five ethnic Hazaras body arrests in Pakistan

Quetta Sharif’s son-in-law Reuters unmen killed five Shia Islamabad Court appearance Muslims from the eth- Reuters Gnic Hazara minority in Muhammad Safdar southwest Pakistan yesterday, he son-in-law of was arrested after he a police official said, giving ousted Pakistani pre- details of the second shooting failed to appear at mier Nawaz Sharif targeting Hazaras in a month. previous National was arrested at The attack took place in Islamabad airport Accountability Quetta, where nearly half a Tyesterday by Pakistan’s anti- Bureau (NAB) court. million Hazaras have settled corruption body on his return since fleeing Afghanistan to from London, officials said, a Two of Sharif’s sons escape the violence in their rare instance of a powerful are due to appear homeland during the past Pakistani politician being before the NAB court, four decades. detained. along with Finance The attackers opened fire Muhammad Safdar, a law- Minister Ishaq Dar. from a motorcycle killing the Tribesmen shout slogans during a protest rally in Islamabad yesterday calling on the maker married to Sharif’s five men who were travelling daughter and heir-apparent government to abolish colonial-era British laws. in the back of a pick-up truck, Maryam, was arrested after he soon after midnight, was on their way to sell vegetables failed to appear at previous expected to be released after his at a market, the official said. National Accountability Bureau NAB court appearance with Pakistan tribesmen demand “It was a sectarian target (NAB) court hearings about cor- Maryam this morning. killing. Five Hazara men died ruption allegations stemming Television footage showed on the spot,” senior police from a probe into the Sharif some supporters from the rul- abolition of century-old law officer Malik Nisar said, add- family wealth. ing Pakistan Muslim ing that the attackers escaped The Sharifs have denied any League-Nawaz (PML-N) trying after opening fire. wrongdoing and have labelled to stop the car from leaving the Islamabad laws in the region along the bor- said they would continue pres- Hazaras are frequently the corruption proceedings airport, including some who lay AFP der with Afghanistan, where suring the government until the targeted by Taliban and against them as politically down in front of it. militants once operated with FCR was abolished and the tribal Islamic State militants, and motivated. A senior PML-N official undreds of people from impunity. But the changes are areas were fully incorporated other Sunni Muslim militant Two of Nawaz’s sons are urged them to give way. Pakistan’s militancy- being delayed by political squab- into the rest of Pakistan. groups in both Pakistan and also due to appear before the Khawaja Saad Rafique, a Hracked tribal areas bles as Pakistan gears up for a The seven tribal districts in Afghanistan. NAB court, along with Finance minister in the PML-N Cabinet, rallied in Islamabad yesterday general election due sometime FATA -- Bajaur, Khyber, Kur- More than 20 Hazaras Minister Ishaq Dar. said on Twitter no resistance calling on the government to next year. ram, Mohmand, North have been killed in similar Nawaz was disqualified by was made to Safdar’s arrest, abolish colonial-era British laws “We are here to press the gov- Waziristan, Orakzai and South shootings in Baluchistan in the Supreme Court in July for even though the party had and merge the semi-autono- ernment to abolish the FCR law Waziristan -- are home to some the past two years, police say. not declaring a source of “serious reservations” about the mous northwestern region with and extend the jurisdiction of five million residents, mainly In 2013, three separate income that he disputes judicial process. the rest of the country. Pakistani courts to FATA,” Mian ethnic Pashtuns. Following the bombings killed over 200 receiving. Sharif’s disqualification The Federally Administered Iftekhar Hussain, one of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan people in Hazara neighbour- Pakistan’s top court also stems from the Panama Papers Tribal Areas (FATA) are still gov- speakers, told people at the rally. in 2001, the region gradually hoods, raising international ordered a wide-ranging NAB leaks in 2016 that appeared to erned by a century-old legal “More than 90 percent of became a hotbed for Islamist awareness of the plight of the investigation and trial into show that his daughter and two code known as the Frontier tribesmen also want to merge militancy and by the mid-2000s community. Sharif family members. sons owned offshore holding Crimes Regulations (FCR). the tribal areas with Khyber was considered one of the most The ongoing violence in The Supreme Court speci- companies registered in the That includes the practice of Pakhtunkhwa province,” Hus- dangerous places on earth. Pakistan’s Baluchistan prov- fied that the trial be concluded British Virgin Islands and used collective punishment, allow- sain said as up to 2,000 But Pakistan’s powerful ince has fuelled concern about within six months by NAB, them to buy properties in ing government authorities to tribesmen shouted slogans such army cracked down on mili- security for projects in the which has in the past been London. hold entire clans responsible for as “Go FCR Go,” and “We tancy after 2014, leading an $57bn China Pakistan Eco- derided as toothless because The Supreme Court initially the crimes of individuals. demand merger of FATA in Khy- operation into FATA that dis- nomic Corridor, a transport rich and powerful politicians declined to dismiss Nawaz but Pakistan’s government has ber Pakhtunkhwa”. placed thousands of people even and energy link planned to run were seldom convicted. ordered an investigation into approved reforms abolishing the Shahabuddin Khan, a tribal as it helped spur a dramatic from western China to Paki- Safdar, who was arrested his family’s wealth. FCR and implementing national lawmaker from Bajaur district, improvement in security. stan’s port of Gwadar.

Fire at Hong Kong airport Red Cross to Kim Jong-Nam murder cut Afghan operations probe team visits lab after attacks Kuala Lumpur February in a hit that stunned Kabul Reuters the world. Reuters The women, who were he trial of two women arrested a few days after the he International Com- accused of murdering the killing and face death by hang- mittee of the Red Cross TNorth Korean leader’s ing if convicted, have pleaded Twill “drastically” cut half-brother moved yesterday not guilty to murdering the back its operations in Afghan- to a high-security Malaysian estranged half-brother of Kim istan following attacks that laboratory to view clothing Jong-Un as he waited to board have killed seven of its staff worn by the defendants and a flight to Macau. this year, the aid group said contaminated by a nerve agent. The defendants say they yesterday. The visit to the government were duped into believing they The announcement lab near Kuala Lumpur came were taking part in a prank for underlines the deteriorating after a chemist last week testi- a reality TV show, and their security for aid groups in fied there were traces of VX on lawyers blame North Korean Afghanistan, where the ICRC the women’s clothes. agents for the assassination. has been operating for more Raja Subramaniam’s testi- Yesterday the judge, pros- than 30 years and has been mony was the first evidence ecutors and defence lawyers Smoke billows from loading equipment after it caught fire next to an American Airlines running its fourth biggest directly linking the women to the headed to the laboratory along plane at Hong Kong International Airport. The blaze began in one of the parking berths humanitarian programme. poison used to kill Kim Jong-Nam with Raja. A member of Aisyah’s and one person was injured, police said. “Exposure to risk has as he waited at a crowded air- legal team put on a lab coat, become our greatest chal- port near the capital. mask and gloves and entered a lenge and concern,” Monica Indonesian Siti Aisyah and room to examine clothes, nail Zanarelli, head of the ICRC in Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, clippings and blood samples, Afghanistan, told a news con- in their 20s, are accused of said Aisyah’s lawyer Gooi Soon ference in the capital, Kabul. smearing VX on Kim’s face in Seng. Cambodia urged to reconsider ban on party “We have no choice but to drastically reduce our presence Phnom Penh on September 3 and accused of found guilty of treason, no one in Afghanistan,” she said, add- Reuters plotting to take power with can stop the process,” he said. ing that the decision would American help. In their lawsuit on Friday, particularly affect operations he European Union called A statement from the EU government lawyers said the in the north, where facilities in on Cambodia’s government delegation in Phnom Penh said opposition had conspired with Kunduz, Faryab, and Balkh Tyesterday to reconsider its the move to get the CNRP dis- foreigners to topple the govern- provinces would be closed or decision to seek the dissolution solved was “very worrying” and ment, citing a 2013 video clip downsized. of the main opposition party after such an act would undermine that shows Kem Sokha talking Red Cross officials said its leader was arrested and an election process leading up about a plan to take power with the assessments are ongoing charged with treason. to next year’s general election. the help of Americans. and could not say how many Government lawyers filed “We urge the government of Kem Sokha’s supporters say of its 1,800 staff would be a lawsuit on Friday to get the Cambodia to reconsider,” it said. he was only discussing strategy affected. The Red Cross had Cambodia National Rescue The European Union is to win power through elections already warned of the threat Party (CNRP) dissolved, a move among the top financial back- and not a revolution or coup. to its operations following a that could leave Prime Minis- ers of the electoral Hun Sen, a former Khmer series of attacks over the past ter Hun Sen virtually commission. Rouge commander who year. unchallenged to extend over Government spokesman defected from the genocidal In February, the organi- 32 years in power in an elec- Phay Siphan said the call for the group and helped drive it from zation put all of its operations Indonesian Siti Aisyah, who is on trial for the killing of Kim tion next year. dissolution of the CNRP was power in 1979, is allied to China, on hold after six of its staff Jong-Nam, is escorted as she leaves at the Department of Hun Sen’s main rival, CNRP because the party leadership which is by far the biggest donor were killed in an attack on an leader Kem Sokha, was arrested was suspected of treason. “If to and investor in Cambodia. aid convoy in the far north. Chemistry in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. 16 EUROPE TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2017 ‘Nudge’ theorist Thaler wins economics Nobel

empirical findings and theoretical insights possible”. Thaler is a professor at the Thaler’s research focuses have been instrumental in creating the University of Chicago -- a school pop- on behavioural economics new and rapidly expanding field of behav- ular with the Nobel economics ioural economics, which has had a committee. Of 79 laureates so far, more which explores the impact profound impact on many areas of eco- than a third have been affiliated with of psychological and social nomic research and policy.” the university’s school of economics. factors on decisions by He has advised several governments, One of the founders of behavioural including in Denmark and France, and finance, which studies how cognitive individuals or groups in former British prime minister David limitations influence financial markets, the economy and financial Cameron set up a team in 2010 nick- Thaler developed a model for explain- markets. named the “nudge unit” to reshape a ing how people tend to focus on the swath of policies to gently prod Britons narrow impact rather than the overall to make the right decisions to make effect of each decision they make, which Stockholm them healthier and happier. is called limited rationality. AFP His work even earned him a glam- This includes the study of how peo- orous foray into the movie business ple’s loathing of losses can explain why S economist Richard Thaler when he made a cameo appearance, they value the same things more when won the Nobel Economics alongside Christian Bale, Steve Carell they own them as opposed to when they prize yesterday for show- and Ryan Gosling, in the 2015 movie don’t, which is called the endowment ing that economic and “The Big Short” about the credit and effect. Thaler illustrated that New Year’s financial decision-makers housing bubble collapse that led to the resolutions can be hard to keep as short- Uare not always rational, but mostly 2008 global financial crisis. Thaler told term temptations disrupt people’s plans deeply human. the Nobel committee by teleconference to save for their old age or rainy days. Bridging the gap between econom- he was “pleased” by the award. “In his applied work, Thaler demon- ics and psychology, Thaler’s research “I no longer will have to call my col- strated how nudging — a term he coined focuses on behavioural economics University of Chicago Booth School of Business economist Richard Thaler league Eugene Fama ‘Professor Fama’ — may help people exercise better self- which explores the impact of psycho- consults his wife France Leclerc about which shirt to wear before interviews on the golf course,” he joked, referring control when saving for a pension, as well logical and social factors on decisions after winning the 2017 Nobel Economics Prize at his apartment in Chicago, to his University of Chicago colleague in other contexts,” the Nobel jury said. by individuals or groups in the economy Illinois, US, yesterday. who won the prize in 2013. “I think the Thaler and his US counterpart Cass Sun- and financial markets. most important recognition is that eco- stein turned “nudge” into a political “He’s made economics more nomic agents are human, and economic buzzword with their 2008 book of the human,” the Nobel jury said, calling demonstrates how people can be per- preferences, and lack of self-control, models have to incorporate that,” he same name. In a 2008 column, the duo Thaler “a pioneer” on integrating eco- suaded to make decisions that leave he has shown how these human traits said. The 72-year-old takes home the mentioned that an economist’s idea to nomics and psychology. them healthier and happier. systematically affect individual deci- nine million kronor (¤944,000, $1.1m) etch a black house fly onto Amsterdam Thaler is well-known for co-found- “By exploring the consequences sions as well as market outcomes,” prize sum, which he jokingly said he Airport Schiphol’s urinals caused spill- ing the “nudge” theory, which of limited rationality, social the jury’s statement said. “His would “try to spend as irrationally as age to decline by 80 percent.

Referendum Britain and EU clash over likely on new who takes next Brexit step surveillance law in Holland Brussels engulfing the British prime min- you of is there is a clear sequenc- AFP ister, who is facing a plot to oust ing to these talks and there has her after a catastrophic, mishap- been so far no solution found on Amsterdam he EU and Britain clashed strewn speech at her step one, which is the divorce Reuters yesterday after British Conservative Party’s conference. proceedings,” the commission’s TPrime Minister Theresa The embattled May told the Brit- chief spokesman Margaritis Schi- May said the ball was in the EU’s ish parliament that she expects nas told a press conference. “So igital privacy advo- court as Brexit negotiations “leadership and flexibility” from the ball is entirely in the UK court cates who hope to entered a critical fifth round. the other 27 EU countries in the for the rest to happen,” he said. Dforce the repeal of a Officials from both sides met negotiations. “As we look forward Even before this latest inter- law giving Dutch intelligence in Brussels, but chief EU negotia- to the next stage, the ball is in their vention, the prognosis for the talks agencies new surveillance tor Michel Barnier and his British court. But I am optimistic we will was grim, with commission chief Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson (right) listens as powers said yesterday they counterpart David Davis did not receive a positive response,” May Jean-Claude Juncker having Prime Minister Theresa May addresses MPs in the House of have gathered enough signa- attend the start, underscoring low said. “I believe we can prove the warned that “miracles” would be Commons in London, yesterday. tures to demand a expectations for the talks. doomsayers wrong.” needed this week to make enough referendum. This round of divorce discus- But the European Commis- progress to get a positive decision and is expected to have lunch concessions, could give a “new A range of activists, poli- sions is the last before European sion, the bloc’s executive arm at the summit. Barnier and Davis with Barnier, officials said, while dynamic” to the talks. ticians and media groups leaders meet at a summit on which is leading the talks for the are expected to hold a press con- tomorrow’s timetable remains Initially Barnier had hoped oppose the law, which passed October 19 to decide whether EU side, roundly rejected May’s ference on Thursday after four empty for now. to achieve “sufficient progress” by a healthy margin in July there is “sufficient progress” to assertion that it was up to the EU days of talks, though officials said The questions over May’s to move on to discussing future and gives agencies the power move on to the trade talks that 27 to take the initiative to that was yet to be confirmed. leadership have seriously dam- EU-UK relations by the end of to gather data covertly from Britain desperately wants. advance the stalled talks. Davis — at May’s side for her aged hopes that a speech she October, with the clock ticking large groups of people at Brussels is particularly “This is not exactly a ball statement to parliament on Mon- gave in Florence in September, for a deal before Britain leaves once. alarmed by the leadership crisis game... but what I can remind day — will be in Brussels today which contained key the bloc in March 2019. The petition for a refer- endum must now be submitted to the Voting Com- mission to vet whether it has met the 300,000 signature NEWS BYTES Nato Assembly threshold. If it has, the government UK border guard arrested in is obliged to hold a non-bind- ing referendum on whether France in drugs, firearms bust the law should be upheld, likely together with munici- PARIS: A British border guard was one of 12 people arrested pal elections on March 21. in France and Britain as part of an operation against arms and “You cross the line when drugs smuggling across the English Channel, British police said. large groups of innocent civil- The 36-year-old from Britain’s southern port town of Dover ians can be dragged into the and three other British nationals were detained near Calais. sights of secret services with French police also seized 34 kilos of cocaine, 7 kilos of heroin a trawling net,” said David and 11 firearms, Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said. Korteweg, a lawyer for online The raid took place last Friday and all four remain in police rights group Bits of Freedom, custody. Eight other men were arrested in southern England. in a statement. The government argues that the expanded powers are Divided French unions meet needed for spy agencies to counter threats to national ahead of major public strike security and their use can be Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis delivers a speech in front of Nato’s Parliamentary tested by an oversight panel. PARIS: France’s divided trade unions were meeting yesterday Assembly at the Romanian Parliament in Bucharest, yesterday. Romania is hosting the The referendum law is in an effort to find a common position on President Emmanuel Autumn Session of the Nato Parliamentary Assembly. itself controversial and may Macron’s labour reforms, hours ahead of a major public sec- be repealed. tor strike. Unionists have been split over how to respond to Macron’s shake-up of France’s famously inflexible labour code, with the hardline CGT organising mass protests but others showing willingness to compromise. Officials from eight major unions including the CGT and CFDT were meeting outside Paris Kiev blames Russian agents for Kremlin critic’s murder in a bid to start thrashing out their differences. CGT chief Philippe Martinez said one of main objectives was to “organ- Kiev broad daylight in what Ukrain- General Yuriy Lutsenko accused (Voronenkov’s wife Maria) Mak- ise a major day of action to bring together everyone’s AFP ian officials said at the time the FSB security service of hir- sakova.” Kremlin spokesman frustrations”. The meeting comes as nine unions representing appeared to be a contract ing a Russian crime boss from Dmitry Peskov in March dis- 5.4 million public workers call for a day of nationwide strikes kraine’s prosecutor gen- killing. the Siberian city of Bratsk named missed Kiev’s accusations that and demonstrations Tuesday to show their “profound disa- eral yesterday accused His murder came as Moscow Vladimir Tyurin to organise the Russia was involved in the mur- greement” with Macron’s bid to transform the gargantuan public URussia’s security service and Kiev remained locked in a killing. der as “absurd”. service. Civil servants are angered by Macron’s plans to freeze of hiring a crime boss to organ- bitter feud over Russia’s annex- Lutsenko said Tyurin, who But Maksakova told Kiev’s their pay, while the wider public sector is set to see 120,000 ise the murder of a prominent ation of Crimea and its alleged is believed to be living in Russia, 112 television channel that she jobs slashed by 2022. Tuesday will be the fourth time oppo- Kremlin critic in Kiev in March. support of an armed insurgency was used because he had “a per- had full confidence in Lutsenko’s nents of Macron’s cost-cutting, pro-business agenda have taken Denis Voronenkov, a in eastern Ukraine that has sonal motive to commit the findings. “Ukrainian investiga- to the streets since he came to power in May. 45-year-old former Russian claimed more than 10,000 lives. murder: eight years ago, he was tors demonstrated unbelievable lawmaker, was gunned down in Ukrainian Prosecutor the common-law husband of results,” she said. 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Police caution Catalan leader woman over incident at under pressure to London school LONDON: British police have cautioned a woman over an incident at a London primary school attended by Prince drop declaration George, the great-grandson of Queen Elizabeth, police Barcelona/Madrid said yesterday. Reuters Catalan leader Carles The four-year-old, third- Puigdemont is due to in-line to the throne and son atalonia’s secessionist leader of Prince William and his wife yesterday faced increased address the regional Kate, started on Sept. 6 at pressure to abandon plans to parliament today afternoon Thomas’s Battersea, a private declare the region independ- and the Madrid government school in southwest London. ent from Spain, with France is worried it will vote for The event was widely publi- Cand Germany expressing support for the cised in Britain and beyond. country’s unity. a unilateral declaration of On September 13, police The Madrid government, grappling independence. said a woman had been with Spain’s biggest political crisis since arrested on suspicion of bur- Demonstrators display the Catalan Flag, the Senyera, during a march to show an attempted military coup in 1981, made glary after she gained access it clear yesterday it would respond imme- because you’ll take the people with you.” solidarity with Catalonia, in central Glasgow, Scotland, yesterday. to the school. Police gave few diately to any such unilateral declaration. “If there is a unilateral declaration of inde- details about the incident, A week on from a referendum on inde- pendence there will be decisions made to on Tuesday would start a six-month proc- Colonial will meet on Monday to discuss which had occurred on Sept. pendence which the government did its restore law and democracy,” Saenz de San- ess that would envisage divorce talks with moving, sources said. Banks Caixabank and 12. The woman was later utmost to thwart, more signs were emerg- tamaría told COPE radio station. Spain before regional elections and a final Sabadell have already resolved to leave the released. Police said the cau- ing that the fraught situation was also Backing also came from European act of separation. Rajoy has not ruled out region. The crisis has also reopened old divi- tion was in relation to an taking its toll on the business climate of heavyweights Germany and France. the so-called “nuclear option” of remov- sions in a nation where the right-wing offence under the Education Spain’s wealthiest region. German Chancellor Angela Merkel ing Catalonia’s government and calling dictatorship of General Francisco Franco is Act, while there was no fur- Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont is spoke to Spanish Prime Minister Mari- new regional elections if it claims inde- a living memory easily revived by strong dis- ther action in relation to due to address the regional parliament ano Rajoy on Saturday about the crisis, pendence. He gained some political cover plays of nationalism. attempted burglary. today afternoon and the Madrid govern- her spokesman said yesterday. She for such a move when opposition Social- Among many moderate Spaniards “A 40-year-old woman ment is worried it will vote for a unilateral stressed her support for Spain’s unity but ist leader Pedro Sanchez said in Barcelona there is widespread opposition to a break- has accepted a caution for declaration of independence. also encouraged more dialogue. he would “support the response of the rule away, including in Catalonia. Regional causing a nuisance on school Catalan officials say people voted France said it would not recognise of law in the face of any attempt to break authorities say about 90 percent of those property following an incident overwhelmingly for secession in the bal- Catalonia if the region unilaterally social harmony”. who voted in the referendum backed at Thomas’s Battersea school lot, which was declared illegal by the declared independence. Doing so would Sanchez stopped short, however, of secession, but turnout was 43 percent, with in September,” London’s Met- government and was marked by police lead to Catalonia’s automatic exit from explicitly saying his party would back dis- most unionists boycotting it. ropolitan Police said in a violence against independence support- the European Union, it said. solving the regional parliament, a Sunday’s demonstration in the Catalan statement yesterday. ers. But the issue has deeply divided the “This crisis needs to be resolved possibility written into the 1978 capital helped calm Spanish markets yes- northeastern region itself as well the through dialogue at all levels of Spanish constitution. terday, along with comments on Friday from Spanish nation. Hundreds of thousands politics,” France’s European affairs min- Losing Catalonia, which has its own credit rating agencies Moody’s and DBRS Kosovo leader of unionists took to the streets of Barce- ister Nathalie Loiseau said. language and culture, would deprive Spain that they expected Spain to remain united. lona at the weekend to protest against The European Union has shown no of a fifth of its economic output and more Spanish borrowing costs fell to a one-week assails empty the region breaking away. interest in an independent Catalonia, than a quarter of exports. A stream of Cata- low and the main share index touched a Buoyed by the show of support, Span- despite an appeal by Puigdemont for lonia-based firms and banks have moved week high. Puigdemont appeared resolute promises of ish Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz Brussels to mediate in the crisis. their legal bases outside the region. in a television interview on Sunday, saying de Santamaría said on Monday: “I’m call- Under Catalonia’s referendum law, The boards of Catalonia-based infra- the region’s referendum law called for a dec- Western leaders ing on the sensible people in the Catalan deemed unconstitutional by Madrid, a structure firm Abertis , telecoms company laration of independence in the event of a government...don’t jump off the edge vote for independence in the assembly Cellnex and property group Inmobiliaria “yes” vote. PRISTINA: Kosovo President Hashim Thaci lashed out at Western leaders yesterday, saying they had failed to ful- fil promises made to his Google identifies Russian interference in US polls country in return for Pristi- na’s approval of a war crimes tribunal. Moscow Facebook Inc., according to a networks. On Facebook, Russian that the activity affected websites, the person said. Twit- “Kosovo has kept its Bloomberg person familiar with the inves- accounts, some linked to a YouTube, the world’s largest dig- ter itself has said it found Russian word. The international com- tigation. Google is still Kremlin-linked “troll farm,” cre- ital-video portal, as well as accounts by matching by the munity has not,” Thaci said lphabet Inc.’s Google is the determining whether the ads ated groups and pages to push Google’s main search advertis- accounts Facebook had found. at a presentation of a survey latest technology com- were connected with accounts divisive posts about issues such ing systems, the person said “We are taking a deeper look of public perceptions of the Apany to reveal that spreading misinformation or as the Black Lives Matter move- yesterday. to investigate attempts to abuse Hague-based tribunal which Russian-linked accounts used its simply Russian businesses using ment, undocumented Google, which previously our systems, working with was approved by Kosovo’s advertising network to interfere marketing dollars, the person immigration and gun control. said it didn’t find evidence of researchers and other compa- parliament in 2015. with the 2016 US presidential said. The Washington Post ear- Twitter “bots” and other Russian-linked activity on its nies, and will provide assistance The court was established election campaign. lier reported that Google found accounts promoted similar posts site, came to its latest conclu- to ongoing inquiries,” a spokes- to conduct trials over alleged Google investigators found the Russian activity. on that network too. sions after looking at data from woman for Google said in an crimes committed by the less than $100,000 in spending The Google investigation At Google, lawmakers had Twitter, the person familiar with email. Congressional committees Kosovo Liberation Army linked to Russian accounts for reveals that the company may been homing in on services the investigation said. Google investigating Russian interfer- (KLA) as it battled forces of advertisements that aimed to not have been spared the same including YouTube and Gmail, matched Russian-linked Twit- ence in the election have called the former Serbian strong- spread misinformation, similar kind of activity Facebook and Bloomberg reported last week. ter accounts to those that had all three tech companies to tes- man Slobodan Milosevic in to the ones disclosed earlier by Twitter Inc. found on their social Google’s investigation showed bought advertising on its own tify on the issue on November 1. the 1998-1999 war. Wolf attacks raise howls of protest from French farmers

Lyon their animals, which are often allowed to shoot a wolf when it AFP spread over hilly, wooded land attacks a flock,” said National stretching dozens of hectares. Sheep Federation president nimal lovers may be “There are 800,000 sheep Michele Boudoin, urging the gov- delighted that wolves are in Aveyron,” says Francois ernment to come up with a plan Aroaming the French Giacobbi, a local breeder in that “puts farming and farmers mountains once again — but the charge of the issue for the local back at its heart”. In the mean- predators’ increasing attacks on farmers’ association. “It’s basi- time, volunteers in the southern sheep have farmers longing to cally a pantry for the wolves.” Alpes-de-Haute-Provence get their guns out. He noted that the sheep’s region — which saw 268 wolf On Monday, farmers flooded milk used to make Roquefort has attacks from January to August the streets of the city of Lyon to be from animals that graze — is trying a different approach. with hundreds of sheep, outside — leaving producers with The animal protection group demanding more government no choice but to expose their Ferus has trained about 20 vol- action after the deaths of more flocks to danger. unteers this year to keep guard than 8,000 animals blamed on France’s agriculture minis- over flocks — a scheme designed wolves since last year. try has said it wants to stop the to ease tensions between the “When you discover the body attacks, though it has not said pro- and anti-wolf camps. of one of your sheep with its how. Its new “wolf plan” is set to Among them is Pascal throat ripped out by a wolf, it is be negotiated and put into place Gomez, an IT technician on sab- horrible. It’s traumatic,” said from early 2018. batical, charged with keeping an Nicolas Fabre, a 38-year-old The government gave the all-night vigil over a local farm- farmer from Cornus in the south- green light this summer for a er’s 650 sheep. ern Aveyron region. maximum of 40 wolves to be “My deep conviction is that Wolves have targeted his culled by July 2018, unchanged even if you kill all the wolves flock of more than 500 sheep from last year. they’ll come back,” the 56-year- twice in recent months, killing French breeders demonstrate with their animals in Lyon yesterday to draw attention to rising Once 32 have been shot, old says as darkness falls. three of them. wolf attacks on sheep herds and against the agriculture ministry’s 2018-2023 “wolf plan”. mostly during organised hunts, He has already spotted sev- The attacks, mostly in the farmers are allowed to shoot a eral — “an adult and some Alps and southern France, have tected species in Europe. 1990s and are now believed to cheese, say they have tried pro- further eight to thwart an immi- younger ones” — and the pro- sparked an increasingly bitter Wolves used to be common number around 360. tecting their flocks with dogs, nent strike or end an attack that gramme allows him to help a debate between farmers and ani- in France before dying out in the Farmers across Aveyron, a fences and netting, but to no is already underway. But breed- farmer while indulging his pas- mal activists who fiercely defend early 1930s. They reappeared sunny agricultural region famed avail. And they say it is impossi- ers want more leeway to shoot sion for wildlife photography at the rights of Canis lupus, a pro- naturally at the beginning of the for its pungent Roquefort blue ble to watch permanently over the animals. “You must be the same time. 18 AMERICAS TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2017 Trump’s proposals threaten ‘Dreamers’ deal

Washington in 690,000 people being deported, yet protecting the Dreamers, his staff has certain grants or cooperative agree- AFP Trump had been under while acquiescing would save them it not made a good faith effort to do so.” ments administered or awarded by the could split the party. The White House list is topped by Departments of Justice and Homeland resident Donald Trump has political pressure from Trump had been under political “border security,” a category that Security,” it said. Other proposals cast serious doubt on the his right flank, who pressure from his right flank, who includes building a massive wall on the include cracking down on people who future of 690,000 US resi- wholeheartedly embraced wholeheartedly embraced his anti- southern US border that Trump prom- overstay visas, restricting asylum and dents brought illegally to the migrant views and were up in arms ised would be paid for by Mexico, which expanding criteria that would make country as children by pre- his anti-migrant views and about the prospect of a lasting amnesty has said it will not do so. someone inadmissible to the US. Psenting Congress with a list of hardline were up in arms about for the Dreamers, who had been Trump also wants to dramatically “These findings outline reforms that immigration demands as a quid-pro- the prospect of a lasting shielded from deportation under ramp up the number of officials involved must be included as part of any legisla- quo for protecting the so-called amnesty for the Dreamers, Trump’s predecessor Barack Obama. in enforcement, hiring an additional tion addressing the status of Deferred “Dreamers.” White House critics pointed to 10,000 Immigrations and Customs Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) A month after appearing to reach- who had been shielded Stephen Miller, a Trump aide who has Enforcement officers and 1,000 attor- recipients,” Trump wrote in a letter to ing an understanding with his from deportation under embraced the far right, as a catalyst of neys, 370 immigration judges and 300 Congress accompanying the list, using Congressional opponents, White House Trump’s predecessor the president’s about-face. federal prosecutors. the official name for the Obama-era late on Sunday served Democrats with Barack Obama. “The White House ‘principles’ Critics fear the rush to hire more programme protecting the Dreamers. an ultimatum if they want to shield the amount to nothing more than Trump personnel could mean a lapse in back- Trump has made toughening immi- youngsters from deportation. senior adviser Stephen Miller’s Dreamer ground checks and the politicization of gration regulations a central part of his The White House said Congress it deportation outline,” said the American the force. first year in office, also issuing several must fund a controversial border wall, Democratic lawmakers Nancy Pelosi Civil Liberties Union. Trump also hopes to prevent immi- versions of a controversial travel ban help speed deportations and dramati- and Chuck Schumer, whose September “Miller’s wish list of anti-immigrant grants from sponsoring extended family that has been criticised for targeting cally increase the corps of immigration Oval Office meeting with Trump raised policies is designed to scuttle progress members to move to the US, limiting Muslim-majority countries and subject officials — throwing sand in the gears the right’s hackles, declared the new for Dreamers and is afoul with uncon- such green cards to spouses and chil- to numerous legal challenges. of the proposed deal. demands dead on arrival. stitutional ‘reforms.’” dren, as well as to close “loopholes” that The latest version, unveiled last Trump and top Democrats had “We told the president at our meet- Although the demands are were well prevent the deportation of children who month, bans citizens of Chad, Iran, appeared in September to have agreed ing that we were open to reasonable in keeping with Trump’s go-big-or-go- enter the country illegally. Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria and to grant hundreds of thousands of so- border security measures alongside the home negotiating style, Schumer and The list includes financially target- Yemen from entering the US. called “Dreamers” — many whom know DREAM Act, but this list goes so far Pelosi also hinted at Trump’s staff ing “sanctuary cities” that have resisted Also suspended are certain Vene- no other country but the United States beyond what is reasonable,” the pair said undercutting him. the Trump administration’s efforts to zuelan government officials and their — a form of amnesty and tackle the in a joint statement. “The list includes the wall, which crack down on illegal immigrants. families, due to what the US called poor president’s other immigration priorities But the demands place Democrats was explicitly ruled out of the negotia- “The administration proposes block- security and a lack of cooperation with separately. in a bind, ignoring Trump could result tions. If the president was serious about ing sanctuary cities from receiving American authorities.

Engineers: Lives lost in Mexico Nate dumping quake could have been saved heavy rains across

Mexico City US East Coast AP

arm lighting would Biloxi, Mississippi panels on a fishing pier that was enhance the wood AP rebuilt after being destroyed by Wfloors’ natural glow, Hurricane Ivan in 2004. Work- the developer promised, so ate slogged its way up the ers were replacing the panels when all the custom light- northeastern US yesterday, Monday with a goal of reopen- bulbs burnt out, Anahi Abadia Ndumping heavy rains and ing the pier in time for the and her husband grudgingly bringing gusty winds to inland National Shrimp Festival, which drove to Home Depot to states as a tropical depression less opens Thursday in nearby Gulf replenish supplies for their than two days after it roared Shores. chic new flat in central Mex- ashore in Mississippi and Louisi- Nate — the first hurricane to ico City. ana as a hurricane. make landfall in Mississippi since They had just reached the Nate spared the region the Katrina in 2005 — quickly lost Tara Marshall cleans up Marshall Marine after the store took three feet of storm surge from register when the earthquake kind of catastrophic damage left strength Sunday, with its winds hit, shaking the store so by a series of hurricanes that hit diminishing to a tropical depres- Hurricane Nate in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, yesterday. fiercely the structure the southern US and Caribbean sion as it pushed northward into screeched. in recent weeks. Alabama Alabama and Georgia with heavy have hit us 15 years ago, the he said. No storm-related deaths have struck the US and its terri- Minutes later, a text came endured relatively little damage, rain. It was a Category 1 hurri- damage would have been exten- or injuries were immediately tories this year have “strained” in from their neighbor: The but authorities said it could still cane when it came ashore sive and we would have had loss reported in the US although a resources, with roughly 85 per- elegant apartment they had take days to deal with the storm’s outside Biloxi early Sunday, its of life,” Smithson said of Nate. firefighter clearing debris after cent of the agency’s forces purchased only six months worst effects. second landfall after initially hit- “But we have rebuilt the coast in storms associated with Nate died deployed. earlier had collapsed, render- On Dauphin Island, Mayor ting southeastern Louisiana on the aftermath of Katrina higher when he was hit by a car in North “We’re still working massive ing their new home a pile of Jeff Collier said workers were Saturday evening. and stronger.” Carolina. issues in Harvey, Irma, as well crushed concrete. using heavy equipment to Mississippi was largely Nate knocked out power to Before Nate sped past Mex- as the issues in Puerto Rico and They were among the for- remove as much as 6 feet (1.8 spared damage, although a few more than 100,000 residents in ico’s Yucatan Peninsula late the Virgin Islands, and now this tunate: Two women working metres) of sand that washed residents suffered losses. Ruth Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana Friday and entered the Gulf of one,” FEMA Administrator Brock in their building and dozens across a more than 4.8km stretch Adams, a Massachusetts native and Florida, but crews worked Mexico, it drenched Central Long told ABC’s “This Week” on more perished on Sept. 19 in of the island’s main road and riding out her first hurricane in on repairs and it appeared most America with rains that left at Sunday. structure failures that sev- more than 20 side streets. her beach house near Ocean of the outages had been fixed by least 22 people dead. But Nate Nate initially made landfall eral prominent engineers Collier says Nate “moved the Springs, says Nate stripped off Monday morning. didn’t approach the intensity of Saturday evening in Louisiana, now say could have been beachfront on to the roadway,” her metal roof. Sean Stewart, checking on Harvey, Irma and Maria — pow- but fears that it would over- prevented. Nearly two- and neither power company nor Lee Smithson, director of his father’s sailboat at a Biloxi erful storms that left behind whelm the fragile pumping thirds of the 44 buildings city water workers can begin Mississippi’s emergency man- marina after daybreak, found massive destruction during system in New Orleans proved that fell in Mexico City were repairing damage until the road agement agency, said damage another boat had sunk, its sail 2017’s exceptionally busy hurri- to be unfounded. The storm designed with a construction is clear. from Nate was held down in part still fluttering in Nate’s dimin- cane season. passed to the east of New Orle- method called flat slab — in To the east, at Gulf State because of work done and les- ishing winds. Stewart was The head of the Federal ans, and Mayor Mitch Landrieu which floors are supported Park, waves from the storm sons learned from Katrina. relieved to find his father’s craft Emergency Management Agency lifted a curfew on the city known only by concrete columns — washed out removable flooring “If that same storm would intact. “I got lucky on this one,” said the four hurricanes that for its all-night partying. now forbidden in parts of the United States, Chile and New Zealand according to data compiled by a team of struc- tural engineers at Stanford Recovered flight California drug price bill becomes University and obtained by AP. law as legal fight looms Mexico City officials were widely lauded for tightening WASHINGTON: A California law to make drug companies explain their building codes after price increases will also extend a state-by-state battle between thousands died in the 1985 lawmakers trying to bring more transparency to the industry’s earthquake. practices and drugmakers that oppose the efforts. But they left out one cru- The California measure, signed yesterday by Governor Jerry cial reform: a prohibition on Brown, is among the most aggressive state efforts to peel back the the building technique that secretive process of setting drug prices in the US. The law requires caused 61 percent of the pharmaceutical companies to notify insurers and government building collapses in last health plans at least 60 days before a planned price increase of month’s magnitude 7.1 quake, more than 16 percent during a two-year period, and to explain the which killed 369 people and rationale for the increase. The information will be available on a blanketed tree-lined avenues government website. “Californians have a right to know why their in rubble. medical costs are out of control,” Brown said at a signing cere- “I keep thinking about mony in Sacramento. “This measure is a step at bringing what would have happened transparency, truth, exposure, to a very important part of our lives.” if I had still been in bed that The law — like measures in other states — is expected to be a afternoon.” said Abadia, 26, legal target by the industry. Last month in Nevada, the industry’s who was in her bedroom that two major lobbying groups — Pharmaceutical Research and Man- morning recovering from thy- A crashed Piper J-3 “Cub” single engine light aeroplane upon its recovery from the River ufacturers of America, of PhRMA, and the Biotechnology Innovation roid cancer, dreaming of Plate in Playa Pascual, San Jose department, west of Montevideo, Uruguay, yesterday. The Association, or BIO -- sued the state over a law requiring drug plan furnishing the home she and aircraft, carrying two people crashed on Sunday during a leisure low level flight. Uruguayan administrators to reveal rebates they get on diabetes drugs. In her husband moved into in pilot Rodrigo Artagaveytia reached the shore swimming and his passenger, Chilean surgeon Maryland, the Association for Accessible Medicines, the trade asso- March. “That was where we Fernando Gonzalez Foretic, is still missing. ciation for generic drugmakers, challenged a state “price gouging” used to feel safe.” law, although a judge allowed it to take effect on October 1. TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2017 AMERICAS 19 Trump loses a key ally Columbus Day Parade as Corker bites back

Washington branded Senator Lindsey Gra- AFP ham “publicity seeking” for criticizing him over his response onald Trump has to racially-charged violence this often lambasted summer in Charlottesville. potential allies He attacked Senator Jeff from his own party Flake as “weak on crime” and but now a Republi- border protection. Dcan has punched back, alleging And Trump chided House that the president’s reckless Speaker Paul Ryan for failing to behaviour poses a danger to reach a deal on raising the debt America. ceiling, forcing the president Senator Bob Corker’s (pic- negotiate with Democrats. tured), extraordinary weekend But few have spoken out so rebuke, in which he tweeted his bluntly against the president as dismay that “the White House has Corker -- and the presi- has become an adult day care dent’s response has confounded center,” was a shot heard round Senator Bob Corker’s, some experts. the Washington world. extraordinary weekend With Trump poised to Revellers march in front of Trump Tower as they take part in the 73rd Annual Columbus Was Corker patriotically rebuke, in which he decertify the Iran nuclear pact Day Parade in New York, yesterday. sounding the alarm about a tweeted his dismay and leave it up to Congress president who could put the that “the White House whether to reimpose punitive country “on the path to World has become an adult sanctions, Corker will play a War III,” as he told Sunday’s crucial role in what happens edition of The New York Times? day care center,” was next. “Corker may be the most Or, having announced that a shot heard round the important partner in that dance. Ivana Trump says she’s the ‘first lady’; he will not seek re-election next Washington world. This is so dumb,” tweeted Ilan year, is he merely a lame duck Goldenberg, a former senior lawmaker relishing the oppor- State Department official. Melania Trump’s office responds tunity to throw off the shackles Trump also needs Corker, of party unity? have the guts” to run for who has served as an ally Washington “I’m first lady.” She offered faux honored by her role as First Lady Either way, one of the most re-election. behind the scenes, if he does not The Washington Post sympathy for Melania Trump, of the United States. She plans respected establishment sena- Corker hit back, telling the want his legislative agenda saying “I think for her to be in to use her title and role to help tors — one from Trump country Times that he felt Trump posed derailed in the Senate, where hings are getting a little Washington must be terrible.” children, not sell books.” in Tennessee, no less -- has a sharp risk to US national secu- Republicans hold a slim major- “Real Housewives” around (She had less subtle insults for And the coda is the real clap- gone public with grievances rity, particularly over his ity. The party has a tax reform Tthe White House. In one of her ex’s second wife, Marla back: “There is clearly no many are sharing in private. comments about North Korea. plan that provides substantial the stranger sideshows to his Maples. “A showgirl” was her substance to this statement from Like Trump, Corker is a “I know for a fact that every tax breaks for the wealthy, but presidency, President Donald epithet of choice.) an ex, this is unfortunately only businessman turned elected single day at the White House, Corker has signalled he will Trump’s first and third wives, But instead of letting those attention-seeking and self-serv- official. He is also the chairman it’s a situation of trying to con- oppose the legislation if it adds Ivana and Melania, respectively, slights ride, Melania Trump took ing noise.” This all started of the influential Senate Foreign tain him,” the 65-year-old said. to the US deficit. yesterday had a very public war a page out of her husband’s innocently enough. Ivana Trump Relations Committee, a power- “He concerns me,” the sen- Corker has 15 months left in of words - and his second wife, playbook, the one that famously has a book to promote. Her new ful voice on foreign policy. ator added. “He would have to his term, and his remarks imply Marla Maples, is getting some decrees he hit back harder at memoir drops in less than 24 Corker fired the first shots concern anyone who cares he is prepared to assume the shade out of the spat, to boot. anyone who takes a swing. Her hours and she’s doing a public- last week when he said Secre- about our nation.” In his nine role of Trump’s chief critic Here’s a breakdown: To pro- spokeswoman, Stephanie Gri- ity blitz. She revealed that she tary of State Rex Tillerson, months in office, Trump has within the Republican Party mote her new book, Raising sham, dispatched a crisp has a direct line to the White Defense Secretary Jim Mattis openly criticized several in his during that period. Trump, about parenting Trump’s response dismissing Ivana’s House and her ex-husband, but and White House Chief of Staff party, including senators like He also made it clear Sun- three eldest children, Ivana remarks as “attention seeking” she doesn’t use it lest the cur- John Kelly “are those people John McCain who refused to day that most Senate Trump gave an interview to from someone who just wants rent Mrs. Trump get the wrong that help separate our country back his Obamacare repeal Republicans share his view “Good Morning America” in which to sell books and making clear idea. “I don’t really want to call from chaos.” effort. He has also feuded with about the volatility of the pres- she made some comments sure that Melania Trump does not, in him there, because Melania is A furious Trump took to congressional leaders such as ident. “Look, except for a few to privately raise the hackles of fact, hate her Washington life. there. And I don’t want to cause Twitter to demean Corker, top Republican Senator Mitch people, the vast majority of our the woman currently occupying “Mrs. Trump has made the any kind of jealousy or some- alleging the senator had McConnell for failing to get the caucus understands what we’re the role of Wife of Donald. White House a home for Barron thing like that, because I’m “begged” him for a 2018 health bill over the line. dealing with here,” Corker told “I’m basically first Trump and the President. She loves liv- basically first Trump wife. Okay? endorsement and that he “didn’t The president the Times. wife. Okay?” Ivana Trump said. ing in Washington, DC and is I’m first lady,” she said.

Thousands NEWS BYTES march for Hollywood mogul Weinstein Mapuche rights fired over harassment claims

in Santiago NEW YORK: Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was fired from his film studio The Weinstein Company following reports he Santiago sexually harassed women for decades, as Hollywood stood AFP accused yesterday of protecting one of its own despite a pat- tern of misconduct. The firing came three days after a bombshell hilean police used tear New York Times report alleged that Weinstein, the producer gas and water cannon behind such hits as “The King’s Speech” and “The Artist,” preyed Cin clashes with protes- on young women hoping to break into the film industry. Wein- tors yesterday as around stein’s accusers — who reportedly include celebrities such as 5,000 people marched in Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd —say the 65-year-old tycoon support of Mapuche rights. had promised to help advance their careers in exchange for Demonstrators blew sexual favours. “In light of new information about misconduct horns and banged drums, by Harvey Weinstein that has emerged in the past few days, calling for “Mapuche resist- FROM LEFT: Former guerrilla Cuban Harry “Pombo” Villegas —who fought alongside Che the directors of The Weinstein Company... have determined, ance” as they wound their Guevara —, the daughter of Che, Aleida Guevara, Cuba’s Vice President Ramiro Valdes and have informed Harvey Weinstein, that his employment way through the center of Menendez and Bolivian President Evo Morales attend a ceremony to commemorate the with The Weinstein Company is terminated, effective imme- Chile’s capital Santiago. 50th anniversary of the death of Argentine-born guerrilla leader Ernesto “Che” Guevara, diately,” the company’s board said in a statement. “Today’s march is an act in Vallegrande municipality, southern Bolivia, yesterday. of protest for the colonialism we have suffered,” Mapuche Ninth child dies after leader Rodrigo Curipan told Bolivia’s Morales leads ‘Che’ homage reporters. Brazilian nursery school fire Dozens of hooded dem- onstrators set up barricades fifty years after execution RIO DE JANEIRO: A ninth child died yesterday from burns and threw stones at police, caused when the security guard at a nursery school in Brazil who responded with tear gas Vallegrande, Bolivia unquestionable struggle for toppled U.S.-backed dictator sprayed children with flammable alcohol and started a fire. and water cannon to disperse Reuters equality and liberation,” Morales Fulgencio Batista two years The five year-old boy died during overnight Sunday to Mon- them. wrote on Twitter ahead of a later. Guevara rose to become day, the hospital treating him said in a statement. The total toll The demonstration called housands gathered yester- scheduled speech. one of the most important men from Thursday’s blaze is now 11: nine children, the teacher who for the release of more than day in a small town in Over the weekend artists, in the rebel force and later in died trying to save pupils, and the security guard. a dozen Mapuche activists Tsouthern Bolivia, where activists, veterans of the Cuban Cuba’s revolutionary govern- detained under a controver- the leader of the Cuban revolu- revolution and Guevara’s ment, heading the central bank sial anti-terrorism law after tion Ernesto “Che” Guevara was descendants gathered to com- and industry ministry. Gun violence in ‘American a series of attacks on trucks executed by CIA-backed Boliv- memorate the revolutionary He had hoped to replicate and private estates in south- ian soldiers 50 years earlier. hero in Vallegrande, where he the revolution in Congo and then Horror’ episode toned down ern Chile. “We don’t want any Bolivia’s President Evo was buried in a hidden, in Bolivia, but his call to arms anti-terrorist law,” chanted Morales, one of few remaining unmarked grave in 1967 before largely failed and he was sur- NEW YORK: FX network is making what it calls “substantial the demonstrators. leftist leaders in a region that his remains were moved to Cuba rounded by US-trained soldiers edits” to tone down the gun violence in a scene set to air dur- Last week, President has shifted to the political right, 30 years later. and caught in a ravine near La ing today’s episode of “American Horror Story.” The network Michelle Bachelet called on camped in a sleeping bag and The Argentine-born doctor Higuera on Oct. 8, 1967. said it would substitute the edited version of that opening the judiciary to ease the tent and welcomed dignitaries met Fidel Castro in Mexico, The next day he was taken sequence “in light of the tragedy last week in Las Vegas.” The implementation of the law from allies Cuba and where they trained and bought to Vallegrande, 60 km (37 miles) scene, filmed two months ago, portrays an occurrence of gun against the indigenous Venezuela. guns in preparation for the away and Bolivia’s then-Presi- violence that, in the network’s words, “has sadly become all Mapuche, following criticism “50 years later, the legend Cuban revolution before setting dent René Barrientos ordered too common in our country.” FX said some viewers might have from the UN and other inter- of Ernesto Che Guevara lives in sail for the island on Nov. 25, his execution, avoiding a trial. found it traumatic. national organizations. the young people, in their 1956, to start the insurgency that Guevara was 39. 20 HOME TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2017

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FAJR 04.13 am Two Qatari nationals in Variety 500 SHOROOK 05.30 am Mohamad Bwary Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin took the reins in 2014 after ZUHR 11.21 am MAGHRIB 05.14 pm The Peninsula Online Hamad Al Thani, Al Khelaifi the government-funded ASR 02.42 pm ISHA 06.44 pm started his TV career in 2003 entity, established to foster wo Qataris have as Director of Rights Acqui- a film industry in Qatar, sev- been named in the sitions of Al Jazeera Sport, ered its ties with the Tribeca WEATHER TODAY list of the most when the channel was first Film Institute and Holly- influential global launched. wood companies and o o leaders in In 2013, Al Khelaifi over- redefined its mission by Tentertainment. saw the spinoff and devising a three-pronged 29 C 39 C The American entertain- rebranding of Al Jazeera strategy consisting of a film Minimum Maximum ment magazine Variety has Sport into beIN Sports, and fund primarily for Arab listed Nasser Al Khelaifi and became the beIN Media movies; an international fes- Fatma Al Remaihi in their Group boss. BeIN Sports has tival for local youths; and 500 ‘Most Influential Busi- 22 channels broadcast across Qumra festival. ness Leaders in the Middle East, North Now in its third edition, Entertainment’ list. Nasser Al Khelaifi (left), Chairman of PSG, and Fatma Al Africa, Europe, North Amer- Qumra is becoming a formi- Chairman of PSG Foot- Remaihi. CEO of Doha Film Institute. ica, Australia and Asia. Since dable facilitator for new ball Club, Nasser Al Khelaifi, 2011, he has been Chairman voices in Arab cinema, while is also the CEO of beIN Media Variety 500 is an index include such luminaries like and CEO of popular Qatari- the Doha Film Fund has sup- Group, and is a globally of the 500 most influential Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, Ben owned Paris Saint-Germain ported a slew of known figure in the football business leaders shaping the Affleck, Founder of Pearl football club. French sports prizewinning films from the and media field. He is cred- global $2 trillion entertain- Street Films, Jennifer Lopez, daily L’Equipe in 2016 region at large including ited with changing the media ment industry. CEO of Nuyorican Produc- named him ‘the most pow- Iran’s 2017 foreign Oscar- landscape of the Middle East. Updated annually, the tions, Adele, D B Weiss, erful man in French winner “The Salesman.” Fatma Al Remaihi, CEO of Variety500 reflects the Co-Creator of Game of soccer.’ Al Remaihi is also the Doha Film Institute, is the accomplishments of its thrones, Dwayne Johnson, Fatma Al Remaihi heads founder of Doha’s Ajyal main force behind the pop- members over the previous Jackie Chan, Justin Bieber, the Doha Film Institute, Youth Film Festival, based ular Doha’s Ajyal Youth Film 12 months. They were president of Bieber Time which provides creative on Italy’s Giffoni Experience Festival and Qumra, a selected by the Variety edi- Films and Salman Khan, CEO guidance and industry model, where hundreds of unique Qumra event which torial board, which conducts Slamn Khan Productions. expertise to young directors kids are the jurors, and blends festival, workshop, extensive research for its Nasser Al Khelaifi, a and producers in the region. established a dedicated fund and international co-pro- selections. former professional tennis A member of the DFI’s for supporting Qatari duction market elements. The Variety500 list also player and an advisor to team since 2009, Al Remaihi talent.

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HIGH TIDE 08:15 – 19:30 LOW TIDE 01:00 – 15:00 mark World Courtesy: Qatar Meteorology Department Mental Health Day

The Peninsula injuries and illnesses and is essential to ensuring a happy he Ministry of Public and effective workforce.” Health (MoPH), along Dr. Fatema Mohammed Twith other government Musa, Head of Service Devel- healthcare providers are opment, Service marking today the World Development - Service Mental Health Day with a Development-Adult Health series of events. “PHCC is committed to fos- In aid of this year’s World tering an environment where Mental Health Day theme, employees feel valued, which is Mental Health in the respected and supported. We Workplace, MoPH, Hamad recognize that addressing Medical Corporation (HMC), these topics is vital for both Primary Health Care Corpo- our employees and the ration (PHCC) and Sidra patients that they work with. Qatar Post Chairman, Faleh Mohamed Al Naemi (right), with school students Medical and Research Center PHCC has ensured that men- who won prizes in a letter-writing contest organised by Q-Post. The prizes were (Sidra), conducted in-house tal health is integrated into distributed on the eve of the World Post Day yesterday. Pic: Abdul Basit / The Peninsula activities with staff designed the family physician’s role.” to raise awareness about the Paul Jones, Chief Human value of promoting good Resources Officer, Sidra mental health in the Medical and Research workplace. Center: “Investing in our The Qatar National Men- employees primarily through tal Health Strategy, launched advancing their knowledge, HBKU’s College of Islamic in December 2013, identifies skills and abilities, but also workplaces as one of the pri- by improving and maintain- ority settings for effective ing their health and mental health programs and wellbeing ensures effective Studies & IZU sign accord raising awareness about patient care and safety. Care mental health and wellbeing is one of our core values at and reducing the likelihood Sidra and as an employer of The Peninsula partnership between the uni- testament to the strong, of mental illness developing a diverse group of employ- versities, and will facilitate robust collaboration between at work. ees from 80 different ith an aim to facili- cooperation on graduate- Qatar and Turkey in support- Dr. Salih Ali Al-Marri at nationalities, we also under- tate cooperation on level education, with an ing the advancement of the Ministry of Public Health stand the need to customize Wgraduate-level emphasis on the Master’s in Muslim societies. We are fully explained the importance of our approach to care.” education, Hamad bin Khal- International Finance and committed to ensuring that employers engaging in con- “Our goal is to ensure ifa University’s College of Participation Banking and future generations of global structive dialogue with that we have an engaged Islamic Studies (CIS) signed Master’s in Islamic Econom- leaders are better equipped employees: “Increasingly workforce who are happy an agreement with Istanbul ics and Law programs, as well to address key issues facing there is a realization that any and healthy. To that end, we Sabahttin Zaim University as PhD programs in Islamic the Arab and Muslim region, well-functioning society have implemented a range (IZU) at the IZU International Economics and International which will have a positive depends on a healthy work- of programs including online Conference on the Muslim Finance and Islamic Econom- impact on our economy.” force, and therefore video counselling, monthly Ummah in Istanbul, on ics and Law. The agreement will also protecting our employees’ wellbeing sessions and will Sunday. In attendance was Dr enable the exchange of stu- mental health is fundamen- be launching our occupa- Dr Ahmad M Hasnah, Emad El Din Shahin, Dean of dents – particularly those tal to establishing a cohesive tional health strategy soon.” HBKU’s president, and Dr HBKU’s CIS, along with sen- specialising in the Islamic sci- and productive society. We Depression affects 350 Mehmet Bulut, IZU’s presi- ior delegates from both ences and Islamic economics have therefore collaborated million people globally and dent, signed the agreement, institutions. Dr Hasnah said, and finance programs – as with Qatar’s public sector is a significant burden, not which establishes a four-year “The partnership is a well as academic information healthcare providers to help only for the individual but and materials between the spread this message and also for their family and universities. Visiting students encourage helpful commu- friends as well as employers will also benefit from Turk- nication between managers and the healthcare sector. ish and Arabic-language and staff.” According to the Mental training during their aca- Fatima Haider, Chief Health Foundation (British demic travels. Human Resources Officer, at Charity), mental health prob- “Our aim is to further HMC, outlined the impor- lems are all too common in develop the areas of Islamic tance of the need to consider the workplace and they are studies and research where well-being in holistic terms: the leading cause of sickness HBKU has already made sig- “As an employer, Hamad absence. World Mental nificant progress, making it Medical Corporation takes an Health Day, initiated by the an ideal strategic partner for integrated approach to World Federation of Mental IZU. We look forward to the workforce health, safety and Health in 1992, it is now exchange of information, well-being. Balancing phys- observed on 10 October ideas, and joint research Dr. Ahmad M Hasnah, HBKU’s President, and Dr Mehmet ical, mental, spiritual and every year, with the overall projects as we work together environmental health helps objective of raising aware- Bulut, IZU’s President, at the IZU International Conference for our mutual growth,” said prevent work-related ness of mental health issues. on the Muslim Ummah in Istanbul. Dr Bulut.