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SATURDAY Vol. XXXIX No. 10963 October 6, 2018 Moharram 26, 1440 AH

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ARAB WORLD | Confl ict Three Palestinians killed in Gaza clashes Three Palestinians including a 14-year-old boy were killed by Israeli fire yesterday on the Gaza border, as clashes erupted with security forces during protests, the enclave’s health ministry said. Fares Hafez al-Sersawi, 14, and 24-year-old Mahmud Akram Mohamed Abu Samane, both died after being shot in the chest during demonstrations east of Gaza City, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said. Hussein al-Rakab, 28, died after being shot in the head near Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip, Qudra said. Page 3

AFRICA | Honour His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani shakes hands with Nobel Peace Prize for Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri at the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and President Mauricio Macri witness the signing of an agreement anti-rape campaigners Buenos Aires yesterday. between Qatar and Argentina in Buenos Aires yesterday. Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for their work in fighting sexual violence in conflicts around the world. The pair won the award “for their eff orts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict,” Nobel committee chairwoman Berit Reiss- Qatar and Argentina vow Andersen said in an announcement which won international praise. One a doctor, the other a former Islamic State sex slave, both have come to represent the struggle against a global scourge which goes well beyond any single conflict, as the #MeToo movement has to consolidate relations shown. Page 4 O Amir and Argentinian research, sports, agriculture and en- the mutual interest of the two coun- EAST ASIA | Earthquake vironment. tries. president hold off icial Issues of common concern were also The signing ceremony was attend- UN seeks $50.5mn for talks discussed. The talks were attended by ed by members of the offi cial delega- Indonesia disaster aid O Amir, President Macri members of the offi cial delegation ac- tion accompanying the Amir. The United Nations said yesterday it companying His Highness the Amir. From the Argentine side, it was at- is seeking $50.5mn “for immediate witness signing of From the Argentine side, it was at- tended by a number of ministers. relief” to help victims of the agreement, MoUs tended by a number of ministers. Earlier, the Amir and the Argentin- devastating quake and tsunami in His Highness the Amir and the ian president held a bilateral meeting Indonesia. The UN plan, developed QNA Argentinian President later wit- at the Presidential Palace. in consultation with Indonesian Buenos Aires nessed the signing of an agreement The meeting discussed ways to government off icials, outlines and memorandums of understanding strengthen relations and the pros- “how the humanitarian community between the governments of the two pects for consolidating co-operation working in the country will provide is Highness the Amir Sheikh countries. in various fi elds, especially in econo- targeted, technical assistance.” Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani They witnessed the signing of an my, investment, trade, education and More than 1,500 people died in last Hand Argentinian President agreement on the abolition of visa re- sports. week’s quake-tsunami, and local Mauricio Macri held a session of offi - quirements for holders of diplomatic, They also exchanged views on the off icials said yesterday that more cial talks at the Presidential Palace in private and offi cial passports between latest developments on the regional than a thousand people could still be Buenos Aires yesterday. the two countries; a memorandum of and international arenas. missing. Page 7 At the beginning of the ses- understanding aimed at consolidat- Upon his arrival at the Presidential sion, President Macri welcomed ing and encouraging co-operation in Palace, His Highness the Amir was EUROPE | Investigation His Highness the Amir on his sec- education and science; and a memo- accorded an offi cial reception. ond visit to Argentina, praising the randum of understanding between His Highness the Amir attended a Chinese Interpol friendly and growing relations be- Qatar’s Ministry of Culture and Sports luncheon banquet hosted by Presi- boss goes missing tween the two countries, hoping and the General Secretariat of Sport of dent Macri in honour of the Qatari French police said yesterday they that the Amir’s visit will contribute Argentina to enhance possibilities and delegation at the Presidential Palace were probing the disappearance of to further co-operation. opportunities for sports co-operation museum in Buenos Aires yesterday. the Chinese head of Interpol, who On his part, His Highness the Amir between the two countries, using the President Macri’s wife Juliana Awada, has reportedly been detained for reaffi rmed what was stated by the Ar- Argentine expertise in this fi eld. Vice-President Gabriela Michetti and questioning in his home country. gentinian president in relation to the They also witnessed the signing a number of ministers and senior of- Meng Hongwei, 64, was last strong and solid relations between of a memorandum of understanding fi cials were also present. seen leaving for China from the the two countries, adding that the two on the exemption of Qatari nation- Welcoming the Amir on his sec- international police organisation’s countries will continue to work for als from visa; and a memorandum of ond visit to Argentina, the president headquarters in Lyon, southeast further co-operation in other fi elds, understanding for co-operation be- praised the level of co-operation say- France, in late September, a source expressing his confi dence that the tween the Ministry of Municipality ing Argentina’s experience in food close to the enquiry said. His wife visit will further enhance that. and Environment of Qatar and the security can help Qatar to the same has since reported him missing. “He The talks focused on means of Ministry of Production and Labour extent that Argentina can benefi t His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani is presented with honorary did not disappear in France” where developing bilateral relations and of the Argentine Republic aimed at from Qatar’s experience in the fi eld guest certificate of the Argentine Republic by President of the Legislature of the City of he lives, the source said. But Interpol areas of co-operation in economy, establishing consultations and co- of energy, pointing out that his coun- Buenos Aires Francisco Javier Quintana when the Amir met him yesterday evening. The would not be drawn on his possible investment and sports, as well as ex- operation in agriculture, livestock, try is experiencing diffi cult economic meeting, at the Amir’s residence in Buenos Aires, was attended by members of the off icial whereabouts. Page 9 changing experiences in education, fisheries and agricultural sectors in conditions. To Page 16 delegation accompanying the Amir. Qatar-Turkey strategic panel meets in Ankara

QNA al-Hammadi, and the Turkish side by in the private sector is one of the high- two sides signed an agreement in 2015 Onal praised the high-level vis- “Qatar was one of the countries that Ankara Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal. lights of the two countries’ ties. scrapping visa requirements for citi- its and co-operation between the two supported Turkey following the failed Representatives from the two coun- “The constant co-ordination of po- zens of the two countries,” Dr al-Ham- countries’ institutions in developing coup attempt of 2016. Qatar stood by tries’ public and private sectors at- sition on various issues and in all re- madi added. bilateral relations, noting that they Turkey in recent months, amidst a atar-Turkey bilateral relations, tended. gional and international events was For his part, the Turkish Deputy For- have reached unprecedented levels of campaign that targeted the country’s which are historic and dis- Dr al-Hammadi stressed in his also one of the highlights of their ties.” eign Minister highlighted the friend- strength due to the commitment of the economy and currency.” Qtinct, have become an example speech the depth of the bilateral rela- HE the Secretary-General said that ship ties the two countries enjoy, and leaders and the sense of unity between The Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister and role model to be followed, HE the tions between the two brotherly coun- the strategic committee has helped sign its development and enhancement un- the two peoples. pointed out that the mutual visits at the Secretary-General of the Ministry of tries, pointing out that they are in a many agreements and memorandums der the current leadership of the two “Turkey and Qatar have proven by highest levels are continuous between Foreign Aff airs Dr Ahmed bin Hassan state of continuous development and of understanding in diff erent fi elds that countries. He referred to the two coun- various means that they are partners, the two countries, and the mechanism al-Hammadi said yesterday. remarkable prosperity at all levels of were being negotiated for years, the last tries’ celebration of the 45th anniver- especially during the diffi cult times of co-operation between institutions He was addressing a meeting of the co-operation. of which was a signing of an economic sary of the establishment of diplomatic they have experienced. Turkey has and bodies is operating regularly and Qatar-Turkey Supreme Strategic Com- “The exchange of high-level visits partnership. relations, praising them for their show done all it could to alleviate the nega- eff ectively, he added that this fact en- mittee in the Turkish capital Ankara. from leaders of the two countries and “Turkey became a favourite destina- of solidarity in facing common chal- tive impacts of the unfair blockade Qa- hances the importance of the strategic The Qatari side was headed by Dr from businessmen and leading fi gures tion to the citizens of Qatar, after the lenges. tar was subjected to. committee. Gulf Times 2 Saturday, October 6, 2018 QATAR Relief assistance delivered to Chief of Staff meets French commander quake-hit areas in Indonesia

he relief assistance that His Highness the Amir TSheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani directed to be sent to those aff ected by the earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi Island of Indonesia, was delivered as an Amiri Air Force C17 aircraft landed at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, east of capital of Jakarta. The aid which ranged from med- ical supplies, fi rst aid and tents, will be now transported to one of the airports near the aff ected areas. The aircraft with a Qatari international search and rescue team of the Le- khwiya force onboard was received HE the Chief of Staff of Qatari Armed Forces Major General (Pilot) Ghanim bin Shaheen al-Ghanim at the airport by the ambassador of met yesterday with commander of French forces in the Indian Ocean region, Rear Admiral Didier State of Qatar to Indonesia, Ahmed Piaton. During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations between the two friendly countries Jassim al-Hamar. in the defence and military fields and means of enhancing and developing them. The standing committee for rescue and relief operations and humanitarian aids for areas affl icted by catastrophes in in brotherly and friendly countries headed by Lekhwiya prepared the relief materials. (QNA) An international search and rescue team of Lekhwiya will lead the relief operations. Video of workers’ housing ‘shows distorted truth’

he Ministry of Admin- After an “emergency tech- her back to her country”, the istrative Development, nical failure” in the electricity ministry said. TLabour and Social Af- supply led to a power outage in Upon the woman’s arrival Arab Children’s Day fairs (MADLSA) has issued a the building housing returned in her country, she was con- clarifi cation on a video circu- domestic workers, those stay- tacted by a Philippine recruit- lating on social media about a ing there were immediately ment agency – which had a domestic workers’ accommo- shifted to the other accom- contract with a Qatari recruit- dation belonging to a licensed modation temporarily – until ment fi rm – after the video was recruitment agency in Qatar. the power supply was restored, published. “She confessed to In a notice posted on its the MADLSA notice said. This her mistake and misbehaviour. observed at Dreama Twitter page, the ministry caused the second accommo- Then, she apologised for her explained what actually hap- dation to be crowded “for only actions that distorted the truth he Orphans Care Centre – and instil social solidarity. pened and how the truth was a few hours”, it added. and refl ected an untrue picture Dreama has observed Arab “Arab Children’s Day is an op- distorted by an individual. Meanwhile, a domestic of what really happened,” the TChildren’s Day under the portunity to identify the achieve- The notice said an inspec- worker who was going to be MADLSA noted. slogan ‘Qatar’s children welcome ments of children as an integral part tion visit to the said accommo- sent back home – because she The ministry stressed that Arab children’ and hashtag #We_ of human rights and as an invest- dation revealed that there were could not clear the medical it conducts inspection visits live_our_childhood. ment in the present and future. two separate housing units examination – started fi lming at recruitment agencies and Arab Children’s Day coincides “The progress achieved by – one for domestic workers the situation “for the purpose their accommodation units to with the anniversary of the martyr- Qatar Foundation for Social who have been returned to the of blackmailing the agency ensure that they comply with dom of the child, Mohamed Durra. Work Centres in Qatar, including agency and another for newly to prevent it from taking the provisions of the Labour Law On the occasion, a number Dreama, is a building block to arrived domestic workers. necessary procedures to send and its decisions. of activities and workshops are meet the challenges posed by the held annually to refl ect the cul- reality of children in a number tures of the Arab world in order of Arab countries and also high- to familiarise the community lights the commitment of the QCS launches breast cancer awareness campaign with the cultures of other Arab centre to discuss and develop Qatar Cancer Society highlight the health services In 2015, there were 248 newly peoples, bring viewpoints closer, plans to improve the reality of (QCS) has launched “Life available in Qatar. diagnosed cases of malignant strengthen the bonds of co-ex- children in all aspects.” is Pink” campaign to raise “We aim to highlight the breast cancer, six of which were istence and understanding with Noor al-Mohannadi, manager awareness about breast society’s role in providing male and 242 were female. children of the world and high- A child takes part in an activity held to mark Arab Children’s Day. of the Social Awareness Bureau cancer. psychological and financial Symptoms and warning signs of light the importance of unity at Dreama, added, “We are keen Mariam al-Noaimi, general support to cancer patients breast cancer are a persistent and cohesion of Arab people. children were keen to partici- was appreciated by the audience. to participate in various activi- manager, QCS, said the and share the experiences of lump in the breast that may Dreama concluded its observ- pate. The highlights included the Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser ties of a social nature, with the national campaign targeting individuals living with cancer,” feel diff erent from other breast ance of the 2018 Arab Children’s display of a big map of the Arab al-Misnad, executive director of aim of introducing society to and all categories of the society is she added. tissue, one or more lumps in Day, which falls on October 1 eve- world in diff erent colours, while Dreama, said, “Observing this day raising awareness on the pro- to be held throughout October Heba Nassar, head of Health the armpit, changes in breast ry year, at Mall of Qatar with the children also used a model rep- contributes to the defi nition of tection of children’s rights), as – observed as breast cancer Education Department at shape or size of breast, breast participation of Qatar Founda- resenting their childhood and Arab identity and culture on the well as encouraging interaction month. QCS, said, “In Qatar, female skin changes, such as redness, tion for Social Work and its cen- wrote their wishes for the future one hand and promotes aware- between Dreama’s children and The objective is to emphasise breast cancer ranks first dimpling, hotness, visible tres - Aman, Wifaq, Shafallah on the ‘tree of wishes’. ness of the protection of children’s peers through activities to inte- the importance of periodic among all new cases of veins, or itching, nipple pain Centre and Best Buddies. Shafallah Centre participated rights on the other. Also, it places grate them in society and ensure examination for the early female malignant cancers or changes, such as nipple The activities created a pleas- in the event by displaying a paint- great emphasis on the eff orts made their full and active participation detection, spreading the culture with 39.41%, according to a inversion, scaling, or abnormal ant atmosphere and the Dreama ing made by its children, which to integrate orphans into society in social and cultural life.” of healthy lifestyle as well as 2015 annual report.” discharge.

Advisory WISH provides young healthcare Council team innovators a platform at summit attends Scout he World Innovation Summit for on entrepreneurship off ered as part of their Health (WISH), an initiative of Qa- master’s degree programme. Ttar Foundation (QF), has invited 10 Al-Sharshani said, “In hospitals, lan- Union meet young innovators from around the world guage barriers can cause misunderstanding to showcase their work at the upcoming between patients and nurses, negatively af- WISH 2018 summit, following a competi- fecting the patient outcomes and quality of delegation from the Advi- tion to fi nd innovators under the age of 30 care delivery. That’s why we created these Fault Lines bagged an Emmy in the category of ‘Outstanding Continuing sory Council will partici- who have developed a novel health-related communication cards.” Coverage of a News Story in a Newsmagazine’ for The Ban. Apate in the 10th General product. Other 2018 winners include Yaman Abou Assembly meeting of the Scout The WISH Young Innovators programme Jieb, whose PenCam is a high-resolution Union of Arab Parliamentarians, provides a platform for tomorrow’s most camera connected with a mobile phone ap- set to take place in Kuwait from promising healthcare leaders to present their plication to help legally blind people read today to October 9. innovations to delegates attending WISH and write; Ahmed Nabeel, whose Aquscope Al Jazeera English’s The meeting aims to shed 2018, to be held in Doha from November is a surgical laparoscope that automates the light on the latest develop- 13-14. This year’s Young Innovators repre- cleanup process and reduces time spent on ments in the scouting fi eld on sent 10 diff erent countries: Qatar, Syria, Ku- surgeries; and Allen Mohammadi, whose programme wins the Arab and international lev- wait, Switzerland, Russia, the UK, Malaysia, Heartstrings is a non-invasive and low-cost els. It also aims to reach useful Uganda, Sweden, and the US. technology for screening and early diagno- recommendations that helps Among the winners are Qatar-based WISH Young Innovators Munira Aden and sis of heart disease. Emmy Award Arab Parliaments limit the Munira Aden, who works as a nurse at Sidra Dalal al-Sharshani. Sultana Afdhal, chief executive offi cer, spread of extremist ideas and Medicine, and Dalal al-Sharshani, who is a WISH, said, “We are proud to celebrate the l Jazeera English chan- “As the policy was being chal- the threat of narcotics, such nurse at Hamad Medical Corporation. To- across language barriers. Both Aden and spirit of innovation by off ering these young nel’s Fault Lines pro- lenged in court, seven-year-old recommendations could in- gether, the two young healthcare profes- al-Sharshani, who are studying a Master of entrepreneurs and innovators a unique op- Agramme has been Yahya died in a hospital in Tur- clude proactive solutions that sionals created iCommunicate, which uses Science in genomics and precision medicine portunity to meet leading health experts, awarded an Emmy Award in key. His parents’ hope was that protect the Arab and Islamic cards with Arabic and English words writ- at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, a member policy and decision makers from around the the category of ‘Outstanding he’d be able to get medical treat- societies. (QNA) ten on them to help patients communicate of QF, developed their idea during a module world.” Continuing Coverage of a News ment here (US). This award is Story in a Newsmagazine’ for dedicated to his memory.” its fi lm The Ban at the 39th An- Giles Trendle, managing di- nual News and Documentary rector of Al Jazeera English, said: Emmy Awards in New York. “We are delighted to receive this The fi lm looked at the hu- prestigious award from our in- Cirque du Soleil team to speak at VCUarts Qatar and QNL man cost of measures intro- dustry peers. It is a testament to duced by US President Donald the professionalism of our teams wo renowned costume ture gravity defying acrobatics, advanced costumes that are key The fi rst lecture will take place “The starting point for every Trump shortly after he took and our commitment to pro- designers from Cirque du stunning set designs and out- to Cirque du Soleil’s success. at the Atrium at VCUarts Qatar project at Cirque du Soleil is an offi ce in 2017, banning immi- vide our audiences with power- TSoleil’s Costumes Work- standing costumes that combine Each year, the workshop’s ap- on October 9 at 12.45pm while emotion. Our challenge is to grants from seven Muslim- ful storytelling and objective, shops Innovation and Creation technology, artistry and science. proximately 300 full-time em- the second lecture will take place use the newest technologies and majority countries – Iran, Iraq, impartial coverage.” team will be coming to Doha for Denise Tétreault, director of ployees use over 65kms of fabric at the Qatar National Library on techniques to convey this pure Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria Al Jazeera English chan- the Virginia Commonwealth Development and Innovation; from around the world to pro- October 11 at 6pm. Both lectures and organic emotion on stage,” and Yemen, Al Jazeera Media nel’s Fault Lines documentary University School of the Arts and Mark DeCoste, assistant duce more than 14,000 costume are free and open to the public. Tétreault said. Network said in a statement. strand and its daily bulletin (VCUarts) in Qatar’s ‘Crossing costume designer, will give the pieces. The lecture at VCUarts Qa- Last year, the Crossing Bound- “We tell the story of a Syrian Newsgrid were nominated for Boundaries’ lectures series set audiences at the lectures a be- The team is constantly on the tar will be in English while the aries lecture series welcomed refugee family that was sup- a total of six awards at the 2018 for October 9 and 11. hind the scenes look at the high- lookout for new ways to give lecture at Qatar National Li- Ayse and EceEge from luxury posed to come to the US but Emmy Awards. Cirque du Soleil is known ly-regarded costume workshop eye-catching textures to cos- brary will also be in English with fashion brand Dice Kayek and in- ultimately couldn’t because of The Emmys recognise ex- throughout the world for its that produces the thousands of tumes; or to design special ef- simultaneous translation in ternationally renowned industrial the ban,” said Laila al-Arian, cellence in various areas of spectacular shows which fea- intricately designed and highly fects for performances. Arabic. designer Giulio Iacchetti. senior producer of Fault Lines. television and emerging media. Gulf Times Saturday, October 6, 2018 3 QATAR/REGION/ARAB WORLD GU-Q hosts research fair

eorgetown University in were able to discuss with the research opportunities, resourc- their learning experiences. The Qatar (GU-Q) recently faculty members how to conduct es, research support, funding, research fair is one solid step in the Gorganised its fi rst Un- undergraduate research. They and much more. right direction.” dergraduate Research Fair for met with current and former “We are convinced that under- Past and current research its wide-ranging community of GU-Q students involved in re- graduate research off ers numer- projects have included the study students. search projects such as Under- ous benefi ts: it leads to fantastic of Islamic bioethics, skills train- The fair aligns with GU-Q’s graduate Research Experience learning opportunities; it teaches ing for migrant workers, food mission to train students to rely Programme (UREP) and National problem-solving and resilience; security in Qatar, in addition on evidence to make arguments Priorities Research Programme and it helps students to grow and to multiple UREP projects such and conclusions about the world (NPRP) grants. get ready for graduate school and as Urban Planning and Social around them. In addition to their Students had the chance also employment,” said senior as- Spaces in Doha, and Foster- research in the classroom, stu- to talk to representatives from sistant dean for research sup- ing Small and Medium Enter- dents at GU-Q regularly conduct various GU-Q departments, port Dr Kai-Henrik Barth. “We prise Development in Qatar, and contribute to cutting-edge from fi nance, to research ad- are committed to strengthening among many others. Funding research with assistance and ministration to academic aff airs the culture of undergraduate re- sources are available both within support from faculty. and offi ce of academic support, search at GU-Q, because we care GU-Q and from outside funding During the fair, the students which provided information on deeply about our students and bodies. At the fair, students were able to discuss with faculty members how to conduct undergraduate research. Armed Forces kick off Nasr 2018 exercise Katara Festival of Arabic novels to off er boost to fiction rabic fi ction, a fast- 2015, he added. The first day bic and “Novels and Thea- A total of $300,000 worth of growing branch of global of the festival will also wit- tre,” with the participation of cash prizes will be awarded to Aliterature, will get a fur- ness the opening of the Katara prominent writers and critics. winners in the published nov- ther boost at the fourth Katara Library of Arabic Novels and It will conclude with a grand els category, where each of the Festival of Arabic Novels set an exhibition dedicated to re- award ceremony to honour five winners receive $60,000. Qatar Armed Forces (QAF) have kicked off the Nasr 2018 exercise with the participation of all from October 15-17 at the Ka- nowned Arab novelist Ghassan winners of the Katara Prize for The prize for unpublished commanders and branches of the Qatar Amiri Land Forces and other units of the QAF, the off icial tara – the Cultural Village. Kanafani. Arabic Novels 2018. novels category amounts to a Qatar News Agency reported. The exercise aims to train the commanders on the tasks of assessing a A highlight of the festival A social media initiative fo- The Katara Prize for Arabic total of $150,000, equally di- situation, planning, command and control using modern weapon systems, staff actions and will be the awarding of the 2018 cusing on novels will also be Novels has grown as the most vided into five winners, each co-ordination between the forces and other security agencies. Exercise manager Brigadier General winners and the opening of the launched on the occasion fol- prestigious literary award in getting $30,000. Mubarak Hazza al-Hajri explained that the objectives of the Nasr 2018 exercise include training the Katara Library of Arabic Novels, lowed by the signing of books the Arab world in terms of Each of the five winners in commanders and the staff on planning, supporting and carrying out operations that involve a statement from Katara said. by 2017 winners from all cat- participation of critics and the unpublished critical stud- breaking through enemy forces, preventing infiltration, containing the enemy, destroying it Katara general manager Dr egories. The event concludes novelists and the value of the ies (criticism of novels) cat- and restoring the position. Khalid bin Ibrahim al-Sulaiti with a seminar on the life and prize. egory will get $15,000, for a said that the festival will fea- works of Kanafani. Katara received 1,283 en- total of $75,000 in cash prizes. ture a wide range of activities Dr al-Sulaiti said the sec- tries for the current and latest Winners of unpublished to promote Arabic fiction, ond day will feature a special edition of the prize: some 596 novels by young writers will considering its status as an session titled, “Narrations participants in the category get $10,000 each (a total of important and growing branch from the Novels” for school of unpublished novels; 562 in $50,000). of literature. students with a view to famil- published novels; 47 in un- All the prize-winning nov- The festival represents a iarise the youngsters with the published critical studies, in els and critical studies and continuation of Katara’s sup- world of novels and literature. addition to 78 participants in translations of the winning Ministry fi xes price port to this genre of literature, Two seminars on literary the category of unpublished novels (both the published and beginning from the launch criticism will also take place novels by young writers. The unpublished categories) have of the first edition of the Ka- on the same day focusing on participants included 322 been published by the Katara of Alfalfa bundle tara Prize for Arabic Novels in women fiction writers in Ara- women and 961 men. Publishing House.

he Ministry of Economy noted. The MEC has stressed spection campaigns and refer and Commerce (MEC) has the importance of street vendors those who violate laws and min- Civil Defence certifies 15 buildings at Al Wakrah depot Tset the maximum price of and feed traders complying with isterial decrees to the competent a 1kg Alfalfa bundle (Berseem) at laws and regulations governing authorities, who will, in turn, QR5 in line with Decision No 6 of commercial activities as well take appropriate action against the committee tasked with de- as the regulations and require- the perpetrators in order to pro- termining maximum prices and ments for a licence to engage in tect consumer rights. profi t ratios. street vendor activities. The MEC has urged all con- The price came into eff ect Other obligations include sumers and the public to ensure on October 2 and will remain in abstaining from exceeding the the presence of labels, featur- place until March 15, 2019, the maximum price of an Alfalfa ing the weight and price, and MEC has said in a statement. bundle (Berseem), obtaining a immediately report any irregu- Hereon, the decision shall go street vendor licence that shall larities related to overpriced into eff ect on an annual basis be presented to judicial offi cers Alfalfa bundle, or the lack of a from September 1 to March 15. at the ministry and placing an street vendor card, through the This decision comes within the explanatory label featuring the following channels: call cen- framework of the ministry’s ef- price and weight of an Alfalfa tre: 16001, e-mail: info@mec. forts to protect consumer rights bundle. gov.qa, Twitter: MEC_QATAR, and to crack down on price ma- The ministry has stressed that Instagram: MEC_QATAR and nipulation, in accordance with it will not tolerate any violations the ministry’s applications rules and regulations governing of the Consumer Protection Law on smartphones available on increases in the prices of goods and its provisions. iPhone and Android devices: and services, the statement Further, it will intensify in- MEC_QATAR

POLITICS UNRWA concern over plan to Saudi to allow Turkey shut operation The UN agency that helps Palestin- to search consulate Fifteen of the 27 buildings that make up the Al Wakrah Heavy Maintenance Depot have already been certified by the Civil Defence, ian refugees expressed concern Qatar Rail tweeted recently. yesterday over moves by the mayor of Jerusalem to close down for missing journalist its operations in the city. Mayor Nir Barkat said on Thursday he had developed a plan to end the Reuters off ered confl icting accounts of Jerusalem operations of the United Abu Dhabi/Istanbul his disappearance, with Anka- Nations Relief and Works Agency ra saying there is no evidence Three Palestinians killed in clashes with army (UNRWA), which aids Palestinians he left the diplomatic mission displaced by the 1948 war of Israel’s audi Arabia will al- and Riyadh saying that he ex- founding and to millions of their low Turkey to search its ited the same day. AFP ment on the circumstances descendants, and to replace them Sconsulate in Istanbul Khashoggi, who has lived in Gaza City surrounding the deaths of the with Israeli services. UNRWA has for prominent Saudi journal- self-exile in Washington for Palestinians. faced a financial crisis since the ist Jamal Khashoggi, who has the past year fearing retribu- Border protests have been United States in August announced been missing for three days tion for his critical views, en- hree Palestinians includ- ongoing since March 30 in the it was cutting aid to the body. after entering the diplomatic tered the consulate on Tues- ing a 14-year-old boy Gaza Strip, which is run by mission earlier this week. day to secure documentation Twere killed by Israeli fi re Hamas and has been under a “The premises are sover- for an forthcoming marriage, yesterday on the Gaza border, crippling blockade by Israel for SECURITY eign territory, but we will al- according to his fi ancee, who as clashes erupted with security more than a decade. Tunisia extends low them to enter and search waited outside. forces during protests, the en- Demonstrators are calling and do whatever they want to If Saudi Arabia had de- clave’s health ministry said. for the right for Palestinians to state of emergency do. We have nothing to hide,” tained Khashoggi without Fares Hafez al-Sersawi, 14, return to their former homes, Crown Prince Mohamed bin acknowledging it, his deten- and 24-year-old Mahmud from which their families were Tunisia’s presidency yesterday Salman said in a Bloomberg tion would constitute an en- Akram Mohamed Abu Samane, expelled or fl ed during the 1948 announced the extension of the interview published yesterday. forced disappearance, Hu- both died after being shot in war surrounding the creation of country’s state of emergency, He said Khashoggi had left man Rights Watch said on the chest during demonstra- A relative of a Palestinian who was killed during a protest at the Israel. imposed in 2015 following a the building not long after he Thursday. tions east of Gaza City, minis- border fence, reacts in Gaza City, yesterday. The rallies frequently turn series of deadly militant attacks. entered. Asked if Khashoggi It called on Turkey to try spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra violent on the closely-guarded The decision to prolong the state faces charges in Saudi Arabia, deepen its investigation into said. dition including a medical vol- stones were launched at Israeli frontier. At least 198 Palestin- of emergency until November Prince Mohamed said it was the case. Hussein al-Rakab, 28, died unteer. soldiers posted behind the bar- ians have been killed by Israeli 6 comes amid a tense political fi rst important to discover “The burden of proof is after being shot in the head near The Israeli military said rier which separates Gaza from fi re in Gaza since March 30, climate ahead of legislative and where he was. on Saudi Arabia to produce Khan Yunis in the south of the around 20,000 Palestinians Israel, the military said. while one Israeli soldier has presidential elections planned for “If he’s in Saudi Arabia, I evidence for its claim that Gaza Strip, Qudra said. took part in yesterday’s protests Israeli forces responded with been shot dead by a Palestinian next year. President Beji Caid Es- would know that,” he added. Khashoggi left the consulate A further 376 people were at numerous points along the live fi re and an aircraft also car- sniper. sebsi took the decision after meet- Human rights groups have alone, and that Saudi agents wounded, including 126 who Gaza border, continuing a series ried out two strikes in Gaza, the Israel says its actions are ing with the ministers of defence called on Saudi Arabia to verify have not detained him,” said had been shot, according to of demonstrations which began military said. aimed at protecting its terri- and interior, his off ice said without Khashoggi’s whereabouts after Middle East director Sarah health ministry fi gures. in March. The armed forces said it tory, soldiers and civilians who giving a reason for the extension. Turkish and Saudi authorities Leah Whitson. Seven were in a critical con- Grenades, explosives and could not immediately com- live close to the Gaza border. Gulf Times 4 Saturday, October 6, 2018 ARAB WORLD/AFRICA Congolese doctor and Yazidi activist win Nobel Peace Prize

Reuters Congo’s ruling PPRD party, said she wrote. The United Nations has Bukavu/Cambridge Mukwege was more than just a called the assaults launched by the doctor. militants against the religious mi- “He is a humanist who has taken nority in northern Iraq a campaign enis Mukwege, a doctor the pain of women into considera- of genocide. who helps victims of sexual tion, pain in their fl esh and in their Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al- Dviolence in the Democratic soul. The prize sends a strong Abadi congratulated her on the Republic of Congo, and Nadia Mu- signal to everyone about these award, and Vian Dakhil, a Yazidi rad, a Yazidi rights activist and women who are raped every day,” member of Iraq’s parliament, said: survivor of sexual slavery by Is- she said. “It is the victory of good and peace lamic State, won the 2018 Nobel Murad said she shared the award over the forces of darkness.” Peace Prize yesterday. “with all Yazidis with all the Ira- Murad, who is also a Sakharov They were honoured for their qis, Kurds and all the minorities Prize winner, is the second young- eff orts to end the use of sexual and all survivors of sexual violence est Nobel Prize laureate after violence as a weapon of war, the around the world”. Malala Yousafzai. Norwegian Nobel Committee said. “For myself, I think of my moth- The award follows a year in “Denis Mukwege is the helper er, who was murdered by Daesh,” which the abuse and mistreatment who has devoted his life to defend- she said said in a statement to of women in all walks of life across ing these victims. Nadia Murad is Reuters, using an Arabic term for the globe has been a focus of at- the witness who tells of the abuses Islamic State. tention. perpetrated against herself and Combination of pictures created on October 5, 2018 shows Nadia Murad was 21-years-old in 2014 Asked whether the #metoo others,” the Committee said in its Murad (left) and Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege. when Islamic State militants at- movement, a prominent women’s citation. tacked the village where she had rights activist forum, was an in- “Each of them in their own way stitute (SIPRI), told Reuters. daughters at gunpoint, shot at him grown up in northern Iraq. spiration for this year’s prize, No- has helped to give greater visibil- Mukwege, a past winner of the and killed his bodyguard. The militants killed those who bel Committee Chairwoman Berit ity to war-time sexual violence, so United Nations Human Rights Shortly before that attack, he refused to convert, including six of Reiss-Andersen said: “Metoo and that the perpetrators can be held Prize and the European Parlia- had denounced mass rape in the her brothers and her mother. war crimes are not quite the same. accountable for their actions.” ment’s Sakharov Prize, dedicated Democratic Republic of Congo Along with many of the other But they have in common that Mukwege heads the Panzi Hos- his Nobel award to all women af- and impunity for it in a speech at young women in her village, she they see the suff ering of women, pital in the eastern Congo city of fected by rape and sexual violence. the United Nations. was taken into captivity by the the abuse of women and that it Bukavu. The clinic receives thou- He has performed surgery on “He has risked his life to help militants, and sold repeatedly for is important that women leave sands of women each year, many scores of women after they had women survive atrocity,” said abuse as part of Islamic State’s the concept of shame behind and of them requiring surgery from been raped by armed men, and SIPRI’s Smith. slave trade. speak up.” sexual violence. campaigned to highlight their Mukwege was in the operation She escaped captivity with the UN Secretary-General Antonio Murad is an advocate for the plight. He also provides HIV/AIDS room when he was told the news. help of a family in Mosul, then IS’s Guterres said the award was part Yazidi minority in Iraq and for treatment as well as free maternal Later, speaking at a news con- de facto capital in Iraq, and be- of a growing movement to rec- refugee and women’s rights in care. ference at the hospital, he said the came an advocate for the rights of ognise the violence and injustice general. Although the Second Congo prize was an important recogni- her community around the world. faced by women. She was enslaved and raped by War, which killed more than fi ve tion of many women’s trauma. In 2017, Murad published a “Let us honour these new No- Islamic State fi ghters in Mosul, mn people, formally ended in “Dear survivors all over the memoir of her ordeal, The Last bel laureates by standing up for Iraq, in 2014. 2003, violence remains rampant, world, I would like to tell you that Girl. She recounted in harrowing victims of sexual violence every- “Rape in war has been a crime with militias frequently targeting through this prize, the world is detail her months in captivity, her where,” he said in a statement. for centuries. But it was a crime civilians. listening to you and rejects indif- escape and her journey to activ- The prize will be presented in in the shadows. The two laureates The Panzi Hospital has also ference, the world refuses to stand ism. Oslo on Dec 10, the anniversary of have both shone a light on it,” Dan been the target of threats, and in idly by in the face of your suff er- “At some point, there was rape the death of Swedish industrial- Smith, Director of the Stockholm 2012 Mukwege’s home was in- ing,” he said. and nothing else. ist Alfred Nobel, who founded the International Peace Research In- vaded by armed men who held his Wivine Moleka, a member of This becomes your normal day,” awards in his 1895 will.

POLITICS Lebanese parties clash over power in new unity govt

Lebanon’s leading Christian par- ties clashed yesterday over how power should be divided in a new unity government, casting doubt over Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri’s prediction that one will be agreed soon. Five months since a parliamentary election, there is no sign yet of the conces- sions sought by Hariri to allow the formation of a government that can set about badly needed economic reforms. Politicians are warning Lebanon faces economic crisis. Hariri said on Thursday the government would be formed within a week to 10 days because the economy could not tolerate further delay. He called on all sides to make concessions. But there was no compromise yesterday from the two leading Christian parties: the Hezbollah-allied Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and the anti-Hezbollah Lebanese Forces (LF) party.

US First Lady Melania Trump pets a baby elephant, accompanied by CEO Angela Sheldrick (centre), and Kenya’s first lady Margaret Kenyatta LEGAL at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust elephant orphanage in Nairobi, yesterday. Rwanda court frees president’s critic on bail A Rwandan High Court yesterday granted bail to Diane Rwigara, a Melania takes Kenya safari prominent critic of President Paul Kagame, who had been jailed for AFP She then took to the Nairobi conservation, according to the Ken- ing to watch a dance performance over a year awaiting trial. Rwigara, Nairobi National Park where she spotted yan presidency. Melania’s focus on at the Nairobi National Theatre. a 37-year-old accountant, was rhino, giraff e, hippo, buff alo, ze- wildlife stands in contrast to eff orts Melania Trump, who is in Africa blocked from challenging Kagame bra and other wildlife. by her husband to lift a ban on some to promote her children’s wel- in the August 2017 presidential S First Lady Melania However her choice of a white elephant trophy imports, which cre- fare programme, began her trip in election and arrested a month Trump cosied up to baby colonial-style pith helmet while ated a public outcry last year. Her Ghana, where she visited mothers later, along with her mother, for Uelephants and went on on safari drew some criticism on stepsons have also been criticised and their newborns, and toured a alleged tax evasion and forgery safari in Kenya yesterday, on the Twitter, with one person compar- for their passion for hunting. former slave trading fort. as well as for inciting insurrection. third leg of a solo tour of Africa ing her look to that of a “colonial In one widely shared photo- She then made a brief stop in A panel of three judges ruled that that has contrasted with the on- administrator”. Trump was also graph, Donald Trump Jr poses Malawi where she toured a pri- the prosecution had failed to pro- going tumult in Washington. shown a pile of ashes from the with a knife in one hand and an mary school. vide credible reason why the pair Looking relaxed and happy, burning of elephant ivory, which elephant tail in the other, the ani- Her husband on Thursday should be kept in detention, and the former model gave a baby is aimed at deterring rampant mal’s corpse beside him. tweeted: “Our country’s great ordered their immediate release elephant bottled formula at the poaching of the animals. The First Lady later visited First Lady, Melania, is doing really on bail. The decision was received David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in She and her local counterpart an orphanage, where she played well in Africa. The people love her, with screams of joy from relatives Nairobi, famed for its work rescu- Margaret Kenyatta held talks on the with babies and read a book to and she loves them! It is a beauti- who were packed inside the small ing the orphans from the wild. welfare of mothers and children, and the young children, before head- ful thing to see.” courthouse in Kigali. Zimbabwe to cut government jobs in savings drive

AFP the southern African country reels ernment, which has a workforce puted election in July, has vowed after the fall of Mugabe. The min- Harare under a debt of $16.9bn. of more than 300,000, will target to revive the economy. ister pledged to implement key re- “We are going to do that (job jobs held by workers due for re- The incoming administration forms to cut expenditure, improve cuts),” Ncube told journalists at a tirement and “those who are not denounced corruption, botched income, tackle corruption and ash-strapped Zimbabwe news conference while presenting correctly positioned in their posi- land reforms and government pol- privatise some state enterprises will cut public sector jobs a two-year fi scal policy plan titled tions”, but he gave no fi gures. icies that saw investors fl ee under to turn Zimbabwe into a middle- Cto help stem ballooning ex- “transitional stabilisation pro- He warned that the country’s former president Robert Mugabe, income economy by 2030. penditure, the country’s fi nance gramme”. fi scal defi cit for the fi rst half of the who ruled for nearly 30 years. In recent weeks, the country minister said yesterday. “Trying to restructure your year, which stands at $1.4bn, will Earlier this week, Ncube fore- has been running out of essential Recently-appointed Mthuli workforce is never easy. It’s pain- top $2.7bn by the end of 2018 if not cast that Zimbabwe’s economy medical drugs and supplies of fuel Ncube said job cuts were among ful, it’s emotional and can be a controlled. would grow by 6.3% this year, have dwindled because importers austerity measures needed to re- traumatic process but still neces- President Emmerson Mnan- driven mainly by agriculture and are unable to secure foreign cur- vive the moribund economy as sary,” he said. Ncube said the gov- gagwa, who was elected in a dis- mining in a bid to boost growth rency to replenish stocks. Gulf Times Saturday, October 6, 2018 5 AMERICA Nasa addresses unexplained hole Senate heads to fi nal in space station

Reuters Rogozin previously raised Washington the possibility of a deliberate act in comments reported by vote on Kavanaugh the Russian news agency RIA asa has sought to tamp Novosti, which quoted him AFP tle to a new stage earlier yester- down speculation earlier this month as saying it Washington day when he dismissed female Nthat sabotage caused a appeared that a drill had been anti-Kavanaugh protesters who tiny hole found last month in used by an “unsteady hand”, have cited their own experienc- the side of a Russian module leaving metal around the hole he US Senate narrowly ap- es of sexual assault as “elevator docked at the International scraped. proved moving to a fi nal screamers”. Space Station, but the mystery Nasa declined to comment Tvote on President Donald The president claimed bil- remained unsolved. on those remarks at the time. Trump’s embattled Supreme lionaire fi nancier George Soros, a The National Aeronautics Nasa spokeswoman Megan Court pick Brett Kavanaugh, but frequent target of conservatives, and Space Administration Powers said on Wednesday his fate remained in the balance was behind their demonstra- (Nasa) stressed in a brief state- that renewed media reports as key lawmakers appeared still tions. ment issued from its Washing- about the possibility of inten- undecided. “The very rude elevator ton headquarters that Dimitri tional damage to the Soyuz The Senate voted 51-49 yes- screamers are paid professionals Rogozin, general director of the module stemmed from “rough terday to advance the nomina- only looking to make Senators Russian space agency Roscos- translation” by some Western tion of the conservative jurist, look bad. Don’t fall for it!” he said mos, had in public comments news outlets of Rogozin’s latest who has faced allegations of sex- on Twitter. this week ruled out a manufac- comments. ual misconduct dating back to his Republicans continued to re- turing defect as the cause. “No one is saying, and cer- teenage years, in the procedural ject sexual assault and abuse However, Nasa added: “This tainly Nasa is not saying, that it cloture vote, setting up a fi nal allegations against Kavanaugh conclusion does not necessar- was deliberate,” she said. showdown today. from three women when they ily mean the hole was created Powers said that, while in- However, the outcome remains were students in the 1980s, and intentionally or with mal-in- tentional damage remains one uncertain after one Republican, dismiss charges from Democrats tent”, as some media outlets of numerous possibilities still Lisa Murkowski, defi ed her party that Kavanaugh repeatedly lied in interpreted Rogozin’s remarks under review, “we’re not ex- and voted against moving ahead, Senate testimony about his back- as suggesting. pecting it was a bad actor ... while Democrat Joe Manchin cast ground. Rather than giving great- we don’t think that’s the most his ballot in favour. The confi rmation process has er credence to foul play, the likely conclusion”. Republican Senator Susan gripped Washington and the na- A demonstrator with a sign reading ‘Believe Survivors’ watches as other protesters are arrested by US elimination of a manufacturing She also said the space agen- Collins still appeared undecided, tion, aggravating already deep Capitol police for blocking the street in front of the US Supreme Court, while demonstrating against the defect as causing the hole “in- cy is confi dent that the origin supporting the cloture vote but political divisions with just confirmation of Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill in Washington. dicates that this is an isolated of the hole would ultimately saying that she would reveal her weeks to go before mid-term issue which does not categori- be explained. “We will fi nd the position on Kavanaugh, 53, later. congressional elections. He is up for re-election in of campaigning for a nominee to at inciting more support and an- cally aff ect future production”, reason and we will reveal the President Donald Trump Among those closely watched West Virginia, a state Trump won the high court. ger from the president’s conserv- Nasa said. reason no matter what it is.” cheered the result of the cloture is Republican Senator Jeff Flake overwhelmingly in 2016. Protesters returned outside ative Christian base. Roscosmos and Nasa have Nasa said that a spacewalk vote, which puts him a key step of Arizona, a frequent Trump On the Senate fl oor he wait- the Capitol yesterday morning, The Jewish billionaire is fre- each opened their own investi- is being tentatively planned for closer to a major political victory critic who is not running for re- ed until Flake, Collins and a day after 302 were arrested and quently described by arch- gations of the 2mm-wide hole November to gather more in- for conservatives. election and has expressed con- Murkowski had voted, then charged with unlawfully demon- conservatives as a behind-the- detected in late August on the formation. “Very proud of the US Senate cern about Kavanaugh. fl ashed a thumbs-up for his yes strating inside the Senate com- scenes operator driving liberal exterior wall of a Russian Soy- Another astronaut and cos- for voting ‘YES’ to advance the Yesterday he voted to advance vote before sitting down by him- plex. and progressive movements uz capsule docked to the space monaut are due to join the nomination of Judge Brett Ka- the nominee, then told an NBC self. Senate Judiciary Committee – criticisms that have raised station after ground operators space station crew this month. vanaugh!” Trump tweeted. reporter that “unless something Another wrinkle about today’s chairman Chuck Grassley took counter-accusations of anti- reported slight dips in pressure They are slated for launch Except for Murkowski and big changes”, he will vote yes on vote: Republican Senator Steve to the Senate fl oor to accuse un- Semitism. levels. aboard a Russian Soyuz MS-10 Manchin, the vote proceeded Kavanaugh’s confi rmation. Daines fl ew home yesterday to named “left-wing dark money But Democrats continued yes- The puncture has since been spacecraft on October 11 from along party lines. With Murkowski, the Repub- Montana for his daughter’s wed- groups” of engineering an al- terday to argue that there had patched with tape and sealant, the Baikonur Cosmodrome in To gain fi nal approval Repub- lican who voted against cloture, ding, raising the prospect of Re- leged Democratic political plot to been too little eff ort made to in- halting the oxygen leak, and Kazakhstan, Nasa said. licans can aff ord only one more telling reporters that Kavanaugh publicans losing a potentially defeat Kavanaugh. vestigate the allegations against offi cials said the current crew, Nasa said its new admin- defection in today’s test. is a “good man” who perhaps is vital yes vote. “The resistance that has ex- Kavanaugh – especially that of consisting of three US astro- istrator, Jim Bridenstine, is If he wins confi rmation, Ka- “not the right man for the court However, Daines said he spoke isted since the day after the 2016 Dr Christine Blasey Ford, who nauts, two Russian cosmo- scheduled to attend the launch vanaugh – who has faced a at this time”, that left all eyes on with Kavanaugh personally and election is centred right here on says a drunken Kavanaugh tried nauts and one German, were and would meet Rogozin there bruising process which raised Republican Collins and Demo- assured him that “I will be back Capitol Hill,” he said. “I hope we to rape her in 1982. never in any danger. for the fi rst time. questions over his candour and crat Manchin. to vote yes this weekend if need- can say no to mob rule by voting On Thursday the Federal Bu- partisan rhetoric, and his life- If Collins’s is a yes, that gives ed”. to confi rm Judge Kavanaugh.” reau of Investigation (FBI) re- style as a young man – will seal Manchin political cover to do Kavanaugh made a last- Trump’s reference to Soros, leased summary results of a six- US Navy veteran admits sending ricin a conservative majority on the the same and not be the deciding minute pitch for support in a who has supported pro-democ- day, last-minute review of the nine-seat high court for decades vote. Wall Street Journal op-ed head- racy movements around the allegations, which Kavanaugh’s scare letters to Trump, senior off icials to come. Manchin faces extraordinary lined “I am an independent, im- world and the US Democratic Senate backers said found no Trump took the brutal bat- political pressure. partial judge”, virtually unheard- Party for years, appeared to aim corroborating evidence. A 39-year-old US Navy veteran has confessed to sending letters to US President Donald Trump and other senior off icials that were initially feared to contain the poison ricin when they were discovered this week, court documents showed. William Clyde Allen III was arrested on Wednesday at his home in Logan, Utah, and was charged yesterday, said Melodie Rydalch, a Alaska’s brown bears face off in battle of the plumpest spokeswoman for the US Attorney’s Off ice. Aside from Trump, Allen is believed to have sent the letters containing ground castor seeds to Federal Bureau of Investigation It’s up to the public to crown It is up to the public to decide Since 2012, Katmai has part- director Christopher Wray, Defence Secretary James Mattis and the fattest bear before their which is the most rotund bear. nered with explore.org to share Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson, according to a hibernation Each day, two bears are live footage of Brooks Camp to probable cause statement filed in Utah state court on Wednesday. matched against each other on expand access to a national park Allen mailed the envelopes on September 24, the statement said. By Amanda Holpuch Facebook and the one to get the that is usually only reached by The letters were intercepted and no one was hurt, authorities said. Guardian News & Media most likes is the day’s winner and plane, and sometimes by boat. The letter addressed to Trump never entered the White House, the advances to the next round of the Because of the bears’ online US Secret Service has said. bracketed competition. following, Fat Bear Week voting an a brown bear spend too LaValle said that it is up to each can be a passionate aff air. much time munching on voter to determine what makes a “I am beside myself with grief Train derails at New York station Csalmon? bear the most plump. that my two favourite bears (Otis Not in the Alaskan wilder- He said: “Does that mean and Beady) have to face each oth- Services were delayed and suspended late on Thursday in New York ness, where the bears at Katmai clearance with the ground? er so early in the brackets,” one when a train derailed at Pennsylvania Station, authorities said. national park are unwittingly For Alaska’s brown bears, ‘being fat in October or November is a sign Number of rolls? Neck fl ab? It’s person commented on the day “Train service in and out of Penn Station New York is suspended fi ghting for the title of the tubbi- of success and resilience’. up to you!” one results of the 2018 competi- due to a minor slow speed train derailment near Penn station,” New est in Fat Bear Week – the fourth There are an estimated 2,200 tion. Jersey Transit (NJT) tweeted at 6.47pm (2247 GMT). annual competition to determine ing almost non-stop to prepare fond of sockeye salmon. bears at Katmai, but only 12 are “Fun day one – a bit surpris- No injuries were reported in the derailment. which bear will be fattest before a for hibernation, which lasts fi ve LaValle said at peak season, a featured in the competition. ing both 503 and Walker were half-year hibernation. to six months and sometimes bear could eat up to thirty salmon This select group consists of defeated so soundly, especially “Life as a bear is hard,” Andrew longer. per day. bears who most often appear on 503, what more could the poor Fourth death in attacks on homeless LaValle, a national park ranger at Brown bears need fat to survive “They will gorge themselves, explore.org’s live camera of one lad do?” asked another. Katmai, told the Guardian in an the -35° Fahrenheit to 50°F (-37° trying to satisfy that hunger that of the park’s hot spots: Brooks Voters also had encouraging A fourth man has died after he was struck in the head during a e-mail. “They come out of the Celsius to 10°C) winters in Kat- has built up over the past half Camp. words for the bears who weren’t series of attacks on mostly homeless men in the Los Angeles area dens in spring looking weak and mai’s mountains. year of starvation,” LaValle said. It’s there that people all over fat enough to advance in the last month, media said on Wednesday. hungry, and being fat in October Brown bears are at the top of Fat Bear Week kicked off the world can watch the bears competition: “He [503] is huge The man, who has not been identified, was attacked while he slept in or November is a sign of success the food chain and will eat almost on Wednesday and continues reach for leaping salmon in a wa- for a bear his age and will no the area of 7th Street and Broadway in Santa Monica on September and resilience.” anything, though those in Kat- through Tuesday, when a winner terfall and see cubs wrestle at the doubt be the biggest and fattest 24. Right now, the bears are eat- mai national park are especially will emerge. river’s edge. bear of Katmai in the future.” ‘Real’ fake research hoodwinks sociology journals

By Ivan Couronne, AFP cases of sexual abuse. the authors, James Lindsay, in a rently be trusted,” Lindsay said. professor of gender studies at “deeply disappointed” to learn fraud, adoption is uneven. Washington Faux research articles are not video revealing the project. Their goal however is not to the University of Sussex Alison about the hoaxes her journal For the medical or biological new: one of the most notable ex- Lindsay – that is his real name destroy or defund the disciplines. Phipps, writing in Times Higher published. sciences, this consists of deliver- amples is physicist Alan Sokal, – obtained a doctorate in math- “We think they should be re- Education, it’s clear that the re- “The idea that individuals ing the raw data to peer-review- hree US researchers have who in a 1996 article for a cul- ematics in 2010 from the Univer- formed,” he said. searchers were not engaging in would submit fraudulent aca- ers to check the results. pulled off a sophisticated tural studies journal wrote about sity of Tennessee and has been The hoaxes garnered jok- “good-faith critique”, as they demic material violates many But in the humanities, sub- Thoax by publishing fake cultural and philosophical issues fully dedicated to this project for ing ridicule on Twitter, but re- claimed, but rather “actually aim ethical and academic norms,” she mitting transcripts of interviews research with ridiculous conclu- concerning aspects of physics a year and a half. searchers were more concerned to undermine fi elds that they said. raises confi dentiality issues, said sions in sociology journals to ex- and math. One of the published journal with the methods and ethics of have political – not scholarly – Roberto Refi netti, editor-in- David Mellor with the Centre for pose what they see as ideological This time the fake research articles is a feminist rewrite of a the fake authors, and the poten- objections to”. chief of the journal Sexuality Open Science. bias and a lack of rigorous vetting aims at mocking weak vetting chapter of Mein Kampf. tial for generalisations about the The other hoaxers – real names and Culture, told AFP that the Nevertheless “we encourage as at these publications. of articles on hot-button social Some articles – such as a study fi elds targeted. – are Peter Boghossian, a philos- article on sex toys “was reviewed much transparency as is ethically Seven of the 20 fake articles issues such as gender, race and of the impact of the use of a sex “We’ve learned that when you ophy professor at the University by three university-affi liated ex- possible”, he said. written by the trio were accepted sexuality. toy – even claimed to rely on data send in a convincing paper full of Portland, and Helen Pluck- perts in the fi eld, none of whom Nicholas Mazza, editor of the by journals after being approved The authors, writing under such as interviews, which could of fake data, you can get it pub- rose, an editor at AreoMagazine. suspect a hoax”. Journal of Poetry Therapy – who by peer-review committees pseudonyms, intended to prove have been verifi ed by the journal lished. But we’ve known that com, a site that has published a Refi netti was defensive. accepted what the hoax authors tasked with checking the au- that academics in these fi elds are gatekeepers. for decades,” said Ivan Oransky, detailed account of the deception The fabrication by the authors described as anti-male “ram- thors’ research. ready to embrace any thesis, no For that “study”, the authors from the site Retraction Watch. – details of which also appeared “speaks against their integrity, bling nonsense” – said that he A faux study claiming that Dog matter how outrageous, so long claimed to have interviewed 13 Problems with quality and in the Wall Street Journal. not against the integrity of the will take basic vetting measure parks are Petri dishes for canine as it contributes to denouncing men. fraud are not limited to the hu- The articles on the dogs was journal that published the fi nd- after being hoodwinked. ‘rape culture’ by one “Helen Wil- domination by white men. In the dog article, the authors manities, nor to less prestigious pulled when the publisher fi nally ings”, he said. Until now Mazza was more fo- son” was published in May in the “Making absurd and horrible claimed to have examined the journals: even the biggest jour- realised that author “Helen Wil- There are thousands of aca- cused on plagiarism – but from journal Gender, Place and Cul- ideas suffi ciently politically fash- genitals of nearly 10,000 canines. nals have to regularly retract son” did not exist. demic journals in the world, and now on “I will certainly check ture. ionable can get them validated “If our project shows anything, papers, sometimes even by cel- Ann Garry, the interim editor while some organisations have author/institution authenticity The article suggests that train- at the highest level of academic it shows that what’s coming out ebrated researchers. of Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist set standards that are designed before sending manuscripts out ing men like dogs could reduce grievance studies,” said one of of these disciplines cannot cur- But in this case, according to Philosophy, told AFP that she was to allow the journals to identify for review”, he told AFP. Gulf Times 6 Saturday, October 6, 2018 ASIA

EU to hit Cambodia Vietnam jails 5 activists with trade curbs, says Myanmar may follow

Reuters and the government’s willing- Brussels ness to change course, one EU on anti-state charge offi cial said. “There is a clear possibility AFP allegedly aimed at eliminating he European Union that a withdrawal (of EU trade Hanoi the current communist regime, told Cambodia yes- preferences) could be the out- said lawyer Nguyen Van Mieng. Tterday it will lose its come,” Malmstrom later wrote All fi ve – Luu Van Vinh, Nguy- special access to the world’s in a blog post on the European court yesterday sen- en Van Duc Do, Phan Trung, Tu largest trading bloc, and said Commission’s website. tenced fi ve activists to Cong Nghia and Nguyen Quoc it was considering similar Government spokesman Ahefty jail terms ranging Hoan – denied this. trade sanctions for Myan- Zaw Htay yesterday said re- from eight to 15 years for “at- “The unclear point of this trial mar in a toughening of EU moving the trade preferences tempting to overthrow the state”, was that the prosecutors charged policy on human rights in would lead to job losses in the the latest in a series of convic- the defendants for establishing a Southeast Asia. country’s garment sector. tions signalling a tougher crack- coalition that has never existed,” After months of pressure He also said Myanmar had down on critics by communist Mieng said. from rights groups and the established a commission to Vietnam. Most prominent was Luu Van European Parliament, the EU’s probe allegations of human Since a hardline government Vinh, a 51-year-old electrician trade chief Cecilia Malmstrom rights abuses and that the bloc came into power in 2016, it has and plumber who received a jail said the bloc was ready to pun- should give the country time stepped up on detaining, charg- term of 15 years – while the other ish abuses in both countries by to report its fi ndings. ing and arresting anyone voicing four were handed sentences of removing trade preferences. “If a country is willing to dissent, with the off ences rang- eight to 13 years. The EU warned Cambodia do an investigation and if the ing from posting an opinion on Before his arrest in 2016, Luu Van Vinh, second left, and other activists who were charged of subversion, stand trial in Ho Chi Minh city in July that it could lose its process is not fi nished yet, Facebook to attending a protest. Vinh and the four defendants yesterday. special trade status after elec- the international community Affi liation with political were a part of the Coalition of tions returned a strongman to shouldn’t intervene,” Zaw groups outside of the commu- Self-Determined Vietnamese versial South China Sea dispute. that she was not allowed into the become the president after the power after 30 years in offi ce, Htay said. nist party is also anathema to the People, which was believed to “The judge concluded the be- court. death of Tran Dai Quang last and it has censured Myan- Malmstrom said she had ruling government, which labels have organised dozens of activ- haviour of the defendants were all “The trial was so unfair be- month. mar over its treatment of the told Cambodia that the bloc such associations as “terrorists” ists advocating for a multi-party very dangerous to society,” law- cause the judge interrupted my He is believed to be behind an Muslim Rohingyas. had launched a six-month re- or “reactionaries”. system. yer Mieng said. “Therefore, they husband’s argument in court,” unprecedented crackdown on “Our trade policy is val- view of its duty-free access to Yesterday, fi ve defendants He had also participated in must be seriously punished and Thap said. dissent since 2016. ue-based. These are not just the EU, meaning Cambodian were found guilty in a Ho Chi peaceful pro-environment pro- separated from the community.” Vietnam’s conservative lead- At least 50 people have been words. We have to act when sugar, garments and other ex- Minh City court after a half-day tests against Taiwanese steel gi- Vinh’s wife Le Thi Thap said ership is currently led by hardline convicted since January, while there are severe violations,” ports could face tariff s within trial for trying to form the “Viet- ant Fomosa, and rallied against that she knew nothing about her party head Nguyen Phu Trong, around 100 activists, lawyers and Malmstrom told reporters 12 months under EU rules. nam National Alliance”, a group Chinese interests in the contro- husband’s political leanings, and who was recently nominated to bloggers remain behind bars. after a meeting of EU trade “I have notifi ed Cambodia ministers in Austria. today that we will launch the Malmstrom accused Myan- procedure for withdrawal of mar of “the blatant violation EBA,” said Malmstrom, refer- of human rights” in Myanmar, ring to the bloc’s “Everything referring to what the West but Arms” (EBA) status, which says is ethnic cleansing of Ro- allows the world’s poorest Exiled Maldives leader hingyas and the failure of ci- countries to sell any goods vilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi tariff -free into the EU, except to resolve the crisis. weapons. A recent UN report ac- “Without clear and demon- cused Myanmar’s military of strable improvements this will vows to return home gang rapes and mass killings lead to suspension of trade with “genocidal intent” in preferences,” she said. AFP granted prison leave for medical on bail by the High Court in Male, Rakhine state and called for Cambodia’s exports to the Colombo treatment in the UK. raising hopes that other political its commander-in-chief and European Union were worth He is still a fugitive from jus- prisoners will be freed soon. fi ve generals to be prosecuted 5bn euros ($5.8bn) last year, tice in the Maldives and risks ar- Former foes Nasheed and under international law. according to EU data, up from ormer Maldives leader rest if he returns while Yameen is Gayoom both backed Solih to Myanmar has denied most negligible levels less than a Mohamed Nasheed has still in offi ce but his fi ve years of challenge Yameen, who had of the allegations in the re- decade ago, with the EU using Fannounced he would re- rule ends on November 17. locked up all his key opponents or port, blaming Rohingya “ter- its trade policy to develop the turn home two years after going “If we at this juncture try to forced them to fl ee the country. rorists” for most accounts of country’s economy. into exile as Abdulla Yameen’s fi nd an amicable arrangement Gayoom had ruled the nation atrocities. Cambodia’s July elections term of strongman rule comes to for my freedom with the now de- of 340,000 Sunni Muslims for The consideration of trade marked a turning point in re- a close in the paradise islands. funct Maldives Supreme Court, 30 years until he was defeated by sanctions over the Rohingya lations with the West. Prime Nasheed was the country’s it will not further our ambitions Nasheed in 2008. crisis confi rms a Reuters Minister Hun Sen was re- BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia fi rst democratically elected for judicial reform in the Mal- Gayoom, along with several report on Wednesday. turned to power after three president but left in 2016, after dives,” Nasheed said on Twitter, top judges, was arrested in Feb- However, the European decades in charge and opposi- being jailed for terrorism in a referring to Yameen’s crackdown ruary and charged with trying to Commission, which han- tion supporters were stripped trial the UN said was politically on the judiciary. overthrow Yameen. The presi- dles EU trade policy, is torn of their right to vote. motivated. “I will go to the Maldives on dent responded by declaring a between supporting the de- A Cambodian government Court orders Zia He was barred from contest- November 01, come what may.” 45-day state of emergency to velopment of Myanmar’s spokesman said he was not ing the September 23 poll won Another former president, block his impeachment. oil-and-textile economy and able to comment immediately. by his party’s nominee Ibrahim Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, was Another high profi le Maldivian sanctioning the country. EU countries accounted for Mohamed Solih, who defeated this week released from jail just dissident, Qasim Ibrahim, has also The EU will send a fact- around 40% of Cambodia’s to receive hospital Yameen. days after Yameen, his estranged been granted bail, but is not in the fi nding mission to Myanmar foreign sales in 2016. The bulk Nasheed was sentenced to 13 half-brother, lost the election. Maldives. He too was in exile in in the coming days, likely last- of those exports were from years prison in 2015 but went Gayoom, 80, and his legislator Europe, having obtained prison ing up to four days, to see the clothing factories that employ treatment into exile a year later, after being son Faris Maumoon, were released leave for medical treatment. extent of the rights abuses around 700,000 workers. AFP “The order has been sent to Dhaka the jail authorities,” he said. Zia was sentenced to fi ve years for corruption in Feb- Cambodia iling Bangladesh op- ruary, triggering clashes be- Thai king to have 1,600-strong position leader Kha- tween police and thousands of Aleda Zia will be moved BNP supporters. jails man, from a notorious prison to a She was found guilty of state-run hospital, her law- embezzling money intended yer said yesterday, following a for an orphanage, a charge royal police security force 70, over court order in response to her she dismissed as politically deteriorating health. motivated. The High Court made the Zia is appealing against the AFP it currently has 400 personnel for royal decision late Thursday after verdict – which bars her from Bangkok from the Crime Suppression the former prime minister’s standing in a December gener- Division – which has long been lawyers said the government al election – and was granted tasked with protecting the royal insult was putting her health at risk bail earlier this year. ore than 1,600 police family. by refusing her specialised However she remains in jail have been assigned “But the allocated staff will Reuters treatment. while she fi ghts dozens of oth- Mto protect Thailand’s be 1,617 in total,” Torsak said, Phnom Penh Zia – who leads the Bangla- er violence and graft charges. King Maha Vajiralongkorn and adding that recruiting and desh Nationalist Party – was A former ally of Prime Min- his family, the head of the royal training the offi cers could take jailed in February for corruption. ister Sheikh Hasina turned police security unit said yester- up to fi ve years. Cambodian court has Facing further charges of fi erce political rival, Zia had day, quadrupling the force as The beefed-up security detail jailed a 70-year-old bar- graft at a hearing early last health issues including ar- the new monarch continues to will oversee 10 sub-divisions, Aber for seven months over month, she said she was thritis, diabetes and knee reorganise palace aff airs. including units that “conduct a violation of the country’s royal “extremely ill” and that her replacements when she was Thailand’s monarchy is con- intelligence” and “police pa- insult law, the fi rst such convic- arm and leg were becoming sentenced. sidered sacred and untouchable trolling” as the king visits dif- tion since the law was adopted paralysed. She is the only inmate in in Thai society, and is protected ferent parts of the country. Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn this year. “The court has ordered her Dhaka Central Jail, built in by some of the harshest royal “After the king’s corona- A court found Ban Samphy, treatment at the (state-run) the 19th century under Brit- insult legislation in the world. tion, there is going to be more “We will not be aimed at and imposing self-censorship 70, a member of the dissolved Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib ish colonial rule and declared But the king – who ascend- royal activities,” Torsak said. monitoring people for 112 pros- on Thais as well as all media opposition Cambodia National Medical University hospi- abandoned in 2016. ed to the throne following the “Four hundred people are not ecutions. The 112 charge will based in the country. Rescue Party (CNRP), guilty on tal immediately,” her lawyer Last month the authorities death of his much beloved fa- enough.” not be wielded repetitiously,” While lese majeste cases shot Thursday after he shared a Face- Zainal Abedin said. turned a room of the jail into ther Bhumibol, revered as a No date has been set for King Torsak said. up under the ruling junta that book post about King Norodom He said there would be a a court - a move her lawyers demi-god among Thais – will Vajiralongkorn’s coronation. Thailand has to date been po- seized power in Thailand in Sihamoni in May, his daughter, shake-up of the fi ve-member said was illegal. now also enjoy the protection The unit has not been tasked licing aggressively for any per- 2014, convictions have declined Ang Vongpheak, 45, said. medical board in charge of Her party boycotted the of an upgraded royal security with scouring the public for vi- ceived slight to the monarchy, in recent months. “He was sentenced to a year Zia’s treatment and she will be 2014 election in which Hasina police unit. olations of the kingdom’s dra- and a single lese majeste charge Pawinee Chumsri of Thai in prison for insulting the king able to choose her own doctors returned to power but is ex- Torsak Sukvimol, the newly- conian royal defamation law, carries up to 15 years in jail. Lawyers for Human Rights but only seven months will be from outside the state-run pected to contest the upcom- appointed chief of the so-called referred to as 112 for its code in Critics say the law is highly confi rmed that there has been enforced,” Yin Srang, a spokes- hospital. ing election due in December. Special Service Division, said the criminal statute. politicised, stifl ing discussion “no new cases” this year. man for the court in the northern province of Siem Reap, said. He did not elaborate. In February, Cambodia’s par- liament unanimously adopted the law forbidding insults to the Vietnam seizes eight tonnes of ivory, pangolin scales monarchy. Rights groups ex- pressed concern at the time that ietnam has seized 8 is banned by Vietnam, but sales online newspaper, a state-run listed as “scrap metal” on the nist state is tightly controlled heavily traffi cked mammals. the law, similar to one in neigh- tonnes of pangolin continue to fl ourish on the black mouthpiece for Vietnam’s container’s shipping bill. by the government, which is It is sought after for its meat bouring Thailand, could be used Vscales and elephant ivory market due to demand domes- customs offi ce, making it “the Customs offi cials refused to fi ghting an uphill battle against and the unproven medicinal against critics of the government. shipped from Nigeria, police in tically and from neighbouring country’s biggest ever bust over comment when reached by AFP. the lucrative ivory and pangolin properties of their scales. Last year, the Supreme Court Hanoi said yesterday, the sec- China, which feeds the global the past several years.” Last Friday, authorities in trade. While the sale of ivory is also dissolved the opposition CNRP ond such haul in a week in a $20bn industry. “The batch originated from Hanoi found almost 1,000kg of The timid and noctural offi cially outlawed in Vietnam at the government’s request. It country which both consumes The 8 tonne shipment was Nigeria,” it said, adding that pangolin scales and elephant pangolin, which rolls into a since 1992, the trade persists was found guilty of plotting to and traffi cks huge volumes of discovered on Thursday at a offi cials took several hours to ivory on a commercial fl ight ball when threatened – mak- in the open with shops selling take power with the help of the endangered African wildlife. port in the coastal city of Dan- tally up the ivory tusks and arriving from Nigeria. ing them defenceless against tusks that shopkeepers claim United States – an accusation The ivory and pangolin trade ang, according to the Hai Quan pangolin scales, which were Information in the commu- poachers – is one of the most pre-date the ban. (AFP) the party has denied. Gulf Times Saturday, October 6, 2018 7 ASIA/AUSTRALASIA

Hong Kong denies FT journalist visa after independence talk

AFP Victor Mallet, the FT’s Asia the lunchtime event and the city’s tonomy made to the city when Mallet’s case. Semi-autonomous for human rights in Hong Kong”, of speech’. A string of incidents Hong Kong news editor, earned the ire of au- former leader Leung Chun-ying it was handed back to China by Hong Kong enjoys freedoms un- said Human Rights Watch sen- including the disappearance of thorities for hosting a speech by called for the club to be evicted Britain in 1997. “The Hong Kong seen on the mainland, including ior researcher Maya Wang. “The fi ve Hong Kong booksellers and Andy Chan, the leader of a tiny from its government-owned and Beijing authorities should freedom of expression which are Hong Kong government is now the ousting of six elected oppo- ong Kong has refused to pro-independence political party. premises. “This is the fi rst time think again and fast,” Patten told protected by a handover agree- following Beijing’s leads in acting sition lawmakers in recent years renew the visa of a senior Chan attacked China as an em- we have encountered this situa- AFP. The FCC demanded an ex- ment between China and Brit- aggressively towards those whose have fuelled concern that Chinese HFinancial Times journal- pire trying to “annex” and “de- tion in Hong Kong,” said the FT, in planation from the government ain. But the space for dissent views the authorities dislike.” authorities are undermining free- ist who hosted a talk by an activist stroy” Hong Kong in a strident a statement confi rming the Brit- for what it called an “extraordi- is shrinking as Beijing fl exes its Taiwan’s Mainland Aff airs dom in Hong Kong. advocating the city’s independ- speech at the city’s Foreign Cor- ish citizen had been denied a visa nary move”. muscles. Council, which deals with its Pro-democracy lawmaker ence from China, the newspaper respondents’ Club, where Mallet renewal. “We have not been given “In the absence of any reason- Hong Kong authorities last China relations, said it was aware Claudia Mo said the Hong Kong said yesterday. Rights groups serves as vice-president. a reason for the rejection.” able explanation, the FCC calls week banned Chan’s Hong Kong of suggestions that Mallet’s visa government’s “vindictive” ac- and media organisations said the China’s foreign ministry had Hong Kong’s last British gov- on the Hong Kong authorities to National Party, calling it a threat had not been renewed because of tions towards Mallet would fur- decision was unprecedented and requested the club to pull the talk, ernor Chris Patten said the move rescind their decision,” the club to national security. It was the his link to Chan’s speech at the ther dent the city’s reputation for highlighted growing threats to but the FCC refused, arguing that was a “serious blow against free said. fi rst ban on a political party since FCC and warned the move would a free press. “Hong Kong is like Hong Kong’s cherished freedoms all sides of a debate should be speech” as well as defying the Hong Kong’s immigration de- 1997. Mallet’s visa denial indicat- “further suppress Hong Kong’s a sinking boat, going down fast,” from Beijing. heard. Rival protesters picketed promise of a high degree of au- partment declined to comment on ed a “quickening downward spiral freedom of the press and freedom she said. More than 1,000 still missing in Indonesia quake

AFP Palu, Indonesia

ore than a thousand Indonesian Muslims off er prayers near a beach devastated by the tsunami in Palu. people could still be Mmissing after Indone- quakes. Improvised white fl ags — sia’s devastating quake-tsunami, a pillowcase or duvet cover — fl y offi cials said yesterday, drastical- outside many homes, signifying a ly upping the number of people death in the family. unaccounted for a week after the Nevertheless there were signs disaster. Palu city on Sulawesi of life returning to normal, with island has been left in ruins after children playing in the streets, it was hit by a powerful quake and radios blaring out music, and a wall of water which razed whole electricity back up and running in neighbourhoods to the ground, most places. with the offi cial death toll now “Things are improving,” 1,571. Azhari Samad, a 56-year-old in- The number of confi rmed surance salesman, told AFP at a missing stands at over 100, but mosque in Palu. But for the area fears are growing that vast num- to recover fully from the disaster bers of people have been buried “will take years”, he added. “The in a massive government hous- fi rst six months will be traumatic, ing complex at Balaroa, where the maybe in one year we have some sheer force of the quake turned progress. The government will Two Indonesian women ride a motorcycle past damaged buildings in the earth temporarily to mush. help, people will help from all Palu. “Maybe more than 1,000 peo- An Indonesian K9 police unit searches for victims in Palu. over the country. Indonesians ple are still missing,” Yusuf La- have a big heart.” the coast, chanting and saying airport still limited, leaving aid tif, a spokesman for Indonesia’s of suspected looters and warn areas.” family of fi ve managed to tumble A state of emergency could be prayers out to sea. In the city’s workers facing gruelling overland search and rescue agency, told that they will open fi re on thieves. Authorities previously set a out of their house and run along extended for a couple of months shattered Baiturrahman mosque journeys. AFP. “But we still cannot be sure Children with plastic contain- deadline of yesterday for fi nd- asphalt roads that were splitting “until people in Palu can stand on — whose green dome collapsed An AFP journalist saw long because there’s a possibility that ers begged for money by the road- ing anyone trapped under ruined under their bare feet. their own”, Indonesian vice presi- into the prayer hall — 62-year-old convoys of vehicles packed with some people managed to get out.” side while some shell-shocked buildings, although chances of “I thought it was doomsday,” dent Jusuf Kalla said during a visit Adan Abdurazak stood in tears in supplies heading along a coast- After days of delays, interna- residents scoured for anything pulling survivors alive from the the 35-year-old told AFP, days to the shattered city. “Places that the place of worship where he had al road to Palu from the city of tional aid is slowly making its way still salvageable among the de- rubble at such a late stage are al- after she and her three children can no longer be inhabited like said his Friday prayers every week Mamuju, a 10-hour drive. After to the disaster zone, where the bris. “We’re racing against time,” most zero. Survivor Risa Kusuma, made it back to Jakarta on a fl ight Balaroa must be relocated,” he for the past 15 years. initially refusing outside help, In- UN says almost 200,000 people said Dwi Sulaksono, commander who had just moved to Palu with out of the disaster-stricken re- added. “I’m still confused,” he said, donesia reluctantly agreed to for- need humanitarian assistance. of the navy base in Makassar, as her family to escape Indonesia’s gion. Some roads remain impass- Friday prayers took on a spe- when asked where he will pray eign aid, and 20 planes carrying Survivors have ransacked shops supplies were unloaded from an chaotic capital, recounted the able, detritus from the tsunami is cial signifi cance after the tragedy. now. Getting vital supplies to the items including tarpaulins, medi- and supply trucks in the hunt for Indonesian warship. “We have horror of the twin calamities. As scattered everywhere, and terri- There were poignant scenes in aff ected areas has proved hugely cal equipment and generators are basic necessities, prompting se- to distribute supplies as quickly massive tremors threw the family fi ed people are sleeping outside in Palu as hundreds of worshippers challenging, with the number of heading from all over the world to curity forces to round up dozens as possible, especially to remote around like rag dolls, the terrifi ed makeshift camps for fear of more wearing skullcaps gathered by fl ights able to land at Palu’s small the disaster zone.

Australian minister blasted for A$2,000 monthly Internet bill

Australia shutters notorious An Australian minister has come reported yesterday. paper he used “around” 300GB A$100. under fire for his home Internet His May bill alone totalled of data in May and the bill was a Opposition Labor politician bills, which have reportedly cost A$2,832, while the vast majority result of exceeding his data limit Michelle Rowland said Robert taxpayers more than A$2,000 of other parliamentarians spent of 50GB and having to pay per needed to explain the bills, say- off shore detention facility (US $1,450 US) a month on under A$300 a month, parlia- GB after that. ing they showed “contempt for average. Stuart Robert, who was mentary expense records show. As much as 300GB equates to taxpayer money.” made federal assistant treasurer Robert defended the Internet about 300 hours of high-defini- Robert embarrassed himself last AFP gling trade, with arrivals sent to tention.” in August, has racked up monthly costs for his Gold Coast home, tion (HD) video on YouTube, 60 month by confusing Australia’s Sydney Christmas Island or other off - The policy was severely criti- bills 20 times higher than the saying he had to use an expen- HD quality movies in Netflix, or debt with its budget deficit in a shore Pacifi c camps in Papua cised by the United Nations and average cost of data provided to sive wireless service as cheaper streaming Spotify music for more television interview and was also New Guinea and Nauru. At one human rights groups amid horror other politicians’ homes, the ‘Syd- connections were unavailable than 2,500 hours. Normally, the caught on camera taking a selfie notorious Australian im- point, boats were arriving al- stories of poor conditions, abuse, ney Morning Herald’ newspaper when it was installed. He told the cost for 300GB of data is around during the broadcast. migration detention camp most daily from departure sites suicides and despair as some de- Aon remote Christmas Is- in Indonesia and Sri Lanka car- tainees including children lan- land has been shut, the govern- rying desperate migrants from guished in detention centres for Briton dies after ment said yesterday, hailing the Afghanistan and the Middle years. success of its hardline policies in East, with some vessels sinking The Christmas Island camp, Wild weather sea snake bite in ending a fl ood of asylum-seeking en route. which more recently also held Australia boat people. Under a zero-tolerance pol- non-citizens convicted of crimes The facility on the Indian icy followed by the conserva- awaiting deportation, was the A young British man has died Ocean territory some 2,300km tive government since late 2013, site of a two-day riot in 2015 af- after being bitten by a sea northwest of the Western Aus- boats were turned back and asy- ter the death of an asylum-seeker snake while working aboard tralia city of Perth had been the lum-seekers were banned from outside the facility. a fishing trawler off Australia’s site of riots, deaths and alleged resettling in Australia, eventu- Concerns about suicides at the northern coast, authorities rapes and self-harm since it was ally choking off the fl ow of illegal camp had become so serious at said yesterday, in a rare case opened in 2008. arrivals. one point that staff were report- despite the marine creature’s “The centre has now closed, “At its peak in July 2013, there edly told to carry knives at all deadly venom. The 23-year- with around 30 remaining de- were more than 10,000 people times so they could cut down de- old was bitten as he pulled tainees transferred to mainland held in immigration detention, tainees who tried to hang them- up a net around noon on detention facilities last week- including 2,000 children,” Cole- selves. Thursday when the vessel end,” a spokesman for Immigra- man said as he blamed the pre- The island was also the site of a was some 70 nautical miles tion Minister David Coleman vious Labor government for the deadly asylum-seeker shipwreck south of Groote Eylandt, an told AFP. arrivals. “This government has in December 2010, with esti- island in the Gulf of Carpen- The centre was a key part stopped the boats, stopped the mates of almost 50 people killed taria, Northern Territory Police of Canberra’s eff orts to shut evil people smuggling trade and as the wooden fi shing boat shat- said. St John Ambulance down the asylum-seeker smug- removed those children from de- tered on rocks in a storm. operations manager Craig Garraway told the Northern Territory News paramedics Japan to skip South Korea naval event over flag row went out to the trawler “but unfortunately by the time they got out there he had passed Japan decided yesterday to begins on Wednesday. But newly rays -- which has been an ensign away”. The boat eventually cancel plans to participate in an appointed defence minister Take- for Japan’s Maritime Self-Defence docked at the small township international fleet review in South shi Iwaya said Japan “will refrain Forces since 1954. of Borroloola where the man, Korea, after Seoul demanded the from joining the international fleet But in South Korea, the flag is a reportedly a backpacker, was removal of a controversial naval review,” a ministry spokesman symbol of Japan’s military aggres- declared dead. Police said the flag from Tokyo’s warship. Japan told AFP. The cancellation comes sion during World War II and a Vehicles drive over the Harbour Bridge in heavy rain in Sydney, Australia yesterday. A trough British embassy was notified had planned on sending its naval amid a dispute over Japan’s plan bitter reminder of the country’s system moving across New South Wales state has brought wild weather, including heavy rain, of his death and a post-mor- destroyer to the five-day event at to fly the “Rising Sun” flag -- a white 1910-45 colonial rule over the to bone-dry towns including Broken Hill and Dubbo. tem examination would be a military port on Jeju island that flag depicting a red disc with 16 peninsula. conducted. Gulf Times 8 Saturday, October 6, 2018 BRITAIN Teenager jumps to death 15 years after mother ends life

Daily Mail seventh-storey balcony to escape Her devastated grandparents, who had received a text less than an child crying, which grew louder will prove to be a healer to some seemed to battle through it all. She London an abusive partner. adopted her, paid tribute to their hour before her death reassuring and louder until it was “blood- degree as far as she is concerned.” was strong. She’d call us Nan and The little girl was found alive “beautiful girl, inside and out, who her she was OK. Janet said: “That curdling”. Fifteen years later, Yazmina was Granddad but sometimes “Mum” – crying and shivering – at the would never hurt anyone”. was the last I heard. Whatever The inquest into Carr’s death found dead below a motorway would slip out – she was more like teenager who miracu- bottom of the apartment block, They told how she had battled happened from then, we’ll never heard how she feared that her ex- bridge on the M20 at Larkfi eld in a daughter than a granddaughter lously survived a 100ft fall suff ering skull damage, a broken through the childhood trauma her know – we don’t know what has partner Ivan Delgardo planned to Kent. Kent Police said her death to us. ‘Yazmina didn’t smoke, she Ain the arms of her mother arm, rib and jaw. But on Monday whole life, and had been talked driven her to this at all.” kidnap her daughter and take her was not being treated as suspi- didn’t go out clubbing.’ She added: as a toddler is believed to have evening, Yazmina, an 18-year-old down from jumping off another On August 1, 2003, Maxine Carr, to live in his native Spain. cious. Her grandmother said: “Even when she drank wine, she’d jumped to her death 15 years later. college student, is understood to bridge just a week earlier. 33, jumped from the balcony of her Coroner Roger Sykes said: “All “She was an emotional person, make sure it was vegan because she Yazmina Howard was just three have tragically taken her life af- Grandmother Janet Howard, home in Maidstone, Kent. Neigh- of you have suff ered terribly from which may have been connected loved animals and cared about the when her mother, Maxine Carr, ter jumping from a motorway 68, said she thought Yazmina was bours said they heard a “very loud what happened and not least, of to the trauma she experienced environment. That’s the kind of killed herself by leaping off their bridge six miles from her home. buying a pizza with her friend and thud” followed by the sound of a course, Yazmina. I hope that time when we lost her mum, but she girl Yazmina was.”

Probe opens after body parts pile up Queen to vacate Buckingham Palace rooms for major refi t

Reuters there will be no scaff olding, said London Tony Johnstone-Burt, Master of the Queen’s Household “I am absolutely convinced ueen Elizabeth will va- that by making this investment cate her private rooms in the palace now, we will... avert Qat Buckingham Palace in a much more costly and poten- 2025 as part of a 10-year refi t of tially catastrophic failure of the the building to prevent a cata- building in the years to come,” strophic disaster such as a fi re or he said. a fl ood, a senior royal offi cial said “This project will address the yesterday. need to overhaul the palace’s es- The palace is undergoing a sential services, some of which £369mn reservicing programme have not been updated since the to replace ageing and dangerous 1950s, and make it fi t for purpose electrical wiring and boilers. for the next 50 years,” he added. It started in April last year and The emptying of the East is due to be completed in 2027. Wing will mean three of the Towards the end of the works, Queen’s four children — Prin- A van leaves Healthcare Environmental’s headquarters in northern Britain, near Shotts, Scotland, yesterday. The government yesterday started a criminal investigation into the 92-year-old monarch and cess Anne, Prince Andrew and the build up of medical waste, including body parts, at a number of sites across the country. Clinical waste is usually collected from hospitals and then destroyed but the her husband Prince Philip, 97, Prince Edward — moving their environment agency said in a statement yesterday that a contractor, Healthcare Environmental Services, had breached permits at five sites which deal with such waste. will have to move out of their offi ces. apartments in the palace’s north Prince Charles will be unaf- wing for about two years when fected as his London home is at work starts there in 2025. nearby Clarence House. “The Queen is immensely Some 3,000 artworks and other pragmatic and she wants to stay items such as beds, clocks and in the palace,” a senior royal of- chandeliers from the Royal Col- fi cial, speaking on condition of lection, housed in 200 rooms in anonymity, told reporters. “She the wing — the palace’s largest — said ‘let me know where you will be moved out over six months Fox gives PM’s Brexit plans would like me to go’.” to allow the work to begin. Her husband Prince Philip, Tim Knox, director of the roy- who was involved in the repairs al collection, said some of these of Windsor Castle after a major items would go on public display fi re there in 1992, has been keep- at other palaces while 150 ob- ing a close eye on the project, an jects would return to the royal qualifi ed endorsement offi cial said. pavilion in Brighton, George So has her son and heir Prince IV’s “bizarre” seaside home on Guardian News and Media risk we could run,” Fox said in an vations about it, but that is the ry arithmetic in what appeared Tories seized on remarks by Charles, and it is possible that he the south coast of England from London interview with Bloomberg. collective decision,” he said of to be a criticism of fellow Tories Donald Tusk, the president of will be king before the renova- where they were moved in 1850 “We should try to get as much Chequers. “Whilst I may be considering moves to oust May. the European council, who said tions are fi nished. when that residence was sold. of a fi nal deal as we can get by very sympathetic with those “There are two things that the EU remained ready to off er So far, 3,000 metres of old Buckingham Palace was built in he International Trade March 29, but it’s self-evident who take an ideologically pur- some people don’t quite seem the UK a “Canada-plus-plus- cabling has been removed from 1703 as a large private home and Secretary, Liam Fox, has that if it’s a bilateral treaty, it can ist position, we are also politi- to grasp,” said Fox, who has plus deal” – a far-reaching trade the palace and work is now un- was only acquired by the mon- Tsaid he will back There- be revised later on.” cians whose job is to be able to travelled extensively over the accord with extra agreements on derway to empty the famous arch, King George III, in 1761. sa May’s proposals for Brexit Fox has been among veteran deliver.” past two years as part of his de- security and foreign policy. East Wing, the public facade of The East Wing was part of an on the basis that Britain must Eurosceptics in the Cabinet who Fox has generally been in fa- partment’s attempts to lay the They argued that Tusk’s the building which includes the extension built in the reign of leave the EU next March and have, for the most part, kept vour of the UK leaving the single groundwork for post-Brexit free comments showed it was time balcony on which the royal fam- Queen Victoria. the terms can be later revised. their counsel on May’s Cheq- market and trading under World trade agreements. for May to abandon her Cheq- ily appears on special occasions. The front facade was refaced In a qualifi ed endorsement of uers plan. Trade Organisation rules. He “One is that we have no ma- uers proposals for remaining in Next week, a compound for in 1914 in harder-wearing Port- the prime minister as she faces Fox’s comments are particu- was among speakers at the Con- jority in the House of Commons, a customs union for food and 200 contractors will be erected land stone when George V — down senior Brexiter Tories who larly signifi cant in that he is the servative conference last week- and even if we did, that doesn’t goods. “Tusk’s Canada-plus- on the forecourt to one side of Elizabeth’s grandfather — was lined up alongside Fox during last of the three Cabinet min- end who strongly attacked EU guarantee that we have got a plus-plus off er shows there is the building. on the throne. the referendum, he said Brexit isters originally charged with leaders for the manner in which leaver majority. And the reality a superb way forward that can However, the palace will re- The works are being funded by would be at risk in the absence securing the best Brexit deal for they dismissed May’s Chequers is that we will have to get any solve the Irish border problem main fully open for state visits increasing the share the royals of compromise. Britain to still be in government plan at the Salzburg summit a deal through the House of Com- and deliver a free-trade-based and other regular events during receive from the Crown Estate, “We must leave, and we must after Boris Johnson and David week earlier. mons in the end.” partnership that works well for the overhaul and its outward ap- which manages royal properties, leave on March 29. Not to deliv- Davis walked out. In his remarks to Bloomberg, His intervention come as both sides of the channel,” said pearance will be unaff ected as from 15% to 25% over the period. er Brexit is the greatest political “We all had our own reser- Fox referred to the parliamenta- Johnson and other hard Brexit Johnson. GPs to begin prescribing Jet Suit flight Crime on railways sees 17% increase rambling, birdwatching ing almost 2,000 times with Guardian News and Media London vulnerable people on the net- Guardian News and Media long-tailed ducks, oystercatch- in a form of open-air mindful- work. Despite these challenges, London ers and lapwings. ness, for instance. The NHS leaf- it is reassuring to see that the NHS Shetland is not suggesting lets were entitled “Nature your rimes recorded on Brit- chance of becoming a victim of that nature prescriptions will re- soul”, Moncrieff said. ain’s railways have in- crime the railway network re- octors in Shetland are to place conventional medicines. Dr “We would like this to be Ccreased by 17%, fuelled mains incredibly low.” start prescribing bird- Chloe Evans, a GP who piloted the picked up by other areas or by a sharp rise in the number of The BTP note crime is lower Dwatching, rambling and programme at Scalloway health health boards. There is so much violent and sexual offences, of- when examined in the longer beach walks in the Atlantic winds centre on the west coast of Shet- evidence that nature is good for ficial figures show. term. A decade ago, the force to help treat chronic and debili- land’s main island, said it supple- us, and this is a simple way to get The British Transport Police recorded about 30 crimes per tating illnesses for the fi rst time. mented normal treatments. people outdoors and experienc- reported 61,159 crimes in 2017- million passenger journeys on From yesterday, doctors work- “There are millions of diff er- ing nature in a city or a wilder 18, up from 52,235 during the the rail network; last year there ing in the 10 GP surgeries on the ent ways of doing medicine but place like Shetland,” she said. previous 12 months. were 19 crimes recorded per islands were authorised by the we very much try to involve peo- Doctors and hospitals elsewhere Violent crime accounts for million passenger journeys. archipelago’s health board, NHS ple in their own health, and peo- in the UK have been encouraged to nearly one in five of all cases The force say the increase in Shetland, to issue “nature pre- ple really like being empowered,” suggest their patients take forest after rising 26% to 11,711. The the number of passenger jour- scriptions” to patients to help Evans said. walks or get outside by the Centre number of sexual offences in- neys and the popularity of its treat mental illness, diabetes, “People are always thinking for Sustainable Healthcare in Ox- creased 16% to 2,472, with the confi dential text service, 61016, heart disease, stress and other at some level about their diet or ford. Its NHS Forest project aims force adding that there were to report crime are two impor- conditions. exercise or stopping smoking to increase patients’ use of local still many more crimes of this tant factors contributing to the Patients will be given calendars but fi nding out what works for parks and woodland near hospitals type which go unreported”. increase in recorded crime. and lists of walks drawn up by the them is the key. The beauty about and health centres. In the same period, offences BTP’s figures show a record Royal Society for the Protection Shetland is it has this fantastic Makena Lohr, a spokeswoman involving knives or other weap- number of people are trespass- of Birds showing them particular wild landscape.” for the centre, said she was not ons went up by 46% to 206, ing on the tracks, accounting bird species and plants, and suit- Helen Moncrieff , the area aware of any other NHS trusts or while the number of robberies for 43% of disruption to trains, able routes to take. The leafl ets manager for RSPB Scotland, boards formally prescribing na- jumped 53% to 553 recorded compared with 38% last year. are to be available at surgeries. said that during winter the pre- ture and exercise in this way. “The crimes. Other crimes increasing on the Patients will be nudged to go scriptions would be “elemen- physical and mental benefi ts of Deputy chief constable Adri- rail network include throwing hill walking on Shetland’s up- tal”, where strong Atlantic winds connecting with nature have been an Hanstock said: “The last missiles at trains (up 35% to land moors, and directed towards would be the main feature. very well evidenced by numerous Richard Browning, chief test pilot and CEO of year has been a very challeng- 316), arson (up 93% to 143), live coastal paths to watch fulmars, Some people may be asked to studies,” she said. “It’s high time Gravity Industries, wears a Jet Suit and flies during a ing one for our officers, who cable theft (up 86% to 158) and to beachcomb for shells, draw take their hoods down and stand that the healthcare sector became demonstration flight at Bentwaters Park, Woodbridge. responded to multiple terror- theft from vending machines snowdrops in February, and spot still and silent for three minutes, aware of that.” ist attacks as well as interven- (up 21% to 240). 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Dutch PM defends decision France probes Interpol to expel Russian chief’s disappearance agents Reuters “France is puzzled about the French police are investigat- Interpol staff can carry special Paris situation of Interpol’s president ing what is offi cially termed in passports to help speed deploy- and concerned about the threats France a “worrying disappear- ment in emergency situations AFP made to his wife,” the ministry ance”. but that would not have given The Hague rench police are investi- said. Interpol, which groups 192 Meng any specifi c rights or im- gating the disappearance Meng’s wife, who has re- countries and which is usually munity in his home country. Fof Interpol chief, Meng mained in Lyon with their chil- focused on fi nding people who When Meng was named In- utch agents decided not Hongwei, who was reported dren according to police sources, are missing or wanted, said it is terpol’s president in Novem- to arrest four Russians missing after travelling from was receiving protection, it said, aware of reports about Meng’s ber 2016, human rights groups Daccused of plotting a cy- France to his native China, and adding: “Exchanges with Chi- “alleged disappearance”. expressed concern that Beijing ber-attack on the world’s chem- they have placed his wife under nese authorities continue.” “This is a matter for the rel- might try to leverage his position ical weapons watchdog because protection after threats, the in- There have been several cases evant authorities in both France to pursue dissidents abroad. it was “not a criminal inquiry”, terior ministry said yesterday. in recent years of senior Chinese and China,” the agency said in a Beijing has in the past pressed Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Meng’s wife contacted police offi cials vanishing without ex- statement. countries to arrest and deport yesterday. in Lyon, the French city where planation, only for the govern- Presidents of Interpol are to China citizens it accuses of The Netherlands said on the international police agency ment to announce weeks or even seconded from their national crimes, from corruption to ter- Thursday it had immediately is based, after not hearing from months later that they have been administrations and remain in rorism. expelled the agents from GRU him since September 25, and put under investigation, often their home post while repre- At the time, Amnesty Inter- military intelligence in April for after receiving threats by phone for suspected corruption. senting the international polic- national called Meng’s appoint- trying to hack the Organisation and on social media, the minis- It is not clear why Meng, 64, ing body. ment “at odds with Interpol’s for the Prohibition of Chemical try said. who was named Interpol’s presi- Meng is listed on the website mandate to work in the spirit of Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague. A person familiar with the in- dent two years ago, had travelled of China’s ministry of public the Universal Declaration of Hu- But the decision has come vestigation into the disappear- to China. security as a vice-minister, but man Rights”. under scrutiny after the US an- ance said that the initial working Hong Kong’s South China lost his seat on its key Commu- Meng: it is unclear why he had travelled to China. Diplomats say that the role of nounced the same day that the assumption of Western inves- Morning Post quoted an un- nist Party Committee in April, Interpol president is largely cer- four Russians were among seven tigators is that Meng had an- named source as saying that the South China Morning Post public security for comment. ters related to legal institutions, emonial, with the day-to-day people it had indicted over a glo- tagonised Chinese authorities in Meng had been taken for ques- reported. Meng has almost 40 years’ ex- narcotics control and counter- work carried out by its secretary bal hacking conspiracy. some way and had been detained tioning as soon as he landed Reuters was not immediately perience in criminal justice and terrorism, according to Inter- general, Juergen Stock, and his “It was an investigation in the as a result. there, but it is also not clear why. able to reach China’s ministry of policing, and has overseen mat- pol’s website. staff . framework of the law by the in- telligence and security services. It was not a criminal inquiry,” Rutte said when asked why the men were not arrested. “The priority was not just to France stop this operation ... but also to German court halts forest clearing obtain as much information as possible on the activity of these airlifts Russian spies,” he added. AFP lance journalist covering the No other countries had raised Frankfurt am Main events died on September 19 the issue, Rutte added. after falling through a walkway bears into The men entered the country between two treehouses. on Russian diplomatic passports nti-coal campaigners By law, RWE is allowed to cut on April 10 and were caught on scored a surprise victory down trees in the Hambach for- mountains April 13 with a car full of elec- Ayesterday when a Ger- est during the annual logging tronic equipment in the Marriott man court temporarily blocked season to dig up brown coal, Hotel next to the OPCW. energy giant RWE from razing or lignite, in the ground before Reuters Britain said it had helped part of an ancient forest to ex- burning it to produce electric- Bordeaux thwart the cyber-attack target- pand a giant open-pit mine. ity. ing the Wi-Fi and passwords The Hambach forest near But this it year has run into of the agency, which was at the Cologne has been occupied by more resistance than ever be- rance have airlifted two time probing the nerve agent activists for six years but its fate fore, coming just as Germany bears from Slovenia high poisoning of a former Russian had appeared sealed after local debates how to phase out its use Finto the Pyrenees to help double agent in the UK. authorities last month ordered of the cheap but polluting fuel. bolster their tiny population Dutch offi cials said they had police to dismantle protesters’ A government-appointed in the mountains that border found a trove of evidence in- treehouses. committee is due to announce Spain, defying protests by farm- cluding an antenna, a laptop and In an emergency ruling how- an end date for coal by the end ers who complain the animals even a taxi receipt from the GRU ever, judges at the higher ad- of the year. are a threat to their livestock. HQ to Moscow airport. ministrative court in Muenster More than 800,000 people A helicopter carried the fi rst The men were then taken to said they needed more time to have signed a petition urging bear in a crate up the mountain Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport consider environmental group state and federal offi cials to use range’s grassy slopes on Thurs- where they were immediately BUND’s complaint against their infl uence to stop RWE day, evading roadblocks set up put on a fl ight to Moscow. RWE’s planned clearing. from felling a single tree while on mountain passes by 150 farm- “In accompanying them im- “This is a good day for na- the coal discussions are ongo- ers, some bearing rifl es, deter- mediately to the frontier, we ture and climate protection and ing. mined to stymie the re-intro- were also able to seize their be- a milestone for the anti-coal Germany has massively ex- duction. longings, and they were inter- movement,” Greenpeace Ger- panded renewable energy in Stephane Pecate, a local of- esting to analyse. It’s for these many’s Martin Kaiser told a recent years as part of a govern- fi cial, confi rmed that the airlift reasons that the director of the press conference. In this file photo taken on September 14, a police off icer stands behind a barrier tape in the Hambach ment-ordered shift away from had been completed. MIVD (Dutch intelligence agen- The David-versus-Goliath forest during an eviction of environmentalists living in tree houses. fossil fuels. A second bear was released cy) decided” not to arrest them,” battle in the forest has come to But coal still accounts for in the western part of Pyrenees Rutte said. “It’s the choice he symbolise resistance against RWE, which owns the forest, Shares in the group were the porters he expected thousands 40% of Germany’s energy mix, yesterday, although the exact lo- made. It’s not a criminal inquiry, brown coal mining in Germany, had planned to begin clearing worst performers on the DAX to fl ock to the forest. in part to off set Chancellor An- cation was not disclosed. it’s an espionage investigation a country that despite its green around half of the woodland’s index of blue-chip German “We will not let up on our re- gela Merkel’s decision after Ja- “Experts believe that the under the intelligence services, reputation remains heavily reli- remaining 200 hectares (500 shares, losing 8.52% to close at sistance,” he said. pan’s Fukushima disaster to exit two female bears are pregnant to disrupt an espionage opera- ant on this dirtiest of fossil fu- acres) from October 15. €18.69 in Frankfurt. Sympathy for the forest’s nuclear power by 2022. which means that they will have tion. That’s how it happened.” els. The company claims the ex- In a second win for environ- plight has swelled in Germany, The government admitted cubs probably early next year. MIVD chief Major General The plaintiff s argue that pansion of its adjacent lignite mentalists yesterday, a court fanned by unfl attering pictures in June that it will miss its own One bear usually has two cubs,” Onno Eichelsheim had given a Hambach forest, in the indus- mine is necessary to fuel coal- in Aachen overturned police of police in cherrypickers drag- target for reducing carbon di- Marko Jonozovic, head of the similar explanation on Thursday. trial heartland of North Rhine- fi red power plants in the region attempts to block a mass for- ging activists out of their cano- oxide emissions – undermining department for forest animals The US Justice Department Westphalia state, is home to – among the most polluting in est demonstration planned for py homes. Merkel’s role as a leading global and hunting at the Slovenia For- said the seven alleged GRU rare species like Bechstein’s bat the European Union. today. Local police said 27 offi cers advocate for the implementa- est Service, told Reuters. members indicted on Thursday and qualifi es as a protected area RWE said in a statement that “The court does not share the were injured during the nearly tion of the Paris climate agree- Protesters vowed to fi ght the had targeted not only the OPCW under EU law. it did not expect judges to rule police’s safety concerns,” the three weeks it took to carry out ment. relocation. but also the US Democratic Par- Judges said that RWE must defi nitively until late 2020, judges said, adding that gath- the evictions, with some activ- Rather than cutting CO2 “We’ll push the bears out, ty, world footballing body FIFA, not create an “irreversible” adding that the delay would erings could be banned only if ists throwing Molotov cocktails emissions by 40% by 2020 scare them, make them run the World Anti-Doping Agency, situation on the ground before amputate more than €100mn there was “signifi cant danger to and stones as well as bags of compared with 1990 levels, Eu- away,” one opponent of the op- and US nuclear energy company they rule on the “complex” annually from pre-tax profi ts in life and limb”. urine and faeces. rope’s top economy expects to eration told reporters on Thurs- Westinghouse. case. the coming years. Dirk Jansen of BUND told re- Tragedy struck when a free- achieve a 32% reduction. day, accusing local authorities of turning a deaf ear to their objec- tions. Wildlife experts estimate that there are 43 bears living in the Pyrenees, which straddle the Franco-Spanish frontier. France bids farewell to singer Aznavour Bears from Slovenia were fi rst re-introduced into France in the 1990s when hunters all but AFP and Armenian immigrants” who given Armenians a new pride”. cert in Nantes last January. He wiped out the native population. Paris left school at nine “knew in- A day of national mourning was in great form.” stinctively that our most sacred had also been declared in Yer- Aznavour’s songs – which sanctuary was the French lan- evan. confronted everything from the rance paid a moving na- guage”, and used it like the poet In France Aznavour’s par- inner pain of drag queens to de- Italy’s ‘other’ film tional homage yesterday he was. ents are regarded as heroes of pression and loveless marriages fest to kick off Fto the late singer Charles “In France, poets never die,” the Resistance for risking their – have regularly been covered or Aznavour, the little man with Macron added, likening him to lives to hide Jews and Commu- sampled by everyone from Bob Cate Blanchett, Martin Scorsese, the very big life. Guillaume Apollinaire. nist partisans in their tiny Paris Dylan to Elvis Costello and the Sigourney Weaver and Michael With honours that are usu- Earlier, both the Armenian apartment during the Nazi oc- rappers Dr Dre and Sean Paul. Moore will all be attending this ally reserved for national heroes, and French national anthems cupation. Sting and Quincy Jones – who month’s Rome Film Fest, Italy’s one of the greatest songwriters had echoed around the 17th- The star – the author of such had both recorded with him – “other” cinema gathering after of the 20th century was lauded century Invalides complex classic songs as She and For Me lauded the “eternal” legacy of Venice. as a cultural giant by the leaders which houses Napoleon’s tomb Formidable – got his fi nal stand- the “gentleman” of traditional Just don’t call it a festival. of his two homelands – France as fans lined the streets outside. ing ovation as his coffi n was car- French “chanson”, while Elton “We are not a festival and those and Armenia – at a ceremony in People attend the national homage to Aznavour, broadcast on a Born Shahnour Varinag Azna- ried out of the Invalides to the John called the “French Sinatra” who want a festival will always Paris. giant screen, yesterday at the Esplanades des Invalides in Paris. vourian in Paris in 1924 to par- strains of his Take Me Along, a “truly great artist”. be disappointed here,” the Fest’s Aznavour – who was still ents who had fl ed the massacres with the crowd breaking into Multilingual, Aznavour sang director Antonio Monda told touring at 94 – died in his bath bled courtyard to the haunting his songs were a balm, a comfort of Armenians in what is now spontaneous applause. in several languages, and his fan journalists yesterday ahead of on Monday just days after he Armenian lament, Dle Yaman, and a cure”, he said. Turkey, Aznavour sold more Many, wiping away tears, later base spanned the globe. the October 18-28 event which declared that he would like to played on a traditional dudek Macron praised the singer’s than 180mn records in a career broke into a rendition of his fa- He enjoyed huge commercial does not include a competition. breathe his last on stage. fl ute. “loyalty to his roots”, throw- spanning eight decades and as vourite hit, La Boheme, with success in America, with Dylan “What distinguishes us is that He had concerts planned in French President Emmanuel ing himself into helping Arme- many languages. Kelly, a fan in her 20s making the saying his 1963 Carnegie Hall artists, directors, actors, actresses both Brussels and his hometown Macron said Aznavour knew nia recover from a devastating Armenian Prime Minister pilgrimage from western France show in New York “blew my and producers choose Rome of Paris over the next month. suff ering and “carried the scar earthquake in 1988 and acting as Nikol Pashinyan, who had called for a last adieu. brains out”. even if they don’t have a film, The ceremony at the Invalides of the genocide of his people” in its ambassador to the UN. the singer a “national hero”, said “I could not miss this,” she Aznavour will be buried today book or CD to sell,” Monda said. began with Aznavour’s coffi n, his heart. “Some heroes become French “every Armenian thinks of him told AFP. “Even young people near Paris alongside his parents The fest’s 13th edition will draped in the French tricolour He spoke to “our secret fragil- by spilling their blood,” the pres- as a kind of parent who has car- like me knew and adored Azna- and his son Patrick, who died screen 60 features, including 34 fl ag, being carried into the cob- ity”. That was why “for millions ident said. “This son of Greek ried our name to the world and vour’s songs. I saw him in con- aged 25 in 1976. premieres. Gulf Times 10 Saturday, October 6, 2018 INDIA

LEGAL AVIATION OFFBEAT PEOPLE TRAGEDY Ex-TV host acquitted Kannur international ‘Dead’ Kashmiri youth Bengaluru deputy mayor Passenger on SpiceJet’s in wife’s murder case airport opens December 9 returns after six months dies of heart attack Bangkok-Delhi flight dies

The Delhi High Court yesterday acquitted former Kerala’s fourth international airport at Kannur A youth presumed dead nearly six months Bengaluru’s new deputy mayor Ramila Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet’s Bangkok- TV serial producer and anchor, Suhaib Ilyasi, is slated to open on December 9 following ago walked back home alive in Poonch district Umashankar died following a massive heart Delhi flight was diverted to Varanasi yesterday who was sentenced to life imprisonment by a an approval by the director general of civil of Jammu and Kashmir, leading to a sense of attack early yesterday, an official said. She owing to an on-board medical emergency, but the trial court for murdering his wife in 2000. The aviation (DGCA), a top official said in Kannur bewilderment and relief among his relatives, was 44. “Ramila died after a massive cardiac passenger could not be saved. According to the court set aside the trial court order of December yesterday. Kannur International Airport Ltd police sources said yesterday. Mohamed arrest around 12.50am at a private hospital in airline, the passenger, who suff ered from a medical 16, 2017, and December 20, 2017, wherein Ilyasi managing director V Thulasidas confirmed Muzamil went missing from his home in Qasab the city,” Bengaluru civic corporation official condition, was declared dead by the doctors at was convicted and sentenced to life for stabbing the launched date, saying that “we are ready village in Mendhar area six months ago. The L Suresh said. She is survived by her husband, a local hospital in Varanasi. “SpiceJet Flight SG his wife Anju to death. The court held that the for operations”. KIAL authorities are trying Government Railway Police found a semi- a son and a daughter. The ruling Janata Dal- 88 operating from Bangkok to Delhi yesterday prosecution had failed to prove his guilt, while their best to see that commercial operations decomposed body on the rail tracks in Vijaypur Secular (JD-S) counsellor from Kaveriapura was diverted to Varanasi owing to a medical allowing the TV anchor’s challenge to the trial commence soon after the inauguration, but area of Jammu on March 9, following which was elected on September 28. Karnataka Chief emergency on board. All possible assistance court’s order. Ilyasi’s counsel said that the trial the Airport Authority of India will be decide Muzamil’s family mistakenly claimed it and was Minister H D Kumaraswamy, former prime was provided by the crew on board,” the airline court had reached the conclusion of guilt based on that. Already 11 international carriers and buried. However, to the utter surprise of the minister and JD-S supremo H D Deve Gowda said. “The passenger was rushed to hospital by on conjectures and that the conviction was not six domestic operators have confirmed their ‘bereaved’ family, Muzamil called up his mother a and Bengaluru mayor Gangambike Mallikarjun the SpiceJet team. However, the passenger was supported by the material on record. decision to fly into KIAL. few days ago. He returned home yesterday. have mourned Ramila’s death. declared dead by doctors,” the airline said. Modi govt ‘waging war on Indians’, says Rahul

IANS not believe in having any form of New Delhi conversation. Flaying the “ridiculous” de- monetisation and holding the ongress president Rahul complex multi-layered GST re- Gandhi yesterday tore sponsible for wiping out millions Cinto the Narendra Modi of small businesses, Rahul said government for “waging war on his attempts at making conver- Indians” and imposing a “suff o- sation with the government have cating ideology” on them. Exud- always been shunned. ing confi dence of entering into Had these conversations not an agreement with Mayawati- been “snubbed at” and taken led Bahujan Samaj Party for the place, the GST (goods and serv- next Lok Sabha polls, Rahul also ices tax) could have been better expressed his willingness to be- implemented and the situation come the prime minister. in Jammu and Kashmir might Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj exchange signed agreements as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Delivering the keynote ad- not have deteriorated, he said. Vladimir Putin look on during a ceremony at Hyderabad House in New Delhi yesterday. dress and participating in an in- “The people in charge are teractive session at the Hindus- convinced that they have a mo- tan Times Leadership Summit nopoly on knowledge, convinced here, Rahul indicted the Modi that they are the only ones who government for thousands of understand. What is a country if farmer suicides, “decimation” it isn’t a multitude of opinions?” of the economy and “jamming he said. shut” the country’s banking sys- “There needs to be a conver- tem. sation that provides the vision India seals arms deal with “It (Modi government) wants going forward. And that is ex- to impose one singular suff ocat- actly what is missing,” he said ing memory on our 1.3bn peo- and recounted his meeting with ple,” said Rahul in his scathing Union Finance Minister Arun attack, adding that “rupee is on Jaitley. its knees, petrol at an all-time “I started a conversation on Russia despite US warning high, the stock market imploded, Kashmir, this was before the vio- Rs12tn in NPAs (non-perform- lence started. I said ‘we have a Reuters The contract is estimated to Last month, the US imposed eight agreements covering world and work together in Af- ing assets and unemployment is serious problem coming up in the New Delhi be worth more than $5bn and sanctions on China’s mili- space, nuclear energy and rail- ghanistan, the Indo-Pacifi c re- at a 20-year high”. Valley’ and his answer was ‘No, gives the Indian military the tary for its purchase of combat ways at a televised news confer- gion and forums such as Shang- “Reimagining India for the there isn’t’. It was pretty clear ability to shoot down aircraft fi ghters as well as the S-400 ence. hai Cooperation Organisation BJP, the RSS is to shut the imagi- that politics which was taking ndia yesterday agreed a deal and missiles at unprecedented missile system it bought from “We always arrive to India (SCO), Brics, G20, and the As- nations of Indians. Institutions place, the alliance between the with Russia to buy S-400 ranges. Russia this year. with great pleasure as we know sociation of Southeast Asian are attacked, Supreme Court Peoples Democratic Party and Isurface to air missile sys- The US has said countries India is hoping that President that we are surrounded here in Nations (Asean) besides co- judges are compelled to go public BJP was going to set the fi eld on tems, the two sides said, as New trading with Russia’s defence Donald Trump’s administra- the environment of very frank operating in the fi ght against because they feel intimidated,” fi re. But no one was ready to lis- Delhi disregarded US warnings and intelligence sectors would tion will give it a waiver on the friendship, business coopera- terrorism. he said. ten, and the damage since has that such a purchase could trig- face automatic sanctions under weapons systems which New tion,” Putin said. “India gives the highest pri- Claiming that the Bharatiya been tremendous,” he said. ger sanctions under US law. a sweeping legislation called Delhi sees as a deterrent against Russia will also help India in ority to ties with Russia, in fact Janata Party (BJP)-Rashtriya Talking about Bahujan Samaj Although there was no pub- Countering America’s Adver- China’s bigger and superior its plans to mount a manned in a changing world, our ties Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) dis- Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati lic signing, the deal was sealed saries Through Sanctions Act military. space mission by 2022. have become more important,” liked thinkers like Raghuram ruling out any alliance with the during President Vladimir (CAATSA). “The (two) sides welcomed In his address to the media, Modi said. Rajan and Amartya Sen, Rahul Congress for the upcoming Ra- Putin’s ongoing visit to New A US state department the conclusion of the contract Modi said that India-Russia For all the warm words, ties dared Modi to open himself to jasthan and Madhya Pradesh As- Delhi for an annual summit spokesperson said this week for the supply of S-400 long relations are unique and that with Moscow are a lot less cen- criticism instead of trying to sti- sembly polls, Rahul opined that with Prime Minister Narendra that the implementation of the range surface to air missile sys- President Putin has personally tral to Delhi than they were dur- fl e it. it won’t aff ect his party’s for- Modi. sanctions act would be focused tem to India,” India and Russia contributed to it. ing the Cold War years, as India He said the Modi regime has a tunes in the two states and ex- “The deal was signed on the at countries acquiring weapons said in a joint statement at the He said both the coun- has diversifi ed arms purchases, sense of “monopoly” over eve- uded confi dence of stitching up fringes of the summit,” Kremlin such as the S-400 missile bat- end of the talks. tries have agreed to work for closing $15bn of deals with the rything it deals with and does a tie with the BSP for 2019. spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. teries. The two countries also signed a multipolar and multilateral US over the last decade.

Striking a pose State lapses ‘delayed army UN blasts India over response to Gujarat riots’ Rohingya deportation AFP “UNHCR regrets that the Geneva agency did not receive a re- IANS deployment of the army through Asked if the damage would be sponse to this request and was New Delhi the Union home ministry and the lesser had the army been allowed unable to secure access for a ministry of defence on February full freedom and provided with he UN yesterday voiced lawyer from a state legal serv- 28, 2002. The then chief of army what he had personally asked alarm over India’s depor- ice,” agency spokesman Andrej n the intervening night of staff , general S Padmanabhan was Modi for, he agreed and said: Ttation of seven Rohingya Mahecic told reporters in Ge- February 28 and March 1, quoted by him as saying: “’Zoom, “Most certainly the damage men to Myanmar despite warn- neva. O2002, when Gujarat was get your formation to Gujarat to- would have been much, much less ings they could face persecution “UNHCR continues to seek engulfed in fl ames, lieutenant night and quell the riots.’ I replied, had we got the vehicles at the right in a country where the military clarifi cations from the authori- general Zameer Uddin Shah, met ‘Sir, the road move will take us two time. What the police couldn’t is accused of genocide against ties on the circumstances under the then chief minister Narendra days.’ He shot back, ‘The Air Force do in six days we did in 48 hours the Muslim minority. which these individuals were Modi, in the presence of the then will take care of your move from despite being six times smaller in The UN refugee agency said returned to Myanmar,” he said. defence minister George Fern- Jodhpur. Get maximum troops to size than them. We fi nished the it was “greatly concerned” for He said the UN agency was andes, at 2am in Ahmedabad the airfi eld. Speed and resolute operation in 48 hours on March the safety and security of the “concerned that they did not and gave him a list of immediate action are the need of the hour.’” 4 but it could have been fi nished seven men who were returned have access to legal counsel, requirements to enable the army Upon arriving at the “dark and on March 2 itself had we not lost to Myanmar from India on were not given the chance to ac- columns to fan out to restore law deserted” Ahmedabad airfi eld, those crucial hours.” Shah said Thursday. cess asylum processing and have and order. Shah enquired: “Where are the that he was not blaming anyone in The men, who had been in their claims assessed in India.” But the 3,000 troops that had vehicles and other logistic sup- particular. “It may take some time detention for immigration of- The UN special rapporteur landed at the Ahmedabad air- port we had been promised?” in arranging transport but in a sit- fences since 2012, were handed on racism, Tendayi Achiume, fi eld at 7am on March 1, had to He learnt that the state gov- uation like that, it could have pos- over to Myanmar authorities at warned India on Tuesday that wait for a day before the Gujarat ernment was still “making the sibly been done faster,” he added. a border crossing in Manipur. it risked breaking international administration provided the necessary arrangements”. Shah said the police were Before their deportation, the laws on refoulement — the transport – during which period “The crucial periods was the “dumb bystanders” while the United Nations had expressed return of refugees or asylum hundreds of people were killed. night of February 28 and March “mob was setting fi re on streets concern that returning the seekers to a country where “These were crucial hours lost,” 1. This was when the maximum and houses”. They were tak- men ignored the danger they they could be harmed. Shah, who retired as the deputy damage was done. I met the chief ing “no action” to prevent the faced in Myanmar, where for Myanmar refuses to recog- chief of army staff , has revealed minister at 2am on March 1. The “mayhem” that was being done. decades the Rohingya have nise the Rohingyas as citizens in his upcoming memoir titled troops sat on the airfi eld all through “I did see a lot of legislators from been targeted in violent po- and falsely labels them “Ben- The Sarkari Mussalman to be March 1 and we got the transport the majority community sitting at groms by security forces. gali” illegal immigrants. launched by former vice president only on March 2. By then the may- the police stations. They had no UNHCR said the Indian au- They were concentrated in Hamid Ansari on October 13 at In- hem had already been done,” Shah, business to be there. Whenever thorities had not responded Rakhine state, the epicentre of dia International Centre here. who has been conferred the Param we used to tell the police to impose Women pose for pictures during rehearsals for Garba, a to its request that they assess a Myanmar army off ensive that In the memoir, a copy of which Vishisht Seva Medal, Vishisht Seva the curfew, they never did so in folk dance, ahead of the Navratri festival in Ahmedabad the men’s claims to interna- over the past year has driven is with IANS, Shah writes that the Medal and Sena Medal for his serv- the minority areas.,” the decorated yesterday. tional refugee protection in the some 720,000 Rohingya Mus- Gujarat government requested for ices to the armed forces, said. army veteran maintained. country. lims into Bangladesh. Gulf Times Saturday, October 6, 2018 11 LATIN AMERICA

LEGAL WILDLIFE CRIME APPEAL LAW AND ORDER Panama loses WTO claim 100 baby turtles ‘stolen’ Five held for plotting to free US urges Cuba to release Ex-Romania minister for sanctions on Colombia on Galapagos islands jailed drug gang leader jailed dissident arrested in Costa Rica

A World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel A total of 123 baby giant turtles have been stolen Police have arrested five Brazilian drug traff ickers The US is “gravely concerned” about the health A former Romanian minister jailed in yesterday rejected Panama’s claim for $210mn from a breeding facility in the Galapagos islands, accused of plotting to free a leader of the Red of a dissident in Cuba reported to have been on absentia for corruption has been arrested in annual sanctions on Colombia for non- a lawmaker from Ecuador’s prized archipelago Command drug gang from jail in Paraguay, hunger strike for more than 50 days to protest the central American nation of Costa Rica, compliance with a previous ruling against in the Pacific said. “They were all taken at once, Brazil’s federal police said. The four men and against his imprisonment, it said. The US state along with another ex-official, Interpol said. tariffs on clothing, textile and footwear 123 in all. It was a robbery,” Washington Paredes a woman were arrested in a joint operation in department called for the release Tomas Nunez Gustavo Chichilla, the international police imposed by Bogota to target alleged “money said. He said the crime happened last Tuesday. Paraguay involving police from both countries, Magdariaga, a member of the Patriotic Union organisation’s chief in San Jose, said Elena laundering”. Panama won a judgment at Galapagos National Park said it was preparing a the federal police said in a statement. The group of Cuba (UNPACU), one of the island’s largest Udrea was detained along with Alina Bica, the WTO in 2016 after complaining about statement on the alleged theft of the hatchlings had stored weapons in three rented houses and dissident groups. He had been convicted on former Romanian chief prosecutor in charge Colombian tariffs on textiles, clothes and from a facility on Isabela, one of the islands. The planned to help a Red Command leader escape “false charges and convicted...in a sham trial”, of organised crime and terrorism. Bica was shoes. Colombia, which had imposed the environment ministry also said it would issue this weekend, the statement said. It did not give it said. UNPACU leader Jose Daniel Ferrer arrested in a separate operation, and the high tariffs because it said the goods were a statement when it had off icial information. the exact location of the arrests. Red Command says Nunez was sentenced to a year in jail for women were being held for an extradition imported at artificially low prices in order to Paredes complained that the breeding facility is one of the largest drug gangs in Brazil, where allegedly making threats to a security agent — a hearing. In June, a Romanian court upheld a launder money, had until January 22, 2017, to where the theft occurred was poorly protected, a federal intervention in Rio de Janeiro state has charge the agent later recanted, according to six-year jail sentence against Udrea, a former comply. with no security cameras or light sensors. targeted warring drug gangs since February. Ferrer. model in glamour magazines. Return to jail Athletes prepare for Youth Olympic Games would be a death sentence, says Fujimori

AFP ski avoid impeachment. Lima The pardon, issued by Kuczyn- ski before he was himself brought down by a corruption scandal, eru’s ex-president Alberto triggered a wave of protests by hu- Fujimori said from his hos- man rights organisations and by Ppital bed that a return to victims of Fujimori’s crackdown. prison would be a “death sen- Fujimori was 12 years into a 25- tence,” after a court revoked a par- year jail sentence handed down for don for crimes against humanity. ordering two massacres by death Fujimori, 80, addressed a plea to squads between 1991 and 1992. Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra He had ruled Peru with an iron and the South American country’s fi st between 1990 and 2000. judiciary in a video recorded at his Victims of Fujimori’s crack- bedside. down had petitioned the Inter- “Please do not kill me. If I return American Court to demand a judi- Athletes practice ahead of the Youth Olympic Games at the docks of Puerto Madero neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina to prison my heart will not support cial review of the process that led it. It is too weak to go through the to the pardon. same thing again. Don’t sentence The charge of crimes against me to death. I can give no more,” humanity stemmed in part from he said. the killings or disappearances of A court on Wednesday annulled scores of civilians — allegedly by a a presidential pardon for Fujimori, shadowy squad of military offi cers ending more than nine months of — during Peru’s bloody struggle freedom granted under the shock against Maoist rebels. pardon issued by a previous presi- The ex-ruler is revered and de- Peru mayoral candidate dent in December. spised in equal measure in Peru. However, immediately after his Admirers laud him for drag- re-arrest Fujimori was admitted to ging the country’s economy into a clinic with heart problems. the modern era and defeating the His doctor, Alejandro Aguinaga, Shining Path guerrilla movement. told reporters he experienced a He has been working on a mem- drop in blood pressure and an ac- oir about his decade in power cleared of murder charges celerated heart beat — the same (1990-2000), a period marked problems for which he has been by corruption but also by a fi ght Guardian News and Media charges throughout the trial, Peru, particularly Lima, has trial for the murder of Bustios, a sives on his body, killing him. hospitalised in the past. against guerrillas and terrorism. Lima tweeted: “The law has declared one of the highest perceptions journalist who wrote for the Pe- Prosecutors initially alleged “He is already considered a “I have reached 80 bearing the me innocent, it’s time to do the of crime in the Americas, poll- ruvian weekly magazine Care- Urresti was among a group of prisoner,” Interior Minister Mauro marks of the years, with all the job of turning Lima into the city ing just below Venezuela and the tas, in Ayacucho, a mountain- soldiers who shot at Bustios. But Medina told Chile’s RPP radio. “He shocks of political life, the enor- he leading candidate in we deserve.” Dominican Republic, according ous region at the centre of the then they said he had planned, is expected to leave the clinic” for mous satisfactions and the pro- the race to be mayor of Anti-Urresti demonstra- to one survey. This despite hav- political violence. Urresti was but not participated in the kill- the penitentiary, the minister said. found regrets,” he wrote in a mes- TLima has been cleared of tors skirmished with riot police ing one of the lowest murder accused by two fellow offi cers ing. Fujimori, a Peruvian of Japa- sage around his birthday in July. murdering a journalist 30 years who tried to prevent them from rates in the region with eight from his military base, who had Bustios’ eldest daughter, nese descent, has been living in “In the few years I have left,” Fu- ago after a four-year trial that clashing with supporters of the murders per 100,000 people in been convicted of the journal- Sharmeli, tweeted that the judg- Lima but has been hospitalised jimori explained in his handwrit- opened up the scars of Peru’s candidate whose tough-on- 2016, according to the World ist’s murder in 2007. They claim es’ decision was “manipulated four times since his release last ten text, “I will dedicate myself to long fi ght against the commu- crime image has earned him fer- Bank. Urresti, then a captain in charge and without legitimacy” and December. three objectives: bringing my fam- nist Shining Path guerrillas in- vent backing in the city’s poorer In a rough-and-tumble ca- of intelligence, took part in the said the family would appeal. His daughter Keiko Fujimori, ily together, improving my health surgency. neighbourhoods. reer, Urresti served as Peru’s ambush in which Bustios was “How cheap it is to kill a journal- leader of the main opposition to the extent possible, and striking Daniel Urresti, a former army Leading most opinion polls interior minister between 2014 killed in November 1988. ist in this country,” she shouted Popular Force party, described the a serene and balanced equilibrium general who was facing 25 years with around 15% of voter in- and 2015 and ran for the presi- Bustios was shot at by a after the acquittal. court’s decision on Wednesday as in my life.” in jail for planning the murder of tention, Urresti’s charisma dency a year later. Throughout group of soldiers while riding a In 2003, a truth and recon- “inhuman” and “unjust”. However, Fujimori has been Hugo Bustios, is now free to con- and crime crackdown message that time he courted notoriety motorbike, forcing him to lose ciliation commission estimated Fujimori received clemency unable to reconcile his daughter tinue his campaign to lead one of has pushed him just ahead in a for his social media attacks on control and crash. His com- that 69,280 people had been last December on humanitar- Keiko, 43, with her younger broth- South America’s biggest cities. crowded race against a former politicians while brushing off panion, another journalist who killed between 1980 and 2000 ian grounds, but critics said er Kenji, who leads a rival faction of With just one day to go before the TV host who blamed Venezuelan accusations that police used ex- had been riding pillion, man- in Peru’s civil confl ict. Most died the move was in exchange for her party, to end a political schism vote tomorrow, the charismatic immigrants for the city’s woes, cessive force against protesters. aged to escape. As Bustios lay at the hands of the Shining Path Fujimori’s son helping then- which could see the two face off in Urresti is leading the polls. other former mayors and many Shortly after he resigned as badly wounded, prosecutors but atrocities were also commit- president Pedro Pablo Kuczyn- the 2021 presidential elections. Urresti, who denied the non-entities. interior minister he was put on say, soldiers detonated explo- ted by security forces. Bolsonaro misses last Obrador plays down aide’s lavish wedding presidential debate Reuters corruption, poverty and surging Mexico City violence. The magazine spread sparked Reuters avoiding his duty to the popula- is very small, because he has jeering on social media from Brasilia tion. Anyone who hides from de- tapped into the anger of Brazil- exico’s famously austere many Mexicans who said the bate and does not show up lacks ians with rampant political cor- president-elect Andres event suggested Lopez Obrador’s the qualities needed to govern ruption and rising crime. MManuel Lopez Obrador entourage may end up seeking the razil’s presidential elec- a country,” said former fi nance Bolsonaro, an admirer of Bra- has sought to minimise criticism same privileges enjoyed by the tion race entered its last minister Henrique Meirelles, zil’s 1964-1985 military dictator- of a top aide’s extravagant wed- ruling party they blasted during B48 hours yesterday, with who is running for the ruling ship, is running on a law-and- ding party, saying his enemies are the campaign. far-right front-runner Jair Bol- MDB party. order platform and would ease looking for any excuse to attack “What is Cesar Yanez thinking? sonaro recovering from a near- In an interview with TV Record gun controls so Brazilians can him. I believed that his critics exagger- fatal stabbing that kept him out that is owned by a supporter, arm themselves against crimi- Wedding photos of Dulce Silva ated. I must confess that I had not of the fi nal presidential debate evangelical Christian bishop and nals. and Cesar Yanez, Lopez Obrador’s grasped the magnitude of... fri- on the country’s largest network, media mogul Edir Macedo, Bol- He has won massive support former press aide who will take a volity until I saw the cover of the TV Globo. sonaro slammed his rival for be- from the fast-growing evan- key role in the presidential offi ce, Hola!” Rafael Barajas, a political Bolsonaro said he was under ing a “puppet” of jailed former gelical community by vowing to were splashed on the cover and cartoonist for the leftist Jornada doctors’ orders to stay away, president Luiz Inacio Lula da block the legalisation of abor- across 19 pages of the Mexican newspaper said on Twitter. but gave an interview that Silva. tion, gay marriage and drugs. edition of Spanish-language so- Lopez Obrador responded by aired on a rival network at the Haddad, a former mayor of Brazilian markets have ral- ciety magazine Hola! published on distancing himself from the aff air. same time as the debate, rais- Sao Paulo, was confi rmed as top lied on the prospect of Bolsonaro Thursday. “Well, I did not get married. I was ing criticism from other candi- of the Workers Party ticket three stopping a return to power by the The event, which was attended invited, I attended. Everyone is re- dates that he was dodging dis- weeks ago, replacing Lula, who Workers Party, which investors by 600 guests — including Lopez sponsible for their own actions,” cussion and unprepared to lead was barred from running due to a blame for plunging Brazil into its Obrador, members of his Cabinet he told reporters, pointing out that the nation. corruption conviction. worst recession in 2015-2016. and social elite — featured a dinner it was not a government function On the last day of campaign- Earlier, in a live speech over Yet Bolsonaro’s economic po- with a menu of lobster and deco- but a private social event. ing, fi nal opinion polls ahead Facebook, Bolsonaro rejected sitions remain unclear. rations of thousands of white roses “Of course our adversaries of tomorrow’s vote are likely to accusations he was racist, sex- Last week he asked his eco- and orchids. are questioning because they are show the most polarised election ist and homophobic, though he nomic advisor Paulo Guedes and Lopez Obrador, who ran on the looking for any possible error to in a generation going to a run- has faced charges for hate speech his running mate retired general ticket of a leftist party he found- criticise us,” he said. “They have off vote between Bolsonaro and against these groups. Hamilton Mourão to hold off on ed, defeated the ruling party by the right to do it... we will continue leftist Workers Party candidate The former army captain’s making public statements af- a landslide in July’s election by acting with integrity, with princi- Fernando Haddad. ratings have surged ahead of the ter contradictions emerged over Brazilian presidential candidate Ciro Gomes attends a rally at capitalising on the discontent of ples, with honesty and republican “This is wrong. Bolsonaro is election, even though his party economic policy. Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, yesterday. Mexicans fed up with widespread austerity.” Gulf Times 12 Saturday, October 6, 2018 PAKISTAN Provinces ignore centre’s call for forming NFC

Internews confi rm their existing members The fi nance secretaries have bers are expected to be replaced The PTI governments in both Dr Aysha Ghous-Pasha, who be- space for the centre to meet the Islamabad or make fresh nominations for been reminded that in terms of with fresh nominees in view of these provinces would like to came provincial minister in the additional requirement of se- non-statutory members so as to Clause (1) of article 160 of the changed political governments at place their own nominees on the Shehbaz Sharif cabinet. curity expenses, besides spe- reconstitute the NFC and start Constitution, the 9th NFC was the federal and provincial level. NFC. The NFC, however, held only a cial allocations for special areas aving received no re- deliberations for future resource constituted on April 24, 2015. Even the Sindh government is Similarly, Baluchistan’s pri- couple of formal meetings of the like Azad Jammu and Kashmir, sponse for over a month, distribution. Since new governments are likely to send a new member to vate member Kaiser Bengali was commission in fi ve years instead Gilgit-Baltistan, and tribal areas Hthe federal government None of the provincial govern- in place both at the federal and the NFC, since its non-statutory co-opted by then-chief minister of compulsory 10 biannual meet- now merged with the Khyber Pa- of Pakistan has again reminded ments responded to the letters provincial levels after the gen- member Saleem H Mandviwala Dr Abdul Malik and continued by ings. khtunkhwa. the provinces about their con- sent by the minister: they have eral elections this year, re-con- has appointed Senate deputy the PML-N. As a consequence, the 7th NFC The previous NFC award had stitutional responsibility for the neither made fresh nominations fi rmation of the non-statutory chairman. For practical purposes, it award announced in 2009 con- expired on June 30, 2015 but had National Finance Commission nor endorsed previous members members from the provinces is Likewise, the private members would be a totally new NFC be- tinued annual extensions and seen annual extensions since (NFC), to set the future course to complete the NFC. necessary. from Punjab and Khyber Pa- cause all the provincial fi nance remains in place even now, in- then. of sharing common fi nancial re- “The ministry of fi nance has The federal and provincial fi - khtunkhwa (KP) in the previous ministers, except from Sindh, stead of constitutional term of The provincial governments sources. now reminded the provincial fi - nance ministers are the statutory set-up would most likely change would be new faces on the con- fi ve years. receive fi nancial resources from In a reminder to the fi nance nance secretaries to make the members of the NFC. because they represented the Pa- stitutional body. There have been calls from the federal government under secretaries of the four provinces, required nominations, as so far It is customary to include one kistan Muslim League – Nawaz The PML-N government had various quarters, including the the 7th NFC award as per the the fi nance ministry said that none of the provincial govern- non-statutory member from (PML-N) and the Jamaat-e-Is- last reconstituted the 9th NFC defence authorities and former following share formula: Punjab the four chief ministers were ments have shared the names of each province. lami (JI, the Pakistan Tehreek-e- in February 2016, when Naveed fi nance ministers, for re-adjust- 51.74%, Sindh 24.55%, Khyber requested by Finance Minister their respective non-statutory An offi cial said that most of the Insaf [PTI]’s coalition partner in Ahsan was made non-statutory ment in centre-provincial shar- Pakhtunkhwa 14.62%, and Balu- Asad Umar on September 3 to members,” said a statement. non-statutory provincial mem- KP) respectively. member from Punjab in place of ing of resources to create fi scal chistan 9.09%.

Reforms planned to curb PM’s power to Opposition leader appoint bureaucrats

Internews Lahore

Shehbaz arrested he Task Force on Civil Services Reforms (TFC- AFP/Reuters/Internews Marriyum Aurangzeb, spokes- PML-N winning back control of TSR), constituted by Islamabad woman of the Pakistan Muslim Punjab. Prime Minister Imran Khan, is League – Nawaz (PML-N), said An anti-corruption court in aiming at curtailing the pow- the arrest was a move to “infl u- July sentenced Nawaz Sharif in ers of prime minister and chief pposition leader Shehbaz ence” upcoming by-elections absentia to 10 years over proper- ministers regarding appoint- Sharif was arrested yes- that are crucial for Khan’s coali- ties his family allegedly owned in ments on prestigious slots of Oterday for graft, offi cials tion government. Britain, following revelations in federal secretaries, chief secre- said, the latest corruption alle- “This is nothing but political the Panama Papers. taries and others. gation against the Sharif politi- victimisation,” she told reporters He was released from prison It was disclosed by Adviser cal dynasty that was ousted from in Islamabad. last month after a court sus- to Prime Minister for Institu- power by former cricketer Imran “The government is afraid that pended his sentence pending an tional Reforms and Austerity Khan in elections this summer. the PML-N isn’t broken despite appeal. Dr Ishrat Hussain, who is also The arrest, by agents of the all the cheap tactics,” Aurangzeb Nawaz – who was ousted from the chairman of the TFCRS. National Accountability Bu- said, adding: “It is an attempt to offi ce last year by the Supreme He held meetings with of- The task force set up by Prime reau (NAB) in Lahore, involved infl uence the by-election.” Court following a graft investiga- fi cers of various departments Minister Imran Khan plans a case of alleged corruption in a By-elections to fi ll 11 parlia- tion – was arrested on his return and services at the Committee to limit the authority of the low-cost housing scheme, called mentary seats and 19 provincial to Pakistan in July from London Room of the Civil Secretariat premier and chief ministers to Aashyana (Shelter), when Sheh- assembly seats are scheduled for to campaign in elections, which to consult on de-politicisation appoint top bureaucrats baz Sharif was chief minister of October 14. he was barred from contesting. of civil services and to get their Punjab province. Those seats are empty because He claims that he is being tar- suggestions regarding the pro- Hussain said that during “NAB Lahore has arrested Shehbaz Sharif: had appeared before the NAB to record his of court-ordered delays and the geted by the country’s powerful posed reforms in the civil bu- the meetings, the offi cers ex- former chief minister of Pun- statement, and was arrested when he failed to answer questions ability of top candidates to run in security establishment. reaucracy. pressed fears about undue in- jab Shehbaz Sharif in Aashyana posed several constituencies simulta- The PML-N party lost the Hussain is of the view that terference by the National Ac- company case. The NAB will neously, but only represent one. election on July 25 to the rival in order to depoliticise the countability Bureau (NAB), the produce the former chief minis- local media reported. Information Minister Fawad The by-elections could af- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) civil services, the discretionary Federal Investigation Agency ter of Punjab in the honourable The accountability watchdog Chaudhry welcomed the arrest fect the slim majority Khan’s led by former cricket hero Imran powers of the chief executives (FIA), and the courts. accountability court tomorrow,” had alleged that Shahbaz had and off ered the agency any help coalition government holds in Khan. of the federal and provincial “They want due respect, a statement from the agency said. misused his authority during his it needed. parliament, though many of the Nawaz claims he is being tar- governments would be cur- that they should not be har- Earlier in the day, Shehbaz ap- tenure as Punjab chief minister. “This step today is a big step,” constituencies are considered geted by the country’s powerful tailed. assed or insulted. They said peared before the NAB authori- The NAB has already arrested he told reporters. strongholds of the PTI. security establishment, and his “We will develop a system to that the media should refrain ties to record his statement in the several close aides of Shehbaz in New Prime Minister Imran The contests are considered brother Shehbaz, who led the select a panel of offi cers for a from character assassination case, but he was detained after he connection with the corruption Khan’s party campaigned on an to be closer in the provincial as- PML-N into the July 25 election, post after evaluating their per- of the offi cers without solid failed to answer the questions, scandal. anti-corruption platform. semblies and could result in the has echoed the allegations. formance. The prime minister evidence,” he added. and chief ministers will have to Responding to a query about select an offi cer from the given a clear divide within bureauc- panel, instead of appointing an racy with their sympathies offi cer of their own choice. either towards the Pakistan Charity food “We will develop such a Peoples Party (PPP) or the Pa- Teachers feted for strong system that chief ex- kistan Muslim League – Nawaz ecutives of the federal and pro- (PML-N), he said the Pakistan vincial governments will have Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) govern- to follow the system,” he said. ment had been given the re- classroom success When pointed out that he sponsibility of reforming the had done the same exercise bureaucracy, to purge the civil during the Musharraf regime, service of political infl uence. Internews tantly, on their students’ abil- and asked whether the present To another question on Islamabad ity to achieve. meeting with the offi cers of whether the bureaucracy still Federal Minister for Educa- various services is a follow-up has reservations about the PTI tion and Professional Training to his previous exercise for in- government, Hussain said that n the eve of World Shafqat Mahmood lauded the troducing a four-tier structure Prime Minister Khan, during Teachers’ Day yes- eff orts of the thousands of ear- of civil services, Hussain re- his maiden interaction with the Oterday (October 5), 28 ly grade reading teachers who plied that the agenda of his re- bureaucracy, had assured them educators from across Paki- play an integral role in improv- cent meetings with the offi cers that there would be no political stan were honoured with “Best ing the overall quality of pri- was to consult with them and interference. Teacher Awards” by the fed- mary education in the country. get their suggestions to depo- When asked about some bu- eral ministry of education and Speaking for the US Mission liticise the civil services. reaucratic circles having the professional training and the Pakistan, the USAID Mission He said in the last decade, view that the present exercise US Mission Pakistan for the director Jerry Bisson noted that the situation had changed af- of consultation is just “eye- improvements they have made the programme enhanced more ter 18th Amendment granting wash”, and that the taskforce inside their classrooms. than just the students’ ability provincial autonomy, and they had already completed the The teachers implemented to read. would implement reforms in work on reforms in civil serv- new methodologies of teach- “When we improve the qual- accordance with the transfor- ices, he replied that no blue- ing, reading to students and ity of education and broaden Children receive charity food yesterday at the Bari Imam shrine in Islamabad. mation in the system of gov- print had been prepared in that gauging how well their stu- access to it, we improve many ernment. regard so far. dents were progressing, with other aspects of students’ and an aim toward improving lit- the nation’s well-being,” he eracy in Pakistan. stated. The Best Teacher Award The US government-fund- recipients were nominated ed Pakistan Reading Project by their provincial education has already trained more than Apex court hearing on lawmakers with foreign nationality departments based on their 23,600 public school teach- participation in professional ers, who, in turn, have used development workshops, the the techniques learned to teach Internews a major loser since Senator Ha- cation from becoming the mem- dual nationality by lawmakers. that the apex court would also degree to which they improved reading to more than 1.3mn Islamabad roon Akhtar, then-adviser to the ber of parliament became com- The court, however, asked have to examine sections 4 and their teaching methods in their fi rst and second grade stu- prime minister on revenue, Sena- plete once the foreign nationality senior counsel Hamid Khan and 14 of the Citizenship Act. classrooms, and, most impor- dents. tor Nuzhat Sadiq, chairperson of was acquired. Barrister Ali Zafar, who were rep- Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed he Supreme Court intends the Senate Standing Committee Article 63 (1)(c) says: “A person resenting Chaudhry Sarwar and asked the counsel representing to determine whether on Foreign Aff airs, and Senator shall be disqualifi ed from being Haroon Akhtar, to furnish their diff erent lawmakers to furnish Minister: Government plans to recall Tforeign nationality, once Saadia Abbasi, sister of former elected or chosen as a member of response to the question posed documents which should in clear acquired by lawmakers, entails a prime minister Shahid Khaqan the parliament if he ceases to be by the court. terms suggest that they have re- ambassadors to the US and Canada permanent bar on them from en- Abbasi, belong to the party, while a citizen of Pakistan or acquires It also asked Saadia Abbasi to nounced their foreign nationality tering parliament even if subse- Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mo- the citizenship of a foreign state.” engage a lawyer when the case and the same was complete and The government of Pakistan plans to recall its envoys to quently renounced by them. hammad Sarwar was elected as It does not matter whether the will be taken up again on October conclusive without any “ifs” and Washington and Ottawa if they do not relinquish charge The question cropped up on a senator on a ticket of the Paki- lawmakers have revoked their 10. “buts”. themselves, said Federal Minister for Broadcasting and Information Thursday during the hearing of stan Tehreek-e-Insaf. foreign nationality or not, but During the proceedings, Jus- “Without wearing our glasses, Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday. a suo motu case regarding dual He later quit the Senate to be- once someone desires to acquire tice Umar Ata Bandial observed we should understand that the Sharing a briefing session with the Prime Minister’s Adviser on nationality of civil servants and come governor. foreign nationality, this demon- that whatever interpretation lawmakers are no longer citizens Establishment, Mohammad Shehzad Arbab, for media persons, judges. Advocate Bilal Minto, who ap- strates that he moves away from the Supreme Court would take of the foreign country,” observed Chaudhry said the ambassador to Washington Ali Jehangir Siddiqui On March 5, the Supreme peared as amicus curiae (friend of the allegiance of Pakistan, Minto should be liberal instead of being Justice Saeed, adding that no ref- and the high commissioner to Ottawa Tariq Azeem Khan should Court had raised questions over the court) before a seven-judge argued. punitive, adding that “we should erence to the foreign laws for in- have handed in their resignations, being political appointees. the election of senators alleg- Supreme Court bench headed by He requested the bench to re- give the chance and opportu- terpretation should be made. “But if they don’t, we will recall them,” he said while responding to a edly having dual nationality, and Chief Justice Saqib Nisar, high- visit the 2012 judgment of the nity to those who live outside the “You will then be in the busi- question, without giving a time-frame for the recall. asked the Election Commission lighted the issue. Supreme Court regarding dis- country to come and serve the ness, otherwise not,” the judge The briefing was organised to update the media on the Prime of Pakistan (ECP) not to confi rm He argued that the language qualifi cation of parliamentar- country”. emphasised. Minister’s 100 Days Agenda. their entry to the upper house of Article 63(1)(c) of the Consti- ians under Article 62(1)(f) of the “We have to take reasonable Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan also Arbab said the process has been underway since August 20, until cleared by the apex court. tution was clear, adding that the Constitution for having dual na- and liberal interpretation,” Jus- reminded the counsel that dis- progress tracked across all ministries at federal and provincial The Pakistan Muslim League – acquisition of foreign citizenship tionality because it posed certain tice Bandial emphasised. qualifi cation once handed down levels. Nawaz (PML-N) appeared to be was a trigger and the disqualifi - ambiguity about the holding of The chief justice also observed could not be revoked. Gulf Times Saturday, October 6, 2018 13 PHILIPPINES Teachers’ Day celebration President says underwent ‘cancer’ testing

AFP cabinet meeting and another Manila public event. Duterte keeps up a punishing schedule of ap- pearances ranging from shop- hilippine President Rod- ping mall openings to police rigo Duterte has revealed funerals, and frequently deliv- Pthat he is awaiting the ers multiple, lengthy speeches results of fresh medical tests, per day. adding that “if it’s cancer, it’s The government had denied cancer”. the leader was having health Duterte, 73, is the old- problems, with spokesman est person ever to be elected Harry Roque saying the presi- president in the country and dent “just took his day off .” speculation about his health “I assure you that I have no has cropped up regularly since information that he went to a he took power in 2016. hospital,” Roque added. In a speech late Thursday However, in Duterte’s Thurs- the president said he under- day speech he said: “There was went an endoscopy and colon- supposed to be a cabinet meet- oscopy about three weeks ago ing, that was yesterday, but... but that he was advised this Somebody advised my doc- week to repeat the tests. tor just to repeat and get some “I don’t know where I’m at (medical) samples.” now physically, I have to wait Duterte has said previously for that. But I would tell you that he suff ers from daily mi- that if it’s cancer, it’s cancer,” graines and ailments including he said. “And if it’s third stage, Buerger’s disease, an illness that no more treatment. I will not aff ects the veins and the arteries Students of Araullo High School in Manila give their teacher flowers to show their appreciation as the country celebrated Teachers’ Day yesterday. October 5 has prolong my agony in this offi ce of the limbs, and is usually due been proclaimed World Teachers’ Day by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco). or anywhere,” he added. to smoking. Speculation began to swirl He has cited his ill health as in Philippine media after Du- the reason for skipping events terte missed a Wednesday during summits abroad. Most Filipinos happy with 10 shot dead in Cebu

By Rhea Ruth Rosell operation when the incident Manila Times happened. It was not clear if the sus- pects shot it out with police- democratic process: survey t least 10 people were men but Conag said those killed in two separate killed were engaged in the il- By Catherine S Valente tion was six points above the Meanwhile, 20% of Filipinos at 80% and the “indiff erent” at elections,” the SWS said. Ashooting incidents in legal drug trade. Manila Times 78% reading in March 2018, but were “conditional authoritar- 74%. “In contrast, satisfaction with Talisay City and Cebu City in Five others died in another below the record-high 86% in ians” or those who said, “Under The SWS said the question on the way democracy works was Cebu at dawn on Thursday. shooting incident in Barangay September 2016. some circumstances, an author- “satisfaction in the way democ- a disappointing 44% in June The fi ve fatalities in Tal- Malubog in Cebu City. ore than eight of 10 “Satisfaction with the way itarian government can be pref- racy works” originated from the 2004, after the presidential isay were identifi ed as Duane In an interview, Supt. Rey- Filipino adults are democracy works has ranged erable to a democratic one.” Eurobarometer surveys. election of that year,” the polling Bonga, Jate Bonga, Cresencio man Tolentin, Police Re- Msatisfi ed with the way from 59% to 86% since June Nineteen percent were “in- The pollster noted that sat- fi rm added. Rafanan, Sherwin Dabasol and gional Offi ce in Central Visa- democracy works in the coun- 2010,” according to the poll- diff erent” or those who said, isfaction with democracy usu- The SWS survey, conducted Welven Vinculado. yas spokesman, said the fi ve try, a recent survey by the So- ster. “For people like me, it does not ally peaks with elections for the using face-to-face interviews Supt. Marlu Conag, Talisay victims who were on board cial Weather Stations (SWS) The SWS survey found 59% matter whether we have a dem- presidency: 70% in September of 1,500 adults (18 years old and City police chief, said their a car and a motorcycle died showed. as “committed democrats” or ocratic or a non-democratic re- 1992, 70% in July 1998, 68% in above) nationwide, had a + or team was to serve a search when unidentifi ed assailants The poll, conducted from those who said, “Democracy is gime.” June 2010 and the record-high -3% sampling error margin for warrant against 11 suspects opened fi re at them. The only September 15 to 23, found 84% always preferable to any other Satisfaction with democracy 86% in September 2016. national percentages, + or – 4% for violation of the Dangerous fatality identifi ed by the police of adult Filipinos satisfi ed with kind of government.” was highest among “committed “The previous record of for Balance Luzon and + or – 6% Drugs Act of 2002 in Barangay through an identifi cation card Philippine democracy. This number was a slight de- democrats” at 88%, followed by 80% in June 2013 was achieved each for Metro Manila, Visayas Tangke at about 3am as part of recovered from his body was The SWS said this satisfac- crease from 60% in March. “conditional authoritarians” after the May 2013 senatorial and Mindanao. their “One Time, Big Time” Christopher Tangag.

Fresh produce Sison denies interaction with college students

By Dempsey Reyes Sison, however, said telecon- Manila Times ferencing about the “terrible conditions” in the Philippines under the “brutal, corrupt and xiled Communist Party mendacious Duterte regime” is of the Philippines (CPP) a right of every students, as well Efounder Jose Maria “Joma” as speaking freely. “Duterte de- Sison yesterday denied allega- serves to be ousted within this tions by the Armed Forces of the year or next. He fails to frighten Philippines (AFP) that he has everyone from demanding his been teleconferencing with stu- ouster,” he added. dents from diff erent universities Earlier this week, the AFP re- and colleges in Metro Manila. leased the list containing names of schools that are allegedly be- “That is not true. It is a lie ing used as recruitment grounds that I had a teleconference by the CPP and the NPA to be- with so many students from come cadres and to participate in so many universities...” the “Red October” plot aimed at ousting Duterte. At the same time, Sison blast- The Philippine National Police ed the list released by the AFP chief, Director General Oscar Al- of 18 schools and universities in bayalde said the list of universi- Metro Manila that allegedly have ties allegedly infi ltrated by the become recruitment hubs of the CPP might be news to the pub- CPP and its armed wing, the lic but for PNP, it was “common New People’s Army (NPA). knowledge.” “That is not true. It is a lie Albayalde told reporters po- that I had a teleconference with lice were already monitoring the so many students from so many 18 universities prior to the re- universities. Where are the re- lease of the AFP list. cordings of the teleconference?,” Albayalde said the new infor- Sison, in self-exile in the Neth- mation on the list was about the erlands, told reporters in an on- CPP’s eff orts in inciting students Customers buy vegetables at a market in Manila, yesterday. line message. to join its rebellion. Duterte won’t transfer presidency to ‘weak’ Robredo

By Catherine S Valente in Malacanang, Duterte blasted I give it to the left? Why would I words. She said the president in July 2018, the president called for having the country ruled by of the Philippines. I’m going to Manila Times Robredo, who according to him, give it to the Yellow?” he added. should instead focus on lingering Robredo, who chairs the Liberal a military junta. The president personally swear them to offi ce,’” lacked strategic skills to handle But Robredo, in a statement, problems in the economy, which Party (LP), “incompetent” and then said in jest that the military he said. Duterte in his recent the country’s problems. said there was no justifi able rea- continue to hurt the poor, as “not ready to govern the country.” could take over his post and es- speeches expressed his desire to mid talk of an ouster plot “In all honesty, even her pub- son for the president to underes- well as allegations of corruption Duterte earlier claimed the tablish a junta. step down, citing the challenges allegedly being mounted by lic statements, I do not mean to timate her by saying that she was and extrajudicial killings in his “Yellows” or the LP members, “All you have to do is to come of his job and his failure to end Aopposition forces, Presi- off end the lady. She’s very good. “weak” as a leader. administration.“Let’s take action the communist group and the here, the major commands. If corruption and the drug menace. dent Rodrigo Duterte said he would She’s gentle. Leni is weak,” Du- “Nobody wants the president on the problems of the country Magdalo Party-list group were you feel like having coff ee with He recalled that he off ered to not resign to relinquish his post to terte said. to get sick. But his sickness is instead of pinning blame on the hatching a plan to oust him. But me then tell me then I will go resign during a command confer- his constitutional successor, Vice “She’s weak when it comes defi nitely not a reason to belittle previous administration, critics, the LP, the communists and the down. I would say, I will an- ence shortly after learning about President Maria Leonor “Leni” to strategy, but she’s not stupid me again,” she said. and on me,” she added. Magdalo group have denied any nounce, ‘I was deposed a mo- the fl awed Nayong Pilipino lease Robredo, because she was “weak.” because she passed the bar. The The vice president said the This was not the fi rst time that involvement in the alleged plot. ment ago by the Armed Forces deal and anomalous transactions In remarks before Philip- Left will hijack her government. strength of a public offi cial is not Duterte criticised Robredo’s per- In Thursday’s speech, Duterte of the Philippines and the police. in the Armed Forces’ medical pine Military Academy alumni It was repudiated. So why would measured by his or her scathing formance in public service. Back mentioned again his preference They are now the ruling junta centre. Gulf Times 14 Saturday, October 6, 2018 COMMENT

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P.O.Box 2888, Doha, Qatar pension reform [email protected] 44350478 (News), By Andrei Movchan 44466404 (Sport), Moscow 44466636 (Home delivery) odern Russia has never had 44350474 a proper pension system. It facebook.com/gulftimes inherited from the Soviet MUnion both very low twitter.com/gulftimes_Qatar retirement ages – 55 for women and 60 for men – and paltry resources to fund state pensions. But the recent decision of President Vladimir Putin and the Duma (parliament) to raise the retirement age GULF TIMES will not fi x the problem – and may create more serious problems than it solves. Since 1991, at least six diff erent pension reforms have been implemented, with each contradicting the one that preceded it. And when the government ‘Not right away’: tried to facilitate the emergence of private pension funds, the new vehicles soon went bankrupt, owing to massive fraud. All told, the various reforms have had few Electric cars have discernible results. Raising the retirement age – to 60 for women and 65 for men – seems like a simple way to help close the long road ahead fi nancing shortfall. But it has proven to be spectacularly unpopular, with Putin’s approval rating plummeting at least a Under dazzling autumn sunshine in the heart of Paris, dozen percentage points since the spring, Marc Fiot steps out of a new Zoe, Renault’s flagship all- to a level not seen since before the 2014 electric hatchback, and readily declares it “the future”. annexation of Crimea. Does that mean the 70-year-old retiree, who says he Popular opposition to the move refl ects hasn’t missed an edition of the Paris Motor Show since 1966, neither discomfort with change nor an is ready to join what carmakers insist will be the electric unwillingness to work. With Russian male Russia’s leaders should recognise that the real challenge their country faces is an ageing population, and that raising the revolution? life expectancy averaging just 67 years, retirement age is thus little more than a Band-Aid. “Not right away,” Fiot says. “What’s stopping us is the increasing the pension age to 65 is akin to price — it’s a bit expensive for a small car.” issuing men an actuarial death sentence. prefer younger employees – say, because by streamlining operations and the simply at cutting pension expenditure, The base price for a Zoe starts at 23,000 euros ($26,500) in (Russian women live much longer – not they operate in a cutting-edge or fast- associated costs. rather than genuinely trying to place the France, and doesn’t include battery rental costs — though the least because they drink far less alcohol changing industry – there may even be Resources could also be found by system on a sound fi nancial footing. The – and will do reasonably well, by global incentive to bribe labour inspectors, in reallocating money from the pensions of answer probably lies in Russia’s approach government is offering a 6,000 euro clean car rebate. standards, in the new system.) order to avoid penalties for discriminating “special categories” of citizens, such as to governance, which still emphasises But higher costs relative to traditional vehicles are just one But, leaving aside popular opposition, against older workers. members of the security services, who Soviet-style centralised control. Russia’s of the hurdles facing the industry as it races to bring electric raising the retirement age addresses the Instead, Russia’s leaders should currently have the option of retiring at ruling elite would rather cut off payments cars into the mainstream. wrong issue in the wrong way. The reform recognise that the real challenge their 45. Russian state offi cials are not only to millions of pensioners than allow the “The problem is the range isn’t enough,” said Guillaume is meant to ease strain on the public country faces is an ageing population, entitled to retire earlier; they are also paid emergence of a self-suffi cient private Magne, an 18-year-old who just recently got his licence, budget, by enabling the government to and that raising the retirement age 2-3 times more than other citizens. system that empowers individuals to after trying out Citroen’s C-Zero. reduce subsidies to the pension fund. is thus little more than a Band-Aid. Another reform that could go a long make their own choices. Eleven automakers have made 33 cars available for free But, while Russia’s pension fund does After all, if the pension fund were to way toward resolving Russia’s pension Russia’s crony-capitalist economic 30-minute test drives at the Place de la Concorde as part of have a massive shortfall, state subsidies remain sustainable using this approach troubles – a fi xed-contribution scheme – model requires an ever-increasing the motor show, which runs until October 14. to it amount to less than 10% of the alone, the retirement age would have to was actually initiated in 2002. In 2009, a volume of funds to be burned on lavish Although global sales of all-electric cars jumped 50% last total consolidated budget – less than increase by another fi ve years in 2028. If co-fi nancing scheme was launched, with mega-projects that generate huge profi ts the fl uctuation caused by changes in the Russian economy remains stagnant, the state matching individuals’ voluntary for a dozen families close to the Kremlin. year, according to Jato Dynamics analyst Felipe Munoz, they oil prices each year. For a country with as expected, the pension tax (already contributions up to a certain level and for Now it seems to be pensioners’ turn to represented barely 1% of new negligible sovereign debt, a stable budget 22% of income) will also have to rise in a limited period. make the sacrifi ces needed to fi nance Higher costs registrations. surplus, and foreign-currency reserves fi ve years, to keep the fund’s fi nancing In 2013, however, the fi xed- the appetites of Russia’s new aristocracy. Electric optimism was that grow by $30bn each year, spending levels stable. contribution experiment ended abruptly. And, because raising the retirement age are just one nonetheless on full display, an extra $30bn to subsidise pensions A more sustainable approach to While reintroducing such a scheme today won’t save the pension fund, it is only a with executives predicting that should not be a major problem. covering the fi nancing shortfall would would demand even greater government matter of time before the government of the hurdles crackdowns on pollution and the What will be a major problem is the focus on improving the management fi nancial support, at least at fi rst, in the demands more cuts to keep Putin’s push for self-driving vehicles eff ect of the higher retirement age on of Russia’s pension fund, which, with long run, it would create a sustainable and cronies happy. – Project Syndicate facing the made the shift from combustion the labour market. If older workers keep over 100,000 employees and thousands self-suffi cient system. engines inevitable. their jobs for longer, younger workers will of offi ces around the country, is far The obvious question is why Russia’s OAndrei Movchan is a nonresident industry “There isn’t a single carmaker have a harder time fi nding employment too costly to run. In fact, much of the government is sacrifi cing public support scholar in the Economic Policy Programme which isn’t planning to develop in many fi elds. For companies that fund’s shortfall can be eliminated simply to pursue an ineff ective reform aimed at the Carnegie Moscow Center. its own range of models in the next three or four years,” said Guillaume Crunelle, an auto expert at Deloitte. He expects that by 2022-23, “they will absolutely be competitive in terms of price.” Disasters discriminate – our response should not And Carlos Ghosn, head of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, said that once buyers are assured that a car can go at least 300km (185 miles) on a single charge, “range is no By Bharati Sadasivam Research also suggests that early- sanitation, a lack of privacy, and limited cupants. This is among the main reasons longer a concern”. Istanbul warning systems often fail to recognise access to menstrual hygiene prod- a team of fi refi ghters and fi rst responders That is indeed the case with the new models on display, that men and women receive and act ucts and reproductive health services. in Kraljevo, Serbia, has been working including SUVs from Mercedes and Audi, which long resisted upon information about disasters dif- Although people in charge of managing since 2016 to increase the number of women within its ranks. offering all-electric models. hen landslides devastated ferently. After fl oods inundated parts recovery eff orts may intuitively under- parts of Tajikistan’s Khat- of Serbia in 2014, focus groups discov- stand women’s needs, post-disaster Second, more women must partici- But executives admitted that a limited and disparate lon province in early 2009, ered that women had waited for offi cial planning and response fails to account pate in post-disaster counselling eff orts, network of charging stations — often using incompatible the village of Baldzhuvan notifi cation to evacuate, while men for diff erences in the needs and concerns especially in regions where women plugs or payment systems — remained a deterrent to W was better prepared than most. Bibi based their exodus on informal net- of women and men. survivors may not be as comfortable potential buyers. Rahimova, a local community organiser, works. It is not a stretch to conclude To be sure, some international agree- speaking with men about their trauma. Long charging times remain an issue as well, with had spent years alerting people to the that if offi cial orders had been delayed ments are beginning to emphasise the Third, disaster-related funding should minimum waits of about 15 minutes currently. dangers of living beneath unstable ter- or had never come, more women would gender-diff erentiated consequences of be tailored for women’s unique circum- The goal with new batteries expected to hit the market rain; when the hillside fi nally gave way, have died. natural and human-caused calamities. stances. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, in coming years is for ultrafast charging in seven to eight all of Baldzhuvan’s 35 households were Nor does working outside the home One recent example is the 2015 Sendai reconstruction programs introduced minutes, similar to the time it takes to fill up at a petrol evacuated safely, and no lives were lost. necessarily off er protection from Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, after fl oods in 2014 placed a high priority station. Rahimova was part of a village disaster-related risks. Consider the which was adopted in the aftermath on housing grants for single mothers But engineers still have to figure out how to contain the emergency group trained by Oxfam textile trade, an industry dominated by of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in and channelled redevelopment funds to International in disaster-risk reduc- women that is also notorious for locat- Japan. That resolution calls on signa- businesses with large women work- extreme heat generated by such power transfers. tion; her eff orts before, during, and ing factories in unsafe buildings that tories to consider gender at all stages of forces. For Yves Bonnefont, head of the high-end French carmaker after the mudslides made her a hero in are often among the most vulnerable in disaster mitigation – from preparedness Perhaps the most important chal- DS, depending on the level of government support, “the Tajikistan’s rugged west. But her hero- earthquakes. to reconstruction. lenge is simply to ensure that more market can either accelerate sharply, or develop slowly”. ism did something else, too: it served Adding to these dangers, women who Still, much work remains to be done, women have a say in decisions related Such support has given China a huge head start in the as a reminder that lives are saved when survive disasters often face challenges with four areas demanding urgent at- to risk reduction and response. One way market, with Chinese brands largely unknown outside the women are included in disaster planning related to sexual and gender-based tention. First, increasing the number is for community leaders and authori- country making up eight of the top 10 electric carmakers by and recovery. violence during the recovery phase. In of women on search-and-rescue teams ties to embrace the 20-point checklist volume — the others being Renault and Nissan. Natural disasters disproportionately temporary housing or camps, women is essential, in part because women developed by the United Nations Offi ce US and European carmakers worry this could make them aff ect women and children, especially and girls are more vulnerable to violence are more likely to know the location of for Disaster Risk Reduction, which dependent on Chinese battery technology, not least because in countries where women’s socioeco- and traffi cking, and often endure poor homes with children and elderly oc- identifi es ways to make disaster planning China holds huge reserves of the rare-earth minerals needed nomic status is low. For example, when more responsive to gender. The checklist Oxfam tallied the death toll from the also encourages the media to report on for lithium-ion and other battery technologies. December 2004 tsunami in the Indian gender diff erences in disaster risk and Another challenge for carmakers is that electric vehicles Ocean, it found that up to four times vulnerability. are far less complicated to build and service, requiring more women than men had died; in In- Finally, communities and disaster just a small fraction of the thousands of workers currently dia, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka, 60-80% management authorities everywhere employed across the industry. of those killed were women. Such ratios should adopt gender-specifi c strate- have been repeated in countless other gies in all stages of disaster planning disasters. The problem begins with the and response; a recent report published To Advertise way in which disasters are reported in by the United Nations Development Pro- the media, with little attention to diff er- gramme and UN Women could serve as a [email protected] ences in the numbers of men and women useful practical guide. Display aff ected. Although disasters aff ect entire com- Many factors contribute to the uneven munities, women often bear the brunt 44466621 44418811 risk, but gender bias is a leading cause. of the burden. Disasters will continue In poor countries, women are almost to discriminate, unless we transform Classified always primary caregivers, and their our responses to address their diff er- 44466609 44418811 responsibility for children, the elderly, ent eff ects on women and men – as the the sick, and the disabled can delay people of Baldzhuvan can readily attest. Subscription evacuations. When an earthquake hit – Project Syndicate southeastern Turkey in 2011, the number [email protected] of women and children killed was Bharati Sadasivam is the United signifi cantly higher than men because Nations Development Programme’s re- so many caregivers were at home at the Natural disasters disproportionately aff ect women and children, especially in gional gender adviser for Eastern Europe © 2018 Gulf Times. All rights reserved time. countries where women’s socioeconomic status is low. and Central Asia. Gulf Times Saturday, October 6, 2018 15 QATAR Culture minister attends special performance by Russian choir

E the Minister of choir off ered a special per- was closed and the choir Culture and Sports formance which captivated was disbanded. HSalah bin Ghanem the audience. At the end of The convent reopened in bin Nasser al-Ali attended the concert, the minister 1994. This is when a new a concert performed by the and the Russian ambas- group of choir singers was world-renowned Moscow sador took to the stage to formed – the ones who Sretensky Monastery Choir congratulate the choir. still represent the Russian at the Katara Opera House The internationally ac- sacred and secular music on Thursday as part of the claimed choir, founded in worldwide today. ongoing celebrations for 1397, performed a medley The event also presented Qatar-Russia 2018 Year of of songs including Russian a photo exhibition ‘The Culture. folk songs, In The Forge and Most Beautiful Country’ The event, also attended Steppe Around The Steppe, brought to Qatar by Rosneft by Russian ambassador and ancient chant, Now The Oil company. Nurmakhmad Kholov, as Powers Of Heaven. The photo contest of The well as a number of offi cials The ensemble is per- Russian Geographical Soci- and diplomats, was organ- forming in Doha for the fi rst ety is aimed at preserving ised with the support of time, adding to their high- wild nature of Russia and Rosneft Oil Company, the profi le concerts around the fostering respect for the general partner of Qatar- world in locations ranging environment. Russia 2018 Year of Cul- from the Carnegie Hall in The annual competition ture. New York to the National has been held since 2015, The ceremony’s open- Theatre of Costa-Rica. and the photos on show ing speeches stressed the The Moscow Sreten- were the winners from 12 importance of cultural ex- sky Monastery Choir is categories. change between Qatar and one of the most prominent The choir also performed Russia in promoting cul- church-singing ensembles yesterday at the Roman tural ties between the two of Russia. In the Soviet Un- Amphitheatre in Katara countries and people. The ion times, the monastery Cultural Village. HE the Minister of Culture and Sport Salah bin Ghanem bin Nasser al-Ali and the Russian envoy Nurmakhmad Kholov seen with the choir after the concert.

The ensemble is performing in Doha for the first time, adding to their high-profile concerts around the world. The choir gave a second performance yesterday at the Roman Amphitheatre in Katara Cultural Village.

Aff ordable Italian food to be available in Qatar with Coldiretti-LuLu partnership

By Joey Aguilar opening of Italian Food Festival production, stable supply and Qatar’s aim of achieving food se- here – at very convenient prices Staff Reporter 2018 at LuLu Hypermarket, Al reduction of over consumption curity. As an expert in agriculture – a more varied selection of Ital- Messila. The event, dubbed Sa- are few examples related to food and livestock breeding, as well as ian quality products to share with vour the best of Italy is organised and directly impacting people’s in agro-processing, he noted that their families and friends unique ff ordable and high-quality by LuLu and the Italian Trade lives and well-being, the envoy Italy can work closely with Qatar moments of joy and happiness,” Italian food will be easily Commission with the support of explained. “There is a global call to come up with a suitable tech- he added. Aavailable in Doha with the the Italian embassy in Doha. Sal- for new agricultural solutions and nology and research solutions, “This is what food is all about: recent partnership between Col- zano noted that the top manage- consumption models.” which can better serve the coun- it is about sharing and caring for diretti, the leading Italian organi- ment of Coldiretti visited Doha “Qatar is implementing ambi- try’s goals. the people we are close to. The sation of farmers representing in July this year and agreed with tious plans for self-suffi ciency, “Partnering with LuLu Group attention to well-being stands at half-million Italian producers, LuLu to set up Italian food dedi- integrated food logistics and di- International means not only co- the very heart of Italian culinary and LuLu Hypermarkets, Italian cated corners in all LuLu centres versifi cation of food supplies. operating with one of the fastest traditions: taste and health go ambassador Pasquale Salzano has in Qatar and in the region perma- Italy is pleased to be a partner growing multinational leader in necessarily together and are both said. nently. He cited Qatar’s eff orts in for Qatar also in this respect,” the sector of hypermarkets but equally important,” Salzano said. “This will help meeting the fast looking for solutions and show- stressed Salzano who also an- it also means co-operating with He stressed that the Italian growing demand for quality food, ing the world a strong vision and nounced the staging of the Italian a business which puts access to embassy in Doha has been con- showcasing the Italian food cul- commitment in developing its cuisine next month. aff ordable quality food and nutri- tinuously supporting this annual ture and further strengthening agro-food production capacity Coldiretti, according to the en- tion at the core of its development promotion, allowing people to the cultural and economic rela- amid the pressing food security voy, off ers a distinctive, sustain- model,” Salzano pointed out. experience the great variety of tions between our two countries,” issues and challenges globally. able and replicable agricultural “The Qatari people and the in- the Italian food and the ingredi- the envoy told attendees at the Quality nutrition, sustainable model, which can contribute to ternational community will fi nd ents of the Mediterranean diet. Italian ambassador Pasquale Salzano.

Fashion fiesta

Bollywood celebrity and global fashion icon Aishwarya Rai Bachchan took the centre stage at the Fashion Weekend International (FWI) 2018 in Doha yesterday, showcasing the latest collection of acclaimed fashion designer and Oscar jury member Manish Malhotra. The one-of-its-kind fashion show, organised by FAB Entertainment, provided “a perfect setting” for Malhotra’s iconic debut in Doha with the globally acclaimed beauty queen and multifaceted actress. Alfardan Group, Salam, Mondrian Doha and Qatar Tourism Authority were the other core partners of the event, which witnessed the Miss World 1994 winner Aishwarya Rai Bachchan walking the runway for Malhotra for the first time internationally. PICTURES: Jayan Orma Gulf Times 16 Saturday, October 6, 2018 QATAR Amir holds talks, meetings in Buenos Aires

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met with the President of the Supreme Court of Argentina, Carlos Rosenkrantz, at the Justice Palace in Buenos Aires yesterday. The Amir congratulated Rosenkrantz on assuming the presidency of the Supreme Court, wishing him success in performing his duties. For his part, the President of the Supreme Court thanked the Amir for accepting the invitation and visiting the Palace of Justice, expressing his aspiration to develop co-operation between the two sides. During the meeting, they reviewed aspects of co-operation between Qatar and Argentina, especially regarding the opportunities for co-operation between the two judicial authorities His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani meeting with Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri at the Presidential Palace in and ways to boost and develop them. The meeting was attended by members of the off icial delegation Buenos Aires yesterday. accompanying the Amir.

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani is accorded an off icial reception upon his arrival at the Presidential Palace in Buenos His Highness the Amir meets an Argentine delegation. Aires yesterday.

His Highness the Amir speaking at a luncheon banquet hosted by President Mauricio Macri in honour of the Qatari delegation at the Presidential Palace museum in Buenos Aires yesterday. Above: President Mauricio Macri speaking at the banquet. Qatar and Argentina vow to consolidate ties Ministers discuss ways to

From Page 1 the Argentine people for their vancing bilateral relations. steadfastness and strength of warm welcome and hospital- Commenting on what the society in Qatar and friends, Qa- enhance trade relations He pointed to Qatar’s abil- ity, adding that Qatar-Argentina president said about his coun- tar has become stronger and has ity to organise successful FIFA relations have been spanning try’s diffi cult conditions, the also become more self-reliant World Cup Qatar 2022, wishing for more than 40 years and have Amir said that all nations are go- than ever, expressing the hope QNA his team success in qualifying for been remarkably growing over ing through diffi cult stages, in- that Argentina will overcome Buenos Aires the championship. the past two years, especially cluding the State of Qatar, which this diffi cult economic condi- On his part, His Highness the after the mutual visits, pointing is undergoing regional challeng- tions under the leadership of the Amir thanked the president and out that this visit aimed at ad- es, but thanks to Allah and the president. E the Minister of Economy and Com- Hmerce Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohamed al- Thani met yesterday in Bue- nos Aires with Argentina’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jorge Faurie; and Secretary for International Economic Relations of the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs Horacio Reyser in two sepa- HE the Minister of Economy and Commerce Sheikh Ahmed bin rate meetings. Jassim bin Mohamed al-Thani meeting with Argentina’s Minister They discussed bilateral rela- of Foreign Affairs, Jorge Faurie, in Buenos Aires yesterday. tions and the means to enhance them in all fi elds, particularly tinian ministerial committee’s They also have agreements to in electricity generation, infra- meeting that took place in De- encourage and protect invest- structure, transport and tour- cember 2017. ments, as well as to avoid dou- ism. Trade volume between Qatar ble taxation. They also discussed ways to and Argentina was QR1.2bn. The two sides also have many activate the agreements signed The two sides have a number memorandums of understand- between the two countries. of bilateral agreements, includ- ing in the sports, tourism, sci- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and Argentinian President Mauricio Macri hold a session of official talks at They also followed up on the ing on economic, commerce, entifi c research, and cultural the Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires yesterday. outcomes of the Qatari-Argen- and technical co-operation. fi elds.