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TUESDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10266 November 8, 2016 Safar 8, 1438 AH

GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Qatar, Serbia to expand ties Qatari-patent smart In brief AC system to hit

QATAR | Health Four eateries closed GCC market in 2017 for violating rules Four restaurants in the Mamoura Initial tests of the new technology and Najma areas of Doha have show a cut in energy use between been closed for 10 days each for 50% and 75% compared to violating regulations that pertain conventional systems to preparing food in healthy conditions. The orders were issued By Joey Aguilar by Doha Municipality director Staff Reporter Jamal Matar al-Nuaimi. Doha Municipality’s Health Control Section issued a violation report n a first for the GCC region, the and initiated legal procedures first Qatari-patent smart air against a catering firm in Bin Iconditioning (AC) system, which Mahmoud. The outlet was found can save up to 80% electricity, is ex- manipulating the expiry dates pected to hit the market in 2017, Gulf of some products – through Organisation for Research and De- extending the validity by four velopment (GORD) founding chair- months – and following unhygienic HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani yesterday held a round of off icial man Dr Yousef Alhorr announced practices in freezing fresh meat talks with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic. The talks, held at the Emir Diwan, yesterday. and fish items. A restaurant in the reviewed relations between Qatar and Serbia and ways to develop them, particularly The “GORD@smartcool” is a fully Nuaija area was issued a violation in the fields of trade, investment, culture and agriculture. The two leaders also integrated and controlled all-in-one report after an insect was found discussed regional and international issues of common concern, especially ventilating and AC system that pro- inside a meal ready to be served developments in the Middle East. After the talks, HH the Emir and the Serbian vides “super-effi cient, cost-eff ective, to customers. president witnessed the signing of a number of agreements and memoranda of and sustainable cooling for open or en- understanding between the two countries. Page 2 closed spaces in moderate, hot or hu- QATAR | Announcement mid climates”. GORD founding chairman Yousef Alhorr (left) and SKM executive director Abdul “The ‘GORD@smartcool, entirely Karim al-Saleh after signing the agreement for the commercialisation of GORD’s Amnesty scheme developed in Qatar and part of the smart AC cooling system. PICTURE: Shemeer Rasheed to end on Dec 1 country’s contribution in advanc- The Ministry of Interior (MoI) ing human knowledge in this area, is a be fully driven by waste heat and re- hotels and other big buildings, typical yesterday reiterated, through breakthrough,” the offi cial told report- newables. applications also include open spaces a tweet, that the three-month Qatar World Cup ers at the opening of the three-day GORD will continue its research, fo- such as football stadia, walkways, sou- amnesty scheme for violators Green Expo Forum 2016 in Doha yes- cusing on how to scale the system up qs, and parks, among others. of Law No 4 of 2009 Regulating terday. for bigger applications in the future, The system can also be applied to the Entry, Exit, Residence and The event highlighted a signing cer- and how to downscale it for home use, healthy and effi cient fresh-air to fresh- Sponsorship of Expatriates would is a ‘done deal’ emony between GORD and Sharjah according to Dr Alhorr. air heat exchange where the use of re- end on December 1. The grace Kuwait Manufacturing (SKM), one of “The ‘GORD@smartcool is bigger turn air heat recovery is prohibited period for illegal residents to the biggest AC manufacturers in the than a split AC unit in size and SKM such as hospitals, health centres, and leave the country without facing AFP ing the bidding process for the 2022 region, for the commercialisation of will introduce a new line for its manu- laboratories. any legal consequences for their Doha World Cup and the 2018 tournament GORD@smartcool. facturing,” he explained. GORD noted that greenhouses for overstay had come into force on in Russia. Dr Alhorr noted that initial tests of “The new cooling system will go into leisure spaces or crop production is an- September 1. The violators can Al-Thawadi told the Al-Sharq the new technology showed a cut in en- production early next year and avail- other potential application, which can approach the Search and Follow olding the 2022 World Cup newspaper that Qatar had nothing to ergy use between 50% and 75% com- able commercially,” he added. reduce food imports and strengthen up Department from Sunday to in Qatar is a “done deal”, a fear. “I am totally confi dent our fi le is pared to conventional systems. The 15 Apart from enclosed spaces such as national and regional food security. Thursday (2-8pm) to complete the Hconfi dent head of the tour- clean,” he said. TR (52 kW) world’s fi rst unit is installed exit procedures, the MoI said. nament organising committee said Al-Thawadi also tackled the is- and tested at GORD’s Technohub lo- yesterday. sue of venue numbers and said cated at Qatar Science and Technology Making renewable energy viable in the GCC region QATAR | Decision Hassan al-Thawadi, secretary- organisers would like to see eight Park. general of the Supreme Committee stadiums used during the 2022 The risk-free and chlorofl uorocar- GORD has expressed optimism that the initially instead of the compressor, Park reserves Tuesday for Delivery and Legacy (SC), told a World Cup. bon-free energy effi cient cooling sys- new smart air conditioning system will depending on weather conditions. for women and children local Arabic daily that football’s big- FIFA told AFP last week that a fi nal tem can shrink clients’ carbon foot- also make renewable energy viable in Dr Alhorr said the system is intelligent Al Khor and Al Thakhira gest tournament will go ahead in the decision on the number of venues had prints using cost eff ective means, he the GCC region. According to Dr Alhorr, (smart) enough to detect outside Municipality has reduced – from Middle East. been pushed back until next year at claimed. one of the reasons for not fully utilising temperatures and conditions, triggering two to one – the number of days “The 2022 World Cup will be the earliest. Based on the application, GORD@ renewable energy in this part of the its fi rst part to work, which uses less exclusively allocated to women held in Qatar, the first in a Middle Qatar’s successful bid for the tour- smartcool consists of a single or multi world is due to effi ciency issues. energy. If it is not enough due to higher and children to visit Al Khor Park. Eastern, Arab and Muslim coun- nament allowed for up to 12 stadiums stages that can dehumidify and cool the “Renewable energy system here is not humidity or temperatures, the next part Now, only Tuesdays are reserved try,” al-Thawadi told the Al-Sharq to be used in 2022. air to the required comfort level. The good enough to power AC compressors will function before triggering the last for women and children, while newspaper. “We are confi dent that we will not system uses recycled water and absorb- as they consume too much electricity,” option – the use of a compressor. families can visit the park on all “It is a done deal.” be asked to implement 12 stadiums,” ent materials extracted from rejected he noted. “If you reduce this, renewable “In one year, the compressor may not be other days. Earlier this year, the He added that World Cup organis- he said. “We feel that eight stadiums desalination brines. energy becomes more viable, more used since other parts of the system are municipality had allotted two ers in the Gulf had a “generally posi- is enough for Qatar.” The environment-friendly desic- feasible to be used.” GORD’s smart functioning,” he added. “This is a new days – Tuesday and Thursday – for tive” relationship with FIFA, foot- So far, Qatar has said it will spend cant has a high affi nity for water and cooling system, made up of three innovation where we are combining women and children to visit the ball’s governing body. up to $10bn on stadium construc- capable of absorbing water vapour separate units, will only be using pumps three systems into one package.” park. A Swiss legal team is investigat- tion. from their immediate vicinity. It can Clinton and Trump in frenzied fi nal push for votes

AFP lationship with the world. Trump in a four way race including two fl urry of back-to-back rallies. Pittsburgh “I want the entire corrupt Washing- fringe candidates, according to a Real- Besides Obama and First Lady ton establishment to hear the words we ClearPolitics average of national polls. Michelle, Clinton drew on the star pow- are all about to say: when we win tomor- US media predicted substantial to er of rockers Bruce Springsteen and Jon illary Clinton and Donald Trump row, we are going to drain the swamp,” big wins for the 69-year-old Democrat Bon Jovi at their fi nal big rally in Phila- battled for votes on a frenzied he told cheering supporters in Sarasota, when electoral votes are counted. delphia last night. Hfi nal day of campaigning yester- Florida. Infl uential election forecaster “I ask you to do for Hillary what you day, telling Americans the country’s fate Chants of “Drain the swamp! Drain FiveThirtyEight gave her a two to one did for me,” Obama said at a rally in Ann rides on who they choose as the next US the swamp” rose from the crowd. chance of winning the 270 votes needed Arbor, Michigan, the fi rst of three he is president. Despite his outward confi dence, to claim the White House. holding for Clinton on the eve of the Clinton, the front-running Demo- the 70-year-old mogul needs to break Under the cloud of an FBI investiga- vote. crat, aimed to nail down her narrow lead through a wall of Democratic support in tion, Clinton got good news on Sunday “You have the chance to reject a with stops in three battleground states, industrial northern states like Michigan when James Comey, the agency’s direc- coarse, divisive, mean-spirited politics as President Barack Obama covered for to win. tor, cleared her again of criminal wrong- that would take us backwards,” he said. her elsewhere before they join up at a Trump, Clinton and Obama all fo- doing in her use of a private e-mail serv- “The chance to elect our fi rst female star-studded grand fi nale in Philadel- cused precious fi nal eff orts campaigning er while serving as secretary of state. president.” phia. there and other key states. But the damage may already have Clinton herself was holding rallies “The choice in this election could As she boarded her campaign plane been done. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Grand not be clearer,” Clinton said at a rally in White Plains, New York for the day’s Her popularity had dipped and opin- Rapids, Michigan, before ending her day in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “It really fi rst rally in Pennsylvania, Clinton ad- ion polls tightened after Comey’s cam- in the closely contested swing state of is between division or unity. Between mitted that bringing the country to- paign bombshell decision eight days ago North Carolina. strong and steady leadership or a loose gether again after one of the bitterest US Supporters of US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton cheering while to reopen the investigation. Her fi nal appearances had a note of cannon.” elections ever will require “some work”. waiting for her to arrive at the Grand Valley State University Fieldhouse in Allendale, It gave Trump a windfall opportunity optimism mixed with warnings of the Trump, the billionaire Republi- “I really do want to be the president Michigan, yesterday. to recover ground lost while battling ac- threat posed by Trump. can nominee, set out from must-win for everybody – people who vote for me, cusations of sexual assault. “We don’t have to accept a dark and Florida on a fi ve state swing, the cul- people who vote against me,” she told ing millions of viewers, Clinton warns, hopeful and inclusive?” she asks as a pi- From Sarasota, Trump headed to divisive vision for America,” she told the mination of a dramatic run for the reporters. “Our core values are being tested in this ano trills in the background. Raleigh, North Carolina; Scranton, crowd in Pittsburgh. “Tomorrow you presidency as a right-wing nationalist In a video message set to air during election.” On the eve of the vote, Clinton held a Pennsylvania; Manchester, New Hamp- can vote for a hopeful, inclusive, big- vowing radical change in America’s re- two prime-time television shows reach- “Is America dark and divisive, or widening but still close 3.2% lead over shire; and Grand Rapids, Michigan for a hearted America.” Gulf Times 2 Tuesday, November 8, 2016 QATAR

HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and the visiting Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic at the off icial reception ceremony at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. Qatar and Serbia sign pacts to boost bilateral relations QNA Doha

atar and Serbia signed a number of agreements Qand memoranda of un- derstanding following a round of offi cial talks chaired by HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and the visit- ing Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic at the Emiri Diwan yes- terday. The talks reviewed bilateral relations between Qatar and Serbia and means of developing them, particularly in the fi elds of trade, investment, culture and agriculture. The two sides also discussed regional and interna- tional issues of common con- cern, especially developments in the Middle East. After the session, the Emir and the Serbian president wit- nessed the signing of a number of agreements and memoranda of understanding between the two countries. The signed documents in- cluded an agreement on the motivation and protection of HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic witness the signing of agreements at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. mutual investments between the governments of the State Serbian president of Qatar and the Republic of Later the Emir hosted a Serbia, a draft memorandum luncheon banquet in honour of of understanding in the fi eld of President Tomislav Nikolic and youth and sports between the the delegation accompanying governments of Qatar and Ser- him. bia, a co-operation agreement A number of Qatari ministers in the cultural fi eld between the attended the banquet. two governments, and a draft Meanwhile, HE the Prime memorandum of understanding Minister and Minister of Inte- in the fi eld of agriculture be- rior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser tween Qatar’s Ministry of Mu- bin Khalifa al-Thani yesterday nicipality and Environment and held separate talks with Serbian Serbia’s Ministry of Agriculture President Tomislav Nikolic and and Environmental Protection. the delegation accompanying Several Qatari ministers and him on the occasion of their visit the offi cial delegation accompa- to the country. nying the Serbian president were The meeting reviewed means also present at the talks. of developing bilateral relations Earlier on arrival at the Emiri between Qatar and Serbia on all Diwan an official reception fronts, and discussed issues of HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa ceremony was accorded to the mutual interest. Qatar and Serbia signing an agreement yesterday. al-Thani holding talks with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic yesterday.

Advisory Council forms panels QPO to perform Dana Alfardan’s songs

QNA ti, and Saqr Fahd al-Muraikhi. hamed al-Sada, Abdurrahman everal songs by noted Qa- with Dana writing the music Doha The Financial and Economic Muftah al-Muftah, Ibrahim Mo- tari composer and song- and MAias arranging it. This Aff airs Committee comprises hamed al-Assiri, Khalid Hamad Swriter Dana Alfardan will song is a reference to the lus- Abdurrahman Muftah al-Muf- al-Labda, Mohamed Teraiheeb be performed by the Qatar Phil- trous, silvery-white substance he Advisory Council held tah, Mohamed Ajaj al-Kubaisi, bin Nayfah, Ibrahim Mohamed harmonic Orchestra (QPO) and that is omitted from pearls and its regular weekly meeting Muqbil Ali al-Hitmi, Nasser al-Misnad al-Mohannadi, Mo- leading soprano vocalist, Daisy also a nod to the Alfardan fam- Tduring its 45th ordinary Rashid Sereia al-Kaabi, Yous- hamed Hammam al-Abdullah, Chute, at the Sandstorm Con- ily’s heritage and pearl trading session under the presidency of suf Rashid al-Khater, Moham- Mohamed Jassim al-Badi, Ib- cert on November 20 at the Ka- background. HE the Speaker Mohamed bin ed Khalid al-Ghanim, Nasser rahim Khalifa al-Nasr, Mubar- tara Opera House. Dana’s second new piece Fijiri Mubarak al-Khulaifi . Suleiman Haider, Khalaf Ahmed ak Ghanim al-Ali, and Nasser “Dana Alfardan has con- is a modern orchestral rendition At the outset of the meeting, al-Mannai, Ali Hussein Zainal, Ahmed al-Malki. fi rmed that 17 of her songs, in- of pearl diving music featuring HE Secretary General Fahad bin Nasser Khalil al-Jaidah, and Said The Cultural Aff airs and In- cluding several from her latest her signature nuances. Mubarak al-Khayareen read Butti al-Sahouti. formation Committee comprises album, Sandstorm, in addition “Pearl diving is something the approved agenda before the The Services and Public Utili- Dr Ahmed Mohamed Obaidan, to the debut of two new songs, that has been in my family for council ratifi ed the minutes of its ties Committee comprises Mo- Mohamed Abdullah al-Attiyah, will be performed on the occa- generations and has also had previous meeting. hamed Ajaj al-Kubaisi, Zabin Hamid Ali al-Ahbabi, Abdul- sion,” a statement said yester- a lasting impact on Qatar, and Later the council formed its Abdul Hadi al-Dossari, Ibrahim lah Mohamed al-Sada, Ibrahim day. I am eagerly awaiting the re- fi ve permanent committees. Khalifa al-Nasr, Hadi Said al- Mohamed al-Assiri, Zabin Abdul The Sandstorm Concert, QPO to perform Dana Alfardan’s songs at Katara. sponse from music lovers and The Legal and Legislative Khyareen, Abdullah Khalid al- Hadi al-Doassari, Muqbil Ali al- in association with DNA listeners alike to these pieces,” Aff airs Committee comprises Mana, Mubarak Ghanim al-Ali, Hitmi, Rashid Hamad al-Maad- Records, Qatar’s fi rst home musicians, and accompanied by Pride of A Nation and Music she said. Dr Ahmed Mohamed Obaidan, Saqr Fahd al-Meraikhi, Nasser hadi, Khalid Hamad al-Labda, grown record label founded by a video that features the QPO Box, along with never-before- Dana and the QPO have en- Mohamed Abdullah al-Sulaiti, Ahmed al-Malki, and Ahmed Mohamed Teraiheeb bin Nay- Dana, will begin with Dana’s performing the song at various heard music to be launched for joyed a long-lasting and fruit- Rashid Hamad al-Maadhadi, Khalifa al-Rumaihi. fah, Ibrahim Mohamed al-Mi- fi rst piece, The Beginning from locations throughout HIA in- the fi rst time at the Sandstorm ful relationship over the years, Nasser Rashid Seraei al-Kaa- The Internal and External Af- snad al-Mohannadi, Mohamed her latest album, Sandstorm, cluding the airport’s main run- concert. with a highpoint being in 2015 bi, Youssuf Rashid al-Khater, fairs Committee comprises Issa Hamam al-Abdullah, Mohamed which is also the theme song way. Dana’s two new songs in- when the QPO, once again in Mohamed Khalid al-Ghanim, bin Rabia al-Kuwari, Mohamed Jassim al-Badi, Khalaf Ahmed for Hamad International Air- Throughout the evening, clude Lustre, a collaboration association with DNA Records, Nasser Suleiman Haider, Ali Abdullah al-Sulaiti, Mohamed al-Mannai, Hadi Said al-Khay- port (HIA). music lovers and guests will be between esteemed solo vio- presented Layla at the Katara Hussein Zainal, Nasser Khalil Abdullah al-Attiyah, Hamid areen, Abdullah Khalid al-Mana, This piece will be performed able to enjoy Dana’s signature linist and prominent member Opera House as an interpreta- al-Jaidah, Said Butti al-Sahou- Ali al-Ahababi, Abdullah Mo- and Ahmed Khalifa al-Rumaihi. live on stage, by over 80 QPO sounds including Won’t Drown, of the QPO, MAias Alyamani, tion of Dana’s fi rst album. Gulf Times Tuesday, November 8, 2016 3 QATAR

ISESCO chief calls on PM Deputy PM meets envoys of Kuwait, Djibouti

HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani held a meeting with the Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) Dr Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri, currently visiting the country to participate in the 21st session of the Executive Council of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW). During the meeting, they reviewed aspects of co-operation between Qatar and the organisation and its activities and programmes in the areas of education and culture in Islamic countries.

HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Aff airs Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al-Mahmoud held separate meetings yesterday with the ambassadors of Kuwait and Djibouti to Qatar, Hafeez Mohamed Salem al-Ajmi and Tayeb Dbd Robleh, respectively, in Doha. Bilateral relations and ways of enhancing them in various fields, as well as issues of common concern were discussed. The two meetings were attended by off icials at the PM chairs fi rst cabinet general secretariat. meeting of business promotion panel

QNA, companies and institutions. The Premier added that of measures to be taken to Doha HE Sheikh Abdullah bin establishing the committee solve them. Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani comes within the govern- The Prime Minister noted had directed during recent ment’s continuing eff orts that the role of the commit- E the Prime Minis- meetings with private sector to develop the economic tee will not end at review- ter and Minister of entities that the committee performance as part of im- ing the obstacles facing the HInterior Sheikh Ab- be established for consulta- plementing the programs private sector and suggest- dullah bin Nasser bin Kha- tion and listening to recom- and plans of Qatar National ing solutions, but also will lifa al-Thani has stressed mendations and views on Vision 2030, noting that the examine opportunities for the importance of taking se- how to enhance the business committee is considered economic growth and get- rious and eff ective measures environment to boost eco- part of the initiatives car- ting in touch with the con- to enhance the business and nomic growth in the country. ried out to turn these pro- cerned sides whether in investment environment in The Prime Minister noted grammes and plans into re- government or the private the country so as to promote that establishing the com- ality that helps in achieving sector to present initiatives the role of the private sector mittee reaffi rms the gov- sustainable development, to benefi t from the avail- in the diff erent economic ernment’s commitment to diversifying the economy able opportunities through activities by developing the the implementation of the and increasing investments. co-operation and co-ordi- legislative framework, facil- directives of HH the Emir HE Sheikh Abdullah bin nation with the public and itating the procedures and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Nasser said the committee private sectors. removing the obstacles that al-Thani and state policies aims to communicate with The committee was es- face the business society. that aim to increase the role the diff erent private sec- tablished under the presi- The Prime Minister made of the private sector in eco- tor entities in order to learn dency of HE the Prime Min- the remarks as he chaired nomic development. about their concerns and ister and Minister of Interior the fi rst meeting of the Establishing the com- obstacles and listen to their and submits its reports and committee on promoting mittee also stresses the proposals on how to solve recommendations to him. the business and invest- government’s keenness on them. It also aims to be in It will meet regularly on a ment environment for the co-ordination and work- touch with government of- monthly basis or whenever government and public ing with the private sector fi cials to discuss proposed necessary. The Premier will sectors, which was held to remove obstacles facing measures to solve the prob- meet with the committee yesterday. The committee the business and invest- lems of the private sector, he every two months to discuss includes representatives of ment society so as to enable said, adding that the com- its reports and recommen- the relevant ministries and it to eff ectively contribute to mittee will also put a list of dations and take the neces- government entities as well the diff erent economic ac- the main issues that face the sary measures to enhance as representatives of busi- tivities, HE Sheikh Abdullah private sector and off er re- the business and investment nessmen and private sector bin Nasser said. ports and recommendations environment in the country. Speech contest to be part of National Day celebrations

By Peter Alagos Business Reporter

public speaking competition or- Aganised by ICC One Toastmasters Club will be part of the Qatar National Day 2016 celebrations, it was announced. The contest is being held in association with the Qa- tar National Day 2016 Asso- ciated Activities Organising Committee, said MI Farid, founder president, ICC One Off icials of ICC One Toastmasters Club, Qatar National Day 2016 Associated Activities Toastmasters Club, during Organising Committee, and Doha Bank during a press conference announcing a public a press conference held on speaking competition that will be part of Qatar National Day 2016 celebrations. Sunday at the headquarters PICTURE: Jayan Orma of Doha Bank, the event’s gold sponsor. tional” (12 to 18 years), “In- their registration. Day 2016 Associated Activi- The contest, open to all spirational” (18 years and In the pre-qualifying ties Organising Committee. residents of Qatar, is geared above), and “Humorous” rounds, the same topic is Major Nasser Abdullah at promoting communica- (18 years and above). Kumar given to the contestants in al-Suwaidi, vice president tion and leadership skills, said two other categories their category. of the Qatar National Day according to chief co-or- were added to the students However, for the “hu- Celebrations Security Com- dinator Ravi Kumar, who competition: “Schools – In- morous” and the fi nale con- mittee, said the topics for noted that the contest fi nals spirational” (12 to 18 years) testants are free to choose the adult competition are will be held on December 16 and “Independent Schools” their topic. “Qatar the Safest Country” at Radisson Blu Hotel. (12 to 18 years). The guideline, Kumar and “Qatar’s Role in Hu- “Our club has the distinc- “Due to the large number stressed, is that contestants manitarian Relief,” while the tion of organising this pres- of entries, we have pre-quali- should not talk about sex, student competition will tigious annual event for the fying rounds in each category religion, or politics. delve on the the topics “Qa- 13th year in a row. and the best six contestants Schools co-ordinator tar’s Educational Progress” This year, it is at a higher go into the grand fi nale,” he Susmita Pattnaik said since and “Sheikh Jassim bin Mo- level because we are cel- said, adding that the fi nals the event is part of the na- hamed al-Thani, Founder of ebrating the Qatar National will start at 2pm and will con- tional day celebrations, the Qatar, a Visionary Leader.” Day,” Kumar said. clude by 9pm. topics chosen for the “in- For more information and This year, the contest will Kumar said all the con- spirational” category are to participate in the event, feature the following cat- testants are given the judg- based on Qatar in associa- visit www.icconetoastmas- egories: “Schools – Inspira- ing criteria at the time of tion with the Qatar National ters.org. Gulf Times 4 Tuesday, November 8, 2016 QATAR

GCC Rowing Championship this weekend

he Qatar Sailing and Marine Sports (CM2X) and Men’s Coxed Quadruple Sculls Federation (QSMF) will be hosting the (CM4X+) during the two-day event. T1st GCC Rowing Championship 2016 QSMF president Khalifa Mohamed al-Se- ‘Qatar has second highest number at the Doha Corniche on November 11-12. waidi said: “Qatar is proud to host the maid- The tournament, which will be held under en edition of this event. The competition will the auspices of the GCC Sailing and Rowing further help in developing the sport in the Federation, will involve the participation of region besides fostering brotherly fraternity. all the GCC member states. “As organisers, every hands are already on of green buildings in Mena region’ Participants will compete in four dis- the deck to ensure a very successful outing ciplines including Women’s Solo (CW1X), and we believe the athletes will have a won- Men’s Solo (CM1X), Men’s Double Sculls derful time in Doha.” By Joseph Varghese of properties in the country apply value because the asset value of the Staff Reporter the green building practices in their green buildings is much more than projects. the normal buildings. Moreover, the “The new major projects by indoor quality as well as other fea- atar has the second highest Msheirib Properties, Qatar Founda- tures of such buildings is far better number of green buildings tion, Lusail City among others are than the normal buildings. Qin the entire Middle East following the green building prac- It will also increase the perform- and North Africa (Mena) region, a tices. ance of the employees which will re- top offi cial of Qatar Green Building “All the new schools that are re- sult in higher input from them.” Council (QGBC) said yesterday. cently opening are GSAS certifi ed.” The offi cial hinted that the Qatar “Qatar is far more ahead in the According to the QGBC director, Sustainability Week from November green building practices than most all the government projects are fol- 13-19 is an eff ort to involve the pub- countries in the region. The number lowing the green building practices. lic more and more into sustainability of developers and organisations “However, the private sector is practices. adopting green building practices in little behind. They have to pick up “The sustainability week plans to the country is going up in a big way,” the momentum from the govern- involve the public in the environ- QGBC director Meshal al-Shamari ment and public entities. mental and sustainability issues.We told Gulf Times. Al-Shamari ... going green “The green building practices hope to engage the public and take “All the new buildings by Public have very high quality and provides them along in the journey. This will Works Authority (Ashghal) and the ability Assessment System (GSAS) several features which are lacking in give a great leverage for the sustain- the Ministry of Municipality and certifi ed. the normal buildings. ability practices in the country,” he Environment are Global Sustain- “Most of the major developers “The green buildings have great said.

Winners of digital banking campaign receive gift vouchers

ommercial Bank has an- nounced the winners of a Ccampaign rewarding custom- ers for using the bank’s digital chan- nels instead of visiting a branch. Customers who completed the highest number of transactions using Commercial Bank’s mobile banking app or Internet banking portal between April 20 and Sep- tember 20 received gift vouchers from dnata Travel. A wide range of online transac- tions qualifi ed for the campaign, including local or international transfers, credit card payments, bill The winners with off icials. payments such as Kahramaa, Oore- doo, Vodafone, Qatar Cool and oth- new account application online. for completing 1,030 transactions “Commercial Bank is proud to be er merchants available on the bank’s A total of fi ve winners were an- during the campaign period. the pioneers of digital banking inno- digital channels, purchasing top-up nounced, all claiming vouchers from Using the mobile banking app or vations and provide the most secure vouchers from Ooredoo, activat- dnata Travel ranging in value from Internet banking portal, customers and easy-to-use digital services that ing, replacing or reissuing PINs for QR3,000 to QR15,000. In fi rst place can bank “at their own convenience, save customers the time and ex- debit or credit cards, subscription was Krishnamoorthi Kaliappan, 24 hours a day, seven days a week”, the pense of visiting a branch in person,” to eStatements and completing a who received a QR15,000 voucher bank has said in a press statement. it adds. Gulf Times Tuesday, November 8, 2016 5 QATAR Color Run back for a third year

he third edition of The on the day of the event, with the Color Run presented by fi rst wave of runners setting off TSahtak Awalan: Your at 8.30am. Health First will be held at Qa- The initiative encourages and tar National Convention Centre empowers participants of all ages Newly appointed Indian ambassador Periyaswamy Kumaran addresses the gathering. PICTURE: Jayan Orma (QNCC) on January 28, as the and abilities to focus on being Tropicolor World Tour makes its healthy and happy in a relaxed mark in Doha. running environment. This follows the success of It is once again supported by previous editions of the initia- Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar, tive, with thousands expected to whose health campaign Sahtak join the fun at the January event, Awalan: Your Health First will according to a press statement present the event. New Indian ambassador from the organisers. Nesreen al-Rifai, chief “Color Runners are promised communications officer for a lively island-style experience WCM-Q, said: “Our Sahtak complete with lots more fun Awalan: Your Health First and colour, as they run, walk, campaign really emphasises dance, jog or even skip through taking the time to focus on you the 5km course with their family and your health but in a fun vows to improve services and friends, while getting cov- and relaxing way, which is why ered head to toe in colour at every we have once again partnered By Ramesh Mathew pressed the hope that under the steward- necessity of the Ministry of External Af- northern Kerala districts, lacks in many kilometre mark,” the statement with The Color Run for a third Staff Reporter ship of the new ambassador there would fairs alerting the state governments to areas, he complained. noted. year running.” be many favourable changes in the com- improve the services provided to the Non Kumaran said he would follow up the Participants have been advised Tickets are now available from ing months. Resident Indians from the Gulf region. issue with those concerned. to arrive at QNCC by around 7am www.thecolorrun.qa he Indian embassy is considering Kumaran agreed that some of those is- Chaliyar Doha member V C Mashood z The ambassador will hold an Open options to provide most consular sues called for the urgent intervention of sought the ambassador’s intervention in up- House on the last Thursday of every Tservices in another location in Doha, local offi cials and he assured the commu- grading the services at Calicut International month in the embassy premises from Army chief meets Sudanese counterpart preferably in a centrally located place, and nity members of the embassy’s willing- Airport in Kerala’s Malappuram district. 3pm to 4pm to listen to / redress any ur- also in Al Khor and Industrial Area. ness to help them. The airport, which serves a large gent labour and consular issues of Indi- HE the Chief of Staff Air Vice-Marshal Ghanim bin Shaheen “The intention is more people would The envoy said he and his colleagues at number of expatriates from three or four ans, it was announced yesterday. al-Ghanim yesterday met Sudanese Chief of Staff Lieutenant benefi t without coming to the embassy the embassy were committed to protect- General Emadeddine Mostafa Adawi who was on a brief visit to for receiving the services,” the newly- ing the interests of the community mem- Appeal for higher education at ‘aff ordable costs’ Qatar. appointed Indian Ambassador P Kuma- bers and would do whatever is possible to During the meeting, the two sides exchanged views on aspects of ran, said. alleviate their grievances. Several Indian expatriates lamented the tion courses in Qatar of institutions from mutual co-operation, particularly in the military affairs, and means He was addressing a meeting of rep- In reply to the ambassador’s call for lack of opportunities for higher education India. The member referred to some of developing them. resentatives of numerous Indian forums the participation of more people, in- at ‘aff ordable costs’ for their children in of the Indian educational institutions A number of army officers attended the meeting along with the affi liated to the Indian Cultural Centre cluding their Qatari friends for the next Qatar. The ambassador said he would running campuses in Dubai and also the delegation accompanying the Sudanese chief of staff. on Sunday prior to briefi ng them on the PBD celebrations, the representatives discuss the matter with local off icials possibility of more Gulf countries inviting agenda of the next Pravasi Bharatiya Di- of the forums said they would convey and make eff orts to bring some of the Indian institutions to set up campuses. vas (PBD) celebrations in Bengaluru in the message to their Qatari colleagues in well-known higher educational institu- Kumaran hoped the local authorities Qatar-Singapore ties reviewed January 2017. business, trade and commerce about the tions from India to Qatar. Replying to a would respond positively to a proposal It was his fi rst interaction with the investment opportunities in India in dif- question from a community member, from the embassy on the issue. Indian HE the Speaker of the Advisory Council Mohamed bin Mubarak community. ferent sectors. the envoy said embassy off icials have Cultural Centre president Girish Kumar al-Khulaifi yesterday met with Singaporean ambassador to Qatar Jai Representatives of some of the forums At least 75 people expressed their will- had discussions with the local authorities earlier appealed to the Indian authorities Sohan Singh. complained that the embassy did not take ingness to travel to Bengaluru for the PBD and it was clear there were no hurdles in to consider sanctioning universities for The meeting reviewed ties between the two countries and means of up some issues at the appropriate levels meeting early next year. holding postgraduate distance educa- NRI children in diff erent parts of India. boosting them. HE the Secretary General Fahad bin Mubarak al-Khay- in the the last three to four years but ex- Some of the members highlighted the areen attended the meeting. Gulf Times 6 Tuesday, November 8, 2016 QATAR

German envoy calls on Minister

HE the Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti met yesterday with Hans-Udo Muzel, the ambassador of Germany, in Doha. The meeting discussed the bilateral relations in the field of transportation and communications and means of further enhancing them. ‘Digital approach has transformed storytelling’

ith the growing than 230,000 subscribers are still the same. Staying impact of AJ+, on YouTube, according to a true to your ethics, ask- Wthere is more press statement. ing the right questions and power to tell stories to the “Dima is a bold and pas- reporting fairly are still the rest of the world about this sionate journalist and her core of good journalism,” region, from this region, experience - starting as said Khatib. stated AJ+ managing direc- translator and now as man- Dedinsky asked Khatib tor Dima Khatib. ager of the fastest-growing about the important role She was speaking at digital news outlet - is an AJ+ plays in telling the Northwestern University in inspiration to our students. Middle East’s stories to the Qatar (NU-Q), discussing Dima Khatib during the Her role with AJ+ is also an world. her career and how the dig- session at NU-Q. example for our students on “AJ+ takes people’s per- ital approach used by AJ+ how news content is shift- sonal stories,” she said, “as has “revolutionised story- As managing director of ing to online platforms, well as major confl icts and telling”. AJ+a digital “news AJ+, which was launched in which allows for a broader war, then simplifi es them and beyond” platform based September 2014, Dima over- platform to tell their stories into short, 50-second vide- in San Francisco and Doha. sees “one of the largest and to the world,” said Everette os that inform people about The session at NU-Q was fastest-growing news out- E Dennis, dean and CEO of ongoing issues. We also try moderated by Mary Dedin- lets in English, Arabic and NU-Q. to focus on positive stories sky, director of the NU-Q Spanish”. During the past “Although we are shifting and stories with human in- journalism programme, two years, it has grown its towards a digital approach terest angles that people and attracted a roomful of audience to more than 7mn to share news, the basics of would like to watch, share or students. fans on Facebook and more reporting and journalism react to.” Gulf Times Tuesday, November 8, 2016 7 QATAR Alfardan launches Range Rover Evoque Convertible in Qatar lfardan Premier Motors to create a no-compromise, all- Premier Motors showrooms Rabih Ataya, general manager, Co, the exclusive retailer season convertible”, according to across Qatar, the fi fth member Alfardan Premier Motors, said: Aof Land Rover in Qatar, a statement. of the Range Rover family com- “Taking the fl agship Evoque has announced the arrival of the “The groundbreaking and bines traditional Range Rover model to new heights, the new The Range Rover Evoque Convertible. Range Rover Evoque Convertible distinctive shape of the original luxury with a distinctive four- Range Rover Evoque Convertible in the country. Range Rover Evoque lends itself seat design and versatile stor- features unique design and out- hands on this stunning vehicle.” capability and off ers customers Range Rover Evoque Converti- The Range Rover Evoque to an elegant convertible design, age. The eye-catching Range standing engineering. Adding a Bruce Robertson, manag- an all-season vehicle that will fi t ble’s appeal will continue to rise.” Convertible - the world’s fi rst and the new model sits at the Rover Evoque Convertible en- new dimension to our full Land ing director, Jaguar Land Rover perfectly into their lifestyles here For further information, one luxury compact SUV convert- pinnacle of the Evoque portfolio sures “exceptional structural Rover line-up, we are extremely Mena, added: “Engineered to in the Mena region. Incorporat- can visit the nearest Land Rover ible - combines the “bold design as the most exclusive and capa- rigidity, trademark refi nement, excited to make this new con- meet Land Rover’s most rigor- ing bold design, uncompromised showroom at Alfardan Premier and refi nement of Evoque with ble convertible in the world,” the outstanding levels of safety vertible accessible to our cus- ous standards, the Range Rover luxury, next-generation info- Motors from Saturday to Thurs- comprehensive specifi cation statement noted. and an unrivalled breadth of tomers in Qatar and give them Evoque Convertible is under- tainment and safety behind the day (9am to 9pm) and on Fridays and a sophisticated folding roof Now available at Alfardan capability”. the chance to fi nally get their pinned by our brand’s all-terrain wheel, we are confi dent that the (5pm to 9pm). Ashghal receives sustainability awards SC to stick to

he Public Works Author- ing sections were present dur- ity - Ashghal - has re- ing the Green Expo Forum 2016. Tceived two ‘2016 Sustain- GORD bestows the Sustain- sustainability ability Awards’ in health and ability Award to corporates that education facilities from the demonstrate commitment and Gulf Organisation for Research leadership in implementing sus- and Development (GORD), the tainability best practices in the fi rst performance-based system built environment for current standards in the Mena region developed for and future generations. rating the green buildings and Ashghal was recognised infrastructures. with the awards for its adop- Ashghal president Nasser bin tion of 3-Star Global Sustain- Ali al-Mawlawi received the ability Assessment System for stadiums awards yesterday during the (GSAS) in all health and edu- opening session of the Green cational facilities, including Expo Forum 2016, organised by the design and construc- he Supreme Committee sustainable FIFA World Cup GORD, in co-operation with tion of hospitals, clinics, pri- for Delivery & Legacy and provides a model for other Qatari Diar Real Estate Invest- mary healthcare centres, and Off icials from Ashghal with the 2016 Sustainability Awards. T(SC) yesterday reiter- host countries to follow.” ment Company and the Supreme schools and kindergartens. ated the commitment to deliv- GSAS is the fi rst perform- Committee for Delivery and Ashghal received the 3-Star if the facilities comply with GSAS tions to cut carbon transmissions to exchanging expertise in sustain- ering, for the 2022 FIFA World ance-based system in the Legacy. GSAS accreditation from GORD standards. for creating a sustainable environ- able designs on buildings, urban Cup Qatar, stadiums built Mena region, developed for Lahdan Sager al-Mohanadi, in March, following a long proc- The Green Expo Forum 2016 sheds ment in harmony with Paris Climate planning or infrastructure, as with sustainability standards rating green buildings and director of building aff airs, and ess of examination of building light on regional climate change Change Agreement (COP 21). well as knowledge co-operation and leave a lasting environ- infrastructure. All 2022 FIFA offi cials from Ashghal’s build- projects and site visits that verify challenges and long-term solu- The conference also focuses on and reciprocity. mental legacy. World Cup Qatar proposed The announcement came host venues are designed with as FIFA offi cially endorsed the goal of certifi cation under the use of Global Sustainabil- GSAS. ity Assessment System (GSAS) Also speaking at the event, for 2022 FIFA World Cup ven- Federico Addiechi, FIFA’s head Joyalukkas names ues at the Green Expo Forum, of corporate social respon- which began in Doha. sibility, said: “We were able At the event, SC Secretary to review and approve that winners of Dazzling General Hassan al-Thawadi GSAS, as proposed to FIFA highlighted the importance of by the SC, fulfi ls our require- delivering a sustainable tour- ments for green certifi cation Diwali promotion nament to tie in to Qatar’s na- of stadiums. tional development plans. “This is remarkable because “Sustainable environmen- we were able to do that seven inners of the Joy- The fi rst 100 winners of tal development is one of the years before the actual tour- alukkas Dazzling the Diwali campaign have pillars to build a better future nament and this allows for ad- WDiwali promotion been announced, who will for the coming generations, as equate planning. Long-term have been picked by an of- get gold coins. The promo- stated in the Qatar National planning is one of the most fi cial from the Ministry of tion is off ering every cus- Vision 2030. To achieve this, important factors in ensuring Economy and Commerce in tomer who shop for jew- we must be sustainable be- that a major sporting event the presence of Jestin Anto, ellery worth QR500 the yond the borders of our plans, is organised in a sustainable regional manager – Qatar, opportunity to win up to and turn them into a vision manner. and customers at the Joy- 15kg of gold. and daily behaviour that we “FIFA believes we all have alukkas branch in LuLu Hy- “During the promotion aim to apply in all areas, in or- a responsibility to protect, permarket, Gharaff a. period, shoppers can also der to leave a lasting legacy for cherish and limit our impact In a statement, the jeweller benefi t from other exciting future generations. on the environment. As an in- said “the mega winning op- off ers, such as zero deduc- “We would like to sincerely ternational organisation, we portunity” provided by the tion on old gold jewellery ex- thank the Gulf Organisation take this responsibility seri- Joyalukkas Dazzling Diwali change and guaranteed gold for Research and Development ously and seek to set a good promotion received an “over- rate protection with just 10% for leading the way with the example to others - in the whelming response from cus- down-payment,” said John development of GSAS, which world of sports and beyond, tomers across the GCC, Sin- Paul Alukkas, executive di- is an important milestone on placing sustainability at the Off icials announcing the lucky winners. gapore and Malaysia”. rector at Joyalukkas Group. the path towards hosting a heart of everything we do.” Jet Airways’ campaign Traffi c diversion on to highlight its ‘uniquely Mesaieed Road

he Public Works Au- thority, Ashghal, will Indian hospitality’ Timplement a minor traffi c diversion on a rounda- bout on Mesaieed Road, about et Airways has announced “Guests can take Shakir Kantawala, vice- “signifi cant Indian and even 14km south of Al Wakrah, from that it will roll out an inte- advantage of the president - Gulf, Middle East the expatriate population re- Thursday for three months. Jgrated marketing campaign, airline’s network and Africa at Jet Airways, said: siding in the Gulf”, the new The temporary detour, which highlighting its “uniquely Indi- and experience “With 47 domestic destina- campaign will highlight Jet comes in co-ordination with an hospitality”, from next week its award-winning tions in India to choose from, Airways’ “superior value the General Directorate of Traf- across its key markets in the Indian hospitality, I am confi dent this promotion proposition” and also pro- fi c, will enable construction of Gulf, including Qatar. together with warm will be well received and ex- mote its baggage allowances an interchange that connects the The six-week campaign and personalised tremely popular with all our and the opportunity for guests New Hamad Port to the New Or- comprises a mix of offl ine and family spirit, which guests, including Arab and to earn benefi ts by signing bital Highway and Truck Route online channels, the airline has has helped the GCC nationals.” up to the JetPrivilege loyalty project. said in a statement. airline create new Jet Airways has said the programme. During the diversion, road us- Branded ‘#Think Home. benchmarks in campaign will “extensively Colin Neubronner, senior ers travelling southbound from Al Think Jet Airways’, the cam- service excellence” leverage print media”, in- vice-president - sales and Wakrah to Mesaieed will be de- paign will highlight the ad- cluding various mainline marketing at Jet Airways, toured to a purpose-built loop road vantages that Jet Airways of- family spirit, which has helped and regional newspapers, added: “Operating nearly for 300m before rejoining Mesaieed fers its guests along with its the airline create new bench- for awareness. Radio chan- 100 daily fl ights between the Road, as shown on the map. partner Etihad Airways, when marks in service excellence. nels will further supplement Gulf and India, Jet Airways Road users travelling north- fl ying between the Gulf and Besides connecting Gulf and the engagement and the air- also off ers extensive onward bound from Mesaieed to Al users will still have access to two lowing newly installed diversion India. India, the airlines’ gateways in line also plans to “aggres- connectivity choices to its Wakrah, eastbound to the New lanes in all directions. road signs. “Guests can take advantage Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Paris sively use” digital and social guests to leading Asean and Hamad Port or westbound to In- With the camping season now Ashghal has requested all road of the airline’s network and and London also facilitate media to strengthen the air- Saarc destinations such as dustrial Area will be unaff ected underway, Ashghal has remind- users to abide by the speed limit, experience its award-winning convenient connectivity into lines’ connect with millennial Bangkok, Colombo, Dhaka, by the diversion. ed road users to exercise special which remains at 50kph, and fol- Indian hospitality, together Europe/US and Canada,” the travellers, it added. Hong Kong, Kathmandu and The new loop road will have care while driving to their camp- low the road signs to ensure their with warm and personalised statement noted. Expected to appeal to the Singapore.” the same road capacity, and road site, by reducing speed and fol- safety. Gulf Times 8 Tuesday, November 8, 2016 QATAR Dusty conditions Off icials and dignitaries mark the occasion. expected today Malomatia holds eLearning meet he fi rst edition of an annual national eLearning solutions highlighted how training trong winds are expected in the country says mild conditions are likely during the day- Safety precautions: seminar on ‘Cost-Eff ective eLearning departments could look at innovative contin- today along with dusty conditions and low time along with slight to blowing dust in some The Met department has issued, in co-ordi- TSolutions and Mobile Learning Con- uous learning solutions to address key skills Svisibility in some places, the Qatar Met de- places at times. Local clouds are also expected nation with the Ministry of Public Health, safety tent’, was organised recently by malomatia, retention at a time when people “are asked to partment has said. Off shore areas, too, are likely today and there is a weak chance of rain as well. precautions to be observed during dusty condi- a leading national IT services and solutions achieve more with less”. to experience strong winds and high seas. The It will also be dusty in off shore areas at times tions. These are as follows: provider in Qatar. Skillsoft, a global leader in eLearning, wind speed may go up to 35 knots in off shore ar- today, and partly cloudy conditions are also ex- • All people, particularly the elderly, asthma The event focused on the latest developments brought its experience to the event as well as eas at times and 25 knots in some inshore areas, pected. patients and those with any other respiratory con- in various key eLearning subdomains, such as the whole IT community in Qatar. where visibility may drop to 3km or less. The sea Today, a minimum temperature of 18C is ex- ditions, should avoid direct contact with dust. cost-eff ective eLearning bundles on Arabic During the seminar, malomatia awarded level, meanwhile, is expected to rise to 13ft in pected in Abu Samra, while in Doha it will be 24C. • Those who have had eye or nose surgeries re- software skills, information security, cyber se- the “most performant companies and organi- some places at times. The mercury level, meanwhile, may reach a high cently should avoid direct contact with dust. curity, new HR trends, project management, sations for their commitment in eLearning Recently, the Met department had said the of 32C today in Doha. • Wash face, nose and mouth regularly to pre- management and leadership that organisations projects implementation”. These are the Min- country was likely to be aff ected by an extension A minimum temperature of 17C was record- vent dust from reaching the lungs. could quickly apply and are currently mobile- istry of Interior, QNB and Qafac. of a high-pressure ridge centred over northern ed in Abu Samra yesterday, followed by 18C in • Wear a mask when going outdoors in such ready, according to a press statement. The awards were given by Khalifa Hamad Saudi Arabia yesterday evening and which would Karana and Ghuwairiyah; in the capital, it was conditions. The event enjoyed the presence of a number al-Mannai, director of communication and stay until tomorrow, accompanied by northwest- relatively higher at 23C – recorded in the Qa- • Avoid rubbing the eyes to prevent infection. of HR/training managers who got in-depth marketing, malomatia, who said the company erly-northerly fresh to strong winds. tar University and Hamad International Airport • Check with the nearest health centre in case information on the trends in mobile learning “has helped more than 10,000 profession- Fresh to strong northerly winds were reported areas. The maximum, on the other hand, was any allergy symptoms appear. and its potential impact across training de- als in Qatar access 35,000 online courses to from several areas yesterday along with low vis- 33C in the Qatar University area, Al Rayyan and • One should go to the emergency department partments. enhance their skills, contributing to Qatar’s ibility due to blowing dust, the Met department other places, followed by 32C in 32C in the Doha if s/he faces severe diffi culty in breathing. Speakers in the session on cost-eff ective knowledge-based economy”. tweeted, urging people to be cautious. Airport area, Al Khor, Al Sheehaniya and other The department has also advised people to fol- The detailed forecast for inshore areas today places. low the latest weather updates.

HMC officials visiting one of the stalls at the event. HMC holds seventh career fair

amad Medical Corporation yafah in Hamad Bin Khalifa Medical City. (HMC) recently held its Seventh More than 100 exhibitors from HMC, HCareer Fair and Volunteering educational institutions, community- Programme for students at Bayt Al Dhi- based volunteering organisations and academic and vocational counselling organisations took part in the three-day event. Hamad Nasser al- Khalifa, head of health facilities development at HMC, inaugurated the career fair in the presence of Dr Yousef al-Maslamani, medical director of Hamad Gen- eral Hospital and Balqees al-Khazraji, director of HMC’s health profes- sion awareness and vol- unteering Programmes, Dr Mohamed Sultan al- Darwish, consultant in Dental Public Health at HMC, and a number of other offi cials. The aim of the career fair was to familiarise the students to sponsorship and future employment opportunities at HMC and also to acquaint them with the current require- ments for the local job market. “HMC takes pride in organising this im- portant annual event where study and em- ployment opportunities at the Corporation and other local employers are highlighted,” said al- Khalifa. Al-Khazraji explained that the career fair served as a platform for stu- dents, volunteers and social service staff to dis- cover new opportunities with more than 100 pub- lic and private exhibitors, including HMC. “The fair aimed at fa- miliarising the public with sponsorship oppor- tunities for study pro- grammes, professional development, hands-on training, academic and vocational counselling services, in addition to discovering local poten- tial employers, volun- teering and community service initiatives, and other ongoing health awareness activities,” she explained. Dr al-Maslamani high- lighted the importance of the fair as a means for at- tracting students to enrol for study programmes in the healthcare domain to fi ll in the numerous posts available within the healthcare system in Qatar. He hoped that Qatar would achieve self- suffi ciency in providing healthcare professionals in the near future. Gulf Times Tuesday, November 8, 2016 9 QATAR Dentists can Turkish president meets Qatari minister help catch undiagnosed diabetes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met yesterday with Qatar’s Minister of State for Defence Aff airs HE Dr Khalid bin Mohamed entists are ideally placed ed for diabetes, and physicians gical procedure in which gum al-Attiyah, who is visiting Turkey. At the beginning of the meeting, HE al-Attiyah conveyed the greetings of HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin to spot undiagnosed cases should refer diabetes patients to tissue surrounding a tooth Hamad al-Thani to the Turkish president and people, wishing them further progress and development. For his part, the Turkish president Dof diabetes because of an dentist to help treat or prevent is carefully incised to expose asked the minister to convey his greetings to HH the Emir, wishing him good health and the people of Qatar further progress and often overlooked link between gum disease.” more of the tooth and allow development. The meeting reviewed bilateral relations between Qatar and Turkey and means to enhance them. The two sides exchanged diabetes and gum disease, a two- The workshop off ered den- for it to be repaired. views on issues of joint concern, particularly in military co-operation field. Turkish Defence Minister Fikri Isik also met with HE al-Attiyah. day practical workshop held at tists, dental nurses, dental as- Periodontal disease is ex- During the meeting they discussed issues of common concern and ways to develop them. Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar sistants and oral hygienists prac- tremely widespread and is esti- (WCM-Q) was told. tical instruction on a wide range mated to be one of the ten most Visiting expert Dr Hatem Al- of issues related to periodontal prevalent diseases globally. graff ee, a specialist periodontist disease. Dr Algraff ee explained that Beat Diabetes Walk and lecturer based in London, These included how to screen more than 80% of people world- explained that diabetes patients and assess patients with peri- wide are aff ected by some form of event to feature have an increased risk of suff er- odontal disease, how to identify gum disease including gingivitis, fun-filled activities ing from gum disease. a tooth aff ected by periodontal with around 15% of the popula- Dr Algraff ee said: “The preva- disease, and strategies for co- tion suff ering from advanced The seventh edition of the Beat Diabe- lence of diabetes across the Gulf ordinating successful treatment gum disease. tes Walk, taking place at the Museum of region is high and growing, and plans. He said that the most impor- Islamic Art Park on November 11, will feature it is estimated that up to 40% of There were also discus- tant factor to protect one’s den- a number of complimentary fun-filled activi- cases remain undiagnosed. Be- sions about the prevalence of tal health is to fi nd a dentist and ties, event host Landmark Group has said. cause gum disease is more com- diabetes and its association have regular check-ups, in addi- Some of these activities include special mon among diabetes patients, with periodontal disease and tion to brushing well two times fitness such as children entertainment with dentists have a key role to play a demonstration of techniques each day. face painting and an on-site DJ and lively to identify those who might have that can be used to address He also said that seeing a den- music. undiagnosed diabetes. Dentists periodontal disease. This in- tal hygienist is important, and Stands serving healthy snacks will also be should refer patients with gum cluded a demonstration of that Qatar has recently invested set up at the venue aimed at raising aware- disease to physicians to be test- crown lengthening, a key sur- in training hygienists. ness about diabetes in the region apart from the free blood glucose testing to all participants. The walk, which will start at 3pm, is to span approximately 1km. Registrations can be completed online at www.beatdiabetes.me until November 10. All registered participants will receive a walkathon kit comprising a Beat Diabetes T-shirt and cap which can be collected at the Park starting 2pm onwards. Announcing the walk, Landmark Group Qatar COO Santosh Pai said: “More than half the people living with the diabetes are not aware that they have it.” “According to the International Diabetes Fed- eration, we currently have more than 35.4mn living with diabetes in the Mena region,” he noted. The Beat Diabetes Walk in Qatar is done in partnership with the Qatar Diabetes Associa- tion (QDA), Qatar Foundation, and supported by Hamad Medical Corp and MIA Park. “Diabetes is a lifestyle condition that can be managed if detected early. We look to emphasise the importance of regular check-ups and a healthy lifestyle,” said Dr Abdulla al-Hamaq, executive director of QDA. The Beat Diabetes walk is held across the GCC and in 2015, the walk had seen more than 40,000 participants across these countries. In Qatar alone, more than 8,000 people Dr Hatem Algraff ee demonstrates how to perform a dental procedure at the workshop. joined the walk and took the pledge to “Beat Diabetes.”

Creating a better future for S Sudan, Uganda

ducation Above All (EAA) Foundation Ethrough its legal ad- vocacy programme, Pro- tecting Education in Inse- curity and Confl ict (PEIC), has partnered with the Whitaker Peace & Develop- ment Initiative (WPDI) to bring together young peo- ple from South Sudan and Uganda at a workshop run by PEIC. The workshop partici- pants shared experiences and received training on Actor Forest Whitaker and international human rights Education Above All deputy and humanitarian norms CEO Fahad al-Sulaiti. in keeping with the EAA/ WPDI partnership’s joint rebuild communities jeop- aspiration, which is to cre- ardised by war, poverty, and ate a better future for Ugan- confl ict. Education is the da and South Sudan by de- driver of human develop- veloping the knowledge and ment and it is through shar- skills of the next generation ing knowledge that we can of leaders. overcome a legacy of war The workshop, held in and violence,” Education October at Georgetown Above All said in a state- University School of For- ment. eign Service in Qatar (GU- For his part, Forest Q), marked the fi rst event Whitaker said: “With PEIC for the partnership fol- and WPDI joining forces, lowing the signing of an we are helping young peo- agreement between EAA ple from Uganda and South and WPDI on September 23 Sudan become a force for during the United Nations peace in their communities General Assembly in New and their countries. What York. we want is for these young “We are delighted to women and men to become be enabling young people our partners in the dissemi- from across South Sudan nation of the message that and Uganda to share their education is a gateway to knowledge and equip others peace and should always be with the skills they need to a priority in peace building.” Gulf Times 10 Tuesday, November 8, 2016 ARAB WORLD Palestinian teens jailed over knife attacks AFP “Although the accused was a knife, gun and car-ramming at- Jerusalem minor, he tried to harm human life tacks. Footage released by Israeli and there is no other option than authorities in the wake of the at- Ahmed Manasra (centre), a 14-year old Palestinian boy, convicted of the attempted murder of two Israelis in a stabbing in October 2015, leaves to give him jail time,” prosecutor tack purported to show the cous- the District Court in Jerusalem after his sentencing hearing yesterday. The court sentenced Manasra to 12 years in jail for the knife attack, his n Israeli court sentenced Yuval Keidar told journalists after ins - knives in hand - following lawyer said. three Palestinian teenag- the sentencing. the Israeli victims. Aers to more than a decade Manasra had earlier pleaded It also showed Manasra, who in prison yesterday for stabbing not guilty, saying he had not was hit by a car as they fl ed, ly- Israelis, including a 14-year-old personally stabbed either of the ing bleeding on the ground in the involved in one of the most high- victims and had only intended to aftermath of the attack as Israeli profi le attacks. frighten them. onlookers shouted abuse. The sentences drew criticism The teenager appeared calm as Palestinian President Mah- Israel says ‘no’ to Mideast from Palestinians and rights he entered and left the courtroom moud Abbas later claimed he activists who said the youths in east Jerusalem in handcuff s. had been “executed”, while Israel should not be given such long jail His father refused to comment, scrambled to release footage of terms. asking journalists to leave him him sitting up and eating in a Je- Ahmed Manasra, 14, was sen- alone. rusalem hospital bed. peace conference in Paris tenced to 12 years after having “Our defeat, of the legal team, Since October 2015, violence earlier been found guilty of the at- is a very small defeat compared to has claimed the lives of 238 Pal- tempted murder of two Israelis, a the wide and deep defeat of both estinians, 36 Israelis, two Ameri- Reuters 20-year-old and a 12-year-old boy. the Israeli society and the court,” cans, a Jordanian, an Eritrean and Jerusalem He was 13 at the time of the said defence lawyer Tsemel. a Sudanese, according to an AFP October 2015 attack in the Jew- She said that “everyone talked count. ish settlement neighbourhood of about the full rehabilitation he is Most of the Palestinians killed srael yesterday formally re- Pisgat Zeev in illegally occupied going through. Everyone talked were carrying out attacks, ac- jected France’s invitation to East Jerusalem. about a kid who’s not dangerous cording to Israeli authorities. Itake part in a Middle East The stabbings led to a propa- at all. Others were shot dead during peace conference in Paris later ganda war between Palestinians “And despite this, the court protests and clashes, while some this year, saying it was a distrac- and Israelis, sparked by surveil- approved the prosecution’s claim were killed in air strikes in the tion from the goal of direct nego- lance footage later released of the and gave him the full sentence, Gaza Strip. tiations with the Palestinians. incident. plus an unimaginable and not- Most of the attacks were by At a meeting in Jerusalem with Manasra carried out the attack possible fi ne.” lone-wolf assailants, many of Israel’s acting national security along with his 15-year-old cousin In a separate case, the court them young people including adviser and Prime Minister Ben- Hassan, who was shot dead by se- sentenced a 15-year-old and a teenagers. jamin Netanyahu’s diplomatic curity forces. 17-year-old to 11 years in prison Many analysts say Palestinian adviser, French envoy Pierre Vi- The two Israelis were seriously for stabbing a Jew in Jerusalem’s frustration with the Israeli occu- mont was informed that Israel wounded. Old City in January. pation and settlement-building wanted nothing to do with the ef- In addition to the jail term, the “International standards are in the West Bank, comatose peace fort to revive talks that last broke Jerusalem district court ordered clear that all eff orts should be di- eff orts and their own fractured down in 2014. Manasra to pay 80,000 shekels rected towards rehabilitation of leadership have helped feed the “(They) told the French en- ($21,000) in compensation to the the child,” Sari Bashi of Human unrest. voy in a clear and unequivocal adult victim and 100,000 to the Rights Watch said. Israel says incitement by Pales- manner that Israel’s position to boy, the ruling said. “Such long sentences raise tinian leaders and media is a lead- promote the peace process and His lawyer Lea Tsemel said she questions regarding Israel’s com- ing cause. reach an agreement will only planned to appeal the sentence. mitment to work towards reha- In a third case yesterday, a come through direct negotiations The sentencing and trial were bilitating the children.” 32-year-old Palestinian woman between Israel and the Palestin- closed to journalists because Ma- The incident involving Man- was sentenced to 11 years in prison ian Authority,” Netanyahu’s offi ce Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with France’s special envoy for the Middle East peace nasra is a minor. Prosecutors had asra came at the beginning of a for wanting to carry out a suicide said in a statement. process, Pierre Vimont, in the West Bank city of Ramallah yesterday. requested 12 years. months-long wave of Palestinian attack with a car bomb. Vimont, who later met Pales- tinian offi cials for talks in Ramal- the United Nations, European this one, will only distance peace Obama’s presidency, talks have lah, made no comment following Union, United States and major from the region,” Netanyahu’s of- stalled over issues including set- the discussions but the French Arab countries gathered to dis- fi ce said, adding that it expected tlements and Palestinian political foreign ministry has said it still cuss proposals without the Israe- France “not to promote a confer- divisions. plans to hold the conference be- lis or Palestinians present. ence or a process that is contrary While most of the so-called 13 football fans killed in S Sudan shooting fore the end of the year. The plan was to hold a follow- to (our) offi cial position.” “fi nal status” issues are clear to Saeb Erekat, a senior Palestin- up conference before year-end Israel says an international both sides, critics say there will DPA the attackers entered, police spread violence against civilians ian offi cial, said Vimont had made with the Israelis and Palestinians conference will also give Abbas a be little chance of a breakthrough Juba spokesman Justin Boula said. since a military confl ict erupted clear at the meeting that France involved and see whether the two platform on which to grandstand, without genuine US pressure on One of them fi red indis- between President Salva Kiir would issue invitations to the sides could be brought back to ne- rather than engaging directly with Israel to halt settlement build- criminately for about 10 min- and his former deputy Riek Ma- conference in December. gotiations. the Israelis. ing and without the Palestinians hree gunmen fi red at a utes, while the two others stood char in December 2013. Nabil Abu Rdainah, a spokes- The last, US-backed talks end- The Palestinians say they can- overcoming the internal splits be- crowd of people watch- guard, according to a prelimi- The army and rebels have man for Palestinian President ed in failure in April 2014. not resume talks with Israel until tween Hamas and the Fatah party. Ting a football match on nary investigation. committed massacres against Mahmoud Abbas, said: “We are in Israel, which regards the United it suspends the building of settle- Many analysts believe the pros- television in the South Sudanese Eleven young men were killed ethnic groups thought to be sup- favour of holding the conference States as the chief broker in the ments on occupied land the Pal- pect of a two-state solution to the capital Juba, killing 11 people, and more than 10 other people porting the opposing side. and we welcome it regardless of Middle East, has long maintained estinians seek for an independent confl ict is now beyond reach, with police said yesterday. were injured. Police were hunt- In the Gudelle killings, how- whether Israel participates or not.” that only direct negotiations with state and meets previous com- no signs of Israel ending its nearly Up to 80 people were watch- ing for the suspects, whose mo- ever, the attackers wore civil- France has repeatedly tried to the Palestinians can lead to peace mitments, including the release of 50-year occupation of the West ing the English Premier League tives were not known. ian clothes and the victims be- breathe new life into the peace and sees France’s eff orts as a di- prisoners. Bank and East Jerusalem, which match being shown in a hall in The attack was the fi rst longed to several ethnic groups, process this year, holding a pre- version. Despite two US attempts to re- the Palestinians want for their the low-income western suburb against football fans in South according to the preliminary liminary conference in June where “Any other initiative, including solve the confl ict during Barack own capital. of Gudelle late Saturday, when Sudan, which has seen wide- investigation. Egyptians brace for hard times amid austerity measures

AFP er, asked how he would possibly from sugar to baby formula. Adly says fl oating the pound Cairo be able to aff ord the new prices. “It’s not just transport, it’s brings dollars traded on the black “How am I supposed to live if everything, especially basic market back to the offi cial mar- a kilo of sugar that used to cost necessities like oil, sugar and ket, but the crisis will remain. gyptians are looking at a 4.5 pounds now costs 10, and a rice,” said Samar, a 30-year-old “An economic crisis led the period of hardship as the kilo of rice has risen from three housewife who was escorting her dollar shortage, not a crisis in Egovernment unrolls aus- to four pounds?” said Seddik, three children back from school. monetary policy,” he said. terity measures including a fl oat- who said he earns 1,500 pounds On Sunday, the Al-Mal eco- The country saw repeated and ing pound that has drastically (around $94) a month. nomic newspaper reported that often deadly protests after the depreciated the currency and Analysts say there was no al- the prices of vegetables and fruits ouster of president Hosni Mu- raised prices, analysts say. ternative to the tough measures, had seen a “record jump”, quot- barak in 2011 and the toppling of The measures, in return for after years of unrest battered the ing an offi cial saying transport his Islamist successor Mohamed a $12bn IMF loan, had been economy and drove away tourists prices had risen up to 40%. Mursi in 2013. avoided by governments fear- and investment. The government has said there A militant insurgency since ing unrest, but President Ab- But the quick succession of would be an increase in prices Mursi’s overthrow has targeted del Fattah al-Sisi says Egypt no measures will spike prices, said but it would conduct inspections policemen and soldiers, as well as longer has the luxury of post- Omar el-Shenety, head of Multi- to ensure traders were not drasti- tourists. poning them. ples Group investment bank. cally raising them. In October 2015, the Islamic Last week’s Central Bank de- “Infl ation may rise to 20%, or It also announced a 7% salary State militant group claimed re- cision to fl oat the pound, amid a a little less, over the next year and increase for civil servants, who sponsibility for bombing a Rus- dollar crunch that led to a thriv- a half,” he said, up from 14% this number about 6mn out of a total sian airliner carrying holiday- ing black market and a slump year. population of more than 90mn. makers from a Red Sea resort, in imports, caused its value to American University in Cairo Egyptian newspapers have killing all 224 people on board. plunge from 8.89 to the dollar to economics professor Amr Adly echoed the alarm over the rising Adly said economic indicators about 16. said the measures could deepen prices. should improve in the midterm. The drastic move, welcomed the impact of an economic cri- “Government and parliament “But that is tied to several fac- by creditors and investors, was sis caused by the dollar shortage mobilise to contain the eff ects of tors including an improvement followed with a fuel price in- while increasing infl ation. the earthquake from fl oating the in global economic conditions crease. Egyptians are already reeling, pound and hiking fuel prices,” and the European Union, which Egyptians gather to buy subsidised goods from a government market, after goods shortage in retail At a minibus station in Cairo, after months of experiencing read a headline in the El-Watan is the main importer for Egyptian stores across the country and after the central bank floated the pound currency, in downtown Cairo, Mohamed Seddik, a hotel clean- shortages of products ranging private daily. goods.” yesterday. Gulf Times Tuesday, November 8, 2016 11 REGION/ARAB WORLD UN climate talks get under way in Marrakesh

Reuters Trump doubts that climate change Arabia and Pacifi c island states, as tor and report their greenhouse gas Marrakesh, Morocco is is caused by man-made green- part of eff orts to limit heat waves, emissions. house gases, mainly from burning droughts, fl oods and rising seas. Trump says President Barack coal and oil, and wants to abandon Moroccan Foreign Minister Sala- Obama’s plans to cut greenhouse lmost 200 nations began work the pact. heddine Mezouar said there had been gases by 2025 would kill US jobs and yesterday to turn promises for His Democratic rival Hillary Clin- “unrivalled progress” on climate make the United States dependent on Afi ghting climate change into ton, by contrast, is a strong supporter change this year.”Now we must build oil imports from the Middle East. action at a UN of the Paris accord. on this dynamic,” he told delegates. Asked about Trump at a news con- conference that played down “I think we should not over-em- Average global temperatures are set ference, French Environment Min- threats to a 2015 global agreement if phasise the importance of Donald to hit new highs in 2016, surpassing a ister Segolene Royal said she did not Republican Donald Trump wins the Trump,” French climate ambassador 2015 record. want to interfere in the US election US presidency. Laurence Tubiana told reporters, The talks will try to fi nd ways to but conceded she had previously ex- At the start of two-week talks in asked about the US vote. step up curbs on greenhouse gases, pressed hope that “this great country Morocco, many delegates wore badg- “It would be a shock” if Trump help African nations cope with glo- will turn to a woman as president”. es with a smiling picture of the Earth were elected, she said. “But if it hap- bal warming and raise climate fi nance She also noted that the Paris Agree- to celebrate the entry into force of the pened, on Wednesday morning you for developing nations to a goal of ment lays out four years of formalities Paris Agreement on Nov. 4, which would see everyone say ‘We stick to $100bn a year by 2020. before any country can withdraw. seeks to phase out greenhouse gas the Paris Agreement’,” she said. All countries have promised curbs The European Union said it COP22 president Salaheddine Mezouar, who is Moroccan Foreign Minister, attends emissions this century. Yesterday, delegates called for ac- on fossil fuel emissions and Mar- would push ahead with the Paris the opening session of the COP22 climate talks in Marrakesh yesterday. UN talks to The US election was not men- tion to implement the Paris Agree- rakesh is due to start writing a “rule Agreement.”Our legislation is in force implement the landmark Paris climate pact opened in Marrakesh, buoyed by tioned in speeches at the opening ment, which has been ratifi ed by book”, a process likely to take two regardless,” said Gabriela Fischerova, gathering momentum but threatened by the spectre of climate change denier ceremonies. countries as diverse as China, Saudi years, to lay out how they will moni- head of the EU delegation. Donald Trump in the White House. Iran FM fi rst to meet Lebanon’s new president

Reuters symptom of an underlying po- Beirut litical struggle between rival factions in Lebanon, which has been made worse by the war in ran’s Mohamed Javad Zarif neighbouring Syria. yesterday became the fi rst It has paralysed decision- Iforeign minister to meet making, economic development Lebanon’s new president. and basic services, and raised A Christian leader and close fears for the country’s stability. Iraqi families displaced from the Hamam al-Alil area, about 14km from the southern outskirts of Mosul, return yesterday to their homes after the recapture of their village by ally of Lebanon’s Iran-backed The deal to appoint Aoun as Iraqi forces from Islamic State (IS) group militants during the ongoing operation to retake Mosul. Shia Muslim group Hezbollah president and Hariri as prime who was elected president last minister has underscored Hez- week, Aoun also met an envoy bollah’s dominant role in Leba- sent by Syrian President Bashar non. al-Assad earlier in the day. Under Lebanon’s sectarian Iran, which welcomed Aoun’s power-sharing system, worked election as a victory for Hezbol- out upon independence and lah, is a political and military ally confi rmed after a bitter 15-year of Assad in the Syrian civil war. civil war, the president must be US-backed forces push Assad’s troops are supported a Maronite Christian, the prime by Iran-backed militias and minister a Sunni and the speaker Hezbollah fi ghters from neigh- of parliament a Shia. bouring Lebanon. Syrian envoy Mansour Azzam, Speaking on arrival at Beirut who is head of presidential af- airport, Zarif, who was accom- fairs, greeted Aoun on behalf of panied by a high profi le political Syria’s Assad, saying he hoped closer to Raqa in Syria and economic delegation, said Aoun’s election would contrib- he hoped to expand ties with ute to stability in Lebanon and in AFP SDF fi ghters had pushed at advancing into the town of Lebanon. the region. Ain Issa, Syria least 10km south towards the Bashiqa and the elite Counter Former army commander Azzam said there would be city from the towns of Ain Issa Terrorism Service battling IS in Michel Aoun was elected by “no new page” in Syria-Lebanon and Suluk, she said. the city’s suburbs. the Lebanese parliament as relations and they would con- US-backed Kurdish- In both cases SDF fi ghters “Up to seven neighbour- president last Monday, ending a tinue in a balanced way. Arab alliance pushed were still some distance from hoods are under the control of 29-month presidential vacuum. Aoun’s meetings with Iranian Acloser to Raqa in Syria Raqa – on the Ain Issa front at counter-terrorism forces, and Aoun then asked Sunni Mus- and Syrian dignitaries came on while Iraqi forces seized a key least 30km away. they are now completely se- lim leader Saad al-Hariri to start the same day as Prime Minis- town near Mosul as off ensives “The off ensive is going ac- curing them and clearing them consultations to form a new gov- ter-designate Hariri said Leba- advanced yesterday against the cording to plan,” said Ahmed, of pockets of terrorists present ernment of which Hariri would non’s new administration was two Islamic State group strong- adding that the SDF had cap- inside the houses,” CTS spokes- be prime minister. a chance to revive ties with the holds. tured at least 10 villages so far. A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-backed man Sabah al-Noman said. The empty presidency was a Gulf Arab countries. After announcing the launch An SDF commander said IS Kurdish-Arab alliance, patrols in the village of Tal Aaj, 5km from A peshmerga statement said of the long-awaited assault was fi ghting back with its fa- the Syrian town of Ain Issa, some 50km north of Raqa, yesterday, that by yesterday evening its on Raqa on Sunday, the Syr- vourite tactic of sending suicide as they launched an offensive on the Islamic State group’s de forces were in Bashiqa and had ian Democratic Forces (SDF) bombers in explosives-packed facto Syrian capital. “begun house-to-house clear- alliance said it had moved south vehicles against advancing ances”. towards the city despite fi erce forces. late IS inside Raqa before even- ers are involved in the Raqa The Mosul off ensive has ad- Disease stalks Yemen militant resistance. “IS is sending car bombers tually assaulting the city itself. operation, particularly to guide vanced faster than expected, South of Mosul, Iraqi forces but coalition planes and our Offi cials have warned that air strikes, according to an SDF but the battle for Raqa is far retook Hamam al-Alil from IS, anti-tank weapons are limiting the battle is likely to be long and source. more complicated. as hospitals, clinics a key objective in their three- their eff ectiveness,” the com- diffi cult. Near Mosul, federal police, Unlike in Iraq where the coa- week advance on the city. mander said, speaking on con- “As in Mosul, the fi ght will army and elite interior ministry lition has a state-controlled Raqa and Mosul are the last dition of anonymity. not be easy and there is hard forces established full control ally in federal forces, in Syria its are devastated by war major cities in Syria and Iraq After taking Abu Ilaj north work ahead,” US Defence Secre- over Hamam al-Alil, the last ground partner is made up of under the militants’ control. of Raqa, SDF fi ghters could be tary Ashton Carter said. town of note on the way to the local militias, including some Their capture would deal seen digging trenches and pil- “But it is necessary to end the city from the south, AFP re- rebel groups that have battled Thomson Reuters Foundation/ early October in the capital Sanaa. a knockout blow to the self- ing sandbags at the entrance to fi ction of ISIL’s caliphate and porters said. President Bashar al-Assad’s re- AFP By the end of the month, WHO styled “caliphate” IS declared the village. disrupt the group’s ability to It lies on the west bank of the gime. London/Sanaa said the number of suspected in mid-2014. “In every area that we ad- carry out terror attacks against Tigris river, about 15km south- The domination of the SDF cholera cases had ballooned to The US-led coalition that vance we are digging trenches the United States, our allies and east of the edge of Mosul. by the Kurdish People’s Protec- more than 1,400. launched operations against IS with tractors and bulldozers to our partners,” Carter said, using Life quickly resumed in tion Units (YPG) has also raised ore than half of war- In 42% of 276 districts surveyed two years ago is providing cru- protect the front line, to pre- an alternative name for IS. Hamam al-Alil, with some resi- deep concerns in Turkey, which battered Yemen’s hos- by WHO there were only two doc- cial backing to the off ensives, vent the militants from getting Driving IS from both cit- dents reopening shops and oth- considers the YPG a “terrorist” Mpitals and clinics are tors or less, while in nearly a fi fth with air strikes and special in and to stop car bombs,” one ies has been the endgame since ers bathing in the town’s sul- group linked to the outlawed closed or only partially func- of districts there were none. forces advisers on the ground. fi ghter said. the US-led coalition launched phur springs. Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). tioning, the World Health Or- WHO said new mothers and SDF Spokeswoman Jihan The SDF says some 30,000 of air strikes against it in summer Soldiers were seen helping Aid groups have voiced con- ganisation (WHO) said yester- their babies lacked essential an- Sheikh Ahmed said that the al- its fi ghters are taking part in the 2014, shortly after the militants displaced civilians with their cerns for civilians trapped in day, warning a lack of adequate te-natal care and immunisation liance’s forces had advanced on operation, dubbed “Wrath of seized control of large parts of bags. both Mosul and Raqa, warn- health services was increasing services, while people suff ering two fronts towards Raqa amid the Euphrates”. Syria and Iraq. Fighting also continued east ing they may be used as human the risk of disease outbreaks. from acute or chronic condi- heavy fi ghting. It aims to surround and iso- Some 50 US military advis- of Mosul, with Kurdish forces shields. Only 45% of 3,507 health fa- tions were forced to spend more cilities surveyed by WHO were on treatment or forgo treatment fully functional and accessible, altogether. while more than 40% of districts Meanwhile, speaking to re- faced a “critical” shortage of porters at Sanaa airport yes- Jordan parliament’s new session opens doctors, WHO said. terday, UN envoy Ismail Ould “These critical shortages in Cheikh Ahmed said that the health services mean that more situation cannot continue. people are deprived of access to “People are dying the infra- life-saving interventions,” WHO structure is falling apart and said in a statement. the economy is on the brink of “Absence of adequate com- abyss,” he said. municable diseases management The UN envoy urged the increases the risk of outbreaks coalition controlling Yemen’s such cholera, measles, malaria airspace to allow commercial and other endemic diseases.” fl ights into and out of Sanaa’s The 18-month-old confl ict be- international airport to evacuate tween a Saudi Arabia-led coali- the wounded. tion and the Iran-aligned Houthi The coalition argues that the group which controls much of rebels would use the airport, northern Yemen has destroyed completely under their control, much of Yemen’s infrastructure, to transport weapons. killed more than 10,000 people International organisations and displaced millions. have also warned in recent weeks Unicef says the humanitarian of a spread of disease and grow- disaster in the country has left ing malnutrition rates in the 7.4mn children in need of medi- country. cal help and 370,000 at risk of Attempts by the UN envoy Jordanian King Abdullah II speaking during the opening of the parliament’s new session in the capital Amman yesterday. Right: King Abdullah II saluting ahead of the severe acute malnutrition. to convince the warring par- opening of the new session. Yemen’s Health Ministry an- ties to commit to a ceasefi re and nounced a cholera outbreak in resume peace talks have failed. Gulf Times 12 Tuesday, November 8, 2016 AFRICA

Musical mettle Malema rails over outdated land law Reuters June to occupy white-owned land, in Johannesburg contravention of the 1956 Riotous As- semblies Act. The judge granted Male- ma’s request for a delay in his case. far-left South African politician “What we are calling for is peaceful who wants to nationalise banks, occupation of the land and we don’t Amines and land said yesterday he owe anyone an apology for that,” Male- would press the Constitutional Court ma told cheering supporters wearing Soweto gospel singers perform during the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) ceremony in Lagos Sunday night. AFRIMA is designed to recognise and reward to scrap an apartheid-era law used their trademark red shirts outside the artists who have given African music the most creative competitive edge in the global market within the year under review. to prosecute him over calls to occupy courtroom after the hearing. white-owned land. “If it means going to prison for tell- Julius Malema, leader of the far- ing people to take the land, so be it. I am left Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) not scared of prison,” said Malema, who party, won the permission of a judge to wore a dark blue suit and red tie instead have his trial postponed while he chal- of his usual red beret and red overall. lenges the 1956 Riotous Assemblies Act Malema and his supporters have not – a challenge legal experts said could yet actually occupied any farmland and Peacekeeper, civilians killed in Mali well succeed. have only threatened to do so. Land reform is a highly sensitive EFF’s spokesman Mbuyiseni Ndlozi issue in South Africa and has been told Reuters that Malema would chal- AFP More than 11,000 UN police and northern town of Kidal in an attack vened an emergency meeting and in- brought into focus by the decline in ag- lenge the 1956 law on the grounds that Bamako military are currently serving in Mali, claimed by the Islamist group Ansar structed security forces to take more riculture in neighbouring Zimbabwe, “it is unconstitutional and should be attempting to guarantee security in Dine, which has ties to Al Qaeda. mobile positions in several parts of the where white commercial farmers were struck off ”. lawless swathes of the vast Sahel na- French Defence Minister Jean-Yves country, especially the north. often evicted violently by President Johannesburg-based lawyer Ulrich peacekeeper from Togo and two tion. Le Drian on Sunday called on Mali’s “The state will provide the means Robert Mugabe’s government. Roux, who has no connection to the Malian civilians were killed in UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon president to take action to establish needed to fi ght against terrorism,” one Malema, known for his fi ery radical politician’s case, said the Constitu- Aan attack on a military convoy condemned the killings “in the strong- peace in the country’s restive north. participant at the meeting said. rhetoric, has accused the ruling African tional Court might rule in favour of in Mali, rounding off a bloody week for est terms” and warned that “attacks “I stress regularly to President Ibra- Over the weekend, Ansar Dine National Congress (ANC) of failing to Malema as the law had originally been foreign forces stationed there, a UN targeting United Nations peacekeep- him Boubacar Keita that he must take claimed the ransacking of an army redress the inequality between blacks introduced by the apartheid regime to statement said. ers may constitute war crimes under the necessary initiatives to ensure the base in the north during which they and whites since the end of apartheid suppress dissent. Seven other peacekeepers, also international law.” integration of the people of the north stole weapons and vehicles as troops in 1994. “It is a pretty unique application. The from Togo, were wounded in the at- “Attacks against MINUSMA will into the Malian community,” he told fl ed their positions. The former ANC Youth League lead- chances are pretty good that it could be tack in the central Mopti region on not weaken the determination of the French media. The claim of responsibility was is- er has seen his political support rise in declared unconstitutional,” he said. Sunday, according to the statement by Mission to fully implement its man- In Bamako, however, a Malian min- sued by Mauritanian news agency Al recent months by targeting his former The judge in Newcastle said Male- the UN mission, known by the acro- date in support of the eff orts of the ister who did not wish to be named, Akhbar, which regularly carries state- patron, President Jacob Zuma, over ma’s lawyers must provide proof to the nym MINUSMA. Malian Government, the parties to hit back saying Mali did not need “na- ments from extremist groups operat- various scandals. court on December 7 that he has fi led After a mine or improvised explo- the peace agreement and the people of tional unity lessons” from Le Drian. ing in the Sahel. Last week he led protests in the capi- his case to overturn the trespass law sive device was detonated, attackers Mali to achieve lasting peace and sta- “We have been working on national The militants said they had killed tal urging Zuma to resign. with the Constitutional Court and that opened fi re on the convoy, the UN bility” Ban said in a statement issued unity for a long time. Unity should go “several” Malian soldiers but this was Malema, whose party holds 25 seats the politician must return to the court said, without identifying the assail- by his spokesperson. hand in hand with the fi ght against denied by independent sources and in South Africa’s 400-member parlia- on May 5 next year. ants. The attack came the day after a sol- terrorism, insecurity,” the minister military offi cials contacted by AFP. ment, appeared in court yesterday in Next Monday, Malema will face a A MINUSMA spokesman said Mal- dier serving with France’s “Barkhane” said. More than 30 MINUSMA troops the town of Newcastle, in the KwaZu- second charge of trespass in Bloem- ian police would investigate the death counter-terror force was killed in a “The situation in Kidal is not be- have been killed this year, more than lu-Natal province, where he is accused fontein, 400km southwest of Johan- of the two civilians, who were follow- similar incident. He died of his inju- cause of the Malian government.” in any other UN peacekeeping mis- of urging his supporters in a speech in nesburg. ing the convoy. ries following a mine blast near the However, the Malian president con- sion.

State visit Ebola orphans go hungry Cameroon rail crash victims sue operator Reuters on the burden of looking af- according to the UN food agen- Dakar ter their young siblings and cies, which said the number of are struggling to cope,” Street people “severely” aff ected by Reuters number of carriages, with the Child’s chief executive offi cer a lack of food has increased by Yaounde permission of authorities, to housands of Ebola or- Tom Dannatt said in a state- 60% since 2010. accommodate extra passen- phans, teenage mothers ment. The shortages, which have gers. Tand children in charge of “Several have dropped out seen the price of a bag of rice ictims of a rail crash Twenty-eight victims have households in Sierra Leone are of school, sacrifi cing their own more than double since 2014, that killed at least 79 pressed charges for careless- struggling to feed themselves futures to try and make sure have hit orphans, teenage moth- Vpeople in Cameroon ness, injury and involuntary and their families amid wide- that their brothers and sisters ers and child-headed house- have fi led a lawsuit against manslaughter, their lawyer spread food shortages in the can stay in education,” Dannatt holds the hardest, Street Child train operator Camrail and its Guy Oliver Moteng said late on West African nation, a British added. said. French owner Bollore Group, Sunday. “We want the blame charity said yesterday. “Sadly, running a business The Ebola epidemic left more accusing them of negligence and the chain of responsibil- While most families devas- and a household is proving too than 12,000 children orphaned and involuntary manslaugh- ity to be established.” tated by Ebola have received tough for many of them.” while at least 18,000 teenage ter, their lawyer said. Among the complainants humanitarian aid, at least 1,400 Some 3.5mn people – more girls became pregnant during A packed passenger train are friends and family of three children orphaned by the epi- than half of Sierra Leone’s pop- the outbreak, according to the derailed last month between people who took the train and demic urgently need support, ulation of 6mn – do not have UN Population Fund (UNFPA). the capital Yaounde and the have not been found since, according to Street Child. enough safe and nutritious food “A collapsed economy that is central African country’s with no trace of them in hos- The world’s worst outbreak of to eat, the World Food Pro- no longer propped up by the aid port city of Douala. Carriages pitals or morgues, Moteng the disease – now offi cially over gramme (WFP) and Food and given during and immediately fl ipped over, injuring at least said. – killed more than 11,300 people Agriculture Organization (FAO) after Ebola means that life is very Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara (right) welcomes 428 people. Spokesmen for Camrail and and infected some 28,600 as it said last month. hard for everyone,” Dannatt said, Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera A Bollore executive said Bollore declined to comment swept through Sierra Leone, Li- Food shortages in most of the adding that more people may go at the presidential palace in Abidjan yesterday at the start of a that the train was going at on the lawsuit, saying yester- beria and Guinea from 2013. country are caused by problems hungry and more girls may be state visit. an unusually high speed and day that they are awaiting the “Teenage orphans have taken that predate the Ebola outbreak, forced to sell sex to aff ord food. travelling with twice the usual results of investigations. Gulf Times Tuesday, November 8, 2016 13 AMERICA ‘Wall’ splits opinion on both sides of the border

Reuters There are oddities along the Arizona fence: a home surrounded by life-sized space alien manne- quins and toy UFOs; the statue uilding a wall along the of a cow mounted high above the US- Mexico border has ground near a cattle ranch; and Bbeen a contentious sub- gaps in the fence occur sporadi- ject in this year’s US presidential cally without explanation. election. A man rode a tricycle in a small In parts of California and Ari- California border town past a zona, a wall already exists. grocery store with a 1% sign It runs across rocky deserts, hanging on the wall. fl owing sand dunes and miles of In Nogales, Arizona’s largest agricultural land. international border community, The wall splits towns and the wall neatly divides the city. families, marking a boundary Little else distinguishes the between two countries that used hillside homes stacked on either A supporter holds up a sign as Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Sarasota, Florida. to be one. side. Busy land ports of entry and Drivers entering Mexico are signs written in both Spanish warned by a sign that fi rearms and English attest to an interde- and ammunition are prohibited. pendence that still exists in the At night, a bright neon yellow bifurcated cities, faded mining McDonald’s sign stands out. towns and eccentric art outposts Some who live near the border that punctuate the arid land- in California and Arizona agree scape. with US Republican presidential The border between Mexico candidate Donald Trump and his Clinton and Trump and the United States spans demand that Mexico pay the cost some 2,000 miles between San for construction of a wall on the Diego, California and Browns- border between the two coun- ville, Texas. tries. Monitored around the clock Others are deeply disturbed by with ground sensors, cameras it, like Mexico’s government. and hundreds of customs and “It’s been stigmatised pretty border patrol offi cers, the wall is bad,” said Jaime Alvarez, a retired race for support composed of a mash-up of ma- army auditor running for Ari- terials: formidable cement slabs, zona senate. He works out of the Clinton still holds a small lead that could swing the election, given the ing during her last two campaign events Washington Post poll and a CBS news poll steel mesh, rusty corrugated Democratic party offi ce in the according to several polls Electoral College system that awards the on Sunday. released yesterday. metal. city of Douglas. White House on the basis of state-by- “That’s behind us now,” campaign man- Both Clinton and Trump will spend Reuters state wins. ager Robby Mook told CNN yesterday. the day racing across a handful of battle- Pittsburg Trump was scheduled to hold his fi rst Clinton was to make two stops in Penn- ground states that could swing the elec- campaign appearance of the day in Sara- sylvania and visit Michigan yesterday be- tion, which polls show is close but tilting sota, Florida, where he and Clinton have fore wrapping up with a midnight rally in toward Clinton. emocrat Hillary Clinton and Re- been locked in a tough battle in a state with Raleigh, North Carolina. Trump, who has not said whether he publican Donald Trump criss- a large Hispanic-American voting popula- She was to appear at an evening rally will respect the results of today’s elec- Dcrossed the country yesterday as tion. at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall with tion, questioned the thoroughness of the they raced to sway undecided voters in a He was also heading to North Caro- President Barack Obama and fi rst lady FBI review and said the issue would not go tight US presidential race that has Clinton lina, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Michelle Obama, as well as rock star Bruce away. with a narrow lead according to opinion Michigan, closing with a late-night rally in Springsteen. Clinton’s Democratic allies hoped the polls. Grand Rapids, Michigan. Clinton, speaking briefl y to reporters FBI fi nding would be enough to push her With only one day left before Election FBI director James Comey again sent before boarding her campaign plane in over the fi nish line and end the uncertain- Day, the Clinton campaign was boosted by shockwaves through the race by telling Pittsburgh, pressed her commitment to ty and Republican attacks on her charac- Sunday’s unexpected FBI announcement Congress on Sunday that investigators bringing the country together. ter that have dogged her campaign since that it stood by its July decision not to had worked around the clock to complete “I think that these splits, these divides Comey made the new e-mails public on press any criminal charges in an investiga- a review of newly discovered e-mails and that have been not only exposed but exac- October 28. tion of Clinton’s e-mail practices. found no reason to change their July fi nd- erbated by the campaign on the other side “The FBI’s swift and thorough review A Fox News opinion poll yesterday had ing that there was no criminal wrongdoing are ones that we really do have to...bring should fi nally close the door on this Re- Pedestrians make their way into the the United States from Mexico at former secretary of State Clinton leading in Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server, the country together,” Clinton said. publican sideshow,” House Democratic the pedestrian border in Nogales, Arizona. Trump, a wealthy New York real estate de- rather than a government system, while Asked if she would be able to heal the leader Nancy Pelosi said, adding the elec- veloper, by four percentage points among she was secretary of state from 2009-2013. country after such a divisive election sea- tion would now be decided “on the merits Justice department to monitor election likely voters. It was uncertain whether the announce- son, Clinton said, “Absolutely”. of the candidates” rather than innuendo. Financial markets brightened yesterday ment came in time to change voters’ minds Markets have tended to see Clinton as Republicans kept up their criticism of Personnel from the US justice department’s civil rights division will in reaction to the latest twists in what has or undo any damage from days of Republi- the status quo candidate, with more un- Clinton. be deployed to polling sites in 28 states to monitor today’s election, been a roller-coaster presidential cam- can attacks on Clinton as corrupt. certainty over Trump, and news favouring “She simply believes she’s above the law five more than it monitored in the 2012 election, the department said paign. Stocks and the dollar posted their Tens of millions of Americans had cast her bid often boosts investors’ risk appe- and always plays by her own rules,” House yesterday. Most of those states will receive justice department staff biggest gains in weeks after Sunday’s FBI early votes in the 10 days since Comey fi rst tite. of Representatives speaker Paul Ryan said who have no statutory authority to access polling sites as a result of announcement. told Congress of the newly discovered e- Global fi nancial markets slipped last in a statement, arguing that Clinton’s use a 2013 Supreme Court decision that struck down parts of the Voting In early trading, the Dow Jones Indus- mails. week as opinion polls showed the presi- of a private e-mail server “compromised Rights Act, curtailing the department’s ability to deploy election trial Average was up 243 points, or 1.36%, “Nothing’s going to change between dential race tightening. our national security”. observers with unfettered access to the polls. More than 500 justice at 18,131.33. today and tomorrow to help [Clinton] win News of the renewed FBI investigation US stock index futures rose more than department personnel will be deployed, compared to more than 780 Opinion polls show a close race, but tilt- back” undecided voters,” Trump campaign had appeared to fuel a slide in Clinton’s 1% after the FBI announcement and the personnel the department dispatched during the 2012 general election. ing toward Clinton. manager Kellyanne Conway said on ABC’s poll numbers since late October. US dollar also strengthened in Asian trad- A department spokesman declined to say how many of the personnel Major bookmakers and online exchang- Good Morning America. The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll showed ing against major currencies. will be full-access observers. The hotly contested election, including the es were more confi dent than public opin- Trump, who drew wide criticism last Clinton with a 5 percentage point lead over Markets have tended to see Clinton as presidential race pitting Republican Donald Trump against Democrat ion polling that Clinton will win today’s month when he said the election was rigged the New York businessman nationally — the status quo candidate, and news fa- Hillary Clinton, will be the first in decades in which the department can election. against him and that he would not yet com- 44% to 39% support — while races in the vouring her bid often boosts investors’ risk only send full-access observers to states where a federal court ruling Predictit put Clinton’s chances of cap- mit to respecting the outcome, questioned swing states of Florida and North Carolina appetite. has authorised it. On the campaign trail, Trump has warned the election turing the White House at 81%. Both Clin- the thoroughness of the FBI review and said shifted from favouring Clinton to being Global fi nancial markets slipped last may be rigged and has called on supporters to keep an eye on voting ton and Trump will spend the day racing the issue would not go away. too close to call. week as opinion polls showed the presi- activity for possible signs of fraud in large cities. Numerous studies across a handful of battleground states Clinton did not mention the FBI fi nd- Clinton held a 4-point lead in the ABC/ dential race tightening. have found that US voter fraud is exceedingly rare. Bitter campaign injects hate speech into mainstream

Reuters It seems like our country is going have stirred other countries, from Rus- But the media is over-hyping his crimes” motivated by bias against a Kokomo, Indiana backwards.” sia to Japan to Britain. support within the Alt-Right “in an at- race, ethnicity, religion, disability or Democrats, including the mayor and Last summer, as Britain’s debate over tempt to discredit him”, Taylor added. sexual orientation. local party offi cials, believe they were leaving the European Union reached a Trump has been criticised by both A 6% increase in hate crimes docu- he lettering is crude, scrawled in politically motivated. fever pitch, Jo Cox, a pro-EU lawmaker, Democrats and some Republicans for mented last year by the California State black spray paint on the sidewalk Local Republicans are sceptical, sug- was shot and stabbed in the street. being slow to condemn the more ex- University researchers showed rela- Tin front of Karen Peters’ neatly gesting the damage is the work of igno- Murder suspect Thomas Mair pro- treme elements of the political right. tively little underlying change in at- kept home in the quiet, working class rant hooligans with no place in the party. claimed “death to traitors, freedom for But when a leading KKK newspaper tacks against most minority groups. neighbourhood where she’s lived most Across the US, the infl ammatory and Britain”. ran a pro-Trump story on its front page But crimes against Muslims rose 86%. of her life. confrontational tone of political rheto- In the United States, reports of hos- last week, his campaign immediately Some who study and work in the But the contempt is clear. ric is creeping into public discourse and Trump during a rally in Sarasota, Florida. tile political displays, vandalism and issued a statement rejecting the “re- political arena believe there has been “KKK *****.” polarizing the electorate. violence are cropping up regularly. pulsive” article. a general erosion in civility that be- The racially charged graffi ti appeared It’s hard to quantify the impact; there tion foes that has emerged from the po- In Mississippi, a black church was Taylor, Hill and other Alt-Right fi g- gan long before the start of the current in mid-October on cars, homes and tel- is no national data that tracks politically litical shadows to align itself with the burned and painted with “Vote Trump”. ures say they don’t advocate or con- presidential race. ephone poles in the small city of Koko- motivated crimes or incendiary speech. Trump campaign. In North Carolina, a county Republican done vandalism or violence. Craig Dunn, Republican party chair- mo, Indiana. However, the percentage of voters Trump’s vows to build a wall on the offi ce was set ablaze last month and They dismiss the notion that their man for Howard County, Indiana, which Many victims, like Peters, were Afri- who believe insulting political oppo- Mexican border, deport millions of ille- a nearby building spray painted with rhetoric constitutes hate speech, argu- includes Kokomo, says that a minority can American, though some were not. nents is “sometimes fair game” has gal immigrants and scrutinize Muslims “Nazi Republicans leave town”. In Ohio, ing that their vilifi cation by the left is of extreme voices are being amplifi ed Many also had lawn signs for Demo- climbed over the campaign season, for ties to terrorism have energised the a truck load of manure was dumped at a far more hateful. over the Internet and social media, fuel- cratic candidates in this week’s presi- from 30 % in March to 43 % in October, Alt-Right community. Democratic campaign offi ce. Left-wing extremists do have a his- ling “a general breakdown in civility”. dential election, and the signs at several according to surveys by the non-parti- Such rhetoric has helped legitimise In Utah, a man displaying Trump tory of aggressive confrontation with Local offi cials worry about how their homes were painted over with the Ku san Pew Research Center. the Alt-Right’s concerns about an ero- yard signs found KKK graffi ti on his car. people or groups seen as fascist or rac- community is being aff ected. Klux Klan’s notorious initials. “These indicators refl ect inter-group sion of the country’s white, Christian In Wisconsin, a fan at a college foot- ist, says Heidi Beirich, of the Southern “The atmosphere is “more volatile, “I think it’s a political thing; it’s tensions that can translate into eve- majority, said Michael Hill, a self- ball game wore a President Barack Poverty Law Center, an organisation there’s more tension”, said Kokomo getting out of hand,” said Peters, who rything from coarse discourse or low described white supremacist, anti- Obama mask with a noose on his neck. that monitors extremist movements. mayor Greg Goodnight, a Democrat. believes the heated tenor of the presi- levels of aggression all the way up to Semite and xenophobe who heads the Neither the Trump nor the Clinton “There’s usually more violence from the The graffi ti attacks were deeply trou- dential campaign — and especially the extremist acts,” said Brian Levin, direc- League of the South, a “Southern Na- campaigns responded to requests for anti-racists than the racists,” she said. bling, he adds.”I don’t remember any- aggressive, nativist rhetoric of Repub- tor of the Center for the Study of Hate tionalist” group dedicated to creating comment. The free speech provisions of the US thing like this ever happening here.” lican candidate Donald Trump — has and Extremism at California State Uni- an independent “white man’s land”. Trump’s positions are consistent constitution’s fi rst amendment grant Monica Fowler, 43, who had “KKK” emboldened extremists. versity. “The general political climate that with the Alt-Right goal of “slowing broad protections for infl ammatory sprayed on her Democratic yard signs, “When you have (candidates) saying Much of the debate over extremism sort of surrounds his campaign has the dispossession of whites”, said Jared rhetoric. is struggling with the attacks.”It’s ignorant things, maybe other people has focused on the so-called Alt-Right, been very fruitful, not only for us, but Taylor, a white nationalist whose web- But state and federal statutes do give okay to disagree,” she says.”But if what think it’s ok to do this stuff , and that’s a loose-knit movement of white na- for other right-wing groups,” Hill said. site, American Renaissance, is a move- law enforcement agencies author- you’re doing is going to scare or harm pretty doggone sad... tionalists, anti-Semites and immigra- Similar nationalist undercurrents ment favourite. ity to investigate and prosecute “hate another person, how dare you.” Gulf Times 14 Tuesday, November 8, 2016 ASEAN Myanmar allows food aid delivery to confl ict-torn region

Reuters violence that erupted on October 9,” Human rights monitors and mem- reporters offi cials had agreed to allow Yangon the statement said. bers of the mostly stateless Rohingya the resumption of pre-existing aid Press under pressure as paper bans Rakhine reports Security forces have fanned out in community say troops have shot civil- programmes in the area and to extend the Muslim-majority region seeking ians on sight, raped Rohingya women assistance to newly displaced people. A leading English-language newspa- administration. The Myanmar Times, yanmar is allowing the fi rst the perpetrators of attacks in early Oc- and looted and burned homes during Approximately 150,000 people had per in Myanmar has suspended its the country’s oldest independent food deliveries for more than tober in which nine border guard police the operation. been cut off from food, cash and nutri- reporting on restive Rakhine state, English-language daily, stopped cover- Mfour weeks to the troubled offi cers were killed. The government, led by Nobel Peace tion assistance for the past four weeks, according to an internal memo, as ing the crisis after one of its senior north of Rakhine state, the UN hu- The government believes a group Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, denies the statement said. pressure mounts on media to curtail staff , Fiona McGregor, was fired over manitarian agency announced yester- of some 400 Rohingya Muslims with any abuses have been committed. WFP had been granted access to four critical coverage of army operations an article alleging troops gang-raped day, amid an ongoing military lock- links to militants overseas planned and Diplomats and the United Nations aff ected villages, it said, without stating in the area. Rohingya women. down of the area. executed the attacks. have been pushing an independent in- how many people would be reached. The northern part of the state, close In an internal memo seen by AFP, The UN Offi ce for the Co-ordination At least 33 alleged attackers and fi ve vestigation, as well as for aid access to OCHA’s head of offi ce in Myanmar, to the Bangladesh border and home management ordered editors “not of Humanitarian Aff airs (OCHA) said government soldiers have been killed. be resumed in the Maungdaw area. Mark Cutts, said in a post on Twitter to the repressed Muslim Rohingya to analyse, comment, report or have in a statement that the World Food Another police offi cer was also killed “The UN continues to advocate it was “welcome news that some food minority, has been under military lock- opinion pieces on the following Programme had been granted permis- by motorcycle-riding assailants in the strongly for full access to all aff ected aid in #Maungdaw given go-ahead, but down for almost a month after deadly subjects until further notice: Rakhine sion to deliver aid to four villages, but latest incident on Thursday, according areas to assess and respond to all hu- thousands of malnourished children still raids on three police border posts. State; Rohingya; and military actions repeated a call for full access to the area to state media. manitarian needs and to resume pre- waiting for life-saving treatment.” The violence has posed the biggest in Rakhine state”. where tens of thousands remain cut off The military has designated the area existing humanitarian activities,” the Before the current crises erupted, challenge so far to Aung San Suu That prompted staff to post a notice in from assistance. an “operation zone,” blocking aid de- OCHA said. there was a malnutrition rate of 19% Kyi’s young government and raised today’s print edition saying the paper’s “This is the fi rst time humanitarian liveries to the Rohingya population and The high-level diplomatic mission among children aged under fi ve in questions over the balance of power “editorial policies are in the process of access has been granted to the aff ected barring foreign journalists and observ- from the UN, United States and Brit- Maungdaw, according to statistics cited between the army and the civilian being clarified by management.” areas of Maungdaw Township since the ers from entering. ain visited the area last week and told in a WFP report in May. British teacher Jakarta governor faces fl ed country after colleague marathon police grilling death: govt AFP Jakarta AFP a Thai woman with whom he Yangon has a young child, and Binot- he Indonesian capital’s ti’s partner. Christian governor faced At the weathered, three- Ta marathon police grilling British teacher wanted block building in downtown yesterday for allegedly insulting by police after a col- Yangon where Binotti lived, religion, after the accusations Aleague was found dead neighbours recalled hearing sparked a violent mass protest in his Yangon apartment has two men fi ghting early Satur- by hardliners in the country. fl ed the country, the Myanmar day. Friday’s demonstration government said yesterday. “I heard their cries, saying: started peacefully but de- Police said the 47-year-old ‘Go, go,’ but I can’t understand scended into chaos as night fell victim, named as Briton Pe- the rest as it was in English,” with protesters torching police ter Gary Ferguson, was found Myint Myint, an elderly wom- cars and hurling rocks and bot- dead on Sunday with wounds an who lives on the ground tles in the heart of Jakarta, as to his head and chest. fl oor, said. they demanded the leader be His wife reportedly dis- “I heard them throwing jailed for blasphemy. covered the body inside an things. I think it happened Scores of police officers were apartment belonging to his around 4:00am (on Saturday). injured and one man died in the 25-year-old colleague and Then they became silent.” clashes close to the presiden- compatriot, Harris Binotti. Another resident, who tial palace, reportedly after tear Police said the pair, who asked to remain nameless, gas fired by authorities trig- worked at Horizon Interna- added: “The neighbours could gered an asthma attack. tional School, had been out hear them fi ght... but they The protest involving tens drinking on Friday night. were not sure what to do as of thousands of hardliners was Myanmar’s Ministry of In- they did not know them.” sparked by accusations governor formation said Binotti had left Horizon International’s Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, a Chris- the country on Sunday but director of studies said the tian and a member of Indonesia’s gave no further details on his school had heard the news of ethnic Chinese minority, insulted whereabouts. Ferguson’s death after he suf- a religious group’s holy book while “The defendant of the case fered a “hard blow to his chest campaigning in elections for the left from Yangon International and his head”. Jakarta governorship. Airport by Thai Airways on But “we have absolutely Police had already launched the evening on November 5,” it no idea why this happened”, the investigation into Pur- said in a statement. Shahriyor Turgunov added in nama, known by his nickname Binotti’s whereabouts were an e-mail to AFP. Ahok, before Friday’s protest not immediately clear, with “We haven’t heard from after groups accused him of police in Thailand unwilling Harris, even.” breaking the country’s tough to comment on the possibility Violent crimes against blasphemy laws. that he may have entered the foreigners are rare in former Yesterday the governor was kingdom or used it as a transit junta-run Myanmar, whose questioned as a witness at na- point. expatriate population remains tional police headquarters in Captain Koe Myo, head of small compared to other Jakarta, emerging after nine police in the Yangon township Southeast Asian countries but hours and making his way Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (second row, centre), known by his nickname Ahok, is asked questions by journalists at the police headquarters in where Ferguson’s body was is growing fast. through a media scrum. Jakarta yesterday. found, said Interpol would be The British Foreign and Purnama dodged questions called in to aid the manhunt. Commonwealth Offi ce in Yan- about the case, only telling re- will decide next week whether jailed for up to five years. But this has done little to ap- violence with tear gas and wa- “Now it becomes a cross- gon is off ering “support to the porters: “I want to go home, any crime had been committed. Purnama has apologised for pease his opponents. ter cannons. The protest also border case and it is formally family of a British national I’m hungry.” If found guilty Purnama – his remarks, claiming that he Thousands of police and sol- forced President Joko Widodo up to the Interpol to deal with following a death”, a spokes- Police said they plan to finish who is favourite to win the was criticising his political ri- diers were deployed before the to cancel an official visit to the process,” he said. man said, adding the embassy questioning about 30 witness- February elections against two vals who were using the verse rally in the capital, but it still Australia due to start at the Police have taken state- is “in touch with the local au- es over the case this week and Muslim opponents – could be rather than the holy book itself. took officers hours to quell the weekend. ments from Ferguson’s wife, thorities”.

Second-largest daily of Brunei shuts Najib risks backlash at down abruptly Cambodian senator gets seven Brunei’s second-largest daily newspaper, the Brunei Times, home after China deals published its final edition yesterday, after abruptly an- years jail over Facebook post nouncing plans for closure over Reuters Philippines President Rodrigo the weekend, triggering online Kuala Lumpur Duterte, who announced his speculation about the reason. country’s “separation” from AFP ment. Rainsy, who is in exile in The daily, which was launched in the United States and signed Phnom Penh France, was also charged sepa- 2006, announced on its Sunday alaysian Prime Minis- agreements and loan pledges rately in the case. front page that it would cease ter Najib Razak is fac- worth an estimated $24bn with Last month the same court publication the next day. Ming grumblings back Beijing. Cambodian opposition sentenced an outspoken op- Yesterday, it said in a longer home that he is “selling off ” his UMNO leaders expect Najib senator was sentenced position lawmaker who has notice that the closure was due country after returning from to brief them soon so the party Ato seven years in jail criticised Hun Sen’s govern- to “business issues, reporting China with about $34bn worth can start allaying any fears yesterday for posting a doc- ment over its handling of the and journalistic standards that of deals, which could help lift about China’s rising infl uence tored document on social me- border issue to two-and-a- should meet the mark set, and the economy ahead of elections. in Malaysia, said Shahidan Kas- dia about the contested border half years in jail for posting al- also issues relating to business The concerns emerge from sim, a senior member of the with neighbouring Vietnam. legedly fake maps on his Face- sustainability...” The daily did not a deep-seated distrust of the party’s supreme council and a Anti-Vietnamese sentiment book page. address posts on social media Chinese among Malaysia’s Ma- federal minister. “All of this has is strong in parts of Cambodia The two countries have that it had been ordered to shut lay-Muslim majority, who form its pros and cons, but in UMNO and is often stirred up by the shared a testy relationship down for publishing an article the support base for the ruling we must have a policy state- opposition to undermine the since Vietnam’s troops invad- on Oct 26 about changes in United Malay National Organi- ment on this,” he told Reuters. country’s strongman ruler Hun ed to oust Cambodia’s geno- visa fees imposed by the Saudi sation (UMNO). Ethnicity and religion are Sen. cidal Khmer Rouge regime in Arabian government for Brunei Najib was quick to dismiss sensitive issues in Malaysia, The courts, which critics say 1979 before withdrawing a Haj pilgrims.The daily carried the concerns after concluding where Muslim Malays form a are easily bent to Hun Sen’s decade later. an apology for the article on its his six-day visit to China. little over 50% of the popula- will, have hit back with charges A recent photo shows senator Hong Sok Hour (second left) from the Hun Sen, who has ruled website on Friday. “Some have scaremongered tion of 31mn. and prosecutions accusing op- Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) being escorted by police at Cambodia for three decades, A spokesman for the Brunei that Malaysia is being sold off . Ethnic Chinese make up position members of whipping the Supreme Court in Phnom Penh. is highly sensitive to criticism Times declined to comment on This is absurd and absolutely about 25% and ethnic Indians up dissent. that he is too soft on Vietnam the posts and instead referred false,” Najib said in a statement, about 7%. Senator Hong Sok Hour was Facebook page.The version of public documents, using fake over the disputed areas of the Reuters to yesterday’s front page insisting the projects will be Malaysia’s ethnic Chinese arrested last year, days after the 36-year-old treaty he post- public documents, incitement shared border. statement. He said the newspa- owned and run by Malaysians. have long been a scapegoat for Cambodian Prime Minister ed said the two countries would causing unrest to national se- Rights groups have accused per had 110 people on its staff . The deals include Malaysia’s the Malay community, with Hun Sen accused him of com- “dissolve the borderline” – an curity,” Judge Ros Piseth said, Hun Sen’s administration of The Prime Minister’s Department fi rst signifi cant defence deal UMNO leaders pointing to eth- mitting treason by posting infl ammatory concept to Cam- sentencing him to seven years arresting scores of critics and did not respond to an e-mailed with China, an agreement to nic Chinese economic domi- a doctored version of an old bodians. in prison. tying up other opponents in request for comment. buy four Chinese naval vessels. nance to unite Malays and keep treaty about the border on op- A court yesterday found the His lawyers could not be legal cases before national Najib’s visit followed that of a fi rm grip on political power. position leader Sam Rainsy’s senator guilty of “falsifying reached immediately for com- elections in 2018. Gulf Times Tuesday, November 8, 2016 15 AUSTRALASIA/EAST ASIA China passes law on cybersecurity China moves to bar AFP security and potentially ex- Beijing pose personal information,” he wrote in a statement, adding that overall the new law “cre- hina has passed a con- ates barriers to trade and in- troversial cybersecurity novation”. Cbill tightening restric- Concerns about the legis- activist lawmakers tions on online freedom of lation were overblown, Zhao speech and imposing new rules Zeliang, the director of China’s Reuters on online service providers, Cyberspace Administration, Hong Kong/Beijing raising concerns it is further told reporters. cloistering its heavily control- The law is not intended “to led internet. limit foreign technology or hina’s parliament passed The ruling Communist Party products or to put up trade a ruling yesterday that ef- oversees a vast censorship sys- barriers”, he said. Cfectively bars two elected tem – dubbed the Great Fire- “A few foreign friends, they Hong Kong pro-independence wall – that aggressively blocks equate ‘security controls, politicians from taking offi ce, sites or snuff s out Internet voluntary controls, security Beijing’s most direct interven- content and commentary on trustworthiness’ with trade tion in the territory’s legal and topics considered sensitive, protectionism,” he said, add- political system since the 1997 such as Beijing’s human rights ing “that’s a type of misunder- handover. record and criticism of the standing. A type of prejudice”. The rare move by Beijing came government. China’s foreign ministry after Yau Wai-ching, 25, and Bag- And it has aggressively spokesman Lu Kang said there gio Leung, 30, pledged allegiance Leung and Yau are seen during a confrontation with blocked major companies such were “no signifi cant diff erenc- to the “Hong Kong nation” and the police late on Sunday. as Google and Facebook from es” between the new Chinese displayed a banner declaring off ering their services in its laws and laws of other coun- “Hong Kong is not China” dur- Left: Security guards walk through a lobby of the domestic cyberspace. tries”, adding that the law had ing a swearing-in ceremony for Legislative Council Building in Hong Kong yesterday, The law, which was approved involved a lengthy public com- the city’s Legislative Council in following a ruling by Beijing on two elected by the National People’s Con- ment period, making it “more October. pro-independence lawmakers from the city’s gress Standing Committee, is transparent than other govern- The National People’s Con- legislature. largely focused on protecting ments in this regard”. gress in Beijing ruled that law- the country’s networks and The European Chamber of makers must swear allegiance the greatest political challenges the case in a judicial review, tak- needed to be completed before While it has made four other private user information. Commerce disagreed, saying to Hong Kong as part of China to the central government in Bei- ing Beijing’s decision into con- confi rming if the pair were dis- rulings since 1997, this ruling is But it also bans Internet us- in a statement that the “over- and that candidates would be jing in decades. sideration. qualifi ed. its fi rst move to preempt an on- ers from publishing a wide all lack of transparency over disqualifi ed if they changed the “This incident shows us the The promotion of independ- Simon Young, a professor at going Hong Kong court case. variety of information, includ- the last year surrounding this wording of their oath of offi ce or Basic Law is a handicapped ence has long been taboo in Hong Kong University, said he Hong Kong Justice Secretary ing anything that damages signifi cant and wide-reaching if they failed to take it in a sincere legal document and the so- Hong Kong amid fears in Beijing was still evaluating the ruling but Rimsky Yuen said he still be- “national honour”, “disturbs piece of legislation has created and solemn manner. called mini-constitution can be it could spread among other ac- it did seem to bar Leung and Yau lieved the oath-taking contro- economic or social order” or a great deal of uncertainty and The prospect of the ruling amended and controlled by the tivists and challenge the central from taking offi ce. versy could be resolved locally, is aimed at “overthrowing the negativity in the business en- sparked protests in the former Chinese Communist Party at government’s rule. “I do worry we are only going but he also had every confi dence socialist system”. vironment”. British colony on Sunday and it is will,” said Joshua Wong, 20, one “The nature of Hong Kong in- to see more interpretations, and that the city’s judiciary would A provision requiring com- Amnesty’s Poon said the law now on high alert for any repeat of the leaders of the 2014 pro- dependence is to split the coun- attempts by the NPC to fl esh out uphold the rule of law. panies to verify a user’s iden- “goes further than ever before of the weekend clashes. tests. try. It seriously violates the one local laws, if they really want to Beijing’s decision represents tity eff ectively makes it illegal in codifying abusive practices, Members of the city’s legal Foreign diplomats were watch- country, two systems policy,” stop the separatists,” Young told some of the worst privately held to go online anonymously. with a near-total disregard for profession are planning a rare si- ing closely, stressing the impor- said Li Fei, chairman of the par- Reuters, referring to China’s par- fears of senior judges and some And companies providing the rights to freedom of ex- lent march tonight amid pressure tance of the rule of the law to the liament’s Basic Law Commit- liament. government offi cials in Hong online services in the coun- pression and privacy”. for them to take even stronger city’s international reputation. tee. “The Central Government Darragh Paradiso, a spokes- Kong, according to sources close try must provide “technical Chinese authorities have action. Britain said it was concerned. is highly concerned about the person for the US Consulate to them. support and help” to public long reserved the right to con- Britain returned Hong Kong “We urge the Chinese and grave dangers the Hong Kong in- General Hong Kong and Macau, Chinese foreign ministry security organs investigating trol and censor online content. to Chinese control in 1997 un- Hong Kong (special administra- dependence forces bring to the said by phone that the United spokesman Lu Kang said at a reg- “crimes” – which would nor- The country stepped up der a “one country, two systems” tive region) governments, and all country and to Hong Kong.” States strongly valued Hong ular press briefi ng that he hoped mally include those related to controls in 2013, launching a formula that gives the territory elected politicians in Hong Kong Hong Kong leader Leung Kong’s independent judiciary. the international community speech. wide-ranging Internet crack- wide-ranging autonomy, includ- to refrain from any actions that Chun-ying, who has governed “It is unfortunate that this would see the decision refl ected The legislation drew a wave down. ing judicial freedom guided by a fuel concerns or undermine con- during some of the city’s most particular situation was not re- the will of the Chinese people. of criticism from rights groups Hundreds of Chinese blog- mini-constitution called the Ba- fi dence in the one country, two violent and divisive times in dec- solved within Hong Kong’s Leg- James To, a lawmaker with the and foreign business organi- gers and journalists were de- sic Law. systems principle,” a Foreign Of- ades, said his government would islative Council or within its Democratic Party, said the cen- sations, who said its vague tained as part of the campaign, The protests on Sunday night fi ce spokeswoman said. implement China’s interpreta- well-respected courts,” she said. tral government had undermined language and overreaching which has seen infl uential crit- were reminiscent of pro-democ- While the decision eff ectively tion of the mini-constitution. The Basic Law grants China’s Hong Kong’s judicial process. security requirements would ics of Beijing paraded on state racy protests in late 2014 that bars the two Hong Kong poli- But Legislative Council presi- NPC a power of interpreta- “In future, people’s confi dence restrict freedom of speech television. paralysed parts of the Asian fi - ticians from being sworn in, a dent Andrew Leung said the tion above Hong Kong’s highest in one country, two systems will and throw up barriers to glo- Under regulations an- nancial centre and posed one of court in the city must still rule on Hong Kong judicial review court. worsen,” To said. bal companies hoping to serve nounced at the time, Chinese China’s enormous market of Internet users face three years more than 710mn Internet us- in prison for writing defamato- ers. ry messages that are re-posted “This dangerous law com- 500 times or more. mandeers Internet compa- They can also be jailed if of- Don’t be swayed by nies to be de facto agents of fending posts are viewed more the state, by requiring them to than 5,000 times. censor and provide personal Comments posted on social disgust, jury in grisly data to the authorities at a media have been used in the whim,” said Patrick Poon, Chi- prosecution of various activ- na researcher at global rights ists, such as human rights law- HK murder trial told group Amnesty International. yer Pu Zhiqiang. James Zimmerman, chair- “If online speech and pri- man of the American Chamber vacy are a bellwether of Bei- Reuters jury to consider whether Jut- of Commerce in China, said jing’s attitude toward peaceful Hong Kong ting was of “abnormal mind” that the law risks China “be- criticism, everyone – including at the time of the killings which coming isolated technological- netizens in China and major diminished his responsibility. ly from the rest of the world”. international corporations – is Hong Kong judge or- The jury should approach “Requirements for national now at risk,” said Sophie Rich- dered the jury in British its verdict intellectually, rather security reviews and data shar- ardson, China Director of Hu- Abanker Rurik Jutting’s than be “coloured by passion ing will unnecessarily weaken man Rights Watch. double murder trial not to al- or disgust that you feel at the low its verdict to be infl uenced dreadful acts which the de- by “passion or disgust” over fendant has admitted he car- the torture, rape and killings ried out”, said Stuart-Moore. but to weigh the evidence in- The defence has argued that A boat sails under Sydney’s iconic landmark Harbour Bridge as the city’s skyline is shrouded in smoke tellectually. Jutting suff ers from cocaine yesterday. Firefighters are battling with the first season bush fires on the outskirts of Sydney. Jutting has pleaded not and alcohol abuse and person- guilty to murdering two In- ality disorders of sexual sadism donesian women in his Hong and narcissism which impaired Kong apartment in 2014 on his ability to control his behav- grounds of diminished respon- iour. As bushfi res burn, Aussies told to sibility due to alcohol and drug The prosecution has rejected abuse and sexual disorders. this, stating Jutting was able to He has pleaded guilty to form judgements and exercise think survival instead of selfi es manslaughter. self-control before and after The jury of four women and the killings, fi lming Ningsih’s fi ve men is due to start consid- torture and shooting hours of Reuters/DPA so it only takes a spark and we Commissioner Shane Fitzsim- ering its verdict today. footage where he discussed the Sydney can have a major fi re in Sydney,” mons said people should put Murder carries a mandatory killings, binging on cocaine and A hand out picture released by Queensland police yesterday Deputy Commissioner Rob Rog- safety fi rst. life sentence, while the lesser his graphic sexual fantasies. shows a police off icer with the joey. ers told Channel Seven. “It’s very “Use some common sense,” charge of manslaughter carries Stuart-Moore, speaking in undreds of Australian high today and by no means is Fitzsimmons told reporters dur- a maximum of life. a packed courtroom stacked fi refi ghters battled large there no fi re danger in Sydney.” ing a press conference. “If you Jutting, a former vice-pres- with international media, law Hbush fi res in New South A growing number of wildfi res come across a fi re, think about ident and head of Structured students and members of the Wales yesterday, with authorities are expected as Australia heads survival, not selfi es.” Equity Finance and Trading public, said the fact that Jut- Joey found in bag saying that continued high tem- into its summer, with some sci- “Travelling through Australia (Asia) at Bank of America, ting “has an appalling private peratures and strong winds could entists warning that rising tem- can be dangerous!” Kwok said is charged with murder- life is neither here nor there”. spark blazes in Sydney. peratures could increase the in- in his Instagram post on Sunday, ing Sumarti Ningsih, 23, and The fact that Jutting has not AFP found the joey, which is pro- Water-bombing aircraft as- tensity of the fi re season. adding that he almost got stuck Seneng Mujiasih, 26, in his testifi ed himself during the Sydney tected under the Nature Con- sisted crews in tackling around Meanwhile, a top fi re offi cial in in the bushfi re. luxury high-rise apartment. trial doesn’t prove one thing or servation Act, on Saturday 50 fi res with one blaze in Port Australia has scolded a local man He said he called the fi re bri- The trial, in its third week, another, he added. night and had been caring for Stephens, about 200km (124 who stopped to take a selfi e sur- gade and drove to safety. has attracted global attention He said the defence needed ustralian police uncov- it since. miles) north of Sydney, burning rounded by a blazing bushfi re in When he was criticised on- due the 31-year-old Cam- to prove whether it was more ered a baby koala hidden Baby marsupials are called through 8,047 hectares (19,890 Kundabung. line for recklessness, Kwok said bridge graduate’s profi le and likely than not that Jutting’s Ain the bag of a woman joeys. acres) of bush, the New South The photo and a video taken he needed a toilet break, since the brutal nature of the killings mental responsibility for his they stopped in the street. The marsupial was handed Wales Rural Fire Service said. by Kevin Kwok has since gone “driving while needing to go is in a city where serious crime is actions was “substantially The 50-year-old, who was to the RSPCA, an animal pro- “The bush is quite dry now, viral, but NSW Rural Fire Service also dangerous”. rare. impaired”, taking into con- being spoken to on unrelated tection charity, which named The jury has viewed graphic sideration factors including matters on Sunday evening, him Alfred. video taken by Jutting on his whether his “perception, un- stunned Brisbane offi cers “He’s been on fl uids but is Police raid Japanese ad agency following overwork death iPhone of him torturing Ning- derstanding, judgement and when she revealed she had the doing well and will shortly sih before he cut her throat. self-control” were abnormal creature in her canvas satchel. be going out to a carer,” said Japanese authorities raided the country’s biggest Matsuri Takahashi died of “karoshi”, or death by Her mutilated body was and whether there was an “in- “Not quite believing their RSPCA spokesperson Michael advertising agency Dentsu yesterday following the overwork. found in a suitcase on the bal- herent cause or induced by dis- ears, the offi cers cautiously Beatty. suicide of a 24-year-old due to overwork as they Takahashi committed suicide in December and her cony, while Mujiasih’s was ease or injury”. unzipped the bag and found The woman was subse- suspect widespread illegal overtime at the company. family argued that she had worked 105 overtime found inside the apartment “Yes he was impaired, eve- this gorgeous boy,” Queensland quently arrested over “out- Investigators from the ministry of health, labour and hours a month, surpassing the limit of 70 hours set in with wounds to her neck and ryone agrees, but was he sub- police said. “The koala – be- standing matters”, police said. welfare searched Dentsu’s headquarters in Tokyo a labour-management agreement, before developing buttocks. stantially impaired?” he said. lieved to be about six months A 2012 national count and its branches in Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka. symptoms of depression. He has not faced separate He quoted Jutting in one of of age – seemed to be in good placed total koala numbers at Dentsu off icials said the company will co-operate The ministry is set to refer Dentsu to prosecutors charges connected to the rape his fi lmed monologues where health, although a bit dehy- 330,000, though their tree-top with the investigation. on suspicion of breaking the labour standards law, and torture. he discussed going to jail. drated.” habitat makes accurate assess- Yesterday’s move comes after the ministry Kyodo News agency reported, citing unnamed Deputy High Court Judge “How many life sentences The woman claimed she ment diffi cult. recognised in September that Dentsu employee ministry off icials. Michael Stuart-Moore told the can one serve?” he said. Gulf Times 16 Tuesday, November 8, 2016 BRITAIN/IRELAND

LAW AND ORDER COMMENT PEOPLE SOCIETY EDUCATION Two prisoners escape State funding not needed Bake Off winner to have Half of women regret Scottish primary school from HMP Pentonville for concert hall: supporters starring role at food fest career choice: survey stops setting homework

Two prisoners have escaped from HMP Supporters of the plan to build a new concert hall Candice Brown, winner of The Great British Almost half of British women regret their career A school in the Highlands has stopped setting Pentonville, the ministry of justice (MoJ) has said. in London are confident the scheme will go ahead Bake Off , will be one of the star attractions at a choices and wish they had gone into better paid homework for its 175 pupils. The decision was The escape was discovered when prison off icers despite the government pulling out of the project. food festival in Shoreditch. The baker will give “male-dominated” industries, according to a survey taken at Highland Council-run Inverlochy Primary found two mannequins in the prisoners’ beds Private backers will be sought after the Treasury a 45-minute demonstration of how to make a by Open University. It found that 49% of women in Fort William after the children and their parents yesterday. One of those who escaped is serving withdrew its support. Ex-chancellor George personalised showstopper Christmas cake at wished they had opted for a job involving science, voted to scrap it. About 80% of pupils and more a “very long sentence”. It is understood the Osborne provided £5.5mn to develop a business the Foodies Festival, held at The Old Truman technology, engineering or maths — know as Stem than 60% of their parents voted in favour of an end inmates, aged 28 and 31, used diamond-tipped case for the London Concert Hall but ministers Brewery in Brick Lane. She will be joined at jobs. The survey of 1,011 women found 56% said to homework. Instead of homework, the children cutting equipment to break through cell bars have decided it does not off er value for money. the event by Jane Devonshire, this year’s they were not told enough about Stem-related will be encouraged to read books and comics before they scaled the perimeter wall. A prison About £1.25mn has been spent examining the case MasterChef winner, and Adam Simmonds, of careers when they were growing up. Lack of that interest them and to play. Highland Council spokesperson said: “Public protection is our to build it on London Wall. A source said research the Great British Menu. The three-day festival female role models in those sectors was also cited allows head teachers, staff and parents to make top priority and we take escapes from custody had been carried out into the prospects for private will also feature Christmas food workshops as a factor. The findings were announced ahead of decisions on the running of schools. Scotland’s extremely seriously. We are working closely with fundraising and they were confident that if a and an artisan market. The festival runs from Equal Pay Day on Thursday, the symbolic day when biggest teachers’ union, the EIS, said the move at the police and are urgently investigating the design were put forward for “a landmark building” November 18 to 20. Tickets at foodiesfestival. campaigners say the average woman’s pay loses Inverlochy added to a long-running discussion on matter.” in central London, the backing would be available. com parity with the average man’s pay. the setting of homework.

Calm restored Government after 200 inmates riot in jail ‘preparing

AFP London legislation to uthorities yesterday put an end to a prison riot Ainvolving up to 200 in- mates, which broke out just days after a warders’ association warned of a “bloodbath” in the UK’s detention facilities. trigger Brexit’ Police, ambulance and fi re services were called to the pris- Agencies Britain, pro-Brexit campaign- question, should we leave or on in Bedford, central England, London ers and Britain’s eurosceptic not. That’s a mandate, and the shortly before 5pm (1700GMT) newspapers have attacked the Labour party accepts and re- after the disturbance broke out. judges for what they called a spects that mandate. The very More than six hours later a Pris- he government is prepar- betrayal of the vote. next question, hot on the heels, on Service spokesperson said the ing legislation to trigger May’s spokesman told re- is: what are the terms, what are incident had been “successfully Tthe procedure to leave porters that the government the basic plans? For that there is resolved” by prison offi cers and the EU, Sky News reported yes- had “strong legal arguments” to no mandate.” the emergency services. terday, despite Prime Minister win at the Supreme Court. Asked whether Labour would “An investigation into this inci- Theresa May saying she is con- Meanwhile, shadow Brexit block Article 50 if the planned dent will take place. We are abso- fident of overturning a court secretary, Keir Starmer, said terms for leaving the EU were lutely clear that prisoners who be- decision that may delay Brexit. Labour will not block a parlia- not clear or satisfactory, Starm- have in this way will be punished May’s plans to start the for- mentary vote to trigger Arti- er said: “We will not frustrate and could spend signifi cantly mal divorce procedure from the cle 50 but would insist on first the process by simply voting longer behind bars,” the spokes- European Union by the end of knowing the government’s down Article 50 but we’re abso- person said. During the unrest March were dealt a blow last plans for how it would proceed lutely clear that before we get to the Prison Offi cers Association’s week when England’s High Court with leaving the EU. that stage the government must (POA) general secretary, Steve ruled that her government must Starmer did, however, say put its plan before parliament. Gillan, estimated up to 200 pris- seek parliamentary approval for that the party could try to Pressed to clarify whether oners were involved. triggering Article 50. amend any bill to begin the this meant Labour could still, “Prison offi cers on the landings The prime minister is deter- process of beginning Brexit, in some circumstances, block a have withdrawn to a safe place, so mined to carry out what she and would seek to preserve ac- vote to trigger Article 50, he re- prisoners are out in large num- calls “the will of the people”. cess to the EU’s customs union plied: “No”. bers,” he said before the situation Her spokesman declined to and elements of the single mar- But speaking later on BBC2’s had been brought under control. comment directly on the report ket. Victoria Derbyshire pro- Two inmates suff ered non-se- yesterday, saying only that the Labour’s position was un- gramme, Starmer said this rious injuries while offi cers were government was focused on clear over the weekend, with process could involve seeking unhurt, a justice ministry spokes- winning its appeal to the Su- Jeremy Corbyn warning the to modify any bill on Article man said. preme Court next month. party could block Article 50 50. “If it is legislation, then of The incident came just days Sky News quoted sources if its core demands on Brexit course there might be amend- after the head of the POA, Mike as saying the government was were not met, before the deputy ments put down,” he said. Rolfe, warned of the deteriorating preparing a bill - legislation leader, Tom Watson, said the Asked what these could po- situation in Britain’s prisons. that will have to be considered party would not do so. tentially cover, Starmer said: “It’s a bloodbath in prisons at in both houses of parliament in Asked to clarify the position, “We are clear that we need the this minute in time. Staff are abso- what could be a lengthy proc- Starmer told BBC Radio 4’s To- fullest possible access to the lutely on their knees, lost all morale, ess. day programme that his party single market, that we should all motivation,” he told BBC Radio May’s focus on ensur- wanted to know the govern- be in the customs union, and Four. “Low staffi ng numbers, peo- ing the government has the ment’s plans for areas including that there should be special ar- ple leaving the job in droves, it’s a lead on breaking with the EU future access to the EU’s single rangements for Northern Ire- real bad mix, and it’s dangerous for has angered some lawmakers, market, but would not seek to land, Wales and Scotland.” everyone, staff and prisoners alike.” prompting one of her ruling vote down the triggering of Ar- Also speaking on Today, the Last month a 21-year-old in- Conservative party MPs to re- ticle 50. Pensions Secretary, Damian mate was stabbed to death at Lon- sign last week and deepening “Labour accepts that the gov- Green, refused to comment on don’s Pentonville prison. On Oc- splits laid bare in the June EU ernment has a mandate to leave reports that the government tober 29 a national response unit referendum. the EU – the mandate given to it might try to push a resolution was brought in to control prison- Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon meets apprentices as she tours the University of Sheff ield’s But while those who cam- on June 23,” Starmer said. “They through parliament on Article ers at East Sussex prison, south- Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) in Sheff ield. Sturgeon has threatened a second paigned to stay in the European have no mandate for the terms 50, rather than a full bill, saying east England, in a standoff which vote on independence for Scotland if it does not have continued access to Europe’s single market Union hope the court decision upon which we leave. all this would need to await the last six hours. after Britain leaves the European Union. will soften the divorce terms for “We know the answer to the appeal.

Higgins in Hanoi Battersea residents fi ght Central London house prices fall again in Oct plan to sell ‘pocket park’ vendors more realistic on asking Reuters London prices,” head of London Residen- London Evening Standard for a block of flats.” sq ft suggests the homes could be tial Research Tom Bill said. London A second, Fiona Lings, wrote: worth a combined £3mn at the lo- Stamp duty — paid on purchas- “People meet and use the pocket cal rate of about £800 per square he price of central Lon- es of new homes- was increased park frequently throughout the feet for Victorian family houses. don’s most expensive from April on second homes and ozens of residents have year.” New builds usually command Thomes fell again in Octo- buy-to-let purchases, particu- expressed outrage at Another, Andrew Mullins, told higher prices than existing prop- ber, continuing a decline which larly hitting central London where Dplans to build fl ats on a the Standard: “There seems to erties. began earlier this year due to in- many buyers are foreign investors. south London “pocket park” be a growing trend for councils The documents reveal three creased property taxes and the The timing, which brought for- used by children and mothers to offl oad public land for devel- trees will be planted “in lieu of the Brexit vote, a consultancy said ward many purchases and resulted with babies. opers. It’s not a very big green sycamore that needs to be felled” yesterday. in a slump afterwards, makes it Developers want to construct space, but it’s important for an and there will be a “living wall” on In the latest sign that the prop- diffi cult to disentangle the eff ect a four-storey block with a total of area that’s not very green at all. the block’s south side. The aim is erty market is cooling since Brit- from the uncertainty created by fi ve homes on a plot of land owned The big thing is we don’t feel “a new-build development in line ons voted to leave the European the run-up to the June 23 refer- by Wandsworth council in a resi- properly consulted.” with council policy producing a Union, Knight Frank said prices endum and the decision to leave dential Battersea neighbourhood. The land is part of a wartime strong and clean contemporary fell by an annual 2.3% last month the EU. Upmarket estate agents Locals have said the loss of bombsite on the corner of Gow- building that will sit well within in London’s most desirable post- Savills said in September that the space, dominated by a ma- rie Road and Taybridge Road its immediate surroundings and codes, the biggest drop in seven prices in London’s prime locations ture sycamore tree, would be the which has largely been fi lled in by provide very desirable residential years. will fall by 9% this year and not “thin end of the wedge” for Lon- Sixties bungalows, leaving only accommodation.” A decline of 1.8 % in August and grow again until 2019. don’s valued mini-parks. the park as surviving open space. Languard was unavailable for 2.1 % in September had been the There are also signs that for- About 60 objections to the A planning statement from the comment. The council said: “This biggest falls since October 2009, eign investors are bargaining down proposal from Languard Devel- council, ahead of the park being is a very small, vacant and unused when prices fell 3.2% as Britain prices and using the fall in the opments have been lodged with put up for sale, says: “There are former World War II bombsite, began recovering from the eff ects value of the pound, which has de- Wandworth’s planning depart- no site constraints relating to this which has in the past had tempo- of the fi nancial crisis. clined by around 15% against the ment, the vast majority in the parcel of land, which is not with- rary homes built on it and more Prime central London stretches euro and the dollar since the refer- last weekend, when news of the in a conservation area.” recently has been a haven for anti- from Kensington and Notting Hill endum, as a way to snap up Lon- plans spread around the com- The plans show Languard pro- social behaviour like street drink- Ireland’s President Michael D Higgins (left) shakes hands in the west to the City of London don property with large discounts. munity. pose three two-bedroom mai- ing and also a magnet for litter and with his Vietnamese counterpart Tran Dai Quang during in the east. The biggest drop was “While sales have been weaker, One resident, Karlar Hrabar, sonettes and two one-bedroom fl ytips. It’s a small dead-end space a welcoming ceremony held at the presidential palace in recorded in Chelsea, where prices a combination of lower asking said in her letter of objection: “I fl ats with three storeys above covered in concrete, not grass, and Hanoi yesterday. Higgins is on a nine day-long state visit fell 9.9%. prices and a weaker pound has am appalled the council would ground and a basement. no one could ever reasonably de- aimed at boosting bilateral ties. “Uncertainty generated by the begun to push demand indicators consider losing this lovely park Total living space of about 3,500 scribe it as a green oasis.” decision to leave the EU has made higher,” said Bill. Gulf Times Tuesday, November 8, 2016 17 BRITAIN Man jailed for poison-pen Facebook plot on neighbour

London Evening Standard Entries purportedly made by arresting Small, a construction zone in their Croydon street. He police after being abused by Cur- Thomas Quinn, defending ed and took a bit of time to do. London the victim described the Curries project manager, when an offi cer pleaded guilty to perverting the rie’s children in the street. Currie, told the court: “He was in “Your off ending has had a as a “spastic family”, “in-bred”, became suspicious. course of justice between April and She said: “The next day Currie a bad place and took it out on his great eff ect on your neighbours and threatened to poison their Kate Lumsden, prosecuting, August 2014 by falsely claiming attended the front desk of Croy- neighbours over a short period of and you expressed little remorse. man who created a fake dogs and set their house on fi re, said: “An arrest warrant was issued Small had made the insults. don Police Station to complain time. It was very amateurish. It is Anyone who makes false allega- poison-pen Facebook ac- alongside calls that the “KKK are for Small, but one offi cer examined His partner, mother-of-fi ve about a Facebook page in the easy to set up a Facebook account tions to the police and asks for Acount in a “sophisticated” needed in Croydon”. a Freedom of Information request Joanna Goodwin, 41, who lives with name of Small. Currie demanded and was detected very easily. He’s the arrest of others must receive bid to get his neighbour arrested The page also said Small “hates from the victim and saw how well- him, was also arrested and charged that Small be immediately ar- not a sophisticated person.” a prison sentence.” has been jailed for 10 months. disabled people”, thinks “mixed- written it was in comparison.” with the same off ence, but this was rested and told the police it was Jailing him for 10 months, After the hearing, Small, who is Andrew Currie, 48, took a race children should be a crime” The court was told that Currie, dropped by the prosecution. a waste of time to investigate the judge Daniel Flahive told Currie: on a break from work with stress and photograph from a local news- and enjoys spying on his neigh- who is on disability benefi ts, be- Lumsden told the court the ac- Internet IP address.” “You falsely claimed Small set has fi tted CCTV outside his home, paper to set up the bogus profi le bours in their showers. came angered by his neighbour’s count was created the day after Offi cers applied to Facebook up a Facebook account and made said: “It’s been going on for years. in the name of his neighbour An- Croydon crown court heard successful battle against the in- Small’s wife, Annie, a 57-year- for details of the account and ar- abusive remarks... It is not ama- He won’t learn and will just carry on drew Small, 57. that police were on the brink of troduction of a residents’ parking old personal assistant, called rested Currie on August 6, 2014. teurish, it was quite sophisticat- hurting people. It’s a nightmare.” Government’s Better Shelter vies for glory benefi ts cap a real success, says minister

Guardian News and Media fect 88,000 households, up from London 20,000 currently. These households will face an average £2,000 cut in their in- he Work and Pensions comes, while those whose ben- Secretary, Damian Green, efi ts are already capped will lose Thas said the government’s £3,000 if they live in the capital, benefi ts cap, which was lowered or £6,000 outside. from yesterday, costing almost Alison Garnham, the chief ex- 90,000 of Britain’s poorest fam- ecutive of the Child Poverty Ac- ilies more than £2,000 a year, is a tion Group, described the policy “real success”. as cruel. “As a matter of our ba- Campaigners, including some sic decency, it’s cruel to deny backbench Conservative MPs children what the government concerned about the impact on knows is the fi nancial support their constituents, had been needed for the basic essentials putting pressure on Green to in life, such as food and clothes,” mitigate the reductions. she said. But in a statement to mark the “The lowering of the ben- lowering of the cap to £23,000 efi t cap will tip more families The Better Shelter, a nomination for the Beazley Designs of the Year exhibition, developed by Ikea Foundation and the UNHCR is seen in South Kensington, London, yesterday. a year per household in London into poverty and plunge already and £20,000 elsewhere, Green struggling, already poor families praised the policy. into deeper misery.” “By making sure that those The department for work and people who are out of work are pensions said it had contacted faced with the same choices as families that would be aff ected those who are in work, the ben- and believed many claimants efi t cap has been a real success,” would respond by fi nding work. he said. More than 23,000 of those whose “By lowering the cap, we are incomes had been cut so far sub- ensuring the values of this gov- sequently moved into work, the Tesco Bank hackers ernment continue to chime with DWP said. those of ordinary working people Green said: “Each statistic and delivering on our commit- represents a person who has ment to make sure work pays moved into employment and can more than welfare.” now enjoy the security and dig- Last year, George Osborne an- nity that work brings.” nounced that the cap would be But the IFS said evidence on raid 20,000 accounts lowered, saying: “It is not fair how the cap had worked to date that people out of work can earn suggested that “the majority of Reuters while it worked to resume nor- Bank, were down 1.2% at 200.20 aware of any previous incident said reduced staffi ng levels over more than people in work.” those aff ected will not respond London mal service, although customers pence by 1030GMT. in which customers had lost the weekend were likely to have Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s To- by moving into work, moving could still use their bank cards in The bank is a minnow in Brit- money. been one of the reasons for the day programme yesterday, Green house or claiming a disability shops and to withdraw money ain’s retail banking market, with Reported attacks on fi nancial impact of the hack. reiterated this point, saying: “By benefi t. For that majority, it is an he banking arm of Brit- from cash machines. about 2% of current accounts, institutions in Britain have risen “The clever part was doing it the far the best long-term route open question how they will ad- ain’s biggest retailer Tesco “Any fi nancial loss that re- and represents only a small part from just fi ve in 2014 to over 75 over the weekend when banks out of poverty is to have a job.” just to the loss of income.” Twas yesterday scrambling sults from this fraudulent activ- of Tesco’s overall business. so far this year, according to FCA are typically understaff ed, and He also said that the cap would The fresh squeeze on some of to deal with an online attack ity will be borne by the bank,” It contributed £503mn to the data, but bank executives and will respond more slowly,” he not be removed, even if infl ation the poorest families comes as over the weekend on 40,000 Tesco Bank chief executive group’s revenue of £24.4bn in providers of security systems said in a comment e-mailed to rose signifi cantly, thus reducing research suggests rising infl a- customers’ accounts, 20,000 of Benny Higgins told BBC Radio. the fi rst half of its 2016-17 fi - say there are many more unre- media. people’s real incomes even more. tion means the “just managing” which had money removed. “Customers are not at fi nancial nancial year. ported attacks. “Automated fraud detection Asked if the measure could be households Theresa May has said The hack is the fi rst on a Brit- risk. But while the fi nancial hit to HSBC issued a series of apol- systems appear to have worked reconsidered if annual infl ation she wants to help face four years of ish bank known to have resulted “We think it would be rela- the group may be limited, Tesco ogies to customers earlier this well, but a lack of people at rose above 2.5%, he replied: “No, stagnating living standards. in customers losing money, add- tively small amounts that have Bank risks serious reputational year after its UK personal bank- desks will not have helped.” there’s no intention to reconsid- A four-year freeze on working ing to growing concerns about come out but we’re still work- damage from an attack that af- ing websites were shut down Other well-known British er the cap.” age benefi ts announced in the the British fi nancial sector’s ing on that,” Higgins said, add- fected 29% of its customer cur- by a “denial of service” attack, brands hit by signifi cant cyber Analysis of government fi g- July 2015 budget could reduce vulnerabilities to cyber attacks, ing that he expected the cost of rent accounts. but no customer funds were at attacks over the past year in- ures by the Institute for Fis- incomes for the poorest 50% of which have jumped in frequency refunding customers would be Other banks have been tar- threat during that breach. clude telecoms fi rms TalkTalk cal Studies (IFS) shows reduc- households by an average of 1% over the past two years. “a big number but not a huge geted by cyber attacks in recent Cliff Moyce, global head of and Vodafone, business soft- ing the maximum amount that in real terms, given the expected Tesco Bank, which man- number”. years, but the Financial Conduct fi nancial services at DataArt, a ware provider Sage and elec- can be claimed in benefi ts from rise in infl ation, a report by the ages 136,000 current accounts, Shares in supermarket chain Authority (FCA) which regu- network of technology consult- tronic goods retailer Dixons £26,000 across the UK will af- Resolution Foundation claims. stopped all online transactions Tesco, which wholly owns Tesco lates the sector said it was not ing and software services fi rms, Carphone.

New tour Passengers fl ee in panic as Fighting graft leaves fi rework thrown into train four facing bankruptcy London Evening Standard be in breach of responsibilities. London In his letter, seen by the Stand- London Evening Standard injured. I thought a gun had No one is believed to have ard, he said the four voters – Andy London gone off and people just started been injured in the incident, Erlam, Debbie Simone, Azmal running down the carriages. I which is being investigated by heresa May was yesterday Hussain and Angela Moff at – had jumped off and there were peo- British Transport Police. urged to bail out the four taken “great risks” to restore in- errifi ed passengers fl ed ple everywhere screaming. One A police spokesman said: TLondoners who brought tegrity to local democracy. for their lives when a girl got trampled on. “Enquiries are under way and down the corrupt mayor of Tow- Rahman, who was removed Tlit fi rework was hurled “It was a stampede. Every- offi cers are appealing to any er Hamlets but are facing bank- from offi ce after breaking elec- into a train full of shoppers and one was just trying to get as far passengers who witnessed the ruptcy over unpaid legal fees. tion rules, was subsequently families. away from it as possible. People incident to get in touch.” The four residents, who won a declared bankrupt, leaving them The fi rework was thrown ran into the lift and down the Jon Fox, Transport for Lon- High Court victory against Lutfur facing “crippling” legal costs. As through the open doors of an stairs out of the station.” don’s director of London Rail, said: Rahman last year, owe £210,000 a result of their action, his elec- Overground train as it stopped Davies, 31, a graphics opera- “Thankfully these kind of inci- to a solicitors’ fi rm that was em- tion in 2014 was voided and he at Hackney Central station in tor at BT Sport, who was trav- dents are very rare and I would like ployed to recover their costs. was barred from offi ce for fi ve east London. elling home to Kentish Town to reassure customers that their John Biggs, the new Labour may- years after being found guilty of The explosion, which some after work, said: “The train was safety is our top priority.” or of Tower Hamlets, has written to “corrupt and illegal practices” feared was a bomb or a gun be- packed. It was full of families It is the latest in a string of the prime minister calling on her to including faking ballot papers, ing fi red, sparked a stampede, and people coming back from fi rework attacks on London’s change the law to protect election bribery and vote-rigging. with witnesses describing shopping at Westfi eld in Strat- streets – including people petitioners who “risk everything” to Biggs wrote: “We are left in the people screaming and running ford. There was a lot of smoke launching rockets at pedestri- protect democracy. perverse situation that those brave through the train. coming out of the carriage. ans. On Saturday rockets were He suggested the ministry of individuals who have successfully The emergency alarm was There was mass panic.” thrown at police by masked justice could consider setting an challenged corruption are now be- pulled, with some people jump- Jordan Mullineux, 22, said: protesters during the anti- upper limit on their liability for ing punished for their service with ing on to the tracks to get away “Everyone was screaming, it capitalist Million Mask March costs, or protecting them against legal costs in excess of £200,000. during the incident at 6.40pm was complete panic. I pulled through central London in costs above that limit. It is wholly unfair that those who on Sunday. the emergency cord and the which 53 people were arrested. British singer Robbie Williams arrives at a news conference at Biggs had previously asked challenge corruption and protect Commuter Tom Davies, who doors on the other side of the Firefi ghters took around 450 the Savoy hotel in central London yesterday. The singer has council offi cials whether the democracy are punished, and the was about 20ft from where the train opened and I jumped calls and attended around 230 announced details of a huge UK and Ireland stadium tour for borough itself would be able to plight of these petitioners may put fi rework exploded, said: “It’s down on to the tracks and on to incidents across London from summer 2017, ending just as Glastonbury begins. contribute, but was given legal off challenges to similar cases in a miracle no one was seriously the platform at the other side.” 6pm to 11.30pm on Saturday. advice which suggested it would the future.” Gulf Times 18 Tuesday, November 8, 2016 EUROPE

Brothers face court Celik hits out at ‘racist’ on human traffi cking voices within the EU charges AFP scorecard tomorrow on Tur- which is the government’s pro- a deal for Turkey to stem the sought to topple President Re- methods used by the Nazis. AFP Istanbul key’s readiness for accession – a posal to restore capital pun- fl ow of refugees in return for cep Tayyip Erdogan. “There’s a lack of historical Berlin report said to be the most nega- ishment – a move that, his EU billions of euros reviewed. “It is not acceptable that knowledge here,” said Celik. tive yet. critics say, would doom the “Over recent years Turkey some of our friends in Europe “Turkey’s current struggle ac- urkey has slammed EU “We made clear our alarm membership bid as soon as it is has moved further and further use one sentence to say that tually resembles that against German court has put on criticism of its measures over the positions taken by the implemented. away from the EU, but our poli- they are standing next to us the Nazis after they came to trial two Syrian men who Tfollowing the July 15 coup EU,” Turkish EU Aff airs Minis- Another longstanding bar- cy has remained the same. That and then come up with nine power. Compared to FETO, the Asay they are refugees but bid and warned relations were ter Omer Celik said in televised rier, the division of Cyprus, was can’t work. What we need are sentences of criticism,” he Nazis look like apprentices or face charges of being human increasingly fragile as the bloc comments after calling in all EU the subject of talks in Switzer- clear consequences,” Kurz said. added. primary school students.” traffi ckers responsible for eight crafts a report on its stalled member state ambassadors for land yesterday chaired by UN According to Germany’s Turkey has blamed the coup Some 35,000 people have deaths on the high seas a year membership bid. an exceptional meeting. chief Ban Ki-moon who said a Frankfurter Allgemeine Son- on US-based preacher Fethul- been arrested and tens of thou- ago. The European Union has “We are in a very fragile pe- deal was in reach. ntagszeitung on Sunday, the lah Gulen, accusing him of run- sands more have lost their jobs Prosecutors charge that Ah- strongly criticised Turkey over riod in EU-Turkey relations ... Celik hit out at “racist” latest EU progress report on ning a group called the Fethul- in the crackdown since the coup mad Ghandour, 18, and his the arrests of nine MPs from the constant opposition to Turkey voices within the EU that have Turkey will speak of a “severe lah Terror Organisation (FETO), bid. brother Fouad, 20, were working pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Demo- is not a correct policy,” he said called for Turkey’s accession regression” in freedom of ex- and has said Europe is not doing A 10th HDP lawmaker, Nihat with a Kurdish gang of people cratic Party (HDP), including its in Ankara. process to be halted due to the pression. enough to extradite his sup- Akdogan, was detained yester- smugglers who forced refugees two co-leaders, as well as staff Turkey has been seeking to clampdown. In Brussels, the EU Commis- porters. day, the government said. aboard an unseaworthy vessel. at the opposition Cumhuriyet join the EU since the 1960s with Austrian Foreign Minister sion declined to comment. Gulen denies the claims. A court will to decide on his The gang had allegedly prom- newspaper. formal accession talks opening Sebastian Kurz told Oe1 ra- Celik complained the bloc Celik lashed out at remarks arrest. ised to take Iraqi citizens from The strains come as the EU’s in 2005. dio that Turkey must “top the had not shown suffi cient soli- by Luxembourg’s foreign min- Two more wanted HDP MPs the Turkish seaside resort of powerful executive Commis- But the process has been agenda” of a meeting of EU for- darity with Ankara following an ister, Jean Asselborn, com- are still abroad and are said to Bodrum to the Greek island of sion prepares to publish a new mired in problems, one of eign ministers next Monday and attempted coup on July 15 which paring Turkey’s crackdown to be in Belgium. Kos for around $2,500 (€2,200) each, the Cologne court heard. Prosecutors charge that the migrants had been told they would travel on a yacht but were instead taken by rubber dinghy Austria, Balkans prepare for and prohibited from wearing orange life vests to evade the au- thorities. The traffi ckers, including the collapse of EU-Turkey deal two brothers, allegedly forced the 17 refugees aboard the boat, using threats of violence, on the Reuters ary of border restrictions that criticised Turkey’s detention night of November 16-17 last Frauenkirchen, Austria largely shut down what was last week of leaders of the main year. then the main migrant route pro-Kurdish opposition party. The voyage ended in tragedy into Europe, causing a logjam “It is the unanimous opin- when the overloaded boat cap- ustria said yesterday in Greece before the deal with ion of all those present that all sized off Kos and at least eight of that it will meet with Turkey. means, all available forces must the passengers died. Aits Balkan neighbours to After hundreds of thousands be combined, that we must The prosecution based its case discuss what action they might of migrants crossed their terri- prepare ourselves for what will in large part on the witness tes- take if a deal with Turkey aimed tories in a wave of arrivals that actually happen the next day if timony of an Iraqi man who lost at restricting the fl ow of illegal began last year, Austria and its this deal between Turkey and his wife, daughter and one of his migrants into the European Un- allies fear a collapse of the deal the European Union collapses,” two sons in the shipwreck. ion collapses. with Turkey will lead to another Doskozil said, without speci- The bereaved man had fi rst Turkey has threatened to surge, playing into the hands of fying what measures would be accused the Syrian brothers of walk away from the deal agreed populist parties. needed. causing the tragedy after the in March if Turks are not grant- Turkey agreed in March The meeting of defence offi - survivors landed on Kos, said ed visa-free travel to the bloc, to stop illegal migrants from cials from 10 countries in cen- a defence lawyer, adding that while a crackdown by President crossing into Greece in ex- tral, eastern and southeastern Greek authorities at the time Recep Tayyip Erdogan since a change for fi nancial aid for Europe included Macedonia, dismissed the claim. failed coup attempt in July has those in its care, the promise of Serbia, Hungary, Croatia and The defence insisted the discomfi ted European leaders. visa-free travel for its citizens Slovenia, all of which lie be- brothers themselves were refu- “Very signifi cant cracks are to much of the EU, and acceler- tween Greece and Austria, the gees who made the dangerous apparent in this deal between ated EU membership talks. main migrant conduit into Ger- Nora Illi is seen with Wolfgang Bosbach, lawmaker from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian crossing several nights later in an Europe and Turkey and we sim- But there has been deadlock many. Democratic Union party, during the night talkshow on Sunday. overcrowded boat that “almost ply have to prepare for what will over the plan to grant Turks Doskozil said he would seek capsized”. happen if this deal no longer visa-free access to Europe, with to arrange a meeting of defence Having arrived via the Balkans holds,” Austrian Defence Min- Brussels fi rst wanting Turkey to and interior ministers from the route in Germany, Ahmad and ister Hans Peter Doskozil told a change its anti-terrorism laws, same countries in the coming Fouad Ghandour then stayed in a news conference after a meet- which it deems too broad. weeks. German talkshow slammed over refugee shelter in Cologne. ing of his counterparts and Ankara’s possible reintroduc- He said it might be expanded Early this year in Cologne, en- other defence offi cials from the tion of the death penalty, which to include Romania and Bul- tirely by coincidence, they again region. Erdogan has said he would sign garia but not Greece, which re- ‘propaganda’ by guest in niqab ran into the Iraqi man, who con- Austria, Macedonia, Serbia, if parliament approves it, could called its ambassador to Austria tacted police. and other countries co-ordi- further jeopardise the deal. when it was similarly snubbed nated the imposition in Febru- European countries have also in February. AFP argued that “in Islam, women fi es Islamic terrorism. That is a Berlin have many rights and possibili- scandal. Why was such a rab- Munich wall keeps ties”, a statement swiftly chal- ble-rouser invited?” lenged by other guests on the Jakub Santur commented: locals apart from erman public broad- show. “Talkshow guest encouraging refugee hostel caster ARD came under However, it was her view on holy war on public television, Conservative French Muslims Gfi re yesterday for allow- radicalised youths heading to and for that I’m paying televi- A wall that separates residents of ing a woman wearing a full-face Syria – which was detailed on sion licensing fees – sad.” a Munich neighbourhood from a veil to argue on a current aff airs Facebook and shown during Bilkay Oney from the Social planned refugee hostel was being urged to try harder to integrate talkshow that disillusioned the talkshow – that sparked an Democrats, who was the former debated in Germany yesterday youths could view war-torn outcry. integration minister of Baden- after a politician posted a video Syria as the “promised land”. Illi argued that youths who Wuerttemberg state, said: “Ap- on YouTube of the structure. AFP The popular Sunday night head to Syria to wage jihad proval. Provocation. And rat- The 4m-high wall that runs 100m Paris show hosted by Anne Will fea- should be praised as showing ings. Everyone will talk about it through the neighbourhood of tured a man who had lost his “civil courage”, according to an tomorrow. Media crisis at a time Neuperlach is near completion. daughter to the Islamic State excerpt of the text on Facebook. of talkshow-overkill”. It is meant to protect residents he 77-year-old former (IS) group, a lawmaker from She also told the talkshow Peter Tauber, general secre- from the noise they expect will defence minister cho- Chancellor Angela Merkel’s that young women “who feel tary of Merkel’s CDU party, was emanate from a refugee hostel Tsen to head France’s new Christian Democratic Union that they have been shut out by also scathing. on the other side. Foundation for Islam in France party, an expert on Islam and an society and want to break away “If a woman in a niqab can From early next year, the has called on conservative Mus- imam, discussing the question could view Syria as the prom- be presented as a women’s rep- accommodation is set to house lims to try harder to integrate of “why young people are being ised land, as the only way out”. resentative in a programme on 160 unaccompanied minors into society. radicalised”. Islam expert Ahmad Man- public television, I worry that seeking refuge in Germany. The appointment of Jean- But most eye-catching was sour broke in to protest, say- next we’ll see (Syrian president) City off icials agreed to erect the Pierre Chevenement sparked the fi fth guest, Nora Illi, the ing: “That’s propaganda, that’s Mr Assad introduced as a hu- wall months ago as a concession controversy in August, with women’s representative of an unacceptable on public televi- man rights offi cer on German to seven local plaintiff s who many questioning why the post unoffi cial group called the Is- sion.” television,” he said. launched a legal bid to stop went not to a Muslim, but to a Chevenement: Out of friendship for my compatriots of Muslim lamic Central Committee of The backlash from the pub- But the show’s producer, the construction of the refugee political veteran known for his origin, I’m asking them to make a little eff ort to adapt to the Switzerland, who attended the lic was also swift, with Twit- NDR, defended its decision accommodation in early 2014. rigidly secular views. customs of the host society. live show in a niqab. ter users condemning ARD for to put Illi on, saying that her The video of the wall, taken by a Shortly after his nomination, Illi said she had turned to broadcasting such commentary “controversial attitude over the drone, was uploaded on Friday by he came under fi re for tweeting opposed further restrictions tacks on Paris nightlife spots Islam after dabbling with Bud- to millions of viewers. departure of young people to Guido Bucholtz, an independent that Muslims should “be dis- on Islamic clothing in public killed 130 people and unleashed dhism because she was “fasci- One Twitter user called Kon- Syria was clearly expressed and politician who opposed its creet, like everyone else”, in the places. divisive debate over Muslim in- nated by Islam’s diversity” and rad Schaefer said: “Illi justi- debated”. construction. midst of fi ery debate over the Several southern French tegration. “burqini” (also spelled burkini) beach towns near Nice banned In contrast to the French full-body swimsuit. the burqini over the summer, Council of the Muslim Faith, Yesterday he told a group of but the restrictions were struck which handles religious mat- foreign correspondents that he down by the courts. ters, the Foundation for Islam found it “in very bad taste of In 2010, France became the will focus on lay issues, such as Man hit with $51,000 bill over bomb hoax those (burqini-wearing) women fi rst country in Europe to ban teaching foreign-born imams to go bathing two weeks after the full veil in public spaces. about French culture and set- the Nice attack, 20km or 30km “I prefer to convince people ting up scholarships for prom- AFP last month, the Le Matin daily to pay the 101 police offi cers and an even steeper bill after she away” from where 86 people rather than regulate,” Chevene- ising Muslim students. Geneva reported. six public security agents who triggered a bomb scare at the were killed by a rampaging radi- ment said, adding that the strict Chevenement said the big- The man, whose name was not were called in to respond to the Cointrin airport on July 26 to calised truck driver. rules separating religion from gest problem facing young given, reportedly made the claim alert, pointing out that the 116 exact revenge on her husband’s “It was bound to cause sur- public life in France were not Muslims was unemployment, n Indian man who trig- to an Aerofl ot employee on Oc- passengers had been disem- mistress. prise, consternation and unease meant to be “anti-religion”. and “the feeling that a CV from gered a bomb scare at tober 13 in a bid to cause a delay barked to allow a thorough search The 41-year-old mother- in the rest of the population,” The Socialist government, in someone called Ali has less AGeneva airport to avoid on the Moscow-bound plane and of the plane. of-four, whose name has not Chevenement argued. “Out of creating an Islamic foundation, chance of being accepted than missing his fl ight has been jailed avoid missing the fl ight, as well “Considering the times we are been given, was asked to dish friendship for my compatriots aims to open a new chapter in a CV from a Paul or a Pierre”, and hit with a massive bill to as his planned connection on to living in, we have to take a maxi- out 90,000 Swiss francs to pay of Muslim origin, I’m asking relations between France and which he said was not always compensate police for time wast- India. mum of security precautions,” he for the police deployment after them to make a little eff ort to its estimated 4-5mn Muslims in borne out by reality. ed, media reported yesterday. The man, who lives in the explained. she called the airport to say the adapt to the customs of the host the wake of a series of Islamist Big public and private com- Geneva police have told a Swiss town of Montreux, was This marks the second time in woman travelling with her hus- society.” militant attacks. panies had made progress to- 39-year-old Indian man to pay arrested at the airport and sen- as many months that Geneva po- band was carrying a bomb in her But Chevenement, who On Sunday, the country will wards greater diversity in the 50,000 Swiss francs ($51,200, tenced to six months prison, Le lice have showed they will make luggage. served as interior, defence and mark the fi rst anniversary of workplace, he said. €46,300) after he told an airline Matin reported. hoaxers pay dearly for fake bomb The woman, who lives in An- education minister in succes- the carnage wrought by a group “Honestly, I think we should employee at Geneva’s Cointrin Geneva police chief Francois scares. necy, was also sentenced in sive Socialist governments in of mainly French-born Islamic not always point a fi nger at the airport there was a bomb on a Waridel told Le Matin that the In September, Geneva police France to six months in prison the 1980s and 1990s, said he State (IS) militants, whose at- host society,” he said. plane he was rushing to catch amount billed would be enough slapped a Frenchwoman with over the fake bomb alert. Gulf Times Tuesday, November 8, 2016 19 EUROPE Poll fi nds most Germans fear ties with US will suff er if Trump wins

Reuters and the sixth largest market for But Germany’s President are in agreement with President sia and on the Nato alliance, of saw German-US relations under didates would be welcomed in Berlin US exports. Joachim Gauck, a former Lu- Gauck. which Germany and the United pressure if Trump wins. Bavaria if they won. The two countries have had theran pastor who was an anti- A new poll by the Emnid or- States are both members. “The election of Trump as “If the American people vote close ties since the US helped to communist civil rights activist in ganisation showed 77% of Ger- In July, many were shocked president would put a historic for a person in a democratic ore than three-quar- rebuild a devastated Germany af- the former East Germany, said he many feared strains in US-Ger- when he said that if Russia at- burden on the German-Ameri- election, then the democrats in ters of Germans be- ter World War II. was worried. man relations if Trump wins the tacked a Nato member, he would can relationship,” Roettgen told Germany and Bavaria must ac- Mlieve US-German ties Chancellor Angela Merkel has “What causes us concern, election. consider whether the targeted the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. cept it,” Seehofer told the Bild am would come under severe strain been tight-lipped about Trump, among other things, is his un- By contrast, the poll found country had met its defence “It would lead to the worst es- Sonntag newspaper. “We can’t go if Republican candidate Donald despite his repeated attacks on predictability,” Gauck, a former that 67% said they expected Ger- commitments before providing trangement in German-US rela- around acting like the headmas- Trump is elected president in US her decision to welcome nearly Lutheran pastor, told Spiegel many’s close ties to the United military aid. tions since the Vietnam War.” ter of the whole world.” elections on November 8, a poll 1mn refugees into the country Online in an interview published States to remain unchanged if Norbert Roettgen, a member However, Horst Seehofer, Ba- In the latest Washington Post- showed on Sunday, a fear echoed last year. yesterday. “We cannot say what Democratic candidate Hillary of Merkel’s Christian Demo- varian state premier and head ABC Tracking Poll released early by German politicians. In September, however, he de- could be expected from a Presi- Clinton was elected. cratic Union (CDU) and head of of the Christian Social Union yesterday, Clinton is leading Germany is the United States’ scribed Merkel as “a really great dent Donald Trump.” Among Germany’s top con- the German parliament’s foreign (CSU), the sister party of Mer- with 48%, compared to Trump largest European trading partner world leader”. And plenty of other Germans cerns are Trump’s stance on Rus- aff airs committee, said he also kel’s CDU, said either of the can- at 43%.

Opposition grows to ‘monster’ database of French citizens Saakashvili resigns

AFP use that is as likely as it is un- Paris acceptable”, it concluded. Digital Aff airs Minister Ax- elle Lemaire was also quoted by rench government plans the Opinion magazine yester- as Odessa governor to create a new database day as saying that issuing the Fcontaining details of al- decree “thinking that it would Reuters most the entire population pass without being known or Kiev suff ered fresh blows yesterday seen” was a “major dysfunc- as criticism grew of the con- tion”. troversial project. The interior ministry says its ormer Georgian president The Socialist government intention is to bring together Mikheil Saakashvili ten- announced a decree to cre- separate databases used to is- Fdered his resignation as ate the database, which would sue passports and France’s governor of Ukraine’s southern contain personal information national identity cards, which Odessa region yesterday, accus- of 60mn people, on a public would lead to greater effi ciency ing President Petro Poroshenko holiday weekend at the end of and better data security. of cynically obstructing his at- October. It is intended to help fi ght tempts at reform and supporting It has led to fears that hack- identity fraud, and the biomet- corrupt clans. ers might target the informa- ric information will not be used Saakashvili, who is widely tion as well as anxiety that so by police or judicial authorities credited with cracking down on much personal data could be to identify suspects, the minis- corruption when he led Geor- misused in the future by the try promises. gia from 2004 to 2013, was ap- security forces or other gov- The creation of a national pointed Odessa governor in May ernment agencies. database has been repeatedly 2015 in a surprise move by Poro- Saakashvili (left) has accused Poroshenko (above) The stealthily issued de- proposed by French govern- shenko. of obstructing attempts at reform. Saakashvili said ‘I cree, published two days after ments, with attempts in 2012 Saakashvili has since repeat- can’t stand this, I’ve had enough, I’m tired of this. And Halloween, led opposition MP by the then centre-right gov- edly accused the Kiev leadership I want to say: nobody in my life has lied so much or so Lionel Tardy to accuse the gov- ernment to create one rejected of lacking a real commitment to cynically to me.’ ernment last week of “treating by the country’s highest court. reform and his political allies said the French people like pump- France’s National Data Pro- this had made him a target of po- in Odessa region, the president Ukraine and will be active po- Since then, many have re- Saakashvili’s resignation illus- kins”. tection Commission (CNIL) litical infi ghting. personally supports two clans.” litically. You’ll fi nd out about this signed or been dismissed. trated an anti-reformist trend in Yesterday the French Digital was created in 1978 following “I can’t stand this, I’ve had Addressing journalists along- soon,” Sakvarelidze was quoted In February, economy minister the country. Council, a state watchdog that a scandal over secret govern- enough, I’m tired of this. And I side Odessa customs chief Yulia as saying by website Gordon. Aivaras Abromavicius, a Lithua- “It is part of a broader devel- looks at the impact of technol- ment attempts to link their da- want to say: nobody in my life Marushevska, he said the work of Saakashvili, a bitter opponent nian, stepped down, saying that opment happening in Ukraine ogy on society and the econo- tabases, which was revealed by has lied so much or so cynically reform-minded public offi cials of Russia, was among several for- vested interests were blocking his – an attack on anti-corruption my, said the database should be the press. to me,” Saakashvili said, appar- had been thwarted by higher au- eign politicians and technocrats ministry’s work. fi ghters and people who back re- suspended. CNIL has suggested a par- ently in reference to Poroshenko thorities interested in preserving to be given key posts by the pro- Later, a government shake-up forms,” he said. Amassing so much personal liamentary debate on the new and the central authorities. the status quo. Western leadership in Kiev after booted US-born fi nance minister Others were less convinced of information – names, eye col- project, with a Socialist com- Vowing to continue to fi ght Fellow Georgian, Davit Sak- the Moscow-backed president Natalia Yaresko and Western- Saakashvili’s reformist drive as our, address, photo and dig- mission member accusing the corruption which he said went to varelidze, who was fi red from Viktor Yanukovych fl ed in the backed prime minister Arseny Odessa governor. ital fi ngerprints – in one place government of wanting to cre- the very top of Ukraine’s estab- his post as a senior prosecutor face of street protests. Yatsenyuk out of offi ce. “Saakashvili was seen as the leaves “the door open to mis- ate “a sort of monster”. lishment, Saakashvili told jour- for Ukraine in March, said that They were brought in as part of The appointment of Porosh- guarantor of irreversible re- nalists: “I have decided to tender Saakashvili’s outspokenness had a drive to eliminate entrenched enko ally Volodymyr Groysman forms. But instead he focused on my resignation and start a new guaranteed his departure. corruption and rebuild on trans- in his place was seen as a move PR, narcissism and his political stage of the fi ght. I am not giv- “All local clans are mixed to- parent lines a country riven by by the president to consolidate career. He was everywhere and ing up.” gether and work as one. It be- cronyism, bad economic man- power. everything, but not that much in In another rebuke of his erst- came impossible to act against agement and separatist war in Pro-European lawmaker and Odessa,” political analyst Volo- Romania parliament while patron, he said: “In reality, them. Saakashvili will not leave the east. activist Serhiy Leshchenko said dymyr Tsybulko said. okays pay rises for school, health staff Thousands march in

Reuters Labour Minister Dragos Pis- Moscow for WWII Bucharest laru said the bill favoured those whose pay was already higher. “It isn’t natural to raise parade anniversary omania’s parliament has salaries of people in manage- approved double-digit ment positions by over 50% Raverage wage rises for when our problem is the village Reuters “That parade was something state employees in the educa- teacher,” he told lawmakers. Moscow special. We went straight to the tion and healthcare sectors, Coupled with previously- frontlines from that parade,” going against government rec- agreed tax cuts, exemptions he said. ommendations ahead of a De- and pay rises, yesterday’s hikes housands of service- At that point in the war, the cember 11 election. put the budget defi cit for 2017 men dressed in histori- attacking German forces were The technocrat government, at risk of overshooting the EU’s Tcal uniforms marched only a few dozen kilometres which has a one-year mandate 3% of GDP ceiling. through Moscow’s Red Square to the west and the parade and fragile parliamentary sup- The hikes could also be ille- yesterday to mark the 75th an- was part of the then-Soviet port, has calculated that the gal, as under Romania’s fi scal niversary of the 1941 parade Union’s fi erce and fi nally suc- hikes and other bonuses ap- responsibility laws any wage when Soviet soldiers headed to cessful defence of the capital proved yesterday would raise and pension rises cannot be the front lines of World War II. Moscow. the public sector wage bill by approved six months before Alongside tanks and wav- Pavel, 86, who watched the 4.85bn lei ($1.2bn). elections. ing fl ags, the soldiers wearing military marching through The bill, championed by the The government has said it 1940s uniforms re-enacted Moscow’s centre, said such leftist Social Democrat Party, plans to challenge the wage bill the historic parade, watched by re-enactions remind younger did not address imbalances in at the Constitutional Court. some World War II veterans. generation of the war. the public sector wage bill – Also yesterday, senators ap- Russia’s Tass news agency “Why do we do this?” he such as similar staff earning proved state pension hikes. said around 5,000 people were said. “So that they remem- vastly diff erent pay – and did The lower house has the fi nal taking part in the march. ber our fathers and grandfa- not specify a funding source. say and it was unclear whether Russian World War II vet- thers defended our homeland The hikes could also prompt it had time to approve them Russian servicemen in historical uniform march during the military parade at Red Square in Moscow. Russia eran Ivan Bushmin, 89, came from fascist Germany, which other state workers to demand before the session ends and the marked the 75th anniversary of the 1941 historical parade yesterday, when Red Army soldiers marched past to Red Square to recall the 1941 treacherously attacked our rises, critics added. campaign begins next week. the Kremlin walls towards the front line to fight Nazi Germany troops during World War II. march. homeland.” Pro-Russian candidate wins fi rst round of Bulgaria presidential election

Reuters air force commander favourite sible snap parliamentary ballot, Some migrants have entered under Western sanctions since over Moscow’s role in the Syria The Kremlin’s most loyal satel- Sofia to win a run-off on Sunday, a after Prime Minister Boiko Bori- Bulgaria from neighbouring Tur- its annexation of Crimea from confl ict. lite in the Cold War era, Bulgaria, result that could push the Black sov signalled that he may quit if key en route for wealthier west- Ukraine in 2014. Greece, Cyprus and Hungary a country of 7.2mn, remains to- Sea Nato state politically closer his candidate Tsacheva loses. ern Europe. “In their frustration, my rivals are among Moscow’s closest EU day a popular holiday destination ocialist-backed candidate to Russia. Bulgaria’s president is a largely “The hope for a change is al- are turning into fear-mongers,” allies. for Russians, some of whom have Rumen Radev, who has Results from 95% of polling ceremonial fi gure, but can also ready tangible. People want to Radev said. “For them, the Euro- The Bulgarian Socialist party bought property there, especially Scalled for an end to Euro- stations showed Radev, 53, win- infl uence policy, veto legislation see more security and well-func- Atlantic mantra also means (be- (BSP), successor to the once- on the Black Sea coast. pean Union sanctions against ning 25.7% of the vote. and sign international treaties. tioning institutions,” Radev said ing an) enemy of Russia. mighty Communists and the Bulgaria is almost entirely de- Russia, has won the fi rst round of Centre-right candidate Radev, a jet fi ghter pilot and yesterday. “For me, this is an unhealthy country’s main opposition party, pendent on Russia for its energy Bulgaria’s presidential election, Tsacheva, who had been expect- novice to politics, has tapped Radev has made clear he be- position.” is keen to repair damaged ties supplies. partial offi cial results showed ed to win narrowly, won 22% of into public anger with political lieves Bulgaria, which joined The Bulgarian vote comes with Moscow and has accused Many Bulgarians feel a strong yesterday. the vote. elites and fears about immigra- Nato in 2004 and the EU in 2007, amid growing divisions within the outgoing centre-right presi- cultural affi nity for the coun- Radev’s close-fought victory A Radev victory in the run-off tion, vowing not to let the Bal- should focus more on reviving the European Union over wheth- dent, Rosen Plevneliev, of divid- try, with which they share the over ruling party candidate Tset- could usher in months of politi- kan country become a “migrant economic and political ties with er to maintain sanctions against ing Bulgarians with his criticism Cyrillic script and Orthodox ska Tsacheva makes the former cal instability, including a pos- ghetto”. its old ally Russia, which has been Russia or even to expand them of Russian policies. Christianity. Gulf Times 20 Tuesday, November 8, 2016 INDIA

JUDICIARY PEOPLE DIPLOMACY DISEASE INVESTIGATION Court grants bail to Former federal minister Akbar meets Palestinian Gurugram park closed One killed in bomb ex-minister of Delhi Jaywantiben Mehta dead leader ahead of talks over bird flu scare blast in W Bengal

A Delhi court yesterday granted bail to Jaywantiben Mehta, senior Bharatiya Janata Party Ahead of the India-Palestine Joint Commission The Sultanpur National Park in Gurugram has An elderly person was killed when a crude sacked Delhi minister Sandeep Kumar, who leader and former federal minister died early meeting, Minister of State for External Aff airs been shut following bird flu outbreak in some bomb went off in a town of West Bengal’s was arrested on the charge of rape. While yesterday at her residence in Mumbai following M J Akbar yesterday met Saeb Erkat, secretary parts of the country and smog, off icials said Burdwan district yesterday, causing widespread granting the bail, Special Judge Poonam a brief illness. She was 78 and had served as a general of the Executive Committee of the yesterday. Authorities claimed that no case of panic in the area, police said. The explosion Chaudhry asked Kumar to furnish a personal minister in the cabinet of former prime minister Palestine Liberation Organisation. “Expanding bird flu has been reported in the park till now and occurred at a local club in Katwa town, about bond of Rs100,000. He was also ordered to Atal Behari Vajpayee. A housewife-turned- outreach in West Asia. MoS @mjakbar meets Dr it was shut down as a precautionary measure. 160km north of Kolkata, where a huge number submit his passport in court. He was asked to politician, Mehta died around 1.30am and the Saeb Erkat, Secy General of Executive Committee The authorities, being assisted by experts from of crude bombs and other explosives were neither influence any witnesses not tamper last rites were held in the evening at Shivaji Park of Palestine Liberation Organisation,” External the Mumbai Natural History Society (BNHS), found stored illegally. “We received complaints with evidence. Kumar was arrested on crematorium, said a party off icial. Six years ago, Aff airs Ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup tweeted. are keeping a close watch on the movement that crude bombs were made and stored inside September 3 on a complaint filed by a woman she released her multi-lingual autobiography, Akbar arrived in Jericho yesterday to co-chair the of migratory and other birds, an off icial said. the local club. Further investigation is on,” who figured in a sex video with him. The Marching With Time, detailing her life’s journey first Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) of India and This is the second time in recent years that said Burdwan’s Additional Superintendent of woman said in her complaint that she was from a middle-class home-maker to a municipal Palestine starting tomorrow. He was received by the Sultanpur sanctuary has been closed due Police Raj Narayan Mukherjee. “It was a huge sexually harassed by Kumar at his off ice-cum- corporator to parliamentarian and then a union Governor of Jericho Majed Fityani. At the JCM, the to avian flu. The park was closed for a week in explosion. The entire area shook with the residence in the Sultanpuri area where she minister. Top leaders from across the political Palestinian side will be co-chaired by Palestinian January 2015 following the death of four dozen impact and was completely covered in smoke,” had gone to get her ration card made. spectrum expressed grief over her death. Foreign Minister of State Riad al-Maliki. birds, mostly Eurasian coots due to avian flu. a local resident said.

Jayalalithaa may leave Delhi mulls hospital in 15 days, says party leader traffi c curbs

IANS Chennai

amil Nadu Chief Minis- as pollution ter J Jayalalithaa may be Tdischarged from Apollo Hospitals in less than 15 days, a senior ruling party leader said yesterday. “In less than 15 days she might be discharged. All her vital pa- levels soar rameters are under control. She is being given physiotherapy ex- Hundreds of thousands of sprinkled on our throats,” said as the country seeks to attract in- ercises,” All India Anna Dravida children kept at home; thick Tara Chowdhry, a Delhi resident. vestment and create hundreds of Munnetra Kazhagam leader C smog hampers visibility, “I climbed trees in this city. I thousands of jobs for its young Ponnaiyan said. causes breathlessness played near India Gate. Now we population. Asked about the decision to are trapped in our living rooms India, the world’s fastest grow- shift Jayalalithaa from the criti- Agencies next to air purifi ers.” ing major economy, is home to cal care unit (CCU) to a private New Delhi As evening fell, the air quality four of the world’s 10 cities with room, he said: “The diff erence improved as the wind picked up, the worst air pollution, the WHO between the two is the existence but it was still at levels considered said in May. of emergency equipment.” ver a million school chil- unhealthy. New Delhi ranked 11th. A decision on shifting her to a dren were forced to stay Children have been among the Delhi Health Minister Satyen- private room is yet to be taken by Oat home, thousands of hardest hit. dra Kumar Jain said the adminis- doctors. employees reported sick and long Many crammed into Shishu tration was preparing to restrict Asked about Apollo Hospi- queues formed outside shops sell- Sadan children’s hospital in west the use of private vehicles through tals chairman Pratap C Reddy’s ing face masks yesterday as New Delhi for respiratory spasms and the “odd-even” scheme that was statement that Jayalalithaa was Delhi struggled with its worst aggravated asthma, pneumonia introduced temporarily last win- fully cured and it was up to her pollution for nearly 20 years. and bronchitis. ter to combat pollution. to decide when to go home, Pon- The Indian capital’s govern- “A few months ago it was den- Under the system, cars were al- naiyan said everybody wanted ment was considering whether gue and chikungunya in Delhi and lowed on the road only on alternate her to return home as a com- to bring back a scheme to reduce now we have this,” said paedia- days, according to whether their pletely fi t person. traffi c, a minister said yesterday, trician Lavraj Gupta, referring to number plates were odd or even. AIADMK leaders feel it was as air pollution remained many disease outbreaks in the city of “There is a review meeting later better for Jayalalithaa to be in times above what are considered 17mn, many of whom live without this week. We are considering to the hospital for some more days to be safe levels for a second week. access to clean drinking water and bring back the odd-even scheme, under a controlled environment New Delhi’s streets were basic sanitation. it is one of many measures,” he so that there was no relapse of shrouded in a heavy gray haze A combination of smoke from told reporters. the infection. of smoke, ash and other pollut- burning farm residue in sur- Delegates attending a global “At home she is the master. ants, and residents complained of rounding states, fi reworks for conference on controlling tobac- Further she may get back into breathlessness, watering of eyes, Diwali, dust from construction co consumption said they were the thick of things and as a result aggravated coughs and wheezing. work and vehicle emissions have taken by surprise by the level of there may be some strain which “We are now calling this a pol- pushed pollution levels to their pollution. is not there in the hospital now,” lution epidemic. Our advisory to highest in 17 years. “I was shocked, did not expect Ponnaiyan explained. people is to stay at home, if pos- Mohamed Kamil, manager of a this. It’s kind of funny that we are He said Jayalalithaa was now sible work from home,” said K K store that sells face masks, said he at a conference that aims to have able to sit when the respiratory Aggarwal, president of the In- used to sell about six masks on av- cleaner air and are at a venue that systems were removed. She was dian Medical Association. erage in a week, but now they had does not have that,” said Irene also taking semi-solid food. Levels of PM 2.5, tiny particu- 150 to 200 customers a day. Ryes, a delegate from the Philip- According to Ponnaiyan, no- late matter that reaches deep into “We have run out of stock, but pines. body – barring doctors, physi- the lungs, were above 700 in the we are taking orders. We will pro- US embassy spokesman Joseph otherapists and nurses – was city’s worst aff ected areas yester- vide it to everyone,” he said. Kruzich said the embassy had allowed inside the CCU where day. The demand for air purifi ers employed measures, including Jayalalithaa is admitted. That is nearly 30 times a mean also jumped, both from locals and supplementary air fi ltration and “The CCU is big and spa- guideline of 25 micrograms per foreigners working in India. construction of vestibules, to cious. Her bed is wheeled to cubic metre on average over a Between 5 and 10% of the provide clean air in workspaces. a spot within the CCU from 24-hour period set by the World workforce in Delhi and its sur- Delhi authorities have blamed where she interacts with the Health Organisation (WHO), rounding areas had reported sick the governments of nearby states chief secretary and her advisor which says outdoor air pollution over the past week, the Associ- of Haryana and Punjab for com- through a special audio system,” killed 3.7mn people globally in ated Chambers of Commerce and pounding the city’s problems by Ponnaiyan said. 2012. Industry said in a survey of 150 allowing farmers to burn paddy Jayalalithaa was admitted to “It’s been a nightmare. My companies. stubble ahead of the wheat sow- the hospital in September with toddler and I woke up from a nap It warned that the pollution ing season, even though the prac- fever and infection. A man wears a mask to protect himself from the pollution as he rides a motorbike in Delhi, yesterday. coughing as if pepper had been could deal a blow to “brand India,” tice is banned. Mohanlal’s new fi lm 7 Indian missions’ websites ‘hacked’

IANS hackers told E Hacking News in roars into billion club New Delhi an e-mail. The hackers allegedly leaked By Ashraf Padanna all to the Almighty for his bless- It reportedly had 630 shows on details of 161 Indians living in Thiruvananthapuram ings.” the fi rst day, breaking the records wo hackers allegedly from South Africa, 35 in Switzerland, Puli Murugan also has the dis- of Rajinikanth’s Kabali (425) the Netherlands claimed 145 in Italy, 305 in Libya, 74 in tinction of being the fi rst Malay- and Salman Khan’s Sultan (225 Tto have broken into seven Malawi, 14 in Mali and 42 in Ro- ohanlal’s action thriller alam fi lm to have a wider release shows), creating a record of hav- Indian High Commission web- mania. Puli Murugan (Leopard across the world where people ing the largest number of shows of sites, publishing online the login The Indian Embassy in South MMurugan) has become from Kerala have migrated to in a an Indian fi lm on its releasing day details, passwords and data- Africa (http://www.hcisoutha- the fi rst Malayalam fi lm to en- big way. in the Gulf. base containing names, passport frica.in/) was the fi rst one to be ter the “billion club” register- The fi lm was released in 330 The 56-year-old actor is cur- numbers, e-mail IDs and phone hacked. ing a gross collection of Rs1.5bn cinemas across India on October rently shooting 1971, Beyond the numbers of people of Indian ori- The Indian Embassy in Bern ($16mn) in just a month. 7, and it is still running to packed Borders, a fi lm by Major Ravi wo- gin, media reported yesterday. (Switzerland) was the second tar- The fi lm directed by Vyshakh houses. It hit 56 screens in the ven around the Indo-Pakistan According to a report in E get (http://indembassybern.ch/) also became the fi rst Indian movie UAE, seven in Qatar, six in Bah- war that led to the creation of Hacking News website, the In- which had three databases with grossing the highest in the Gulf in rain, four in Kuwait and nine in Bangladesh. dian High Commissions where 19 tables with total 35 entries and the shortest period of three days, Oman on November 3. At Rs750mn, his Drishyam data breach happened are in login details with passwords. reports say. The fi lm is also running in 93 (2013), directed by Jeethu Joseph, South Africa, Libya, Italy, Swit- “The compromised data in- “I am happy to share with you cinemas in the UK, 21 in Ireland, is the second highest grosser in zerland, Malawi, Mali and Ro- cludes the name, last name, all, that #Pulimurugan becomes 11 in Italy, four in Germany, two Malayalam. mania. e-mail ID, address, college and the fi rst Malayalam movie to enter each in Switzerland and Neth- Many expect his last fi lm Op- The hackers with Twitter a course where students are en- 100-crore (1bn) club,” the award- erlands and one each in Austria, pam, directed by Priyadarshan names Kapustkiy and Kasimierz rolled,” the report added. winning actor wrote on his Face- Belgium, Malta, Denmark, Swe- released two months back which L later dumped the database on In Italy, the hackers entered book page yesterday, thanking his den, France and Norway since has so far collected Rs580mn, to Pastebin.com (which later re- into three databases with 149 en- fans and the crew. November 4. replace Drishyam soon. moved the details). tries, including the name, e-mail “This is made possible by each It grossed Rs150mn in the “People are returning to thea- “I am from the Netherlands. ID, telephone numbers and pass- and every one of the audience UAE alone in three days and re- tres to watch Puli Murugan again I’ve found several SQL on their port numbers. who watched this movie in the ports say most tickets are being and again,” said Liberty Basheer, websites and I reported it. But There was no offi cial explana- theatre, here I am extending my sold out before the show as in who runs a cinema in Tellicherry they ignored me so I dumped tion from the Ministry of External sincere thanks to them and above Kerala. town in northern Kerala. Mohanlal in a scene from the film Puli Murugan. there db [database],” one of the Aff airs on this development. Gulf Times Tuesday, November 8, 2016 21 INDIA CWC members urge Rahul to take over as party president

IANS decision-making body here. Asked what Rahul Gandhi’s mother Sonia, who is the longest ernment’s Pakistan policy, say- sided over the CWC meeting. elly ‘rewarded’ by a callous gov- New Delhi “It is high time that Congress response was, Congress leader serving president of the party. ing it was swinging “from one “Democracy under the ernment with denial of OROP must mobilise all its forces to Randeep Singh Surjewala said: She became the party chief in extreme to another” while deal- present dispensation is going (One Rank One Pension), and cut fi ght against the dictatorial rule “The Congress VP was present 1998. ing with Islamabad. through one of its darkest hours. in disabilities pensions,” said Gan- ongress Working Commit- of the (Narendra) Modi govern- in CWC meeting, he said what- Earlier addressing the CWC “The Modi government is ob- All attempts by this government dhi, who in October had written to tee (CWC) members yes- ment,” the former defence min- ever the party and committee meeting, Rahul lashed out at the sessed with power, it seeks to to suppress our fundamental Modi saying the decisions taken Cterday unanimously urged ister added. will decide, he would be ready to government, accusing it of being silence all those who disagree. freedoms by abusing state power by the government in the past few party vice president Rahul Gandhi Antony also said that it was take up any challenge. “obsessed with power” and said Hiding behind the cloak of na- will only strengthen our resolve weeks had adversely aff ected the to take over as Congress chief. the fi rst time that this sentiment “Rahul Gandhiji said he wants that democracy under the present tional security, civil society is to defeat such dangerous de- morale of the armed forces and “A number of party mem- was strongly and unanimously to fi ght for the idea of India and regime was passing through one being intimidated for asking signs,” he said. caused them “pain and hurt.” bers expressed strong senti- expressed in the CWC meeting. whatever the party workers de- of its “darkest hours.” questions. Television channels Flaying the Modi govern- Calling for “exposing” the ments that Rahul Gandhi must “The fi nal decision has to be that cide he will be ready to take up Gandhi also said that TV are being punished and asked to ment’s policy towards Pakistan Modi government in the upcom- take over the presidentship of of the party president,” he added. that role.” channels were “being punished,” shut down,” said Gandhi. and Jammu and Kashmir, Gandhi ing parliament session, Gandhi the party,” Congress leader A Congress president Sonia There have been demands in referring to a one-day ban on “The opposition is being ar- said soldiers were suff ering the said: “Asking questions is what K Antony told reporters after a Gandhi did not attend the meet- the party that Rahul take over NDTV India and an Assamese rested for holding the government highest casualties in decades. discomforts this government the meeting of the party’s highest ing due to illness. the reins of the party from his channel. He questioned the gov- to account,” said Gandhi who pre- “They (soldiers) are being cru- most, for they have no answers.” Government puts NDTV ban on hold

IANS Defending the government’s New Delhi decision to impose the ban on NDTV India, Naidu said it was just a “small action” and won- fter facing all-round crit- dered why those attacking the icism, the government government for curbing freedom Ayesterday put on hold of the media now had kept silent a one-day ban on Hindi news during the Congress regime. channel NDTV India, even as the “We are all victims of Emer- NDTV media group challenged gency. We fought for media in the Supreme Court the legal- rights. This government will ity of the gag order. never do anything to suppress Prime Minister Narendra Modi walks with his British counterpart Theresa May at Hyderabad House in New Delhi yesterday. “The one-day ban on NDTV’s the liberty of the media. This Hindi channel has been put on liberty that the media and the hold by Information and Broad- opposition enjoy was never seen casting Minister M Venkaiah in the past,” he said. Naidu,” offi cial sources said. “These days, even columns are The decision to put on hold written making prediction about the ban came after NDTV pro- the prime minister’s death. We moter Prannoy Roy met Naidu, don’t do anything and every- the sources said. They said Roy thing is tolerated.” UK PM sets terms for requested the minister to review The minister claimed it was the order and put it on hold till a the Congress and its associ- fi nal decision is taken. ate parties including the Bahu- According to the sources, Roy jan Samaj Party, the Samajwadi also told Naidu that their view Party and the Left – who have point was not appreciated in the grown “frustrated” and are dis- right perspective. playing “growing intolerance” improved visa deal The ministry on Thursday or- against the Narendra Modi-led dered the news channel to go off dispensation. India, Britain launch gave on curbing immigration. the interests of India’s burgeon- street protests in Jammu and New Delhi, will also gain access air from the midnight of today to Naidu said indiscriminate working group on trade, “The UK will consider fur- ing IT services sector whose Kashmir, an attack on an Indian to a “bespoke” visa and immigra- midnight of tomorrow for alleg- criticism of Prime Minister investment ther improvements to our visa main base is Bengaluru. army base near the frontier in tion service, May’s offi ce said. edly breaching cable TV norms Narendra Modi and the govern- off er if, at the same time, we can May visits the south Indian September, and a series of en- May also said that more £1bn in its coverage of the January 2 ment by Congress vice president Reuters step up the speed and volume of city, known as the world’s back suing border clashes. ($1.24bn) in deals would be terror attack on the Pathankot on democracy and civil liberties New Delhi returns of Indians with no right offi ce, today. Looking ahead to a post- signed during her trip, and by Indian Air Force base in Punjab. would boomerang on the oppo- to remain,” May told reporters May endorsed India’s aspi- Brexit world, May said she partnering with Modi’s initia- Refuting the claims, NDTV sition party itself. in New Delhi after talks with rations as a rising 21st-century wanted Britain to be a commit- tive to build 100 “smart” cities, said: “Other channels and news- “They have no moral right to ritish Prime Minister Prime Minister Narendra Modi. power, backing its bid for a ted advocate of free trade. British business could unlock a papers reported the same infor- talk about democracy.....The Theresa May off ered In- A source in May’s offi ce said permanent seat on the United “It’s why – as Britain leaves further £2bn over fi ve years. mation.” Congress vice president’s state- Bdia a possible improved any improvements would be Nations Security Council and the EU – we’re determined Modi, addressing the tech The ban has been widely con- ments are laughable,” he said. visa deal yesterday, as the two about the visa process, such as promising to co-operate on cy- not to turn our backs on the summit, called for “greater demned by major opposition Naidu said government be- countries kicked off talks on cost and speed, rather than cri- ber security to counter violent world but to forge a new, global, mobility and participation of parties, the Editors Guild and lieves in “debate and discus- boosting trading links ahead teria applicants must meet. extremists. outward-looking role for our- young people in educational other media groups. sions” and was thus prepared of Britain’s departure from the In Modi, May found a host But she did not go as far as her selves,” she earlier told an India- and research opportunities” - Earlier in the day, Naidu hit for a detailed debate on all these European Union. keen to link market access to predecessor, David Cameron, UK Tech Summit. a reference to the sharp fall in back at Congress vice president issues with the opposition dur- May, making her fi rst bilateral freedom of movement - the who on a 2010 visit said that “Because we know from his- the number of Indian nationals Rahul Gandhi for his comments ing the ensuing winter session trip outside Europe since Brit- very issue that will complicate Pakistan, India’s neighbour, tory what happens when coun- studying in Britain. on curtailment of press freedom, of parliament beginning on No- ons voted on June 23 to quit the her own eff orts to extract Brit- should not “promote the export tries do not embrace the op- In the fi ve years that May was and reminded him of the Emer- vember 16. bloc, described as “limitless” ain from the EU without being of terrorism.” portunities of the world. They interior minister, the number of gency days when “democracy He wondered why nobody the potential of the relation- cut off from the bloc’s lucrative Modi said he had conveyed to stagnate. They get poorer. They Indian students in Britain fell to was taken off the air.” spoke about democracy and free- ship with India and its market single market. May his deep concern regarding don’t protect their people. They 11,864 in June 2015 from 68,238. “Every word Rahul said at the dom of media during the Con- of 1.3bn people. “We believe that such a group cross-border terrorism and the get worse off .” Some of May’s cabinet col- Congress Working Committee gress rule when 21 news channels She attached a condition to a should not only focus on ways need for the international com- Britain will off er new services leagues and business leaders meet suits the Congress itself and were banned from time to time. better deal, however: progress to increase trade in goods, but munity to take strong action to improve business travel for in both countries have urged reminds people of what it had “In fact, the channel named in sending home Indians who also on the expansion of serv- against states that support and Indian visitors, including faster May to exclude foreign students done... Democracy was taken off ‘Janmat’ was banned for 20 days have outstayed their visas. ices trade, including through sponsor it. clearance through UK border from Britain’s statistics on the air for 19-and-a-half months when P R Dasmunsi was the in- That harked back to her tough greater mobility of skilled pro- He did not refer directly to controls. net migration, which May has and Emergency was imposed,” formation and broadcasting line as interior minister and the fessionals,” Modi told reporters. Pakistan but tension has been A select group of high-net- vowed to bring below 100,000 a the minister told reporters. Minister,” he said. mandate she says the Brexit vote His comments highlighted running high for months, after worth Indians, nominated by year, from 336,000 in 2015. Mahatma’s grandson Stuntmen drown during fi lm shoot

Kanu Gandhi dead Agencies cape in a helicopter from the Bengaluru shore. The hero too jumps onto the IANS him,” Badhia said. The last rites and the US defence department chopper, which fl ies over the Surat are likely to be performed in Su- on wing structures of fi ghter wo stuntmen drowned reservoir’s backwaters. rat this morning, he added. aircraft, while Shivalaxmi was yesterday after they As seen from the fi lm foot- Based in Ahmedabad, Badhia, a professor and researcher in Tjumped from a helicop- age, aired on local news chan- anu Ramdas Gandhi, a an old friend and grandson of a Boston Biomedical Research In- ter into a reservoir in Karna- nels, during a fi ght, the hero grandson of Mahatma close associate of Gandhi, ar- stitute. taka while shooting a scene for pushes the villains from the KGandhi and a former Nasa ranged for some monetary help “Upon return to India, they an upcoming fi lm, police said. helicopter and joins them in the scientist, died in a private hospi- for the ailing Kanu, and had re- kept moving from one place to The crew was shooting the reservoir to carry on the fi ght. tal here yesterday evening. cently given Rs21,000 from per- another as they have no place of climax scene of Kannada fi lm Police have registered a He was 87 and is survived by sonal resources. their own here. They spent short Maastigudi when Anil Ver- criminal case of negligence his 90-year-old wife Shival- The Radhakrishna Temple got spells in ashrams or inns, and at ma, 31, and Raghav Uday, 38, against the producers “as pre- axmi. Kanu admitted to the Shiv Jyoti one point they were compelled plunged into Thippagondana- cautionary and safety meas- Kanu was famous as the little Hospital nearby. to spend six months in New halli reservoir. ures were not taken for the boy who walked ahead of Ma- They also took care of his wife, Delhi’s Guru Vishram Vruddha “The two actors have shoot,” senior offi cer, Chan- hatma Gandhi who prodded him who is deaf and suff ers from Ashram,” Badhia said. drowned to death as they could dragupta, said. with his stick on the beaches of other old-age related ailments, At that time, a federal minis- not swim and were not rescued “There were no life jackets, Gujarat’s Dandi village during Badhia said. ter got in touch with Kanu and in time,” police inspector H L no rescue team nor an ambu- the historic Salt Satyagraha of The going was not particularly made him speak to Prime Min- Nandeesha said. lance,” he added. March-April 1930. good for the elderly childless ister Narendra Modi who was Television footage showed The two men had been miss- On October 22, he suff ered a Gandhi couple since their return sympathetic and off ered all help the two stuntmen and Duniya ing for more than three hours heart attack and brain haemor- after a four-decade-long stay in to the couple, but Badhia said Vijay, one of Kannada cinema’s before their bodies were found. rhage which left half his body the US in 2014, including Kanu’s they never heard from either top actors, jump from a height The Thippagondanahal- paralysed and he lapsed into a career of over 25 years with Nasa. his offi ce or the Gujarat govern- of about 30ft and surface in the li reservoir is about 40km coma from which he never re- Decades ago, the bright Kanu ment. water after a few seconds. northwest of Bengaluru at the covered, said his close friend of was handpicked by the then Soon after reaching Surat, he But only Vijay managed to confl uence of Arkavathy and decades, Dhimant Badhia. US ambassador to India, John suff ered a heart attack on Octo- swim back to shore safely as Kumudavathi rivers in Ram- “He lay in a critical state at a Kenneth Galbraith to study at ber 22 accompanied by a severe the other two did not know anagara district. private charitable hospital with the Massachusetts Institute of stroke which left half his body swimming. It is one of the sources of hardly any monetary resources Technology. paralysed; he lapsed into a coma In the scene the hero chases drinking water supply to Ben- and virtually nobody to care for Later, he worked with Nasa and remained on life-support. Kanu Gandhi: dies the two ‘villains’ trying to es- galuru. Gulf Times 22 Tuesday, November 8, 2016 LATIN AMERICA Brazil a changed country, says movie star Braga

AFP it is not a military coup,” Braga president and a political rival Little Havana district, home to see the fi lm as subversive, while is good, what’s fair, what’s justice, sation in her native Brazil before Miami lamented after the screening of from the centre-right – a change one of America’s largest concen- those on the left have hailed it as for my country, for my people and achieving even greater fame and Aquarius, a movie some see as a that makes Braga chafe. trations of Latinos. an act of political courage. for ourselves. And what I can do fortune in Hollywood. symbol of political resistance. “It is very hard for people out- When Aquarius had its debut Braga’s childhood of poverty best is talking out loud what I feel.” Still a vibrant, raven-haired t was a screening to promote Latin America’s biggest country side of Brazil knowing exactly at the Cannes Film Festival, the and want has led her to press for Braga is known for her star- beauty at 66, Braga now lives her latest fi lm, but actress has endured months of political what’s happened and (the) di- cast and crew created a sensation social progress for Brazil’s least ring turn in a number of popu- in New York, but feels a close ISonia Braga could not help upheaval, culminating with the mension of the danger that we by staging a red carpet protest fortunate. “I want for Brazil what lar movies, including Kiss of the emotional tie to the country of weighing in on the political situ- removal from offi ce in August of are going through right now,” the against Rousseff being suspended I always wanted for Brazil since I Spider Woman in 1985 and Dona her birth. With its recent sharp ation in her native Brazil, just Dilma Rousseff on charges that she fi lm star continued. from power, holding signs that was nine,” she said. “From that age Flor and Her Two Husbands, in swerve to the right, however, “it weeks after the ouster of its fi rst violated government budget laws. “Brazil is not the country I read “Brazil is experiencing a coup I learned social problems, I learned 1976, as well as numerous televi- doesn’t seem like to be the coun- woman president. The leftist Rousseff was re- used to know,” she continued, d’etat” and other slogans. about society. All my life I had sion outings. try that I knew and I lived in and I “There is a coup in Brazil, (but) placed by her Temer, her vice speaking at a cinema in Miami’s That protest has led some to this intuitive feeling about what She became a soap opera sen- loved so much,” Braga said.

Isolated Amazon Ortega wins tribe kills one in Peru third term AFP Lima

embers of an isolated tribe in the Amazon Mrainforest have killed a as Nicaragua man and wounded two in a clash with another ethnic group, Pe- ruvian authorities said. The Mashco-Piro tribe, one of the last isolated peoples on Earth, apparently attacked a group of 20 people from the Na- president hua tribe who ventured onto the indigenous reserve where they Reuters waving red and black Sandinista to orchestrate a return to power live, the culture ministry said. Managua fl ags. when he became president in the The Nahua, who themselves Girls in sequined mini-skirts 2006 election. only recently entered into con- danced to Latino pop music on a Opponents have accused Or- tact with the outside world, were icaraguan leftist Daniel stage in the square in celebration. tega of trying to set up a “family reportedly following footprints Ortega powered to his Speaking after casting his dictatorship” since he appointed believed to have been left by Nthird consecutive term vote on Sunday, Ortega, a one- relatives to key posts, and after Mashco-Piro in the Kugapakori as president of the poor Cen- time foe of the US government, his Sandinistas pushed consti- Territorial Reserve in eastern tral American country, as voters couldn’t resist taking a potshot tutional changes through Con- Peru. cheered years of solid economic at Nicaragua’s northern neigh- gress that ended presidential “The culture ministry’s team growth and overlooked criticism bour just days before US voters term limits in 2014. has co-ordinated the (wounded he is installing a family dynasty. decide on their next leader. The opposition views Muril- men’s) transfer to the Sepahua By fusing his militant past “Now it’s us, the Nicaraguans, lo’s vice presidential bid as fur- health centre for the necessary with a more business-friendly who decide because we no long- ther evidence of Ortega’s power medical attention” after the at- approach, Ortega stands in stark er have a single Yankee general grab, particularly given that ru- tack, which happened Thursday, contrast to many once-dom- here,” Ortega said, referring to mours have long swirled over his it said in a statement. inant Latin American leaders, years of US interference in the supposed health problems. The ministry said it had acti- whose popularity has plummet- country’s aff airs. “Ortega gets his way and he vated its emergency protocol for ed in recent years after failing “It’s we Nicaraguans who doesn’t care if he violates the such situations, which includes to guarantee gains in economic count the votes, this is a sover- rights of others,” PLC leader Ro- measures to protect both peo- prosperity. eign democracy.” driguez said. ples from further violence and The 70-year-old former gue- Emerging as the leader of the “Supposedly he fought against the Mashco-Piro from diseases rilla fi ghter, who ran with his Sandinista movement that top- the Somoza dictatorship, and the that their immune systems have wife, Rosario Murillo, as vice pled dictator Anastasio Somoza Sandinistas themselves regard never been exposed to. president, had 72.1% of the in 1979, Ortega led the country Ortega as worse than Somoza.” Peruvian authorities have votes, with 66.3% of polling during the 1980s, when a civil Hernan Selva, a 22-year-old raised alarm over increasing- stations counted, the electoral war against US-backed Contra engineering student and Ortega ly frequent incursions by the board said. rebels killed some 30,000 peo- supporter, dismissed as “the Mashco-Piro into communities The announcement sent hun- ple and unleashed an economic kicks of a drowning man” the near their territory. dreds of his Sandinista National crisis. complaints by Rodriguez, who In May 2015, Mashco-Piro na- Liberation Front (FSLN) party After losing the 1990 election, fought the Sandinistas in the tives killed a man from the Shi- supporters out into the streets of Ortega risked fading into history, 1980s as part of the right-wing petiari indigenous group with an Managua to celebrate. but the former fi ghter managed paramilitary Contras. arrow after invading his land to Ortega’s main opponent, the carry off food. centre-right Liberal Constitu- Opposition says it won’t accept election result In December 2014, some 200 tionalist Party (PLC) candidate Mashco-Piro attacked two small Maximino Rodriguez, was a dis- Nicaragua’s opposition parties voted, calling it the “highest villages with bows and arrows, tant second with 14.2% of votes, have demanded fresh elections rate of abstention in the last 30 killing residents’ livestock and the board said. even before the results of the years.” Luis Callejas, whose main carting off food, pots, pans, ma- “Thanks to the (Sandinista) vote were published. Violeta opposition party, the National chetes and rope. revolution, I have faith I’ll be able Granera, from the opposition Coalition for Democracy (CND) Encroachments on the Ama- to keep moving forward, because coalition FAD, said her party was excluded from the elections zon rainforest by illegal log- we are backed by a good govern- would not recognise the result altogether, said the vote was gers and drug traffi ckers may ment,” said Ana Luisa Baez, 55, of Sunday’s vote, due to low “not fair or transparent.” “We be causing the Mashco-Piro to a widow and mother-of-four voter turnout and exclusion are demanding repeat elections venture beyond their traditional who runs a small store out of her of parties critical of the – with transparency, fair territory, authorities say. home, as car horns honked and government. Granera said that competition and international, Peru is home to more than 50 Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua’s current president and presidential candidate from the ruling Sandinista motorcycle riders wove through under 30% of eligible voters unbiased observers.” indigenous groups. National Liberation Front, speaks to the media beside his wife Rosario Murillo in Managua. Managua’s Plaza de las Victorias

Workers protest Despite truce, no end to Assange to be quizzed Venezuela crisis in sight on rape allegations AFP Assange denies the claims. Stockholm An Australian national, he had AFP replied he would accept no “ul- people who will lose, because refused to travel to Sweden for Caracas timatums,” repeating his vow the path then could truly be questioning due to concerns that to serve out his term and ac- one of blood,” he told Argentine ulian Assange will be ques- he would then be extradited to cusing the opposition of sow- daily La Nacion in an interview tioned next week over long- the US over WikiLeaks’ release of shaky truce in Venezue- ing “false hopes.” published Saturday. Jstanding rape accusations, 500,000 secret military fi les on la between President “I want to alert you all, es- Venezuela has suff ered a Sweden’s public prosecutor’s of- the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. ANicolas Maduro and the pecially the opposition’s sup- spectacular implosion in the fi ce announced yesterday, saying “We have requested this in- opposition has curbed months porters: They are lying to you past three years as plunging oil an Ecuadorian prosecutor would terview repeatedly since 2010,” of escalating hostility, but again,” he said Thursday in a prices have pushed it deep into visit the WikiLeaks founder in his lawyer Per Samuelsson said. talks on the country’s political national address. recession, sparking riots, loot- the embassy where he has been “Assange has always wanted and economic crisis leave little His second-in-command, ing and violent crime. holed up since 2012. to tell his version to the Swed- room for optimism. Diosdado Cabello, dared the Food and medicine shortages Through his lawyer Assange ish police. He wants a chance Almost as soon as the truce opposition to ditch the talks. “I have grown so desperate that welcomed the news saying to clear his name,” he said. “We was declared on Tuesday, the don’t see much future for (the Human Rights Watch calls the he was looking forward to the hope the investigation will be two sides resumed trading talks), especially when these situation a “profound humani- “chance to clear his name”. closed then.” threats and insults, poison- people say their demand is to tarian crisis.” Maduro says the The Swedish authorities said The lawyer added the “shape ing the environment ahead of have early elections in the fi rst economic crisis is a capitalist one of the prosecutors on the of the questioning is under dis- Vatican-backed negotiations quarter of 2017,” he said in an conspiracy backed by the US. case, Ingrid Isgren, as well as a cussion.” set for Friday. interview with private TV net- The opposition blames 17 Swedish police inspector would A fi rst hearing scheduled for The opposition Democratic work Televen. years of socialist rule under the also attend the questioning on October with the prosecutor Unity Table (MUD) called on “If they want to walk out, let mustachioed president and his November 14 and report the Toainga Wilson had been post- the government to agree to ear- them. There won’t be any gen- late predecessor, Hugo Chavez. fi ndings to Sweden. poned at Assange’s request, cit- ly elections in the fi rst quarter eral elections here.... We won’t The idea of holding talks with “A DNA sample will also be ing “his rights to the protection of 2017 – well before Maduro’s accept anything that’s outside the enemy has deeply divided taken, provided that Julian As- and defence of his person,” ac- term ends in 2019. the constitution.” the opposition. Sixteen of the sange agrees to it,” the prosecu- cording to Ecuadorian prosecu- It warned it would call off the Pope Francis’s envoy for the 30-odd parties that make up tor’s offi ce said in a statement. tors. talks if there were no conces- talks, Italian Archbishop Clau- the fractious MUD coalition are The 45-year-old whistle- Swedish prosecutors have sions from Maduro, whom it dio Maria Celli, warned their refusing to join the talks. A passenger walks past municipality workers participating blower sought refuge in Ecua- dropped a sexual assault probe, blames for driving Venezuela, a failure could spell a bloodbath. Political analysts say the ne- in a roadblock at the international airport highway in dor’s embassy in London in June concerning another woman, once-booming oil giant, to the “If one delegation or the gotiations are a risky bet for the protest against the Salvadorian government in Olocuilta, 2012, fl eeing allegations of rape against Assange last year after brink of economic collapse. other ends the dialogue, it’s not opposition, given Venezuelans’ El Salvador, yesterday. and sexual assault in Sweden the fi ve-year statute of limita- The leftist president testily the pope but the Venezuelan mounting calls for change. dating back to 2010. tions expired. Gulf Times Tuesday, November 8, 2016 23 PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN Indian army Police raid scores of shelling kills 3 Karachi seminaries in Kashmir Reuters An Indian defence spokes- Reuters Muzaff arabad man said Pakistani forces Karachi had fi red 120mm and 82mm mortars, as well as automatic hree people were killed weapons, across the Line of akistani police arrested and fi ve wounded Control, and alleged they had dozens of people in a Tyesterday in Indian targeted Indian posts and ci- Pcrackdown on more than shelling across the disputed vilian areas. 90 seminaries in Karachi, fol- border with Pakistan in the Both countries claim all of lowing a series of sectarian Himalayan region of Kash- Kashmir, but administer sepa- shootings in the country’s larg- mir, Pakistani offi cials said, rate parts, divided by a de facto est city, offi cials said yesterday. as tension simmers between border. Provincial police chief Allah the nuclear-armed neigh- Dino Khwaja said the crackdown bours. “There has been intense was aimed at both Sunni and Feelings have run high since shelling in Nakyal sector Shia seminaries. July, when Indian security since morning” Five supporters of the Sunni Ahle forces killed a young Kash- Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), which miri fi ghter in Indian-admin- They have fought two of advocates for Shias to be legally istered Kashmir, prompting their three wars since inde- declared non-Muslim and has a months of protests and a cor- pendence from the British in violent off shoot that targets Shia responding security crack- 1947 over the territory. mosques, were killed in drive-by down that has claimed more Tension built further in attacks in Karachi on Friday. than 80 lives. September, when 18 Indian On Oct 29, fi ve Shias were “There has been intense soldiers were killed at an army shot dead at a gathering in the shelling in Nakyal sector since base in Indian-administered city’s North Nazimabad area, an morning,” said Pakistani of- Kashmir, in an attack Delhi attack claimed by Lashkar-e- fi cial Sardar Zeeshan Nisar, blamed on Pakistan-based Jhangvi al-Alami, one of ASWJ’s confi rming the death toll. militants. off shoots. Two people were wounded, Pakistan denied that it was A security offi cial, speaking he added. involved in that attack. on condition of anonymity, said Nisar accused Indian forces Several days later, India said that “dozens” had been arrested of targeting civilians in their it had attacked militant bases in the crackdown. fi ring across the disputed bor- across the border, a claim Pa- Among them were two men, der. kistan termed “an illusion”. members of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Shelling also took place in Last week, both countries responsible for 28 targeted at- the Neelum Valley of Paki- expelled each others’ diplo- tacks on Shias and security A policeman washes away the eff ects of tear gas fired by police after a group of men blocked the main national highway and railway tracks to stani-administered Kashmir, mats, and named a number forces, provincial Chief Minister protest the detention of their religious workers in Karachi yesterday. hitting a vehicle near the vil- of others as being involved in Murad Ali Shah told reporters. lage of Danjar and wounding spying. The men were responsible for Over the weekend, three a road and were forcibly cleared by the ASWJ, yesterday. tion in 2012, but its workers con- three people, said local offi cial Violations of a 2003 cease- several high-profi le attacks, in- prominent leaders of the Shia police fi ring tear gas, rubber bul- The group’s secretary-gen- tinue to operate openly. Sardar Waheed. fi re on the de facto border have cluding the killing of celebrated community were picked up by lets and automatic weapons. eral, Taj Hanafi , and 10 other Violent crime has dropped The Indian military said regularly occurred in the last Sufi singer Amjad Sabri earlier security forces for their alleged It was not immediately clear if suspects were detained, said a signifi cantly in Karachi, a teem- that it had fi red in response to two months. this year, and the Oct 29 attack. role in Friday’s shootings. there were any casualties. police offi cial, speaking on con- ing metropolis of more than Pakistani fi ring in the Poonch In the latest major violence, Shah said that a “huge The arrests prompted protests Police also searched the Sid- dition of anonymity. 18mn people, since the launch district on Monday morning, at least 19 people were killed number” of weapons had been by Shias in the Malir area of Kara- diq-e-Akbar mosque, consid- The ASWJ was offi cially of a paramilitary operation three but did not comment on re- on both sides in shelling last recovered after their arrests. chi, where demonstrators blocked ered the Karachi headquarters of banned as a terrorist organisa- years ago. ports of casualties. week. Thick smog disrupts air traffi c Sharif’s children submit reply in SC in Panamagate DPA/Internews situation, but has not issued of fi elds where rice had been “no courage” in making the said required “monumen- Islamabad any such directive so far. harvested. powerful refi neries take tal courage” on the part of Pakistan Metrological The sources said these corrective measures even authorities to implement, IANS lowing which the top court hreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Department (PMD) chief proposals were immediately though the problem had included adopting and en- Islamabad directed all parties to sub- Khan also witnessed the thick smog engulfed Ghulam Rasool said lack of enforced. But the com- been identifi ed long ago. forcing European standards mit relevant documentary larger bench’s proceed- major cities in Paki- rain was the reason for the mittee’s most important Elaborating, they said for vehicular emissions, evidence before the court ings. Astan yesterday, caus- smog. proposal – regarding shut- that except for one all the mandating all new vehicles akistan Prime Min- by today, Dawn reported. On November 3, the top ing air traffi c disruption and The chances of rain dur- ting down of steel furnaces refi neries were produc- to carry catalytic converters ister Nawaz Sharifs During the hearing, the top court gave a last chance to widespread outbreaks of al- ing the next couple of weeks in Lahore, Ferozewala and ing diesel which was send- (meaning challenging the Pthree children, in- court gave a week’s time to the three scions of the rul- lergies, offi cials reported. are limited, he said. Sheikhupura for at least ing dangerous amounts of vehicle manufacturers), and cluding daughter Maryam, Prime Minister Sharif’s chil- ing Sharif family to submit “Five fl ights have been Khawaja Salman Rafi que, three days – has not been sulphur dioxide into the air framing policy for phasing submitted their replies in dren to submit evidence and their replies on November 7. diverted due to poor vis- adviser to the Punjab chief implemented yet. through machines running out old vehicles. the Panamagate case before establish that they are legal The Panama Papers on ibility this morning,” Civil minister has asked citizens The sources said that be- on them, mainly trucks, Developing guidelines and a fi ve-judge bench of the owners of property abroad. April 3 revealed that Nawaz Aviation Authority Pakistan to adopt precautionary fore stopping production buses and construction ma- formulating an air pollution Supreme Court yesterday. The court was told that Sharif’s three children were spokesperson Parvez George measures to avoid eye and at the many steel mills – of chinery. index for shutting down of In their written reply, Maryam Nawaz was a tax- among hundreds of power- told DPA. ear infection. which 600 are located in The exhaust gas turns pollution-emitting industrial Maryam, Hassan and Hus- payer in her own right and ful people who had allegedly International fl ights were The provincial govern- just north and north-east into sulphuric acid which is units, especially in case of sain Nawaz admitted own- not a dependent. stashed away money in off - scheduled to land in the ment has formed a special Lahore – the authorities the most dangerous acid for smog; improved solid waste ing property abroad, fol- Opposition Pakistan Te- shore companies. southern city of Karachi. committee to oversee the were assessing the possible everything and everyone on collection, mainly in con- Air traffi c at Lahore air- situation. fallout of the move because Earth. gested urban centres; crea- port had already been dis- The committee is tasked it could lead to large pro- Technically, “retrofi t- tion of woodlands around rupted last week. with suggesting ways to tests. ting” means adoption of cities; and stabilisation of Poor visibility caused by control air pollution in Pun- The more important pro- ways and means to produce road shoulders for control of thick smog has resulted in jab. It was set up by Chief posals are included in the cleaner diesel. dust are some of the other road accidents, according Minister Shahbaz Sharif short- and medium-term And to ensure this, the medium-term measures that to reports, including on the on Wednesday to suggest measures which the com- federal government intro- have been proposed. Lahore-Islamabad motor- short-, medium- and long- mittee has formulated for duced a law in 2008 which it According to the sources, way and several other cities term measures to reduce submission to the chief has not been able to enforce the long-term suggestions in the central province of pollution in the province. minister for approval. so far, thanks to the infl u- include announcement of Punjab. The urgent measures The committee’s report is ence of refi neries. deadline beyond which no More than a dozen people proposed by the committee set to highlight the issue of The enforcement dead- unit could be established have been killed. included issuance of health retrofi tting of refi neries in line was fi rst extended to outside the industrial es- The Punjab government is and road-use advisories, the country for production 2010, then to 2012 and fi - tates and implementing a considering shutting down distribution of masks at of low-sulphur diesel. nally to July 1, 2017. step-wise plan for shifting factories as a short-term public places by the district The sources said the fed- Other recommenda- industrial units from resi- measure to deal with the administration, and clearing eral government had shown tions, which the sources dential areas.

OFFENSIVE UN probes claims US airstrike that killed 32 Afghan civilians Saudi Arabia plans to buy The United Nations is investigating claims that up to 32 civilians were killed in a US airstrike in the volatile Afghan province of Kunduz last week, fi ghter jets from Pakistan calling any loss of civilian life “unacceptable”. The strike early last Thursday triggered angry protests in Kunduz, with local off icials saying at least 30 people had been killed, many of them Internews ard of Pakistan’s armed before returning home children whose mutilated bodies were paraded through the streets by Islamabad forces training and their today. Earlier on arrival, grieving relatives. commitment with their he was received by ACM Civilian casualties caused by Nato forces have been one of the most con- assignment. Sohail Aman at the Nur tentious issues in the 15-year campaign against the insurgents, prompt- eneral Mo- General Mohamed bin Khan base at Chaklala. ing strong public and government criticism. hamed bin Saleh Saleh, who is the fi rst- General Qtaibi has US forces have conceded that the strike “very likely” resulted in civilian Gal-Qtaibi, com- ever Saudi air chief vis- been invited by his Paki- casualties and pledged a full investigation into the incident. mander of Royal Saudi iting Pakistan, said that stani counterpart ACM A State Department spokesman called it a “terrible event”. Air Force, has said that he was greatly impressed Sohail Aman. his country is planning to by the Pakistan Air Force The Saudi Air Force is buy JF-17 Thunder mul- (PAF). The ambassador interested in undertak- JUSTICE ti-role planes and Super hosted a dinner in the ing joint exercises with Mashshak trainers from honour of visiting air Pakistan and intends to Pakistan army chief signs death Pakistan for its air force. chief of his country and it purchase defence equip- sentences for 9 militants General Mohamed was also attended by host ment from Pakistan. bin Saleh said yesterday Chief of Air Staff (CAS) It is likely that all sub- Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif yesterday approved death evening at the residence Air Chief Marshal (ACM) jects of mutual interest sentences of nine militants involved in heinous off ences, the military’s of Saudi ambassador Ab- Sohail Aman and other would come under dis- media wing said. “Army Chief confirmed death sentences awarded to dullah Marzouk al-Za- senior offi cials. cussion during the stay another nine hardcore terrorists, who were involved in heinous off ences hrani in the Diplomatic The two air chiefs later of the Saudi general in related to terrorism including, killing of innocent civilians, slaughtering of Enclave, that Pakistan is exchanged souvenirs. Pakistan. levies off icials and attacking armed forces personnel,” the Inter Services producing state-of-the- The Saudi air chief will The Saudi air chief will Public Relations (ISPR) statement said. “These terrorist also include those art equipment for de- visit the PAF installa- also call on Prime Min- who fired at a PIA plane landing at Peshawar Airport which resulted in fence use. tions, air bases and have ister Nawaz Sharif in Is- death of a lady and injuries to two other passengers. He lauded the stand- talks with the air force lamabad. Gulf Times 24 Tuesday, November 8, 2016 PHILIPPINES

Government cancels US rifle order

Firebrand Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday German sailor killed, he would cancel an order for about 27,000 American-made assault rifles, in his latest display of defiance against the United States. The rifles were due to be provided to the Philippine police but Duterte said he would look for cheaper alternatives. “The companion abducted (rifles) that were ordered already, I am ordering the police to can- AFP of a known Abu Sayyaf leader he had returned to retrieve their ter demands for millions of dol- cel it. We’ll just have to look for Manila claiming responsibility for the boat, Kantner said the threat of lars were not met. another source that is cheaper raid on the yacht, and the ab- another kidnapping would not The Abu Sayyaf is also blamed and maybe as durable and as ducted German man also spoke stop him from sailing. for kidnapping dozens of Indo- good,” Duterte said. ilitants who special- on the phone call. “My boat is my life and I nesian and Malaysian sailors off The status of the order had ise in kidnapping for The abducted man identifi ed don’t want to lose her, nothing the southern Philippines near become cloudy over the past Mransom have reported himself as Jurgen Kantner, aged more. I don’t care about pirates where the Rockall was raided. week after the Philippine media killing a German sailor and ab- 70, and his companion as Sab- and governments,” Kantner said Most of those sailors were reported the US government ducting her elderly male com- ine, according to Tan. from Berbera. Kantner said then released after ransoms were re- would not deliver the weapons panion from their yacht off the Tan said the passports of that he could not aff ord another portedly paid. because of concerns about southern Philippines, the mili- Kantner and Sabine Merz were kidnapping, after the ransom However some are still being Duterte’s war on drugs and other tary said yesterday. found on the Rockall. was paid to the Somali pirates. held and another two Indone- crime, which has claimed more A commander from the Abu He said the photo in Merz’s “I really hope the pirates sian fi shermen were abducted than 4,100 lives in four months. Sayyaf group, which has earned passport appeared to match don’t catch me because this off Malaysia’s eastern state of Duterte’s spokesman said last millions of dollars by kidnapping the body of the dead woman time no one will pay and every- Sabah at the weekend. week those reports were not foreigners and killed others after aboard, although her identity body will tell the pirates: ‘Keep The Philippine military accurate, and the US arms would ransom demands were not met, still needed to be confi rmed. him’,” he said. launched an off ensive against be delivered as promised. claimed responsibility for the lat- In Berlin the German govern- The Abu Sayyaf, a loose net- the Abu Sayyaf after President But the president also made est incidents, regional military ment said it had yet to verify the work of militants based on re- Rodrigo Duterte vowed in Au- comments last week which spokesman Filemon Tan said. media reports. mote islands in the southern gust to eliminate the group. appeared to indicate he believed It appeared the victims were “We are trying right now to- Philippines, has defi ed more But the Abu Sayyaf has con- the Americans had cancelled the same as those abducted by gether with Filipino authorities than a decade of US-backed tinued to carry out raids appar- the planned delivery. Since Somali pirates off the Gulf of to determine (what happened),” military off ensives and has been ently without hindrance, with taking off ice on June 30 Duterte Aden and held hostage for 52 foreign ministry spokesman on a lucrative kidnapping spree the poorly equipped troops un- has launched repeated tirades days in 2008. Martin Schafer told reporters. in recent years. able to secure the remote and against the United States for The husband and wife were “We have to see what the In 2014 the militants ab- mountainous southern islands criticising his drug war and said released at that time after a ran- facts are, to see if what the me- ducted another German couple or surrounding waters. he wants to loosen the Philip- som was paid. dia are saying is actually true.” off a yacht in the southern Phil- Foreigners typically stay pines’ dependence on its former Tan said the military had AFP interviewed Kantner in ippines. They released the pair away from that area because of colonial ruler. The United States recovered the couple’s yacht, 2009 about being kidnapped six months later after receiving the kidnapping threat. and the Philippines are bound named the Rockall, and the along with Merz, identifi ed then what they said was the full ran- However, militants are also by a mutual defence pact, but body of a naked white woman as his wife, by Somali pirates. This undated handout photo released yesterday by the Philippine som demand of 250mn pesos planning to kidnap foreigners Duterte has said he wants to kick who had been shot was aboard. He was subjected to a mock ex- military Western Mindanao Command (WESMINCOM) shows navy ($5.1mn). in tourist hotspots of the central out American forces. He said the military had lis- ecution during the ordeal. personnel aboard the yacht Rockall after it was recovered in Laparan The Abu Sayyaf beheaded Philippines, the US government tened to an audio recording Speaking from Somalia where island in Sulu province in the southern island of Mindanao. two Canadian men this year af- warned last week. Senator seeks to keep Duterte at President says nation to ratify climate pact bay with Supreme Court writ AFP from industrialising by burning Manila fossil fuels – as rich nations had done. Reuters “There is no treaty to honour. Manila he Philippines will ratify a We have not signed the treaty,” global pact aimed at tam- Duterte said then. Ting climate change, Presi- “If you will not allow us to Philippine senator and dent Rodrigo Duterte said yes- reach parity, you are already the biggest critic of terday, reversing his opposition there and we are still here, then APresident Rodrigo Du- to the historic United Nations I’m saying that’s crazy. I will not terte fi led a “test case” before agreement he previously dubbed agree to that.” the Supreme Court yesterday, “crazy”. However the Paris Agreement seeking to fend off what she In announcing the decision to does indeed allow for developing called harassment by the vola- sign up to the Paris Agreement, nations to continue to burn fos- tile leader and his public tirades Duterte said he still had misgiv- sil fuels. against her. ings but his cabinet members Duterte’s cabinet members, Leila de Lima, the former overwhelmingly disagreed with some other lawmakers and one justice minister who Duterte’s him. “After so much debate, the of his most important political allies removed as head of a Sen- climate change (agreement), allies, ex-president Fidel Ramos, ate probe into his bloody war on I will sign it because it was a said following those comments drugs, said she had fi led a writ unanimous vote except for one that they would try to educate of “habeas data” against the or two (in cabinet),” Duterte told the president about the Philip- president to protect her privacy reporters. pines’ climate future. and if successful, it could take The Philippines last year Committing to the pact is a away some of his immunity. signed up with the rest of the two-step process. “This is a test case, a novel world to the pact, which aims to The fi rst occurred with the case of transcendental impor- cap global warming at well below initial pledges and agreement in tance,” de Lima told reporters. two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Paris last year. “Habeas data is rarely invoked. Fahrenheit), and 1.5 Celsius if The second is a formal ratifi - We are testing the doctrine of possible, compared with pre- cation. presidential immunity.” industrial levels. The pact went into force last In her petition, de Lima However shortly after taking week after 55 parties to the UN’s wanted to stop Duterte and his offi ce on June 30, Duterte criti- climate convention (UNFCCC), associates from collecting in- cised the commitments made by responsible for at least 55% of formation about her private life the administration of his pred- global greenhouse gas emis- and for evidence already gath- Former justice secretary and human rights chief Senator Leila de Lima gestures beside her lawyer Manuel Diokno (right) during a press ecessor Benigno Aquino. sions, ratifi ed it. ered to be destroyed. conference in Manila yesterday, after filing her petition for habeas data against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Those commitments were to In little over four months in She also wants the court to cut emissions of the greenhouse offi ce, Duterte has created an in- stop the outspoken president ual impropriety, among other into Duterte’s deadly campaign herself became subject of a her move was calculated to gases blamed for global warming ternational reputation for incen- making public statements that things. against drugs was launched by probe, by Congress. “generate media noise to drown by 70% by 2030 from 2000 lev- diary rhetoric that is not neces- malign her as a woman and, She faces allegations she had Manny Pacquiao, a senator bet- The probe heard allegations out the accusations against her”. els, on condition it got support sarily backed up by action. according to the petition, “de- close links to big drug dealers ter known for his boxing prow- that 70% of country’s drugs “By portraying herself as a from developed nations to con- He has repeatedly threatened grade her dignity as a human operating in prisons when she ess, including his unanimous deals took place in a jail under victim, she seeks to distance vert to clean technologies. to tear up the Philippines’ long- being”. was a minister for six years un- victory over Jessie Vargas in her control. herself from the intimate re- When he railed in July against standing alliance with the United Duterte has verbally attacked der the previous government. Sunday’s WBO light welter- Presidential spokesman Er- lationships which were also the Philippines’ commitments, States and eject American forces de Lima almost daily, during The move to unseat her as weight bout in Las Vegas. nesto Abella said de Lima was intertwined with drug traffi ck- Duterte said the agreement from his country, although this which he has accused her sex- head of the Senate investigation After her removal, de Lima “playing the gender card” and ing,” Abella said. would stop developing countries has not happened. Multiple investigations into jail killing raise questions

Manila Times & Agencies serving him a search warrant, at der within 24 hours or be killed. conduct a probe into the jail kill- there were no illegal drugs and CIDG. Judge Tarcelo A Sabarre, ing of Espinosa and Yap instead Manila 4am on Saturday, for illegal pos- The Espinosas were ordered ing. The Eastern Visayas Police fi rearms kept by inmates. Jr of Regional Trial Court Branch of reopening the recently con- session of fi rearms inside his cell arrested after authorities seized Offi ce under Chief Supt. Elmer This was contrary to the re- 30 in Basey, Samar issued the cluded Senate justice committee at the Leyte sub-provincial jail in at least P88mn worth of shabu Beltejar has also formed a panel port of the CIDG that illegal search warrant, believing that inquiry on the spate of drug-re- number of questions Baybay City. and 13 high-powered fi rearms to look into the incident. drugs and fi rearms were found the two detainees kept fi rearms lated killings in the country. emerged over Saturday’s An inmate in a separate cell, and explosives at the Espinosa inside the prison facility. and illegal drugs at their cells. Gordon, who heads the Sen- Abrazen killing of Albuera, Raul Yap, was also killed after residence in Sitio Tinago, Baran- “Our objective, as in all “We had an inspection at the A police report stated that the ate justice and human rights Leyte mayor Rolando Espinosa fi ghting it out, the PNP claimed. gay Binulho, Albuera town last our probes, is to get to jail a week ago and did not dis- raiding team recovered a sachet committee, said he would fi le a inside his jail cell, with the Sen- “I am puzzled because we all August. the truth. Ultimately, if cover any illegal contraband in- of suspected shabu and drug resolution calling for a Senate ate, the Department of Justice know Mayor Espinosa is a big Kerwin fl ed but was nabbed persons are liable under side,” Cordeno told reporters. paraphernalia from Espinosa. investigation into the supposed and the Leyte provincial govern- help in the government’s war in the United Arab Emirates last our laws, they can be The offi cial wondered why the The team also found 15 sachets shootout. ment all eyeing separate investi- against drugs. Mayor Espinosa month and is set to return to the held accountable. We CIDG raided the facility without of suspected shabu, 27 sachets Also on Sunday, Justice Sec- gations. is an asset to the government’s Philippines to face drug traffi ck- all want the truth, no informing them fi rst. The team of suspected dried marijuana, retary Vitaliano Aguirre ordered Malacanang said it was “puz- investigation on who’s who in ing charges. matter how elusive or entered the jail 4am or seven repacking items, and drug para- the National Bureau of Investi- zled” with Espinosa’s killing and the upper echelon of drug rings,” Andanar said he did not agree inconvenient it may be” hours before the provincial gov- phernalia from Yap. gation (NBI) to conduct a parallel described it as a huge blow to the Palace Communications Sec- with Sen. Panfi lo Lacson’s ob- ernment received the copy of The sub-provincial jail has probe to “avoid a possible white- anti-drug campaign, consider- retary Martin Andanar said in a servation that Espinosa was The Leyte provincial govern- search warrant. eight cells with a capacity of 15 wash.” ing the late local executive had radio interview. likely a victim of extrajudicial ment is pushing for a separate The closed circuit television’s inmates each. The facility has “Our objective, as in all our served as a government asset After being linked by Presi- killing. investigation on the shooting of digital video recorder got lost only 44 prisoners. probes, is to get to the truth. against illegal drug dealers. dent Rodrigo Duterte to illegal “In the end, it will be the in- Espinosa. after the incident. What was left Espinosa occupied Cell No 1 Ultimately, if persons are li- According to the Philippine drugs, Espinosa surrendered to vestigation of the Philippine Provincial administrator was the monitor. alone while Yap and other in- able under our laws, they can be National Police (PNP), Espinosa no less than PNP Chief Ronald National Police that we will look Edgardo Cordeno said the local Espinosa and Yap were killed mates stayed in a separate cell. held accountable. We all want fought back at operatives of the de la Rosa in August. Duterte had into,” Andanar said. government, which supervises when they reportedly “fi red Senator Richard Gordon on the truth, no matter how elu- Criminal Investigation and De- issued an ultimatum to the may- The PNP said on Saturday its the detention facility, found out upon the raiding team” led by Sunday said he wanted a sepa- sive or inconvenient it may be,” tection Group (CIDG) that were or and his son Kerwin to surren- Internal Aff airs Service would in an inspection last week that Chief Insp. Leo Laraga of the rate investigation into the kill- Aguirre said. Gulf Times Tuesday, November 8, 2016 25 SRI LANKA/BANGLADESH/NEPAL $15mn of BB Guard killed in knife stolen money due in a week

IANS on the condition of anonymity. Dhaka “According to a court order, attack at Dhaka airport November 24 is the last dead- line to return the money,” he IANS “We are trying to ensure that captured the attacker alive. tral Jail in Keraniganj around Merchant was sentenced angladesh Bank (BB) said. Dhaka there is no gathering in the “The attacker is undergo- 4.30pm on Sunday, Jahangir to life imprisonment in India will get back $15.25mn Earlier on October 30, the canopy area,” she said. ing treatment at Dhaka Medical Kabir, senior jail superintendent in April 2002 for shooting Bof heist reserve from the Manila court cleared an ‘ex- The dead guard was identifi ed College Hospital. We are inves- of the prison, confi rmed to The dead the music baron and Philippines in a week, eight ecution suit’ outlining the ecurity at Dhaka’s Hazrat as Sohagh Ali, 28, who is a mem- tigating the matter,” the offi cial Daily Star. T-Series founder Gulshan months after hackers stole procedures for sending back Shahjalal International ber of Ansar, a lightly-armed said. Home Minister Asaduzza- Kumar, in Mumbai on $101mn from Bangladesh’s ac- the $15.25mn. Sairport was beefed up volunteer paramilitary force for The motive behind the attack man Khan Kamal did not clarify August 12, 1997. count at the New York Federal The execution suit order yesterday following a knife at- the preservation of internal se- is unknown yet. whether Merchant has been Merchant illegally entered bank, authorities said. came more than one month tack that left a security guard curity and law enforcement in The attacker was wearing a handed over to India, where he is Bangladesh after being released Debaprosad Debnath, gen- after BB fi nally got a Philip- dead and three other security Bangladesh. T-shirt that is the uniform of to stand trial. on parole in April 2009 to visit eral manager (fi nancial intelli- pines court order in its favour personnel injured. Dhaka Metropolitan Ansar’s AK Traders, the company pro- Merchant had been arrested in his sick mother. Since 2013, the gence unit), Bangladesh Bank, to get back a portion of hacked A knife-wielding man at- north zone chief Ibrahim Bhu- viding cleaning services at the Brahmanbaria in 2009 for pos- Indian government had been has told the Dhaka Tribune, money that was forfeited and tacked the security guard posted iyan said that an injured Ansar airport. But he was not an em- sessing a fake Bangladeshi pass- pressing Bangladesh to fast- “Philippine’s Central Bank kept in the vault of the Philip- at the entrance to the departure trooper Zia has been transferred ployee of the company, reported port. Merchant was initially kept track his extradition, Dhaka Bangko Sentral Pilipinas (BSP) pine Central Bank. lounge at the airport on Sunday to the Combined Military Hos- bdnews24.com. at the Kashimpur jail in Gazipur. Tribune reported. will send back the money in After stealing the money, night, a Dhaka Metropolitan pital, where doctors have said his Killer of Indian music He was kept at the Dhaka Cen- On November 11 last year, cash to Bangladesh Bank’s re- the hackers transferred $81mn Police (DMP) offi cial said. condition was also critical”. baron freed: Abdul Rauf Daud tral Jail since November 2014, Anup Chetia, leader of the In- serve account at Federal Re- to four accounts at Rizal Com- “We are not letting anyone The other two injured con- Merchant, the convicted killer when he was re-arrested only dian separatist group Ulfa, was serve Bank (of New York) fol- mercial Banking Corp in Ma- enter the airport to see off peo- stables, Ashik and Ishtiak, were of Indian music baron Gulshan four days after being released on handed over to the Indian au- lowing Bangladesh’s appeal.” nila and another $20mn to a ple,” Dhaka Tribune quoted being treated at the Kurmitola Kumar, has been released from bail under section 54 of the pe- thorities. India then returned “We hope it will take maxi- bank in Sri Lanka, though the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) hospital. Dhaka Central Jail, media nal code, which gives the police Nur Hossain, the prime sus- mum one week to deposit transfer of $20mn to the island Additional Superintendent of The Dhaka Metropolitan Po- reports said yesterday. the right to arrest anyone under pect in the Narayanganj seven- the money in our account,” country was failed because of Police Tanjina Akhter as saying. lice offi cial said law enforcers Merchant left Dhaka Cen- suspicion. murder case. said a senior executive of BB a spelling error by the hackers. Lanka to introduce plain packaging for tobacco products

IANS - the world’s biggest convention ment legislation and persuade Delhi on tobacco control policies being the mass media. held in India for the fi rst time. “This to me is a direct interfer- Sri Lanka ratifi ed the FCTC ence in the internal policy matters ri Lanka is planning to in- in 2005 and was one of the fi rst of any country. We need not have troduce plain packaging of country to sign the FCTC. It any compromise of any kind with Sall tobacco products in a passed a Tobacco and Alcohol the tobacco industry,” said Sirisena. new step to curb its consump- Act in 2006 and set up the To- Sri Lanka has 80% pictorial tion, President Maithripala bacco and Alcohol Authority, warnings mandatory on all the Sirisena said yesterday. popularly known as NATA. packets of tobacco products. Stating consumption of “With support of the WHO The president, who held the smokeless tobacco was an and FCTC, we regularly monitor health portfolio during former alarming issue in Sri Lanka and the trends of tobacco prevalence president Mahinda Rajapakse’s the entire region, Sirisena said among the populations,” said tenure, had once called for a fi ght there should not be any kind of Sirisena. against the rising illicit trade of compromise with the tobacco Accusing the tobacco indus- tobacco products. industry. try of being a dishonest indus- He also urged more countries Sri Lankan Health Minister try, Sirisena said: “The tobacco to ratify the FCTC Protocol. Rajitha Senaratne is proposing industry often distorts and Highlighting the rising prob- to introduce plain packaging as challenges the best scientifi c lem of smokeless tobacco con- another important measure in knowledge, promotes dishonest sumption in Sri Lanka and in the near future, and “here we arguments that have nothing to the region, Sirisena said: “I thank the FCTC for the excellent do with the truth. would urge the FCTC to address technical support”, said Sirisena. “We know that the industry the issue of smokeless tobacco The Sri Lankan president was will try to infl uence policy mak- also very seriously in the years speaking at the opening cer- ers in many ways, often support to come. Cost of neglect can be Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and India Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda at the inaugural session of the emony of the WHO FCTC COP7 petitioners to challenge govern- very high.” seventh Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP7) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Greater Noida, near Delhi.

Warrant Hundreds of Nepal’s former child Disabled ex-soldiers against soldiers protest over compensation teargassed in protest Tarique DPA end their military service be- DPA (the) government and reached the Maoists 10 years ago, had ter a deal was reached with the Colombo fore completing their minimum Kathmandu agreement. But we haven’t arrived with her four-year- government which pledged to service period of 12 years and By Mizan Rahman received any compensation,” old son from Sindhupalchok pay them 200,000 Nepali ru- have been demanding the same Dhaka Rajan Thapa Magar, general district in central Nepal to pees ($1,873). olice in Sri Lanka yesterday benefi ts off ered to soldiers who undreds of ex-Maoist secretary of the Disquali- protest against the Maoist Thapa Magar said they were used teargas and water can- have completed the minimum child soldiers protested fi ed Former Fighters’ Central party, whose chairman Pushpa forced to protest again because Pnon on dozens of disabled period. Dhaka court yesterday is- Hat the headquarters of Struggle Committee, said. Kamal Dahal became prime “despite protesting three ex-soldiers trying to break into Yesterday’s attempt to enter sued a conviction warrant their former party in Nepal yes- “So we arrived here in the minister in August. times earlier, they were still the president’s offi ce to demand a the president’s offi ce came af- Aagainst BNP senior vice terday, demanding compensa- afternoon and have now occu- “We fought for the people and left without compensation.” pension scheme, offi cials said. ter they undertook a week-long chairman Tarique Rahman in a tion for retired combatants. pied the party offi ce because our country. But our demands An estimated 4,000 child The former soldiers, some of hunger strike in the capital. money laundering case following Some 300 young men and we want the party leaders to have not been met yet. So I de- soldiers were disbanded from them without limbs or eyesight Offi cials said their veterans’ a High Court order. women, who fought against hear us,” he said. cided to join the protest hoping UN camps in 2007 after offi - after being injured in the coun- representatives have been given The High Court directed the state security forces during Thapa Magar said some 70 that it will resolve our prob- cials found them to be under- try’s long war against Tamil an opportunity to meet defence lower court to issue the convic- the country’s 10-year insur- women with about 40 children lems,” the 24-year-old said. age recruits. rebels, are supported by civil ministry offi cials in an attempt tion warrant against Tarique as gency, took control of the hill- were spending the night inside In 2012, hundreds of former More than 16,000 people society members and Buddhist to resolve the dispute. he has been absconding. top offi ce in Kathmandu after the four-storey building, which child soldiers camped out- were killed in the civil war monks, who say that the govern- Some 27,000 soldiers were Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar a two-day national assembly. houses the ruling Maoist party. side the headquarters for two which ended in 2006 after a ment has failed to take care of disabled during the confl ict in of Dhaka Special Court 3 issued “We have held talks with Anita Magar, who joined months, which ended only af- peace accord. them. Sri Lanka, which ended seven the order yesterday following The former soldiers had to years ago. the High Court directive, spe- cial public prosecutor Mosharraf Hossain Kajol told newsmen. The court sent the conviction Cable car service inaugurated warrant to criminal intelligence and prosecution department of Prakash Sharan Mahat, Lankan rupee rises the Dhaka court for sending it to Minister for Foreign Aff airs of Tarique’s the then Cantonment Nepal, second left, visits the address but he is now living in pilgrimage at Chandragiri, a Reuters The rupee has also been hit by self-exile in London. famous tourist destination Colombo selling of government securities On July 21 of this year, the High in Kathmandu, yesterday. by foreign investors, dealers said. Court handed seven-year im- Chandragiri hill (2,730m from Foreign investors have net sold prisonment and 200mn taka fi ne sea level) lies on the south of he Sri Lankan rupee trad- 24.5bn rupees ($165.6mn) worth to Tarique scrapping his acquit- the Kathmandu Valley, off ers ed fi rmer yesterday as of government securities in the tal in the money laundering case. a breathtaking view of the Tdollar selling by exporters three weeks to November 2, data Previously, a lower court had Himalayan range and lush and banks outpaced demand for from the central bank showed. acquitted Tarique of charges and green forests. The newly in- the greenback from importers, The Sri Lankan central bank sentenced his friend Mamun to stalled cable car, second cable dealers said. governor said last week that he seven years of imprisonment car service in the country, Rupee forwards were active, expected the rupee to stabilise with 400mn taka fi ne. makes people easier to reach with one-week forwards trading when a stake sale, worth $1bn, in Later, Anti-Corruption Com- up the hill, as a result more higher at 148.05/10 per dollar, the southern port of Hambanto- mission (ACC) appealed against national and international visi- compared with Friday’s close of ta to a Chinese investor is com- the verdict. tors travel up to the hill daily. 148.35/45. pleted in four to fi ve months. The ACC fi led the case against “Rupee is trading fi rmer on Governor Indrajit Coomaras- Tarique and Mamun in October, dollar sales by exporters and wamy said that proceeds of the 2009 for siphoning off the money to banks,” a currency dealer said, stake sale would be converted Singapore between 2003 and 2007. asking not to be named. into rupees. Gulf Times 26 Tuesday, November 8, 2016 COMMENT

Chairman: Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Attiyah Production Editor: Lebanon must fi nd a way C P Ravindran

P.O.Box 2888 to escape the resource curse Doha, Qatar [email protected] Lebanon’s potential and Syria – creates legal uncertainty than later, and that any future oil and by making the Lebanese Petroleum Telephone 44350478 (news), about who owns and may exploit gas revenues will have to be heavily Administration independent from 44466404 (sport), 44466636 (home delivery) hydrocarbon wealth certain oil and gas blocks. discounted. the ministry of energy and water Fax 44350474 could indeed transform Fourth, Lebanon’s leaders must deal But Lebanon’s governance is the and widen its mandate to manage with its dysfunctional politics and more critical issue, because the country Lebanon’s natural resources. the country, as well as dismal governance, which are likely must now build a foundation to manage Separation and independence from the providing a model for to frustrate any attempt to manage its its fossil-fuel wealth properly. The ministry is needed to protect natural- natural resources transparently and main lesson from other resource-rich resource management and decision- other Middle Eastern sustainably. countries is that, in the absence of making from political interference. energy producers to follow So, can Lebanon escape the curse good governance – strong institutions, Finally, Lebanon should adopt a GULF TIMES of the “devil’s excrement” that has the rule of law, eff ective regulations – legal framework for setting long- affl icted many of its Middle Eastern Lebanon’s energy windfall will likely term constraints on fi scal policy. In By Nasser Saidi neighbours? lead to more corruption, as special particular, government expenditure Beirut The International Monetary Fund’s interests and politicians try to capture should be determined by an estimate estimate of Lebanon’s potential the rents for themselves. of permanent income (including the Andy Murray oil and gas revenues optimistically With Lebanese politics persistently sustainable contribution from resource fter two and a half years assumes that production will start in in a quagmire, the new leadership revenues), while cyclical revenue would without a president, 2021, reach full capacity by 2036, and must establish a sound fi scal regime be saved in a sovereign-wealth fund. Lebanon’s Parliament has continue until 2056. In this scenario, and a robust governance framework Similar to Chile and Norway’s well- Aelected Michel Aoun to once production starts, resource to ensure transparency in energy known precedents, such a rule would deserves world revenues would constitute about 2.8% exploitation and production, fi scal stipulate that all energy-price windfalls the post. Now, Lebanon can turn its attention to oil and gas production, of Lebanon’s non-oil GDP, and would sustainability, and intergenerational automatically be saved, and that with policymakers’ expectations account for about 9% of government equity. It can do so if it follows the government spending be determined by running high – verging on irrational revenues at peak production, before right roadmap. cyclically adjusted tax revenues and a number one rank exuberance – that an energy windfall gradually declining. First, to guarantee that Lebanon’s share of energy revenues. will jumpstart the country’s economy, natural resources are prudently The stakes for Lebanon are high. Andy Murray’s ascension to the ATP rankings summit which has suff ered from poor political managed, the government should A troubled country in a tumultuous is indeed a phenomenal achievement. After spending and economic governance and the Lebanon could formally join the Extractive Industries region, it could transform itself if it spillover eff ects from Syria’s civil war. Transparency Initiative. The EITI soundly and effi ciently manages its most of his career in the shadow of Roger Federer, Rafel Lebanon’s potential hydrocarbon transform itself would require government agencies prospective oil and gas wealth. Or it Nadal and Novak Djokovic, the Scotsman was offi cially wealth could indeed transform the if it soundly and and companies to disclose information could succumb to the curse, which crowned as the world number one yesterday, marking country, as well as providing a model relating to hydrocarbon extraction would entrench the country’s waste, for other Middle Eastern energy and production. This would include nepotism, corruption and inequality. a historic moment for him and Britain, considered producers to follow. But policymakers effi ciently manages contracts and licenses; details about Lebanon’s oil and gas wealth perennial underachievers in tennis despite the vast must be mindful of four major risks. its prospective oil how blocks – and exploration and belongs to all of its citizens, current popularity the game enjoys there. For starters, oil and gas prices are production rights – are auctioned and and future. If the new leadership bases volatile, and fossil fuels in general have and gas wealth awarded; revenue fi gures, to ensure its decision-making on a national Murray dethroned Djokovic after Milos Raonic pulled an uncertain future. Oil and gas prices that companies comply with the consensus – and under a governance out of their semi-fi nal in Paris on Saturday. Earlier, have declined by some 60% since June But even if oil and gas blocks are “Publish What You Pay” principle; framework that ensures transparency, 2014, and it is unlikely that they will auctioned off almost immediately, in environmental-impact studies (off shore disclosure, and accountability – the Djokovic had lost his quarter-fi nal match against recover over the medium term. 2017, and then successfully explored, and onshore); and reports on how the curse will be cast off . And others in Marin Cilic. Djokovic had held on to the top ranking We are in the age of oil’s “new the resulting revenues would not arrive government allocates its revenues. the region might see such success for a whopping 122 weeks before relinquishing it to the normal,” defi ned by plentiful until 2022 at the earliest. Manna from Second, Lebanon should formally as worthy of emulation. – Project alternative energy sources. heaven is not about to fall on Lebanon. adopt the Natural Resource Charter. Syndicate/Mohamed Bin Rashid 29-year-old Briton who became the oldest player in Second, the size of Lebanon’s Meanwhile, Lebanon’s new The Charter’s 12 precepts to guide Global Initiatives history to claim the honour. recoverable energy reserves is leadership must address the stakeholders’ decision-making should Murray, who beat American John Isner in Paris for his uncertain. Equally important, even government’s dismal fi scal be integrated into relevant legislation zNasser Saidi, former chief economist under the most optimistic scenarios, predicament, including a 2016 budget and regulations by the Lebanese of the Dubai International Financial eighth tournament win of the year and fourth in a row, the country’s capacity to manage oil defi cit amounting to 8.1% of GDP government, Parliament, applicable Center, is a former vice governor of should be top for at least two weeks. He is 405 points and gas extraction, production, and and government debt totalling 144% regulatory agencies, and civil-society the Bank of Lebanon and has served distribution is uncertain as well. of GDP – one of the highest public- actors such as the Lebanon Oil and Gas as Lebanon’s minister of the economy above Djokovic in the new rankings but the Serb could go Third, ongoing territorial disputes in debt ratios in the world. This means Initiative. and industry. He is the author, most top again if he lands a fi fth straight Tour Finals crown in the region – and the absence of agreed that Lebanon must undergo strong Third, Lebanon should establish recently, of the OECD report Corporate London. But that should not stop Murray from savouring maritime borders with Cyprus, Israel fi scal adjustments sooner, rather an independent energy regulator, Governance in the Mena Countries. his feat. Murray’s Paris victory also means the ‘Big Four’ have now won 56 of the last 61 Masters events dating back to Monte Carlo in 2010, but the Scot’s tally of just three Grand Slam titles leaves him well short of his rivals. It is something that Murray can improve upon. Known for his never-say-die spirit and mindboggling stamina levels, Murray’s latest achievement will only spur him on. QSL coach carousel If you searched the Internet for ‘10 risky jobs that pay big bucks’, the one option that won’t come up is becoming the coach of a football team. But it sure will make it to that list in the current scenario. In football leagues across the world, coaches are given very little wiggle room. Win or perish is the mandate. And this approach is even more pronounced when you consider the Qatar Stars League. Lebanese President Michel Aoun, centre, meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, left, and newly-designated Prime Minister Saad Hariri at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on November 3. The current 2016-17 QSL season began in September and with just six matches having been played by each team so far, four coaches have already lost their jobs. The most high-profi le case would be that of Gerardo Pelusso. Al Arabi brought in the Uruguayan after letting go of The growing risk of privacy breaches Gianfranco Zola at the end of the last season. With quite a few player signings, title chances were being talked By Inga Kroener But what if those data fell into the biometric data like iris scans, rather only to leave those data vulnerable to up but two wins and four losses, didn’t sit well with the London wrong hands? The exposed refugees than bankcards, off ers some advantages breaches by dangerous actors. might be in serious danger. for aid-delivery – namely, ensuring The fi rst step is to carry out a privacy management and it was goodbye time. The other heads Sensitive information is being that assistance is delivered to its impact assessment (PIA). A PIA is to roll are: Amar Osim – Al Kharaitiyat, Luka Bonacic – ith people living so circulated among an increasingly wide intended recipient. a tool used to identify, analyse and much of their lives array of actors, such as third-party But there is a need to assess whether mitigate privacy risks arising from Al Ahli and Fathi al-Jabal – Al Shahania. While Osim had online nowadays, it fi nancial institutions, technology all of the kinds of data that are currently technological systems or processes. a long run (since 2014), the other two were appointed Wis easier than ever developers, cloud computing service collected are really needed. Does While there is no single established earlier this year. for governments and companies to providers, and other humanitarian collecting them genuinely advance approach to undertaking a PIA, collect large amounts of personal agencies. Every time that information the objectives of providing support experience has produced some best Six matches cannot be indicator for what the team information. Not surprisingly, data is shared – whether it is entered into to refugees? Are the benefi ts of using practices, comprising a set of privacy is capable of achieving over the entire season. The privacy is a hot topic. But there are a new database or a new actor gains biometric data signifi cant enough that principles and criteria, according to added pressure of the next QSL season being a 12-team plenty of people being left out of the access to a single aggregated database – refugees should have no alternative? which systems for collecting, storing, debates. And, unfortunately, those the risk of privacy breaches grows. For the data that are deemed and share refugees’ data should be aff air is prompting further ruthlessness from the team are the people who need the most useful and necessary, there is a need assessed. managements. But the blame cannot rest solely with the attention. Privacy is a to review collection, storage and For a PIA to work, it must weigh coaches. The team management plays an equal part in As much as Internet companies like sharing processes, in order to ensure privacy against other imperatives, Facebook or Google want to collect data that sensitive information is never such as effi cient aid provision. Given recruitment of players. A focus on getting good talent about their users, there are limits to their fundamental human compromised. Exchanges of personal the lack of experience with this type – local or international – should be a better approach. power to do so. Most of the time, there right, enshrined in data among companies, humanitarian of assessment, the framework and Short-term appointments are a disruption rather than a is a way to opt out of providing personal groups, and government agencies those applying it should be fl exible. data, even if it is sometimes buried deep the United Nations should be allowed only when they In settings that are continually solution. in a complex set of privacy settings. are truly necessary, and should be changing, in response to the needs If those opt-outs are not convincing Universal Declaration conducted as securely as possible. and capabilities of a range of actors, enough, there are privacy-focused Privacy is not a privilege – a comfort an iterative approach with qualitative search engines or e-mail providers. of Human Rights that desperate people should have to elements is imperative. To Advertise But some vulnerable populations give up. It is a fundamental human There is no perfect methodology, – such as the nearly 5mn Syrians who There is no shortage of groups that right, enshrined in the United Nations and practice will always diff er from [email protected] have been forced from their home would love to get their hands on the Universal Declaration of Human theory. But a high-quality PIA can help Display country – cannot opt out, unless they data. Over the last few years, the Syrian Rights. International law obliges data an organisation assess and mitigate the want to be sent right back to a warzone. Electronic Army, which supports the controllers and processors to protect privacy risks associated with the use Telephone 44466621 Fax 44418811 If they hope to be granted refugee brutal regime of President Bashar al- data sets containing personal data, of information and communications Classified status – not to mention food, clothing, Assad, has successfully hacked into a particularly in the context of large- technology, biometric technologies, shelter, and other basic necessities – number of secure databases. scale monitoring of individuals. geo-location tracking devices and so Telephone 44466609 Fax 44418811 they have to give whatever information Of course, this is not to say Though some IGOs are exempt from on. It is not a solution to the privacy Subscription the NGOs, IGOs, aid agencies and that collecting data on refugees is these requirements, such organisations challenge faced by refugees and their [email protected] humanitarian workers request. In other fundamentally wrong. The reality is must strive to implement best practices advocates, but it is an important step in words, for refugees, whether to provide that many governments could not with regard to privacy, ethics and data the right direction. – Project Syndicate personal information, from religious justify accepting refugees without protection. After all, it makes little 2016 Gulf Times. All rights reserved beliefs to biometric data, can be a a thorough vetting process – and sense to collect data for the sake of zInga Kroener is senior analyst at matter of life and death. that demands data. Moreover, using protecting vulnerable populations, Trilateral Research in London. Gulf Times Tuesday, November 8, 2016 27 COMMENT Demographics and development

The last 35 years prove 43% of the total population. When ageing population, it is to improve these children are old enough to enter productivity and adapt social-welfare that a larger population the labour force, the proportion of systems. In both cases, investment does not have to be poorer income-earners in the economy could in human capital and an enabling be increased substantially, boosting environment for businesses to boost average per capita incomes. employment are essential. By Mahmoud Mohieldin But not all countries are set to Furthermore, countries should Washington benefi t from a “youth bulge”. Between take advantage of diff erences in now and 2030, several middle-income their demographic situations with countries will experience a decline appropriate policies on cross-border chieving the ambitious in the share of the working-age capital fl ows, migration, and trade. Sustainable Development population. Among other things, More capital should fl ow to countries Goals – which aim to end this refl ects the tendency, supported with younger populations – with Apoverty, boost shared by empirical evidence, for higher their growing manufacturing bases prosperity, and promote sustainability, incomes to impel households to delay and consumer markets – to support between now and 2030 – will require having children. investment and employment growth; overcoming some major obstacles, Even here, however, the and more labour should fl ow to ranging from securing enough demographic news is not all bad – countries with ageing populations, to fi nancing to addressing climate change and not just because the shift from fi ll gaps in the workforce. to managing macroeconomic shocks. higher to lower fertility typically For all of these policies to work, But there is one potential obstacle correlates with a shift from lower countries need to improve the that could turn out to be a blessing to higher life expectancy. History eff ectiveness and credibility of their in disguise: the diverse demographic suggests that there is a second type civic and government institutions. shifts that will take place in the of demographic dividend – one that Mitigating uncertainty, in order coming years. actually lasts longer and is more to avoid fuelling instability, is also By the time the SDG agenda reaches durable than the fi rst – which emerges essential. its end date, there will be an estimated when the accumulated savings of an The last 35 years prove that a larger 8.5bn people worldwide. Twenty years ageing population produce a surge in population does not have to be poorer. later – just 34 years from now – there investment. Many wealthier countries While the increasing concentration will be nearly 10bn, or nearly 2.5bn have followed this path. of the poor in fragile and confl ict- more people than there are on Earth But reaping a demographic dividend aff ected countries will compound today. What will such a world look over Rubik’s cubes, rather than lifted hundreds of millions out of Such a dividend can run for decades. takes work. As the World Bank the challenge of poverty reduction like? Where will those additional augmented-reality Pokémon. poverty in recent decades, increasing And, for China, it has, though it is now Group’s 2015/2016 Global Monitoring over the next few decades, this is no people live? How will they make their At that time, the world’s population their citizens’ incomes and improving reaching its conclusion. For India and Report emphasised, countries’ policy excuse for not ensuring continued living? Will they bolster or weigh was about 4.5bn, 42% of whom – their health. other developing countries, however, responses make all the diff erence in progress. We have the resources and down national economies? almost 2bn – lived in extreme poverty. China and India achieved this the demographic dividend is just how demographic trends aff ect the knowledge to achieve far greater For clues, we can look 35 years Excessive population growth, it was partly by strengthening institutions starting to be felt. In fact, fully 90% well-being of the population. With prosperity, equity, and sustainability. in the past, to the early 1980s. US feared, would outpace agricultural and pursuing policies that supported of global poverty is concentrated in the wrong approach, a surging youth The real challenge will be to use them president Ronald Reagan, Chinese production and create yet more strong, relatively inclusive growth. countries with growing working-age population can be destabilising, and a eff ectively. – Project Syndicate leader Deng Xiaoping, British prime poverty. China, for its part, also took advantage populations, creating an important rapidly ageing population can become minister Margaret Thatcher, French Yet the Malthusian predictions were of a “demographic dividend”: fertility opportunity for rapid poverty a burden on economic growth and zMahmoud Mohieldin is the World president Francois Mitterrand and wrong. Although the world population rates fell, and the labour force grew reduction in the coming decades. public budgets. Bank Group’s senior vice president for Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev has surged to 7.5bn, only about faster than the dependent population, For example, in Sub-Saharan Africa, For countries with a growing the 2030 Development Agenda, United dominated the world’s headlines. 750mn people – just 10% of the total freeing up resources to invest in which is currently plagued with high working-age population, the key Nations Relations, and Partnerships, Personal computer sales were population – live in extreme poverty people and capital. This produced levels of extreme poverty, children challenge is to generate a large number and is a former minister of investment miniscule. And children competed today. China and India, in particular, higher growth and living standards. under 15 years of age account for of productive jobs. For those with an of Egypt. ITUC fresh scandal hits the world Weather report

fresh scandal has hit the world be interviewed. The report, published inquire about their working and living either for the World Cup, or for the with the International Labour on the ITUC website, is a collection of conditions has been known to be Olympics. Organisation (ILO) being damaging testimonials from around 10 misused to target certain entities ... We Numerous reforms have been asked to stop NGOs from workers, from both labour supplying need to stop this exploitation and adopt undertaken by the Government of Qatar A Three-day forecast exploiting Indian and Nepali workers countries. The report was in fact made more engaging and meaningful means with the support of the ILO, but it is returning from the Gulf. up by ITUC affi liates. for their welfare.” being reported that the unprofessional TODAY An interesting report published ITUC Asia Pacifi c Vice-President, Having dedicated his life to the actions of some side organisation has High: 32 C by India-based Business Standard Dr G. Sanjeeva Reddy, who is also welfare of workers not just in India, but damaged eff orts to enhance the quality Low : 24 C Mid daytime and slight dust to and other media organisations have president of India’s largest trade union across Asia, Dr Reddy has questioned of life of migrant workers. blowing dust at places at times with revealed how International Trade Union INTUC, and a former member of Indian the role of the WSM, which is The decisive steps taken by Qatar local clouds and week chance of rain. Confederation ( ITUC) and affi liates parliament, said he is not impressed considered a proxy of ITUC. to improve the working conditions are conspiring against some countries by this report, adding that he has been Of late, the ITUC, led by Sharon of migrants has helped international WEDNESDAY including Qatar by using workers told by reliable sources of its lack of Burrow, has faced criticism over its commitments in integrating globally High: 29 C returning home from the Gulf State to transparency. reported over projection of death toll of acceptable worker conditions. Low: 22 C elicit false testimonials. Dr Reddy says he has written a letter workers at FIFA 2022 construction sites According to Western and Indian Sunny ITUC, led by General Secretary to Guy Ryder, Director General of the without evidence. Dr Reddy is of the trade union observers who prefer to Sharon Burrow has voiced down ILO and urged him to look into the view that ITUC is now using the WSM remain anonymous, trade unions criticism against worker conditions in matter. However, Guy Ryder, who was to spread the same kind of allegations. should work together for the benefi t THURSDAY Qatar following facts that showed their the ITUC General Secretary and still Indeed, in a completely documented of all workers and not be counter- High: 30 C 7,000 deaths report in the 2022 World have strong connections with Sharon fi le brought to the knowledge of the productive to each other. Low: 23 C Cup facilities was nothing but false. Burrow, seems to have shelved the ILO, it appears that the WSM had But there is a disconnect – ITUC has M Sunny However, the world trade union letter. paid GEFONT and Tamil Nadu- persistently put its money and focus seems to have paved the way for their Maintaining that certain based NDMW in Euros to look out for on ruining any little hope, through affi liates to play a similar role. organisations are bringing disrepute to ‘returning’ workers, who may have need propaganda, that Gulf nations like Fishermen’s forecast A recent report, based on the trade union and worker fraternity, for a fi nancial incentive to testify about Qatar have of rectifying and bettering OFFSHORE DOHA testimonials collected from workers Dr Reddy in his letter to Ryder said, their work-related experiences. rules that govern a just society. Wind: NW 20-28/35 KT returning to India and Nepal from the “In the recent past, ITUC has faced Dr Reddy has asked ITUC Trades Union Congress (TUC), a Waves: 7-10/13 Feet Gulf, especially Qatar, has elicited sharp criticism from several quarters for its headquarters to take a position based on United Kingdom-based organisation, INSHORE DOHA the evidences gathered. He has asked has reportedly started a campaign Wind: NW 10-20/25 KT reactions from a leading member of the aggression towards Middle East regions Waves: 2-3/4 Feet international labour union community. like Qatar and UAE. While it is our job whether the world’s largest trade union targeting FIFA to put pressure on Qatar to ensure that proper health and safety This report shows how the World to raise our voice against atrocities confederation has a stake in the WSM Around the region Solidarity Movement (WSM), a that the workers are facing all over the project and to what extent? and work conditions are applied, which Weather Weather Brussels-based NGO, persuaded a world, we need to be careful of not Suggesting that testimonials can be they are actually doing. A Dutch labour today Max/min tomorrow Max/min group of workers on their way back coming across as an organisation with manipulated, either for good and bad, union is also reportedly threatening Abu Dhabi Sunny 31/23 P Cloudy 30/22 home to India and Nepal from Qatar, specifi c interests.” he says, “What matters is a collective legal proceedings against FIFA should Baghdad M Sunny 27/12 Sunny 28/13 to reportedly speak about their alleged Dr Reddy further says in his letter, eff ort towards the realisation of the governing body not step in to halt Dubai Sunny 31/23 Sunny 31/21 Kuwait City poor working conditions. “World Solidarity Movement (WSM), workers’ dreams. That takes ground what it called “modern slavery” at FIFA Sunny 27/16 Sunny 28/16 Manama Cloudy 28/22 Cloudy 28/23 It was clear that WSM is working a Belgium-based NGO, is working in work, not manipulation of new age 2022 construction venues. 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By Joey Aguilar the environment and to help the gies and research in the indus- yesterday, GORD awarded a Staff Reporter region deliver its commitments try. The Sustainable Built En- number of local and interna- to reduce its carbon footprint,” vironment Conference, which tional companies and organi- said GORD founding chairman takes place today and tomor- sations for their leadership overnment experts and Dr Yousef Alhorr. row, aims to drive innovation and commitment to adopting practitioners of renew- He noted that the forum co- in the design of built environ- sustainability best practices in Gable energy from around incides with the United Nations ment, as well as promoting the design, construction and the world have gathered in Doha (UN) Climate Change Confer- education and collaboration in operation of different types of to tackle sustainability issues ence (COP22) at its 22nd session the field, according to GORD. developments, including new and climate change at the Green in the city of Marrakesh, Mo- The conference serves as a construction, existing build- Expo Forum 2016 which opened rocco. platform for exchange between ings, renovations and interior yesterday. Participants at the event in- researchers and practitioners design projects. Hosted by the Gulf Organisa- clude experts from the Interna- of the construction industry Dr Alhorr explained that the tion for Research and Develop- tional Energy Agency, European to foster the implementation recommendations following ment (GORD) in collaboration Union, UN Framework Conven- of sustainability standards in this event will be beneficial not with the Supreme Committee for tion on Climate Change, as well the built environment, GORD only for Qatar but for the whole Delivery & Legacy (SC) and Qa- as experts from the government added. region. tari Diar Real Estate Investment and private sector. Some of the sessions will “We believe that the recom- Company, the three-day forum The Carbon and Climate include urban planning and mendations will touch upon the features two major events: “The Change Summit yesterday integration of energy systems, policies and legislations sup- Carbon and Climate Change highlighted the climate change public sector leadership in porting the drive towards clean- Summit” and the “Sustainable challenges, as well as to seek driving sustainability in civic er and low carbon communities,” Built Environment Conference”. long-term solutions in attaining Participants in the three-day Green Expo Forum 2016 will tackle several issues on sustainability and climate projects, technologies for sus- the GORD offi cial stressed. “GORD and its strategic part- “low-carbon and climate-resil- change. PICTURE: Shemeer Rasheed tainable built environment and He believes that adopting ners strive to introduce effi cient ient future.” buildings design, technologies sustainability or green practices and innovative solutions to ad- Decision-makers and sci- greenhouse gas reduction tech- officials, had the opportunity dates from experts, hear case and materials, among others. needs to have technologies and dress crucial issues pertaining to entists of carbon capture and nologies, as well as government to get high-level strategic up- studies on emerging technolo- At the opening ceremony materials supporting the drive. Green Building conference to discuss sustainability

By Joseph Varghese QGBC has announced a new al-Hajri, Vodafone Qatar ex- a new initiative that will have Staff Reporter programme, ‘Qatar Sustainabili- ternal aff airs director Mohamed great impact on the sustainability Off icials announce details of the event yesterday. ty Week’ from November 13 to 19 al-Yami and Atelier 101 general practices. We expect academic re- as a platform to promote Qatar’s manager Charles Vincent were searchers, sustainability experts, sectors in Qatar will showcase their also an opportunity for the people tainable development and envi- atar Green Building sustainability vision and com- present.Hundreds of leading en- environmentalists and other in- sustainability eff orts and achieve- of Qatar to join in and learn about ronmental protection in Qatar and Conference organised munity engagement among the vironmentalists, academics and dustry practitioners among oth- ments in a series of exciting events the various aspects of sustain- beyond. Qby Qatar Green Build- stakeholders. sustainability experts from Qatar ers from Qatar and beyond to take around the country. ability, and we encourage every- Al-Mehshadi described that the ing Council (QGBC) and sched- The details of the conference and around the world will take part in the conference.” “Qatar Sustainability Week one to participate in an event.”al- Qatar Green Building Conference uled from November 13-15, will were announced yesterday by part in the three-day conference According to the offi cial, the Qa- provides a great platform for Shamari added. 2016 serves as an exemplary plat- discuss the inclusive themes of QGBC along with representa- to be held at Qatar National Con- tar Sustainability Week 2016, aims various stakeholders to showcase Winners of the ‘Qatar Sustain- form to explore and showcase con- ‘Sustainability as a Lifestyle,’ tives of the major sponsors. vention Centre. to provide a platform for highlight- their practical solutions to the ability Awards’ will also be an- tinuing progress in sustainability ‘Green Business,’ and ‘Future QGBC director Meshal al- Al-Shamari told Gulf Times ing and keeping track of Qatar’s environmental challenges facing nounced at the conference. The in its various forms, including its Sustainable Cities,’ with a spe- Shamari, Msheireb Proper- that the conference will focus on potential, commitment and contri- Qatar and the wider region, and awards were introduced by QGBC infl uence on the development of cial focus on Qatar. ties CEO Abdulla al-Mehshadi, various sustainability practices in butions in mitigating global climate will assist in achieving the global to commend the commitment and smart cities, transformative urban QGBC will also launch a new Amlak’s communications and the industry. “At the opening of change. Throughout the week, sustainability goals outlined in the contributions of individuals and landscapes and seminal architec- initiative at the event. marketing consultant Fahad the conference, we will announce members of the private and public Qatar National Vision 2030. It is organisations in advancing sus- tural models.