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Israel shuts Palestinian Arab nations condemn Budaiya bomb blast DT News Network injuries to five policemen. carried by Middle East News and people to overcome of Foreign Affairs reiterating territories for holiday Manama Reiterating Saudi support Agency deplored the bombing such incidents aimed at its strong support for the Jerusalem everal Arab countries have to Bahrain against all acts of and expressed the Egyptian terrifying innocent people and Kingdom. he Israeli army condemned the terror terrorism aimed at subverting government’s condolences to undermine the security and “Such cowardly acts yesterday announced Sbombing at Budaiya Street in its security and stability, an the relatives of the victims. stability of communities. of terrorism would not itT was closing crossing Daih that targeted policemen official source at the Saudi It reiterated Egypt’s firm The United Arab Emirates undermine the determination points from the Palestinian during the Ashoora procession Foreign Ministry said that it stance with the Kingdom also strongly condemned the of the Bahraini people and territories for 11 days due to on Monday. codemned the bombing that in confronting all forms of terrorist bombing during the their resolve to confront security concerns during the In separate statements aimed at intimidating the violence and terrorism. Ashoora procession. terrorism which has no religion Jewish festival of Sukkot.The yesterday, Saudi Arabia, UAE, people. The ministry also expressed “The UAE rejects all forms or morals,” it said urging the closure of the West Bank Egypt and Yemen condemned The Egyptian Foreign its confidence in the capability of violence and terrorism”, international community to and Gaza Strip, a frequent the dastardly act that caused Ministry in its statement of Bahrain’s government said the Emirate’s Ministry fight terrorism. measure for Jewish holidays, would run from midnight with only emergency cases allowed, the army said. Man arrested Manama Govt firm to he police have arrested a man for suspected theftT of cash and expensive watches worth around BD65,000 from houses in Hamala, General Director of Northern Governorate Police fight terror, announced yesterday. He said that the suspect attacked and injured the guard of one of the houses when he tried to stop him. He said that the man was identified and arrested, and avers PM some of the stolen items confiscated after investigation DT News Network the government is firm to will be faced by the force of was launched and the cases Manama combat terrorism and those the law,” HRH Premier said, reported. He highlighted that upholding the ideology in praising the Bahraini society’s legal proceedings were taken errorism, which is thoughts and deeds. cohesion and categorical and the case referred to the targeting most regions HRH Premier made the rejection of attempts to Public Prosecutor. inT the world, can only statements while receiving subvert security. be confronted through the Royal family members HRH Premier underlined firmness, cooperation and and senior state officials here. the government’s coordination, His Royal “The government, development plans aimed at Highness Prime Minister despite its preoccupation achieving the requirements of P Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al with the nation-building decent living for the citizens Khalifa said yesterday. and development, is always within secure and stable “Terrorism poses a threat vigilant and resolved to conditions, highlighting the to development which can maintain security and government’s keenness on Jail for man 05 only be achieved in a secure stability. Let it be known to ensuring that development and stable atmosphere,” HRH everyone that the hand that projects that are finalised HRH Prime Minister Prince Khalifa who beat up Premier said, stressing that tries to tamper with security according to schedule. bin Salman Al Khalifa his ex-wife 2 Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Weapons cache found at Las Vegas shooter’s house Las Vegas this point.” uthorities said Lombardo said they had Monday they had discovered several pounds Arecovered a weapons of an explosive called Investigators cache including tannerite at the house as firearms, explosives and well as ammonium nitrate, ammunition from a house a type of fertilizer, in his owned by gunman Stephen car. Paddock. He said law enforcement search for motive in Sheriff Joseph Lombardo were working four separate said officers searching the crime scenes: Paddock’s house in Mesquite, Nevada room at the Mandalay Bay recovered “in excess of 18 hotel, the concert venue, additional firearms, some the gunman’s house in explosives and several Mesquite, and another Las Vegas massacre thousand rounds of ammo, house he owns in northern Las Vegas along with some electronic Nevada which a SWAT nvestigators worked feverishly yesterday devices we’re evaluating at team was poised to raid. to find out why a retired accountant gunnedI down at least 59 people and wounded over 500 others at an open-air concert in Las Vegas, raking the crowd Vegas carnage unavoidable, with bullets from a 32nd-floor hotel room packed with weapons. security experts say As America grappled with the deadliest Los Angeles imposing harsh policies on mass shooting in its history, officials he deadly attack on places and events meant reacted cautiously to an Islamic State group Tconcertgoers in Las for fun and relaxation, and claim that Stephen Craig Paddock, 64, had Vegas has prompted a foiling a perpetrator bent carried out Sunday night’s massacre on debate about security on bloodshed. behalf of the jihadist group. measures at hotels and “This was an Police said Paddock, who had no open-air venues, but little unpreventable incident, criminal record, smashed windows in could have been done to period,” said Patrick prevent Sunday’s carnage, Brosnan, a former NYPD his hotel room shortly after 10:00 pm on A makeshift memorial for the victims of Sunday night’s mass shooting experts say. detective who now runs a Sunday and trained bursts of automatic stands at an intersection of the north end of the Las Vegas Strip weapons fire on thousands of people The challenges lie in private security firm called attending a country music concert down ‘Lone wolf psychopath’ would visit Las Vegas on Wednesday. part in the difficulty of Brosnan Risk Consultants. below. But the gunman’s motive remains unclear. But the White House pushed back at In footage of the massacre broadcast “We’re hunting down and tracing calls to reopen the US debate on tighter on CNN, the sustained rattle of gunfire is every single clue that we can get on his gun controls. Vegas shooter’s ‘companion heard as people scream and bolt for cover background,” the sheriff said at a late-night “A motive is yet to be determined and it with little idea of where the shots were briefing. would be premature for us to discuss policy an Australian granny’ coming from. So far, investigators had found no when we don’t fully know all of the facts Sydney Marilou Danley, 62, “We saw bodies down. We didn’t manifesto or anything else to explain or what took place last night,” Trump’s as Vegas gunman was initially said to be a know if they had fallen or had been shot,” Paddock’s actions, he said. spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said. Stephen Paddock’s “person of interest” but said Ralph Rodriguez, an IT consultant “This individual is a lone wolf and I don’t Lombardo said Paddock had apparently “regularL companion” was has since been cleared of from Pomona Valley near Los Angeles, know how it could have been prevented,” used some kind of hammer to smash the an Australian woman any involvement in the who was at the concert with a group of he said earlier. window of his hotel room before opening who moved to the United shooting. friends. “I can’t get into the mind of a psychopath fire on the crowd of some 22,000 people. States 20 years ago to work American authorities “People started grabbing their loved- at this point.” IS, which provided no evidence for on the casino strip, the said she was out of the ones and just strangers, and trying to help As the investigation continued, details its claims, described him as a “soldier government confirmed country at the time of them get out of the way,” he said. started to emerge in the media about of the caliphate” saying he converted to yesterday. shooting. In a statement on online, IS claimed some of the victims -- a kindergarten Islam several months ago and went by the Paddock was one of its “soldiers” but the teacher from California who married her name Abu Abdel Bar al-Amriki -- “The FBI said it had found no such connection childhood sweetheart; a Tennessee nurse; American.” Stephen Paddock – named by police as the gunman who opened fire so far with the local sheriff describing him a high school secretary from New Mexico But the Federal Bureau of Investigation on a Las Vegas outdoor music concert from a 32nd-floor hotel room – as a lone “psychopath.” and a cheerleader, also from California. said it had found no such link so far. had no criminal record and no history of mental illness Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said Paddock On Monday night, there were vigils of “We have determined to this point no fired through the door of his hotel room solidarity with the dead and the wounded. connection with an international terrorist and hit a security guard in the leg. The Empire State Building went dark, as group,” FBI special agent Aaron Rouse But when a SWAT team stormed the did the Eiffel Tower -- and much of the Las said. room where Paddock had been staying Vegas strip itself. CIA spokesman Jonathan Liu said the since September 28, they found he had intelligence community was aware of the killed himself. ‘Premature’ to discuss gun policy claim but advised “caution on jumping to Stephen Paddock lived Inside the room were 23 firearms President Donald Trump denounced what conclusions before the facts are in.” in upmarket retirement community in Mesquite, Nevada including automatic weapons, he said. he called “an act of pure evil” and said he Wealthy 64-year-old real-estate ‘Not an avid gun guy’ investor and retired accountant liked Paddock held According to his brother, Paddock was a to travel to Las Vegas to play hunting licence in high-stakes video poker Alaska high-stakes gambler and their bank-robber Paddock was twice Paddock’s father, father was once on the FBI’s 10 Most divorced. His first Benjamin Hoskins Wanted list. marriage lasted Paddock, (right) from 1977 to 1979. was sentenced in But Eric Paddock said his brother had He remarried in 1961 to 20 years for led an otherwise normal life, doting on 1985, and divorced string of bank again in 1990. robberies. He escaped from La Tuna their mother. Paddock lived in federal prison, Texas, in 1968 and “He liked to play video poker. He went Mesquite with his lived in hiding until 1978. Diagnosed 62-year-old girlfriend, by FBI as “psychopathic” on cruises. He sent his mother cookies,” Marilou Danley (above) he said. Oct 1, 2017: Stephen Paddock He had private pilots’ licence unleashes deluge of bullets “We’re trying to understand what since 2003, had owned two killing 59 people and injuring more happened,” his brother said. single-engine planes, and reportedly than 500 others. enjoyed cruises When police storm his hotel suite, “We’re lost.” Paddock bought three guns – Paddock lies dead from self-inflicted Paddock had “no religious affiliation, no one handgun and two rifles – from gunshot wound, surrounded by 23 political affiliation” and was “not an avid Mesquite store Guns & Guitars, in guns. At his home police find further FBI investigators gather outside the Route 91 festival venue past year. All purchases were legal 19 guns and masses of ammunition gun guy at all,” his brother added. (AFP) Source: Associated Press, CNN, New York Times Pictures: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS Wednesday, October 4, 2017 3 Bahraini student falls BHRWS campaign to to death in Nanjing DT News Network local authorities in Nanjing [email protected] after it received the news of the death of the student in Beijing. Manama “The embassy also urgently amend nationality law 24-year-old Bahraini sent a representative to the female student died after city in east China, which is Muhannad Mansour/DTNN an equal right to transfer her Afalling from the top floors of a about two hours from the [email protected] nationality to her children in residential building in Nanjing, capital, Beijing, to inspect the the same manner as a Bahraini China on Monday. situation and meet the security Manama man who is allowed by law Sources confirmed that the authorities. The Embassy of everal Bahraini rights to grant his nationality to his girl was one of the students Bahrain in Beijing has been activists are planning children from a foreign wife studying in Nanjing City. in contact with the family of Sto begin a campaign calling in accordance with article 18 The deceased, a medicine the deceased since receiving for equal status for Bahraini of the Constitution, which student in one of the the news. The Embassy of the fathers and mothers in terms stipulates gender equality in universities in the city, hails People’s Republic of China in of the right to grant Bahraini rights and duties, as well as the from Aali village here. No the Kingdom of Bahrain has citizenship to their children. Convention on the Elimination further information was been contacted to facilitate According to a statement of all Forms of Discrimination revealed on the sudden mishap, the family’s visit to China,” issued by Bahrain Human Against Women (CEDAW),” but the authorities here have Al Khayat said in a statement Rights Watch Society BHRWS said in its statement. pledged to follow up the case. posted on the ministry’s official (BHRWS), the campaign will legislators to pass a legislation Deserves It” and is aiming DT News reported last Foreign Affairs Ministry website. be launched by next week, that allows Bahraini mothers to “support and strengthen May that the Foreign Affairs, Assistant Undersecretary He also affirmed that simultaneously with the to grant the citizenship to their the community’s demand to Defence and National Security for Human and Financial through its embassy in Beijing commencement of the last children and shed light on the amend the Bahrain Nationality Committee in the House of Resources and Information and the Chinese Embassy in session of the current legislative issue, after they had recently Law and to ensure an integrated Representatives rejected Technology, Ambassador the Kingdom, the ministry is term. rejected it. solution to cases affected by the a proposal that grants the Khalil Yaqoob Al Khayat, said following up the unfortunate The timing of the campaign According to the Society’s current law”. Bahraini citizenship to the that the Bahraini Embassy in incident to find out its details is believed to be an attempt statement, the campaign comes “A Bahraini woman married children of Bahraini women China immediately contacted and complete the procedures to apply pressure on the under the slogan “My Family to a non-citizen should have married to foreigners. the university officials and for the family of the deceased. 4 Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Red Arrows are back to soar over Bahrain Manama particularly exciting year for “On this occasion, I would he British Embassy the team, performing in China like to express our sincere has announced the for the first time as well as gratitude to the Ministry of returnT of the British Royal mounting displays and fly Interior, Bahrain Defence Air Force Aerobatic Team pasts in16 countries, including Force, along with the Ministry the Red Arrows to Bahrain, Bahrain. The team, which of Foreign Affairs, for all following a historic fly past last flies British-built T1 Hawk their outstanding efforts and November. fast-jets, will have completed support to this remarkable This year they return to more than 4800 displays event possible,” added Simon conduct a full flying display since their very first show in Martin. as part of a wider regional 1965. The visit of Red Arrows tour to promote the United During the Red Arrow’s visit aim to further enhance close Kingdom’s long-standing to Bahrain, the team will make cooperation with Bahraini relations across the Gulf. The a number of appearances, and regional armed forces and display will be visible along including meeting with a promote opportunities for the length of Karbabad beach business women’s group investment and trade with the on 8th October at 16:00. The and officials from the British UK, encourage government- residents of Reef Island will and Bahraini business to-government engagement to also get a great view. communities, as well as meeting develop economic partnership, “I’m delighted that the team File picture showing British Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team the Red Arrows children from one of the and showcase the excellence are back to represent the best commitment to strengthen said Simon Martin, British impressing crowds across schools in the country, in a bid of the RAF with displays in a of British innovation and its relations with Bahrain, Ambassador to the Kingdom the United Kingdom and to inspire the next generation number of countries including excellence within the Royal Air especially in regard to defence of Bahrain. around the world for more of pilots and engineers in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Force, which shows the UK’s and business cooperation,” The Red Arrows have been than 50 years. 2016 was a Bahrain. 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Official launch of the event will the week until 2 November Commenting on the event, The award, in its 9th edition, this year Manama be held on 28 October 2017, 3pm, 2017 as part of the event held Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Janahi, witnessed a strong competition amongst he third edition of the Manama at Ritz Carlton - Al Ghazal Hall. in partnership with the CEO of Tamkeen, said, “The projects from a range of specializations in Entrepreneurship Week will The forum, Shaikh Tamkeen Fund and Ahli United strategic partnership with Manama the ICT arena. The new categories – ‘Best kickT start on 28 October 2017 Hisham said, will focus on the Bank. Entrepreneurship Week comes Government-to-Government eService offering entrepreneurs a platform sustainable development goals that “We believe that this event within Tamkeen’s framework to (G2G)’ and ‘Best eGovernment Integrated to translate their ideas into reality coincide with the 17 objectives of will stimulate innovation and create develop the skills of Bahrainis Services for Individuals or Businesses’ - as well as small and medium-sized the United Nations Development broad horizons for young people and encourage them to become attracted higher number of participants. entrepreneurs to develop their Programme (UNDP). in the entrepreneurship sector,” entrepreneurs.” Information & eGovernment Authority businesses. “The number of participants in Shaikh Hisham told reporters “I would like to emphasise that (iGA) Chief Executive Mohamed Ali This was revealed by Shaikh the first edition was 2000, while during the press conference. Tamkeen’s doors are always open AlQaed will give a presentation about the Hisham bin Abdulrahman Al that reached 5000 in the second This year’s event, according to to support through a wide range of award’s role in developing the government Khalifa, the Governor of the Capital edition,” he said adding: “We look him, is expecting the participation grants, training services, financing, services in Bahrain since its launch in Governorate while announcing the forward to having a larger number of about 30 speakers from several advisory and mentoring solutions,” 2008. details of the forum at a press in the third edition.” countries including the United Janahi added. 4 Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Wednesday, October 4, 2017 5 Red Arrows are back to soar over Bahrain Increase age limit for Manama particularly exciting year for “On this occasion, I would he British Embassy the team, performing in China like to express our sincere Thas announced the for the first time as well as gratitude to the Ministry of personal loans: MP return of the British Royal mounting displays and fly Interior, Bahrain Defence Jail for man Air Force Aerobatic Team pasts in16 countries, including Force, along with the Ministry the Red Arrows to Bahrain, Bahrain. The team, which of Foreign Affairs, for all DT News Network following a historic fly past last flies British-built T1 Hawk their outstanding efforts and [email protected] November. fast-jets, will have completed support to this remarkable This year they return to more than 4800 displays event possible,” added Simon Manama conduct a full flying display since their very first show in Martin. Bahraini MP has called for as part of a wider regional 1965. The visit of Red Arrows who beat up increasing the age limit tour to promote the United During the Red Arrow’s visit aim to further enhance close Afor personal loans to empower Kingdom’s long-standing to Bahrain, the team will make cooperation with Bahraini senior citizens who are in relations across the Gulf. The a number of appearances, and regional armed forces and need of financial support from display will be visible along including meeting with a promote opportunities for banks. the length of Karbabad beach business women’s group investment and trade with the Independent MP Isa on 8th October at 16:00. The and officials from the British UK, encourage government- his ex-wife Turki said that commercial residents of Reef Island will and Bahraini business to-government engagement to banks were rejecting loan also get a great view. communities, as well as meeting develop economic partnership, applications of senior citizens “I’m delighted that the team File picture showing British Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team the Red Arrows children from one of the and showcase the excellence who have crossed 65 with are back to represent the best commitment to strengthen said Simon Martin, British impressing crowds across schools in the country, in a bid of the RAF with displays in a complaints increasing day-by- of British innovation and its relations with Bahrain, Ambassador to the Kingdom the United Kingdom and to inspire the next generation number of countries including day. excellence within the Royal Air especially in regard to defence of Bahrain. around the world for more of pilots and engineers in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, The legislator called for Force, which shows the UK’s and business cooperation,” The Red Arrows have been than 50 years. 2016 was a Bahrain. Oman and Bahrain. granting senior citizens financial services, considering the increased life expenses, Isa Turki services and fees. eGovernment Turki demanded an for personal loans from The MP’s demands will immediate intervention to commercial banks, adding that be discussed during the award today facilitate loans for citizens this would serve them greater approaching legislative above 65 years who apply good. session.

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Winners will be honoured by His reality Syrian ex-wife at their home the man in the presence The case shook the Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak in Jeblat Habshi to one-year of his attorney, heard the Bahraini society and raised AlKhalifa - Deputy Prime Minister, imprisonment. testimonies of the hospitalised the issue of domestic violence Chairman of the Supreme Committee This was confirmed victim, her daughter and in Bahrain, with calls for for Information & Communication All set for Manama Entrepreneurship week yesterday by Northern neighbour, and referred the fundamental solutions for Technology (SCICT). Governorate Prosecution suspect to the concerned such issues. His Highness will visit the accompanying Harpreet Kaur/DTNN conference held at the Capital Fourteen workshops and States of America, Australia, Chief Mohammed Salah, who court. Several authorities exhibition to view the qualified projects [email protected] Club, Manama. seminars will be held throughout Russia and Bahrain. said the 52-year-old man in Subhi was taken by immediately took action after for the final stage. Official launch of the event will the week until 2 November Commenting on the event, custody will spend the next ambulance to Salmaniya Subhi’s video was widely The award, in its 9th edition, this year Manama be held on 28 October 2017, 3pm, 2017 as part of the event held Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Janahi, twelve months behind bars. Medical Complex (SMC) few shared on local and regional witnessed a strong competition amongst he third edition of the Manama at Ritz Carlton - Al Ghazal Hall. in partnership with the CEO of Tamkeen, said, “The The case surfaced on days following the incident, social media networks. projects from a range of specializations in TEntrepreneurship Week will The forum, Shaikh Tamkeen Fund and Ahli United strategic partnership with Manama September 16 when the as her daughter informed The Supreme Council for the ICT arena. The new categories – ‘Best kick start on 28 October 2017 Hisham said, will focus on the Bank. Entrepreneurship Week comes 32-year-old victim, identified the neighbours about her Women had assigned an Government-to-Government eService offering entrepreneurs a platform sustainable development goals that “We believe that this event within Tamkeen’s framework to as Zahra Subhi, appeared in mother’s deteriorated attorney to follow up the case (G2G)’ and ‘Best eGovernment Integrated to translate their ideas into reality coincide with the 17 objectives of will stimulate innovation and create develop the skills of Bahrainis a video in a terrible state, condition. in court. Services for Individuals or Businesses’ - as well as small and medium-sized the United Nations Development broad horizons for young people and encourage them to become pleading to the authorities to At SMC, she was Labour and Social attracted higher number of participants. entrepreneurs to develop their Programme (UNDP). in the entrepreneurship sector,” entrepreneurs.” save her and her five children diagnosed with concussion, Development Ministry also Information & eGovernment Authority businesses. “The number of participants in Shaikh Hisham told reporters “I would like to emphasise that from the ex-husband, who haemorrhage and severe allocated an apartment for the (iGA) Chief Executive Mohamed Ali This was revealed by Shaikh the first edition was 2000, while during the press conference. Tamkeen’s doors are always open she claimed, was trying to bruises and inflammations victim and her five children. AlQaed will give a presentation about the Hisham bin Abdulrahman Al that reached 5000 in the second This year’s event, according to to support through a wide range of harm her and the children. on the face and other parts of Scores of representatives award’s role in developing the government Khalifa, the Governor of the Capital edition,” he said adding: “We look him, is expecting the participation grants, training services, financing, Few hours after the her body, caused by the man’s of civil societies and rights services in Bahrain since its launch in Governorate while announcing the forward to having a larger number of about 30 speakers from several advisory and mentoring solutions,” video was widely spread brutal attack. groups had also visited the 2008. details of the forum at a press in the third edition.” countries including the United Janahi added. on local social media, the Although no information woman in the hospital. 6 Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Manama he third edition of Khalid Bin Hamad TheatresT Festival For National Clubs, Youth Centres and People With Disability, which comes this year under the slogan #Let’s_Plant_A_Smile, serves various noble goals, said HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, First Deputy President of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, President of Bahrain Athletics Association and Honourary President of the Bahrain Disabled Sports Federation. The opening ceremony of the festival will be held at Muharraq Model Youth Centre today and will include an entertaining programme. An art gallery will also be inaugurated on the sidelines of the opening ceremony and will continue Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al-Khalifa throughout the festival. 12 plays will be performed by local youth centres and clubs during the 18 day long festival, which will also include three additional shows that will be held on All set for the sidelines of the main shows. The participating 12 teams in the festival include Tubli Club, Galali Youth Centre who will The organising Model Youth Centre by Club, Zallaq Youth Centre, perform the three additional committee previously the Ministry of Youth and Karzakkan Youth Centre, shows on the sidelines of announced screening a Sports Affairs and the Media Hamad Town Youth the main plays. short movie on the last Office of HH Shaikh Khalid Khalid bin Centre, Al-Hala Club, Several renowned theatre two editions of the festival, bin Hamad Al-Khalifa Al-Jasra Youth Centre, actors and actresses of highlighting the main under the patronage of HH. Budaiya Club, Buhair Youth Bahrain will be honoured events and achievements, It comes within Khalid Centre, Shakhoora Youth in the opening ceremony in addition to an operetta Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa Centre, Barbar Club and of the festival, as well as dedicated to the Kingdom Initiatives to support the the National Foundation for the teams that presented of Bahrain. youth of the Kingdom of Hamad the Services of People With the introductory workshops The festival is organised Bahrain and people with Disabilities, in addition to that were organised as part for the third consecutive disabilities and to engage East Riffa Youth Centre, of the preparations for the year on October 4 to 21 them with different events Theatres Buri Club and Al-Naeem festival. on the stage of Muharraq and activities. Festival The festival is organised for the third consecutive year In pictures, rehearsals for the opening ceremony MENA Pensions conference in November Manama sustainability through Public- region, as well as global asset AKAUD, the specialist Private Partnerships, and The themes of the 2017 Conference managers and private pension provider of savings, saving and investing for the providers, so that all can investmentT and pension long term. will focus on enhancing pension contribute to the examination solutions for the MENA “Global experience of issues and the crystallization region, yesterday announced shows that pensions require benefit sustainability through of workable solutions. that it will hold the second multiple pillars—among the Public-Private Partnerships, and This year’s conference will MENA Pensions Conference government, corporate and also feature an exhibition of on November 28, 2017, at individual sectors—to be more saving and investing for long term. participants within the pension the Four Seasons Hotel in sustainable. Building effective ecosystem, including private Manama, under the patronage local models and institutional pension scheme administrators, of the Central Bank of Bahrain. frameworks for pensions said Ebrahim K. Ebrahim, The Conference brings asset managers, trust providers, The themes of the 2017 would be key prerequisites to TAKAUD’s Chief Government together representatives of Fintech application vendors Conference will focus on move in this direction, which Business & Communications public pension funds and and related financial services enhancing pension benefit is the focus of this conference,” Officer. financial institutions in the providers. Ebrahim K. Ebrahim 6 Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Wednesday, October 4, 2017 7

Manama US expels Cuban diplomats he third edition of Khalid Bin Hamad following mysterious attacks TheatresT Festival For Washington will ensure equity in our National Clubs, Youth he United States respective diplomatic ordered the expulsion operations,” the statement Iraq ex-president Centres and People With T Disability, which comes of 15 Cuban diplomats on continued. this year under the slogan Tuesday, accusing Havana of “Until the government of #Let’s_Plant_A_Smile, failing to protect their US Cuba can ensure the safety serves various noble goals, counterparts from harm in a of our diplomats in Cuba, said HH Shaikh Khalid series of mystery “attacks” on our embassy will be reduced bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, their health. to emergency personnel to Jalal Talabani dies First Deputy President of Secretary of State Rex minimise the number of Sulaimaniyah their Iranian, US and Israeli the Supreme Council for Tillerson said, however, that diplomats at risk of exposure x-Iraqi president and allies, were routed by Saddam Youth and Sports, President Washington would maintain to harm.” EKurdish leader Jalal Hussein’s army. of Bahrain Athletics diplomatic relations even The attacks have affected Talabani died on Tuesday in He became president in Association and Honourary though the size of the US at least 22 US embassy staff Germany, officials in his party April 2005 after the first post- President of the Bahrain mission in Havana would be in Havana over the past few said. Saddam election in Iraq and Disabled Sports Federation. reduced to a minimum. months. Talabani, 83, was Iraq’s continued in the post until The opening ceremony “The decision was made Those affected have president from 2005 to 2014 2014, when he was replaced of the festival will be held due to Cuba’s failure to take exhibited physical symptoms and a key figure in Iraqi by the current president, Fuad at Muharraq Model Youth appropriate steps to protect including ear complaints, Kurdistan, where voters last Masum. Centre today and will our diplomats in accordance hearing loss, dizziness, week overwhelmingly backed Iraq’s head of state plays a include an entertaining with its obligations under headache, fatigue, cognitive independence in a disputed largely ceremonial role and programme. An art gallery the Vienna Convention,” issues, and difficulty referendum. is elected by members of will also be inaugurated on Tillerson said. “This order sleeping. “Our leader died in parliament. the sidelines of the opening Germany,” an official with In August 2008, the married ceremony and will continue Talabani’s Patriotic Union of father of two underwent Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al-Khalifa throughout the festival. Nawaz Sharif elected as Kurdistan (PUK) said. successful heart surgery in the 12 plays will be performed A family member said United States, then in 2012 he by local youth centres and PML-N president Talabani’s health had taken a was flown to Germany after clubs during the 18 day Islamabad turn for the worse and he been suffering a stroke, casting long festival, which will also he Pakistan transported to Germany, along doubt over his ability to ever include three additional TMuslim League-Nawaz with his wife and two children, return to Iraq. shows that will be held on (PMLN) on Tuesday elected before the referendum. Jalal Talabani, speaking during the United Nations General Assembly (file) He did go back in July All set for the sidelines of the main ousted premier Nawaz Iraqi Kurdish lawmaker 2014, with Iraq in crisis after shows. The participating Sharif as its leader a day after Zana Said paid tribute to country’s divided factions, splinter faction in 1964. the Islamic State group had 12 teams in the festival it used its parliamentary Talabani as “the only president despite his efforts for Kurdish Eleven years later, he taken control of swathes of include Tubli Club, Galali Youth Centre who will The organising Model Youth Centre by majority to amend a law whose death saddens Arabs, independence. established the Patriotic Union the country, and was replaced Club, Zallaq Youth Centre, perform the three additional committee previously the Ministry of Youth and to allow him to be re-elected Kurds and all other ethnicities”. Born in 1933 in the mountain of Kurdistan (PUK) after by Masum following a Karzakkan Youth Centre, shows on the sidelines of announced screening a Sports Affairs and the Media party chief. Sharif resigned Nawaz Sharif “We pray to God that his village of Kalkan, he studied Barzani’s forces, abandoned by parliamentary election. Hamad Town Youth the main plays. short movie on the last Office of HH Shaikh Khalid as prime minister in July nomination papers to contest death will help to bring back law at Baghdad University Khalid bin Centre, Al-Hala Club, Several renowned theatre two editions of the festival, bin Hamad Al-Khalifa after the Supreme Court the election for the PMLN’s good relations between the and did a stint in the army Al-Jasra Youth Centre, actors and actresses of highlighting the main under the patronage of HH. disqualified him for not president. brothers of Iraq.” before joining the Kurdistan Budaiya Club, Buhair Youth Bahrain will be honoured events and achievements, It comes within Khalid declaring a source of income. The election was held at Talabani’s death, following Democratic Party (KDP) of HM King condoles with Iraq Centre, Shakhoora Youth in the opening ceremony in addition to an operetta Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa He was also forced to step the Convention Centre, for a decades-old struggle for Mullah Mustafa Barzani, father Manama HM the King prayed to Centre, Barbar Club and of the festival, as well as dedicated to the Kingdom Initiatives to support the down as president of PML- which Amir Afzal Mandokhel Kurdish statehood, came after of current Kurdistan regional is Majesty King Hamad God Almighty to rest the the National Foundation for the teams that presented of Bahrain. youth of the Kingdom of N, though he kept control of was appointed as Returning Iraq’s Kurds voted 92.7 percent president Massud Barzani. Hbin Isa Al Khalifa has soul of the deceased in Hamad the Services of People With the introductory workshops The festival is organised Bahrain and people with the party and installed Shahid Officer and Raja Niazi as a in favour of independence in Talabani took to the hills sent a cable of condolences eternal peace. Disabilities, in addition to that were organised as part for the third consecutive disabilities and to engage Khaqan Abbasi. Secretary. Senator Mushahid the September 25 referendum. in a first uprising against the to Iraq’s President Fuad HM the king also offered East Riffa Youth Centre, of the preparations for the year on October 4 to 21 them with different events According to Geo News, Hussain said that all the Talabani was an avuncular Iraqi government in 1961 but Masum on the demise sympathies, in a similar Buri Club and Al-Naeem festival. on the stage of Muharraq and activities. the former prime minister hurdles in electing Nawaz politician and a skilled famously fell out with Barzani, of former President Jalal cable, to Prime Minister Dr. was elected unopposed as Sharif as a party president are negotiator, who spent years who sued for peace with Al-Talabani. Haider Al-Abadi. Theatres no party member submitted cleared. (Thenews) building bridges between the Baghdad, and joined a KDP Palestinian cabinet meets in Gaza for first time since 2014 Saudi opens bid for ‘utility scale’ solar project Gaza City, of the cabinet in Gaza since Riyadh he Palestinian cabinet November 2014, and comes a audi Arabia invited bids Festival Tmet in Gaza yesterday day after Hamdallah entered Syesterday for a “utility- for the first time since 2014 the territory for the first time scale” 300-megawatt solar in a further step towards the since a unity government project, a first for the world’s The festival is organised for the internationally recognised collapsed in June 2015. top oil exporter. In pictures, rehearsals for the opening ceremony Palestinian Authority On Monday, he met “Today’s bid opening third consecutive year retaking control of the with senior Hamas figures, represents a significant territory. including leader Ismail milestone for the National The meeting of the Haniya. After Tuesday’s Renewable Energy Programme, government, which is based cabinet meeting, government and an important step on in the occupied West Bank, spokesman Yusuf Al the way to diversifying Saudi MENA Pensions conference in November comes as part of moves Mahmud said ministers Arabia’s domestic energy mix Manama sustainability through Public- region, as well as global asset to end a decade-long split discussed the humanitarian and building a cutting edge AKAUD, the specialist Private Partnerships, and The themes of the 2017 Conference managers and private pension between the PA and the situation in Gaza. No Hamas domestic renewable energy provider of savings, saving and investing for the providers, so that all can Islamist Hamas movement, officials took part. sector,” Energy Minister Khalid investmentT and pension long term. will focus on enhancing pension contribute to the examination which runs Gaza. Mahmud warned that a al-Falih said. solutions for the MENA “Global experience of issues and the crystallization In an opening speech, full reconciliation deal would Bidders for the Sakaka region, yesterday announced shows that pensions require benefit sustainability through of workable solutions. Prime Minister Rami take time. solar energy project -- to that it will hold the second multiple pillars—among the Public-Private Partnerships, and This year’s conference will Hamdallah renewed his “The government does not be located in the country’s MENA Pensions Conference government, corporate and also feature an exhibition of pledge to end the rift. have a magic wand,” he told northern Al-Jouf region -- will The renewable energy programme also envisions a 400-megawatt wind power facility in Al-Jouf. on November 28, 2017, at individual sectors—to be more saving and investing for long term. participants within the pension “We are here to turn the reporters. be shortlisted on November the Four Seasons Hotel in sustainable. Building effective ecosystem, including private page on division, restore the More than two million 28, a government press The kingdom has already that project, with bidding Saudi Arabia’s power currently Manama, under the patronage local models and institutional pension scheme administrators, national project to its correct people live in impoverished release said. shortlisted 25 companies -- set to close in January comes from crude or refined of the Central Bank of Bahrain. frameworks for pensions said Ebrahim K. Ebrahim, The Conference brings asset managers, trust providers, direction and establish the Gaza, which has been The renewable energy including GE, Siemens and 2018. oil or natural gas. The themes of the 2017 would be key prerequisites to TAKAUD’s Chief Government together representatives of Fintech application vendors (Palestinian) state,” he said. blockaded by Israel and programme also envisions EDF Energies Nouvelles, Riyadh has set a target of Its renewable energy Conference will focus on move in this direction, which Business & Communications public pension funds and and related financial services It was the first meeting Egypt for years. a 400-megawatt wind a subsidiary of the French 9.5 gigawatts of renewable programme is estimated to be enhancing pension benefit is the focus of this conference,” Officer. financial institutions in the providers. Ebrahim K. Ebrahim power facility in Al-Jouf. public energy company -- for energy by 2023. Virtually all of worth up to $50 billion. 8 BUSINESS Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Goldman Sachs studying Mumtalakat says whether to trade bitcoins to give out profits

Manamaof BHD 20 millionthrough financing of over umtalakat Holding BD600 million, Mumtalakat Company (Mumtalakat), aggressively pursued new Mthe sovereign wealth fund commercially sound and of Bahrain, announced its sustainable investment approval to distribute profits of opportunities while minimising BD20 million to the National risk exposure across various Budget for two consecutive industries and asset classes,” years and to pursue a number he added. Goldman’s consideration could give bitcoin a boost of investments, both inside and Other success stories include New York to serve them in the space,” outside the Kingdom. the enhancement of Alba’s oldman Sachs is exploring said Goldman spokeswoman The decision was made in production capacity through whether to launch a Tiffany Galvin. accordance with Article 39 an efficiency programme Gtrading venture in bitcoin in Large banks like Goldman of Mumtalakat’s Article of implemented in 2014 and the response to client demand, a Sachs have until now avoided Association which states that launch of its line 6 expansion person familiar with the matter trading in bitcoin due to its a percentage of the company’s plan due to operate in 2019, said Monday. reputation as a conduit for net profits shall be transferred making it the largest single Goldman’s consideration of illicit activity. to the National Budget. site aluminium smelter in the the digital currency could give At the same time, financial “We are pleased to be in world. Once complete, the bitcoin a boost at a time when companies have been active a strong position to make a expansion will generate 600 it is under criticism in China in the development of significant contribution to new jobs in the industry. and by some large banks. “blockchain,” the underlying the national budget while Similarly, Mumtalakat has Goldman is looking at technology of bitcoin, which is also continuing to pursue our formed a number of important establishing a team that could seen as a potentially important investment strategy,” Shaikh joint ventures with leading trade bitcoin and other digital technology. Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, international players that will currencies, said a person Bitcoin critics include the Deputy Prime Minister collectively create over 1000 familiar with the bank’s JPMorgan Chase chief and Chairman of Mumtalakat new jobs in the Kingdom within thinking. executive Jamie Dimon, who said. To date, the sovereign the next three years. As part The venture might resemble called the digital currency a wealth fund has investments of its downstream expansion other Goldman teams that “fraud” that will eventually in approximately 30 companies plan, Mumtalakat partnered trade euros or treasury bonds. “blow up.” in Bahrain, providing over with Mueller Industries and Goldman has received interest But Morgan Stanley chief 14,600 direct employment Cayan Ventures to establish from a variety of parties, executive James Gorman opportunities within its local Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa the first regional copper including investment funds, offered measured praise for portfolio. independently, which also implemented restructuring tube manufacturing facility insurers and corporate clients. bitcoin last week, calling it Profits will be distributed resulted in borrowings to initiatives to improve its in Bahrain, Mueller Middle The study is at an early stage “obviously highly speculative” equally for the years 2017 and cover the losses incurred at operational efficiencies. This East. Scheduled for operation and may not yield a decision but “not something that’s 2018, the company said in a subsidiaries. resulted in a reduction in Gulf in 2018, Mueller Middle East to proceed with such a venture, inherently bad.” statement. Net profit for the Between 2006 and 2012, Air’s net losses by 86%. will further enhance Bahrain’s the person said. Bitcoin has retreated since year 2016 was BD68.9 million. Mumtalakat financed the “In addition to stabilising manufacturing exports, which “In response to client breaching the psychologically Mumtalakat, Shaikh Khalid national airline, Gulf Air, and driving growth of its currently accounts for 20% of interest in digital currencies, important $5,000 level on said, continued to be financed with over BD475 million and important national assets the Kingdom’s GDP. we are exploring how best September 1. (AFP)

Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB) has announced its upcoming third Tejoori Grand Draw of 2017. This year Tejoori Al Islami intro- duced several surprises and exclusive prizes for different segments through its weekly and monthly draws. October 5 Win grand prizes The upcom- The grand draw will be held at the ing third Tejoori will be giving out $200,000 to Tejoori stand at the main Galleria and Grand Draw all customers and $100,000 for Tejoori is open to the public to enjoy a number of activities prior to and post the draw. will be held Platinum customers. This is in addition to on October 5, 2017 at Bahrain the attendance bonus prize of $100,000 Save and win City Centre at that is awarded to the lucky grand draw Tejoori grand draw constantly brings thrilling opportunities 12:30pm winner should he/she be present at the for customers to get closer to draw location during the draw. their #TejooriDreams and to win grand prizes while they save. Wednesday, October 4, 2017 BUSINESS 9 Toyota ends production in Australia Mallya appears in court on new charges Any delays in the preparation for the World Cup are Sydney London inadmissible. In the final stage, it may seem that he last Australian-made Toyota rolled off the production line. ndian tycoon Vijay Mallya appeared in a London court after being everything is done. But if something hasn’t been TToyota announced in 2014 that it would stop making vehicles Irearrested earlier in the day amid an ongoing extradition request completed it means that nothing has been done. at its unprofitable Australian from India, where he is accused And if we (allow ourselves plants, joining Ford and US of fraud. The flamboyant to) relax, we’ll never giant General Motors’ Holden financier, who co-owns Formula bring things to a close,” offshoot. All three companies One team Force India, was blame the Australian dollar’s released on bail immediately strength and an increasingly after arrest, and is due to face a Vladimir Putin, competitive market for the full extradition hearing starting Russian President over concerns regard- local sector’s decline. on December 4. ing delays to some of Russia’s preparations for the 2018 World Cup

Including the Las Vegas massacre there have been almost 50,000 gun incidents in the U.S. this year alone, resulting in 11,685 deaths and 23,716 injuries, with 2,984 victims under the age of 18 VIOLENT FIREARM INCIDENTS Jan 1-Oct 1, 2017 Alba’s Line 6 First Reported and verified incidents only

1,863 Hot Metal by 2019 Home invasion Defensive use 1,521 Unintentional 1,512 Others Mass shootings 273

2 1 1 2 11 2 6 11 2 12 33 6 15 7 1 DC 5 1 1 11 4 10 4 27 6 12 2 2 1 3 7 9 4 7 MASS 10 Alba received a high delegation from Line 6 EPCM contractor 15 SHOOTINGS Four or 19 more dead Manama procurement advanced by more Supply Chain Officer Ali Al Baqali, or injured in he Line 6 project is progressing than 75%),” said Shaikh Daij. Line 6 Project Director Shawqi Al Source: Gun single incident, as per schedule to expedite He was receiving a high Hashmi, Bechtel’s Line 6 Director Violence Archive T © GRAPHIC NEWS 0 1-10 11-20 20+ not including shooter the safe delivery of the First Hot delegation from Line 6 EPCM Denis Garrity and Bechtel’s General Metal by 01 January 2019, said contractor, International Bechtel Manager Shane Hall. Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) Co. Ltd. (Bechtel), led by its Commenting on this meeting, Chairman of Board of Directors President and Chief Operations Alba’s Chairman of Board of Ethiopia is finalizing construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam, Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Officer Jack Futcher and President Directors Shaikh Daij Bin Salman its first major dam on the Blue Nile, and will then start filling the giant Al Khalifa. for Mining & Metals Paige Wilson Bin Daij Al Khalifa said: “We are reservoir behind it to power Africa’s biggest hydroelectric plant “The overall project progress on Wednesday September 20, 2017. also confident that Bechtel will Construction: Launched in to date exceeded 25% (wherein Present at the meeting were expedite the safe delivery of the Grand December 2010. Dam likely to be engineering progressed more Alba’s Chief Executive Officer Tim First Hot Metal, as per target, by 01 Cairo Ethiopian finished late 2017 or early 2018 than 50% while contracts and Murray, Deputy CEO and Chief January 2019.” Nile Renaissance Dam (GERD) Cost: $5 billion EGYPT Power: 6,400MW – big boost for 1,000km Ethiopia’s 100 million people, most of 600 miles whom lack access to electricity SUDAN Reservoir: 74bn cubic metres of YEMEN water – equivalent to entire annual Khartoum flow of Blue Nile at Sudan border Blue Impact: Downstream countries Nile SOMALIA White fear dam will reduce water supplies. Addis Ababa Nile Blue Nile supplies 60 percent of water ETHIOPIA that reaches Nile – main water source SOUTH for Egypt’s 93 million people SUDAN KENYA UGANDA Emergency spillway Main dam Lake World’s largest Victoria TANZANIA roller-compacted concrete dam. Reservoir: Covers Height: 155m 1,680 sq km – about Length: 1,780m four times as big as Cairo. Could take from five to 15 years to fill

Penstocks Powerhouses 16 turbines* The old markets committee of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) headed by the first vice- chairman Khalid Al Zayani has held a regular meeting at Bait Al Tijjar. The meeting centered on upgrading and reviving old markets and deliberated about organising events in Manama, Muharraq, and Isa Town’s traditional BLUE *Estimated markets to attract visitors and invigorate businesses. The meeting also discussed holding a joint meeting with Project also includes rockfill saddle dam annual capacity NILE and gated spillway south of main dam 15,000 gigawatt hours the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs, and Urban Planning and stressed the importance of regulating traffic within old markets and allocating spaces for blacksmithing and tinsmithing. Sources: Associated Press, HydroWorld, Salini Impregilo © GRAPHIC NEWS 10 BUSINESS Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Egypt market breaks winning streak Representative picture Dubai maker, PetroRabigh, gained gypt’s stock market fell 2.2pc. Eyesterday, ending a six- Sharia-compliant insurer Closing Bell COUNTRY/CURRENCIES BUY SELL day winning streak that took SABB Takaful dropped 3.6pc the blue-chip index to an all- after the financial regulator SAUDI rose 0.3pc to 7,244 points. AUSTRALIA 0.3018 0.2994 time high, while Gulf bourses temporarily stopped the BANGLADESH 0.00476 0.00463 traded narrowly but a couple company from issuing or CANADA 0.3080 0.3048 DUBAI added 0.3pc to 3,570 points. of petrochemical shares renewing insurance or savings DENMARK 0.0626 EGYPT 0.0234 0.0217 boosted Saudi Arabia. products, citing unspecified ABU DHABI rose 0.3pc to 4,441 points. EURO 0.4503 0.4478 The Egyptian index weaknesses in its internal HONGKONG 0.04970 0.04930 dropped 0.5 per cent to controls. QATAR fell 0.2pc to 8,285 points. INDIA 0.00592 0.00581 13,931 points. A purchasing Banking shares dragged INDONESIA 0.00003017 0.00002845 managers’ survey published Qatar’s index 0.2pc lower; EGYPT fell 0.5pc to 13,931 points. IRAN TUMAN 0.000323 on Tuesday showed non-oil Qatar First Bank, Qatar IRAQI DINAR 0.000304 private sector activity fell at National Bank and Masraf Al KUWAIT lost 0.2pc to 6,665 points. JAPAN 0.00350 0.003430 its sharpest pace for three Rayan were all weak with the JORDAN 0.5350 0.5354 months in September, but latter down 1.3pc. OMAN rose 0.8pc to 5,225 points. KOREA 0.00037866 analysts attributed the index’s A number of banks in the KUWAIT 1.249 1.249 pull-back mostly to natural United Arab Emirates are BAHRAIN dropped 0.4pc to 1,278 points. MALAYSIA 0.0920 0.0915 profit-taking. in talks with international NEW ZEALAND 0.2749 0.2756 Gulf stock markets ignored counterparts to sell down their that index compiler FTSE for an initial public offer of NORWAY 0.0493 a further pull-back of oil Qatari bank loan exposure as was upgrading Kuwait to shares, was expected to be NEPAL 0.00395 0.00361 OMAN 0.98014 0.98301 prices overnight and the the Gulf’s diplomatic crisis secondary emerging market valued at 24 billion dirhams PAKISTAN 0.00379 0.00358 Riyadh index rose 0.3pc. drags on without resolution, status. ($6.5 billion). PHILIPPINES 0.00765 0.00740 Advanced Petrochemical banking sources told Reuters. The Dubai index rose In Abu Dhabi, the index QATAR 0.2831 0.10376 Co gained 1.4pc after posting In Kuwait, the main index 0.3pc as Emaar Properties added 0.3pc as shares of most SAUDI ARABIA 0.10058 0.10066 a 10pc year-on-year rise in finished 0.2 lower but the gained 0.5pc. Reuters quoted of the biggest companies rose; SINGAPORE 0.2813 0.2793 third-quarter net profit to 208 blue chip index rose 0.4pc as sources as saying its local First Abu Dhabi Bank gained SOUTH AFRICA 0.02900 0.02890 million riyals ($55.5 million). blue chips continued to see real estate development 0.5pc while Aldar Properties SRI LANKA 0.00270 0.00247 Another petrochemical buying after last week’s news business, which is preparing climbed 0.9pc. (Reuters) SWEDISH 0.0494 SWITZERLAND 0.3950 0.3920 SYRIA 0.001740 0.0017 TAIWAN 0.013100 THAILAND 0.011480 0.011480 $37.7m bowl sets auction record TURKEY 0.1119 Hong Kong chairman of Sotheby’s Asia, UNITED KINGDOM 0.5081 0.5052 1,000-year-old bowl from told reporters. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 0.102500 0.102840 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 0.37790 0.37800 AChina’s Song Dynasty sold Bidding started at around YUAN 0.056800 0.056800 for US$37.7 million in Hong US$10.2 million with the Kong on Tuesday, breaking the suspense-filled auction lasting Rates are for indication purpose only. For firm rates or for currencies not listed above please call Bahrain Financing Company. Telephone: 17228888, Website: www.bfc.com.bh record for Chinese ceramics, some 20 minutes as a handful of auction house Sotheby’s said. phone bidders and one person The small piece -- which in the room itself competed dates from 960-1127 -- stole with each other. the previous record of $36.05 The winning offer eventually million set in 2014 for a Ming came from one of the phone Dynasty wine cup which was bidders and was received by a COUNTRY 1 US DLR 1 UK STG 1 SFR 100 YEN snapped up by a Shanghai round of applause. tycoon famous for making eye- The bowl -- originally BAHRAIN 0.3770 0.5738 0.3882 0.3353 watering bids. designed to wash brushes -- KUWAIT 0.2855 32.0988 0.2940 0.2539 The person behind Tuesday’s is an example of extremely Nicolas Chow, Deputy Chairman for Sotheby’s Asia, holds a Ru winning offer wished to rare Chinese porcelain from Guanyao brush washer bowl from China’s Song Dynasty OMAN 0.3849 0.3738 0.3963 0.3423 remain anonymous, Sotheby’s the imperial court of the diameter, the dish features a a colour painting of a rooster QATAR 3.6420 3.5371 3.7500 3.2393 said. Northern Song Dynasty and luminous blue glaze. and a hen tending to their UAE 3.6730 3.5672 3.7819 3.2669 “It’s a totally new benchmark one of only four such pieces The price tag exceeds the chicks, and created during for Chinese ceramics and we’ve in private hands, according to earlier record made by a tiny the reign of the Chenghua SAUDI 3.7500 3.6420 3.8612 3.3354 made history with this piece Sotheby’s. white piece known as the Emperor between 1465 and xx today,” Nicolas Chow, deputy Measuring 13cm in “Chicken Cup”, decorated with 1487. Typhoid vaccine for Skipping breakfast 11 infants ‘safe’ double arteries risk trial vaccine against typhoid, eople who skip breakfast a disease that kills more than or eat poorly to start A200,000 people every year, is safe Pthe day are twice as likely for use. Aimed at children under to develop hardened arteries, two, who are disproportionately which can lead to deadly affected, the vaccine may prevent heart disease. A recent more than half of all typhoid study uncovered signs of infections. Dubbed Vi-TT, the damage to the arteries long vaccine studied in the trial is already before symptoms or disease licensed for use in infants in India, developed. The findings could but nowhere else, nor are there any offer an important tool in the other vaccines for children under fight against cardiovascular Wednesday, October 4, 2017 two. disease.

PET VET

Dr. Rajani Rajesh Benefits of keeping a pet nimals have been a central feature of human life for many thousands of years. Evidence suggests that pet keeping has Abeen practiced continuously throughout human history In today’s world almost everyone experiences stress on a daily basis. When thinking of ways to reduce stress in life, Miami usually techniques like meditation, yoga and deep breathing ika has been around for come to mind. These are great techniques, to be sure. But decades but only recently getting a new best friend can also have many stress relieving beganZ to cause birth defects and health benefits. In my opinion, there is nothing better in due to a single mutation the this world than the unconditional love you get from a dog or mosquito-borne virus likely cat or any pet in your life. Animals have been demonstrated to acquired in 2013, researchers. improve human cardiovascular health, reduce stress, decrease The report in the US journal loneliness and depression, and facilitate social interactions Science explains for the first among people who choose to have pets. time how this once relatively Pets are beneficial to children also. They are thought to harmless virus transformed teach responsibility, build empathy, more positive behavior into a global health threat. among children and promote concern for animals and the The mutation in one of natural world. Other studies document that children exposed its structural proteins, called to pets in early life experience enhanced immune function with pRM, is believed to have arisen some exceptions. prior to the 2013 outbreak Recent work on the hormonal basis of the human-animal in French Polynesia, said the bond has shown oxytocin peaks in both people and their Science report. Representational image dogs when they interact positively. This ‘feel good’ hormone That change in the is also released when people are in close physical contact and pathogen’s protective coat suppresses the production of cortisol, the stress hormones. made the virus more likely to genome between 2010 and This condition, known as an international public health Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is often used to describe kill developing brain cells in 2016, said the report. microcephaly, was later linked emergency in February any situation where an animal is brought into a therapeutic mice and people compared Zika was first discovered in a to Zika infection in pregnant 2016, then lifted that order setting. The therapeutic use of pets to enhance the mental to older versions of the virus, monkey in Uganda in 1947. In mothers. in November of the same and physical health of a wide variety of individuals, including experiments showed. people, it was known to cause a Zika has now spread year. people with AIDS or cancer, older adults living in institutions, The change, known as rash and mild illness that soon to 84 countries. The virus Zika is particularly and individuals with mental illness, has received increasing S139N, which involved the passed. is contagious and can be dangerous to pregnant women, amounts of attention. The most recognized role for assistance replacement of a serine amino But in 2015, Brazil -- the transmitted by sexual contact and is now known to raise the animals is as guide dogs for those with impaired sight. acid with an arginine amino nation hardest hit by the or by the bite of an infected risk of Guillain Barre Syndrome acid, was one of “numerous outbreak -- reported its first mosquito. in adults and microcephaly (The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of this newspaper.) changes” the Zika virus cases of babies born with The World Health and other brain-related birth acquired throughout its unusually small heads. Organization declared Zika defects in infants. (AFP) Switching to e-cigs would delay millions of deaths: study Paris a handful of people will still prevented by 2100. projected under the status quo, This works out to an researchers’ pessimistic large-scale switch from smoke tobacco by 2026, the This represented a with 19.3 percent of American average life expectancy gain of scenario, there were “gains to a tobacco to e-cigarettes researchers said 6.6 million 25-percent drop from the men and 14.1 percent of just under a month per person. strategy that used e-cigarettes Awould cut smoking-related premature deaths could be 26.1 million premature deaths women smoking in 2016, the A death is notched up as to reduce cigarette smoking,” deaths by a quarter in the study showed. premature when a person study co-author David Levy United States by 2100, even Per smoker, this amounted departs before their expected of the Georgetown University assuming the gadgets are to an average gain in life age -- say 75 or 80 depending Medical Centre in Washington themselves not risk-free, expectancy of about four on the country -- and is said. researchers said yesterday. months, according to findings usually preventable through a The benefits were “massive”, Scientists are still unsure published in the journal healthier lifestyle. commented John Britton of about the potential harms of Tobacco Control. Research is continuing the UK Centre for Tobacco & “vaping” as an alternative to In a more pessimistic into the risks and benefits of Alcohol Studies. traditional cigarettes, though scenario which assumes e-cigarettes, with critics fearful The findings, he said via most seem convinced it is at that e-cigarettes come with the gadget’s “safer” image the Science Media Centre, least safer. about 40 percent of the risk will create a new generation “demonstrate the importance Hypothesising that an of traditional smokes, some of nicotine addicts and act of embracing, rather than e-cigarette carries only five 1.6 million premature deaths as a gateway to traditional rejecting, the potential of this percent of the health risk of are avoided, said the research smoking. new generation of nicotine the real McCoy, and that only Representational image team. But even under the products.” 12 Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Wednesday, October 4, 2017 13

His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa received yesterday Royal Family members and senior state officials, with whom he reviewed topics relating to national affairs and services. HRH Premier has asserted that terrorism, which is targeting many regions in SupremeSupreme CouncilCouncil forfor YouthYouth && SportSport Chairman,Chairman, BahrainBahrain OlympicOlympic CommitteeCommittee President,President, RoyalRoyal CharityCharity OrganisationOrganisation (RCO)(RCO) ChairmanChairman andand RoyalRoyal GuardGuard CommanderCommander BrigadierBrigadier ShaikhShaikh NasserNasser binbin HamadHamad AlAl KhalifaKhalifa paidpaid anan inspectioninspection visitvisit toto thethe RoyalRoyal SpecialSpecial Force,Force, accompaniedaccompanied the world, can only be confronted through cooperation and coordination, and eliminated by firmness. byby CommanderCommander ofof thethe RoyalRoyal GuardGuard SpecialSpecial ForceForce MajorMajor ShaikhShaikh KhalidKhalid binbin HamadHamad AlAl KhalifaKhalifa andand RoyalRoyal GuardGuard seniorsenior officers.officers. HeHe waswas welcomedwelcomed byby thethe unit’sunit’s CommanderCommander andand seniorsenior officers.officers.

Education Min- ister Dr. Majid bin Ali Al-Nu- aimi stressed the importance of promoting gifted students and honing their creative skills. He underlined the establishment of a centre which is specialized in caring for gifted students TheThe WorldWorld JuniorJunior Men-Women’sMen-Women’s EpeeEpee ChampionshipsChampionships (U20(U20 Men-Women’sMen-Women’s Épée)Épée) openedopened inin Bahrain.Bahrain. SupremeSupreme CouncilCouncil forfor YouthYouth && SportSport Chairman,Chairman, from an early BahrainBahrain OlympicOlympic CommitteeCommittee PresidentPresident && RoyalRoyal CharityCharity OrganisationOrganisation (RCO)(RCO) ChairmanChairman HHHH ShaikhShaikh NasserNasser binbin HamadHamad AlAl KhalifaKhalifa gavegave thethe go-aheadgo-ahead forfor age. thethe tournament,tournament, beingbeing organizedorganized byby BahrainBahrain FencingFencing Association.Association.

Health Minister Faeqa bint Saeed Al-Saleh met a group of citizens during her visit to Hoora HealthHealth MinisterMinister FaeqaFaeqa bintbint SaeedSaeed Al-SalehAl-Saleh receivedreceived ExecutiveExecutive DirectorDirector ofof thethe and Qudaibiya and listened to their health needs provided there. The visit is in the context NationalNational CommunicationCommunication CenterCenter (NCC)(NCC) Dr.Dr. MohammedMohammed AliAli Behzad.Behzad. TheThe MinisterMinister Electricity and Water Affairs Minister Dr. Abdulhussain Mirza received Renewable Energy Managing Director Jalil Khalil, who briefed the of implementing the directives of HRH Prime Minister to Health Minister on communicat- hailedhailed thethe NCC’sNCC’s rolerole inin highlightinghighlighting thethe government’sgovernment’s achievementsachievements andand BahBah-- minister on the projects and activities carried out by the company in Bahrain in the field of air conditioning efficiency and saving and ratio- ing with citizens and closely learn about their health needs. rain’srain’s internationalinternational standingstanding throughthrough thethe unifiedunified officialofficial mediamedia discourse.discourse. nalization techniques.

Supreme Council for Youth and Sports Deputy General Secretary and Bahrain Olympic Commit- tee General Secretary Abdulrahman Askar received at his office in Seef president of the Interna- Youth and Sports Affairs Minister Hisham bin Mohammed Al Jowder received Dr. Mohamed Ali tional Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Kerrith Brown, who is on an official visit to Bahrain. PresidentPresident ofof thethe ArabianArabian GulfGulf University,University, DrDr KhalidKhalid AbdulAbdul RahmanRahman Al-Ohaly,Al-Ohaly, inauinau-- Bahzad the CEO of the National Communication Centre (NCC). The minister congratulated Dr. They held discussions on World Mixed Martial Arts Championship, which will take place from guratedgurated thethe 20th20th AcademicAcademic BookBook Fair,Fair, organisedorganised byby thethe UniversityUniversity LibraryLibrary fromfrom 33 Bahzad on the Royal trust of appointing him as CEO of NCC. November 12 to 19. toto 1212 OctoberOctober atat itsits headquartersheadquarters inin Salmaniya.Salmaniya. 12 Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Wednesday, October 4, 2017 13

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Wednesday, October 4, 2017 19 z #PollToday 3 Indian students crushed by train while taking selfies New Delhi He said the three had Paris Police hree college students parked their motorbikes on were killed by an express the embankment below the trainT yesterday while taking 30-metre (100 foot) bridge photos of themselves on a before walking to its centre As no connections could be track in India, the country to take pictures. established with IS, officials have described Las Vegas with the world’s worst record Last month a man was arrest 5 after shooter as a lone psychopath. for selfie deaths. crushed to death by an Do you think the attacker had The three were elephant when he tried to clear motives for his action? photographing themselves take a selfie with him in the on a railway bridge when the eastern state of Odisha. Yes No Cant Say train hit them in the town of A study by scholars from Bidadi in the southern state Carnegie Mellon University homemade of Karnataka, police said. and Indraprastha Institute “We found their mutilated of Information Delhi found bodies on the track and that of 127 reported selfie investigations have been deaths worldwide from taken up,” R S Bylanjaiah, a March 2014 to September local railway police officer, 2016, 76 of them occurred in bomb found “We see how day after said. India. day the government of Catalonia is pushing the population to the abyss and inciting rebellion in the The street where French police dis- streets. Government would Catalans rally in fury over covered a homemade bomb take all measures necessary to stop acts of harassment” independence poll violence Paris Minister Gerard Collomb around 4:30 am (0230 GMT) Juan Ignacio Zoido rench police arrested five revealed that one of the in his building in the Porte Spanish Interior Minister people, including one arrested men was on a police d’Auteuil neighbourhood, a Fon a terror watchlist, after terror watchlist. source close to the probe said. discovering a suspected “That shows that the threat Police then found another home-made bomb in one level in France is extremely two cylinders outside the of Paris’s most exclusive high,” added the minister, building. Vanuatu volcano neighbourhoods at the who said the incident and A mobile phone attached eruption threat recedes weekend, officials said. a knife attack in Marseille to the cylinders is being Officers discovered gas on Sunday that left two investigated as a possible cylinders with detonators women dead underlined the detonator, a security source said. attached in the hallway and importance of a tough new A total of 241 people outside a building in the security law. have been killed in a wave city’s western 16th district in French lawmakers in the of jihadist attacks in France the early hours of Saturday lower house of parliament since 2015. Protesters raise their hands during a protest in Barcelona morning. were set to vote later Tuesday On September 12, Collomb A Vanuatu volcano that Barcelona emerging from dictatorship The five suspects, all on a new counter-terrorism said that 12 planned attacks sparked the evacuation of everal hundred thousand in 1977. in their 30s, remain in law that rights groups and had been foiled since the an entire island appeared to Catalans rallied yesterday Demonstrators including custody, a source close to the UN experts have criticised beginning of the year. be stabilising, although aid Sin fury at police violence students and young families investigation said yesterday. for giving too much power to Three suspected women workers said it was too early against voters during a filled the streets in the Some are known to police police and local government jihadists were arrested in for villagers to return home. banned independence regional capital Barcelona for belonging to a radical officials. September last year after the referendum, as Madrid waving red- and yellow- movement, the source added. In Saturday’s incident, a discovery of gas cylinders in Kim Jong-Nam suffered accused regional authorities striped Catalan flags. Speaking to Franceinfo resident alerted police after a car near Paris’s Notre Dame organ damage of “inciting rebellion”. “Closed for revolution,” radio yesterday, Interior finding two gas cylinders Cathedral. (AFP) The half-brother of North Crowds yelled for national read one banner in the Korea’s leader suffered security forces to get out of crowd. extensive organ damage the region, branding them Barcelona football club after being attacked with a “occupation forces”, as refused to train as part of an nerve agent, as more chilling the national government’s accompanying strike, which Trump in Puerto Rico to details emerged at the trial standoff with the region officials said slowed down of his alleged killers. dragged Spain deeper into public transport and freight its worst political crisis since shipments in Barcelona port. champion storm response IS claims Damascus bomb attack Washington The Islamic State group resident Donald Trump claimed a bomb attack at a Risk of Madagascar plague Pflew into hurricane- police station in the Syrian wracked Puerto Rico yesterday, capital Damascus a day earlier hoping to underscore that killed at least 17 people. outbreak spreading in region government recovery efforts Geneva 24 of them, since August 1, and repair damage done by his Polygamy app draws he World Health according to WHO numbers. contentious early response to Organization said Madagascar has suffered the crisis. criticism in Indonesia yesterdayT there was a plague outbreaks almost Trump and First Lady A Tinder-style dating app “moderate risk” that a plague every year since 1980, often Melania Trump landed at for polygamists has sparked outbreak in Madagascar caused by rats fleeing forest Muniz Air National Guard Base controversy in Indonesia, but would spread to other fires. near San Juan, for a five hour its developer says he “just countries in the region, But WHO spokesman US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump wants to help” unmarried visit with federal responders, visit residents affected by Hurricane in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico but advised against travel Christian Lindmeier told troops and survivors. middle-aged women. restrictions. reporters the current On arrival Trump praised in a while you get hit.” Trump, who has feuded with For more, catch us The outbreak of both outbreak had more potential the bravery of military and Nearly two weeks after local officials over the pace online at: bubonic plague, which is than most to spread further civilian personnel, and said he Hurricane Maria thrashed of the relief effort, claimed spread by infected rats via flea in Madagascar since it has loved the island and had visited through the US territory, much before leaving that even his www.newsofbahrain.com bites, and pneumonic plague, already affected large urban many times before. of the islands remains short critics were acknowledging /nobonline spread person to person, has areas, including the capital “The weather is second to of food and without access to “what a great job we have /newsofbahrain infected 133 people, killing Antananarivo. none,” he said. “But every once power or drinking water. done.” 20 Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Recent winners of the Nobel Physics Prize 2017: Barry Barish, Kip Thorne and US trio wins physics Nobel Rainer Weiss for the discovery of gravitational waves, a phenom- enon predicted by Albert Einstein a century ago as part of his theory of general relativity. 2016: David Thouless, Duncan for gravitational waves Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz (Britain) for their study of strange Stockholm phenomena in unusual phases, or S astrophysicists Barry Barish, states, of matter, such as super- Kip Thorne and Rainer Weiss conductors, superfluids or thin Uwere awarded the Nobel Physics magnetic films. Prize yesterday for the discovery of 2015: Takaaki Kajita (Japan) and gravitational waves, offering a sneak Arthur McDonald (Canada) for peak at the Universe’s very beginnings. their work on neutrinos. Predicted by Albert Einstein a 2014: Isamu Akasaki (Japan), century ago as part of his theory of Hiroshi Amano (Japan) and Shuji general relativity, gravitational waves Nakamura (US) for their work on are “ripples” in space-time -- the LED lamps. theoretical fabric of the cosmos. 2013: Peter Higgs (Britain) and They are the aftermath of violent Francois Englert (Belgium) for galactic events, such as colliding black (LtoR) Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne, who won the Nobel Physics Prize 2017 for gravitational waves their work on the so-called Higgs holes or imploding massive stars, Barish, 81, joined the project in 1994 boson, a subatomic particle that and can reveal events that took place and helped bring it to completion. gives mass to other particles. billions of years ago. LIGO is now a collaboration between 2012: Serge Haroche (France) and The first detection of gravitational more than 1,000 researchers from 20 David Wineland (US) for experi- waves happened in September 2015 countries. mental methods used to measure at the US-based Laser Interferometer The 2015 observation was of two and manipulate quantum systems. Gravitational-wave Observatory black holes smashing into each other 2011: Saul Perlmutter, Adam (LIGO), where the three Nobel some 1.3 billion light-years away. Riess (US) and Brian Schmidt laureates worked. “Although the signal was extremely (US-Australian) for discovering the “Their discovery shook the world,” weak when it reached Earth, it is accelerating expansion of the uni- said Goran K Hansson, the head of the already promising a revolution in verse. Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences astrophysics,” the Nobel academy 2010: Andre Geim (Netherlands- which selects the Nobel laureates. said. Britain) and Konstantin Novoselov Announced in February 2016 to “Gravitational waves are an entirely (Russia-Britain) for work on the Scientists Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne great excitement in the scientific new way of following the most violent for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the two-dimensional material gra- community, the discovery was hailed events in space and testing the limits observation of gravitational waves phene. 2009: Charles Kao (Britain-US), as the historic culmination of decades of our knowledge.” PHYSICS PRIZE IN NUMBERS of research. It has clinched numerous Gravitational waves are minuscule, Willard S. Boyle (Canada-US) and astrophysics prizes. and near-undetectable because they 110 Nobel Prizes in Physics awarded from 1901 to 2016 George E. Smith (US) for work on interact very weakly with matter and light transmission with optical Travelling at speed of light travel through the Universe at the 1 25 2 fibres and semiconductor circuits. person, Age of Women 2008: Makoto Kobayashi, In 1984, Thorne, now 77, and speed of light unimpeded. John youngest awarded Weiss, 85, co-created LIGO at the The ripples emitted by a pair of Bardeen, laureate, Physics Toshihide Maskawa (Japan) and prestigious California Institute of merging black holes, for example, awarded Lawrence Prize to Yoichiro Nambu (US) for discov- Technology, which has taken home would stretch a one-million-kilometre prize twice, in Bragg, awarded date, including ering the mechanism of sponta- 18 Nobels since the prizes were first (621,000-mile) ruler on Earth by less 1956 and in 1972 in 1915 Marie Curie in 1903 neous broken symmetry in suba- awarded in 1901. than the size of an atom. (AFP) Source: Nobelprize.org Pictures: Nobel Foundation, Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS tomic physics.

Recent winners of the Nobel Literature Prize Nobel Literature Prize: controversy, fame and flops 2016: Bob Dylan (US) Paris There was uproar in 1989, Andre Gide (1947) and Albert Western domination according to the will of 2015: Svetlana Alexievich head of the announcement on the sidelines of the prize, Camus (1957). From 1901 to 1985 only founder Alfred Nobel. (Belarus) Thursday of this year’s when jurors resigned in fury Other big-name winners eight laureates were chosen In this vein the Academy 2014: Patrick Modiano ANobel Literature Prize that the Academy had not are Rudyard Kipling (1907), from outside Europe and the has often backed those in exile, (France) laureate, here is a look at some publicly backed British author Samuel Beckett (1969) and United States. dissidents, opposition leaders 2013: Alice Munro of the controversies down the Salman Rushdie, subject of Gabriel Garcia Marquez India has only one laureate and authors who are banned (Canada) years since the prestigious title a death sentence by Iran’s (1982). in Rabindranath Tagore in from publishing in their own 2012: Mo Yan (China) was first awarded in 1901. Ayatollah Khomeini. However many prestigious 1913, as does the Arab world countries. 2011: Tomas Transtromer Over the past 20 years two names in literature have with Egypt’s Naguib Mahfouz These include Guatemala’s (Sweden) Controversy laureates have particularly not been recognised with a receiving the award in 1988. Miguel Angel Asturias in 1967 2010: Mario Vargas Llosa The 1964 laureate French divided opinion: Dario Fo, Nobel such as Joseph Conrad, One reason may be that and Pablo Neruda from Chile (Peru) philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, the Italian playwright and James Joyce, Marcel Proust, it was previously difficult in 1971. 2009: Herta Mueller whose political philosophy was actor who was described as Paul Valery, Henry James and for the Nobel juries to judge And during the Cold War (Germany) partly based on the criticism a “jester” by the Academy in Virginia Woolf. non-European literature as several choices were not made 2008: Jean-Marie Gustave of institutions, was the first 1997; and singer songwriter While some obvious translations were rare and purely literary grounds such Le Clezio (France) writer to refuse the prize. He Bob Dylan in 2016 who was candidates fell through the information less accessible as Poland’s Czeslaw Milosz 2007: Doris Lessing wrote that he “always declined silent for weeks after he was cracks, the Academy has before the Internet. (1980) and Jaroslav Seifert of (Britain) official honours”. announced as the winner and been criticised for rewarding In 1986 Nigeria’s Wole the former Czechoslovakia 2006: Orhan Pamuk Other winners raised then snubbed a ceremony to obscure writers who are not Soyinka became the first (1984). (Turkey) eyebrows because they receive the prize. widely read outside their own African to be recognised. The Most famously, in 1970, 2005: Harold Pinter were members of the Nobel countries: Iceland’s Halldor first Chinese author was Gao Soviet writer Alexander (Britain) Academy that chooses the The famous, the forgotten Laxness (1955), Erik Axel Xingjian in 2000 and in 2006 Solzhenitsyn was forced to 2004: Elfriede Jelinek laureates. They include the The Nobel Academy has Karlfeldt (1931), Odysseus Orhan Pamuk became the first decline the prize, fearing that (Austria) little-known Swedish joint- recognised writers of repute Elytis (1979) and Jaroslav Turkish writer on the list. he would not be able to return 2003: J.M. Coetzee (South winners Eyvind Johnson and like Americans William Seifert (1984). to his country should he Africa) Harry Martinson, who in 1974 Faulkner (1949), Ernest There have been 14 female Geopolitics travel to receive it. He finally 2002: Imre Kertesz beat out Graham Greene, Saul Hemingway (1954) and John laureates, only six between The Nobel institution accepted the award four years (Hungary) Bellow and Vladimir Nabokov. Steinbeck (1962) and France’s 1901 and 1990. defends an “idealist” policy, later. SPORTS Wednesday, October 4, 2017 21 Al Khayat meets Kerrith Brown DT News Network (IMMAF). The meeting was November 12-19 as part of the Manama held on the sidelines of Brown’s International Combat Week in halid Al Khayat, Head of visit to Bahrain to oversee the Khalifa Sports City in IsaTown. the Executive Committee, preparations for the upcoming Al Khayat said Bahrain KPresident of Bahrain Mixed event in the Kingdom. is proud to host such an Martial Arts Federation In the meeting, Al Khayat international sports event, (BMMAF), Member of conveyed the greetings of HH reflecting the support of the Supreme Organising Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Shaikh Khalid to MMA sports Committee and Head of the Al-Khalifa, First Deputy and keenness on promoting it Executive Committee of President of the Supreme among the youth of Bahrain, the World Amateur MMA Council for Youth and Sports the region and the entire world. Championship, that will be and Honourary President Brown was briefed by Al organised in the Kingdom of of BMMAF to Brown and Khayat about the working Bahrain next month, held a thanked him personally on committees that will supervise meeting with Kerrith Brown, overseeing the preparations the championship and updated President of the International for the championship that him on the progress of the Khalid Al Khayat with Kerrith Brown Mixed Martial Arts Federation will be hosted by Bahrain on work. Alpha Fire Safety advance

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The Dubai Destroyers then Six teams of 12 players from BD30. victory scoring 157 for two. 22 Wednesday, October 4, 2017 SPORTS SPORTS Wednesday, October 4, 2017 23 Evans given one-year ban Erik Carlsson to after positive cocaine test Bale out of Wales face Ahmed Amir Raonic hammers DT News Network First Deputy President of the Manama Supreme Council for Youth ajor mixed martial arts and Sports and Honourary talent from Sweden, President of BMMAF, will Japan Open world Londoncup qualifiers M missed Real Madrid’s game against Espanyol Erik Carlsson will face Ahmed showcase the largest Mixed areth Bale has been ruled out of Wales’s on Sunday -- arrived with the rest of the Wales Amir at Brave in Bahrain. Martial Arts weekend ever final two crucial World Cup qualifiers squad on Sunday and attended Monday’s annual Ahmed Amir made his name held in Asia. Tokyo TroickiAmerican Steve Johnson in theon Raonic, a formerreturn world Benoit Paire of France threw in Gagainst Georgia and Ireland, the Football FAW Awards dinner at the team headquarters in the sport by defeating The International anada’s Milos Raonic looked late match on centre court. number three and winner of eight the towel upon losing the first set Association of Wales said yesterday. in Cardiff. Richie Martinez from USA Combat Week will also Csharp on his return from But third seed Raonic, who was ATP Tour singles titles, rifled 16 6-4, citing fatigue. Bale’s fitness has been a source of concern “But following dialogue with Real Madrid, against overwhelming odds, feature the IMMAF World wrist surgery yesterday as he forced to sit out the US Open due aces to pile the misery on Troicki, A late decision to rush the for the national side since he suffered a calf Bale was sent for a scan and results confirmed followed by Kevin Koldobsky Championships, battered Serbian Viktor Troicki to persistent problems with his completing victory with a kicking net failed to save Thiem, who muscle strain against Borussia Dortmund in that he wouldn’t be fit to feature.” who is trained by the same under the 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the left wrist, displayed very few signs serve that his opponent could wilted after losing the second-set Dan Evans (file pic) the Champions League last week. Wales are currently second in Group D, four coach as Conor McGregor. patronage of Japan Open. of rust after a seven-week absence only waft into the net. tiebreak 7-5, and Johnson closed “The Football Association of Wales can points behind leaders Serbia and one point The bout will take place on His Highness Austrian Dominic Thiem and took just 71 minutes to blast “It was a good match for me out an upset win with a fizzing London confirm that Gareth Bale will miss the above Ireland. November 17th, at Brave 9: Shaikh Nasser fared less well, with his way into the last 16. in a lot of ways -- disciplined, body serve after two hours and ritain’s Dan Evans was hit with a one-year upcoming World Cup qualifiers Two wins in the matches on Friday, away to The Kingdom of Champions, bin Hamad Al the second Raonic, a right-hander with competed well -– considering the 18 minutes. Bsuspension yesterday after testing positive for against Georgia and Georgia, and next Monday, at home to Ireland, during the International Khalifa. seed being a double-fisted backhand, tore circumstances,” said Raonic. “It feels great to get off to such cocaine in April. Republic of are likely to guarantee them at least a place in Combat Week. bundled through the opening set in bright “The injury developed over the a great start,” said Johnson. “I Evans, ranked 108th, failed the drug test at the Ireland,” said next month’s play-offs for a place in Russia. Erik Carlsson out 4-6, Tokyo sunshine and secured the past 10 years, the pain had been stuck with it and was able to serve Barcelona Open in April and went public with the an FAW Bale’s absence could open the door for is coming out of 7-6, 6-4 key break early in the second with manageable,” he added. “But I hit it out. A couple of years ago I result at an emotional press conference in June. statement Liverpool teenager Ben Woodburn to make his a dominating b y a cleverly disguised drop shot. a breaking point and the pain was made the quarters and personally The 27-year-old’s ban has been backdated and he “Bale -- first Wales start. victory after Troicki fought gamely but not tolerable.” I’d like to stay here all week.” will be eligible to play again on April 24 next year. who The 17-year-old made a dramatic viciously when a Raonic volley clipped Currently ranked 12th, Raonic Frenchman Richard Gasquet, “A sample was found to contain cocaine and its introduction last month when he scored the knocking out the net and trickled over, the finished runner-up at the Japan another former Japan Open metabolite,” a statement from the International winner within five minutes of coming on as a Gadzhimusa Serb slammed his racquet to Open three years running from finalist, upset American sixth Tennis Federation read. second-half substitute against Austria. (AFP) Gaziev with the ground in disgust and 2012-2014 -- twice to local seed Sam Querrey 6-4, 7-6 after “A decision has been issued under the Tennis Anti- a knee to the bellowed furiously favourite Kei Nishikori. clinically winning the second-set Doping Programme that Daniel Evans has committed body at Brave 6: at courtside The former breaker 7-2. an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under Article 2.1 of Kazakhstan. spectators. Wimbledon In other matches, eighth seed the Programme. It was agreed that a period of one Spain’s players Brave 9, which finalist next Diego Schwartzman of Argentina year’s ineligibility should be imposed, commencing is held under the faces Japan’s beat American Donald Young on 24 April 2017. patronage of HH Yuichi 6-2, 7-5 while Australia’s Matthew “The ITF accepted Mr. Evans’ account of how focus on World Shaikh Khalid bin Sugita, who Ebden ousted big-serving Croat the cocaine got into his system and that he bears no Hamad Al Khalifa, progressed Ivo Karlovic 6-4, 6-3. significant fault or negligence for the violation.” Ahmed Amir after 2015 Croatian Marin Cilic heads Evans had accepted the ITF’s anti-doping charge, Cup, not Catalonia Tokyo runner-up the Tokyo field this year at a saying in June: “I made a mistake and I must face up to Gareth Bale Madrid playing a crucial part of the Spain sides that tournament whose list it.” Cocaine is only banned in competition and Evans pain’s players are “focused” solely won the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012, Gatlin left off shortlist of former champions insisted he didn’t take it during the tournament. on Friday’s World Cup qualifier Pique is routinely jeered when Japan Open results includes tennis H e said it had got into his system via againstS Albania, Bayern midfielder representing his country. greats Ken Rosewall, permitted medication that he Thiago Alcantara has insisted, adding Those jeers intensified in for best athlete First round John McEnroe, Pete had stored in the same that players were tired of being asked front of just a few hundred Paris or Olympic 100m champion Milos Raonic (CAN x3) bt Viktor Troicki (SRB) 6-3, 6-4 Sampras, Roger pocket of his washbag about teammate Gerard Pique’s fans at an opening training ontroversial world 100- has been left off the list. Steve Johnson (USA) bt Dominic Thiem (AUT x2) 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 Federer and Rafael in which he had outspoken stance on the independence session on Monday amid metre champion Justin Gatlin’s omission is no Richard Gasquet (FRA) bt Sam Querrey (USA x6) 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) Nadal. (AFP) previously kept referendum in Catalonia. chants of “Pique leave the GatlinC was left off the list of surprise, though, as the IAAF Yuichi Sugita (JPN) bt Benoit Paire (FRA) 6-4, 0-0 retired the cocaine. “As for Gerard we see him as he’s national team!” nominees for the IAAF’s changed its rules in 2015 to Matthew Ebden (AUS) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 6-4, 6-3 (AFP) always been, with the same commitment He has already World Athlete of the exclude from its list anyone Canada’s Milos Raonic returns a shot Diego Schwartzman (ARG x8) bt Donald Young (USA) 6-2, 7-5 as ever and the same happiness, even stated his intent Year awards. who has ever been sanctioned in the changing room,” said Thiago to retire from Gatlin, who has for a serious doping offence. at a press conference with teammate international served two doping That came after Germany’s Koke. football after next bans, was a surprise Olympic discus champion Sharapova relishing ‘emotional’ Beijing showdown “We’re sorry because we came year’s World winner of the Robert Harting asked for his here to play football, I didn’t come Cup, but insisted 100m in London own name to be removed from Beijing relishing her showdown with record against Halep, who retired ill in the second set. had been forced here to talk about anybody’s life, he could step in August as the list in protest at Gatlin’s aria Sharapova said the Romanian Halep: “We made it into the next round on Tuesday’s encounter with into a deciding set. Koke’s or mine, we came here aside sooner if Jamaican great inclusion in 2014. Myesterday that her third- know each other’s games very the outside Beijing hard courts Makarova was the second time And the Russian to play football.” Spain coach Julen Usain Bolt bowed The 2017 list is led by British round China Open clash with well, that’s no secret. after Magdalena Rybarikova in four days that Sharapova believes tournaments such Barcelona’s Pique has Lopetegui or the out of his top-class 10,000m world champion Mo world number two Simona “They’ve always been as the China Open are only been an outspoken defender federation believe career with a disappointing Farah and South Africa’s 400m Halep will help the Russian very challenging, tough, WTA/ATP China Open results getting harder to win. of the wealthy northeastern his political stance bronze medal. star Wayde van Niekerk. gauge her progress since competitive, emotional.” “There’s a lot of depth in the returning from a 15-month Sharapova, a crowd Women game, by that I mean there’s Spanish region’s right to self- to be problematic. Thiago Alcantara When the IAAF named The women’s list includes determination, and on Sunday Thiago added: on Monday their 10 male comeback queen doping ban. favourite in Beijing, added: 2nd round maybe many years ago you’d cast his vote in a referendum “It’s a pleasure to and female nominees for Sally Pearson of The former number one, “But I love the challenge of Barbora Strycova (CZE) bt Julia Goerges (GER) 6-4, 6-2 find yourself working through deemed illegal by Madrid be in the squad, the 2017 awards, Gatlin’s Australia, the 100m on the comeback trail since playing against someone that’s Daria Gavrilova (AUS) bt Coco Vandeweghe (USA x14) 6-3, 2-0 retired the first rounds,” she said. that was scarred by clashes everyone is there on name was conspicuous by hurdles champion, April following the ban for number two in the world. Petra Kvitova (CZE x12) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 6-4, 6-4 (AFP) between voters and security their sporting merits. its absence. and South Africa’s taking the banned substance “She’s a great player, she’s Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Duan Yingying Duan (CHN) 6-3, 6-2 forces. We’re sorry to not be It is the first time Caster Semenya, meldonium, had to dig deep had a great year. Sorana Cirstea (ROM) bt Christina McHale (USA) 7-6 (7/4), 6-0 And the player’s latest able to speak, to not since 2004 -- the winner of as she defeated compatriot “Any time you’re able to Karolina Pliskova (CZE x4) bt Andrea Petkovic (GER) 6-4, 6-4 declarations have once be comfortable to when Gatlin the 800m. Ekaterina Makarova over three face an opponent that’s done Darya Kasatkina (RUS) bt Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) 6-4, 7-5 again raised the debate speak about Albania was also (AFP) sets in the second round. something right and well, it’s Maria Sharapova (RUS) bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 Sharapova, a lowly 104 in great to see where you are and Simona Halep (ROM x2) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 6-1, 2-1 retired over his role in the Spanish or Israel which is the omitted -- US athlete Justin Gatlin national team. fundamental thing for that the the world and on a wildcard at where your level is.” Despite us now.” (AFP) world the China Open, has yet to win The Halep meeting will be Men a tournament since returning a replay of the first-round 1st round to tennis. match between the pair Rafael Nadal (ESP) bt Lucas Pouille (FRA) 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), 7-5 The five-time Grand at the US Open in August, Leonardo Mayer (ARG) bt Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 7-6 (8/6), 5-7, 6-4 Slam champion said she had when Sharapova made an John Isner (USA x6) bt Malek Jaziri (TUN) 6-2, 6-3 endured “a few ups and downs” impressive return to Grand Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x3) bt Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in seeing off Makarova 6-4, 4-6, Slam competition before Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) bt Pablo Cuevas (URU) 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 6-1. exiting in the fourth round. Nick Kyrgios (AUS x8) bt Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 6-1, 6-2 Maria Sharapova of Russia celebrates But the 30-year-old is Sharapova holds a 7-0 SPORTS Wednesday, October 4, 2017 23 Evans given one-year ban Raonic hammers after positive cocaine test Japan Open

Tokyo TroickiAmerican Steve Johnson in theon Raonic, a formerreturn world Benoit Paire of France threw in anada’s Milos Raonic looked late match on centre court. number three and winner of eight the towel upon losing the first set sharp on his return from But third seed Raonic, who was ATP Tour singles titles, rifled 16 6-4, citing fatigue. wristC surgery yesterday as he forced to sit out the US Open due aces to pile the misery on Troicki, A late decision to rush the battered Serbian Viktor Troicki to persistent problems with his completing victory with a kicking net failed to save Thiem, who 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the left wrist, displayed very few signs serve that his opponent could wilted after losing the second-set Dan Evans (file pic) Japan Open. of rust after a seven-week absence only waft into the net. tiebreak 7-5, and Johnson closed Austrian Dominic Thiem and took just 71 minutes to blast “It was a good match for me out an upset win with a fizzing London fared less well, with his way into the last 16. in a lot of ways -- disciplined, body serve after two hours and ritain’s Dan Evans was hit with a one-year the second Raonic, a right-hander with competed well -– considering the 18 minutes. suspension yesterday after testing positive for seed being a double-fisted backhand, tore circumstances,” said Raonic. “It feels great to get off to such Bcocaine in April. bundled through the opening set in bright “The injury developed over the a great start,” said Johnson. “I Evans, ranked 108th, failed the drug test at the out 4-6, Tokyo sunshine and secured the past 10 years, the pain had been stuck with it and was able to serve Barcelona Open in April and went public with the 7-6, 6-4 key break early in the second with manageable,” he added. “But I hit it out. A couple of years ago I result at an emotional press conference in June. b y a cleverly disguised drop shot. a breaking point and the pain was made the quarters and personally The 27-year-old’s ban has been backdated and he Troicki fought gamely but not tolerable.” I’d like to stay here all week.” will be eligible to play again on April 24 next year. when a Raonic volley clipped Currently ranked 12th, Raonic Frenchman Richard Gasquet, “A sample was found to contain cocaine and its the net and trickled over, the finished runner-up at the Japan another former Japan Open metabolite,” a statement from the International Serb slammed his racquet to Open three years running from finalist, upset American sixth Tennis Federation read. the ground in disgust and 2012-2014 -- twice to local seed Sam Querrey 6-4, 7-6 after “A decision has been issued under the Tennis Anti- bellowed furiously favourite Kei Nishikori. clinically winning the second-set Doping Programme that Daniel Evans has committed at courtside The former breaker 7-2. an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under Article 2.1 of spectators. Wimbledon In other matches, eighth seed the Programme. It was agreed that a period of one finalist next Diego Schwartzman of Argentina year’s ineligibility should be imposed, commencing faces Japan’s beat American Donald Young on 24 April 2017. Yuichi 6-2, 7-5 while Australia’s Matthew “The ITF accepted Mr. Evans’ account of how Sugita, who Ebden ousted big-serving Croat the cocaine got into his system and that he bears no progressed Ivo Karlovic 6-4, 6-3. significant fault or negligence for the violation.” after 2015 Croatian Marin Cilic heads Evans had accepted the ITF’s anti-doping charge, Tokyo runner-up the Tokyo field this year at a saying in June: “I made a mistake and I must face up to tournament whose list it.” Cocaine is only banned in competition and Evans of former champions insisted he didn’t take it during the tournament. Japan Open results includes tennis H e said it had got into his system via greats Ken Rosewall, permitted medication that he First round John McEnroe, Pete had stored in the same Milos Raonic (CAN x3) bt Viktor Troicki (SRB) 6-3, 6-4 Sampras, Roger pocket of his washbag Steve Johnson (USA) bt Dominic Thiem (AUT x2) 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 Federer and Rafael in which he had Richard Gasquet (FRA) bt Sam Querrey (USA x6) 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) Nadal. (AFP) previously kept Yuichi Sugita (JPN) bt Benoit Paire (FRA) 6-4, 0-0 retired the cocaine. Matthew Ebden (AUS) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 6-4, 6-3 (AFP) Canada’s Milos Raonic returns a shot Diego Schwartzman (ARG x8) bt Donald Young (USA) 6-2, 7-5 Sharapova relishing ‘emotional’ Beijing showdown Beijing relishing her showdown with record against Halep, who retired ill in the second set. had been forced aria Sharapova said the Romanian Halep: “We made it into the next round on Tuesday’s encounter with into a deciding set. yesterday that her third- know each other’s games very the outside Beijing hard courts Makarova was the second time And the Russian Mround China Open clash with well, that’s no secret. after Magdalena Rybarikova in four days that Sharapova believes tournaments such world number two Simona “They’ve always been as the China Open are only Halep will help the Russian very challenging, tough, WTA/ATP China Open results getting harder to win. gauge her progress since competitive, emotional.” “There’s a lot of depth in the returning from a 15-month Sharapova, a crowd Women game, by that I mean there’s doping ban. favourite in Beijing, added: 2nd round maybe many years ago you’d The former number one, “But I love the challenge of Barbora Strycova (CZE) bt Julia Goerges (GER) 6-4, 6-2 find yourself working through on the comeback trail since playing against someone that’s Daria Gavrilova (AUS) bt Coco Vandeweghe (USA x14) 6-3, 2-0 retired the first rounds,” she said. April following the ban for number two in the world. Petra Kvitova (CZE x12) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 6-4, 6-4 (AFP) taking the banned substance “She’s a great player, she’s Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Duan Yingying Duan (CHN) 6-3, 6-2 meldonium, had to dig deep had a great year. Sorana Cirstea (ROM) bt Christina McHale (USA) 7-6 (7/4), 6-0 as she defeated compatriot “Any time you’re able to Karolina Pliskova (CZE x4) bt Andrea Petkovic (GER) 6-4, 6-4 Ekaterina Makarova over three face an opponent that’s done Darya Kasatkina (RUS) bt Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) 6-4, 7-5 sets in the second round. something right and well, it’s Maria Sharapova (RUS) bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 Sharapova, a lowly 104 in great to see where you are and Simona Halep (ROM x2) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 6-1, 2-1 retired the world and on a wildcard at where your level is.” the China Open, has yet to win The Halep meeting will be Men a tournament since returning a replay of the first-round 1st round to tennis. match between the pair Rafael Nadal (ESP) bt Lucas Pouille (FRA) 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), 7-5 The five-time Grand at the US Open in August, Leonardo Mayer (ARG) bt Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 7-6 (8/6), 5-7, 6-4 Slam champion said she had when Sharapova made an John Isner (USA x6) bt Malek Jaziri (TUN) 6-2, 6-3 endured “a few ups and downs” impressive return to Grand Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x3) bt Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in seeing off Makarova 6-4, 4-6, Slam competition before Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) bt Pablo Cuevas (URU) 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 6-1. exiting in the fourth round. Nick Kyrgios (AUS x8) bt Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 6-1, 6-2 Maria Sharapova of Russia celebrates But the 30-year-old is Sharapova holds a 7-0 Raonic hammers P23 Troicki on return SPORTS 2424 Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Nadal survives Beijing

Beijing at the beginning, then I started orld number one Rafaelscare Nadal saved two to play better. match points to avoid a shock defeat in the “But still, I didn’t Wfirst round of the China Open, seeing off Lucas have the control of the Pouille in three sets yesterday. match for almost all the The Frenchman broke Nadal on the way to time. taking the first set 6-4, and the world number 23 “I am very, very happy came within a whisker of sealing an upset when the to be through.” second set went to a tie break. Nadal narrowly avoided But Nadal, 31, with the Beijing crowd backing the fate of fellow him on the outdoor hard court, held his nerve Spaniard and top- when twice staring defeat in the face and fought ranked Garbine back to win the tie break 8-6. Muguruza, who The pair headed into a final-set shootout exited in the and again Pouille refused to buckle, Nadal first round on getting the critical break of serve in the 11th Monday when game before serving for the set and match she retired from 7-5. her match with Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a return Nadal, a 16-time Grand Slam champion, a virus. tumbled and lost a shoe at one point, and Also into the said afterwards he was fortunate to be in the second round in second round. the men’s draw “He played well, I think, very aggressive. are Nick Kyrgios, He’s serving well,” said Nadal, who lost Juan Martin del Potro, to Pouille the last time they met, at last the American John Isner year’s US Open. and third seed Grigor “For me it was a little bit difficult Dimitrov of Bulgaria. (AFP) Lucas Pouille of France

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