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United fightback 16 SPORTS WORLD 6 China tight-lipped on missing Interpol chief New voluntary Melania magic retirement scheme Citizens with outstanding Manama EWA bills can’t contest polls he Civil Service Bu - Treau will tomorrow TDT | Manama brief all public institutions’ heads of human resources he candidacy of individu- departments on the newly als planning to run for the announced voluntary retire- Tupcoming parliamentary ment scheme for govern- or municipal elections will be ment employees. rejected if they have outstand- The voluntary retire - ing bills with the Electricity and ment scheme for govern- Water Authority (EWA). ment employees provides Justice Ministry sources said civil servants early access that those who plan to run for to end-of-service packages the elections must clear their ar- and an opportunity to en- rears with the EWA before filing hance their contribution to the nominations. the Kingdom’s economic “There are special plans now growth through entrepre- available through which arrears neurship or participation in can be settled in installments,” A banner urging the voters to exercise their democratic right in the upcoming the private sector. the sources added. elections. Currently the scheme is Other criteria for candidacy accessible to all public insti- include Bahraini citizenship birth certificate or identity card. tution employees who have for at least past ten years. “Dual The Kingdom will go to polls completed at least 10 years citizens are not eligible though on November 24. of services, and do not hold Bahraini citizens who also hold According to the Kingdom’s a senior position. another GCC nationality can con- Constitution, 40 citizens will be test polls.” 30 elected to the Council of Repre- It is also affirmed that the can- is the minimum age set sentatives. for Bahraini citizens to Erdogan warns didates’ names must be includ- contest polls. They will be joined by 40 royal ed in the electoral tables of the appointees to Bahrain’s upper Kurdish militants US first lady Melania Trump at the historical site of the Giza Pyramids in constituencies, from where they house, the Shura Council. Ankara Giza, near Cairo, Egypt, yesterday. Melania touched down in Cairo, Egypt, for contest polls. A top election official had said the final leg of her historic visit to Africa, her first major solo mission abroad Candidates must not be less of election, and this condition on Friday that the final voters’ ecep Tayyip Erdogan as US first lady. Full report on page 6 than 30 years of age on the day shall be verified on the basis of list would be ready by October 17. Ryesterday vowed to “finish” Kurdish militants in Iraq’s Sinjar and Qandil regions to avenge eight Yemen protest Turkish soldiers killed in a bomb attack in southeastern Turkey earlier this week. The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which carried out the attack in Bat- man province, would pay the price for the eight sol- diers, the Turkish President Dozens arrested told members of his ruling AK Party at the start of a Protesters demand economic reforms to tackle extreme poverty and unemployment two-day summit in Ankara. • The Iran-backed Houthis took control of Sanaa in 2014, They beat me until I fell to ousting the internationally- the ground and I received DON’T MISS IT recognised government of an electric shock in the back Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. when I stood up again. I wasn’t able to move when they took • A Saudi-led US -backed me to the police station. The real model of international military coalition A PROTESTER 02 tolerance intervened in 2015 to restore it. vened in 2015 to restore it. A new voice for Aden “Security services in the capital de- tained a number of mercenaries tasked 03 women by the aggressors to plant rumours and outhi militia arrested a num- disturb public peace,” the Houthi-con- Cloud co- ber of people in Sanaa yesterday, Sanaa residents protesting over economic hardships trolled Saba news agency said. 04 operation deal Hfollowing demonstrations over Both sides of the Yemen conflict have economic hardship. for fear of retribution. to move when they took me to the police been accused of serious human rights Sanaa residents told Reuters dozens She said female Houthi supporters “at- station,” she said. violations. Soaring prices have put some were arrested, including 16 female stu- tacked us with electric shock batons and The Iran-backed Houthis took control basic commodities out of reach for many dents. The students were released at the clubs, supported by armed men”. of Sanaa in 2014, ousting the internation- Yemenis and the central bank has strug- end of the day after signing a pledge not “They beat me until I fell to the ground ally-recognised government of Abd-Rab- gled to pay public-sector salaries, on to take part in demonstrations again, one and I received an electric shock in the bu Mansour Hadi. A Saudi-led US -backed which many depend, as foreign exchange of them said, asking not to be identified back when I stood up again. I wasn’t able international military coalition inter- reserves dwindle.

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Deputy Premier HH Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Chairman of the Isa Award for Service to Humanity board of trustees, hosted a lunch banquet at the Four Seasons Hotel, in honour of the arbitration chief Professor Jan Paulsson (Sweden) and panel members Mohammed bin Isa (Morocco); Dr. Luis Amado (Portugal); Dr. Shahid Masood Khan (Pakistan); Dr. Dr. Awa Marie Coll-Seck. (Senegal); Susana Mabel Malcorra (Argentina); Professor Riyadh Youssef Hamza (Bahrain), in the presence of award secretary-general Ali Abdulla Khalifa. The award chief briefed the Deputy Premier on results of the meeting which focused on the works of the nominees for the 4th edition of the Award 2017-2019. The Deputy Premier commended the dedicated efforts exerted by the arbitration panel, hailing their expertise in shortlisting the nominees which are vying for the award before announcing the winners.

His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy President of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, President of Bahrain Athletics Association, Honorary President of BMMAF attended on Friday, together with the Chechen Republic President HE Ramzan Akhmadovich Kadyrov, the opening ceremony of the Cultural Festival, marking the 200th anniversary of the Chechen Republic capital, Grozny. The ceremony kicked off with folkloric performances stemmed from the Chechen heritage, after which nationalist songs were delivered by Chechen artists. After the ceremony, President Kadyrov organised a banquet on HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa honour in his presidential palace. The event was attended by Shaikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, the Minister of Tolerance in UAE as well as several ministers, officials and VIPs from the Chechen Republic. The real model of tolerance ‘Bahraini model of tolerance and peaceful coexistence is an excellent experience in a world facing many political upheavals’ New York ance and peaceful coexistence foundations. is an excellent experience in a “We respect the initiative of any religious cler- world facing many political up- We are in dire need of HM the King to make tolerance ics affirmed that the heavals as well as ethnic and sec- and acceptance the other way Kingdom, with its rich tarian conflicts, said Rev. Flor- such high-end human of life, which we see as the right M models at a time history and values of tolerance, ence Akau, a member of the UN path to a peaceful world that is peaceful co-existence and re- Social and Economic Committee. when conflicts are not dominated by forms of ex- ligious freedom, has been able He noted that the message of intensifying. tremism or sectarianism,” said to convey to the world from the peace sent by His Majesty the MR SAUER Buddhist cleric Chandra Suwa- United Nations headquarters, in King to the world is explicit and mi. New York, a rare experience of clear and conveys a unique ex- “We hope that the Bahraini elevating human beings to high perience in bringing together all experience will be spread on a levels of tolerance, harmony and religions, sects and races on the wider scale, encompassing all acceptance of the other. dialogue table in an atmosphere We appreciate the the regions of the world, so that In an exclusive statement to of tolerance, coexistence and ac- efforts of His Majesty we will be able to live in peace Bahrain News Agency ( BNA), ceptance of the other. The Bahrain Exhibition for Tolerance is being organised at one of the corridors of and harmony with one another, the UN Headquarters. the King in fostering marking conclusion of a Bah- For his part, Finland’s Repre- religious freedom in the even if our beliefs, doctrines and raini evening organised by This sentative to the United Nations Kingdom. places of worship differ.” is Bahrain Society in coopera- Kai Sauer extended congratula- global scale to spread the mes- He also added that the mes- “We rarely see initiatives in the tion with the King Hamad Global tions to His Majesty the King and sage of living in peace and har- sage conveyed by HM the king DR RAJA world today calling for harmony Center for Peaceful Coexistence the people of Bahrain for their mony among all human beings through the unique experience and cohesion between religions, to celebrate the Declaration of good qualities of tolerance and by interacting with the interna- of tolerance is really amazing, but Bahrain has made a unique the Kingdom of Bahrain anni- peaceful coexistence, pointing tional community and emulating especially at this time or surging turn in this regard and must be versary, they said Bahrain set a out that the Bahraini participa- Bahrain’s experience of bringing ethnic and sectarian conflicts. availed of as soon as possible to lofty model of human peace and tion in the UN General Assembly all parties and clerics to the table Therefore, he said, “This model We respect the benefit everyone”. religious freedom. reflected the bright image of this of dialogue. which proved to be successful initiative of HM the “Bahrain’s experience in reli- This came at a time the Unit- pioneering Bahraini model. “We appreciate the efforts of has to be globalised”. King to make tolerance gious freedom is great, and the ed Nations posted on its official “Bahrain has organised a won- His Majesty the King in fostering “We are delighted to partic- and acceptance the participation of the King Hamad website a picture of the Bahrain derful exhibition during the in- religious freedom in the King- ipate in this Bahraini evening, other way of life. Global Center for Peaceful Co- dom,” said Dr. Syki Raja, a Chris- existence has shed more light Exhibition for Tolerance that ternational week in New York,” which reflects Bahrain’s keen- MR SUWAMI was organised in one of the larg- Sauer said. “We are in dire need tian Orthodox cleric. He added ness to promote a culture of on this pioneering experience est corridors of the UN headquar- of such high-end human mod- this is evident in the presence peaceful coexistence as one of initiative is an important pillar of transmitting the message of ters, which significantly shows els at a time when conflicts are of churches for various sects in the most important human and of the efforts of the international peace and spreading it to all re- the great success of Bahrain’s intensifying on a doctrinal or the Kingdom of Bahrain. This is moral necessities,” said Rayan community to maintain security gions of the world,” said Hud- participation in the UN General religious basis.” a striking evidence on Bahrain’s Thabet, the representative of and peace by rejecting extrem- haifa Desallao, representative of Assembly meeting. He pointed out that Bahrain pioneering status in promoting Baha’i community in New York. ism, whatever its forms, and dis- the Bohra Community in New The Bahraini model of toler- can work on a wide regional and religious freedom, he noted. He added that the Bahraini course of hatred, whatever its York.

Joyalukkas opens third showroom

Joyalukkas yesterday inaugurated its third showroom in Bahrain to cater to its patrons with a collection of unmatched jewellery inspired from the cultures across the world. The showroom was inaugurated by Mohammed Dadabhai, Chairman of Dadabhai Group, in the presence of John Paul Alukkas, Executive Director, Joyalukkas Group, Quresh Dadabhai, other dignitaries and various customers. The brand new showroom, strategically located opposite Standard Chartered Bank, Manama, promises to deliver the same customer experience one experiences at any Joyalukkas showroom across the world, Joyalukkas said in a release. “The showroom will display its exclusive range of jewellery from its in-house brand including Veda Temple Jewellery, Pride Diamonds, Eleganza Polki Diamonds, Zenina Turkish Jewellery, Li’l Joy Kids Jewellery, the Apurva Antique collection and Ratna Precious Stone Jewellery, as well as brand-new diamond collections.” SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2018 03 A new voice for women ‘Women empowering women’ is the key concept that guides Afkarech

TDT | Manama member adds a new layer and Harpreet Kaur we have become a new voice for women. Every month, we host mpowerment of women is seminars and workshops to con- not the sole responsibility tribute towards women’s personal Eof government agencies or and professional development. a group of select institutions. It “Afkarech has members from needs a collective action and a every nationality, religion and cul- female network and think tank is ture and it is wonderful to be is supplementing the governmental this multi-cultural group in which efforts by helping women find we accept each other, learn and success in various fields. respect each other. Afkarech, a non-profit volun- “Our concept is really simple. tary organisation, was founded We are offering a platform for by Mariam Alammadi last year successful women to empower with an aim to provide women other women, who are keen on in the Kingdom opportunities for breaking the barriers to emerge development. The approach was the best in different fields.” multi-fold, which encompassed “Our business directory can be boosting entrepreneurial skills Ms Alammadi speaking at the Shaikh Isa Bin Ali Award Members taking part in an interactive session hosted by Afkarech. accessed via our website. It is a among women, fostering aca- for Best Voluntary Project. free marketing tool and could help demic success and career growth bring in clients and raise aware- while injecting confidence in beat and positive.” Afkarech quite often organises Social Consciousness’ by the Bah- ness on their businesses.” women about exploring unchart- Ms Alammadi recalled the May workshops as well as interactive rain Environmental Society, ‘How The Good Word Society also ed terrains. event held by the organisation, sessions to instil knowledge as to Succeed in The Work Place’ nominated Afkarech for this Speaking to Tribune, Ms where many inspiring women well as share skills. “We help each Our concept is really by our talented member Rula Al year’s Shaikh Isa Bin Ali Award for Alammadi said, “Afkarech pro- who made outstanding contri- other by undertaking workshops simple. We are Husseini, ‘A Confectioners Se- Best Voluntary Project in Bahrain. vides a warm, welcoming and butions to the society was hon- and sharing our skills. Each mem- offering a platform cret’s’ by successful confectioner Looking ahead, Ms Alammadi safe environment. Our network oured. “Our Afkarech Women of ber has a tremendous skill that for successful women and member Mubina Maqbool said the organisation is lining up is to aid members to share ex- the Year was Mary Justine Todd, can be shared with the group and to empower other who is a recently published au- many initiatives including charity periences and be a resource to the founder and CEO of Wom- in this way, we learn from each women, who are thor and workshop by me on activities. women in Bahrain. Often we do en’s Crisis Care International. We other. keen on breaking the ‘Mindfulness and Psychological “We are also embarking on our not have support systems in our wanted to recognise the efforts of “The Afkarech Committee de- Well-being’. “ “Motivating Mentor” programme lives and being able to rely on a these amazing and strong women cides on every workshop in ad- barriers to emerge Afkarech in Arabic means a next year. The programme will supportive group of women is who make sacrifices and work dil- vance. It is advertised and free to the best in different new idea and according to Ms target young women from 18-23 invaluable, we all leave meetings igently to make our society better,” attend. We are planning work- fields. Alammadi, every member brings years of age who are engaged in and social events extremely up- she said. shops on ‘Environmentalism With MS ALAMMADI a new thought to the group. “Each full time or part-time study.” SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2018 04

eGovt forum to focus on tech topics Cloud co-operation deal TDT | Manama eputy Premier HH Bahrain signs Memorandum of Understanding with Kuwait in the field of cloud computing DShaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa will inaugurate the ninth The MoU was signed edition of the Bahrain • International eGovern- by Mohamed Ali AlQaed, ment Forum today at the Chief Executive of iGA, and Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Salim Muthib AlOzainah, Shaikh Mohammed will CEO and CITRA Board of also inaugurate the Bah - rain IT Expo 2018 that will Directors Chairman. run for two consecutive days. Mr AlQaed praised the The forum covers a va- efforts• exerted by Kuwait riety of topics presented as one of the GCC countries by more than 20 speakers specialised in Cybersecu- which leads in benefiting from rity and Privacy, Digital Bahrain’s experiences within Transformation, Cloud the cloud computing field. Computing, Data Analysis along with the Blockchain Manama technology. For the first time ever, the forum will include a ahrain’s Information and eGovern- ministerial panel discus- ment Authority (iGA) and Kuwait’s sion in which Justice Min- BCommunication and Information ister Shaikh Khalid bin Ali Technology Regulatory Authority (CIT- Al Khalifa will take part RA) signed an MoU in the field of cloud along with Industry, Com- computing. Mr AlQaed and Mr AlOzainah signs MoU to boost co-operation in the field of cloud computing. merce and Tourism Minis- The MoU, following the Cabinet’s ap- ter Zayed Al Zayani. proval and in line with relationships which leads in benefiting from Bahrain’s The forum is being or- between both countries, facilitates gov- experiences within the cloud computing ganised by the Informa - ernment processes, increases efficiency field. DID tion and eGovernment Au- and contributes in speeding the imple- The Kingdom is always pleased He also highlighted the positive impact thority and the sponsors mentation of projects while maintaining to exchange experiences with of this initiative to develop, enhance and include Huawei (diamond security and confidentiality of informa- all countries which support sustain the quality of services provided to KNOW sponsor), C5 Accelerate, tion and data. users; in addition to providing appropri- GBM and VIVA (platinum The MoU was signed by Mohamed government direction in ate environment to attract more foreign sponsors); Amazon Web Ali AlQaed, Chief Executive of iGA, and developing government investments to the region. Services, Microsoft, Al- Salim Muthib AlOzainah, CEO and CITRA services and accelerating He said that the Kingdom is always In 2017, Bahrain moayyed Computers and Board of Directors Chairman. eTransformation in all sectors. pleased to exchange experiences with adopted the Oracle Cloud (gold spon- Mr AlOzainah expressed his delight MR ALQAED all countries which support government ‘Cloud First’ Policy in the sors). Luncheon sponsors in signing the MoU which demonstrates direction in developing government ser- public sector – becoming include Benefit and Ap - the strong ties between the two neigh- held a number of MoUs in the field of vices and accelerating eTransformation pDynamics. bouring countries as well as stresses IT so as to keep pace with the advanced in all sectors. the first Arab The event has Gulf Air that such initiative comes in line with technology and meet the future needs In 2017, Bahrain adopted the ‘Cloud country to adopt such as the official carrier; Zain achieving Kuwait’s Vision 2035 that aims of Kuwait. First’ Policy in the public sector – becom- policy and one of as the Internet sponsor; at supporting eTransformation. Mr AlQaed praised the efforts exerted ing the first Arab country to adopt such the first worldwide. and BIBF as the knowledge He added that Kuwait has recently by Kuwait as one of the GCC countries policy and one of the first worldwide. partner.

Streamlined traffic services outlined Manama ‘Kannada Dindima’ on Oct 12 General Directorate of Media he external centres af- and Security Culture. filiated with the Gener- The centres managed He stressed the importance of Tal Directorate of Traffic to process 15,000 external centres which stream- have dealt with a total of 122,176 lined procedures for applicants transactions over the past eight transactions monthly, to finalise their transactions months, ending August 31, it is an average of 764 quickly. learnt. transactions daily. The external centres provide “The centres managed to CAPTAIN AL MAHMOUD a range of services which in- process 15,000 transactions clude the annual registration, monthly, an average of 764 renewal of registration, owner- transactions daily,” said Licens- figures as he took part in the ship transfer, renewal of licenc- ing Affairs Officer Captain Sal- weekly radio programme “Al es, payments of fines and other man Raed Al Mahmoud. Amn”, aired weekly on Radio services through the e-Govern- He released the updated Bahrain in cooperation with the ment portal.

Mr Swamy Supporting flood relief efforts TDT | Manama

arnataka NRI Forum – Bahrain, will organise a Kmega cultural fest titled ‘Kannada Dindima’ on October 12 under the patronage of Indi- an Club. The event will see the instal- lation of forum’s maiden Ex- ecutive Committee headed by Leeladhar Baikampady. Karnataka’s renowned Mimic and Standup Comedian - Mim- icry Gopi, popular Mega Magic Star and India has got Talent Reality Show finalist – Kudro- li Ganesh, widely performed Ms Sathyavathi famous folk and multi-form singers Gona Swamy and Push- well-known multi-form dancer perform welcome drills, local pa Aradhya, multitalented tra- Vidushi Sathyavathi K R and Kannadigas Group will pres- ditional singer and humorist promising saxophonist Theer- ent patriotic songs apart from The Indian Club Vice President Thankachan Vithayathil handed over a cheque for Indian rupees 16,00,000 to Kerala Thonse Pushkal Kumar, lead- thashree Damodar will perform dance performances by various Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan towards CM Relief Fund. Over 400 people were killed in floods and landslides that hit ing painter Kotegadde Ravi at the event. Kannada community associa- the Indian state a few months ago. (Fidelitus Gallery Bangalore), The Indian School Band will tions, according to organisers. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2018 05 First firm to soon graduate from Kingdom’s regulatory sandbox The sandbox was announced in June 2017 to support the growth of Bahrain’s fast-growing FinTech sector

TDT | Manama FinTech sector. It is defined as ‘a safe space The other important thing is to Mohammed Zafran Explaining the sandbox, the in which businesses can test ensure that the system is clean CBB had stated, “A regulatory innovative products, services, without any illicit activities.” ahrain’s regulatory sand- sandbox is a framework and pro- business models and delivery “We are now about to launch box will very soon see its cess that facilitates the develop- mechanisms without immedi- We are now about a new wave of regulations pri- Bfirst graduate, according ment of the FinTech industry in ately incurring all the normal to launch a new marily on opening up banking to head of the Central Bank of a calculated way.” regulatory and financial con- wave of regulations so that customers will have Bahrain. sequences of engaging in the primarily on opening control of his financial infor- The first firm to graduate from activity in question’. up the banking so that mation at his fingertips at a the sandbox will imminently Financial products/services customers will have very effective and secure way,” be announced, Central Bank of based on new technologies, or control of his financial he added. Bahrain (CBB) Governor Rash- new permutations of existing “Bahrain’s regulatory sand- eed Al Maraj told Tribune. He technologies, can be tested in information at his box is a unique initiative in fingertips at a very said that the success of the sand- ACT NOW the Sandbox without the bur- the region. When we look at box has been encouraging. den of heavy regulations and effective and secure the region, we are right at the “We have 16 companies that licensing. way. forefront. We have set up an on- operates in the sandbox and Mr Al Maraj pointed out: “We MR AL MARAJ shore regulatory sandbox and one of them is about to grad - A regulatory sandbox in Bahrain aim to be at the fore- we are the only country in the uate very soon. Hopefully the is a framework and front of FinTech innovation, Middle East to have done this, rest will come after covering process that facilitates we as the Central Bank in col- we have done a lot of reviews to in terms of costs and competi- although some neighbouring their requirements within the laboration with EDB and Egov refine and refresh our toolbox tiveness and efficiency. cities have a sandbox but are sandbox,” he added. the development of the are working together to make and we will continue to be an “With all of these develop - limited to a zone,” Chief Execu- The sandbox was announced FinTech industry in a sure we have the infrastructure enabler working with all the ments, we have to ensure con- tive of Economic Development in June 2017 to support the calculated way. to cope with challenges. people in the industry to ensure sumer protection and confi - Board (EDB), Khalid Al Rumaihi growth of Bahrain’s fast-growing “As far as we are concerned, the quality of services provided dentially of all the information. was quoted earlier by Tribune.

‘Colours of Bahrain handed over AREGNET chairmanship Life 2018’ TDT | Manama and work to promote the de - velopment and modernization festival set ahrain has been handed of ICT networks and services TDT | Manama over the chairmanship of We are fully effectively, appropriately and Harpreet Kaur BArab Regulators Network confident that competitively. of Telecommunications and In- Bahrain will follow “During this meeting, we fol- ifteen poets will take formation Technologies (AREG- a successful course lowed efforts to coordinate with Fpart in the ‘Colours of NET) from former president, the of action that seeks the Arab countries in order to Life 2018’ festival on Octo- UAE. to exchange views reach a joint Arab action plan ber 27, which will be held The decision followed a meet- and experiences that meets the aspirations of from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm at ing in which Bahrain, the United Arab societies. the British School Bahrain Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Saudi in regulating the “We discussed the contribu- in Hamala. Arabia, Oman, Jordan, Tunisia, sector. tions already adopted and the Rohini Sunderam, Direc- Algeria, Djibouti, Sudan, Iraq, MR AL MANSOORI new contributions that could be tor and Founding Member The Comoros, Lebanon, Egypt, included in AREGNET’s action of the Bahrain Writers’ Morocco and Mauritania took Delegates at the recent AREGNET meeting. plan during the Plenipotentiary Circle (BWC) told Tribune, part. Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, confident that Bahrain will fol- Conference. “The Colours of Life poet- UAE’s Telecommunications Reg- low a successful course of action “The UAE is keen to coordi- ry festival is organised by ulatory Authority Director Gen- integration and cooperation. drawn from the directives of our that seeks to exchange views and nate the positions of AREGNET The Second Circle, a sis- eral said that Bahrain’s presiden- During its presidency of AREG- wise leadership. experiences in regulating the members in order to adopt a ter group of the Bahrain cy is well deserved. NET, the UAE made every effort “Today, as the UAE hands over sector and harmonising regula- unanimous view at this major Writers’ Circle and was “The UAE is always keen to ac- to support other Arab countries AREGNET presidency to Bahrain, tory practices in the Arab world world conference, thereby serv- the brainchild of David tivate the Arab action in ICT, be- in this field, where the UAE has it is fully aware that the hando- through information sharing and ing the ICT sector in the Arab Hollywood who was the lieving in the importance of Arab established its humanitarian role ver is well-deserved and is fully seeking to unify these practices, world.” charismatic founder of The Second Circle.” “This year’s Colours of Life poetry festival is ded- icated to Samia Engineer, who passed away recent- School food poisoning case referred to Prosecution ly. She had participated in TDT | Manama every single Colours of Life Poetry Festival from 2012 until 2017. he food poisoning incident that “The year’s Colours of occurred at a private school during A joint team of both Life features 15 poets rep- the last week of September has ministries visited the school 87 resenting many countries T male and female students been referred to the Public Prosecution. including Australia, Bah- and followed-up on the cases were admitted to various The decision came after initial inves- admitted to hospitals and hospitals and health rain, Britain, Canada, In- tigations proved that around 90 pupils health centers. In light of the centres after suffering dia, Macedonia, Malaysia, were diagnosed with food poisoning be- result of the investigation, from food poisoning at the Pakistan and Yemen. cause of the school canteen’s negligence school. “It is perhaps the only towards health and cleanliness standards. the ministries decided bilingual which is Arabic Curricula and Educational Supervision to permanently close the and English poetry pres- Acting Assistant Undersecretary and kitchen and canteen at the entation in Bahrain that Private Education Director in Education school. The article stipulates that any private includes a multicultural, Ministry Ahlam Al Aamer confirmed educational institution shall be handed a multi-ethnic cast of poets MS AL AAMER that the incident took place at Naseem written warning if violations that risk stu- ranging in age; this year International School and that the school’s dents physically, psychologically, socially, from 14 years old to over canteen has been permanently closed. religiously or financially are detected. 60. It may well be the only Ms Al Aamer explained that 87 male food, the remnants of food consumed and The official also explained that the can- The school will be given 10 days to cor- poetry festival on the island and female students suffered from food questioning a number of canteen workers teen wasn’t authorised to operate by the rect the violations. In case the violations that includes musical and poisoning, while three teachers were and students.” official authorities and will not be permit- are not corrected or repeated, Education visual accompaniment to hospitalised for the same reason. Ms. Al Aamer said: “Once notified ted to reopen unless a written permission Minister should issue a decision to place the poems.” According to Ms Al Aamer, investi- about the incident, a joint team of both from Health Ministry is provided. the administration of the school under The visitors to the fes- gations jointly conducted by Education ministries visited the school and fol - Ms Al Aamer affirmed that the school the responsibility of the ministry. tival should bring with and Health Ministries showed traces of lowed-up on the cases admitted to hos- was warned by Education Ministry and This would remove the owners from them the uploaded image contamination in the food due to bacteria, pitals and health centers. In light of the Article 28 of Decree 25 of 1998 would holding responsibilities, including finan- or a print out of the invita- leading to the food poisoning cases. result of the investigation, the ministries be inflicted on the administration of the cial, administrative and technical. The tion, which is available on “This was discovered after examin- decided to permanently close the kitchen school in case such violations that risk revocation of the school’s licence is also BWC website and Facebook ing the kitchen utilised to prepare the and the canteen at the school.” students’ safety are repeated. an option if the violations continued. groups. 06 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2018 world

50 killed, 100 burnt in oil tanker road crash Kinshasa, DR Congo Quake-flattened villages bout 50 people died and A100 were burnt yester- day after an oil tanker col- lided with a vehicle on an arterial highway in the west to be left as mass graves of DR Congo, the acting gov- ernor of the region said. “We have about 50 dead After days of delays, international aid has slowly begun trickling into the disaster zone and a 100 people have suf- fered second degree burns,” no survivors here. We just find said Atou Matabuana, the Toll climbs to 1,649 bodies, every day,” said Sergeant interim governor of Kongo • Syafaruddin, from an army unit Central region, according in Makassar south of Palu, who to the actualite.cd website. Thousands feared like many Indonesians goes by The accident occurred on still• missing one name. a highway linking the capi- Health fears tal Kinshasa to the country’s UN says almost sole port at Matadi on the 200,000• people need At the flattened Hotel Roa- Atlantic Ocean. Roa -- where early optimism It took place near the city humanitarian assistance that survivors might be found of Kisantu, about 120 kilo- faded as the days wore on -- res- metres (100 miles) west of AFP | Palu, Indonesia cuers reviewed CCTV footage to Kinshasa. The UN’s Oka- get a sense of where the doomed pi radio said “the flames ore bodies were un- guests could be buried. spread rapidly engulfing earthed from the In Petobo -- another village all nearby houses.” Mearthquake-and-tsu- but wiped off the map -- teams nami-ravaged Indonesian city struggled to extract bodies from of Palu yesterday, as authorities the muck, often dislodging limbs move closer to calling off the loosened by decomposition after Fire hits palm search for the dead trapped un- more than a week exposed to the plantation in Egypt der flattened communities and elements. declaring them mass graves. An earthquake-affected man sits on the rubble of a house in Palu in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi The search for survivors has Officials said the death toll not officially been called off. Reuters | Cairo had climbed to 1,649 with more But security minister Wiranto than a thousand feared still national aid has slowly be - At the massive Balaroa gov- buried beneath this once-thriv- said the government had been gypt used air force hel- missing in the seaside city on gun trickling into the disaster ernment housing complex, ing neighbourhood, the search discussing with local leaders Eicopters on Saturday Sulawesi island. zone where the UN says almost where the sheer force of the and rescue agency said. and religious figures as to when to fight a fire which swept More than 82,000 military and 200,000 people need humani- quake turned the earth tempo- Two soldiers who are part the worst-hit areas would be through palm plantations in civilian personnel, as well as tarian assistance. rarily to mush, soldiers wearing of the search emerged from a declared mass graves, and left the southwest of the coun- volunteers, have descended on But hopes of finding anyone masks to ward off the stench of ditch with a body bag sagging untouched. try, threatening residential the devastated city, where relief alive a full eight days later have death clambered over the gi - in the middle but looking too Thousands of survivors con- areas, state news agency groups say clean water and med- all but faded, as the search for ant mounds of mud, brick and light to be a corpse -- they said tinued to stream out of Palu to MENA reported. ical supplies are in short supply. survivors morphs into a grim cement. Vast numbers of de - they had found the heads of two nearby cities in the aftermath of The agency said that at After days of delays, inter- gathering of the dead. composing bodies could still be adults and one child. “There are the disaster. least 37 people were hurt, mostly due to smoke inhala- tion, by the fire which broke out on Friday near the New Valley provincial village of China tight-lipped on el-Rashda. Authorities declared a high state of emergency missing Interpol chief and evacuated houses as 30 fire trucks, backed by four Beijing, China nothing on Meng’s case. The fire-fighting helicopters, Ministry of Foreign Affairs did battled the flames for more hina remained silent yes- not respond to a request for than 16 hours before bring- Cterday over the disappear- comment from AFP. ing the fire under control, ance of the head of Interpol, But news of his absence was the agency said. deepening the mystery over swiftly followed by speculation the international police chief’s that Meng -- who also serves fate after reports said he was as a vice-minister of China’s detained for questioning on Ministry of Public Security Dutch scramble arrival in his homeland. -- had been swept up in Bei- Meng Hongwei, 64, was last jing’s secretive anti-corruption F-16s after airline seen leaving for China in late campaign. passenger scare September from the Interpol Citing an anonymous source, WAR GAMES headquarters in Lyon, south- the South China Morning Post Japanese Ground Home Defence Forces disembark from their amphibious assault vehicles during an amphibious landing The Hague, Netherlands east France, a source close said authorities from the coun- exercise at the beach of the Philippine navy training center facing the south China sea in San Antonio town, Zambales to the enquiry told AFP. His try’s disciplinary commission province, north of Manila, as they join the annual joint US-Philippine marines exercises. Japanese troops stormed a he Dutch air force wife has since reported him had snatched Meng upon ar- South China Sea beach in the Philippines on October 6 in a joint military exercises with the US and Filipino troops that Tscrambled two F-16 missing. Beijing has so far said rival in Beijing. officials marked the first time Tokyo’s armoured vehicles rolled on foreign soil after World War II. fighter jets to escort a flight from Abu Dhabi to Amster- dam after an onboard fight broke out with an aggres- sive American passenger, authorities said Saturday. Melania Trump in Egypt on final leg of Africa tour “A 29-year-old American man became aggressive af- Cairo, Egypt lock inside and outside the Sen- rooftops as her convoy drove ter being asked by a purser ate over his Supreme Court pick. from the airport to the presiden- to return to his seat,” Joanna S First Lady Melania Trump The former model stepped off tial palace. Helmonds said. Uheld talks in the Egyptian a plane at Cairo international The visit comes as security “A scuffle broke out and capital Saturday on the final leg airport wearing high-waisted forces face a persistent jihadist the cabin crew, together of a solo four-nation tour of Af- white pants, a pleated white insurgency in the Sinai Peninsu- with other passengers man- rica that will also see her visit shirt and a black tie with a beige la across the Suez Canal to the aged to restrain the man,” the Pyramids. jacket hung over her shoulders. northeast. she told AFP, declining to The low-key tour, during She was welcomed by Egyp- The First Lady held a one- name the airline or flight. which she has made no com - tian First Lady Intissar Amer hour meeting with President A number of passengers ment to reporters, has contrast- al-Sisi, an observant Muslim Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his wife were lightly wounded in- ed with the political tumult back who wore an ankle-length blue at the palace, the longest of her cluding two passengers who home where her husband was dress and matching headscarf. tour, and was then driven to the were given black eyes, said set to score a big political win US First Lady Melania Trump (L) speaks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Security was tight with police US embassy before heading to Helmonds. after days of acrimonious dead- al-Sisi (2nd-R) and his wife Intissar Amer al-Sisi (R) deployed along the route and on the Pyramids of Giza. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2018 07 Forever young China’s ‘dancing aunties’ kick up their heels

A dancing couple striking a pose for a photograph in a public park in Shanghai

AFP | Shanghai, China known as China’s “Square Dance tive lifestyles. away 11 kilograms (24 pounds) ver as the government organised travel packages, financial ser- Prince”. Zhang “was sitting at home, of bodyweight. communal activities to foster vices and other products geared n a sparkling white cap “It has become a venue for the doing nothing” after retiring five A 2016 national fitness plan unity and loyalty to the party. towards retirees. and oversized sunglasses, masses to exercise.” years ago from her travel-agency stresses “square dancing” as a But it has really taken off Han said the elderly “have 55-year-old retiree Zhang job, undergoing treatment for team sport to be “vigorously lately as an increasingly pros- time (and) money.... They are I Shaping up Yongli and dozens of neigh- diabetes, high blood pressure developed” and last year it be- perous China finds more leisure our best business target group”. bours liven up a Shanghai park More than 240 million Chinese and cholesterol. came an official event at Chi- time, and nearly every neigh- Square dancing is even chang- by doing the jitterbug, part of a are 60 or older, a number expect- “Since I started dancing, my na’s National Games along with bourhood park or square today ing age-old gender dynamics, as public dance craze that has be- ed to double by 2050. (health) indicators are now nor- old reliables like athletics and is enlivened by dancers availing grandmothers are often away come China’s national pastime. By then, the government es- mal. I no longer need medica- swimming. themselves of the free exercise. training for long stretches. Every day, an estimated timates China will be spending tion,” she said as her neighbour- Local contests are prolifer- Taobao, the leading Chinese “Several of our team members’ more than 100 million people more than one-quarter of GDP hood dance group’s red skirts ating. e-commerce site owned by Al- husbands have learned to change -- dubbed “dancing aunties” as on elderly care and medical ser- twirled in Shanghai’s Zhong- ibaba, and other businesses are diapers and taken over feeding they are primarily older women vices, compared to around seven shan Park. ‘Silver’ economy expressly targeting the new mar- the grandchildren as a way of -- take over squares and parks percent in 2015, placing increas- “I also look younger,” said Mass public dancing took root ket to sell clothing, speakers, supporting us,” said 65-year-old to tango, waltz, and grind out ing importance on healthy, ac- Zhang, who has jitterbugged after the 1949 Communist takeo- and gadgets for watching and Hong Aizhen, a competitor in everything from flamenco to learning new dances, and mar- the Shanghai-wide contest. Chinese traditional dance. ket studies say the industry is But many men are show - Complaints over speakers booming. ing off their dance moves blaring late at night have ensued, Han Xiaoyuan, 28, founded a as well. and even physical brawls pit- mobile platform for organising Late one recent weekend, ting aunties against others vying competitions and purchasing hundreds of people filled a tree- for park turf. gear. User numbers quintupled lined park in central Shanghai But toes are tapping to over the past two years to more amid a cacophony of musi - an ever-quickening beat as than 500,000. cal styles as men and women “square dancing” -- as it is It is also one of many business waltzed or formed conga lines, known in China-- booms. initiatives seeking to tap into and children did the cha-cha. Teams are competing in the wider “silver economy” rep- Often, they dance to old Chi- dance-offs featuring thousands resented by dancers, by selling nese revolutionary standards or of contestants, while a thriv- other patriotic tunes. ing market of dance-related “We are not only delivering a paraphernalia and mobile apps Every day, an estimat- fitness culture, but also the con- catches the attention of the busi- ed more than 100 mil- cept of a prosperous country,” ness world. lion people, take over said choreographer Wang. Even the government has squares and parks “Many songs we choose ex- jumped on the bandwagon to press our national characteris- extol the health benefits. to tango, waltz, and tics and values.” “Square dancing happens grind out everything But dance enthusiast Zhang wherever there is a square,” said from flamenco to prefers the zesty jitterbug. Wang Guangcheng, a fitness in- Chinese traditional “It’s quick and rhythmic. I structor and choreographer who dance. forget all my worries when I helps the government devise dance, sometimes even my age,” dance routines and is widely A group of square dancers practicing in the lobby of a local theatre she said.

Driver lets monkey Banksy’s artwork shreds itself after selling for $1.4m ‘drive’a bus!

AFP | London, United Kingdom bizarre episode. work of art automatically shred- by’s, which could not be im - simple graffiti stencils with a Bangalore, India “The unexpected incident be- ded itself after coming under the mediately reached for further sharp political point, all over ritish street artist Bank- came instant art world folklore hammer,” the auctioneers added comment on Saturday, had prior the world. n Indian bus driver who Bsy has pulled off his latest and certainly marks the first in the statement. knowledge of the stunt. He has also produced a treas- Alet a monkey behind the prank, self-destructing one of time in auction history that a It is unclear whether Sothe- Banksy, a mysterious artist ure trove of other kinds of im- wheel of his vehicle was his most iconic artworks mo- from Bristol, southwest Eng- ages, and his works have sold suspended after a video of ments after it fetched more than land, rose to fame painting clan- for hundreds of thousands of the incident went viral. a million pounds at auction in destine street murals, typically pounds in many cases. The 36-year-old driver London. The price paid in London on is seen smiling and patting “Girl with Balloon” had just Friday evening matched the art- the langur monkey as it sits sold at Sotheby’s for £1,042,000 ist’s previous record at auction atop the wheel of the mov- ($1.4 million, 1.2 million euros) for his “Keep It Spotless” piece ing bus in footage shot by a -- a joint record for the maver- The unexpected in 2008, Sotheby’s said. passenger. ick artist -- on Friday when it incident became Prior to its shredding, the The incident took place unexpectedly passed through a instant art world framed “Girl with Balloon” -- Monday but authorities shredder hidden in the frame, folklore and certainly spray paint and acrylic on canvas only learnt of it after the according to the auction house. mounted on board -- depicted a video was shared on social “It appears we just got Bank- marks the first time girl reaching out toward a bright media, Latha added. sy-ed,” said Alex Branczik, So- in auction history red, heart-shaped balloon. There were around 30 theby’s head of contemporary AUCTIONEERS SAID It was instantly recognisable passengers on the bus at art for Europe, in a press release A picture shared by Banksy on his Instagram account saying ‘going, going, as a Banksy to anyone familiar the time and none of them accompanied by photos of the gone…’ as the canvas of Girl with Balloon passes through a shredder in the frame with his work. complained. READING IS A QUOTE CONVERSATION. ALL BOOKS OF THE TALK. BUT A GOOD BOOK DAY LISTENS AS WELL. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2018 MARK HADDON France lifts the lid on its Algeria war

paid a visit to Josette Audin, now 87, at her home in Bagnolet, a Paris suburb, to seek forgiveness and tell her and her children, “in the name of the French Republic,” what they knew all along: that SYLVIE KAUFFMANN the official version was a lie and n June 11, 1957, at 11 pm, that Vidal-Naquet had been right French soldiers burst into — although the precise cause of OMaurice Audin’s apart- Audin’s death is still unknown. ment in Algiers. Audin, a 25-year- More remarkably, in a state- More than old mathematician, just had time ment released the same day, Ma- to tell his wife, Josette, “Take cron admitted what no French half a care of the children” before being president before him had dared marched down the staircase by to acknowledge: that torture by century later, two paratroopers. French forces was widespread Those were the last words she during the Algerian war as a a French heard from him. Neither she nor product, in Macron’s words, of their three children, then 3 years a “legally established system.” president has old, 18 months and 1 month, ever French historians described this saw him again. admission, which goes far beyond acknowledged For the next 61 years, Audin, the emblematic Audin case, as a helped by French intellectuals, turning point for French history. his country’s fought to have the facts estab - President Macron also promised lished about her husband, who that archives that might shed responsibility was a member of the Algerian light on the disappeared would Communist Party and an an- be opened. for the ti-war activist. The French Army Could official France finally be brutality of a said he had escaped while being coming to terms with its colonial transferred. The truth was more past? It certainly helps that Ma- colonial war sinister: In a 1958 book based on cron is the first French president witness accounts, the historian born after the Algerian war. In Pierre Vidal-Naquet revealed that every African country he visits Audin was tortured by the mil- he makes this point: As a 40-year- itary and died either as a result old, he does not feel burdened by of his treatment or by summary this part of French history, and rounded up by the French police II, had a clean conscience about likened to the Vietnam War for execution. he encourages young Africans to were detained before being sent the German occupation. But he Americans — two conscription Thousands of Algerians similar- look ahead, not back. to Nazi death camps. Previous did serve in Algeria as a junior wars that ended in humiliating ly went missing during their war It also took France more than presidents had supported the fic- officer, and as president avoided defeat. But the Algerian wounds, for independence from 1954 to half a century to acknowledge tion that the Vichy regime, not the Algerian war as an issue. kept under a lid, are deeper. 1962, and for six decades France its complicity in deporting Jews France, bore responsibility for Algeria has a special and pain- More than a colony, Algeria had nothing to say about those during World War II; President what Chirac called “the irrepara- ful place in French national mem- had been made an integral part of disappearances. Finally, on Sept. Jacques Chirac did that in a 1995 ble.” Chirac, who was too young ory, and vice versa. The Algerian France. For more than a century, 13, President Emmanuel Macron speech at the site where Jews to have participated in World War war in the French psyche is often hundreds of thousands of settlers We paid for freedom with our lives Mexicans still feel the aftershocks of that year’s political earthquake

ernment or initiate a new Cuban tion and love. We, too, were read- school in the country, where a Revolution. Nor did we envision ing Franz Fanon, Herbert Marcuse mass of students had gathered to- democracy. and other theorists of liberation. gether. Many were wounded and We never thought of creating The principal sources of our re- 100 arrested. a political party, demanding au- bellion were internal. We were the On Aug. 1, Javier Barros Sierra, tonomous electoral institutions children of the highly successful dean of the UNAM, led the first ENRIQUE KRAUZE or arguing that freedom of the economic modernization of the of a number of protest marches, vote be respected. What we really three preceding decades but we which continued until the mid- he government will wanted was freedom: freedom to were repulsed by the oppressive dle of September. We knew that plunge into a degree of demonstrate, to express ourselves, political system of the Institution- Russian tanks had crushed the “Tdisrepute that nothing to criticize power. al Revolutionary Party, or PRI, with Prague Spring, but the threats by and no one will ever wash away” We gained it, eventually, at a its faded, empty and self-satisfied our president did not deter us. wrote the great liberal historian very high cost and, with the pas- rhetoric. We dared to request a Surely it would not happen here. Daniel Cosío Villegas after the sage of time, we contributed indi- public dialogue with the govern- Yet it did. On Oct. 2 came the massacre of Oct 2, 1968, which rectly to the arrival of democracy ment. In the streets, we shouted denouement. There was a pro- crushed a student protest move- in Mexico. The recent triumph of “Mexico, freedom!” We were fes- test meeting that afternoon in the ment. President-elect Andrés Manuel tive, irreverent and enthusiastic. Plaza of Tlatelolco. The army had As an engineering student at the López Obrador reaffirms that There were some 400,000 of us. been given orders to dissolve the Universidad Nacional Autónoma legacy. For the first time in the Unfortunately, we were des- meeting, but their assault ended de México, or UNAM, I partici- history of our country, the left has tined to collide with Gustavo Díaz in a crossfire between soldiers and about the massacre have been pro- The real war unleashed in 1968 pated in the demonstrations and come to power within a context of Ordaz, the most authoritarian and the mysterious “Olympic Battal- posed. The CIA seemed to believe Mexico was the struggle for the meetings, and, 50 years after those electoral freedom and by means of intolerant of our presidents. With ion,” a paramilitary group created in a conspiracy forged in Cuba, presidential succession in 1970. events, I can testify to the truth democracy. the Summer Olympics set to begin by the government posted in near- a theory that was brandished by As had been the custom since of Cosío’s prediction. The events In the 1960s, the young people in Mexico City on Oct. 12, Díaz by buildings. Díaz Ordaz. However, for better or 1929, a Mexican president would of ’68 were a political earthquake of Mexico felt themselves “con- Ordaz was convinced that Mexico It was the unarmed students for worse, such an idea was highly designate his successor. Various that changed the political life of temporary with all men” as Oc- had been part of a plot hatched by who paid with their lives. The unlikely, since Mexico was the government secretaries would Mexico for the better. And its ef- tavio Paz had foreseen in his “Lab- the Soviet bloc. “The nation is in hellish violence went on for hours. only Latin American country that wage a no-holds-barred struggle fects extend to the present mo- yrinth of Solitude.” We adopted danger” he said. “Mexico has to No one knows the exact number of had refused to break off relations to gain presidential favor. Luis ment. the cultural changes of the era, be saved!” dead. There was talk of hundreds. with Castro. In his unpublished Echeverría, secretary of the inte- The immediate goals of the from music, clothes and long hair Everything happened within Perhaps there were even less than memoirs, Díaz Ordaz asserts that rior, would finally be the winner movement were modest, among to sexual freedom and experimen- three dizzying months. On July 100 slain, but the scenes of horror, Mexico was “at war.” The students because in the eyes of Díaz Ordaz them the removal of a repressive tation with drugs. We were deeply 22, a street fight between students the arrests and imprisonments, were “the opponents.” After the he showed “more pants” and was police chiefs and the abolition of moved by the student uprisings in triggered the violent intervention the revelations of torture, would killings, he would write, in a tone “the boldest.” And he also effec- a law that punished political dis- Paris and Berlin. We, too, wanted of the police. On the 30th, an army linger in our collective memory of satisfaction, “They finally ob- tively nourished the president’s sidence with prison. We students to “prohibit the prohibited” and tank attacked the Escuela Nacion- down to the present day. tained their insignificant deaths paranoia. didn’t want to overthrow the gov- deliver proclamations on revolu- al Preparatoria, the oldest middle Over the years, various theories (sus muertitos).” Perhaps the greatest contribu-

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Don’t keep our TOP youth waiting France lifts the lid on its Algeria war 4 TWEETS paid a visit to Josette Audin, now left France for a new life across As the official truth finally She spoke out after all those years 01 87, at her home in Bagnolet, a the Mediterranean. After the war, moves ahead, soul-searching to thank the army doctor who Paris suburb, to seek forgiveness their descendants returned to a found her after an interrogation and tell her and her children, “in country many had never known, can be expected about the session and saved her life. The CAPT. MAHMOOD AL MAHMOOD the name of the French Republic,” and they never quite accepted political responsibilities of publication of the interview, on what they knew all along: that their loss. More than 1.5 million both Socialists and Gaullists, Le Monde’s front page, was such a y column before last Sunday about fake de- SYLVIE KAUFFMANN the official version was a lie and French conscripts fought in the and of the highest echelons shock that shortly afterward, two Mgrees and the need to upgrade our verifica- n June 11, 1957, at 11 pm, that Vidal-Naquet had been right war; 23,000 died, and those who of the French armed forces. retired generals agreed to speak elania is taking tion processes with the use of the latest technol- French soldiers burst into — although the precise cause of came back traumatized kept si- out. They admitted overseeing Mquestions from re- ogy such as blockchain has elicited widespread OMaurice Audin’s apart- Audin’s death is still unknown. lent. France’s booming economy the use of torture, giving new porters — a rarity. She response. One reader wrote to me that while it ment in Algiers. Audin, a 25-year- More remarkably, in a state- made the 1960s a time for opti- impetus to a debate that refused answered our questions was important to verify educational certificates More than old mathematician, just had time ment released the same day, Ma- mism, not tales of failure. Amnes- to go away. “It was not so much for about a minute at the at employee recruitment stage, Bahrain’s youth to tell his wife, Josette, “Take cron admitted what no French ty laws ensured that army officers remorse as a need to talk,” Ms. slave castle in Ghana, did are finding their job opportunities jeopardised half a care of the children” before being president before him had dared would not be held accountable for Beaugé says. “They had to unload a private interview with by inefficient verification and endorsement marched down the staircase by to acknowledge: that torture by war crimes. their dark past before leaving this ABC News, and spoke to services at the Ministry of Education. century later, two paratroopers. French forces was widespread Still, the two countries seem world.” us off-record on Air Force “My daughter has graduated from the most Those were the last words she during the Algerian war as a forever intertwined. Algiers and Many of these actors are now One. She also made very prestigious UK University but in Bahrain she a French heard from him. Neither she nor product, in Macron’s words, of its spectacular bay still seem a gone, as is former President brief public comments at has been waiting for months to get her degree their three children, then 3 years a “legally established system.” mirror image of Marseille, on the awarded the Légion d’Honneur François Mitterrand, who in four events here. accredited,” she wrote, “Although her qualifi- president has old, 18 months and 1 month, ever French historians described this other side of the sea. Algerian to a group of Harkis, the 150,000 1957 was justice minister in the @JenniferJJacobs cation was endorsed by the UK university, the saw him again. admission, which goes far beyond immigrants flocked to France for Algerians who chose to side with Socialist government that gave UK Embassy and the UK Foreign Ministry, the acknowledged For the next 61 years, Audin, the emblematic Audin case, as a jobs in the 1960s and ‘70s, when the French during the war and the French Army a green light Ministry of Education in Bahrain wanted to do helped by French intellectuals, turning point for French history. labor was needed. Today, their paid a heavy price for it. This is to crush the insurrection at all 02 it all over again.” his country’s fought to have the facts estab - President Macron also promised children and grandchildren are his point: the injustice to be re- costs. A re-accreditation of an already verified qual- lished about her husband, who that archives that might shed French, but they have inherited paired is on both sides. As the official truth finally ification is still needed in an age when fake di- responsibility was a member of the Algerian light on the disappeared would a troubled legacy. Florence Beaugé, a journalist moves ahead, soul-searching can ploma mills prey on gullible “students”, cheats Communist Party and an an- be opened. The resentment never van - who investigated the use of tor- be expected about the political and unknowing employers, churning everything for the ti-war activist. The French Army Could official France finally be ished. “As long as our common ture in the Algerian war, wishes responsibilities of both Socialists from a lower school certificate to a Ph.D certifi- brutality of a said he had escaped while being coming to terms with its colonial history is locked, we’ll keep going that Mr. Macron had included and Gaullists, and of the highest cate online. However, there is clearly a need for transferred. The truth was more past? It certainly helps that Ma- in circles, as we’ve done since in his statement, along with Mr. echelons of the French armed congratulate Donna Bahrain’s Ministry of Education to take a hard colonial war sinister: In a 1958 book based on cron is the first French president 1962,” a senior French diplomat Audin, two other Algerians who forces. Light will have to be shed IStrickland, the first look at its processes so that our youth do not lose witness accounts, the historian born after the Algerian war. In told me two months ago. “France suffered the same fate: Ali Bou- on the extent to which rape was woman in more than 50 job opportunities that come their way thanks to Pierre Vidal-Naquet revealed that every African country he visits must make some kind of gesture.” mendjel, a lawyer, and Larbi Ben used as a weapon, along with tor- years to win the @No- the hard-won skills that they have spent time, Audin was tortured by the mil- he makes this point: As a 40-year- Will President Macron’s move M’Hidi, a leader of the insurrec- ture. The present Algerian lead- belPrize for physics, and money and energy to obtain. itary and died either as a result old, he does not feel burdened by unlock this tragic past? Algeria’s tion. “This would have been a ership, heir to the independence Frances Arnold, the fifth The wheels of action at the Ministry of Edu- of his treatment or by summary this part of French history, and rounded up by the French police II, had a clean conscience about likened to the Vietnam War for minister of veteran affairs, Tayeb huge step forward,” Ms. Beaugé war, will also have to finally con- woman to receive the cation move too slowly according to execution. he encourages young Africans to were detained before being sent the German occupation. But he Americans — two conscription Zitouni, welcomed it as “a posi- said. front the dark side of the insur- award in Chemistry. Hav- those who avail of their services and Thousands of Algerians similar- look ahead, not back. to Nazi death camps. Previous did serve in Algeria as a junior wars that ended in humiliating tive, commendable step.” But only Ms. Beaugé opened the flood- gency’s struggle. ing role models is critical The wheels this can have a detrimental effect on ly went missing during their war It also took France more than presidents had supported the fic- officer, and as president avoided defeat. But the Algerian wounds, a step. Mr. Macron’s words about gates of memory in 2000 with an The introspection won’t be for the next generation of the skills profile and employability for independence from 1954 to half a century to acknowledge tion that the Vichy regime, not the Algerian war as an issue. kept under a lid, are deeper. torture were cautious, and the interview of Louisette Ighilahriz, easy, but it is now, at last, inev- female scientists. of action at of Bahrainis. I recall how a leading 1962, and for six decades France its complicity in deporting Jews France, bore responsibility for Algeria has a special and pain- More than a colony, Algeria Élysée, France’s presidential pal- an activist for Algerian independ- itable. @antonioguterres the Ministry technological university from India, had nothing to say about those during World War II; President what Chirac called “the irrepara- ful place in French national mem- had been made an integral part of ace, noted that he was extending ence who recounted being raped of Education which was world-famous for nurtur- disappearances. Finally, on Sept. Jacques Chirac did that in a 1995 ble.” Chirac, who was too young ory, and vice versa. The Algerian France. For more than a century, “recognition,” not “repentance.” A and tortured by French soldiers (Sylvie Kauffmann is the editorial ing innovation and new technology, director of Le Monde.) 03 move too slowly 13, President Emmanuel Macron speech at the site where Jews to have participated in World War war in the French psyche is often hundreds of thousands of settlers week later, the French president in 1957 while generals looked on. started a college in Bahrain. It was according to not an unknown institute - more those who avail of than 60 top overseas universities, their services and including notable US schools such this can have a as Cornell, Purdue and Carnegie We paid for freedom with our lives detrimental effect Mellon, have admitted this univer- sity’s graduates to their master’s n the spirit of Haram- on the skills profile programmes. Ibee, let us join hands and and employability But, faced with delays and red Mexicans still feel the aftershocks of that year’s political earthquake clean our cities together. of Bahrainis. tape in verifications and endorse- This way, we will leave ment by Bahrain’s Ministry of Ed- Kenya more beautiful for ucation, this prestigious institute ernment or initiate a new Cuban tion and love. We, too, were read- school in the country, where a tion of ’68 was in behalf of free- With the rules and institu- cy of Villegas reached its natural generations to come. simply moved lock, stock and barrel Revolution. Nor did we envision ing Franz Fanon, Herbert Marcuse mass of students had gathered to- dom of expression. Although as tions of this very democracy conclusion. Although the PRI still @UKenyatta to Dubai’s Education City. Now I understand, democracy. and other theorists of liberation. gether. Many were wounded and president, Echeverría, Díaz Or- survives, it is no longer a system, students from Bahrain and even from India and We never thought of creating The principal sources of our re- 100 arrested. daz’s successor, tried to ingratiate and making full use of the but just one more party, unable 04 other Asian countries, go to Dubai to study at a political party, demanding au- bellion were internal. We were the On Aug. 1, Javier Barros Sierra, himself with university students liberties it affords, López to dispel the shadows of its past. this university and also round off their education tonomous electoral institutions children of the highly successful dean of the UNAM, led the first through a rhetorical veering to Obrador achieved a degree Its defeat in the recent presiden- with valuable experience in the main campus ENRIQUE KRAUZE or arguing that freedom of the economic modernization of the of a number of protest marches, the left, the criticism he kept re- of voter support that gave tial election is the greatest proof in India. Why did we lose an opportunity to vote be respected. What we really three preceding decades but we which continued until the mid- ceiving from the newspaper Ex- him and his party control that we Mexicans have now been provide our children with access to interna - he government will wanted was freedom: freedom to were repulsed by the oppressive dle of September. We knew that célsior (very much in the spirit of Congress. The route is living, for 20 years, under a demo- tionally-recognised technological education, a plunge into a degree of demonstrate, to express ourselves, political system of the Institution- Russian tanks had crushed the of ’68) exasperated him enough open for him to modify the cratic regime that guarantees basic much-needed skill-set in our knowledge-driven “Tdisrepute that nothing to criticize power. al Revolutionary Party, or PRI, with Prague Spring, but the threats by that he maneuvered a coup (in constitution and dominate freedoms and the alternation of will vote to support Su- workplace of the 21st century? and no one will ever wash away” We gained it, eventually, at a its faded, empty and self-satisfied our president did not deter us. July of ’76) against its editor, Julio governing parties at all levels. Ipreme Court nominee Our leaders have a robust vision for the future wrote the great liberal historian very high cost and, with the pas- rhetoric. We dared to request a Surely it would not happen here. Scherer. the judiciary. With the rules and institutions Judge Brett Kavanaugh. of our beloved Kingdom. Whether it is the bold Daniel Cosío Villegas after the sage of time, we contributed indi- public dialogue with the govern- Yet it did. On Oct. 2 came the But it did Echeverría no good. of this very democracy and making @Sen_JoeManchin reshaping of Bahrain’s political identity by HM massacre of Oct 2, 1968, which rectly to the arrival of democracy ment. In the streets, we shouted denouement. There was a pro- Scherer immediately founded the full use of the liberties it affords, the King, the constant guidance of HRH the crushed a student protest move- in Mexico. The recent triumph of “Mexico, freedom!” We were fes- test meeting that afternoon in the independent magazine Proceso López Obrador achieved a degree Prime Minister or the Vision 2030 of HRH the ment. President-elect Andrés Manuel tive, irreverent and enthusiastic. Plaza of Tlatelolco. The army had and Octavio Paz founded Vuel- of voter support that gave him and 05 Crown Prince, the template for the future is in As an engineering student at the López Obrador reaffirms that There were some 400,000 of us. been given orders to dissolve the ta, a cultural magazine that was his party control of Congress. The front of us. Progress, however, is a two-handed Universidad Nacional Autónoma legacy. For the first time in the Unfortunately, we were des- meeting, but their assault ended also independent. New combative for the revolutionary left. In the route is open for him to modify game. As citizens, we need to do our work also de México, or UNAM, I partici- history of our country, the left has tined to collide with Gustavo Díaz in a crossfire between soldiers and about the massacre have been pro- The real war unleashed in 1968 newspapers appeared a bit later, 1980s, still under the hegemony of the constitution and dominate the to ensure the translation of these futuristic pated in the demonstrations and come to power within a context of Ordaz, the most authoritarian and the mysterious “Olympic Battal- posed. The CIA seemed to believe Mexico was the struggle for the like La Jornada and later Reforma. the PRI, there arose a competition judiciary. He will have absolute ideals into reality. This means we must choose meetings, and, 50 years after those electoral freedom and by means of intolerant of our presidents. With ion,” a paramilitary group created in a conspiracy forged in Cuba, presidential succession in 1970. After the electoral defeat of the PRI of parties of left and right, and in power, like the previous PRI pres- our elected representatives carefully in the up- events, I can testify to the truth democracy. the Summer Olympics set to begin by the government posted in near- a theory that was brandished by As had been the custom since in 2000, freedom of expression the 1990s the government created idents, including Díaz Ordaz and coming elections to serve the purpose of peace of Cosío’s prediction. The events In the 1960s, the young people in Mexico City on Oct. 12, Díaz by buildings. Díaz Ordaz. However, for better or 1929, a Mexican president would became firmly established in the the Federal Electoral Institute, Echeverría. he fans here in Japan and progress. It means we must stay vigilant of ’68 were a political earthquake of Mexico felt themselves “con- Ordaz was convinced that Mexico It was the unarmed students for worse, such an idea was highly designate his successor. Various mass media. At present, its most an autonomous body designed to Let us hope that he will use that Tare amazing. So pa- in observing the efficiency of our elected rep- that changed the political life of temporary with all men” as Oc- had been part of a plot hatched by who paid with their lives. The unlikely, since Mexico was the government secretaries would serious enemy has been the con- oversee the elections. The advent power with moderation, tolerance, tient and polite. Thank resentatives as well as our government bodies Mexico for the better. And its ef- tavio Paz had foreseen in his “Lab- the Soviet bloc. “The nation is in hellish violence went on for hours. only Latin American country that wage a no-holds-barred struggle nection between organized crime of democracy gave two presiden- a respect for plurality and the will you for all the love. To- who are, in the end, answerable to the citizenry fects extend to the present mo- yrinth of Solitude.” We adopted danger” he said. “Mexico has to No one knows the exact number of had refused to break off relations to gain presidential favor. Luis and corrupt local governments. tial victories (2000 and 2006) to toward dialogue, qualities those day’s a special 80th pole of the Kingdom. ment. the cultural changes of the era, be saved!” dead. There was talk of hundreds. with Castro. In his unpublished Echeverría, secretary of the inte- The practice of electoral democ- the Partido Acción Nacional, or previous presidents did not dis- with you guys. Arigato. Time and tide waits for no man, said 14th-cen- The immediate goals of the from music, clothes and long hair Everything happened within Perhaps there were even less than memoirs, Díaz Ordaz asserts that rior, would finally be the winner racy was delayed longer. Intense PAN, returned power to the PRI in play. And that he fully respects @LewisHamilton tury poet, Chaucer. May I add that neither do movement were modest, among to sexual freedom and experimen- three dizzying months. On July 100 slain, but the scenes of horror, Mexico was “at war.” The students because in the eyes of Díaz Ordaz guerrilla activity promoted by a 2012 and finally (in July of 2018) freedom of expression, the most jobs – and our youth need better service and a them the removal of a repressive tation with drugs. We were deeply 22, a street fight between students the arrests and imprisonments, were “the opponents.” After the he showed “more pants” and was sector of the repressed student witnessed the triumph of the Mov- important legacy of the 1968 stu- Disclaimer: (Views expressed more responsive Education ministry to reach police chiefs and the abolition of moved by the student uprisings in triggered the violent intervention the revelations of torture, would killings, he would write, in a tone “the boldest.” And he also effec- movement ended by persuading imiento de Regeneración Nacion- dent movement. by columnists are personal and their full potential in service of Bahrain’s future? a law that punished political dis- Paris and Berlin. We, too, wanted of the police. On the 30th, an army linger in our collective memory of satisfaction, “They finally ob- tively nourished the president’s the government in 1978 toward the al, or Morena. need not necessarily reflect our sidence with prison. We students to “prohibit the prohibited” and tank attacked the Escuela Nacion- down to the present day. tained their insignificant deaths paranoia. need to legalize the Communist Fifty years after that political (Enrique Krauze is a Mexican editorial stances) (Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood is the Editor-in-Chief of historian and was part of the student The Daily Tribune and the President of the Arab-African Unity didn’t want to overthrow the gov- deliver proclamations on revolu- al Preparatoria, the oldest middle Over the years, various theories (sus muertitos).” Perhaps the greatest contribu- Party and open an electoral option earthquake of ’68, the prophe- movement) Organisation for Relief, Human Rights and Counterterrorism) Hon. 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urkish President Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday Chaotic or Collaborative: he had ordered his minis- Tters to stop receiving consulting how would you describe services from US firm McKinsey, after a government deal with it came under fire from the main your workplace? opposition. s your workplace chaotic, ferocious and riven with conflict? Last month, Finance Minis- Is it a command and control environment, threatening ter Berat Albayrak, who is also Ithrough coercion and Machiavellian-powered by collusion? Erdogan’s son-in-law, said Tur- Are you in a deal-focused culture with compromise at its heart, key had decided to work with Erdogan greets the crowd during his party’s parliamentary group meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey or is it a workplace powered by collaboration and consensus? McKinsey to help implement (GNAT) in Ankara, There are also those who lead through a series of inclusive a new medium-term economic processes and activities where generative and reflective lis- programme. Kemal Kilicdaro- Strained ties with the agreement with McKinsey earli- tancy firm that has been paid in tening leads to a stimulating sense of belonging for people glu, leader of the main opposi- United States have er this week, saying anyone who full to help our economic man- employed at an enterprise. But there are many owners, CEOs tion Republican People’s Party did not want Turkey to work agement,” Erdogan told mem- and MDs who bully and create chaos or conflict. They create (CHP), this week accused Er- exacerbated pressures with McKinsey was “either ig- bers of his ruling AK Party. anxiety and manage their people through coercion, manipula- dogan of siding with US firms on Turkey’s lira, which norant or a traitor.” “In order to not give him that tion and internal organisational-politics. at a time when relations with plunged more than 40 Yesterday, Erdogan appeared chance ... I told all my ministers How would you describe your work environment: a chaotic Washington have been hit by the percent this year over to have scrapped the deal, how- to no longer receive consultancy command and control approach; rife with conflict and coercion; detention of an American pastor concerns about rela- ever. “This person (Kilicdar- from them (McKinsey),” he said. needing collusion to get anything done; a place depressingly in Turkey and other issues. tions with Washington oglu) is trying to corner us by Kinsey was not immediately focused on compromise; or a collaborative culture creating Albayrak had defended the asking questions about a consul- available for comment. consensus. Understanding these descriptive cultural-models will help us build a prescriptive model which will enable guiding cor- rective actions, helping us move our cultures in more positive Ford to cut global directions. As we all know, happier staff do much more to drive the Top experts in Kingdom for workforce enterprise. Most people are happier when they recognise they Washington, United States are being listened to and being included in how things are done; consensus-driven leadership. annual World Investor Week S automaker Ford -- Those who work for bullies demanding ‘people do as they are Uwhich announced a told’ know what it is to operate in a chaotic-culture. Only the TDT | Manama today´s rapidly changing CEO of Bahrain Bourse com- major restructuring in July narcissist believes this approach works. Perhaps the most ob- environment. mented, “Financial literacy -- unveiled plans Friday to vious traits of a conflict-driven culture are hostility with dam- eading experts are in Bah- Week-long of activities were forms an important pillar of our reduce its workforce world- aging arguments; less chaos but much more fighting. Disputes Lrain for the second annual carried out by the Bourse along strategy. The financial literacy wide, without specifying leading to quarrels and dissensions with prolonged struggling World Investor Week which with the participation of 82 oth- pillar branches out to three core the extent of the plan. against the enterprise by employees typifies a conflict-focused began in the Kingdom earlier er International Organization programmes: TradeQuest, In- “We are in the early stages culture where harmful confrontation due to incompatible opin- this month with the participa- of Securities Commissions (IOS- vestment Academy, and Smart of reorganizing our global ions are central to most activities. tion of Bahrain Bourse (BHB). CO) member jurisdictions as Investor.” salaried workforce to sup- Conflict-Cultures are encour- The event highlights the part of the event. The event, which began port the company’s strategic Happier staff do aged by narcissistic, sociopathic importance of investor ed - On his part, Shaikh Khalifa on 1 October 2018, concludes objectives, create a more much more to drive bosses who thrive on clashes or ucation and protection in Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, the today. dynamic and empowering the enterprise. friction, and who believe it is bet- work environment, and be- Most people are ter to divide and rule than it is to come more fit as a business,” happier when they encourage and engage with em- Ford said late Friday. recognise they are ployees. “The reorganization will being listened to Perhaps your workplace is less SpaceX, Boeing crew capsules hit delay result in headcount reduc- extreme but there are still practices tion over time and this will and being included and actions where pushing some- Reuters | Cape Canaveral Dragon capsule, without any- astronauts last rocketed into vary based on team and lo- in how things are one to do something by using force one on board. Boeing is aim- orbit from the US. Since the re- cation. We will announce done or threats is the order of the day; a he debut of SpaceX and ing for a March trial run of its tirement of NASA’s shuttles in more specifics at the appro- way of doing things which could TBoeing crew capsules is off Starliner capsule, also minus 2011, US astronauts have had to priate time.” be described as coercion-culture. until next year. astronauts. rely on Russian capsules to get On July 25, Ford an - Oppression, harassment, compulsion and manipulation are key NASA said this week that the Those tests would be fol - to and from the International nounced that a revamping leadership tools in these command and control environments. first commercial test flights lowed by flights with crews Space Station. of the company’s operations When political power is more obvious but conflict and have slipped from late this year next summer. SpaceX is tar- NASA stresses these latest could result in one-time coercion are less prevalent, with different groups vying for into next. SpaceX is shooting geting June and Boeing, August. launch dates are still subject charges of $11 billion over control through secretive cooperation, collusion-culture can for a January shakedown of its That would be eight years after to change. the next three to five years. be typified as a series of conspiracies in order to benefit mem- bers of a particular cabal without putting all employees or the enterprise first. A culture where personal benefit comes from political intrigue tends to exhibit non-ethical activity where people scheme and plot to gain power. Perhaps you are fortunate enough to be in an organisation where there are regular attempts to find lowest common de- nominators for the sake of agreement. Such a compromise-cul- ture at least exhibits people listening to each other. There will be obvious slippage of personal-moral and enterprise-ethical standards and principles will weaken; there will not a sense of coming-together, more a sad recognition of mediocrity as everyone is ‘racing to the bottom’ to keep the peace. How wonderful to work in a collaborative-culture, where people, teams, departments, divisions and the enterprise overall operates through generative dialogue following harmonious reflection and generation of new ideas. Creating such synergy and concord out of conflicting opinions has to be one of the toughest yet most rewarding leadership tasks. Where alignment and synergy are seen to be the way to stim- ulate sustainable futures for our enterprises, where acting in concert and unity and where group-decisions and new ideas are embraced, creates a firm foundation for sustainable success. (Mike Orlov is a Partner at Stepping Stone Global, a Bah- Electricity and Water Affairs Minister Dr Abdulhussain Mirza with a high-level delegation from Hungary’s renewable energy and energy efficiency companies rain-based boutique strategic management consultancy. He is headed by Viktor Andras Polgar, CEO of Insomnia Middle East. The delegates discussed the latest developments in the sustainable energy field and expressed its also a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management. readiness to support Bahrain’s efforts in the area. Email: [email protected]) SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2018 11 Going, going, gone! Tokyo’s Tsukiji holds last tuna auction before move

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okyo fishmongers gath- ered before dawn yester- “Today is a sad day of Tday for one final tuna auc- goodbyes. Tsukiji tried tion at the world-famous Tsukiji to meet the times, but market before it closed its doors it is getting older,” the to move to a new site. It was an emotional moment 68-year-old said. “I for veterans of the market, the came here today to tell beating heart of Tokyo’s culinary Tsukiji thank you and scene for decades, which many goodbye.” acknowledged had become too rundown to support its mam- history” but it was time to “pass moth operations. the baton”. “I’m almost crying,” said Hisao Tsukiji’s inner market, known Ishii, a retired seafood auction- as “Japan’s Kitchen”, will now eer who was back at the market move to Toyosu, a site in eastern for its final day. Tokyo, where operations will In the weak early-morning begin on October 11. “It will be sun, traders filed into a ware- the first massive move in our house for the last tuna auction, history,” said Hiroyasu Ito, chair an indispensable ritual in To- of the market association. kyo’s culinary world, and a major “We want to club together and tourist draw. Hundreds of fresh get through it,” he told reporters. and frozen tuna tagged with The move has been in the their weight and port of origin works for years, prompted by were laid out in lines in a refrig- Tsukiji’s dilapidated state. erated warehouse, as buyers in Wholesalers had raised con- rubber boots quietly inspected cerns about the antiquated fa- the wares. cility’s earthquake resistance, They rubbed slices between sanitation and fire safety, as well their fingers and shone torches as the structure’s use of asbestos into the insides of the fish, swap- and its crumbling walls. ping information with rivals be- A buyer inspects fish before the final tuna auction at the landmark Tsukiji fish market, The crowds of tourists who fore the showdown began. would mob the market, in - At 6:00 am sharp, handbells cluding groups who lined up rang to signal the auction was for hours to win one of just 120 under way and the air filled with spots for the tuna auction, would BETTER the sound of auctioneers yelling also irk wholesalers. prices at buyers, who raised fin- The new site will feature gers to indicate interest. state-of-the-art refrigeration, KNOW The highest bidder at Satur- while tourists will be confined day’s auction paid 4.4 million to special galleries behind glass. yen ($38,700) for a bluefin tuna But the move has proved con- Tsukiji Fish Mar- -- a threatened species -- weigh- troversial, with rows breaking ing 162 kilograms (357 pounds) out over pollution and the loss ket is the largest caught off Aomori, northern Ja- of Tsukiji’s globally recognised wholesale fish mar- pan, according to the market. brand. Tokyo Governor Yuriko ket in the world, It was far below the record Koike was forced to delay the and one of the larg- 155.4 million yen paid at the first move after a series of problems est wholesale food auction of 2013. Buyers tradi- at Toyosu, formerly home to markets of any tionally offer eye-watering pric- a gas plant, including soil and kind. It employs es as a “New Year gratuity” when groundwater contamination. the market resumes operation Local authorities paid hun- 65,000 people, and after winter holidays. dreds of millions of dollars to does over $6 billion clean up the new facility and in sales annually. ‘Pass the baton’ Koike took the final decision to Fish wholesaler Takeshi Yoshida move there in late 2017, ending Fishmongers checking bluefin tuna prior to the new year’s first auction at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo said Tsukiji had left “its mark on years of delays. Human-like robots spark fascination and fear AFP | Madrid, Spain ment, the presence of robots in which he developed in the 1970s, “We understand the humans our daily lives is nevertheless states that we react positively by using robots, the importance porting a trendy brown bob, inevitable, engineers at the con- to robots if they have physical for example of eye gazing,” said Sa humanoid robot named Er- ference said. features familiar to us but they Ishiguro, who has also made ro- ica chats to a man in front of The trick to making them disturb us if they start looking bots that look like dead celebri- stunned audience members in more palatable, they added, is too much like us. ties, or “moving statues”. Madrid. to make them look and act more “You can’t ever make a per- He believes that humanoids She and others like her are a human so that we accept them fect human face” and this im- are best to improve interactions prime focus of robotic research, into our lives more easily. perfection provokes a feeling of between robots and humans. as their uncanny human form In ageing societies, “robots “rejection” among humans, said “The human brain that we could be key to integrating will coexist with humans sooner Miguel Salichs, a professor at the have has many functions to such machines into our lives, or later”, said Hiroko Kamide, robotics lab of Madrid’s Carlos recognise humans. The natural said researchers gathered this a Japanese psychologist who III University. interface for the humans is the week at the annual Internation- specialises in relations between As such, he chose to fashion humans,” said Ishiguro. al Conference on Intelligent humans and robots. his robot Mini Maggie into a For Jurgen Schmidhuber, Robots. Welcoming robots into house- small cartoon animal. president of artificial intelli- “You mentioned project man- holds or workplaces involves In Japan, robots like Erica are gence start-up NNAISENSE, ro- agement. Can you please tell me developing “multipurpose ma- already used as receptionists. bots -- be they humanoid or not more?” Erica, who is playing chines that are capable of inter- But for one of their makers, -- will be part of our future. the role of an employer, asks the acting” with humans without Hiroshi Ishiguro, a professor at They won’t just imitate hu- man. being dangerous, said Philippe Osaka University, humanoids are mans but will solve problems She may not understand the Soueres, head of the robotics above all “a very important tool by experimenting themselves conversation, but she’s been department at a laboratory be- to understand humans”. thanks to artificial intelligence trained to detect key words and longing to France’s CNRS scien- Researchers have to think without “a human teacher,” he respond to them. tific institute. hard about the human form and believes. A robot created by Japan’s Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories called Erica is presented A source of controversy due in Japanese researcher Masahiro how humans interact to develop Sitting on her chair, Erica nods at the IROS 2018 International Conference on Intelligent Robots part to fears for human employ- Mori’s “uncanny valley” theory, robots that look like them. her head. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2018 12 Aramco IPO by 2021 Saudi crown prince told Bloomberg that the IPO will go ahead as planned the kingdom had halted the plan Crown prince denied after a media report said that • financial advisors working on it that the kingdom had had been disbanded. halted the plan “Everyone heard about the ru- mours of Saudi Arabia cancelling KNOW WHAT The plan is to the IPO of Aramco, delaying that, float• around five and that this is delaying Vision 2030,” he said. percent of Aramco “This is not right.” Aramco is one of the The plan to float around five largest companies in the IPO was “100 percent of Aramco -- expected world by revenue, and ac- percent”• in the to be the world’s largest stock cording to accounts seen kingdom’s interest. sale -- forms the cornerstone of by Bloomberg News, the a reform programme envisaged by Prince Mohammed to wean most profitable company AFP | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia the Saudi economy off its reli- in the world. Saudi Ara- ance on oil. mco has both the world’s audi Crown Prince Mo - But Aramco executives have second-largest proven hammed bin Salman said repeatedly cited unfavourable crude oil reserves, at Sthat oil giant Aramco’s market conditions to push back more than 270 billion initial public offering will go the IPO, earlier scheduled for barrels, and second-larg- ahead by early 2021 after re - this year, with many observers ports emerged the plan had been sceptical whether the listing will est daily oil production. scrapped, Bloomberg reported. happen at all. “I believe late 2020, early The crown prince told 2021,” Prince Mohammed told Bloomberg that the IPO was “They’ll pay us. The problem Bloomberg in an interview pub- “100 percent” in the kingdom’s is nobody ever asks,” he added. lished late Friday when asked interest. “You have to accept that any Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman, at the Bayan Palace in Kuwait City. when he believed the IPO could friend will say good things and be launched. No rift with US bad things. So you cannot have “The investor will decide the The Crown Prince, in a state- Bloomberg reported Friday. started between Saudi Arabia Last week Trump asked at a 100 percent friends saying good price on the day. I believe it will ment, also brushed off com - The crown prince insisted that and the United States of Amer- rally “when you have wealthy things about you,” he said. be above $2 trillion. Because it ments from US President Donald the kingdom has always paid for ica, we’ve bought everything countries like Saudi Arabia, like “You will have some misun- will be huge.” Trump that Washington is “sub- armaments from the US. with money,” he told Bloomberg Japan, like South Korea, why are derstandings. So we put that in The crown prince denied that sidising” the kingdom’s military, “Ever since the relationship in an interview. we subsidising their military?” that category.”

Dubai says FDI rose 26 percent Chances growing of Reuters | Dubai

oreign direct investment Brexit: EU’s Juncker F(FDI) in Dubai rose 26 Vienna, Austria not reached at the October 17 per cent in the first half of and 18 summit, he was con - 2018 compared with the he chances of a Brexit fident it could be done in same period last year, the Tagreement have grown November. government said yesterday. in recent days, European “I have reason to believe that The second-largest of Commission President Jean- the potential for rapproche- the seven-member United Claude Juncker said yester- ment between the two sides Arab Emirates federation day, after weeks of grow - has increased in recent days,” received 17.76 billion dir- ing fears that Britain could Juncker said in comments re- hams ($4.84 billion) in FDI crash out of the EU without a ported by the Standard news- in the first half of the year, deal. paper. the statement said, citing With less than two weeks “But it is not possible to pre- Dubai Crown Prince Ham- to go before a crunch summit dict whether we will be able to dan bin Mohammed bin in Brussels billed by the EU conclude the talks in October. Rashid Al Maktoum. as the “moment of truth” for If not, we will do so in No - The largest and wealth- Brexit negotiations, Juncker vember.” iest member of the fed - gave an upbeat assessment of May has been invited to ad- eration is oil-rich Abu the chances of a deal. dress the other 27 EU leaders Dhabi. The change in tone comes over dinner on October 17, to The United States, India, two days after EU Council give her a chance to convince Thailand, Spain and the Bahrain based Gulf Customer Experience (Gulf CX) company- a leading Digital Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) President Donald Tusk gave her peers that a solution can be United Kingdom topped provider in the GCC, held a customer experience conference ‘Next-generation Employee and Customer Experience London a stern warning that found to the sticking points in the list of the countries ex- Transformation 2018’ (NECXT 2018) on 30 September 2018, at the Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay. The conference time was running out to strike Britain’s tortuous negotiations porting capital to Dubai, the brought world-renowned Customer Experience expert, thought leader and author of five best-selling CX books, Colin a deal in time for Britain’s de- to leave the bloc. statement said. Shaw. This event attracted over 150 delegates from various industries and sectors in Bahrain and across the region. parture from the bloc at the Diplomats have suggested end of March. the leaders could talk through Deadlines in EU talks are the night and approve the out- notoriously elastic, and lines of an agreement while Juncker told Austrian me - they are still in Brussels for the dia that if an agreement was broader October 18 talks.

Al Ezzel Power Company closes financing facility TDT | Manama a consortium of nine inter- national banks and only two l Ezzel Power Company, a regional banks. Akey electricity supplier in “The success of this refi - Bahrain, closed a $243 million nancing is a testimony to the new financing facility extend- confidence of the local and re- ed by local and regional banks. gional banks in the long-term The new financing was pro- creditworthiness of infrastruc- vided by Arab Banking Corpo- ture projects in Bahrain. The ration, National Bank of Ku- new financing prepaid the wait, Mashreq Bank, National balance of the loans provided Bank of Bahrain and Ahli Unit- in 2004 and extends the final ed Bank. maturity date to 2026,” said The Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) President Dr Abdulrahman Jawahery and Chief Executive Officer of the Education and Training Quality The move replaces the orig- Shafic Ali, the Chairman of the Authority Dr Jawahar Shahin Al Mudhaki during a group photo session held during a meeting to renew cooperation between the two sides. inal one provided in 2004 by Company. 13 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2018

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CINECO (20) DAILY AT: 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + + 5.15 + 7.30 + 9.45 PM + 12.00 MN AL HAMRA DAILY AT: 9.00 PM + (12.00 MN “As an actor, he stands tall as a tions for “Cry Freedom,” “Mal- 8.45 + 11.30 PM THURS/FRI) heroic, stoic embodiment of the colm X,” “The Hurricane,” SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.45 + THE EQUALIZER- 2 6.30 + 9.15 PM + 12.00 MN RATSASAN best in all of us, and he does so “Flight,” “Fences,” and “Roman (15+) (ACTION/CRIME/THRILLER) (TAMIL) NEW with heart, humanity, and one J. Israel, Esq.” LOVE YATRI DENZEL WASHINGTON, PEDRO PASCAL, VISHNU VISHAL, RAAI LAXMI of the brightest smiles to ever Denzel Washington Some of his noted films in- (PG-13) (HINDI/ROMANTIC/COMEDY) NEW CINECO (20) DAILY AT: 12.15 + 4.45 + 9.15 PM light up the screen. clude “Remember the Titans”, *- AAYUSH SHARMA, WARINA HUSSAIN, STARTING THURSDAY 7.00 PM ONWARDS “Equally formidable as direc- Stringer added. “The Great Debaters”, “Amer- EL BADLAH SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 5.15 + 11.00 PM CINECO (20) DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.45 (PG-13) (ARABIC/COMEDY) tor and producer, he is a crea- Washington received Acad- ican Gangster”, “Inside Man” + 6.30 + 9.15 PM + 12.00 MN AL HAMRA FROM FRIDAY 5TH TAMER HOSNY, AKRAM HOSNI, MAJED EL tive force to be reckoned with emy Awards for the war dra- and “The Magnificent Seven”. SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 AL HAMRA DAILY AT: 6.00 PM - and one of the most vital, rel- ma “Glory” in 1990 and for the He made his feature direc- + 11.30 PM CINECO (20) DAILY AT: 2.45 + 7.15 + 11.45 PM ORU KUTTANADAN BLOG evant artists working today. AFI crime thriller “Training Day” torial debut with “Antwone SAAR DAILY AT: 12.00 + 5.30 + 11.00 PM (MALAYALAM) NEW is proud to present him with its in 2002. Fisher” and directed himself WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 12.45 + 6.15 + 11.45 PM THE MEG 47th Life Achievement Award,” He received Oscar nomina- in “The Great Debaters”. (PG-15) (ACTION/THRILLER) MAMMOOTTY, RAAI LAXMI, ANU SITHARA MAQUIA: WHEN THE PROMISED JASON STATHAM, RUBY ROSE, BINGBING LI SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 2.30 + 8.15 PM FLOWER BLOOMS DAILY AT: 2.15 + 7.00 + 11.45 PM (PG-13) (ANIMATION/DRAMA/FANTASY) NEW CINECO (20) CHEKKA CHIVANTHA VAANAM MANAKA IWAMI, MIYU IRINO, AI KAYANO MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE FALLOUT (TAMIL) CINECO (20) DAILY AT (DUBBED IN ENGLISH): (PG-15) (ACTION/THRILLER/CRIME) ARVIND SWAMI, VIJAY SETHUPATHI, Affleck to be monitored in custody 2.30 + 7.00 + 11.30 PM *- TOM CRUISE, HENRY CAVILL, VING SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + CINECO (20) DAILY AT (DUBBED IN ARABIC): 8.30 + 11.30 PM 12.15 + 4.45 + 9.15 PM CINECO (20) DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 4.15 + 9.00 agreement with Garner PM VARATHAN JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN ALPHA (MALAYALAM) (PG) (COMEDY/ACTION/ADVENTURE) IANS | Los Angeles (PG-13) (ADVENTURE/DRAMA) FAHADH FAASIL, AISHWARYA LAKSHMI ROWAN ATKINSON, OLGA KURYLENKO, KODI SMIT-MCPHEE, JOHANNES HAUKUR SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.30 + ctors Jennifer Garner and CINECO (20) DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 12.00 + 6.00 + 8.30 + 11.00 PM CINECO (20) DAILY AT: 2.15 + 7.00 + 11.45 PM ABen Affleck have reached 1.00 + 2.00 + 3.00 + 4.00 + 5.00 + 6.00 + 7.00 AL HAMRA ON THURSDAY 4TH: 3.00 + 6.00 PM a custody agreement for their + 8.00 + 9.00 + 10.00 + 11.00 PM + 12.00 MN + (1.00 AM THURS/FRI) PEPPERMINT AL HAMRA FROM FRIDAY 5TH: 3.00 PM three children, but the latter KNOW WHAT (PG-15) (ACTION/CRIME/THRILLER/DRAMA) SEEF (II) DAILY AT: (1.00 AM THURS/FRI) ANDHADUN who has dealt with problems of JENNIFER GARNER, RICHARD CABRAL, SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 1.30 + 3.30 + 5.30 (PG-15) (HINDI/CRIME/COMEDY) NEW alcohol addiction, will be mon- + 7.30 + 9.30 + 11.30 PM itored during physical custody CINECO (20) DAILY AT: 7.15 + 9.15 + 11.15 PM TABU, AYUSHMANN KHURRANA SAAR DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.00 + 3.00 + 5.00 + of the little ones. Ben Affleck is now out of rehab after 7.00 + 9.00 PM + (11.00 PM. THURS./FRI..) HOTELTRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER SAAR DAILY AT: 2.45 + 8.15 PM According to tmz.com, the WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 1.15 + 3.15 + (PG) (ANIMATION/COMEDY/DRAMA) WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 3.30 + 9.00 PM custody agreement has two el- voluntarily checking 5.15 + 7.15 + 9.15 + 11.15 PM ADAM SANDLER, ANDY SAMBERG ements -- legal and physical NAWAB himself in for treat- NIGHT SCHOOL custody. CINECO (20) DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 1.15 + 3.15 (TELGU) NEW ment in late August (PG-15) (COMEDY) + 5.15 PM While legal custody is simple ARVIND SWAMI, VIJAY SETHUPATHI Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck KEVIN HART, TIFFANY HADDISH as they will jointly agree on de- LITTLE ITALY AL HAMRA DAILY AT: 12.00 NOON cisions that affect the children, custody doesn’t outline any spe- when Affleck has time with the CINECO (20) DAILY AT: 12.30 + 2.45 + 5.00 + (18+) (ROMANTIC/COMEDY) NEW such as education and various cific division of time with the children, he will have a monitor 7.15 + 9.30 + 11.45 PM HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN, EMMA ROBERTS, activities, it is physical custody children. But tmz.com reports to ensure he is sober and the SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 12.45 + 6.00 + 11.15 PM SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 1.00 + 5.15 + 9.30 PM which is tricky. that Garner will get the lion’s children are safe. Together, they SAAR DAILY AT: 7.00 + 9.15 + (11.30 PM THURS/ Their agreement on physical share of custodial time, and have children aged 12, 9 and 6. FRI) Nicki Minaj turns her fight into profit Margot Robbie might star in ‘Barbie’ movie IANS | Los Angeles Stopped My Bag” written across it. The expression comes from IANS | Los Angeles rights. It is currently unknown apper Nicki Minaj has tak- Cardi herself. if Mattel is sticking to the orig- Ren aim at Cardi B with a Following their fight, the scar-nominated actress inal script, which had set Amy Merch line inspired by their “Bodak Yellow” rapper hopped OMargot Robbie is report- Schumer to star, though she fight. on Instagram (after being es- edly attached to star in “Bar- dropped out due to scheduling Nearly a month after the corted out of the event) to bie”, Mattel’s feature film conflicts. rappers got into a physical al- explain her reason for the based on its globally recog- That first script had more of tercation at the Harper’s Ba- clash. “... let you lie on me, I nised doll. an adult comedy tone. zaar ICONS party that left Cardi let you attempt to stop my The “Suicide Squad” actress The doll is a global brand bruised, Nicki has released a bags, f*** the way I eat!” Cardi is also on board to produce powerhouse, with sales of over collection of merchandise that wrote. through her production ban- $3 billion worldwide. poked fun at their ongoing feud, Cardi then went on to explain ner Lucky Chaps, reports va- Barbie has taken on more reports people.com. that Nicki allegedly attacked her riety.com. than 150 roles through her On Thursday, Nicki Minaj parenting skills, which is what The film was previously set 50+ years, including prin - shared a product image of a pink ultimately pushed her over the up at Sony, but after the option cess, president, mermaid and backpack with the phrase “Nicki Nicki Minaj edge. passed, Mattel took back the movie star. 14 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2018 sports

Marquez seizes historic pole at India earn record win Thailand MotoGP Five-star Kuldeep sets up crushing Windies defeat AFP | Rajkot, India Scorecard pinner Kuldeep Yadav starred in India’s big - Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez gest-ever Test triumph as India 649 for 9 decl. (Kohli S 139, Shaw 134, Jadeja 100*, they thrashed the West Indies by AFP | Buriram, Thailand an innings and 272 runs inside Pant 92) beat West Indies three days in the opening match 181 (Chase 53, Ashwin 4-37) hampionship leader yesterday. and 196 (Powell 83, Kuldeep CMarc Marquez made The tourists were dismissed 5-57, Jadeja 3-35) by an history as he became the for 196 early in the final session innings and 272 runs first rider to climb out of while following on, to trail the Q1 and claim pole position two-match series 1-0. They were at the inaugural Thailand bowled out for 181 in their first win taking two. MotoGP yesterday. innings in response to India’s Opener Kieran Powell fought The Spaniard had to fight 649-9 declared. a lonely battle to score 83 runs his way through the first Kuldeep returned figures of before becoming Kuldeep’s fifth qualifying session after a 5-57 with his left-arm wrist victim in another disappointing crash in practice, but in Q2 spin, his first five-for in just his show by the Caribbean side. he stormed to a time of lmin fourth Test since making his Ashwin, who returned figures 30.088secs for his 50th pole. debut against Australia last year. of 4-37 in West Indies’ first in- It underlined the superb Ravindra Jadeja, who scored nings, had sent back stand-in form of the Honda rider, his maiden international centu- skipper Kraigg Brathwaite for who holds a 72-point lead ry during India’s only innings, 10 before lunch and then got De- over Andrea Dovizioso with took the final wicket of Shan- vendra Bishoo at stroke of tea. five races remaining as he non Gabriel for four as the hosts The 23-year-old Kuldeep then closes on a fifth world title. celebrated an utterly dominant rattled the West Indies’ top and “Of course I was happy win over the former cricketing middle order including big how I finished the day,” powerhouse. Teammates congratulate Indian bowler Kuldeep Yadav (C) for taking a wicket wickets of Powell, Sunil Ambris Marquez, 25, told report- The world’s top Test side sur- for nought and Roston Chase, ers, describing his morning passed their previous biggest tury on debut, at 18 years of age. with the team’s “clinical” show- has got important runs for us who had top-scored for West practice session as “un - win against Afghanistan by an Shaw, who is already being ing and praised Shaw for his before and we wanted him to get Indies in the first innings with lucky”. innings and 262 runs during the compared to Sachin Tendulkar, quality batting. three figures. We believe he can his gritty 53. Seven-time world cham- minnows’ debut five-day game was adjudged the man of the “Playing his first game, seeing turn matches for us,” said Kohli. The match will also be re - pion Valentino Rossi, who in June. match for his 154-ball stay laced him dominate -- the guy showed membered for Kohli’s 139 during along with Marquez is a The match started with teen- with 19 fours. he is different quality. That’s ‘How to bat’ which the world’s top batsman firm favourite among Thai age opener Prithvi Shaw making Skipper Virat Kohli, who also why he’s been pushed to the Test Kuldeep led an inspired spin at- became the quickest to reach fans, was 11-hundredths 134 on day one to become the scored a landmark century in team,” Kohli said after the win. tack with Jadeja claiming three 24 Test centuries after the great behind Marquez with youngest Indian to score a cen- India’s only innings, was happy “Jaddu (Jadeja) as well -- he wickets and Ravichandran Ash- Donald Bradman. Dovizioso third fastest.

Abdouraguimov aims to Lanterns cruise past Karnataka Royals dominate Cavalheiro TDT | Manama (Janardan 45, Vasanth 37, Asif Pak CC 108/9 (Zubair 26, 4/38) by 2 runs Sumesh 2/14) beat G4S Leg - anterns Z–XI defeated Kar- Other results ends 91/8 (Abid 13, Zaman 2/15) Lnataka Royals by 2 runs in BNL Titans 151/8 in 20 overs by 17 runs CBA T-20 League Division C (Zeeshan 28, Jishad 25, Uzair Shahzad Zafar 104/9 in 20 match. 3/19, Qadeer 3/20) beat Azeem overs (Asad 25, Shoaib 20, Ga- Lanterns won the toss and CC 97/10 (Jamil 23, Ibrar 4/10, nesh 2/23) beat Central Café elected to bat first. Opener Zaki Pravin 2/11) by 54 runs 103/9 (Naven 20, Waqas 3/30) scored a quick 41 runs in 31 balls Indian Delights 121/8 in 20 by 1 wicket which helped them toward a big overs (Sadakath 45, Anil 24, Vi- Mumbai Riders 117/6 (Sha- total. Afzal scored 56 and Asif’s jay 4/18) beat Unique CC 106/8 keel 31, Rehan 22, Noman 2/11) 39 in 16 balls helped Lanterns to (Vishnu 25, Prashanth 29, Anu beat Patrick York 92/7 (Kasif 25, score 178 at the end of 20 overs 4/21) by 15 runs Waheed 3/19) by 25 runs. with 4 wickets loss. Afzal - Lanterns Mudabar CC 111/10 (Salman ACL Red Mountain 147/9 (Ars- Chasing the target, Lanterns’ 33, Nasir 27, Prashobh 5/13) beat lan 37, Waqas 31, Nethen 2/23) bowlers removed Royals’ top of 20 overs Royals scored 176 Falcon 46/10 (Abhijith 9, Adnan beat Tornado A 129/8 (Sarath order batsman before scoring and Lanterns won the match 4/11) by 65 runs 28, Babar 3/7) by 18 runs big runs. Janardan scored 45 by 2 runs. Fateh Curtain 116/4 in 16 NDC Bahrain 125/7 in 18.3 Abdoul Abdouraguimov runs and Vasanth scored 37 runs Result: overs (Zahid 33, Bilal 29, Sami overs ( Balaji 37, Sam 28, Fayaz which helped Royals to reach Lanterns Z-XI 178/4 in 20 2/20) beat Pak Panthers 114/10 2/23) beat Young Star 124/8 TDT | Manama Abdouraguimov will face near the target but not enough overs (Afzal 56, Zaki 41, Asif (Bilal 20, Raja 4/24, Mudasar (Hakeem 36, Imran 24, Balaji the fighter from Team Nogu- to win the match. At the end 39) beat Karnataka Royals 176/7 3/21) by 6 wickets 3/28) by 3 wickets. bdoul Abdouraguimov re- chi who has 17 of his 22 wins Avealed that he aims to call scored by way of knockouts. out Jarrah Al Selawe to defend The fight will be a showdown the title if he can secure a win between the submission spe- Bahrain breaks record held by against Rodrigo Cavalheiro. cialist facing the knockout art- The clash between Ab - ist. It is anticipated that Ab- USA douraguimov and Cavalheiro doul will stick to his strengths is scheduled as the main event in grappling against Cavalhei- TDT | Manama for Brave 17 taking place in ro. Pakistan. The bout will de - “I am looking for the title ahrain will attract participation of athletes termine the next in line to and that’s why I am here. Jar- Bfrom 103 nations for the upcoming Brave challenge the welterweight rah is a good fighter so I was International Combat Week 2018 held in the champion of Brave Combat not surprised when he won month of November. Federation. the championship. I expected Brave International Combat Week will fea- Abdouraguimov made his it. My message for the oppo- ture IMMAF World Championships which will promotional debut in Brave nent is simple, be prepared be held for the second time in a row in Bahrain. Combat Federation by in - Cavalheiro. I will get you and The Kingdom had previously broken the flicting the first TKO loss in when I get you it is over”, said record held by the United States in terms of the career of Sidney Wheel- Abdouraguimov. at Seef District too the participation from the number of nations. er. The welterweight fighter The bout will take place on The record will be further reinstated as 103 from France is a champion in 27th October in Nistar Park Um al Hassan +973 17728699 Seef District +973 17364999 nations has confirmed to represent in the larg- the brown belt category in Jiu Sports Complex in Lahore, est combats sports festival ever hosted till date. Jitsu. Pakistan. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2018 15

Del Potro into Beijing final after Hamilton grabs 80th pole Fognini pulls out AFP | Beijing AFP | Suzuka, Japan uan Martin del Potro orld champion Lewis Jhas gone straight into Hamilton roared to Sunday’s final of the Chi- Wpole position for the Never in a million na Open after Italy’s Fabio Japanese Grand Prix as Ferrari years did I think Fognini pulled out of their rival Sebastian Vettel slumped to I’d get 80. When it semi-final. eighth after a horror showing in comes to being under Organisers in Beijing con- yesterday’s qualifying. firmed that Fognini, who Lewis, who leads Vettel by 50 pressure and making was chasing a fourth title points with five races left this the right decisions, of the season, was out of the season, led a Mercedes front- that’s why we are tournament injured. row lockout and will start as the best team in the The Argentine top seed the hot favourite to tighten his world Del Potro will face either stranglehold on the Formula LEWIS HAMILTON Britain’s fifth seed Kyle Ed- One championship in Sunday’s mund or unseeded Nikoloz race at Suzuka. Basilashvili of Georgia in The Briton’s record-extending the final. 80th career pole never looked in the title race over. The 31-year-old Fognini, doubt after his rampant form in Asked if he would look to have who is reportedly suffer- completing a clean sweep of free a say in the battle for the For- ing an ankle problem, looks practice earlier in the day. mula One crown, Verstappen likely to also miss next “I can’t believe I have 80 smiled: “Is it even a battle any- week’s Shanghai Masters. poles,” said Hamilton, who has more, I don’t know!” won five of the last six races. Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen “Never in a million years qualified alongside the Dutch- did I think I’d get 80. When it man on the second row. Kovac under comes to being under pressure Romain Grosjean steered his and making the right decisions, Haas to fifth ahead of Brendon pressure as Bayern that’s why we are the best team Lewis Hamilton next to his car Hartley and Pierre Gasly, who crash at home in the world.” secured sixth and seventh on the AFP | Berlin Ferrari’s decision to begin the Bottas. German, who had barely left the sufficiently for red flags during grid for Toro Rosso at the home top-10 shootout on intermedi- Vettel skidded off twice in his garage before informing Ferrari practice. of the team’s engine suppliers ate tyres instead of super-softs desperation to set a time and of their mistake over team radio. Honda. ayern Munich suffered backfired spectacularly as the his starting position will be his “I think we have better pace ‘Battle over’ Meanwhile, there were more Ba second consecutive rain they expected held off just lowest of a season which began than ninth so I’m not too wor- As Vettel’s thin hopes of pip - qualifying woes for Red Bull’s Bundesliga defeat, crashing long enough for Hamilton to so brightly but looks like ending ried,” added Vettel, who was ping Hamilton to a fifth world Daniel Ricciardo, who climbed 3-0 at home to Borussia Mo- set a fastest lap of one minute, in bitter disappointment. later bumped up to eighth after championship faded still fur- out of his car and yelled an ex- enchengladbach, to drop to 27.760 seconds -- three-tenths “This is not the position we Esteban Ocon incurred a three- ther, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, pletive into his helmet after suf- fifth in the table on Saturday quicker than team-mate Valtteri deserve to be in,” insisted the place penalty for failing to slow who qualified third, declared fering a mechanical breakdown. while Paco Alcacer scored a hat-trick for league leaders Borussia Dortmund. Pressure is mounting on Bayern head coach Niko Vettel defends Ferrari as Kovac whose side are four Nishikori crushes French points behind Dortmund. tyre gamble falls flat Bayern are winless in their last four games in all resistance to reach Tokyo final AFP | Suzuka, Japan clever ones. But if it’s like that competitions and suffered obviously we’re the only ones back-to-back league defeats AFP | Tokyo ebastian Vettel has refused looking stupid. Therefore I for the first time since May Sto point fingers after Fer- defend the decision -- it’s our 2015, when they had already wo-time champion Kei rari calamitously chose the decision as a team.” won the Bundesliga title. TNishikori swatted aside wrong tyres in Japanese Grand Vettel, whose dreams of pip- “We are making too many eighth seed Richard Gasquet Prix qualifying yesterday. ping Hamilton to five world individual mistakes,” said with very little fuss yester - Ferrari’s decision to send titles now look all but over, Kovac. “Everyone is trying, day, beating the Frenchman in Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen out had barely left the garage on but at the moment we just straight sets to reach the Japan on intermediates at the start of the harder compound tyres aren’t bringing it together Open final. the top-10 shootout at Suzuka when he informed Ferrari of on the pitch.” Third seed Nishikori, who backfired as the rain they were the error over team radio. Bayern were 2-0 down won the last of his 11 career banking on held off for several “Obviously it wasn’t wet after just 16 minutes. Glad- titles in Memphis two years crucial minutes. enough to start with and then bach striker Alassane Plea ago, completed a clinical 7-6 “I’m not blaming anybody,” the rain didn’t come, it came beautifully curled a long- (7/2), 6-1 victory in 89 min - insisted Vettel, who slumped later,” said a deflated Vettel, range shot around the dive utes and will be hot favour - to eighth, leaving his fading who qualified ninth but was of goalkeeper Manuel Neu- ite to win the title for a third Formula One title hopes hang- bumped up to eighth after Es- er on 10 minutes. The sec- time. Japan’s Kei Nishikori hits a return against France’s Richard Gasquet ing by a thread. teban Ocon received a three- ond came six minutes later He faces qualifier Daniil “If it starts to rain five, six, place penalty. when Bayern midfielder Medvedev in Sunday’s Tokyo first blood against Gasquet as through the gears in the second seven minutes earlier, we did “I think we expected that Thiago Alcantara lost pos- final after the beanpole Russian he tore through the first-set set and Gasquet -- the beaten a miracle,” added the German, there was more rain coming session near his own box. overpowered Canada’s Denis tiebreak, unleashing a whipped Tokyo finalist in 2007 -- had no who trails Mercedes rival and but it didn’t. Then it was Shapovalov 6-3, 6-3. forehand into the corner to answer as Nishikori battered Lewis Hamilton by 50 points the wrong decision, but when Nishikori, who won the Japan snaffle it 7-2. shots past him at a dizzying with just 125 left in play. conditions are like this you Open in 2012 and 2014, drew The world number 12 moved pace. “Because we’re the only either get it right or wrong.” Australia to host 2022 road world cycling championships Osaka ‘stressed out’ by great expectations AFP | Paris

AFP | Beijing Osaka’s shock triumph -- at reach a third straight final after he Australian city of such a young age and against one New York and Tokyo’s Pan Pacif- TWollongong will host aomi Osaka admitted that of the greatest tennis players of ic Open, was unhappy with her the 2022 road world cycling Nshe gets “stressed out” try- all time -- propelled her into the behaviour in Friday’s quarter-fi- championships, the sport’s ing to live up to “the hype” after limelight. nal victory over Zhang Shuai. organising body announced the US Open champion was beat- It is a place that she is not al- Osaka had been close to tears yesterday. en in the China Open semi-finals together comfortable in. during the second set and threw It will be the second yesterday. “I think definitely as the her racquet, before recovering time Australia has staged The 20-year-old Japanese, weeks go by, I have this feeling her poise. the event, after Melbourne who struggled with a back inju- of wanting to prove myself. I She was more composed hosted the 2010 edition ry in losing 6-4, 6-4 to unseeded think that sort of takes a toll on against the Latvian Sevastova, when the road race was Anastasija Sevastova, opened me a little bit because I stress even though she was hindered won by Norway’s Thor up afterwards on dealing with myself out in a way,” said Osaka. by her back, which she said was Hushovd. ramped-up expectations. “If you don’t win a tourna - more a case of fatigue than any- The selection of Wollon- The world number six made ment, then people will say, ‘Oh, thing more serious. gong, a coastal city with a headlines last month when she she hasn’t won a tournament.’ Asked by AFP at her post- population of 290,000 and stunned Serena Williams in New “If you haven’t won a Slam, Naomi Osaka match press conference why located 100 kilometres York to win her maiden Grand they’ll say, ‘She hasn’t won a she appeared happier in defeat (62 miles) south of Syd - Slam, in a final overshadowed by slam.’ won one Grand Slam.’ media). I’m just, like, ‘Oh, I guess than she did after winning on ney, will end a run of five the American’s bitter row with “Then if you win one Grand “I know it’s bad, but I sort of I have to do more, to be better.’” Friday, Osaka said: “I don’t have straight events held in the chair umpire. Slam, they’re like, ‘Oh, she only read the comments (online or in Osaka, who was attempting to any regrets from today. Europe. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2018 16 United fightback with star midfielder Paul Pogba when he walked to the bench on for McTominay. English Premier League The Red Devils and several other key players. before kick-off, squirting a tel- United finally responded to • A report on Friday evening evision camera with a water Mourinho in the second half, Burnley 1 - 1 Huddersfield Town come from behind to claimed United’s hierarchy bottle, and within seven min- playing with far more passion as Crystal Palace 0 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers give under-pressure had lost patience with the tox- utes the mood turned even more Mata reduced the deficit with a Leicester City 1 - 2 Everton manager victory ic atmosphere and would sack fractious. fine 70th minute free-kick be- Mourinho regardless of the United fell behind when Ke- fore Martial fired the equaliser Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 0 Cardiff City Sanchez seals Newcastle result. nedy parted Mourinho’s de - six minutes later. Watford 0 - 4 Bournemouth • But senior United sources fence with alarming ease, run- That set the stage for Sanchez Manchester United 3 - 2 Newcastle United dramatic comeback strongly denied the suggestion ning onto Ayoze Perez’s pass to apply the finishing touch in against Newcastle Mourinho would be dismissed and turning away from Ashley the 90th minute as Mourinho this weekend, insisting he re- Young before firing home as celebrated while his name was English Championship Eric Dier fires tains the board’s support follow- Mourinho gestured furiously sung by relieved United fans at Leeds United 1 - 1 Brentford Tottenham• to 1-0 ing a series of abysmal results. on the touchline. full-time. Birmingham City 3 - 1 Rotherham United Despite that vote of confi - There was worse to come for victory over Cardiff dence, it was looking increas- Mourinho three minutes later Spurs move third Middlesbrough 0 - 2 Nottingham Forest ingly bleak for Mourinho when as Newcastle punished more At Wembley, Tottenham recov- Millwall 2 - 1 Aston Villa AFP | London winless Newcastle raced into a shambolic defending, Young and ered from Wednesday’s damag- Norwich City 0 - 1 Stoke City two-goal in the first 10 minutes his team-mates failing to get in ing 4-2 Champions League loss ose Mourinho was giv - at Old Trafford. a challenge as Japanese forward to Barcelona. Preston North End 4 - 0 Wigan Athletic en a stay of execution as But the Red Devils clicked into Yoshinori Muto scored on his Lionel Messi had tormented Queens Park Rangers 1 - 1 Derby County JManchester United staged gear and Chile forward Sanchez, first Premier League start. Tottenham with a mesmerising Sheffield United 1 - 0 Hull City a stirring fightback to beat who had been dropped by Mour- Rafael Benitez’s side were the display, capped by two goals, Newcastle 3-2 thanks to Alex- inho, came off the bench to bag first visiting team ever to score that left the north Londoners in Swansea City 2 - 3 Ipswich Town is Sanchez’s last-gasp winner, the winner after goals from two goals in the first 10 min - danger of missing the knockout West Bromwich 4 - 1 Reading while Tottenham recovered Juan Mata and Anthony Martial utes of a Premier stage. Bolton Wanderers 0 - 1 Blackburn Rovers from their European misery dragged the hosts level. League game at But Mauricio Pochettino’s side with a 1-0 victory over Cardiff United’s first win in five Old Trafford. made amends against Cardiff yesterday. games in all competitions Mourinho to move into third place in the Italian Serie A Mourinho had pre- could buy Mourinho some responded table. Cagliari 2 - 0 Bologna sided over United’s much-needed breathing by making a Cardiff boss Neil Warnock Udinese 0 - 2 Juventus worst seven-game space heading into the bizarre 19th joked he would play 10 defend- start to a season for international break. minute sub- ers in a bid to stifle Tottenham Empoli 10 1 Roma 29 years amid the Mourinho was in stitution as and he might have regretted not breakdown of his typically combat- he hauled off doing exactly that as the hosts German Bundesliga relationship ive mood defender Eric went in front after eight min- 1. FSV Mainz 05 0 - 0 Hertha BSC Bailly -- one of utes. the group said to Davinson Sanchez saw his Borussia Dortmund 4 - 3 FC Augsburg be unhappy with header blocked by Joe Bennett Fortuna Dusseldorf 0 - 2 FC Schalke 04 the manager -- and and the ball span into the path of Hannover 96 3 - 1 VfB Stuttgart sent on Mata, once Eric Dier, who swept home from again moving close-range for his first club goal Bayern Munich 0 - 3 Borussia Monchengladbach young midfield- since April 2017. Cardiff were reduced to 10 Spanish La Liga men when Joe Ralls was sent off for chopping down Lucas Moura Girona 2 - 3 Eibar in the 58th minute, with War- Getafe 0 - 1 Levante nock incensed after Tottenham’s Alaves 0 - 0 Real Madrid players, including England cap- tain Harry Kane, surrounded Leganes 1 - 0 v.Rayo Vallecano the referee to demand a red Alexis Sanchez celebrates card. French Ligue 1 scoring the third “I don’t think it helped being Lille 3 - 1 St Etienne surrounded by 15 white shirts. I er Scott McTominay to play don’t think he (Kane) needs to Amiens 1 - 0 Dijon at centre-back. do that,” Warnock moaned. Angers 1 - 2 Strasbourg Jeers rang around Old Traf- “After Barcelona on Wednes- Guingamp 1 - 1 Montpellier ford at half-time and Mourinho, day, the most important thing looking increasingly desperate, was to win. We created a lot of Nîmes 0 - 0 Reims made more changes at the inter- chances but we didn’t kill the val with Marouane Fellaini sent game,” Pochettino said. *Scores as of closing Ronaldo scores to keep Juventus perfect Real Madrid slip to AFP | Udine, Italy claims by former American dren waiting for the team buses, model Kathryn Mayorga that with one child running onto the ristiano Ronaldo shrugged the five-time Ballon d’Or winner pitch during warm-up to ask for shock Alaves defeat Coff damaging rape allega- raped her in a Las Vegas hotel in his autograph. tions to score for Juventus as June 2009. “Stronger than the mud,” AFP | Vitoria, Spain Karim Benzema, out of form the Serie A champions beat Ronaldo has strenuously de- headlined Turin daily Tutto- and bereft of confidence, was Udinese 2-0 under the rain in nied the accusations, and Ju- sport, a traditional backer of eal Madrid sank to a shock off too after being substituted northeastern Italy to stretch ventus have so far stood behind Juventus, above a photograph R1-0 defeat by Alaves yester- at half-time but it was Thi - their lead at the top of Serie A the player who moved to Turin of Ronaldo dining with the team day after a 95th-minute win- baut Courtois at fault for the yesterday. in the summer in a 100 million this week, and a bigger picture ner from Manu Garcia con - goal. He came for the cross but The Portuguese forward euro ($115 million) deal from of the star smiling. signed the European champi- failed to claim. lashed in the second goal after Real Madrid. “CRSexe,” was the front-page ons to a fourth game without It means Barcelona can go 37 minutes from the left follow- “It could have been a risky headline on Rome-based Corri- victory. three points clear if they win ing a cross from Croatia’s Mario game, but we showed great ma- ere dello Sport yesterday, refer- It is four games without a their game in hand against Va- Mandzukic, four minutes after turity and determination,” said ring to the allegations. Another goal too for Julen Lopetegui’s lencia on Sunday while Alaves’ Rodrigo Bentancur’s opener. Juventus coach Massimiliano headline said “World of Juve side, their longest scoring excellent start to the season It was Ronaldo’s fourth goal Allegri. shaken” after the club’s share drought since 1985, as Gar- continues. They move up to this season for Juventus, with price plunged almost 10 percent cia headed home to send the third, level on points with the 33-year-old celebrating ‘Stronger than the mud’ on Friday. Mendizorrotza Stadium wild. Real. wildly with his teammates, as With the eyes on the world Ronaldo has hired David Alaves fans ran onto the Lopetegui had been asked Juventus claimed their tenth on Ronaldo the match against Chesnoff, known as the lawyer pitch to celebrate their famous on Friday if he felt under pres- consecutive win in all compe- lowly Udinese in a small town of the stars, to defend him. win and the chants continued sure at the club he left Spain titions. not far from the border with The Las Vegas-based crimi- long after the final whistle for on the eve of the World Juventus -- with a maximum Slovenia, attracted journalists nal lawyer has already worked blew. Cup. Talk of change is per - 24 points from eight Serie A Juventus’ Portuguese forward Cristiano from as far afield as China. with well-known athletes like For Madrid this was another haps premature but it will games -- also opened up a nine- Ronaldo drives the ball But the ‘Ronaldo affair’ ap- Shaquille O’Neal, Mike Tyson body blow and to make matters certainly increase if Madrid point lead on second-placed peared to have in no way and Andre Agassi. worse, Gareth Bale, their chief cannot find fluency soon and, Napoli who host Sassuolo on sations made against him and dented the player’s popularity After initially dismissing the forward threat, had hobbled in particular, if Barca pull Sunday. which threaten his multi-mil- among the fans who packed the rape accusations as “fake news” off injured late on. He missed away. The superstar showed no sign lion euro sporting empire. 25,000-seater Stadio Friuli. on Instagram, Ronaldo took to the Champions League loss The Clasico at the Camp of the immense pressure he is US police on Monday re- He was greeted by the enthu- social media during the week to to CSKA Moscow on Tuesday Nou looms at the end of the under amid damaging accu - opened an investigation into siastic cries of dozens of chil- “firmly deny” the accusations. with a groin strain. month.