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[email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Qatar initiative Blasts rock Ankara peace rally, 95 dead ANKARA: Two explosions at a road junction in the centre Emir condoles of the Turkish capital Ankara on online wage have killed at least 95 people with Erdogan and injured nearly 246 others, 48 of them in intensive care, the DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim prime minister’s office said. bin Hamad Al Thani held tele- transfer hailed The first blast occurred at phone talks with Turkish Presi- around 10am (0700 GMT), with dent Recep Tayyip Erdogan last the second following shortly after, evening and expressed condo- during a peace rally organised by lences and sympathy over the 550,000 workers covered to date several leftist groups, includ- victims of the blasts, wishing the ing the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ injured a speedy recovery. By Mohammed Osman been made in the workers’ con- Democratic Party (HDP). The Emir also expressed his dition and the companies have Authorities are exploring the condemnation of terrorist acts DOHA: With issuance of the shown the commitment to cre- possibility that the blasts may which aimed to destabilise secu- new wage protection law, sala- ate a suitable work environment have been caused by two suicide rity and stability and kill inno- ries of some 550,000 workers of and healthy accommodations.