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QATAR | Offi cial to shun ‘Super Amir condoles with Jordanian king His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and His Highness the Deputy Amir Sheikh Cup’ in Saudi Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani sent on Thursday cable of condolences O Juventus and AC Milan asked ‘to think twice’ to Jordan’s King Abdullah II on the victims of the floods in the Dead Sea after Khashoggi case area, wishing the injured a speedy recovery. HE the Prime Minister and By Anthony Harwood Outrage over the killing later led to Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah Gulf Times Correspondent more than 40 high-profi le organisa- bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani also London tions to pull out of this week’s Saudi sent a similar cable to Prime Minister investment conference, dubbed ‘Davos Dr Omar Razzaz. Page 3 in the Desert’. uventus and AC Milan are being In a hard-hitting statement Am- Amir sends greetings Kohei Uchimura of Japan competes in the men’s rings qualification during day two of the 48th FIG Artistic Gymnastics urged by human rights campaigners nesty International UK’s head of policy Championships at Doha’s Aspire Dome yesterday. More than 500 gymnasts have descended on Qatar this week for the event. Jnot to play the Italian ‘Super Cup’ and government aff airs, Allan Hogarth, to Austrian president Sport Pages 1, 2 in Saudi Arabia following the murder of said of the Supercoppa plan today: “It’s His Highness the Amir Sheikh Jamal Khashoggi. clear that countries like Saudi Arabia Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and His Amnesty International said that if are well aware of the potential for sport Highness the Deputy Amir Sheikh the clubs go ahead with the fi xture in to subtlety ‘rebrand’ a country. Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani sent January it will only help Riyadh to use “Even before the horrifi c killing of yesterday cables of congratulations sport to “rebrand” its tarnished image, Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia had a to Austria President Alexander Van known as “sportswashing”. truly appalling human rights record. der Bellen on his country’s National Turkey seeks extradition of Soccer bosses from the Italian Big clubs like Juventus and AC Milan Day. HE the Prime Minister and league, Serie A, signed an $8mn deal in need to understand that their partici- Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah June for the ‘Supercoppa’ to be played pation in sporting events in the country bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani sent a in Saudi Arabia over three of the next could be used as a form of ‘sportswash- similar cable to Chancellor Sebastian 18 Saudis in Khashoggi case fi ve years. ing’. Kurz. The fi rst fi xture in January will be “We’d urge these Italian clubs to between the winners of the Serie A think twice about the signal this sends REGION | Confl ict O Erdogan urges Saudis Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor on said in a speech to members of his AK league, Juventus, and the cup fi nalists, out to sports fans across the world and to reveal location of Thursday said the killing of Khashoggi Party in Ankara. “Who gave the order AC Milan – much like England’s Com- the brave activists who stand up for hu- One civilian killed ‘every was premeditated, contradicting a for 15 people to come to Turkey?” he munity Shield. Previous Supercoppas man rights in Saudi Arabia.” three hours’ in Yemen journalist’s body previous offi cial statement that it hap- said. have been held in the US, China, Libya If they do decide to go ahead with A civilian is killed every three hours O Turkey ‘knows more pened accidentally during a tussle in Saudi offi cials initially denied hav- and Qatar. their match, Nadal and Djokovic have in Yemen, Oxfam said yesterday, about case than it has the consulate. ing anything to do with Khashoggi’s But the international outcry over the been urged to use the visit to highlight calling on the United States, Britain Riyadh’s numerous shifting ac- disappearance after he entered the savage killing of Khashoggi in the Saudi human rights abuses going on in Saudi. and other European states to disclosed’ counts of the killing have undermined consulate, which he had visited to ob- consulate in Istanbul earlier this month “It’s up to Nadal and Djokovic where suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia. O Saudi prosecutor to visit Prince Mohamed’s stance in the West. tain paperwork for a planned marriage. has led to calls for big sporting events they play their lucrative exhibition “One civilian has been killed every Istanbul tomorrow Turkish prosecutors seeking the ex- “The reasoning behind the extradi- in the desert kingdom to be boycotted. matches, but if they go to Jeddah we’d three hours in fighting in Yemen tradition accuse the 18 of “murder by tion request is that Jamal Khashoggi The world’s top two tennis players, like to see them using their profi les to since the beginning of August, with premeditation, monstrous intent or was murdered in Turkey by Saudi na- Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, are raise human rights issues,” said Hoga- many more people succumbing to Reuters by torture”. Riyadh previously arrested tionals who travelled to Turkey for this already under pressure to pull out of rth. “Tweeting support for Saudi Ara- disease and hunger,” Oxfam said in Istanbul the 18 as part of its investigation into specifi c purpose,” a senior Turkish of- a lucrative exhibition match in Saudi bia’s brave human rights defenders a statement. Citing data collected the case. fi cial said. Arabia next month. would be a start.” by the Civilian Impact Monitoring Those include a 15-man security “It is clear that the judicial system in Both players took to Twitter in the Around 15 women’s rights activ- Project, linked to the United Nations urkish prosecutors have prepared team that Turkey says fl ew in hours Turkey is better equipped to genuinely days just after Khashoggi disappeared ists, including a friend of the Duchess global protection clusters, the aid an extradition request for 18 sus- before the killing and carried it out. serve the cause of justice in this case.” to thank the authorities for the invi- of Sussex, Loujain al-Hathloul, face group said 575 civilians were killed Tpects from Saudi Arabia in the “Who gave this order?” Erdogan To Page 9 tation to visit the “beautiful country” 25 years in jail for speaking out on the between August 1 and October 15, killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, just before Christmas – but this was need for more reforms. including 136 children. Page 3 authorities said yesterday, after Presi- before the full gruesome details of AC Milan referred calls to Supercop- dent Tayyip Erdogan urged Riyadh to what had happened to Khashoggi had pa organisers, Serie A, who declined to ASIA | Politics disclose who ordered the murder. emerged. comment. Erdogan has in recent days stepped Crisis in Sri Lanka as up pressure on Saudi Arabia to come president sacks PM clean in the case, and Western gov- President Maithripala Sirisena ernments have also voiced increasing installed Sri Lanka’s controversial scepticism, pitching the world’s top oil Florida suspect arrested over former strongman leader Mahinda exporter and a pivotal Middle East ally Rajapakse as the country’s new into a worsening crisis. bombs sent to Trump critics prime minister yesterday, in a shock Erdogan said Turkey had more in- move that plunged the island into formation than it had shared so far BI agents used DNA and a fi nger- torney General Jeff Sessions said. an unprecedented constitutional about the killing of Khashoggi, a Saudi print to identify the Florida man He earlier said the suspect could face crisis. Sirisena’s off ice announced national and Washington Post col- Fsuspected of sending at least 14 58 years. “We will not tolerate such the surprise decision moments after umnist who was killed at the Saudi bombs to critics of US President Don- lawlessness, especially political vio- the president sacked incumbent consulate in Istanbul on October 2. ald Trump days ahead of congressional lence,” he said. Authorities are still in- premier Ranil Wickremesinghe — Khashoggi, who lived in the United elections. Cesar Sayoc has been charged vestigating whether other people were who insisted that he was still the States, was a critic of Crown Prince with fi ve federal crimes including threats involved and did not rule out the possi- legitimate prime minister and would Mohamed bin Salman, the kingdom’s People protest against the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey outside against former presidents and faces up to bility of further arrests or more explo- fight his dismissal in court. Page 6 de facto ruler. the Saudi Arabian embassy in London yesterday. 48 years in prison if found guilty, US At- sive devices in the mail. Page 5 Met Dept forecasts chances Indian minister Swaraj to pay of rain and thunderstorms visit to Qatar from tomorrow

atar Meteorology Department Tomorrow, it would be partly derstorms due to the associated risk of ndia’s External Aff airs Minister interactive session with the members The bilateral visit of His Highness the has forecast chances of scat- cloudy to cloudy with a chance of strong wind, heavy rain and poor vis- Sushma Swaraj will pay a three- of the Indian community on Monday. Amir in March 2015 and HE the Prime Qtered rain, may be thundery at thundery rain of moderate to heavy ibility. Iday offi cial visit to Qatar from to- Minister to India in December 2016 times with sudden strong wind, across intensity in most areas accompanied The maximum temperature today is morrow (Sunday) as part of a tour of “Qatar hosts about 700,000 and that of the visit of Indian Prime the country from today afternoon until with sudden strong wind exceeding expected to be 36C (Abu Samra), fol- the region which includes Kuwait, the Indians who form the largest Minister Narendra Modi to Qatar in Monday. 40 knots. Visibility may be poor due lowed by 34C (Dukhan) 33C (Ruwais), Indian embassy in Doha announced expatriate community in the June 2016 have further boosted the The country is aff ected by an upper to dust and high waves exceeding 10ft and 32C (Mesaieed, Wakrah, Doha and yesterday. country” traditionally cordial and close ties be- level low pressure along with a surface are forecast. Al Khor). The minister will be accompanied tween the two countries. low pressure, and hence chances of On Monday, it would be partly A minimum temperature of 25C is by a high-level delegation from the This will be Swaraj’s fi rst visit to “Qatar hosts about 700,000 Indi- rain. It had rained at some places yes- cloudy at times with a chance of light to forecast today at Al Khor, Dukhan and Ministry of External Aff airs, New Qatar as India’s External Aff airs Min- ans who form the largest expatriate terday, especially at Al Wakrah, going moderate rain with strong wind reach- Abu Samra, followed by 27C (Ruwais), Delhi. Swaraj would interact with ister. In August, HE Sheikh Mohamed community in the country. Qatar is a by a video tweeted by the Met Offi ce. ing 30 knots at times and high waves 28C (Doha) and 29C (Mesaieed, Wak- Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and had visited New Delhi. The Indian reliable energy partner, accounting for Today, partly cloudy skies are ex- exceeding 10ft. rah). Minister of Foreign Aff airs HE Sheikh minister’s visit is expected to provide more than 50% of India’s natural gas pected with a chance of rain, may be “We are in a transitional period The maximum and minimum tem- Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, an opportunity to hold an in-depth imports. The bilateral trade between thundery at times, and light to mod- that requires following latest updates peratures recorded yesterday: Me- according to a statement issued by the discussion between the two countries the two countries during 2017-18 was erate in intensity for a short period of through our interactive pages,” the Met saieed (33, 29), Wakrah (32, 26), Doha embassy. on various global, regional and bilat- $9.9bn. India’s exports to Qatar during time with sudden strong wind reach- Offi ce said in a statement yesterday. (33, 28), Al Khor (33, 24), Ruwais (31, During the visit, the countries are eral issues, the embassy said. this period reached $1.5bn registering ing 30 knots and high waves exceeding In addition, the Met Department has 26), Dukhan (34, 25), and Abu Samra expected to sign important agree- India and Qatar share a historic an increase of 87% over the previous 10ft. urged all to take extra care during thun- (37, 24). ments. The minister will also have an and multi-dimensional relationship. year,” the statement added. Gulf Times 2 Saturday, October 27, 2018 QATAR Role of ICJ in dispute resolution supported

QNA The ambassador said that In line with this commit- the UAE on June 5, 2017, allow commitment to deal with the New York over the past two decades, the ment, Qatar continued to use the Qatari students aff ected by the crisis and its implications for eff orts of Qatar have contribut- mechanisms provided by inter- measures taken by the UAE on international peace and secu- ed to the prevention and settle- national judicial bodies, partic- June 5, 2017 to complete their rity as well as its humanitarian atar has renewed its sup- ment of numerous confl icts in ularly ICJ, to settle existing dis- education in the UAE or to obtain consequences under interna- Architect’s impression of a section of Al Wakrah main road. port for the jurisdic- the region and to the strength- putes and protect the rights of their educational records if they tional law, international and bi- Qtion of the International ening of international eff orts to Qataris, the ambassador added. wish to complete their studies lateral agreements and interna- Court of Justice (ICJ) in the maintain international peace In this context, she referred elsewhere, and allow Qataris af- tional mechanisms for confl ict peaceful settlement of disputes, and security. to the lawsuit fi led by Qatar be- fected by measures taken by the resolution,” she added. affi rming its commitment to the The ambassador added that fore the court against the UAE, UAE on June 5, 2017 to reach the The ambassador noted that Traffi c diversion role played by the court under Qatar’s record of going to the concerning the application of courts of the UAE and its other the General Assembly’s keen- Article 33 of the United Nations court and respecting its deci- the International Convention judicial bodies. ness to hold an annual plenary (UN) Charter. sions is well known, as Qatar on the Elimination of All Forms Ambassador HE Sheikha Alya meeting to hear the ICJ presi- This came in a statement carried out, more than two of Racial Discrimination on said that the purpose of the ICJ’s dent and to give the member from today for delivered by Qatar’s Perma- decades ago, the decisions of July 23, 2018. order is to protect the interests states the opportunity to express nent Representative to the UN, the court in good faith, stress- The ambassador reviewed of Qataris and to avoid infring- their comments and renew their ambassador HE Sheikha Alya ing the support of Qatar for the provisions of the ICJ order, ing on their rights as a result of support for the court’s mandate Ahmed bin Saif al-Thani, at a the jurisdiction of the court to which states: the reunifi cation these discriminatory measures is a recognition of its crucial role Al Wakrah main session of the UN General As- resolve disputes by peaceful of families that include Qataris taken by the UAE against Qa- in the peaceful settlement of sembly to discuss the ICJ report. means. separated by measures taken by taris. “It also affi rms Qatar’s disputes. road project

s part of Al Wakrah mercial complexes in Al Wak- main road project, the rah, Al Wukair, Barwa City and Entrepreneur APublic Works Authority Al Wakrah Market. One of the (Ashghal) has announced that key projects in the southern traffi c to Doha from Al Meshaf area, it will ease movement of and Al Wukair areas, will be Al Wakrah residents directly diverted from today until the towards Doha in the north and eyes European fi rst quarter of 2020. to Mesaieed in the south. For traffi c from Al Wukair and Al Wakrah main road up- Al Meshaf areas, road users can grade is part of the express- take a left turn at the signalised way networks in Qatar, as it intersection of Saud Bin Abdel- will make a positive impact on market to export rahman Street and Al Wakrah the traffi c fl ow in the southern Parallel road towards Doha and area. The project will also con- Hamad International Airport. tribute to reducing pressure on Traffi c from adjacent areas existing roads in other areas for Fahes Al Wakrah and Wo- of Al Wakrah; thus, comple- handicraft qod petrol station facilities menting the other accesses of can lead to reach Doha and the expressway networks, of Hamad International Airport which several parts have been By Peter Alagos not only supplies home décor and via turning right at the junc- recently opened such as the Business Reporter accessories to local restaurants tion near Woqod petrol sta- G-Ring Road and the southern and coff ee shops but also exports tion and making a U-turn at Al part of Doha Express Highway its products to Italy. The compa- Sadafa Roundabout. “Al Wakrah Bypass”, which is any micro businesses ny plans to expand to other Euro- Brush 221 products may be found in some restaurants and coff ee shops in Doha . Al Wakrah main road is connected to Al Wakrah Stadi- in Qatar have benefi ted pean countries in the future. PICTURE: Noushad Thekkayil scheduled to be completed in um, one of the stadiums host- Mfrom public sector ini- Al-Mansoori, who runs the the second quarter of 2020. ing the FIFA 2022 World Cup. tiatives that promote and devel- company’s operations, also con- collaboration with Ministry of Saleh Majid al-Khulaifi , said that local and international markets. The construction will take Al Wukair Road: Ashghal op home-based companies, sup- ducts online training to Qataris Labour and Social Aff airs), Social ‘Made at Home’ helps create new Al-Khulaifi encouraged home- place in three stages. has reconstructed Al Wukair porting them to penetrate new and expatriates but plans to ex- Development Centre, and Qatar marketing windows that could based businesses to register so The fi rst stage starts from Road that links the Orbital markets both locally and abroad. pand her workshops later on to Chamber, to further help develop contribute to the diversifi cation they can avail the services of Barwa village, located at the Road with Hamad Port Road One of such companies is cater to a much wider audience. and promote this thriving sector. of the national economy, support ‘Derwazaa’, which includes 50% Airport interchange in the towards Al Wukair area for a Doha-based Brush 221, a micro She also lauded QDB and the The development bank also Qatar’s small and medium-sized subsidy of rebranding and mar- north to Al Wakrah Road and distance of 10.5km. Ashghal business specialising in decor, Bedaya Centre for Entrepre- launched the ‘Made at Home’ enterprise industry, encourage keting costs of their products. Ras Bufentas station. turned the dual one-lane road furniture, and home accessories, neurship and Career Develop- exhibition to provide more expo- new entrepreneurial pursuits, “QDB is committed towards The construction extends into a highway with four lanes which received much-needed ment for the services they pro- sure to home-based businesses, and empower micro businesses. the continuous support its of- over 1.8km on a three-lane in each direction to cater for exposure during the second in- vide to micro business owners which are seen as contributors He said QDB’s new programme fers to home-based businesses, stretch in both directions of 8,000 vehicles per hour. stalment of ‘Made at Home’, and for developing home-based to the development of Qatar’s dubbed ‘Derwazaa’ aims to help which play a key role in acceler- Al Wakrah main road. The fi rst Southern Doha Expressway: organised recently by Qatar businesses in Qatar. economy. micro businesses in the rebrand- ating Qatar’s economic growth, stage also includes 840m of The 11km highway connects Development Bank (QDB). In 2015, QDD initiated the Speaking to Gulf Times ear- ing, packaging, and market- and contribute eff ectively to the subways north of the road. G-Ring Road with Mesaieed Brush 221, according to Qatari Home-based Businesses Na- lier, QDB executive director of ing of their products, as well sustainable development of the The project’s second stage Road. It will ease access to entrepreneur Moza al-Mansoori, tional Programme (HBBNP), in Intelligence and Localisation, as to provide them access to country,” al-Khulaifi said. will extend from former Al Al Wakrah, Al Wukair and Al Wakrah Roundabout up un- Mashaf areas, and it is con- til Pearl Roundabout, with sidered an alternative route for road works for approximately Al Wakrah Main Road through 1.9km. The project also in- its connection with Mesaieed cludes three lanes in each Road and G-Ring Road. MEC concludes copyright training programme direction, and a 160m tun- Doha Expressway includes nel located under the main Al fi ve multi-level interchanges Wakrah Qatar Rail Station. that will be completed in the he Ministry of Economy employees, and to provide them The project’s fi nal stage next few months. The project and Commerce (MEC) has with the required expertise to starts about 1km from the also comprises 42km of pe- Tconcluded the ‘Training carry out their duties to the best former Pearl Roundabout and destrian and cycle paths. Programme on Copyright, Re- of their ability and achieve suc- extends up to Woqod Petrol Hamad Port Road: A 14km lated Rights and Trademarks’ or- cess in their work roles. Station located towards the road that connects Hamad ganised by the GCC Intellectual The four-day training pro- city of Mesaieed. The con- Port and G-Ring Road, and Property Training Centre and gramme covered a number of struction includes the de- includes four lanes in each di- the Swedish Patent Institute. topics, including a general in- velopment of the 5.5km road rection, easing the movement The programme aims to ac- troduction on copyright, re- from Al Wakrah main road and of trucks between Hamad Port quaint staff of the Intellec- lated rights and trademarks, the converting three main round- and Industrial Area, enhanc- tual Property Rights Protec- introduction of relevant inter- abouts, namely Pearl Rounda- ing the movement of goods tion Department in the fi eld of national intellectual property bout, Ooredoo Roundabout between the port and all areas copyright, related rights and laws, treaties and conventions, a and Wadi Afj a Roundabout in of the country, especially since trademarks, and exchange of ex- review of a number of copyright Al Jabal area to signal-con- the road is considered a corri- periences in this fi eld. and trademark issues and legal trolled intersections in addi- dor to reduce journey time. The programme falls within solutions. The programme also tion to the construction of a Hamad Port Road is expected the framework of the ministry’s included presentations by par- junction in Al Razi Street. to reduce travel time by more keenness to co-operate with ticipants on a number of topics Al Wakrah main road serves than 15% especially that the various bodies to work on de- related to copyright and trade- a large number of neighbour- road capacity is 8,000 vehicles veloping the capabilities of its marks. The off icials along with the training staff . hoods, residential and com- per hour in each direction. QRCS provides drinking water Qatar hair industry network joins for Syrian refugees in Lebanon atar Red Crescent Soci- problems facing both the refu- strategy for the coming years. ety’s (QRCS) mission in gee and host communities, by He noted that the Arsal water international organisation Cidesco QLebanon has launched a distributing potable water to purifi cation plant is a replication new project that helps provide 36,000 persons per day, or the of another project in Saadnayel, he general assembly of the Comite In- ricula and representing Qatar in the fi eld of clean drinking water for the total populations of 63 camps. a town of the Zahle district. ternational d’Esthetique et de Cosme- education and vocational training at Cidesco.” Syrian refugee camps in Arsal Omar Katerji, head of He also revealed that QRCS Ttology (Cidesco) voted and approved, The Qatar International Beauty Academy of the Beqaa Governorate. QRCS mission in Lebanon, is planning to launch a simi- at its 72nd meeting held last month, the (Tajmeel) is the only international vocational The purpose of the three- described the water projects lar third project in North membership of the Qatar Hair & Beauty In- training academy in the Middle East. month project is to address the as a top priority in QRCS’s Governorate. dustry Network during Cidesco’s 66th World Owned by Nama and accredited to deliver Congress and Exhibition in Stockholm. programmes and award Cidesco’s various Cidesco aims to establish scientifi c and qualifi cations, it set up the network in 2013 to practical principles for the cosmetic industry connect all salon owners, health and beauty through the development of educational and professionals. training curricula and certifi cation according The Qatar network’s membership includes to international standards. Off icials at the event in Stockholm. 30 salons and spa owners, 12 Cidesco gradu- The majority of 32 participating Cidesco ates and one training academy, with hopes to sections, representing diff erent countries and its feedback to Cidesco, the statement achieve a 30% annual increase in members, in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and notes. the statement adds. Australasia, discussed and approved the Qa- “The establishment of the network aims to “Undoubtedly, Qatar’s interest in the net- tar network’s proposal, according to a press support the cosmetic industry and develop work development and success to connect statement issued in Doha by Nama – Social the cosmetic industry standards in Qatar. it as a global platform with Cidesco section Development Centre. “It also aims at exchanging skills and scien- members representing 38 countries around The involvement of Qatar through mem- tifi c knowledge of professionals, developing the world marks a new phase in which Nama bership to the international organisation en- the health and safety criteria, in addition to seeks to develop standards of excellence in A water purification plant being operated in Arsal. hances the contribution of the Qatar network professional ethics, upgrading national cur- the fi eld.” Gulf Times Saturday, October 27, 2018 3 REGION/ARAB WORLD

Mattis to assure Five Palestinians killed in US role in Mideast border fl are-up: ministry stability

AFP Gaza City AFP Manama ive Palestinians were killed yesterday as fresh S Defence Secretary Fclashes broke out with Jim Mattis is to reaffi rm Israeli troops on Gaza’s border UAmerica’s role as a guar- with the Jewish state, despite antor of stability in the Middle Egyptian-brokered truce ef- East, in a policy speech before forts, the health ministry in the Arab leaders today. Hamas-run enclave said. Mattis, who arrived in Bah- The fi ve men, aged between rain yesterday, will address the 22 and 27, died in separate in- Manama Dialogue at a time cidents along the border fence, of strained US ties with Saudi the ministry said. Arabia over the murder earlier The violence came despite this month of journalist Jamal talk of progress towards an Khashoggi. Egyptian-brokered deal to end Mattis will reiterate “our long the months of often violent term commitment to ensuring protests along the border. and helping these partners and Israeli helicopters and planes allies...re-instil stability in a later struck three bases of the very chaotic region”, said Princi- Hamas in northern Gaza with- pal Deputy Secretary of Defence out causing injuries, the army for International Security Aff airs said and witnesses said. Katie Wheelbarger. The army did not comment He will call on Arab nations to on the deaths but said around “continue to look to the United 16,000 people had gathered states as your security partner along the border, with some of choice because you can rely setting tyres alight and hurling on us and depend on us to be rocks, fi rebombs and grenades there long term”, Wheelbarger towards soldiers. told journalists travelling with Troops responded with “riot Palestinians gather at the Israel-Gaza border fence during a protest calling for lifting the blockade on Gaza, yesterday. Mattis. The defence secretary’s dispersal means”, a spokesman speech comes as Russia keeps up added.Three of the men were The protesters are calling to on around 20 Hamas targets its military intervention in Syria shot dead east of Khan Yunis be allowed to return to lands in Gaza.The London-based and Washington accuses Tehran in southern Gaza, while one their families fled or were ex- Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat of sowing instability across the was killed east of Jabalia in the pelled after a 1948 war sur- reported yesterday that a deal region. north of the coastal territory, rounding the creation of Israel had been reached that would Wheelbarger did not say the health ministry said. and which are now inside the see the protests end in ex- whether Mattis would directly A fifth man died east of Jewish state.They are also pro- change for an easing of Israel’s address the Khashoggi murder in Bureij in central Gaza when a testing over Israel’s crippling blockade. his speech. hand grenade he was holding blockade of Gaza. Hamas officials denied a A critic of Saudi Arabia’s exploded accidentally, wit- Israel accuses Hamas of or- deal had been struck but con- powerful Crown Prince Mo- nesses said. chestrating the often violent firmed to AFP that progress hamed bin Salman, Khashoggi Palestinians have gathered demonstrations. was being made. was murdered after entering the for protests along the Gaza Israel and Hamas have “We expect to reach an Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Strip’s border at least weekly fought three wars since 2008. agreement very soon,” a sen- October 2. since March 30. The fresh violence could ior Hamas official said earlier On Thursday, CIA Director At least 212 Palestinians also scupper hopes of a deal to yesterday on condition of ano- Gina Haspel briefed US Presi- have been killed by Israeli fire end the months of protests. nymity. dent Donald Trump on the latest in Gaza since the protests be- Egypt and the United Na- Israel also fully reopened developments in the investiga- gan, according to figures col- tions have been brokering in- its border crossings with the tion after a fact-fi nding mission lated by AFP. direct negotiations between Gaza Strip this week following to Turkey. The majority have died dur- Hamas and Israel with the aim a week of relative calm. It al- Pro-government Turkish me- ing protests, while smaller of calming the situation amid lowed dozens of trucks of fuel dia said that intelligence offi cers numbers have been killed by fears of another war. paid for by Qatar into the strip, showed Haspel video images and air strikes and tank fire. Last week, a rocket fired having previously banned audio tapes of Khashoggi’s kill- One Israeli soldier was shot from Gaza hit an Israeli home, their entry in response to the ing gathered from the consulate. dead by a Palestinian sniper narrowly avoiding killing a border violence. Israel says the His murder has generated in- along the border in the same family.In response the Israeli decade-long blockade is nec- ternational outrage and under- period. army carried out air strikes essary to isolate Hamas. A relative of a Palestinian who was killed at the border fence, reacts at a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip. mined relations with Riyadh.

POLICY Morocco to keep summer time year-round One civilian killed ‘every Jordan fl ash fl ood Morocco decided yesterday to keep its clocks at summer time around the year, abandoning winter time three hours in Yemen’ which would have come into eff ect at death toll rises to 21 the weekend. The government said Morocco would “maintain summer AFP the Civilian Impact Monitor- ing the country to the brink of time to avoid repeated changes Dubai ing Project, linked to the United famine. Reuters during the year and... repercussions Nations global protection clus- The UN categorises Yemen Amman at several levels”, the off icial news ters, the aid group said 575 ci- as the world’s worst humani- agency MAP reported. A government civilian is killed every vilians were killed between Au- tarian crisis, warning Tuesday off icial confirmed that the transition three hours in Yemen, gust 1 and October 15, including that 14mn people now face a escuers combed the to winter time will not take place. AOxfam said yesterday, 136 children. serious threat of famine. shores of Jordan’s Dead The North African state was due to calling on the United States, “Oxfam is calling on the UK, Following the murder of RSea early yesterday, switch tomorrow, from its current Britain and other European US and other governments to journalist Jamal Khashoggi — searching for survivors, after time of GMT+1. Avoiding the switch states to suspend arms sales to suspend arms sales to the Sau- the Washington Post column- fl ash fl oods killed at least 21 saves “an hour of natural light” and Saudi Arabia. dis because of their disregard ist and Saudi critic killed in people, most of them school reduces electricity consumption, said “One civilian has been killed for civilian lives in the war in his country’s Istanbul consu- children in a bus that was swept the administrative reform minister, every three hours in fi ghting in Yemen,” read the Oxfam state- late this month — rights and away. Mohamed Ben Abdelkader. The Yemen since the beginning of ment. aid groups have urged Western The fl oods, which followed European Union said at the end of August, with many more peo- Saudi Arabia leads a pro- states to suspend arms sales torrential rain, poured through August that it will recommend the ple succumbing to disease and government military alli- to Saudi Arabia. Riyadh is the valleys and deep ravines bloc’s member countries abolish the hunger,” Oxfam said in a state- ance that has battled Yemen’s number one buyer of weapons sweeping people, vehicles and twice-yearly clock change. ment. Citing data collected by Houthi rebels since 2015, push- from the United States. livestock to the shores of the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth. Thirty-seven people were rescued in a major operation in- volving helicopters and divers, Syria pushes back on UN role in constitutional talks civil defence sources said. Rescue operations continued for other possible survivors. Civil defence members look for survivors after rain storms Reuters Astana process — and then given The school bus that was unleashed flash floods, near the Dead Sea, Jordan, yesterday. United Nations Opposition ‘aims for dialogue’ with Russia to the United Nations for facilita- swept away carried 44 chil- tion. dren and teachers who were broken regulations by going on the Jordanian side of the Syria’s opposition welcomes dialogue with Moscow to achieve a political settle- British UN ambassador Karen on a school picnic trip in the ahead with the trip, which had Dead Sea. yria wants the United ment of the years-long war, said their chief negotiator, Nasr al-Hariri, in Russia Pierce questioned Russia’s mo- popular tourist spot, police been banned in the Dead Sea A Jordanian offi cial said Is- Nations to simply facili- yesterday. “Of course, Russia can do a lot and can facilitate the expansion of di- tives in trying to negotiate a po- chief Brigadier General Farid area because of bad weather. rael had off ered to help and State eff orts to rewrite the alogue,” he told reporters before meeting with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. litical solution given Syria’s eff orts al-Sharaa told state television. He also called for an investi- the kingdom requested a heli- country’s constitution and not “We have strived and will continue to strive for dialogue and negotiations with to stall a constitutional committee The majority of dead were gation into infrastructure in the copter with the technology to choose a third of the committee Russia to achieve a political solution,” said the head of the Syrian Negotiation meeting. Russian UN ambassador schoolchildren. area. fi nd buried bodies in mud that that will undertake the job, out- Commission. “Russia is a state that has major influence on the Syrian issue,” Vassily Nebenzia said there were The dead also included three Health Minister Ghazi al-Zi- would accelerate the searches. going UN Syria envoy Staff an de he said, expressing hope that Moscow would seize “this historic moment” and “no grounds for establishing ar- Iraqis and a 20-year-old wom- bn said most of the injured had The kingdom, which shares Mistura told the Security Coun- help broker a solution. that suited both the regime and the Syrian people. tifi cial deadlines for the establish- an who was with the children left the hospital in the area near the longest border with Israel cil yesterday. ment of the constitutional com- on the school bus, a civil de- the Dead Sea. and have a common peace trea- De Mistura briefed the mittee.” fence source said. At least eight people were ty, has a long a history of co- 15-member body after meeting dress this challenge during the identifying or selecting the...third De Mistura said he would at- King Abdullah described the still missing, a medical source operation with its neighbour in Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al- forthcoming weeks,” De Mistura list,” De Mistura said. “He under- tend a summit with the leaders of disaster as a “huge tragedy that said. natural disasters. Moualem in Damascus this week. told the council. Participants at a lined that the Syrian constitution Russia, Turkey, France and Ger- hurt all of us” and the national A bridge on one of the cliff s Jordan helped Israel in 2016 De Mistura wants to convene a Syrian peace conference in Rus- is a highly sensitive matter of na- many in Istanbul today. fl ag was lowered in mourning of the Dead Sea collapsed under with fi re-fi ghting equipment constitutional committee in No- sia in January agreed to form the tional sovereignty.” De Mistura’s successor faces a as public opinion and politi- the force of the rains, the fi rst after a rash of fi res that burned vember before he steps down at 150-member committee to re- He said Moualem indicated tough battle to negotiate a politi- cians began raising questions such after the end of summer. for days, straining Israel fi re- the end of the month, but he has write the Syrian constitution with that Syria and Russia had recently cal deal, which the West has said is in local media outlets about Neighbouring Israel sent fi ghters. accused the Syrian government of a third chosen by the government, agreed that the third list of partic- needed to unlock its reconstruc- the preparedness of emergen- search-and-rescue helicop- An Israeli helicopter pilot delaying the process. a third by opposition groups and a ipants should be decided by Syria, tion support and to encourage the cies services to cope with such ters to assist, an Israeli military who participated in the search “We do have a serious chal- third by the United Nations. Russia, Turkey and Iran — the bulk of the millions of refugees in a disaster. statement said. said that close to 10 Israeli air- lenge, let’s be frank. It is my in- “Minister Moualem did not ac- three countries pushing separate Europe and the Middle East to Prime Minister Omar Razzaz The team, dispatched at Am- craft and drones had been tention to spare no eff orts to ad- cept a role for the UN in general in Syria political talks known as the return. said it appeared the school had man’s request, was operating deployed. Gulf Times 4 Saturday, October 27, 2018 AFRICA

Zuma’s son to Thousands rally in DR Congo stand trial in March against use of voting machines

AFP AFP Kinshasa Johannesburg housands of opposi- uduzane Zuma, the son tion supporters rallied of South Africa’s graft- Tyesterday across DR Dtainted former president Congo seeking the withdrawal Jacob Zuma, will stand trial for of electronic voting machines culpable homicide in March in a long-delayed election due over a fatal late night car crash at the end of December, saying in 2014, a magistrate said yes- they would be misused to rig the terday. results. Duduzane, 34, appeared be- The regime of President fore the Randburg Magistrates’ Joseph Kabila in a rare ges- Court in Johannesburg accom- ture authorised the protest but panied by his father, who was AFP correspondents said se- flanked by security personnel. curity forces were deployed in He is accused of causing the strength in Kinshasa, the key death of Phumzile Dube after eastern cities of Goma and Bu- his Porsche hit a minibus she kavu and Bunia in the northeast. was travelling in.Three others Unlike deadly protest march- were injured and one passen- es in the past which have seen ger, Nankie Mashaba, died in security forces fi ring teargas hospital weeks later. and live bullets, yesterday’s ral- Magistrate Heidi Barnard lies ended without incident. told the packed court that there Thousands marched in cen- would be a pre-trial hearing in tral Kinshasa shouting “We will January. fi ght to the death”, and “Voting “I want you to avail yourself machine equals cheating ma- as well on March 26, 2019, that chine,” an AFP journalist said. will be your trial date,” she said. “It’s a show of force by the In a separate case, Dudu- Congolese people who don’t zane Zuma is also due in court want these voting machines... on January 24 on corruption and a parody of an election,” charges over allegations of a said Vital Kamerhe, a presi- bribe offered to former deputy dential candidate in the De- finance minister Mcebisi Jonas. cember 23 vote. Former warlord DR Congo policemen escort protesters during a march in Goma, yesterday. Jacob Zuma, 76, was forced Jean-Pierre Bemba and regional to resign in February over al- baron Moise Katumbi have been “stage a massive march to say provincial polls. The Democrat- try would hold a credible ballot. would not end in the posh Go- would appoint a joint candidate legations centring around the barred from standing for the top no to the electronic machines ic Republic of Congo has never But the months before he said mbe district, where many gov- by November 15. The electoral Gupta business family, who job in a move that raised howls and no to corruption.” seen a peaceful transition of he would step aside were marred ernment buildings, diplomatic commission in January put the reportedly held such sway that of protest from their powerful However the main opposition power since independence from by brutally repressed protests. missions and big businesses are number of potential voters at they chose some cabinet min- blocs of supporters. The Union for Democracy and Belgium in 1960. Critics worry Kabila is try- located. more than 46mn, according to isters. Duduzane was previ- Bemba had asked people to Social Progress party, whose Kabila, 47, has been in power ing to make sure his favoured Kinshasa police chief Syl- the International Crisis Group. ously employed by the Guptas. rally in droves to protest against leader Felix Tshisekedi is run- since 2001. His second and fi - successor, Emmanuel Rama- vano Kasongo had called for an However, yesterday’s march- Jacob Zuma, who has five “the greatest electoral fraud ning for president, did not par- nal elected term in offi ce ended zani Shadary, a hardline former orderly march with “no blood- ers also called on the commis- wives and at least 20 children, ever with electronic machines ticipate in yesterday’s march. nearly two years ago, but he interior minister, faces no seri- bath and the objective of zero sion to strike off more than has also been charged with 16 that have not been tested any- The opposition claims the stayed on thanks to a caretaker ous challenger. The governor deaths”. 10mn names from the electoral counts of graft linked to an where in the world.” South Korean machines will be clause in the constitution. of Kinshasa authorised yester- After talks in Johannesburg, roll because they were regis- arms deal before he became Katumbi meanwhile in a vid- used for massive fraud in the Kabila last month promised day’s rally after a meeting with delegates from the fragmented tered without digital president. eo exhorted his supporters to presidential, parliamentary and at the United Nations the coun- organisers who agreed that it opposition announced that they fi ngerprints.

Gabon president Africa’s biggest crafts fair hospitalised in Riyadh Gabonese President Ali Bongo has been hospitalised in Riyadh, opens in Burkina Faso Saudi state media said, without giving more details. Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman AFP dian Governor General Julie Layette, a visited Bongo in Riyadh’s King Ouagadougou former astronaut. It comes at a time of “a Faisal hospital and “inquired after diffi cult international and national con- the health of the president”, the of- text,” said Commerce Minister Harouna ficial Saudi Press Agency said in a frica’s largest crafts fair opened Kabore, adding that his country was being brief dispatch on Thursday. Bongo, yesterday in the Burkina Faso increasingly “targeted” by militants. 59, was scheduled to appear Acapital Ouagadougou under the In 2015, Burkina Faso, one of the Wednesday on a panel at the flag- shadow of growing terror and militant world’s poorest countries, joined a ship Future Investment Initiative attacks in the West African nation. string of Sahel nations to come under forum in Riyadh, but he was not The 10-day Salon International de pressure from militants. seen during the discussion and or- l’Artisanat de Ouagadougou (SIAO) has Rebels began staging cross-border ganisers of the conference off ered attracted more than 2,500 exhibitors raids in the north of the country from no explanation. But in a separate from 25 countries this year and hopes to neighbouring Mali. Over 130 people dispatch, SPA said Bongo attended draw about 300,000 visitors. have been killed in three years and hun- a speech by Prince Mohamed at It was opened by Burkinabe President dreds of schools and town halls in the the conference later Wednesday. Roch Marc Christian Kabore and Cana- volatile north have been closed. Poor Ivory Coast students’ ray of hope: solar backpacks

AFP Allepilla

he equatorial sun has been up for about an hour as a gaggle of Tchildren set off from the Ivorian village of Allepilla on their hour-long trek to school. Back home in the evening, eight- year-old Marie-France Amoandji Ng- bessoo does her homework by the light of her backpack’s LED — captured by solar panels on her way to and from school. Ivorian schoolchild Amondji Anin Lucienne studies next to her backpacks fitted The light can run for three hours. with a connected lamp powered by solar panels, in a village in the southeastern With insects fl itting overhead, Rubino district. Marie-France points to the pictures in her textbook, identifying them: “Or- man Evariste Akoumian had the idea “So Dad or Mum can’t come and take ange, plane...” for the solar backpack in 2015 when the light from them...to use while they Allepilla, some 100 kilometres north his car broke down as night was falling are cooking or doing housework.” of the West African country’s econom- near Soubre, in the southwest of the Sales are brisk and have reached ic capital Abidjan, is a rural community country. “At the same time, children 55,000. Akoumian’s company Solarpak centred on cocoa and coff ee produc- were returning home from school,” he already sells the backpacks in Gabon, tion. A single pump supplies water recalls.”I said to myself, ‘We must give Madagascar and Burkina Faso, as well to the village of around 400 inhabit- them light so they can study. It’s not as to charities in France and Germany. ants including 150 children, and, as is normal for rural children to be unable Striving to keep up with demand, the case for thousands of villages and to do so.” Akoumian is seeking aid or loans so hamlets across the country — there is The Ivorian government has set a that he can set up an assembly plant in no electricity. target of ensuring electricity to 80% of Abidjan and boost production. Instead, oil-burning storm lanterns the country. “It may seem cheap, but these are and battery-powered torches are the “These rural children are poor. They large sums that the villagers don’t only sources of light. use rice sacks or plastic bags to take have,” said Anna Corinne Menet Ezin- An Ivorian charity that promotes their things to school,” Akoumian said. lin, head of Ywo Zone. education for rural girls, Yiwo Zone, “The idea was to kill two birds with “Here in this village some people has raised funds to provide the back- one stone: give them a backpack with a can’t aff ord the school fees or even packs — which cost 13,000 CFA francs light to go with it.” notebooks. Usually school is free, but (20 euros, $23) apiece — to schoolchil- The entrepreneur stressed that the there are always registration fees or dren across Africa. Computer sales- solar backpacks belong to the children: (other) payments.” Gulf Times Saturday, October 27, 2018 5 AMERICAS 20 US states, major cities urge Trump to drop fuel effi ciency freeze

Reuters less” in a 143-page document to set achievable future stand- – on the order of 5% per year an- quality for the most vulnerable, ers regulatory costs by more than effi ciency requirements over that Washington reviewed by Reuters ahead of its ards that continue to advance nual improvement – paired with waste billions of gallons of gaso- $300bn. period. fi ling later in the day. environmental and energy goals policy incentives that support a line, forfeit our best chance to The proposal would bar Cali- The Trump administration ar- The states have vowed to sue if while recognising marketplace transition to future vehicle elec- fi ght climate change and result in fornia from requiring automakers gues the new rules will save up to group of 20 US states and regulators move forward with the realities”. trifi cation, can provide a bal- years of uncertainty in the mar- to sell a rising number of electric 12,700 lives over the coming dec- several major cities have proposal. Automakers have said that anced solution”. ketplace”. vehicles. ades because they lower the price Aurged the Trump admin- Also joining the eff ort are the they do not back freezing the The proposal has set up a ma- Yesterday was the deadline for California has suggested the of new vehicles, prod people into istration to abandon a proposal District of Columbia, Los Ange- standards but nearly all have not jor battle between the Trump the fi ling of comments on the ad- US Transportation Department buying safer newer vehicles fast- to freeze fuel effi ciency standards les, New York, and San Francisco, specifi ed how much they want administration and Califor- ministration’s proposal, which and the Environmental Protec- er, and result in motorists driving after 2020 and strip California of which argue the proposal “would requirements to rise. nia over whether the largest US details a number of potential al- tion Agency (EPA) “contrived the less because gas-guzzling vehi- the ability to impose its own ve- deal a substantial blow in the They are pressing Califor- state, which has made reducing ternatives. proposal to support the presi- cles will cost more to operate. hicle emissions rules. fi ght against climate change”. nia and the federal government greenhouse gas emissions a ma- The Trump plan’s preferred dent’s impulsive and uninformed A memo released in August The states, including Cali- Separately, a group represent- to retain nationwide emissions jor priority, will continue to have alternative would freeze stand- direction to ‘cancel’ the pro- from the EPA said some offi cials fornia, New York, Illinois, Mas- ing major automakers yesterday, rules and avoid a prolonged legal authority to oversee vehicles. ards at 2020 levels through 2026 gramme”. believed the plan would actually sachusetts, and Pennsylvania, including General Motors, Toyota battle. In separate comments fi led and hike US oil consumption by The Obama administration increase traffi c deaths from 2036 called the Trump administration Motor, and Volkswagen, said that Honda Motor said yesterday yesterday, California said the about 500,000 barrels per day by had adopted rules calling for a through 2045 because of increas- proposal “unlawful” and “reck- it urged “the federal government that it “believes strong standards proposal “would worsen air the 2030s, but reduce automak- nearly 5% annual increase in fuel ing vehicle travel.

Bomb alerts harming Republican election ‘momentum’: Trump Suspect arrested in

AFP However, Democratic en- Washington thusiasm and grass roots or- ganisation and frustration with Trump among core constitu- resident Donald Trump encies like suburban women parcel bombs case claimed yesterday that and Latinos have led forecast- Pthe explosive devices ers to predict a likely Demo- Reuters listed in public records as an up- mailed to his rivals were slow- cratic takeover of the House. Plantation, Florida scale gated apartment complex ing Republican “momentum” Trump is not on the ballot in the seaside town of Aventura, ahead of November’s mid-term but two-thirds of registered Florida. elections, with polls showing voters see him as a factor in the ederal Bureau of Investiga- According to the records, he Democrats boosting their ad- election, according to an NPR/ tion (FBI) agents arrested a is a registered Republican with a vantage. Marist poll released yesterday. F56-year-old man in Florida lengthy criminal past – including “Republicans are doing so And 47% of voters said their yesterday, suspected of send- once making a bomb threat – and well in early voting, and at the opinion of Trump makes them ing more than a dozen parcel a history of posting infl amma- polls, and now this ‘Bomb’ more likely to vote for a Demo- bombs to high-profi le critics of tory broadsides on social media stuff happens and the momen- crat for Congress, compared to US President Donald Trump days against Trump’s political foes. tum greatly slows – news not 34% who said their opinion of ahead of congressional elections, Sayoc was being held at an FBI talking politics,” Trump tweet- him makes them more likely to authorities said. processing centre in Miramar, ed. “Very unfortunate, what is vote for a Republican. Agents who took Cesar Sayoc Florida, CNN said. going on. Republicans, go out Democrats are leading Re- into custody in Plantation, near He was expected to be taken to and vote!” publicans 50% to 40% in the Fort Lauderdale, also hauled the Federal Detention Centre in Authorities have intercept- generic ballot, which addresses away a white van that was plas- downtown Miami and will likely ed at least 11 packages sent to who voters will vote for Con- tered with pro-Trump stickers, make his fi rst appearance before Trump’s opponents and critics. gress in their district. the slogan “CNN SUCKS”, and a judge on Monday, according While offi cials and politi- The fi gures align with an images of Democratic fi gures to former Assistant US Attorney cians on all sides have branded NBC News/Wall Street Jour- with red crosshairs over their David Weinstein. the mailings acts of domestic nal poll that shows Democrats faces. A federal law enforcement terrorism, Trump’s placement with a nine-point lead, 50-41, A federal law enforcement source said charges would likely of the word “Bomb” in quota- over Republicans among likely source said the van belonged to be brought by federal prosecutors tion marks was immediately voters. Sayoc. in Manhattan and Sayoc trans- seized on by critics as a bid to On November 6 Americans Two witnesses told Reuters ferred to New York City. In this still image taken from a video courtesy of television station WPLG, an FBI off icer prepares a van downplay the threat. will pick their representa- they heard a loud blast as he was Four more suspicious packages to be towed in Plantation, Florida, in connection with the case of pipe bombs and suspicious packages Republicans are seeking to tives for all 435 seats in the detained in the parking lot of an were found yesterday, according mailed to top Democrats. hold on to their majorities in US House, and 35 seats in the auto parts store. to offi cials and media reports, the US Senate and House of 100-member Senate, in addi- Announcing the arrest by the bringing the total to 14. heard a loud noise that sounded state and presidential candi- Trump’s supporters accused Representatives in the Novem- tion to state legislatures and FBI to a cheering audience at the None of the devices has deto- like an explosion shortly after date Hillary Clinton, billionaire Democrats of unfairly suggesting ber 6 mid-terms. governors’ mansions. White House, Trump said such nated, and no injuries have been 11am. Democratic Party donor George that the president was to blame “terrorising acts” were despica- reported. “I opened the door and saw the Soros, Representative Maxine for the bomb scare. ble and had no place in the United The intended recipients of FBI there,” Dre, who declined to Waters, former attorney general After fi rst calling for unity at States. packages discovered yester- give his full name, said in a tel- Eric Holder, former CIA director the White House event, Trump “We must never allow political day were Democratic US Sena- ephone interview. John Brennan, and actor Robert lamented attacks against him and violence to take root in America tor Cory Booker of New Jersey, A woman who lives nearby and De Niro. again pointed at the media. – cannot let it happen,” Trump former US director of National declined to give her name said Trump’s critics charged “I get attacked all the time ... I said. “And I’m committed to do- Intelligence James Clapper, she was in her yard weeding yes- that his infl ammatory rhetoric can do the greatest thing for our ing everything in my power as Democratic US Senator Kamala terday morning when she heard a against Democrats and the press country, and on the networks president to stop it and to stop it Harris of California, and Demo- loud bang, saw smoke and heard created a climate for politically and on diff erent things it will now.” cratic donor Tom Steyer. a lot of shouting. motivated violence. show bad,” he told the crowd, No one claimed responsibility Hours after a federal law en- TV images showed investiga- “If we don’t stop this politi- acknowledging an attendee who for the parcel bombs addressed to forcement offi cial said the inves- tors there using a blue tarp to cal mania, this fervour, rancor, shouted “fake news”. former president Barack Obama tigation’s focus on Florida had cover Sayoc’s van before remov- hatred, you’ll see this again The devices were believed to and others, which authorities intensifi ed, police closed roads ing it on a truck. and again and again,” New York have been fashioned from bomb- denounced as terrorism. around the parking lot of an Au- All the people targeted by the Governor Andrew Cuomo told making designs that are widely The episode came less than toZone store in Plantation where suspicious packages have been MSNBC. “We have to get to the available on the Internet, accord- two weeks before US congres- Sayoc was arrested, and helicop- maligned by right-wing critics. genesis, and the genesis is an ing to a federal law enforcement sional elections that could alter ters fl ew overhead. Packages that surfaced ear- overheated, vitriolic political di- source. Trump: Republicans are doing so well in early voting, and at the the balance of power in Wash- A man named Dre, a manager lier in the week were addressed vision in this country and it starts Still, investigators said that polls, and now this ‘Bomb’ stuff happens and the momentum ington. at a used car dealership next door to Obama, former vice-president with the leaders, and it starts they were treating the devices as greatly slows. Sayoc’s home address was to the AutoZone, said that he Joe Biden, former secretary of with the president.” “live” explosives, not a hoax.

Mattis approves US troops for border with Mexico

Reuters point, and was not itself a “deploy- wrote on Twitter on Thursday that apas state, after hiking hours from Washington ment order”. he was “bringing out the military for their last stop. US offi cials told Reuters on Thurs- this National Emergency. They will Trump and his fellow Republicans day that the Trump administration be stopped!” have sought to make the caravan efence Secretary Jim Mat- was considering deploying between US Homeland Security Secretary and immigration into major issues tis has authorised the use 800 and 1,000 troops to the border Kirstjen Nielsen said in an interview before the November 6 elections, Dof troops and other military with Mexico. with Fox News Channel on Thurs- in which Republicans are battling to resources at the US-Mexico border, They would not be engaged in any day that her department had asked keep control of Congress. US offi cials said yesterday, bolster- law enforcement activities, some- the Pentagon for help to bolster its Trump pledged during the 2016 ing President Donald Trump’s bat- thing that is prohibited under US capabilities as it polices the border, presidential race to build a wall tle against migrants trekking toward law, and instead focus on support including asking for “some air sup- along the southern US border with the United States. roles in areas like infrastructure and port ... some logistics, planning, ve- Mexico. The Pentagon did not immediate- logistics. hicle barriers, engineering”. But the funding for his signature ly respond to requests for comment. Trump has hammered away at The migrants appeared unde- campaign promise has been slow to The offi cials, who spoke on con- the issue of illegal immigration two terred on Thursday night as sev- materialise. dition of anonymity, said Mattis’s weeks ahead of congressional elec- eral thousand of them bedded down In April, frustrated by lack of authorisation did not include a spe- tions. more than 1,000 miles (1,610km) progress on the wall, Trump ordered cifi c number of troops, something Taking aim at the caravan of Cen- from the US border, in the town of the National Guard to help secure that would be determined at a later tral American migrants, Trump Pijijiapan in Mexico’s southern Chi- the border.

Doctors to start prescribing visits to museums

AFP a number of physical and mental told AFP on Thursday. The pilot programme will allow Montreal health issues, along with their loved The numbers off er proof that organisers to gather data and ana- ones, to take in the benefi ts of art on doctors have “a sensitivity and lyse results, allowing for the devel- health with free visits. openness to alternative approaches opment of protocol for identifying group of Canadian doctors The project is unprecedented glo- if you want” Parent said, citing sci- patients. are to begin prescribing trips bally, according to its organiser. entifi cally proven benefi ts of art on Parent said she hopes other mu- Ato an art gallery to help pa- The project will see participating health. seums in Canada will follow the lead tients suff ering a range of ailments physicians prescribe up to 50 vis- The benefi ts are similar to those of the MMFA. become a picture of health. its to the MMFA during treatment, patients can get from physical ac- “I am convinced that in the 21st A partnership between the Fran- each pass valid for up to two adults tivity, prompting the secretion of a century, culture will be what physi- cophone Association of Doctors and two minors. similar level of feel-good hormones, cal activity was for health in the 20th in Canada (MFdC) and the Mon- So far 100 doctors have enrolled to and can help with everything from century,” MMFA director Nathalie treal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) take part over the course of one year, chronic pain to depression, stress Bondil said. “Cultural experiences will allow patients suff ering from Nicole Parent, head of the MFdC, and anxiety. will benefi t health and wellness.” Gulf Times 6 Saturday, October 27, 2018 ASIA Lanka president sacks PM, installs Rajapakse

AFP re-election, sparking tensions Colombo with Wickremesinghe who is be- lieved to have his own presidential ambitions. aithripala Sirisena in- Sirisena is also believed to be stalled Sri Lanka’s con- behind a failed attempt to impeach Mtroversial former presi- Wickremesinghe in April. dent Mahinda Rajapakse as the Relations between Sirisena and country’s new prime minister yes- Wickremesinghe’s political par- terday, the president’s offi ce said, ties, who have governed in coali- in a surprise move announced tion since 2015, have soured since moments after the incumbent both suff ered humiliating losses in premier was sacked. February’s local council elections. Sirisena won elections against Sirisena’s United People’s Rajapakse in 2015 on a platform Freedom Alliance party quit the of economic reform and account- coalition yesterday, according to ability for atrocities committed Agricultural Minister Mahinda during his opponent’s 10-year rule Amaraweera. at the close of Sri Lanka’s bloody Former president Rajapakse civil war. put down the decades-old Tamil Colombo was on the verge of Tiger separatist struggle in May facing economic sanctions from 2009 through a military assault Western nations over Rajapakse’s that killed up to 40,000 ethnic human rights record before his Tamil civilians, according to rights government lost offi ce. groups. Sirisena’s offi ce said late yes- Rajapakse’s iron-fi sted govern- terday that his former foe had ment was also accused of cor- been appointed prime minister, Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse, left, handing over documents to Sri Lankan President ruption and murdering political and a private TV channel loyal Maithripala Sirisena as Rajapakse is sworn in as new prime minister, in Colombo yesterday. opponents. to Rajapakse broadcast a rushed Sirisena had pledged account- swearing-in ceremony. is unconstitutional and ille- na and ousted Prime Minister ed apart from the president since. ability for war atrocities, but has But questions remain over the gal. This is an anti-democratic Ranil Wickremesinghe over eco- The pair were reported to have faced international criticism for legality of the move, as a constitu- coup,” Finance Minister Mangala nomic policy and day-to-day clashed in cabinet last week over being slow to deliver on justice. tional amendment passed in 2015 Samaraweera wrote on Twitter administration of the government. government plans to lease a con- International rights groups have had taken away the president’s shortly after the appointment There was no immediate word tainer terminal to neighbouring called for the prosecution of both power to sack the prime minister. was announced. from Wickremesinghe, who India. the military and the Tigers, who “The appointment of Ra- The surprise move comes after helped Sirisena defeat Rajapakse Earlier this year, Sirisena re- were notorious for suicide bombings japakse as the prime minister disagreements between Sirise- in the 2015 elections but has drift- neged on a pledge not to run for and enlisting child soldiers.

Top cop held over alleged Myanmar journalists get plot to kill bail in incitement case

president Reuters section is not a life sentence but Yangon two years maximum, and the accused are working at a jour- Reuters nal based in Tamwe township, Colombo so they have no reason to run Myanmar judge yester- away,” she said. day freed on bail three The trio are facing charges top Sri Lankan police offi cial has Ajournalists from the under Section 505 (b) of the been arrested over a suspected country’s largest private news- country’s colonial-era penal Aplot to kill President Maithripala paper detained on incitement code, which prohibits publish- Sirisena, a police spokesman has said. charges after publishing an ar- ing information that may “cause The alleged plot briefl y threatened to ticle that raised questions over fear or alarm”, that could cause cause tension between Sri Lanka and In- government spending. someone to commit an off ence, dia, after an Indian newspaper report that Eleven Media’s chief re- or disrupt “public tranquility”. Sirisena had accused India’s intelligence porter, Phyo Wai Win, and two The charges carry a maximum services of involvement - a claim New editors, Kyaw Zaw Lin and Nayi penalty of two years in prison. Kyaw Zaw Linn, the editor-in-charge, and two other reporters from Delhi and Colombo have both denied. Min, were arrested on October Days before their arrest, they Eleven Media walk out of Tamwe court in Yangon yesterday. “The Criminal Investigation Division 10 following a complaint by had published a story that in- of police today arrested Nalaka De Silva the regional government in the cluded quotes from lawmakers ernment should have dismissed faced charges under various laws after fi ve days of questioning him,” police commercial capital of Yangon. questioning the city’s use of the case today,” said defence since the start of her adminis- spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said. Their detention, in Insein funds, including the overhaul of lawyer Kyee Myint. tration, freedom of expression Gunasekara said Silva was accused of prison on the outskirts of the city, transport. The chief minister’s assist- group Athan said last month. plotting to kill the president, several sen- marked the latest blow to press Yangon’s regional govern- ant, Maung Maung Kyi, did not Two Reuters reporters were ior police offi cials and a former defence freedom in the country, where ment is headed by Chief Min- answer phone calls on Friday. convicted last month of breach- secretary. dozens of journalists have been ister Phyo Min Thein, a protégé Government spokesman Zaw ing the Offi cial Secrets Act Magistrates ordered Silva, a deputy in- prosecuted in recent months. of Myanmar’s civilian leader Htay also could not be reached and sentenced to seven years spector general of police, be detained until “As a reporter, I wrote my Aung San Suu Kyi and a mem- for comment. He recently said in prison, drawing global con- November 7. articles based on true informa- ber of her National League for he would no longer respond to demnation. Wa Lone, 32, and A police informant made the allegations tion,” said Phyo Wai Win, as he Democracy party. media requests, apart from in a Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, were detained against Silva in a news conference. Inves- walked free from the crowded Last week, media reported, biweekly press conference. last December while investigat- tigators are seeking access to deleted data courtroom in central Yangon’s Myanmar President Win Myint Human rights activists say ing a massacre of 10 Rohingya from the informant’s mobile phone with Tamwe township yesterday. ordered regional authorities to press freedom in Myanmar has Muslims that took place during the help of Huawei after a court granted The next hearing has been try to settle the dispute through plummeted since Nobel lau- a military crackdown in western permission to request the company’s help. scheduled for November 9. negotiations with Myanmar’s reate Suu Kyi took power in Rakhine state. A Huawei spokesman said the compa- Explaining her decision to Press Council, which has said 2016 under a constitution that Also last month, a former ny had received no such request from Sri grant bail, judge Tin War War the case must be dismissed be- preserves the military’s role in newspaper columnist who was Lanka and declined to comment further. Thein told the court the jour- fore talks can start. politics while formally ending harshly critical of Suu Kyi on Silva’s lawyers were not immediately nalists did not pose a fl ight risk. “According to that instruc- decades of army rule. Facebook was sentenced to sev- available for comment. “The punishment for the tion, the Yangon regional gov- A total of 38 journalists have en years in prison for sedition. Hanoi’s colonial-era railway doubles as selfi e hotspot

AFP whelming being so close to the Hanoi train,” Australian tourist Michelle Richards said. The tracks were fi rst built by n the heart of Hanoi’s busy Old former colonial rulers France Quarter, French-built railroad who used the railway to transport Itracks have become a hotspot goods and people across Vietnam for tourists seeking the perfect - then part of Indochina, along Instagram selfi e, and for cafe own- with Laos and Cambodia. ers serving up hot coff ee and cold During the Vietnam War, parts beverages. of the railway were badly damaged Though picturesque, they are by American bombs that rained also perilous: the tracks are still down on the communist-ruled in use and most days visitors must north. A group of tourists taking photo of a train passing through an old residential district in central Hanoi. scramble for safety as the daily Today the original metre-gauge train rumbles through the narrow tracks are still a mode of transport cafes, the tracks off er a unique ny coming down, you’ve got build- pulls their phones out to capture streets. for tourists and travellers seeking a charm for budding travel photog- ings which are very old and close to the scene. But for many, the thrill of dodg- cheaper option. raphers - and a business opportu- each other. You see people here liv- “It felt like waiting for Christ- ing a speedy train is part of the But in the past few years, visi- nity for makeshift cafe owners who ing close to the train tracks,” Hong mas... and when it arrived, wow, appeal. tors to Hanoi have seized upon have set up shop. Kong tourist Edward Tsim said. it was something else,” British “It was amazing but scary in their photographic possibilities. “It’s got a really weird charm. As the train rumbles into view, tourist Paul Hardiman said. the same sense, a little bit over- Hemmed in by houses and You’ve got fl owers from the balco- everyone clears the tracks and “Well worth the wait.” Gulf Times Saturday, October 27, 2018 7 ASIA/AUSTRALASIA

Singapore hangings spur fresh calls to scrap death penalty

Reuters est anti-drugs laws, and airport an unlawful and brutal act, car- for leniency in the case on hu- Offi ce urged Singapore to im- Amnesty International said Amnesty recorded executions Singapore customs forms warn arriving ried out in breach of due process manitarian grounds, but that mediately ban the death penalty the execution of another man, in only four – China, Iran, Saudi travellers of “death for drug traf- and in defi ance of the appeals it respected the rule of law and as a step towards its complete whose name had not been re- Arabia and Singapore, it said in a fi ckers” in no uncertain terms. made by Malaysia,” N Suren- due process in Singapore. Singa- abolition. leased, was imminent, citing statement. ingapore yesterday hanged Human rights group Amnesty dran, the lawyer for the executed pore’s Ministry of Home Aff airs “We are deeply dismayed that reports of another man executed Pathmanathan was convicted a Malaysian convicted of International and the UN Hu- man, said in a statement. did not immediately have com- there has been a sharp increase this week and three on Oct. 5, all of smuggling drugs from Malay- Sdrug traffi cking, the latest man Rights Offi ce have urged Prabu N Pathmanathan, the ment. in executions in Singapore in re- for drug-related off ences. sia into Singapore in 2014, court in what rights groups said was Singapore to halt executions and Malaysian citizen, was hanged at Authorities in Singapore rou- cent years,” said Cynthia Veliko, That compares with eight documents show. “Yes, he broke a series of executions prompt- follow the example of neigh- dawn in the city state’s Changi tinely do not comment on ex- the UN offi cial. executions for drug-related of- the rules, but that doesn’t mean ing them to renew calls for the bouring Malaysia, where a newly prison, he added. ecutions and only release data “We understand that there fences in Singapore for all of you have to kill him,” Magentrau wealthy city-state to abolish elected government has vowed Malaysia’s foreign ministry on executions in annual reports. have ... been a number of execu- 2017. Although 15 countries pre- Somalu, one of his close friends, the death penalty. Singapore to end capital punishment by said yesterday it had appealed A regional representative of the tions to date in 2018, including a scribed the death penalty for told Reuters. “He deserved a has some of the world’s tough- year-end. “The execution was to the Singapore government United Nations Human Rights reported four this week alone.” drug-related off ences in 2017, second chance.” Freed Japan hostage arrives home to joy, but also criticism

AFP The anger directed at Yasuda Iraq and freed in 2004 arrived hostage video showing him and Tokyo — author of books on the con- home to fi nd people at the air- another captive in Syria that fl icts in Syria and Iraq, whose re- port holding up banners reading emerged in August. porting has appeared on Japanese “It’s your fault.” Their kidnap- Despite speaking Japanese, he Japanese journalist freed television — is a far cry from the pers had threatened to burn them identifi ed himself as a South Ko- from Syria this week ar- reception that journalism held alive if Tokyo failed to withdraw rean called “Omar”, apparently Arived home to overjoyed hostage have received in other non-combat troops stationed in after his kidnappers banned him relatives and supporters, but also countries upon their release. southern Iraq. But then-prime from revealing his identity or na- to vitriol from some who accuse minister Junichiro Koizumi re- tionality. him and other hostages of reck- In Japan, freed hostages fused the demands, and even de- “This guy isn’t even Japanese,” less behaviour. have oft en met a mixed clined to meet with the families wrote one Twitter user. “He Jumpei Yasuda was kidnapped reception, with critics of the hostages, a hardline posi- should go back to his country, in Syria in 2015, and spent more suggesting victims were tion that was applauded in some South Korea,” added another. than three years in conditions he responsible for getting quarters of Japanese society. A string of kidnappings of described as “hell.” He arrived themselves kidnapped The government itself, sup- journalists in Syria at the height back in Japan on Thursday night, ported by right-wing media, of the country’s war exposed dif- greeted by his delighted wife and When four French journalists described the men as “irrespon- ferences in how governments and parents, who had brought him held by the Islamic State ter- sible youths” for having ignored public responded. Some govern- homemade Japanese food to cel- ror group in Syria were released, warnings to avoid travel to Iraq, ments paid ransoms, while oth- ebrate. then-French president Francois then an active war zone. One of ers refused, and while countries But even before Yasuda set Hollande met the men as they the men, Noriaki Imai, said re- celebrated their journalists as foot on Japanese soil, he was the arrived home. But in Japan, freed cently he received letters saying heroes, others quietly criticised target of angry criticism — most- hostages have often met a mixed “die” or calling him “stupid.” them for taking unnecessary ly online — ranging from accusa- reception, with critics suggest- “Online, the bashing lasted 10 risks. tions of recklessness to claims ing victims were responsible for years,” he said. Yasuda has faced In Japan, mainstream media that he was not even Japanese. getting themselves kidnapped. similar criticism for venturing outlets and offi cials have largely “He is disturbing society,” wrote “They are the victims, they to Syria, a country where sev- avoided criticising Yasuda and one Twitter user. “He’s an anti- haven’t broken the law, but they eral Japanese citizens were kid- other hostages, but the antipa- citizen,” charged another. have to apologise. It’s strange, napped and eventually executed. thy expressed online concerns Perhaps anticipating the criti- but it’s the mentality of a part of Compounding the antago- journalists like Toru Tamakawa, a cism, Yasuda’s only statement Japanese society,” said Toshiro nism is the fact that Yasuda was commentator for TV Asahi. upon arrival, read to reporters by Terada, a professor of philosophy kidnapped once before, in Iraq “In the case of Yasuda particu- his wife Myu, was dominated by at Sophia University in Tokyo. in 2004, prompting some to de- larly, the argument that ‘it’s his an apology. “The person is accused of having scribe him as a “professional fault’ must be fi rmly rejected,” he “I apologise for causing such harmed society.” hostage.” said this week. trouble and worry, but thanks In one of the more shocking And detractors have claimed “We need people who will risk Japanese freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda (front right), who was kidnapped in Syria three years ago, poses to all of you, I was able to come examples of the reaction, three Yasuda is not even Japanese, their lives to go and get informa- with his wife Myu and his parents, Sachiko (back left) and Hideaki (back right) upon his arrival at Narita Airport, home safely,” he said. Japanese men held hostage in partly as the result of a bizarre tion on the ground.” in Chiba Prefecture.

Inflight hiccup as Harry, Meghan’s plane aborts Sydney landing China leads way as world’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan said the episode was calm. The the closing of the Invictus Games, holding a sign which said “Free ‘Big dry’ drags on billionaires get returned to Australia yesterday pilot explained that a plane had which are being held Sydney. The hugs!” Tonga, a country of some from a tour of Pacific islands been slower than anticipated games founded by Harry are an in- 170 reef-fringed tropical islands even richer after their plane was forced to rolling off the runway so they ternational paralympic-style event and 108,000 people, is a former as Australia sets up abort a first landing because were going around and everyone for military personnel wounded British colony. China produced around two new another aircraft was in the way. would get another chance for a in action. They will then visit New The couple, who are expecting a billionaires a week last year as the Their Qantas plane charter flight good look at the amazing views Zealand as part of their 16-day child of their own in the spring, drought-proof kitty fortunes of the world’s ultra-rich QF6031, approaching Sydney, of Sydney Harbour. “The captain Commonwealth tour. Earlier yes- were serenaded by students at soared by a record amount, a report dropped to 125ft before perform- advised those onboard they’d be terday, the pair donned garlands of Tupou College, and called in at the said yesterday. Billionaires’ wealth ing a “go-around”, according to doing a go-around as there was red flowers and handmade wrap Royal Palace, feted everywhere AFP lief, but also on recovery, build enjoyed its “greatest-ever” increase FlightRadar24. another aircraft on the runway that skirts called ta’ovala, given as a by excited crowds waving flags Sydney resilience into the future.” The in 2017, rising 19% to $8.9tn shared In aviation terminology, a go- took longer than expected to take- traditional sign of respect, to tour and signs celebrating the visit. government’s Australian Bu- among 2,158 individuals, said the around is a when a pilot pulls out off ,” a Qantas spokeswoman said in the island nation of Tonga. They They laughed when boys from the reau of Agricultural and Re- report by Swiss banking giant UBS of a landing and makes another an e-mail to Reuters. They landed met Tongan Prime Minister ‘Akilisi college sang about mosquitoes, ustralia is setting up source Economics (ABARES) and auditors PwC. attempt after circling the airport. safely at around 6pm, she added. Pōhiva at a government building, complete with dance moves, at a a billion-dollar fund said at the summit that the But Chinese billionaires expanded According to the Civil Aviation In Australia, more than 800 stand- funded by China but named the ceremony to dedicate two forest Ato “future proof” the drought, while severe, cov- their wealth at nearly double that Safety Authority a go-around is a ard go-arounds are performed in a St George Building, in the capital, reserves on the campus, where country against droughts, ered a smaller area compared pace, growing by 39% to $1.12tn. “common and very safe practice”. typical year. Nuku’alofa. On the way in, Harry they also inspected a caged black Prime Minister Scott Morri- to a previous extreme dry in “Over the last decade, Chinese A Reuters witness on the plane Today, the royal couple will attend stopped to embrace a small boy parrot. son said yesterday, as farmers 2002-03. billionaires have created some of struggle with a “big dry” fore- But the bureau added that the world’s largest and most suc- cast to continue for months. in the east, home to important cessful companies, raised living Eastern Australia has been areas for livestock and crops, standards,” said Josef Stadler, head hit by a crippling drought — in rainfall was 40% lower than of Ultra High Net Worth at UBS Tech show some areas for several years the 20-year average. Even so, Global Wealth Management. “But — that has forced graziers to farm incomes were less likely this is just the beginning. China’s hand-feed their stock, sell to plunge as signifi cantly as in vast population, technology in- them or even shoot them dead previous drought periods amid novation and productivity growth to stay afl oat. “more favourable economic combined with government sup- The severe conditions are circumstances and other fac- port, are providing unprecedented expected to continue, with tors” such as improved produc- opportunities for individuals not more areas further south dry- tivity, ABARES said. only to build businesses but also ing out as the country heads The drought, coupled with to change people’s lives for the into the southern hemisphere damaging frost in some areas, better.” summer season, according to is set to produce the smallest The report said China minted two Bureau of Meteorology fore- winter grain crop in 10 years, new billionaires a week in 2017, casts. The unfolding crisis according to a forecast from among more than three a week has sparked a raft of support Rabobank, a specialist agri- created in Asia. In the Americas measures from the govern- business bank. “The 2018/19 region, the wealth of billionaires ment, including A$1.8bn winter crop will go down as increased at a slower rate of 12%, (US$1.3bn) in fi nancial aid for one of the worst in eastern to $3.6tn, with the United States farmers and local communi- Australia’s history,” it said in a creating 53 new billionaires in ties launched in August. report this week. 2017 compared to 87 five years Morrison said a new fund The weather bureau mean- ago. Currency appreciation saw with a kitty of A$3.9bn would while forecast that the next European billionaires’ wealth grow be established to pay for three months would be drier 19% although the number of bil- drought resilience and water and warmer than average, lionaires rose by just 4.0% to 414. projects in the coming decade. meaning “a low chance of re- Wealth transition from just five “(It) means we better future- covery for drought-aff ected families accounted for 30% of the proof against drought over areas of eastern Australia”. continent’s wealth expansion, the the next 10 years and beyond,” Farmers have received study said. It warned of lower Morrison told commercial some rain relief over the past economic growth in the United broadcaster Channel Nine month, but experts say the States and China if the trade ahead of a summit with agri- wet spell is not enough to war between the two countries cultural leaders to discuss the break the drought after the escalates. drought. “We are doing a lot extended dry period, and the “US and Asia ex-Japan equities Visitors look at a fire fighting robot during a technology exhibition in Handan in China’s northern Hebei province yesterday. to back the farmers in the rural heaviest downpours mostly could fall by 20% from their mid- communities. Focusing on re- fell in less aff ected areas. summer 2018 levels.” Gulf Times 8 Saturday, October 27, 2018 BRITAIN/IRELAND

CRIME PEOPLE CONTROVERSY ANNOUNCEMENT ROYALTY Man arrested over bid Singer Sinead O’Connor Ryanair defends crew’s Ruth Davidson gives Queen ‘deeply saddened’ to steal Magna Carta converts to Islam handling of racist incident birth to baby boy by pet corgi’s death

A 45-year-old man has been arrested on Outspoken Irish singer Sinead O’Connor Ryanair yesterday defended its handling of an Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson The Queen’s last corgi is dead. The little dogs suspicion of trying to steal an original copy has announced she has converted to Islam incident in which a passenger shouted racist has given birth to a baby boy – saying she with pointy have been a constant presence of the 1215 Magna Carta from Salisbury and changed her name to Shuhada. Having abuse at an elderly black woman, saying the and partner Jen Wilson are “delighted”. in Queen Elizabeth II’s court, following her cathedral, police said yesterday. Alarms adopted the name Magda Davitt last year, the cabin crew had not been aware of the nature Davidson said her son had been named Finn from room to room in Buckingham Palace were activated when an attempt was made 51-year-old is now called Shuhada Davitt. She of his comments until after the flight. The Paul Davidson, and weighed 10lb 1.5oz when and featuring prominently in official photos. on Thursday evening to smash the glass box also changed her Twitter profile picture to a police opened an investigation after footage of he was born yesterday. Announcing the birth But Willow, the last corgi the Queen reared containing the priceless medieval charter. black-and-white image of the Nike Swoosh the man’s tirade went viral over the weekend, on Twitter, she said: “Welcome to the world, herself, died in April. And now Whisper, a “A man matching the description given by logo and the slogan: “Wear a hijab. Just do with the airline facing criticism because flight little one. Know that you are loved”. Davidson 12-year-old she adopted after the death of its witnesses was arrested on suspicion of it.” “This is to announce that I am proud to attendants moved the woman to a diff erent seat started her maternity leave earlier this month, owner — a former gamekeeper of one of the attempted theft, possession of an off ensive have become a Muslim. This is the natural and allowed the man to fly. But in a statement, but is due to return to work in the spring. royal estates — is no more, leaving the Queen weapon and criminal damage..,” Wiltshire conclusion of any intelligent theologian’s the Irish airline said cabin staff were at the She and Wilson announced in April that they “deeply saddened”, The Daily Mail reported. police said in a statement. The parchment, journey,” she tweeted. “All scripture study time working on the assumption that they were expecting a child after undergoing a Media reports in 2015 said the 92-year-old one of only four original copies still leads to Islam. Which makes all other were dealing with an argument between two successful IVF procedure, with Finn being British monarch had stopped raising corgis surviving, was not damaged in the incident, scriptures redundant. I will be given (another) passengers, and did not know the man had used born at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary yesterday so as not to leave them orphaned after her they added. new name. It will be Shuhada.” racist language. morning. death. Europe’s biggest archaeological dig begins along HS2 route

Guardian News and Media the early Mesolithic period (from London 11,000-8,000 BC), and of the humans who occupied the valley continuously from that date until rchaeologists on the HS2 the medieval period. rail link between London A very diff erent excavation in Aand Birmingham have be- Fleet Marston, near Aylesbury in gun work on the UK’s biggest ever Buckinghamshire, has revealed excavation, cutting an “unprec- a Romano-British town at the edented” slice through 10,000 junction of a number of Roman years of British history. roads. “We have roadways, the re- The mammoth archaeological mains of buildings, animal enclo- project, taking in more than 60 sures and fence lines,” said Wass, separate digs along the 150-mile “and you can get a really great route, is the fi rst stage in con- picture of how people at that struction of the controversial rail time lived and worked and moved line ahead of main building works around the country”. European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier (left) meets with London mayor Sadiq Khan at the EU headquarters in Brussels yesterday. starting next year. In Handsacre in Staff ordshire, a The developers have now re- dig has uncovered the remains of vealed some of their early fi nds an iron age house and a pit align- including a prehistoric hunter- ment, thought to have been used gatherer site on the outskirts of as a farming boundary during that London, a Wars of the Roses bat- period in the same way as hedges tlefi eld in Northamptonshire, are today. a Romano-British town near And in Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire, the ruins of an EU must prepare to delay Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire and an Iron Age settlement in Anglo-Saxon church and burial Staff ordshire. ground will allow scientists and Their discoveries include pre- historians to study bodies dating historic fl int tools, a Romano- back to the 12th century, to build British cremation urn and two late a picture of the history of the vil- Victorian time capsules dug up lage and its inhabitants over al- Brexit, Khan tells Barnier close to Euston station in London, most 1,000 years. containing rolled-up newspaper Asked if she had a personal Guardian News and Media the Commons for a deal and that Khan added: “Whatever percussions of the free trade deal presume that jobs that leave Lon- tied with twine, calling cards and favourite discovery, Wass men- London the “politicians had failed”. Extra Theresa May brings back will being negotiated become clear. don in the fi nancial sector are go- leafl ets promoting temperance. tioned the site of the Battle of time, he said, would be required probably be rejected by Cabinet, The deal so far off ered by the ing to Paris, Frankfurt, Madrid. More than 1,000 archaeolo- Edgcote, in Northamptonshire, to allow a second referendum to almost certainly rejected by the EU does not provide any security They are more likely to go to New gists, bone specialists, scientists where the armies of the Earl of adiq Khan has told Michel be staged on the terms of the UK’s party, and if not will defi nitely be for the City’s fi nancial services York, Singapore and Hong Kong.” and conservators will be working Pembroke were defeated in 1469 Barnier the EU must pre- deal with the EU. rejected by parliament sector that they will be able to Khan also said he believed it on the sites until 2020, making by a rebel force led by Robin of Spare to delay Brexit given “The point I made to Barnier, “That’s why I said to Barnier: continue to operate across Eu- would be a poor decision to leave the excavations the largest ar- Redesdale during the Wars of the the lack of support in parliament really quite forcefully, is that listen, you need to start preparing rope from London after Brexit, the EU without clarity over the chaeological dig ever undertaken Roses. for a deal, and growing support there is a possibility of the British for the possibility of extending with many being forced to estab- terms of a future deal. in Britain and potentially in Eu- “It just looks like a fi eld,” said for a second referendum. parliament rejecting the deal that Article 50 because if that is the lish continental operations. He suggested he could end rope, according to Helen Wass, Wass. “It wasn’t a period of history The mayor of London said he May secures from the EU,” Khan case we will need time to have a Khan said: “The point I made up supporting an option be- the project’s lead archaeologist. I knew a huge amount about, but “quite forcefully” made the point told the Guardian. “There is a referendum.” to Barnier is the same point I ing pushed by the Tory MP Nick As part of their initial surveys, by reading the research that our during an hour-long meeting very real possibility of there being Khan cautioned Labour MPs make to parliamentarians who Boles for the UK to emulate Nor- the developers put together a specialists have undertaken about with the EU’s chief negotiator either a general election, which I not to fall for the narrative that will be voting shortly on this. way by being a member of the Lidar (light detection and rang- that time in our history when we that Brussels must be ready for think is less likely, or a referen- the only options are a no-deal It is a false choice to think that European Economic Area (EEA) ing) map – based on laser scan- were moving towards the Tu- the UK to stay as a member state dum. In those circumstances I Brexit or the limited free trade the only options are a bad Brexit and the European Free Trade As- ning – of the entire route, and dors, you have Welsh poets writ- beyond March 29 next year. suggested the EU should begin agreement that is being negoti- deal or a no deal. My concern is sociation (Efta) for a period after archaeologists have carried out ing about the battle, you have the An extension of the two-year preparatory work on the exten- ated by Brussels and Downing that because a no deal is so cata- Brexit, should a general election ground-penetrating geophysi- armies of various people moving negotiating period, allowed un- sion of Article 50. Street. strophic that MPs will think the or second referendum not ma- cal surveys of the equivalent of across the landscape, and some of der Article 50, would need the “Because what would not be Earlier this year, Sir Mark only sensible option is to vote for terialise. Under the proposal the 14,000 football pitches. those markers are still there today. unilateral support of the 27 other a good thing in my view is if we Boleat, a former policy chairman the deal that Prime Minister May UK would also continue with At Colne valley, to the west So that is one of our exciting sites. member states, which Khan sug- managed to get a referendum but at the City of London Corpora- has negotiated which is a bad current customs arrangements. of London, archaeologists have “But there really is going to be gested the European commission it was too late because we had left tion, said Brexit could result in Brexit deal. He said: “If it is the case that been examining evidence of herds something for everybody, be- needed to start work on. the EU or the EU had not made the loss of 75,000 jobs in the City “It would be bad for the UK we can’t get a public vote or a of horses and reindeer which cause we do cover the entire range The mayor, a former Labour preparations for an Article 50 ex- of London and up to £10bn in an- and London, but it would be bad general election then that’s the roamed the fl oodplains during of history.” MP, said there was no majority in tension.” nual tax revenue once the full re- for the EU too. Nobody should next best thing.”

Lightpool Festival Universal credit ‘not sole Cot designer jailed over baby’s death reason for food bank rise’ Guardian News and Media guilty verdict to the manslaugh- London ter charge as Williams entered two guilty pleas. Guardian News and Media Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s To- that had previously put people The trial heard how Oscar’s London day programme, Sharma insisted off working had been removed. cot designer has been parents, from York, bought the the message he was getting from He said he had been visiting jailed for more than three bunk bed for Oscar and his two- job centre staff and claimants job centres, most recently in Ayears after a baby boy died year-old brother, Maxwell, in niversal credit cannot be was that they were much happier Harlow, Essex, adding: “There in a bed he made. October 2016. But fi ve days after solely blamed for the rise with universal credit. are absolutely brilliant people Seven-month-old Oscar Ab- Oscar started using the bed, on Uin food bank use in areas However, he refused to com- in DWP working as work coach- bey was found with his head November 3, 2016, the incident where the benefi t is being rolled ment when told that a report by a es and they tell me that for the trapped in the holes on the side happened. out, the minister for employment charity that runs more than 400 first time in their lives they are of the £655 cot bed. Judge Martin Spencer, sen- has said. food banks had found they were doing what they came in to do, Craig Williams, the owner of tencing, told Williams he had Alok Sharma was responding four times as busy in areas where which is to provide that one- the company that sold the bed a “signifi cant responsibility” to a report from a committee of the full universal credit service to-one support which wasn’t to the boy’s parents, Charlie and for Oscar’s death, adding: “You MPs that found the department had been in place for 12 months available under the legacy sys- Shannon Abbey, admitted on should bear the brunt of that re- for work and pensions (DWP) or more. tem, and that’s a message I get Wednesday to fraud and failing sponsibility for the rest of your had a “fortress mentality” that The Trussell Trust recorded from claimants when I talk to to discharge an employer’s gen- life.” He said the defendant had prevented it from tackling the an average 52% increase in the them.” eral duty. He has been jailed for shown a “fl agrant disregard” for “unacceptable hardship” cre- number of three-day emergency Separately, analysis by the three years and four months. safety standards and committed ated by the switch to universal food packages distributed. campaign group 38 Degrees During a two-week trial at a “wicked fraud” by continuing credit. Asked about it three times, claimed that as many as 39 Con- Leeds crown court, jurors heard to sell beds after the boy’s death. With the chancellor under in- Sharma said another report by servative MPs, including Sharma, that Oscar’s parents found his During the trial, jurors heard tense pressure to act in his budg- MPs had suggested there were could lose their seats as 4mn peo- body after he got his head stuck a statement from Charlie Ab- et next Monday to cushion the “very many reasons” why peo- ple have their income reduced be- while trying to crawl through a bey in which he described the impact of the new system, the ple used food banks and they cause of the benefi t changes. gap in the bed in November 2016. moment he discovered his son’s public accounts committee said could not be attributed to just The group highlighted the Williams, who designed and body. He said: “I instantly real- the government had ignored the one factor. constituencies where the Ballroom dancers perform underneath an illuminated art built the bespoke cot bed, has ised he’d gone. It looked like he’d concerns of those aff ected. Sharma rejected claims that number of people who could be installation entitled ‘Museum of the Moon’ by artist Luke been on trial for manslaugh- tried to crawl out backwards but Universal credit is the most his boss, Esther McVey, had been moved on to UC was signifi cantly Jerram in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom, as part of the ter by gross negligence and for his head was stuck.” In her own radical change to Britain’s wel- ducking out of media appear- higher than the majority held by Lightpool Festival of visual arts in the centre of Blackpool, fraud. The 37-year-old owner of statement, Shannon Abbey said: fare system in decades, rolling six ances, and said he was responsi- the incumbent MP. In 39 seats it northern England yesterday. The annual festival features a Sheffi eld-based Playtime Beds “I heard Charlie shouting and benefi ts into one, which is paid in ble for the government’s benefi ts was at least double the majority; mix of live performance and light-based art installations at had denied both charges after screaming: ‘He’s not breathing.’ arrears to mimic a monthly wage policy, which he claimed was in 23 of those seats, it was fi ve various locations throughout the town. the boy’s death. On Wednesday I ran to the landing and Charlie packet. working because “cliff edges” times higher. a jury was asked to return a not was holding Oscar in both arms.” Gulf Times Saturday, October 27, 2018 9 EUROPE

Mother and two daughters found murdered on Greece-Turkey border Turkey wants extradition of 18 Saudi suspects Three women found dead on the Greece-Turkey border earlier this month were a mother and two daughters whose throats were slit after they were tied up, a Greek police source said yesterday. From Page 1 Cengiz said Khashoggi was the killers will be brought to jus- The bodies were found on October 10 near the River Evros between Saudi Arabia has also sacked concerned tensions would arise tice. Greece and Turkey, an area that is a major crossing point for fi ve senior government offi cials when he visited the consulate for Erdogan said he had spoken refugees and migrants trying to get into the EU. as part of the investigation. the fi rst time on September 28, with Prince Mohamed. “I also Authorities are still investigating what happened to the three Khashoggi’s Turkish fi ancee, but he was treated well at that told the crown prince. women of Asian origin although Greek media has reported they Hatice Cengiz, said she did not visit, which appeared to reassure I said, ‘You know how to make may have been killed as a “punishment” by migrant traff ickers. accept an invitation from US him, she said. people talk. Whatever happened The latest results of the investigation confirmed the victims were a President Donald Trump to visit “He thought Turkey is a safe between these 18 people, this mother around 35-years-old and her two daughters, 17 and 15. the White House after Khashog- country and if he would be held dodgy business is among them. They are believed to be Asian but neither their nationality nor gi’s murder because she thought or interrogated, this issue would If you are determined to lift sus- identity has been confirmed. it was aimed at infl uencing pub- be swiftly solved,” she said. picion, then the key point of our It was not immediately clear whether they were migrants or lic opinion in his own favour. A still image taken from a video shows Hatice Cengiz, fiancee of How Western allies deal co-operation is these 18 peo- refugees. In her fi rst television interview slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, during an interview with with Riyadh will hinge on the ple.’” The bodies were found by a farmer in a field on the banks of the since the killing, Cengiz recount- Turkish broadcaster Haberturk’s anchorman Mehmet Akif Ersoy in extent to which they believe Turkish offi cials suspect Evros, where increasing numbers of migrants and refugees are ed the events leading up to their Istanbul yesterday. responsibility for Khashoggi’s Saudi agents killed Khashoggi, seeking to cross following a border crackdown by eastern European visit to the consulate on October death lies directly with Prince 59, inside the consulate and dis- states. 2 where Khashoggi handed her his “Trump invited me to the Haberturk, pausing at times Mohamed and the Saudi au- membered him. two mobile phones and went in- United States but I perceived it during an interview and more thorities. Turkish sources say authori- side while she waited outside for as a statement to win public fa- than once breaking down in Prince Mohamed, who casts ties have an audio recording After uproar, Finland to increase him to emerge. vour,” Cengiz told broadcaster tears. himself as a reformer, has said documenting the murder. prison sentences for child rape

Finland’s government has presented tougher laws against child rape to parliament, following outrage at a court’s ruling last year that sex with a 10-year-old was not rape. Johansson turned down Considered one of the world’s most gender-equal societies, Finland has come under fire for its legal definition of rape which requires Merkel: No arms a victim to prove violence was used, or that they were in a state of fi lm funding from MbS fear and helplessness. Anger at the country’s response to sexual assaults came to a head last year when a 23-year-old man who had sex with a 10-year-old Guardian News and Media was given a sentence of only two years after he was convicted of London until Khashoggi sexual abuse but not rape. Judges ruled the child had not opposed intercourse with the man, and that the perpetrator had not used violence. carlett Johansson report- The sentence was subsequently upheld on appeal. edly vetoed funding from Lawmakers and charities slammed the court’s verdict, and Justice Sthe Saudi Crown Prince, case is clarifi ed Minister Antti Hakkanen launched a review of rape sentencing in Mohamed bin Salman (MbS), Finland. for her next fi lm about Pulitzer Scarlett Johansson Under the proposed measures, which could come into force early prize-winning photojournalist AFP The stance led to a clash with in September after 10 months of next year, the maximum sentence for statutory rape – sexual Lynsey Addario. campaign. And that fact that he Prague France’s Macron who told report- frosty relations following criti- activity with a minor – would be increased from four to six years. Addario, who won the Pulitzer wanted to show the west that he ers in the Slovak capital Bratis- cism from Berlin of what it said The proposal will now be debated in parliament. for her work in Pakistan, told the was into Hollywood, he was into lava yesterday that stopping arms was Saudi interference in Leba- New York Times that when Jo- all the great things of the west … erman Chancellor Angela sales to Saudi Arabia would be nese aff airs. hansson found out the initial set Do I want him associated with this Merkel vowed yesterday “pure demagoguery”. The Khashoggi case has opened France triggers disaster fund for of funders included MbS, she re- movie? Obviously not. And thank Gthat Berlin would not ex- The sale of weapons “has a serious new rift with European jected his involvement. God he’s not.” port arms to Saudi Arabia until nothing to do with Mr Khashog- partners Britain, France and Ger- farmers hit by severe drought “Scarlett Johansson said abso- In April, the crown prince the murder of dissident journal- gi. One shouldn’t mix everything many jointly calling for Riyadh to lutely not,” Addario told the New headed to Hollywood to meet with ist Jamal Khashoggi is clarifi ed, up,” he said. clarify how Khashoggi died inside France, Europe’s biggest grain producer, announced aid yesterday York Times’ Nicholas Kristof. “She studio heads and stars, including a stance French President Em- Merkel also insisted yesterday its Istanbul consulate, and for its for farmers hit by the severe drought that has aff licted the country said: ‘This guy is perpetuating the Dwayne Johnson. It was a visit that manuel Macron dubbed “pure that “Saudi Arabia must do eve- account to “be backed by facts to since the summer, along with much of northern Europe. war in Yemen. He has women in led to protests and last week CNN demagoguery”. rything to solve the urgent hu- be considered credible”. The government will tap an agricultural disaster fund for farmers prison’.” reporter Oliver Darcy tweeted a “The case of journalist manitarian situation in Yemen, After a fortnight of deni- as part of a broader aid package unveiled by Agriculture Minister She added: “This was before the screen grab of an Instagram post Khashoggi is, of course, some- there are currently millions of als, Saudi authorities admit- Didier Guillaume during a visit to eastern France, where he met killing of Khashoggi, when he be- from Johnson at the time stating it thing incredible, I told the Saudi hungry people, we are witnesses ted Saturday that Khashoggi, a grain and livestock producers. came one of the main people who was a “pleasure” to meet him. king yesterday in our telephone of one of the greatest humanitar- Washington Post columnist and Unusually hot and dry summer weather parched land, dried up wanted to fund the movie.” “Such a silly, clickbait post, Ol- conversation,” Merkel said at ian catastrophes.” prominent critic of powerful rivers and ravaged crops across France, parts of Germany and MbS has been in the news of late iver,” Johnson fi red back. “I’m sur- a press conference with Czech Germany last month approved Crown Prince Mohamed bin Sal- Scandinavia, leaving water levels extremely low. over the death of Washington Post prised you’d post this. Go back and prime minister Andrej Babis. 416mn euros ($480mn) worth of man, was killed after entering the Autumn harvests of crops such as maize and sugar beet have been journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who really read my words. I listened “We need to clarify the back- arms exports to Saudi Arabia for consulate in Turkey on October 2. badly hit, while dry soils threaten to hamper planting for the next died in the Saudi embassy in Turkey. and learned then. As I listen and ground of this horrible crime 2018. In the past, military exports But it has faced a growing chorus season. “I didn’t meet with him person- learn now. C’mon man.” and until that, we will not sup- by Berlin to Saudi have mostly of incredulity over its belated ex- Rain forecast for coming days in parts of the country off ers little ally,” Addario said. “But my sense Addario’s work has focused on ply weapons to Saudi Arabia,” consisted of patrol boats. planation that he died in a “brawl”, respite, as meteorologists and farmers say several weeks of heavy is that he probably – my movie global confl icts and particularly the she added, reiterating comments Germany and Saudi Arabia as world powers demand answers rainfall are needed to compensate for the accumulated shortages. got folded into this huge charm eff ect they have had on women. made earlier this week. only returned their ambassadors and the location of his body. The rainfall deficit continued into September, when it stood at 70%, according to forecaster Meteo France. Even before the drought, financial strains were blamed for suicides among French farmers, reportedly averaging one a day.

More than 2,300 homes flooded in Earthquake shakes western Greece southern Russia, at least six dead

Reuters lands of Strofades, local media in More than 2,300 homes have been flooded in southern Russia’s Athens Zakynthos reported. Krasnodar region, with six people dead and one missing, authorities They also left large cracks in said yesterday. the port of Zakynthos, though Rivers overflowed as the region experienced rainfall this week powerful earthquake authorities there said operations amounting to the regular two-month average. shook western Greece would continue as usual. The region, which includes the city of Sochi, hosted many of the Aearly yesterday, damaging “We are not facing any partic- events of the 2014 Winter Olympics. a port and a 15th century mon- ular problems,” Zakynthos May- Flooding has aff ected about 30 population centres, the emergency astery, but causing no major in- or Pavlos Kolokotsas told Greek situations ministry said in a statement. juries, offi cials and local media state broadcaster ERT. “Calm is News reports showed heavy flooding around Sochi. said. being restored.” A highway bridge collapsed in a western part of the city, cutting off The quake sent out tremors Extensive damage was avoided traff ic. felt as far afi eld as Libya, Italy, because quake-prone Zakyn- Federal investigators have opened criminal negligence cases into Malta and Albania. thos had adopted seismic pro- the deaths of an elderly man and woman believed to have died Greek authorities initially is- tection codes in construction, because of the flooding. sued a tsunami warning then said Efthymios Lekkas, head of Investigations are under way to establish the cause of death of four withdrew the alert. Greece’s Earthquake Planning others who died amid the inundation, the Investigative Committee The magnitude 6.4 quake and Protection Organisation said in a statement. struck in the Ionian Sea, 50km said. Another elderly woman has been reported missing, the committee (31 miles) south of the island of “The energy unleashed, based said. Zakynthos, also known as Zante, on the angle of the faultline, Greece’s Geodynamic Institute fanned out towards Italy,” he reported. added. Brussels Airport flights cancelled The US Geological Survey Italy’s Il Messaggero online (USGS) rated the magnitude at news site said the quake was felt as baggage handlers go on strike 6.8. hundreds of kilometres away in Three people were taken to southern Italy. This picture shows damage in the harbour of Zante, after powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake. A powerful Brussels Airport cancelled 184 flights yesterday after baggage hospital on the island, two of Firefi ghters in Calabria, Puglia 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Greece yesterday and was felt strongly in the tourist hotspot island handlers complaining about working conditions went on strike. them slightly injured, a spokes- and Sicily received thousands of of Zante, causing structural damage but no injuries, off icials said. The strike, which had not been called by the unions in advance, man for Greece’s civil protection telephone calls from worried lo- began on Thursday evening and initially led to the cancellation of agency said. cals. The quake was fairly shal- 1.54am (2254 GMT on Thursday). slightly, by about 20cm (7.87 50 flights. A series of aftershocks, the Zakynthos was all but de- low, according to the USGS, just Greece straddles two tectonic inches), but the increase could be Brussels Airport laid on beds for some 300 people who were forced highest at 5.6, rattled the island stroyed in a 6.8 tremor in 1953. 14km (8.7 miles) below the sea- plates and often suff ers earth- higher locally. to spend the night there, a spokeswoman for the airport said. and power was briefl y disrupted. More than 140 people were bed, which would have amplifi ed quakes. It later tweeted sea level She said the tally of cancelled flights yesterday was 184 – 116 Tremors damaged a 15th-cen- killed in an earthquake north of shaking. The EMSC European quake changes were also observed in departures and 68 arrivals – with a further 40 flights rerouted to tury monastery on the nearby is- Athens in 1999. The earthquake struck at agency said sea levels had risen Italy. other airports. The airport normally handles about 800 flights per day. The strike of workers at Aviapartner aff ected 29 airlines, including Ryanair and KLM, but did not have an impact on Belgium’s main carrier Brussels Airlines, which uses a diff erent operator to handle luggage. Russia, US clash over nuclear arms treaty at UN The strike is scheduled to end at 6am (0400 GMT) today. Aviapartner workers were complaining about a staff shortage which had resulted in increased work pressure. Reuters the last Soviet leader, and Ronald whether the committee should Why do they want to build up admitted to having produced a United Nations Reagan had signed in 1987. be allowed to consider the draft, their nuclear capability?” ground-launch cruise missile It eliminated all short- and but lost with only 31 votes in fa- Belousov said if the United but then maintained that it did Balkan chefs cook up 14,186 pancakes intermediate-range land-based vour, 55 against, and 54 absten- States follows through on its not violate the range limits of the ussia failed yesterday to nuclear and conventional mis- tions. threat to withdraw, then Rus- treaty,” he said. “The US has been in attempt to beat Russian record get the UN General As- siles held by both states in Eu- “In a year, if the US withdraws sia could raise the issue in the extremely patient with Russia Rsembly to consider calling rope. from the treaty and begins an un- 15-member Security Council. and our hope is that Russia will A team of Balkan chefs rustled up a world record number of on Washington and Moscow to Washington has cited Russia’s controlled build-up of weapons, However, such a move would do the right thing and destroy pancakes yesterday, making 14,186 in eight hours at Sarajevo’s preserve and strengthen an arms alleged violation of the treaty as nuclear-capable weapons, we not lead to action as both coun- that ground-launch cruise mis- tourist fair. control treaty that helped end its reason for leaving it, a charge will be confronting a completely tries have veto powers. sile.” Using 300 litres of oil, 600kg of flour and 400 litres of milk, the 140 the Cold War and warned that if Moscow denies. diff erent reality,” Andrei Belous- US Disarmament Ambassador European members of the cooks from Bosnia, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Slovenia the United States quits the pact, Russia in turn accuses Wash- ov, deputy director of Russia’s Robert Wood told the committee North Atlantic Treaty Organi- kept the frying pans turning in an improvised open-air kitchen it could raise the issue in the UN ington of breaking the pact. Department for Nonproliferation that Washington had spent some sation (Nato) urged the US on under autumn sunshine as 15 judges watched. Security Council. Russia had proposed a draft and Arms Control, told the com- fi ve years trying to engage Mos- Thursday to try to bring Russia Many of the pancakes were served to visitors to the fair and President Donald Trump said resolution in the 193-member mittee. cow on the issue of compliance back into compliance with the organisers – who must await ratification of their claim from on October 20 that Washington General Assembly’s disarma- He questioned whether the and that Russia had “denied hav- treaty rather than quit it, diplo- Guinness World Records – said that they would hand the rest to planned to quit the Intermedi- ment committee, but missed the United States was preparing for ing produced or tested a ground- mats said, seeking to avoid a split volunteers organisation for distribution to vulnerable groups. ate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) October 18 submission deadline. a war, asking: “Why is it then ... launch cruise missile”. in the alliance that Moscow could The existing off icial record of 12,716 pancakes was set in Moscow in treaty which Mikhail Gorbachev, Yesterday it called for a vote on do they want to leave the treaty? “It’s only recently that they exploit. 2017. Gulf Times 10 Saturday, October 27, 2018 INDIA

TRAGEDY DEMAND LAW AND ORDER LEGAL ANGER Fireworks factory Release Parrikar’s video Over 2,000 Sabarimala Salman’s poaching case PMK blasts 518% explosion kills seven to show he is fit: Congress protesters arrested hearing deferred to Dec 18 property tax rates hike

An explosion at a firecracker factory in the The Congress yesterday demanded that the The crackdown on protesters who prevented Hearing on two appeals pertaining to two Pattali Makkal Katchi founder S Ramadoss Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh yesterday Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition government women from entering the Sabarimala temple in poaching cases against Bollywood actor Sal- yesterday urged the Madras High Court to sum- killed seven people just days before the festival in Goa prove that Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, Kerala has crossed 2,000 arrests in just two days, man Khan were deferred to December 18 by a mon the concerned minister and all officials of Diwali, police said. The explosion in Badaun who is suff ering from advanced pancreatic cancer police said yesterday. In the last 12 hours, over 700 sessions court in Jodhpur yesterday due to lack and condemn them for hiking the property tax destroyed the factory which had a licence to for nearly eight months and has not been seen in people from Pathanamthitta district – where the of time. “There are two appeals pending in the rates much more than the undertaking given to manufacture firecrackers, the district police chief public since October 14, is fit to govern. Congress temple is located – as well as Thiruvananthapuram, sessions court – one each by the government the court. In a statement in Chennai, Ramadoss said. “There was an explosion at the factory. We party spokesperson Jitendra Deshprabhu said the Kozhikode, Ernakulam and other places have been against acquittal of Salman in the Arms Act said the Corporation of Chennai had increased have confirmation of about seven deaths,” Ashok party would have to approach the court to seek arrested. A total of 2,061 people across the state case and one by Salman himself challenging property tax rates up to 518% as against an Kumar told reporters, adding that fire brigade and directions to the government to issue a medi- have been arrested since Chief Minister Pinarayi the conviction in a poaching case,” said actor’s undertaking to the court that the rates would ambulance services were carrying out rescue cal bulletin specifying the health of the former Vijayan ordered the action to begin on Thursday. counsel Mahesh Bora. Both were deferred not be increased beyond 50%. Ramadoss said operations. Firework use hits a peak across the defence minister. “At least they should release a A total of 452 cases have been registered against due to “unavailability of enough time with the the High Court had ordered the government to country during the festival, although the Supreme video showing Parrikar walking, speaking and 2,300 people for defying the September 28 order court”. Before this, hearing on the two applica- revise upwards the property tax rates and also Court has been trying to restrict sales to tackle working. There is no bulletin or any doctor speak- of the Supreme Court allowing women of all ages to tions moved by prosecution against Salman said it would take care of the political leaders mounting pollution. ing on his health condition,” Deshprabhu said. visit the temple. was also deferred till November 29. criticising the hike. Govt trying to silence critics, claims Amnesty after offi ce raids

Reuters able in the public domain or were New Delhi fi led with the relevant authori- ties,” Patel said. Saying the ED’s questioning ndian authorities have fro- was the relationship between its zen the bank accounts of two entities – Amnesty Inter- IAmnesty International after national India Pvt Ltd (AIIPL) a raid on its country offi ce, the and Amnesty International India human rights watchdog said yes- Foundation (AIIF), Patel said de- terday, accusing the government tails of the organisation’ struc- of treating rights groups “like ture were available on its website criminal enterprises”. since 2014. The enforcement directorate, “Ahead of the raids, the In- India’s fi nancial crime inves- dian authorities leaked a cache of tigating agency, searched Am- their internal documents marked nesty’s Bengaluru offi ce for 10 ‘secret’ that appear to cast our Congress president Rahul Gandhi takes part in a protest near the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) headquarters in New Delhi yesterday. hours on Thursday on suspicion operations as a dark web of in- that it had violated foreign direct trigue,” added Patel. investment guidelines. The ED said that of the “Amnesty had received Rs360mn Rs360mn Amnesty received from foreign funds till date from overseas abroad through commercial route, in violation of the Foreign Direct In- Rs100mn was placed in Fixed De- vestment (FDI) guidelines,” said the posit (FD) as a long-term loan and ED in a statement. the balance was deposited in two Prime Minister Narendra Mo- bank accounts of AIIPL as ‘con- Ex-judge to oversee di’s nationalist government has sultancy services’. tightened surveillance on non- A government spokesman did profi t groups over the past four not reply to an e-mail request for years, saying they act against In- comment. dia’s interests. A source close to Amnesty said Thousands of foreign-funded the group was considering legal groups have had licenses cancelled action against the government probe against CBI chief or suspended on charges such as for freezing the bank accounts, misreporting of donations. which could delay salaries and IANS gations made in the note/letter the inquiry should not be on hatgi appearing for Rakesh which has been felt necessary Amnesty, which regularly ac- limit Amnesty’s activities. New Delhi of the Cabinet secretary dated the allegations against Verma The court also clarifi ed that by the peculiar facts of this case cuses India of human rights Enforcement directorate August 24, 2018, as regards the alone but also on the charges the “entrustment of supervi- and should not be understood to violations in Kashmir, said more spokesman A K Rawal said the present director, Central Bu- raised against CBI special direc- sion of on-going enquiry by the be casting any refl ection on any than fi ve offi cials from the en- investigation could take three he Supreme Court yes- reau of Investigation (CBI) Alok tor Rakesh Asthana, chief justice CVC to a former judge of the authority of the government of forcement directorate raided its months to complete, but he de- terday directed the cen- Verma shall be completed by the Gogoi said: “We are only con- court was a one-time exception India.” offi ce, ordered employees to stay clined to comment further. Ttral vigilance commission central vigilance commission cerned with Verma.” put and searched their desks. Since Modi took offi ce in 2014, (CVC) to complete its inquiry (CVC) within a period of two The court also asked the of- Employees were told to close the government has cancelled the into allegations against Central weeks from today”, the court or- fi ciating director M Nageswara Rahul leads protest attacking Modi their laptops and were not al- registration of nearly 15,000 non- Bureau of Investigation director dered. Rao not to take any policy or lowed to use their phones to call governmental organisations under Alok Verma and appointed one Directing that the inquiry major decision. It directed all The Congress, led by its presi- tion of the country because he friends and families, Amnesty the Foreign Contribution Regula- of its former judges, justice A K would be conducted under the decisions taken by Rao “after dent Rahul Gandhi, yesterday hit wants to hide corruption in the said, adding it fully co-operated. tion Act (FCRA), according to the Patnaik, to supervise the probe supervision of Justice Patnaik, taking over charge on October 23 the streets across the country Rafale deal. He is attacking the “Government authorities are ministry of home aff airs. for which it gave two weeks the court requested him to ac- till this hour” to be submitted to over the government’s move to CBI, the election commission increasingly treating human Critics say the government while restraining interim chief cept the assignment and ensure the court in a sealed envelope by divest the powers of CBI director and other institutions,” Rahul said rights organisations like criminal has been using the foreign fund- M Nageshwar Rao from taking that the enquiry is completed November 12. Alok Verma, slamming Prime in a brief address to a crowd of enterprises,” Aakar Patel, execu- ing law as a tool to silence non- any policy or major decisions. within the time frame fi xed by Initially chief justice Gogoi Minister Narendra Modi saying Congress workers outside the tive director at Amnesty India, profi t groups which have raised Making it clear that prolong- the court. directed the CVC to complete he can run but cannot hide from CBI headquarters in Lodhi Road said in a statement. concerns about the social costs ing the inquiry was not in the The court order came while the inquiry in 10 days but after truth in the Rafale deal. In a mas- area in south Delhi. Linking the “As an organisation committed of India’s rapid economic devel- nation’s best interest, a bench dealing with the petition by Ver- solicitor general Tushar Mehta’s sive protest joined by opposition government’s action of divesting to the rule of law, our operations opment or questioned its human of chief justice Ranjan Gogoi, ma and NGO Common Cause appeal for an extension, it was leaders such as TMC’s Rajya CBI Director Alok Verma of his in India have always conformed rights record. justice Sanjay Krishan Kaul and challenging the October 23 order extended to 12 days. Sabha member Nadimul Haque, powers, duties and functions with with our national regulations. The A Greenpeace India spokes- justice K M Joseph said the in- divesting the former of his re- Initially not inclined to give the CPI’s D Raja and the Lok- the controversy over the Rafale principles of transparency and ac- woman said the Amnesty raid quiry would be conducted on sponsibilities and giving charge more time, Chief Justice Go- tantrik Janata Dal’s Sharad Yadav, contract, the Congress president countability are at the heart of our “seems to be part of a larger de- the allegations contained in the to joint director M Nageswara goi said, “No, Mr. SG we don’t the Congress leaders courted alleged a businessman had ben- work,” he said. sign to muzzle democratic dis- cabinet secretary’s August 24 Rao. want this to go on. This is not arrest. “Prime Minister Narendra efitted to the tune of Rs300bn “Most of the documents asked sent in the country that began in note to the CVC. After attorney general K K in the interest of the country.” Modi is finishing every institu- through this deal. for during the search were avail- 2014.” “The enquiry in ... the alle- Venugopal told the court that As senior counsel Mukul Ro- Kerala needs Rs310bn Bus crash kills four Rights activists’ post-floods: UN report bail plea dismissed IANS Bharadwaj,” joint commissioner of Pune police Shivajirao Bodkhe said. IANS (Rs44.98bn), employment and The chief minister sought UN Gonsalves and Ferreira shall Thiruvananthapuram livelihood (Rs38.96bn), other in- support for mobilising resources be produced before a court for frastructure (Rs24.46bn), irriga- for the state within and outside special court here rejected remand today before continuing tion (Rs14.83bn) and water and the country. the bail pleas fi led by three further investigations, he added. erala will need about Rs- sanitation (Rs13.31bn). Kerala Finance Minister Tho- Ahuman rights and civil The three were placed under 310bn for recovery and The report highlighted the in- mas Issac thanked the UN for its liberties activists, accused of in- house arrest along with two other Kreconstruction following ternational examples and models assistance in mobilising grants volvement in the Elgaar Parishad co-accused, as per an earlier Su- the century’s worst fl oods, ac- for building back a better Kerala for reconstruction. “This would and the Koregaon-Bhima caste preme Court directive, in a public cording to a UN report presented in 16 sectors. reduce the amount of borrow- riots of January 1, following interest litigation fi led by historian to the chief minister by UN resi- It suggested that Kerala could ing.” which two of them were re-ar- Romila Thapar and others. dent co-ordinator in India Yuri become the fi rst green state in The PDNA is the global meth- rested yesterday. During the investigations into Afanasiev. the country by building on the odology developed by the UN, The special judge of the Un- the Koregaon-Bhima riots, the Afanasiev presented the Post four pillars of integrated water the World Bank and the Euro- lawful Activities (Prevention) Pune Police had raided and arrest- Disaster Needs Assessment resources management; eco- pean Union to assess damage and Act Court, K D Vadane, passed a ed fi ve accused including Bharad- (PDNA) report to Chief Minis- sensitive and risk informed loss in the wake of disaster and to common order declining the bail waj, Gonsalves, Ferreira, Gautam ter Pinarayi Vijayan here yes- approaches to land use and recommend the recovery needs applications of Sudha Bharad- Navlakha (now released) and P terday. This is the first time the planning; inclusive and peo- and strategies. waj, Vernon S Gonsalves and Varavara Rao (currently under UN has prepared such a report ple centred approaches; and by In all, 76 experts from 10 UN Arun T Ferreira in the case fi led house arrest in Hyderabad). in India. adopting knowledge, innovation agencies and EU across 13 sec- against them by the Vishramg- Earlier in June, the Pune Po- The report assessed the dam- and technology. tors collaborated to develop the baug police station here. lice had nabbed activists Rona age and loss incurred due to the Chief Minister Vijayan report in 20 days. Shortly after the verdict, law- Wilson, Sudhir Dhawale, Shoma devastating fl oods in the state in thanked the UN for providing The UN agencies included yers for Gonsalves and Ferreira Sen, Surendra Gadling, Mahesh August. It said the state would support to the state for fl ood UNDP, Unicef, Unesco, UN moved fresh applications seeking Raut and Rana Jacob in the Kore- need about Rs310bn for recovery response and developing the Women, UNFPA, UNEP, WHO, extension of their house arrests by gaon-Bhima case. and reconstruction. PDNA. He sought UN technical WFP, ILO and FAO and adopted one week, but that too was not al- Besides the Koregaon-Bhima The highest amount would support in developing sectoral reports of three sectors from lowed by special judge Vadane. violence, the police claimed that be needed for reconstruc- recovery plans, bringing interna- World Bank and ADB. Rescue operations underway at the site where at least “Since their pleas were not they harboured links with Maoist tion of roads and transporta- tional models and new technolo- Besides, two experts on inte- four persons were killed and nearly 24 injured after a granted by the court, we have ar- terror groups and were allegedly tion (Rs100.46bn), followed gies to Kerala and in strength- grated water resources manage- bus travelling from Patna to Bihar’s Samastipur district rested them (Gonsalves and Fer- planning to carry out a high-level by housing (Rs54.43bn), agri- ening the recovery committees ment from the Netherlands also overturned near Patna yesterday. reira) and taken them into custody. political assassination in a ‘Rajiv culture, fi sheries and livestock with experts. provided support. We are now working on arresting Gandhi-style operation’. Gulf Times Saturday, October 27, 2018 11 LATIN AMERICA Peru opposition vows to halt clashes as leader faces jailtime

Reuters Congress majority won in the 2016 Letona, a panel member, said the “We aim to return to the path Popular Force lawmaker, Rolando She has described her legal outsiders to sweep to power in the Lima election despite losing the presi- party should have focused more on we started in Congress of pro- Reategui, who admitted this week troubles as political persecution world’s No.2 copper producer and dency, the party, Popular Force, is lawmaking in the past two years, posing a series of reforms for to being an informant for prosecu- but said she would never fl ee. one of Latin America’s strongest in crisis as its leader Keiko Fujimori which were marked by hostilities Peru, an agenda.” But it was un- tors. “I’ll face this process in the name economies. eru’s most powerful con- faces three years in jail over charges between the executive and legisla- clear who would lead Popular A twice-defeated presiden- of the truth, in the name of my The judge assigned to the case, servative party has vowed she denies. tive branches that led the former Force if a judge orders this week tial candidate and the daughter of party and in the name of my fam- Richard Concepcion, has ordered Pto stop engaging in disputes Fujimori has tasked an “emer- president to resign in March. that Fujimori, 43, be jailed before former autocrat Alberto Fujimori, ily,” Fujimori told the court on two former presidents to so-called with other political groups, a dra- gency committee” with rebuilding “We did many things, but we trial for up to three years to en- Fujimori denies prosecutors’ al- Thursday. “preventive prison,” or pre-trial matic opposition shift that could the party after a handful of its top also fell into the confrontation sure she does not fl ee or obstruct legations that she used Popular An unfavourable ruling could detention in connection with Ode- help President Martin Vizcarra leaders resigned this week. game and that was a political mis- a criminal inquiry. Force to launder money for Brazil- dash Fujimori’s chances of win- brecht, which has been at the cen- pass legislation. In a rare mea culpa, Popular take we acknowledge,” Letona said, It was time for Fujimori step ian builder Odebrecht during her ning the presidency in mid-2021 tre of Latin America’s biggest graft Once emboldened by its solid Force Congresswoman Ursula without mentioning specifi cs. down as party president, said One 2011 campaign. elections, opening the way for scandal.

Legal bid to Heading to US block SQM Haddad needs stake sale to Tianqi ‘fraud’ to win dismissed

Reuters Santiago Brazil elections,

hile’s Constitutional Court has rejected a lawsuit to Cblock Chinese miner Tian- qi Lithium Corporation’s $4.1bn says Bolsonaro purchase of a stake in Chilean lithium miner SQM, all but clear- ing the way for the transaction to AFP pledge to follow the pullout by against Haddad. close. Brasília US President Donald Trump, Bolsonaro had previously said In a 3-2 ruling, the court said the Bolsonaro said he was not set on that, if elected, he would pull Bra- lawsuit was “inadmissible” and leaving the Paris climate accord if zil out of the Paris climate accord lifted its suspension of the sale to razil’s right-wing presi- elected. due to disagreements over how the Tianqi of a 24% holding in SQM, dential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro’s decision marks a Amazon rainforest should be pro- the world’s No 2 lithium miner. BBolsonaro boasted that surprising about-face for a can- tected. In a joint statement, Tianqi leftist opponent Fernando Hadd- didate who enjoys strong support Trump pulled the United States and Canadian fertiliser producer ad could only beat him by “fraud” from Brazil’s powerful agribusi- out of the accord in June 2017. Nutrien Ltd, which is selling the in Sunday’s decisive election ness lobby and has called conser- Bolsonaro has now said he stake, said they were “satisfi ed” run-off . The former army captain vation eff orts a threat to Brazilian would respect the accord as long with the ruling and would press heads into this weekend’s second sovereignty. as he got assurances that Brazil ahead with completing the sale by round with a seemingly unbeat- Speaking at a news conference would not cede sovereignty to na- the end of the year. able lead in opinion polls, the lat- in Rio de Janeiro, Bolsonaro also tive tribes or international juris- Lawyers for Julio Ponce Lerou’s est of which by Ibope showed him said he that he wanted to work diction over the Andes mountains, Pampa Group, which is SQM’s leading Haddad by 57% to 43%. with the United Nations to deal Amazon rainforest and Atlantic majority shareholder, did not re- “He can get there by fraud, but with a large infl ux of Venezuelan Ocean — the so-called Triple A spond to a request for comment. through the vote he won’t make refugees in Brazil’s north. region. Lithium has become one of the it. I’m sure of that,” Bolsonaro, He said he did not want confl ict “Let’s put on paper that the world’s most in-demand com- 63, said in a video posted on Fa- with the neighbouring country, Triple A isn’t in play and neither modities because of the rising cebook. whose socialist government he has is the independence of any in- popularity of electric vehicles He also suggested Haddad’s repeatedly criticised. digenous land, and I’ll uphold the powered by lithium-ion batteries. Workers Party may be trying to Brazil’s most polarised election Paris Agreement,” Bolsonaro told The initial lawsuit, brought by “manipulate Ibope’s numbers” in a generation has stirred political journalists. Ponce, was intended to scuttle an and warned his supporters to re- violence and threats against jour- This month, a group of non- agreement struck between Chile’s main “wary” of the opinion polls. nalists, while Bolsonaro’s policy governmental organisations in- antitrust regulators and Tianqi. Bolsonaro’s suspicions were pledges have raised alarm among cluding Greenpeace and WWF- Ponce’s lawyers argued the deal piqued by Ibope’s poll published many, including environmen- Brasil signed an open letter saying had been struck “practically in se- on Tuesday, which said Haddad talists. But Bolsonaro has been that Bolsonaro’s proposals present cret” and that it failed to protect had cut his opponent’s lead from adopting a more moderate tone as a serious threat to Brazil’s environ- SQM’s corporate secrets from top 18 to 14 points. That poll said that he nears an increasingly likely vic- ment that could lead deforestation competitor Tianqi. in Sao Paulo, where Haddad was tory in Sunday’s run-off election “to explode.” Nutrien must sell its SQM mayor from 2013-16, the leftist shares by April 2019 in order to was ahead by 51% to 49%. Bannon endorses far-right presidential candidate comply with regulatory require- Yet Bolsonaro pointed to the ments put in place by Indian and October 7 fi rst round results from Former Trump White House off icer. Bolsonaro’s team has Chinese authorities following a Brazil’s biggest city, where Hadd- adviser and conservative courted Bannon’s support and prior merger. ad garnered only 19% compared firebrand Steve Bannon his son Eduardo tweeted in The court’s decision is fi nal and to the former’s 44%. yesterday said he was August about a visit with him not subject to appeal, but one legal It’s not the fi rst time he has endorsing Brazil’s far-right in New York. “We had a great hurdle remains. brought up the possibility of presidential candidate Jair conversation and we share the Pampa fi led an additional ap- fraud, having done so 10 days be- Bolsonaro, hoping he could same worldview,” wrote Eduardo peal earlier this month with Chile’s fore the fi rst round of voting, be- win tomorrow’s vote and Bolsonaro. He said they planned antitrust court. fore subsequently backtracking. contribute to a global populist “to join forces, especially against Nutrien previously argued that However, when the results were tide. “Captain Bolsonaro is a cultural Marxism.” Opinion the “real objective” of Ponce’s le- announced, he then denounced Brazilian patriot, and I believe a polls point to a decisive win for gal manoeuvres was to block the “problems” with the electronic great leader for his country at Bolsonaro in the run-off vote sale to Tianqi and force Nutrien to Central American migrants, part of a caravan trying to reach the US, walk along the road as urns and blamed them for deny- this historic moment,” Bannon against his leftist rival Fernando “miss its deadline with Indian and they continue their journey, in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, yesterday. ing him an absolute majority. said about the former military Haddad tomorrow. Chinese regulators.” Earlier, going back on a prior UK has pledged not to 19 bodies found in unmarked graves

extradite Assange: Quito AFP say if the victims were local resi- Mexico City dents, where several disappear- ances had been recorded in recent Reuters dor, but given that the asylum had Assange fi led a lawsuit in an Ec- months, or if their bodies had been Quito lasted six years with no signs of uadorean court last week claiming t least 19 bodies have been relocated from elsewhere. immediate resolution we were go- the new asylum terms, which re- discovered in a fi eld in Just over a week ago, 16 bodies ing to place certain rules,” Salvador quire him to pay for medical bills AMexico’s western state of were found in an unmarked grave he United Kingdom told said at a news conference. and telephone calls and to clean up Jalisco, scene of some of the worst outside Guadalajara, the state Ecuador in August that It was unclear if the UK’s assur- after his pet cat, violate his rights. violence in the country, local pros- capital of Jalisco and the country’s TWikiLeaks founder Julian ances were still valid. Ecuador says the rules are con- ecutors said. second-most populous city. Assange would not be extradited Assange’s legal team did not im- sistent with international asylum The corpses have been identi- Since the government deployed if he left the country’s London mediately respond to a request for standards. fi ed as belonging to 16 men and the army to fi ght the country’s embassy, where he has lived under comment. Ecuador’s Foreign Minister, Jose three women, who are believed powerful drug cartels in 2006, asylum since 2012, Ecuador’s top The UK Foreign & Common- Valencia, said earlier this week to have been killed about four Mexico has been hit by a wave government attorney said. wealth Offi ce referred to Foreign that he was “frustrated” by As- months ago, the offi cials said. of violence including more than In a written response to queries Offi ce Minister Alan Duncan’s sange’s decision to fi le suit, and Two skulls were also recovered 200,000 murders. from Ecuador, the UK explained June statement that Assange said the South American country but it was not clear if that meant Last year, the country registered that it had not received any extra- would be treated “humanely and would no longer intervene on his two more victims, or if the skulls a record 28,702 homicides. dition request, and said Assange’s properly” if he left the embassy. behalf in talks with Britain over his belonged to people already de- Mass graves are regularly dis- jail time in the UK for violating Assange took refuge in the em- situation, a break from previous clared dead. covered containing dozens or even bail terms by seeking refuge in bassy after British courts ordered practice. The number of murder victims hundreds of unidentifi ed bodies. the embassy would not exceed six his extradition to Sweden to face On Thursday, Salvador refuted in Mexico has exploded in recent Nearly 4,000 such corpses have months, Inigo Salvador, who rep- questioning in a sexual molesta- Assange’s claims in the suit that years in spiralling violence linked been found since 2007, accord- resents the Ecuadorean govern- tion case. Ecuador prevented him from re- to the country’s powerful drug ing to the National Human Rights ment in court proceedings, told That case has been dropped, but ceiving visitors, denied him coun- cartels. Commission. reporters. supporters have said that Assange sel and cut off access to communi- The fi rst human remains were Violence in Guadalajara has Salvador said Ecuador passed fears he could be extradited to the cations, noting that he received 62 found on Monday in Lagos de skyrocketed since March 2017, on the UK’s response to Assange’s US if he leaves the embassy. visits between July and October, Moreno, a part of Jalisco state when a power struggle erupted at lawyers, but noted that if Assange WikiLeaks, which published US including some from his lawyers. near the border with Guanajuato the heart of the brutal Jalisco New stayed in the embassy Ecuador diplomatic and military secrets An initial hearing in the case had state. Generation Cartel. would put new conditions on his when Assange ran the operation, been scheduled for yesterday, but Investigators then pursued a In late September, authorities stay. “Assange had a choice be- faces a US grand jury investigation. the presiding judge suspended it search in the area on Tuesday and found the remains of 278 mur- tween turning himself in to British The relationship between As- after the videoconference that was Wednesday, allowing prosecutors der victims in a refrigerated truck authorities with those assurances, sange and Ecuador has grown in- supposed to beam Assange into the Ecuadorean government attorney Inigo Salvador arrives for to announce the fi nal tally. in Guadalajara, after the city’s or staying in the embassy of Ecua- creasingly tense in the past year. courtroom faltered. the press conference in Quito. Authorities said they could not morgues overfl owed. Gulf Times 12 Saturday, October 27, 2018 PAKISTAN

Imran to visit five capitals in 8 weeks

Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit five countries in the coming eight weeks, off icial sources here say. Pakistan plans to reduce Diplomatic sources say that Khan will visit the United Arab Emirates after returning from China in the second week of next month. He has been invited by the UAE President Khalifa Zayed al-Nahyan. The prime minister will also the number of ministries visit Malaysia next month on the invitation of his counterpart Govt terminates envoys in major capitals Plans are also afoot to abolish a “A breakthrough is expected in to his secretary or principal secre- He said the task force intends to Mahathir Mohamed. key administrative tier – that of the next few days,” an offi cial says. tary. cut the number of federal govern- The capitals of Turkey, Iran and The government has decided to appoint “career diplomats” the section off icer According to him, the restruc- Another item under considera- ment ministries. Afghanistan will also be his in key world capitals, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood turing in the federal government tion is to abolish the offi ce of sec- According to this idea, every destinations in the subsequent Qureshi said yesterday, doing away with “political appoint- Internews would impact the administrative tion offi cer, and give the deputy ministry would have a minister and weeks. ments” in London, Washington, and Riyadh. Islamabad systems in provinces, which are secretary the responsibility of ini- a secretary, with multiple divisions Sources say he has been invited The minister said that Nafees Zakaria would be the new Pa- also expected to adopt measures tiating fi les. of related subjects. for visits by Turkey’s President kistani high commissioner to London, while Dr Asad Majeed that can make them lean, automat- Under this plan, each depart- Each division would be headed Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Iranian will be appointed the ambassador to the United States. akistan’s Task Force on Aus- ed and effi cient. mental edifi ce would be reduced by an additional secretary. President Dr Hassan Rouhani, He, however, said that the appointments will take some time, terity and Restructuring is He said that the idea at present is to just three tiers – secretary, ad- Files would be initiated by dep- and Afghan President Dr Ashraf adding that the matter has already been discussed with Pplanning the redesign of the to empower the cabinet, allowing ditional secretary, and deputy sec- uty secretary under the additional Ghani. Prime Minister Imran Khan. federal government with initial the prime minister to concentrate retary. secretary. Qureshi further said Raja Ali Aijaz is to be posted in Riyadh idea of reducing the number of on major issues rather than having At present, section offi cers initi- The offi cial said that the scheme as the new ambassador. ministries and abolishing the tier to approve each and every fi le sent ate fi les in all government depart- would help the government save Pakistani artwork He said that all appointments included “career diplomats”. of section offi cer. to him for the fi nal go-ahead. ments. funds it currently has to spend on Hamid Asghar Khan will be appointed ambassador to Rabat According to offi cial sources The plan is to empower the cabi- “The diffi cult issue at hand staffi ng so many ministries. sold for Rs34mn and Shehryar Akbar Khan in Serbia, the minister said further. here, the task force under Dr Ishrat net to decide on day-to-day mat- is how to absorb section offi c- It may be mentioned here that Qureshi added that Sahibzada Ahmed Khan will discharge Hussain intends to have the rules ters of all federal subjects through ers already in service, as this post the federal government has already Artist Rashid Rana’s work, the diplomatic responsibilities in Havana, whereas Ahmed Am- of business amended to make the the cabinet secretary, instead of the (should) be abolished without ren- started the automation of its de- Red Carpet Series, fetched jad Ali will be appointed consul general in Dubai. government leaner, cost-eff ective, existing practice of sending all fi les dering anyone jobless,” the offi cial partments to make them effi cient, the highest price of Rs34.4mn and effi cient. for approval of the prime minister said. and to know who is doing what. (£200,000) among other artwork by Pakistanis at an auction of modern and contemporary South Asian art at Bonham’s this week. The second highest sale was an untitled work by the late No request Sadequain, which was sold for FIA sets up offi ces in Iran, Greece Rs12mn (£75,000), according to a press release. from China Other notable works sold were Internews The offi cial said that one The decision to establish FIA smugglers is from Pakistan to paign should be launched to Abdur Rehman Chughtai’s The Islamabad deputy director along with his offi ces abroad was taken after Turkey, and then Greece. advise youths not to go abroad Saqui for £48,000, and a drawing for military subordinates would be posted a smugglers’ boat with mostly Iran and Turkey, he said, illegally. by Gulgee for £5,000. in each country to check legal Pakistanis on board capsized off served as transit countries He said that whenever illegal Rana holds the record for akistan’s Federal Investi- or illegal movements of Paki- the coast of Libya on January 31 where a network of human immigrants are arrested and the highest price ever paid – access to gation Agency (FIA) has stani migrants and to look after this year, leaving several people smugglers had been actively put in detention centres, Paki- $623,000 – for a work of art from Pestablished its sub-offi c- their other issues. drowned. working and they had been in stan’s embassies make arrange- Pakistan. es in Greece and Iran to check The FIA teams had already The FIA offi cial said the sub- contact with their agents in ments for their deportation and Despite his acclaim on the Gwadar increasing activities of organ- visited Turkey, Iran, and Greece offi ces in Greece and Iran would Baluchistan and other parts of provide them with the required international stage, he remains ised criminal networks and il- to fi nalise the setting up of sub- specifi cally look into the issues Pakistan. documents. virtually unknown at home. legal movements of Pakistani offi ces there. of Pakistanis, including those He said it is important to He said that soon after funds Rana emerged on the art scene Reuters migrants. The plan to set up a sub-of- languishing in detention cen- stop young people from going are made available, the FIA during the early 2000s with Beijing FIA offi cials say that one fi ce in Turkey has been delayed, tres. abroad, especially to Europe, by would establish its sub-offi ce a piece that drew praise for sub-offi ce each in Greece and however, due to fi nancial diffi - He said the most common boat because of the risks. in Turkey and send the staff to exploring new ideas and bold Iran had been established. culties. land route chosen by human The FIA offi cial said a cam- Greece and Iran. imagery. hina has not asked for military access to Paki- Cstan’s Chinese-funded, deepwater port of Gwadar, a senior Pakistani rear admiral said yesterday, amid persistent Barista quietly serving up quite speculation in India and the US that it could become a Chinese naval base. an impression in Karachi café Gwadar, in the Baluchistan, is the crown jewel of China’s $60bn investment in Belt and Internews pulling the trickle through it to Centre at the nursery level. Road Initiative projects in Paki- Karachi make a perfect heart. The school was set up by Ri- stan. A perfect latte made with love. chard Geary and wife Heidi, The grand plan is to turn Gwa- Tabassum suff ers from “pro- who are parents of a diff erently- dar into a trans-shipment hub t is mid-afternoon. You step found deafness”, meaning she is abled child. and megaport to be built along- into a café in Karachi, Paki- totally deaf. The school is focused on not side special economic zones Istan’s largest city by the sea. A student of the Deaf Reach just education but also empow- from which export-focused in- The aroma of freshly brew- School, she was recently part of ering and training students in dustries will ship goods world- ing coff ee, milk, chocolate and a week-long Family Education skills that will enable them to wide. vanilla hits the spot even before Services Foundation (FESF) pro- earn their living after complet- A web of energy pipelines, you place your order. gramme, where she got a chance ing their education. roads and rail links will connect The combined sounds of bub- to train with baristas of diff er- “We started in the early 2000s Gwadar to China’s western re- bling water and its going down ent coff ee houses, e.g., Coff ee with some 90 deaf and mute gions. the drain, along with the sound Waghera, Del Frio, Espresso, Es- students from Baldia Town. We Last year the Pentagon singled a straw makes when one sips quires, Floc, Kookie, and Mocca. off ered them a pick-and-drop out Pakistan as a possible loca- the last drops of juice from a tall Having received the required service so that their parents tion for a future Chinese military glass and whispered conversa- training and certifi cates, she had no issues sending them to base, though China has said that tions intermingled with giggles now feels confi dent enough to school,” says Geary, adding that Tabassum communicates with customers through her eyes and actions. (Picture courtesy of Dawn) that is pure speculation. and chuckles from the customer step into the world of coff ee her- Tabassum was one of their fi rst Diplomatic and security tables, add to the ambience of self. students from Baldia. “Fine arts come naturally to “I like to think that I am a good Asked how she would com- sources see Gwadar as the likely the place. Tabassum had never even The school, which now has a deaf and mute students as they artist. So I wanted to try my municate with other staff ers and location. The young barista with the tasted coff ee until quite recently. number of branches across the feature visual learning. They are hand at making hearts, tulips, customers, Tabassum explains Speaking at the Xiangshan sweet smile hears nothing, how- She got a chance to do so dur- country, has some 225 students all basically experiential learn- and rosetta,” she adds through that she communicate through Forum in Beijing, which China ever, as she goes about her work. ing an exhibition when she vis- in Karachi. ers,” she says. her interpreter. her eyes and actions. styles as its answer to the annual Meet Tabassum Nasir, the ited a stall with some other stu- In Karachi, it is about to intro- One also fi nds students tak- But her parents were worried “I am quite expressive, Shangri-La Dialogue security Pakistan’s fi rst female deaf and dents. duce further courses at the col- ing interest in computer pro- when she spoke about her plans haven’t you noticed? I doubt forum in Singapore, Rear Ad- mute barista, according to a re- “I got to have mocha coff ee lege level. gramming, handicraft, dress to be a barista. that I will have much of a prob- miral Javaid Iqbal, the Secretary port published in Dawn news- there, which I really enjoyed,” Tabassum will be one of their designing, tailoring and cooking “They were concerned, but lem,” she says. of the Pakistan Navy, said that paper. she tells Dawn through a sign fi rst senior students to enter the classes. since they didn’t want to restrict Her principal laughs. Gwadar is a “signifi cant addition Happily pouring coff ee into language interpreter. third year after she completes Tabassum says that during her me, they let me train at coff ee “This confi dence she gets to the regional maritime land- a broad latte cup, she picks up “When I came home, I tried her intermediate studies. childhood, she used to wonder houses,” she smiles. from her school. And seeing her scape”. a silver jug containing frothy to make it myself, but I couldn’t During a tour of the institu- about what she would do in life. During training she was able so upbeat, her parents are also “Let me emphasise that the steamed milk for texturing and really replicate that taste or tex- tion with the school’s principal “I was thinking of becoming to impress the baristas teaching fi ne with her working as a ba- Gwadar port is purely a com- presentation. ture as I didn’t have an espresso Mehrin Abrar, one notices the a teacher until I had that mocha her, as she easily picked up dif- rista. She already has several job mercial venture and has no Mixing the milk with circular machine,” she shrugs, smiling. walls and corners decorated coff ee. I also enjoyed watching ferent techniques while getting off ers. So be prepared to fi nd her military overtones,” he told the movements, she drops a little Tabassum was admitted to with beautiful paintings, deco- the barista at work at that stall,” used to operating commercial as a full-time barista soon at a forum. onto the centre of the cup before Deaf Reach School and Training ration pieces and art models. she says. espresso machines. café near you.” Speaking later to Reuters, he said he was very specifi c about the non-military nature of the Supreme Court orders inclusion port. “The Gwadar port has no of column for Sikhs in census form military dimension. It will be 23 Pakistani universities on top 500 list just a commercial port,” Iqbal The Supreme Court of Pakistan has issued directives for inclusion said. “The Pakistan navy will of a separate religion box for the Sikh community in the population maintain a presence to ensure census form, and directed the authorities concerned to submit a Internews top university in Pakistan. Asia University Rankings 2019. University Islamabad and the maritime security, to ensure the compliance report. Islamabad Besides leading the Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam University International Islamic Univer- security of the port.” A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice brigade, the NUST also attained (QAU) Islamabad was at the sity Islamabad (IIU) in 351-400 “The geopolitical debate that of Pakistan Saqib Nisar heard a petition filed by the Sikh community individual improvement by third position for Pakistan, band, and the University of somehow goes on in the media seeking inclusion of a box for them in the population census this wenty-three Pakistan climbing four places, moving up placing 109th among the top Sargodha and the University of about Gwadar being used as a week. universities have been to 87 on the list from last year’s 500 Asian universities. Sindh in the 401-450 band. foreign military base is not cor- During the hearing, the elders of Sikh community submitted before Tnamed in the top 500 91th position. It was followed by the The Lahore College for Wom- rect at all,” he added. the court that a separate religion box was not available to them in higher education institutes of The NUST also happens to be COMSATS Institute of Infor- en University, the University of Asked whether China had the population census form. Asia in the latest QS Asia Uni- the 417th best university in the mation Technology (CIIT) at Central Punjab, and the Univer- specifi cally asked for military They contended that by getting their religion box in the census versity Rankings 2019. world, according to QS global the 135th spot, and the Pakistan sity of Management and Tech- access, Iqbal answered: “No, not form, they will at least know the exact number of Sikhs across According to the details rankings. Institute of Engineering and nology Lahore in the 451-500 at all.” Pakistan and receive recognition for their services. shared by QS website, the an- The NUST’s research output Applied Sciences (PIEAS) at the band. China opened its fi rst overseas nual ranking by world leading is rated “very high” and it scored 146th. However, accompanied with military base, which it formally ranking authority Quacquarelli high marks for faculty-student The UET Lahore, the Univer- the reassuring news of new calls a logistics facility, in the Measures on smuggled ‘DTH’ devices Symonds (QS) has been ex- ratio and employer reputation. sity of Punjab, and the Aga Khan names making into the exclusive Horn of Africa country Djibouti panded this year to include the The second position in the University were the other three list were bad indicators of sev- last year. The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered the formation of a top 500 universities in Asia. list for Pakistan went to Lahore Pakistani universities among eral universities slipping down Djibouti’s position on the special committee to suggest measures to curb the unchecked In this year’s rankings, Pa- University of Management Sci- the top 200 institutes in Asia, the rankings when compared to northwestern edge of the Indian availability of smuggled Indian “direct-to-home” (DTH) devices, one kistan’s performance has ences (LUMS), placing 95th in claiming the 171st, 193rd and their last year’s place on the list. Ocean has fuelled worries in In- of the reasons behind Pakistan’s revenue losses. improved, as the number of the ranking. 195th positions, respectively. In fact, almost half of the Pa- dia that it would become anoth- Court off icials said that the directive was issued by a three-judge universities in the top league The LUMS also went up Besides the 16 universities kistan universities featured in er of China’s “string of pearls” court bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar, which climbed to 23 from previous the ranking; it was previously that were included in the 2018 2018 list saw their ranking de- of military alliances and assets had taken up a case relating to easy availability of Indian DTH or year’s number of 16. placed at the 103rd spot. list, there were seven new en- cline. ringing India, including Paki- “magic box” in Pakistani markets. The National University The NUST and the LUMS are trants from Pakistan in the QS The National University of stan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and The DTH satellite TV is the latest technology to deliver digital TV to of Sciences and Technology the only two Pakistan universi- Asia University Rankings 2019. Singapore was named as the top Sri Lanka. households. (NUST) was again declared the ties among the top 100 in the QS These included the Bahria university in Asia for 2019. Gulf Times Saturday, October 27, 2018 13 PHILIPPINES Aussie nun’s visa downgraded to temporary visitor

By Catherine A Modesto Sister Fox stay,” Fox’s lawyer Manila Times Maria Sol Taule said in an in- terview. Sister Fox’s camp is also he Bureau of Immigra- waiting for the decision of the tion (BI) has downgrad- Department of Justice (DoJ) on Ted Sister Patricia Fox’s her deportation case, she said. missionary visa to a temporary Taule said Fox could still ap- tourist visa that is valid for peal to the Offi ce of the Presi- only 59 days. dent should the decision be “Downgrading reverted her “adverse.” status to a temporary visitor, The BI served Fox a de- and she is given 59 days from portation order on July 19 for the day her missionary visa ex- supposedly violating her visa pired, which was September 5,” terms by engaging in political BI spokeswoman Dana Krizia activism and attending pro- Sandoval said. test rallies and “fact-fi nding The order was signed on missions.” Fox fi led a petition Wednesday and released to the against the July 19 order, which media yesterday. has been under review by the Sandoval said reverting the DoJ since September 3. nun’s status to a temporary On April 23, the BI’s Board visitor was necessary as failure of Commissioners ordered the to do so might result in another forfeiture of Fox’s mission- Tourists arrive at the island of Boracay, yesterday. deportation order against the ary visa, downgrading it to a Australian missionary, who tourist visa and ordering her began her work in the Philip- to leave the country within 30 pines in 1990. days from receipt of the order. Sandoval said immigration She fi led a motion for recon- offi cers needed to wait for a sideration, but it was denied fi nal decision before acting on by the commissioners. her deportation order. On May 25, Fox fi led a peti- Fox’s camp welcomed the tion for review against the bu- October 24 BI decision, saying reau’s April 23rd order before Govt opens cleaner this meant “she can still stay in the DoJ. the Philippines to face the de- The DoJ gave Fox a tempo- portation charges against her.” rary reprieve after it reversed “We intend to still exhaust the BI’s visa cancellation order all remedies possible to let for “lack of legal basis.” Boracay to tourists AFP of available hotel rooms. Three soldiers and Boracay Scores of hotels and res- taurants were ordered to close because they did not meet seven rebels killed ourists landed by the standards, while just under 160 boatload yesterday on tourism-related businesses have Tthe Philippines’ Boracay been approved to re-open. in new Sulu clashes island, which re-opened with Drinking and smoking are a slew of new rules after a six- banned and the huge multi-day month shutdown aimed at un- beach parties dubbed “LaBo- By Al Jacinto emies wounded. “Based on doing the impact of years of be- racay” that drew tens of thou- Manila Times/Zamboanga City human intelligence, initial ing loved to death by millions of sands of tourists during the May results of the ongoing fire- holidaymakers. 1 Labour Day weekend will be a fight include a number of se- President Rodrigo Duterte thing of the past. hree members of the verely wounded bandits who shuttered the tiny white-sand The Boracay Foundation, the Philippine Marine could probably have died due island in April, declaring it a main business industry group on TCorps and seven Abu to loss of blood. And while “cesspool” where businesses the island, said the sector sup- Sayyaf Group (ASG) members pursuing the Abu Sayyaf, fl ushed raw sewage into the once ports the new regulations aimed were killed in an encounter troops recovered one dead pristine turquoise waters and at cleaning up the resort. yesterday morning in Patikul, body of the enemy killed with trash soiled its beaches. “The rules and ordinances are Sulu. his M14 rifle and seven maga- Among the fi rst to land after really perfect... it’s just a matter Lt Col. Gerry Besana, zines,” said Brig. Gen. Divino the government threw open the of implementation,” its execu- spokesman for the military’s Rey Pabayo, commander of doors just past dawn were fi rst- tive director Pia Mirafl ores said. Western Mindanao Com- the Joint Task Force-Sulu. timers attracted by the prospect Workers install temporary drainage pipes at the island of Boracay. “For a long time we’ve been mand (WesMinCom), dis- “On the government side, of a spruced up, less crowded asking for the political will to closed that three other Ma- three marines were killed and island. voured by backpackers, the tiny three casinos have been perma- magazines consistently rate as implement the rules and regula- rine troops were wounded three others incurred minor “When I saw pictures of tour- island was transformed by over- nently shut down in line with among the world’s best beaches, tions,” she added. while 12 were arrested in the injuries,” he added. ists in Boracay lying like sar- development into a mass desti- Duterte’s wishes. measures a mere 1,000 hectares However, some hotel owners fighting that broke out in Besana said the ASG ban- dines in a can, I didn’t want to nation seeing some 2mn visitors Buildings were bulldozed and (2,470 acres). Yet it was seeing were sceptical about whether Barangay Timpook during an dits were “forced” to with- come here,” German visitor Josef per year. businesses pushed back to create up to 40,000 sun worshippers at the changes would stick in a assault on an ASG hideout. draw and escape while pur- Fuchs, 61, said. “Now I expect to Under the new regime, the a 30-metre buff er zone from the peak times, with tourists spend- place that suff ered from lax en- Three Marine companies suit operations were ongoing. have a few good days here.” beachfront is cleared of the mas- waterline. Away from the wa- ing $1bn a year but also leaving forcement even before the slate — 62nd, 61st, and 64th — en- The Abu Sayyaf leaders Tourists like him were greeted seuses, vendors, bonfi res and ter the sound of machinery and mountains of garbage and an of new regulations. gaged the pro-Islamic State have pledged allegiance to the with new restrictions that cap even the builders of its famous hammering echoed in the air as overfl owing sewer system. “This is maybe just for the bandits under Abu Sayyaf Islamic State and are fighting the number of visitors as well photo-op sandcastles it was resorts made improvements to The new rules say 19,200 shock eff ect. You know how sub-leaders Alnijar Ekit and along with other extremist as a beachside boozing ban and once crowded with. appease government inspectors tourists will be allowed on the things work in the Philippines,” Aldi Alun in a running gun groups actively operating in eff orts to build up island infra- All water sports save for and crews toiled away on a wid- island at any one time, with the said Vicky Salem, whose fam- battle that also left a still un- the troubled region for the structure. swimming are also banned for ened main road. government aiming to enforce ily owns a hotel on the island. determined number of en- establishment of a caliphate. Once a quiet hideaway fa- the time being, while Boracay’s Boracay, which major tourist that by controlling the number “Nothing is forever here.” Anti-graft watchdog opposes Lapena’s promotion

By William Depasupil corruption from discovery to sos worth of shabu hidden in the BoC. Lapena will fill up the terte’s decision and compared Manila Times prosecution and conviction of four magnetic lifters. post vacated by former Tesda it to victims of extrajudicial corrupt officials, encouraged Lapena denied a cover-up, chief Guiling Mamondiong, killings who were linked to il- whistleblowers to surface to saying earlier evidence had who stepped down to run for legal drugs in the country. private-sector anti- help prosecute crooks in the shown that the lifters found governor of Lanao del Sur in “When it’s an ordinary Fili- corruption group urged government. in General Mariano Alvarez the 2019 mid-term elections. pino, the command is to kill A President Rodrigo Du- In the news conference on (GMA) in Cavite, did not hold The decision to transfer the him immediately, but when it terte yesterday to shelve the Thursday, Lourdes Manaoang, shabu. BoC chief also came just a day is a friend, he is given a second “promotion” of former Bureau who had blown the whistle on As Lapena has instructed, after the president expressed or third chance and is even pro- of Customs (BoC) commis- Lapena, accused the sacked the bureau will pursue charges belief in the integrity of Lap- moted. Public office no longer sioner Isidro Lapena to director BoC commissioner of incom- against former Customs intel- ena, who had served him while becomes a public trust,” he general of the Technical Edu- petence. ligence officer Jimmy Guban he was mayor of Davao City in said. cation and Skills Development The National Bureau of In- and assist the Philippine Drug southern Mindanao. Speaker Gloria Macapagal- Authority (Tesda). vestigation, the Senate and the Enforcement Agency in dis- The president also ordered Arroyo said she agreed with the The Coalition Against Cor- House of Representatives are mantling the “drug syndicate the “freezing” of all section, appointment of military men as ruption (CAC), in a news con- separately investigating Lap- that pervades the government.” department and unit heads they have an advantage under ference, said it was “prema- ena’s supposed role in the smug- The BoC will also file cases at the BoC amid the multi- the Duterte Cabinet. ture” that Lapena should be gling of the P11bn shabu in Au- against Gorgonio Necessario billion-peso drug smuggling “They are literally good sol- rewarded with a promotion to gust. and Joseph Dimayuga. scandal. diers, that’s why,” she told re- a Cabinet-level rank while in- Lapena, a former military of- Perjury cases will be filed Lapena’s reassignment was porters in a chance interview in vestigations into his alleged ficer, has accepted his appoint- against Miguela “Meg” Santos criticised by some lawmakers. Sasmuan, Pampanga. role in the smuggling of P11bn ment as the new Tesda chief. and the proprietor of SMYD, Bayan Muna representative Arroyo refused to comment worth of shabu in August (not “Yes of course (he has ac- Marina Signapan. Carlo Zarate said that not only on the new leadership at the P6.8bn as previously estimat- cepted it). As the president Signapan and Santos and did the transfer “foster incom- BoC. ed), were in progress. said, he’s transferring General broker Katrina Grace Cuasay petence,” it also showed that Sen. Panfilo Lacson also “In fact, Lapena’s reassign- Lapena to Tesda,” BoC spokes- will face charges for illegal im- Duterte’s “militarisation” of yesterday expressed hope that ment and promotion, without man and Port of Manila Col- portation. the Cabinet was expanding. Guerrero would “not suffer the first being cleared of culpabil- lector Erastus Sandino Austria The Palace said yesterday Party-list Representatives same fate” of Lapena. ity, undermines the president’s said in a text message to Manila the president appointed Lap- Antonio Tinio and France Cas- Opposition Senators Antonio avowed policies of ‘zero toler- Times. Isidro Lapena: under scrutiny ena to Tesda because he wanted tro also hit Lapena’s reassign- Trillanes 4th and Francis Pan- ance’ and ‘not even a whiff’ in He confirmed that the presi- to spare the ex-Customs chief ment and promotion. gilinan questioned the presi- the war on drugs and corrup- dent and Lapena had a private The president announced contained shabu. Earlier on from “intrigue.” “It looks like Lapena was giv- dent’s motive in “promoting” tion. Illegal drugs and other talk but did not elaborate on Lapena’s transfer to Tesda a day Thursday or before Duterte’s In a radio interview, Palace en a reward for a job well done, Lapena. syndicated crimes can only what transpired during the after he admitted before a joint pronouncement, Mangaoang, spokesman Salvador Panelo for letting P11bn worth of sha- Pangilinan said: “When in- flourish in an environment of meeting. hearing of the House Com- former chief of the X-ray In- said Duterte had been planning bu enter the country. But what competence or corruption go unmitigated corruption,” it Lapena was replaced by mittees on Dangerous Drugs spection Project of the BoC and the reassignment of Lapena but can a former military official do unpunished and those linked said. Maritime Industry Authority and of Good Government that now Customs deputy collec- made the sudden announce- in an education-related agency to irregularities are rewarded Partnering with the Presi- (Marina) administrator Leon- he was now inclined to believe tor, accused Lapena of being ment because the latter’s rep- (Tesda)?” Castro asked. with other top-level posts, dential Anti-Corruption ardo Guerrero, a retired Armed that magnetic lifters found in a member of a drug syndicate utation had been besmirched Akbayan representative Tom then both incompetence and Commission in the war on Forces chief. Cavite nearly two months ago that brought in billions of pe- amid controversies plaguing Villarin also questioned Du- corruption will just get worse.” Gulf Times 14 Saturday, October 27, 2018 COMMENT

CHAIRMAN Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Attiyah EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Why Italy is the latest to Faisal Abdulhameed al-Mudahka Deputy Managing Editor K T Chacko Production Editor question policy orthodoxy Amjad Khan

P.O.Box 2888, Doha, Qatar By Mohamed A El-Erian budget surplus and a current-account government and private sector. before growth-promoting fiscal and Paris surplus, as well as considerable eco- This is not the first time that a monetary stimulus. Or, as the old [email protected] nomic potential. newly elected government has chal- saying goes: Macroeconomic stability 44350478 (News), Italy’s longstanding growth chal- lenged economic orthodoxy in the isn’t everything; but without it, there lobal markets, policymakers, lenge is being amplified by Europe’s advanced world (the phenomenon is is nothing. 44466404 (Sport), and risk managers are recent loss of economic momentum, usually associated more with emerg- The increasing appeal of unortho- 44466636 (Home delivery) watching the budget regional fragmentation pressures, ing economies). Upon taking office in dox policy approaches is the direct skirmish between Italy’s and the gradual reduction in liquidity January 2015, Greece’s Syriza govern- result of years of slow and insuf- 44350474 G government and the European injections by the European Central ment signalled its departure from the ficiently inclusive growth, coupled facebook.com/gulftimes Commission closely. The episode Bank. To counter these factors, Italy conventional approach adopted by with mounting concerns about the highlights a growing tendency among is resorting to fiscal policy to try its predecessors, even going back to inequality trifecta (income, wealth, twitter.com/gulftimes_Qatar governments in both advanced and to stimulate growth through both the electorate for re-affirmation in a and opportunities). These factors emerging economies to question demand and supply channels. In other nationwide referendum. In the end, have undercut advanced economies’ economic policy orthodoxy. As this words, the government wants to run though, the threat of losing eurozone actual and future potential, alienated trend intensifies, economists and a larger budget deficit now in order membership forced it back to policy significant segments of the popula- market participants need to think to generate higher actual growth and orthodoxy. tion, eroded the credibility of the GULF TIMES harder about, and communicate higher potential growth. In the United States, the Trump establishment and expert opinion, much better, the implicit tradeoffs of Meanwhile, the pressure on Italian administration and congressional and fuelled the politics of anger. conventional economic and financial risk spreads has been accentuated Republicans pushed through a late- Rather than dismiss the reaction policymaking under challenging by a shift in global markets. The past cycle fiscal stimulus, cutting taxes out of hand, experts should be more circumstances. several years have been characterised and raising government spending at a open-minded when grappling with Having been elected with a mandate by unusually low market volatility and time when the US economy is already the factors behind the new unortho- Plant-based diets for to promote faster, more inclusive an appetite for higher risk, owing to growing rapidly due to higher con- doxy. Specifically, the tradeoffs that growth, the Italian authorities are ample, repeated, and predictable li- sumption and business investment. are implicit in conventional ap- pursuing a more expansionary fiscal quidity injections from central banks. Normally in an ageing expansion, the proaches need to be carefully quanti- stance. Their budget, however, has But markets are now moving toward government looks for ways to increase fied and clearly communicated . And better health and been “rejected” by the European greater risk aversion and higher vola- its policy flexibility as preparation those approaches should be updated Commission for its “non-compli- tility as monetary policies tighten and for a possible future downturn. But, for a world in which anaemic growth ance” with EU deficit rules. As a as growth – particularly in advanced here, pro-cyclical policies were ac- seems to have become a struc- result, Moody’s has since downgraded economies outside the US – slows and companied by a more confrontational tural feature of a growing segment of planet? Not so fast Italy’s sovereign credit rating to just becomes more divergent. approach to trade. Needless to say, economies. one notch above junk level, citing Looking ahead, much will depend this, too, runs counter to economic In a world of self-reinforcing worries about the country’s debt stock on whether Italy’s big policy bet can orthodoxy which regards trade as mu- expectations and multiple equilibria, Forget all those loud calls to eat less meat and more plants and the government’s overoptimistic be reconciled with the rules and guid- tually beneficial, and protectionism as careful efforts to jump-start econo- for better health and a stronger planet — new research growth projections. ance of the European Commission. unnecessarily costly. mies might facilitate the success of shows the world is not producing nearly enough fruit and With Italy’s leaders insisting that But make no mistake: global fac- Likewise, Turkey has been busy re- more durable structural reforms. In vegetables to feed everyone. they have “no Plan B,” spreads on Ital- tors will also play a role, not least by writing the rules of crisis management. the case of Italy, then, the EU should Canadian researchers compared global agricultural ian government debt have risen back determining how much time Italy and So far, at least, President Recep Tayyip remain flexible. But the Italian gov- production with the sort of diet backed by nutritionists — to levels not seen since the dark days the Commission will have to sort out Erdogan’s government has managed ernment must also demonstrate that and favoured by environmentalists — and said they found a of euro crisis. And as both public- and their differences. to overcome a currency crisis without it is a lot more serious about imple- private-sector borrowing costs in- Precisely how regional and in- aggressively raising interest rates or menting the supply-side changes “fundamental mismatch” between what is being produced crease, some observers are starting to ternational factors evolve will have seeking fi nancial support from the needed to sustain faster growth in the and what the world’s population would actually need. worry about the implications for the important implications for Italian International Monetary Fund. long term. – Project Syndicate “We simply can’t all adopt a healthy diet under the current Italian financial system. In fact, some sovereign spreads. An orderly policy These unorthodox policy approach- Mohamed A El-Erian, Chief global agriculture system,” the study’s co-author Evan Fraser have even gone as far as to argue that transition would provide breathing es are fundamentally challenging the Economic Adviser at Allianz, was said in a statement. Italy poses an existential threat to the space for the government’s eco- conventional wisdom on how eco- chairman of US President Barack “Results show that the global system currently eurozone. Others, however, dismiss nomic strategy to evolve, whereas an nomic policies should be sequenced. Obama’s Global Development Council overproduces grains, fats and sugars,” added Fraser, director this as dangerous hype, given that abrupt shift would create significant For example, both Italy and Turkey and is the author of The Only Game in Italy still has a manageable short- headwinds in the form of tightening have dispensed with the dictum that Town: Central Banks, Instability, and of Arrell Food Institute at University of Guelph in Ontario. term debt-servicing profile, a primary financing conditions for the Italian macroeconomic stability must come Avoiding the Next Collapse. But it is short of fruit and veg, he said. Recent research has urged consumers to eat less meat as a way of feeding the world’s growing population without causing irreparable damage to the environment. Livestock are responsible for about 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), and scientists say The global economy’s three games eating less meat could help. The world risks sweltering By Jean Pisani-Ferry “The global heatwaves, extreme rainfall Paris and shrinking harvests unless system unprecedented eff orts are made to keep temperature rise to 1.5C hess masters are able to play currently simultaneously on several (2.7F), according to the United boards with several partners. overproduces Nations. And the more time passes, The Canadian study, published C the more US President Donald Trump’s grains, fats this week in the scientifi c journal international economic strategy looks PLOS ONE, calculated how much like such a match. and sugars” food was being grown compared There are three major players: the to what is recommended by the United States, China, and a loose coali- tion formed by the other members of the Harvard University’s “Healthy Eating Plate” guide. G7. And there are three games, each of The guide recommends fruits and vegetables should form which involves all three players. Unlike half of any diet, whole grains 25% and protein, fat and dairy chess, however, these games are interde- make up the rest. pendent. And no one – perhaps not even It broke down food groups into portions and found the Trump – knows which game will take world currently produces 12 servings of grains per person precedence. instead of the recommended eight; fi ve servings of fruits and On Trump’s fi rst board is the break the rules of trade game. Many in his vegetables instead of 15; and four servings of sugar instead of administration regard the World Trade none. Organisation’s principles and procedures If neither diet nor farming practices change, the world as an obstacle to bilateral negotiations. would need 12mn more hectares of arable land and some They would prefer to clinch deals with 1.3bn more hectares of pasture land by 2050 to feed a partners one by one, without be- projected population of 9.8bn, the study added. ing bound by the obligation to apply Lawrence Hadad, executive director of the Global Alliance liberalisation measures across the board and without being forced to abide by the for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), said fruits and vegetables rulings of the WTO’s dispute settlement were becoming more expensive due to thin demand, low mechanism. Their aim is to restructure productivity and high losses in storage and transport. the trade relationships along a hub-and- There are three major players in the global economy: the United States, China, and a loose coalition formed by the other “To change this dynamic, fruits and vegetable spoke model, with the US at the centre. members of the G7. consumption would have to be given a high priority by The underlying reasoning is fairly governments in nutrition and health plans,” he told the simple: multilateral rules always protect The internal heterogeneity of China’s their design, but about the sheer geo- For the non-US G7 countries, this Thomson Reuters Foundation. the weakest players. Why should the economy is indeed exceptionally high for political rivalry between the incumbent uncertainty creates a dilemma. Should US refrain from using its overwhelming a developing country. Parts of China are superpower and a rising challenger. they engage with China on WTO reform Governments worldwide have promoted a range of bargaining power? The recent United poor, and parts wealthy. Some industries As Kevin Rudd, the former Australian and the strengthening of the associated healthy-eating policies, urging increasingly obese States-Mexico-Canada agreement (US- are unsophisticated, while others are at prime minister, noted in a remarkable disciplines? This is a topic on which they populations to replace sugary and starchy processed food MCA) shows the way, by imposing US- the cutting edge of innovation. The latter speech a few weeks ago, the US security could help pave the way for an eventual with more fruit and vegetables to increase longevity and determined national content obligations shouldn’t hide behind the former. establishment has become convinced global compromise. The risk, however, improve overall health. on the other two countries and restrain- America’s grievances regarding that strategic engagement with China is that if China fears that the US really Fruits and vegetables are central to combating all forms ing their own trade policy options. More China’s behaviour, from its treatment of has not paid off and should give way to aims at winning the rollback game, and of malnutrition but nearly all of agriculture research and such deals should follow. intellectual property to its implicit and strategic competition – a stance that expects the rest of the West to fall in line Europe, Japan, and China have all crit- explicit subsidies and policy-motivated would encompass all dimensions of the eventually, it will refuse to make mean- development is focused on cereals, added Hadad, co- icised the US stance and portray them- takeovers of foreign industrial jewels, bilateral relationship. In early October, ingful concessions. winner of this year’s World Food Prize, founded in 1986 by selves as champions of multilateralism. are essentially shared by its G7 partners. a particularly harsh speech by US Vice Alternatively, the rest of the G7 could Nobel laureate Norman Bourlag and dubbed the Nobel for This is only half true: Europe has built Many Chinese experts also agree that President Mike Pence illustrated Rudd’s align with the US, at the risk of antago- agriculture. its own web of trade agreements, and ending the wholesale subsidisation of point. nising China and eventually being stra- China, itself a fairly transactional power, industrial behemoths and letting market Europe, Japan, and Canada are not tegically demoted if Trump ultimately regards global rules as an embodiment of signals play a stronger role in investment part of this rivalry – they simply do not settles on a bilateral deal with Chinese yesterday’s Western dominance. But on choices is in their country’s best interest. matter in the same way that the US and President Xi Jinping. If that game pre- this issue (as on climate change), there More generally, China’s partners argue China do. But they are inevitably part of vails, the non-US G7 will end up being is currently more commonality among that trade rules conceived for market its diplomatic, economic, and, for Japan the losers. To Advertise non-US partners than there is between economies are not adequate when deal- at least, security components. If the ten- Absent a no-risk strategy, Europe, them and the US. ing with a centrally-directed economy. sion between the two powers dominates Japan, and Canada might well choose [email protected] On the second board is the discipline This claim is more contentious, because global politics in the decades to come, to wait and see. This would be the sur- Display China game. For a decade or so, many leaders in Beijing regard state ownership they won’t be able to avoid taking a est way to be sidelined in all possible in the US have claimed that China’s of enterprises as a matter of sovereign stance. And, for all their reluctance, they circumstances and provide a demon- 44466621 44418811 categorisation as a developing country, choice, and do not want to renounce big may well end up aligned with the US, for stration that only the US-Chinese “G2” and the resulting favourable treatment industrial policy endeavours. But there is two reasons: a hardening of the rivalry matters. What these countries are facing Classified it enjoys at the WTO, do not refl ect the room for discussion. All in all, the disci- with the US would drive the Chinese is a test of leadership, which they may 44466609 44418811 true strength of an economy whose pline China game is one in which the US, leadership further from Western values, pass or fail. There is no third possibility. goods exports amount to $2tn, or 11% of Europe, Japan, and Canada are largely and they ultimately depend on the US for – Project Syndicate Subscription world trade. As Susan Schwab, President aligned. All look forward to a robust their own security. Jean Pisani-Ferry, a professor at the George W Bush’s Trade Representative, negotiation with the Chinese. The problem, however, is that it is Hertie School of Governance (Berlin) and [email protected] put it back in 2011, in trade discussions This makes the discipline China game still not clear in which game President Sciences Po (Paris), holds the Tommaso elephants were hiding behind mice. The very diff erent from the third contest, the Trump intends to score a victory. Does Padoa-Schioppa chair at the European Trump administration now wants to trap roll back China game. This game is not he intend to play a long game? And, if so, University Institute and is a senior fellow © 2018 Gulf Times. All rights reserved the Chinese elephant. about the enforcement of trade rules, or what are his aims? Nobody really knows. at Bruegel, a Brussels-based think-tank. Gulf Times Saturday, October 27, 2018 15 COMMENT A zero-carbon economy is within reach

By Adair Turner in key industrial processes such as cement Beijing production, where viable alternative routes to decarbonisation are currently unavailable. Building a zero-carbon economy will of hen the Paris climate agreement course require massive investment in power was concluded in December production and transmission, new industrial 2015, almost all the world’s plants, and more effi cient equipment. To Wcountries committed to limit achieve the 1.5C objective, the IPCC estimates global warming to well below 2C relative to pre- that the required additional global investment, industrial levels, and have submitted “Intended from 2015 to 2050, could be $900bn per year. Nationally Determined Contributions” (INDCs) That may seem like a startlingly high fi gure; describing how they will either contain or but, assuming 3% annual economic growth, reduce emissions over the next decade. Global global GDP, which stands at almost $100tn investment in renewable power now far exceeds today, could reach $260tn by 2050. This implies investment in fossil fuel plants; battery costs are that the world needs to invest less than 0.6% falling, and electric vehicle sales rising; and even of its income over the next four decades to in President Donald Trump’s America, coal- avoid potentially catastrophic harm to human fi red power stations continue to close. welfare. But despite this progress, the latest report China alone currently invests more than $5tn from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate each year, a signifi cant proportion of which Change (IPCC) contains a chilling prediction: on is wasted on the construction of apartment current trends, the world is heading toward 3C blocks which will never be occupied in cities of global warming by 2100, to a level not reached which face static and eventually declining for more than a million years. The harm to populations. By redirecting investment, China human welfare is likely to be catastrophic. could build a zero-carbon economy without The IPCC report makes it clear that the ideal any sacrifi ce of consumption. For the world target should be to limit warming to 1.5C. Above as a whole, the impact on living standards of that level, the adverse consequences become achieving net zero emissions will be trivial. ever more extreme. But to achieve that goal, But while a zero-carbon economy is global carbon dioxide emissions would have to undoubtedly technically feasible and easily reach net zero by about 2055, and still earlier if, aff ordable, it will not be achieved without as is unfortunately inevitable, emissions remain strong public policies and forward-looking at current levels for several more years. business strategies. Governments must deliver The precise implications for acceptable carbon pricing and product regulation and emissions from power stations, industrial support key technologies and infrastructures, plants, transport networks, and heating systems Getting to net zero emissions in just four decades will be a huge challenge. and companies in the energy-producing and depend on how rapidly emissions caused by main energy-using sectors must develop land-use change such as deforestation can be decades will be a huge challenge. But as a global electricity generation will have to rise be essential. First, hydrogen, ammonia, and strategies focused on how to achieve zero eliminated, and how rapidly emissions of non- forthcoming report from the Energy Transitions dramatically, from around 25,000 TWh today to perhaps methanol must be used as energy emissions by mid-century and how to begin the CO2 greenhouse gases (for example, methane or Commission argues, the good news is that it as much as 100,000 TWh. carriers in transport and industrial applications transition today. nitrous oxide) can be reduced. is undoubtedly technically possible, and at an That electricity must come from low-carbon and as chemical feedstock inputs. All three will The alternative is another decade of only But it’s clear that unless we get to net zero acceptably low cost to the global economy. sources. And while nuclear power and gas eventually be produced synthetically, using incremental progress, which will put us on a emissions from energy use and industry Moreover, we already know the key technologies generation off set by carbon capture may play clean electricity as the ultimate energy source. catastrophic path toward 3C warming within by around 2060 – and earlier in developed we need to achieve this objective. a role, the lion’s share will have to come from Second, biomass could provide low- the lifetime of today’s children. – Project economies – we will have to rely on the risky All feasible paths to a low-carbon economy renewable sources – 70-80% in the IPCC’s carbon aviation fuel, or feedstock for plastics Syndicate assumption that land-use changes can deliver and, eventually, net zero CO2 emissions require scenarios. But there is plenty enough land in production. The total scale of use, however, will large negative emissions in the late 21st century. a massive increase in the role of electricity. the world to support renewable expansion need to be carefully managed to avoid harmful Adair Turner, Chairman of the Institute for Failing that, warming will rise signifi cantly The share of electricity in fi nal energy demand on that scale, and enough time to make the impacts on ecosystems and food supply. New Economic Thinking and former Chairman above 1.5C. will have to grow from around 20% today to necessary investments as long as we act fast. Third, there should be at least some role of the UK Financial Services Authority, is Chair Getting to net zero emissions in just four around 60% by mid- to late century, and total Three other sets of technologies will also for carbon capture, and either storage or use, of the Energy Transitions Commission.

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A collection of abayas, jalabiyas and evening gowns by leading fashion brands globally on centre stage yesterday at 14th Heya Fashion Exhibition.

Local designers in the Diff erent abaya collections showcased at the fashion show. limelight at Heya 2018

By Joey Aguilar Staff Reporter

series of fashion shows featuring a collection Aof abayas, jalabiyas and evening gowns highlighted the opening of 14th Heya Arabian Fashion Exhibition yesterday at the Doha Exhibition and Con- vention Centre. The fi ve-day event, under the patronage of Qatar Museums chairperson HE Sheikha Al Ma- yassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, is showcasing a total of 230 brands from 14 countries, including 170 from Qatar – the largest display of local designers to date. The works from countries such as Kuwait, Oman, India, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Italy, Morocco, Hong Kong, Lebanon, China, Spain, Belgium, and the US, are also on Modest apparel on display at the fashion show. display at this year’s edition of PICTURES: Jayan Orma Heya, which will conclude on October 30. Leading fashion brands glo- bally such as Antonia Serena, Qatar Chamber executive board member Ibtihaj al-Ahmadani tours each of the stalls at the event. Bouret, Lucia de Miguel and In- unez from Spain; Alter Era from Esraa Abel, led the opening of the Apart from the fashion shows, Belgian brand, Alicia Declerck fi rst Qatari to ski to the North Belgium; Luna Italia from Italy; exhibition and toured each of the the event also is holding a and Zhanna Belskaya. Renowned Pole, aims to inspire and em- and Toska New York from the US, stalls. number of fora on women’s em- Kuwaiti infl uencer and make-up power women in a forum titled as well as Noon Design, Farasha, “We are proud of the contin- powerment in fashion and the artist Abeer Alyaseen conducted ‘Breaking Boundaries: Simply Closhe Couture, Sharifa Style, ued growth of this exhibition. arts. a make-up workshop, off ering Women’ at 6.40pm today. Hamdah and Bride Atelier from Empowering the Business Events The fi rst day included Toska tips and advices for visitors, in “Heya has evolved over the Qatar; and Caftan Lella Salma sector continues to be a key part New York, world renowned US addition to several workshops years, as people not only visit to from Morocco showcased their of our strategy to develop the celebrity designer on ‘Running designed to support aspiring en- shop and complete their collec- latest designs at the fashion tourism industry and draw in- a very tough competitive fash- trepreneurs. tions but also to learn about cul- shows. ternational visitors,” al-Khuzaei ion business’ and led by its co- Organisers said that an hour- ture and modest fashion trends,” Qatar Chamber executive said in a press statement. founder Marion Milenovic, as long fashion will take place today Abel said. board member Ibtihaj al-Ah- “We are particularly pleased well as a forum by Alter Era from (October 27) at 7.30pm to show- She noted that the event also madani, along with Qatar Tour- to see that Heya has given rise to Belgium on ‘What has Belgium case the latest designs by QLa- allotted a huge space for local ism Authority’s (QTA) acting niche and professional exhibition fashion achieved from Antwerp bel from Qatar, as well as Sharifa talents, recording a 65% increase communications and marketing organisers and suppliers over the Six to the present and how does Style and Al Bacarrat. in the number of exhibitors com- Works from Kuwait, Oman, India, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Italy, Morocco, director Jawaher al-Khuzaei and span of its 14 editions,” the senior their brand represent their coun- Asma al-Thani, who recently pared to the previous autumn/ Hong Kong, Lebanon, China, Spain, Belgium and the US, are on Design Creationz spokesperson QTA offi cial added. try,’ led by co-founders of the made history by becoming the winter show in 2017. display at this year’s edition of Heya.

French embassy, Al Wakrah Municipality Over 600 healthcare experts attend Al Ahli seminar hold tree-planting activity for third year The French embassy and Al Wakrah Municipality organised By Joseph Varghese a tree-planting activity at the Al Staff Reporter Wakrah Municipal Garden for the third consecutive year aimed at protecting the environment and l Ahli Hospital started a fighting climate change. Held two-day symposium on on Thursday, such initiative, the Aoesophageal disorders embassy noted, forms part of yesterday at Ezdan Palace Ho- the 3rd edition of the Sustainable tel with the participation of over Development Week in Qatar. 600 healthcare professionals. In 2016, a major clean-up The event will discuss various operation of Al Wakrah beach advancements in the technolo- was also held while a paper and gies and treatment of oesopha- cardboard recycling process for geal disorders and will have sev- the entire embassy was set up eral talks and presentations by Dr Chrisitan Madl the following year. In a press international and local experts. statement, the French embassy The symposium was opened noted Dr Hussain. “The experts Al Ahli Hospital off icials along with the participants of the symposium said that First Counselor Florian by Khalid al-Emadi, CEO, Al Ahli will discuss several oesophageal at the opening ceremony. PICTURES: Shemeer Rasheed Cardinaux, accompanied by Hospital and Medicare Group, disorders. Gastroesophageal re- Doha Accueil Association who welcomed the participants fl ux is becoming very common of the topic. We will discuss the diagnosis in outpatient clinics. president Valerie Boscherel, and highlighted the importance disorder. Other oesophageal most recent research in the fi eld In the US, it is estimated that 15 were welcomed by Al Wakrah of the symposium. Dr Abdul disorders that will be discussed as well as the technological ad- to 20% of adults are aff ected by Municipality director Mansour Azim Abdul Wahab Hussain, are heartburn, cancer, and eosi- vancements,” said Jamal Saleh Gerd. There is also clear evidence al-Boenain at the garden. “They French embassy’s First Counselor Florian Cardinaux and Al Wakrah chief of medical staff , told that nophilic oesophagitis. We will Hammadi, deputy CEO and di- that the disorder is increasing in symbolically planted trees to Municipality director Mansour al-Boenain led the tree-planting the symposium had a huge re- also discuss the non-immersive rector of projects. most developing countries,” not- illustrate the importance of the activity in Al Wakrah Municipal Garden on Thursday. PICTURE: sponse from the healthcare pro- treatment options to cure many The academic part of the sym- ed Dr Madl. fight against deforestation,” the Nasar T K fessionals in the country. of the disorders,” explained Dr posium started with a presenta- The most common problem embassy added. “We had planned for about Hussian. tion by Dr Chrisitan Madl, pro- with the oesophagus is Gerd, Al-Boenain thanked all the for the Embassy of France and he added. “They are our partners 500 participants but we had “This is the second such sym- fessor of gastroenterology and which is caused by a muscle that organisations who took part the French community, they’re in accompanying the city of Al about 700 registrations. How- posium organised by Al Ahli head, Department of Internal does not close properly. This al- and supported this 3rd edition key partners of Al Wakrah Wakrah in its green transition, ever, we had to stop at around Hospital. The symposium dis- Medicine, Rudolfstiftung Hos- lows stomach contents to leak of the Sustainability Week, during this week, and their especially that it is the first city in 600 due to various reasons and cusses several matters related to pital, Vienna, on the topic, ‘Gerd: back, or refl ux, into the oesopha- launched this year by Al Wakrah continued involvement in the the Gulf region to have acquired we are sure that the participants gastroesophageal refl ux. We have Pathophysiology and Epidemiol- gus and irritate it. Over time, Municipality and the Qatar Green protection of the environment a permanent seat in the Unesco will have a great learning experi- a number of international ex- ogy.’ “Gerd (gastroesophageal re- Gerd can cause damage to the Building Council. “I would also has a significant impact in Global Network of Learning ence throughout the conference,” perts to discuss various aspects fl ux disease) is the most common oesophagus. like to express special thanks supporting Qatar Vision 2030,” Cities.”