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Indian ship calls ATTIYAH MEETS WITH BOEING DEFENSE PRESIDENT at Qatari port to boost naval ties QP wins rights SEEKING to boost defence cooperation between India and Qatar, Indian Navy’s for 3 offshore guided-missile destroyer ‘INS Mysore’ docked at Hamad Port on Wednesday. The ship, which is on a two- day goodwill visit to Qatar, seeks to underscore India’s blocks in Brazil peaceful presence and solidarity with the friendly countries in the Gulf and This is the fourth success in Brazil and an important strengthen the existing achievement in executing QP’s growth strategy: Kaabi bonds of friendship between India and Qatar. PAGE 16 TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK of a consortium comprising affiliates DOHA of Shell (Operator with a 40 percent interest), Chevron (35 percent inter- QATAR Petroleum has won explora- est) and Qatar Petroleum (25 percent tion rights in three offshore blocks in interest). Brazil as part of two bidding consortia. Minister of State for Energy Af- The winning bids were announced fairs and President and CEO of Qatar by Brazil’s National Agency of Petro- Petroleum HE Saad Sherida al Kaabi leum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) said, “We are pleased to have won at a public bidding these offshore explo- session held in Rio de Winning bids ration blocks. This Janeiro. successful result Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs HE Dr Khalid bin Mohammed al Attiyah met with Leanne Competing bids OQP wins exploration is the fourth of its Caret, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, in Doha on Thursday. They dis- were submitted to rights for block 541 in the kind, which further cussed joint projects and ways to move forward with them. The meeting was attended by several of senior officers of the the ANP and the Campos basin as part of strengthens Qatar Qatari Armed Forces. (QNA) winners were an- a consortium comprising Petroleum’s footprint nounced throughout affiliates of Total (operator in Brazil, marking yet the course of today’s with a 40% interest), QP another successful public session. (40% interest) and step towards realis- Qatar Petroleum Petronas (20%) ing our international won the exploration growth strategy, and rights for block 541 in OIt also wins ex- turning Brazil into a Erdogan slams criticisms on Syria the Campos Basin as ploration rights cornerstone of our part of a consortium for blocks international portfo- Sheikh Thani comprising affiliates 659 and lio.” op, says will ‘open gates’ to the EU of Total (operator 713 in a The minister add- appointed UNHCR with a 40 percent in- 40-35- ed, “I would like to terest), Qatar Petro- 25 split take this opportunity DPA bers of the Kurdish-led Syrian Dem- Eminent Advocate with Shell, leum (40 percent in- to thank the Brazilian ISTANBUL/BEIRUT Hey European ocratic Forces (SDF), which Turkey The UN High Commissioner Chevron terest) and Petronas and QP authorities for their Union! Pull views as terrorists threatening its for Refugees (UNHCR) has (20 percent). transparent and effi- PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan yourself together. border security. appointed Sheikh Thani bin respec- Qatar Petroleum tively cient tender process, on Thursday lashed out at interna- If you describe our current The SDF controls large areas in Abdullah bin Thani al Thani, also won the explora- and all our partners tional criticism of Turkey’s offensive north-eastern Syria and has been a leading Qatari philanthro- tion rights for blocks for their excellent co- in north-eastern Syria, threatening operation as an act of Washington’s main partner in de- pist, as the UNHCR Eminent 659 and 713 in the operation in achiev- to send millions of Syrian refugees invasion, it is easy. We will feating Islamic State. Advocate. The appointment Campos Basin as part ing this result.” into Europe. open the gates and send 3.6 Turkish special forces were ad- follows Sheikh Thani’s con- “Hey European Union! Pull your- million refugees your way. vancing into north-eastern Syria to tribution of over $35 million self together. If you describe our cur- the east of the Euphrates River, the earlier this year in support of rent operation as an act of invasion, — Turkeish President Recep Defence Ministry said on Thursday. the vulnerable refugees and it is easy. We will open the gates and Tayyip Erdogan Turkey’s Western allies are con- displaced persons in Bangla- send 3.6 million refugees your way,” cerned the attack on the SDF could desh and Yemen. PAGE 16 QFSW launches initiative for Erdogan told his ruling Justice and lead to a revival of terrorist group Development Party (AKP) members Islamic State. women empowerment at workplace in the capital Ankara. US President Donald Trump has Turkey’s “Operation Peace received sustained criticism from DOHA: Qatar Foundation for Social Work (QFSW) has launched an initiative for Spring,” which was launched against home and abroad for pulling out US QFMA gives gender equality and women empowerment in work environment as part of its Syrian Kurdish militia on Wednes- troops in the area but he has coun- approval for efforts to activate its consultative status at the United Nations Economic and day, has been criticised by Western tered that he did not give the green Social Council (ECOSOC). allies, with the EU calling on Ankara light for the Turkish operation. Baladna IPO (PG 9 ) The foundation rolled out the initiative in cooperation with the United Na- to stop the offensive. The UN Security Council will tions Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). Turkish armed forces have “neu- wants to avert the creation of a “ter- meet on Thursday to discuss Syria. The initiative was launched at the Centre for Protection and Social Reha- tralized” a total of 109 “terrorists,” rorist state” along its borders. bilitation (AMAN) in the first phase and would be implemented in the rest of Erdogan said, adding that Ankara Erdogan was referring to mem- More on page 4 Ô the centres under the umbrella of the Qatar Foundation for Social Action. Cancer fight: ‘Sit QFSW CEO Amal Abdullatif al Mannai said it was one of the most impor- Down with Seth’ to tant initiatives for the civil society in general and for women in particular. She said the foundation was counting on the outcome of the initiative to raise funds (PG 2 ) prepare a model that can be replicated nationally and even globally. PAGE 2 Iran foreign minister pitches Gulf security plan to neighbours (PG 4)

Outdoor lovers get ready, winter camping season is almost here

QNA to set up long-term camps Camping permit registra- available for public during the observers all over the camp- DOHA in the desert during the tion facility will also be avail- season. It will also provide ing sites and beaches to de- period can submit requests able at the Qatar Mall and the spots for public entertain- tect such violations, he said. DUST up your camping gear for camping permits from Gulf Mall for four days from ment at various camping sites All such violations would and get set to drive up the October 14 to December 31. October 15. and beaches, he added. be swiftly taken up by the dunes because the winter The applications are required Sada pointed out that the Various deterrent meas- environmental and municipal camping season in Qatar will to be submitted to MME’s ministry had taken appro- ures are also in place to prosecution and the Supreme start in 20 days. Protection and Wildlife De- priate measures to ensure dissuade the public from Judiciary Council during and The season will run from partment. campers get to enjoy an ideal violating safety and envi- after the camping season, he October 30 to March 30, the MME’s Assistant Under- camping season without caus- ronmental norms during the added. Ministry of Municipality and secretary for Environmental ing any damage to the envi- camping season, said Direc- Nuaimi also welcomed all Environment (MME) said in Affairs Ahmed Mohammed ronment. Reiterating MME’s tor of Protection and Wildlife youth and voluntary ini- a statement issued on Thurs- al Sada said the applications keenness to strike a balance Department Omar Salem al tiatives organised by schools day. could be filed at government between public satisfaction Nuaimi. and youth centres that MME’s Committee for service centres across the and ecological preservation, The department has promote awareness of the Regulating Camping Activi- country or through www. Sada said ministry had ex- joined hands with the Min- importance of environmental Qatar’s winter camping season will run from October 30 to March 30. ties said citizens who wish mme.gov.qa. panded the open beach areas istry of Interior to deploy protection. 02 Friday, October 11, 2019

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QFSW, ESCWA Qatar takes part in conference of launch initiative for women’s GCC tourism ministers in Muscat The meeting approved the organisation of an annual exhibition of crafts and handicrafts empowerment QNA vious related proposals and per- MUSCAT ceptions, most notably the desig- nation and selection of a Gulf city THE State of Qatar participated each year to become the capital at workplace in the Fourth Meeting of the of the Gulf tourism with the cir- Ministers responsible for tour- culation of the proposed stand- QNA women’s empowerment. ism in the Gulf Cooperation ards on how to select the city as DOHA She added that the founda- Council (GCC) States in Muscat, the capital of the Gulf tourism to tion is counting on the results Oman. be considered in addition to pre- QATAR Foundation for Social of this initiative to provide a Minister of Culture and paring a final draft of the stand- Work (QFSW), in cooperation prototype that can be repli- Sports HE Salah bin Ghanem Al ards to be adopted in the next with the United Nations Eco- cated not only at the level of Ali headed the Qatari delegation meeting. nomic and Social Commission national institutions, but also to the meeting. The participants also dis- for Western Asia (ESCWA), globally, especially that inter- The ministerial meeting re- cussed the recommendation launched on Thursday the national performance reports viewed the agenda items of the on the establishment of a pro- ‘Gender Equality and Women on the status of women in Qa- meeting with the recommenda- gramme of initiatives and events Empowerment in Work En- tar and the actions of all rel- tions of the preparatory meeting that promote belonging and vironment’ initiative, within evant state bodies have been a held on Wednesday by the tour- citizenship entitled “Living the the framework of activating strong incentive to adopt this ism Undersecretaries in the GCC Minister of Culture and Sports HE Salah bin Ghanem Al Ali with other delegates at the Meeting of Minis- Gulf”, which was adopted as one the consultative status of the initiative to complement the states. The Recommendations ters in the GCC in Muscat, Oman, on Thursday. of the joint work programmes. QFSW at the United Nations gains made for women in gen- included reviewing the follow-up The meeting also approved the Economic and Social Council eral and working women in report on the implementation decisions and discussing of the tion plan of the comprehensive the GCC States. organisation of an annual exhi- (ECOSOC). particular. of the third ministerial meeting brief report on the implementa- vision of joint tourism work in The meeting discussed pre- bition of crafts and handicrafts. The initiative was launched For her part, Director of the at the Center for Protection and ESCWA Center for Women Dr Social Rehabilitation (AMAN) Mehrenaz al Awadi said she in the first phase, and would be was delighted that QFAS has implemented in the rest of the adopted this ambitious initia- Volunteerism a tool to improve mental health: TAMM centres under the umbrella of tive through Aman Center. the Qatar Foundation for So- She added that the initia- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK health of individuals. to the development of youth practical exercises. Above All through Reach out to cial Action in due course. tive will form an accountability DOHA Dr Amani Salama, a psy- volunteers so they may play a The second workshop on Asia (ROTA) while the Ministry Speaking on the occasion, framework aimed at building chologist, said the aim of role in the service of the com- managing and organising vol- of Transport and Communica- QFSW CEO Amal Abdullatif and disseminating a common WITHIN the framework of its the lecture was to introduce munity. unteering events and activities tions (MOTC) is its strategic al Mannai said she considered understanding of the issue of programme to develop volun- volunteers to the positive as- Shahrani added that the aims at introducing volunteers partner. It was established to it as one of the most important gender equality and the em- teer work and support youth to pects of volunteering in the network will be organising a to the art of organising volun- promote a shared vision and initiatives for the civil society powerment of women within promote social entrepreneur- field of mental health andac- series of workshops and lec- teering events; planning, pro- joint action towards building an in general, and for women in organisations. ship, the TAMM Volunteer quaint them with the latest tures to train volunteers on ducing and executing events integrated volunteering system particular. For his part, Executive Network organised an aware- ways of using volunteerism in the basics of volunteering. through specialised commit- and a database of volunteers She explained that this Director of Aman Center Dr ness lecture entitled ‘Psychol- the psychological treatment The workshop on ‘Dealing tees; developing communica- connecting entrepreneurs with project is the first approved Mansour al Saadi said that the ogy of Volunteering’ recently. of individuals and advance- with Dignitaries’ will intro- tion and marketing skills; and establishments and volunteer- international framework to initiative contributes to the The lecture was held in ment of their mental health duce volunteers to the basics practical training for planning, ing opportunities across the measure the compatibility of real empowerment of women conjunction with the World efficiency. of protocol, the art of dealing monitoring and assessing State of Qatar. It also offers the regulations of the organisa- through achieving the objec- Mental Health Day and aimed Nayefal Shahrani, presi- with dignitaries, the qualities events. technical support and builds tions with the mechanisms of tives of Aman Center. at familiarising attendees dent of TAMM Volunteer of volunteer ushers and stew- TAMM is co-founded by youth capacities while catering with the impact of volunteer- Network, said that the net- ards, effective communication the Social Development Centre to their needs and developing ing in improving the mental work aspires to contribute skills, body language as well as ‘Nama”, Silatech, Education their skills. GUYANA PRESIDENT RECEIVES QATAR ENVOY’S CREDENTIALS Qatar, Kuwait sign MoU to optimise application of int’l humanitarian law QNA at the Qatari Ministry of Justice The MoU aims at working raising the capacities of target Humanitarian Law in Qatar DOHA and the Permanent National towards the optimal applica- groups in civilian and military was established with the objec- Committee for International tion of international humani- educational institutions, and tive of consolidating the prin- QATAR and Kuwait on Thurs- Humanitarian Law in Kuwait. proposing new legislative texts. ciples of international humani- day signed a memorandum of On this occasion, Nuaimi tarian law through dissemi- Meanwhile, the National tarian law. understanding (MoU) to op- stressed the importance of the nation of legal awareness, Committee on International The legal seminar was at- THE President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana David timise application of the rules agreement, pointing out that training and raising the Humanitarian Law, in coopera- tended by International Hu- Granger received the credentials of the Ambassador Extraordinary of international humanitar- it will facilitate exchange of capacities of target groups tion with the International com- manitarian Law committees and Plenipotentiary of the State of Qatar (non-resident) to Guyana ian law and to promote legal experiences in the field of in- in civilian and military edu- mittee of Red Cross (ICRC) - the in Kuwait, Oman, Morocco, HE Ahmed bin Ibrahim al Abdullah. During the meeting, the am- cooperation between the two ternational humanitarian law regional mission to the GCC Jordan and Palestine, as well bassador conveyed the greetings of the Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin countries. between the two countries and cational institution countries, organised on Thurs- as representatives of the Qatar Hamad al Thani to the Guyana president. He also conveyed HH the The MoU was signed by promote cooperation in raising day a legal seminar to mark the Red Crescent Society and the Amir’s wishes of good health and happiness to the president, and Minister of Justice and Acting awareness of this law. praised the strong bilateral rela- 70th anniversary of the four Ge- ICRC’s regional mission in the to the government and the people of Guyana further progress and Minister of State for Cabinet He added that the MoU re- tions between Qatar and Kuwait neva Conventions of 1949. GCC countries. prosperity. For his part, the president conveyed his greetings to HH Affairs HE Dr Issa bin Saad al flected the keenness of the wise in different fields, including the The Undersecretary of the The seminar reviewed the the Amir and wished him good health and happiness and Qatar Jafali al Nuaimi and Minister of leaderships of both countries judicial field. Ministry of Justice and Chair- four Geneva Conventions in continued development and prosperity. The president also wished Justice of Kuwait Dr Fahd Mo- to promote relations in various The MoU aims at working man of the National Committee terms of the pros, cons and the ambassador success in the performance of his duties, assuring hammed Mohsen al Afasi. fields, including the legal area. towards the optimal application on International Humanitarian the challenges they face with him of all support to upgrade bilateral relations between the two The agreement is between For his part, Minister of of international humanitarian Law HE Sultan bin Abdullah al the widening of tensions, wars countries to closer cooperation in various fields. the National Committee on In- Justice of Kuwait Dr Fahd law through dissemination of Suwaidi said that the National and conflicts in the region and ternational Humanitarian Law Mohammed Mohsen al Afasi legal awareness, training and Committee for International the world. ‘Sit Down with Seth’ to raise funds to support fight against cancer

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Every Friday morning in will be sharing their invalu- Upton, Roxana Tatar, Qatar’s DOHA the month of October, the able knowledge, as well as local athlete, and the show’s platform will capture Seth guiding and encouraging co-host Larani Thexton. QATAR’S fastest-growing competing in the global viewers on to fitness life- Fresh off the heel of the sports, fitness and health pod- CrossFit Games Open. style. success of Qatar hosting the cast, ‘Sit Down with Seth’ Viewers can follow Seth Among the fitness ex- IAAF, and with World Cup continues on its mission to on a ‘tour’ around Qatar’s perts joining Seth will be 2022 in the horizon, there inspire fitness and an ac- prominent CrossFit loca- some of Qatar’s prominent has never been a more excit- tive lifestyle, with a plan to tions, such as OX Fitness, sporting female athletes, who ing time for sport and fitness raise fund for breast cancer T23, CrossFit Oryx and collectively are championing within the country. awareness this month. Strong Box among others, all the campaign ‘Early Detec- With one in eight women As Doha’s first podcast who have over hundreds of tion Saves Lives’. reported to be diagnosed with dedicated to all things for an active members taking part Appearing on the pod- breast cancer in their lifetime, active lifestyle within Qatar, in the acclaimed Opens. cast will be Great Britain’s Sit Down with Seth is ral- Sit Down with Seth is a key This Friday segment will Olympic kayaker, European & lying viewers to turn their go-to platform that streams be followed by Saturday World Champion Lani Amber, sporting passion into raising on the Facebook channel of morning podcasts featuring acclaimed personal trainer funds for Qatar Cancer Society market leaders Force Sport. industry guest experts, who and fitness entrepreneur Jade (QCS). Friday, October 11, 2019 03 (http://www.islamweb.net) Under the guidance and supervision of Islam Ministry of Awqaf (Religious Endowments) and Islamic Affairs THREE STEPS TO How to deal with rude people Question: As-salam alaekum, I would like to know how Muslims should re- spond to those who are rude. There are some people who want attention in my school, and to do that, they offend others by using offensive language. This usually makes me angry and pushes me to act. Please advise on what to do. Answer: All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that A HAPPY LIFE there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, peace be upon him, is His slave and Messenger. First of all, you should know that the people whom you mentioned as being rude people, Allaah called them “the ignorant” and He advised us to be patient with them and avoid them. Allaah Says (what means): {And when the ignorant address them [harshly] they say [words of] peace (they reply with mild words of gentleness).}[Qur’an 25:63] Allaah further Says (what means): {And who- ever pardons and makes reconciliation his reward is [due] from Allaah}[Qur’an 42:40] This is the best and most effective answer to the foolishness of the foolish people because people who are foolish like them would want to respond to them and in this case they would increase in their foolishness. However, if a person wants to encounter a bad deed with a bad deed without transgressing the limits, then he may do so. Allaah Says (what means): {And whoever avenges himself after having been wronged — those have not upon them any cause [for blame].}[Qur’an 42:41] However, being patient is better as we mentioned, but if it is predominantly thought that taking revenge could be deterrence for the wrong doer, then it might be that taking revenge is better. Indeed, the scholars, may Allah have mercy on them, stated that a less virtuous of two deeds could be more virtu- ous than the other deed in some cases. Allaah Knows best. Sincerity and its benefits

Question: What is sincerity and what are the benefits of sincerity? Answer: Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions. Sincerity means ‘Aiming when performing anything to please Allah, i.e. eve- rything one does is for the Sake of Allah, Who has no partners’. People differ in achieving this aim. Sincerity is one of the most difficult deeds for the person because it protects his soul from the danger of his actions. Sahl Ibn Abdullah Tastiri said, “There is nothing more difficult for the soul than being sincere.” Yusuf Ibn Hussain al-Razi said, “The dearest thing in life is sincerity. I try as hard as I can to remove arrogance from my heart. I feel that a plant of a APPINESS is the uni- at hand, not being anxious about different colour is growing inside it.” versal goal of people The Prophet, peace be upon him, described this the future and not crying over Indeed, patience and steadfastness help the person overwhelm his own inclina- from all walks of life the past is another way of attain- tions. Allah Says (interpretation of meaning): {As for those who strive hard in Us – be they philoso- quality of the true believers when he said: “How ing happiness. (Our Cause), We will surely guide them to Our Paths (i.e. Allâh’s Religion - Islâmic phers of a high in- wonderful is the affair of the believer! All of his This is why the Prophet, Monotheism). And verily, Allâh is with the Muhsinûn (good doers).} [Qur’an 29: 69]. Htellectual calibre or unlettered peace be upon him, sought ref- You should also know that sincerity is one of the pillars that make the deed valid labourers -- everyone strives in affairs are good and this is the case for nobody else uge with Allah, The Almighty, and reward-worthy. Allah Says (interpretation of meaning): {And they were com- search of happiness and looks for from anxiety and sorrow. Usu- manded not, but that they should worship Allâh, and worship none but Him Alone ways to escape the worries of life. except a believer. If he is blessed with prosperity, ally, a person experiences sorrow (abstaining from ascribing partners to Him), …} [Qur’an 98: 5]. However, most people due to what has passed and can- Al-Nasa’e reported from Abu Umamah al-Bahili that a man came to the Proph- achieve only partial or superfi- he thanks (Allah) and that is good for him; and if he not be retrieved, whereas grief is et, peace be upon him, and said: “What is the reward of a man who fights to get cial happiness, which provides due to anxiety for the future and reward but also fame?” The Prophet, peace be upon him, answered: “Nothing”. The temporary relief from their prob- is afflicted with adversity, he perseveres and that is the fear of what may happen. man repeated his question three times and the answer of the Prophet, peace be lems. In order to search for ever- also good for him.” [Muslim] A believing slave of Allah, upon him, was the same. And in the third time, the Prophet, peace be upon him, lasting happiness that will lead a The Almighty, should live for added: “Allah does not accept any deed that is not sincerely for Him and for His person to true success, one must the current moment, focus and own Sake.” So, the doer should be sincere with Allah as it is He Who sustains you. keep an open heart and mind, as The reason for this is obvi- whether what befalls him brings exert the utmost effort to utilise Allah knows best. the wise one is he who searches ous: those who have the correct him joy or sorrow. his time in the best possible way. for the truth and adopts it imme- belief which leads to righteous 2. Keeping oneself busy in This will enable him to accom- diately. deeds, reformed hearts and re- performing beneficial deeds and plish his tasks and forget his sor- 1. The most important means fined manners have the basic acquiring useful knowledge. row and grief. When the Prophet, of happiness and the foundation foundation that they can refer By doing so, one’s heart is peace be upon him, made a par- “He whose ultimate goal is the Hereafter will be endowed of all felicity is to have sound be- to in any event – regardless of diverted from whatever causes ticular supplication or guided his with richness in their hearts by Allah, will be granted a lief and perform righteous deeds. whether these are matters which it grief and sorrow, to the extent nation to do so, he would also close-knit, protected familial environment and will gain as Allah, The Almighty, Says cause joy and happiness or sor- that a person may completely encourage them to exert efforts much as they want from this life despite its unwillingness. (what means): {Whoever works row and dejection. forget his worries and unhappi- to obtain what they supplicated righteousness (whether male or The Prophet, peace be upon ness and become happy and en- for and shun everything which On the contrary, Allah will make those who are obsessed female) while he (or she) is a true him, described this quality of ergised. This is something that is might prevent the supplication with this life see poverty in front of their eyes and break up believer (of Islamic Monothe- the true believers when he said: common to believers and others, from being answered. their family ties, and they will not gain from it except what ism) verily, to him We will give “How wonderful is the affair of but the believer is distinct due to As the Prophet, peace be a good life (in this world with the believer! All of his affairs his belief, sincerity and his hope upon him, said: “Be keen to do they have been destined for.” respect, contentment and law- are good and this is the case for for reward while learning or per- that which will benefit you, rely [At-Tirmithi] ful provision), and We shall pay nobody else except a believer. forming beneficial deeds. If this on Allah and do not be lazy (by them certainly a reward in pro- If he is blessed with prosper- deed is an act of worship, then not exerting effort) and do not portion to the best of what they ity, he thanks (Allah) and that is he will receive the reward for it, say when a problem befalls you: used to do (i.e. Paradise in the good for him; and if he is afflict- and if it is a worldly task which ‘If only I would have done such Hereafter).} [Qur’an16: 97] ed with adversity, he perseveres is accompanied with a good in- and such, then the result would Allah, The Almighty, prom- and that is also good for him.” tention, such as working for the have been such and such’; rath- “Knowledge is one of the delights of this world and a ises whoever possesses sound [Muslim] sake of being able to worship Al- er, one should say: ‘This was de- belief and performs righteous The Prophet, peace be upon lah, The Almighty, better, then creed by Allah and He does what means for success in it, but when it is acted upon, it deeds that he will have a happy him, informed us that a believ- this will have a strong effect in He wills.’ Saying ‘If’ opens the life and will also be rewarded in er’s reward would be multiplied removing his anxiety and grief. gate for Satan (to cause discon- becomes that for the Hereafter.” [Sahl ibn Abdullah] the eternal Hereafter. many times over, regardless of 3. Concentrating on the tasks tent).” [Muslim] How Do You Face Good and Bad Times?

HE more one ponders over liever are the same when it comes worldly means to tackle his fear than those who are more fortu- righteous actions. One person the apparent and hidden to conditioning oneself to becom- and affliction, then he will col- nate and by doing so he becomes may receive goodness with grati- favours from Allah The Al- ing brave, which is the natural lapse because he does not possess happier, even more than one who tude and evil with perseverance, mighty upon him, the more ability to calm oneself during the faith which would enable him is discontent despite possessing which brings him peace of mind The will realise that his Lord moments of terror. Due to the be- to persevere during tough times. all the riches of this world. and happiness, causing his grief, has granted him abundant bless- liever’s strong faith, perseverance Another example of this is Many people receive affliction anxiety and misery to disappear. ings and protected him from a and reliance on Allah The Al- when certain frightening or dis- Getting stronger with fear, discontent, sorrow and Thus, this becomes a cause of number of evils; this will cer- mighty, he emerges stronger than turbing events occur, such as The virtuous and the sinful, and despair; their life becomes miser- positivity in his life. tainly remove grief and anxiety others in difficult situations and emergencies or accidents. One the believer and the disbeliever are able, they panic and become short The second person receives and bring happiness and content- this reduces his fear and anxi- finds that a person with sound the same when it comes to tempered. Such a person fails to goodness with arrogance and ment. Thus, take heed of the ad- ety and ultimately makes matters faith is calm, steadfast and able conditioning oneself to becoming think about the reward that he transgression; his manners de- vice of the Prophet, peace be upon easy for him. As Allah The Al- to cope with the situation and should be hoping for, nor does generate and become evil; he re- him, when he said: “Look at those mighty Says (what means): {“And handle the hardship he is going brave, which is the natural ability to he exercise patience that would ceives this goodness and utilises who are lower than you (i.e., those don’t be weak in the pursuit of through; such a person has con- calm oneself during moments of bring about contentment and it in an unthinking manner; it who possess less than you) and do the enemy; if you are suffering ditioned himself to receiving such terror. Due to the believer’s strong thus make life easier for him. does not give him any peace of not look at those higher than you; (hardships) then surely, they afflictions and this makes his faith, perseverance and reliance on There can be several reasons mind and his mind is always rest- this will make you appreciate the (too) are suffering (hardships) as heart stronger and more stead- Allah The Almighty, he emerges for this state of mind: the fear of less and agitated. bounties of Allah upon you.” [Al- you are suffering, but you have a fast, which gives him tranquility. stronger than others in difficult losing the things one desires and The Prophet, peace be upon Bukhari and Muslim] hope from Allah (for the reward, These examples show the situations and this reduces his cherishes or the greed to acquire him, said: “How wonderful is Such people get the support i.e. Paradise) that for which they great difference between a person fear and anxiety and ultimately more of the same, because man the affair of the believer! All of and assistance of Allah The Al- hope not}.” [Qur’an, 4: 104] who has strong belief and acts makes matters easy for him will never reach a point where he his affairs are good and this is mighty which makes fear vanish, However, the one who is de- accordingly, and another who is is fully satisfied in life. the case for nobody except a be- as Allah The Almighty Says (what void of strong faith will be the op- not at this level of faith. Due to Different people can have liever. If he is blessed with pros- means): {“Be patient. Surely, Al- posite; he becomes anxious, nerv- the strong belief of the true be- fliction, he is tranquil and content completely different reactions perity he thanks Allah and that is lah is with those who are the pa- ous, confused and full of fear; liever and his contentment with and has no desire for anything when something good or bad be- good for him; and if he is afflicted tient.”} [Qur’an 8: 46] indeed his anxiety and paranoia whatever Allah The Almighty has which has not been decreed for falls them, and their reactions with adversity he perseveres The virtuous and the sinful, team up against him. If this type decreed, if he is afflicted with him. Instead, he looks at those depend on the strength of their and that is also good for him.” and the believer and the disbe- of person does not possess the sickness, poverty or any other af- less fortunate than him rather belief and the extent of their [Muslim] 04 Friday, October 11, 2019 Gulf / Middle East / World Russia will push Iran FM pitches for Turkey-Syria Turkey’s Erdogan threatens to ‘dialogue’ on Gulf security plan Kurds: Lavrov send Syrian refugees to EU to neighbours AFP MOSCOW Erdogan slams EU nations for criticism over Syria military operations AFP RUSSIAN Foreign Minister TEHRAN Sergei Lavrov said Thursday DPA that Ankara and Damascus ISTANBUL/BEIRUT IRAN’S Foreign Minister Mo- should discuss the issue of hammad Javad Zarif pitched Kurdish forces in northeastern PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip the Islamic republic’s Gulf se- Syria directly, calling Turkey’s Erdogan on Thursday lashed curity plan to neighbouring cross-border assault a product out at international criticism nations on Thursday, saying of US policies. of Turkey’s offensive in north- regional security cannot be pro- “We will strive for the neces- eastern Syria, threatening to vided by foreign powers. Ira- sity of dialogue between Turkey send millions of Syrian refugees nian President Hassan Rouhani and Syria,” he said. Turkey has into Europe. announced the plan at the UN “legitimate concerns about the “Hey European Union! Pull General Assembly last month, safety of its borders” but had yourself together. If you de- calling on Gulf nations includ- not been able to properly raise scribe our current operation as ing arch-rival Saudi Arabia to them with Damascus as this an act of invasion, it is easy - we join it but without giving details. was “made difficult by the ac- will open the gates and send In an article published on The fate of the people and tions of the Americans and the 3.6 million refugees your way,” Thursday in Arabic by Kuwait’s coalition” east of the Euphrates Erdogan told his ruling Justice Al Rai daily, Zarif said that the nations of the Persian Gulf is and Development Party (AKP) plan, named Hormuz Peace entwined... either everyone members in the capital, Ankara. Endeavour, offered the chance benefits from security in the Turkey “Operation Peace of “expansive security” and co- region or everyone will be Spring” against Syrian Kurdish operation between Iran, Saudi deprived of it militias launched on Wednesday Arabia, Iraq, Oman, the United has been criticized by Western Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar Iran FM Javad Zarif allies, with the EU calling on An- and Bahrain. kara to stop the offensive. Turk- Cooperation could include ish armed forces have “neutral- areas such as a regional non- own commitments under the ized” 109 “terrorists,” Erdogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (centre) attends the extended meeting with provincial heads of aggression pact, combatting deal and the US deployed mili- said, adding that Ankara wants ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in Ankara, Turkey, on Thursday. (AFP) terrorism, cybersecurity, energy tary assets to the region. Since to avert the creation of a “terror- and freedom of navigation, Za- then, ships have been attacked, Russian Foreign Minister ist state” along its borders. UN Security Council will meet rif said. “In order to save the drones downed and oil tankers Sergey Lavrov. Erdogan was referring to 5 killed, including baby, in Kurdish on Thursday to discuss Syria. region from the edge of ruin, we seized. In June, Trump called members of the Kurdish-led shelling on Turkey, say officials The Britain-based Syrian Ob- feel the necessity of realising a off air strikes against Iran at the river, he said. “We have warned Syrian Democratic Forces servatory for Human Rights new discourse more than ever,” last minute after the Islamic re- for many years about the ex- (SDF), which Turkey views as AKÇAKALE: Five people, including a nine-month-old baby, were said Turkish forces had entered he wrote in the article, a trans- public’s forces shot down a US treme danger of the experiment terrorists threatening its border killed and dozens injured in shelling on Turkish border towns a village east of the strategic lation of which was provided by drone. that the Americans were stag- security. Erdogan argued the on Thursday, local authorities said, following Turkey’s offensive town of Tal Abyad and were his ministry. Last month, twin attacks on ing there in an effort to pit the Turkish incursion will “guar- on Kurdish forces in northern Syria.“The first martyrs of Opera- moving deeper. “The fate of the people and Saudi oil infrastructure, which Kurds against Arab tribes,” Lav- antee to the whole world” that tion Peace Spring were a nine-month-old Syrian baby, Moham- The war monitor said clash- nations of the Persian Gulf is knocked out half the kingdom’s rov told journalists in Turkmen- Islamic State will not be able to mad Omar, and Cihan Gunes, a civil servant working for the es were ongoing between SDF entwined... either everyone production, drew accusations istan. “We warned against play- reign in the region again. tax office in Akcakale,” the Sanliurfa governor’s office said in fighters and Turkish troops in benefits from security in the of blame against Iran not only ing the Kurdish card because it US President Donald a statement. Three more deaths were later reported in Mardin al-Yabseh, west of Tal Abyad. region or everyone will be de- from the US but also from its can end badly,” he said. Trump, who paved the way province, according to a local official. (AFP) Residents were fleeing prived of it,” Zarif said. European allies. Kurdish forces control- for the offensive by pulling out Tal Abyad and some of them Tensions have risen in the Tehran has denied any in- ling parts of northern Syria some troops and abandoning told dpa that civilians still Gulf since last year when US volvement in the attacks, which said they repulsed Turkish Syrian Kurdish fighters, said ic State] does not reconstitute of origin “if they are accepted.” inside the city were being President Donald Trump uni- were claimed by Iran-backed ground attacks on Wednesday Turkey has to take care of the in any way, shape, or form,” Trump has received sustained prevented from leaving by laterally abandoned a 2015 rebels fighting a Saudi-led coali- and Thursday, but the Turk- Islamic State threat. Trump said. criticism from home and abroad Kurdish fighters. Located in nuclear deal between major tion in Yemen. The US has since ish defence ministry insisted “Turkey is now responsible Erdogan said Turkey will for pulling out US troops in the northern al-Raqqa province, powers and Iran and began re- formed a coalition with its allies its “Operation Peace Spring” for ensuring all [Islamic State] keep some of the Islamic State area but he has countered that Tal Abyad is where Kurd- imposing crippling sanctions. Australia, Bahrain, Britain, Sau- would go ahead to curb the fighters being held captive re- captives in prison and will send he did not give the green light ish fighters expelled Islamic They flared again this May di Arabia and the UAE to escort power of Kurdish insurgents. main in prison and that [Islam- others back to their countries for the Turkish operation. The State militants in June 2015. when Iran began reducing its commercial shipping in the Gulf.

News in brief Iraq begins national mourning for protesters killed recently

Russian journalist detained in AFP initially blamed “unidentified The government has also Iran has returned to Moscow BAGHDAD snipers” and infiltrating “sab- ordered housing aid. Local oteurs” but later acknowl- authorities demolishing in- MOSCOW: A Russian journalist detained in Iran over a visa IRAQ began three days of na- edged that the military had formal housing settlement in violation has been freed and returned to Moscow, Russian dip- tional mourning Thursday for used “excessive force” in the September fuelled the anger lomats said on Thursday. Reports about the arrest of journal- more than 100 people killed Shiite bastion of Sadr City in of protesters. ist Yulia Yuzik surfaced late last week. On Friday, the Russian during recent protests, while Baghdad. One in five Iraqis live be- embassy in Tehran expressed the suspicion that Yuzik had the government was expected The judiciary also an- low the poverty line, in one been taken into custody suspected of espionage. to present a reshuffle to par- nounced that a riot police of- of the world’s most oil-rich An Iranian government spokesman said on Monday that liament in response to the po- ficer had “confessed to killing countries. Yuzik had been detained due to a visa violation. litical crisis. a protester” in Hilla, south of Flags were flown at half- Yuzik’s husband posted on Facebook on Thursday that his While social media sites Baghdad. mast Thursday to mourn wife had been freed following efforts by the Russian Foreign in Iraq remained inaccessible Prime Minister Adel Ab- those who died during the Ministry and embassy in Tehran. “The story is over. Yulia is -- except intermittently via del Madhi responded to pub- week of violence. already in Moscow,” he wrote. virtual private network (VPN) lic anger in his second public Those killed–protesters Russia had been pressuring Iran to clarify the situation, applications -- more images address in less than a week, and police–have been de- and Iranian Ambassador Mehdi Sanaei was asked to the Rus- emerged of the violence over pledging to propose a cabi- clared “martyrs” and their sian Foreign Ministry. In Iran, foreigners who violate visa rules the past week in which mainly net reshuffle to parliament on An ambulance arrives at a demonstration against state corruption, families will receive compen- are normally expelled from the country and are not arrested or protesters died from live fire. Thursday. failing public services, and unemployment, in the Iraqi capital Bagh- sation. even detained for a longer period unless there is suspicion of Footage showed demon- The deeply divided assem- dad, recently. (AFP) With the return of normal illegal activities such as espionage. (DPA) strators -- who initially de- bly depends on the participa- life in Baghdad, traffic has manded jobs and services tion of its largest bloc: 54 law- resignation of the govern- posed reforms to lower again clogged the main roads before calling for “the fall of makers led by populist cleric ment nearly a week ago. youth unemployment, cur- of the sprawling city of nine ‘Gunmen kidnap’ school principal in the regime” -- being fatally Moqtada al-Sadr. Since protests and vio- rently at 25 percent, while million inhabitants. Schools, northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state shot, or running for cover The bloc includes min- lence calmed on Tuesday, the labour ministry pro- government offices and busi- under heavy fire. Authorities isters but Sadr called for the the government has pro- posed an online job register. nesses have reopened. KANO: Gunmen on Thursday kidnapped a school principal in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, his deputy said, a week after six female students and two staff at another school were seized for ransom. Around 20 assailants stormed the Government Technical Yemen to become world’s poorest S Korea may acquire nuclear Secondary School in Kajuru overnight and hauled away Francis Maji, deputy principal Andrew Auta said. submarines after North’s test “The gunmen came into the school at midnight and country if war continues, says UN headed to the principal’s house, where they beat the security AFP A proven submarine- guard and tied him up,” he said. SEOUL based missile capability Auta said the kidnappers opened fire on the house when AFP would take the North’s ar- Maji refused to open the door and then “seized him” as he DUBAI SOUTH Korea’s Navy is con- senal to a new level, allow- tried to sneak away. sidering acquiring nuclear- ing deployment far beyond The school’s students were said to have fled into the bush WAR-RAVAGED Yemen is on powered submarines, it said the Korean peninsula and a on hearing gunshots. (AFP) course to become the world’s Thursday in a surprise an- second-strike capability in poorest country if the conflict nouncement which would the event of an attack on its persists, the United Nations change the balance of power military bases. Tunisia’s ‘moderate Islamist’ Ennahda said in a report. in north-east Asia and is In a report submitted to movement leads legislative elections “If fighting continues likely to upset several of its parliament the South Ko- through 2022, Yemen will neighbours. rean Navy said it had set TUNIS: Tunisia’s moderate Islamist Ennahda movement has rank the poorest country in the Seoul is surrounded up a task force headed by a emerged as the strongest force in legislative elections, accord- world, with 79 percent of the by three nuclear powers– commander-level official to ing to official results announced on Wednesday. population living under the China, Russia, and North examine procuring nuclear- Ennahda won 52 seats in the 217-member parliament, poverty line and 65 percent Korea, which invaded its powered submarines in the which means it will have to rely on other parties to form a classified as extremely poor,” neighbour in 1950–while it long term, the South’s Yon- government, the electoral commission said. according to the United Nations and neighbour Japan, both hap news agency reported. Presidential candidate Nabil Karoui’s Qalb Tounes (Heart of Development Programme re- of them US allies but with It appears to be the first Tunisia) party came second with 38 seats. port, published Wednesday. Yemeni men visit the site of a damaged funeral hall building in the difficult relations between time Seoul has publicly spo- The results of Sunday’s election came shortly after Karoui Because of the war, poverty capital Sanaa, on Tuesday, during an event commemorating three years them, rely on Washington’s ken of developing nuclear was released from jail following a top appeals court order, four in Yemen has jumped from 47 since its destruction in a reported Saudi-led coalition air strike. (AFP) nuclear umbrella. submarines, which were days ahead of a run-off in the North African country’s presiden- percent of the population in Pyongyang last week not mentioned in its most tial race. He came second in the first round of the presidential 2014 to a projected 75 percent tary coalition launched a blis- killed tens of thousands of tested what it said was a recent defence white paper. election last month. Karoui, a media mogul, was arrested in by the end of 2019. tering offensive months later people, most of them civil- submarine-launched bal- The document, released August on charges of money laundering and tax evasion. Yemen, long the poorest to prop up the internationally- ians, and pushed Yemen to listic missile, although the in January, said the South The Democratic Current Party came third in the legislative country in the Arabian Peninsu- recognised government of Abe- the brink of famine. It has also US said it seemed to have had 10 conventional diesel- polls with 22 seats while the Karama (Dignity) coalition won la, plunged into war after Huthi drabbo Mansour Hadi against displaced millions and left been fired from a “sea- powered submarines, com- 21 seats, the commission said. (DPA) rebels seized the capital Sanaa the Iran-aligned insurgents. more than two thirds of the based platform”. pared to 70 for the North. in late 2014. A Saudi-led mili- The fighting has since population in need of aid. Asia Friday, October 11, 2019 05 Xi’s gift for Modi holds a message on China-India friendship Huge saltwater croc kills Philippine fisherman in island attack

NEW Delhi: President Xi Jinping will be heading to Chennai for the second informal summit on Friday MANILA: A huge saltwater crocodile killed a Philippines fisherman after snatching him from his NEWS bearing a gift for Prime Minister Narendra Modi but like much of the meet, the nature of the gift is boat, local authorities said Thursday, the latest in a series of attacks terrorising a remote southern yet to be disclosed. What is not a secret is that the gift will be a symbol of friendly relations between island. The 20-year-old was taken by a 4.9-metre (16-foot) croc late Tuesday as he and a colleague IN BRIEF India, China, and Nepal. The Chinese foreign ministry on Thursday said the “preparations” for gifts sailed back to the island of Balabac after a day of fishing, regional police spokesman Socrates for Modi and Nepal’s President Bidhya Devi Bhandari had been made. “China has made prepara- Faltado said. The next day residents found his body, still in the croc’s jaws, Faltado said.They then tions. The gifts embody the friendship between President Xi and the leaders of India and Nepal and used dynamite to kill it. A crocodile also killed a 10-year-old boy in the same area less than two the friendly relations between China, India, and Nepal,” the foreign ministry said. (AGENCIES) months ago, according to Jovic Fabello, spokesman for a government council said. (AFP)

Scotland Yard charges Pakistani On National Day Taiwan vows to defend sovereignty politician in exile with terrorism DPA al order through a combination TAIPEI of authoritarianism, national- AFP rorism, or was “reckless” of the ism, and economic might.” She LONDON possible consequences. Hus- IN a National Day address on referenced the chaos in Hong sain, 66, has lived in London Thursday, Taiwan’s President Kong and vowed to work with BRITISH police have charged for more than two decades and Tsai Ing-wen urged the coun- like-minded countries to ensure a Pakistani political exile often addressed supporters try to unite to defend its sov- that the peaceful and stable sta- with encouraging terrorism, in the South Asian megacity ereignty as China continues tus quo of the Taiwan Strait is Scotland Yard announced on through a loudspeaker linked to “challenge free, democratic not unilaterally altered. Thursday, after a speech he to his home telephone. values and the global order.” The president added that made in 2016 to supporters in In the speech on August “The overwhelming consen- she aims to continue to bolster Karachi was followed by vio- 22, 2016, he castigated the sus among Taiwan’s 23 million A woman waves Taiwanese flags in front of a group of Hong Kong Taiwan’s economic capabili- lent protests. media for not giving due people is our rejection of ‘one police as she joins others at a rally to mark Taiwan’s National Day, in ties, and actively engage with Altaf Hussain, the former Altaf Hussain. coverage to his workers. Po- country, two systems,’ regard- the Tsim Sha Tsui district in Hong Kong, on Thursday. (AFP) the world to gain more support leader of the Muttahida Qau- lice accused him of chanting less of party affiliation or politi- in the international arena. The mi Movement (MQM) which the speech which was “likely anti-Pakistani slogans, and cal position,” Tsai said. is not a provocation - it is my nessing China’s rise and expan- speech was Tsai’s fourth Na- once ruled Karachi, faces up to to be understood” as encour- security forces moved in to “As president, standing up fundamental responsibility.” sion, “as they challenge free, tional Day address since taking seven years imprisonment for aging supporters to acts of ter- seal his party headquarters. to protect national sovereignty Tsai said that people are wit- democratic values and the glob- office in May 2016.

Indonesia chief Pakistan says, not B’desh students keep up security minister ready to indulge in stabbed by regional arms race IS-linked pair fourth day of rallies as AFP AGENCIES JAKARTA ISLAMABAD Kashmir issue “We do not expect any TWO members of an IS- FOREIGN Office Spokesper- good from India. Those linked terror network stabbed son Dr Mohammad Faisal who are supporting New allegations site blocked Indonesia’s chief security said on Thursday that Paki- minister Wiranto on Thurs- stan was not ready to join any Delhi, they should remain day, the intelligence head arms race in the South Asian standing with it. It does said, as the powerful politi- region. not make any difference.” cian underwent emergency The spokesperson passed “Pakistan is raising the surgery for his wounds. the remarks during the week- situation of Kashmir on Television images ly FO briefing when asked every platform. We are showed security officers in regards to India’s recent determined to resolve wrestling a man and woman acquisition of advanced jet the matter,” the FO said. to the ground in Pandeglang fighters from France. on Java island after the at- “We [Pakistan] urge the tack on Wiranto, who goes world to refrain from push- by one name, as he was exit- ing this region [South Asian ence.” “Pakistan is raising the ing a vehicle. region] into an arms race,” situation of Kashmir on every The suspects were iden- said the FO spokesperson. platform. We are determined tified as 31-year-old Syahril “Pakistan knows how to de- to resolve the matter as per Alamsyah and Fitri Andriana, fend itself. It does not mat- the will of the people who 21 -- a married couple, ac- ter if its a Rafale or any other are trapped in an open-air cording to local media. fighter jet. The whole world prison.” They were members of is a witness to the episode of The spokesperson also Jamaah Ansharut Daulah February 27.” welcomed the visit of US (JAD), an extremist group “The main focus of this senators to Pakistan-admin- responsible for deadly suicide [PTI] government is on youth istered Kashmir and hoped bombings at churches in In- development, education and the atrocities in Indian-ad- donesia’s second-biggest city health.” Voicing concern over ministered Kashmir would Surabaya last year, State In- the indefinite curfew and bla- soon be exposed to the world. telligence Agency chief Budi tant human rights violations Faisal said despite Indian Gunawan told reporters in in the Indian-administered efforts to cover up brutalities Jakarta. Kashmir, Dr Faisal said, “Pa- in the valley, the plight of the JAD is among dozens kistan demands the lifting of Kashmiri people was being Students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) block a road and take part in a protest in Dhaka, on Wednesday, after of radical groups that have all sorts of restrictions and recognised across the world. a pupil was allegedly beaten to death by ruling party activists. (AFP) pledged loyalty to the Islam- stoppage of human rights Responding to a question ic State group in Indonesia, violations in the valley.” about the Kartarpur Cor- which has long struggled with “We [Pakistan] do not ridor, the FO spokesperson Police arrest two more on Thursday, taking the total detained over the killing of Islamist militancy. expect any good from In- said a formal invitation had Wiranto, 72 -- who police dia. Those who are support- been extended to former In- student to 15–including 11 from the ruling Awami League student’s wing have said was one of several ing New Delhi, they should dian Prime Minister Man- targets in an earlier failed as- remain standing with it. It mohan Singh to attend the AFP Police carried out two more by students against members of at the university, said the web- sassination plot -- was rushed does not make any differ- opening ceremony. DHAKA arrests on Thursday, taking the the ruling party’s student wing. page, part of a university inter- by helicopter to the capital total detained over the killing An official from an internet net site, was taken down late where he was treated for two STUDENTS in Bangladesh to 15 -- including 11 from the service provider said the page Wednesday. knife wounds in his stomach. staged a fourth day of protests Bangladesh Chhatra League had been blocked “following “These complaints were on Thursday over the killing of (BCL), the student branch of orders” from the government’s submitted to the BUET student an undergraduate as authorities the ruling Awami League. Bangladesh Telecommunica- welfare director three months Pakistan army: Soldier killed blocked an internet page that The 21-year-old Fahad was tion Regulatory Commission. ago,” he told AFP. detailed alleged torture by activ- allegedly beaten with a cricket The BTRC, which has in Sweden-based Bangladesh by Indian troops in Kashmir ists of the country’s ruling party. bat and other blunt objects for the past had blocked dozens of rights activist Tasneem Khalil Hundreds of students de- six hours after he put up a Fa- news portals and websites criti- said the blocked webpage “con- ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani soldier was killed in an exchange of fire with fied a heavy monsoon storm to cebook post criticising Prime cal of the government, made no firmed in graphic detail how Indian troops in Kashmir, the army said on Thursday, as tensions stage a rally on the Bangladesh Minister Sheikh Hasina. immediate comment. such torture has been a routine between nuclear-armed rivals ran high. The exchange occurred across University of Engineering and Hasina vowed Wednesday The Dhaka Tribune news- element in the daily lives of the Line of Control (LoC), a de facto frontier that divides the Himalayan Technology (BUET) to demand that the killers would get the paper said the webpage con- hundreds of BUET students.” valley in parts each controlled by Pakistan and India but claimed by justice for Abrar Fahad. “highest punishment”. tained 177 complaints, with at He said the database “was pos- both in its entirety. At least two women were injured in the exchange Fahad was beaten to death Internet providers blocked least 72 posted after Fahad’s ing a serious challenge to the that lasted for several hours at multiple points, the army said in a on Sunday, sparking a wave of a webpage launched by a BUET killing. Most of the complaints government narrative that the statement. Deadly border skirmishes have increased since the Indian anger in the South Asian na- professor that highlighted com- were against the BCL. killing of Abrar Fahad was just Indonesian Security government stripped Kashmir of autonomous status. (DPA) tion’s universities. plaints, including torture, made Mostofa Akbar, a professor a stray incident”, Khalil said. Minister Wiranto. Kashmir hotels empty or shut as tourist restrictions lifted

AFP in tens of thousands of extra nagar’s famous houseboats, tants in gun battles and inter- SRINAGAR, INDIA troops and imposed a lock- usually full at this time of the cepted weapons. down. year, looked mostly empty. Authorities on Thurs- INDIA lifted on Thursday More than two months - ‘Terrorists’ -Kashmir has day also released three low- restrictions on tourists visit- later the internet and mobile been split between India and ranking politicians who along ing Kashmir, but for hotels phones remain cut off in most Pakistan since 1947 and has with hundreds of other local around the picturesque lake areas and fixed-line phone been the spark of two wars and lawmakers, activists and oth- in Srinagar two months into a lines are unreliable, crippling numerous skirmishes since, ers have been detained since lockdown it was still far from many businesses -- including most recently in February with August 5. business as usual. in tourism. tit-for-tat air strikes. Those still in detention Authorities in early August “Lifting the restrictions on India says that most peo- include three former Kashmir had told holidaymakers to tourists coming will not help ple in its part of Kashmir sup- chief ministers: Farooq Abdul- leave “immediately” over “ter- until communications are re- port its August 5 move, and lah, Omar Abdullah and Me- ror threats” to a major Hindu stored,” Vishal Sharma, gen- that militants backed by Paki- hbooba Mufti. pilgrimage, sending thou- eral manager of the five-star stan are cowering businesses Farooq Abdullah, 81, was sands scrambling for places on Taj Vivanta hotel said. into not cooperating. formerly arrested in mid-Sep- planes and buses. “We haven’t had a single A local man rows a boat near houseboats hotels in Dal Lake in Srinagar, on Thursday. (AFP) It says that communica- tember under a law allowing A few days later on August direct call (on the phone) for a tions remain snapped to pre- him to be held for up to two 5 New Delhi scrapped Indian- booking,” he said, all 83 rooms ever.” It was a similar story staff, preferring to stay anony- Most other hotels around vent these “terrorists” organ- years without charge that has administered Kashmir of its at the hotel empty. “The last at the luxury Lalit Grand Pal- mous, said occupancy in the the lake were shuttered, as ising attacks. Authorities say been widely used, and criti- semi-autonomous status, sent two months were the worst ace where a senior member of 113 rooms was “very low”. were travel agents, while Sri- they have killed several mili- cised, in Kashmir. 06 Friday, October 11, 2019

ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 3, 2006 Opinion HAMAD BIN SUHAIM AL THANI CHAIRMAN ADEL ALI BIN ALI MANAGING DIRECTOR DR HASSAN MOHAMMED AL ANSARI EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Memo To NBA: Don’t Quit On Freedom Transitional Justice In Nepal: The move by a NBA team official deleting his message More Frustrations & Delay of support to Hong Kong protesters is a manifestation of how China can use its economic power to silence critics The civil war ended in 2006, but justice for victims has no time limit OOR Daryl Morey. Just three days ago, on one interpretation, of one complicated the Houston Rockets general manager event.” But shouldn’t he have known that HUGH WHELAN was best known for having one of the the price of admission to the Chinese mar- TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE PNBA’s winningest career records and ket is self-censorship and the wholesale for pioneering analytics in the sport. abandonment of America’s most precious HIRTEEN years after the end of the How was he to know that tweeting an values? Clearly, the answer is no. As a US Nepali Civil War, the country is still image stating “Fight for freedom, stand citizen and a person of great wealth and struggling for justice. The transi- with Hong Kong” would lead to him and influence, Morey didn’t give a tweet stating tion from wartime to peacetime has his organisation being banned from Chi- “Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong” Ttraditionally been a fraught process na, and the NBA backpedalling furiously a second thought. for Asian governments. In the 21st cen- to hang on to its multibillion-dollar busi- Neither did he realise that the long arm tury, many post-conflict nations in the ness relationship with the communist-con- of China’s censors and state-controlled me- region have looked toward Nepal to un- trolled country? dia would target him and derstand how society can best make this Didn’t Morey know his organisation with a ve- adaptation. The Nepali government’s that in 2008, when the Didn’t Morey know that the hemence reminiscent of the prolonged stagnation does not bode well league launched NBA Chi- NBA and all its affiliates public shamings that were for the international evolution of transi- na — which according to would be labelled “separa- commonplace during the tional justice. Forbes is now worth more tists” and “enemies of the Communist Party’s brutal The Nepali Civil War ended in 2006 than $4 billion, roughly motherland” and banned Cultural Revolution of the with the Comprehensive Peace Agree- $133 million for each of 1960s and 1970s. ment (CPA), signed by the monarchist the NBA’s 30 franchises from the lucrative Chinese All that being said, we’d government and the insurgent Maoist re- — that all NBA managers, market if he dared to voice like to thank Daryl Morey bels. The civil war left many victims: In a coaches, players, cheer- his support for something as for, perhaps unwittingly, decade of conflict, approximately 16,000 leaders and ball boys for- controversial as “freedom”? shining a bright light on people were killed, with 78,000 displaced feited their constitutional the reality facing 1.4 billion and 1,300 still missing. right to free speech? Chinese under one-party The CPA declared the beginning of a Didn’t Morey know that — along with communist rule, and the very constraints transitional justice process, in which per- a host of leading carmakers, airlines, tech on freedom that the Hong Kong protesters petrators of abuse would be punished, companies, luxury brands and retailers — fear are in their future. victims vindicated, and society would the NBA and all its affiliates would be la- For its part, after an initial statement progress into stable democracy. However, belled “separatists” and “enemies of the calling Morey’s tweet “regrettable,” the the years that followed were character- motherland” and banned from the lucra- NBA has since reaffirmed what Commis- ised by half-measures and mismanage- rights advocates. The energy of the resist- tive Chinese market if he dared to voice his sioner Adam Silver called its “long-held ment. Approximately four dozen separate Approximately four dozen separate ance highlights the fact that there is now support for something as controversial as values” including support of freedom of ex- transitional justice commissions were transitional justice commissions more than the TRC Act at stake. As Raju “freedom”? pression. As a league, Silver continued, “we established, all of which were plagued by were established, all of which were Chapagai of Amnesty International notes, Yes, Morey deleted the offending tweet are not willing to compromise those val- secrecy and impunity. a failure to act will enhance the “culture of almost immediately, and then promptly ues.” Let’s hope Silver and the NBA stand Following a sweeping victory in the plagued by secrecy and impunity impunity” that is “increasingly deepening tweeted to his “Chinese fans and sponsors” by those words going forward. NBA great 2013 election, the newly sworn-in govern- in our society” and is “not confined to the that “offending them or misunderstand- Michael Jordan famously said, “If you quit ment reaffirmed its commitment to tran- ment ignored the Supreme Court ruling, conflict-era crimes.” The reverberations ing them was not my intention” and that once, it becomes a habit.” That’s just as true sitional justice. The government entered retaining the amnesty provisions. The of the government’s actions will be felt he was “merely voicing one thought, based for freedom as it is for basketball. consultations with leading advocates and Truth and Reconciliation Commission throughout Nepali society and the Asia- human rights organisations to draft a bill began its work, completing prelimi- Pacific region. that would implement a proper transi- nary investigations into 6,000 cases of The civil war ended in 2006, but jus- tional justice framework. At midnight on conflict-era abuse. However, no case has tice has no time limit. In order for tran- April 25, 2014, the government passed been litigated and key domestic and inter- sitional justice to occur, and for Nepal to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission national stakeholders refuse to acknowl- rebuild, sustained pressure is required. Act (TRC Act), creating the long-promised edge the validity of the TRC Act while the Currently, this pressure primarily comes Truth and Reconciliation Commission. amnesty provisions remain. from domestic and international NGOs: However, the act bore little resem- After two extensions, the mandate of From the statutory initiation of transi- blance to the bill that had been shown to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission tional justice to the pressure to abolish victims and advocates. Rather than out- expired on April 13, 2019. The commis- amnesty for perpetrators, domestic and lining a path to restorative justice, the sioners stepped down and a recommen- international NGOs have operated at the TRC Act was written to protect those still dation committee was formed to elect forefront of advocacy and change in the in power from punishment and smooth new commissioners. However, no com- region. But for national justice to prevail over the past trauma. Most notably, the missioners have been named. Specula- in the future, this pressure must find re- TRC Act contained a provision granting tion is rife that the government intends to newed support from powerful interna- the possibility of amnesty for perpetra- stack the Commission with political allies. tional stakeholders and foreign govern- tors of historic human rights violations. Recent developments seem to confirm ments, particularly those with a large Advocates such as Om Prakash Aryal this fear: Politicians who previously cam- Nepali diaspora. Only this widespread condemned the provision as proof of paigned against the transitional justice unification can ensure justice for victims the Government’s intention to “steer the movement are now reportedly being vet- and accountability for the future. By con- process towards mass amnesty,” thereby ted for roles to serve as commissioners. trast, failure to provide justice will set a protecting alleged perpetrators who now Nepal is at a crucial juncture in the worrying precedent in the region. hold senior positions in government and transitional justice process. The govern- the army. ment appears set on pursuing a policy (Hugh Whelan is a freelance Arriving at a similar conclusion, on that suppresses any true form of transi- writer who recently completed February 26, 2015, the Nepal Supreme tional justice. However, this consistent work in Nepal with Advocacy (Tribune News Service) Court ruled the TRC Act to be constitu- impunity has met sustained resistance Forum, a leading human tionally unlawful. However, the govern- from victim alliance groups and human rights NGO in the region) Recognise Indigenous Peoples Day We should recognise the cultures of the various tribal nations, and celebrate with them annually on the second Monday of October

NANCY WORCESTER Dakota and Vermont) and many cities enous Women. Joy Harjo of the Musco- TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE and school districts now use this occasion gee Creek Nation has been named as the to acknowledge the historical and cultural first Native American US poet laureate. ECENTLY, officials from Wiscon- legacies of indigenous peoples. And Congress will soon have five Native sin’s geographically largest county Many of us are embarrassed by how Americans for the first time (including declared the second Monday in Oc- little we know about Native Americans the appointment of a delegate from the Rtober, which this year falls on Octo- and their history of genocide, colonisa- Cherokee Nation, finally fulfilling an 1835 ber 14, Indigenous Peoples Day. tion, forced removals from their land, bro- treaty commitment). “We can’t undo the atrocities that have ken treaties, boarding schools and other If we live in a city or state where Indig- been done against indigenous peoples,” forms of erasure or assimilation. We are enous Peoples Day is officially recognised, Tricia Zunker, associate justice of the also poorly informed about their survival we can help publicise and celebrate the day. Ho-Chunk Nation Supreme Court, told and continued resilience. If not, we can start working now to make Marathon County officials as they adopted At a recent educational event through sure our community officially acknowledg- the resolution. “But we can recognise the The Nation magazine, Lakota educator es Indigenous Peoples Day by this time next beautiful cultures of the various tribal na- Cheryl Kary described the importance of year. We can work to include land acknowl- tions. The rich history, the different cul- making indigenous people visible. Years edgements (whose land are we on?) in pub- tures, languages, government, customs, ago, she said, she overheard her 8-year- lic spaces and events, and oppose Indian traditions. And we can appreciate that and old daughter being told by a classmate that movements. Excellent recent books, Da- ally named artists from named nations. imagery as mascots or advertisements. And recognise the resilience of the native peo- “you can’t be Indian because they are all vid Treuer’s The Heartbeat of Wounded So much of native art has been disrespect- it’s just a good time to promise ourselves ple. We’re still here.” dead.” A generation later, she heard those Knee: Native America from 1890 to the fully identified as representing an entire that we will know a lot more about Native Observed in place of Columbus Day, same words spoken to her granddaughter. Present, Nick Estes’ Our History is the Fu- “culture” or “type” by collectors who false- American issues by this time next year. which traditionally honours colonist The revitalisation of native culture and ture, and Tommy Orange’s novel, ‘There ly believed native cultures were vanishing. Christopher Columbus, Indigenous Peo- languages has brought increasing visibility There’, teach us about present and future It is also exciting to see indigenous (Nancy Worcester is an ples Day celebrates the survival of Native to indigenous people. Whatever our inter- issues through the lens of the past. people playing leadership roles, for exam- activist and professor emerita Americans and the significant roles they ests or passions, we can find unique con- This year’s travelling exhibition, ple, in environmental and climate change at the University of Wisconsin- play today. Seven states (Alabama, Ha- tributions and perspectives that American ‘Hearts of Our People: Native Ameri- activism and in anti-violence movements Madison in gender and women’s waii, Maine, New Mexico, Oregon, South Indians bring to conversations, fields and can Women Artists’, features individu- including Missing and Murdered Indig- studies and continuing studies)

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SHEILA S CORONEL eral Ramsey Clark led a mission to the Philippines that prosperity to the country as he had to his hometown. He prospects of their children. They resent the rich for sucking FOREIGN AFFAIRS | TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE found that the CIA was involved in the rise of vigilante is the author and champion of the Davao model—imagine up the profits from an economy that has been growing, on groups. The US government also provided technical assis- Singapore with thugs instead of technocrats. The social average, at five to six percent annually for the past dozen N his final year in law school at a Catholic men’s college tance to the Philippine army’s counterinsurgency opera- contract he offered his constituents in Davao—I will take or so years. They also resent the poor, who have benefited in Manila, Rodrigo Duterte shot a classmate who made tions on Mindanao. During that time, civilians armed with care of you but don’t ask questions—is what he is offering from antipoverty programs. They are mad because they fun of his thick accent. The young “Rody,” as Duterte rifles and long knives patrolled the streets on the hunt for Filipinos now. obey the law, pay their taxes, work long hours, and yet feel was then known, was the son of a provincial governor suspected Communists. These anticommunist vigilantes Duterte has no executive experience apart from being squeezed. As the Filipino political scientist Julio Teehan- Ion the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Like were egged on by incendiary radio broadcasts hyping the the city’s mayor. Running Davao is all he knows. This is kee has explained, many of the progeny of the Philippine political elite, he had Red peril. While reporting on Davao in the late 1980s, I en- why he prefers to be called “mayor of the Philippines” in- The Duterte phenomenon is not a revolt of the poor; it enjoyed a privileged upbringing. He grew up surrounded countered those marauding armed bands on the streets. I stead of “president.” A mayor’s concerns are micro: crime, is elite-driven. It is the angry protest of the wealthy, newly by guns and bodyguards, flew his father’s plane when he also met Jun Pala, the radio broadcaster who went around potholes, business permits. Duterte is not an ideologue. rich, well off, and the modestly successful new middle class was in his hometown, and hung out with the sons of local the city with a Smith & Wesson revolver tucked inside His rants against imperialist elites in Manila and the Unit- (including call centre workers, Uber drivers, and overseas notables in his Jesuit-run boys’ school. In Manila, how- his denim jacket and a hand grenade swinging from his ed States and his overtures to China and Russia are driven Filipino workers abroad). However, instead of feeling bet- ever, Duterte’s accent, typical of those from the country’s belt. For the six hours a day he was on the air, Pala called not by ideology but by emotion. They are salve for wound- ter off, despite robust economic growth during the past six southern periphery, marked him as an unsophisticated out suspected Communists by name—lawyers, nuns and ed pride. They are also political gamesmanship: whether years of the Aquino presidency, the middle class have suf- provinciano. Hence the classmate’s teasing. priests, activists, village officials. in foreign policy or domestic affairs, Duterte likes to play fered from lack of public services, endured the horrendous “I waited for him,” Duterte would recall nearly 45 years It was during this period of terror that Duterte, a gov- off rivals against one another. land and air traffic, feared the breakdown of peace and or- later, when he was running for president and speaking be- ernment prosecutor, became involved in Davao politics. Duterte’s politics are defined by his gut, his experience, der, and silently witnessed their tax money being siphoned fore an enthusiastic crowd. “I told myself, ‘I’ll teach him a When Marcos fell and all the local officials were replaced, and his friends. He didn’t promise Filipinos a statesman. by corruption despite promises of improved governance. lesson.’” The classmate survived the shooting, he recount- Duterte was appointed acting vice mayor, thanks to his He offered them Duterte, Punisher of Criminals, Avenger ed, and presumably learned the lesson. And although he mother’s connections with the anti-Marcos opposition. of Filipinos’ Wounded Pride, a man who would also build THE DUTERTE DISRUPTION was banned from attending graduation, Duterte got his Two years later, he ran for mayor against Pala and a more roads, fix traffic, and get things moving in their gridlocked No doubt, Duterte is a disruptor. In his bid for the law degree. “The truth is, I am used to shooting people,” he established politician, and won. As mayor, he was both a democracy. presidency in 2016, he defeated the money and machines said. The audience lapped it up. patron of and an arbiter among rival groups, pitting them Duterte’s trusted circle is made up of people he knew of more established political players. His campaign re- It was a typical Duterte story, with Duterte cast not as against one other in a divide-and-conquer strategy. And and worked with in Davao. The closest political adviser of lied on unpaid volunteers and Facebook; he became the the aggressor but as the aggrieved, resorting to a gun to as the fighting wound down, he co-opted partisans on all his early presidency was Leoncio Evasco, Jr., a Catholic country’s first president to be propelled into office by the defend his honour. Sure, he took the law in his own hands, sides, bringing in ex-Communists to work for him in the priest who had defected to the Communist underground power of social media. Unlike his predecessors, he cast but by doing so, he earned the grudging respect of his city government and warning both criminal gangs and re- before becoming chief of staff to Duterte when he was aside any pretensions of respect for democratic norms. tormentor. The telling, too, was classic Duterte: boastful calcitrant Reds to move elsewhere—or else. He was cozy mayor. Evasco has since fallen out of favour, eased out in He mocked human rights advocates, endorsed police while also self-deprecating. It was crass, hyperbolic, trans- with the police; the city’s police chief, Ronald Dela Rosa, the infighting among those in the president’s inner circle. killings, and encouraged violence against drug users and gressive. And its conclusion—“I am used to shooting peo- was his godson. Christopher “Bong” Go, who served as a longtime aide in criminals. He set the tone for uncivil discourse in public ple”—could be construed as a joke, a fact, or a threat. Its During his 22-year mayoralty, Duterte ruled like a con- Davao, also followed Duterte to the presidential palace. spaces, especially social media, where his army of trolls, power, and its beauty, lay in its ambiguity. trolling patriarch. He imposed a curfew on minors, banned Now a senator, Go is said to have Duterte’s ear. Some of influencers, and dedicated followers continue to spew Throughout his campaign and his early presidency— smoking in most public places, restricted liquor sales, and the president’s more influential cabinet members—nota- venom against his critics. and, indeed, his entire public life—the stories Duterte has cracked down on traffic violators and petty offenders. He More important, in office, he has vitiated the institu- told and the way he has told them have resonated among a also beefed up social welfare programs, set up one of the tional checks on presidential power. He has cracked down broad public. So have the denim jeans, checked shirts, and most successful 911 emergency call lines in the country, on the independent press, jailed a senator who investigat- aviator sunglasses. His projection of both authenticity and provided services for abused women, and built clinics for ed his death-squad past, and engineered the ouster of an muscular authority has enduring appeal. the needy. He made business happy by cutting red tape independent-minded chief justice of the Supreme Court. Halfway through his presidential term, Duterte en- and investing in infrastructure. Weary citizens welcomed a He is a vociferous critic of the Catholic Church, which has joys a satisfaction rating that is nearing 80 percent. His safer, more efficiently run, and more affluent Davao. a history of standing up to presidential overreach. By cozy- popularity helped propel candidates from his coalition to ing up to China and thumbing his nose at the United States victory in midterm elections in May. For the first time in DAVAO’S DIRTY SECRET (he famously called US President Barack Obama “the son 80 years, no opposition candidate won a seat in the coun- Duterte borrowed freely from both the Communist of a whore”), he is also upending Philippine foreign policy. try’s Senate, a tribute to Duterte’s continuing hold on the and the counterinsurgency playbooks. He bombarded Duterte was not the first Filipino leader to ride the Filipino imagination and the clout of his allies among the the media with the specter of not communism but crimi- populist wave. He came to power almost exactly 30 years country’s political clans. Duterte has control of Congress, nality. Like Pala, he took to the airwaves, hosting a week- after the fall of Marcos’ dictatorship. By then, the elite de- where his allies constitute an overwhelming majority, and ly television show in which he ranted against thieves and mocracy that had risen from the ashes of authoritarian of a Supreme Court packed with his appointees. The liberal drug dealers. During a 2001 episode of his Sunday TV rule had lost its sheen. The political class elected to public opposition has been decimated, the defeat of its strongest programme, he read aloud 500 names of drug and crime office post-Marcos was widely seen as corrupt, inept, or candidates at the polls both stunning and humiliating. suspects from the city’s poorest neighbourhoods. Carolyn indifferent to the plight of ordinary people. In 1998, Jo- Large sections of the press have been intimidated into do- Arguillas, a journalist in Davao, interviewed the mayor seph Estrada, a former movie star, was elected president cility. And many among the public cheer the president’s about a month after the broadcast, and she reported that by capitalizing on his celluloid persona as defender of the war on drugs, leaving the Catholic clergy and human rights at least four of those on Duterte’s list had been found poor. In 2004, his best friend, the charismatic action star advocates tottering on the high ground, alone. dead by the time of the interview. Another 17 suspected File photo of a protester wearing a Duterte mask holds a toy Fernando Poe, Jr., nearly became president by riding the In his three years as president, Duterte has proved to drug dealers and cell phone snatchers, including teenag- rifle in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines. Activists slammed same wave. These movie-star politicians found a solid be a consummate power broker and a masterful political ers, were killed soon after. Duterte for the alleged double standard in his war on drugs, electoral base among the poorest Filipinos. tactician. His rambling rants against elites, drug users, and The killers were mostly masked or hooded gunmen rid- the crackdown on activists, and the recent designation of ac- Where Duterte strayed from the movie stars’ script was criminals feed on popular frustrations with the country’s ing pillion on motorcycles, sometimes in broad daylight. tivists as terrorists according to the Malacanang. (J GERARD in his decision to appeal not to the poor but to the aspiring broken justice system and feckless ruling class. He has Sometimes the assassins left cardboard signs that iden- SEGUIA VIA ZUMA WIRE) middle class. Indeed, they have fared well under his presi- lashed out against “imperial Manila” and the “imperial” tified the victims as drug dealers or thieves. These were dency. He has given them free tuition in state colleges, United States, articulating festering resentments against demonstration killings, intended as much to eliminate the bly Carlos Dominguez III, the secretary of finance, and Je- longer maternity leaves, salary raises for those who work national and global elites. Duterte is riding the crest of a targets as to warn others. They were the work of the Davao sus Dureza, who was the presidential adviser on the peace for the government, and free WiFi in public places. He has political wave, not just in the Philippines but around the Death Squad, made up of thugs, ex-guerrillas, and out-of- process until last year—were classmates from Duterte’s also promised to ease traffic and shorten commutes: his world, where his brand of illiberalism is gaining ground. work anticommunist vigilantes who gunned down pick- Davao boyhood. centerpiece $170 billion “Build, Build, Build” public works How could a 74-year-old, gun-toting former mayor from pockets, drug peddlers, and other petty criminals. Amado Duterte’s policing strategy, too, was inspired by Davao. program, funded mainly by China and Japan, will suppos- the Philippines’ southern frontier have turned out to be so Picardal, a priest who lived in Davao during this period, The architect of his antidrug campaign and his first police edly decongest the land, air, and sea routes in the country’s in tune with the global political moment? recalled officiating at a wedding at his church one after- chief as president was Dela Rosa, formerly Davao’s chief fastest-growing areas. noon in late 2008. “I heard shots outside, so after mass I cop and now a senator. Dela Rosa introduced the policing This is Duterte defining the presidency as if it were THE DAVAO PLAYBOOK went out, and there I saw this probably 15- or 16-year-old technique known as tokhang, a shortened, combined form the mayoralty writ large. After Marcos fell, democratic re- Before Duterte made it the laboratory for his brand sprawled dead on our car park,” he told me in late 2016, of the Visayan words for “knock” and “plead,” in which po- formers devolved authority to local governments, thereby of muscular politics, Davao, a sprawling port city on the just months after Duterte became president. “There were lice and village officials would knock on the doors of drug empowering local bosses and political clans, the Dutertes southern coast of Mindanao, was a petri dish for a Com- policemen nearby, and they just fired [their guns] in the suspects and “plead” with them to stop their drug activi- among them. Across the country, these families dominate munist-led insurgency. In the early 1980s, the Philip- air as if to allow the killers to escape on their motorbikes.” ties. On his first day as top cop, Dela Rosa ordered all po- public office in their fiefdoms and govern to advance their pines’ ailing dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, was losing his Picardal helped document more than 1,400 death-squad lice stations in the country to conduct tokhang operations. own interests and extend their hegemony. grip on power. At the same time, Communist guerrillas murders between 1998 and 2015. He has been speaking Many of those at the receiving end of the door knocks Duterte belongs to a class of local officials who have re- were gaining ground, especially on Mindanao. In Davao, out against the killings for years, and he went into hiding eventually ended up dead; they were either shot during mained in power through pump-priming designed to spur they recruited followers in the slums, in the universities, in August 2018, after armed men were seen staking out police drug stings or killed by masked assassins. Duterte’s entrepreneurial activity and property development. They and among middle-class professionals railing against the a monastery he frequented. The Davao Death Squad, he war on drugs is trademark Davao: the drawing up of lists of provide companies with generous financial incentives, abuses of dictatorial rule. said, borrowed their tactics from Communist guerrillas suspects and then publicly naming and threatening them, infrastructure, an efficient bureaucracy, and a safe place The Filipino Communists operated mostly in rural who executed cattle rustlers and other hooligans in the the brazen executions by motorcycle-riding gunmen, the for doing business. The resulting real estate and public areas, and at their peak in the mid-1980s, they had a territories they controlled. The motorcycle-riding assas- handwritten signs left alongside corpses, and the incessant works projects often displace poor communities even as nearly 25,000-?strong peasant army. But they also had sins were reminiscent of the sparrow units, some of whose hyping of drugs as an existential threat. The truth is that they raise property values for the rich and the middle class, an urban presence. As part of an experiment in urban members had joined the Davao Death Squad. the level of illegal drug use in the Philippines is lower than but by co-opting or clamping down on dissenters, the local warfare, they formed “sparrow” units, two- or three- This was Davao’s dirty secret. Except for a few among that in the United States or Thailand, but Duterte’s warn- politicians also guarantee a compliant citizenry. Long vili- person squads that moved quickly and often unnoticed the press, the Catholic clergy, and civic groups, residents ings about the drug scourge have fuelled the public’s anxi- fied as breeding grounds for drugs, disease, and crime, the as they gunned down police officers and soldiers on the largely accepted the logic of Duterte’s frontier justice. As eties about safety. shantytowns are easy targets for forcible, and often violent, streets. In Davao, their stronghold was a slum called Ag- the mayor told Arguillas in 2001, “To be really truthful and Even now, Duterte spends part of the week in Davao, evictions and brutal policing. Duterte’s war on drugs is no- dao, which became a battlefield between urban guerrillas honest about it, I would rather see criminals dead than in- professing to be uncomfortable mingling with Manila soci- table for the volume, velocity, and visibility of the killings, and the military, earning it the moniker “Nicaragdao,” a nocent victims die, being killed senselessly.” In fact, the ety. His discomfort resonates among the new middle class, but there has long been a war on the disposable poor. reference to the violence in Nicaragua. death squad’s victims were mostly small-time crooks, not who are his hard-core supporters. These include Filipinos Duterte’s conduct earned him the special moniker Davao soon became known as the country’s murder murderers. Moreover, the statement implied that citizens employed around the world as nannies, nurses, seamen, of “death-squad mayor” from Human Rights Watch in capital. Corpses were turning up on the streets or be- had just two choices: kill or be killed. Due process was and construction workers, as well as those who work in the 2015. But he was not the only one: extra judicial killings ing fished out of the sea, victims of political killings and not an option. Residents of Davao knew the answer when country’s booming call centres in Manila and other cities— of criminals and dissenters have been documented in personal vendettas, as well as of hits by extortionists and Duterte asked, during a speech in 2015, “We’re the ninth- the digital underclass of the global technology industry. places such as Cebu, in the country’s central region, and, common criminals. Law and order had broken down. In safest city. How do you think I did it? How did I reach that Duterte’s base is made up of scrappy, hard-working, closer to the capital, in the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, 1986, Marcos was overthrown by a popular uprising on the title among the world’s safest cities?” They remained com- and aspirational men and women. The global economy and Laguna, where business is booming and property de- streets of Manila. Under pressure from both the military plicit in their silence. has given them tickets out of poverty but not to affluence. velopers are thriving. On a trip to Manila earlier this year, and the United States, the government of the new presi- They are better off than the poor, but their life choices are I spoke to mothers who had lost their sons to the war on dent, Corazon Aquino, unleashed the army and vigilantes FROM DAVAO TO THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE still limited. They cannot afford the fancy condominiums drugs and were now in danger of losing the tiny cinder- in an iron-fisted crackdown against the Communists. Davao was Duterte’s school of government. He re- that dominate the skylines of the new luxury enclaves, nor block and tin-roofed structures they call home. Concrete Davao then became a testing ground for U.S.-backed made the city, and it remade him. It was also his ticket to do they shop in the malls that peddle Gucci and Prada. pillars of a massive overhead transit system were rising counterinsurgency. In 1987, the former US attorney gen- the presidency: he promised he would bring peace and They worry about petty crime, long commutes, and the nearby, and these families had nowhere else to go. 08 Friday, October 11, 2019 Europe / United States Ukraine’s Zelensky denies Trump tried to ‘blackmail’ him Trump to meet China envoy, AFP Hunter has sparked an im- the president used promised KIEV peachment probe in the US, No pressure financial aid as leverage over lifting hopes for trade talks with the Democrats looking the Ukrainian leader in a bid UKRAINIAN President Vo- into whether Trump used a de- There was no blackmail. to pressure him into launching AFP between the economic powers ington has imposed visa re- lodymyr Zelensky denied on layed aid package as leverage. The story with Burisma an investigation into Biden. WASHINGTON this week near zero. strictions on senior Chinese Thursday that Donald Trump Trump wanted Kiev to investi- has nothing to do with Following the phone call, Trump -- who has taken officials and blacklisted more tried to blackmail him by with- gate Hunter Biden’s activities weapons. The sole aim of Zelensky said his defence PRESIDENT Donald Trump the global economy on a white- than two dozen Chinese firms, holding military aid to Kiev in in Ukrainian gas firm Burisma. the phone call was to plan minister told him “there is a announced on Thursday he knuckle ride since launching accusing them of persecuting a phone call between the two “The story with Burisma a meeting. We just wanted problem, the money has been will meet with China’s top multi-pronged trade offen- ethnic Uighur Muslims in Chi- leaders. has nothing to do with weap- to establish relations blocked.” But he said the issue trade envoy as the two sides sives with China, Europe and na’s western Xinjiang region. “There was no blackmail,” ons,” Zelensky told the press was not discussed in the phone pursue fraught negotiations other allies last year -- reiter- The measures have out- the comedian-turned-politi- conference, held in a Kiev call with Trump. that this week appeared head- ated on Thursday that the out- raged Beijing and in the pro- cian told a news conference. food court. The sole aim of the Text messages released by Zelensky said the phone ed for a dead end. come was down to him. cess penalised major players in A transcript of the phone phone call, he said, was to plan Democrats show Kurt Volker, call will not affect relations be- In a tweet, Trump said he “Big day of negotiations the artificial intelligence sec- conversation showed Trump a meeting with Trump. Trump’s former US special tween Washington and Kiev. would meet the following day with China. They want to tor, in which the US and China asked Zelensky to investigate He added that there were envoy to Ukraine, telling a top Trump alleges that Joe with Vice Premier Liu He, who make a deal but do I?” he said are intense rivals. But Trump’s his political rival Joe Biden. no “conditions” from the US Zelensky aide that he should Biden tried to block a Ukraine returned to the negotiating ta- on Twitter. “I meet with the attitude toward the process The US president’s re- side to set up the meeting. open an investigation in re- corruption probe into his son’s ble on Thursday amid a blitz vice premier tomorrow at the is subject to sudden change, quest that Zelensky probe the “We just wanted to estab- turn for a visit to Washington. business partner, a Ukraine of aggressive US maneuvers, White House.” given the churning pressures activities of Joe Biden’s son lish relations,” he said. Opponents of Trump say gas tycoon. with hopes for a grand bargain Just since Monday, Wash- competing for his attention.

Possible EU divorce deal by Oct 31 . Blow to Macron News as EU lawmakers in brief reject his French UK, Irish PMs see US blacklists South Africa’s Gupta family commission bet over ‘widespread corruption’ WASHINGTON: The US Treasury announced sanctions on AFP Thursday on South Africa’s Gupta family and associate Salim BRUSSELS Essa, calling them a “significant corruption network” that dis- persed bribes and misappropriated millions in state funds. EUROPEAN Parliament law- ‘pathway’ to Brexit The wealthy, Indian-born Guptas are at the center of a makers on Thursday voted judicial inquiry into rampant corruption during the nine-year overwhelmingly against ap- administration of South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma. proving the candidacy of Syl- “The Gupta family leveraged its political connections to vie Goulard, French President engage in widespread corruption and bribery, capture govern- Emmanuel Macron’s choice to deal after meeting ment contracts, and misappropriate state assets,” said Sigal join the European Commis- Mandelker, Treasury under secretary for terrorism and financial sion as a top official. intelligence. (AFP) The rejection is a major blow for Macron, who had made gaining influence in a Hundreds of migrants block bridge post-Brexit European Union a linking US and Mexico key priority as the long domi- nance of German Chancellor MEXICO City: Hundreds of Central American migrants on Thurs- Angela Merkel wanes. day blocked a border bridge between Mexico and the United The setback landed on the States in an attempt to pressure Washington to speed up the same day that Macron’s pet handling of their asylum requests, according to media reports project to introduce a stability in both countries. Up to 400 people occupied the Mexican side budget for the eurozone sin- of the Gateway bridge, which links Matamoros in Mexico to gle currency bloc was watered Brownsville in the US. down dramatically. One of the migrants told the Spanish-language US broad- caster Telemundo that they were not trying to cross the border by force, but that “we are already tired” of waiting for the asylum requests to be processed. The bridge was closed to pedestrians and vehicles, except for an express lane. The US has sent more than 40,000 migrants back to Mexico since January. Many of them returned to their home countries, while others are waiting for the US authorities to decide on their asylum requests, a process that takes months. (AFP)

EU takes Poland to ‘Frozen’ boar used court over judicial to fake Italy road Sylvie Goulard independence crash: Reports Goulard, who faced two British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (left) and his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar outside Thornton Manor Hotel, near Birkenhead, north-west BRUSSELS: The European Un- ROME: Italian police are tense hearings by MEPs amid England, on Thursday. (AFP) ion on Thursday took Poland’s investigating two men who doubts over a series of scan- right-wing government to the staged a traffic accident by dals, was rejected by 82 votes to AFP gotiator Michel Barnier. EU’s top court over a new dis- claiming their vehicle had 29 and one abstention, several BIRKENHEAD, UNITED KINGDOM Brexit is a British domestic crisis, Johnson has vowed Britain ciplinary regime for judges that been hit by a boar which parliamentary sources said. not a European one, says Macron will end its five-decade mem- allegedly threatens their inde- turned out to be frozen, local Goulard was to have taken BRITISH Prime Minister bership of the EU on October pendence, a move denounced media reported on Thursday. charge of a broad economic Boris Johnson and his Irish PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron voiced frustration 31, with or without agreeing exit by Warsaw as a “political act.” The men on the island portfolio, but was the third counterpart Leo Varadkar said on Thursday, saying: “Brexit is a British domestic crisis, not a terms. But he could be forced to The latest salvo from Brussels of Sardinia had hoped to win nominee to be rejected during on Thursday they could see a European one.” He said what was important now was to finalise seek to delay Brexit for a third lands as Poland’s anti-EU Law compensation from the region a marathon series of hearings “pathway” to reaching a Brexit negotiations and see if there was “something that I hope could time if he fails to agree a deal by and Justice party is poised to for the incident, but investiga- where MEPs also sent picks deal, but remained cautious fly”. But he added: “At the very end this is a British responsibil- next week’s summit. win elections on Sunday. tors were suspicious when from Hungary and Romania with just days left to strike an ity” on whether it leaves the EU with or without a deal or even His high-stakes meeting “This is a political act, an they discovered the wild boar packing. agreement. cancels the Brexit process outright. (AFP) with Varadkar at Thornton attempt to meddle in Polish that had allegedly caused the A visibly furious Macron Time is running out to sign Manor -- more commonly elections,” Poland’s Justice crash had a slit throat. slammed the rejection, chalk- off on any deal at an October used for luxury weddings Minister Zbigniew Ziobro said. A vet called to examine ing it off to “petty” game-play- 17-18 European Union sum- in northwest England, John- and that officials would con- than discussing international He added that “this the body found the animal’s in- ing by MEPs, who had given mit, the last such meeting be- son and Varadkar said finding tinue to engage intensively divorce terms -- comes after act could prove counter- ternal organs were frozen, sug- assurances to Von der Leyen fore Britain’s scheduled depar- a deal was in the interests of all on them.” The pound rose on recriminations flew on both productive” since “due to our gesting the beast had been that Goulard would pass. ture at the end of the month. sides -- but made clear more the news, jumping 0.5 percent sides over who was to blame historical experience, Poles killed and stashed in a freezer “I was told ‘your nominee The main sticking point work was needed. against the US dollar and 0.4 for the impasse. are very sensitive to attempts before being strategically is great’, and they take it, and in the divorce is how to keep “They agreed that they percent against the euro. Negotiations since the to... interfere in our elections.” placed at the “crash site”, the now they finally tell me they open the border between the could see a pathway to a pos- Varadkar will now meet 2016 British referendum vote Ziobro had earlier called on Unione Sarda daily said. don’t want it anymore. I need British province of Northern sible deal,” said a joint state- with EU officials, while British to leave the EU have been con- the European Commission to The two men risk a hefty that to be explained to me,” Ireland and the Irish republic. ment from both their offices. Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay ducted between London and postpone its decision until af- fine and prison term of at Macron told reporters in the After “detailed and con- “They agreed to reflect is due in Brussels on Friday for Brussels but Ireland has a key ter the general election. (AFP) least a year, it said. (AFP) French city of Lyon. structive” talks near Liverpool further on their discussions talks with the bloc’s chief ne- role because of the border issue. Olga Tokarczuk, Peter Handke win Literature Nobels $14 billion pledged to fight AFP AIDS, TB, malaria epidemics STOCKHOLM Outrage in Bosnia, Kosovo over Handke’s win AFP countries and among women POLISH writer Olga Tokarczuk BELGRADE: Austrian writer Peter Handke’s Nobel literature prize LYO N and girls. The fund had asked on Thursday won the 2018 No- win on Thursday sparked outrage in Bosnia and Kosovo, where for $14 billion, a sum it says bel Literature Prize, which was he is widely seen as an admirer of late Serbian strongman GOVERNMENTS, philan- will save 16 million lives be- delayed over a sexual harass- Slobodan Milosevic. In the 1990s, Handke emerged as a vocal thropists and private firms tween 2021 and 2023. ment scandal, while Austrian defender of the Serbs during the bloody collapse of the former pledged just over $14 billion “We are targeting to halve novelist and playwright Peter Yugoslavia, even comparing them to Jews under the Nazis, a on Thursday for a plan to save by 2023 the annual death toll Handke took the 2019 award, remark he later retracted. 16 million lives, in a boost for from these three epidemics the Swedish Academy said. His 1996 travelogue ‘A Journey to the Rivers: Justice for Ser- the global fight against AIDS, and we are targeting to avert Experts had predicted the bia’, caused a storm, and in 1999 he returned Germany’s pres- tuberculosis and malaria. some 234 million infections,” Academy would go to great tigious Buechner prize in protest at NATO’s bombing of Belgrade. The money was promised said the fund’s chief executive pains to steer clear of contro- Bosnian actor Nermin Tulic, who was seriously injured during the at a replenishment meeting Peter Sands. versy with its pick of laureates, 1992-1995 siege of Sarajevo by Bosnian Serb forces, greeted in Lyon, France, of the Global Delegates had expressed as it seeks to restore its reputa- This combination of pictures shows Polish author Olga Tokarczuk (left) the award by tweeting an emoticon of a smiley vomiting. (AFP) Fund to Fight AIDS, Tubercu- doubts that such a large sum tion tainted by the scandal. and Austrian novelist and playwright Peter Handke . (AFP) losis and Malaria, where host could be generated as the focus But Handke, 76, was quick- President Emmanuel Macron switches away from diseases ly seen as a divisive choice for she “couldn’t believe” she had reporters outside his home ney of the People of the Book’, of Jacob, which the Swedish had exhorted countries to give largely affecting poor coun- his pro-Serb support in the won, and was pleased to share near Paris that he was “aston- released in 1993, chronicles a Academy hailed as her “mag- as much as they can. tries, to other global problems. Balkan wars. it with Handke, “my favourite ished” to be honoured, term- failed expedition to find a mys- num opus”, spans seven coun- “These are not simply “What we want to do is to Tokarczuk, 57, considered writer”. ing it a “courageous” move by terious book. tries, three religions and five numbers, they are lives,” the make AIDS, tuberculosis and the most talented Polish nov- “It’s a very important the Academy. The daughter of a school languages, tracing the little- French leader told delegates. malaria disappear from the elist of her generation, was award for Central Europe. Tokarczuk’s books portray librarian, she won the Booker known history of Frankism, “The funds that are being face of the Earth,” Macron honoured “for a narrative im- It’s an honour and a source a polychromatic world per- International Prize along with a Jewish messianic sect that asked of us are not... charity. It said. He said the resolve to agination that with encyclo- of pride,” Tokarczuk told AFP petually in motion, with char- her translator Jennifer Croft sprang up in Poland in the is a decision to invest against fight the deadly trio has weak- paedic passion represents the by telephone while on her way acters’ traits intermingled and for her 2007 novel “Flights”, 18th century. injustice,” he added, highlight- ened in rich countries because crossing of boundaries as a to a reading in Bielefeld, Ger- language that is both precise whose English version came Released in 2014, its pages ing the disproportionate rate fewer of their own are dying form of life”. many. and poetic. out in 2017. are numbered in reverse in the of infection and deaths from and treatment, particularly for She told Swedish Radio Handke meanwhile told Her first novel, ‘The Jour- Her 900-page The Books style of Hebrew books. the three diseases in poor HIV, is now readily available. 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KAABI MEETS CHIEF STRATEGIC ADVISER OF BRITISH PM IN LONDON OPEC’s oil production drops after attacks on Saudi installations AFP PARIS

THE OPEC oil cartel saw its crude production fall in Sep- tember, mostly due to produc- tion falling in Saudi Arabia Market hit following attacks on its oil in- September 14 attacks on frastructure, according to its Saudi state-owned Aramco monthly oil report released on Thursday. facilities in Abqaiq and The Organization for the Khurais initially halved the Petroleum Exporting Countries kingdom’s crude output and said its production fell to an av- sent global energy markets erage of 28.49 million barrels into a tailspin per day (mbd) in September, a drop of nearly 1.32 mbd, ac- of cross-border drone and mis- cording to secondary sources. sile attacks on Saudi targets, in- Production by Saudi Ara- cluding oil facilities. bia, the cartel’s biggest produc- Washington has concluded er and the world’s top exporter, that the strikes were launched fell by 1.28 mbd to just over from Iranian soil and that 8.56 mbd. cruise missiles were used. Teh- September 14 attacks on ran denies its involvement. Saudi state-owned Aramco fa- OPEC also once again cilities in Abqaiq and Khurais trimmed its forecast for the initially halved the kingdom’s growth in global oil demand, crude output and sent global to 0.98 mbd from 1.02 mbd, energy markets into a tailspin. although that was due to down- Abqaiq is the world’s larg- ward revisions to demand in est oil processing facility and the first half of the year. Khurais is a major oil field. Also revised lower was de- Minister of State for Energy Affairs HE Saad Sherida al Kaabi met with Ed Lister, Chief Strategic Adviser of the British Prime Minister, in London on Thursday. Discussion during The attacks were claimed mand for petrol and diesel in the meeting dealt with a number of issues related to UK-Qatari bilateral relations and ways to enhance them, and to cooperate in the field of energy in particular. The meeting by Yemen’s Huthi rebels. Sau- the United States. was attended by HE Yousef Ali al Khater, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Qatar to the United Kingdom, and HE Ajay Sharma, the United Kingdom’s Ambassador di leads a military coalition The cartel held its forecast to Qatar, as well as senior Qatari and British officials. (TNN) against the Iran-backed Huthis, for demand growth next year which have carried out dozens steady at 1.08 mbd. QFMA gives nod German exports slump in to Baladna IPO

QNA Aug amid recession fears Thursday. DOHA The QFMA stated that Baladna will start the IPO QATAR Financial Markets process after the comple- Exports contracted by a more-than-forecast 1.8% in August after posting a modest 0.8% gain in July Authority (QFMA) has ap- tion of all legal require- proved the initial public ments including the provi- DPA month amid concerns that first eight months of the year. offering (IPO) of Baladna sion of the prospectus and BERLIN the nation could crash out of “The [industry’s] assess- (Qatari shareholding com- all relevant data, as well the European Union (EU) in ment of the current situation pany-under incorporation), as making it available for GERMAN exports fell sharply about three weeks. as well as the general busi- the market authority an- those wishing to invest be- in August fuelling fears that “A slight decline in third- ness expectations were worse nounced in a statement on fore the start of the IPO. the slump in the nation’s key quarter [German] GDP is ex- than in the previous month,” manufacturing sector could pected, which would fulfil the said ZVEI economist Andreas drive Europe’s biggest econo- criterion of a technical reces- Gontermann, adding that the my into a recession. sion,” said Wagner. fall in expectations was par- Exports contracted by a Underlining the slump ticularly pronounced. more-than-forecast 1.8 per- in Germany’s manufactur- Year on year, total Ger- cent in August after posting German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Nuremberg on Thursday. (AFP) ing sector, production in the man exports were down 3.9 a modest 0.8 percent gain in nation’s electrical sector con- percent in August, while im- July as the bitter year-long following a hefty 2.4-percent what weaker, the eurozone is tracted 4 percent between ports contracted by 3.1 percent US-China trade conflict and fall in July, Destatis said. The also experiencing a weak econ- January and August compared compared with August 2018, Britain’s Brexit crisis hit glob- August trade surplus narrowed omy and China, the biggest with the same period last year, Destatis said. al trade, the Federal Statis- to 18.1 billion euros (20 billion problem child, is not showing the industry group ZVEI said German exports to na- tics Office (Destatis) said on dollars) from 20.5 billion eu- any signs of recovery,” he said. on Thursday. tions outside the EU posted Thursday. ros in July. “The concerns of Adding to Thursday’s Alone in August, output by a 4.8-percent drop in Au- Analysts had expected ex- export-oriented industries are downbeat economic picture, electrical companies in Ger- gust compared with the same ports to contract by 1 percent fully justified,” said Commerz- August industrial production many was down 8.2 percent as month last year. Year-on-year in August. bank senior economist Marco in Britain posted a surprise orders and revenue fell. exports to Germany’s partners A view of Baladna dairy products. However, German imports Wagner. slump while gross domestic ZVEI had originally fore- in the 28-member EU were rose by 0.5 percent in August “Growth in the US is some- product (GDP) fell during the cast a 1-percent drop in the down 3.7 percent. Number of China’s ultra-wealthy dwindles in 2019: Report

AFP Hoogewerf. money in IT, pharmaceuticals just four years ago,” Hoogewerf rival Luckin Coffee, Jenny Qian BEIJING “The only other years the and education were replacing TOP SLOT said. Zhiya, broke into the list with list shrunk, and only very the old guard. “Nobody in the world has $810 million, after the high- THE number of ultra-wealthy slightly, were in 2008 at the Jack Ma, the founder of e- Jack Ma, the founder of ever made that much from a tech chain listed on the Nasdaq individuals dipped in China time of the global financial cri- commerce behemoth Alibaba e-commerce behemoth standing start.” in May. this year, a report said Thurs- sis and in 2002 after the tech who stepped aside in Septem- Eleven people born in the China’s food industry also day, as the government seeks bubble burst.” ber, retained the top spot for a Alibaba who stepped 1990s also made the list. produced a number of new bil- to rebalance the economy and Traditional sectors such as second year with $39 billion in aside in September, - Winners and winners -But lionaires, with pig farmer Qin tackle high levels of toxic debt. manufacturing and real estate personal wealth. retained the top spot despite the changing face of the Yinglin and his wife Qian Ying Those listed as the wealthi- have suffered as companies He was closely followed by for a second year with rich list, China’s super-wealthy of Muyuan tripling their wealth est -- with holdings worth at “caught up in too much debt” Pony Ma, chairman and chief $39 billion in personal were largely unaffected by a to $14 billion. least 2 billion yuan ($281 mil- have started shedding assets, executive of Tencent, who has wealth bruising trade war between Much of that increase came lion) -- fell to 1,819 this year, affecting their founders’ net personal wealth of $37 billion. Beijing and Washington, the from the sale of 5.8 million pigs down from 1,893 last year, ac- worth, Hoogewerf added. But real estate tycoon study said. after an outbreak of African cording to data compiled by the “Nearly 40 percent of those Wang Jianlin -- one of China’s its real estate holdings follow- e-commerce site Pinduoduo, Huawei founder Ren swine fever sent pork prices Hurun Report. in the rich list two years ago has richest men, who topped the ing an overseas spending spree became the first self-made en- Zhengfei saw his wealth grow soaring 50 percent in the last “This is the first time in 21 dropped off,” he said. “It’s part list in 2017 -- saw his wealth over the last several years. trepreneur born in the 1980s to 34 percent to $3 billion -- de- year. years that the Hurun (China) of a very conscious decision by nearly halve to $17 billion. With a younger generation enter the top 10. spite his company being black- China now has 62 billion- Rich List has shrunk for two the Chinese government to try He is the owner of debt- of entrepreneurs making their “Colin Huang has created listed in the US for alleged Iran aires measured in US dollars, consecutive years,” said Hu- and restructure the economy.” laden Wanda, which has been way up the rankings, 39-year- a world first, making $20 bil- sanction violations. and 32 of those have more than run Report chairman Rupert Billionaires who made their forced to carry out a fire sale of old Colin Huang Zheng, of lion since founding Pinduoduo The founder of Starbucks $10 billion. 10 Friday, October 11, 2019 Economy & Business

US-CHINA TRADE TALKS IN FOCUS Weak fuel TCS misses prices keep US Q3 profit inflation steady estimates in September AFP as demand WASHINGTON

slows TUMBLING energy costs AFP kept US consumer inflation MUMBAI in check last month, blunting upward pressures in prices INDIA’S largest software for housing and medical care, exporter Tata Consultancy according to government Services (TCS) on Thurs- data released Thursday. day reported weak quarter- As a result, the Consumer ly earnings, missing profit Price Index held steady in estimates as demand for its September, pausing follow- key banking and financial ing recent gains despite his- sector services shrank. torically low unemployment The Mumbai-head- and rising wages. quartered firm posted a The latest figures were 1.8 percent rise in consoli- unlikely to shift views among dated net profit to 80.41 Federal Reserve policymak- billion rupees ($1.13 bil- ers, many of whom fear the lion) for the quarter ended world’s largest economy is September, up from 79.01 increasingly vulnerable. The billion a year earlier, the Fed later this month is ex- company said. pected to cut interest rates The downbeat figures for the third time in 2019. come as India’s economy Compared to August, the endures a prolonged slow- CPI, which tracks costs for down -- with the software household goods and servic- giant’s revenues seen as an indicator of the health of the country’s IT export The latest figures were sector. unlikely to shift views “We ended the quarter among Federal Reserve with steady growth despite policymakers, many of increased volatility in the Pedestrians pass the entrance to the London Stock Exchange in London. (File photo) (AFP) financial services and retail whom fear the world’s verticals,” TCS chief ex- largest economy is ecutive Rajesh Gopinathan increasingly vulnerable said in a statement. “We remain confident Global stock markets tread as the medium and longer es, was flat as energy prices term demand for our ser- continued their recent de- vices continues to be very cline, falling another 1.4 per- strong, as evidenced by our water as trade talks loom cent, including a 2.4 percent Q2 order book -- the high- drop in gasoline. est in the last six quarters.” Over the last 12 months, Known as India’s sec- CPI rose 1.7 percent, the ond-most valuable compa- HK, Tokyo, Shanghai rose on tentative hopes of a breakthrough during US-China trade talks same as in August, as energy ny, TCS was at the forefront prices are down 4.5 percent. of an IT boom that saw the AFP the meeting in Washington a deal at all.” production. Even when volatile food country become a back of- LONDON between top-level representa- In foreign exchange mar- and fuel prices are stripped fice to the world as firms tives would see at least some kets, the dollar was lower Key figures around 1335 GMT: out, core CPI rose just 0.1 -- largely in developed GLOBAL stock markets strug- progress. against most other currencies London - FTSE 100: UP 0.2 percent for the month, below nations -- subcontracted gled for direction on Thursday However, with the much- after minutes from the Federal percent at 7,176.13 points economists’ expectations. work, taking advantage of with investors cautious as they anticipated gathering due Dollar low Reserve’s September policy Paris - CAC 40: UP 0.3 percent Compared to September a skilled English-speaking sifted through conflicting re- to start within hours, Hong meeting showed it was grow- at 5,513.09 of last year, the core meas- workforce. ports about upcoming China- Kong’s South China Morn- In foreign exchange markets, ing concerned about the im- Frankfurt - DAX 30: DOWN 0.1 ure was up 2.4 percent, also TCS earns more than US trade talks. ing Post reported pre-meeting the dollar was lower against pact of Trump’s trade war. percent at 12,084.63 the same as August -- which 80 percent of its revenues Hong Kong, Tokyo and discussions had not made any most other currencies after The central bank is expect- EURO STOXX 50: FLAT at had been the biggest increase from Western markets in- Shanghai rose on tentative progress on key areas such as minutes from the Federal ed to cut interest rates for a 3,461.22 since July 2018 and a level cluding Britain, the United hopes of a breakthrough, while forced technology transfers, Reserve’s September policy third time since July when the New York - Dow: FLAT at not exceeded in a decade. States and Europe. European markets were mixed and that the meet would be cut meeting showed it was board meets again later this 26,347.69 That measure was held The September-ended and Wall Street also trod water. in half to just one day. growing concerned about the month. Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 0.5 down by a steep 1.6 percent quarter is generally con- “Asia stocks perked up Tensions were already impact of Trump’s trade war Oil prices extended percent at 21,551.98 (close) drop in used car prices, but sidered a strong one for overnight on news of a poten- showing this week after the Wednesday’s losses following Hong Kong - Hang Seng: UP 0.1 economist Ian Shepherdson India’s IT service exporters tial trade talk breakthrough US unveiled restrictions on 28 data showing a bigger-than- percent at 25,707.93 (close) of Pantheon Macroeconom- due to increased spending but European markets were Chinese entities over human ing economy. forecast pick-up in US inven- Shanghai - Composite: UP 0.8 ics said they are expected to from clients in Western more reserved,” said City In- rights violations in Xinjiang The SCMP report “reverses tories that reinforced worries percent at 2,947.71 (close) rebound, a repeat of what markets. dex analyst Fiona Cincotta. and imposed visa restrictions the trade optimism that was about the impact on demand Euro/dollar: UP at $1.1019 happened at this time last But US-China trade On Wall Street, the DJIA on some officials, while a re- dominating overnight flow as from a global slowdown and from $1.0971 at 2100 GMT year. tensions have sparked index was lower at the opening port said the White House was investors were hoping that at trade frictions. Dollar/yen: UP at 107.70 yen “Overall, these data offer fears for the global econo- bell in “choppy”: trading, said considering curtailing Ameri- minimum, some type of a deal The data reversed a rally from 107.48 yen nothing to Fed hawks seeking my, with the International analysts at Charles Schwab. can investment in the country. could be forged”, said Stephen of more than one percent in Pound/dollar: UP at $1.2226 to prevent another rate cut at Monetary Fund forecast- “The resumed trade talks Sources were reported as Innes, Asia-Pacific market the commodity that came from $1.2206 the end of this month,” he ing the weakest growth in between the US and China are saying China had narrowed strategist at AxiTrader. after Turkey launched an Euro/pound: UP at 90.14 said in an analysis. a decade. garnering attention, though the issues it was willing to dis- “So instead of debating offensive against Kurdish pence from 89.89 pence In addition to shelter and India, Asia’s third-larg- headlines regarding the pro- cuss as it felt in a stronger po- how encompassing the deal militants in northern Syria. Brent North Sea crude: UP 1.1 medical care, costs for auto est economy, saw growth gress are mixed,” they said. sition owing to Donald Trump might be, investors are now There was little major impact percent at $58.94 per barrel insurance and household fall to five percent in the Investors have been broad- facing an impeachment in- back to plucking petals from a from the unrest in Ecuador West Texas Intermediate: furnishings rose, along with June quarter, according ly upbeat in recent weeks that quiry at home and a weaken- flower guessing if there will be that has hit the country’s DOWN 1.0 percent at $53.13 education and air fares. to official data as manu- facturing activity and con- sumer demand cooled. Many financial agen- cies have revised India’s growth projections for the ECB account reveals deep divisions over stimulus 2019-20 financial year, with some warning that AFP ing of the monetary policy buying -- which amounted to “an instrument of last resort some bank deposits from that a clear majority of mem- a stronger dollar would FRANKFURT AM MAIN stance was warranted” to 2.6 trillion euros ($2.9 tril- which should only be de- negative rates. bers supported the proposed cause the rupee to fall boost growth and inflation in lion) in a first iteration be- ployed in the event of more That could undermine measures.” throughout 2019, stoking EUROPEAN Central Bank the 19-nation eurozone, the tween 2015 and 2018. severe contingencies”. the negative rates’ goal of From the account, it is inflation and eroding de- governors were divided as split came over what form But media reports and One governor warned encouraging banks to lend clear that “the ‘reservations’ mand further. never before over their deci- the loosening should take. public statements suggest that the ECB could even see more into the real econ- were about individual ele- Shares of TCS were sion last month to re-launch A proposed “package” in- council members represent- itself driven by markets to omy rather than socking ments of the package, not the down 0.80 percent in “quantitative easing” (QE) cluded a lowering a key inter- ing most of the eurozone’s continually increase bond away cash, some governors rationale” of lifting inflation Mumbai after the earnings mass bond-buying, an of- est rate further into negative biggest economies including purchases, overstepping self- warned. in an economy mired in un- announcement. ficial account of the meet- territory, shielding some of Germany, France and the imposed limits, without in- Despite the intense de- certainty over the US-China The company’s rival ing showed Thursday, un- banks’ deposits in Frankfurt Netherlands were opposed. creasing inflation to its just- bate, president Mario Draghi trade war and other external Infosys is expected to an- derscoring an already bitter from the resulting charges Some judged bond-buy- below-two-percent target. “concluded that all members risks, Pictet Wealth Man- nounce its quarterly results public debate. and restarting QE. ing would have limited ef- Meanwhile there was also agreed on the need to act in agement strategist Frederik on Friday. While “all members There was a “clear major- fect given market conditions, controversy over the “tier- response to the continued Ducrozet commented via agreed that a further eas- ity” for relaunching bond- while others labelled them ing” mechanism to shield shortfall of inflation... and Twitter. US Fed members ‘more concerned,’ say recession risks rising

AFP have put clouds on the hori- markets expect them to do so saying the economy’s current turn, could damp the growth of and how much they can sell -- Fed meeting, the Commerce WASHINGTON zon, the minutes from the Fed- again later this month, acting health does not justify them. income and consumption.” causing business investment to Department reported that in eral Reserve’s September 17-18 to cushion the world’s largest Economic forecasters ex- “Participants generally tumble this year. August annual growth in con- AMERICAN central bankers meeting showed. economy as exports weaken, pect third quarter GDP growth judged that downside risks to As exports have fallen and sumer spending had been the have grown more fearful, say- “Participants generally had industrial costs rise, foreign will prove the slowest of the the outlook for economic ac- factories have entered a pro- weakest in nearly a year. ing a global slowdown and become more concerned about demand sinks and growth year so far but remain solid, tivity had increased somewhat longed slump, this has left con- Labour Department fig- President Donald Trump’s risks associated with trade trends downward. a view shared by members of since their July meeting,” the sumer spending as the main ures also released Wednesday trade wars could drag down tensions and adverse develop- But members of the cen- the Fed’s interest-rate-setting minutes said. pillar supporting growth and showed softening demand for hiring and the broader econ- ments in the geopolitical and tral bank are grappling with a Federal Open Market Commit- Indeed, a “clearer picture” made the economy increasing- workers that month as well. omy with it, meeting minutes global economic spheres,” ac- complex economic picture, the tee, according to the minutes. was emerging of a drawn-out ly vulnerable, economists say. Meanwhile, indicators showed on Wednesday. cording to the minutes. minutes showed, as ominous Participants agreed that decline in business spending, The minutes also made tracking manufacturing and While the outlook remains Several noted that models developments creep into what consumer spending was in- a recession in manufacturing clear that, for policymakers, services industries, as well as good for the moment -- with gauging recession probabili- has otherwise been a sunny creasing at a strong pace,” they and a steep fall-off in exports. weakening growth and reces- business and consumer con- strong jobs markets, histori- ties had “increased notably in vista of steady expansion and said. The trade war has left com- sion were a far greater concern fidence -- so-called “soft” in- cally low unemployment and recent months.” job creation. But several noted that skit- panies and farms uncertain of than inflation, which has run dicators often seen as a har- the general public continu- At the September meeting, While some policymak- tish companies had stopped in- where they can source prod- cooler than the Fed would like binger for weakness in hiring ing to loosen purse strings -- a majority of Fed policymakers ers have grown more anxious, vesting, which ultimately could ucts, what prices they will pay, for much of the past decade. and spending -- continued to weaker recent economic data voted to cut interest rates and a minority oppose rate cuts, cause “slower hiring, which in who their customers will be Following the September worsen. Economy & Business Friday, October 11, 2019 11

Delta Q3 net income No-deal Brexit risks Nissan’s jumps 13% to $1.5 bn future in Europe, says chief AFP NEW YORK Nissan’s Sunderland plant has a workforce of 7,000 people and manufactures more than 400,000 cars per year DELTA Air Lines report- ed higher third-quarter AFP profits on Thursday and LONDON offered an upbeat out- look on US consumers but THE head of Nissan in Europe shares fell over a fourth- warned Thursday that a chaot- quarter forecast that re- ic no-deal Brexit would threat- flects higher-than-expect- en the Japanese car giant’s fu- ed costs. ture in the region -- and its key Executives said cus- UK factory. tomer demand remained Nissan Europe Chairman strong during the quarter Gianluca de Ficchy was speak- ending September 30 fol- ing at Britain’s biggest car lowing a record summer, plant in Sunderland, northeast with gains in both corpo- England, where production of rate and leisure travel. its new Juke compact sports Chief Executive Ed utility vehicle was due to start. Bastian said the carrier “If a no-deal scenario expects another strong means the sudden application holiday season. The com- of WTO (World Trade Organi- pany has seen no taper- zation) tariffs, we know in that ing off in activity even as case our business model won’t economic data has shown be sustainable in the future,” weakness in US manufac- he said according to British turing amid increased talk media. of a broader economic The Sunderland plant has slowdown or recession. a workforce of almost 7,000 “Our business is heav- people and manufactures ily levered to the US more than 400,000 cars per consumer and the US year, most of which are ex- consumer is doing quite ported to the rest of the EU. well,” Bastian said on a “Our industry works with conference call with ana- lower margins and if we are in lysts. a situation in which tomorrow Net income rose 13.1 we have to apply 10 percent percent to $1.5 billion. export duties to 70 percent Revenues climbed five of our production, the entire percent to $12.6 billion. business model for Nissan Eu- A member of Nissan’s manufacturing staff works in the ‘Trim and Chassis’ section of their Sunderland Plant in Sunderland, north east England. (FILE PHOTO) (AFP) But shares tumbled af- rope will be in jeopardy,” de ter the company projected Ficchy added. prise the Juke, the Qashqai BMW, Peugeot PSA and Nis- fourth-quarter profits of “That’s the reason why we sport utility vehicle and the san have factories. between $1.20 and $1.50 continue to work with all sce- Leaf electric car. Thanks to the EU’s single per share, below the $1.51 narios.” “It is important to have We have been working market, automakers have sup- projected by analysts. Nissan had already hint- some clear discussions about together in Europe to define ply chains that criss-cross the The company is ed last week that it could be the future and about the situa- all the risks associated with Channel and Britain is the des- spending more on staff forced to axe its Sunderland tion in which we have to oper- Brexit coming in and we tination of around 10 percent and infrastructure to ad- hub if Britain left the Europe- ate, which we have with Brex- think we are all really well of vehicles assembled on the dress a network that one an Union at the end of October it,” added De Ficchy. continent, according to indus- executive said was prac- with no divorce agreement in “There has been many prepared try data. tically “bursting at the place. speculations about the current Chairman of Nissan Europe Britain’s largely foreign- seams” as the company And in the shorter term, it uncertainty. I wish to clarify owned car sector, which has has scrambled in recent could also review a decision to the Nissan position about that. Gianluca De Ficchy repeatedly warned over the months with heavy con- make the latest model of the “We have been working impact of Brexit, also faces sumer loads and rebook- Qashqai in Britain. The popu- together in Europe to define strophic effects of a no-deal shockwaves from a Chinese ings due to bad weather. lar car accounts for two-thirds all the risks associated with Brexit, arguing it would have economic slowdown -- and Bastian described the of Sunderland’s output. Brexit coming in and we think a “seismic” impact on car- from Beijing’s trade war with spending as a “long-term De Ficchy added on Thurs- we are all really well prepared. making. the United States. investment that I’m confi- day that the company’s recent “I think from an opera- In a rare joint statement, Sales are also hitting the dent is going to have long- decision to stop night shifts tional point of view we have File photo of Chairman of Nissan Europe Gianluca De Ficchy. (AFP) chiefs from 23 auto busi- skids on weak demand for term returns” by meeting was not linked to Brexit, but worked in order to prepare for ness associations across Eu- high-polluting diesel mod- expectations on customer was due to the need to opti- all the different scenarios.” ment to spell out the nature of and the continent. rope joined forces to caution els amid a broader UK gov- service. mise production of the three Nissan has repeatedly the future post-Brexit trading The European auto indus- against a brutal exit from the ernment push for cleaner models it builds -- which com- called upon the UK govern- relationship between London try warned last month of cata- bloc by Britain, where giants transport. Amid acrimony and low expectations, US-China trade talks to resume

AFP between the economic powers US duties on $250 billion mier tomorrow at the White to sudden change, given the purchases of US farm exports “steely resolve” instead. WASHINGTON this week are near zero. in Chinese imports are due to House.” churning pressures competing and make other concessions “It’s either a big deal or no Trump’s announcement rise in five days and there was Just since Monday, Wash- for his attention. but will stop short of address- deal,” he said, adding that any PRESIDENT Donald Trump sent US stocks surging, calm- no hiding the sharp deteriora- ington has slapped visa re- He is as usual engulfed in ing Trump’s core grievances, attempt to reach an incremen- announced Thursday he will ing fears after an overnight tion in relations this week. strictions on senior Chinese turmoil, facing Democrats’ in- according to reports from tal bargain would be a “miscal- meet with China’s top trade news report said the Chinese Trump -- who has taken officials and blacklisted more tensifying efforts to impeach Bloomberg and The Financial culation by China.” envoy as the two sides pursue side could leave early given the the global economy on a white- than two dozen Chinese firms, him and stinging criticism Times. Washington accuses China fraught negotiations that this slim progress in preliminary knuckle ride since launching accusing them of persecut- from Republicans for effective- In return, Beijing would of attempting to dominate week appeared headed for a talks. multi-pronged trade offensives ing ethnic Muslims in China’s ly allowing a Turkish assault expect a pause on planned in- global industry through mas- dead end. But the atmosphere for the with China, Europe and other western Xinjiang region. on US-allied Kurds by pulling creases in US import tariffs, sive state intervention in mar- Trump announced on Twit- high-stakes parley was shift- allies last year -- reiterated The measures have out- American forces out of north- which are currently scheduled kets, theft of intellectual prop- ter he plans to meet Friday ing rapidly. Liu smiled broadly Thursday that the outcome was raged Beijing and in the pro- ern Syria. to increase in waves through erty, hacking and subsidies, with Vice Premier Liu He, who as he was greeted by US Trade down to him. cess penalized major players in Markets over the prior 24 December. accusations shared by Europe is leading the Chinese delega- Representative Robert Light- “Big day of negotiations the artificial intelligence sector, hours had pinned their hopes Earlier in the week, fire- and Japan. tion as officials returned to the hizer and Treasury Secretary with China. They want to make in which the US and China are on media reports Beijing will brand White House trade ad- But Clete Willems, a for- negotiating table amid a blitz of Steven Mnuchin on Thursday a deal but do I?” he said on intense rivals. propose a partial trade deal to viser Peter Navarro told NPR mer Trump trade advisor, said aggressive US maneuvers and morning as they resumed sen- Twitter. But Trump’s attitude to- prevent further escalation. that Trump was uninterested Wednesday a partial deal could as hopes for a grand bargain ior level negotiations. “I meet with the vice pre- ward the process is subject China is willing to bump up in half measures, showing be the president’s best move.

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Qatar’s Yusuf Abdurisag cele- brates after scoring a goal at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka on Thursday. (AFP) AFC DHAKA

A goal in each half secured Qa- tar a 2-0 win against Bangla- desh in Group E of the Asian Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 at the Bangabandhu Stadium on Thursday. The win takes Qatar to the top of the standings on seven points, having claimed a 6-0 win over Afghanistan on Matchday One before playing to a goalless draw against India. It was Bangladesh’s second defeat, having lost 1-0 to Af- Qatar’s players celebrate during their Asia Group E FIFA World Cup 2022 and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifying match against Bangladesh at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka on Tursday. (AFP) ghanistan in their group opener. Bangladesh came into received a long-range pass in find the second goal. face regional rivals India. one point behind group lead- the 31st minute and shook off The Socceroos missed the match hopeful they could the box, fed the forward for a Bangladesh’s Mohammad Meanwhile, in the other ers Qatar. a tumble soon after that saw a several opportunities against take on the reigning Asian finish from close range. Ibrahim gave Al Sheeb his first group game, Oman saw off yellow card for Nicklaw, while their 161st-ranked visitors but champions Qatar, and Jamie Qatar continued to domi- real test in the second half with Afghanistan 3-0 in Muscat to China crush Guam, Yu Xi’s header brought China maintained a tight defence Day’s side began brightly as nate but a second goal was his effort in the 72nd minute, keep the pressure on Qatar. Aussies beat Nepal to six. With the other scor- and dominated possession they tested goalkeeper Saad Al not forthcoming as the 2022 but the custodian firmly han- Abdulaziz al Muqbali In Guangzhou, veteran striker ers benched after the break, through the match. Sheeb in the first 10 minutes. World Cup hosts took a slen- dled the ball. scored twice and Mohsin al Yang Xu made four goals in Yang’s best shot at a fifth was Their opponents were Felix Sanchez’s Qatar, der lead into the break. As the match seemed Ghassani converted from the 25 minutes during China’s 7-0 flagged offside. flagging by half-time, with a however, gradually settled in The West Asians continued headed for a 1-0 Qatar win, spot for Oman as Erwin Koe- blitz of Guam while Australia Elkeson stepped up in the dogged showing by keeper and began to dictate terms as to press when the match re- Afif sidestepped three Bang- man’s charges made it two easily bested a struggling Ne- 75th minute but missed his Kiran Chemjong avoiding a they pushed Bangladesh deep sumed and Salem Al Hajri came ladeshi players before sending wins from two on a night pal in World Cup qualifiers. chance at matching the double bigger blowout. into their own half. close in the 50th minute when the ball to substitute Ahmed when, after initially failing Yang found his first in the he made on debut against the “We created a lot of chanc- Bangladesh were forced to he waltzed into the box but Alaaedin Abdelmotaal and as to find their rhythm, they sixth minute off a cross from Maldives last month in the fi- es, but we got a bit more ruth- play on the counter-attack and Bangladesh defended in num- a melee ensued, Karim Bou- emerged worthy winners. Wang Gang but Guam looked nal shortly before the whistle. less when it counts,” said Aus- Qatar’s persistence paid off 28 bers to maintain the scoreline. diaf slotted the ball home. Following on from their like levelling soon after with Meanwhile Jamie Maclar- tralia coach Graham Arnold minutes into the match with Akram Afif replaced Ab- Qatar will return home to 2-1 win against India, the vic- some gaping holes in the en made a hat-trick in Aus- after his side’s biggest home Yusuf Abdurisag breaking the durisag in the 68th minute but prepare for Oman on Tuesday, tory leaves Oman occupying hosts’ defence. tralia’s 5-0 thrashing of Nepal win in three years. “Overall, deadlock after Almoez Ali, who Qatar continued to struggle to while Bangladesh travel to second place in the standings, Yang made his fourth at in Canberra. I’m very happy.” (AFP)

Women rejoice as Iran celebrate 14-goal win Osaka picks Japanese DPA ly, Iranian media reported. TEHRAN They entered special citizenship blocks at the stadium for the IRANIAN women entered the match which had female only ahead of Azadi Stadium in Tehran to police and doctors in attend- watch men’s football for the ance. Many fans turned up Tokyo 2020 first time in almost 40 years hours before kick-off making on Thursday – and were able ‘victory’ signals and waving to celebrate a 14-0 victory by national flags. the national team over Cam- Women have generally bodia in a World Cup qualifier. been banned from attending The result, however, was games in the country since secondary for the country’s fe- the Islamic revolution despite male football fans, who could many in the political class Tokyo: Tennis star Naomi Osaka has decided to choose Japanese celebrate their own memora- pushing for change. over American nationality with an eye on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, ble victory in a long struggle Some have attempted to public broadcaster NHK reported on Thursday. to be allowed into the stadium. enter stadiums wearing fake Osaka, who has a Japanese mother and a Haitian father, told NHK “Azadi, stay with us until beards to try to circumvent the she has completed an administrative step to obtain Japanese citizen- next time,” women supporters ban and last month a woman ship ahead of her birthday next week. chanted as they left the stadium. died after setting fire to herself Japanese law stipulates that a Japanese with more than one national- The state-owned IRNA having been given a prison-term ity must chose one before turning 22 years old. news agency wrote: “October for trying to violate the ban. “It gives me a special feeling to try to go to the Olympics to represent 10, 2019 will always have a World football’s govern- Japan,” the two-time Grand Slam champion told the broadcaster in special place in the women’s ing body FIFA will see the an interview in Tokyo. “I think I will be able to put more of my emotion calendar.” partial lifting of the ban as into it by playing for the pride of the country,” she said, according to Iran captain Masoud Sho- a major victory. President the article published in Japanese on the NHK website. jaei led the players to the wom- Gianni Infantino had threat- Osaka added she wants to aim for the gold although she is also en’s sections of the ground on ened to exclude Iran from worried as expectations will be high. The young tennis sensation is the final whistle to thank the the 2022 World Cup in Qa- a household name in Japan, where her every move is followed fever- supporters. Between 3,500- tar if women continued to ishly by local media, particularly when she is in the country of her Iranian women cheer during the World Cup Qatar 2022 Group C qualification match between Iran and 4,000 women had been able to be banned from stadiums for mother’s birth. (AFP) Cambodia at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran on Thursday. (AFP) buy tickets which sold out quick- men’s internationals. Sports Friday, October 11, 2019 13 Stage set for 1st ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019 Qatar will deliver exceptional inaugural edition, says QOC Secretary-General Jassim Rashid al Buenain

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AFTER hosting an amazing edition of the World Athlet- ics Championships, the first- ever IAAF flagship event in the Middle East, Qatar is again up- beat and geared up for another global event – the first ANOC World Beach Games. ANOC Secretary-General Gunilla Lindberg with Qatar Olympic The ANOC WBG Qatar Committee Secretary-General Jassim Rashid al Buenain. 2019 will get underway with matches in beach handball at the Al Gharafa Club, and beach Impressed ANOC Secy-Gen football at the Katara Beach on Friday, while the official open- ing ceremony is scheduled on can’t wait for the Games Saturday at the Katara Cultur- al Village Amphitheatre at 7.30 to begin in Qatar pm on Saturday. More than 1,300 athletes VINAY NAYUDU Qatar skateboard would also from 97 nations are competing DOHA be an attraction for fans. for 350 medals in 13 sports. “They have built a perma- The first edition of the THE Association of National nent skateboard venue at As- ANOC World Beach Games was Olympic Committees (ANOC) pire where you can sit on the originally planned in San Diego, Secretary-General Guni- grass and watch with the fam- the USA, but due to financial lla Lindberg was seemingly ily. I think it’s young, cool and problems, the hosting responsi- pleased as she, along with the different, and people would bility of the event was given to Local Organizing Committee appreciate these new genera- Qatar three months ago. Qatar officials, addressed the tion sports,” she said. Qatar, a world-famed hot media at the opening press Skateboarding is one of spot for hosting global and inter- conference for the ANOC 14 sports included in the 1st national sports championships Qatar Olympic Committee Secretary-General and Vice-Chairman of the Local Organising Committee Jassim Rashid al Buenain, ANOC Secretary- World Beach Games Qatar ANOC World Beach Games and events, took up the chal- General Gunilla Lindberg and LOC members Khaleel al Jabir and Ali Ghanim al Kuwari at the press conference at Qatar Olympic Committee 2019, which gets underway Qatar 2019. Also, the Inter- lenge and now the ANOC World headquarters in Doha on Thursday. tomorrow (Friday) and will national Olympic Committee Beach Games are ready to kick- run until October 16. president Thomas Bach is ex- off on the morrow, showcasing His Highness Sheikh Tamim Shooting Championships in months, they have achieved a To a question if any les- Lindberg expressed her pected to arrive next week for the country’s remarkable organ- bin Hamad al Thani and His November and the FIFA Clubs huge amount of progress and son was learnt from the IAAF gratitude to Qatar for mak- talks of inclusion of some dis- ising capabilities and ready-to- Excellency Sheikh Joaan bin World Cup in December. The we’ve no doubts that this will World Championships about ing the beach games under ciplines at the Olympics. deliver infrastructure. Hamad al Thani, the President major sporting events are the be a fantastic event. getting the crowd, Buenain the ANOC umbrella possible. While Lindberg stressed Qatar Olympic Commit- of the Qatar Olympic Commit- parts of our 2030 Vision, be- “We have athletes from said there is no need of a spe- The Games were initially to be on ANOC’s intention to keep tee Secretary-General Jassim tee and the LOC. sides inspiring a new genera- nearly 100 countries in Qatar cial plan to bring fans for the hosted by San Diego but the the Games’ budget low, the Rashid al Buenain, who is also “Only three months ago, tion of the Qatari youth,” he guaranteeing that this will be ANOC World Beach Games. American city pulled out over grand event with more than the Vice-Chairman of the Local the decision was taken to hold added. a truly global celebration of “According to the statis- finances in May, with Qatar 1,200 athletes from 97 coun- Organising Committee, said the massive ANOC World The QOC secretary-general beach, water and action sports. tics there were more than quickly stepping in to take tries competing in 14 disci- at the official pre-event press Beach Games 2019 in Qatar. also thanked all government We cannot wait for the Games 14,000 spectators on average over. plines, including 3X3 basket- conference that Qatar was de- This event is coming soon af- organisations and private com- to begin and watch some of the over the first three days and “We would like to express ball, bouldering, beach tennis, termined to stage an exception ter an amazing edition of the panies for their sponsorships world’s best compete on this it was more than 44,000 dur- our thanks to His Highness beach handball, beach wres- ANOC World Beach Games IAAF World Athletics Cham- and contributions towards global stage for the first time,” ing the last four days, which the Amir, the state of Qatar tling and wakeboarding, the 2019. pionships that we hosted at the making this event a reality. she added. is usual for the finals. So I am and everyone at the Qatar five-day event is by no means Also present on occasion Khalifa International Stadium. Association of National Lindberg also said that sure it was a successful World Olympic Committee (QOC) a small affair. were ANOC Secretary-General All the preparations have been Olympic Committees (ANOC) the ANOC World Beach Championships.” for their warm hospitality,” Hosts Qatar nonethe- Gunilla Lindberg, LOC mem- done and we are confident to Secretary-General Lindberg Games would be followed by The 1st ANOC World Lindberg said. less are well known not to bers Khaleel al Jabir and Ali organise an exceptional edi- said, “We’d like to express our the ANOC General Assembly Beach Games Qatar 2019 is the “It’s amazing how quickly pull stops in organization of Ghanim al Kuwari. tion of the ANOC World Beach thanks to the Emir His High- and ANOC awards with rep- latest in an impressive list of and impeccably Qatar has any event. She said the Qatar Buenain said, “Qatar is Games here.” ness Sheikh Tamim bin Ham- resentatives of 206 NOCs ex- prestigious multi-sport events done everything,” she added. event would cost between $20 known to have holding world- “After these games, we’ll ad al Thani, the State of Qa- pected to attend them (at the that have been held in Qatar, In a lighter vein she also million and $25 million. class sporting events because stage the Asian qualifiers for tar and everyone at the Qatar Sheraton Grand Doha Resort including the Asian Games in said, “In fact, they have also US has the biggest repre- of the wise leadership and sup- the Tokyo Olympic Games Olympic Committee for their and Convention Hotel from 2006 and Pan Arab Games in managed to lower the day sentation in terms of athletes, port starting with the Amir handball this month, the Asian warm hospitality. In just three October 17-18). 2011. temperatures. I don’t know followed by Brazil, Spain, and how, but the weather is now Italy. There is Botswana and much better. other small African countries “Anyways, we also don’t too in the mix with South The Schedule have long endurance com- American nations. “We didn’t Spotlight on champs, Olympic medallists petitions. The aquathlon is expect this but they qualified,” much, much shorter than said Lindberg. LYMPIC medallists, glob- world championships bronze a triathlon. When we had a From the Arab penin- Oal champions and most medalist, Shauna Coxsey, team chiefs’ meeting a month sula there are athletes from of the world’s top names in from the Great Britain. Sport ago, it was 48 degrees Celsius. Iran, Oman, Kuwait and each of the 13 contested sports Climbing is about to make its Now it’s 34.” hosts Qatar. complete a stellar field that is Olympic debut in Tokyo, as is With winter setting in, Lindberg said, the Games expected to dazzle at the inau- Skateboarding which in Doha both the days and evenings will be carried live to the gural Association of National will feature the 2019 worlds will eventually get much world through various chan- Olympic Committees (ANOC) winner HeImana Reynolds cooler adding to the delight of nels of the LOC, Alkass, World Beach Games Qatar (USA) as well as Sky Brown, the Games which are mostly Olympic Chanel, Social me- 2019 from October 12 to 16. Great Britain’s 11-year-old about sun and the sea. dia outlets, through official Among the athletes are two wonder girl, who won bronze Hoping to attract good app, and live stream. 2012 London Olympics medal- three weeks ago at the World crowds, Lindberg said, “I “We have athletes from lists – the 10km of the Open Skate Sao Paulo Park World think team sports (beach nearly 100 countries in Qa- Water Swimming silver win- Championships. handball, basketball, volley- tar guaranteeing that this ner Haley Anderson (USA) and Tokyo Olympic Games pro- Another discipline which ball) will be very attractive. will be a truly global celebra- 84kg wrestling bronze winner gramme will be contested in is set to make its Olympic The Katara beachfront is a tion of beach, water and ac- Georgia’s Dato Marsagishvili. Doha: 3x3 Basketball, Skate- debut in Tokyo next year is very nice venue, besides team tion sports. We cannot wait Besides Anderson, Open Wa- boarding, and Sport Climbing. 3x3 Basketball. Present at the sports are always exciting for the Games to begin and ter Swimming will also feature The Bouldering’s line- ANOC World Beach Games to watch. There will also be watch some of the world’s 2019 world champions Kristóf up includes the 2018 world Qatar 2019 will be the mighty water skiing and kitesailing best compete on this global Rasovszky (Hungary) and Ana champion Kai Harada (Japan) Latvian team who won the sil- which is great watch too.” stage for the first time,” Marcela Cunha (Brazil). the world’s No 3, Sean Mc- ver medal at this year’s world She, however, felt that in Lindberg stressed. Three sports from the Coll (Canada), and this year’s championships. Faisal inspires Qatar to victory over Jersey TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK their challenging 179 for four. Blampied for 61. two fours, while Ibrahim had 25-ball 42. Stevens and Nick DOHA Jersey found the going The fall of Faisal, who two sixes in his 20-ball un- Ferraby were the next best tough and could not mount a smashed a six and nine fours beaten 27. Ben Stevens picked contributors with 26 and 24, OPENER Faisal Javed Khan serious pursuit, losing wickets in his 31-ball blitz, triggered a two for 17. respectively. cracked a fiery 61 off just 31 regularly and then getting re- collapse and Qatar lost three Jersey struggled in the balls and fired hosts Qatar to stricted at 159 for six. more wickets for 21 runs. Next chase due to fine bowling by BRIEF SCORES pull off a dominant 20-run Faisal Javed Khan and best was other surviving open- Nouman Sarwar and Gayan Qatar beat Jersey by 20 runs victory over Jersey in the first Kamran Khan looked in pun- er Kamran, who slammed a six Munaweera. They took four Qatar: 179 for four (Kamran Khan 32 in 21 of the three Twenty20 Inter- ishing mood right from the and four boundaries to get 32 wickets, including top-scorer balls, Faisal Javed Khan 61 in 31 balls, national matches series on word go. Striking the ball with in 21 balls. Nick Greenwood, to maintain Mohammed Rizlan 29 not out in 27 balls, Wednesday night. power and precision, they Mohammed Rizlan and pressure on the visitors. Mo- Zaheeruddeen Ibrahim 27 not out in 20 At the Asian Town Cricket placed the home team in a Zaheeruddeen Ibrahim halt- hammed Nadeem and cap- balls, Ben Stevens 2/17) Stadium, Qatar, asked to set commanding position as they ed the skid and mustered 62 tain Iqbal Hussain Chaudhry Jersey: 159 for six (Nick Ferraby 24 in 27 the target, went about the carried them close to three runs for an unbroken fifth shared two to contain the ri- balls, Ben Stevens 26 in 23 balls, Nick business through their openers figures. Just four runs before wicket, which cemented Qa- vals. Greenwood 42 in 25 balls, Nouman Sarwar QCA President Yousef Jeham al Kuwari presents the man-of-match who reeled off 96 runs in just the coveted mark, Faisal was tar’s position once again. Ri- Greenwood struck two six- 2/29, Gayan Munaweera 2/31) award to Qatar’s Faisal Javed Khan after the opener hit 61 in 31 balls 8.3 overs to lay the base for dismissed by skipper Dominic zlan’s 29 not out had a six and es and four boundaries in his Man of the match: Faisal Javed Khan (Qatar) against Jersey during the first Twenty20 International match in Doha. 14 Friday, October 11, 2019 Sports Neymar becomes youngest to 100 Brazil caps in friendly The 27-year-old played 67 mins as Selecao draw with Senegal in Roger Federer celebrates after winning his men’s singles third round Singapore match against David Goffin at the Shanghai Masters on Thursday.(AFP) AFP Federer make Shanghai SINGAPORE NEYMAR became the youngest quarters, says ‘special’ player to make 100 appearanc- es for Brazil on Thursday but the Paris Saint-Germain for- fans inspired him ward had to settle for a 1-1 draw AFP of the year in the nearby city of as he failed to score in a friendly SHANGHAI Hangzhou. with Senegal in Singapore. “Hangzhou was just some- Roberto Firmino opened ROGER Federer said that his thing I thought would be this the scoring for the Copa Amer- devoted band of Chinese sup- year good preparation for the ica champions with a stunning porters helped pull him through Australian Open and also some- lob after a Philippe Coutinho a tough first set and into the thing that would be very excit- lay-off in the eighth minute. Brazil’s Neymar (left) tries to Shanghai Masters quarter-fi- ing for me to go and play,” he As the half progressed, the beat Senegal’s Cheikhou Kouyate nals on Thursday. said. livelier Senegal became, driv- during the international friendly The Swiss defeated David - Perfect Djokovic -World en on by their captain Cheik- match at the National Stadium in Goffin 7-6 (9/7), 6-4 after the number one Novak Djokovic hou Kouyate. Singapore on Thursday. (AFP) 13th seed from Belgium squan- made light work of American Famara Diedhiou levelled dered five set points in the first John Isner and plays promising from the penalty spot just be- set. 21-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas fore half-time after Sadio Mane The 38-year-old Federer of Greece in the last eight. was dragged down in the area. kick. He then teed up Richarli- third highest scorer in the his- injury in the quarter-finals ing. “The players failed to fol- plays Alexander Zverev after The defending champion “The team offered less than son whose shot from the edge tory of his national team. against Colombia prevented low their instructions in the the young German beat Andrey from Serbia dismissed the 16th what it can produce, we didn’t of the box flashed wide. Neymar is one behind him from being on the field for first 10 minutes but after that Rublev of Russia, 6-0, 7-6 (7/4). seed Isner 7-5, 6-3 in 74 min- play and compete to the level Ismaila Sarr and Mane Ronaldo but needs 16 to the 7-1 semi-final thrashing they did everything I asked of “I never really felt like I had utes after taming Isner’s boom- we can. It was not a good game both had chances to snatch the catch Pele who only played 92 from Germany. them,” he said. the upper hand against David ing serve. from us. We were below our game for the Lions of Teranga. matches. He has also provided He scored twice during “Unfortunately, we didn’t today,” said the 20-time Grand “It’s always a big challenge normal competitive level,” Bra- Although he failed to get 41 assists. He won an Olympic the tournament in Russia four go on to win and I must con- Slam winner, who looked unu- returning the serve of Isner,” zil coach Tite told reporters. on the scoresheet, it was still gold medal in Rio de Janeiro years later, but Brazil were gratulate my players on doing sually flustered at times. said Djokovic, who is over the Neymar, who was not in a big day for the 27-year-old, in 2016 but has experienced dumped out at the quarter- a great job despite it being just Federer was left shaking his shoulder problem that curtailed the side that won the Copa who became one of seven Bra- many disappointments for his final stage by Belgium. a friendly. head in the first set and he suf- his US Open defence. America in June, had a rela- zilians to reach 100 caps. national team, particularly at Senegal coach Aliou He added: “We are hap- fered a rare inelegant moment “He’s got one of the biggest tively quiet game but went He has scored 61 goals for the World Cup. Cisse said that overall he was py to play matches like this in the 12th game, slipping on serves of all time, he’s one of the close with a 67th minute free- the Selecao, making him the In 2014, in Brazil, a back pleased with Thursday’s out- against teams like Brazil.” his own sweat -- “a bit embar- tallest guys ever to play tennis.” rassing”, said the former num- The 32-year-old Djokovic ber one. is looking imperious, having The Swiss fell awkwardly not dropped a set in claiming and was then broken by Goffin, the title in Tokyo last week and Agarwal cracks second 14th in the world. continuing that perfect record But the Belgian lost his in Shanghai. nerve despite going 3-1 up in Also in the last eight on the first-tie break, and Federer Friday, colourful Italian Fabio successive ton for India roared back to turn the momen- Fognini faces red-hot Russian tum in his favour. Daniil Medvedev. AFP SCOREBOARD Federer was regularly sere- The fourth-ranked Medve- PUNE (INDIA) naded by chants of “Roger, Rog- dev was forced to sweat -- and India (1st innings): er, go go go” by local supporters not just because of the Shanghai MAYANK Agarwal hit his M. Agarwal c du Plessis b Rabada 108 R. Sharma c de Kock b Rabada 14 all sitting together in one part heat -- after being 5-2 down in second century in successive C. Pujara c du Plessis b Rabada 58 of the arena. All were decked the first set to Canadian qualifier matches on the opening day of V. Kohli not out 63 out in red. Federer, who failed Vasek Pospisil. The 23-year-old the second Test against South A. Rahane not out 18 to win a Grand Slam this year, Medvedev eventually squeezed Africa on Thursday and said his Extras (lb6, nb6) 12 Total (3 wickets, 85.1 overs) 273 said their backing had been key through 7-6 (9/7), 7-5. side should aim for a 500-run To bat: R. Ashwin, R. Jadeja, W. Saha, U. Yadav, I. to his revival. “I was down five set points first innings. Sharma, M. Shami Al Sadd players during a training session ahead of their Ooredoo Cup “It’s definitely very special and 5-2 also,” said the US Open The opener, who made a Fall of wickets: 1-25 (R. Sharma), 2-163 (Pujara), opener against Al Wakrah. 3-198 (Agarwal) here because they all sit in one finalist, fast making a big name double century in India’s open- Bowling: Philander 17-5-37-0, Rabada 18.1-2-48-3 block, sort of like in football to for himself as the man most ing Test win, scored 108 after (nb4), Nortje 13-3-60-0, Maharaj 29-8-89-0, some extent, which is highly likely to challenge Federer, the hosts elected to bat. Muthusamy 6-1-22-0 (nb2), Elgar 2-0-11-0. Ooredoo Cup: Al Sadd open unusual for tennis and a tennis Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. India were 273-3 when bad South Africa: F. du Plessis (capt), A. Markram, D. tournament,” he said. “Usually the set is finished light forced an early end to play, Elgar, T. de Bruyn, T. Bavuma, Q. de Kock, V. Philander, S. Muthusamy, K. Maharaj, A. Nortje, K. Rabada campaign against Al Wakrah Federer, fondly nicknamed when it’s like this, so just try to with skipper Virat Kohli un- Toss: India “cow” in China, will play an ex- win every point I had to face, beaten on 63 and vice-captain Mayank Agarwal celebrates his hibition tournament at the end and finally it worked out.” Ajinkya Rahane on 18. century during the first day of the innings after the fall of Rohit QNA players due to their interna- Kohli and Rahane put on second Test against South Africa Sharma early in the day. DOHA tional duties. 75 runs for the fourth wicket in Pune on Thursday. (AFP) He was eventually caught in It will be a good op- to thwart South Africa’s deter- the slips by South African cap- AL Sadd and Al Wakrah will portunity for both sides to Quick read mined bowlers who kept them Kohli, leading the Test side tain Faf du Plessis -- one of fast open the 2019-20 season prepare themselves. The under pressure as the gloom for the 50th time, reached his bowler Kagiso Rabada’s three Ooredoo Cup in a Round 1 match should specially ben- crept in. half-century with a boundary wickets for the day. Group A match at the Al Ahli efit Sadd ahead of their AFC Brazil to rejoin MotoGP calendar from 2022 Agarwal, 28, said he was off fast bowler Vernon Philan- “There were periods where Stadium on Friday. Champions League second- thrilled with his performance. der. I was getting boundaries very Both teams will be eager leg semifinal against Al Hilal MOTOGP will return to Brazil in 2022 at the planned Rio Motorpark, “The team is in a good po- But Agarwal took the lead easily, there were periods to start off their campaign on of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh on the company that owns the broadcasting rights, Dorna Sports, an- sition, winning the toss, bat- role despite being hit on the where they bowled very good a winning note. October 22. nounced on Thursday in a statement. ting first and with one batsman helmet from a bouncer by deb- line and lengths and were test- Sadd, reigning QSL cham- Xavi Hernandez-coached Dorna said it has signed a five-year deal with the Rio Motorpark short, it’s a good thing to make utant paceman Anrich Nortje. ing the bouncer as well,” said pions, and Wakrah faced off Al Sadd will be without sus- which says it will complete a 4.5km track in Deodoro, in the west of runs... 450-500 would be nice,” He went on to hit Nortje for Agarwal, who is playing his in Week 1 of this seasons QSL, pended players Baghdad the city, next year. Rio de Janeiro hosted a motorcycle grand prix on Agarwal said. three glorious off drives in one sixth Test since making his de- with the former winning 4-1. Bounedjah and Abdulkarim the Jacarepagua track from 1995 to 2004. The circuit was demol- “Try and get big runs in the over before lunch. but last year. Wakrah are the promoted side Hassan against Al Hilal. The ished in 2012 to make way for facilities for the 2016 Olympics first innings... (that) could help The right-handed batsman Rabada also claimed Shar- in the league competition. Wolves had lost the first leg 1-4. “WE have waited a long time for this because in Brazil we lack a us in case we don’t want to bat put on 138 runs for the second ma, who edged the ball into the The match is expected In other matches, Ahli circuit that will help grow and promote motorcycling in our country,” again. It could really put pres- wicket with Cheteshwar Pujara, gloves of wicketkeeper Quinton to be fought keenly even will face Umm Salal while Al Brazilian former MotoGP rider, Alex Barros, told Dorna. (AFP) sure on the South Africans.” who made 58, to steady the de Kock for 14 in the 10th over. though Sadd will miss some Rayyan take on Al Shahaniya.

Hamilton warns Ferrari not to snub Vettel to ‘ramp up’ Leclerc

AFP The German’s retirement ie season at McLaren when he status. I like to earn that. Start the cancellation of two Rugby SUZUKA, JAPAN with a mechanical problem partnered Fernando Alonso, on an equal platform, then ei- World Cup games. and a virtual safety car then and that didn’t end well after ther of you can get that number Japanese Grand Prix or- LEWIS Hamilton said Thurs- enabled Hamilton and Bottas the Spaniard was angered by one status on that weekend. ganisers will decide at noon on day that Sebastian Vettel was to secure the top two steps of losing his number one status. Weekend-in, weekend-out.” Friday whether to scrap Sat- now “clearly not” number one the podium. “Obviously when I was Mercedes can secure a re- urday’s schedule, saying the at Ferrari but warned against Both Leclerc and Vettel with Fernando he was the cord sixth successive construc- safety of fans and drivers was the team “ramping up” sup- were at pains Thursday to point hired number one. But then tors’ championship with an- their top priority. port for rookie Charles Leclerc out that all was now “clear” be- mid-season they changed other one-two in Japan. A relaxed Hamilton, ahead of this weekend’s Japa- tween them and Ferrari. that,” recalled Hamilton. “It’s pretty special,” said though, did not seem both- nese Grand Prix. But the major beneficiary “He was still the number Hamilton. “I’m really proud to ered by Hagibis, categorised as Ferrari’s botched team of their spat, Hamilton, has one because he was the high- be a part of it.” “violent” – the highest level on orders at the previous race in been keenly watching the an- est-paid driver.” Hamilton knows a vic- the Japan storm scale, even if Russia two weeks ago handed tics of the Maranello team. “But then they gave us tory Sunday will leave only his it causes qualifying to be shift- Hamilton a surprise victory af- “It’s an interesting dy- equal fuel and then you started teammate Valtteri Bottas able ed to Sunday morning. ter Mercedes had trailed Fer- namic they have there because seeing changes like Montreal to catch him in the remaining “I love driving in the rain,” rari on the timing sheets all obviously Seb was number one and Indianapolis. Then that four races. Hamilton said, seemingly weekend. and now clearly not,” Hamil- straight pole positions and two (number one). Is that good for dynamic shifted, and it obvi- But Saturday’s qualifying oblivious to Hagibis poten- Vettel ignored team in- ton told reporters at Suzuka. race wins. a team? I don’t think so,” said ously didn’t go well for the and practice have been put in tially lashing Suzuka with tor- struction several times to Leclerc has been the fast- “From kind of the energy, Hamilton. team,” he added. doubt by the approach of Su- rents of water and winds well hand back the lead to Leclerc est man on the grid since the from the outlook, they’re try- Hamilton said he had a “There are drivers that al- per Typhoon Hagibis, which in excess of 100 kilometres at Sochi. summer break, securing four ing to ramp Charles up to be similar issue in his 2007 rook- ways wanted that number one has already caused havoc with per hour. Friday, October 11, 2019 15 KIDS CORNER

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Tribune Content Agency. All rights reserved. 43 Mouselike animal 14 Braid 62 Gratified ANSWERS 45 Mature news newbie? 17 Notable Ford of the ’70s 49 Salty margarita glass spots 21 “__ Persisted”: children’s 16 Friday, October 11, 2019 The Last Word Ghanem attends GCC Chiefs of Staff panel meet in Oman Qatari philanthropist Sheikh Thani named UNHCR Eminent Advocate THE UN Refugee Agency (UN- HCR) has appointed Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah bin Thani al Thani, a leading Qatari philan- thropist, as the UNHCR Emi- nent Advocate. The announce- ment was made at a special ceremony held at the Palais de Nations. The appointment follows Sheikh Thani’s landmark con- tribution of over $35 million earlier this year in support of the vulnerable refugees and displaced people in Bangladesh and Yemen. “UNHCR is very grateful for UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and Sheikh the unwavering commitment of Khalifa bin Thani al Thani attended the agreement-signing event. Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah al Thani to support forcibly dis- Sheikh Khalifa bin Thani al for people. This is why partner- placed people across the world. Thani on behalf of Sheikh Tha- ing with UNHCR ensures that His exceptional generosity has ni, and senior officials from the critical assistance reaches the contributed significantly to im- Thani Bin Abdullah Bin Thani most vulnerable people who rely proving the lives of thousands Al Thani Humanitarian Fund. on humanitarian aid to survive,” CHIEF of Staff of the Qatari Armed Forces Lieutenant-General (Pilot) HE Ghanem bin Shaheen al Ghanem headed the Qatari delega- of displaced people in Bangla- “It is truly an honour to sup- commented Sheikh Thani. tion participating in the GCC Supreme Military Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces meeting held in the Omani capital desh and Yemen,” said UN High port the efforts which make a Sheikh Thani’s donation has Muscat on Thursday. During the meeting, they discussed a number of topics that contribute to enhancing the Gulf defence policy and Commissioner for Refugees, tangible difference in the lives benefited close to 1 million Ro- strengthening military cooperation among member states for a unified strategy serving the common Gulf security. The Chief of Staff was Filippo Grandi. of displaced people globally. hingya refugees in Bangladesh accompanied by senior Qatari Armed Forces officers. (QNA) The signing ceremony was Life in displacement can be im- and internally displaced people attended by Filippo Grandi, mensely challenging for millions in Yemen in 2019. Tamuq invents new natural gas ‘Indian warship INS Mysore’s visit processing technology to help reduce Qatar’s carbon footprint to enhance naval ties with Qatar’ SATYENDRA PATHAK Equipped with an impres- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA sive array of weapons and sen- DOHA sors, he said, the ship is capable SEEKING to boost defence co- of addressing and neutralising A novel process developed by Texas A&M Uni- operation between India and threats from the air, sea and versity at Qatar (Tamuq) researchers could help Qatar, Indian Navy’s guided- under sea. The ship’s combat Qatar process its wealth of natural gas while re- missile destroyer ‘INS Mysore’ power is supplemented by two ducing the country’s carbon footprint. docked at Hamad Port on helicopters. This is significant for Qatar, as the country is Wednesday. The ship is currently de- one of the world’s top producers of natural gas The ship, which is on a ployed in the Arabian Gulf and, unfortunately, carbon dioxide is released two-day goodwill visit to Qa- and the Gulf of Oman for ‘Op- into the atmosphere when processing the natural tar, seeks to underscore India’s eration Sankalp’ to support the resource into usable products. peaceful presence and solidar- safe transit of Indian flagged Developed in Qatar, the CARGEN reactor ity with the friendly countries merchant ships through the technology was conceived and designed by Pro- in the Gulf and strengthen the The ship’s visit seeks to underscore and strengthen the existing Gulf region. fessor Nimir O Elbashir and his research team existing bonds of friendship bonds of friendship between India and Qatar. “The ship’s visit to Qatar at Tamuq campus in collaboration with Profes- between India and Qatar. is a testimony to the friendly sor Mahmoud M El-Halwagi and his co-worker “Qatar holds a lot of signifi- in the Gulf and we have been situation,” he said. ties between India and Qatar. Dr Debalina Sengupta from the Artie McFerrin advance the dry reforming of natural gas, which cance for us as it is one of the regularly exercising with many Carrying more than 300 Officers from both sides met Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas is especially attractive as it converts methane and largest suppliers of energy to of them. The involvement of In- naval personnel, Gopalan said, today to discuss issues of mu- A&M’s main campus in College Station, Texas. CO2 (both greenhouse gases) through a reactor India. Our primary job in this dian Naval ships in combating the ship’s stoppage to Qatar tual interest,” Captain Kapil This technology is believed to be the first of its to produce syngas, a mixture of carbon monoxide region is to ensure the unin- piracy off the coast of Somalia this time was primarily about Kaushik, defence attache at the kind that processes natural gas (methane) and and hydrogen which is then processed to make terrupted movement of ves- since October, 2008, has fur- logistics. “Our crew took the Indian embassy in Qatar, said. captured carbon dioxide (CO2) to produce both liquid hydrocarbons and ultraclean fuels. sels that transport energy and ther strengthened bilateral ties much needed rest. The ship “Defence relations between syngas, a valuable precursor to numerous hydro- This process, however, requires a lot of heat other products to India. We and interactions with navies in was refilled. Enjoying Qatari India and Qatar have grown tre- carbon feedstocks that drive Qatar’s economy, to drive the chemical reactions. This heat usu- are well-equipped to deal with the region,” Gopalan added. hospitality was quite refreshing mendously in the last two years. and high-quality solid carbon nanotubes (CNTs); ally comes from burning fuels, which emits even any kind of situation for the Gopalan said the Indian for the entire team.” The growing naval coopera- unlike the conventional processes, all without re- more CO2. safety of such vessels,” Captain Navy is always there to safe- Providing details about tion between the two countries leasing more CO2 into the atmosphere. Elbashir’s team has designed the novel CAR- Prakash Gopalan, who is com- guard Indians living in the Gulf the ship, he said, “INS Mysore is evident from the increased Elbashir’s research focuses on converting GEN — or CARbon-GENerator — reactor, a manding the ship, said. region in any kind of eventu- (D60) is one of the largest war- high-level visits, cross-training natural gas into valuable hydrocarbon products, second reactor added to the reforming process, “Indian Navy has been ality. “We are always aware ships designed and built in of naval officers and port visits including ultra-clean fuels or useful chemicals, along with a catalyst to drive the chemical reac- maintaining constant vigil in of the situation prevailing in India. The ship carries 6,700 by naval ships. India and Qa- in a process called gas-to-liquid conversion, or tions to produce expensive carbon nanotubes the Gulf region to safeguard this region. We have the flex- tonnes and is capable of speeds tar are committed to share in- GTL. A major drawback of GTL processing is that and syngas from CO2 and methane. These high- anything Indian. We have close ibility to increase or decrease of over 30 knots (about 55 km formation and cooperation on it produces a lot of CO2, which increases Qatar’s quality carbon nanotubes can be used in several and friendly ties with all navies our presence depending on the per hour.)” maritime issues,” he said. carbon footprint. industries in Qatar, including steel and cement, Under the umbrella of the Texas A&M En- while the syngas can be turned into ultra-clean gineering Experiment Station (TEES) Gas and fuels and value-added products. The process can NIS STUDENTS Fuels Research Center (GFRC) headquartered be driven by either electric or solar power, elimi- VISIT INS MYSORE at the Qatar campus, Elbashir and researchers nating the need to burn fuel and thereby result- AT HAMAD PORT: THE at both campuses have focused on how to reduce ing in much lower CO2 emissions than conven- students of Noble Inter- CO2 emissions. Elbashir directs the GFRC, one tional technologies. national School (NIS) of the largest TEES research centers and a major The CARGEN reactor is a result of a nearly visited Indian Naval ship initiative, bringing together 32 multidisciplinary $5 million Exceptional Proposal grant from the INS Mysore at Hamad scientists and professors from Texas A&M’s cam- Qatar National Research Fund’s National Priori- Port on Thursday. The puses in Texas and Qatar, all working in the same ties Research Programme. 40 NIS students were area but from different angles to speed up tech- The next step is partnering with industry accompanied by four nology development in natural gas processing. collaborators to scale up the technology even teachers. (TNN) The CARGEN technology was developed to further.

Al Najada Doha Hotel offers exquisite themed nights at Al Baraha Restaurant

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK served on skewers in addition DOHA to an assortment of ribeye, ten- derloins, brisket and others. AL Najada Hotel Doha is of- Diners can choose from fering a selection of exquisite an array of fresh cut meats to theme nights at Al Baraha Res- be grilled on spot by the chefs taurant. The new theme nights and treated with diverse sort are aimed at providing guests of meats and ribs marinated an amazing culinary experi- with an exquisite oriental and ence on Thursdays and Fridays international sauces along to enjoy the tastiest dishes and with fresh salads, starters and platters prepared by the hotel’s vast assortment of sweets and talented chefs. desserts. The Al Najada Hotel On this occasion, Execu- restaurants are an ideal ter- tive Sous Chef Mohammed minus to taste and discover Alo said: “Through the theme new flavours, a hotel press nights at Al Baraha Restaurant, release said. we seek to provide a distin- Al Baraha - the bright res- guished culinary experience for taurant, where sunlight de- Al Baraha - the bright restaurant, where sunlight descends through its windows overlooking the spacious outside terrace, and the Piazza of the Al our visitors and residents to en- scends through its windows Najada Hotel - offers guests a variety of food options throughout the day starting from the luxurious daily breakfast buffet with its fresh and varied joy a delightful buffet. Guests overlooking the spacious out- options to ensure guests have a vibrant head start to their day. will also enjoy the great ambi- side terrace and the Piazza of ance characterising Al Baraha” the Al Najada Hotel- offers due to its high ceiling and col- guests a variety of food options have a vibrant head start to food lovers with a fabulous lobster, oyster, mussels, shell- finest ingredients, the highly theme night on every Friday, ourful furniture and its beau- throughout the day starting their day. selection of treasures from the fish and many more. The Sea- experienced and talented chefs will meet the expectations of tiful terrace which make the from the luxurious daily break- Every Thursday, the ‘Sea- deep sea. The premium buffet food Night is a celebration of create extraordinary dishes to guests and visitors looking place the perfect destination to fast buffet with its fresh and food’ theme offers a glorious designed by the restaurant’s the best and freshest catch of indulge visitors’ senses. for a unique culinary concept start a great gastronomic jour- varied options to ensure guests spread of utter delight for sea- chef is a fiesta of seafood with a Gulf’s rich bounty. Using the Similarly, the ‘Barbeque’ that encompasses tender meat ney with family and friends.”