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Emilia Clarke ‘overwhelmed’ by fans support after opening up about aneurysms 14 CELEBS WORLD 5 Thai junta takes shock lead Massacre in Mali Call to take Bamako back militants rmed men reportedly Damascus Adressed as traditional Expansion on track hunters have killed 134 peo- yria’s Kurds warned yes- ple, including women and Sterday that the thousands children, during an attack HRH Crown Prince reviews the progress of the Bahrain Airport Expansion Project of foreign militants they on a village in central Mali. have detained in their fight A further 55 civilians were against the Daesh group are hurt in the attack in Ogossa- HRH the Crown a time-bomb the interna- gou in the Mopti region. • tional community urgently The region’s Fulani eth- Prince highlighted needs to defuse. nic community is frequently the important Speaking a day after Kurd- targeted and accused of hav- contribution Bahrain’s ish-led forces announced ing ties to jihadist organisa- skilled workforce the final demise of the mil- tions in the area, according itants’ physical “caliphate,” to the UN. makes in expanding the Kurdish administration’s The Malian government national assets for top foreign affairs official said it “reiterates its deter- future generations. Abdel Karim Omar warned mination to make every ef- that its foreign captives still fort to hunt down the per- HRH the Crown pose a threat. petrators of this barbarity • “There are thousands of of another age and to punish Prince toured different fighters, children and wom- them, in accordance with parts of the project, en and from 54 countries, the laws in force”. including the new main not including Iraqis and The Mopti region of Mali passenger terminal. Syrians, who are a serious has seen repeated instanc- burden and danger for us es of violence in recent and for the international months. Several soldiers Manama community,” Omar said. were killed in Dioura last week, while 10 people from is Royal Highness the Dogon community were Prince Salman bin killed in an attack on the HHamad Al Khalifa, village of Gondogourou in Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme February. Commander and First Deputy A UN spokesperson said Prime Minister yesterday vis- the organisation’s secretary ited the Bahrain International general António Guterres Airport to review the progress was “shocked and outraged” of the Airport Expansion Pro- by Saturday’s attack. ject. Upon arrival, HRH the Crown Prince was welcomed by Dep- There are Blast kills eight uty Prime Minister, Shaikh thousands of HRH the Crown Prince tours to review the projects with ministers and senior government officials. foreign fighters, Cairo Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, and other senior government who are a officials. the airport’s new facilities and ed that Bahrain is committed serious burden udanese officials say HRH the Crown Prince toured terminal. to making the best use of this and danger for Seight children have been different parts of the project, During the visit, HRH the national asset to bolster its us and for the killed in an explosion near a including the new main passen- Crown Prince highlighted pioneering role as a regional international military facility where they ger terminal which stretches that, in line with HM the King’s 14 hub for businesses looking to were searching for scrap across 210,000 square metres. vision to advance prosperity million will be the tap into the region’s diverse community. metal to resell. Once fully completed, the ex- and development, the expan- increased passenger market. KARIM OMAR The officials say the ex- pansion project will increase sion will provide significant capacity of the airport The Minister of Transporta- plosion happened Saturday the airport’s annual passenger job opportunities for citizens, once the expansion tion and Telecommunications, “Numbers increased mas- in Omdurman, the twin city capacity from nine million to including a bespoke training projects are completed. Kamal Ahmed, expressed his sively during the last 20 days of the capital, Khartoum. 14 million, introduce 25 MARS programme (Tahleeq) designed thanks and gratitude for HRH of the Baghouz operation,” The Central Committee airbridges and a state-of-the- to hone the skills of Bahrainis the Crown Prince’s visit, saying he said, referring to the vil- of Sudan Doctors, an inde- art automated Early Baggage managing airport operations. that the visit reflects HRH the lage by the Euphrates where pendent professional union, Storage (EBS) system, as well as HRH the Crown Prince also HRH the Crown Prince em- Crown Prince’s commitment diehard militants made a says seven children died at a multi-storey car park enough highlighted the important phasised the importance of to advancing Bahrain’s thriving bloody last stand. the scene and the eighth for an additional 2,700 vehicles. contribution Bahrain’s skilled investing in local transport logistics sector. The fate of foreign Daesh succumbed to wounds in a HRH the Crown Prince also workforce makes in expanding projects and stressed that the He also took the opportunity fighters has become a major hospital. reviewed the progress of the national assets for future gen- expansion will put the Inter- to highlight the ongoing pro- issue as the Kurdish-led Syri- National Air Traffic Manage- erations and added that their national Airport at the centre gress of the new passenger ter- an Democratic Forces closed ment Program (ORAT), which dedication and commitment of Bahrain’s advanced logistics minal and noted that the launch in on the once-sprawling was recently introduced to en- have been central to the success sector. of the new terminal remains on proto-state the militants sure seamless operations across of the expansion project. HRH the Crown Prince not- schedule. declared in 2014.

DON’T MISS IT DRUGS MENACE Two female students suspended for ‘selling drugs at school’ Man held for 03 torturing dog “These students are accused of bring- incident. Subsequently, netizens shared The report went viral ing drugs to school and selling it to a hashtag on the need to spread aware- • classmates, which was confirmed by ness against the use of drugs at schools. Illegal parking on social media after the authorities there. There have also A decision has been taken “Authorities need to take note imme- near Red Bus a psychologist threw been allegations of some students en- considering the seriousness of diately. This is our future generation, 04 stands ‘leading light on the incident. gaging in prostitution, but there are the issue. Two students have for God’s sake,” a tweet said. no substantive evidences,” the sources Speaking to Tribune, Dr Fawzi Ab - to accidents’ added. been suspended but they will dulrahman Al Jowder, Undersecretary TDT | Manama be able to write the exam. Mohammed Zafran Meanwhile, a representative of the for Educational and Curricula Affairs Yildrim squares Ministry of Education said that an in- EDUCATION MINISTRY said that a four-member investigation 06 up for Istanbul vestigative committee has been formed committee is probing into the issue. election battle wo female students have been to probe into the incident. to ensure the safety of the students,” “All those involved have been ques- suspended from a school in the “A decision has been taken consid- it added. tioned. Action was taken based on the TSouthern Governorate for alleg- ering the seriousness of the issue. Two The ministry added that the students findings of the committee. The ministry edly distributing drugs to classmates. students have been suspended but they can adopt homeschooling even after does not wish to publish the names The accused, both 13 years old, have will be able to write the exam,” the their suspension. of the students as it could tarnish the confessed to committing the act, sources ministry said. The report went viral on social media reputation of the families of these stu- said. “The ministry will take every step after a psychologist threw light into the dents,” the official added. MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 02

His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa yesterday paid a field visit to the Sanabis village and Maroozan area, where he was informed about the service and development projects he had ordered in the region. HRH the Prime Minister was keen to follow up on the needs of the Sanabis and Maroozan region regarding services and facilities, and gave directives to meet them. During the tour, HRH the Premier stressed that the efforts of the government focus on ensuring that all regions across the kingdom enjoy the services and facilities that achieve their comfort. HRH the Prime Minister exchanged talks with the Sanabis and Maroozan region’s citizens, and listened to their needs and requirements.

Southern Governor Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa yesterday arrived in Tokyo on an official visit at the invitation of the Japanese Government. He was received on arrival at Narita International Airport in Tokyo by Bahraini Ambassador to Japan Ahmed Al Dosari, Japanese Ambassador to Bahrain Hideki Ito, a number of employees from the embassy and the Japanese Foreign Ministry.

American Mission Hospital medical team held a community outreach programme at the Basma Centre for Special Education. Included in the programme were basic health checks and dental screening to identify health problems. The aim of the programme was to screen the children to discover health issues.

Bahrain India Society (BIS) has elected a new board of directors for the period 2019 -2021 at a meeting held at the Capital Club. The new office bearers are: Chairman Raj Damani, Vice Chairman Abdulrahman Mohamed Juma, Secretary General Madhavan Kallath, Treasurer P S Balasubramanyam, Director, Public Relations Soman Baby. Other directors: Ahmed Jawahery, Talal Mannai, Vijay Boloor, V K Thomas, Kishore Mathur and Harish Gopinath. BIS, which is the leading society consisting of representatives of both Bahraini and Indian community, is involved in programmes aimed at further strengthening the business, cultural, social and educational ties between Bahrain and India.

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Five sentenced in fraud case Man held for torturing dog TDT | Manama man was asked to pay ABD 3,400 for a Nokia mo- bile phone worth only BD60 Animal lovers urge tough action amid increasing number of animal torture cases in one of the most unusual fraud cases that have been BSPCA Chairman Mahmood reported in the Kingdom The footage was Faraj said: “I thank the Minister recently. • of Interior, for the swift arrest of This has been revealed widely shared by animal Torturing animals the perpetrator and torturer of before the Minor Criminal activists and netizens on is against animals. The BSPCA appreciates Court, which yesterday or- local social media pages the values of the efforts of the Ministry of dered to imprison a well- and groups, in a bid to Interior in quickly identifying known Bahraini unionist for the Bahraini and arresting the man featured two years for the charges of publicise the man’s face society. This in the video.” forging debt bonds of cus- and eventually nab him. individual should In the statement, Mr Faraj tomers at two of his elec- get punished extended his thanks and ap - tronic shops. The Bahrain Society according to the preciation to General Shaikh The court also sentenced for• the Prevention of laws of the land. Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, four of the employees in the the Minister of Interior, for the shops to six months for as- Cruelty to Animals MR FARAJ rapid arrest of the abuser of the sisting in the fraud. (BSPCA) issued a animal in the video on social According to court files, statement, thanking Twitter, stating: “With reference networking sites. the defendants have forged the Interior Ministry. to a circulated video on the so- Mr Faraj confirmed that the bills and other documents cial media, the Director-General speed of the arrest reflects the issued to their customers of Northern Governorate Police, minister’s keenness to deliver (victims), after selling them TDT | Manama has announced the arrest of a justice, establish the principles goods on the basis of month- man for torturing a dog in Bani of animal welfare and apply the ly instalments. man was arrested on Sat- Jamra. Legal proceedings are penalties stipulated by the law Years later, the first de- urday a few hours after being taken to refer the case to on violations committed against fendant filed cases at the Ahe appeared in a footage the Public Prosecution.” animals. court, demanding the vic- brutally torturing a dog at a res- However, the ministry didn’t “The chairman praised the tims to pay the amounts idence in the Northern Gover- reveal any further details on the prominent role played by the mentioned in the forged norate. fate of the dog or the man. But, director of the Northern Gov- documents. The man was secretly filmed animal activists in the country ernorate, General Abdullah bin A victim informed prose- by an unknown individual while have demanded to impose tough Jiran, and the efforts made by all cutors that he had purchased on the rooftop of a building. punishment on the man, to curb members of the ministry, who a Nokia mobile for BD60 and He was seen beating a dog the increasing cruelty against participated in the arrest of the was shocked after few years that was tied by its neck to a animals, especially stray dogs, perpetrator of this inhumane to find out that a lawsuit has clothesline. In the video, the of late. crime, which reflects the ability been filed against him to pay man was also seen filming the A screenshot of the video that went viral. Appreciated and speed at which the violator BD3,400 for the same phone, strangling dog while beating it was apprehended,” the state- while another victim said using a stick. The Bahrain Society for the ment read. she had paid 12 monthly in- The footage was widely eventually nab him. person seen in the video has Prevention of Cruelty to An - “Torturing animals is against stalments of BD64 for a lap- shared by animal activists and A few hours later, Northern been arrested. imals (BSPCA) soon issued a the values of the Bahraini soci- top she had bought from the netizens on local social media Governorate Police Directorate This was confirmed in a state- statement, expressing thanks ety. This individual should get defendant, who demanded pages and groups, in a bid to confirmed that the incident took ment that was posted on Inte- and appreciation to the prompt punished according to the laws her to pay BD1,482 for it sev- publicise the man’s face and place in Bani Jamrah and the rior Ministry’s official page on action of Interior Ministry. of the land,” he added. en years later.

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n average of one accident This has been an issue per week is caused due since we started over Ato illegal civilian park- four years ago, and I am ing at bus stops, according to sure it was a problem the spokesperson of the Bahrain Public Transport Company. for the previous Vehicles occupying stops company as well. designated for Red Buses, have SPOKESPERSON forced drivers to halt the bus mid-road for boarding and de- boarding passengers. that we are facing this problem, In addition, this risks the safe- and the specific areas where the ty of the commuters and often problem is greatest,” said the causes accidents and damages. spokesperson. Speaking to Tribune, the “We are grateful for the sup- spokesperson stated: “The in- port received already and un- cidents usually involve the bus derstand that the traffic police brushing against the cars parked only have limited resources. in the bus stop when trying to Civilian vehicles occupying areas designated for Red Buses near the British Council in Salmaniya. We have suggested to install leave the road clear for traffic ANPR CCTV cameras at the bus to pass. We have also some ac- we started over four years ago, “Drivers complain that cars “If the bus stop is partly be difficult or impossible if they stops to automatically catch car cidents, where car drivers crash and I am sure it was a problem parked at bus stops make it very blocked and the driver tries to are in a wheelchair,” he added. drivers who park illegally. This into the rear side of the bus for the previous company as difficult for them to pick up and get into the area that is available, Red Bus has approached the would also generate revenue when it has to stop on the road.” well,” revealed the spokesper- drop off passengers safely, and chances of accidents are high,” concerned ministries to find a for the Government to reinvest Unauthorised civilian parking son. they have to stop on the road, in- stated the spokesperson. solution and ensure the offend- in transport infrastructure,” he has been a lingering issue faced Bus drivers have expressed stead of designated areas. When “It is a big problem for the ers are caught and dealt with added. by the current as well as the pre- concern with regard to safety of this happens the vehicles behind elderly or disabled passengers accordingly. On a daily basis, Red Bus re- vious public transport company the passengers who are forced them beep their horns, at times or those with small children as “We regularly report to the ceives calls from commuters’ in the Kingdom. to manoeuvre through the hin- leading to verbal arguments with they have to walk into the road Ministry of Transport and Min- eager to complain about the is- “This has been an issue since drance to board and deboard. the bus driver. and climb into the bus which can istry of Interior (Traffic Police) sue, it is learnt. Government to rebuild gutted ma’atam Expat, 25, dies a day TDT | Manama before his betrothal ma’atam that was de - TDT | Manama stroyed by a devastating Mohammed Zafran Afire in Al Daih village on Saturday, will be rebuilt under 25 years old expatriate’s the supervision of the govern- life came to an abrupt ment, it has been announced. Aend as he died in his Interior Ministry confirmed sleep a day before his marriage that no injuries were caused fixing ceremony. by the fire and that “Civil De- Nawaf Musawa went to fence prevented the flames from sleep on Saturday night ready spreading to nearby areas using to fly to India the next day for The deceased Nawaf six vehicles and 20 personnel”. his marriage fixing function, The ministry added that an however, fate had something members.” investigation has been launched else in store. Nawaf hails from Mahe dis- into the incident to determine A close relative of Nawaf trict in the Pondicherry state the causes of the mishap. The delegation headed by Shaikh Al Asfoor assess the damages caused by the fire in Al Daih. told Tribune that he had been of India. A delegation from the Jaffaria suffering from low blood sugar According to sources, a Waqf Directorate (JWD) at the Asfoor announced that “the di- on “accelerating the issuance of Directorate in Interior Ministry for quite a while. “All we know friend found Nawaf lifeless Justice, Islamic Affairs and En- rectorate will co-ordinate the construction permits, in co-or- for swiftly controlling the fire at the moment is that he died in the wee hours of yesterday. dowments Ministry visited the demolition and rebuilding of dination with the concerned and preventing any casualties. in his sleep. From what I know, “He was found motionless ma’atam on Saturday afternoon the ma’atam with the related authorities”. The delegation was accom- he suffered a cardiac arrest fol- at 2:15 in the morning by his to assess the damages caused parties”, adding that “the pro- The Chairman reiterated the panied by the area’s parliamen- lowing a complication caused friend, who rushed him to the by the fire. cess will be financed by the con- directorate’s concern about the tary representative Mamdouh by low blood sugar.” hospital,” the source said. The JWD is the official body struction budget allocated by the safety of mosques and ma’atams, Al Saleh, who said the ma’atam He added that the mortal Nawaf was an MBA graduate concerned about such centres directorate’s administration and reaffirming JWD’s responsibility is the oldest in the area and af- remains will be sent to India. and his immediate survivors in the Kingdom. donations for ma’atams”. of sponsoring, supporting and firmed that it has a great value “The funeral will be held in include father Faisal Musa- During the visit, JWD Chair- Shaikh Al Asfoor also af - developing these places. to the people of Al Daih and the India in the presence of his wa, mother Shahnaz and four man Shaikh Abdulmohsen Al firmed that the JWD will work He thanked the Civil Defence neighbouring areas. parents and the rest of family siblings.

Nearly 80,000 families register for ‘Select Family Physician’ initiative

One of the eight designated health centres, the visiting one of the eight designated health centres. Health Centre Registered % of total registered The programme is currently National Bank of Bahrain Health Centre in Dair, The eight health centres include Bank of Bahrain accommodating• nearly 700 acquired the highest percentage of total number NBB Dair 9,522 62pc and Kuwait Health Centre in Hidd, National Bank of of registrations with 62 per cent. Jidhafs 15,157 54pc Bahrain Health Centre in Al Dair, Bu Maher Health registrations per day with less than Commenced on 17th February, the six-week pro- Budaiya 12,167 43pc Centre, Shaikh Sabah Al Salem Health Centre, Jedha- two weeks left until it ceases. gramme has made major strides in the health sector BBK Hidd 10,540 33pc fas Health Centre, Shaikh Jaber Health Centre, Budai- as 22,584 individuals selected their family physician Sh Jaber 12,769 41pc ya Health Centre and Hamad Town Health Centre. TDT | Manama in the first 24 hours of registration. Hamad Town 11,209 40pc Dr Manal Al Alawi, Assistant Undersecretary of Supriya Reginald As part of the third phase of the National Health Sh Sabah 4,634 31pc Primary Health at the Ministry of Health, stated Plan (2016-2025), the purpose of the programme is Halat Bu Maher 3,322 24pc that this step comes in line with the activation of the to enable Bahraini and expatriate families to choose Total 79,320 National Health Plan (2016-2025) in the Kingdom. early 80,000 families have registered for the their desired physician. The programme is currently accommodating “Select Family Physician” programme as of The registration process can be carried out via nearly 700 registrations per day with less than two N24th March, Tribune has learnt. the Ministry’s website (www.moh.gov.bh) or by The registration statistics of the designated health centres. weeks left until it ceases. 05 MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 world Thai junta takes shock lead

There are 51 million eligible• voters and more than seven million first-timers aged 18-25

AFP | Bangkok, Thailand

hailand’s ruling junta took an unexpected lead in the Tcountry’s first election since a 2014 coup with more than 90 percent of ballots count- ed, putting it on course to return to power at the expense of the kingdom’s pro-democracy camp. Yesterday’s election was held under new laws written by the military to smooth its transfor- mation into a civilian govern- ment. While it had set the rules People watch the vote counting process at a polling station in Bangkok Prayut Chan-O-Cha of the game in its favour, an - alysts had not expected the party to win the popular vote, siasm fired by years of denied disbelief that a much-pilloried It reiterated comments by late given mounting anger at junta democracy. junta could have won a popu- king Bhumibol Adulyadej from rule and due to the enduring The junta has pledged to res- larity contest against Pheu Thai. 1969 calling for voters to “sup- popularity of Pheu Thai, the cue the kingdom from a dec - “Thai people come to vote be- port good people to govern the party of ex-premier Thaksin ade-long treadmill of protests cause they want change,” said society and control the bad peo- Shinawatra. and coups. Somkid, 64, a Pheu Thai voter ple” to prevent them “creating The army-linked Phalang Pra- The election commission’s who gave only one name. chaos”. charat party, which wants jun- announcement late Sunday di- “If there is any vote rigging While King Maha Vajiralong- ta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha to minished prospects of a pro-de- there will be protests.” korn gave no further clues as to return as premier, gained more mocracy alliance nudging it from who those “good people” might than 7.3 million votes with 91 per power. But still supporters clung Royal message be, the phrase -- “khon dee” in cent of ballots tallied, according on in hope. Yesterday’s crunch vote was Thai -- is habitually attached to the Election Commission -- “Let’s wait until the count- foreshadowed by a cryptic to royalist, establishment poli- nearly half a million more than ing is finished,” said Savitree last-minute warning from King ticians. Pheu Thai. Yodchomchin, 58, outside Maha Vajiralongkorn to sup - Another royal command in The EC said it would announce the Bangkok headquarters of port “good” leaders to prevent February torpedoed the candi- full results today, including the Pheu Thai party, where a par- “chaos”. dacy of the king’s elder sister numbers of lower house seats ty atmosphere earlier among Thailand is a constitution - Princess Ubolratana for prime won by each party. the cluster of supporters had al monarchy and the palace is minister of a party linked to The election pitted a royalist soured. nominally above politics. But the Thaksin. junta and its allies against the “I am anxious,” said Wipa institution retains unassailable That party was dissolved ear- election-winning machine of Ployngam, 53, a supporter of the powers and is insulated from lier this month, crippling the billionaire Thaksin -- who was anti-junta Future Forward party. criticism by a harsh royal defa- Shinawatras’ electoral strategy. toppled in a 2006 coup -- and “I’ll stay here all night until mation law. Thaksin has lived in self-exile featured an unpredictable wave everything becomes clear.” The day was framed by the since 2008, but he looms large of millions of first-time voters. Fears of the potential for foul palace statement, which added over Sunday’s election. His af- There was a high turnout as play ricocheted across social further intrigue to an election filiated parties have won every voters flocked to schoolyards, media as results came in -- a that repeatedly threatened to tip Thai election since 2001, draw- temples and government offices reflection of the lingering mis- into chaos before a single ballot ing on loyalty from rural and across the nation, their enthu- trust between rival camps, and was cast. urban poor. Journalists wait at Phalang Pracharat party headquarters in Bangkok

Syria’s return to Arab League not on summit agenda Kazakhstan former PM Cairo, Egypt agenda, along with the Pales- named leader’s top aide tinian-Israeli conflict and the Syria’s conflict he Arab League said yester- situation in Yemen and Libya. flared in 2011 with Almaty, Kazakhstan Tday it was not planning to Syria’s conflict flared in 2011 anti-government discuss reinstating Syria’s mem- with anti-government demon- demonstrations azakhstan’s new president bership at a summit later this strations that sparked a brutal Kyesterday appointed a re- month, more than eight years regime crackdown. that sparked a cently dismissed prime minis- after suspending it as the coun- It has since drawn in regional brutal regime crack- ter to head his administration try descended into war. powers, killing 370,000 people down -- a move almost certainly ap- The pan-Arab bloc, which is and displacing millions. proved by the country’s veter- Bakytzhan Sagintayev set to hold its annual summit in But the regime, backed by al- an leader, who resigned this Tunisia on March 31, froze Syr- lies Russia and Iran, has since Sudanese President Omar week. The 78-year-old however re- ia’s membership in November re-conquered much of the ter- al-Bashir in December made The appointment of ex- tains significant powers thanks 2011 over a bloody government ritory it had lost to rebels and ji- the first visit of any Arab prime minister Bakytzhan to his constitutional status as crackdown on protestors. hadists, and now controls some leader to the Syrian capital Sagintayev as the new presi- “Leader of the Nation”, life- But several of the bloc’s other two-thirds of the country. since 2011. dent’s chief of staff will bol- time position as chief of the 21 members have recently re- Syria’s Kurds, which declared The same month, Egypt host- ster the view that Kazakhstan’s security council and head of newed ties with the regime of victory over the Islamic State ed Syria’s national security chief former president Nursultan the ruling party. President Bashar al-Assad, and The issue of Syria’s group on Saturday, control and top Assad aide Ali Mamluk. Nazarbayev still calls the shots Last month, Nazarbayev dis- some have called for Syria to be return to the Arab much of the oil-rich northeast, The UAE also reopened its Da- in the oil-rich Central Asian missed Sagintayev as cabinet re-admitted to the league. League has yet to be which the regime has hinted mascus embassy in a major sign country. chief, citing poor economic “The issue of Syria’s return listed on the agenda it may seize back in a military of a diplomatic thaw. Nazarbayev, who ruled the performance and analysts sug- to the Arab League has yet to and has not been operation. Arab states have also slammed energy-rich Central Asian gested his dismissal was aimed be listed on the agenda and has Earlier this month, Syrian of- US President Donald Trump’s nation since before it gained at tamping down a simmering not been formally proposed,” formally proposed ficials attended a meeting of call for recognition of Israe - independence with the 1991 protest mood. Sagintayev, 55, said the League’s spokesman Arab states in neighbouring Jor- li sovereignty over the Golan collapse of the Soviet Union, previously served as economy Mahmoud Afifi. LEAGUE’S SPOKESMAN MAHMOUD dan for the first time since the Heights, a strategic territory the stunned the country on Tues- minister and deputy chair- He noted that the “Syrian AFIFI country’s Arab League member- Jewish state seized from Syria day by announcing his resig- man of the ruling Nur Otan crisis” however still tops the ship was suspended. in 1967. nation in a televised address. party. MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 06 Yildrim squares up for Istanbul election battle

out of Turkey’s 80 million, will transport minister between The vote in Istanbul, be a major test for Erdogan’s 2002 and 2014 and oversaw • party to consolidate its power. grandiose projects from new with a population Istanbul is seen as a political highways and high-speed trains of 15 million out of bellwether with its mixed pop- to tunnels and bridges. Turkey’s 80 million, ulation of secular and conserv- Erdogan often touts such will be a major test ative Turks as well as Kurds. projects as a symbol of Tur- In the 2017 referendum on key’s success during his time in for Erdogan’s party the new executive presidential power. But Yildirim has never system that concentrated pow- shown any ambition to out - Turkish will cast ers under the Turkish leader, shine the president. their• ballots for Istanbul narrowly voted against Known for his slow-talking local elections on Erdogan’s plan. style, the AKP candidate says “Istanbul is a country on its in the introduction of a rap March 31, 2019 own,” he said. tune prepared for his election: “I speak slow but I work fast AFP | Istanbul, Turkey ‘Only one captain’ like my surname.” His surname Erdogan is actively touring means “lightning.” f former Turkish prime for the AKP even though he is Yildirim never makes secret minister Binali Yildirim not standing for election. In of his love for Istanbul. Iwants a reminder of how Istanbul alone, he has held “Istanbul is all my youth, much he needs to win as Is - over a dozen rallies in several a city that has given me tanbul mayor in this month’s neighbourhoods in the past few everything, so to serve this city election, he just has to listen to weeks. is a big honour for me,” Yildirim his boss. On Sunday, Erdogan called a said. President Recep Tayyip Er- giant rally, with his right-wing Asked if his boss Erdogan dogan, who started his own po- ally Nationalist Movement Par- was giving him advice, Yildirim litical career as Istanbul may- ty (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli said: “Of course. We always or, likes to tell his Justice and in Istanbul’s Yenikapi district. benefit from his experiences.” Development Party (AKP) that Fielding a younger candidate, Both candidates have shown winning the country’s econom- the opposition Republican Peo- an appetite to win over the ic hub is like winning Turkey ple’s Party (CHP) hopes a fresh other’s side’s supporters in the itself. approach will help them take cosmopolitan city. Picking a well-known name the Istanbul mayor’s office Imamoglu hopes his discreet and ruling party heavyweight from Erdogan’s ally. profile could turn out to be an like Yildirim for mayor shows Ekrem Imamoglu, 49, current “advantage,” against a popular how key Istanbul remains for mayor of Istanbul’s Beyluk- AKP candidate. Erdogan. The Turkish leader duzu district on the outskirts “Society has recently built has been campaigning hard of the city, worked in a fam - a resistance against all that is around Turkey, often in Istan- ily business and was a board well known in politics,” he said. bul, to drum up support for the member of a Turkish football The CHP candidate lamented The Viking Sky lost power and started drifting mid-afternoon Saturday AKP before the March 31 munic- team. that conditions were not equal, ipal election. A loyalist to Erdogan since especially with most Turk- Even though Yildirim is the the 1990s, Yildirim holds no ish media taking a favourite, the stakes are high: grudge over the disappearance pro-Erdogan Turkey’s economy is in reces- of the prime minister office he line. But he sion and a lira currency crisis held for two years. He even was still in and double-digit inflation are campaigned for “Yes” in the the fight. Hundreds airlifted threatening to undermine some 2017 vote on reforms that hand- AKP support at the ballot box. ed Erdogan more authority. “We should not underesti- “Two captains can sink a ship. mate the Istanbul mayor office. There should be only one Look at Mr Chirac,” Yildirim captain,” he said at the told AFP referring to Jacques time of the vote that Chirac, the late French presi- abolished the pre- dent who was mayor of Paris mier’s office. from 1977-95 in between two Yildirim, born stints as prime minister. into a poor fam- The vote in Is- ily in an tanbul, with a eastern Passengers on board the Viking Sky, waiting to be Stranded passenger that were rescued by helicopter from population prov- evacuated, off the coast of Norway on Saturday (Courtesy the cruise ship Viking Sky are pictured on March 23, 2019 of 15 ince, of AccuWeather) on the west coast of Norway near Romsdal million served as Stricken Norway cruiseship restarted 3 of its 4 engines Erdogan

AFP | Oslo, Norway before the airlift was halted to for the safety of everyone on allow the towing to start. board,” she told the NRK tele- cruise liner that ran Police said 17 people had vision channel. into trouble in rough been taken to hospital, one in “The helicopter trip was Aseas off Norway was their 90s and two 70-year-olds terrifying. The winds were being towed to port yester - suffered serious fractures. like a tornado,” she added. day after hundreds of pas - “The evacuation has been put “We were sitting down for sengers were helicoptered to on pause for now”, a spokes- breakfast when things started safety. man for southern Norway’s to shake... It was just chaos,” The Viking Sky lost power rescue centre said. said another passenger, Amer- Yildirim and started drifting mid-after- “The captain will weigh up ican John Curry, as quoted in noon Saturday in perilous wa- the situation” before deciding Norwegian by media. ters two kilometres (1.2 miles) if the airlift resumes, he added. Passenger Rodney Horgan off More og Romsdal, prompt- The vessel was heading for said he had been reminded of ing the captain to send out a the port of Molde, with 60 kilo- the Titanic. distress call. metres (45 miles) still to go, and “The best word, I guess, is The authorities launched an about 500 kilometres north- surreal,” he said. airlift in very difficult condi- west of Oslo, officials said. “Sea water 6-7 feet (about tions rather than run the risk of Dramatic footage of the pas- two metres) high just came leaving people on board. sengers’ ordeal showed furni- rushing in, hit the tables, chairs, “We would rather have the ture and plants sliding round broken glass and 20-30 people passengers on land rather than the lurching vessel as parts of just ... went right in front of me. on board the ship,” police chief the ceiling came down. “I was standing, my wife was Tor Andre Franck said. Dozens of passengers wear- sitting in front of me and all of By yesterday, the crew had ing life jackets were seated a sudden, she was gone. And managed to restart three of its around waiting to get off the I thought this was the end,” four engines and two tugs ar- vessel. Horgan said. rived. “I have never seen anything But it all ended well for Ryan Authorities said 460 of the so frightening,” said Janet Ja- Flynn. “Here’s my 83-year-old 1,373 people on board had been cob, who was rescued. dad being airlifted from the taken off by five helicopters “I started to pray. I prayed #vikingsky,” he said. Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wave flags during a rally MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 06 07

Disease fears mount Yildrim squares up for Caliphate ‘a living hell’ for cyclone survivors Istanbul election battle Baghdad, Iraq or the millions forced to out of Turkey’s 80 million, will transport minister between Fendure the Islamic State The vote in Istanbul, be a major test for Erdogan’s 2002 and 2014 and oversaw group’s brutal rule, life in the with• a population party to consolidate its power. grandiose projects from new “caliphate” was a living hell Istanbul is seen as a political highways and high-speed trains where girls were enslaved, mu- of 15 million out of bellwether with its mixed pop- to tunnels and bridges. sic was banned and homosexu- Turkey’s 80 million, ulation of secular and conserv- Erdogan often touts such ality was punishable by death. will be a major test ative Turks as well as Kurds. projects as a symbol of Tur- The jihadists applied an ul- for Erdogan’s party In the 2017 referendum on key’s success during his time in tra-conservative interpreta- the new executive presidential power. But Yildirim has never tion of Islamic law across the system that concentrated pow- shown any ambition to out - swathes of Syria and Iraq that Turkish will cast ers under the Turkish leader, shine the president. they captured in 2014, tortur- their• ballots for Istanbul narrowly voted against Known for his slow-talking ing or executing anyone who local elections on Erdogan’s plan. style, the AKP candidate says disobeyed. March 31, 2019 “Istanbul is a country on its in the introduction of a rap The fall of the last sliver of IS own,” he said. tune prepared for his election: territory in eastern Syria marks Women and children take a shelter from rain in Buzi, Mozambique “I speak slow but I work fast the end of their proto-state, ‘Only one captain’ Beira, Mozambique AFP | Istanbul, Turkey like my surname.” His surname once the size of the United ‘We suffered a lot’ Erdogan is actively touring means “lightning.” Kingdom and home to more Picture shows the fallen Islamic State group’s last bastion in the eastern Syrian village of Baghuz after the defeat of the f former Turkish prime for the AKP even though he is Yildirim never makes secret than seven million people. jihadist group. isease is threatening to Survivors are struggling in minister Binali Yildirim not standing for election. In of his love for Istanbul. The fate of prisoners used by maths books featuring guns and death. Men were shot or thrown treme acts of violence. Daggravate the already dire desperate conditions with Iwants a reminder of how Istanbul alone, he has held “Istanbul is all my youth, the jihadists as human shields grenades, but pictures of people from rooftops for the “crime” IS left more than 200 mass conditions facing millions of some still trapped on rooftops much he needs to win as Is - over a dozen rallies in several a city that has given me remains unknown, but more were banned. of being gay. The jihadists even graves in Iraq and thousands of survivors following the pow- and those rescued in urgent tanbul mayor in this month’s neighbourhoods in the past few everything, so to serve this city than 3,000 Yazidis are still miss- As well as frontline fighters, IS introduced their own currency, bodies are expected to be un- erful tropical cyclone which need of food and medical sup- election, he just has to listen to weeks. is a big honour for me,” Yildirim ing. ran its own police force, whose minting coins that veterans of covered in Syria. ravaged southern Africa 10 plies. his boss. On Sunday, Erdogan called a said. The jihadists singled out the officers could impose fines or the battle against IS now keep Numerous women inter- days ago, officials warned on “The government is already President Recep Tayyip Er- giant rally, with his right-wing Asked if his boss Erdogan minority, followers of an an- lashes on men whose breath as trophies. viewed by AFP said they received Sunday. setting up a cholera treatment dogan, who started his own po- ally Nationalist Movement Par- was giving him advice, Yildirim cient religion, for particularly smelt of cigarettes or alcohol. Jail terms were imposed on IS-stamped death certificates Cyclone Idai smashed into centre to mitigate cholera. We litical career as Istanbul may- ty (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli said: “Of course. We always harsh treatment which the UN Books were burned, while those unable to pay IS taxes. for their executed husbands, but Mozambique’s coast unleash- should not be frightened when or, likes to tell his Justice and in Istanbul’s Yenikapi district. benefit from his experiences.” has said may amount to gen - dancing and music were Iraq’s major northern city of the jihadists would not return ing hurricane-force wind and cholera issues arise,” added Development Party (AKP) that Fielding a younger candidate, Both candidates have shown ocide. banned. Instead the jihadists Mosul and Raqa in Syria were their bodies. It could take years rain that flooded swathes of Correia, describing efforts to winning the country’s econom- the opposition Republican Peo- an appetite to win over the They slaughtered thousands broadcast propaganda via their transformed into the twin de to discover what happened to the poor country before bat- control the emerging humani- ic hub is like winning Turkey ple’s Party (CHP) hopes a fresh other’s side’s supporters in the of Yazidi men and boys, abduct- own radio station. facto capitals of the “caliphate”. some of their victims. tering eastern Zimbabwe -- tarian crisis. itself. approach will help them take cosmopolitan city. ing women and girls then sell- The jihadists used sledge - Raqa become a byword for Some IS members leaving the killing 705 people across the “It is normal. It’s almost Picking a well-known name the Istanbul mayor’s office Imamoglu hopes his discreet ing them at slave markets. hammers to destroy priceless atrocities carried out by the ji- group’s last redoubt of Baghouz two nations. inevitable. Malaria, we know and ruling party heavyweight from Erdogan’s ally. profile could turn out to be an Many suffered years of sexual ancient artefacts they deemed hadists, and it was from there in eastern Syria have cricitised “It is inevitable that cases of how it arises. We have lots of like Yildirim for mayor shows Ekrem Imamoglu, 49, current “advantage,” against a popular abuse. idolatrous. that IS organised devastating the group’s leadership. cholera and malaria will arise. wetlands and we’re going to how key Istanbul remains for mayor of Istanbul’s Beyluk- AKP candidate. “We did everything they de- A strict dress code forced overseas attacks. “God’s law was applied,” said In many areas we are already have malaria that is sure to Erdogan. The Turkish leader duzu district on the outskirts “Society has recently built manded,” said Bessa Hamad, even young girls to wear a full Human heads were displayed Abdel Moneim Najia, a jihadist fighting with malaria cases,” come up (there).” has been campaigning hard of the city, worked in a fam - a resistance against all that is an Iraqi Yazidi sold six times by black Islamic veil. on spikes in the city along with who stayed in what was left of said Land Minister Celso Cor- Wilfried Deloviare, a around Turkey, often in Istan- ily business and was a board well known in politics,” he said. jihadists before escaping their Beards and traditional robes crucified bodies, to sow terror. the “caliphate” until its final reia at a briefing in Beira, 1,000 19-year-old resident of Beira bul, to drum up support for the member of a Turkish football The CHP candidate lamented last redoubt in Syria. were compulsory for men. IS initially won support from days. But he voiced the same kilometres (620 miles) north- which was caught in the eye of The Viking Sky lost power and started drifting mid-afternoon Saturday AKP before the March 31 munic- team. that conditions were not equal, “We couldn’t say no.” some residents who felt aban- grievances as Iraqis and Syrians east of the capital Maputo. the storm, said he felt “sorry ipal election. A loyalist to Erdogan since especially with most Turk- Yazidi boys who were not Thrown from rooftops doned and abused by corrupt expressed about their govern- The UN Office for the Co- for our town, our city, because Even though Yildirim is the the 1990s, Yildirim holds no ish media taking a killed were forced to fight and The extremists ran their own state authorities. ments ahead of the IS ordination of Humanitarian we suffered a lot to build it”. favourite, the stakes are high: grudge over the disappearance pro-Erdogan indoctrinated to hate their com- courts, sentencing people to But today, those who survived takeover. Affairs’ Sebastian Rhodes “Houses are completely Turkey’s economy is in reces- of the prime minister office he line. But he munity, leaving families strug- death by beheading and hang- its rule accuse the jihadists Stampa, also at the briefing, destroyed, and some people sion and a lira currency crisis held for two years. He even was still in gling to reconnect with those ing. themselves of graft -- as well warned that disease outbreaks don’t have money to rebuild and double-digit inflation are campaigned for “Yes” in the the fight. who were rescued. Men and women accused of as ex- in inaccessible areas could be their businesses -- and many Hundreds airlifted threatening to undermine some 2017 vote on reforms that hand- Children who went to IS-run adultery were stoned to “really problematic”. businesses are going to fail,” AKP support at the ballot box. ed Erdogan more authority. schools learnt to count The World Food Programme he said. “We should not underesti- “Two captains can sink a ship. with said Friday that the human- More than two million mate the Istanbul mayor office. There should be only one itarian disaster unfolding in people have been affected Look at Mr Chirac,” Yildirim captain,” he said at the Mozambique is on a par with in Mozambique, Zimbabwe told AFP referring to Jacques time of the vote that the situation in Yemen and and Malawi where the storm Chirac, the late French presi- abolished the pre- Syria which are both in the started as a tropical depres- dent who was mayor of Paris mier’s office. grip of civil wars. sion causing flooding which from 1977-95 in between two Yildirim, born zid workers from across killed 60 and displaced nearly stints as prime minister. into a poor fam- the world are continuing to a million people. Hundreds are The vote in Is- ily in an arrive in the region to bring still missing in Mozambique tanbul, with a eastern help to more than two million and Zimbabwe. The Interna- Passengers on board the Viking Sky, waiting to be Stranded passenger that were rescued by helicopter from population prov- affected people across an area tional Committee said it had evacuated, off the coast of Norway on Saturday (Courtesy the cruise ship Viking Sky are pictured on March 23, 2019 of 15 ince, of roughly 3,000 square kilo- recorded two cases of cholera of AccuWeather) on the west coast of Norway near Romsdal million served as metres (around 1,160 square so far but the UN was unable to People said to be members of the Islamic State (IS) group exit with children from the village of Baghouz in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor (file) miles). confirm the reports. Stricken Norway cruiseship restarted 3 of its 4 engines Erdogan

AFP | Oslo, Norway before the airlift was halted to for the safety of everyone on allow the towing to start. board,” she told the NRK tele- cruise liner that ran Police said 17 people had vision channel. Boulder-sized sunfish washes ashore in Australia into trouble in rough been taken to hospital, one in “The helicopter trip was Sydney, Australia Aseas off Norway was their 90s and two 70-year-olds terrifying. The winds were face, but is also known to dive being towed to port yester - suffered serious fractures. like a tornado,” she added. boulder-sized fish of a kind several hundred metres (feet) day after hundreds of pas - “The evacuation has been put “We were sitting down for Aknown to “sink yachts” has into the depths, he said. sengers were helicoptered to on pause for now”, a spokes- breakfast when things started washed up on an Australian “I’ve actually had a good look safety. man for southern Norway’s to shake... It was just chaos,” beach. at it, we get three species here The Viking Sky lost power rescue centre said. said another passenger, Amer- Yildirim The 1.8 metre (six feet) spec- and this is actually the rarest and started drifting mid-after- “The captain will weigh up ican John Curry, as quoted in imen -- believed to be a Mola KNOW WHAT one in South Australian waters,” noon Saturday in perilous wa- the situation” before deciding Norwegian by media. Mola, or ocean sunfish -- came Foster told the Australian Broad- ters two kilometres (1.2 miles) if the airlift resumes, he added. Passenger Rodney Horgan ashore near the mouth of the casting Corporation (ABC). off More og Romsdal, prompt- The vessel was heading for said he had been reminded of Murray River in South Australia “They can get a lot bigger... it’s ing the captain to send out a the port of Molde, with 60 kilo- the Titanic. at the weekend. The name Mola mola probably an average-sized one, distress call. metres (45 miles) still to go, and “The best word, I guess, is The enormous creature is dis- comes from the Latin they can get nearly twice as big The authorities launched an about 500 kilometres north- surreal,” he said. tinct for both its size and pecu- word for “millstone.” as that,” he added. airlift in very difficult condi- west of Oslo, officials said. “Sea water 6-7 feet (about liar shape featuring a flattened It’s named for its Mola Mola have also been tions rather than run the risk of Dramatic footage of the pas- two metres) high just came body and fins. gray, round body, and known to damage vessels, Fos- leaving people on board. sengers’ ordeal showed furni- rushing in, hit the tables, chairs, The fish can weigh up to 2.5 rough texture. ter added. “We would rather have the ture and plants sliding round broken glass and 20-30 people tons (2,200 kilogrammes), ac- “We get a lot of them hit by passengers on land rather than the lurching vessel as parts of just ... went right in front of me. cording to National Geographic. book, said. boats and some of them are so on board the ship,” police chief the ceiling came down. “I was standing, my wife was A photo circulating on social large they actually sink yachts,” Tor Andre Franck said. Dozens of passengers wear- sitting in front of me and all of media showed two people on a “Never expected this.” he said. By yesterday, the crew had ing life jackets were seated a sudden, she was gone. And beach standing over the giant South Australian Museum fish “We know very little about managed to restart three of its around waiting to get off the I thought this was the end,” specimen, which had died. collection manager Ralph Foster them, it’s only in the last few four engines and two tugs ar- vessel. Horgan said. “The amount of news and said the fish was actually at the years that technology has al - rived. “I have never seen anything But it all ended well for Ryan media from all over the world smaller end of the scale for the lowed us to start learning about Authorities said 460 of the so frightening,” said Janet Ja- Flynn. “Here’s my 83-year-old wanting to report it has been on species. them. 1,373 people on board had been cob, who was rescued. dad being airlifted from the another level,” Linette Grzelak, It earned its name for basking “They are amazing things, A sunfish that was washed ashore and found dead in Coorong, near the mouth of the urray River in South Australia. taken off by five helicopters “I started to pray. I prayed #vikingsky,” he said. Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wave flags during a rally who posted the image to Face- in the sun near the ocean’s sur- they really are.” IF YOUR DETERMINATION IS FIXED, I DO NOT COUNSEL YOU TO DESPAIR. FEW THINGS QUOTE ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO DILIGENCE AND SKILL. OF THE DAY GREAT WORKS ARE PERFORMED NOT BY STRENGTH, BUT PERSEVERANCE. MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 SAMUEL JOHNSON Who will speak out for the forgotten women of conflict? Deeply traumatised women socialised to ‘know their place’ often have zero sense of their rights or options

some traditionalist attitudes, a ital mutilation, yet the social victim of such abuse is no longer taboos against discussing this an “honourable” part of society. abuse by parents against their Yet, instead of withdrawing into own daughters, along with the self-pity, Nadia and others defi- lack of enlightened education antly told their stories, helping and debate, make it difficult to BARIA ALAMUDDIN make it possible for women to eliminate this barbaric practice be non-judgmentally embraced altogether. nternational Women’s Day back into their communities. The UN, the US, Europe and rightly celebrates the impres- These brave girls must feel no the world have had their op - Isive achievements of coura- shame. They are heroic survivors portunities to act on behalf of geous women. Yet the world has and witnesses to monstrous acts the female victims of war. Eight had less to say about our most by sick individuals who them- years after the beginning of the vulnerable sisters, as historically selves bring shame upon man- Syria uprising, it is safe to say elevated levels of displacement kind. that they have failed. In my ex- due to conflict have left millions Around 1,500 foreign women perience, inward-looking West- of women in hellish conditions in and children remain in Iraqi cus- ern governments are disgrace- sprawling refugee camps. tody accused of Daesh links: Are fully set to become less engaged A common denominator in they victims or terrorists? Should on these challenges. these camps — from Greece to we forgive them after they ex- I, and women like me, live in Lebanon and Yemen — are ep - press horror at Daesh’s crimes? a blessed cocoon: Blessed by idemic levels of rape and sexu- Should home countries support education, loving parents and a al violence, exacerbated by the them in overcoming their trau- thousand opportunities to im- stigma and ostracisation facing mas? Children aren’t accounta- prove our status. Yet, how can the innocent victims of these ble for the sins of their parents we celebrate breakthroughs for crimes. Systematic rape in South but, according to Human Rights women’s rights knowing that Sudan or against Rohingya wom- Watch, that hasn’t prevented the tonight millions of terrorised en seeks to humiliate and dehu- Iraqi authorities torturing and women will cry themselves to manise entire populations based detaining hundreds of minors achieving the highest goals they Let us not brag about with participation in such brutal sleep, traumatised by memo - on tribal or religious affiliation. A on vague and unproven charges. can imagine for themselves. women’s empowerment travesties sometimes even seen ries of vicious abuse, and from shocking 2011 statistic estimated Displaced Syrian women have In the pressure-cooker envi- until we have done as a route to social advancement. fear that the noises outside their that 48 women were raped every been hugely vulnerable to ex- ronment of the refugee camps, There have been cases of gang- flimsy shelters emanate from hour in the Democratic Republic ploitation. Criminal networks — levels of domestic violence are everything in our power rape where the attackers later men with predatory intentions? of Congo, with sexual attacks including elements from Hezbol- appallingly high — 51 per cent to empower our most approached the woman’s fami- The #MeToo movement becoming gruesomely routine in lah — have been involved in pros- of married Gazan women report vulnerable sisters. ly demanding that she be killed proves how decisive women’s many conflict zones. titution and people-smuggling domestic violence, while 76pc to atone for the dishonour she voices can be when we take ac- Thousands of Iraqis languish networks. Women have been report psychological abuse. For brought upon the perpetrators. tion against sexual harassment. in miserable camps long after compelled or tricked with prom- 70 years, the daily realities of It is a joy to read the inspiring It is well past time for us fortu - Daesh’s supposed defeat. Wives ises of work, finding themselves Palestinian women have been stories of successful women: nate women to act together on have seen husbands and sons shackled into the worst forms of arrests, harassment and police Female government ministers, behalf of those women — from indefinitely detained, leaving slavery. Starving families resort brutality. Fearless women like leading businesswomen, wom- Libya to Palestine to Myanmar them prone to sexual predation to selling underage daughters Ahed Tamimi engage in acts of en who have conquered all in — whose daily reality is violence by rampaging paramilitaries. into marriages with wealthy men defiance against the horrors of our male-dominated world. and abuse. Let us not brag about We can’t comprehend the who they never met. occupation, knowing the brutal However, there must not be si- women’s empowerment until abuse that thousands of Yazidi Deeply traumatised women and arbitrary responses that Is- lence for the forgotten women we have done everything in our women endured at the hands of socialised to “know their place” raeli police will mete out. whose suffering shames us all. power to empower our most vul- Daesh: Loved ones slaughtered, often have zero sense of their Within some populations, the to thwart such cases on the rare We are shamed by the daily re- nerable sisters. forced into sexual slavery, dai- rights or options. We thus must woefully misnamed phenom- occasions when families take ality of rape and abuse against (Baria Alamuddin is an award-win- ly torture and violation, fearing educate all our girls to know enon of “honour killing” is far action. Young girls who buck victims of war, but we are dou- ning journalist and broadcaster in the that each day would be their last. their rights; to know how to as- more prevalent than official re- tradition and shun arranged bly shamed by our inability to Middle East and the UK. She is editor I was overjoyed at Nadia Mu- sert themselves in the face of ports indicate. Studies in Russia’s marriages to pursue their ed - honestly speak out. In several of the Media Services Syndicate and rad becoming joint winner of the male aggression and harassment; Caucasus region demonstrate ucation are frequently sought countries, progress has been has interviewed numerous heads of Nobel Peace Prize. According to and to know they are capable of how the authorities collaborate out for trumped-up accusations, made in outlawing female gen- state.) No Alice in Wonderland!

ANAND NAIR sult, there are serious issues all salary increases four times, he set on credit that will impact my are always in doubt. If I could sell they save and spend. They know xams, salaries, job stabili- over. Increasing prices and over- will not be in a position to repay monthly budget? For how many one donkey, I will surely sell the how to save; in today’s world- they ty, rising prices, increasing heads have started taking a toll back immediately. A disturbing years will someone earn to just remaining ones too. With that we know how to invest. Remember Edemands! The swords are and expenditure of every family time awaits him very soon. How pay EMI’s, bank loans, luxury and will have lot of money and we can there is no free lunch (even at out. Every day seems to be a battle is in check. The lifestyle of many can he be supported, this is a big commodity loans? Where can the spend a lot. Money will start flow- home). We need to earn it. What- and the war is never ending. One and lifestyle decisions of many question mark. thin line be drawn? Who will draw ing. You take my word; it will. So ever we earn, we have lot of ave- of the best decisions that I took in have baffled me. Recently a friend Another friend mentioned how it? just spend.” He earned, she spent nues to spend. But let us be wise recent times is to stop watching came and shared some startling he has been a victim of excessive Rags to riches story happens till no more donkeys were left. and choose our spending. NEWS. I was bombed with nega- information about the financial charity. He has helped a few with only for Alice in Wonderland. For The future was bleak. With no What if Franklin Jerome (don’t tive surgical strikes daily and the mess another friend has landed money out of his meagre salary common people like us, Alice lives money, Mulla Naseeruddin real- worry who is he!) cannot go for a panel discussion on it. My mind into. He has used all his credit in times of need. The emotion- on the land full of ground realities ised that he lost many friends too. Paris trip! Let him create his hap- was not allowed to think freely cards (three of them I believe), al pressure was so much that he not in wonderland. When Mulla He broke down. His wife hugged piness as same as Paris even if he and independently. I became a have acquired maximum loans loaned out a portion of his salary. Naseeruddin (folklore character him and said, “Every donkey you visits his hometown. victim of planted new syndrome. from the banks, took private loans Today when he is in dire need, no believed to have existed in 1208, sold, I spent only half of the mon- It is not wise to survive on credit This is not me, I believe. Stopping at interest, borrowed from lot of one has the ability to return it. He Turkey) sold one donkey, he im- ey. Rest half I kept it in the earthen and create all stress around. news was a relief. It helped me known sources and now see an is scared that he too will get into mediately asked his wife to spend pot. We have money for our use. Be wise to live within our think free. uncertain future as he does not the vicious circle of borrowing. It the entire money. His wife who Let us use it wisely now at least.” means. Looking around, I can see only have any idea how to repay it. The is a commercial market and to sell, was very calculative asked him, Though it is just a story, we can No Alice in wonderland. Only expectations growing. The world bank collection department keeps the market hooks us to various “If we spend the entire money, draw lessons from it. Alice on Land. market is down and so are the on calling him after his failure to offers. If my phone is working what will be left for the future?” The rich is not rich because they (Anand Nair is a vice-principal at the markets in local areas. As a re - pay. I was shocked. Even if his fine, why do I need a latest hand- Mulla Naseeruddin replied, “You spend. The rich is rich because Indian School Bahrain)

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TWEETS4 forgotten women of conflict? vanishing vaquita? 01 Deeply traumatised women socialised to ‘know their place’ often have zero sense of their rights or options Less than two dozen of the tiny porpoises remain in the wild. But there’s plenty the government can do to avert its extinction some traditionalist attitudes, a italital mutilation, mutilation, yet yet the the social social y father abruptly victim of such abuse is no longer taboostaboos against against discussing discussing this this Mimmigrated to the an “honourable” part of society. abuseabuse by by parents parents against against their their US at age 44. He was a sen- Yet, instead of withdrawing into ownown daughters, daughters, along along with with the the ior executive, spoke fluent self-pity, Nadia and others defi- lacklack of of enlightened enlightened education education English, but was unable antly told their stories, helping andand debate, debate, make make it it difficult difficult to to to find suitable work. BARIA ALAMUDDIN make it possible for women to eliminateeliminate this this barbaric barbaric practice practice RICHARD PARKER While working two jobs, be non-judgmentally embraced altogether.altogether. he earned a PhD after six nternational Women’s Day back into their communities. TheThe UNUN, ,the the USUS, ,Europe Europe and and n recent decades, the sleek, years of night school at rightly celebrates the impres- These brave girls must feel no thethe world world have have had had their their op op-- wide-eyed vaquita porpoise age 66. Fight for your hap- Isive achievements of coura- shame. They are heroic survivors portunitiesportunities to to act act on on behalf behalf of of Ihas been pushed to the brink piness. And don’t quit on geous women. Yet the world has and witnesses to monstrous acts thethe female female victims victims of of war. war. Eight Eight of extinction by poachers pur- your dreams. had less to say about our most by sick individuals who them- yearsyears after after the the beginning beginning of of the the suing another critically endan- @ValaAfshar vulnerable sisters, as historically selves bring shame upon man- SyriaSyria uprising, uprising, it it is is safe safe to to say say gered sea creature, the totoaba, elevated levels of displacement kind. thatthat they they have have failed. failed. In In my my ex ex-- a fish whose swim bladder sells 02 due to conflict have left millions Around 1,500 foreign women perience,perience, inward-looking inward-looking West West-- on the Chinese black market for of women in hellish conditions in and children remain in Iraqi cus- ernern governments governments are are disgrace disgrace-- thousands of dollars. The por- sprawling refugee camps. tody accused of Daesh links: Are fullyfully set set to to become become less less engaged engaged poises end up caught in nets in- A common denominator in they victims or terrorists? Should onon these these challenges. challenges. tended for the totoaba and killed these camps — from Greece to we forgive them after they ex- I,I, and and women women like like me, me, live live in in as collateral damage. Lebanon and Yemen — are ep - press horror at Daesh’s crimes? aa blessed blessed cocoon: cocoon: Blessed Blessed by by The vaquita (its name is Span- idemic levels of rape and sexu- Should home countries support education,education, loving loving parents parents and and a a ish for “little cow”) is a toothed al violence, exacerbated by the them in overcoming their trau- thousandthousand opportunities opportunities to to im im-- whale and the smallest of all ce- oments ago, I stigma and ostracisation facing mas? Children aren’t accounta- proveprove our our status. status. Yet, Yet, how how can can taceans; a full-grown female can Mpledged that at the the innocent victims of these ble for the sins of their parents wewe celebrate celebrate breakthroughs breakthroughs for for measure just 5 feet and weigh end of my first term as crimes. Systematic rape in South but, according to Human Rights women’swomen’s rights rights knowing knowing that that only 75 pounds. Thousands of president we’ll close the Sudan or against Rohingya wom- Watch, that hasn’t prevented the tonighttonight millions millions of of terrorised terrorised vaquitas once plowed the Sea of teacher pay gap with the en seeks to humiliate and dehu- Iraqi authorities torturing and womenwomen will will cry cry themselves themselves to to Cortez, also known as the Gulf largest federal invest- manise entire populations based detaining hundreds of minors achieving the highest goals they Let us not brag about with participation in such brutal sleep,sleep, traumatised traumatised by by memo memo-- of California, which is bordered ment in teacher pay in on tribal or religious affiliation. A on vague and unproven charges. can imagine for themselves. women’s empowerment travesties sometimes even seen riesries of of vicious vicious abuse, abuse, and and from from on the east by the Mexican main- American history. No shocking 2011 statistic estimated Displaced Syrian women have In the pressure-cooker envi- until we have done as a route to social advancement. fearfear that that the the noises noises outside outside their their land and on the west by the Baja teacher should have to that 48 women were raped every been hugely vulnerable to ex- ronment of the refugee camps, everything in our power There have been cases of gang- flimsyflimsy shelters shelters emanate emanate from from California peninsula. Today, work 2-3 jobs to survive. hour in the Democratic Republic ploitation. Criminal networks — levels of domestic violence are rape where the attackers later menmen with with predatory predatory intentions? intentions? their numbers are estimated at That’s wrong. I’m ready of Congo, with sexual attacks including elements from Hezbol- appallingly high — 51 per cent to empower our most approached the woman’s fami- TheThe #MeToo #MeToo movement movement around 10 but no more than 22 to do something about it. becoming gruesomely routine in lah — have been involved in pros- of married Gazan women report vulnerable sisters. ly demanding that she be killed provesproves how how decisive decisive women’s women’s in the wild. Without a strictly @KamalaHarris many conflict zones. titution and people-smuggling domestic violence, while 76pc to atone for the dishonour she voicesvoices can can be be when when we we take take ac ac-- enforced ban on even possessing as pangas, armed with gillnets. shares some of the blame. Warn- Obrador can do nothing United States. Even before that, Thousands of Iraqis languish networks. Women have been report psychological abuse. For brought upon the perpetrators. tiontion against against sexual sexual harassment. harassment. gillnets, the species will soon These nets, made from near in- ings that the vaquita might van- and preside over the first the grocery retailer Trader Joe’s in miserable camps long after compelled or tricked with prom- 70 years, the daily realities of It is a joy to read the inspiring ItIt is is well well past past time time for for us us fortu fortu-- go extinct in the wild. Just last visible nylon mono- and mul- ish arose years ago when there had banned blue shrimp from 03 Daesh’s supposed defeat. Wives ises of work, finding themselves Palestinian women have been stories of successful women: natenate women women to to act act together together on on week, the badly decomposed tifilament, float on or near the were still hundreds in the wild, sea mammal extinction in the Sea of Cortez from its nearly have seen husbands and sons shackled into the worst forms of arrests, harassment and police Female government ministers, behalfbehalf of of those those women women — — from from body of what was thought to be surface and are weighted at the but it failed to take effective North America in decades. 500 stores because of concerns indefinitely detained, leaving slavery. Starving families resort brutality. Fearless women like leading businesswomen, wom- LibyaLibya to to Palestine Palestine to to Myanmar Myanmar a vaquita was found caught in a bottom. They kill indiscrimi- actions to protect them. López that vaquitas were being killed them prone to sexual predation to selling underage daughters Ahed Tamimi engage in acts of en who have conquered all in —— whose whose daily daily reality reality is is violence violence gillnet. nately, entangling everything Obrador’s predecessor, Enrique in gillnets intended for shrimp. by rampaging paramilitaries. into marriages with wealthy men defiance against the horrors of our male-dominated world. andand abuse. abuse. Let Let us us not not brag brag about about There is little time left to act from sea lion pups to great white Peña Nieto, banned the use of gill Even if he wasn’t facing that We can’t comprehend the who they never met. occupation, knowing the brutal However, there must not be si- women’swomen’s empowerment empowerment until until to save the vaquita, yet there is sharks. Today, there are so many nets in the porpoise’s habitat in economic pressure, saving the abuse that thousands of Yazidi Deeply traumatised women and arbitrary responses that Is- lence for the forgotten women wewe have have done done everything everything in in our our hope. For Mexico’s new pres- abandoned nets that the gov- 2015, for instance, but not their vaquita represents an opportu- ow good and pleas- women endured at the hands of socialised to “know their place” raeli police will mete out. whose suffering shames us all. powerpower to to empower empower our our most most vul vul-- ident, Andrés Manuel López ernment pays fishermen to drag possession. nity for the new president. Mex- Hant it is for breth- Daesh: Loved ones slaughtered, often have zero sense of their Within some populations, the to thwart such cases on the rare We are shamed by the daily re- nerablenerable sisters. sisters. Obrador, the fate of the little them ashore. An attempt to capture por- ican presidents cannot run for ren to dwell together in forced into sexual slavery, dai- rights or options. We thus must woefully misnamed phenom- occasions when families take ality of rape and abuse against porpoise represents political Poor poachers still use gill- poises to breed them in captivity re-election, so López Obrador is unity. Let’s heed God’s (Baria Alamuddin is an award-win- ly torture and violation, fearing educate all our girls to know enon of “honour killing” is far action. Young girls who buck victims of war, but we are dou- (Baria Alamuddin is an award-win- at the zenith of his power at the ningning journalist journalist and and broadcaster broadcaster in in the the opportunity and the chance of nets to catch the totoaba, whose in 2017 led to one dying; anoth- word and strive to weave that each day would be their last. their rights; to know how to as- more prevalent than official re- tradition and shun arranged bly shamed by our inability to MiddleMiddle East East and and the the UK UK. .She She is is editor editor failure. He can do nothing and swim bladder sells for $20,000 er nearly did and had to be re- start of his six-year term. strong bonds of friend- I was overjoyed at Nadia Mu- sert themselves in the face of ports indicate. Studies in Russia’s marriages to pursue their ed - honestly speak out. In several ofof the the Media Media Services Services Syndicate Syndicate and and preside over the first sea mam- on average in China for tradi- leased. The totoaba, however, By banning the possession of ship, brotherhood and rad becoming joint winner of the male aggression and harassment; Caucasus region demonstrate ucation are frequently sought countries, progress has been hashas interviewed interviewed numerous numerous heads heads of of mal extinction in North America tional medicine and even as in- is being bred in captivity, giving gillnets, López Obrador would construct a harmonious Nobel Peace Prize. According to and to know they are capable of how the authorities collaborate out for trumped-up accusations, made in outlawing female gen- state.)state.) in decades. Or he can save one vestments. A bladder is both a the species a path to survival. But slow the killing of both the toto- society. of Mexico’s national symbols high-end business gift and a sort that effort is likely to be coun- vaquita is one of Mexico’s na- aba and the vaquita and perhaps @WilliamsRuto and rescue a troubled fishing of trophy in itself. The trade is terproductive for the vaquita, tional animals, along with the resolve the trade dispute with industry. so lucrative that the drug car- because it will only encourage golden eagle and the jaguar. He’s the United States. By expanding 04 “This is doable even now,” said tels have become involved in the more poaching of the totoaba. under economic pressure to do the practice of paying more fish- NoNo AliceAlice Inin Wonderland! Brooke Bessesen, a conserva- poaching. The vaquita’s situation is so so. But by acting aggressively to erman to remove ghost nets, he tionist and author of a new book, Last April, Mexican author- dire that Thomas A Jefferson, a save the porpoise, he can also would put idle anglers to work. “Vaquita: Science Politics and ities stopped a Chinese man at San Diego marine biologist and fulfill core campaign promises By allowing video of illegal fish- ANAND NAIR Crime in the Sea of Cortez.” “We the Mexico City International conservationist, said he feared and emerge a hero, not just in ing to be used as evidence in sult, there are serious issues all salary increases four times, he set on credit that will impact my are always in doubt. If I could sell theythey save save and and spend. spend. They They know know have to come up with solutions Airport with 355 totoaba swim that extinction was its most like- Mexico but around the world. court — it is now not admissi- xams, salaries, job stabili- over. Increasing prices and over- will not be in a position to repay monthly budget? For how many one donkey, I will surely sell the howhow to to save; save; in in today’s today’s world- world- they they that buy time. This is not a num- bladders. Three days later, an- ly fate. “The conservationist in Pressure is coming from the ble — the Mexican navy could ty, rising prices, increasing heads have started taking a toll back immediately. A disturbing years will someone earn to just remaining ones too. With that we knowknow how how to to invest. invest. Remember Remember bers game. It’s a game of time.” other Chinese man bound for me doesn’t want to admit that United States. Last year, the make poaching arrests stick. And oted athletes @ Edemands! The swords are and expenditure of every family time awaits him very soon. How pay EMI’s, bank loans, luxury and will have lot of money and we can therethere is is no no free free lunch lunch (even (even at at The Sea of Cortez is 62,000 China had 417 swim bladders in but the biologist has to,” he said. United States Court of Interna- by managing the fishery wisely, NHimaDas8, @Di- out. Every day seems to be a battle is in check. The lifestyle of many can he be supported, this is a big commodity loans? Where can the spend a lot. Money will start flow- home).home). We We need need to to earn earn it. it. What What-- square miles of azure and tur- two suitcases. And in December, Yet the vaquita clings to life. tional Trade in New York tem- he would keep it producing for paKarmakar and @Sak- and the war is never ending. One and lifestyle decisions of many question mark. thin line be drawn? Who will draw ing. You take my word; it will. So everever we we earn, earn, we we have have lot lot of of ave ave-- quoise water that ranks as one Chinese officials confiscated 980 In October, four were spotted in porarily banned seafood imports Mexicans and foreign markets shiMalik, India is proud of the best decisions that I took in have baffled me. Recently a friend Another friend mentioned how it? just spend.” He earned, she spent nuesnues to to spend. spend. But But let let us us be be wise wise of the most productive fisheries pounds of swim bladders, esti- open water. The little porpoise from Mexico caught in the Sea alike. Already this kind of fishery of you and you inspire recent times is to stop watching came and shared some startling he has been a victim of excessive Rags to riches story happens till no more donkeys were left. andand choose choose our our spending. spending. in the world, with more than mated to be worth $26 million. may possess a unique genetic of Cortez with gillnets. The in- management is taking shape in many others youngsters. NEWS. I was bombed with nega- information about the financial charity. He has helped a few with only for Alice in Wonderland. For The future was bleak. With no WhatWhat if if Franklin Franklin Jerome Jerome (don’t (don’t 900 species of fin fish, including Sixteen people were arrested. advantage that could allow it junction was issued in response parts of Sonora. Now, it is time to inspire tive surgical strikes daily and the mess another friend has landed money out of his meagre salary common people like us, Alice lives money, Mulla Naseeruddin real- worryworry who who is is he!) he!) cannot cannot go go for for a a blue marlin and whale sharks. So it is no wonder that poach- to recover in the wild if just left to a lawsuit brought by envi- “There has to be some way. greater voter awareness panel discussion on it. My mind into. He has used all his credit in times of need. The emotion- on the land full of ground realities ised that he lost many friends too. ParisParis trip! trip! Let Let him him create create his his hap hap-- Commercial fishing started in ers and their gillnets have alone. The vaquita was never ronmentalists complaining that But this comes down to López and participation, espe- was not allowed to think freely cards (three of them I believe), al pressure was so much that he not in wonderland. When Mulla He broke down. His wife hugged pinesspiness as as same same as as Paris Paris even even if if he he earnest in the 1940s and is large- pushed the totoaba onto the list widely distributed, numbering the Trump administration was Obrador,” said Bessesen, the au- cially among youngsters. and independently. I became a have acquired maximum loans loaned out a portion of his salary. Naseeruddin (folklore character him and said, “Every donkey you visitsvisits his his hometown. hometown. ly concentrated off the Mexican of critically endangered species perhaps only 5,000 at its mod- not enforcing a 1972 law that thor. “He is the remaining flicker #VoteKar victim of planted new syndrome. from the banks, took private loans Today when he is in dire need, no believed to have existed in 1208, sold, I spent only half of the mon- ItIt is is not not wise wise to to survive survive on on credit credit state of Sonora, on the eastern maintained by the International ern height and located only in protects marine mammals from of hope for the vaquita.” @narendramodi This is not me, I believe. Stopping at interest, borrowed from lot of one has the ability to return it. He Turkey) sold one donkey, he im- ey. Rest half I kept it in the earthen andand create create all all stress stress around. around. shore of the sea. But poachers Union for Conservation of Na- the Sea of Cortez. But there is being killed in the process of So, yes, there is hope. But in news was a relief. It helped me known sources and now see an is scared that he too will get into mediately asked his wife to spend pot. We have money for our use. BeBe wise wise to to live live within within our our are generally thought to be the ture, and dragged the even more no evidence that it has hit the fishing. the Sea of Cortez, there is little think free. uncertain future as he does not the vicious circle of borrowing. It the entire money. His wife who Let us use it wisely now at least.” means.means. problem these days. endangered vaquita along with bottleneck of birth defects from It has been a crippling blow to time for either the president or Disclaimer: (Views expressed Looking around, I can see only have any idea how to repay it. The is a commercial market and to sell, was very calculative asked him, Though it is just a story, we can NoNo Alice Alice in in wonderland. wonderland. Only Only The small-scale fishermen it. The tiny porpoises drown inbreeding often seen in declin- the fishing industry in the Sea of the porpoise. by columnists are personal and expectations growing. The world bank collection department keeps the market hooks us to various “If we spend the entire money, draw lessons from it. Alice on Land. Cortez, blocking an estimated need not necessarily reflect our Alice on Land. who live on the sea’s western when they are snagged in these ing populations. (Richard Parker is the author of “Lone market is down and so are the on calling him after his failure to offers. If my phone is working what will be left for the future?” The rich is not rich because they 1,400 tons of seafood worth $300 editorial stances) (Anand(Anand Nair Nair is is a a vice-principal vice-principal at at the the and northern shores motor out nets. And so, there is hope — if Star Nation: How Texas Will Transform markets in local areas. As a re - pay. I was shocked. 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Bahrain participates in GCC CBB announces guidelines for eGovt meeting in Oman short selling, security lending TDT | Manama shall result in better price dis- covery, enhanced liquidity and entral Bank of Bahrain attracting new sophisticated (CBB) yesterday an - investors,” said Abeer Al Sheikh Cnounced a resolution in- Ebrahim Al Saad, Director of the troducing short selling of secu- Capital Markets Supervision rities as well as giving securities Directorate at the CBB. on loan into the capital markets She said that the Resolution ecosystem of Kingdom. encompasses the controls and The resolution No. (23) issued procedures pertaining to lend- Group photo of GCC eGovernment Executive Committee members by the top bank says that it is ing, borrowing and short selling “for the Issuance of Regulations of eligible securities, the obliga- TDT | Manama in respect of Short Selling and tions of the related parties, and Giving Securities on makes reference to guidelines Loan.” and instructions necessary to nformation & eGovernment Further citing Article (92) of implement the requirements of IAuthority (iGA) Chief Exec- the Decree No. (64) of 2006, the this Resolution. utive Mohammed Ali AlQaed bank states it would “specify the Sheikh Khalifa bin Ebrahim headed the 20th GCC eGov- types of securities, which may Sheikh Khalifa bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa, Abeer Al Sheikh Ebrahim Al Saad, Al-Khalifa, Chief Executive Of- ernment Executive Committee be traded by loan and short sale, Chief Executive Officer of Bahrain Director of the Capital Markets ficer of Bahrain Bourse and Vice Meeting – hosted during 24th the terms and procedures of Bourse and Vice Chairman & Managing Supervision Directorate at the CBB Chairman & Managing Director and 25th of March by Oman. such transactions and the rights Director of Bahrain Clear of Bahrain Clear stated, “The The highly esteemed meeting and obligations of all concerned roll-out of this market feature was attended by chief execu- Mohammed Ali AlQaed parties”. procedures related to dealing olution is to improve the effi- within the capital market is ex- tives and general managers of Licensed Exchange and the in securities through lending ciency of the capital markets in pected to attract significant in- GCC eGovernments. the next phase. Licensed Clearing House, the and borrowing and short selling the Kingdom by promoting new ternational investment interest During the meeting, the im- The committee present- CBB statement said, shall issue according to the provisions stip- investment and trading strate- as well as form a stepping stone plemented resolutions of the ed - during the meeting - a their own rules and guidelines ulated in the Resolution. gies through diversification of towards the achievements of an General Secretariat’s report study of utilizing framework and shall establish controls and “The objective of this Res - investment instruments which Emerging market status.” were viewed. The committee agreements with ICT suppliers also discussed the status of the – provided by the Sultanate eGovernment Strategic Guide- of Oman. It also discussed a lines- second phase. proposal on developing the Bahrain presented a study GCC Portal that the United in the field of eGovernment Arab Emirates presented. Af- Strategic Guidelines where ter viewing the agenda of the Dr. Khalid Ahmed AlMuta- 15th meeting for the National wah – Enterprise Architecture Center of Computer Emer- & Information Technology Di- gency Response Committee, rector at iGA – addressed the the committee approved the measures and requirements of recommendation put forward.

Sri Lanka opens work on $3.85bn refinery

Galleria Mall, Bahrain’s open-plan shopping destination in New Zinj held its first food market. The theme of the food market was Discover #Block331GalleriaMall which offered a variety of cuisines served up by the tenant restaurants. The event was in support of the Royal Charity Organisation’s Al Faris Project to donate insulin pumps to children with diabetes. Also present was the Bahrain Diabetic Society. The event also featured various entertainments and free blood sugar and blood pressure test

A man walks past a billboard of a construction site of an oil refinery and storage facility in the southern port city of Hambantota ver Park International, a com- Hambantota, Sri Lanka pany owned by an Indian busi- ness family. ri Lanka began construc- “The interest shown by the Stion yesterday of a nearly Oman government, the inter- $4 billion oil refinery it hopes est shown by many other in- will revive foreign interest vestors from other parts of the in its shipping facilities after world shows that Hambantota Beijing’s takeover of a near- will become a truly interna- by port spooked international tional investment zone,” Wick- investors. Prime Minister remesinghe said Sunday. Ranil Wickremesinghe said Wickremesinghe also said Hambantota, a district in Sri he hoped to strike a deal with- Lanka’s south which lies on in three months with Indian one of the world’s busiest ship- airport authorities to revive a ping lanes, would become a $210 million airport in Ham- global investment hub with the bantota dubbed the “world’s addition of the oil refinery and emptiest” international termi- storage complex. nal for its lack of flights. Kuwait Finance House employees who were recognised for their outstanding achievements and performance during the final quarter of 2018 under ‘Fursan Baytik’ The $3.85 billion project is The oil storage tanks are ex- Employee Recognition programme during a group photo opportunity at the award ceremony held at the bank’s Headquarters in Bahrain World Trade Center with the single largest foreign in- pected to be completed within Abdulhakeem AlKhayyat, the Managing Director and CEO at KFH-Bahrain. AlKhayyat presented the awards and certificates. The employees honoured included vestment in Sri Lanka’s history. two years while the refinery Khalid Al Ammadi from the Shari’a Audit Department in the ‘Teamwork’ Award category, Khalid Al- Ammer from the Corporate Banking Group in the ‘Teamwork’ It is jointly funded by Oman is due to be up and running Award Category, and Imran Rafeeq from the Financial Control Department for the “Smart Performance” Award Category and Singapore-registered Sil- by 2023. MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 11 MAX anti-stall software fix ready

New York, United States patch is in the hands of the au- confirmed nor denied the in- ers, owning 34 of the planes. modification, the 737 MAX will der investigation by the Trans- thorities, this source said that formation. “We’ve been working diligent- be outfitted with a warning light portation Department over fix to the anti-stall sys- nothing has been decided yet. The FAA had given until April ly and in close cooperation with for malfunctions in the anti-stall how the rollout of the jet was tem suspected in the The FAA declined to comment. for Boeing to make the necessary the FAA on the software update. system, an industry source told handled, including the anti-stall Acrash of a Boeing 737 The Lion Air crash in Indo- changes to the critical anti-stall We are taking a comprehensive AFP on Thursday, standardizing system. MAX 8 jet that killed 189 people nesia last October and another system, and on March 15 two and careful approach to design, a feature previously sold as an The acting FAA head is among in Indonesia is ready, industry accident this month involving anonymous industry sources develop and test the software optional extra. transport officials who are to sources said Saturday, as the an Ethiopian Airlines jet, which told AFP the upgrade would be that will ultimately lead to cer- Neither the Lion Air aircraft testify on Wednesday before a company tries to avoid a lengthy killed 346 people between them, ready in about 10 days. tification,” a Boeing spokeswom- nor the Ethiopian Airlines jet congressional subcommittee. grounding of its planes. have raised major concerns A spokesman for United Air- an said. had the feature, the industry Questioning is likely to focus Boeing was due to present the about the safety certification of lines, whose fleet includes 14 of “There will be training provid- source said. on tight links between Boeing patch to officials and pilots of US the 737 MAX 8 model. the 737 MAX 9 planes, confirmed ed by Boeing.” US and Ethiopian authorities and the regulators, who main- airlines -- American, Southwest The Ethiopian Airlines crash the company’s attendance at the In addition to the software have said this month’s crash of tain offices in the airplane fac- and United -- in Renton, Wash- on March 10 led to the global training session. modification, the industry Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 tories and delegated a large part ington state, where the plane is grounding of 737 MAX planes. sources said Boeing has also near Addis Ababa bore “similari- of the certification process for assembled, other sources said. Although it will take months Consumer protection finalized updates to its flight ties” to last year’s Lion Air crash. the 737 MAX and its anti-stall “Boeing has already finalized to determine the exact cause of Southwest and its SWAPA pi- and pilots’ training manuals, as Since the Ethiopian crash, system to employees of Boeing, the necessary corrective meas- both crashes, investigators in the lots union “have subject matter the FAA asked. pressure has intensified on Boe- sources said. ures for the MAX,” an aviation Lion case have honed in on the experts from our Technical Pi- “We have been engaging with ing and the image of the compa- Press reports say that the sector source told AFP on con- MCAS automated anti-stalling lot Team and Training Teams all 737 MAX operators and we ny -- which also makes combat Department of Justice has also dition of anonymity. system designed to point the headed to Boeing to review are continuing to schedule aircraft and space equipment opened a criminal investigation The Federal Aviation Admin- nose of the plane downward if documentation and training meetings to share information -- has been eroded. into the 737 MAX’s development. istration (FAA) will receive the it is in danger of stalling, or los- associated with the modifi- about our plans for supporting Share value of the firm, which Ralph Nader, the veteran US patch “early next week,” a gov- ing lift. cation to the B737 speed trim the 737 MAX fleet,” the Boeing says it is the world’s largest consumer protection advocate ernment source added. American Airlines and South- system,” a spokeswoman said. spokeswoman said, declining aerospace manufacturer, has who lost a relative in the Asked how long the certi- west pilots were set to test simu- The company is one of the to confirm the timeline for the dropped 12 percent since the Ethiopia crash, called Fri- fication process could take lators with the updates on Satur- biggest 737 MAX 8 cus- changes. accident, wiping out $28 billion day for an organization after the day, according to the sources. tom- In another in market capitalization to defend passengers’ Boeing neither Boeing and the FAA are un- rights.

Jakarta opens mass rapid transit system Last hurdle for EU

and they will leave their cars or copyright reform in The multi-billion motorcycles at home,” Widodo dollar• project is funded told journalists yesterday. European Parliament through a loan from Clogged streets Strasbourg, France the Japan International Over the past decade, rising will result in unprecedented Cooperation incomes in the country of 260 he European Parliament restrictions to web freedom. million have created a balloon- Twill vote Tuesday on con- Tens of thousands of pro - Agency (JICA) ing middle class and sent vehi- troversial copyright reforms testers rallied in cities around cle ownership soaring. championed by news publish- Germany on Saturday under The train system runs But that’s also brought haz- ers and the music business but the slogan “Save the Internet”. above• and below ground ardous air pollution and annual criticised by big tech and inter- There were similar protests economic losses that run into net freedom activists. in Austria, Poland and Portugal The line expects the billions as cars crawl along The run-up to the vote has on Saturday. • the capital’s roadways in the seen furious lobbying and pro- Germany is at the heart of 130,000 daily passengers steamy tropical heat -- alongside tests by both supporters and the anti-refrom movement, an underused bus system. opponents of the law, which is led by Julia Reda, a 32-year- Jakarta, Indonesia Passengers on board a Jakarta mass rapid transit (MRT) coach during a trial run Environmentalists hope designed to update European old Pirate Party MEP, who has in the city that the new line will cut traf- copyright legislation that is led a campaign against two of ndonesia’s capital inaugurat- fic-linked carbon emissions by now nearly two decades old. the law’s provisions that have Ied its first mass rapid transit about half. The reform, two years in the become flashpoints in the system on Sunday, a $1.1 billion It could also make a dent in making, is loudly backed by debate. project seen as crucial to tack- annual economic losses of some media companies and artists, First is Article 13, which aims ling some of the world’s worst 65 trillion Rupiah ($4.6 billion) who want to obtain a better to strengthen the bargaining traffic congestion. linked to road congestion. return from web platforms -- power of rights holders with President Joko Widodo and The multi-billion dollar pro- such as YouTube or Facebook platforms such as YouTube, other officials joined a ceremo- ject is funded through a loan -- that use their content. Facebook and Soundcloud, ny in Jakarta to give a green from the Japan International It is strongly opposed by which use their content. light for the 16-kilometre (10 Cooperation Agency (JICA). some of those same internet In the reform, for the first mile) line, almost six years after “We think MRT Jakarta is the giants such as YouTube-own- time European law would construction began on the Japa- project of the century for us,” er Google, which make huge hold platforms legally re - nese-backed project. JICA senior vice president Tana- profits from the advertising sponsible for enforcing copy- Tens of thousands of excited ka Yasushi told reporters. generated on content they right, requiring them to check Jakartans were in attendance But transport analysts have host, and also by supporters everything that their users and eager to try riding on the cautioned that the new line and of a free internet, who fear it post to prevent infringement. subway for the first time, mob- Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo (R) greets people gathered outside the cheap prices will not cure the bing the president for selfies Bundaran HI mass rapid transit (MRT) station traffic woes of a city infatuated while music blared and tradi- 30 minutes from around two work is also being built to link with private vehicles and with tional performers danced on a hours, offering some relief to satellite cities with Jakarta, few decent sidewalks. nearby stage. frustrated commuters long used nicknamed the Big Durian after “The MRT won’t immediately “Honestly I am so happy,” of- to spending much of their day the pungent fruit that bitterly ease the traffic because chang- fice worker Mutia Fitrianti told stuck in traffic. divides fans and its detractors. ing the culture and attitudes AFP. “Now we don’t have to go The new line is set to open to The public transit projects isn’t easy,” Hendi Bowoputro, a abroad just to ride an MRT.” the public on Monday, with tick- are part of a sweeping infra - public transit expert at the Uni- The train system runs above ets free during the first week. structure push that Widodo versity of Brawijaya, told AFP and below ground and stretches Construction on a second line hopes will boost the fortunes of before the inauguration. from the central Hotel Indone- linking downtown to Jakarta’s Southeast Asia’s biggest econo- And the line’s expected sia to the southern reaches of northern port is also kicking off my -- and get him re-elected in 130,000 daily passengers rep- the Southeast Asian megalopolis Sunday with completion slated national polls next month. resent only about 10 percent of some 30 million people. for 2024, and more lines are “If we have and integrated of those who already cram into A protester holds a plastic “Godzilla” and a portrait of German member of It aims to cut travel times envisioned in the future. transportation system, it will a decades-old commuter rail European Parliament Axel Voss during a demonstration under the slogan between the two points to just A separate elevated rail net- be easier for people to go places network. “Save The Internet” against the planned copyright law in Berlin MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 12

Apple eyes streaming, services San Francisco, United States Saudi stocks retreat pple looks to begin a fresh Areinvention today as it rolls out Hollywood stars for its new Petrochemicals streaming television service, • part of a broad shift of direction and banks weigh for the California technology on Saudi index giant. Having seen a pullback in the SHUAA Capital once-sizzling smartphone mar- surges• on merger talks ket, Apple will seek to diversify by getting deeper into the tel- evision business, and with the Banking shares likely launch of a subscription fall• in Abu Dhabi news service. The iPhone maker, which has Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the Economic Summit held for the China Reuters | Dubai officially been mum on its plans, Development Forum in Beijing was expected to bring in Jennif- er Aniston, Reese Witherspoon enough, people will subscribe,” quarterly earnings releases and audi Arabia’s stock mar- Traders on the floor of Saudi Stock market (Courtesy of Amazons) and “Star Wars” director J.J. Greengart said. has taken to stressing the mon- ket closed lower yesterday, Abrams to a launch event at its “This is not new, but it is hard ey-making potential of selling Salong with other Gulf mar- Silicon Valley headquarters. to do well.” services, apps, music, movies kets, having ended the previous Closing Bell a working group to review the “It seems fairly obvious they The event comes with Apple and more to the millions of peo- week at its highest in nearly SAUDI  0.7 pc to 8,647 pts commercial potential of a deal. are launching a new video under pressure to diversify its ple using its devices. four years after inclusion in the The Abu Dhabi index closed  0.6 pc to 5,095 pts service,” said Techsponential revenues amid sluggish growth The new service will be “a FTSE Russell’s emerging-mar- ABU DHABI 0.6pc down, with First Abu technology market analyst Avi in smartphones, which have pivotal step for Cupertino in ket index. DUBAI  0.4 pc to 2,619 pts Dhabi Bank and Abu Dhabi Greengart. delivered the bulk of Apple’s further driving its services fly- Saudi’s Tadawul index will QATAR  0.6 pc to 9,890 pts Commercial Bank losing 0.9pc Big questions to be answered profits for the past decade. wheel and entering the ‘stream- have a weighting of 2.9 per cent and 0.7pc respectively. EGYPT  0.4 pc to 14,841 pts include how compelling con- While iPhone sales remain ing content arms race’ which is in the FTSE Emerging All Cap Qatar’s index was off 0.6pc tent will be; how much the ser- enviable, growth has stalled. clearly starting to take form,” Index and this year will join the KUWAIT  0.5 pc to 5,920 pts as Qatar National Bank gave vice will cost, and what makes Meanwhile, money Apple takes said Daniel Ives of Wedbush MSCI emerging market bench- OMAN  0.6 pc to 4,127 pts up 1pc, Industries Qatar lost it unique in an increasingly in from selling services or digi- Securities in a research note. mark. 0.8pc, and Commercial Bank BAHRAIN  0.3 pc at 1,423 pts crowded streaming television tal content has climbed. Ives said he believes Apple’s The Saudi index dropped fell by 1.9pc. market, according to the an- The Cupertino-based com- services business will be “worth 0.7pc yesterday, dragged down In Egypt, the index firmed by alyst. pany recently stopped disclos- roughly $400 billion on a stan- by petrochemical and banking lost 1.1pc. 0.4pc, helped by a 0.5pc gain for “If the content is compelling ing iPhone sales numbers with dalone basis.” shares. In Dubai, the main index manufacturer Eastern Co and a Petrochemical companies dipped by 0.4pc, extending 1.5pc rise for Commercial Inter- Saudi Basic Industries and Sau- Thursday’s losses, with the national Bank. Crowded stage di Kayan closed 1.1pc and 4.6pc Dubai Islamic Bank falling 1pc El Sewedy Electric Co also down respectively. Sipchem and Emirates NBD losing 0.6pc. gained 1.5pc. n streaming, Apple is taking expected, could launch a for- forms. lost 0.9pc after its chief exec- Developers DAMAC Proper- Arqaam Capital said in a note Ion not just Netflix and Am- midable challenge to Netflix, Subscriptions to online video utive Ahmad al-Ohali resigned ties and Emaar Properties lost that it sees an increasing chance azon but some of the biggest which has some 140 million services globally climbed 27 following his appointment as 2.1pc and 0.4pc respectively. of a 50-100bps interest rate cut names in the media-entertain- paid subscribers in 190 mar- percent last year to 613 million, Governor of the General Au- SHUAA Capital surged 15pc in Egypt because of a more dov- ment world. kets, and to other services such eclipsing cable television sub- thority for Military Industries. after announcing it was in ish stance in the United States, Walt Disney Co. has an - as Amazon and Hulu. scriptions for the first National Commercial Bank talks with Abu Dhabi Financial strengthening the Egyptian nounced its new streaming These rivals are coming into time, according retreated by 1.1pc, Al Rajhi Bank Group on a potential merger. pound, and continued portfo- service Disney+ will launch the segment which has been to the Motion eased by 0.4pc and Riyad Bank It said each party had formed lio inflows. this year, as will another from transformed by the spectacular Picture Asso- WarnerMedia, the newly ac- growth of Netflix and a grow- ciation of quired media-entertainment ing movement by consumers America. division of AT&T. to on-demand television de- Abu Dhabi aims to lure start-ups with new technology hub The new entrants, with more livered over internet plat- Reuters | Abu Dhabi stimulus fund, Ghadan 21, in September last year to acceler- What’s new in news? bu Dhabi will commit up ate economic growth. Ghadan Ato 1 billion dirhams ($272 means tomorrow in Arabic. pple is also widely be - Journal would be part of the Bloomberg News, the website million) to support technology The new initiative, named Alieved to be set to launch a Apple service likely to cost $10 Vox would also be part of the start-ups, it said yesterday, in a Hub 71, is linked to Ghadan will subscription news service de- a month, but that many other Apple News effort. dedicated hub as part of efforts also involve the launch of a 500 scribed as a “Netflix for news” news organizations including The move comes amid deep- to diversify its economy. million dirham fund to invest in with partners in the media the prestigious New York daily ening woes for the news sector US tech giant Microsoft will start-ups, said Ibrahim Ajami, world. and the Washington Post were facing a difficult transition to be a strategic partner, providing head of Mubadala Ventures, the A New York Times re - balking due the digital world where few technology and cloud services technology arm of Mubadala port said the Wall Street to Apple’s people want to pay for infor- to the businesses that join the Investment Co. demand for mation and advertising is prob- hub as the capital of the Unit- The goal is to have 100 com- a 50 percent lematic. ed Arab Emirates continues its panies over the next three to slice of Along with investing some push to reduce reliance on oil five years, Ajami said. “The reve- of its considerable war chest revenue. market opportunities in this nue. in original shows, Apple could Abu Dhabi derives about 50 region are immense,” he added. Ac- try to spice up its streaming per cent of its real gross do - Mubadala, with assets of cord- service by adding in benefits mestic product and about 90pc General view of Abu Dhabi $225 billion and a big investor ing to such as access to its music li- of central government revenue S&P. in tech companies, will act as brary or online storage capacity from the hydrocarbon sector, The emirate launched a 50 the driver of the hub, located in at iCloud. according to ratings agency billion dirham ($13.6 billion) the emirate’s financial district. Malaysia threatens EU fighter jet boycott over palm oil bloc’s plan to phase out its use saying by the official Bernama French lawmakers in biofuels at the World Trade news agency. But the premier • Organization. Both Malaysia and said he was not “declaring war” recently voted to remove Indonesia have been at logger- on the EU as his country need- palm oil from the heads with EU lawmakers over ed goods from the bloc, many country’s biofuel scheme the crop’s cultivation, which has members of which are among starting from next year caused rampant deforestation Malaysia’s top trading partners. and destruction of wildlife. Mahathir’s remarks come In his strongest statement yet ahead of a five-day internation- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the proposed curbs, Malay- al defence exhibition starting sian Prime Minister Mahathir Monday on the resort island of alaysia may retaliate Mohamad said his country could Langkawi, where representa- Magainst an EU plan to curb look elsewhere to upgrade its tives of global weapons manu- palm oil use by purchasing new ageing air force fleet of Rus - facturers have gathered. fighter jets from China instead sian Mig-29 fighters -- in effect Any EU palm oil curbs could of European arms companies, its abandoning plans to purchase seriously hurt farmers who rep- leader said yesterday. France’s Rafale jet or the Euro- resent an important voter base The Southeast Asian coun- fighter Typhoon. in both Malaysia and Indonesia. try is the world’s second largest “If they keep on taking action Both countries are struggling palm oil producer after neigh- against us, we will think of buy- to spur demand in palm oil, bouring Indonesia, and recent- ing airplanes from China or any Palm oil trees at the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) research station in Bukit which is used in everything from ly threatened to challenge the other country,” he was quoted as Lawiang in southern Johor state soap to chocolate. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad 13 MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019

AKSHAY KUMAR, PARINEETI CHOPRA, BHAGYASHREE OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PM SAAR 1- US (15+) (HORROR/THRILLER) NEW 3- FIVE FEET APART (PG-15) (DRAMA/ROMANTIC) 1- US (15+) (HORROR/THRILLER) NEW LUPITA NYONG’O, ELISABETH MOSS, ANNA DIOP NEW LUPITA NYONG’O, ELISABETH MOSS, ANNA DIOP DAILY AT: 1.15 + 6.15 + 11.15 PM HALEY LU RICHARDSON, COLE SPROUSE, MOISES ARIAS DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 + 6.15 + 8.45 + (11.15 PM THUR/ DAILY AT (VIP): 3.15 + 8.15 PM DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PM FRI) 2- KESARI (15+) (HINDI/ACTION/DRAMA) NEW 4- HOTEL MUMBAI (18+) (CRIME/THRILLER/DRAMA) 2- KESARI (15+) (HINDI/ACTION/DRAMA) NEW AKSHAY KUMAR, PARINEETI CHOPRA, BHAGYASHREE NEW AKSHAY KUMAR, PARINEETI CHOPRA, BHAGYASHREE DAILY AT: 11.45 AM + 2.45 + 5.45 + 8.45 + 11.45 PM DEV PATEL, ARMIE HAMMER, NAZANIN BONIADI DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 2.00 + 5.00 + 8.00 + (11.00 PM THURS/FRI) DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.30 + 6.00 + 8.30 + 11.00 PM 3- FIVE FEET APART (PG-15) (DRAMA/ROMANTIC) 3- FIVE FEET APART (PG-15) (DRAMA/ROMANTIC) NEW 5- MANOU THE SWIFT (PG) (HINDI/ANIMATION/AD- NEW HALEY LU RICHARDSON, COLE SPROUSE, MOISES ARIAS VENTURE/DRAMA) NEW HALEY LU RICHARDSON, COLE SPROUSE, MOISES ARIAS DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 3.45 + 8.45 PM WILLEM DAFOE, KATE WINSLET, ROB PAULSEN DAILY AT: 4.45 + 7.00 + 9.15 + (11.30 PM THURS/FRI) DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.00 + 4.00 + 6.00 PM 4- HOTEL MUMBAI (18+) (CRIME/THRILLER/DRAMA) 4- HOTEL MUMBAI (18+) (CRIME/THRILLER/DRAMA) NEW 6- DAMASCUS ALEPPO (PG-13) (ARABIC/DRAMA) NEW NEW DEV PATEL, ARMIE HAMMER, NAZANIN BONIADI DOURAID LAHAM, SABAH JAZAIRI, SALMA MASRI DEV PATEL, ARMIE HAMMER, NAZANIN BONIADI DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 4.15 + 9.00 PM DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + 6.45 + 9.00 + 11.15 PM DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 3.45 + 8.45 PM 7- CAPTAIN MARVEL (PG-13) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) 5- CAPTAIN MARVEL (PG-13) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) 5- MARD KO DARD NAHIN HOTA (PG-15) (HINDI/AC- 19-JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN (PG) (COMEDY/ BRIANNA DENSKI, JENNIER GARNER, KEN HUDSON TION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY) NEW BRIE LARSON, GEMMA CHAN, SAMUEL L. 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JACKSON ABHIMANYU DASANI, GULSHAN DEVAIAH, RADHIKA MADAN DAILY AT (ATMOS): 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.45 + 6.30 + 9.15 PM + DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 12.45 + 2.45 + 4.45 + 6.45 + 8.45 + 10.45 PM DAILY AT: 1.15 + 6.15 + (11.15 PM THURS/FRI) 12.00 MN ROWAN ATKINSON, OLGA KURYLENKO, EMMA THOMPSON DAILY AT: 2.00 + 6.45 + 11.30 PM DAILY AT (ARABIC DUBBED): 11.45 AM + 3.45 + 7.45 PM DAILY AT:(1.00 AM THURS/FRI) DAILY AT: 2.45 + 7.15 + 11.45 PM 6- WONDER PARK (PG) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/ COMEDY) 6- MANOU THE SWIFT (PG) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE) DAILY AT (IMAX 3D): 12.00 + 2.45 + 5.30 + 8.15 + 11.00 PM 20-AQUAMAN (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) 12-COLD PURSUIT (15+) (ACTION/CRIME/DRAMA) NEW DAILY AT (VIP II): 11.30 AM + 2.15 + 5.00 + 7.45 + 10.30 PM BRIANNA DENSKI, JENNIER GARNER, KEN HUDSON JASON MOMOA, AMBER HEARD, NICOLE KIDMAN LIAM NEESON, EMMY ROSSUM, LAURA DERN CAMPBELL WILLEM DAFOE, KATE WINSLET, ROB PAULSEN DAILY AT: 1.15 + 5.45 + 10.15 PM DAILY AT (KIDS CINEMA): 12.30 + 8.30 PM 8- WONDER PARK (PG) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/ DAILY AT: 1.15 + 6.30 + 11.45 PM DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 12.45 + 2.45 PM COMEDY) 13-THE UPSIDE (PG-15) (COMEDY/DRAMA) 7- ULAN (PG-15) (FILIPINO/DRAMA/THRILLER) NEW BRIANNA DENSKI, JENNIER GARNER, KEN HUDSON CAMPBELL SEEF (II) KEVIN HART, BRYAN CRANSTON, NICOLE KIDMAN AL HAMRA MARCO GUMABAO, ANGELI BAYANI, KYLIE VERZOSA DAILY AT: 2.30 + 7.00 + 11.30 PM DAILY AT: 12.00 + 4.30 + 9.00 PM DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 12.30 + 2.30 + 4.30 + 6.30 + 8.30 + 10.30 PM DAILY AT (ARABIC DUBBED): 11.30 AM + 3.30 + 7.30 + 11.30 PM 1- US (15+) (HORROR/THRILLER) NEW 1- OTTAM (PG-15) (MALAYALAM) NEW 14- CAPHARNAUM (18+) (ARABIC/DRAMA) 8- CAPTAIN MARVEL (PG-13) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) LUPITA NYONG’O, ELISABETH MOSS, ANNA DIOP NANDHU ANAND, ROSHAN ULLAS, ALENCIER 9- ESCAPE ROOM (PG-15) (THRILLER) DAILY AT: (12.45 MN THURS/FRI) KAWTHAR AL HADDAD, NADINE LABAKY, FADI YOUSEF DAILY AT: 6.00 PM + (12.00 MN THURS/FRI) BRIE LARSON, GEMMA CHAN, SAMUEL L. JACKSON DAILY AT: 11.45 AM + 4.15 + 8.45 + 11.45 PM DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PM TAYLOR RUSSELL, LOGAN MILLER, DEBORAH ANN WOLL DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 12.45 + 3.00 + 5.15 + 7.30 + 9.45 PM + 12.00 2- KESARI (15+) (HINDI/ACTION/DRAMA) NEW 2- TO LET (PG-13) (TAMIL) NEW DAILY AT (3D): 2.00 + 6.30 + 11.00 PM MN AKSHAY KUMAR, PARINEETI CHOPRA, BHAGYASHREE 15-HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN P SANTOSH SREERAM, SHEELA RAJKUMAR, AADHIRA DAILY AT (VIP): 12.45 + 5.45 + 10.45 PM DAILY AT: (12.45 MN THURS/FRI) WORLD (PG) (ANIMATION/ACTION/ADVENTURE) APNDILAKSHMI 10- BADLA (PG-15) (HINDI/THRILLER/CRIME) CATE BLANCHETT, JONAH HILL, GERARD BUTLER DAILY AT: 12.00 NOON 9- WONDER PARK (PG) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/ AMITABH BACHCHAN, TAPSEE PANNU, TONY LUKE 3- FIVE FEET APART (PG-15) (DRAMA/ROMANTIC) DAILY AT: 1.45 + 5.45 + 9.45 PM COMEDY) DAILY AT: 12.15 + 4.45 + 9.15 PM NEW 3- KUMBALANGI NIGHT (PG-13) (MALAYALAM) BRIANNA DENSKI, JENNIER GARNER, KEN HUDSON SHANE NIGAM, SOUBIN SHAHIR, FAHADH FAASIL CAMPBELL HALEY LU RICHARDSON, COLE SPROUSE, MOISES ARIAS DAILY AT (KIDS CINEMA): 10.30 AM + 2.30 + 4.30 + 6.30 + 10.30 11- GRETA (15+) (THRILLER/CRIME) DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 + 6.15 + 8.45 + 11.15 PM SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 3.00 + 9.00 PM PM *- CHLOE GRACE MORETZ, ISABELLE HUPPERT, MAIKA MONROE 4- HOTEL MUMBAI (18+) (CRIME/THRILLER/DRAMA) 1- US (15+) (HORROR/THRILLER) NEW 10- BADLA (PG-15) (HINDI/THRILLER/CRIME) DAILY AT: 8.00 + 10.00 PM + 12.00 MN NEW LUPITA NYONG’O, ELISABETH MOSS, ANNA DIOP WADI AL SAIL AMITABH BACHCHAN, TAPSEE PANNU, TONY LUKE DEV PATEL, ARMIE HAMMER, NAZANIN BONIADI DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 + 6.15 + 8.45 + 11.15 PM 12-COLD PURSUIT (15+) (ACTION/CRIME/DRAMA) DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 2.00 + 4.30 + 7.00 + 9.30 PM + 12.00 MN 1- US (15+) (HORROR/THRILLER) NEW LIAM NEESON, EMMY ROSSUM, LAURA DERN 2- KESARI (15+) (HINDI/ACTION/DRAMA) NEW LUPITA NYONG’O, ELISABETH MOSS, ANNA DIOP DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM 5- MANOU THE SWIFT (PG) (HINDI/ANIMATION/AD- AKSHAY KUMAR, PARINEETI CHOPRA, BHAGYASHREE DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PM 11- TOTAL DHAMAAL (PG-13) (HINDI/COMEDY/AD- VENTURE/DRAMA) NEW DAILY AT: 12.00 + 3.00 + 6.00 + 9.00 PM + 12.00 MN VENTURE) 13- FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY (15+) (DRAMA/COME- WILLEM DAFOE, KATE WINSLET, ROB PAULSEN 2- KESARI (15+) (HINDI/ACTION/DRAMA) NEW AJAY DEVGN, MADHURI DIXIT, ANIL KAPOOR DY/BIOGRAPHY) DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 3.45 + 8.15 PM 3- MARD KO DARD NAHIN HOTA (PG-15) (HINDI/AC- AKSHAY KUMAR, PARINEETI CHOPRA, BHAGYASHREE DAILY AT: 3.15 + 8.45 PM DWAYNE JOHNSON, FLORENCE PUGH, JACK LOWDEN TION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY) NEW DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 2.15 + 5.15 + 8.15 + 11.15 PM DAILY AT: 12.30 + 2.45 + 5.00 + 7.15 + 9.30 + 11.45 PM 6- ULAN (PG-15) (FILIPINO/DRAMA/THRILLER) NEW ABHIMANYU DASANI, GULSHAN DEVAIAH, RADHIKA MADAN 12-GULLY BOY (PG-15) (HINDI/DRAMA/MUSICAL) MARCO GUMABAO, ANGELI BAYANI, KYLIE VERZOSA DAILY AT: 12.15 + 2.30 + 4.45 + 7.00 + 9.15 + 11.30 PM 3- FIVE FEET APART (PG-15) (DRAMA/ROMANTIC) ALIA BHAT, RANVEER SINGH, SIDDHANT CHATURVEDI 14-THE UPSIDE (PG-15) (COMEDY/DRAMA) DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 1.30 + 3.30 + 5.30 + 7.30 + 9.30 + 11.30 PM NEW DAILY AT: 2.00 + 8.00 PM KEVIN HART, BRYAN CRANSTON, NICOLE KIDMAN 4- ESCAPE ROOM (PG-15) (THRILLER) HALEY LU RICHARDSON, COLE SPROUSE, MOISES ARIAS DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 + 6.15 + 8.45 + 11.15 PM 7- DAMASCUS ALEPPO (PG-13) (ARABIC/DRAMA) NEW TAYLOR RUSSELL, LOGAN MILLER, DEBORAH ANN WOLL DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM 13- KUMBALANGI NIGHT (PG-13) (MALAYALAM) DOURAID LAHAM, SABAH JAZAIRI, SALMA MASRI DAILY AT: 2.00 + 6.30 + 11.00 PM 15-NADI ELREGAL EL SERI (PG-15) (ARABIC/COMEDY) DAILY AT: 12.30 + 2.45 + 5.00 + 7.15 + 9.30 + 11.45 PM 4- HOTEL MUMBAI (18+) (CRIME/THRILLER/DRAMA) SHANE NIGAM, SOUBIN SHAHIR, FAHADH FAASIL NEW DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 5.00 + 11.00 PM KARIM ABDULAZIZ, GHADA ADEL, MAJDE ALKIDDAWI 5- BADLA (PG-15) (HINDI/THRILLER/CRIME) DAILY AT: 12.15 + 2.30 + 4.45 + 7.00 + 9.15 + 11.30 PM 8- MIRAI (PG) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/DRAMA) AMITABH BACHCHAN, TAPSEE PANNU, TONY LUKE DEV PATEL, ARMIE HAMMER, NAZANIN BONIADI 14-KODATHI SMAKSHAM BALAN VAKEEL (PG-13) NEW DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PM DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 3.45 + 8.45 + 11.00 PM (MALAYALAM) 16-GLASS (PG-15) (THRILLER) DANIEL DAE KIM, REBECCA HALL, JOHN CHO DILEEP, MAMTA MOHANDAS, PRIYA ANAND JAMES MCAVOY, BRUCE WILLIS, SAMUEL L. 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MOVIE REVIEW CHANGE OF NAME Capernaum: little boy lost in I, RAKESH KUMAR s/o SURINDER I, PRAMOD KUMAR s/o RAJA I, SWARAN SINGH S/o. BALTEJ I, RAJENDRA S/o. SRISANT, an unjust world KUMAR holding Indian Passport RAM holding Indian Passport SINGH, holding Indian Passport holding Indian Passport No. No. H 7627012 dated 15.09.2009 No. H 6718128 dated 16.09.2009 No. P0858786 dated 09-09-2016 H3461571 dated 04-03-2009 issued apernaum, also known as Capharnaüm issued at AMRITSAR having issued at LUCKNOW having issued at Amritsar having permanent at Lucknow having permanent (Arabic: translated on-screen as Cha- permanent residence at (full address permanent residence at (full address residence at BASTI SANTA SINGH residence at VILL. MAHARAJGANJ os), is a 2018 Lebanese drama film di- in India) VILL- MUNNAWALI, P.O- in India) GOVINDPUR, FARENDA, MAL , MATTA , FARIDKOT , TOLA MURTANAVA , P.O C DODWAH, DIST- GURDASPUR. MAHARAJGANG, UTTAR rected by Nadine Labaki. The screenplay was PIN: 151204, PUNJAB , INDIA. PARMESHVARPUR, P.S. GULARIHA, written by Labaki, Jihad Hojaily and Michelle Presently residing at (full address in PRADESH. Presently residing at (full presently residing at BLDG. NO. GORAKHPUR, UP. Presently residing Keserwany from a story by Labaki, Hojaily, Bahrain) BUILDING. 914, ROAD. address in Bahrain) BUILDING. 1567, ROAD NO. 736 , BLOCK NO. at BLDG. NO. 2122, ROAD NO. 1734 Keserwany, Georges Khabbaz and Khaled 31, BLOCK. 623, KINGDOM OF 914, ROAD. 31, BLOCK. 623, 607 , ABU AL AYASH, BAHRAIN , BLOCK NO. 117, P.O BOX NO. 5021, Mouzanar. The film stars Zain Al Rafeea as BAHRAIN will henceforth be known KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN will will henceforth be known as (Given HIDD, BAHRAIN will henceforth be Zain El Hajj, a 12-year-old living in the slums of as (given name) RAKESH (Surname) henceforth be known as (given name) Name) SWARAN (Surname) known as (Given Name) RAJENDRA Beirut. The film is told in flashback format, fo- KUMAR. Objection (s), if any, may be PRAMOD(Surname) KUMAR. SINGH, Objection(s), if any, may be (Surname) PRASAD, Objection(s), if any, cusing on Zain’s life and leading to his attempt forwarded to Embassy of India, P.O. Box Objection (s), if any, may be forwarded forwarded to Embassy of India, P.O. may be forwarded to Embassy of India, 26106, Adiliya, Kingdom of Bahrain. to Embassy of India, P.O. Box 26106, Box No. 26106, Bldg. 1090, Road 2819, P.O. Box No. 26106, Bldg. 1090, Road 2819, to sue his parents for child neglect. Adiliya, Kingdom of Bahrain. Block 428, Al-Seef, Bahrain. Block 428, Al-Seef, Bahrain. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st I, PARMOD KUMAR s/o ASHOK Academy Awards,among several other acco- KUMAR holding Indian Passport No. I, PARDEEP KUMAR s/o KARAM I, HARIRAM S/o. SOHAN I, HARWINDER SINGH S/o. lades. H 5581437 dated 09.09.2009 issued CHAND holding Indian Passport No. LAL, holding Indian Passport No. SUKHCHAIN SINGH, holding Indian The film received critical acclaim, with at SHIMLA having permanent H 7733934 dated 24.09.2009 issued Z2002098 dated 01-09-2015 issued at Passport No. R9411819 dated 05-03-2018 particular praise given to Labaki’s direction, residence at (full address in India) at ABU DHABI having permanent Bahrain having permanent residence issued at Amritsar having permanent Al Rafeea’s performance and the film’s “doc- VPO- NANGRAN, THE- AND DIST. residence at (full address in India) VPO- at VILL. BATHOD, VIA. PATODA, residence at VPO. MATTA , TEH umentary-like realism”. Writing for The New UNA, PIN- 174315, HIMACHAL RURKA KALAN, THE- PHILLAUR, SIKAR, RAJASTHAN. presently JAITU, FARIDKOT , PIN: 151204, York Times, Manohla Dargis and A. O. Scott PRADESH. Presently residing at (full DT- JALANDHAR, PUNJAB. residing at VILLA. 616, ROAD NO. PUNJAB , INDIA. Presently residing named it as one of the greatest films of 2018. address in Bahrain) BUILDING. 914, Presently residing at (full address in 1610 , BLOCK NO. 1216 , HAMAD at BLDG. NO. 1428, ROAD NO. 4468, ROAD. 31, BLOCK. 623, KINGDOM Bahrain) BUILDING. 914, ROAD. will henceforth Capernaum holds an 89% approval rating TOWN, BAHRAIN BLOCK NO. 644, AL NUWAIDRAT, OF BAHRAIN will henceforth be 31, BLOCK. 623, KINGDOM OF be known as (Given Name) HARI BAHRAIN will henceforth be known as based on reviews by 143 critics on Rotten To- known as (given name) PARMOD BAHRAIN will henceforth be known (Surname) RAM, Objection(s), if (Given Name) HARWINDER (Surname) matoes. On Metacritic., the film has a weighted (Surname) KUMAR. Objection (s), if as (given name) PARDEEP (Surname) any, may be forwarded to Embassy SINGH , Objection(s), if any, may be average score of 75 out of 100 based on reviews any, may be forwarded to Embassy of KUMAR. Objection (s), if any, may be of India, P.O. Box No. 26106, Bldg. forwarded to Embassy of India, P.O. Box from 33 critics, indicating “Generally favour- India, P.O. Box 26106, Adiliya, Kingdom forwarded to Embassy of India, P.O. Box 1090, Road 2819, Block 428, Al-Seef, No. 26106, Bldg. 1090, Road 2819, Block able reviews”. of Bahrain. 26106, Adiliya, Kingdom of Bahrain. Bahrain. 428, Al-Seef, Bahrain. 14 MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019

Streisand clarifies Kylie, Travis her remarks on MJ are planning a Los Angeles Emilia eteran singer-actress family vacation Clarke VBarbra Streisand has Los Angeles clarified the remarks she made about the recent alle- eality TV personality Kylie gations of underage sexual Jenner and her beau and rap- abuse against late King of Rper Travis Scott are planning Pop Michael Jackson. a family trip to focus on their rela- “To be crystal clear, there is tionship. Emilia Clarke ‘overwhelmed’ by no situation or circumstance The pair want a “family trip with where it is okay for the inno- no distractions”, reports tmz.com. fans support after opening up cence of children to be tak- Scott was recently forced to en advantage of by anyone,” deny claims he had cheated on about aneurysms Streisand said in a statement, Kylie, after he axed one of his Los Angeles reported variety.com. tour dates due to illness. Clarke said she was surprised “The stories these two His representative said: how many people resonated young men shared were “Travis Scott vehement- milia Clarke, who recent- with her story. painful to hear, and I feel ly denies he cheated ly revealed about her bat- “A million million thank nothing but sympathy for on Kylie. It is not Etle with brain aneurysms you’s to everyone who has read them. The single most im- true. He did not that nearly took her life, says shared and sent love for my portant role of being a parent cheat. He can- she is “overwhelmed” and “pro- story, it’s a beautiful thing to is to protect their children. celled one show foundly moved” after fans and behold and I can’t quite believe It’s clear that the parents of tonight because followers came forward in her how many of you this has affect- the two young men were he is under the support. ed!” she wrote as the caption. also victimized and seduced weather.” The “Game of Thrones” star The actor also tagged her by fame and fantasy,” she Sources close on Saturday took to Instagram charity, SameYou, which is ded- added. to the pair pre- to express gratitude towards icated to increasing access to Streisand also posted an viously said the audience after she shared rehabilitation after brain injury apology to Instagram. that Kylie had her secret health scare in an es- and stroke for young people. “I am profoundly sorry for been having a say for The New Yorker, which “@sameyouorg is ready to any pain or misunderstanding “rough week” she faced soon after the success hear your stories, how you re- I caused by not choosing my after her for- of the first season of the HBO covered and what could have words more carefully about mer best epic-fantasy drama. made that recovery experience Michael Jackson and his friend Jordyn In the video, the actor said, better. By hearing your stories victims, because the words Woods was ac- “The response to my story we can build a case for an im- as printed do not reflect my Kylie cused of hooking up has been overwhelming - and proved aftercare experience for true feelings. I didn’t mean to Jenner with Khloe Kardashian’s ex-partner deeply and profoundly moving. all in the future... who wouldn’t dismiss the trauma these boys Tristan Thompson and she then had an “argument” with Scott. Thank you so much.” want that!” Clarke further said. experienced in any way.”

Halle Berry wanted Eva Mendes wants Elle to be in ‘John Wick 3’ to work with Ryan Fanning ‘refused even before script was to watch’ sister Dakota on written: Chad Stahelski Gosling again Friends after failing in audition Los Angeles Los Angeles Los Angeles er watching this again’.” ctress Eva Mendes, who has “Then my sister was on ohn Wick: Chapter 3 Par- taken an extended hiatus from ctor Elle Fanning has it and I refused to watch the abellum” director Chad Aacting to care for her daughters revealed she decided to episode. I was like, “I am not “J Stahelski has revealed Esmeralda and Amada, says she would Aboycott “Friends” after watching this!” she added. that Hollywood star Halle Berry return to the big screen and she she could not clear the audition Friends, which started airing had expressed her desire to star in would like to work with her hus- for a role in the cult show and her in 1994, was a worldwide phe- the film even before the team had band and actor Ryan Gosling. sister Dakota made the cut. nomenon and continues to have finalised the script. The two last starred with each In an interview with the Por- a large fanbase. According to Entertainment other in the 2012 movie “The terEdit, the 20-year-old actor The show, featuring Jennif- Weekly, the Oscar-winning direc- Place Beyond The Pines”. said, “I might be remembering er Aniston, Courteney Cox, tor said he was approached by Ber- Mendes told Extra magazine this wrong but I think I was Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc ry’s team in 2017. that she would “absolutely” gonna be one of Phoebe’s Matthew Perry and David “It was a right before the holidays work with Gosling again, add- triplets. I auditioned for Schwimmer, enjoyed a (in 2017). I got a call saying, ‘Halle ing: “I’m excited to go back to it but I didn’t get it and decade long run on Berry would like to meet with you.’ work, it’s just not, like, I’m dy- I was like, ‘I’m boy- NBC. I was like, ‘That’s cool.’ I’d never ing to do a movie again, so it has cotting the show, met her before. She came to my to be something really special.” I’m nev- offices in Manhattan Beach the She also said that she is the next day, walked right in, sat down, stricter parent to the couple’s goes, ‘I want a part in John Wick 3’. daughters, reports femalefirst. “I’m like, well, ‘That’s very flattering, co.uk. but we don’t have a script yet.’ She said, Eva mendes ‘I don’t care.’ I’m like, ‘Well, I don’t even know if there’s a female (part).’ Ariana Grande wins big at Kids’ Choice Awards She’s goes, ‘I don’t care, I want to be in it, let’s party’,” Stahelski said. Los Angeles music, movies, TV and video The director called Berry five- games. months after their first meeting and riana Grande, Shawn Producer-rapper Khaled, was happy to know that the actor was Mendes and Adam who won Favorite still ready to star in the third install- ASandler were Collaboration for “No ment of the action franchise led by among the big winners Brainer” with Justin Keanu Reeves. at the 2019 Nickelodeon Bieber, Chance the Kids’ Choice Awards, Rapper and Quavo, where “Avengers: In- arrived at the cere- finity War” was named mony after taking favourite film. a yacht and a heli- The event was held copter, with help on Saturday at the from Kylie Galen Center here. Jenner and DJ Khaled host- the Jonas ed the kids-vot- Broth- ed show, which ers. dumped buckets of slime on un - suspecting ce- lebrities, and Elle Fanning Ariana and Dakota For Reservations, Call:Umm Al Hassam 17728699 Seef District 17364999 handed out honours for Grande Fanning 15 MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 sports

F1 Fanzone to bring Spain survive fun-filled challenges Norway scare

Race-goers engage in activities at BIC’s F1 Fanzone Barella, Kean get • TDT | Manama panying guest of their choice. Italy off the mark in ahrain International Cir- Meanwhile, Formula 1 driv- Euro 2020 qualifiers Bcuit’s (BIC) off-track en- ers have some of the quickest tertainment at this weekend’s reaction speeds in the world, Sergio Ramos Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain and the Reaction Challenge scores• decisive Grand Prix 2019 would not be gives fans a chance to test their complete without a series of own such abilities. penalty for Spain activities that give race fans a This family activity calls on first-hand taste of life in mot- teams of four to press as many AFP | Paris orsport. The F1 Fanzone pro- of the flashing lights as possi- vides just that. ble on an F1 steering wheel in ergio Ramos scored a sec- A staple at BIC’s Formula 1 the space of one minute. The ond-half penalty to help Village vending area each year, fastest participants get to win SSpain beat a spirited Nor- the F1 Fanzone is the central a prize along with the ultimate way 2-1 on Saturday in their place where Formula 1 aims bragging rights. opening Euro 2020 qualifier, to break down the barriers The Pit-stop Challenge gives while teenage striker Moise between the sport and race fans an insight into what it Kean netted in Italy’s win over enthusiasts. It offers a variety takes to be a part of a world- Finland. of engagement activities that class pit crew. This activity Spain were not at their clini- are similar to what is experi- gives three teams of six the cal best in Valencia, but got their Sergio Ramos chips the ball past Norway’s goalkeeper from the penalty spot enced by drivers, team per- chance to compete against Group F campaign off to a solid Rodrigo all starting, and it was Centre-back Ramos stepped century as Roberto Mancini’s sonnel, and others involved each other in a knockout com- start despite Norway threaten- the latter who volleyed home up and confidently dispatched men saw off Finland 2-0. in the world’s leading racing petition changing Pirelli tyres ing an upset. the opener from Jordi Alba’s a ‘Panenka’ spot-kick down the Italy got off to a flying start championship. on a Formula 1 car. The 2010 World Cup win - cross in the 16th minute. middle to score his 16th goal of in Udine, as Nicolo Barella gave These F1 Fanzone activities A contest for the top three ners have been unpredictable of Winger Jesus Navas creat- the season for club and country. them a seventh-minute lead include F1 Esports, a Reaction teams are held daily, with an late, having been dumped out by ed several other early chances with his maiden international Challenge, a Pitstop Challenge F1 Paddock tour awaiting the Russia in the last 16 of the World for his teammates on his first goal. and a TV Challenge, plus an entire winning team. Formula Cup and then missing out on Spain appearance since March The 22-year-old Cagliari mid- appearance of driver Bobble 1 will bring a pitstop crew from the Nations League finals after 2014, but Rodrigo headed over fielder hammered home a low Heads. Each offers its own one of the top flight’s teams a home loss to England. and Morata was denied by away volley after a free-kick was only unique thrills, and they all to do a pitstop demonstration “The team responded well to goalkeeper Rune Jarstein. half-cleared by the Finnish de- add to the “Limitless” fun and for the fans, and even compete their equaliser. You always have Norway started to grow into fence. excitement this Thursday to against some of them. the dream and aim of achieving the game and were handed a 16 The day belonged to Kean, Sunday at “The Home of Mo- The F1 TV Challenge lets something important,” Ramos chance to draw level in the 65th goals have been scored though, as he slotted in the sec- torsport in the Middle East” participants experience what told Spanish television channel minute when Inigo Martinez by Sergio Ramos for ond with 16 minutes to play to in Sakhir. life is like as a Formula 1 com- club and country this TVE. grabbed Bjorn Johnsen, and mark his full debut in style. F1 Esports is where fans can mentator. term “We’re in a new stage with a Bournemouth striker Joshua “To become part of Azzurri race against 15 other compet- Those who take part can coach who has a fantastic style King stepped up to slot past Da- history is an added incentive to itors in the official Formula 1 choose between three top mo- of play. We’ll take things game vid de Gea. keep working,” said Kean. video game. Battles are held ments from a Grand Prix and by game. We’ll pick up more Spain wasted little time in Kean makes his mark “There are many goals ahead throughout the day on the vir- receive those clip to share on confidence from winning.” getting their noses back in front, of me and my aim is to achieve tual Bahrain Grand Prix race social media after activation. Coach Luis Enrique named though, as Jarstein felled Mo- Juventus youngster Kean, 19, them. I wanted to show that track and the 10 quickest of The clip with the most likes an attacking line-up, with Mar- rata to concede a 71st-minute became the youngest striker to I deserved this chance from each day get to go on an F1 during the day will receive a co Asensio, Alvaro Morata and penalty. start for Italy in more than a Mancini.” Paddock tour with an accom- prize from Formula 1.

BIC’s luxurious Corporate Title race will go Lounges sold Brazil denied victory by determined Panama down to the wire - TDT | Manama AFP | Porto, Portugal scoring just after the half-hour Beckenbauer ahrain Internation- mark. Bal Circuit ( BIC) an- razil were held to a 1-1 draw Midfielder Paqueta was on AFP | Berlin nounced today that all 34 Bagainst Panama in an in - the end of a deep Casemiro cross ermany legend Franz of its Corporate Lounges ternational friendly played at to volley home at the back post. GBeckenbauer has have completely sold out Porto’s Dragao Stadium on Sat- Skipper Machado brought the warned former club Bay- for this weekend’s Formula urday. teams level four minutes later. ern Munich they will have 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand AC Milan’s Lucas Paqueta Erick Davis’ central free-kick to fight until the very last Prix 2019. claimed his first international found the centre-back near day of the season in a Strategically located at goal for the five-time World Cup the penalty spot who lobbed nail-biting Bundesliga title the upper-most level of winners before captain Adol- his long-distance header over a race. the Main Grandstand, the stunned Ederson who appealed With eight games to Corporate Lounges offer for offside. go, Bayern are level on an exclusive, first-class set- Everton attacker Richarlison points with Borussia Dort- ting from where to enjoy came close to bagging his side’s mund at the top of the the region’s biggest sport- second as his effort smashed table as they chase a sev- ing and entertainment the crossbar five minutes after enth successive league spectacle, scheduled for KNOW WHAT the break. crown. this Thursday to Sunday in Real Madrid’s Casemiro had In recent months, cham- Sakhir. Brazil’s Lucas Paqueta shoots to score two chances to win the game for pions Bayern have over- Each lounge delivers a Brazil’s Lucas fo Machado responded for the “The performance wasn’t Tite’s outfit with a header and a turned what was once a stunning view of the most Paqueta scored his side in 76th place in the world brilliant but it wasn’t below par powerful shot with quarter of an nine-point deficit to nose crucial parts of the cir - rankings. either,” coach Tite said. hour remaining. ahead of Dortmund on goal cuit, including the start first international Injured Paris Saint-Germain “When we go to the Copa Both teams made a wave of difference. and finish lines, the main goal against forward Neymar watched the America we will make more substitutions in the closing mo- Yet Beckenbauer has said straight, the Formula 1 Panama game from the stands as he re- accurate choices to be more ef- ments and Eder Militao went on Sunday that the title race Pit Lane and the winners’ covers from a fractured right ficient.” close with an injury-time head- is a long way from being podium. foot. The Selecao opened the er. over. MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 16 Osaka, Zverev stunned Serena Williams withdraws from Miami Open due to knee injury over Belgian Yanina Wickmayer Ferrer topples third- on Friday saw a second set wob- • ble from the two-time Grand ranked Zverev in Miami Slam winning star and it was more of the same against Hsieh, Hsieh shocks Osaka who simply refused to give up to• reach fourth round the fight. KNOW WHAT “I was kind of immature be- cause I was thinking too much, AFP | Miami like everything was on my rac- Alexander Zverev, aomi Osaka crashed quet,” admitted Osaka. “I got runner-up to John Isner out of the third round ahead of myself. at the ATP Miami Open Nof the WTA and ATP Mi- “Of course I want to win every last year, coughed up ami Open on Saturday as Hsieh match and I think I have dealt Su-Wei exacted revenge for a with people always asking me if 12 double faults as he painful Australian Open defeat I am going to win because I have suffered his second with a 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 victory. number one next to my name,” straight early exit in World number one Osaka had added the Japanese star. succession after a looked in little danger after win- “I thought I was doing fine third-round departure ning the first set and moving a with that but I guess I am not.” at Indian Wells break ahead in the second. But Taiwan’s Hsieh, who was Injured Serena withdraws a set and 4-1 up in Melbourne The 33-year-old Hsieh will earlier this year before losing play Caroline Wozniacki in the to the Japanese star in the third fourth round of the women’s ing last year after taking time round, battled superbly. draw, which now looks wide out following the birth of her “This was a very emotional open following Osaka’s defeat first child. win for me,” said Hsieh, whose and former world number one With Williams out, Wang 39 winners were one less than Serena Williams’s surprise exit Qiang, the 18th seed from China, her opponent. “Any time you with a left knee injury. advances to the fourth round on beat one of the top players it is The American has complet- a walkover. amazing.” ed just seven matches this year, In the late game, unseeded It wasn’t the only shocker of Naomi Osaka of Japan reacts in her match against Su-Wei Hsieh of Taipei withdrawing in Indian Wells Canadian Bianca Andreescu beat the day, as Spanish veteran Da- with illness midway through a Angelique Kerber for the sec- vid Ferrer rallied to beat world continues a limited schedule in departure at Indian Wells. French coach Frederic Aniere, round of 32 match with Garbine ond time in a week 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, number three Alexander Zverev a 2019 billed as his farewell tour. Osaka was coming off a fourth- who has worked with Hsieh for Muguruza. outlasting the German eighth 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 to reach the third Zverev, runner-up to John Is- round exit at Indian Wells, but the last two years and is also her There are surely doubts now seed in a two hour, nine minute round. ner here last year, coughed up Hsieh’s coach said her victory boyfriend, told AFP. that the 37-year-old can add three setter. Ferrer, 36 and ranked 155th 12 double faults as he suffered wasn’t all that surprising. “Yes it’s huge, but for her it’s to her tally of 23 Grand Slams, The duo also met in the WTA in the world, received a wild his second straight early exit in “She has enough experience not a big surprise.” something which has so far Indian Wells final, with Andree- card into the tournament as he succession after a third-round to stay strong and you saw that,” Osaka’s second-round win proved beyond her since return- scu winning 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

Referees must not penalise all Give finger spinner a Federer rallies to beat 46th- role at World Cup, says contact in box, says Maguire Harbhajan Reuters | London Maguire, who is currently ranked Albot in Miami opener with the England squad for Reuters | Mumbai eferees should not pe - their European Championship arbhajan Singh dis- AFP | Miami Rnalise players for making qualifiers, will miss Leicester’s Hmissed a trio of top contact with their opponents next game after he was sent off batsmen in the Indian Pre- oger Federer battled back inside the penalty area un- for fouling Johann mier League’s opener on Rfrom a set down to over- less it is a legitimate foul, Berg Gudmunds- Saturday before underlin- come 46th-ranked Radu Albot Leicester City defender son in the fourth ing the importance of a fin- 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 on Saturday and Harry Maguire has said. minute of their ger spinner to India’s cause reach the third round of the ATP Maguire, 26, believes de- 2-1 win at Burnley at the upcoming Cricket and WTA Miami Open. fenders should be allowed last weekend. World Cup. Moldova’s Albot superbly to mark their man closely Maguire did not Playing for champions took hold of the match and without the risk of complain about Chennai, Harbhajan sent posed plenty of problems for conceding a “soft” the decision back Royal Challengers the 20-time Grand Slam win- penalty. as he was Bangalore (RCB) skipper ning legend, who took a while “It’s up to the the last Virat Kohli, former South to get adjusted to the new sur- laws as to what defender Africa batting mainstay AB roundings at the Hard Rock is deemed when he de Villiers and England Stadium. soft, but I fouled the all-rounder Moeen Ali on a But the Swiss star’s class and don’t think Iceland MA Chidambaram Stadium experience eventually shone you can winger track that offered assistance through as he booked a round outlaw all who was to slow bowlers. of 32 match with Serbian Fil- Roger Federer of Switzerland in action against Radu Albot of Moldova contact in Wrist spinners, once con- ip Krajinovic who surprised up the first set and leave the heap the pressure back onto the the box be- sidered a luxury for their three-time Grand Slam win- world number five with plenty 37-year-old before brilliantly cause that’s penchant to bleed runs in ner Stan Wawrinka 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 of work to do. sealing the first set. how you de- the chase for wickets, have (7/5) earlier in the afternoon. Federer missed a break point The pro-Federer crowd were fend,” Maguire taken the limited-overs for- “I definitely think Radu opportunity at 4-3, Albot then stunned, but the Swiss upped was quoted as Harry mats by storm and banished Maguire played a great match, it was re- crashing home a winner to his game in the second, hitting saying by The their finger spin cousins to ally tough and I struggled early 15 winners and five aces as well Guardian. “You the fringes. on,” admitted Federer, a three as saving a break point to keep get tight to your Five of top 10 spots in In- time Miami Open champion. carefree Albot at bay and take man and try to use through ternational Cricket Coun- “I am very relieved and hap- an entertaining tussle into a your strength. on goal. cil’s rankings for one-day py to make it through. It was a third set. “I do believe “As soon as I international bowlers are great atmosphere.” I definitely think Federer managed to keep the there still has to be heard the whis- occupied by wrist spinners - Moldovan Albot, 29, is en- Radu played a great pressure on and cracked the some contact in the tle I knew it was a Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan, joying a rich vein of form and match, it was really Moldovan who was serving at game because if you red card,” Maguire Imran Tahir of South Africa, arrived in Miami at a career tough and I struggled 3-4. are not bumping into added. “I’ve heard Indian pair Kuldeep Yadav high ranking. early on. I am very After a brilliant one handed your man at a corner people saying it and Yuzvendra Chahal, and He had never played the relieved and happy backhand down the line from you are not getting was harsh because England’s Adil Rashid. Swiss legend before but wasted to make it through. Federer clipped the line, Albot tight enough. I didn’t mean to Harbhajan, who played little time in breaking Federer’s hit long once more and that “A little push or a touch him but the 103 tests and 236 ODIs for serve in the very first game be- It was a great gave Federer the break and op- nudge should not be rules are clear. India, said there is a per- fore holding for 2-0. atmosphere portunity to serve out for the enough for a penalty, but “He was going clear ception that wrist spinners He was anything but over- ROGER FEDERER match and move into the next being silly by grabbing some- on goal and I clipped have more chance of suc- awed by facing Federer and it round and a meeting with the one round the neck is obvi- his heels. The referee cess as they possess more was no surprise to see him wrap 103rd-ranked Krajinovic. ously different.” got it right.” variations in their armoury.