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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 2 Business | 13 Sport | 22 Qatar Airways Iran offers Ronaldo dazzles looks for state assets for as Real Madrid stake in India’s foreigners, govt rout Man City 4-1 SpiceJet. to reduce role. in Melbourne. SATURDAY 25 JULY 2015 • 9 Shawwal 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6502 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Obama begins Skills of 14,000 landmark Kenya visit govt employees NAIROBI: US President Barack Obama dined with his step grandmother, sister and other extended family mem- bers after arriving in Kenya for to be enhanced his first presidential visit to his father’s homeland last evening. He will co-host a conference on 40 huge halls arranged for training boosting entrepreneurs in Africa before travelling on to Ethiopia. DOHA: The Ministry of programmes this time. After being greeted by Administrative Development Al Khayarin said: “The insti- President Uhuru Kenyatta and is to enhance professional tute is bringing in foreign exper- other top Kenyan officials, Obama skills of a large number of gov- tise to implement the training was whisked through the capital. ernment employees ahead of programme. The experts are In Nairobi, Obama will preside their promotions. from different Arab countries. at a Global Entrepreneurship The Institute of “The ministry has made elab- Summit, pay tribute to victims Administrative Development orate arrangements for the pro- and survivors of the 1998 US under the ministry will help gramme. Training materials are US President Barack Obama waves to reporters as his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta looks on, at Jomo embassy bombing and dine with hone skills of nearly 14,000 in place and have been reviewed Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi last evening. Kenyatta. employees as part of its 2015- by specialists. REUTERS 2016 training programme. “Equipped with modern train- The programme will cover ing gadgets, 40 huge halls have employees of various ministries been arranged to conduct train- and government agencies. ing,” he added. According to a Cabinet deci- Training is important for the After Ooredoo, sion, it is mandatory for the employees as it includes evalu- employees to undergo the min- ation by trainers whether the Vodafone cuts Turkey strikes IS in Syria istry’s extensive professional individual employees is capable training programme to be eligi- of handling possible challenges India call rates ANKARA: Turkish warplanes from a base in Diyarbakir, south- 300 people in raids against sus- ble for promotions. he might face in the next level attacked Islamic State (IS) tar- eastern Turkey, and hit two IS pected IS and Kurdish militants, “This year’s programme is of his career. DOHA: The price war between gets in Syria for the first time bases and one “assembly point” Davutoglu said after vowing to different from the previous There will also be sessions on the two telecom firms has ben- yesterday in two missions, before returning, the prime min- fight all “terrorist groups” equally. year in terms of the number of self-assessment. Feedback will efitted expat customers with with President Recep Tayyip ister’s office said. Local media reported that attendees and the number of be collected from the trainees Vodafone Qatar yesterday Erdogan promising more deci- Earlier, warplanes bombed helicopters and over 5,000 offic- programmes. regarding value addition, Al announcing a 10 dirham calling sive action against the jihadists three targets controlled by IS ers, including special forces, were “Last year, we covered over Khayarin said. rate per minute to India as a and Kurdish militants at home. up to 14km inside Syrian terri- deployed in the operation. 9,000 employees. This time the He said almost 98 percent of fixed rate. Ooredoo on Thursday Turkey has long been a reluc- tory, the official Anatolia news Anti-terror police raided more number is bigger. Nearly 700 the employees who took part announced that its ‘Hala India tant partner in the US-led coa- agency said. It said a three-storey than 100 locations across Istanbul. programmes have been designed in 2014-15 training programme Key’ subscribers will be able to lition against IS, emphasising building used as a meeting place One official said: “This morn- for the trainees this time com- said the programme had added call India for 10 dirhams per instead the need to oust Syrian for jihadists in El Tabiye was ing’s air strike and operation pared to 500 in the previous value to their professional skills. minute with a subscription fee of President Bashar Al Assad and hit 14km inside Syria from the against terrorist groups domesti- year,” said Hadi bin Sayed Al According to Al Khayarin, QR0.50 per week permanently. saying Syrian Kurdish forces also Turkish border, an IS headquar- cally are steps taken as preventive Khayarin, Director, Institute of the 2015-2016 programme will Earlier, it charged a subscrip- pose a grave security threat. ters in El Zahiriye district about measures against a possible attack Administrative Development. not cover professionals such as tion fee of QR1 per week and the But yesterday’s attacks, which 11.5km and a similar building in against Turkey from within or The training programme aims doctors, engineers, pharmacists facility to call India for 10 dirhams officials said were launched from Burgi, about 4km inside Syria. from outside. to improve professional skills of and other professionals in the per minute was offered during Turkish air space, signalled that It said a Joint Direct Attack Turkey has repeatedly said it individual employees to enable government agencies. promotions. Ankara would crack down on IS Munition guidance system was will take any “necessary meas- them to face professional chal- Since these are specialised Vodafone Qatar informed its cus- across the Syrian border, while used to help the bombs to find ures” to protect itself from attack lenges awaiting them in their areas, the concerned institutions tomers through SMS that the call- pursuing the banned Kurdistan their targets. Prime Minister by IS and Kurdish militants. The next level of career. have been directed to conduct ing rate to India has been fixed at Workers Party (PKK) — which Ahmet Davutoglu said the strikes air strikes follow a phone con- With the support of expertise programmes. 10 dirhams per minute. Vodafone is Ankara describes as a separatist were “100 percent” successful and versation between Erdogan and in the concerned fields, the min- Continued on page 2 not charging any subscription fee. organisation — at home. eliminated their targets. US President Barack Obama on istry has designed 699 extensive THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA Three F-16 fighter jets took off Police also rounded up nearly Wednesday. AGENCIES US gunman kills two, self in theatre Timings extended for LAFAYETTE: An Alabama drifter opened fire inside a crowded movie theatre, kill- several health centres ing two women in Lafayette, Louisiana, police said, in the DOHA: The Primary Health be open from 7am to 2pm and latest act of random gun vio- Care Corporation (PHCC) has 4pm to 11pm, including Al Rayan, lence to shock the US. extended working hours of sev- Madinat Khalifa, Al Muntazah, Gunfire erupted during a 7pm eral health centres, an Arabic Mugolina, Abu Backar Al Sidiq, showing of the film Trainwreck. daily reports. Omar bin Khatab, West Bay and Two died in the hail of bullets Some health centres working in Mesaimeer. However, the centre before the 59-year-old suspect, double shifts now have one shift in Mesaimeer will be closed on identified as John Houser, killed from 7am to 11pm. Friday mornings. himself with a .40 calibre hand- Health centres in Al Khor, Al The dental clinics at health gun as officers rushed to the Shamal and Al Wakrah will work centres will work from 7am to scene, Lafayette Police Chief Jim from 7am to 11pm. Earlier, they 2pm and 4pm to 10pm. Craft told a press conference. were closed between 2pm and Some centres have the on-call The shootings took place 4pm. system to attend to emergencies. almost three years to the day Following Eid Al Fitr holi- The service is available at centres after 12 people were killed at a days, primary healthcare centres in Al Jameliya, Al Kahban, Al cinema in Aurora, Colorado, and resume working at regular shifts Guwiariya, Um Baab, Um Salal, follows several mass shootings in from tomorrow, with changes in Al Dhain, Al Mathar, Al Kharana, the US in recent weeks. timings of some centres. Al Gharafa, and Abu Nakla. Authorities said seven people Majority of health centres will THE PENINSULA were wounded, three critically. One person underwent sur- gery and “was not doing well,” Craft said. Republican Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who Iran foreign minister to visit Qatar went to Lafayette to meet law TEHRAN: Iran’s Foreign Arabia have voiced concern over enforcement and victims, said: Minister Mohammad Javad the deal they say could bolster “This is a normal movie theatre Zarif will visit Kuwait, Qatar their Shia-dominated adversary in a normal part of a normal Investigators stand outside a movie theatre in Lafayette, Louisiana, where the gunman opened fire and killed and Iraq today, the ISNA press accused of interfering in countries town. This is Anywhere, USA. two women, yesterday. agency said, following a land- such as Iraq, Syria and Yemen. This just shows these senseless mark nuclear deal between Zarif is also expected to visit acts of violence can literally hap- Craft said, adding the man had that he was intent on shooting Alabama, and had no recent Tehran and world powers. the holy Shia town of Najaf in pen anywhere.” “pretty old” criminal history.