Arts&Life Cover story al 1 Sport Golf s6 News Focus a24 He’d like a word with you … Disaster makes me stronger It started with a Canaletto As Prince of Poets returns to TV Martin Kaymer puts his Collector and fi lmmaker James screens, meet the man whose life’s nightmare behind him and looks Ivory explains how he discovered work is studying Emirati dialects forward to the Desert Classic the world of Indian miniatures Volume 7 Issue 287 Wednesday, January 28, 2015 www.thenational.ae No cash to repair Ban on homes airlines in Gaza fl ying to Hardly any of Dh20bn pledged aid has been paid

GAZA // Baghdad There is no money to rebuild homes in Gaza devas- tated by ’s 50-day war. Virtually none of the US$5.4 billion, nearly Dh20bn, Shots fi red at FlyDubai jet as it landed pledged at an aid conference envoy told of UAE’s ‘grave concern’ in last October has been paid, the UN agency for Pales- ISIL may be to blame, expert says tinian refugees said yesterday. “This is distressing and unacceptable,” the United Nadeem Hanif airline said yesterday. No one Nations Relief and Works was injured, passengers disem- Agency said. “It is unclear DUBAI // Civil aviation chiefs barked as usual and a replace- why this funding has not yesterday ordered UAE air- ment aircraft made the return been forthcoming.” lines to halt all flights to Bagh- fl ight to Dubai. Nearly 2,200 dad after a passenger jet came “An investigation is under way died and more than 100,000 under small-arms fire as it to establish what happened,” homes were destroyed or landed in the Iraqi capital. FlyDubai said. damaged during the conflict The Iraqi ambassador was In response to the attack the last summer. summoned to the Ministry of General Civil Aviation Author- The ceasefi re that halted the Foreign Affairs to be told of ity banned all flights to Bagh- fighting would be in jeopardy the UAE’s grave concern, amid dad and FlyDubai, Emirates if rebuilding work were to stall, fears that the FlyDubai plane and Etihad Airways immedi- and more lives put at risk in may have been attacked by ately complied. Emirates’ oth- freezing winter temperatures, ISIL militants. er services to Iraq, to and the agency said yesterday. The undersecretary at the , would continue as nor- “Halting reconstruction will ministry, Mohammed Al Rai- mal, a spokesman said. have dangerous consequenc- si, demanded that the Iraqi Theodore Karasik, a defence es. By delaying payment of authorities launch a full inves- expert at Risk Insurance Man- money for reconstruction the tigation. Iraq must take meas- agement in Dubai, said it donors are putting the cease- Triumph and disaster: Australian goalscorer Jason Davidson is jubilant but Omar Abdulrahman is ures to enforce international could be weeks before Bagh- fire in danger,” spokesman desolate at the end of yesterday’s match in Newcastle, New South Wales. Edgar Su / Reuters agreements on civil aviation dad International Airport was Adnan Abu Hasna said. safety and provide the required secure enough for flights to Hamas, the militant group guarantees and protection, Mr resume. that controls Gaza, said a Al Raisi told the ambassador, “We don’t know for sure but delay would “aggravate the Muwaffaq Abboud. the attack may be linked to plight of thousands of fam- Hold your head up high, The incident happened on Daesh or their sympathisers in ilies” and urged the agency Monday as FlyDubai flight some way,” he said. to put pressure on donors to FZ 215, with 154 passengers “In Iraq there is continuing honour their pledges. Omar, you did us proud on board, made its approach fighting between Daesh and to Baghdad airport, which is Iraqi forces, and there have Gaza, continued on 15 → about 16 kilometres west of the been reports that the militants centre. have been driven out of Kobani. have done their country proud best but it was not easy,” said After the plane landed in- This attack may be a response UAE show how – and in Abdulrahman they coach Ali. “Our big vestigators found “damage to to that.” to lose a football had probably the player of the dream was to get the title, the aircraft fuselage consist- more tournament. since the beginning of this ent with small-arms fire”, the Flights, continued on 2 → match with dignity After knocking out , competition that has never the holders and Cup favour- happened for the UAE. FRUITS OF SUCCESS ites, the UAE took to the field “But this is football and you Demand for home-grown Ali Khaled in Newcastle with their spirits have to come back, and work produce is surging and high. hard in the future.” farmers are fi ghting to NEWCASTLE // When the fi- But you don’t hand a two-goal keep up, a8 nal whistle blew, he bowed start to – the tour- [email protected] ISIL militants in new down and held his head in his nament hosts, who also com- hands. peted in last year’s World Cup OBAMA IN Star midfi elder Omar Abdul- fi nals in Brazil – and expect to threat to hostages US president meets new rahman, like his UAE team- get away with it.  more king Salman and off ers mates, was devastated at losing Two down after only 14 min- condolences on death of 2-0 to Australia yesterday in the utes, the UAE competed to the Sport The UAE are out his predecessor, a10 semi-fi nal of the Asian Cup. point of exhaustion, but it was but not down, s1, s3 already killed another Japanese He need not have been. When never going to be enough. Pilot and journalist hostage, Haruna Yukawa. the pain passes, as it will, this “It was very difficult to get Editorial Defeat, but they Yesterday’s message said that 18TH TIME LUCKY … team will realise they have back into the game. This af- enhanced reputation, a20 ‘have less than unless the Jordanian govern- After 17 attempts, Berd- done themselves proud, they fected us a lot. We tried our 24 hours to live’ ment freed Al Rishawi within ych beats Nadal to set up 24 hours, Goto and the pilot Australian Open semi-fi nal would be killed, and this would against Murray, s7 // A Jordanian pilot be ISIL’s last message. and a Japanese journalist Goto has “24 hours left to live held captive by ISIL in and the pilot has even less”, the FLYING HIGHER have less than 24 hours left message said. Dubai Airport aims for 79 FNC given conflicting views on abuse to live, the militant group Lt Kassasbeh, 26, is the first million passengers this warned yesterday. military pilot to fall into the year after toppling Heath- A video message posted on- extremists’ hands since an in- row as world’s busiest, b1 them a new law was needed to of her father and his girlfriend, line again demanded the ternational coalition began its Calls for a new law defi ne people’s rights, train the spurred the FNC to pass the release of Sajida Al Rishawi, aerial campaign against ISIL police and give judges the pow- Child Rights Law. an Iraqi woman sentenced in September. ¬ ONLINE VIDEO but social ministry er to deal with offenders. Ghaneema Al Bahari, the foun- to death in for her in- Jordan is in indirect talks UAE football fans in full urges caution Afra Al Basti, an FNC member dation’s care and rehabilitation volvement in a 2005 hotel with ISIL to secure the release voice Down Under for Dubai and head of the foun- director, said a law would give bomb attack in Amman that of both men, Bassam Al Mana- dation, said a new law was criti- the foundation teeth and ensure killed 60 people. seer, chairman of the foreign Ola Salem cal. “Violence can end in death. security offi cials were trained to The Jordanian pilot, Maaz affairs committee in Jordan’s Wadeema was killed as a result deal with such cases. Al Kassasbeh, was captured parliament, said yesterday. DUBAI // FNC members heard of violence that reached that But offi cials at the Ministry of on December 24 after his jet The negotiations are taking conflicting views yesterday on point. We have a problem, we Social Affairs said legislation crashed on a bombing run in place through religious and the thorny issue of domestic don’t want to wait for other was difficult without a legal northern Syria. tribal leaders in Iraq, he said. violence and how to tackle it. countries to tell us this.” defi nition of domestic abuse. The journalist, Kenji Goto, has Staff at the Dubai Foundation Wadeema, an Emirati girl been held by ISIL since last Oc- Associated Press and for Women and Children told who died of abuse at the hands FNC, continued on 5 → tober. They are thought to have Bloomberg* News