QATAR | Page 2 SPORT | Page 1 Bolt: I’m ready for INDEX Gatlin in DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR/FEATURES 2, 20 COMMENT 18, 19 ARAB WORLD 3, 4 BUSINESS 1-12 Rota renovates school Beijing 17,733.19 11,911.31 48.73 INTERNATIONAL 5-16 CLASSIFIED 7 -117.85 -98.23 -0.46 ISLAM 17 SPORT 1-12 in Abu Hamour -0.66% -0.82% -0.94% Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 FRIDAY Vol. XXXVI No. 9793 July 24, 2015 Shawwal 8, 1436 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Call for UN In brief resolution to REGION | Motoring Saudi Highway Patrol end Israeli guides motorist to safety Saudi Arabia Highway Patrol guided a motorist to safety after his vehicle raced to 220kph due to cruise control system malfunction. The Saudi citizen had set his car occupation on cruise control while driving on Riyadh-Taif road when the incident QNA military offi cials to infl ict such harm, a occurred, Arab News daily reports. New York fact also confi rmed by the testimonies The driver said all his attempts to of numerous Israeli soldiers instructed stop the car failed when it started to kill without mercy anyone they en- speeding on its own. He then ne year after Israel’s assault on countered in Gaza, man, woman or contacted the Highway Patrol who Gaza more than 110,000 people child,” Mansour said. cleared the traff ic and guided him Oremain homeless, 1,500 chil- Yet a year since the “horrifi c devas- to disable the system on phone. The dren are orphaned, Israel continues to tation mercilessly and deliberately in- motorist called automakers to fix obstruct rebuilding materials and yet fl icted” on Gaza by Israel, not a single this issue by installing an emergency no Israeli has been held accountable for Israeli offi cial or soldier has been held key in cars to cut off petrol, power the devastation, Palestine’s UN rep- accountable for these crimes, “com- or stop the engine. The report said resentative told the Security Council mitted so wantonly before the eyes of similar incidents of cruise control yesterday. the world,” he told the council. malfunctioning have happened in “The vast human and physical Mansour said that the Occupied the country earlier. wounds remain unhealed, and hopes West Bank also “continues to be rav- Relatives and onlookers gather on the bank of the Nile yesterday, north of Cairo, as the wreckage of a boat is pulled out of are rapidly fading for any relief from aged by Israel’s vicious settlement the water. this appalling injustice,” said Palestin- campaign, settler terror and repres- PAKISTAN | Weather ian ambassador Riyad Mansour. sion.” Entire communities are still Rains, landslides kill The UN Human Right’s Council being destroyed, such as in Khirbet Commission of Inquiry reported last Susiya, which is experiencing “forced nine in Kashmir month that Israel had killed 551 chil- displacement as extremist settlers and At least nine people have been dren and 299 women among the 2,251 illegal settlements further encroach on killed during five days of torrential Palestinians killed in the confl ict. their land and rights,” he said. rain and landslides in Pakistan- At least 18 dead as cargo Over 11,000 Palestinians were in- Mansour called on the Security administrated Kashmir, emergency jured, including 3,540 women and Council to support a French initiative off icials said yesterday. The deaths 3,436 children, the UN report said. to adopt a resolution that would end came as water channels swelled Some of the injuries are so severe that the Israeli occupation in two years and people were left trapped in ship hits Egypt party boat an estimated 10% of injured civilians and create a Palestinian state rec- landslides in four mountainous will suff er life-long disabilities, Man- ognised by Israel. A similar measure districts of Kashmir in Pakistan’s sour said. was defeated last year in the council, northeast. The latest casualties AFP vessels trawling the river looking for engagement. It was not clear whether The report “also found that Israel but the US, in its growing disputes bring the overall death toll from Cairo survivors. the couple were among the dead. persisted with its onslaught even after with Israel, has not guaranteed that this year’s monsoon floods to at A rescue diver emerged from the The captain has been detained for early knowledge of the high casualty it would veto the resolution as it has least 22, with over 200 buildings water empty handed as a crowd of on- four days along with three of his as- fi gures, indicating a deliberate decision with many resolutions critical of Is- washed away in the worst-aff ected cargo ship collided with a boat lookers and relatives of the passengers sistants on suspicion of manslaugh- on the part of Israeli government and rael in the past. north. Off icials said the death toll on the Nile carrying people cel- gathered on the river bank, an AFP re- ter, the offi cial MENA news agency and losses could increase because A ebrating an engagement, leav- porter said. reported. communication from the remote ing at least 18 dead, Egyptian police Rescue workers used a mechani- They are also suspected of having areas had been hampered due to said yesterday as divers searched for cal digger to raise the wreckage of the operated the ship without following heavy rains. missing passengers. party boat from the water. safety regulations, the agency report- The captain of the cargo boat and his “At around 8, 8:30pm, a big cargo ed. Qatargas denies Saudi assistants were arrested following the ship collided with the boat,” said The Nile, which runs along the EUROPE | Crisis accident late Wednesday in the Warraq Mostafa al-Soweissi, whose brother length of Egypt, is dotted with cargo Turkey to let US launch district north of Cairo, the authorities had captained the chartered vessel. ships, party boats and fishing ves- club’s sponsorship said. “After the collision we took fi sher- sels. air strikes against IS A police general on the scene said man boats and from 8:30 until now In 2011, at least 22 people drowned atargas has categorically de- targas logo. The images are appeared to Turkey has agreed to allow the US that 18 corpses had been retrieved. we took out around 19 bodies,” he in southern Egypt when a bus they nied speculations in news me- be false and the company spokesman military to launch air strikes against Police and medics had earlier said 21 said, refl ecting confusion over the ex- were in slipped into the Nile from Qdia and social media networks has denied that no sponsorship con- Islamic State militants from a US people were killed. act toll. a ferry which crashed into the river concerning its sponsorship of Al Hilal tract has been made with the club. air base in Incirlik, the Wall Street Five survivors were plucked from Ahmed Helmy, another relative of bank. football club in Saudi Arabia. “Qatargas is proud of the accom- Journal reported yesterday, citing the river but an unknown number were passengers, said at least fi ve of his A year before, fi ve people drowned “The company is not holding any plishments made by the Gulf and Arab defence off icials. Local media in still missing, the police general said. family members were killed in the ac- north of Cairo when their boat cap- discussion or talks with the club in this sports clubs; however, its corporate so- Turkey said an agreement was At least two children drowned, ac- cident. sized. regard and there is no basis for such ru- cial responsibility programme mostly finalised late on Wednesday, but cording to medical and security sourc- “Two children are missing,” he said. In the deadliest accident involv- mours,” Qatargas public relations man- covers health, safety, education and Reuters could not immediately es. Helmy accused emergency services ing a ferry, an Egyptian vessel sank in ager Azam Abdulaziz al-Mannai said. sports activities within Qatar,” a com- confirm the report. The White House Witnesses said fi shermen had been of arriving late, but a health ministry the Red Sea in 2006 killing more than The company is reiterating that there pany spokesman said. said President Barack Obama and fi rst on the scene at night to pull out offi cial told an Egyptian newspaper 1,000 people. is no negotiation going on in this regard As is the practice, the company Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan the corpses and survivors. that rescue eff orts had initially been The accident fuelled resentment and there have been no talks at all. would announce its signing of any spoke on Wednesday, but it declined The search was initially hampered hampered by the crowd. against the veteran strongman Hosni Many of the social media activists agreement or contract with other par- to say whether they had reached an by darkness but resumed after day- Family and friends of a young cou- Mubarak, who was toppled in a 2011 have spread, over the past few days, ties through the offi cial channels, he agreement on the air base. Page 10 break, with police and emergency ple had hired the boat to celebrate their popular uprising. images of Al Hilal jerseys bearing Qa- added. Astronomers discover most Earth-like planet yet Reuters star as Earth is from the sun. At that 6bn years old, compared to the 4.6bn Cape Canaveral, Florida distance, surface temperatures would year age of the sun.