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QATAR | Page 20 SPORT | Page 12 Hiddink demands INDEX more from DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2, 3, 20 COMMENT 18, 19 REGION 4 BUSINESS 1 – 7, 12 – 16 Chelsea 17,029.44 10,041.70 36.69 ARAB WORLD 6 CLASSIFIED 8 – 12 Katara opens ‘Fish Out -395.59 -272.04 -0.35 INTERNATIONAL 7 – 17 SPORTS 1 – 12 -2.27% -2.64% -0.94% of Water’ photo gallery aft er win Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 TUESDAY Vol. XXXVI No. 9958 January 5, 2016 Rabia I 25, 1437 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2016 kicks off Diabetes video on Internet In brief baseless: expert n expert from the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) Ahas advised the public to QATAR | Aviation ignore a video circulating on so- Qatar Airways starts cial networks claiming that diabe- tes can be cured through a weekly new daily LA service injection. Qatar Airways rang in the New Year Professor Abdul-Badi Abou-Sam- with a new daily, non-stop service ra, chairman of Internal Medicine between Los Angeles and Doha, at HMC, calls the information con- which started on January 1. The tained in the video baseless and is new route features the airline’s urging individuals with diabetes to landmark Boeing 777-200 and continue using the treatments pre- represents Qatar Airways’ first Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2016 kicked off at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex yesterday in the presence of HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior scribed by their medical doctors. He passenger service to the West Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani. The tournament is organised by the Qatar Tennis Federation and is attended by a strong line-up of players from around has also stressed the importance of Coast of the US. The expansion the world. Serbia’s Novak Djokovic cruised past qualifier Dustin Brown of Germany 6-2, 6-2 yesterday. In other matches, Jeremy Chardy of France defeated Qatar’s patients not altering their treatment to LAX is the first of three new US Mubarak Shannan Zayid 6-1, 6-1, while Kyle Edmund of Britain beat Martin Klizan of Slovakia 6-2, 6-3. Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia-Herzegovina defeated Marco Cecchinato plan without first consulting their destinations planned for 2016, of Italy 6-4, 6-2. PICTURE: Noushad Thekkayil Sport Pages 1 and 2 physician. Page 2 along with Boston on March 16 and Atlanta on June 1. “We are honoured to bring our award- winning service to Los Angeles,” said Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar al-Baker. Page 3 AFGHANISTAN | Unrest 25-hour siege ends Iran-Saudi crisis deepens near Indian consulate Agencies The diplomatic fallout came only leave the country within 48 hours. attack on Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Te- “We are urging calm and de-escala- A 25-hour gun and bomb siege near Riyadh/Bahrain hours after the Saudi government broke Bahrain also decided to close its dip- hran and its consulate in Mashhad. tion. The situation needs to be calmed,” the Indian consulate in the Afghan off relations with Tehran, where pro- lomatic mission in Tehran and to with- Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir one offi cial said. city of Mazar-i-Sharif ended late testers had stormed the Saudi embassy draw of all members of the mission. said that Iran had a long-track record of London, Paris and Berlin also ex- yesterday after all the attackers ahrain, the United Arab Emir- on Saturday night. The Bahraini Foreign Ministry yes- violating diplomatic missions. pressed concerns, amid fears the dis- were killed, off icials said. “The ates and Sudan followed ally The UAE said Iran needed to stay out terday summoned the acting charge Al-Jubeir underlined at a news con- pute could derail eff orts to resolve con- clearance operation is over and all BSaudi Arabia’s lead in severing of Arab aff airs and not act like a protec- d’aff aires in the Iranian embassy in ference on Sunday that these attacks fl icts across the Middle East, from Syria the terrorists have been killed,” said or downgrading ties with Tehran over a tor of Arab Shias. “The Arab world isn’t Manama, Mortadha Sanubari, and fell under “Iran’s familiar historic poli- to Yemen. provincial police chief Sayed Kamal growing diplomatic row with Iran. a venue for its blatant interference ... handed him an offi cial memorandum cies, which aim to destabilise the re- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- Sadat. Government spokesman Bahrain and Sudan cut off diplomatic Iran does not have guardianship or ju- thereon. gion.” moon spoke by phone with Saudi For- Shir Jan Durrani said three armed links with Iran yesterday, and the UAE risdiction over a large number of Arabs Sudan on Sunday announced it has The Cairo-based Arab League said eign Minister al-Jubeir and his Iranian assailants had been killed after downgraded its ties with the Islamic for some sectarian reason,” UAE Min- decided to expel the Iranian ambassa- it would hold an emergency meeting counterpart, Mohamed Javad Zarif, they mounted an attack on the republic. ister of State for Foreign Aff airs Anwar dor and the entire mission in solidarity at Riyadh’s request on Sunday to dis- stressing that continued engagement diplomatic mission from a nearby Riyadh meanwhile stepped up its Gargash told Saudi-owned Al Arabiya with Saudi Arabia in the face of Iran’s cuss the attacks on Saudi diplomatic was “in the interest of the region and building late Sunday. “Our search own measures against Tehran, with TV. plots. premises and Iranian interference. beyond,” his spokesman Stephane Du- operation is still going on inside the Saudi Arabia’s General Civil Aviation Bahrain has announced it is sev- According to Sudan News Agency, As international worries grew, US jarric said. building,” he said, adding that the Authority announcing that airlines had ering diplomatic ties with Iran and a statement of the Sudanese Foreign Secretary of State John Kerry called Ban told al-Jubeir that breaking off fighting left one policeman dead been instructed to stop all fl ights to and asked all the members of the Ira- Ministry said that the move came his Iranian and Saudi Arabian counter- diplomatic ties with Iran was “deeply and 11 others wounded. Page 16 from Iran. nian diplomatic mission Manama to against the background of the brutal parts, US offi cials said. worrying.” Gulf Times 2 Tuesday, January 5, 2016 QATAR Bashir meets attorney general In brief Diabetes video on Advisory Council discusses rise in rental rates Internet baseless, The Advisory Council yesterday held its weekly regular meeting of the 44th ordinary session under the chairmanship of its Speaker HE Mohamed bin Mubarak al-Khulaifi. says HMC expert At the meeting’s outset, HE the Secretary-General of the Advisory n expert from the Ha- ments for diabetes, as well as Council Fahad bin Mubarak al- mad Medical Corporation their side eff ects. Khayareen read out the agenda A(HMC) has advised the “No single prescription can which was agreed upon. Then the public to ignore a video circu- apply to all patients. The type Council endorsed the minutes of lating on social networks claim- and dosage of medicine pre- its previous session. ing that diabetes can be cured scribed will diff er according to The meeting discussed a report through a weekly injection. each patient’s specifi c condi- presented by the Services and Professor Abdul-Badi Abou- tion. For instance, patients with Public Utilities committee on Samra, chairman of Internal type 1 diabetes, whatever their the rise of rental prices. The Medicine at HMC, calls the in- age, and some patients with type council agreed to present its formation contained in the video 2 diabetes whose pancreas be- Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir holding talks with HE the Attorney General Ali bin Fetais al-Marri, recommendations to the Qatari baseless and is urging individu- come unable to produce enough in Khartoum yesterday. The meeting dealt with topics related to judiciary and public prosecution. cabinet. als with diabetes to continue insulin, must take insulin injec- using the treatments prescribed tions. This may not be replaced 13 food outlets by their medical doctors. He has by another drug,” said, Professor also stressed the importance of Abou-Samra. closed in patients not altering their treat- The expert said that follow- December ment plan without fi rst consult- Professor Abou-Samra ing a healthy lifestyle, including ing their physician. eating a balanced diet and get- “Currently, there is no in- in accordance with the high- ting adequate physical exercise, On your marks for The Doha Municipality’s director jection or medicine that cures est international standards. All can help prevent the disease. issued decisions to close 13 food diabetes completely. There are the treatments used at HMC He added that if their diabetes outlets in various areas in the many medications that help to are universally accepted for the diagnosed in the early stages, municipality in December last lower blood sugar levels, but treatment of diabetes. Treat- patients may not require medi- year. The outlets were closed for these are not a cure. Prescribed ment plans are individual. The cation and instead be able to Ooredoo Marathon violating the Law No 8 of 1990 medical treatments vary accord- success of a particular treatment manage the disease with lifestyle amended by Law No 4 of 2014. ing to a patient’s age, the type for some patients does not mean changes. The Doha Municipality health and stage of his or her diabetes, that the same treatment will be “At any stage of the disease, he fourth Ooredoo Mara- Yousuf Abdulla al-Kubaisi, the Corniche to get an unob- inspectors visited 2,097 outlets and any complications and co- eff ective for all patients,” Profes- the patient will still need to ad- thon will take place this chief operating offi cer of Oore- structed view.