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US / Americas 9 Business 10 Sports 14 US Senate heads to final vote Brent nears $85 on US jobs Mourinho admits United’s on court nominee Kavanaugh data, Iran sanctions form is not good enough ‘Qatar-Argentina ties growing remarkably’ Argentina accords grand welcome Bilateral relations improved vastly Qatar, Argentina to boost cooperation to HH the Amir on his second visit in the last two years, says the Amir in energy, agriculture & food security

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THE Qatar-Argentina rela- tions, which dates back 40 years, have been growing re- markably over the last two years, the Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani has said in Buenos Aires. The ties have grown par- ticularly stronger after the exchange of high-level state visits, he added at a luncheon banquet hosted by Argentine President Mauricio Macri at the Presidential Palace Mu- seum on Friday. The Amir visited the Ar- gentine capital city as part of the last leg of his Latin Ameri- can tour that saw him visit Ecuador, Peru and Paraguay. The banquet was attend- ed by Argentine First Lady Juliana Awada, Vice-Presi- dent Gabriela Michetti and a number of ministers and senior officials of the country, besides the Qatari delegation The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani and Argentine President Mauricio Macri witness the sign- The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani speaks at a luncheon banquet held in his honour at the accompanying the Amir. ing of an agreement between Qatar and Argentina, at the Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires on Friday. Presidential Palace Museum in Buenos Aires on Friday. At the beginning of the banquet, the President wel- gional challenges. comed the Amir on his sec- “All nations are going ond visit to Argentina, which through difficult stages, in- provides a new opportunity to Qatar, Argentina sign deal, MoUs to boost relations cluding Qatar. But thanks to strengthen relations between Allah and the steadfastness the two countries. QNA waive visa requirements for eration on education, higher The two sides also signed and strength of society and Macri also praised the BUENOS AIRES diplomatic, private and offi- OAmir, Argentine education and scientific re- an MoU for cooperation be- friends, Qatar has become cooperation between the two cial passport holders of both president witness sign- search. tween Qatar’s Ministry of stronger and more self-re- countries at various levels. THE Amir HH Sheikh the countries. The two sides The MoU on sports Municipality and Environ- liant than ever,” the Amir Citing the economic diffi- Tamim bin Hamad al Thani have also inked an MoU ex- ing of agreement, MoUs aims to build ties between ment and Argentina’s Minis- said. culties faced by Argentina, he and Argentine President empting Qatari nationals OAgreement on visa Qatar’s Ministry of Culture try of Production and Labour Argentina will also over- said Qatar can help his coun- Mauricio Macri witnessed from needing a visa to enter and Sports and Argentina’s to boost cooperation in the come its difficult economic try in the field of energy in the the signing of an agreement Argentina. waiver for various General Secretariat of Sport fields of agriculture, live- conditions under the current same way Argentina can help and several memoranda of Besides, they have signed passport-holders to enhance the possibilities stock and fisheries. leadership, he added. Qatar in the field of food se- understanding (MoU), at the MoUs on cooperation in and utilise the opportuni- The signing ceremony The Amir also thanked the curity. Presidential Palace in Bue- the fields of education and OMoU on exempting ties for sports cooperation. was attended by members of president and the Argentine In response, the Amir said nos Aires on Friday. sports. The cultural MoU Qataris from visas for It also lets Qatar make use the Qatari delegation accom- people for their warm wel- that Argentina would over- The agreement, signed seeks to consolidate and travel to Argentina of the Argentine expertise in panying the Amir and several come and hospitality. come its economic problems by Qatar and Argentina, will encourage bilateral coop- this field. Argentine ministers. like how Qatar braved its re- See also page 16 Ô

Qatar thoroughbreds Iraqi Yazidi, IPEC 2018 kicks off excel at Saint-Cloud Congolese on Monday In presence of HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa al Thani surgeon win and HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al Thani, President of TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK tions, private business own- Qatar Olympic Committee, Qatar’s horses dominated Nobel Prize DOHA ers, and entrepreneurs. at the Saint-Cloud Racecourse in France, on Friday. Two It will provide a platform INTERNATIONAL Prod- for interaction between local successes were secured for Qatar at one of the events ucts Exhibition and Confer- SMEs and government enti- associated with the annual Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe ence (IPEC) 2018, the larg- ties, in addition to strength- held in City of Lights under the partnership between Qatar est trade event of the year, ening cooperation between Racing & Equestrian Club (QREC) and France Galop. The is coming to life in Doha on the private and public sector Monday. companies in Qatar. Qatari excellence came in the Gr 1 Qatar Arabian Trophy Political and business Sheikh Saif bin Ahmed al Des Poulains when the HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa leaders, government officials Thani, Director of the Gov- al Thani-owned Marid won the 2,000-metre contest for and entrepreneurs from ernment Communications colts and was quickly backed up in the following race across Asia will gather in Office, said, “The inaugural by another victory in the Gr 1 Qatar Arabian Trophy Des Doha for the first-of-its-kind IPEC 2018 conference in The Congolese event. The three-day event Doha will showcase diverse Pouliches when the Al Shaqab Racing-owned Al Haffanah gynaecologist, Denis will go on until Wednesday. and exciting business pros- landed the 2000-metre race for fillies. PAGE 13 To be held under the pects in Qatar.” Mukwege (pictured patronage of Prime Min- Investors will ben- right), who has treated ister and Minister of Inte- efit from direct access to thousands of rape rior HE Sheikh Abdullah projects in Qatar and meet- QATAR-TURKEY SUPREME STRATEGIC COMMITTEE MEETING victims, and Nadia bin Nasser bin Khalifa al ings with key decision-mak- Thani, IPEC 2018 will of- ers from the government Murad, the Iraqi Yazidi, fer a unique opportunity to and the private sector, he who was sold into sex celebrate Qatar’s strong ties added. ‘Turkey a hot travel destination among Qataris’ slavery by the Islamic with distinguished interna- IPEC 2018 will explore State, have been jointly tional partners. It will fea- the global economic chal- ture international pavilions lenges of our time, while TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK tries’ ties. He said the constant awarded the 2018 showcasing Qatar’s trade examining obstacles and op- DOHA coordination of positions on Nobel peace prize. partners, and host repre- portunities facing the Mid- various issues of regional and Denis Mukwege, sentatives of participating dle East, North Africa, and TURKEY became a favourite international significance was a doctor in the countries, business associa- Central Asia. travel destination among Qa- also a salient feature of the taris after the two countries Qatar-Turkey relations. Democratic Republic of signed an agreement in 2015 The bilateral relations be- the Congo, has spent scraping visa requirements for tween the two countries are decades caring for their citizens to enter the other historic and distinct, he said, victims of sexual assault country. terming their relations a mod- Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign High-ranking officials attend the Qatar-Turkey Supreme Strategic el other countries to follow. in his homeland. Yazidi Affairs Secretary-General Dr Committee meeting held in Ankara on Friday. The secretary-general said activist Nadia Murad Ahmed bin Hassan al Ham- the role played by the strate- has used her own story madi underlined this while ad- Sedat Onal represented the Qatar and Turkey are in a state gic committee has led to the of enslavement and dressing the Qatar-Turkey Su- Turkish side. Private and pub- of continuous development formalisation of several agree- preme Strategic Committee, lic sector representatives from and remarkable prosperity. ments and MoUs between rape by ISIS to draw which held its third meeting in the two countries also attend- He said the exchange of the two countries in different attention to human Ankara on Friday. ed the meeting. Highlighting high-level visits by officials, fields. Visa-waiver is the out- rights abuses. The Qatari side was head- the depth of the bilateral rela- businessmen and executives come of such a deal, he added. ed by Dr Ahmed, while Tur- tions between the two broth- of the two countries is one of See also page 7 Ô key’s Deputy Foreign Minister erly countries, Dr Ahmed said the highlights of the two coun- Continued on page 2 Ô 02 Saturday, October 6, 2018

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QATARI AID ASSISTANCE TO INDONESIA: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani has directed that aid assistance be CHIEF OF STAFF MEETS FRENCH OFFICIAL: The Chief of Staff of sent to those affected by the earthquake and tsunami that hit Qatar Armed Forces HE Major-General (Pilot) Ghanim bin Shaheen Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. An Amiri Air Force C17 aircraft, which al Ghanim met with the Commander of French forces in the Indian headed to the Halim Perdanakusuma airport east of the Indone- Ocean region Rear Admiral Didier Piaton on Thursday. They discussed sian capital of Jakarta carrying a Qatari international search and bilateral relations between the two countries in the defence and mili- rescue team of the Lekhwiya force, transported the aid which tary fields and means of enhancing and developing them. (QNA) ranged from medical supplies, first aid and tents. (TNN)

Shura team to take Kashta Exhibition part in Kuwait meet 2018 kicks off A DELEGATION from the Ad- Moscow’s unique male choir visory (Shura) Council will KASHTA Exhibition 2018, participate in the 10th General organised by the Simaisma Assembly meeting of the Scout Youth Center of the Ministry Union of Arab Parliamentarians entertains Doha audience of Culture and Sports, kicked set to take place in Kuwait from off on Thursday, with the par- October 6 to 9. The meeting AILYN AGONIA ticipation of 31 Qatari compa- aims to shed light on the latest DOHA nies and exhibits by produc- developments in the scouting tive families. field on the Arab and interna- THE Moscow Sretensky Mon- Organised by the centre an- tional levels. (QNA) astery Choir, one of the most nually and for the seventh year prominent church-singing in a row, the one-week exhibi- ensembles of Russia, staged a tion seeks to link heritage with special performance at Katara reality, and support young 4th meeting by Opera House in the Cultural people engaged in the field of Village-Katara on Thursday. traditional crafts, develop their year-end: Onal The invitation-only per- skills and involve them in the formance was held as part of the State’s development process. Continued from page 1 ongoing celebrations for Qatar- The exhibition includes a Russia 2018 Year of Culture. It variety of land and sea travel The Turkish Deputy FM pointed was graced by Qatar’s Minister and camping supplies, ranging out that mutual visits at the high- of Culture and Sports HE Salah from the large and distinctive est levels are going on between bin Ghanem al Ali and also at- cabins by four national facto- the two countries and the mecha- tended by the Ambassador of ries to camping tools, in addi- nism of cooperation between Russia to Qatar HE Nurma- tion to handicrafts related to institutions and bodies is operat- khmad Kholov and a number of Minister of Culture and Sports HE Salah bin Ghanem al Ali and Ambassador of Russia to Qatar HE Nurmakhmad Kholov with members of the heritage exhibited by produc- ing regularly and effectively. This officials and diplomats. Moscow Sretensky Monastery Choir at Katara Opera House. The event was held as part of the ongoing celebrations for Qatar-Russia 2018 Year tive families. enhances the importance of the The exclusive concert of Culture. Speaking to reporters after strategic committee, he added. opened with a ceremony fea- the opening, Executive Direc- The strategic committee turing opening speeches stress- tery Choir opened the concert with deafening applause. The tive performances in Katara the cultural, educational and tor of Simaisma Youth Center has held three meetings so far, ing the importance of cultural with a performance of an an- featured soloists were cheered served as the kick-off event social institutions of the two Sultan bin Ali al Kuwari said during which 40 agreements in exchange between Qatar and cient chant, ‘Now The Powers by the crowd for their power- of a series of activities to be countries. that the most important fea- various fields have been signed. Russia in promoting the cul- Of Heaven’. It was followed ful voices that filled the packed hosted in Qatar for the year of The concert also presented ture of this exhibition is its Onal said the two sides plan tural ties between the two by a medley of songs includ- opera house. culture programme until next a photo exhibition titled ‘The idea of encouraging young to hold the fourth meeting before countries and peoples. In his ing Russian folk songs such At the end of the concert, year. There are around 30 ac- Most Beautiful Country’ fea- people to develop industries the end of the year. He added remarks, Ambassador Kholov as ‘In The Forge’ and ‘Steppe the Minister of Culture and the tivities lined up for the cultural turing winners from 12 cat- associated with Qatari herit- that the broad and strong par- warmly welcomed the guests Around The Steppe’. Russian envoy took to the stage programme, 20 of which had egories of the photo contest age and take them beyond the ticipation of Qatari and Turkish to the first performance in Qa- The choir’s conductor to congratulate the choir on been hosted in Russia. The organised by The Russian borders of the State. institutions and bodies in this tar of the internationally-ac- Nikon Zhila led the group in their impressive performance. Qatar-Russia cultural pro- Geographical Society. The col- The one-week exhibition meeting is only a clear indication claimed choir founded in 1397. performing moving pieces that According to event organ- gramme consists of cross-cul- lection was brought to Qatar is open from 10am to 10pm of the effort made to raise the The Sretensky Monas- was received by the audience isers, the choir’s two consecu- tural collaborations between by Rosneft Oil company. daily, with the participation of level of the existing relations and five centres belonging to the push them forward and enhance Ministry of Culture and Sports their distinguished rank. The and the Qatari Red Crescent Deputy FM said that the foreign ‘OUR CULTURE IS SCHOOL’ INITIATIVE: The Cultural Village Foun- Society. (QNA) ministers of the two countries dation-Katara is launching the fourth edition of its ‘Our culture are expected to meet in Doha is school’ initiative on October 10. Aimed for children the initia- next month in order to evaluate tive will continue till the end of the academic year 2018-2019. the ongoing preparations for The programme involves children of different age groups and the fourth meeting of the Higher academic stages starting from pre-school to secondary school of Al Andalusian Strategic Committee. both private and public sector. This year’s programme includes The meeting saw the two cultural and art workshops dedicated for the children involving cooking show sides discuss a number of agree- different entertainment and educational activities in Katara. It ments and MoUs that will be will also include interactive educational tours for students. (TNN) THE rich culinary heritage of signed in their fourth meeting. Andalusia was showcased at a special live cooking event or- ganised at the Qatar National Library (QNL) in partnership with Spain’s Islamic Culture QSTP incubatees win big at Qatari IT Business Awards Foundation of Madrid. Juan Ramón Sobero, head chef at La Liga Lounge at the TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Sheraton Grand Doha, and Inés DOHA Eléxpuru, author of ‘Cooking in Al Andalus: Culinary Magic and TECH-DEVELOPMENT star- Seduction’, led the workshop. tups that are part of Qatar Participants learned sev- Science & Technology Park’s eral of Al Andalusian recipes (QSTP) growing community during the event, the con- have been honoured for the cluding activity of the three- impact they are making on the month-long ‘Gardens of Al An- information technology sector dalus’ exhibition, which was in Qatar. brought to the Library by the At the recent Qatar IT Islamic Culture Foundation. Business Awards organised The exhibition showed the by the Ministry of Transport Spanish Muslim garden from and Communications and Qa- different perspectives. In the Al tar Development Bank, three Andalusian period, hundreds QSTP incubatees, a QSTP ten- of botanic species from the ant, a startup that benefited East were introduced and ac- from the QSTP-administered climatised to Spain. These new MENA Dojo programme and a species continue to be used in recipient of the QSTP Product landscape gardening, cosmet- Development Fund received mary source of healthcare in- to become a regional digital solutions for people with dia- rupt the on-demand logistics awarded ‘Service Provider of ics, pharmacopeia and cuisine. awards for their tech-develop- formation in the region.” healthcare provider.” betes and pre-diabetes.” market – secured the ‘Smart the Year’. The company pro- Ada Romero Sanchez, Spe- ment businesses that service The ‘Smart Healthcare Droobi Health, a mobile QSTP incubatee Maktapp Logistic Solution of the Year’ vides end-to-end IT services cial Collection and Exhibitions various sectors. Solution of the Year’ award app that empowers patients to received the ‘Cloud Service title. and solutions and is becoming Coordinator at QNL, said: “As The team behind QSTP went to MediHealth Solutions, take control of their diabetes Provider of the Year’ award for Ahmed Mohamedali, CEO increasingly recognised as a the national library, we are incubatee Meddy, which was a startup that offers a B2C by using behavioural science, the second consecutive year, of Airlift, said: “We were up leading systems integrator. committed to reviving centu- crowned ‘ICT Exporter of the service, ‘At home Doc’, a com- won the ‘Tech Startup of the for its cloud-based applica- against tough competition, Eng Ahmad al Kuwari, ries-old traditions and connect- Year’, has its sights set on prehensive medical platform Year’ award. tion that enables businesses and receiving this award reaf- CEO of MEEZA, said: “This ing people from across cultures. becoming one of the leading that utilises bespoke health- Majed Lababidi, CEO of to schedule tasks and manage firms Airlift’s innovation and recognition is a testament This event was a prime oppor- medical tech startups in the care technologies to provide a Droobi Health, said: “Patients time and deadlines effectively. originality and demonstrates to the company’s efforts and tunity for Library visitors to region. Haris Aghadi, CEO patient-centric and evidence- in Qatar and the region de- Another QSTP incubatee, the industry’s confidence in hard work in delivering on its learn about Muslim civilisation of Meddy, said: “This year, based medical practice. serve the best mobile health Airlift – dedicated to employ- our startup.” commitment to offer service in Al Andalus and its contribu- we’ve focused on expanding Hesham El Feshawy, solutions, and we are mak- ing intelligent control software Also sharing the spotlight excellence and best practices tions to the region and its range our product globally to realise Founder of MediHealth So- ing that happen with the first and hardware technologies in was QSTP’s long-standing in managed IT services to all of cuisine, and how they still our vision of becoming the pri- lutions, said: “Our dream is bilingual digital therapeutic autonomous aircraft to dis- tenant MEEZA, which was its customers.” live on.” (TNN) Nation Saturday, October 6, 2018 03 MoPH concludes training Over 900 patients with special needs receive care course on immunisation diatric patients can have a variety of nitrous oxide, called ‘laughing gas’, work in partnership with physicians TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK The two-day course in- Al Wakra Hospital special requirements as a result of in the treatment of many of our pae- across Hamad Medical Corporation DOHA cluded several scientific lec- congenital or developmental condi- diatric patients, in particular patients (HMC). tures to develop the partici- ATAR’S first dental clinic for pa- tions or disease or trauma.” with Down syndrome. Nitrous oxide is According to Dr Yafei, caring for pa- THE Ministry of Public Health pants’ practical and scientific tients with special needs, located “Around 70 percent of the chil- a gas used to safely and effectively ad- tients with special needs requires spe- (MoPH) recently concluded a skills related to the provision Qin Al Wakra Hospital, has cared dren we care for have autism, but we minister conscious sedation. During cialised training and knowledge about training course organised by of immunisation services, as for over 900 children and adults with also care for patients with Down syn- the administration of nitrous oxide, a variety of medical conditions. As an the National Immunization well as focus on best practices special needs since its opening in 2015. drome, epilepsy and multiple physi- no bodily functions are affected and example, he said patients with epilepsy Program of the Ministry on and methods for keeping the According to Dr Abdulhakim Ah- cal and developmental disabilities. To the patient remains in a comfortable may have additional dental needs as a the management of vaccines vaccines. mad al Yafei, senior paediatric con- date, we have cared for over 200 chil- state. The patient is awake but feels side effect of antiepileptic drugs and for health service providers in The participants were sultant for Special Needs Dentistry dren who have had multiple dental completely relaxed,” said Dr Yafei. may require specialised treatment of hospitals and private clinics. trained on how to prepare, and head of the Dentistry Depart- problems who we were able to treat in Al Wakra Hospital’s specialised oral soft tissue and their gums due to Altogether 36 doctors, document and keep all forms ment at Al Wakra Hospital, the first a single appointment through the use dental clinic is fitted with state-of- damage caused by seizures. pharmacists and nurses from and reports of immunisation of its kind specialised clinic has seen of sedation and general anaesthesia.” the-art medical equipment and has a He added that caring for patients private health facilities and services, as well as how to deal an increase in demand from patients Dr Yafei explained that sedation number of features designed to meet with special needs requires attention hospitals that have recently with side-effects, if any, to en- under the age of 18. or general anaesthesia is sometimes the needs of patients with physical to detail and a willingness to accom- obtained licences for vacci- sure highest quality of immu- Dr Yafei, who holds a Diploma in recommended in the case of patients disabilities, including a dedicated modate requirements and requests nation services attended the nisation services in the State Special Care Dentistry from the Royal who have multiple dental problems operating room, a special door which that go beyond routine treatment. training course. of Qatar. College of Surgeons in Scotland, said and are unable to sit in a dental chair. is wide enough to allow access to pa- The specialised dental clinic at Al patients with special healthcare needs He said sedation allows for multi- tients with mobility impairments and Wakra Hospital is the first of its kind often have more severe dental problems. ple procedures to be bundled together a special lifting apparatus which can in the Middle East and cares for chil- He said their disability and the during the same appointment, which lift an object up to 400 kilograms in dren and adults with special needs. increased incidence of anxiety that he said is less stressful for the patient weight; this feature enables the treat- The clinic is staffed by one senior Smoking raises risk can accompany a physical or develop- because it means they only have to ment of patients while they are seated consultant and two specialists and mental disability often result in more visit the clinic once for treatment. on their wheelchairs. provides routine dental care such as complex care needs. He added it is often safer for pa- “We have one day each week for cleanings, checkups, tooth extrac- of premature heart He said, “Since opening our spe- tients with special needs to be se- patients who require dental proce- tions and fillings. cialised clinic three years ago, we dated while procedures are carried dures under general anaesthesia. Our The clinic also provides care for have seen an increase in the number out to protect them from the sharp, dedicated operating room is equipped patients who are unable to clean their disease among youth of children who require our services. fast-moving instruments required in with radiology imaging technology,” own teeth. Unlike most HMC services, We are currently seeing around 20 dental treatment. said Dr Yafei. a referral from a primary healthcare or Young smokers over eight times more children each week and these pae- “We have recently begun using He said staff at the Al Wakra clinic private clinic is not required. 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OUNG smokers are more bacco Control Center undergo than eight times more a full assessment, including a Ylikely to have a major complete medical history and HMC symposium seeks to develop local surgical heart attack compared to non- related evaluations. smokers, said Dr Ahmad al As part of the assessment, Mulla, head of Hamad Medical he said, clinicians talk to pa- expertise to manage complex thyroid disorders Corporation’s (HMC) Tobacco tients about available treatment Control Center, warning about options and caution them about TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK al Thani. “I am delighted that and cholesterol levels. the link between smoking and the impact smoking has on DOHA Dr Hassan al Thani we have had exceptional inter- Over 20 highly qualified premature heart disease in their health and the importance at the event. est from doctors and nurses in endocrinologists, surgeons, young people. of quitting. He said, in addition OVER 300 clinical staff from the topics covered during our radiologists, pathologists, According to Dr Mulla, to smoking cigarettes, popular Hamad Medical Corporation symposia. With each session anesthetists, and cardiology HMC’s Tobacco Control Cent- forms of tobacco use among (HMC) gathered in Qatar for providing the opportunity for specialists, as well as radiation er receives a number of re- young people in Qatar include the Surgical Endocrine Sym- learning to around 300 at- and medical oncologists, were ferrals each month from the electronic cigarettes, chewing posium recently. tendees, we have managed to among the presenters at the Heart Hospital for patients tobacco (Swedish Snus), and Organised by the Depart- deliver a significant training day-long symposium, which under the age of 40 who have a tobacco product mixed with ment of Surgery and held in programme in surgical endo- included a panel discussion blood clots and blockages in aromatic leaf and bark herbs collaboration with the Qatar crinology to many healthcare featuring patient case studies. their arteries. He said smoking (Midwakh or Dokha). Surgical Society, the sympo- professionals in Qatar.” “We already have highly is a major risk factor for coro- Dr Abdullah said many sium provided focused train- The thyroid gland is approx- experienced teams using ad- nary heart disease, a condition young people think these al- ing to physicians and nurses imately two inches long and is vanced diagnostic technolo- in which plaque builds up in- ternatives are less harmful involved in the surgical treat- located in the middle of the low- gies to identify different kinds side the coronary arteries. than tobacco cigarettes. How- ment of thyroid disorders. er neck, below the larynx (voice of endocrine disorders as well Coronary heart disease oc- ever, he warned they can be Dr Hassan al Thani, head box). It is shaped like a bow tie as any underlying causes. As curs when arteries that carry more dangerous. of Trauma and Vascular Sur- and helps regulate physiological a recognised teaching insti- blood to the heart muscle are While smoking is a lead- gery at HMC and chair of the functions in the body by releas- tution, we are committed to narrowed by plaque or blocked ing cause of heart attacks and Surgical Endocrine Symposia, is committed to developing to manage complex clinical ing hormones that control me- supporting the training and by clots. heart disease, many of these said the Department of Sur- local expertise to manage the cases, and targeted learn- tabolism - the way the body uses education of other healthcare Chemicals in cigarette heart risks can be reversed gery has an established track care of patients with complex ing events such as these are energy. The thyroid’s hormones professionals in the pursuit of smoke cause the blood to simply by quitting smoking. record in offering high-quality thyroid disorders. an important means for us to regulate vital body functions, knowledge, with the ultimate thicken and form clots inside The Tobacco Control Cent- education and training oppor- “We are committed to build the capacity and capa- including breathing, heart rate, goal of providing better patient veins and arteries and block- er continues to receive a large tunities for staff. He said HMC developing local expertise bility here in Qatar,” said Dr body weight, body temperature care,” added Dr al Thani. age from a clot can lead to a number of requests from new heart attack and sudden death. patients wanting to quit, indi- Dr Jamal Abdullah, a cating a desire among the public smoking cessation specialist to stop smoking and to protect ing familiar tasks, and changes at HMC, said all patients who their health from the adverse ef- in personality and behaviour,” seek the services of the To- fects of tobacco use. (TNN) People with heart disease risks said Dr Hamad. In response to the coun- try’s growing and aging pop- may develop Alzheimer’s: Expert ulation, HMC has made a number of enhancements to NDIVIDUALS over the age count for up to 90 percent of She stressed the impor- initial signs of Alzheimer’s dis- its geriatric service, including of 65 who have risk factors dementia cases. tance of watching for the early ease can include increasing for- implementing specialist de- Ifor heart disease may be “Dementia is a broad signs and symptoms of the dis- getfulness or mild confusion. mentia care and patient and more likely to develop changes term used to describe the ease, saying that remaining ac- She said the brain changes family education. in their brain that can lead to symptoms of a large group of tive – physically, mentally and that occur in Alzheimer’s dis- “We have a growing and Alzheimer’s disease and other brain disorders that cause the socially – may help contribute ease can affect the way an in- aging population. Due to this related forms of dementia, ac- loss of intellectual and social to well-being and reduce one’s dividual acts and feels, adding reason, we are seeing an in- cording to a geriatrics special- skills. Alzheimer’s disease is risk of developing Alzheimer’s that individuals with Alzhe- creasing number of Alzhe- ist at Hamad Medical Corpo- the most common cause of disease. imer’s may experience depres- imer’s cases diagnosed each ration (HMC). dementia. In Alzheimer’s dis- Dr Hamad further said, sion, apathy, social withdraw- year and we have three depart- Speaking about World ease, brain cells deteriorate “Important factors that may al, mood swings, irritability ments dedicated to caring for Dr Jamal Abdullah, a Smoking Dr Ahmad al Mulla, head of Alzheimer’s Day, Chairper- and die, causing a steady de- increase one’s risk of heart and aggressiveness, changes patients with memory prob- Cessation Specialist at HMC. HMC’s Tobacco Control Center. son of Geriatrics and Long cline in memory and mental disease include having high in sleeping habits, loss of inhi- lems – the Memory Clinic, Term Care at HMC Dr Hanadi function. Scientists believe blood pressure, high blood bitions and paranoia. under our Geriatric Services, Khamis al Hamad said Alzhe- that in most cases Alzheimer’s cholesterol, excess weight and “Over time, these signs the Department of Neuromed- imer’s is the most common disease is caused by a combi- diabetes. However, eating a may deteriorate into memory icine and the Psychiatry De- form of dementia. nation of genetic, lifestyle and healthy diet comprised of veg- loss, especially recent memo- partment,” Dr Hamad added. Maintain healthy She said Alzheimer’s dis- environmental factors that af- etables, fruit, healthy oils and ries. The rate at which symp- She noted that the Mem- ease and vascular dementia, a fect the brain over time,” Dr foods low in saturated fat can toms worsen varies from ory Clinic, which is based in general term describing prob- Hamad said. reduce one’s risk of fatal cardi- person to person. However, Rumailah Hospital, is staffed lifestyle for a sound lems with reasoning, planning, She added that many of ovascular disease and stroke. Alzheimer’s main symptoms by a multidisciplinary team of judgment, memory and other the factors that increase an A healthy diet can also help re- include memory loss, difficul- geriatric specialists who carry thought processes caused by individual’s risk of developing duce one’s risk of developing ty concentrating and thinking, out an assessment of any pa- heart: Dr al Otaibi brain damage from impaired heart disease can also increase Alzheimer's disease.” making judgments and deci- tient suspected of having de- blood flow to the brain, ac- their risk of dementia. She pointed out that the sions, planning and perform- mentia. (TNN) S the world celebrated the best care for patients with the World Heart Health cardiac problems. ADay on September 29, Dr Otaibi said, “People 2018, the Primary Health should be aware of the differ- Care Corporation (PHCC) is ent symptoms that could be a emphasising the importance sign to having an unhealthy WISH gives young innovators a platform to shine of keeping heart healthy. heart. These include pain, Dr Mohamed al Otaibi pressure or discomfort in the TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK who works as a nurse at Sidra “In hospitals, language negatively affecting the pa- for screening and early diag- said, “Everyone needs to be centre of the chest precipi- DOHA Medicine, a QF member, and barriers can cause tient outcomes and quality nosis of heart disease. aware of the importance of tated or aggravated by effort Dalal al Sharshani, who is a misunderstanding of care delivery. That’s why Sultana Afdhal, CEO, maintaining a healthy lifestyle. and relieved by rest. The pain, THE World Innovation Sum- nurse at Hamad Medical Cor- between pa- we created these communi- WISH, said: “This year’s co- Regular exercise, healthy food, tingling or discomfort could be mit for Health (WISH), an initi- poration. Together, the two tients and cation cards.” hort has impressed us with reducing weight and avoiding in parts other than chest. This ative of Qatar Foundation (QF), young healthcare profes- nurses, Other 2018 winners their ingenuity and we are obesity and quitting smoking might include the arms, back, has invited 10 young innova- sionals created iCommuni- include Yaman Abou Jieb, confident that their talent and are all factors that should be neck, jaw or stomach.” tors from around the world cate, which uses cards with whose PenCam is a high- commitment to global health- considered for the benefit of “Some patients may com- to showcase their work at the Arabic and English words resolution camera con- care will help bring about posi- your heart. Here at PHCC, we plain of shortness of breath upcoming WISH 2018 summit, written on them to help pa- nected with a mobile tive change for the many peo- recruit highly qualified con- with or without chest pain in following a competition to find tients communicate across phone application ple around the world who will sultants and specialists family association with exercise and innovators under the age of 30 language barriers. Both to help legally benefit from their innovations doctors to ensure that our pa- relieved by rest. The first symp- who have developed a novel Aden and Sharshani, blind people in the future.” tients have access to the best tom of heart disease can be a health-related product. who are studying a read and write; WISH 2018 will see 2,000 in health care, including pro- heart attack which includes, The WISH young innova- Master of Science Ahmed Na- global health experts and poli- motion of healthy lifestyle and in addition to the mentioned tors programme provides a in genomics and beel, whose cymakers gather in Doha for periodic check-ups, support to symptoms, one or more of platform for tomorrow’s most precision medi- Aquscope the latest installment of WISH’s quit smoking, and health and nausea, vomiting, burping or promising healthcare leaders cine at Hamad is a surgi- biennial gatherings, which have wellbeing clinics – all things heartburn, sweating or having to present their innovations Bin Khalifa cal laparo- quickly become established as that can help you maintain a cold, clammy skin, a racing or to delegates attending WISH University, a scope that a major highlight of the global healthy heart.” uneven heartbeat and feeling 2018, which will be held in member of automates healthcare calendar, playing an He added that PHCC in dizzy or lightheaded,” he said. Doha on November 13 and 14. QF, devel- the cleanup important role in the dissemi- Qatar is pioneer in providing “We should know that This year’s young innovators oped their process and nation of healthcare innovation wellness centres within most many people with coronary represent 10 different coun- idea during a reduces time and best practices. of the new health centres to en- heart disease have no symp- tries: Qatar, Syria, Kuwait, module on en- spent on sur- This year’s summit will be courage people adopt regular toms and some have non- Switzerland, Russia, the UK, trepreneurship geries; and Al- preceded by a week of health- exercise as a lifestyle. Recently, specific symptoms. There- Malaysia, Uganda, Sweden offered as part of len Mohammadi, care-related events during cardiology clinics, in collabora- fore, we recommend you and the US. their master’s degree whose Heartstrings the Doha Healthcare Week, tion with Hamad Medical Cor- monitor your health regularly Among the winners are programme. The WISH young innovators programme provides a plat- is a non-invasive and which will run from Novem- poration (HMC), are being ini- and consult your doctor as it Qatar-based Munira Aden, Sharshani said: form for tomorrow’s most promising healthcare leaders. low-cost technology ber 6 to 12, 2018. tiated in some health centres is always better to be safe,” he to have more focus on giving advised. (TNN) 04 Saturday, October 6, 2018 India / World Nigeria parties NEWS UN worry for safety of 7 Rohingya deported by India IN BRIEF REUTERS thorities. built transit centres for refugees to pick prez GENEVA "UNHCR continues to seek to return, but U.N. aid agencies clarification from the (Indian) say it is not yet safe for them to nominees Militants kill two THE UN refugee agency authorities on the circumstanc- do so. AFP NC workers voiced deep concern on Friday es under which these individu- "What is worrying in the LAGOS in Srinagar for the safety and security of als were returned to Myanmar," context of this return is hun- seven Rohingya men deport- spokesman Andrej Mahecic dreds of thousands of Rohingya NIGERIA'S two major politi- SRINAGAR Two National ed from India to Myanmar, told a news briefing in Geneva. people have fled from Myan- cal parties hold primary elec- Conference (NC) party work- saying they had been denied He had no information on mar over recent decades," Ma- tions this weekend to select their ers were killed while another access to legal counsel and a the whereabouts of those de- hecic said, noting they included nominees for presidential polls was critically injured on Friday chance to have their asylum ported to Myanmar, where 720,000 who fled to Bangla- scheduled for February 2019. as militants opened fire here, claims assessed. separate U.N. rights investiga- desh from a military crackdown This time last year, political police said. Former Jammu India deported the Ro- tors have accused the military of in August 2017. pundits were hard pressed to and Kashmir Chief Ministers hingya Muslim men on Thurs- committing mass murders and "Current conditions in My- name an opposition candidate Omar Abdullah and Meh- day, raising fears of further rapes with "genocidal intent" anmar's Rakhine state are not A Rohingya woman cooks at a temporary shelter near a village south who could beat President Mu- booba Mufti condemned the repatriations among those shel- and ethnic cleansing. conducive for safe, dignified and of Kolkata. (AFP) hammadu Buhari and his ruling attack. The terrorists targeted tering in refugee camps in the The Myanmar government sustainable return of stateless All Progressives Congress (APC). the NC workers in Karfali country and concern that those has rejected most allegations of Rohingya refugees," he added. in three Rakhine townships, they found that "the Muslim The Peoples Democratic Mohalla of the old city area. returned faced the risk of abuse atrocities made against the se- UNHCR aid workers on Fri- following a limited assessment communities are not allowed to Party (PDP), which enjoyed The attack took place outside at the hands of Myanmar au- curity forces by refugees. It has day began to assess conditions last month in 23 villages where move freely", Mahecic said. power since democratic rule was the ancestral house of NC restored in 1999, was in disarray MLA, Shamima Firdous, who after being ousted from power represents the Habba Kadal for the first time in 2015. seat in the 87-member state But since then, Buhari's par- legislative assembly. (IANS) ty has seen a wave of defections in protest at his leadership style Japan to skip Russia, India sign pact for and a surge in PDP contenders naval event after that could give it momentum as S Korea protests the vote approaches. With Buhari expected to be SEOUL/TOKYO Japan has endorsed unopposed at the APC decided not to take part in 6 more nuclear reactors convention in Abuja, all eyes will an international fleet review be on the southern city of Port in South Korea next week Harcourt to see who emerges after Seoul effectively asked S-400 deal sealed Guarded US reponse to missile defence agreement victorious for the PDP. Tokyo not to fly its "Rising Barring any surprise, the Sun" flag on a warship, AGENCIES candidate will come from the Japan's defence minister NEW DELHI/PARIS Muslim-majority north, follow- said on Friday. Japan's ing an unwritten rule in Nigeria relations with both South INDIA and Russia on Friday that the presidency should alter- and North Korea have long signed a pact to build six more nate every two terms between been strained by lingering nuclear reactors at a new site a candidate from the north and resentment over its 1910- in India following summit south. 45 colonisation of Korea, talks between their leaders in territorial rows and the issue New Delhi. of Korean girls and women India also agreed a deal with Former S Korea forced to work in Japan's Russia to buy S-400 surface to wartime brothels. (REUTERS) air missile systems on Friday, president Lee the two sides said, as New Delhi UNSC team visits disregarded US warnings that jailed for 15 years DR Congo ahead such a purchase could trigger AFP of presidential poll sanctions under US law. SEOUL In its first reaction to the KINSHASA A delegation from deal, US said it did not want to FORMER South Korean presi- the UN Security Council was hurt military capabilities of its dent Lee Myung-bak was jailed awaited Friday in Kinshasa “allies or partners.” for 15 years for corruption Fri- ahead of a long-postponed Russian President Vladimir day, becoming the latest of the presidential poll and amid Putin and Indian Prime Minis- country's ex-leaders to be sent to tensions between authorities ter Narendra Modi also agreed prison. in the Democratic Republic to cooperate on India's plan for The 76-year-old CEO- of Congo and the United Na- a manned space mission. turned-president, who served tions' largest peacekeeping Russian state-owned re- from 2008 to 2013, was found mission. President Joseph actor manufacturer Rosatom guilty on charges including brib- Kabila's government in the said in a statement that the ery and embezzlement and or- strife-prone country has two countries want to build dered to pay a fine of 13 billion long been demanding the six Russian-design nuclear re- Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) with Russian President Vladimir Putin in New Delhi on Friday. (EPA-EFE) won ($11.5 million) by the Seoul withdrawal of UN mission actors on a new site in India, Central District Court. MONUSCO, whose initial mili- boost nuclear cooperation in years, and would bind the two Last month, the United conference. "Bringing everything into tary observers were deployed third countries and new nu- countries for decades. India agreed a deal with States imposed sanctions on “We always arrive to India consideration, heavy punish- in 2000 during the Second clear technologies and are con- Although there was no pub- Russia to buy S-400 surface China’s military for its purchase with great pleasure as we know ment for the accused is inevita- Congo War. (AFP) sidering building nuclear plants lic signing, the deal was sealed to air missile systems on of combat fighters as well as the that we are surrounded here in ble," said a judge during the trial together. during President Vladimir Pu- S-400 missile system it bought the environment of very frank that was live televised. The firm said Russia would tin’s ongoing visit to New Delhi Friday, the two sides said, as from Russia this year. India is friendship, business coopera- Lee was not in attendance, 6 killed in attack offer to build its third-genera- for an annual summit with In- New Delhi disregarded US hoping that President Donald tion,” Putin said. citing ill-health. The former tion VVER reactor on the new dian Prime Minister Narendra warnings that such a pur- Trump’s administration will Russia will also help India South Korean leader was in- on DR Congo site and would increase the Modi. chase could trigger sanc- give it a waiver on the weapons in its plans to mount a manned dicted in April on 16 charges that level of participation of Indian “The deal was signed on the tions under US law systems which New Delhi sees space mission by 2022. included bribery, embezzlement military post companies in the project. fringes of the summit,” Kremlin as a deterrent against China’s “India gives the highest pri- and abuse of power. A Rosatom official told spokesman Dmitry Peskov told bigger and superior military. ority to ties with Russia, in fact The court found that Lee AFP Reuters the pact is not a firm Reuters. The contract is esti- “The (two) sides welcomed in a changing world, our ties was the de-facto owner of DAS GOMA, DR CONGO contract yet, but an agreement mated to be worth more than called Countering America’s the conclusion of the contract have become more important,” -- a controversial auto parts to work towards a contract. $5 billion and gives the Indian Adversaries Through Sanctions for the supply of S-400 long Modi said. company which he claimed was A rebel attack on an army post India has not chosen the military the ability to shoot Act (CAATSA). range surface to air missile sys- For all the warm words, his brother's -- which he used to in eastern Democratic Republic new site yet, which could be down aircraft and missiles at A State Department tem to India,” India and Russia ties with Moscow are a lot less create slush funds of around 24 of Congo left six people dead, controversial as the country has unprecedented ranges. spokesperson said this week said in a joint statement at the central to Delhi than they were billion won. Lee was also found civilian and military sources said seen vehement protests against The United States has said that the implementation of the end of the talks. during the Cold War years, guilty of accepting nearly six bil- Friday. new nuclear sites. countries trading with Russia’s sanctions act would be focused The two countries also as India has diversified arms lion won from Samsung Elec- The Ugandan Allied Demo- If confirmed, the agreement defence and intelligence sectors at countries acquiring weapons signed eight agreements cover- purchases, closing $15 billion tronics in return for a presiden- cratic Forces (ADF) is suspected would be one of the biggest nu- would face automatic sanctions such as the S-400 missile bat- ing space, nuclear energy and of deals with the United States tial pardon for its chairman Lee of having carried out Thursday clear industry deals in recent under a sweeping legislation teries. railways at a televised news over the last decade. Kun-hee. night's attack in the city of Beni, which sits near the DRC border with Uganda. The raid is thought to have targetted General Marcel Mbangu but instead killed four other soldiers and two civilians, BSP-Congress alliance for 2019 possible: Rahul Gandhi said the sources. "We were in the middle of tan Times Leadership Summit in NPAs and unemployment is to criticism instead of trying to a meeting," said one military Congress president shows willingness here, Gandhi indicted the Modi at a 20-year high". stifle it. He said the Modi re- source who did not wish to be to become PM at HT leadership summit government for thousands of "Reimagining India for the gime has a sense of "monopoly" named. An AFP photographer in farmer suicides, "decimation" BJP, the RSS is to shut the im- over everything it deals with Beni saw the bodies of two civil- IANS for the next Lok Sabha polls, he of the economy and "jamming aginations of Indians. Institu- and does not believe in having ians with machete wounds. NEW DELHI also expressed his willingness shut" the country's banking sys- tions are attacked, Supreme any form of conversation. The ADF is a militia cre- to become the Prime Minister. tem. Court judges are compelled to Flaying the "ridiculous" ated by Muslim rebels to oppose CONGRESS President Rahul “If they (allies) want me, I will "It (Modi government) go public because they feel in- demonetisation and hold- Ugandan President Yoweri Mu- Gandhi on Friday tore into the surely want to be the Prime wants to impose one singular timidated," he said. ing the complex multi-layered seveni but which also operates in Narendra Modi government for Minister,” replied Gandhi when suffocating memory on our 1.3 Claiming that the Bharatiya GST responsible for wiping out the DRC. They are held respon- "waging war on Indians" and asked about his remarks in the Congress chief Rahul Gandhi. billion people," said Gandhi in Janata Party (BJP)-Rashtriya millions of small businesses, sible for a string of attacks in the imposing a "suffocating ideol- run-up to the Karnataka As- his scathing attack, adding that Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) dis- Gandhi said his attempts at region, including another car- ogy" on them. sembly elections when he had Delivering the keynote ad- "rupee is on its knees, petrol at liked thinkers like Raghuram making conversation with the ried out at the end of September Exuding confidence of expressed his willingness to be dress and participating in an in- an all-time high, the stock mar- Rajan and Amartya Sen, Gan- government have always been in Beni that left 20 people dead. trucking with Mayawati-led BSP the Prime Minister. teractive session at the Hindus- ket imploded, Rs 12 lakh crore dhi dared Modi to open himself shunned. Stigma, blame means African Melania cosies up to baby elephants in Kenya safari AFP welfare programme, began her women wary to say #MeToo NAIROBI trip in Ghana, where she visited mothers and their newborns, AFP stunned when a former boy- "The issues definitely af- US First Lady Melania Trump and toured a former slave trad- NAIROBI friend slapped her in the face in fect (us) but the blame is always cosied up to baby elephants ing fort. front of his family. shifted back onto the woman, and went on safari in Kenya She then made a brief stop THE #MeToo campaign has Their reaction was that he that it is her fault, her dressing, on Friday, on the third leg of in Malawi where she toured a given mostly Western women had a "hot temper". her speech or she needs to be a solo tour of Africa that has primary school. confidence to speak up about Later, much to her surprise, taught a lesson because she is contrasted with the tumult in Her husband tweeted: "Our violence at the hands of men, but five of her close friends revealed too strong," said the psycholo- Washington. country's great First Lady, Mela- in Africa women say stigma and they too had been abused in re- gist. Looking relaxed and smil- nia, is doing really well in Africa. victim-blaming still keep many lationships. "It's not only men, but wom- ing, the former model gave a The people love her, and she silent. "If even that is 'normal' and en who are thinking that way." baby elephant bottled formula loves them! It is a beautiful thing Fiercely patriarchal socie- we don't talk about it, how does Nevertheless, in the year at the David Sheldrick Wildlife to see." ties and religious and traditional the #MeToo movement... how since #MeToo went viral, there Trust in Nairobi, famed for its The First Lady's visit to Af- views on the role of women do we interact with that?" she have been cases in which women work rescuing the orphans from rica has offered up a softer side US First Lady Melania Trump walks with children at an orphanage in means even complaining about asked. Like others interviewed have spoken up or refused to be the wild. Donning a white safari of the Trump administration, Nairobi on Friday. (AFP) domestic violence is an uphill by AFP, she said the #MeToo silenced. In March in Uganda, pith helmet, she then took to the which is facing a critical vote battle, let alone bringing down movement had prompted more angry women took to Twit- Nairobi National Park to spot on the nomination of Brett Ka- testimony of Christine Blasey Melania Trump's visit to Af- abusive men in power, activists discussions about women's ter to call for the resignation some more of Kenya's wildlife, vanaugh to the Supreme Court Ford -- who accused Kavanaugh rica is seen by some observers say. In Kenya, a confident and rights and sharing stories of sex- of MP Onesmus Twinamasiko and will later visit an orphanage on Friday. of sexual assault -- to protests as an effort to mend fences after bubbly 40-year-old psychologist ual assault, but mostly in private who gave a television interview and watch a play. Washington has been against his nomination which her husband's reported com- -- who, tellingly, asked to remain WhatsApp groups or Facebook encouraging men to beat their Melania Trump, who is in gripped by high drama and saw more than 300 arrests, in- ment that the continent con- anonymous -- told AFP she was chats rather than publicly. wives to "discipline" them. Africa to promote her children's emotion in recent days, from the cluding celebrities. tained "shithole" countries. Pakistan / S Asia / Philippines / SE Asia Sarurday, October 6, 2018 05

Pressure on Duterte as Philippine inflation jumps Spokesman promises to tell public about Duterte’s health from 6.4 percent in August, be solved overnight” because Consumer price increases to 6.7%, from 6.4% in the steepest climb since some factors are beyond the MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will let the pub- in August, steepest climb since Feb 2009 February 2009, the Philippine government’s control, such as lic know if he has a “serious illness”, his spokesman said on Statistics Authority said. oil prices. Global crude prices Friday, a day after the leader said in a public address that he AFP phoon Mangkhut, the world’s “We... understand that are sitting at a four-year high had gone to a hospital for tests. MANILA most powerful storm in 2018, many are feeling the hit of a around $85 and there are Rumours of Duterte’s health woes re-emerged after the smashed into the country’s faster inflation rate, particu- warnings it they could break 73-year-old president, known for a busy schedule and long PHILIPPINE inflation jumped northern agricultural heart- larly those who toil so hard $100. However, del Castillo speeches, missed two official events on Wednesday, including to an almost 10-year high in land in mid-September. just to keep up,” Duterte’s said the people expect the pres- a meeting with the cabinet. September, data showed on Increases have been pow- economics team said. ident to do something about it. “The result of the examination, whether or not it can be Friday, putting pressure on ered by a collision of factors The tens of millions who get “You’ve seen the (opinion) made public will depend on what they find out,” Duterte’s President Rodrigo Duterte to including Duterte’s massive by on less than $2 per day in the President Rodrigo Duterte surveys. The people would spokesman Harry Roque told a news briefing, citing a provi- act as the cost of food and fuel spending on a broad infra- Philippines have been especial- like inflation to be the govern- sion in the Philippine constitution on public disclosure of the hit the country’s poor in the structure building effort, ly hard hit by the increase. acknowledged Friday that ment’s top priority,” he added. president’s health conditions. pocket. climbing oil prices and weak The government has grain prices remain “elevated” The Philippine peso has “The president is not inclined to hide anything about his Consumer prices have ris- farm output. boosted imports of rice, the due to the typhoon. been hovering at 13-year lows, health. I assure the public, the president will not hide any- en every month this year, with Consumer price increases national cereal staple, follow- Analyst Astro del Castillo closing at 54.32 to the US dol- thing. If it is serious, he will inform the nation.” (REUTERS) food surging further after Ty- accelerated to 6.7 percent, ing shortages but authorities told AFP the problem “will not lar on Thursday.

Myanmar may Housing scam case IMF calls for lose EU trade more action in privileges over Pakistan, but no Rohingya abuse word on bailout AFP ISLAMABAD

THE International Monetary Fund has called on Pakistan’s new government to act fast to stabilise its teetering econo- my, warning growth will likely slow and inflation rise, but made no mention of a new Myanmar’s State Counselor bailout deal. Aung San Suu Kyi Former cricketer Imran Khan’s new administration AFP had vowed to decide by the INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA end of September if it would seek an IMF bailout to shore THE European Union up the economy as it faces a warned Mynamar on Friday balance-of-payments crisis it could lose trade privileges and dwindling reserves. over its “blatant violation of human rights”, as the inter- IMF warned that tough days national backlash over the Rohingya crisis grows. may lay ahead as higher oil EU Trade Commissioner prices and tightening finan- Cecilia Malmstrom said a cial conditions for emerging fact-finding mission would markets will likely add to arrive in Myanmar soon to Pakistan’s economic woes assess whether the highly (File photo) Shehbaz Sharif (second right) speaks during an ‘All Parties Conference’ in Islamabad. (AFP) preferential tariff arrange- ment Myanmar enjoys, However, it has yet to an- known as “everything but nounce a deal as its seeks arms”, should be withdrawn. Pakistan oppn leader Shehbaz other arenas of financing and “We can not exclude launched a highly publicised this outcome and of course austerity drive that has includ- the reason is the blatant ed auctioning off government- violation of human rights owned luxury automobiles in Myanmar,” Malmstrom Sharif arrested ahead of polls and buffaloes. told reporters at a meet- The IMF said in a state- ing of EU trade ministers ment released late Thursday in Innsbruck, Austria. Arrest involves a case of alleged corruption in a housing scheme when Shehbaz was Punjab chief minister that Pakistan was in need of “Our trade policy is values- significant external financing based. These are not just REUTERS ruption in a low-cost hous- Prime Minister Imran Khan’s lim League-Nawaz came in liamentary seats and 19 pro- in the near term and recom- words. We have to act when ISLAMABAD ing scheme, called Aashyana party campaigned on an anti- second place in the election. vincial assembly seats are mended upping gas and power there are severe violations.” (Shelter), when Shehbaz Shar- corruption platform. Their party, along with all scheduled for Oct. 14. Those tariffs while also pushing for The EBA deal, giving PAKISTANI opposition leader if was chief minister of Punjab Nawaz Sharif has de- other major opposition par- seats remain empty because of exchange rate “flexibility” and duty-free and tariff-free ac- Shehbaz Sharif was arrested province. nounced corruption cases ties, denounced the polls as court-ordered delays and the monetary policy tightening. cess to the EU market for on Friday in a longstanding “NAB Lahore has ar- against him and his party’s rigged, alleging the military ability of leading candidates to “These steps would help all products except weap- corruption case, the country’s rested former chief minister leaders as politically moti- and courts of tipping the scale run in several constituencies at reduce current account pres- ons and ammunition, was anti-graft agency said, nine of Punjab Shehbaz Sharif in vated, and both brothers deny in favour of Khan’s party. once, but only represent one. sures and improve debt sus- reinstated for Myanmar in days before crucial by-elec- Aashyana company case. NAB any wrongdoing. Nawaz Sharif The Sharifs’ party accused The by-elections could af- tainability,” said the fund in a 2013 to support political re- tions are due to be held. will produce the former chief was released from prison last the new government of using fect the slim majority Khan’s statement. forms as it moved towards His brother, ousted Prime minister of Punjab in the hon- month pending an appeal the anti-corruption agency for coalition government holds in But it warned that tough democracy after decades of Minister Nawaz Sharif, was ourable accountability court against his conviction. political victimisation. parliament, though many of the days may lay ahead as higher military rule. But Western sentenced earlier this year to tomorrow,” a statement from The former prime minister “The government is afraid constituencies are considered oil prices and tightening finan- powers and the UN have 10 years in prison by the same the agency said. was arrested 10 days before that the PML-N isn’t broken strongholds of his Pakistan Te- cial conditions for emerging accused Myanmar’s mili- agency after the Supreme Court Information Minister Fa- the July 25 general election, despite all the cheap tactics,” hreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. markets will likely add to Pa- tary of waging a campaign removed him from power. wad Chaudhry welcomed the which was won by cricket star party spokeswoman Maryam The contests are consid- kistan’s economic woes. of ethnic cleansing against Friday’s arrest, by agents arrest and offered the agency turned politician Imran Khan, Aurangzeb said, adding: “It is ered to be closer in the pro- “In this environment, eco- Rohingya Muslims, who are of the National Accountabil- any help it needed. who now leads the new gov- an attempt to influence the by- vincial assemblies and could nomic growth will likely slow denied citizenship rights. ity Bureau (NAB) in Lahore, “This step today is a big ernment. election.” result in the PML-N winning significantly, and inflation will involved a case of alleged cor- step,” he told reporters. New The Sharifs’ Pakistan Mus- By-elections to fill 11 par- back control of Punjab. rise,” said the IMF.

Sri Lanka court rejects News Afghan govt rejects proposals to privatise war firebrand monk’s appeal in brief REUTERS he lobbied several Afghan po- the statement said. Airstrike kills four, KABUL litical figures and gave inter- In August, US Defence wounds eight in AFP on charges of hate crimes Singapore company views to media outlets includ- Secretary James Mattis also wedding convoy COLOMBO against minority Muslims in charged over ‘maids AFGHAN officials have re- ing Tolo News, Afghanistan’s rebuffed the idea, saying: Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka, for sale’ online ads acted angrily to speculation largest television station, as “When Americans put their KABUL: An airstrike by security SRI Lanka’s Supreme Court on has been in and out of hos- that foreign military contrac- well as the New York Times, nation’s credibility on the line, forces killed four people and Friday dismissed the appeal of pital since his imprisonment SINGAPORE Singapore has tors could take over train- to discuss the plan. privatising it is probably not a wounded eight others who were an ultra-nationalist Buddhist in June this year. His Bodu charged an employment agen- ing and advising the Afghan Afghan President Ashraf wise idea.” part of a wedding procession in monk and upheld his six-year Bala Sena (BBS), or Buddhist cy for posting advertisements armed forces, following a re- Ghani, approaching presiden- Afghan officials say that the southeast province of Kan- sentence for contempt of court. Force, has denied allegations offering Indonesian helpers newed push by the founder tial elections in April, has re- any move to replace US mili- dahar, officials said on Friday. Galagodaatte Gnanasara it was behind riots against for sale on an e-commerce of private military contractor peatedly rejected the proposal tary advisers with private con- Abdul Raziq, the Kandahar had appealed over the sen- Muslims in 2017 and 2014 that site, the city-state’s labour Blackwater. and on Thursday his national tractors would further under- police chief, said Taliban mili- tence handed down for dis- left four people dead. ministry said. Erik Prince, whose com- security adviser issued a state- mine government legitimacy tants had mounted an attack ruptive behaviour during a Gnanasara’s intimidation Singapore is home to pany came to prominence dur- ment condemning what he and fuel Taliban accusations in the Maroof district when trial in 2016. The original case of Sandya Eknaligoda took almost 250,000 maids ing the war in Iraq, has been called a “destructive and divi- that the war was being con- security forces responded with had seen the firebrand cleric place when he attended the -- mostly from poor parts of lobbying officials about his sive debate”. ducted for the benefit of for- an airstrike on Thursday. jailed for six months for in- 2016 trial of military officers Indonesia, the Philippines and proposal to privatise parts of “Under no circumstances eign interests. “Taliban tried to flee and got timidating a woman, whose accused of abducting her hus- Myanmar -- who head to the United States military opera- will the Afghan government Speaking half seriously, mixed up with villagers at a wed- cartoonist husband was ab- band Prageeth in 2010, whose tiny but wealthy city-state to tions in Afghanistan for more and people allow the counter- one senior security official said ding procession. The airstrike ducted by the military. cartoons lampooned former earn higher salaries than than a year. terrorism fight to become a recently: “If they did that, even killed four civilians, including Gnanasara, who has strongman president Mahinda they can back home. (AFP) On a recent visit to Kabul, private, for-profit business,” I would join the Taliban”. women and children.” (REUTERS) faced several previous cases Rajapakse. Vietnam jails five activists over anti-state charge HANOI A court on Friday sen- UN seeks $50 mn for Indonesia aid; quake-tsunami death toll hits 1,500 tenced five activists to hefty by a powerful quake and a wall ter, the full scale of the disas- jail terms ranging from eight UN plan aims to provide help to 191,000 of water that reduced whole ter and the needs are becom- to 15 years for “attempting to neighborhoods to piles of ing clear,” said Anita Nirody, overthrow the state”, the lat- people over the next three months wood and twisted metal. the UN Resident Coordinator est in a series of convictions The UN plan aims to pro- in Indonesia. signaling a tougher crackdown AFP munity working in the country vide help to 191,000 people “Affected people, espe- on critics by communist NEW YORK will provide targeted, techni- over the next three months, cially those who have lost their Vietnam. cal assistance.” the statement said. homes and all their belong- Since a hardline govern- THE United Nations said on More than 1,500 people According to UN esti- ings, require shelter, access ment came into power in Friday it is seeking $50.5 million died in last week’s quake-tsu- mates, 65,000 homes have to clean water, healthcare and 2016, it has stepped up on “for immediate relief” to help nami, and local officials said suffered some form of dam- psychosocial support.” detaining, charging and arrest- victims of the devastating quake on Friday that more than a age, a figure that includes The requested funding “will ing anyone voicing dissent, and tsunami in Indonesia. thousand people could still be 10,000 homes “completely allow the international human- with the offences ranging The UN plan, developed in missing. destroyed by the tsunami” and itarian community to more ef- from posting an opinion on consultation with Indonesian Hardest-hit was Palu city 15,000 homes severely dam- fectively support the response Facebook to attending a government officials, outlines on Sulawesi island, which was A family at a makeshift camp outside the damaged Agung Darus- aged by the earthquake. of the government and local protest. (AFP) “how the humanitarian com- left in ruins after it was struck salam mosque in Palu in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi on Friday. (AFP) “One week after the disas- organisations,” she said. 06 Saturday, October 6, 2018 UK / Europe France probes Interpol Champions of fight against sexual chief missing during violence win Nobel Peace Prize home visit to China REUTERS resenting the international C o n g o l e s e d o c t o r h a s b e e n h e l p i n g w o m e n fi g h t s e x u a l v i o l e n c e ; s u r v i v o r o f I S PARIS policing body. Meng is listed on the web- enslavement Yazidi Nadia Murad is a face of struggle against sexual abuse in war FRENCH police are investigat- site of China's Ministry of Public ing the disappearance of the Security as a vice-minister, but AFP president of Interpol, Meng lost his seat on its key Commu- OSLO Hongwei, who was reported nist Party Committee in April, missing after travelling from the South China Morning Post CONGOLESE doctor Denis France to his native China. reported. Mukwege and Yazidi campaign- Meng's wife contacted Meng has almost 40 years' er Nadia Murad won the 2018 police in Lyon, the French experience in criminal justice Nobel Peace Prize on Friday city where the international and policing, and has overseen for their work in fighting sexual police agency is based, after matters related to legal insti- violence in conflicts around the not hearing from him since tutions, narcotics control and world. The pair won the award his departure on Sept. 29, counter-terrorism, according to "for their efforts to end the use police sources said. Interpol's website. of sexual violence as a weapon A person familiar with the of war and armed conflict," investigation into the disap- Nobel committee chairwoman pearance said the initial work- Berit Reiss-Andersen said in ing assumption of Western in- an announcement which won vestigators was that Meng had international praise. antagonised Chinese authori- One a doctor, the other a ties in some way and had been former Islamic State sex slave, detained as a result. both have come to represent There have been several the struggle against a global cases in recent years of sen- scourge which goes well beyond ior Chinese officials vanishing any single conflict, as the #Me- without explanation, only for Too movement has shown. the government to announce The prize was announced weeks or even months later that as #MeToo marks its first an- they have been put under in- Meng Hongwei, Chinese niversary after a year in which vestigation, often for suspected President of Interpol. allegations of sexual abuse, rape corruption. and harassment have toppled Hong Kong's South China French police sources dozens of powerful men. Morning Post quoted an un- By recognising the pair's named source as saying Meng, said police were investi- work, the Nobel committee has 64, had been taken for ques- gating what is officially placed a spotlight on the use of tioning as soon as he landed termed in France a ‘worry- sexual violence in war as a glo- there, but it was not clear why. ing disappearance’ bal problem. Mukwege, who French police sources said was in surgery at his hospital in police were investigating what eastern Democratic Republic of Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege (left) and Nadia Murad, public advocate for the Yazidi community in Iraq and survivor of sexual enslavement is officially termed in France a Interpol staff can carry Congo when the winner was an- by the IS militants. (AFP) "worrying disappearance". special passports to help speed nounced, dedicated his award Interpol, which groups deployment in emergency to all women suffering sexual were abducted, raped and 192 countries and which is situations but that would not violence in war. World leaders applaud joint Nobel Peace Prize winners brutalised by militants during usually focused on finding have given Meng any spe- "This Nobel prize is a recog- PARIS: World leaders on Friday applauded the work of Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi their assault that year on the people who are missing or cific rights or immunity in his nition of the suffering and the campaigner Nadia Murad after they jointly won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for fighting sexual Kurdish-speaking minority, wanted, said it was aware home country. failure to adequately compen- violence in conflicts around the world. The pair won the award “for their efforts to end the use of which the United Nations has of reports about Meng's "al- When Meng was named In- sate women who are victims of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict,” the Nobel committee said. described as genocide. leged disappearance". terpol's president in Nov. 2016, rape and sexual violence in all “In defending the victims of sexual violence in conflict, they have defended our shared val- She was later named a "This is a matter for the human rights groups expressed countries around the world," he ues” -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. (AFP) UN ambassador for victims relevant authorities in both concern that Beijing might try to said outside Panzi hospital in of human trafficking. "It France and China," the agency leverage his position to pursue Bukavu. means a lot, not just for me, said in a statement. dissidents abroad. Beijing has For the past two decades, of sexual abuse and rape in old Iraqi woman from the three months as a sex slave be- for all of these women in Iraq Presidents of Interpol are in the past pressed countries to this 63-year-old doctor has DR Congo's war-torn east. Yazidi community who in 2014 fore managing to escape. and all the world," she told seconded from their national arrest and deport to China citi- been helping women recover The Nobel committee also was kidnapped by Islamic She was one of thousands the Nobel Foundation's web- administrations and remain zens it accuses of crimes, from from the violence and trauma honoured Murad, a 25-year- State militants and endured of Yazidi women and girls who site, speaking in English. in their home post while rep- corruption to terrorism.

News Nobel literature body elects Dutch PM defends decision not to arrest Russian spies in brief Iran poet, judge after turmoil AFP for the Prohibition of Chemi- men were not arrested. STOCKHOLM: The Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel THE HAGUE cal Weapons (OPCW) in The "The priority was not just to No sign of terror Literature Prize, on Friday announced an Iranian-born poet and Hague. stop this operation... but also to as man drives car a judge as new members as it seeks to recover from a #MeToo DUTCH agents decided not to But the decision has come obtain as much information as into Berlin cafe scandal that forced it to postpone this year's Nobel. arrest four Russians accused under scrutiny after the US an- possible on the activity of these Eight of its total 18 members have either resigned or of plotting a cyber-attack on nounced the same day that the Russian spies," added the Dutch BERLIN: A man drove a car are on hiatus due to a deep rift within the Academy on how the world's chemical weapons four Russians were among sev- premier.No other countries had into a cafe in the Charlotten- to manage its long-standing ties to a Frenchman recently watchdog because it was "not a en people it had indicted over a raised the issue, Rutte added. burg district of Berlin, injuring convicted of rape. For the first time in 70 years, it post- criminal inquiry", Prime Minis- global hacking conspiracy. The men entered the coun- several people but there poned this year's literature prize by a year while it attempts ter Mark Rutte said Friday. "It was an investigation in try on Russian diplomatic are no indications that the to sort out its problems. The election of Jila Mossaed, a The Netherlands said the framework of the law by the passports on April 10 and were incident is terrorism-related, 70-year-old Tehran-born poet who writes in Swedish and Thursday it had immediately intelligence and security serv- caught red-handed on April German police said on Friday. Persian, and Supreme Court judge Eric Runesson, brings the expelled the agents from GRU ices. It was not a criminal in- 13 with a car full of electronic "According to the initial find- Academy's active members to a quorum of 12. (AFP) military intelligence in April for quiry," Rutte told a weekly news equipment in the Marriott Ho- ings of our colleagues on the trying to hack the Organisation conference when asked why the Dutch PM Mark Rutte. tel next to the OPCW. scene, the driver had health problems," Berlin police said on Twitter, giving no further details. "There are no signs of terrorism," a police spokes- Germany, UK sign defence deal amid Brexit talks Spain, Morocco in talks to man said, adding that it was more likely to have been an REUTERS resilience to security threats," repatriate migrant minors accident caused by the driver BERLIN ECJ to hear case on whether UK alone Britain and Germany said in a as he was unwell. (REUTERS) can reverse Brexit on Nov 27: Source document which did not men- AFP a spokesman for Spain's inte- BRITAIN signed a military co- tion Brexit. MADRID rior ministry said. German court halts operation agreement with Ger- EDINBURGH: The European Court of Justice has set a Nov. 27 British Defence Minister Spain's secretary of state forest clearing in many on Friday, emphasising date for a hearing to decide whether Britain’s parliament can Gavin Williamson and his Ger- MADRID and Rabat are in talks for migration, Consuelo Rumi, victory for activists London's commitment to help- unilaterally change its mind on Brexit, a legal source told Reu- man counterpart Ursula von to repatriate thousands of Mo- "perceived a willingness" on ing shield Europe from future ters, adding that the case is moving fast. “We have our hearing der Leyen signed the agree- roccan minors who arrived in the part of Morocco to repat- GERMANY: Anti-coal cam- security threats at a time when on November 27 at 9am” the source said, speaking on condi- ment at a British army bar- Spain alone without their par- riate unaccompanied minors paigners scored a surprise negotiations over its exit from tion of anonymity. “This shows the ECJ is moving at breakneck racks in the western German ents, a Spanish interior minis- living in Spain during the talks, victory Friday when a German the EU are reaching a crunch. speed on this case.” The ECJ, which rules on the meaning of EU town of Sennelager. try spokesman said Friday. the spokesman said. court temporarily blocked One of the British gov- law, hopes to make a decision on the case before Christmas, a "We are determined to The Spanish government "There is no concrete plan energy giant RWE from razing ernment's strongest cards in source close to the case told Reuters on Thursday. (REUTERS) deepen and strengthen our re- estimates that about 10,000 yet, this is part of negotiations, part of the Hambach forest Brexit negotiations is the ex- lationship in order to achieve minor migrants are living in of a diplomatic process," he near Cologne to expand a pectation that, as the EU coun- our common defence and se- Spain without their families added. The roughly 10,000 mi- giant open-pit mine. Judges try with the highest defence ties easily dwarf those of any resourced and most capable. curity goals," the agreement –70 percent of them from Mo- nor migrants in Spain are under at the higher administrative spending, it will continue to other EU member state apart "We will further strengthen said. Naval, land and air forces rocco. The issue was discussed the protection of the regions or court in Muenster said they play a central role in European from France. It also has diplo- the European pillar in NATO, would work closely together during a bilateral meeting held cities where they arrive, mainly needed more time to consider security after it leaves the bloc. matic and intelligence services contribute to European se- and there would be coopera- in Essaouira on Morocco's At- the southern region of Andalu- environmental group BUND's Britain's military capabili- that are among Europe's best curity and improve Europe's tion in defence procurement. lantic coast on September 14, sia and territories of Ceuta. complaint against RWE's planned clearing. "This is a good day for nature and climate protection and a mile- stone for the anti-coal move- ment," an activist said. France bids farewell to singer Aznavour, its little ‘giant’

EU’s Juncker hopes AFP town of Paris over the next Earlier both the Armenian for Brexit deal in PARIS month. and French national anthems November The ceremony at the In- had echoed around the 17th- FRANCE paid a moving na- valides began with Aznavour's century Invalides complex VIENNA: European Commis- tional homage on Friday to the coffin, draped in the French which houses Napoleon's sion President Jean-Claude late singer Charles Aznavour, tricolour flag, being carried tomb as fans lined the streets Juncker said on Friday the little man with the very big into the cobbled courtyard to outside. he was fully focused on life. the haunting Armenian la- Born Shahnour Varinag making Brexit negotiations With honours that are usu- ment, "Dle Yaman", played on Aznavourian in Paris in 1924 to a success and hoped for ally reserved for national he- a traditional dudek flute. parents who had fled the mas- a deal in November. The roes, one of the greatest song- French President Em- sacres of Armenians in what European Union's Brexit writers of the 20th century was manuel Macron said Aznavour is now Turkey, Aznavour sold negotiators see a divorce lauded as a cultural giant by knew suffering and "carried more than 180 million records deal with Britain as "very the leaders of his two home- the scar of the genocide of his in a career spanning eight dec- close", diplomatic sources lands–France and Armenia–at people" in his heart. ades and as many languages. have said "Negotiations are a ceremony in Paris. He spoke to "our secret fra- Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan (left) and French President Emmanuel Macron attend the national homage Armenian Prime Minis- not easy because we also Aznavour–who was still gility". That was why "for mil- to French-Armenian singer-songwriter Charles Aznavour, at the Invalides in Paris, on Friday. (AFP) ter Nikol Pashinyan, who had have to be critical that we touring at 94–died in his bath lions his songs were a balm, a called the singer a "national receive different signals on Monday just days after he comfort and a cure," he said. tating earthquake in 1988 and the president said. "This son French language," and used it hero", said "every Armenian from London," Juncker said, declared that he would like to Macron praised the sing- acting as its ambassador to the of Greek and Armenian immi- like the poet he was. thinks of him as a kind of par- addressing the Austrian breathe his last on stage. er's "loyalty to his roots", UN. grants" who left school at nine "In France, poets never ent who has carried our name parliament. (REUTERS) He had concerts planned throwing himself into helping "Some heroes become "knew instinctively that our die," Macron added, likening to the world and given Arme- in both Brussels and his home- Armenia recover from a devas- French by spilling their blood," most sacred sanctuary was the him to Guillaume Apollinaire. nians a new pride." Gulf / Middle East Saturday, October 6, 2018 07

News Supporters of missing Saudi journalist rally for his ‘release’ in brief AFP a rally in front of the consu- nalist, with the words "Free he had entered and then left been violated," she added. ISTANBUL late for Khashoggi, a former Jamal Khashoggi". the mission on Tuesday. Human Rights Watch S-300 deployment government adviser who has "We believe that Jamal Yemeni activist and 2011 called on Ankara to "deepen in Syria risks A Saudi columnist remained been critical of some policies Khashoggi is the consulate's winner of the Nobel Peace their investigation" into the escalation: France missing on Friday as support- of Saudi Crown Prince Mo- 'host' and call for his immedi- Prize, Tawakkol Karman, hit journalist's whereabouts, say- ers rallied outside the Saudi hammed bin Salman and Ri- ate release, or to tell us where out at the Saudi authorities ing his possible detention PARIS Russia's deployment consulate in Istanbul calling yadh's intervention in the war he is," Kislakci added. and told AFP that she believed could "constitute an enforced of the S-300 anti-aircraft for his "release" despite Riya- in Yemen. According to his fiancee, a Khashoggi "was kidnapped in disappearance" in a statement defence system in Syria risks dh's denials that he was being He has lived in self-im- Turkish woman called Hatice this gangster's den that is sup- late Thursday. fuelling military escalation held there. posed exile in the United A., Khashoggi went to the con- posed to be a consulate". "If Saudi authorities and hindering prospects for Jamal Khashoggi, a con- States since last year to avoid sulate and never re-emerged. "What we want is Jamal surreptitiously detained a political solution to the tributor to the Washington possible arrest. Ankara and Riyadh have Khashoggi's release. He en- Khashoggi it would be yet seven-year conflict, France's Post, has not been seen since "As journalists we are con- given contradictory ver- tered the building of the con- another escalation of Crown foreign ministry said on Friday. he went to the Saudi mission cerned by the fate of Jamal. Jamal Khashoggi. sions of the circumstances of sulate, he has to come out of Prince Muhammad bin Sal- Moscow said on Tuesday it on Tuesday to receive an of- We do not know if he is alive Khashoggi's disappearance, there safe and sound. And the man's reign of repression had delivered the surface-to- ficial document for his mar- or not, and the statements by and TAM chief, said in a state- with Turkish officials saying Turkish government must as- against peaceful dissidents air missile system after the riage. Saudi Arabia on the subject are ment to supporters. they believed he was still in- sume its role and deal with the and critics," Sarah Leah Whit- downing of a Russian spy The Turkish-Arab Media far from satisfactory," Turan As Kislakci spoke, support- side the consultate. case of Jamal Khashoggi be- son, Middle East director at plane by Syrian forces in Sep- Association (TAM) organised Kislakci, a friend of Khashoggi ers held up images of the jour- But Saudi Arabia claimed cause Turkish sovereignty has HRW, said. tember. Russia accused Israel of being i responsible for that act because the Syrian forces had been firing at attacking Israel jets. (REUTERS) Israeli army kills two Turkey detains 88 Israel to remove UN over links to Palestinians during Kurdish militants Gaza border protests ISTANBUL Turkish authori- ties have detained 88 people AFP barrier which separates Gaza over suspected links to the Palestinian agency GAZA CITY, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES from Israel, the military said. outlawed Kurdistan Workers Israeli forces responded Party (PKK). The operation TWO Palestinians including with live fire and an aircraft across seven provinces was a 14-year-old boy were killed also carried out two strikes in carried out to prevent pos- by Israeli fire on Friday on the Gaza, the military said. sible attacks on the fourth from Jerusalem Gaza border, as clashes erupt- The armed forces said it anniversary of protests by ed with security forces during could not immediately com- Kurds that killed and wounded protests, the enclave's health ment on the circumstances dozens of people across the The move would affect humanitarian operations in eastern part of the city: UNRWA ministry said. surrounding the deaths of the country. The October 6-7, Fares Hafez al-Sersawi, two Palestinians, when asked 2014 demonstrations were 14, and 24-year-old Mahmud by AFP. sparked by Kurds' demand Akram Mohammed Abu Sa- Border protests have been that the government do more mane, both died after being ongoing since March 30 in the to protect the Syrian Kurdish shot in the chest during dem- Gaza Strip, which is run by Is- town of Kobani from Islamic onstrations east of Gaza City, lamist movement Hamas and States militants. (REUTERS) ministry spokesman Ashraf al- has been under a crippling Qudra said. blockade by Israel for more A further 376 people were than a decade. wounded, including 126 who Demonstrators are calling Tunisia extends had been shot, according to for the right for Palestinians to health ministry figures. return to their former homes, emergency Seven were in a critical from which their families condition including a medical were expelled or fled during imposed after volunteer. The Israeli military the 1948 war surrounding the said around 20,000 Palestin- creation of Israel. 2015 attacks ians took part in Friday's pro- The rallies frequently turn tests at numerous points along violent on the closely-guarded AFP the Gaza border, continuing frontier. At least 197 Palestin- TUNIS a series of demonstrations ians have been killed by Israeli which began in March. fire in Gaza since March 30, TUNISIA'S presidency on Fri- Grenades, explosives and while one Israeli soldier has day announced the extension stones were launched at Israe- been shot dead by a Palestin- of the country's state of emer- li soldiers posted behind the ian sniper. gency, imposed in 2015 follow- ing a series of deadly militant attacks. The decision to prolong the state of emergency until No- vember 6 comes amid a tense political climate ahead of leg- islative and presidential elec- tions planned for next year. President Beji Caid Essebsi took the decision after meeting with the ministers of defence and interior, his office said without giving a reason for the extension. They discussed "the securi- ty and military situation in the Palestinian protesters during clashes with Israeli army, east of Gaza country and at the borders", city, in the Gaza Strip on Friday. (AFP) according to a statement. The president also con- Palestinian students protest in front of a school administered by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in West Bank recently. (AFP) sulted Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, despite strained rela- AFP The agency runs schools of Jerusalem -- has long been a Lebanon and Syria. Barkat said tions between the two. JERUSALEM major sticking point in peace that under his plan all UNRWA Israeli PM Netanyahu grilled The state of emergency and health centres partic- efforts. More than 750,000 Pal- schools in east Jerusalem will be grants exceptional powers to THE UN agency for Palestinian ularly in the Shuafat refu- estinians fled or were expelled closed by the end of the current again in corruption probe security forces, allowing them refugees on Friday expressed gee camp where it says during the 1948 war surround- school year. Health centres will to ban strikes and meetings concern after Jerusalem's Israeli 24,000 Palestinians are ing Israel's creation. likewise be shut down. AFP "likely to provoke... disorder". mayor said he would remove it estimated to live They and their descendants The municipality will also JERUSALEM from the city. are now classified as refugees lobby Israeli political leaders Mayor Nir Barkat an- who fall under UNRWA's man- and press them to exercise their PRIME Minister Benjamin nounced in a statement on refugees covered by the agency date. Palestinian leaders con- "authority to remove UNRWA Netanyahu underwent a new Iran risks losing Thursday a "detailed plan to re- to be sharply reduced. tinue to call for at least some of (headquarters) from Israel's round of questioning on Friday move United Nations Relief and The US administration end- them to be allowed to return to sovereign territory" in Jerusa- over one of several graft cases 70% farmlands: Works Agency (UNRWA) from ing its funding to UNRWA in their former homes now inside lem. that have threatened to topple Jerusalem and replace its serv- August, the latest in a series of Israel under any peace deal. "In parallel, the city will him, Israeli media reported. Environment chief ices with municipal services". controversial moves applauded Israel says Palestinians must work to expropriate the area for The veteran premier's 12th AFP UNRWA said such a move by the Israeli government but give up the so-called right of public purposes," he said. round of questioning as a sus- TEHRAN would affect its humanitarian criticised by the Palestinians and return and that allowing de- But on Friday UNRWA said pect in various cases comes two operations and installations in the international community. scendants of refugees to inherit it was "determined to continue days before his wife Sara ap- IRAN faces losing 70 percent of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem. "The US decision has creat- their status only perpetuates the to carrying out" its services in pears in court on charges of mis- its farmlands if urgent action is The agency runs schools and ed a rare opportunity to replace problem instead of solving it. east Jerusalem and criticised using state funds for catering at not taken to overcome a litany health centres particularly in the UNRWA's services with services Israel also considers all of Jeru- Barkat's plan. their official residence. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. of climate woes, the country's Shuafat refugee camp where it of the Jerusalem Municipality," salem as its united capital, while "Such messaging challenges Netanyahu has not been environment chief Isa Kalantari says 24,000 Palestinians are Barkat said. the Palestinians see the pre- the core principles of impartial charged in any of the cases and a Netanyahu is accused of told AFP. estimated to live. UNRWA has "We are putting an end to dominantly Arab eastern area as and independent humanitarian spokesman on Friday reasserted seeking favourable coverage The Islamic Republic is come under pressure from Israel the lie of the 'Palestinian refu- the capital of their future state. action and does not reflect the the prime minister's innocence. from another Elovitch company, grappling not only with air, wa- and the United States. gee problem' and the attempts Some five million registered robust and structured dialogue The prime minister has been the Walla news site, in exchange ter and soil pollution, as well as The two countries object to at creating a false sovereignty Palestinians refugees are eligi- and interaction that UNRWA repeatedly questioned over al- for policies that could have ben- drought and desertification, but the fact that Palestinians can within a sovereignty," he added. ble for UNRWA services in the and the State of Israel have legations involving Israeli tele- efited the mogul's interests to also with the effect of years of pass refugee status to their chil- The issue of Palestinian Israeli-occupied West Bank, the traditionally maintained," the coms giant Bezeq and its largest the tune of hundreds of millions crippling US and international dren, and want the number of refugees -- along with the status blockaded Gaza Strip, Jordan, agency said. shareholder, Shaul Elovitch. of dollars. sanctions. Adding to the dire situation, "we currently use about 100 percent of our renewable water ... according to global standards Yazidis celebrate Murad’s Nobel prize with festive ritual this figure should not be higher than 40 percent," said Ka- lantari, vice president and head AFP All around him, pilgrims Thousands of Yazidi women of Iran's Environment Depart- LALISH flocking to Sheikh Adi's shrine and girls were abducted, raped ment, in an exclusive interview are all smiles and proud of the and brutalised by jihadists dur- in Tehran. YAZIDI pilgrims trekked up a young Nobel peace laureate, the ing their assault on the Kurdish- "The excessive consump- mountain in northern Iraq bare- first Iraqi to receive such an hon- speaking minority, which the tion of water, especially from foot Friday for their most im- our. Murad, a 25-year-old Yazidi United Nations has described as groundwater is a threat and portant ritual, their joy doubled campaigner, will share the 2018 genocide. could have terrible social conse- on hearing that their "daughter" Nobel Peace Prize with Congolese Murad once lived a quiet quences," he warned. Nadia Murad had won the Nobel doctor Denis Mukwege for their life in the village of Kocho in the If the situation is not Peace Prize. work in fighting sexual violence Yazidi stronghold of Sinjar close brought under control, then "we During the seven-day fes- in conflicts around the world. to the border with Syria before would lose about 70 percent of tival, known as the Jemayyiat, The young woman is a the jihadists turned it into hell. our cultivated land in a maxi- friends and families gather former Islamic State group Years after her ordeal she mum of 20 to 30 years." around the tomb of their found- sex slave who in 2014 was kid- campaigns for the 3,000 Yazidis "The south of Alborz and er Sheikh Adi at a mountain top Nobel laureate Nadia Murad. Yazidis gather at a temple, northwest of Baghdad, on Friday. (AFP) napped by the jihadists and who remain missing, presumed east of Zagros, if we don't take temple in the holy town of Lal- held three months before she still in IS captivity, with Lamia swift action, will become unus- ish. They unite as a people to taken on a whole new flavour be- she won," said pilgrim Loqman ple. "She is the Yazidi voice from managed to escape. She sur- Haji Bashar, a friend with whom able for agriculture," Kalantari worship and eat together in a cause of Murad. Suleiman as he walked along the abroad and she speaks for all our vived the worst cruelties inflict- she shared the 2016 Sakharov added. festive mood which this year has "We are very happy because one-kilometre path to the tem- nation," he said. ed on her people. human rights prize. 08 Saturday, October 6, 2018

ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 3, 2006 PRINTED AT ALI BIN ALI PRINTING PRESS Opinion HAMAD BIN SUHAIM AL THANI CHAIRMAN ADEL ALI BIN ALI MANAGING DIRECTOR DR HASSAN MOHAMMED AL ANSARI EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Kavanaugh Does Not Belong On High Court Indian Refugee Policy

His behaviour after Ford’s allegations surfaced is utterly inappropriate for a sitting federal judge, And The Rohingyas let alone a nominee for the Supreme Court

RETT Kavanaugh was right about motivation for making up these charges, The country’s economic interests and ambitions in Myanmar play a one thing: This confirmation process and that many of the details she provided has been a circus. Now, after weeks of have turned out to be true. She knew, for major role in its ‘inhumane treatment’ of the Rohingyas at its door accusations and anger and surprises instance, who Kavanaugh’s closest high and protests and tears and bitter par- school friends were and that one of them, BANSARI KAMDAR B TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE tisanship, the full Senate is finally expected Mark Judge, worked at a local supermarket. to take up Kavanaugh’s nomination to the But these accusations from years ago Supreme Court. We urge senators to vote aren’t the only reasons for senators to vote HE Indian police transported seven against this damaged and divisive nominee. no. Kavanaugh’s behavior after Ford’s al- Rohingya Muslims to the Indo-My- We oppose Kavanaugh’s nomination not legations surfaced raised serious questions anmar border for deportation on because of his judicial philosophy — any re- about his temperament and judgment. October 3. The Rohingyas had been placement nominee likely would be equally It’s entirely understandable that Ka- Tconvicted under the Foreigner’s Act conservative, perhaps more so — and not vanaugh would be angry about these accu- and detained at Assam’s Silchar detention because we feel confident that Kavanaugh sations, if in fact they’re not true, and about center since 2012 for illegal entry. This is was guilty of sexual assault in his youth. how they were handled by the committee. the first such instance of deportation af- That is something we simply can’t know But in his testimony last week he went be- ter anti-refugee tensions flared in Jammu with any certainty. But lingering doubts yond righteous outrage to engage in a par- last year and the Indian administration about these serious allegations, together tisan rant utterly inappropriate for a sitting pushed for the deportation of 40,000 Ro- with Kavanaugh’s evasive and intemperate federal judge, let alone a nominee for the hingyas in the Indian Supreme Court. testimony before the Senate Judiciary Com- Supreme Court. Indian state governments were also mittee, convince us that the court and the The nominee railed against a “calculated urged by the center to identify the refu- country would be better served if someone and orchestrated political hit, fueled with gees and deport them. However, no such else succeeded Justice Anthony M Kennedy. apparent pent-up anger about President instances had been reported — until now. India’s refugee policy toward the in Burma. It is up to the Burmese people to Last week a rapt nation watched as Trump and the 2016 election” and specu- Globally considered one of the most Rohingyas in particular has four major struggle for democracy.” Christine Blasey Ford, a psychology profes- lated that he was the victim of “revenge on persecuted minority groups, the Rohing- planks: competition with China, India’s Myanmar is also critical to India’s Act sor, told the same committee that she was behalf of the Clintons.” In what sounded yas are a predominantly Muslim ethnic economic interests and ambitions in My- East Policy as the only Southeast Asian 100 percent certain Kavanaugh tried to force like a threat, he warned: “What goes around group in northern Rakhine who have fled anmar, the fragile geopolitics of India’s country sharing a land border with In- himself on her when they were teenagers. comes around.” This isn’t how judges are Myanmar in a large-scale exodus since northeast, and the rising Hindu national- dia. India has capitalised on the declin- Ford told a poignant and plausible story, but supposed to talk — or think, frankly. August 2017. More than 700,000 refugees ism in the nation. ing China-Myanmar relationship and Kavanaugh’s emotional and categorical de- After Kavanaugh was nominated, some fled to Bangladesh after a military crack- India recognises that it was Myan- the opening of Myanmar by getting in- nials also sounded reasonably genuine. Democrats insisted on judging him on his down on Rohingyas last August, following mar’s isolation by India and the interna- volved in multiple infrastructure devel- We had hoped that the FBI background previous activities as a staffer in the George the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army’s at- tional fora in the 1980s that helped China opment projects. Many of these projects check of Kavanaugh reopened this week W Bush administration and the office of tack on Myanmar’s military posts. build considerable economic and political run through Rakhine, like the Kaladan would help resolve the conflict, but by all independent counsel Kenneth Starr. Sena- An independent UN fact-finding mis- influence in Myanmar. Multi-Modal Project in Sittwe, Rakhine’s accounts it has failed to do so. Republican tor Richard J Durbin complained that Ka- sion into the treatment of local minority Indeed, it was the threat of China using capital. The Kaladan project is designed senators said the investigation, which in- vanaugh “has Republican blood coursing groups, including the Rohingya, has ac- Myanmar’s Coco Islands for military and to provide a sea-river-land link to India’s cluded interviews with people Ford said through his veins.” cused Myanmar’s military of “genocidal intelligence purposes in the 1990s that northeast region through Sittwe port, were at the gathering where she says she was It’s far easier for Democrats to make intent” and involvement in murder, false pushed India to woo Myanmar’s generals thereby linking Sittwe to Kolkata. assaulted, produced no corroboration of her that accusation after Kavanaugh’s tirade imprisonment, torture, sexual slavery, and move away from its strong stance on This would not just connect India to account. If so, that’s obviously good news for — and if he were confirmed, the charge of and large-scale gang rape. promoting democracy in Myanmar. Southeast Asia but also connect India’s Kavanaugh. But agents don’t appear to have partisanship would be revived every time he Despite being neither a signatory of India fears Chinese encirclement in northeast to the Indian mainland. Pres- found information that contradicted Ford’s ruled in a case with political overtones. the 1951 UN Convention of Refugees and its neighbourhood, where the commercial ently, the seven landlocked northeast- story, either. Nor did they interview either Kavanaugh’s testimony was troubling its 1967 Protocol nor possessing a domes- ports of Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Myanmar ern states of India can only be accessed Ford or Kavanaugh, as they should have if for another reason. He repeatedly provided tic legal framework for refugees, India has are used by China for military purposes, through the Siliguri Corridor, a narrow 22 the investigation were to be fully credible. evasive or disingenuous answers to ques- traditionally adhered to the policy of non- becoming a “string of pearls” strangling kilometre strip of Indian land bordering And while the FBI also interviewed Debo- tions designed to elicit information about refoulement and been a welcoming host India’s access to the Indian Ocean. Bhutan and Bangladesh, often called In- rah Ramirez, who claimed that Kavanaugh his youthful personal conduct, including nation. However, in the case of Rohing- Given India’s 1962 defeat against dia’s “chicken’s neck.” This has often led exposed himself to her at a college party, drinking, that might help senators evaluate yas, Indian Ministry of Home Affairs has China, which continues to influence In- to significant transportation delays and Ramirez’s lawyer complained that several the more serious allegations. As our column- labelled them “illegal immigrants,” ac- dian policymakers, and China’s close rela- cost overheads, making trade with north- potential witnesses weren’t interviewed. ist Doyle McManus observed: “The sum of cused them of posing a “national security tionship with Pakistan as its “all-weather east India difficult and expensive. There is no guarantee that a less rushed all these misleading parts was an indelible threat,” and pushed for their deportation ally” on the west, New Delhi seems keen India hopes that socioeconomic and and more comprehensive investigation picture of a not-fully-honest witness.” in an affidavit submitted to the Supreme to avoid a similar Sino-Myanmar partner- infrastructure development in northeast would have established the truth. But the In opposing Kavanaugh’s confirmation, Court. The affidavit was in response to ship on India’s eastern border. will also help curb the insurgencies, there- effort should have been made. Now the we don’t endorse all of the attacks on him a case filed by two Rohingya refugees Since its shift toward democracy, My- by easing its domestic security tensions. In Senate confronts the agonising decision of (including by Democrats, some of whom against the involuntary deportation of anmar has been looking to diversify its addition to being plagued by underdevel- whether to bestow a lifetime seat on the Su- seemed most interested in preening for refugees. The case remains pending be- economic and strategic interests away opment, northeast India is rife with corrup- preme Court on a nominee against whom their base). The question for us, and for the fore the Supreme Court. from Chinese dominance. As an aspiring tion, drug trafficking, and insurgency, with serious but unproved accusations have been Senate, is whether confirming this hugely The affidavit also stated that India rising power, India hopes to take on Chi- as many as 50 Indian Insurgent Groups levelled. As they do so, it is worth remem- controversial nominee is worth the price. does not have to adhere to nonrefoule- na on the soil of Naypyidaw and reduce still active in the area. Given the nature of bering two things: that Ford has no known Our answer is no. ment as India is not a signatory to the Chinese influence in its neighborhood. porous borders and the transnational as- 1951 UN Refugee Convention. India’s economic influence in Myan- pect of insurgencies, India is dependent In response, the Supreme Court has mar continues to remain below potential. on Myanmar, which shares a 1,600 km urged the Indian administration to “strike While bilateral trade between Myanmar border with four northeast states, to com- a balance between human rights and na- and India has more than doubled since bat insurgencies in the region. tional security interests” but not stayed 2008, it is dwarfed by the trade between While Myanmar has been more recep- the administration’s deportation plans. China and Myanmar. tive to Indian concerns in the past few According to UN records, nearly 200 China is Myanmar’s biggest trading years, India fears that any criticism of Rohingyas are presently detained in In- partner and dominates investments in the Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingyas might dia on the charges of illegal entry. Their country. Indian exports to Myanmar are affect the budding security relationship future, along with the 40,000 others who less than a fifth of China’s, which make up between the two nations. reside in India, remains uncertain. 33 percent of the total exports to Myanmar. After 71 years of adherence to the India’s ad hoc refugee policy and stra- Furthermore, Myanmar is rich in oil and principle of non-refoulement, for the first tegic legal ambiguity, owing to its lack of gas resources, vital to the energy-scarce time, India’s realpolitik interests have domestic or international legal restric- and rapidly developing India. During the prevailed over its refugee concerns. As the tions, allows New Delhi to differentiate 2007 military crackdown on monks, In- world looks to India to play the role of a between different groups in its treatment dian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee regional leader, in the case of the Rohing- toward refugees and put other interests defended India’s silence, stating, “We have yas, India’s material and power interests Tribune News Service over humanitarian concerns. strategic and economic interests to protect trump its humanitarian duty. Hermit Kingdom’s Real Estate Market A growing number of South Koreans are interested not in areas near the border with North Korea but actually inside of it

OUTH Koreans are quite upbeat tributed to this. TAE-JUN KANG has always been interest from Chinese in- to 4,000 yuan per square meter due to suf- about North Korea’s real estate mar- For one, South Korea’s local media TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE vestors in North Korea’s real estate market. ficient supply. ket after several inter-Korean sum- outlets suggest that the housing market in A recent report by the Korea Trade- Too much attention and interest always mits that signalled Pyongyang’s will North Korea is in short supply compared Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) ends up in speculation. Take a look at this to open itself up more to the world. to demand. It is understood that the North Is it even possible to make invest- gives a hint of how expensive these Chinese report by Seoul-based online newspaper S ments in North Korea? Isn’t North People in South Korea, in particular, needs an additional 23,000 to 24,000 investments in North Korean real estate Daily NK, which carries inside sources’ look to grasp investment opportunities in houses per year for the next 20 years. This Korea a communist country where are. KOTRA’s report shows that the real es- comments on the recent trends in North Ko- the real estate market in the North, hoping includes the demand for reconstruction the central government controls eve- tate market is rapidly growing in large cit- rea’s latest real estate market in Pyongyang. to take advantage of its expected growth and redevelopment of old houses and also rything? Plus, Pyongyang is currently ies in the North such as Nampo, Kaesong, In the report, a source who is based in North and demands in the future. for high-end housing. under heavy international sanctions. Chongjin, Sinuiju, Rason, and its capital Korea said the overall price of apartments in As witnessed previously, interest began Since this is an unexplored area, there What do people expect? city Pyongyang. Pyongyang dropped by 30 percent between to grow in areas located around the border are increasing demands among the public Sinuiju is one of the most economically July and September. This comes amid in- with North Korea. South Korea’s Paju city in South Koreafor professional guidance, developed regions in North Korea, and its creasing supplies of new apartments in and Yeoncheon county are a good exam- and the market is responding. The latest national sanctions. What do people expect? housing prices are higher than 5,000 Chi- Pyongyang, which are often associated with ple, as are several Chinese cities, including examples are seminars held by the Korea Indeed, all land in North Korea is nese yuan (about $730) per square meter, affluent individuals seeking investment re- Dandong. The price of lands and buildings Real Estate Doctor Association. Through owned by the government. But that does which is similar to Dandong city in China. turns, the source explained. in these cities has soared and real estate regular seminars, the members of the as- not mean people cannot trade properties, Although Nampo is a manufacturing “Apart from oversupply, consumer agencies and consulting firms are busy sociation analyse and discuss topics related according to Jeong Eun-yi, a researcher at base located in the downstream area of sentiment has been reduced due to heavy with inquiries. to investments in the North Korean real es- Korea Institute for National Unification. the Taedong Riverand a city adjacent to sanctions, and the changes North Korea is This time, however, the real estate tate market, such as the North’s real estate Accordingly, real estate investment Pyongyang, its housing prices are relatively going through after inter-Korean relations interest stretched further. There are an law and sales trends. in North Korea is being carried out in the high at 3,500 to 6,000 yuan per square me- are confusing the people’s economic pros- increasing number of people who are in- But is it even possible to make invest- form of trading “rights to borrow” the ter due to a lack of luxury apartments. pects,” the source added. terested not in areas near the border with ments in North Korea? Isn’t North Korea properties, she said. Kaesong is the second largest city after If the real estate investment fever North Korea but actually inside of it. a communist country where the central Jeong also noted that real estate invest- Pyongyang and has similar characteris- fades, the overall negative impact on the Several positive projections on North government controls everything? Plus, ments in North Korea are not subject to tics to the “special economic zone,” but its North Korean economy will be significant, Korea’s real estate market might have con- Pyongyang is currently under heavy inter- international sanctions, and, in fact, there housing prices are relatively low at 2,300 the source lamented.

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CARACAS: Venezuela on Friday created a migration police and announced that passport issu- CHICAGO: A white Chicago police officer was found guilty of murder Friday for fatally shooting a ance fees would be paid in the government-created petro cryptocurrency starting next month, black teen, in a political-fraught case that left the city bracing for its outcome. Jason Van Dyke shot NEWS amid a mass exodus sparked by a deep economic crisis in the oil-rich nation. Vice-President 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times in 2014, in an encounter captured on police video that IN BRIEF Delcy Rodriguez did not provide an explanation for the creation of the new force or give details outraged many in the Midwestern city, and led to months of protests and political upheaval. The about its structure. National Guard soldiers currently oversee border security. "The migration 12-person jury reached a verdict just one day after beginning deliberations, choosing to convict him police is born to tend to the 72 (ports of entry) that exist at borders, ports and airports," Rod- of a lesser second-degree charge, instead of first-degree murder. He was also convicted of 16 counts riguez said in a speech carried on state television. (REUTERS) of aggravated battery, and acquitted of one count of official misconduct. (AFP)

US top court sidesteps dispute over Indigenous candidates run in Right-wing front-runner skips debate Ross questioning in census suit record numbers in Brazil polls as Brazil presidential election nears RIO DE JANEIRO: A record number of indigenous candidates REUTERS department oversees the Cen- are running for federal and state offices in Brazil's elections REUTERS attack while he was on the Globo, Brazil's largest net- UNITEDSTATES sus Bureau, must face a depo- on Sunday, a trend campaigners hope will shine a spotlight on BRASILIA campaign trail, said he was work, was emblematic of his sition because his "intent and the lack of land rights for the country's indigenous population. under doctors' orders to stay unconventional presidential THE US Supreme Court on credibility are directly at is- The number of candidates who self-declared as indigenous BRAZIL'S presidential cam- away from the debate. bid. He has spurned tradi- Friday declined to halt an sue" in the litigation. rose almost 50 percent to 131 this year from 89 in the 2014 paign entered its last 48 But he gave the interview tional campaigning in favor order compelling Commerce The lawsuit, which in- race, according to data compiled from the top electoral court hours on Friday, with far- that aired on a rival network of grassroots organizing via Secretary Wilbur Ross to an- cludes 18 states and a by Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), a Brazilian advocacy group. right front-runner Jair Bol- on Thursday night, just hours social media and selective swer questions by lawyers number of cities and coun- "There are real threats against our land rights," said Vale- sonaro's lead growing before after a new poll showed his interviews. for a group of states suing ties, was spearheaded by ria Paye Pereira, executive coordinator of APIB, an umbrella Sunday's vote, as he skipped support growing. Bolsonaro's decision to over a Trump administration Democratic officials. group of indigenous rights advocacy groups. the final debate in favor of Tapping into disillusion- miss the debate sparked criti- decision to ask respondents The US Constitution man- "Indigenous issues are often put on the (political) an exclusive interview with a ment with a weak economy, cism from his opponents, who to the 2020 census whether dates a census every 10 years, agenda without our representation. So we decided to en- friendly television network. political graft and rising vi- accused him of dodging tough they are citizens. which is used to allocate seats ter the debate in the National Congress with our people." Bolsonaro, who is recov- olence, Bolsonaro's decision questions and being unpre- US District Judge Jesse in Congress and state legisla- (THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION) ering from a near-fatal knife to skip the debate on TV pared to lead the nation. Furman in Manhattan ruled tures and distribute billions of on Sept. 21 that Ross, whose dollars in federal funds.

WH report bemoans reliance of Pentagon US Senate heads to final vote on Chinese parts

AFP on court nominee Kavanaugh dustrial policies" have al- WASHINGTON ready impacted some criti- cal capabilities, including THE US military relies far solar cells for military use, The Senate voted too heavily on China and flat-panel aircraft displays 51-49 to advance other nations to provide and the processing of rare vital components for its earth elements, the report the nomination of weapons and equipment, a states. Kavanaugh, who has new White House study has "China's actions seri- found. ously threaten other capa- faced allegations of Due to be released later bilities, including machine Friday, the report calls for tools; the production and sexual misconduct targeted investments in processing of advanced domestic manufacturing to materials like biomaterials, AFP eliminate vulnerabilities in ceramics, and composites; WASHINGTON the Pentagon's supply chain and the production of print- that could pose a risk to na- ed circuit boards and semi- US President Donald Trump’s tional security. conductors," it adds. nominee to the Supreme Court While it bemoans the Trump is due to officially appeared all but certain to win Pentagon's reliance on parts unveil the report on Friday approval from the Senate after from several nations, the and sign a related executive two key lawmakers endorsed document focuses largely order. The report draws on him on Friday. on China, assailing Beijing themes that are now key to Senator Susan Collins -- a for its "economic aggres- the Trump administration's maverick member of Trump’s sion" and stranglehold on China doctrine, blasting Be- Republican party -- and her certain markets. ijing for intellectual prop- Democrat counterpart Joe "China is the single or erty theft and its forcing of Manchin said allegations that sole supplier for a number US firms to offshore their Brett Kavanaugh had sexually of specialty chemicals used research and development assaulted a fellow teenager in munitions and missiles," in exchange for access to the nearly four decades ago were states the 146-page re- vast Chinese market. unproven. port that President Donald On Thursday, Vice Pres- “I do not believe these Trump commissioned more ident Mike Pence accused charges can fairly prevent than a year ago. China of military aggres- Judge Kavanaugh from serv- "In many cases, there is sion, commercial theft and ing on the court,” Collins told no other source or drop-in rising human rights viola- lawmakers in a speech from replacement material and tions as he cast the Asian the floor of the chamber. even in cases where that power as a villain bent on “The presumption of in- option exists, the time and interfering in upcoming US nocence and fairness do bear cost to test and qualify the elections. on my thinking and I cannot new material can be pro- China hit back on Fri- abandon them,” she added, hibitive." day, branding Pence's ac- calling Kavanaugh “an exem- The study also decries cusation as "ridiculous," plary public servant.” "antiquated and counter- groundless and slander- Manchin, who is battling productive" Pentagon pro- ous. According to a report to retain his seat at upcoming curement practices that by Bloomberg News, the midterm polls in a state that have caused delays, dis- Chinese military inserted voted heavily for Trump in couraged innovation and tiny chips in US computer the presidential election, said US Supreme Court associate justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh with US Senator Lisa Murkowski (right), Republican of Alaska, in Washington, DC. (AFP) increased costs to suppliers. equipment manufactured he had promised constituents China's "aggressive in- in China. to cast his vote “based on the Except for Murkowski and facts before me”. SC nominee protesters financed by billionaire Soros: Trump Manchin, the vote proceeded “Based on all the informa- WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday accused protesters massing in Washing- along party lines. tion I have available to me ... I ton against the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of being “paid profes- To gain final approval have found Judge Kavanaugh sionals” funded by billionaire investor and liberal donor George Soros. Republicans can afford only to be a qualified jurist who “The very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make Senators look one more defection in Satur- will follow the Constitution bad. Don’t fall for it!” Trump said on Twitter. “Also, look at all of the professionally made identical day's test. and determine cases based on signs. Paid for by Soros and others. These are not signs made in the basement from love! #Trou- If he wins confirmation, the legal findings before him,” blemakers” The Senate was due Friday to vote on moving ahead with the nomination of Kavanaugh Kavanaugh–who has faced a Manchin said in a statement. to the highest court in the US, as Republicans brushed aside complaints by Democrats that an FBI bruising process which raised The pair were the last probe of sexual assault allegations against him was rushed and incomplete. (AFP) questions over his candor senators to declare their in- and partisan rhetoric, and his tentions ahead of a final vote lifestyle as a young man–will which is now expected to take The US Senate voted 51- can, Lisa Murkowski, defied 53, on Friday afternoon. Presi- seal a conservative majority place on Saturday afternoon. 49 to advance the nomination her party and voted against dent Donald Trump cheered on the nine-seat high court Senate on Friday narrowly of the conservative jurist, who moving ahead, while Demo- the result of the cloture vote, for years to come. approved moving to a final has faced allegations of sexual crat Joe Manchin cast his which puts him a key step Trump took the brutal bat- vote on President Donald misconduct dating back to his ballot in favor. closer to a major political vic- tle to a new stage earlier Fri- Trump's embattled Supreme teenage years, in the proce- Republican Senator Susan tory for conservatives. day when he dismissed female Court pick Brett Kavanaugh, dural cloture vote, setting up Collins still appeared undecid- "Very proud of the US Sen- anti-Kavanaugh protesters but his fate remained in the a final showdown on Saturday. ed, supporting the cloture vote ate for voting 'YES' to advance who have cited their own ex- US President Donald Trump with Chinese President Xi Jingping. balance as key lawmakers ap- But the outcome remains but saying she would reveal the nomination of Judge Brett periences of sexual assault as peared still undecided. uncertain after one Republi- her position on Kavanaugh, Kavanaugh!" Trump tweeted. "elevator screamers." Trump, rock star of anger, whips up followers

AFP told the southern Republicans. audience was mesmerized. in a nearly two-year populist conspiratorial whisper. "Boo!" ing. This time, he ditched the SOUTHAVEN, UNITED STATES Democrats will end bor- "A vote for Republicans is and nationalist tornado. "Fake news," "dishonest" presidential demeanor, mock- der controls. They'll invite in a vote to reject the Democrat But the billionaire real es- journalists. "Boo!" ing the California professor for DONALD Trump closed his "deadly drugs and ruthless politics of anger, destruction, A vote for Republicans is tate magnate clearly knows Fiercest derision was re- not being able to remember speech with a lofty call against gangs." They'll destroy savings chaos, and to come together a vote to reject the his working class voters, tap- served for Democratic sena- important details surround- fear and division in next accounts and "turn America as neighbors, as citizens, as Democrat politics of anger, ping into their red-blooded tors trying to stop Supreme ing the alleged assault -- even month's midterm elections -- into Venezuela." Americans," Trump told the destruction, chaos, and to patriotism and responding to Court confirmation of Brett if her description of the attack having just spent an hour stir- The apocalyptic warnings arena. come together as neighbors, grievances over what they see Kavanaugh, a distinguished itself was searingly specific. ring exactly that. -- each time drawing a mas- In fact, what the crowd had as a liberal-left assault on tra- conservative judge, over al- Over and over, he goaded Like an angry rock star, sive, synchronized "boo" from come for was to express that as citizens, as Americans ditional white values, jobs and legations that he sexually as- the woman, speaking darkly of Trump whipped up the crowd the almost uniformly white very same anger -- the anger US President Donald Trump identity. saulted a fellow teen while a a time when unsubstantiated of more than 10,000 in South- crowd -- were a master class in fueling Trump's self-declared In Mississippi, he ran schoolboy. rape allegations will ruin the aven, Mississippi this week sowing division. mission "to save America from through an ever-growing lit- Trump had previously lives of men everywhere. with warnings that a Demo- Trump has been repeat- socialism, to save America costal prayer service. any of right-wing bogeymen, toed a relatively nuanced line, The crowd clapped and cratic retaking of Congress on ing that message relentlessly from decay." Foreigners and even prompting theatrical cho- insisting on support for his cheered. November 6 will lead, pretty in MAGA, or "Make America One man in a cowboy hat many Americans struggle to ruses of boos and hisses from nominee, while accepting that Opponents rarely take into much, to the United States' Great Again," rallies around and T-shirt from the NRA understand the appeal of a around the arena -- not that the accuser, Christine Bla- account that Trump can be gen- collapse. the country ahead of the gun lobby group listened president who has disrupted any prompt was needed. sey Ford, gave "credible" and uinely funny, going off script Democrats will "plunge midterms. with both hands held aloft, everything from internation- "There's a group called moving testimony of the al- with impromptu, self-deprecat- our country into chaos," he And in Mississippi, his as if in rapture at a Pente- al alliances to social niceties globalists," he said in a kind of leged assault in a Senate hear- ing jokes about his ego. Tesla shares fall after Musk mocks www.facebook.com/QatarTribune US SEC on Twitter www.youtube.com/QatarTribuneChannel PAGE 12 www.twitter.com/Qatar_Tribune

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DOW26,429.74 QE 9,902.48 SENSEX 34,376.99 GOLD 1,205.70 India cbank leaves policy rate -197.74 PTS +13.01 PTS -792.27 PTS +0.34% unchanged, rupee tumbles PAGE 12 PRICE PERCENTAGE PRICE PERCENTAGE 14.67 BRENT 84.04 -0.64% WTI 74.26 -0.09% SILVER +0.51% India to buy 9 mn bbl Brent nears $85 on US of Iranian oil in Nov jobs data, Iran sanctions despite US sanctions REUTERS to cut purchases significantly NEW DELHI to protect its wider exposure to US WTI crude futures rises to $74.68 Iranian exports expected to drop by around 1 mn bpd the US financial system. INDIA will buy 9 million bar- India's foreign minis- REUTERS rels of Iranian oil in November, ter said in May it abides only NEW YORK two industry sources said, in- by sanctions imposed by the dicating that the world's third- United Nations and not those CRUDE futures rose on Fri- biggest oil importer is to con- imposed by any other country. day as US unemployment data tinue purchasing crude from With the European Un- eased concerns about demand the Islamic republic despite US ion considering the creation in the world’s top oil consumer, sanctions coming into force on of a "special purpose vehicle" with both benchmarks set for a November 4. before November to facilitate weekly gain ahead of US sanc- "Refiners have placed No- trade with Iran, India hopes to tions on Iranian oil exports. vember nominations to lift 1.25 find a way to settle payments to The US Labour Depart- million tonnes (about 9 million Tehran. ment’s employment report barrels) of oil from Iran," one showed that average hourly of the sources said. earnings increased 0.3 percent Indian Oil Corp will lift 6 Close ties in September, while the unem- million barrels of Iranian oil ployment rate fell to near a 49- and Mangalore Refinery and India, Iran’s top client year low of 3.7 percent. Petrochemicals Ltd 3 million after China, has close “A strong economy, low un- barrels, the source told Reu- diplomatic ties with employment would suggest the ters. Iran, where it is US consumer is going to con- The United States plans to building a strategic tinue to fare well with higher impose new sanctions target- port called Chabahar energy prices,” said Phil Flynn, ing Iran's oil sector on Novem- that is expected to be an analyst at Price Futures ber 4 to try to stop the country's operational by 2019 Group in Chicago. involvement in conflicts in Syr- US West Texas Intermedi- ia and Iraq and bring Tehran ate (WTI) crude futures rose 35 to the negotiating table over its "Previously there was no cents to $74.68 a barrel. ballistic missile programme. European channel. This time Brent crude futures gained The sources declined to Europe is not working with 9 cents to $84.67 a barrel. On be identified as they were not the US, so we intend to evolve Wednesday, the global bench- authorised to speak to the me- a mechanism," the second mark hit a late 2014 high of dia. Indian Oil and Mangalore source said. $86.74. Washington wants governments and companies around the world to stop buying Iranian oil to put pressure on Tehran to renegotiate a nuclear Refinery did not immediately India, Iran's top client after Both benchmarks were on deal. respond to a request for com- China, has close diplomatic ties track for a weekly gain of about ment. with Iran, where it is building 2 percent. at least partly make up for ex- the world to stop buying Ira- Many analysts say they ex- there was enough oil to meet "India is continuing with its a strategic port called Chaba- Oil prices at four-year highs pected disruptions from Iran, nian oil to put pressure on Te- pect Iranian exports to drop demand, but “global spare ca- relationship with both its key har that is expected to be op- have triggered concerns about OPEC’s third-largest producer, hran to renegotiate a nuclear by around 1 million barrels pacity is dwindling to the lowest energy partners Iran and the erational by 2019. At the same demand as US President Don- due to the sanctions that take deal. per day (bpd). level that we can document.” US," a second source said. time, India is closely working ald Trump has blamed the Or- effect on November 4. However, India will buy 9 “Iranian exports could fall However, Goldman Sachs Indian refiners imported with the United States to fur- ganisation of the Petroleum But the pull-back did lit- million barrels of Iranian oil below 1 million bpd in Novem- says the rally may not last. around 10 million barrels of ther its strategic interests. Exporting Countries for rising tle to dent a 15-20 percent rise in November, two industry ber,” US bank Jefferies said. “It “While upside price risks Iranian oil in October, and its "It is still early to say how gasoline prices for American in oil prices since mid-August, sources said, indicating that now appears that only China will prevail for now, funda- November shipments are ex- India will settle its trade with consumers. which has pushed them to their the world’s third-biggest oil and Turkey may be willing to mental data outside of Iran pected to be lower. Iran," the first source said, add- Prices have eased slightly highest since late 2014. importer is to continue pur- risk US retaliation by transact- has not turned bullish in our In the previous round of ing that India could consider after Saudi Arabia and Russia Washington wants govern- chasing crude from the Islamic ing with Iran.” view,” Goldman said in a note sanctions, India continued to paying Iran for crude with the said they would raise output to ments and companies around republic. The investment bank said to clients. buy Iranian oil although it had rupee currency.

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Asian spot Wall Street slides as bond LNG prices dip India delegation to visit Doha ASIAN spot liquefied natural yields climb on jobs data gas (LNG) prices eased slightly to promote ‘Vibrant Gujarat’ over the past week as healthy REUTERS ation against America's trade is bad news for equity inves- supplies going into the northern NEW YORK policies". tors right now," said Michael TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK with the Indian Business and construction, cement, hemisphere’s autumn season Twitter dropped 0.5 per- Geraghty, equity strategist at DOHA & Professionals’ Council chemicals and fertilizers, tex- countered upward pressure from US stocks tumbled on Friday, cent, giving up earlier gains af- Cornerstone Capital Group's in (IBPC), the statement said. tiles, gems and jewellery and a bullish oil market. Spot prices weighed down by rising Treas- ter Greenlight also said it sold New York. AN Indian delegation will visit The delegation would food processing. for November delivery dipped ury yields after data showed its entire stake in the company "The labor report on the Doha on October 10 to pro- meet and interact with Coinciding with the visit by 10 cents to $11 per million job growth slowed in Septem- due to worries about regulato- surface looked a bit weak but mote the ninth edition of Vi- prominent Qatari business- of the delegation, a network- British thermal units, industry ber, while wage increases were ry risks affecting social media once you got under the surface brant Gujarat Global Summit, men and investors, and also ing event is being organised sources said. That slip came not enough to fan worries over companies. Facebook dropped it kind of supported the story of which is due to be held at Gan- with state-owned business by the Indian Business & despite an extremely bullish rising inflation or faster inter- 1.2 percent, while Snapchat- a strong labor market." dhinagar from January 18-20, and investment institutions Professional Council (IBPC) crude oil market which has seen est rates hikes. parent Snap slid 1.7 percent. The report pushed longer- a statement from the Embassy in Qatar. on October 10. benchmark Brent futures surge The losses were led by That added to the pressure dated US Treasury yields high- of India in Qatar, said. Besides disseminating A cross section of Qatari by 20 percent since mid-August heavyweight stocks in the tech- on the stock market from ear- er. That piled more pressure on The 10-member del- salient information related businessmen and officials ahead of US sanctions against nology and communication lier in the session after the Sep- US stocks, which are trading egation led by Rajiv Gupta, to investment opportunities representing various sectors Iran’s petroleum sector that services sectors, including the tember jobs report. near record-high levels, rais- additional chief secretary, in Gujarat and ‘Vibrant Gu- of the economy are expected kick in from November 4. While so-called FAANG group - Face- Nonfarm payrolls increased ing concerns about valuations government of Gujarat, com- jarat’ Global Summit 2019 to attend the event. a major oil exporter, Iran sells book, Amazon, Apple, Netflix less than expected in Septem- with the earnings season just prises of officials from Gu- in particular, the delegation The delegation will make no LNG, and traders said Asian and Alphabet. ber, likely due to the effect of around the corner. jrat's government, industry will discuss ways to forge a pitch for the Vibrant Gu- gas markets were well supplied. Apple fell 2.7 percent after Hurricane Florence, though The technology sector sank and private sector. new collaboration and part- jarat event and brief the au- Japan’s Inpex said this week it David Einhorn's Greenlight data for July and August was 2 percent, dropping for the sec- The three-day visit is be- nerships in various sectors, dience about various aspects shipped its first condensate ex- Capital said it sold its remain- revised higher, a Labor Depart- ond day in a row as it also took ing coordinated by the Em- especially oil and gas, pet- of the forthcoming edition of port cargo from the Ichthys LNG ing shares in the company on ment report showed. a hit from a fall in shares of In- bassy of India, Doha, along rochemicals, infrastructure the event, the statement said. project in Australia. Royal Dutch growing fear of "Chinese retali- "Good news for economy tel and Microsoft. Shell, which has the world’s big- gest LNG portfolio, this week an- nounced it would go ahead with the 14 million tonnes per annum LNG Canada project. (REUTERS) Unilever drops Dutch HQ move after UK investors rebel REUTERS put its focus into the core job - Unilever's U-turn comes at Minister Mark Rutte over his holding at least 75 percent of Exchange rate LONDON driving long-term shareholder a sensitive time for the British unpopular proposal to scrap a the shares. Those two condi- value." government, which is battling withholding tax on dividends tions meant that small share- Currency buy QR sell QR UNILEVER executives Unilever's board, led by to protect jobs and investment that was seen as helping to woo holders, often overlooked, US Dollar 3.6315 3.6500 scrapped plans to move the Chairman Marijn Dekkers and as Prime Minister Theresa May Unilever. could have swung the vote. company headquarters to the fellow Dutchman Paul Polman, fights for her proposed divorce He said on Friday the As such, a number of Euro 4.1357 4.2722 Netherlands on Friday in the the chief executive, agreed to plan from the European Union. government was reconsidering independent investors hold- Pound Sterling 4.6617 4.8037 face of a shareholder revolt, scrap the plan during a call "The UK is one of the best the plan. ing their shares in nominee Indian Rupee 0.0487 0.0500 keeping one of Britain's most early on Friday after it became places in the world to grow Deputy Finance Minister accounts had contacted their valuable businesses in London clear that it could fall short of a business, and our modern Menno Snel said the Dutch administrators in recent days Pakistani Rupee 0.0000 0.0297 ahead of Brexit. the approval needed, a source Industrial Strategy commits us cabinet was meeting to discuss to make adjustments needed to Philippine Peso 0.0660 0.0682 The climbdown came just familiar with the matter said. to being an open and competi- the consequences. "We would vote themselves, according to three weeks before planned Unilever had decided to Sri Lankan Rupee 00000 0.0221 tive economy and a great place have liked to have seen this two trading platforms. votes on the proposal and is a collapse its Anglo-Dutch struc- to locate global headquarters," turn out differently," he told The Investor Forum, which Bangladeshi Taka 00000 0.0440 victory for shareholders who ture following a review sparked The Unilever headquarters in Business Secretary Greg Clark reporters. Unilever's exit from works to escalate investor Nepalese Rupee 0.0000 0.0316 opposed a change which would by last year's failed $143 billion London. (EPA) said. the FTSE would have forced concerns to companies, said it have removed the maker of takeover approach by Kraft- Even with a single corpo- funds mandated to track the worked with over 20 institu- Japanese Yen 0.0315 0.0325 Marmite, Dove soap and Ben Heinz. The stated aim was to the move. They were worried rate entity domiciled in the index to sell their shares. That tions on this issue. Kuwaiti Dinar 11.905 12.177 & Jerry's ice cream from the make it more efficient and agile about the effective forced sell- Netherlands, Unilever was may have pressured the price "This demonstrates the Saudi Riyal 0.9570 0.9791 benchmark FTSE 100 index . in a consumer market rocked ing of their shares with no pre- keeping two of its three busi- for the remaining sharehold- value of asset managers "We are pleased they have by e-commerce, social media mium, uncertainty around the ness units in Britain, allowing ers, some of whom worried actively engaging with their in- Omani Riyal 9.2560 9.5740 abandoned the plan to 'go and upstart rivals. future tax treatment of Dutch it to maintain its UK staff of that shares in the new Unilever vestee companies," said Rupert UAE Dirham 0.9770 0.9975 Dutch'," said GAM portfolio But at least 10 sharehold- dividends and a perception 7,300. would be less liquid. Krefting, head of corporate Bahraini Dinar 9.5610 9.7650 manager Ali Miremadi, who ers, which collectively own that the move was partly aimed In the Netherlands, the The plan's highest hurdle governance and stewardship, intended to vote against the around 12 percent of Unilever at securing greater takeover decision has triggered po- was that it needed backing of a at M&G Investments, which Source: www.dohabank.com.qa move. "Now the company can PLC, had publicly opposed protection under Dutch law. litical fallout for Dutch Prime majority of UK shareholders, opposed the proposal. www.guide.com.qa  Saturday, October 6, 2018

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REUTERS to be more confident than the MUMBAI market on the dollar-rupee,” Ashish Vaidya, executive di- THE Reserve Bank of India rector and head of trading at held interest rates unchanged DBS Bank in Mumbai. on Friday, condemning the “It seems like RBI chose rupee to a record low and sur- financial stability over rupee prising analysts who had ex- because there is no strong in- pected a rate rise to counter flation pressure imminently.” inflationary pressures arising The rupee has fallen more from the weak currency and than 14 percent since January, high oil prices. making it the worst perform- The RBI’s monetary policy ing major Asian emerging committee (MPC) left the repo market currency. rate at 6.50 percent, though 35 out of 64 analysts surveyed by Reuters last week had forecast The rupee slumped as a rate hike. The MPC also held the reverse repo rate at 6.25 much 0.9 percent to a new percent. all-time low of 74.23 The panel however, shifted against the US dollar, weak- its policy stance to ‘calibrated ening from around the tightening” from ‘neutral’. 73.65 ahead of the RBI Five of the six members voted to leave the rate un- policy statement changed this time, after the An employee works at the Ford Motor’s assembly line in Michigan recently. (AFP) panel raised them by 25 basis points at each of its two previ- The decline steepened in ous meetings since June. recent weeks as rising crude “Today’s stance of cali- price - India imports two- brated tightening essentially thirds of its oil needs - and a US hiring slows in Sept; means that in this rate cycle sell-off by investors in emerg- a rate cut is off the table, and ing markets cranked up the that we are not bound to in- pressure on the country’s ex- crease rates at every meeting,” ternal balances. During April- said RBI Governor Urjit Patel June India’s balance of pay- at a press conference. “As new ments slipped into deficit for jobless rate falls to 3.7% data comes in we would look the first time in six quarters. into changing our policies ac- Other Asian central banks cordingly.” in nations running trade defi- employees worked part-time ficient to keep inflation around Surprised by the RBI’s in- cits and exposed to portfolio Non-farm payrolls rise by 134,000 in Sept US economy because of the weather last the Fed's 2 percent target. As action this time, analysts still outflows and higher oil prices month. more slack is squeezed out of expect the central bank to have shown more urgency in REUTERS ployment. Data for July and needs to US stock index futures the labour market, economists raise rates by at least 50 basis hiking interest rates. WASHINGTON August were revised to show create around briefly turned positive af- expect annual wage growth to points more going ahead, as Last week, Bangko Sentral 87,000 more jobs added than ter the data before reversing hit 3 percent. inflationary pressures become ng Pilipinas (BSP) hiked rates US job growth slowed sharply previously reported. course. The dollar was trad- Last month, employment more pronounced. by 50 bps to 4.50 percent, add- in September likely as Hur- The economy needs to cre- ing lower against a basket of in the leisure and hospitality The RBI reiterated its tar- ing to the three hikes worth ricane Florence depressed ate roughly 120,000 jobs per 120,000 currencies while US Treasury sector fell by 17,000 jobs, the get of keeping consumer in- 100 bps since May. Bank In- restaurant and retail payrolls, month to keep up with growth jobs per month to keep yields were higher. first drop since September flation at 4.00 percent in the donesia added 25 bps to its but the unemployment rate in the working-age population. The drop of two-tenths 2017. Retail payrolls dropped medium term on a “durable four previous hikes this year, fell to near a 49-year low of 3.7 Economists polled by up with growth in the of a percentage point in the by 20,000 jobs in September. basis”, and projected a rate bringing rates to 5.75 percent percent, pointing to a further Reuters had forecast payrolls working-age population unemployment rate from 3.9 Manufacturing payrolls of 4.8 percent by June 2019, as expected, or 150 bps higher tightening in labour market increasing by 185,000 jobs in percent in August pushed it to increased by 18,000 in Sep- slightly better than the 5.0 since May. conditions. September and the unemploy- levels last seen in December tember after rising by 5,000 in percent forecast it gave in Au- The RBI has also been The Labour Department's ment rate falling one-tenth of pay period that includes the 1969 and matched the Fed's August. gust. preoccupied with a liquidity closely watched monthly em- a percentage point to 3.8 per- 12th of the month as unem- forecast of 3.7 percent by the Construction companies The 10-year benchmark scare arising from a series of ployment report on Friday cent. ployed. The average workweek end of this year. hired 23,000 more work- bond yield fell to 8.05 percent debt defaults by Infrastructure also showed a steady rise in The Labour Department was unchanged at 34.5 hours Average hourly earnings ers last month after increas- from 8.13 percent before the Leasing & Financial Services wages, suggesting moder- said it was possible that Hur- in September. increased 0.3 percent in Sep- ing payrolls by 26,000 jobs policy was announced, as trad- (IL&FS) that sparked redemp- ate inflation pressures, which ricane Florence, which lashed The smaller survey of tember after a similar rise in in August. Professional and ers expecting a rate hike were tion pressure at other shadow could ease concerns about South and North Carolina in households from which the August. business services employment caught wrong-footed. banking companies. the economy overheating and mid-September, could have jobless rate is derived regards With September's increase increased by 54,000 jobs last The rupee slumped as But the policy statement keep the Federal Reserve on affected employment in some persons as employed regard- below the 0.5 percent gain month and government pay- much 0.9 percent to a new contained little on that, as the a path of gradual interest rate industries. It said it was im- less of whether they missed notched during the same pe- rolls rose 13,000. all-time low of 74.23 against central bank has aggressively increases. possible to quantify the net ef- work during the reference riod last year, the annual rise While surveys have shown the US dollar, weakening from bought government bonds Nonfarm payrolls in- fect on employment. week and were unpaid as re- in wages fell to 2.8 percent manufacturers growing more around the 73.65 ahead of the through open market opera- creased by 134,000 jobs last Payrolls are calculated sult. It showed 299,000 peo- from 2.9 percent in August, concerned about an escalating RBI policy statement. tions to keep markets liquid, month, the fewest in a year, from a survey of employers, ple reported staying at home which was the biggest advance trade war between the United “The first thing that came rather than resort to admin- as the retail and leisure and which treats any worker who in September because of bad in more than nine years. States and China, it does not to my mind when I saw the istrative measures to release hospitality sectors shed em- was not paid for any part of the weather. About 1.5 million Wage growth remains suf- appear to have affected hiring. decision was that RBI seems more cash into the system.

Russian firm strikes $1 bn Lenovo shares dip after microchip report fertiliser deal with India sued is not a realistic prospect." shares are falling in general servers there, some investors In Hong Kong trade PC maker The sell-off comes as tech because of that," said Ray K may have concerns on a senti- REUTERS India”, Phosagro chief execu- firms around the world strug- W Kwok, an analyst at CGS- ment level," Dennis Guan, a NEW DELHI tive Andrey Guryev said in a Lenovo tanked more than 15 percent gle on profit-taking following CIMB Securities Hong Kong. senior analyst at eFusion Capi- statement. a healthy rally in recent years, With around a third of its tal. "It's just too hard to predict RUSSIA’S Phosagro has Since 2016, Phosagro, one AFP of intellectual property theft while chip makers are also be- revenue coming from North how things will develop." struck a deal to supply 2 mil- of the world’s largest produc- HONG KONG by Beijing and an accusation ing hurt by falling demand. America, Lenovo could be in The report added to al- lion tonnes of fertiliser worth ers of phosphate-based ferti- China is trying to sway upcom- In Hong Kong trade PC particular trouble. ready tense relations between $1 billion to India by 2021, it lisers, has supplied about 1.2 CHINA'S Lenovo led a sharp ing elections. maker Lenovo tanked more And ZTE was already the world's top two economies said on Friday, adding that million tonnes of product to tech sell-off in Asia on Friday The chip story "plays than 15 percent, while main- struggling to recover its losses as they slug out a trade war supplies would rise further if India. after a report said Beijing had heavily into the view that the land-based telecoms equip- for the year after collapsing 40 that has seen them impose India cancels a 5 percent duty Phosagro also said in the used microchips inserted in Sino-US trade stoush is not ment maker ZTE plunged 11 percent in June in response to tariffs on hundreds of billions on Russian fertiliser imports. statement it has reached an US computer goods as part just about Trump's infatuation percent. a Washington decision to ban worth of goods. India, the world’s sec- agreement with Indian Pot- of a drive to steal technology with the size of the US-China AAC Technologies a Hong US companies from selling Vice President Mike Pence ond largest consumer of crop ash Ltd (IPL), India’s largest secrets. bilateral trade balance", said Kong firm listed in the city, crucial hardware and software added to the uncertainty by nutrients after China, fulfils importer of mineral fertilisers, Bloomberg News said Ray Attrill, head of foreign sank more than two percent, components to it for seven accusing Beijing of military nearly 90 percent of its de- and Russia’s RDIF sovereign the tiny chips were place in exchange strategy at the Na- while in Taipei HTC lost 1.7 years. aggression, commercial theft mand for phosphate-based wealth fund to consider in- gadgets made for Amazon and tional Australia Bank. percent, Realtek was 8.3 While the ban was even- and rising human rights viola- fertilisers from imports. vestments in the Russian fer- Apple, and possibly for other "But is a much more percent off and Delta Electron- tually lifted after it agreed to tions, while saying it was bent The new agreement per- tiliser sector. companies and government geopolitical affair as well as ics retreated more than four pay a huge fine, its share price on interfering in upcoming US tains to shipments between “We invite our Indian agencies. being related to China's desire percent. remains subdued. elections. 2019 and 2021 and “will in- partners to take part in the The article comes as China- to dominate the technology "Electronics produced in "The hack report has "There can be no doubt – crease the volume and expand construction of new plants in US relations are strained by a sphere. It means that an early China may be viewed unsafe nothing to do with Lenovo, China is meddling in America's the range of phosphorus- the Russian territory with us,” long-running trade war, claims resolution of Sino-US trade is- due to this news, and tech but since Lenovo sells PCs and democracy," he warned. based fertilisers supplied to Guryev said. Tesla shares fall after Musk mocks US SEC on Twitter REUTERS mission is doing incredible - would step down as chairman Haveles said. NEW YORK work,” Musk, a frequent critic but continue as CEO. In a separate tweet, Musk of investors betting against The settlement also pro- took another shot at short- SHARES of Tesla fell as much the electric car company said vided for the appointment of sellers and accused BlackRock as 5 percent on Friday, after in the tweet. “And the name a new chairman and directors of enabling t hem by saying, Chief Executive Elon Musk change is so on point!” Mocking SEC to balance Musk’s influence at “The big funds can & will [sic], stirred nerves about the set- The electric carmaker’s the company as well as moves as they’re suffering a net loss. tlement of his securities fraud shares plunged last week after The tweet calling the SEC the to oversee his output on social Index managers like Blackrock lawsuit by mocking the US the SEC accused Musk, 47, of ‘Shortseller Enrichment media. pocket [sic] make excessive Securities and Exchange Com- fraud over “false and mislead- Commission’ came just hours Peter Haveles, a partner in profit from short lending while mission on Twitter. ing” tw eets on Aug. 7 that prom- after a federal judge ordered the Trial and Dispute Resolu- pretending to charge low rates The tweet calling the SEC ised to take Tesla private and Musk and the SEC to write a tion Practice Group said Musk’s for ‘passive’ index tracking.” the “Shortseller Enrichment said funding had been secured. letter justifying a settlement tweets showed his lack of self “I have lost 30 years of my Commission” came just hours The lawsuit threatened to which allows him to remain in discipline. life savings all in $Isla thanks after a federal judge ordered pull Tesla and Musk into a long charge at Tesla “It will put intense pressure to your tweets please stop,” Musk and the SEC to write a drawn-out fight that could on the board because the SEC TrendTrader007 wrote. letter justifying a settlement have undermined the compa- will be watching the company “If you continue this self which allows him to remain in ny’s operations and ability to Tesla and Musk instead agreed like a hawk in this regard and destructive path you will lose charge at Tesla. raise capital. to pay $20 million each to the it will create additional ten- all your ardent supporters and “Just want to [sic] that the In the settlement that was regulator while the billionaire sions with the company and Mr the goodwill from diehard $tsla Shortseller Enrichment Com- announced over the weekend, - also a large Tesla shareholder Musk and the marketplace,” longs like me,” the user tweeted. 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Alaeeldin nets brace as Al Gharafa HORSE RACING PAGE 14 bounce back with win in QSL QATAR PRIX DE L’ARC DE TRIOMPHE Sheikh Abdullah and Sheikh Joaan’s presence sees Marid, Haffanah triumph

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK PARIS 19 starters IN the presence of His High- ness Sheikh Abdullah bin Kha- primed for lifa al Thani and His Excellen- cy Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad world’s al Thani, President of Qatar Olympic Committee, Qatar’s greatest race horses dominated at the Saint- Cloud Racecourse near Paris, Qatar Prix France, on Friday. Two successes were secured de l’Arc de for Qatar at one of the events as- sociated with the annual Qatar Triomphe Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe held in the City of Light under the TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK partnership between the Qa- PARIS tar Racing & Equestrian Club (QREC) and France Galop. A field of 19 horses will come under orders in the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Saturday. Enable (Nathaniel), the defending champion, has been well served by the draw, having inherited the six gate. The A. Fabre- trained Talismanic (Med- aglia d’Oro) and Cloth of Stars (Sea the Stars) seem The Qatari excellence almost inseparable as they came in the Gr 1 Qatar Ara- are drawn next to each oth- bian Trophy Des Poulains er in stalls eight and nine. when the HH Sheikh Abdullah Waldgeist (Galileo), bin Khalifa al Thani-owned the number one French Marid imposed himself in the contender, has been drawn 2000-metre contest for colts 13. However, the QIPCO and was quickly backed up in Prix du Jockey Club (Gr1) the following race by another winner, Study of Man victory in the Gr 1 Qatar Ara- (Deep Impact), had no bian Trophy Des Pouliches luck as he has been drawn when the Al Shaqab Racing- HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa al Thani-owned Marid on way to winning the Gr 1 Qatar Arabian Trophy Des Poulains at the Saint Cloud Racecourse near Paris on Friday. widest of all in 19. owned Al Haffanah landed the Patascoy (Wootton 2000-metre race for fillies. after his summer victory in the Bassett), the Jockey-Club Following the colts’ race, Prix Kesberoy. second, has fared much Sheikh Joaan presented the The Didier Guillemin- better in this department trophy to Sheikh Abdullah, the trained Deryan came second as he will exit from stall owner of Marid. His Excellen- under jockey Mickael Bar- two. Sea of Class (Sea the cy also presented the trophies zalona while the Al Shaqab Stars), the second favour- to the trainer and the jockey. Racing-owned and Thomas ite and supplemented for After the fillies’ contest, Fourcy-saddled Shalaa com- the big race by her team on HH Sheikh Abdullah pre- pleted the frame as third with Wednesday, has drawn 15. sented the trophy to HE Qatari jockey Faleh Bughen- Clincher, who has come all Sheikh Joaan as the title was aim in the saddle. way from Japan, hoping landed by Al Shaqab Racing’s Qatari victories continued to make the long-awaited Al Haffanah. at St Cloud when Al Shaqab Japanese come true, will Marid, who lined up for the Racing’s Al Haffana proved be in 1. He will carry the race as a favourite, gave a bril- she was the best in the Gr 1 hopes of Japan this year, liant performance to win the Qatar Arabian Trophy Des and for the 17th time since Gr 1 Qatar Arabian Trophy Des Pouliches. 1969, to win the greatest Poulains. While Marid stayed The Thomas Fourcy- race in the world. behind for a while at first and schooled three-year-old filly John Gosden decided in spite of the tough perform- dominated throughout the on Thursday to withdraw ance by other runners, he ac- 2000-metre contest and had Cracksman (Frankel) – celerated, under jockey Olivier no issues in landing the fillies reasoning that the ground Peslier and the Antoine de title under jockey Julien Auge is unlikely to be soft Watrigant’s ward was able to to remain unbeaten. The F enough for the colt. be the nearest one to the finish Sanchez-schooled Bayan was The Anthony Oppen- line in the last metres before the runner-up under jockey heimer-owned runner is the post. Ioritz Mendizabal while Xavi- now expected to be aimed In fact, Olivier Peslier set er Thomas Demeaulte’s ward at the QIPCO Champion the stage for perfection and Baseel came third and she Stakes (Gr1), a race which the delicate Marid won the was helmed by jockey Mickael he won last year. second Group I of his career Al Shaqab Racing-owned Al Haffanah winning the Gr 1 Qatar Arabian Trophy Des Pouliches at the Saint-Cloud Racecourse near Paris on Friday. Barzalona. Superiority of Qatar’s Arabian horses is undoubted: Kaabi TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK PARIS Marid and Al Haffanah have confirmed Qatar’s excellence: Khalifa al Attiyah NASSER bin Sherida al Kaabi, The presence of HH Sheikh Qatar Racing & Equestrian Abdullah bin Khalifa al KHALIFA bin Mohammed al Atti- Club (QREC) General Manag- Thani and HE Sheikh Jooan yah, Al Shaqab Executive Director, er, was elated with the Qatari bin Hamad al Thani has expressed his happiness with the victories at Saint-Cloud Race- victories realised today at St Cloud, course on Friday. doubled the joy of victory not only for Al Shaqab Racing, but “First of all, I would like and added to the also for His Highness Sheikh Abdul- to thank His Highness Sheikh momentum of the lah bin Khalifa al Thani. Abdullah bin Khalifa al Thani prestigious events He said, “No doubt, the presence of and His Excellency Sheikh associated with the Qatar HH Sheikh Abdullah and HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al Thani, Joaan at St Cloud today demon- President of Qatar Olympic Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. strates the considerable support we Committee, for their presence QREC GM Nasser receive at the events where we com- at the races,” he said. “Their Sherida al Kaabi pete overseas. The joy is doubled presence doubled the joy of when victories come as well. victory and added to the mo- “Today, the HH Sheikh Abdullah- Khalifa bin Mohammed al mentum of the prestigious “Tomorrow and on Sun- owned Marid confirmed his worth Attiyah, Executive Director, event held as one of the events day, the races will be run at the and that he was the best when Al Shaqab. associated with the Qatar Prix renovated ParisLongchamp he won the Gr 1 Qatar Arabian de l’Arc de Triomphe. after a gap of two years when Trophy des Poulains and so did the Al Shaqab Racing-owned Al “Qatar’s superiority in they were held at Chantilly. I Haffanah in the Gr 1 Qatar Arabian Trophy des Pouliches. Arabian racing has been the think this edition will have an “Winning is important at the beginning of the races associated outcome of the commitment unprecedented success, espe- with the prestigious event of the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. of the country’s officials to cially with the massively-an- It also demonstrates Qatar’s Arabian’s excellence and domination this type of racing. Qatar is a ticipated and highly-coveted over Arabian racing worldwide. Al Haffanah is a filly of Amer out leader in Arabian racing and Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club (QREC) General Manager Mr. Nasser Sherida al Kaabi with Eisa al Hitami Gr1 Qatar Arabian World Cup of Al Nachmiya and the latter was the one who landed the first the domination of Qatar’s Ara- and Farouq al Khaldi at the Saint-Cloud Racecourse on Friday. and the Gr 1 Qatar Prix de l’Arc victory ever for HE Sheikh Joaan. We, therefore, are hopeful to bians is a natural result. Marid de Triomphe, which will see continue the same tradition and excellence in the coming races,” and Al Haffanah proved that ward to more victories in this l’Arc de Triomphe to enhance Qatar’s equestrian sport,” he 19 of the top Thoroughbreds concluded Al Attiyah, the Al Shaqab Executive Director. again today and we look for- renewal of the Qatar Prix de the world-class standing of added. worldwide,” stressed Al Kaabi. 14 Saturday, October 6, 2018 Sports Alaeeldin nets brace as Al Gharafa end skid Eto’o powers Qatar Sports Club to second win on Batista’s debut

AYENI OLUSEGUN calmly slotted past Zarei. DOHA Just before halftime, Alaeeldin completed his dou- AHMED Alaeeldin scored a ble when he showed good brace and Abdulhaziz Hatem composure to rifle home from grabbed a goal as Al Gharafa inside the box after good work finally bounced back from a by Taremi. three-game slump to over- Mohammed Salah missed whelm Al Arabi 3-0 in a first a chance to pull one back for half goal rush in Week 8 of the Arabi after intercepting a pass QNB Stars League at the Al in Gharafa's defense before Gharafa Stadium on Friday. placing his shot well wide with Al Gharafa have suffered the goalkeeper at his mercy. from a loss of form in the ab- Taremi could have made sence of midfielder Wesley it four but his goal-bound ef- Sneijder, who's out with an fort was cleared off the line injury. by Ahmed Fathy. Al Arabi's Coach Christian Gourcuff wastefulness in front of Qatar Sports Club’s Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto’o celebrates his had earlier bemoaned the proved costly again in latter opening goal against Al Kharaitiyat on Friday. club’s misfortune with inju- stages. ries but promised the Chee- Fahad Khalfan should man Mahamet’s header was While Al Khor badly want tahs will make things right. have scored after a cross from pushed on to the crossbar. to move away from the danger And they did! Mohammed Salem found the Qatar Sports Club climbs zone, Al Rayyan cannot afford The intent was clear from striker unmarked in the box Al Gharafa’s Ahmed Alaeeldin is greeted by teammates after scoring one of his goals against Al Arabi up the table into eighth on to drop points as they seek to the beginning and Abdulahaz- but his effort was direct at during their QNB Stars League match on Friday. seven points while the Thun- keep pace with top teams Al iz Hatem put the seven-time Youssef Hassan, who parried ders have just three points Sadd and Al Duhail. Al Khor QSL champions ahead in the out for a corner. From the ping with his strike from 25 and Hamroun controlled pro- In the second half, Ham- from eight matches. are under new French coach 11th minute with the help of a resultant kick, Ibrahim Kala metres out. Eto’o and Osama ceedings which saw Ali faez roun's shot tipped onto the Bernard Casoni after they deflection. The midfielder saw blazed high and wild from Omari seem to have formed force a save from Jassem Adel cross bar from a set piece. Al Khor face tough task parted ways with Tunisian his freekick come off the wall inside the six-yard box as Al a good partnership, the Syr- who was largely a spectator. Eto'o missed a chance to add against Al Rayyan Adel Sellimi and put Under-23 before flying into the net. Gharafa held on for a much- ian set up his more illustrious Adel was again called to action to his tally as he scuffed his ef- Al Khor, the only team yet coach Omar Najhi in charge. With chances for both needed victory. partner for the opener. but he was up the task to parry fort wide. to register a victory this sea- Casoni began his coach- sides, Alaeeldin scored his first The former Barcelona Diba's belter. Both teams hit the post son, face a tough task when ing career in 1999 with Olym- of the match from the penalty Batista starts era with win star could have made it two Qatar made it two against in quick succession as Ali they host Al Rayyan on Satur- pique Marseille. He was also at spot in the 40th minute after Samuel Eto'o scored the minutes later, but Muhannad the run of play as Omari and Awad’s drive cannoned off day. the helm of Club Africain and Mehdi Taremi was adjudged opening goal of Sergio Batis- Naim came out early from Eto'o combined again before the bar with Naim soundly Al Khor are at the bottom Etoile du Sahel in Tunisia. to have been fouled in the box ta's reign in the sixth minute goal to thwart his effort. the Syrian's long range shot beaten. of the table with two points, In the other game, Al Sha- by goalkeeper Masoud Zarei. as the Cameroonian legend Al Kharaitiyat enjoyed a beat the hapless Naim just on Al Kharaitiyat hit back while Al Rayyan have 14 points hania hosts Al Ahli at the Al The young striker stepped up caught the goalkeeper nap- spell of possession as Diba the stroke of halftime. soon after but Abdrah- from four wins and two draws. Arabi Stadium. Mourinho admits United’s Goal-shy Madrid target form is not good enough uplifting win at Alaves The Red Devils have AFP failed to win their last MADRID four matches at home REAL Madrid coach Julen Lopetegui has confirmed AFP Gareth Bale is fit and ready MANCHESTER to play as Real Madrid look to end their goal drought JOSE Mourinho acknowledged against Alaves on Saturday. on Friday Manchester United’s Madrid have gone three current run of form is unaccept- games without scoring, after able as he battles to turn around their surprise Champions their season. League loss to CSKA Moscow The 55-year-old Portuguese on Tuesday followed a draw is under enormous pressure, against Atletico Madrid and with United in their worst posi- defeat to Sevilla. tion after seven league matches Bale came off at half-time since 1989 -- they are 10th, against Atletico last weekend nine points adrift of the top two and sat out the trip to Russia Manchester City and Liverpool in midweek after feeling dis- -- and a public dispute with star comfort in his groin. Tests, player Paul Pogba has sewn dis- however, have shown the in- cord in the dressing room. jury is not serious. His side are looking to end “He’s fine, he has trained a run of four home matches NOT GOOD ENOUGH: Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho during the match against Valencia at Old well,” Lopetegui said on Fri- without a win -- their worst run Trafford in Manchester on Tuesday. (AFP) day. “He detected some dis- at Old Trafford for 29 seasons -- comfort so he left the derby when they host Newcastle in the sponded: “No.” Fixtures (GMT) League matches, when we took at half-time but he is ready. Premier League on Saturday. The manager faced heavy one point out of six. He is an important player, we Real Madrid’s head coach Julen Lopetegui reacts during the Spanish Mourinho is adamant Unit- criticism for playing midfielder Burnley v Huddersfield (1400) “We know that to improve know that.” Primera Division match against RCD Espanyol at Santiafgo Bernabeu ed will improve on their current Scott McTominay in a three- C/Palace v Wolves (1400) that position we need to win Madrid sit level on points stadium in Madrid, recently. (EPA-EFE) league position of 10th but he man central defence at West Leicester v Everton (1400) these three points (against with leaders Barcelona in La accepted their form at present is Ham, and the sense of turbu- Liga but their lack of cutting Tottenham v Cardiff (1400) Newcastle) but we know that Madrid have gone three not good enough. lence intensified over a social our opposition also need the edge up front is a concern. Results “Yes, I accept,” he said, al- media controversy involving Watford v B’mouth (1400) points.” Karim Benzema's early- Girona v Eibar (1100) games without scoring, after though he refused to answer club captain Antonio Valencia. Man Utd v Newcastle (1630) Mourinho, in analysing season form has evaporated Getafe v Levante (1415) their surprise Champions when asked if he could assure Valencia had to apologise United’s recent form, claimed while injuries to Bale and Alavés v R/Madrid (1630) League loss to CSKA the fans he was doing every- after liking an Instagram post they had lost one of their past Isco, as well as full-backs Leganés v Rayo (1845) Moscow on Tuesday thing he could to improve their calling for Mourinho to leave without a victory at Old Traf- seven matches in all competi- Marcelo and Dani Carvajal, followed a draw against form. his job. The defender claimed ford. Mourinho acknowledged tions, although that relies on have contributed to a lack of Mourinho has endured a he had not read the text of the that it was vital for United to im- categorising the League Cup de- creativity. Atletico Madrid and defeat testing week, following up a 3-1 post before liking it. prove that home form quickly. feat by Derby County as a draw. Cristiano Ronaldo’s ab- “It seems everything is to Sevilla. league defeat at West Ham last United’s home form is a “In many of the leagues the “We have had only one de- sence, following his summer not wonderful at the moment Saturday with a goalless draw at cause for concern at present. tables in September and Octo- feat at home all season, only one move to Juventus, is being but there are positives. and Carvajal could be side- home to Valencia in the Cham- They have not won at Old Traf- ber don't reflect what is going defeat in the last seven matches more keenly felt. “We are joint first in the lined for a “few weeks”, with pions League on Tuesday. ford since beating Leicester on to happen in a few months or but no victories at home in the “This is Madrid, we have Champions League group and both players recovering from Asked why things were not the opening weekend of the Pre- even at the end of the season,” past three matches, three draws. to expect the criticism,” Lo- I have no doubt the team will calf injuries. working for United at present, mier League season. said Mourinho. “But we are in “We have not had the feeling of petegui said. “We are con- pick up from where they left Nacho is likely to take the manager said: “For many Their longest winless home a position that we can do much the defeat but not the happiness fident we can overcome the off in the first game against over at left back while on the different reasons.” run before this came between better and to do that we need of the victory so is important for problems. We have spent Roma. We deserved to beat right, Alvaro Odriozola re- He was then asked if he November 1989 and February points, points that we lost, es- us to try and win this match on better times but worse times CSKA but this is football.” placed Carvajal against CSKA could give the reasons, and re- 1990, when they went six games pecially in the last two Premier Saturday.” too. Lopetegui said Marcelo and could continue.

Quick read Wozniacki and Osaka through to China Open semis Hamilton revels in Suzuka rollercoaster

DPA and allow Siniakova to hold or the reigning US Open cham- SUZUKA: Lewis Hamilton revelled in LONDON serve in the fourth game of the pion Naomi Osaka. the speed of his Mercedes on Friday first set. Osaka has already proved as the Formula One championship CAROLINE Wozniacki under- It soon became apparent she can handle the big tennis leader dominated Suzuka's 'roller- scored her dominance on the that Wozniacki's strategy was to moments and on a day where coaster' circuit in Japanese Grand women’s tour after she surged tire out Siniakova, as she seam- experience prevailed for the Prix practice. The Briton was in a into the semi-finals of the China lessly switched between mas- women, she beat home favour- league of his own, lapping nearly Open with a startlingly easy 6-2, sive groundstrokes and volleys ite Shuai Zhang 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 to half a second faster than his team 6-2 win over Katerina Siniakova at the net, successfully moving advance to the semi-finals on mate Valtteri Bottas in both ses- on Friday. her opponent for much of the the other side of the draw. sions. Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel, Wozniacki, the world one-hour 8-minute match. Osaka made history once a hefty 50 points behind Hamilton number two and already quali- Though Siniakova attempt- again with the win after her re- with five races remaining, was nearly a second adrift of his fellow fied for the WTA Finals in Sin- ed something of a fight-back markable US Open victory last four-time champion. Hamilton did not put a foot wrong and was caught gapore, will next play Qiang early in the second set and al- month, as she became the first out only when Toro Rosso's Pierre Gasly slowed in front of him into the Wang of China, who beat Bela- most broke Wozniacki once, woman from Japan to reach the final chicane, with the champion forced to jink right and take to the es- rus’ Aryna Sabalenka 7-5, 7-5 up 40-30 in the first game, she semi-finals at this event since its cape road. "This track is awesome, I'm having the best day," Hamilton with a backhand down-the-line could ultimately not save two inception 14 years ago. whooped over the team radio during the second 90 minute session. winner in the other quarter-final. match points and double-fault- Osaka’s sheer number "Through that middle section, that first and second section, it's This latest journey to the fi- Caroline Wozniacki acknowledges the crowd after beating Katerina ed to hand the Dane the victory. of winners - 51 compared to insane," he told reporters, still barely able to contain his excitement. nal four for Wozniacki has not Siniakova in their women’s singles quarter-final match of the China Should she emerge the win- Zhang’s 13 - paid off. Having "It's the best rollercoaster ride, that first section, that I've particularly been entirely without its strug- Open tennis tournament in Beijing on Friday. (AFP) ner of her first semi-final match levelled proceedings at 5-5 in felt in a Formula One car." The 5.8-km Suzuka circuit's unique figure-of- gles - she endured tiebreaks since Eastbourne, Wozniacki the third set, after Zhang sent eight layout with its fast, undulating sweeps is a firm favourite with the against Petra Martic and Anett ble against Siniakova. her rival and ensured she had would face either Anastasija a passing shot wide, Osaka drivers. The opening part of the lap, with its sequence of rapid left-right Kontaveit in previous rounds Wozniacki wasted little time built a comfortable 3-0 lead Sevastova, who defeated Do- triumphed with a straight ace corners racing up the hill, poses a particular challenge. (REUTERS) - but her form looked impecca- in gaining an advantage over before she seemed to step back minika Cibulkova 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), down the centre. Sports Saturday, October 6, 2018 15 Stage set for Youth Olympics of new era, says IOC president

AGENCIES from October 6 to 18, will also DOHA/BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA) showcase a stunning opening ceremony outside of a stadium THE Qatar delegation which in a format not seen before. It arrived at the Youth Olym- will instead be staged at the pic Games unfurled the Qatar Obelisk monument in the cen- National flag and the Qatar tre of the city. Competitions Olympic Committee at the will be spread across four Games Village. parks to ensure the entire city can enjoy the action. Free access to all sport- ing events and a whole range of additional activities in a festival atmosphere will be offered at these four major clusters, maximising the impact in introducing peo- ple to sport. We can not just wait for people to come into Qatar athletes while leaving for Buenos Aires, Argentina. a stadium, we must take the Games to the public," said for the Youth Olympic Games ports Xinhua news agency. Bach, a German lawyer and of a new era. The Games will feature former Olympic fencer. The Qatar youth athletes in- “We will see here many new sports like breakdancing, “I’m looking forward to the clude Awab Baro, Ahmed al Haj, firsts, not only for the YOG, sport climbing, roller sports fascinating opening ceremo- Abdulaziz Mohamed and swim- but for the entire Olympic and karate, and many new ny in the centre of this great mer Yacoub al Khulaifi. Abdul- Movement. We said in Ol- disciplines and events such as city, which means a lot to me lah Hashim is the administra- ympic Agenda 2020 that the BMX freestyle, kiteboarding, because I came here for the tive director of the delegation. sport of the future has to go beach handball, futsal and ac- Qatar’s national flags and the Qatar Olympic Committee flag adorn the athletes village at the Youth first time as a young athlete Meanwhile, the president where the people are,” said robatic gymnastics. Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. in 1973. To see the Youth Ol- of the International Olympic Bach at a press conference on The Youth Olympics will ympic Games in this city is an Committee (IOC) Thomas Thursday after a two-day IOC also set a precedent for gender in Olympic history, an equal athletes among the 4,000 sports in total. emotional experience for me,” Bach said that the stage is set Executive Board meeting, re- equality with, for the first time number of male and female participants competing in 32 The Games, which will run added the president.

CHESS Jadeja, bowlers put Qatar’s Zhu Chen elected FIDE treasurer BATUMI (GEORGIA): Former world champion Zhu Chen of Qatar has been elected treas- India in command urer of the World Chess Federa- tion (FIDE), it was announced. Woman Grand Master Zhu was elected during the FIDE elec- Kohli slams 24th tions held in the Georgian city of Batumi where the World Chess Test ton; Windies After nine years of Olympiad is being held. reduced to 94 for 6 international cricket I am ussian Arkady Dvorkovich scoring a hundred, so it is was elected new President of AFP a special moment. FIDE with a total of 103 votes RAJKOT against 78 votes for Greek Ravindra Jadeja Georgios Makropoulos. INDIA bowlers rattled the Zhu expressed her happiness West Indies first-innings re- stumps with the batsman at winning the position and said ply after Ravindra Jadeja well short of the crease but she would work towards devel- support, saying her position will well as the region. smashed his maiden interna- his teasing act tested the oping the game and improving give Qatar a signifi cant role in Other elected officials are Ba- tional century as the hosts got nerves of the Indian fielders the fi nances of the internation- the development of chess. Her char Kouatly, Deputy President; a firm grip over the first Test including Kohli. al federation. husband, Qatar Chess Asso- Sewa Enyonam Fumey, on Friday. “Both batsmen were at the The Qatari thanked the Qatar ciation President Mohamed al General Secretary; Mahir The tourists were tottering same end, so I thought I could Olympic Committee, the Ministry Medaihki, expressed his happi- Mammedov, Vice President; at 94 for six at stumps, trail- easily hit the stumps. I was of Culture and Sports and the ness at Zhu’s election, saying it and Julio Granda Zuniga, Vice ing India by 555 runs in their just walking at the stumps, Qatar Chess Association for their was a big honour for Qatar as President. (QNA) first innings on day two in Ra- and I didn’t think he (Hetmy- jkot. Roston Chase, on 27, and er) will start running,” Jadeja Keemo Paul, on 13, were bat- said with a smile. ting at close of play. “I can’t think what would But it was the Indian bat- have happened if I hadn't hit Adel Abdulla has work cut ting that made the world's top the stumps, but then I threw it side so dominant as they post- and luckily it hit the stumps.” ed their highest total against Earlier Kohli became the the West Indies after declar- quickest batsman to reach out to claw back lost time ing on 649-9 at tea. Skipper 24 Test centuries since the Virat Kohli hit a landmark great Donald Bradman in the TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK ton, top-scoring with 139. morning session. ERFOUD (MOROCCO) Fast bowler Mohammed Kohli put together 133 Shami then struck early to get runs for the fifth wicket with QATAR’S Adel Abdulla held the two West Indian openers overnight partner Rishabh third overall in the T2 category back in the pavilion for seven Pant, who made a quickfire 92. after the opening desert selec- runs including stand-in-skip- Kohli, who started on his tive section of the 2018 Rally per Kraigg Brathwaite for two. overnight score of 72, got to of Morocco on Friday. But Jadeja remained the his hundred in his 123rd in- The Nissan Patrol Y62 star of the day after making an nings with a boundary off driver and his French navi- unbeaten 100. leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo. gator Jean-Michel Polato The left-handed batsman Bradman took just 66 innings are aiming to win the FIA T2 stuck around with the lower- to achieve the same feat. World Championship for se- order to demolish a toothless India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja exults on reaching his maiden Test India rammed home the ries production cross-country Qatar’s Adel Abdulla at the 2018 Rally of Morocco on Friday. West Indian attack. century on the second day of the first Test against West Indies at the advantage after 18-year-old vehicles for the second time in “Obviously after nine Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot on Friday. (AFP) opener Prithvi Shaw made 134 three seasons. 2018 RALLY OF MOROCCO years of international cricket on day one to become their But a puncture on Thurs- T2 positions after SS1 – 103km (unofficial @ 15.52hrs): I am scoring a hundred, so it big hundreds in the domestic last week, for 12. youngest batsman to score a day’s Prologue and a time loss is a special moment,” Jadeja, circuit, so I thought I can get The all-rounder though century on debut. on the first of the two desert 1. Ahmed Al Shegawi (SAU)/Alexei Kuzmich (RUS) Toyota Land Cruiser 1hrs 52min 41sec who made his international hundreds in the international had a near-miss moment on The left-handed wick- sections of Friday’s route be- 2. Alexey Titov (RUS)/Andrey Rusov (RUS) Ford F-150 1hrs 53min 34sec debut in 2009 and played his level too.” the field when he playfully etkeeper-batsman Pant tween Fes and Erfoud pushed 3. Adel Abdulla (QAT)/Jean-Michel Polato (FRA) Nissan Patrol Y62 2hrs 04min 48sec first Test in 2012, said. Jadeja – playing his 38th waited to run out Shimron brought the morning alive the QX Rally Team crew down “Whenever I reached 70- Test – also got a wicket after Hetmyer who was scamper- with his attacking cricket as to third in the category behind Adel Abdulla clocked the third sections of 103km and 91km be- 80 in the past I thought about sending back Sunil Ambris, ing back to reach the non- he hit eight fours and four series leader Ahmed al Shegawi quickest time of 15min 42sec. fore the rally caravan arrived in my hundred, but threw my who had scored 114 not out striker's end. sixes during his 84-ball blitz and Russian rival Alexey Titov. Adel Abdulla said, “We Erfoud – an oasis town situated wicket away. I have made in his side's only tour game Jadeja though hit the to flatten West Indies. Moroccan action got un- were very fast in the first part in the Drâa-Tafilalet region of derway with a 10km Prologue, and then in one corner it was eastern Morocco. SCOREBOARD: INDIA VS WEST INDIES FIRST TEST (DAY TWO) near Fes, on Thursday after- very slippery and we under Adel Abdulla’s challenge noon to enable the overall top steered and hit the mountain for honours comes with the INDIA (1ST INNINGS; OVERNIGHT 364-4) Extras: (b9, lb1, nb4) ...... 14 WEST INDIES (1ST INNINGS) K. Paul not out ...... 13 10 to determine their starting and I had a flat tyre. I had to support of the Qatar Motor V. Kohli c Bishoo b Lewis ...... 139 TOTAL: (For 9 wkts dec, 149.5 overs) ...... 649 K. Brathwaite b Shami ...... 2 Extras: (b8, lb1) ...... 9 positions for the first of the stop and change it because the and Motorcycle Federation R. Pant c Paul b Bishoo ...... 92 Fall of wickets: 5-470 (Pant), 6-534 (Kohli), 7-545 K. Powell lbw b Shami ...... 1 TOTAL: (For 6 wickets, 29 overs) ...... 94 R. Jadeja not out ...... 100 (Ashwin), 8-571 (K. Yadav), 9-626 (U. Yadav). S. Hope b Ashwin ...... 10 To bat: D. Bishoo, S. Lewis, S. Gabriel. desert sections between Fes stage was twisty and there were (QMMF), Ooredoo Qatar and R. Ashwin c Dowrich b Bishoo ...... 7 Bowling: Gabriel 21-1-84-1 (nb2), Paul 15-1-61-0 S. Hetmyer run out (Jadeja) ...... 10 Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Brathwaite), 2-7 (Shami), 3-21 and Erfoud on Friday. five kilometres to the finish.” Nissan Qatar. K. Yadav lbw b Bishoo ...... 12 (nb2), Lewis 20-0-93-2, Bishoo 54-3-217-4, Chase S. Ambris c Rahane b Jadeja ...... 12 (Hope), 4-32 (Hetmyer), 5-49 (Ambris), 6-74 (Dowrich). Shegawi topped the T2 After a road liaison of 322km Action continues with a U. Yadav c Lewis b Brathwaite ...... 22 26-1-137-1, Brathwaite 13.5-1-47-1. R. Chase not out ...... 27 Bowling: Shami 6-2-11-2, U. Yadav 7-1-14-0, Ashwin times with a run of 11min from Fes on Friday morning, ac- loop stage of around 329km M. Shami not out ...... 2 Toss: India. S. Dowrich b K. Yadav ...... 10 7-0-32-1, Jadeja 5-1-9-1, U. Yadav 4-1-19-1. 02sec, Titov was second with tion on the opening day in the through the Erfoud deserts a time of 11min 54sec and desert took place over two timed on Tuesday. Pakistan want Yasir to Warne backs ‘Bodyline’ skipper, slams Waugh attack new-look Australia AFP the game. it strained relations between should have backed me – AFP pressure to overcome the loss SYDNEY “Douglas Jardine, of course, London and Canberra. as I always believe the art DUBAI of their regular captain Steve for what he achieved against He was mercilessly hound- of captaincy is to support Smith and opener David Warn- AUSTRALIAN great Shane Bradman and having the cour- ed by Sydney crowds, includ- your players and back them PAKISTAN captain Sarfraz er along with Cameron Ban- Warne has endorsed one of age to change the game’s pa- ing a famous taunt “leave those every time. Ahmed warned his ace leg- croft after they were banned the most controversial figures rameters” Warne wrote. flies alone Jardine, they’re the “This gains the respect spinner Yasir Shah will attack for up to a year for their part in in cricketing history, while Jardine, an upper class only friends you’ve got”. from the players and makes a depleted and new-look Aus- the ball-tampering scandal in also renewing his decades- Englishman, is generally re- But Warne, who called for them play for you. He didn’t, tralia when they meet in the South Africa in March. old feud with former captain garded as a villain in Austral- Australia to use Bodyline fast- it’s history, but I never found first of two Test matches start- Sarfraz said he will attack Steve Waugh. ian cricketing circles. ball tactics against England it easy with him after that.” ing in Dubai from Sunday. Australia. “When we played Warne, Test cricket's His tactics of instructing last year, backed the captain. He accused Waugh if being Australia face a trial by Australia in 2014 we played second-most prolific wicket- fast bowlers, led by Harold He also criticised his more focused on his average spin as has so often been the some attacking cricket,” said taker with 708 scalps, re- Larwood, to aim at batsmen’s former captain Steve Waugh in than the team's result. case on their tours to Asia. Sarfraz. “Yasir is our main vealed his admiration for bodies – in a bid to curb run his book, calling him “selfish”. “Steve Waugh was the In the space of six years, bowler so we will want him to Douglas Jardine, who led machine Donald Bradman – Warne said he was dis- most selfish player I ever they have lost 12 of their 15 attack and get us wickets to win England’s “Bodyline” tour, provoked anger amongst the Alannah Woods, an assistant appointed when Waugh played with and was only Tests with only two wins and the series. But similarly we will in his new book No Spin pub- host nation at the time. floor manager at Dymocks dropped him in the fourth worried about averaging 50,” one draw on tours of India not put extra pressure on him lished this week. Jardine’s tactics worked bookstore, places Shane Warne’s Test in Antigua in the West he added. (twice), one each to Sri Lanka, and will not want him to go in a Warne said he believed and England won the se- new autobiography titled Indies in 1999. “It was about a lack of loy- Bangladesh and UAE. defensive mode so other bowl- Jardine was among the best ries 4-1 but Australians re- “No Spin” on a bookshelf in “I lost a bit of respect for alty. Pretty childish, I know, Australia will also be under ers will have to support him.” captains ever to have played garded it as unsporting and Melbourne on Friday. (AFP) him after that. I believe he but that's the way it was.” 16 Saturday, October 6, 2018 The Last Word

HH THE AMIR VISITS ARGENTINA The President of Argentina welcomed HH the Amir on his second visit to the Argentine Republic, praising the friendly and growing relations between the two countries

Amir, President hold official talks

QNA reaffirmed what was stated The session of talks was BUENOS AIRES by the President of Argentina attended by members of the in relation to the strong and official delegation accompa- THE Amir His Highness solid relations between the nying HH the Amir. On the Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al two countries, adding that the Argentine side, it was attend- Thani and President of the Ar- two countries will continue to ed by several ministers. gentine Republic HE Mauricio work for further cooperation HH the Amir and the Macri held a session of official in other fields, expressing his President of Argentina also talks at the presidential palace confidence that the visit will held a bilateral meeting. The in Buenos Aires on Friday. enhance that. meeting discussed ways to At the beginning of the The session of official strengthen bilateral relations session, the President of Ar- talks discussed means of de- and the prospects for con- gentina welcomed HH the veloping bilateral relations solidating joint cooperation Amir on his second visit to the and areas of cooperation in in various fields. They also Argentine Republic, prais- economy, investment and exchanged views on the latest ing the friendly and growing sports, as well as exchang- developments on the regional relations between the two ing experiences in education, and international arenas. countries, hoping that HH the research, sports, agriculture Upon his arrival at the Amir’s visit will contribute to and environment. presidential palace, HH the further cooperation. Issues of common con- Amir was accorded an official On his part, HH the Amir cern were also discussed. reception.

Amir thanked the President and the people of Argentina for their warm wel- come and hospitali- ty, adding that the Qatar-Argentina relations have been spanning for more than 40 years and growing remarkably

The Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Ha- Signing of agreement, MoUs mad al Thani and Presi- O Agreement on abolition of visa requirements for holders of dent of the Argentine diplomatic, private and official passports between the two countries O MoU for cooperation in education, higher education and scientific Republic Mauricio Macri research aimed at consolidating and encouraging cooperation in witnessed the signing education and science of an agreement and O MoU for cooperation in the field of sport between Qatar’s Ministry memorandums of un- of Culture and Sports and Argentina’s General Secretariat of Sport derstanding between the to enhance possibilities and opportunities for sports cooperation governments of the two O MoU signing on visa exemption of Qatari nationals countries at the presi- O MoU for cooperation between Qatar’s Ministry of Municipality and dential palace in Buenos Environment and Argentina’s Ministry of Production and Labour aimed at establishing consultations and cooperation in agriculture, Aires on Friday. livestock, fisheries and agricultural sectors

AMIR ATTENDS LUNCHEON BANQUET HOSTED BY THE PRESIDENT Qatar stronger & more self-reliant than ever: Amir

QNA BUENOS AIRES

THE State of Qatar is going through regional challenges, but thanks to Al- lah and the steadfastness and strength of Qatari society and its friends, the country has become stronger and more self-reliant than ever, the Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Ha- mad al Thani said while pointing out that Argentina will overcome its dif- ficult economic conditions as well under the leadership of its President Mauricio Macri. Commenting on what President Mauricio said about Argentina’s dif- ficult conditions at the beginning of a luncheon banquet, HH the Amir said that all nations are going through dif- ficult stages. President Macri began by welcom- ing HH the Amir and the accompany- AMIR PRESENTED WITH HONORARY GUEST CERTIFICATE ing delegation on his second visit to OF ARGENTINA: The Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Argentina, which provides a new op- Hamad al Thani was presented with honorary guest certificate portunity to strengthen relations be- his country is experiencing difficult his team success in qualifying for the of Argentina. It was held in honour of of the Argentine Republic by President of the Legislature of tween the two countries. economic conditions. championship. HH the Amir and the accompanying the City of Buenos Aires Francisco Javier Quintana, on the He also praised the cooperation He added that Friday’s talks dealt On his part, s, especially after the delegation at the presidential palace occasion of a state visit by His Highness to Argentina. This which is at various levels, where Ar- with other areas such as education mutual visits. He pointed out that this museum in Buenos Aires on Friday, came when HH the Amir met with Francisco Quintana at His gentina’s experience in food security and sports, looking forward to fur- visit was aimed at advancing bilateral in the presence of the president’s wife Highness residence in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Friday. The can help Qatar to the same extent that ther cooperation. He also pointed to relations. Juliana Awada, Vice-President Gabri- meeting was attended by members of the official delegation Argentina can benefit from Qatar’s ex- Qatar’s ability to organise a success- HH the Amir attended the lunch- ela Michetti and several ministers accompanying HH the Amir. (QNA) perience in energy, pointing out that ful FIFA World Cup 2022, wishing eon banquet hosted by the President and senior officials.