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The forecast for inshore areas says it will be misty to foggy in some places at first, followed by moderate temperature during the day and partly cloudy HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met at the Emiri Diwan yesterday morning with HRH the Crown Prince of the housing conditions. Off shore areas will Kingdom of Denmark Frederik Andre Henrik, his wife HRH Princess Mary and their accompanying delegation on the occasion remain hazy to misty and see partly of their visit to the country. During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations and ways to enhance them and exchanged cloudy conditions by the afternoon. views on a number of topics of common interest, especially in the investment and economy sector. Page 20 There is also a weak chance of rain. The minimum and maximum temperatures today are expected to be 15C and 27C, respectively, with the expected forecast for Doha being 17C and 26C. By Ramesh Mathew ARAB WORLD | Confl ict More evidence that aspirin Staff Reporter ‘Visible’ progress in Syria ceasefi re here will be a signifi cant im- lowers risk of cancer: study provement in the labour housing The UN’s Syria envoy said yesterday situation in Qatar over the next that visible progress was being T few years on account of the ongoing re- screening and 9,800 among the al- made on the country’s landmark AFP cer screening are lacking.” forms, a noted academic has predicted. Previous research has shown that most 30mn who are not screened.” ceasefire, after a sharp drop was Miami “The international teams that vis- regular aspirin use can help prevent However, when researchers looked reported in the number of civilians ited the new residential facilities for dying every day. France and Britain colorectal cancer. specifi cally at common cancers such the workers in the Labour City in Me- said further eff orts were needed, eople who take aspirin regularly However, the wider eff ect of aspirin as breast, lung and prostate cancer, saimeer and Barwa Al Baraha over the calling on Russia to halt attacks on have a signifi cantly lower risk on all cancers was less clear. they found no risk reduction from as- last few months have expressed their moderate rebel groups in Syria as of cancer, particularly involving So the researchers looked at 32 years pirin use. P appreciation,” Dr Rajai Ray Jureidini the country suff ered an hours-long the colon and gastrointestinal tract, worth of data from nearly 136,000 The research was based on observa- nationwide blackout, evidence of the according to US research published nurses and health professionals who tional studies, so it is not as strong as a pointed out. damage nearly five years of war has yesterday. answered health surveys. randomised controlled trial. The senior member of the Qatar Fac- inflicted. Page 5 The fi ndings in the Journal of the People who took either a regular Aspirin also carries certain risks, ulty of Islamic Studies at the Hamad Dr Rajai Ray Jureidini American Medical Association (JAMA) aspirin or a low-dose aspirin at least such as bleeding and stroke, and can- Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) was de- Oncology suggest that aspirin use twice per week showed a 3% lower risk not be tolerated by everyone. livering a public lecture on ‘Limitations The introduction of the Wage Pro- REGION | Confl ict should complement - not replace - al- of any type of cancer than those who The US Preventive Services Task of Migrant Labour Reforms in Qatar’ tection System and the decision to set UN mulls resolution ready established preventive screen- did not report regular aspirin use. Force recommends aspirin to prevent on Wednesday. up three exclusive hospitals for workers ing measures such as colonoscopies. The protective benefi t of aspirin colorectal cancer and cardiovascular “The ongoing initiatives to improve in the Doha Industrial Area, Mesaieed on situation in Yemen “We now can recommend that “appeared after fi ve years of continu- disease among many US adults. the working conditions and housing Industrial City and Ras Laff an In- The UN Security Council is many individuals consider taking as- ous use at dosages ranging from 0.5 to According to Ernest Hawk of the facilities of workers are in line with the dustrial City too are some of the good considering a resolution demanding pirin to reduce their risk of colorectal 1.5 standard tablets a week or one low- University of Texas MD Anderson recommendations of the International initiatives meant to improve the living humanitarian access and an end cancer - particularly those with other dose tablet a day,” said the study. Cancer Center, the study “is impor- Labour Organisation and requirements conditions of the country’s expatriate to indiscriminate attacks in Yemen, reasons for regular use, such as heart Aspirin use reduced the risk of tant because it suggests that aspirin of such entities as the Supreme Com- workers. Ismael Gaspar Martins, Angola’s disease prevention,” said senior author colorectal cancer by 19% and the risk use may complement colorectal can- mittee for Delivery and Legacy, Qatar “The transfer of workers’ sala- ambassador to the UN, said yesterday. Andrew Chan of the Massachusetts of any gastrointestinal cancer by 15%. cer screening,” he wrote in an accom- Foundation, Qatar Rail and Ashghal,” ries through banks would ensure that The council expressed “grave General Hospital. Regular aspirin use “could prevent panying editorial. he explained. workers are paid on time by their em- concern” over the humanitarian “Our fi ndings imply that aspirin use close to 30,000 gastrointestinal tract Aspirin also “may have an abso- The professor of Migration, Ethics ployers,” the academic noted. situation in Yemen, where violence would be expected to prevent a sig- tumours in the US each year,” said the lute benefi t regardless” of whether and Human Rights at HBKU recalled While deliberating on the law per- has continued in the conflict between nifi cant number of colorectal cancers study. patients have been screened by tra- that after conducting a host of on- taining to the entry and exit of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels and the above and beyond those that would The team also calculated that aspi- ditional methods, “a critical insight the-spot studies on the conditions of workers, Dr Jureidini said the sponsor Yemeni government. be prevented by screening and may rin use could “prevent an additional that few other studies have provided the expatriate workers, particularly or his representative is bound to issue have even greater benefi t in settings in 7,500 colorectal tumours among US thus far,” added Hawk, who was not construction labourers, in the last few exit permits to expatriate employees which the resources to devote to can- adults over 50 who have endoscopic involved in the study. years, the teams from the QF had made within 72 hours after submitting the INDIA | Unrest some invaluable and signifi cant rec- request for the exit permit. “If the exit Student arrested for ommendations to the labour and social is not granted in the stipulated time, sedition released welfare authorities. the sponsor is liable to explain why the “The decision to set up residen- exit is not granted to the employee,” he An Indian student leader walked tial facilities of superior standards as said. out of prison yesterday, nearly those in Mesaimeer and Barwa Al Ba- The migration expert also explained three weeks after he was arrested Romney leads anti-Trump raha project on the south eastern side that the sponsor is expected to return on a controversial sedition charge of Doha Industrial Area is the result the passport of his employee immedi- that sparked major protests and a of such recommendations. The study ately after completing his mandatory nationwide debate over free speech. teams had reported the deplorable con- residential permit procedures. If he Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested on charge as conservatives stew ditions of some of the labour camps, continued to retain the passport, the February 12 over a rally at Delhi’s especially those in the Industrial Area, sponsor could attract a fi ne of up to prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru to the authorities and actions were ini- QR50,000. University (JNU) at which anti-India AFP bearer, some party leaders, operatives fully against Barack Obama in 2012 tiated against the operators.” While explaining the procedures of - lambasted Trump as unfit to be slogans were chanted. Page 13 Oxon Hill and voters have begun to panic at the Dr Jureidini was of the view that the the no objection certifi cate for those prospect of nominee Trump, while president. recent decision to appoint more labour seeking to change sponsorship and others are saying it’s time, for better or Romney said if Trump were to be the inspectors to oversee the activities at employment, the speaker said as per AFRICA | Court merican conservatives faced worse, to rally around the man leading nominee, it would enable a Democrat- the work sites as well as to monitor the the provisions of the new labour law a wrenching decision yester- the pack.