BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Lamouchi’s Jaish aim to avoid INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 4-12, 30, 32 COMMENT 28, 29 Opec and non-Opec further REGION 13 BUSINESS 1–4, 15-20 producers agree to 19,711.00 10,053.95 51.50 ARAB WORLD 14 CLASSIFIED 5-14 shocks +147.00 +64.66 +0.66 INTERNATIONAL 15–27 SPORTS 1 – 12 curtail production +0.75% +0.65% +1.30% Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 SUNDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10299 December 11, 2016 Rabia I 12, 1438 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals ‘Oasis’ for shoppers Survey fi nds In brief Qatar most AMERICA | Politics Russia ‘intervened to help Trump win polls’ peaceful in US intelligence analysts have concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help President- elect Donald Trump win the White House, and not just to undermine confidence in the US electoral Mena region system, a senior US off icial said on Friday. US intelligence agencies atar is the 7th safest country in to peace and safety including political have assessed that as the 2016 the world and the most peace- stability, level of crime in the commu- presidential campaign progressed, Qful among the Arab states and nity, level of abuse among community Russian government off icials in the Middle East and North Africa members, internal confl icts and rela- devoted increasing attention to (Mena) region, according to the global tions with neighbouring countries, assisting Trump’s eff ort to win the database of Crime Index for Countries terrorist crimes, etc. election, the US off icial familiar with 2016 issued by Numbeo. Qatar has accomplished this great the finding said on Friday night, South Korea has been ranked fi rst achievement by the constant eff orts speaking on condition of anonymity. followed by Singapore, Georgia, Tai- and the keenness of the security au- Page 16 Shoppers and visitors enjoy the state-of-the-art amenities of the ‘Oasis’, a 5,000sq m landscaped entertainment centre wan, Japan and Hong Kong before Qa- thorities in the State. inside Mall of Qatar, which marked its soft opening yesterday. PICTURE: Shemeer Rasheed Page 11 tar, which scored 20.41 points in the The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has EAST ASIA | Scandal crime index. been working to realise the goal of South Korea had the lowest score of maximum security and stability in the S Koreans celebrate 14.99 points. country through its strategies that are Park impeachment The database has used a 0-100 scale compatible with the Qatar National Tens of thousands celebrated the for values as it considered crime levels Vision 2030, in order to build an inte- impeachment of South Korean lower than 20 as very low, crime lev- grated security system. President Park Geun-Hye at a els between 20 and 40 as being low, All security departments contrib- rally in Seoul yesterday, but amid FM calls for immediate between 40 and 60 as being moderate ute to implement this vision em- the euphoria there was lingering and between 60 and 80 as being high. phasising the principle of collective anger, and anxiety at the Those countries with a rating higher security efforts among the depart- prospect of an extended period than 80 are ranked as having a very ments that ensure positive results of of political uncertainty. For the high crime level. low crime rate in the society, a state- seventh straight week, protesters ceasefi re in Syria The Numbeo survey takes into ac- ment issued by the ministry’s public gathered en masse in the streets count many aspects of crime and safety relations said. of the capital, but the mood was in countries and cities, which include “The ministry has established a generally festive, after lawmakers QNA opinions about the seriousness of the number of security departments and on Friday voted overwhelmingly Paris crime, change of crime levels in the expanded their sections and functions to impeach the deeply unpopular past three years, experiences of peo- to suit the development and moderni- Park over a corruption scandal. ple while walking during daylight and sation witnessed by the country in or- Page 18 atar’s Foreign Minister HE night, incidence of robberies, stealing der to achieve a good and safe environ- Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdul- of cars, physical attacks by strangers, ment for security work.” LATIN AMERICA | Honour Qrahman al-Thani has called for being insulted on the streets, being Moreover, the MoI has increased an immediate ceasefi re in Syria and re- subject to any attack because of skin patrols to “prevent crimes before they Colombia’s Santos gets turn to the negotiating table, stressing colour, ethnic origin, religion, etc. happen” and enjoy security by all seg- Nobel Peace Prize that a political solution is the only way Since 2009, Qatar has been placed at ments of the society. Colombia’s peace deal between to resolve the crisis. the top in the Mena region in the Glo- Most of the services provided by the the government and the Marxist He was speaking at a joint press con- bal Peace Index published by Institute ministry have been digitalised to save Farc rebels is a model for war-torn ference with US Secretary of State John for Economics & Peace (IEP). The IEP, time and eff orts of the residents and countries like Syria, Colombian Kerry, French Foreign Minister Jean- headquartered in Sydney, Australia allow them enjoy the benefi ts of tech- President Juan Manuel Santos Marc Ayrault, and the German Foreign uses several relevant indicators related nological advancements. said yesterday as he accepted Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, af- the Nobel Peace Prize. The peace ter the ministerial meeting on Syria in accord, signed on November 24 Paris yesterday. to end five decades of conflict, is a HE the Foreign Minister reiterated “model for the resolution of armed Qatar’s commitment to fi ghting ter- HE the Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani addressing a conflicts that have yet to be resolved rorism in Syria, stressing “the need to press conference in Paris. Car bomb injures some 20 around the world.” “It proves that consider the humanitarian situation of what, at first, seems impossible, brethren in Aleppo and all other Syrian ished in the past and therefore it is terrorism and terrorist organisations, through perseverance may become cities”. He noted that the human factor indiff erent about accountability in the such as IS (Daesh) and Al Nusrah”. police offi cers in Istanbul possible even in Syria or Yemen or should not be a bargaining chip to get a current time, and it continues political He added that these organisations South Sudan,” Santos said during a military or political gains. siege and starvation.” were a result of terrorism of the Syrian AFP that nearly 20 police offi cers had been lavish ceremony at Oslo’s City Hall. He said that what is happening in HE the Foreign Minister said: “The regime and the sectarian militias that Istanbul injured. Page 24 Aleppo tantamount to a war crime, as ministerial meeting discussed the Syr- were fi ghting with it. An AFP correspondent in Istanbul the city still being bombarded by ex- ian opposition’s commitment repre- He said that this regime should be held heard the explosion followed by the ASEAN | Calamity plosive and chemical weapons, adding sented by the President of the Supreme accountable on equal footing with the round 20 police offi cers were sound of ambulance sirens rushing to Indonesian quake that “the regime had not been pun- Commission for negotiations to fi ght other terrorist organisations. Page 14 injured in a car bomb explosion the scene. Aoutside an Istanbul football sta- State broadcaster TRT World displaces 45,000 dium yesterday, in the latest attack to showed images of the wreckage of a The number of people displaced rock Turkey this year. car, engulfed in fl ames with emergency by an earthquake that devastated Army tightens grip on Aleppo; IS enters Palmyra The car bomb blast struck the area services swarming around the scene parts of Indonesia’s Aceh province outside Istanbul giant Besiktas football outside the stadium. has jumped to more than 45,000, team’s stadium after a match against Other footage showed severely dam- an off icial said yesterday. More than The Syrian army tightened its grip bombing” amounted to crimes against for the Islamic State group’s de facto the Bursaspor club, targeting a bus aged police vehicles, while witnesses 11,600 houses were damaged as a yesterday on rebels besieged in Aleppo humanity. Syrian capital of Raqa further east. packed with police offi cers, Interior said the force of the blast had shattered result of Wednesday’s quake, which with thousands of civilians but suff ered Western powers meeting in Paris called Washington announced it was sending Minister Suleyman Soylu said. the windows of several nearby homes. also killed at least 101 people and a setback as Islamic State militants for peace talks to resume and for an additional 200 troops to support “A car packed with explosives is be- Bursaspor football club said none injured more than 800, national retook much of the ancient city of civilians to be allowed to leave Aleppo, that off ensive against IS. lieved to have exploded where our riot of its fans had been injured, privately- disaster management agency Palmyra. where tens of thousands have already The three-week-old assault by the squad was deployed shortly after the owned NTV television reported. spokesman said. Authorities had Air strikes pummelled the shrinking fled the off ensive.