VOL XXXVIII No. 302 (GGDN 024) SATURDAY, 16th JANUARY 2016 200 Fils/2 Riyals ABC Ad new logo QRcode 6cm x 4col.pdf 1 11/26/15 3:44 PM Botched drug SpacewalkSpacewalk test man cutcut shortshort byby ‘brain dead’ waterwater bubblebubble 13 15 A WART: +973 1729 3131 F: +973 1729 3400 M: +973 3438 2289 / +973 3959 1419 / +973 3415 0308 E: [email protected] BEIRUT: The use of starvation The UN Secretary-General said that those responsible for the deliberate starvation of asCRIME a weapon in Syria is “a war Madaya’s townspeople must face justice. crime,” UN chief Ban Ki-moon “The town has been the victim of deliberate has said. starvation. Let me be clear: The use of food as The UN children’s fund Unicef yester- a weapon of war is a war crime. All sides, in- day confirmed cases of severe malnutri- cluding the Syrian government, which has the n More than 1,300 amateur runners were showered in different colours yesterday as they took primary responsibility to protect Syrians – are part in a unique sporting event. The second Colour Me Bahrain race, organised by Bahrain Road tion among children in the besieged Syr- committing atrocious acts prohibited under Runners, was ofcially a hit with hundreds of amateur athletes, their families and supporters ian town of Madaya, where local relief international humanitarian law,” he told the taking part in the event at Amwaj Islands. It featured a 1km race for children and 5km run for workers reported 32 deaths of starvation General Assembly. adults, as the participants were doused with coloured powder for each kilometre they completed. in the past month. A mobile clinic and medical team of the Full report – Page 4 Picture: MAHMOOD SALEH Syrian Arab Red Cres- cent was on its way to Madaya after the govern- n Qatar raises fuel prices ment approved an urgent Juffair ring road opens today request, and a vaccination MANAMA: The first phase of Juffair peripheral three- DOHA: Qatar raised its subsidised petrol prices by at least 30 per cent campaign is planned next way highway will be opened today. from midnight, the state fuel company said, the latest Gulf country to week, the World Health It is part of a 4.5km road project which links the Al cut its subsidies as global oil prices have hit a 12-year low. Organisation said. Fateh intersection from the Shaikh Daij Highway to The state fuel company Woqod made the announcement in a Twitter Two convoys of aid Al Nejma Club. post, though the state-run Qatar News Agency and government officials supplies were delivered The first phase has cost BD2.057 million. did not immediately comment on the increase. Pictures circulated on The initial phase also includes implementing a cement to the town of 42,000 central reservation, dredging and reclamation works, social media showing price notices taped to petrol pumps. affected by the months- buildng brick pavement along the intersections, a buried in the Bahrain desert with a bullet wound Woqod said prices for “super” grade petrol would go up to 1.30 Qa- long blockade. storm water drainage netwrok and ground channels, tari riyals a litre from QR1, while “regular” petrol will sell for QR1.15 to the head, the general directorate of criminal The UN said a convoy paving works, implementing speed humps, lighting investigation and forensic science said yesterday. a litre, up from QR0.85. was planned to Madaya, and signage works. That means a “regular” gallon in Qatar would sell for about $1.17. Picture – Page 5 Police said on Thursday that a colleague of the dead which is besieged by man, 33-year-old Bahraini Ali Hamad Rashid Al The average US price for a gallon of regular petrol is $1.93, according pro-government forces, n Mutlaq from Isa Town, had been held on suspicion to American Automobile Association. and two other villages of Murder case suspect held of murder. The BDF employee’s body was found Already, Bahrain and Oman have reduced their state fuel subsidies. Foua and Kefraya in Idlib MANAMA: A second suspect has been arrested near the camping area in Sakhir, which is popular The UAE and Saudi Arabia reduced fuel subsidies last year. next week. for the murder of a man whose body was found with families in winter. Previously, Qatar has raised subsidised fuel prices in 2011. Madaya crisis – Pages 16-17 2 Gulf Daily News Saturday, 16th January 2016 US military helicopters collide off Hawaii HALEWA, Hawaii: Two US said. A swell approaching the including three from a previous the El Adde base in the Gedo Mohammad militant group, ratification of the Arab anti-terror Marine helicopters carrying 12 area will bring dangerously high marriage and Dion’s fans. In region, which borders Kenya Maulana Masood Azhar, was convention to the parliament, crew members collided off the waves to beaches and seas of 1994, when she was 26 and he and Ethiopia, in a pre-dawn put under custody this week. said a report in our sister paper Hawaiian island of Oahu during up to six metres near the rescue was twice her age, the couple attack. “There was suicide attack Seven Indian soldiers and all Akhbar Al Khaleej. The proposed a training mission, and rescuers operation, National Weather married in an extravagant followed by the fighting and six attackers were killed in the amended agreement expanded were searching a debris field in Service meteorologist Matthew wedding ceremony that was the base was stormed.” Earlier, January 2 assault in Pathankot, the concept of terrorism to choppy waters yesterday, military Foster said. televised live in Canada, Shebab staged attacks in Kenya, close to India’s border with include incitement on terror officials said. There was no and splashed all over glossy killing at least 67 people at Pakistan. The incident sparked crimes, glorification of terror magazines. Angelil was born concerns as it could derail a and printing or distribution of immediate word on what caused n Dion’s husband dies Nairobi’s Westgate Mall in 2013 the crash or if any survivors in Montreal to a Canadian and massacring 148 people at a recently launched peace process materials and recordings which MONTREAL: Celine Dion’s had been found. The transport mother and Syrian father. He university in Garissa in April to resolve decades-old disputes, are deemed terror propaganda. husband Rene Angelil, who was in a music group called Les 2015. including Kashmir between The new-look Arab convention helicopters each had a crew of discovered the Canadian pop six from Marine Corps Base, Baronets until 1972, when he the two countries. Azhar was also criminalises any fundraisers, diva and long managed her began to manage the careers of arrested by India in 1994. He whose proceeds go towards Hawaii. The CH-53Es came from career, died aged 73, after a n Militant arrested the First Marine Aircraft Wing. several singers. was freed along with two other funding terror crimes. struggle with cancer. ISLAMABAD: The leader of an militants as part of a demand Known as Super Stallions, they Dion announced his passing outlawed Pakistani militant are the US military’s largest n AU base attacked by five hijackers behind the n in a Twitter message, saying: group has been taken into December 1999 hijacking of an Drag racing tragedy helicopter, capable of carrying a “Rene Angelil passed away MOGADISHU: Somalia’s Al “protective custody” amid a Indian Airlines passenger plane MANAMA: One person was light armoured vehicle, 16 tonnes this morning at his home in Qaeda-linked Shebab militants probe as to whether he is linked that was taken to Kandahar, injured during illegal drag of cargo or a team of combat- Las Vegas after a long and stormed an African Union (AU) to a deadly attack earlier this Afghanistan. racing in Karranah last night, equipped Marines. The search courageous battle against base manned by Kenyan troops month on an Indian air base, sources said. The bystander includes aircraft from the Navy cancer.” Canadian Prime in the country’s southwest two Pakistani security officials n was reportedly critical after and Air Force, a Honolulu Fire Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday, killing several soldiers. and a provincial minister said Anti-terror initiative being mowed down by one of Department rescue boat and tweeted his condolences to Dion Somali army said a Shebab yesterday. According to them, MANAMA: The Cabinet has the vehicle during the race, they Coast Guard cutters, officials and to Angelil’s six children, suicide commando blasted into the head of outlawed Jaish-e- referred a draft law on the said. /LexusBahrain Gulf Daily News Email: [email protected] Gulfdailynews @GDNonline @GDNonline GDNonline Saturday, 16th January 2016 3 MarketGulfdailynews @GDNonline overhaul@GDNonline GDNonline plans suspended BY MOHAMMED AL A’ALI PLANS for a BD200 million redevelopment of the Manama Central Market has been sus- pended pending a major review by the govern- ment, it was revealed yesterday. The Capital Trustees Board has now approved BD1.24 million this year to patch the 41-year-old market up. The massive revamp project was unveiled in a special ceremony in Au- gust 2011 but a lack of investors meant it never went ahead. Tashgeel for Commer- cial Buildings Manage- ment were awarded a contract to come up with a new concept for the market but has since been granted repeated one-year extensions. The Capital Trustees Authority will use the BD1.24m to install new centralised air-condition- ing at the Lulu Shopping Centre and the retail sec- tions at the market.