Blast near airport: Trial of 5 persons adjourned

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Manama
rime
Minister
HRH
Prince
Khalifa
bin
Salman Al Khalifa yesterday
directed all ministries and
entities cited in the National
Audit Court’s 2014-2015
Report to urgently rectify
irregularities and implement
the recommendations featured
in the report.
Chairing
the
Cabinet
meeting, the Prime Minister
directed
the
Executive
Committee, headed by Crown
Prince, Supreme Commander
and First Deputy Prime
Minister, HRH Prince Salman
bin Hamad Al Khalifa to follow
up with the relevant ministries
on the recommendations
and emphasised that the
government was committed
to ensuring that public funds
are used effectively and for the
best interests of the Kingdom’s
citizens.
The Ministerial Committee
for Financial Affairs and
Rationalising Expenditure had
earlier decided to freeze certain
benefits for heads and members
of government councils and
committees, and companies in
which the government’s shares
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Blast near airport: Trial
of 5 persons adjourned
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he High Criminal Court
yesterday adjourned the
trial of five Bahraini men,
accused of detonating an
explosive device near the
Bahrain International Airport.
The court also ordered
them to be remanded in police
custody.
The Bahrainis, aged between
20 and 40, have reportedly
placed the bomb in Shaikh
Khalifa Al Kabeer Avenue, but
no injuries were reported after
the bomb went off.
Another explosive was also
found on the scene, but experts
later declared it was a replica,
according to court documents.
Among the defendants
is a girl, who is accused of
providing a safe house to two
of her co-suspects.
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His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa welcomed
King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein of Jordan, who arrived
yesterday, along with an accompanying delegation, on
a fraternal visit to Bahrain. They discussed the deeprooted bilateral relations, and ways to boost them in
various fields. The two leaders also reviewed regional
and international developments and stressed on the
importance of reinforcing Arab solidarity
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Unsettled weather
expected today
Manama
he
Meteorological
Directorate at the Civil
Aviation Affairs yesterday
forecast
an
unsettled
weather today, with a chance
of scattered rain which may
become thundery at times.
Southeasterly winds will
range from 10 to 15 knots,
then from 17 to 22 knots,
becoming northerly at night,
with gusts, which may reach
35 knots.
The Directorate warned
of thunderous rain and
violent gusts and urged
caution.
Maximum temperature
will be 33 degrees Celsius
and minimum is 25C.
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High-tech
police cars to
hit roads
Manama
fleet of high-tech police
cars and motorcycles will
hit the roads in the Kingdom
soon.
The move follows the
directives of Interior Minister
Lieutenant-General Shaikh
Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa
to carry out a comprehensive
strategy to modernise all
security agencies.
“The modernisation of the
fleet meets the soaring number
of cars and driving licences,
the urban boom and the road
network development,” said
Director-General at the General
Directorate of Traffic Shaikh
Nasser bin Abdulrahman Al
Khalifa.
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HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
exceed 50 per cent, until the
end of the current budget year.
The Prime Minister also
directed the panel to ensure
that the freeze also covered
financial bonuses provided
by government entities and
companies.
During the meeting, the
Prime Minister also instructed
the ministers to take all
necessary steps to ensure that
citizens’ standards of living
are maintained, and that job
creation within the Kingdom
continues to grow.
The Prime Minister also
stressed that despite global
economic challenges currently
faced, both objectives are
achievable
and
relevant
ministries and committees
must make every effort
required to meet them.
Govt crackdown on terror
suspects yields results
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Cabinet stresses those who commit such crimes have no place in a civilised society
Manama
rime
Minister
HRH
Prince Khalifa bin Salman
Al Khalifa has expressed
appreciation and gratitude to
the Ministry of Interior for its
continued vigilance and the
on-going security operations,
which recently resulted in the
arrest of 47 terror suspects who
planned to carry out terror
attacks in the Kingdom.
Security forces had also
seized
highly
explosive
materials and firearms stored
in a number of residential
areas.
The Premier was chairing a
Cabinet meeting yesterday.
The
Cabinet
then
commended the security
authorities’ ability to confront
firmly and resolutely any
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The Information Minister addressing the media yesterday
Lieutenant-General Shaikh
hostile act of terrorism.
The Cabinet stressed that Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa
those who committed such provided the Cabinet with a
crimes had no place in a security briefing in which he
civilised society, and that all highlighted the details and
sections of Bahraini society circumstances of the arrests.
The Cabinet also approved
rejected their actions.
Interior
Minister a draft legislation ratifying
the Protocol of Amendment
to insert the WTO Trade
Facilitation
Agreement
into Annex 1A of the WTO
Agreement.
The Council of Ministers
also took note of the Bahrain
International
Property
Exhibition (BIPEX) 2015,
highlighting the importance of
such specialised exhibitions in
boosting the real estate sector.
On the development of
the Kingdom’s education
sector and its cooperation
with UNESCO, the session
welcomed
the
recent
unanimous election for Bahrain
to serve as Vice President of the
38th General Conference of the
United Nations Educational,
Scientific
and
Cultural
Organisation (UNESCO).
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nformation and Parliament
Affairs Minister Isa bin
Abdulrahman Al Hammadi
yesterday said that strict action
would be taken against those
officials who misused their
authority.
Addressing the media
after the Cabinet meeting
chaired by Prime Minister
HRH Prince Khalifa bin
Salman Al Khalifa, the
minister stressed that no
official was immune to the
law. His statements came
after the Premier directed
government entities to follow
up on the recommendations
of the National Audit Court’s
2014-2015 annual report.
Al Hammadi said that
last year also the Cabinet
discussed the report of the
National Audit Court and a lot
of cases had been referred to
the Public Prosecution and the
court. They did not succumb
to the influence or power of
any official in this issue, he
said.
Highlighting the great
amount of transparency
maintained by the Bahraini
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Legal Affairs a Memorandum
of Understanding signed
between the Kingdom of
Bahrain and France on the
goals and duties of the
Alliance Française institute
in Bahrain.
The Cabinet also reviewed
and decided on five proposals
submitted by the Council of
Representatives, following
the recommendations of the
Ministerial Committee for
Legal Affairs and as outlined in
the memorandum submitted
by Deputy Premier and
Deputy Chairman of the panel
Jawad bin Salem Al Arayad.
The five proposals include
the policy to redirect subsidies,
revamping Sehla Avenue,
providing
infrastructure
for marine transportation,
opening 24 hour health centres
and establishing new stadiums
and public areas across the
Kingdom’s governorates.
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“We should feel
proud that the
government is
doing its best
to protect the
public fund”
government, the minister said:
“We should feel proud that the
government is doing its best
to protect the public fund.”
He also said that Bahrain had
established a leading model
in the implementation of the
observations mentioned in the
National Audit Office (NAO)
report.
The minister underlined
the
government’s
firm
stance in dealing with the
NAO’s observations aimed
at preserving public funds,
developing the performance of
government institutions and
ensuring the ideal use of the
available resources.
The minister said that the
criminal violations would
be directly handled by the
Directorate of Criminal
Procedure.
In
the
meantime,
administrative
violations,
which
may
require
intervention, will be handled
by the Ministry of Interior. If
violations are found, the case
would be handed over to the
Public Prosecution, he said,
adding that the government
was strict about dealing with
the criminal cases.
In response to media reports
about the financial situation
of the Bahrain Livestock
Company, the minister said
that it was too early to address
the situation of a commercial
enterprise based on press
statements, adding there was
On Bahrain
Livestock
Company, the
minister said it
was too early
to address the
situation of a
commercial firm
a law to deal with the financial
situations of trade companies
and businesses to protect the
shareholders’ rights.
Channel against Bahrain
gets a taste of UK justice
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Authorities in London shut down inciting channel
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Manama
UK-based
political
channel has been shut
down by British authorities
for harassing the staff of
the Embassy of Bahrain in
London.
The
decision
was
apparently taken following a
complaint against the staff of
the channel, who repeatedly
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Bahrain in its programmes
and continue to harm the
Kingdom’s achievements.
They have no credibility
and follow certain foreign
agendas aimed at harming
and
destabilising
the
national security of Bahrain,”
Binhowail said.
“These channels are not
favoured by Bahrainis. We
have nothing to hide here
in Bahrain. They’re claiming
that there are human rights
said. He also stressed that
the House of Representatives
was open for all complaints
of all citizens, noting that it
consisted of more than 30
newly-elected MPs.
Escaped Convicts
“The founder of the
channel is among a group
of people who are wanted
for security cases in Bahrain.
They have escaped jail terms
These channels... have no
credibility and follow certain
foreign agendas aimed at
harming and destabilising the
national security of Bahrain
– MP Abdulla Binhowail
harassed the embassy and its
visitors.
Speaking to DT News,
Parliament’s Foreign Affairs,
National
Security
and
Defence Committee Head
Abdulla Binhowail welcomed
the decision and described
Bahrain Al Youm channel
on Youtube as an inciting
channel, as “it continues
to insult the Kingdom
and threaten its national
security”.
“These channels insult
violations in Bahrain. We’ve
taken many positive steps
in this field such as the
establishment of the National
Institution for Human Rights
(NIHR), the Ombudsman
Secretariat General and
passing the NIHR law by
Parliament.
“What’s happening in
Bahrain is terrorism and it’s
directly supported by Iran. It
was proven more than once in
suspects’ confessions during
interrogations,” Binhowail
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of up to 15 years and are
currently seeking political
asylum in the UK,”
Binhowail said.
“Is this criminal seeking
asylum or investment in
the UK?, ” the MP asked.
“These people receive
facilitations to open
channels that insult
Bahrain on a daily basis
The founder
of this
channel is
a wanted
fugitive in
Bahrain
through its programmes.
They’re financed and
supported by the enemies
of the country.”
The lawmaker called
upon
the
European
countries, who embrace
such escaped convicts, to
reconsider their decisions.
“Considering
the
historic relations with the
UK, we were hoping for
stronger stances towards
such inciters. There are
more than 16 convicts that
are currently residing in
the UK who are sentenced
to 15 years by Bahrain’s
judiciary authority, and
they were apparently
granted political asylum.
Some of them got their
citizenships revoked because
of the gravity of their crimes
against Bahrain,” Binhowail
commented.
Meanwhile, DT News has
DT News found
that channel’s
Youtube has
been removed
found that the channel’s
site on Youtube has been
removed and isn’t accessible.
However, the channel didn’t
mention anything about the
suspension on its Twitter
page, which is still active.
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Intensify ties for better
growth, security: Premier
Manama
rime Minister HRH Prince
Khalifa bin Salman Al
Khalifa said attempts to subvert
regional security will not stop,
as the Premier received at the
Gudaibiya Palace yesterday the
Parliament Chairman Ahmed
Al Mulla, Shura Council
Chairman Ali Saleh Al Saleh,
MPs, Shura Council members,
former Speaker Khalifa Al
Dhahrani and a number of
senior state officials.
“Such challenges require
us to safeguard our internal
security through solidarity
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HRH Prime Minister during the meeting at Gudaibiya Palace
between the government situation makes it necessary
and the representatives of for us to focus on the
the people to overcome their investment potentials at the
dangers,” the Premier said.
local level, which requires a
“The global economic legislative support from the
Representatives and Shura
council,” Prince Khalifa
said, noting that the national
economic and development
achievements
were
the
outcome
of
collective
cooperation.
The Prime Minister said
cooperation should be
intensified to move to new
phases of growth, based
on a diversified economic
base, especially amid the
existing global economic
conditions.
Prince Khalifa lauded
the role played by the
Representatives and Shura
councils, and in supporting
the development march, led
by the government.
The Premier emphasised
that the Executive-Legislature
cooperation was expanding
gradually, thanks to the
joint desire of both sides to
optimise national gains.
HM King to attend ASPA Summit
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delegation to the fourth Summit
is Majesty King Hamad bin of South American-Arab
Isa Al Khalifa will today Countries (ASPA), to be held in
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the Royal Court added.
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Representatives MP Abdullah Ali bin Huwail
MEAOC meet from May 4-8
Manama
ealth Minister Faeqa bint
Saeed Al Saleh received
a delegation from the Middle
East Africa Ophthalmology
Council (MEAOC). The
MEAOC conference will be
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held in Bahrain, along with the
International Ophthalmology
Board of Maryland University
and Bahrain Ophthalmologists
Association from May 4-8,
supported by PM HRH Prince
Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa.
HM King congratulates
Cambodian King
Manama
His Majesty King Hamad bin
Isa Al Khalifa congratulated
King Norodom Sihamoni of
Cambodia on his country’s
Independence Day.
BBBF hosts Chelsea Pensioners
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he Bahrain British Business
Forum (BBBF) is hosting
three of Britain’s war heroes in
Bahrain over the Remembrance
Day.
The heroes will be welcomed
by BBBF Chairman, Khalid
Al Zayani, and members of
the BBBF Committee. The
Chelsea Pensioners will lay the
traditional Remembrance Day
poppy wreath on November 11,
in a memorial service attended
by British Ambassador to
Bahrain, Simon Martin.
A one-minute’s silence
will be observed, marking the
eleventh hour of the eleventh
day of the eleventh month
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(11am, November 11), the time
(in the United Kingdom) when
armistice became effective in
1918.
“The Chelsea Pensioners”
– as they have commonly
become known due to their
residence in the Royal Hospital
in Chelsea in the UK – fall
under the auspices of the
Royal British Legion, a UK
charity that provides financial,
social and emotional support
to millions who have served
and are currently serving in
the Armed Forces, and their
dependents.
This year’s Pensioners
are Staff Sergeant, James
Anderson, 79; Late Piper
Major, Michael Shanahan, 69;
and Late Sergeant, Louis John
Back, 76.
The Chelsea Pensioners
visits to Bahrain have become
an annual tradition, and Al
Zayani noted this would not be
possible without the support of
local businesses.
“I would like to thank those
who have supported this year,
including British Airways,
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Gulf
Brands International, Euro
Motors and BIC. The support
of the community allows
us to give the Pensioners a
memorable experience, thereby
promoting a positive image of
Bahrain,” he commented.
Bahrain-Egypt flights
will not be interrupted
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Clarification against the backdrop of the Russian airliner crash
Mohammed Zafran/DTNN
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Manama
ahrain will fly to Egypt
uninterrupted
despite
security concerns ignited by
the recent crash of a Russian
passenger airliner while flying
over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula,
killing all 224 people on
board.
Following the incident on
October 31, the UAE and major
European carriers announced
that they would avoid flying
in the airspace until more
information was available
about the crash.
Dubai’s budget carrier
flydubai and Sharjah-based
airline AirArabia also rerouted
flights around the area.
Russia too has suspended
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Wreckage at the site where a Russian aircraft crashed in Egypt’s
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Sinai Peninsula
all its flights to Egypt, citing over the area as a precaution
security fears and declared that while the cause of the Russian
was
investigated.
the suspension would continue crash
until security is improved at However, Etihad Airways and
Qatar Airways said they would
Egypt’s airports.
Air France, Lufthansa and continue to operate flights over
British Airways also announced the area.
Meanwhile, the US and the
that they would stop flying
Woman back in court
with noisy bird case
DT News Network
Manama
he case of a noisy cock
has come up before a court
again despite a settlement
reached earlier between the
parties involved.
The case was earlier lodged
by a Bahraini woman, who
accused her neighbour’s bird
of being a nuisance. But, she
eventually decided to drop the
case after a handshake was
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reached outside the courtroom
with the neighbour, promising
that she would find a solution
to the cock’s noise. However,
the woman dragged the issue
to the court again after the bird
continued to trouble her.
The woman had earlier
claimed that the pet’s noise was
too troublesome that she faced
difficulties in her studies for
master’s degree as well as sleep.
She alleged that she tried
to solve the issue with her
neighbour outside the court,
but her attempts went in
vain. Before filing the lawsuit
in the court, she had filed a
complaint at the police station
on February 14, accusing her
neighbour of nuisance.
However, she moved her
case to the Court Urgent
Matters in a bid to get a quick
solution. The first hearing is
scheduled for November 16.
Verdict in forgery case on Nov 22
DT News Network
Manama
he verdict in a forgery case,
involving an Asian, will be
announced on November 22.
The accused, who was working
as a salesman in a mobile shop,
reportedly took advantage
of a coloured copy of an ID
belonging to a stranger to issue
19 SIM chips to customers,
according to court files.
It is claimed that the Asian
was in possession of the copy
of a Pakistani’s ID, and he used
it to sell chips for several buyers
in 2014. He was arrested
following a tip-off.
“I made the copy of the
Pakistani man’s ID upon his
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request when he visited me
once. He said he would return
to collect it but he didn’t.
After a few days, a Bahraini
came to me and wanted to buy
chips to a telecommunications
company in Bahrain, but
claimed he didn’t have an ID.
Therefore, I decided to issue
It is claimed that
the Asian used
the copy of a
Pakistani’s ID
to sell chips for
several buyers
the chips using the copy of the
Pakistani man’s ID.”
“Several expats who arrived
recently also came to me and I
sold them chips using the same
ID copy in a bid to make their
life easier,” the accused said in
his statement.
He claimed that he wasn’t
aware that he was doing against
the local regulations and he
could be prosecuted for that.
Several bombings took place
in Bahrain during the past four
years with the use of mobile
phones as detonators. The
devices were being operated
using SIM chips issued in
the names of Asians who had
already left the Kingdom.
UK appear to be increasingly
confident that a terrorist bomb
brought down the passenger jet
that broke apart while in air.
A Gulf Air representative
confirmed that the airline
would continue to fly to Egypt.
“At this point of time, there is
no change in the flight plans,”
she told DT News. “As per the
airline’s assessment, it is safe to
fly to Egypt,” she added.
Travel agents in Bahrain also
said that flights from here to
Egypt had not been affected.
They also noted that the
number of travellers to Egypt
had not come down either.
“There are a few airlines
that have flights to Egypt and
there has been no change in the
schedules,” an official from the
Gulf Coast Travel Agency said.
“We have heard that Russian
airlines have suspended flights
but that does not affect the
Middle East in any way.”
“We have not seen any
reduction in the number of
travellers to Egypt nor have
any airlines (from Bahrain)
stopped their services to the
country,” said another travel
agent to DT News.
According to travel agents,
the airfare to Egypt too remains
unchanged, ranging from
BD130 to BD160 for a twoway ticket. Echoing a similar
view, travel agent Ibrahim
Muhanna said that flights to
Egypt remained unaffected.
“Flights to Egypt will
continue and we have not been
affected,” he told DT News.
“Flights in Russia have been
suspended but after a few days
they will also be resumed.”
Gulf Media
Forum opens
tomorrow
DT News Network
Manama
he third edition of the Gulf
Forum for Political Media
will open tomorrow at the Gulf
Hotel under the patronage of
Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh
Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa.
The Bahrain Institute for
Political Development (BIPD)
is organising the symposium for
the third time in a row under
the theme “Media and Civil
Peace”.
His Majesty the King’s
Advisor for Information Affairs
and BIPD Board of Trustees’
Chairman Nabeel Alhamer
stressed the importance of the
forum as a platform to debate
vital media issues.
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Embassy
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Manama
he Embassy of India will
remain closed tomorrow,
November 11, on account of
Deepavali.
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Israeli ‘state terrorism’ condemned
DT News Network
Manama/Riyadh
he Minister of Foreign
Affairs Shaikh Khalid
bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, took
part yesterday afternoon in
the ordinary session of the
Ministerial Meeting of the
Council of the Arab League
in Riyadh to discuss the
Palestinian cause.
The meeting condemned
the organised state terrorism,
practiced by Israel and the
grave violations and heinous
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crimes that amount to war
crimes and crimes against
humanity, perpetrated by the
Israeli soldiers and settlers
including systematic killing,
settlement, Judaisation and
ethnic cleansing.
The Council blamed the
Israeli government for these
heinous crimes, stressing the
illegitimacy and illegality of
the settlements in the occupied
Palestinian territories, which
violate international law,
the international legitimacy
Minister of Foreign Affairs at
the session in Riyadh
of the Fourth Geneva
Convention.
The Council called on the
United Nations Security
Council to issue a decision
that would enforce its relevant
resolutions, particularly the
decisions on application of the
Fourth Geneva Convention
on the Palestinian territories,
provision of international
protection to the Palestinian
territories including Quds
and halt of the grave Israeli
aggressions that constitute
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resolutions and the provisions
a threat to world peace and
security.
The Council also called on
the Palestinian people and
groups to close ranks, form
a national unity government
and hold general elections in
order to be able to confront the
looming danger lying in the
Israeli plans that aim to shake
the Palestinian unity.
It also stressed support for
the Palestinian leadership in
its quest for a just political
solution, on the basis of an
independent sovereign state
of Palestine on its national
territory with Quds as a capital.
The Council
blamed
the Israeli
government for
crimes against
Palestinians
Minister of Health
inspects hospital
Dr. Manea allays fears on the disease
DT News Network
Manama
ealth Ministry (MoH)
Undersecretary
for
Hospital Affairs Dr. Waleed
Manea yesterday said that a
fewer Bahrainis have been
diagnosed with Cholera,
which transmits through
contaminated water and food.
Addressing media yesterday
in the presence of Information
and
Parliament
Affairs
Minister Isa bin Abdulrahman
Al Hammadi at the press
briefing after the cabinet
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meeting, the Undersecretary
for Hospital Affairs said that as
many as 55 suspected cholera
cases coming in from Iraq and
one from Kuwait but only eight
among them required a followup check.
Among the eight cases, only
two of them had to remain in
hospital due to the severity of
their condition. Rest of them
were released immediately and
they are in good health, he said.
Dr. Manea’s press briefing
came after the Cabinet meeting
in which Prime Minister HRH
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are an
estimated
3-5 million
cholera
cases and
100,000 -120,000
deaths due to cholera every year in endemic settings.
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In 2010
2.5 billion
people
did not have
improved
sanitation,
of which
1 billion
practiced open
defecation
Source: UNICEF/WHO, 2012- Progress on
Drinking Water and Sanitation 2012 update)
Case
Fatality
Rate goes
up to
times
more than
the average rate
in 5 out of 58 countries
reporting cholera, revealing
the lack of early
adequate
treatment.
Prevention
In an epidemic, there
is only
one way to contract
cholera: by swallowing
water or food that
has been
contaminated with
faecal matter that
contains the bacteria
Vibrio cholera.
Source: Cholera toolkit, UNICEF 2013
Prevention,
Response &
Preparedness
Response
Preparedness
Dr. Manea addressing media
Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al
Khalifa received updates on
cholera cases in the Kingdom
and urged the MoH
to follow preventive
measures.
Bahrain is not
a source region
80% of cholera cases
for
cholera,
can be treated using
Oral Rehydration
Undersecretary
for
Salts (ORS)
Hospital
Affairs
but access to them
is still a challenge.
confirmed, adding
that the Kingdom
supplies hygienic
drinking water and
the drainage system
Between
2007 and 2011,
is well-maintained
UNICEF direct
in Bahrain. “In
support has
helped an
some
countries,
estimated
drainage
water
100 million
people
gets
mixed
with
gain access to
improved water and
the drinking water,
60 million to sanitation.
increasing the risk
Source: UNICEF WASH annual report, 2013
of Cholera outbreak.
In Bahrain, there is
no such problem as
we have effective
sanitary system,”
he said, adding that
all eight Cholera
patients recently
came from other
countries.
Since a huge
In 2012, more than 80,000 cases of
number of Bahrainis
cholera and 1,402 fatalities in
are visiting Iraq,
15 out of 24 countries in Western
and Central Africa.
where Cholera has
so far killed six people, some
precautions are need of the
hour, he said, highlighting
the importance of personal
hygiene while visiting cholera
affected countries.
Measures like maintaining
personal hygiene, washing fruits
and vegetables before eating
and exercising cautiousness
while eating uncooked food
could prevent Cholera to a
maximum extent. Preventive
measures are more effective
than taking vaccinations, Dr.
Manea said. The MoH has been
reviewing all Cholera related
developments taking place
in and around Bahrain. The
ministry is also in touch with
the World Health Organisation
to get latest information on the
disease. In the meantime, MoH
is closely monitoring the Iraq
developments, he said, urging
the Iraq journey organisers to
take all necessary measure to
save Bahrainis from Cholera.
He also advised the journey
organisers to accompany a
paramedic during Iraq journey.
“Having a paramedic is
advantageous. But awareness is
more important,” he said.
Meanwhile, he asked people
to visit nearest health centre if
they notice any symptoms of
Cholera.
The recent
55 suspected
Cholera cases
came in from Iraq
and one from
Kuwait
The Health Minister talks to a patient
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inister of Health Faeqa
bint Saleh Al Saleh
paid an inspection visit to
the Muharraq Hospital and
Elderly in the presence of
Assistant Undersecretary for
Hospital Affairs Dr. Waleed
Al Manea along with a
number of ministry officials
and hospital administrators.
During the visit, Health
Minister inspected the
hospital rooms and overall
health services. She also met
with a number of nursing
staff and elderly patients
who have expressed their
happiness on her visit as she
listened to all their required
needs from the hospital for
further development in its
services.
The minister stressed
their keen interest to achieve
optimal development and
improve health services
to the elderly according to
their appropriate health and
social needs. She pointed
out the importance of
creating an appropriate
environment to enhance
ways of communication
and interaction with them
M
The Minister of
Health also met
with a number
of nursing staff
and elderly
patients who
expressed their
happiness on
her visit
and their families as it will
positively impact on their
psychological health.
The
hospital’s
administrator, Hassan Al
Farraj, expressed his desire
to improve services with the
interest of the elderly patients
by developing and providing
a positive atmosphere with
social and recreational
programmes. The centre
was recently updated and
renovated with its health
records, fixtures, doctors’
rooms and departments
of radiology, laboratory,
childcare, maternity and
pharmacy.
Two Bahrainis get 10-yr
jail for terror activities
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The suspects are accused of receiving militia training in Iraq
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wo Bahraini suspects,
accused of receiving militia
training in Iraq, have been
slapped with 10 years’ jail each
and their citizenship stripped
in the process.
Among the accused is a
21-year-old student, who was
pursuing a bachelor’s degree.
He was reportedly recruited
by radical groups to carry out
attacks against security forces,
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according to court files.
The other accused, aged 31,
is in Iran and was tried in
absentia.
The 31-year-old fugitive
is said to have convinced
his co-defendant to join
an extremist group called
Bahraini Hezbollah, following
which he sent him to Iraq
to receive arms training at a
militia training camp operated
by the Popular Mobilisation
Units. He was also shown how
to make improvised weapons
in addition to weapons as well
as grenades knowhow.
“While I was using my
BlackBerry, I received a
friendship invitation from a
stranger on my Messenger.
I accepted it and we began
exchanging conversations,”
the 21-year-old said in his
statement.
“I was studying in a
university in an Arab country
for my bachelor’s degree at
Coast Guard reaffirms
safety of regional waters
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oast Guard Commander,
Brigadier Ala’a Abdullah
Siyadi highlighted on Sunday
that the coast guard vessels
monitor all coastlines of
Bahrain, including East Hidd.
In response to local
newspaper
reports
on
November 4 that quoted MP
Abdurhman Buali saying
that most Iranian threats
come through Hidd, The
Commander said, “The east
Hidd coastline is part of
the maritime ban that was
determined by a ministerial
C
Brigadier Ala’a Abdullah Siyadi
order 15 of 2012 and any
activities in this zone is
monitored and dealt with in
accordance to the law by the
coast guard and other security
authorities.”
He said that the coast guard
vessels are deployed round the
clock in all areas, especially
the northern maritime area,
along with security patrols of
other security department to
tackle illegal activities such as
trafficking or infiltration.
He call upon the public
to report suspicious cases to
the Operations Room 999,
the hotline 80008008 or the
Maritime operation Centre of
the Coast Guard 17700000 for
legal actions.
The car parked in the Hamad Town caught fire yesterday reportedly due to a short circuit in the engine. The fire was extinguished by civil defence personnel. However, the
incident caused major damages to the car’s front part
that time. He told me that
he was staying in Iran and
offered me to go to Iraq and
He was reportedly recruited by
radical groups to
carry out attacks
against security
forces
receive arms training in order
to attack police officers in
Bahrain when I go back. I
told him I need three weeks to
think about this, but eventually
I gave him the green signal.
“He took my travel expenses,
and I was getting training on
how to use explosives and they
showed me videos showing
bombs and on how to attack
armoured vehicles,” he said in
his statement.
The defendant was arrested
upon his arrival in Bahrain
following a police tip-off about
his overseas activities.
The
31-year-old
is
implicated in several other
terror cases for attempting
to recruit Bahrainis to join
radical groups responsible for
assaulting police officers.
The Bahraini Hezbollah
has claimed responsibility
for a string of attacks against
the security forces in the
Kingdom.
Expats celebrate victory
in elections back home
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Indians in the Kingdom react to local poll results
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xpatriates from India
celebrated the victories
of their parties in the recent
elections held in the state of
Kerala and Bihar.
Janatha Cultural Centre
(JCC) Bahrain activists
in Muharraq distributed
sweets, expressing their joy
at the landslide victory of
the
JD(U)-RJD-Congress
alliance in Bihar. JCC Central
Committee Vice President U
K Balan told DT News that
the Bihar election result is a
“big political blow” to Prime
Minister Narendra Modi.
“People have given their
mandate
against
those
forces which had disturbed
communal harmony in the
country,” he claimed.
The Grand Alliance on
E
JD(U)-RJDCongress
alliance beats
NDA in Bihar
state elections
in India
Sunday routed the BJP-led
NDA in Bihar to score a
landslide two-thirds majority
in the state assembly giving
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
a third term in office in a
battle in which Indian Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
staked his all.
Making a spectacular
comeback after the severe
drubbing in the last year’s
Lok Sabha polls at the
hands of Modi, the newly-
Expats in Adliya share halwa in celebration of the LDF victory in Kerala local body elections
formed JD(U)-RJD-Congress in the 243-member House. HAM won only one of the two
alliance secured 178 seats RJD emerged the leader of seats it contested and lost in all
the pack with 80 seats while the 19 others.
Meanwhile the Communist
JD(U) bagged 71. Both the
parties had contested 101 seats Party of India – Marxist (CPI–
each. Congress also made M) -led Left Democratic Front
impressive gains winning 27 (LDF) made a dramatic return
seats out of 41. It had won
only four seats last time.
The BJP-led NDA, for which
CPI(M)-led
Modi mounted an aggressive
LDF
made a
campaign addressing more
than 30 rallies, bagged 58
dramatic return
seats. BJP on its own got 53
in Kerala,
seats out of 157 it contested
sweeping
the
while its allies also put up a
poor show. LJP, led by Ram
local body
Vilas Paswan, and RLSP of
election
Upendra Kushwaha got two
seats each. Former Chief
Expats in Muharraq distribute sweets after the JD(U)-RJD-Congress alliance victory in Bihar
Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s
to dominance at the grassroots
in Kerala in a keenly contested
local bodies’ elections, which
have also pushed the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) to the front
as a claimant to the state’s
bipolar political space.
In a clear reversal of
political fortunes as compared
to the 2010 elections, the
opposition alliance was able to
gain control of close to 551 of
the 941 grama panchayats, 90
of the 152 block panchayats,
43 of the 87 municipalities,
besides an upper hand in four
out of the six Corporations in
the southern state. Bahrain
expats who support LDF in
Kerala distributed sweets in
Adliya.
Youth group on nationwide tour to landmarks
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a’a al-Shabab” youth
group
recently
completed a nationwide tour
to various cultural landmarks
using “Cultural Tourism”
passports issued by Bahrain
Authority for Culture and
Antiquities (BACA).
The second in the series of
tours took the group almost
24 hours to finish. The tour
was aimed to create internal
touristic activity attractive to
residents in the Kingdom in
harmony with the festival’s
theme.
They
travelled
on
public shuttle buses of the
Ministry of Transport and
“T
The Ta’a al-Shabab youth group on the nationwide tour
Telecommunications
with the modern transport service
the purpose of encouraging of Bahrain.
the principle of public
They expressed greatest
transportation and promoting delight at the great heritage
embedded in Bahrain which
they re-explored throughout
their journey using their
“cultural touristic passports”.
They also expressed gratitude
and appreciation to Bahrain
Authority for Culture and
Antiquities (BACA) President
Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed
Al Khalifa, asserting that “our
heritage is our genuine wealth”
and that “a country that does
not have a heritage, does not
have tourism.”
On the first day, they toured
various locations all over the
country, beginning from the
National Museum, Bu Maher
Fort, the National Theatre,
Bahrain Fort, Barbar temple,
A’ali ancient historic mounds
and graveyards.
On the second day,
they toured Muharraq the
Capital of Islamic Culture
2018, starting from Shaikh
Ibrahim bin Mohammed Al
Khalifa Culture and Research
Centre, Isa bin Ali Home, Bin
Mattar building, Al-Qaisariya
Souq, Mohammed bin Faris
auditorium and Hidaya
Al-Khalidiya School.
They also visited Ibrahim
Al-Arrayedh Poetry Home,
Bait Khalaf, Bab Al-Bahrain,
Bait Al Quran and Khamis
Mosque.
Also, on the second day
they visited Shaikh Salman
bin Ahmed Al Fateh Fort and
finally the Tree of Life, all in
all 21 cultural terminals using
the symbolic passport that
gets stamped at every stop and
returned to its holder.
Designing, a family trait!
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Designer mother and daughter duo carve a niche with Morroccan-Khaleeji fusions
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abila Al Aissaoui and
Hayaa Al Fadhel, the
mother and daughter designer
duo from Bahrain, will
showcase their latest designs
at the Heya Arabian Fashion
Exhibition, Qatar’s leading
fashion platform. The event will
N
unique approach in designing
and attention to details has
gained the brand a respected
name in the Arab fashion
industry.
Nabila, who’s originally
Moroccan, always had a
passion for design. When she
was a young bride, she used
to receive heavily embellished
Moroccan caftans that didn’t
suit the Gulf region.
Nabila AlAissaoui and Hayaa AlFadhel
Khaleeji caftans at a time when
Moroccan wear wasn’t popular
in the Gulf region. However
Nabila didn’t venture in the
fashion business until later
when all her children grew up
and she felt she’s ready to take
the next step.
Owing to a background
in fashion and knowledge in
garment construction, Nabila
started as small and introduced
her innovative pieces to her
friends and family who
encouraged her to pursue a
career in fashion.
Thanks to Nabila, Hayaa,
the daughter grew up in a
very creative environment
where pursuing what she
felt passionate about was
encouraged. Being the eldest
daughter she always assisted
her mother in her artistic
projects.
As she grew older she
experimented in various
fields of art and design until
she settled with Architecture.
By the time she reached her
third year in her Architecture
Degree Nabila’s business grew
and Hayaa felt obliged to aid
her mother in managing the
family business. She grew
attached to work and felt that
she can express herself better
in fashion.
With her newfound
passion Hayaa changed her
career path and is currently
studying Fashion Design at
Royal University for Women.
Her time is divided between
her studies and her
role in Dar Naseem
AlAndalos as Creative
Director while her
mother is in charge of
Design.
The duo’s attention to
details, understanding
of luxurious fabrics
and focus on creating
feminine silhouettes
is what makes them
a design force to be
reckoned with and what
sets them apart from
others. Here’s an excerpt
from DT News interview
with the duo:
This inspired her to form
commence from November 12
and conclude on 18 at the new a fusion of Moroccan and
Doha Exhibition and
Convention Centre.
In a relatively short
amount of time, ‘Dar
Naseem AlAndalos’the brand created by
the duo, evolved into a
status that it competes
with
international
luxury brands. It took
no time for the brand’s
trendy,
fashionforward and tasteful
designs to become a
preferred choice for
fashionable women
seeking sophistication,
elegance
and
excellence.
Why the name “Dar
Dar
Naseem
Naseem AlAndalos”?
AlAndalos
is
a
Bahrain-based brand
Nabila: The literal
that produced a new
meaning of the name
breed of luxurious
is “A breeze from
caftans and evening
Andalusia”.
I’m
gowns that mix the
originally from north
Moroccan and Khaleeji
of Morocco, I grew up
heritage.
in a beachfront city just
The
designers
across from Spain and
embraced traditional
I was always fascinated
handwork and applied
it on modern and A design by Nabila and Hayaa under the Dar by the rich culture of
Andalusia.
Arab’s
stylish designs. Their Naseem AlAndalos label
reached their prime during
that time and Andalusia
was a meeting point of all
civilizations. I feel passionate
about our history and heritage
and wanted that to represent
my vision for the brand.
What makes Dar Naseem
AlAndalos unique?
Hayaa: I’d say the fusion that
we came up with is what makes
us unique. We mixed the best
of the Moroccan and Khaleeji
heritage and craftsmanship,
and we continue to experiment
with new materials and
silhouettes
while
being
attentive to the details and
quality. We always make sure
that no matter how rich a piece
is with details it should look
effortless and elegant.
Where do you source your
fabrics and materials?
Nabila: It’s really hard to
find the right materials. We
deal with luxurious fabrics and
we’re care about the quality of
our products. We have dealers
that provide us fabrics from
France, Italy, Turkey and India.
Our
next
step
is
manufacturing our own fabrics
and textiles. We design the
Moroccan embroideries and
handmade Moroccan belts,
which are made exclusively for
us in Morocco. Everything else
from designing, construction
and embroidery is done here in
our Atelier in Bahrain.
fabrics and production. The
ready-to-wear
collections
usually have 40 pieces.
How long does it take to
make a collection?
Hayaa: The process of
making collections differs
from one to the other. Haute
Couture collections take longer
than Ready-to-Wear. We
usually start with the Haute
Couture collection 6 months
before the launch date as we
gather resources and materials
and work on the concept and
designs. Production takes
more than three months for
30 pieces.
Our ready-to-wear pieces are
usually derived from the Haute
Couture line and that takes
three months from sourcing
A design by the team
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Time to splurge and celebrate
at the ‘Shop Bahrain’ festival
Bahrain Shopping Festival announces dates for second edition
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he second edition of
Bahrain Shopping Festival,
‘Shop Bahrain’, is set to be the
biggest nationwide festival with
a unique 30-day celebration of
Bahrain’s heritage, hospitality
and tourism – running from
December 24, 2015 to January
23, 2016.
The announcement was
made yesterday during a
press conference held at Al
A’ali Shopping Complex, the
first shopping Complex to
sign up for Shop Bahrain, in
the presence of the festival’s
partners.
Tamkeen Chairman and
Acting Chief Executive Shaikh
Mohammed bin Essa Al Khalifa
said that the objective of the
festival was to stimulate the
national economy and attract
tourists from neighbouring
Gulf countries.
“Based on the success of the
inaugural shopping festival, the
organising committee of the
festival has been working handin-hand with the partners from
the public and private sector in
order to ensure the success of
this year’s festival,” said Shaikh
Mohammed.
“Last year, over 2,000
retailers took part in the festival
and we witnessed BD18 million
worth of shopping during the
Registration
for Shop
Bahrain runs till
November 22.
Participating
outlets will also
receive various
benefits
T
22, providing retail outlets the
opportunity to be a part of
the Kingdom’s largest event.
Participating retail outlets will
also receive numerous benefits
based on the selected package.
Shop Bahrain expects to
create a fun atmosphere
through various promotions
and entertainment events that
will position the Kingdom as a
shopping destination for many
tourists.
Bahrain Shopping Festival
‘Shop Bahrain’ unveiled as the festival’s new brand
Officials unveiling the details of the shopping festival at a press conference yesterday
six-week festival with a surge
Shop Bahrain will mirror of events includes ‘VIVA Shop
in tourists from across the Gulf the Kingdom’s position as & Skate’ the largest outdoor
region. This year the lineup is a welcoming, accessible, skating rink housed outside Al
bigger and better,” he added.
family destination with an A’ali Shopping Complex and
incredibly diverse range of ‘The Family Fair’ an exciting
retail experiences from luxury carnival held during the New
malls to traditional souks to Year’s Eve Weekend at Prince
Last edition of
luxury boutiques coupled Khalifa bin Salman Park in
BSF saw over
with unbeatable bargains and Hidd.
Other highlights include the
promotions.
2,000 retailers
Shop Bahrain Director return of Al Riwaq’s ‘The Nest’,
taking part in
Nawaf Al Kooheji weighed in, showcasing local and regional
the festival
“This year our main focus is the talent, in addition to ‘The Taste
shopper. Our aim is to create Tour’ taking place in the centre
and Bahrain
unforgettable experience of it all - Adliya.
witnessed BD18 an
Mega raffles will also offer
for shoppers in Bahrain and
million worth of across the region; hence we visitors and residents the
developed a unique raffle opportunity to win big and
shopping in six have
mechanism that truly rewards amazing prizes.
weeks
Registration for Shop
the shopper.”
The second edition’s calendar Bahrain runs until November
The largest event in the Kingdom
Second edition from December 24 to January 23, 2016
Lineup of world-class entertainment, events and
promotions
From the last ediiton of BSF
Bahrain delegation participates in RDF
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he Kingdom participated
in
the
Resilience
Development Forum (RDF):
The Syrian crisis, hosted by
Jordan at the Dead Sea from
November 8 to 9.
Bahrain was represented
by a delegation led by
Undersecretary
of
the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
for International Affairs Dr
Shaikh Abdullah bin Ahmed
Al Khalifa and Royal Charity
Organisation(RCO) Secretary
General Dr Mustapha Al
Sayyed.
The Forum, held in
cooperation with the United
Nations
Development
Programme (UNDP) under the
auspices of Jordanian Premier
Abdullah Ensour, shed light on
the humanitarian issues in the
region and the Syrian refugees
T
Two young Bahraini men escaped with injuries after two
vehicles collided in Riffa. The injured were moved from
the scene by an ambulance. The incident caused heavy
traffic congestion in the area.
Bahrain delegation at the forum
host countries, how to support
the brothers inside Syria and
how to offer aids to the victims,
especially children.
The participating ministers
and representatives of the
civil society exchanged views
and experiences on how to
set up policies and prepare
scientific response plans
and programmes in order to
present the best services to the
victims and protect them from
various hazards.
The participants hailed
the experience of Bahrain in
assisting the victims at times
of crises as His Majesty King
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
was the first to order the
construction of schools
at Al Zaatari Camp on the
Syrian-Jordanian borders
and a school in the Jordanian
Governorate of Irbid to secure
the continued schooling
for the Syrian children, in
addition to building two
housing complexes at Al
Zaatari and Al Azraq camps.
On the sidelines of the
event, the delegation also
held meetings with UNDP
Administrator Helen Clark,
who expressed appreciation
for the Bahraini Monarch
and praised the Kingdom,
government and people, for
their excellent initiatives in
support of the humanitarian
causes everywhere and for
catering for the victims
worldwide to alleviate their
sufferings.
AACO, GULF AIR HOLD
FORUM ON MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY IN BIZ
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PAGE 12
hello to future!
ROOM THREE
Following the excellent The Room
and Room Two comes the new
Room Three. The puzzles are a lot
longer and more elaborate this time
around and more challenging but
not punishingly so.
If you ever get stuck, the game still
has the hint system to gently guide
you alone. The game introduces
some new mechanics and continues
with the creepy tone of the previous
games. It’s only available on iOS but
will probably show up on Android
later like the previous games. It will
cost you $4.99.
F
or years, Apple TV has
been like a perpetually
ignored child, eclipsed by its
overachieving siblings, the
iPhone and iPad.
Now, with the fourthgeneration Apple TV, the
set-top box that’s been
deemed merely as a “hobby”
by its parent has finally come
into its own.
It has more powerful
hardware, a significantly
redesigned remote and an
operating system that’s
worthy of an Apple product
in 2015.
And finally, there’s a
genuine app store, which
turns Apple TV into a
legitimate platform for
entertainment and gaming
in your living room.
Apple’s A8 chip powers all
of the set-top box goodness,
and, it’s also running 2GB of
RAM. That means it should
be an even more powerful
device than the iPhone 6 and
6 Plus.
You’ve got a choice
between 32GB of storage
for the $149 model or
64GB for the $199 model.
While its nice to have a
larger storage option, the
32GB model should be fine
for most people, as you’ll
be streaming most of your
content anyway.
The new Siri Remote is
another story entirely. It
simply feels great in your
hand. The remote has a
menu and play/pause
button like before, but now
there’s also a home button,
Siri voice search button,
and volume controls.
There’s now a microphone
built-in for voice searches
on the new remote, along
with an accelerometer and
gyroscope for Wii-like
motion controls.
Say hello to tvOS, an iOS
offshoot that finally brings
apps and a dramatically
redesigned interface to the
Apple TV. It is all about
bright colours and visually
rich apps.
When it comes to
streaming video, the new
Apple TV isn’t much
different than the old one.
Videos seem to start up a bit
faster, and the
Siri remote
makes fastforwarding
a
n
d
rewinding
much easier
than before.
T h e
A p p l e
TV
also
manages to
be a pretty
solid gaming machine!
You’d never mistake
it for a dedicated gaming
console, to be sure, but it
offers up some decent casual
gaming experiences, as well
as some slightly more robust
offerings.
The new Apple TV offers
the most refined streaming
interface yet, with a remote
that’s a step ahead of the
competition.
Its voice search actually
works well, and even at this
early stage, there are plenty
of worthwhile apps and
games.
If you need 4K though,
look elsewhere.
MI BAND PULSE
Xiaomi’s much-speculated second
wearable device is now official, after
the Chinese company unveiled the
Mi Band Pulse. Beyond tracking
your steps and sleep, alarms and
some notifications, the Mi Band
Pulse includes a heart rate tracker, as
previously speculated. That addition
— the device uses PPG to measure
your heart rate — has made it slightly
larger than its predecessor. Most
importantly, the device has retained
a low price tag, that’s around $15.
Xiaomi’s website confirms it will
work with both Android and iOS
from the get-go.
Any sufficiently advanced
technology is equivalent
to magic
-– Arthur C. Clarke
(Author)
A
pple has revealed
the release date for
its upcoming iPad Pro,
and it’s sooner than
you might think. The
12.9-inch tablet will be
available to order online
from Wednesday, the
company has announced,
with stock available in
stores later this week.
It will be available
in over 40 countries
including the US, UK,
Japan, and China. The
tablet is Apple’s most
powerful yet, but also its
most expensive. Prices
start at $799 for a 32
GB Wi-Fi model, rising
to $1,079 for an LTEcapable version with 128
GB of storage.
November 11 was
rumoured as the chosen
release date for the iPad
Pro back in October, with
today’s news confirming
that the Apple Pencil and
the iPad Smart Keyboard
will also go on sale at the
same time. The former
— a stylus designed for
the tablet — will cost
$99, while the latter will
weigh in at $169.
Y
ou will soon be
able to watch your
favourite Activision
Blizzard video game
characters in TV
shows and movies.
Activision,
the
company behind hits
such as Call of Duty
and World of Warcraft,
on Friday took the
wraps off Activision
Blizzard Studios, a
new film and TV
production studio that
will create original
content based on its
library of popular
game titles.
The
studio’s
first effort will be
Skylanders Academy,
an animated TV series
based on the toys-tolife video game series
Skylanders.
Also in the works is
a series of feature films
based on Call of Duty,
the popular military
shooter franchise that
has sold more than 175
million copies.
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TECH TALK
Manama
n October 2015, the Arab
Air Carriers’ Organisation
(AACO) held the Business
Technology Forum, which
was hosted by Gulf Air in
Manama.
Held under the theme
of ‘Empowerment through
Mobile Technology’ the forum
gathered over 80 delegates
from AACO member airlines
and technology providers and
was opened by the airline’s A/
Chief Executive Officer, Maher
Salman Al Musallam, who
welcomed the participants and
media attendees.
Speaking on the importance
of technology in aviation
Al Musallam said, “We are
gathering technology experts to
discuss how mobile technology
can empower airlines, airports
and passengers delivering
positive impact on the
passenger travel experience
and the aviation industry as
a whole. This is an event of
great importance for airlines
and members of the aviation
industry and I look forward
to seeing much positive
discussion as a result.”
The forum highlighted
the increasing number of
customers fulfilling their travel
I
Manama
IVA Bahrain is offering
its prepaid and postpaid
customers a chance to win
a brand new Nissan Patrol
and a range of exciting prizes
by rewarding them for the
international calls made
using the telecom operator’s
state-of-the-art network.
All they have to do is make
international calls to their
families or friends for 20
V
Dr. Jassim Haji and other officials at the forum
requirements through smart, this year’s forum provided
member airlines with a
mobile devices.
As mobile passenger services comprehensive overview of
are an increasingly visible, the current use and future
major differentiator between prospects of mobile technology
airlines, the technology from a business development
providers and consultants in perspective, giving insights on
minutes or more per week
and win weekly mega prizes
ranging from cash, gold and a
new Nissan Patrol car.
To avail this unique
offer, VIVA customers will
need to opt in for free by
dialing *98995# and start
accumulating their total
consumption of 20 minutes
of international calls to any
destination between Sunday
– Saturday every week. This
will enable customers to
enter the weekly draw and
check how many points they
have accumulated by dialing
*98677#.
VIVA customers can
continue to benefit from this
exclusive offer, which will run
over a span of four weeks till
December 5.
For more information, call
124, or visit www.viva.com.
bh.
the capabilities and possible
integration of this technology
in support of commercial
goals.
Gulf
Air
Director
Information Technology Dr.
Jassim Haji, said, “Today,
mobile devices play a major
role in our daily lives. It is
astounding to think now that
today’s average mobile has
more processing power than
PCs in 1960s, and that over
half of personal internet time is
Manama
IVA Bahrain is launching
a
special
Business
Broadband promotion offering
the Broadband 25 Plan with no
upfront, a free LTE router or
LTE MiFi device, a free fixedline and up to 100GB, catering
to the growing need of today’s
businesses.
VIVA Business customers
can enjoy this value-adding
promotion on the Kingdom’s
widest and fastest 4G
network with no upfront
payment or registration
fee.
VIVA will run this
promotion over a span of two
weeks starting November 10
till November 24.
For more information,
contact VIVA Business
Call Centre on 34128128
or visit www.viva.com.bh/
business
Manama
itee is one of the latest
apps, and a kind of
ultimate digital invitation card
for the most happening events
in Bahrain.
The app helps people explore
and research nearby events in
real time, from a wide range of
categories. It is a one-stop shop
to create, showcase, promote
and sell tickets for events.
Vitee is all about tailoring
the experience for its users.
From the moment a user signs
up, the app notes down their
interests (whether it’s art,
music or entertainment) and
consecutively recommends
V
V
spent through mobile devices.
There is no escape from
this overwhelming trend of
mobile usage and the resulting
awareness that passenger
journeys can be made easier
and more personalised by
offering mobile services.”
The forum included a halfday of open sessions where
a number of technology
providers and consultants, in
addition to IATA, presented
trends and views on the use of
mobile technology in travel.
Additionally, closed sessions
were held between each
provider and AACO member
airlines in which, providers
highlighted their specific
mobile device products/
solutions.
AACO Secretary General,
Abdul
Wahab
Teffaha
thanked Gulf Air for inviting
AACO Business Technology
Forum to Bahrain and for
their hospitality and great
organization.
This has helped in ensuring
that the forum met its objective
of bringing more awareness
to airlines on the current
and future uses of mobile
technology to provide an even
better service to the customers,
he added.
event promoters to follow based on the selection.
This customisability is
reflected throughout the app,
putting users in complete
control of the content they
receive.
This approach has never
been done before in event
discovery and it works great
since most users are already
familiar with the mechanics of
social network.
TECH TALK
Manama
atelco, the Kingdom’s
leading communications
& ICT solutions provider,
has signed a membership
agreement with BTECH
(Bahrain
Technology
Companies Society) to support
their efforts in the ICT sector.
BTECH was established in
2012 to support the Kingdom’s
vision to improve economic
efficiency by developing ICT
companies and helping them
to excel.
Batelco likewise realises
the importance of ICT on
the economy and accordingly
supports a number of
technology
events
and
organisations annually and
also continuously enhances its
business portfolio to ensure
the latest ICT solutions are
available for its customers.
Batelco Bahrain CEO Muna
Al Hashemi, who recently met
BTECH Chairman Ubaydli
Ubaydli, said Batelco was very
pleased to take membership
with BTECH.
“Both organisations are fully
committed to fostering the
growth of ICT organisations in
the Kingdom. The development
and growth of ICT plays
a crucial role in Bahrain’s
economic growth and helps
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B
(From left) Batelco Corporate Affairs Senior Manager Osama Alsaad, Al Hashemi, Ubaydli and
Fakhroo IT Services WLL (FITS), General Manager Tareq Fakhroo
to maintain the Kingdom of
Bahrain as a leading regional
hub for business.”
Ubaydli thanked Al Hashemi
and Batelco for the support
to BTECH saying that he was
delighted to have Batelco on
board as a member of the
society.
“Telecommunications
companies always play a major
role in all modern societies and
Batelco has a tradition of being
a pioneer in the Kingdom’s
communications history and
in promoting community
initiatives,” he said.
Ubaydli continued, “As
one of the principal wealthcreating entities of our society,
Batelco took the responsibility
to be one of the leaders to
play a pivotal role in shaping
the nation’s social and
economic development, and in
contributing to progress and
prosperity in every sphere.”
“We in BTECH believe
Batelco will have a qualitative
positive impact on Bahrain’s
future activities, especially
those related to corporate
social responsibilities. This
creates sustained and ideally
ever-increasing growth for
the BTECH plans as well as
projects, products and services,
all the while ‘serving’ the ICT
market. This will help BTECH
achieve its goals through an
innovative approach,” Ubaydli
added.
T
he gaming industry has certainly come a long way from
the old days of letting us gamers try their games playing
something called a demo, short for demonstration. Today
all the demonstration we get are either gameplay trailers on
YouTube or the modern demo called the Open Beta.
It is rather important to ‘try before you buy’ when it
comes to videogames. I speak from experience that several
times I have bought a game that turns out it was not worth
the cash at all!
10 or so years ago developers had released demos of their
games be it on CDs you get with a magazine or promotion
or in more recent times downloading demos from official
websites.
I remember playing demos on PlayStation 1, downloading
demos on PlayStation 3 from the PSN store back in 2008.
On PC I would go to any website that offered demos of
games, download and play.
Zain Bahrain participates in
second Startup Bootcamp
Manama
ain Bahrain, the most
innovative
telecom
operator in the Kingdom,
continues to support the
Startup Bootcamp in its
second edition.
The event, organised
by Bahrain Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, goes
in line with Zain Bahrain’s
strategy to empower youth
and foster innovation and
entrepreneurship in the
Kingdom.
The
five-phased
programme that focused
mainly on the ICT industry,
aims to transform startup
ideas into real operating
businesses.
Zain Bahrain participated
during the mentoring stage,
which brings in industry
experts to share their
knowledge and expertise with
candidates.
With
the
strong
commitment
towards
Z
Rakan Gharaibeh from Zain Bahrain during the session
the advancement of the
Kingdom, Zain Bahrain
brought in experts such as
Professional Trainer and
Coach Frederic Patricelli, who
delivered mentoring sessions
on Lateral Thinking and
Telecommunications for Non-
technical People, Learning
and Development Specialist at
Zain Bahrain Daniel Kerreh,
who discussed Customer
Retention,
Enterprise
Products and Services Expert
at Zain Bahrain Rakan
Gharaibeh, who spoke about
monetising the internet, and
Marketing Communication
Specialist Lamees Al Mirza
who highlighted on the topic
of Brand Experience.
“Education,
Youth
Empowerment
and
Entrepreneurship have always
been a main focus in Zain
Bahrain’s strategic approach,
and so we have always
committed to and continue to
commit to taking part in such
initiatives and programmes
where we can leverage on our
technical expertise, exchange
knowledge and build strong
partnerships,” commented
Corporate Communications
Manager at Zain Bahrain
Samya Hussein.
A demo is a way of feeling the game, playing it, trying it
out, many have I played that I deemed worthy of my money
and went out and purchased it. Some big companies like
Ubisoft accuse gamers of piracy, well what do you expect
when you release a half-xxxed game and expect everyone
to buy it, and certainly people will resort to torrents/piracy,
who would want to pay for a broken product.
Nowadays demos come in either the form of a nonplayable demo which are videos online showcasing the
game or an ‘open beta’ which is a testing platform for the
game to be played by consumers trying it out, though not
an actual demo, it is basically a scenario in which a person
will participate in, playing the game for the duration of
the open beta determined by the developer, over this
course participants will have reported bugs, glitches and
experiences.
Here is my gripe with open betas, not everyone has super
doper internet, also open betas are restricted to online games
ONLY, what about single player, there is a vast amount of
SP games without proper demos, you will have to pay 30 to
40 dinars and hope that the game is good and worth it.
I suggest that anyone willing to buy a game and is wary
of the money to research the game and read USER reviews
not reviews from magazines only as sometimes they can be
dodgy! Watch videos on YouTube and judge for yourself.
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Rishi Kapoor @chintskap
nnot cope with all of
begin! Parties galore. Ca
them though
Geneva
Rolex watch worn by Roger Moore in the James
Bond film “Live and Let Die” has sold at auction
in Geneva for 365,000 Swiss francs ($363,000,
335,000 euros), the auction house Philipps said
yesterday.
The estimated price for the stainless steel
watch, made in 1972, was between 150,00250,00 Swiss francs. The buyer’s name was
not disclosed.
In the film, the watch is used to create
a magnetic field which deflects bullets
fired at the MI6 agent. At another
point, Bond uses this magnetic force
to undress a woman.
A
Los Angeles
eadpool - the highly anticipated, Ryan Reynolds starring
film – was already slated to be very different to the
regular superhero flicks. According to director Tim Miller,
the character’s sexuality won’t be changed from that in the
comics with Deadpool continuing to be pansexual, marking
the first time a pansexual superhero will lead a blockbuster
Hollywood film.
In an interview will Collider, Milller said when asked
about the red-ninja’s sexuality, “Pansexual! I want that
quoted. Pansexual Deadpool.” Reynolds added, “There is
some sexuality in this movie for sure. You kinda think you
have moments when you’re shooting where you think, “This
is, uh, a little excessive. This is a comic book movie. Are we
gonna get away with this?” But so far so good.”
D
Los Angeles
he Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’s Noomi Rapace is in
talks to star in the upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic,
according to Variety.
The actress, who bears a slight resemblance to Winehouse
and has also featured in Prometheus and The Drop, has
another musical biopic in the works, in which she will play
opera singer Maria Callas.
The biopic will follow the documentary Amy about the late
singer, which is currently in cinemas.
T
Dakota and Jesse Johnson at the LACMA Art + Film Gala 2015 red carpet on Sunday
Jennifer
Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence
recently
penned
an essay on the
gender pay gap for
Lena Dunham’s
newsletter Lenny,
after the Sony
cyber
attack
leaked
emails
revealing that
her male co-stars
were
paid
more than her
on
American
Hustle.
“I’m
over
trying
to find the
‘adorable’
way to state
my
opinion
and still be
likeable!” she
wrote.
Emma
Thompson
Patricia
Arquette
“I don’t think
there’s any appreciable
improvement and I
think that, for women,
the question of how
they are supposed to
look is worse than it
was even when I was
young. So no, I am not
impressed, at all.” Radio Times, July 2015
“To every woman who
gave birth, to every taxpayer
and citizen of this nation, we
have fought for everybody
else’s rights. It’s time to have
wage equality once and for
all, and equal rights for
women in the United
States of America.” Best Supporting Actress
acceptance speech at the
Oscars, March 2015
Naomi
Watts
“Jane Campion is
right to say that there’s
an inherent sexism
in the film industry.
But there’s also a lack
of women putting
themselves forward.
Women shouldn’t be
compared to men as
female directors and
actors have a different
voice, different stories.
It’s not helpful to
be
compared
to men,” she
said
follow
director Jane
Campion’s
remarks on
women in
the movie
industry, at
the Cannes
F i l m
Festival in
2014
Cate
Blanchett
“Thank you to
the audiences
who
went
to see Blue
Jasmine. And
perhaps to those
of us in the industry
still foolishly clinging
to the idea female films
with women at the centre
are niche experiences. They
are not. Audiences want to
see them and, in fact, they
earn money. The world is
round people.” - Best
Actress acceptance
speech at the
Oscars, March
2014
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Helen Mirren
“It’s totally outrageous. It’s
ridiculous. And it was ever thus.
We all watched James Bond as he
got more and more geriatric and
his girlfriends got younger and
younger. It’s so annoying.” - The
Wrap’s Power Breakfast, June
2015
(Source: The Independent)
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Tuesday, November 10 , 2015
His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa welcomed King Abdulla II Ibn Al Hussein of Jordan, who arrived yesterday, on a fraternal visit to Bahrain. HM the King’s sons also welcomed the Jordanian
monarch
The High Organising Committee of the National Day and His Majesty’s Accession Day festivals held its second coordination committee at the headquarters of the Capital Governorate
in Gudaibiya. Capital Governor Shaikh Hisham bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa chaired the meeting, attended by Capital Trustees director-general Shaikh Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Khalifa,
Deputy Governor Hassan Abdulla Al Madani and members of the organising committee. The
festival will be held on December 17
HM King’s A
directors of
Nasser Centre for Rehabilitation and Vocational Training received CEO of Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill company (GARMC
of cooperation
Al Ahlia Insurance
Co, represented
by its General
Manager Fadi Al
Khatib, signed a
deal with Nexus
Financial Services,
represented by its
General Manager
Emanuel Lantzos.
The new deal will
allow Al Ahlia to
further distribute
its distinct insurance
services
through Nexus in
the local market
in Bahrain
The Golden Tulip Bahrain Hotel received and hosted the People’s Friendship University of Russia De
for over a week
Year 11 Geography students of
St Christopher’s
School went on
a field trip to
popular tourist
sites in Bahrain,
including
Al
Jazayer Beach,
Lost Paradise of
Dilmun, Al Areen
Wildlife Park, the
Royal Golf Club,
and the Bab AlBahrain Souq
HM King’s Advisor for Media Affairs, Nabeel Alhamer, received chairman and members of the board of
directors of Bahrain-Egypt Friendship Society, led by MP Adel Abdulrahman Al Assoumi
Mill company (GARMCO), John Lucas, and discussed aspects
University of Russia Delegation
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Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa deputised his advisor Shaikh Salman bin
Khalifa Al Khalifa and Shaikh Khalifa bin Rashid Al Khalifa to attend a ceremony marking the silver
jubilee of diplomatic relations between Bahrain and Russia. Russian Ambassador to Bahrain Vagif
Garaev hosted the reception party at the Sheraton Hotel in the presence of senior officials and
members of the diplomatic corps
Bahrain Statistical Society (BSS) celebrated World Statistics Day on Saturday at Abdulla Naas Hall in Applied Science University, East Al-Ekir
The Domain Hotel & Spa conducted a Free Medical Check-up on Wednesday for its staff and management
New Millennium SchoolDPS congratulated the winners of “My Dream House”
Art Contest conducted by
Gallure Ideas & Insights
W.L.L. on October 17 at Exhibition Centre. Vallari Pathak
(Grade IX) won prize in the
8-12 age category. Gauravi
Kalihari (Grade III) and Parthi
Jain (Grade III) won prizes
in the 5-8 age category.
The winners were awarded
certificates and cash prizes
The Bahrain British Business Forum (BBBF) is hosting three of Britain’s war heroes in Bahrain over the
Remembrance Day
Ansar Gallery conducted its 6th Anniversary Mega Car Raffle Draw with 30 Valuable Gifts and over 20
surprise gifts on November 5 under the supervision of Ministry of Commerce. Two lucky customers
won the two Mitsubishi Outlander Cars: Sohel (Coupon No. 1751715) and Marankandyil Ali (Coupon
No. 1264489 )
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for their punch dialogues. There’re also films which are a visual treat. Movies
come in two genres; commercial and artistic. Let alone the genre, a movie should
be evocative or entertaining. We’re certain you have a long list of such movies
which you would want to see again and again. DT News reproduces a scene a day
from a popular movie with a few questions. Relapse into flashback mode and
answer!
Today’s questions
1. Guess the film
2. Name of the lead actor
3. What bites the lead character
when he enters a lab?
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you’re going somewhere.
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also going somewhere!!!
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Film: The Mummy
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“My grandfather lived for
96 years. He never used
glasses.”
Man: Ya.. I know.. A few
people drink directly
from bottle.
Ameen Ahsan
YOUR STAR TODAY
ARIES
20th March - 20th April
It is apparent that something
underhanded and unethical
is occurring at your job
today. Co-workers could be trying
to manipulate situations and take
advantage of proprietary information
to use to their own benefit. Be careful
to steer clear of office politics.
LEO
20th July - 20th Aug
Trust your instincts regarding anyone you meet today.
There are unethical people
about, and one of them is likely to enter your circle today. Entering into legal contracts and partnerships of any
kind - whether for business or pleasure
- is absolutely out of the question today.
SAGITTARIUS
20th Nov - 20th Dec
Don’t take your bank or portfolio statement at face value
today as financial errors are
likely. It could be that someone wants
you to see things according to his view
of things, which may not be based on
the facts. Check and double-check any
important figures that cross your desk.
TAURUS
20th April - 20th May
Do not trust anyone today, not
even those you consider friends.
There are indications of deception
all around you, especially at the workplace. Someone may be keeping something from you, or even manipulating information to their own advantage. Be sure
to check out the facts of any situation.
VIRGO
20th Aug - 20th Sept
If you wake up this morning
and feel glued to the bed, then
perhaps that’s where you should
spend the day today. You have been working hard and long these past few weeks.
This is a day for rest and relaxation. The
office will survive just fine without you.
Call in sick, then disconnect your phone.
CAPRICORN
20th Dec - 20th Jan
You are not likely to feel particularly social today. You would
be happiest at home with a good
book, a good meal, and no communication from the outside world. Alas, such
solitude is not always possible. Make it an
early night tonight and you’ll likely awake
tomorrow with a renewed attitude.
GEMINI
20th May - 20th June
Don’t trust anything related to
money or contracts today. This
is not a good day to enter into
any kind of contract. The atmosphere is
such that there is a lot of miscommunication and misunderstanding in the air. You
may think that you understand what you
are signing, but you likely do not.
LIBRA
20th Sep - 20th Oct
Pay attention today. There is
likely some unethical behaviour occurring at work, and it
triggers in you some long-buried anger. You will likely have difficulty keeping your emotions in check. However,
you must. Honest communication is the
only way you can get through this day.
AQUARIUS
20th Jan - 20th Feb
All is not quiet on the home
front today. There is tension
and nervousness in the air, and
you can’t shake the feeling that someone
is lying to you. You are a peacemaker
by nature, so your first inclination is
to try and suppress your suspicions. In
this instance, your instinct is correct.
CANCER
20th June - 20th July
This is not the day for contracts of legal work of any
kind. You may think you understand everything about the document,
but likely you will not. That’s because
the atmosphere is ripe for misinformation and misunderstanding. The legal
documents can wait for another day.
SCORPIO
20th Oct - 20th Nov
Double-check any information that comes your way today.
There is deception and discontent
in the air, which is an unfortunate combination under any circumstances. Before you judge, research. Gossip is likely
to be flying around the office, duck often and run for cover when necessary.
PISCES
20th Feb - 20th Mar
Today you may feel overwhelmed by memories of a
particular incident that was
especially traumatic. No one is more
surprised than you by your reaction.
You felt sure you had addressed this issue and put it all behind you. Apparently, there is still work to be done.
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Tuesday, November 10 , 2015
CROSSWORD
Across
1- Humorist Bombeck; 5- Capital on the Atlantic; 10Entr’___; 14- Chits; 15- Light ___; 16- Person of action; 17In spite of; 20- Work boot feature; 21- Indicates a direction;
22- Shelter; 23- They’re fired; 24- Angora fleece; 28- Long
luxuriant hair; 29- Actress Arthur; 32- Continental identity
of a Chinese person; 33- 27th president of the U.S; 34Cauterize; 35- Direct; 38- Evens the score; 39- Stringed
instrument; 40- Poker Flat chronicler; 41- Airline to Oslo;
42- Hoar; 43- Capital of United Kingdom; 44- Explosive
weapon; 45- DC bigwig; 46- Relax; 49- Upper part of the
intestines; 54- Make a trade?; 56- Spitting sound; 57Varnish resin; 58- Put a lid ___!; 59- Spanish muralist; 60Celtic priest; 61- Mission control gp.
Yesterday’s solution
Down
1- Half of zwei; 2- Dig like a pig; 3- Silent; 4- Even ___
speak...; 5- Hunting cat; 6- ... who lived in ___; 7- Not acid;
8- Small island; 9- Quilting; 10- ___ Ababa; 11- Quarter, e.g.;
12- Camp sight; 13- Energy units; 18- “Fighting” Big Ten
team; 19- Zero; 23- Faux pas; 24- Poles for sails; 25- Port of
old Rome; 26- Takes on; 27- Small batteries; 28- Dull finish;
29- Facial hair; 30- Keep an ___ the ground; 31- “As You
Like It” forest; 33- Pollex; 34- Stately aquatic bird; 36- Saw
fleetingly; 37- Girl in a Beach Boys song; 42- Womanizer;
43- Soviet leader Brezhnev; 44- Suit; 45- Finnish name of
Finland; 46- Actor Omar; 47- Commedia dell’___; 48- Tart;
49- Mon ___!; 50- North Carolina university; 51- 1492
vessel; 52- Israeli guns; 53- Intro to physics?; 55- Camera
type, briefly
LIFE IS LIKE THAT ONLY
DILBERT
R
BEETLE BAILEY
S U D O KU
R
How to play:
Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column
down and each 9-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine.
Yesterday’s solution
HENRY
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or call 38444688.
MUSICAL
SOIREE DEDICATED TO
JORCHESTRA’S SOLOISTS
Date : Today
Venue:
Talal
Abu-Ghazaleh
University (Knowledge Forum)
On November 10th at 7.30 PM,
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh University will
host a musical soiree dedicated to
Jorchestra’s soloists. The piano player
Ms. Rania Ejeilat will introduce the
musicians and the program will
delight the audience with music
by Tchaikovsky, Stamitz, Aram
Khachaturian, Astor Piazzolla and
Albinoni among others famous
composers.
For the friends of Jorchestra , it will
be a unique occasion to know more
about the orchestra’s musicians and
their talent…
AMERICAN FESTIVAL
Date: Ongoing till 13 November
Venue: Movenpick Hotel
A wild west themed festival that
kicked off at the Movenpick hotel
on October 23 will continue till
November 13. The Annual American
Festival that will feature bonfires, a
barbecue, cowboys, live entertainment
and many more surprises will be held
in the outdoor garden of the hotel.
MATTHEW DEKAY
Date: 13 November at 9pm
Venue: Elements & Pool Lounge,
Intercontinental Regency Bahrain
Soundscapes returns with a massive
debut! Matthew Dekay, one of the
most beautiful, intimate and exclusive
musicians whose label All Day I Dream
Out& abOut
is responsible for pushing some of
today’s most melodic, dreamy and
soulful electronic music!
Keep your head in the clouds and
your feet on our dance floor!
Date: 26 November from
6.30pm
Venue: Navcent Roundabout
As a part of this year’s
Thanksgiving
Events, MWR
Bahrain invites you to join the
Turkey Trot 5K run on 26
November starting from the
Navcent Roundabout. Families
can join the holiday activities.
your
Calendar
DIWALI: INDIAN CULTURAL
FESTIVAL
Date : 11 to 13 November
Venue: The Ritz Carlton Bahrain
Hotel & Spa
Feast like a Maharajah in Nirvana
and celebrate the festival of lights in
style. Chef Mahipal and his culinary
team have tailored a festive menu
that will transport your palate to new
heavens.
CHUCKLE CLUB- NOVEMBER 2015
Date & Venue: 12 November at
the British Club and 13 November
at Regency Intercontinental
The Chuckle Club will be back
with the laughs this November,
bringing another exciting line-up of
hugely talented international comic
imports to Bahrain on Thursday 12th
at The British Club and Friday 13th
at Regency Intercontinental.
ANNUAL SHAHRAZAD CHARITY SALE BAZAAR
Date: 20-21 November from 9am to 7pm
Venue: Shahrazad Hall, Budaiya Road
The 9th Annual Charity Sale Bazaar takes place in Shahrazad Hall
(Behind Zait Al Zaytoon/ Little Chef Restaurant –Budaiya Road) on 20-21
November 2015 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Clothes, books, furniture, toys,
kitchen items, electronics, plants, games, Art Work, antiques, etc will be on
sale. All proceeds from the sale of donated items will go toward supporting
children with Cancer under the “Smile” initiatives organized by Future
Society For Youth and other charitable causes.
Leal and International Chef Aaron
Maree.
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES
FAIR
Date: 15 November at 8pm
Venue: Trader Vic’s at Ritz Carlton
Hotel
Continuing a season of popular
dance performances on their
outdoor restaurant terrace, Trader
Vic’s Bahrain presents a week of
dramatic and dynamic Spanish dance
performances to dazzle evening diners.
A Spanish Menu will also be available
in the form of a three course set menu,
for BD 16.0++.
Date: Friday 13 November, 8am to
5pm
Venue: Shaikh Isa auditorium, Indian
School
Ayudh Bahrain will be hosting an
Arts & Sports Competition on Friday
13th Nov 2015 from 8am till 6pm to
mark Children`s Day at Shaikh Isa
auditorium, Indian School.
Date : 14 November, 6pm to 9pm
Venue: Hotel Crown Plaza, Bahrain
Looking to study a Bachelor Degree,
Master Degree or an English Program
abroad? Meet the Admissions &
Recruitment representatives of
international universities that have
come all the way from US, UK,
Australia, Spain & Italy to meet you.
Attendance is free of charge. Register
online, it only takes a few seconds.
Check “Tickets Available” section.
Date: 14 November at 6.30pm
Venue: Awali Ballroom, Sheraton
Bahrain
Organized by Macadam W.L.L. in
partnership with Creative Eye and
The Butterfly Effect Co, the winners
of the GCC’S Best Food Photographer
award will be crowned by Chief editor
of Jamie Magazine, Mr. Andy Harris
on 14 November at 6.30pm in a flashy
gala ceremony at the Awali Ballroom,
Sheraton, Bahrain.
The entries were judged by a
panel of four eminent personalities
in the region, photographers Amelia
Johnson and Phil Weymouth, Creative
Director of FACT Magazine, Paula
EBRAHIM K. KANOO DRAG AND
DRIFT NIGHTS
from 6pm onwards
Venue: Bahrain International Circuit
BIC now offers you the chance to
try out its new innovative experience
“Ebrahim K. Kanoo Drag Nights”.
Take your very own car or motorbike
out onto the circuit’s National Hot
Rod Association (NHRA)- affiliated
drag strip, and experience the thrill.
Each evening will feature on-the-track
action from 6 p.m. until 11 p.m.
ART RECYCLING WORKSHOP
ARTS & SPORTS
COMPETITION-2015
GCC FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
2015
TURKEY TROT 5 K Run
Mark your calendar
Mark
SPANISH WEEK
MNS-B PARENT INFORMATION
EVENING
Date : 16 November at 4.30pm to
7.45pm
Venue: Multinational school, Bahrain
The Multinational School Bahrain
invites all MNS-B parents to attend
their parent information evening,
at the Westin Hotel - Bahrain City
Centre on the 16th November 2015.
Presentation will be in the Main Hall.
Week on the 19th – 21st November
2015, featuring the well-known
Lebanese Chef Joe Barza. Chef Joe
is a veteran of both Arabic and
International Cooking Styles, wellknown throughout the Middle East
for his presence on various TV Shows
along with multiple culinary awards
and representing Lebanon across the
globe in numerous culinary events,
competitions & forums.
HEALING JOURNEY THROUGH THE
CHAKRAS
Date: 20 & 21 November at 10.30am
Venue: Elite Grande Hotel, Manama
Julie Lomas holds a 2-day workshop
on 20 & 21 November teaching holistic
therapies. This workshop is about
the functioning of the chakra system
working with your Heart, (Physical
and Etheric ), throat and third eye,
bringing them into balance , wellbeing
and healing to the body.
THANKSGIVING DAY
Date: 16 November from 9am
Venue: AWA Bahrain
American Women’s Association
hosts Thanksgiving day on 16
November, starting from 9am with
coffee and conversation . general
meeting, fashion show, lucky draw
and a delicious Thanksgiving Day
Lunch. ( TD Luncheon tickets have
been sold out)
LEBANESE GASTRONOMIC WEEK
Date: 19 to 21 Novembeer 10am to
12pm
Venue: Sofitel Bahrain
Sofitel Bahrain will be hosting
its first ever Lebanese Gastronomy
JOPAY LIVE
PERFORMANCE
Date: 26
& 27
November
Venue: Hub Restaurant
Lounge and Kabayanz
Sensational Filipino
singer celebrity Jopay
performs live on 26
November at the Hub
restaurant lounge and
on 27 November at the
Kabayanz.
Date: 21 November, 11am to 1pm
Venue: Bahrain National Museum
Think, imagine, discover and learn
through a variety of new generation
art practices. Art practices using
modelling
compounds
that
encompass learning techniques by
recycling material to create your
favorite figures from the Kalila and
Dimna stories.
Registration is on till Wednesday
November 18, and is open to children
ages 5-12 years old.
GULF NIGHT OUT W/ AL RAYASH
Venue: The Gulf Hotel, Bahrain
The Gulf Hotel’s exclusive poolside
event, Gulf Night Out, is back!
Great Buffet Festival, Live
Entertainment and many surprises.
Come and have a great night of fun,
music, games and of course, the
fabulous buffet that we are famous for!
BAHRAIN LADIES TENNIS OPEN
CHAMPIONSHIP 2015
Date : Ongoing till 30 November
Venue: Bahrain Tennis Federation
Organised by Bahrain Tennis
Federation BTF, Bahrain ladies tennis
open championship
2015 takes
place from November 6 to 30 at the
Bahrain Tennis Federation premises.
All ladies tennis players can grab this
opportunity.
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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination
As a rule, victory motivates
everyone. And defeat -- it
motivates strong people,
first and foremost strong
people
22
There are signs from the
latest 3D seismic studies
that oil may well be very
close to being found now in
Lake Chad after very many
years of trials
-Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation Director
Ibe Kachikwu
-Russian President
Vladimir Putin
Top technology drives
ASRY to new heights
ABS approval for Tailshaft repairs
DT News Network
Manama
SRY, the leading ship
and rig repair yard in the
Arabian Gulf, has received
certification from the American
Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for
their repair by cladding and
welding of tailshafts.
The certification ensures
A
ASRY’s tailshaft repairs are
carried out in accordance with
the exacting standards and
rules of ABS, which is one of
the leading global classification
societies for ensuring the
highest quality in marinerelated facilities.
ASRY
Health,
Safety,
Security, Environment and
The American Bureau of Shipping
(ABS) has certified ASRY for welding
and cladding repairs of tailshafts - one
of the first ME yards to receive the
certification
GIB opens Abu
Dhabi branch
DT News Network
Manama
ulf International Bank
(GIB) held an official
reception
at
Jumeirah
Etihad Towers to mark the
inauguration of its wholesale
banking branch in Abu Dhabi.
Commenting
on
the
opening, GIB CEO Dr. Yahya
Alyahya said, “The dynamism
and pace of progress of the
UAE market is exceptional and
we are delighted to augment
our presence here.”
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Officials during a photocall
Present at the event were
executive management of the
bank, officials from the UAE
Government and business
affiliates.
GIB has had a representative
office in Abu Dhabi since 1990
and the Emirate has played a
pivotal role in the bank’s growth
and evolution. GIB is owned
by the six Gulf Cooperation
Council countries. Saudi
Arabia’s Public Investment
Fund owns 97.2 per cent of
GIB.
The approval was based on a June 2015 survey
Quality Senior Manager Adel approval
is
a
strong
Boutari commented after endorsement of our ability to
receiving the certification,“This repair and rebuild tailshafts,
German biz
meeting
tomorrow
which is a top priority for ship
owners. ASRY is one of the
pioneers in the Middle East
to acquire the technology and
expertise required to attain this
certification.”
ABS carried out a survey
of the ASRY facilities and
associated quality procedures
in June 2015, and approved
the yard for this certification
from the results of that survey.
This latest endorsement from
a leading member of the
international quality assurance
community is in line with the
yard’s ongoing philosophy that
operational excellence is the
key to customer satisfaction,
which is the yard’s highest
priority.
Moody’s
downgrades
Toshiba’s
rating
Tokyo
oody’s
downgraded
the credit rating of
embattled electronics giant
Toshiba yesterday days after
the conglomerate announced
deep mid-year operating losses
late last week.
The agency slashed the
Japanese company’s rating
from Baa2 to Baa3 and also
changed Toshiba’s outlook
from stable to negative.
“The rating action was
prompted
by
Toshiba’s
announcement of its (first
six months) results, which
indicated that profitability and
cash flow generation have both
declined materially,” Masako
Kuwahara, a senior analyst,
said in a statement.
The
downgrade
came
after Toshiba on Saturday
announced
a
whopping
operating loss of 90 billion yen.
M
SME Majlis to spur growth
in the private sector: BCCI
DT News Network
Manama
reating a new conduit
between large corporates
and institutions and the SME’s,
SME Majlis (B2B - Meet The
Big Boys) will be held at the
BCCI headquarters in Sanabis
on December 6.
The move, according to
BCCI will help stimulate the
growth for the private sector,
showcase potential and create
business opportunities for
small entrepreneurs in the
Kingdom.
The event will be held
under the patronage of
Khalid Almoayed, Chairman
of the Bahrain Chamber of
Commerce and Industry
(BCCI), with the support of
the SME Committee, chaired
by
Mohammed
Farouk
Almoayyed. Meetings will
be held between 9.30am and
2.00pm, followed by lunch.
Commenting on the event,
Almoayyed
said,
“Local
SME’s have always been a
pillar to Bahrain’s economy,
while their products and
services have continuously
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Al Shemeri
DT New Network
Manama
ahrain
Chamber
of
(BCCI) announced hosting
a German business delegation
representing the Transport and
Logistics sectors tomorrow
at 9:30am in Al Majlis Hall of
Bait Al Tijjar. Board member
and head of the Transports and
Logistics sector committee of
BCCI Abdulhakeem Al Shemeri
extended an invitation to the
BCCI members. Commenting
on the meet, Al Shemeri said,
“We are keen on enhancing
business relations with Germany,
and taking the trade volume to a
new height.”
B
From left, Hamed Fakhro, Vice chairman, BCCI SME Committee,
Ahmed Aldailami, Member, BCCI SME Committee and Farouk
Almoayyed, Chairman, BCCI SME Committee
been adding value to larger SME’s beforehand so that they
institutions, whether in the get to meet an SME, which is of
areas of enhancing efficiency, interest to their organization.
Each appointment-based
reducing costs or introducing
new innovative methodologies meeting will be 15 minutes long
to benefit larger private and and this would be the perfect
public sector establishments. opportunity for the SME to
This event will help these pitch their product or service
SME’s to further benefit from and engage the corporate
having the endorsement of a company to realise their
dream. This will not only give
prominent institution.”
Each corporate will be corporates a chance to evaluate
assigned its own ‘Majlis’- (an new innovations in a single
Arabic style seating area for day, but will create a platform
social gatherings) in a semi- for SME’s to grow in the
formal arrangement, wherein right direction. For both their
the SME’s and the larger benefits and the overall benefit
corporate can discuss various of the nation. Not to mention,
business possibilities. The the perfect PR opportunity for
corporates invited to the event corporates who thrive on social
will approve the categories of responsibility.
BUSINESS
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Sheetrock wall solutions now in GCC
Dammam
SG Boral Middle East,
manufacturer
for
innovative finishing building
materials, yesterday announced
the availability of its Sheetrock
brand plasterboard and wall
solutions in the GCC and
broader Middle East.
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The products, according
to the company, are
manufactured
at
the
company’s
state-of-theart production plant in
Salalah Oman, which was
inaugurated in April 2015,
Commenting,
Fares
Saghbini, Managing Director
at USG Boral Middle East, said,
“We are delighted to bring
our manufacturing facility
and premium products closer
to our customers without
asking them to sacrifice
on quality, dependability
and, most importantly, the
safety standards upon which
Sheetrock’s reputation has
been built. We are bringing
a product line with a track
record of over 90 years to the
Gulf region and are proud to
be supporting our customers
in the delivery of the
iconic and groundbreaking
buildings and projects that
the GCC has become known
for.”
Developed in the United
States more than 90 years
ago, Sheetrock composed of a
gypsum core encased in 100 per
cent recycled paper on front
and backside also supporting
sustainable development.
Takaud, Warba
announce deal
Back-office investment solutions
COUNTRY/CURRENCIES
SOUTH AFRICAN RAND
US DOLLARS
CANADIAN DOLLAR
PERUVIAN NUEVO SOL
INDIAN RUPEE
BANGLADESH TAKA
CHINESE YUAN
HONG KONG DOLLAR
INDONESIAN RUPIAH
JAPANESE YEN
KOREAN WON
SRI LANKAN RUPEE
MALAYSIAN RINGGIT
NEPALESE RUPEE
PHILIPPINE PESO
PAKISTAN RUPEE
SINGAPORE DOLLAR
THAI BAHT
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR
NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR
EURO
SWISS FRANC
CZECH KORUNE
BRITISH POUND
TURKISH LIRA
SAUDI RIYAL
UAE DIRHAMS
QATAR RIYAL
KUWAITI DINAR
OMANI RIYAL
EGYPTIAN POUND
JORDANIAN DINAR
LEBANESE POUND
MOROCCAN DIRHAMS
SYRIAN POUND
YEMENI RIYAL
BUY
SELL
40.3226
2.6667
3.5907
7.6923
176.9912
209.1175
17.1527
21.5146
39231.071
334.4482
3470.1739
398.5509
12.0482
322.7347
127.7139
283.4499
3.8197
95.9693
3.8329
4.1408
2.5132
2.736
94.3396
1.7835
7.845
10
9.7561
9.6899
0.8117
1.0299
21.097
1.885
4223.508
26.2467
952.381
911.9095
34.965
2.6469
3.4223
7.6923
168.9189
197.5504
16.2338
20.0481
33344.4481
310.559
2644.3134
340.2414
11.1111
263.2604
120.048
264.6931
3.6846
92.6784
3.643
3.9761
2.4143
2.5947
46.2963
1.7197
7.1942
9.9315
9.7182
9.6256
0.8019
1.02
19.8413
1.8619
3812.8646
23.753
574.7126
541.5358
Rates are for indication purpose only. For firm rates or for currencies not listed above please
call Bahrain Financing Company. Telephone: 17228888, Website: www.bfc.com.bh
COUNTRY
1 US DLR
1 UK STG
1 SFR
100 YEN
0.3770
0.5700
0.3757
0.3100
KUWAIT
0.2855
34.7168
0.2845
0.2348
OMAN
0.3849
0.3862
0.3836
0.3165
QATAR
3.6420
3.6547
3.6293
2.9951
UAE
3.6730
3.6859
3.6602
3.0206
SAUDI
3.7500
3.7631
3.7369
3.0839
BAHRAIN
Kuwait
akaud
yesterday
announced the signings
of a memorandum of
understanding with Warba,
whereby the Kuwait-based
insurance
provider
will
utilise Takaud’s back-office
investment solutions to expand
attractiveness of its wide range
of life insurance offerings to
clients.
Takaud’s Vice Chairman
Mazen Hawwa and Warba’s
CEO Anwar Al Sabej signed the
deal during a special signing
ceremony held at the Warba
Head Office in Kuwait.
Commenting
on
the
deal, Hawwa said, “This
partnership with Takaud will
offer Warba’s clients a new
experience of sophisticated,
managed investment products
that are positioned to create
more value by way of access
to Takaud’s expertly chosen
T
Officials shake hands after signing the deal
Warba Insurance is one
and managed selection of
mutual funds and investment of Kuwait’s largest insurance
solutions provider and insurance
strategies.”
Anwar Al Sabej, CEO of underwriters. Takaud offers a
Warba Insurance said, “The wide range of savings, investment
collaboration between our two and pension solutions to
companies allows us to add value individuals (both citizens and
to our wide range of financial residents) and corporate clients
across the Mena region.
and insurance services.”
Fares Saghbini
OECD cuts
global
growth
forecast
Paris
he OECD cut yesterday its
global growth forecasts,
sounding the alarm on stagnating
trade, which has in the past been
the canary in the cage for a global
recession. Nevertheless, thanks
to stimulus measures taken by
China and other countries, the
Organisation for Economic
Development and Cooperation
believes the impact shall be
mitigated. It trimmed its forecast
for global growth this year by a
tenth of a percentage point to 2.9
per cent, while lowering its 2016
by three tenths of a percentage
point to 3.3pc. “Global growth
is projected to strengthen slowly
over the course of 2016-2017,
against a background of subdued
inflationary pressure,” said the
OECD, which sees a pick up to
3.6pc growth in 2017.
Catherine
Mann,
the
chief economist of the Parisbased policy analysis group
that represents 34 advanced
economies, called “deeply
concerning” the stagnation or
even decline in global trade this
year.
T
Russian business delegation
to visit Bahrain in December
DT News Network
Manama
ahrain
Chamber
of
(BCCI) Chairman Khalid Al
Moayed yesterday announced
that a Russian business
delegation would visit Bahrain
in December, in a bid to
enhance the business ties
between both the countries.
Affirming all support to
the visit, Al Moayed said,
“The current volume of trade
between Bahrain and Russia,
which amounted to US$1.9
million up to July 2015
according to Bahrain Central
Informatics
Organisation,
is below aspirations, and we
aim to take the trade and all
B
Officials during a photocall
business activities to a new
height”.
Al Moayed said this while
receiving Arbi Abubakarov
from the Committee of
external relations of Saint
Petersburg in the Chairman’s
office in Bait Al Tijjar yesterday
in the presence of CEO Nabeel
Al Mahmood, BCCI officials
and representatives from the
Capital Governorate.
The current visit follows
a visit by BCCI to Russia in
October to invigorate business
relations and activate various
agreements and memorandums
signed.
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BUSINESS
Oil prices will rise: Kuwait
Doha
ven though oil prices
might stay low for long,
yet demand will very likely
increase to support a return to
higher prices; hence, “market
will rebalance itself and prices
will rise,” Kuwait Minister of
State for Cabinet Affairs and
Acting Minister of Electricity
and Water Sheikh Mohammad
Abdullah Al Mubarak Al Sabah
reassured yesterday.
Oil prices will surge again
yet “the timing is not certain,”
the minister said in his speech
at the sixth Asian Energy
Ministerial
Round-Table,
currently held in Qatar.
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Al Sabah at the sixth Asian Round Table in Qatar
“The
world
is
now
He pointed out that over
re-adjusting to an environment the past year or so, oil prices
where lower oil prices prevail, have dropped by nearly 60 per
and there is great competition cent and have now hit their
from other industries.”
lowest levels since early 2009,
because of an over supplied
market coinciding with signs
of economic slowdown around
the world, most notably in
some major Asian economies.
This current lower oil price
environment, the minister
explained, has been caused
mostly by the significant supply
growth from unconventional,
expensive oil because of
technological advancement.
He added that Volatility in
equity and foreign exchange
markets in Asia have increased
uncertainty about the economic
growth prospects of many
developing nations in Asia,
affecting the price of crude oil.
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Manama
ahrain can turn its fortunes
by developing ‘white oil’
aka ‘Brain Power of its people’
according to Ahmed Al Banna,
Chief Executive, Origin Group.
Technology is leapfrogging
and we can’t rely on old
practices. Earlier, a person was
considered illiterate based on
his language, but today anyone
without adequate technology
expertise is considered inept
and illiterate, he said.
The veteran managementexpert was speaking exclusively
to DT News. Ahmed is widely
respected as an HR and
Management
practitioner.
His wide experience covers
Oil, Aviation, Aluminium and
Insurance Industries, both in
Bahrain and abroad.
The Chief Executive said
that for any organisation, 70pc
of its employees will remain
with the company in the next
ten years, but only 30pc of the
current technology will be in
vogue by the end of that period,
causing a strategic mismatch.
Hence the companies have to
be proactive and continuously
B
Chief Executive, Origin Group, Ahmed Al Banna
train their employees for the in educating their children
in the best way possible, the
future.
The challenges caused by the management expert opined.
Organisations will be
political turmoil in the region
and the economic downturn forced to rely on multi-skilled
due to the lower oil-price, along individuals in the future, who
with technological challenges are hands-on task managers
should be motivation enough than individuals with only high
for companies to invest in their academic-scores. And, thus
companies will be recruiting
employees, he added.
The future workforce will be individuals, who are very much
very competent, multi-skilled flexible, are multilingual and
and highly educated and hence with the right attitude for the
all parents make great efforts job, he said.
The CEO commended the
efforts of Tamkeen and said
that it has made great strides
towards achieving its stated
objectives.
Organisations like CIPD
(Chartered
Institute
of
Personnel and Development),
the companies in the region
and the government have to
focus on enhancing the quality
of employees by continuously
providing
training
and
education, he added.
‘Low oil price threatens of supply crisis’
Doha
eading crude oil exporter
Saudi Arabia warned
yesterday of a supply crisis after
massive energy investments
were cancelled because of the
sharp decline in oil prices.
“Around $200 billion of
investments in energy have been
cancelled this year,” Saudi vice
minister of oil Prince Abdulaziz
bin Salman told a roundtable
L
meeting for Asian energy
ministers in Doha. He said
energy companies are planning to
cut between 3.0 per cent and 8.0pc
of their investments next year.
“This is the first time since the mid
1980s that the oil and gas industry
will have cuts in two consecutive
years,” Abdulaziz said.
The cuts have been made by
oil-producing nations and as well
as oil companies in consumer
countries, he said.
“The potential impact of cuts
in expenditure on future oil
supplies is both substantial and
long-lasting,” said Abdulaziz,
adding that nearly five million
barrels daily of projects have
already been deferred or
cancelled.
“A prolonged period of low
oil prices is unsustainable as it
will induce large investment cuts
and reduce the resilience of the
oil industry, undermining the
future security of supply and
setting the scene for another
sharp price rise,” Abdulaziz said.
Ensuring the security of
energy supplies becomes even
more complicated because the
available space production
capacity is only two million
barrels per day and all of it is
held by Saudi Arabia, he said.
GCC Economies
at Crossroads?
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CC economies’ vital statistics for 2014 show a combined
GDP of USD 1.6 trillion with the largest share of Saudi
Arabia at (USD 760 billion) followed by UAE (USD 246
billion) and Qatar (USD 138 billion). Population of GCC is
50 million of which 52% are natives and 48% are expatriates.
2013 per capita GDP of GCC is USD 30,500. Foreign exchange
reserves are at USD 1.1 trillion. Oil is critical to GCC as it holds
30% of the oil reserves (at 1.7 trillion barrels) and supplies
towards 22% of the global production of oil daily. Significant
portions of government revenues of Qatar (50%), Saudi Arabia
(89%) and Kuwait (95%) are dependent on oil.
Oil price volatility has seen its worst during the last 5 years
since its history in 1870s. During 2010-2015 maximum price has
been $128, minimum price has been $55 and average price has
been $102 according to Brent price sources. During January 2015
to October 2015, prices have fluctuated further between USD 66
and USD 41 per barrel. As per World Bank October estimates,
we are likely to experience “Continued price volatility amidst
expectation of “persistently low” prices for the near term due to
sufficient supply and weak demand.”
Among the GCC countries, Bahrain and Oman are fiscally
less resilient to oil price shocks having a break-even oil price
for balancing their budget at $127 and $103 respectively (IMF
estimates); Kuwait and Qatar are most resilient at price levels of
$49 and $60, followed by UAE and Saudi Arabia at $74 and $87
respectively (IMF estimates). Recommended steps to lessen shortterm impact include fiscal restructuring like introduction of taxes
and gradual withdrawal of subsidies in conjunction with fiscal
discipline with longer term strategies including diversification
across GCC countries.
In public finance literature there are net losses to society
for incidence and burden of taxation which need to be
carefully weighed in the current environment. Current trends
towards potential imposition of taxation may lead to reduced
competitiveness of GCC economies in terms of commercial
attractiveness for businesses and human capital. There are also
inflationary costs of subsidy reduction/elimination which could
create wage – price spiral with no monetary policy independence
in a pegged exchange rate regime throughout the GCC. Different
tax and subsidy regimes across the GCC may also cause confusion
and increase business overhead costs creating further disincentives
in an already weak investment environment.
Long term diversification towards similar industries or services
across the GCC may not lead to desired outcomes. Significant
factors or rather, the lack of those, may pose strong impediments
towards diversification and attractiveness of new initiatives in the
region. These are namely, lack of suitable infrastructure across
GCC for businesses, e.g. road network, railways and transport
system; lack of publicly available records that makes it difficult
for conducting due diligence – most of the information that is
maintained is not available for public use; lack of transparency
in laws and regulations for businesses; lack of uniformity of
laws and regulations for businesses, e.g. although SAGIA (Saudi
Arabian General Investment Authority) was initially liberal,
there has been a shift towards tighter investment rules thereafter;
lack of benchmarking qualifications across GCC for evaluation
and comparison; different currencies across GCC giving rise to
exchange rate risks; lack of uniformity of insurance, property
rights and recognition of professional qualifications across GCC
are just to mention a few of such obstacles.
Dr. Subhadra Ganguli currently works in Ahlia Universty as an
Associate Professor in Economics. She holds a Ph.D in Economics
from University of California in Riverside. Dr. Ganguli has
experience in academic teaching, training, research and Quality
Assurance for the last 20 years in India, USA and Bahrain. She has
worked at the BIBF during 2004-August 2014 in various capacities.
For comments and questions, please feel free to contact her at
Subhadra.ganguli@gmail.com
(The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do
not necessarily reflect the policy or position of this newspaper.)
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Russia sees ‘terror’ links
Egypt jet crash
Moscow
oscow acknowledged
yesterday for the first
time a terrorist attack could
have caused the October 31
Russian plane crash in Egypt,
as thousands more tourists were
evacuated from the country.
“The possibility of an act of
terror is of course there as the
reason for what happened,”
Russia’s
Prime
Minister
Dmitry Medvedev admitted in
an interview with Rossiyskaya
Gazeta state newspaper.
Britain and the United
States, as well as international
investigators, suspect a bomb
exploded on board of the A321
plane chartered by a Russian
tourism firm, but Egyptian
M
officials insist there is no
evidence yet of an attack on the
plane.
Russia had also refrained
from blaming the crash, which
killed all 224 people on board,
on terrorists, although President
Vladimir Putin on Friday
suspended all flights to Egypt.
The Islamic State group’s
branch in the Sinai claimed
responsibility after the crash
and said it downed the plane
in retaliation for Russian air
strikes in Syria, but it has not
said how.
Israel, which has strong
intelligence links to the
neighbouring Sinai where
the Airbus came down while
en route from Egypt’s resort
of Sharm El Sheikh to Saint
Petersburg, also sided with the
attack theory.
“There is a strong probability
that this is an attack,” Defence
Minister Moshe Yaalon told
Israeli reporters yesterday.
“From what we know and
what we understand, I would
be surprised if it turns out that
it was not an attack.”
Medvedev said about 80,000
Russians were vacationing in
Egypt at the time when Putin
ordered the halt, as Red Sea
resorts are extremely popular
among Russians during winter.
He said at a government
meeting yesterday that “this
security measure is necessary
until the reason for the A321
‘No technical
fault yet found’
T
British tourists arrive at the airport in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of
Sharm El Sheikh
crash is known.” Since Friday, via special flights, with their
about 25,000 Russian citizens luggage flown in separately, said
have been returned from Sharm Arkady Dvorkovich, a deputy
El Sheikh, Hurghada and Cairo premier.
Manhattan shooting kills one
New York
ne man was killed and two
other people wounded
yesterday in a shooting in a
subway stop near New York’s
Penn Station, authorities said.
The shooter had apparently
had words briefly while with
the three victims as they sat in
a McDonald’s restaurant. He
followed them into the subway
at 35th St. and 8th avenue.
Police say he fired as they
walked down the stairs into the
metro station.
“One individual was shot one
time in the head, and he was
pronounced dead at the scene,”
chief police investor Robert
Boyce told a press conference.
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The man who
died was 43,
while the others
were 45 and 48
New York Police Department (NYPD) officers secure an entrance
of a subway station following a shooting incident in New York
The man who died was 43, while
the others were 45 and 48. The
former was shot in the abdomen
and the elbow, and the second
was shot in the thigh. Both
were hospitalized. The gunman
fled after getting off four shots
around 06:00 am (1100 GMT).
Police said they are looking
for the shooter, who was wearing
a black sweat shirt with a hood,
and two men that he fled with
in a car.
Boyce said the shooting took
place in an area with no security
cameras, hampering the police
probe.
Turning Victorian prisons into homes
London
ome of Britain’s gloomy
Victorian
prisons,
including the one where
Oscar Wilde was held for
homosexuality,
could
be turned into homes for
thousands of people under
plans announced by the
government yesterday.
The looming 19th century
red-brick buildings, which
were built close to city
centres and are now often in
desirable locations, are to be
broken up into 3,000 homes.
New prisons will then be
built to house the inmates.
“Many of our jails are
relics from Victorian times
on prime real estate in our
inner cities,” finance minister
George Osborne said ahead
of a visit to Brixton prison in
south London.
“We will close old,
S
A general view of the main gate of HM Prison in London
outdated prisons in city
centres, and sell the sites
to build thousands of
much-needed new homes,”
Osborne said.
The first to be sold will be
Reading prison, which was
built in 1844 and closed in
2013.
Wilde was imprisoned in
Reading in 1895 and wrote
“The Ballad of Reading Gaol”
Dubai
he head of Airbus said
yesterday no technical
fault has yet been detected
for the October 31 crash
in Egypt of an A-321 plane
operated by Russian airline
Metrojet. “I can say that so
far, what we got from the
investigation didn’t trigger
any action, technical action
on our side, regarding the
A-321 fleet,” said Fabrice
Bregier, the European
manufacturer’s
chief
executive officer.
after being released two years
later. The ministry declined
to give details on exactly how
many and which prisons
would be on the list.
Osborne announced plans
to build nine new prisons
that would house around
10,000 prisoners.
“This investment will
mean we can replace ageing
and ineffective Victorian
prisons with new facilities
fit for the modern world,”
Justice Secretary Michael
Gove said.
“We will be able to design
out the dark corners which
too often facilitate violence
and drug-taking,” he said.
But Frances Crook, head
of the Howard League for
Penal Reform campaign
group, said the problem was
“too many prisoners”, not
the buildings themselves.
Arab League seeks end to
Israel’s violent ‘escalation’
Riyadh
rab foreign ministers
searched yesterday for
ways to halt what one called
Israel’s “dangerous escalation”
of violence against Palestinians.
Weeks of knife, gun and
car assaults by Palestinians in
Israel and the West Bank have
left 74 Palestinians dead.
Ten Israelis and one Arab
Israeli have also been killed, and
violence has spread to the Gaza
Strip as well.
Attacks against Jews began in
early October as tensions over
the flashpoint Al Aqsa mosque
compound in Jerusalem erupted.
The compound is the third
holiest site in Islam, as well as
being the holiest site in Judaism,
which venerates it as the Temple
Mount.
“This emergency meeting
comes with the dangerous
escalation by the Israeli
government, the settlers, the
Jewish extremist groups, and
the Israeli forces in the blessed
A
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al
Nahyan
city of Jerusalem,” United Arab
Emirates Foreign Minister
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al
Nahyan told the meeting, the
official Saudi Press Agency
reported.
He chaired the gathering of
the 22-member bloc, and said
the Palestinian issue is key to
peace and security in the region.
“We gather today to take a
decision about what we can
do to stop these crimes and
violations,” the UAE minister
said.
Shootings at Mexico cockfight,
football field kill at least 14
Acapulco
weekend of violence
killed at least 14 people in
Mexico’s troubled southern state
of Guerrero as shootings erupted
at a cockfight and a football field,
police said on yesterday.
At least 10 people were killed,
including a 12-year-old child,
and seven others were wounded
when a gunfight erupted at
Sunday night’s cockfight in
Cuajinicuilapa, a senior state
police official said.
The cause of the gun battle
was not immediately known,
but it broke out between two
A
groups of armed men following
an argument at the centre of
town, the official said.
Apart from the minor, the
victims were between 26 and 50
years old and included a woman.
Acapulco
has
become
Mexico’s murder capital, with
the violence leaving four dead
and three wounded after an
amateur football game on the
outskirts of the city on Sunday,
municipal police said. The attack
took place in broad daylight
after the game had ended and
the players were relaxing on
the small pitch.
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Turkey detains 38 over
attempt to join IS group
Women, children included
Istanbul
urkish
anti-terrorist
police have detained 38
foreigners, including women
and children who were
T
ahead of the G20 summit in
the Mediterranean resort of
Antalya and after a spate of
bloody attacks blamed on the
jihadists.
on November 15-16, with the
focus likely to be on the Syrian
conflict, the war against IS and
the refugee crisis.
The suspects held in the
southern province of Adana
included nationals from Iraq,
Iran, Indonesia and several
central Asian nations, the
Anatolia news agency said,
without specifying when they
were detained. Among them
The suspects held in the southern
province of Adana included
nationals from Iraq, Iran,
Indonesia and several central
Asian nations
reportedly seeking to join the
Islamic State group in Syria,
media reports said yesterday.
Turkey has gone on the
offensive against IS suspects
World leaders including
US President Barack Obama,
Vladimir Putin of Russia and
China’s Xi Jinping will be
attending the G20 gathering
Picture for representational purpose only
were 15 children and 10
women. Two Turks were also
held for helping the group.
Anti-terrorism
police
have rounded up dozens of
IS suspects in recent weeks
including 20 held in the G20
host city of Antalya last Friday.
Another seven foreigners
were detained in Adana on
Saturday on suspicion of
planning to join IS, while
the army said 12 suspects
were detained in Karkamis
on the Syrian border on
Sunday. Turkey has been hit
by several attacks blamed on
the extremists including twin
suicide bombings in Ankara
last month that killed 102
people.
French strike
hits IS oil
facility in
Syria: Def Min
Dakar
he French army on Sunday
bombed an oil supply centre
held by the Islamic State group in
eastern Syria, Defence Minister
Jean-Yves Le Drian announced
yesterday.
“We intervened in Syria...
yesterday evening with a strike
on an oil supply centre near Deir
Ezzor on the border between
Iraq and Syria,” Le Drian told
journalists on the sidelines of
a forum on African peace and
security in Dakar, Senegal.
It was France’s third wave of
strikes in Syria since President
Francois Hollande decided in
September to join the campaign
there against IS. The two
previous waves targeted training
camps for foreign jihadists who
were suspected of preparing
attacks in France. Hollande on
Thursday said operations would
be expanded to include “all those
sites from which terrorists could
threaten our territory”.
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‘Britain can survive outside EU’
London
ritain can survive outside
the European Union, Prime
Minister David Cameron
said yesterday as he denied
he was planning to campaign
for Britain to stay in the EU
regardless of the outcome of
reform talks.
“The argument isn’t whether
Britain could survive outside
of Europe. Of course it could,”
Cameron told the annual
conference of the Confederation
of British Industry (CBI), the
country’s main business lobby.
“The argument is how we
could be best off,” he told
the group, many of whose
members are concerned about
the economic consequences of
a possible “Brexit”. Cameron
was interrupted by two
protesters who stood up and
B
David Cameron
chanted “Voice of Brussels!”,
reflecting a suspicion among
eurosceptics that he has already
made up his mind in favour of
Britain staying in the EU.
Cameron is to give more
detail today in a letter to
European Council president
Donald Tusk on Britain’s
reform demands ahead of a
referendum that is due to be
held by 2017 at the latest. “If
I can’t achieve them, I rule
nothing out,” he said, reiterating
a warning to EU leaders.
“If these things can’t be fixed,
then Britain would naturally
ask: do we belong in this
organisation?
“Is this organisation flexible
enough to make sure that
countries inside the eurozone
can grow and succeed and
countries outside the eurozone,
like Britain, can get what they
want?” he said.
Cameron also repeated that
some of Britain’s demands
would require changing EU
treaties -- or at least a binding
promise that treaties will be
changed.
CBI director John Cridland
said ahead of the conference
that most but not all business
were in favour of continued
EU membership.
Huge shelf cloud rolled over Sydney on Friday providing spectacular views. The storm
clouds were spotted over the city’s eastern suburbs beaches. Many people dubbed the
approaching cloud as “tsunami” like on social media. (The Telegraph)
Indonesia plans crocodile-guarded prison island
Jakarta
ndonesia’s
anti-drugs
agency has proposed
building a prison on an island
guarded by crocodiles to hold
death row drug convicts, an
official said yesterday, an idea
that wouldn’t be out of place
in a James Bond film.
The proposal is the pet
project of anti-drugs chief
Budi Waseso, who plans
to visit various parts of the
archipelago in his search for
fierce reptiles to guard the
jail.
“We will place as many
I
Picture for representational purpose only
crocodiles as we can there.
I will search for the most
ferocious type of crocodile,”
he was quoted as saying by
local news website Tempo.
Waseso said that crocodiles
would be better at preventing
drug traffickers from escaping
prison, as they could not be
bribed -- unlike human guards.
But he is banking on the
convicts lacking Roger
Moore’s crocodile-running
skills showcased in Bond
movie Live and Let Die
when he escapes from an
island using the reptiles as
stepping stones. “You can’t
bribe crocodiles. You can’t
convince them to let inmates
escape.” The plan is still in the
early stages, and neither the
location or potential opening
date of the jail have been
decided.
Indonesia already has
some of the toughest antinarcotics laws in the world,
including death by firing
squad for traffickers, and
sparked international uproar
in April when it put to death
seven foreign drug convicts.
But President Joko Widodo
has insisted that drug dealers
must face death as the
country is fighting a “national
emergency” due to rising
narcotics use.
Anti-drugs
agency
spokesman Slamet Pribadi
confirmed authorities were
mulling the plan to build “a
special prison for death row
convicts”.
He said only traffickers
would be kept in the jail,
to stop them from mixing
with other prisoners and
potentially recruiting them to
drug gangs.
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Second cyclone kills 6 on Yemen island
Aden
yclone Megh has killed
six people on war-ravaged
Yemen’s Socotra island, the
second rare tropical storm
to hit the Arabian Peninsula
country in a week, an official
said yesterday.
The latest deaths since the
cyclone made landfall on
Sunday “include two women,
while three other people have
gone missing and dozens
were injured,” said the official
who spoke by telephone from
Socotra.
“Most of the victims died
when their homes collapsed,”
he said, requesting anonymity.
The cyclone caused panic
C
and prompted appeals for help
for residents on the island,
already badly battered by last
week’s cyclone Chapala.
“The wind, rain, and floods
have receded during the past few
hours but the cyclone has caused
massive destruction to homes,”
said the official.
The Arabian Sea island is
located 350 kilometres (210
miles) off the Yemeni mainland.
Fisheries Minister Fahd
Kavieen, who is from Socotra
himself, urged the United
Nations and neighbouring
Oman on Sunday to “urgently
intervene with emergency teams
to save residents” on the island
“which is now facing a cyclone
stronger than Chapala”. World
Meteorological Organisation
(WMO) spokeswoman Clare
Nullis said Friday tropical
cyclones are extremely rare
over the Arabian Peninsula,
and two back-to-back was
“an absolutely extraordinary
event”.
The UN’s humanitarian
agency OCHA said on Monday
that up to 6,808 families were
displaced by Chapala, which
hit mainland Yemen on
November 3, triggering heavy
flash floods and mudslides.
It warned that Megh is
expected to make landfall
on mainland Yemen on
Wednesday.
The cyclone caused panic and prompted appeals for help
Obama, Netanyahu
hail US-Israel ties
First meeting since nuke deal
Autistic student saves
classmate from choking
New York
utistic seventh-grader
Brandon
Williams
learned a lifesaving lesson
from watching “SpongeBob
SquarePants” — and had a
chance to use the move when
his pal started choking at
school.
Williams, 13, saved his
special-needs classmate’s
life with the Heimlich
manoeuvre as she choked on
an apple last week.
When Brandon saw Jessica
choking as they sat together
in the school cafeteria last
week, he knew to throw
his own arms around her
from behind — and thrust
his fist upward, just below
her rib cage. Out popped a
bite of apple. When stunned
A
Brandon Williams
administrators
asked
Williams how in the world
he’d known what to do —
how he’d perfectly used the
Heimlich manoeuvre to get
her breathing again — he
told them he’d seen it on his
favourite cartoon.
“I asked him where he
learned to do that, and he
said, ‘From “SpongeBob
SquarePants,” Brandon’s
paraprofessional, retired
NYPD Officer Brian Griffin,
55, said.
Villagers in Sri Lanka
surprised by fish rain
Meridian
illagers
in
Medawachchiya,
Anuradhapura said they
have been surprised and
delighted by an unusual
rainfall of tiny fish last week.
Villagers said they heard
something heavy falling on
roofs and found scores of
small fish when they went
outside.
The people described the
fish as similar to Dandiya,
a fresh water fish found
abundantly in lakes in the
North Central province.
Some of the fish were
still alive and were put
in buckets of water by
villagers. Prior to the falling
of fish, villagers said there
V
Some of the fish were alive
had been a mini storm in
the area along with heavy
rain, wind and thunder.
Scientists say that “fish
rain” usually occurs when
swirling whirlwinds over
relatively shallow water
develops into waterspouts
and sucks in almost
anything in the water
including fish, eels and
even frogs. Meanwhile, it is
not the first such incident
in Sri Lanka.
Washington
resident Barack Obama and
Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu reaffirmed close
US-Israeli ties yesterday,
during a tightly choreographed
White House appearance
designed to quiet disputes over
Iran and Middle East peace.
Speaking at the Oval Office,
Obama admitted it was “no
secret” the two men disagreed
on how to counter Iran’s
nuclear programme, but both
sought to end bitter public
rancor and focus on areas
of cooperation, including a
$30-billion-plus military deal.
Obama -- who leaves office
in early 2017 -- offered Israel
Prime Minister a lengthy
handshake and hailed the
“extraordinary bond” between
the two countries.
Obama said Israel’s security
was a “top” foreign policy
priority for his White House.
P
US President Barack Obama (R) and Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu hold a meeting in the Oval Office
Officials said the deal will
include the sale of advanced
US weapon systems, perhaps
including hi-tech F-35 jets,
precision munitions and
V-22 Ospreys. The deal will
only come into effect after a
current accord expires in 2017.
“We have closer military
and intelligence cooperation
than any two administrations
in history,” Obama said.
Netanyahu reciprocated by
trying to bury suggestions --
fuelled by his own re-election
campaign comments -- that he
does not support the creation
of a Palestinian state.
For decades the prospect of
a two state solution has been
the bedrock of peace efforts.
Netanyahu had infuriated the
White House by suggesting
that prospect was dead.
“I want to make it clear
that we have not given up our
hope for peace. We’ll never
give up our hope for peace,”
Netanyahu said.
“I remain committed to a
vision of peace of two states for
two people’s, a demilitarized
Palestinian state that recognizes
the Jewish state.”
Senior US officials admit
that a peace deal will not
come
during
Obama’s
final year in office, but they
wanted Netanyahu to lay the
groundwork for a return to
the negotiating table.
Jordan policeman kills foreign trainers
Amman
Jordanian policeman shot
dead two US instructors,
a South African and a fellow
Jordanian at a police academy
yesterday before being gunned
down, officials and the US
embassy said.
Government spokesman
Mohammed Momani said the
shooter also wounded two
American instructors, four
Jordanians and a Lebanese
citizen in the attack at the
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Police officers stand guard outside a police training centre
Jordanian International Police information minister, said in
Training Centre (JIPTC).
statements carried by state
Momani, who is also news agency Petra that the
assailant was gunned down by
colleagues at the centre in Al
Muwaqqar, 30 kilometres (20
miles) east of Amman.
An investigation is underway
to determine the motive for the
shooting, he added.
The three foreign instructors
killed were on contract with
Jordanian police, Momani said.
Sources close to the family
identified the shooter as
police captain Anwar Abu
Zeid.
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Iran prez to make first
Europe visit in decade
Suu Kyi’s NLD poised
for landslide victory
Myanmar election
Yangon
upporters of Aung San
Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy
party yesterday cheered early
results from Myanmar’s historic
election, with hopes boosted
of sweeping gains to carry it to
power after decades of military
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dominance. Election authorities
have so far announced only a
small fraction of the results,
but the National League for
Democracy has scooped the
lion’s share of those, boosting
enthusiasm in the crowds in front
of Suu Kyi’s party headquarters
Hassan Rouhani is to visit
Italy and France from
Saturday, becoming the first
Iranian president to travel to
Europe for a decade, state
news agency IRNA reported.
Rebels not serious about
peace talks: Yemen FM
The weekend recapture of
positions in southern Yemen
by Huthi rebels shows they
are “not serious” about
expected UN-led peace talks,
Yemen FM said yesterday.
Egypt police kill leading
IS militant in Cairo
Egyptian police said they
killed a top IS group operative in the capital implicated
in a string of attacks, including the murders of a Croat
and an American.
Plan by Obama to shut
Guantanamo opposed
Congressional Republicans
launched a pre-emptive
strike against a soon-to-bereleased plan by Obama
to shutter Guantanamo
that would send dozens of
detainees to US prisons.
University of Missouri
president resigns
The president of the
University of Missouri
resigned amid a spiralling
controversy over his handling of racial tensions on
campus.
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Supporters of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi
celebrate
White House urges Myanmar
parties to wait for vote tally
Washington
he White House yesterday
hailed an “historic”
election in Myanmar, but
urged parties to wait for the
final vote tally before declaring
victory or making assessments
about fairness.
Describing the vote as
“peaceful and historic,”
White House spokesman Josh
Earnest nonetheless urged
caution.
“We are seeing initial
reports of results, but we
encourage everyone to wait for
the... election commission’s
official results,” he said.
in Yangon yesterday evening.
Sunday’s elections saw
millions line up to cast their
ballots in what many hope will
mark a dramatic leap towards
democracy in the Southeast
Asian nation.
It could take days for the full
results to be officially announced,
but the NLD has already given a
bullish prediction for its first
election in 25 years.
The leader of the USDP
effectively conceded defeat
when he said his party had
lost more seats than it had
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Russia announces deal to deliver
Iran with S-300 missile systems
Moscow
ussia
announced
yesterday that it has
agreed to push on with a
deal to deliver S-300 missile
systems to Iran after Moscow
halted an earlier agreement
due to UN sanctions slapped
on Tehran.
“The contract between
Russia and Iran for delivery of
S-300 missile systems is back
in force,” the state-run Russian
Technologies corporation said
in a statement, adding that
the two sides had “signed a
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contract”. Moscow in April
lifted a ban on selling the
missile systems to Iran, ahead
of Tehran sealing a final historic
deal with world powers in July
to curb its nuclear programme.
The decision sparked
condemnation from Israel and
concern from Washington, as
it came before the lifting of the
sanctions by the UN Security
Council.
Russia argues that the
missile system is exclusively
defensive and does not even
fall under the sanctions.
An S-300 anti-aircraft missile launches during a 2013 military
exercise on the Greek island of Crete
At a glance
NLD so far won 49 lower
house seats - including 24 in
Yangon and 10 in Mandalay
USDP has taken just three
lower house seats so far
Two lower house seats have
gone to ethnic parties in
eastern Shan and northern
Kachin states
won, CNN reported. “We won
in some regions, states and
divisions, but also lost in some
others,” Htay Oo, the USDP’s
acting chairman, told local TV
station DVB. “We have (a)
higher percentage of losses than
wins.”
Artist detained for torching
security service HQ door
Moscow
Russia yesterday detained
a political performance artist best known for nailing his
scrotum to Red Square after
he torched the doors to the
headquarters of the FSB security service, the successor to
the KGB. Pyotr Pavlensky set
fire to the wooden doors of
the sprawling FSB building in
downtown Moscow around
1:00am (Sunday 2200 GMT),
his lawyer Olga Chavdar said.
Police later opened a criminal investigation into vandalism for political reasons over
the incident, a Moscow police
spokesman said.
US President Obama launches Facebook page
Washington
S President Barack
Obama belatedly joined
more than a billion other
Facebook users yesterday,
signing up to the social
networking site and using his
first post to encourage action
against climate change.
Extending efforts to use
modern
communications
to reach younger and more
diverse audiences, the White
House posted a video of Obama
walking around the South Lawn
of the White House.
“I hope you’ll think of this
as a place where we can have
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real conversations about the
most important issues facing
our country,” read a teaser for
the video.
The footage shows Obama
talking about his “backyard”
for the last seven years, which
has been known to host
a fox, a hawk and many of
Washington’s omnipresent
squirrels. “There are a lot of
critters out here,” said Obama.
The political motive of the
post was to urge support for
tackling climate change.
Obama will travel to Paris at
the end of this month, hoping
to get global support for a deal
to limit carbon emissions. But
facing a Republican-controlled
Congress, which largely does
not recognise the threat of
climate change, he needs
domestic support for a deal to
stick.
The White House said it
hopes Facebook would serve as
a two-way street for discussion.
“This page will offer
Americans a new venue to
share their thoughts with the
President on the issues that
they care about the most,”
said Kori Schulman, the
White House deputy director
of digital strategy.
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Shaikha Hayat wins IOC sports award
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upreme Council for Youth
and
Sports
member,
Bahrain Olympic Committee
(BOC) board member and
chairwoman of the women’s
sports committee Shaikha
Hayat bint Abdulaziz Al
Khalifa has been granted
the International Olympic
Committee’s (IOC) Women
and Sport Award for 2015.
She will collect her award at a
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gala ceremony held at the IOC
premises today in Lausanne,
Switzerland, in the presence
of International Olympic
Committee president Thomas
Bach and high-ranking sports
officials from around the
world.
The award is one of several to
Shaikha Hayat in appreciation
of her significant role and
contributions in the sports
sector and women’s sports in
particular.
Shaikha Hayat had earlier
won the Sheikh Mohammed
bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Creative Sports Award in 2012
and also received a diploma
from the IOC for her effective
contributions in women’s
sports in 1992.
She started her sports career
in 1976 when she represented
Bahrain’s national table tennis
team in many regional and
international championships
and then moved on to sports
Shaikha Hayat receives creative sports award from Shaikh
Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (file picture)
management
and
was
outstanding in this area where
she is now the president of
the Bahrain Table Tennis
Association
and
board
member of the Supreme
Council for Youth and Sports
and the BOC.
She is also heading the
Arab National Olympic
Committees
and
the
supervising and follow-up
committee of Women’s Arab
Clubs Games.
Engineering, Production
share points in bowling
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ngineering and Production
drew 4-4 in a thrilling
seventh round match of the
Bapco
Interdepartmental
Bowling League at the Bapco
Club in Awali.
Top scoring for Engineering
was Abdul Hadi Al Bhagali
(263) high game of the week
and (699) high series of the
week and for Production its
captain Mohammed Murbati
(247) game and Tallal Yousif
(643) series.
Projects were easy 8-0
winners over Tatweer as
team captain Hassan Kamal
Hubaishi (234) game and
(637) series top scored and for
Tatweer team captain Yaseen
Al Ansari (219) game and (620)
was the best performer.
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Action from the previous event
Abdul Hadi Al Bhagali
Refining beat the Ladies
team 8-0 with team captain
Jassem Ebrahim (246) game
and (645) series top scoring
and for the Ladies Dalal Al
Jamea (176) game and (518)
series.
Other results (player, game,
series):
Drilling (Khaled Al Refaie
Dalal Al Jamea
219, Fouad Ghuloom 609) bt
Security (Hassan Ahmed Qaeid
242, 640) 8-0.
Marketing (Abdulla Abdul
Kareem 206, 686) bt Land
Management (Mohammed
Ahmed 234, Salah Salem 550)
8-0, Retirees (Souad Al Wazeer
230, Ahmed 627) bt Public
Relations 8-0 (W/O).
Askar for GCC NOC meet Bangladesh
DT News Network
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ahrain Olympic Committee
(BOC) General Secretary
Abdulrahman Askar will head
the committee’s side at the
85th GCC National Olympic
Committees
Presidents’
Executive Office meeting in
Doha.
Askar is joined by BOC
representatives Fajer Jassim
and Mohammed Al Zayed who
are also attending the 14th joint
meeting between the Executive
Office and the GCC Sports
Organising Committee.
These two meetings are due
to take place this Wednesday
and Thursday with some of
the top issues to be discussed
at the meetings include the
initiative of the Supreme
Council for Youth and Sports
chairman and BOC president
Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad
Al Khalifa for sport dispute
resolution, and a proposal by
UAE Olympic Committee
president Shaikh Ahmed bin
Mohammed Al Maktoum to
develop school sports.
seal series
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Dhaka
acemen
Mustafizur
Rahman and Al Amin
Hossain shared five wickets
between them as Bangladesh
beat Zimbabwe by 58 runs in the
second one-day international
to take the three-match series
2-0 in Dhaka yesterday.
Chasing a modest target
after Bangladesh posted 2419, Zimbabwe recovered from
a top-order collapse of 78-4
to pose a real threat to the
hosts before Mustafizur and
Al Amin derailed the visitors
again.
Mustafizur finished with
3-33 but Al Amin, who
claimed 2-22, had a greater
impact in the game with two
crucial wickets as Zimbabwe
were all out for 183 runs in
43.2 overs.
Al Amin broke a dogged fifth
wicket partnership of 73 runs
between Elton Chigumbura
and Sikandar Raza when the
duo were slowly taking the
game out of Bangladesh’s
control.
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Abdulrahman Askar
The
Executive
Office
will also hold talks on the
Yemeni and Iraqi athletics
associations joining the GCC
Sports Organising Committee,
in addition to a cooperation
protocol between the GCC,
Morocco and Jordan.
Other subjects lined up
include discussions on the
GCC sports games bylaws
and a proposal from Kuwait
to organise Cultural Olympics
for the GCC countries, as well
as a bid to support Qatar’s
campaign to host the 2022
World Cup.
Countdown begins for the
high-octane action at BIC
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ahrain
International
Circuit (BIC) begins
today the 10-day countdown
towards the year’s most highly
anticipated endurance racing
weekend with the The FIA
WEC Six Hours of Bahrain
taking place on November 20
and 21 in Sakhir, which is the
eighth and final round of the
2015 FIA World Endurance
Championship (WEC) season.
All are invited to attend and
enjoy the racing as the WEC’s
only stop in the Middle East,
giving the Kingdom’s motor
racing fans a unique taste of Le
Mans racing.
Meanwhile, all those with
tickets to the mega racing event
are invited to attend the Six
Hours of Bahrain Welcome
Party, scheduled to take place
on Thursday at Coral Bay in
Manama.
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The event will feature one of
the Middle East’s most popular
DJs, Beirut-based entertainer
DJ maDJam, as BIC celebrates
with race fans ahead of the
fast approaching FIA WEC Six
Hours of Bahrain weekend.
Doors open to the public
at 9pm and tickets can be
purchased at the gate at BD10
apiece.
The Six Hours of Bahrain
also offers the spectacle of
day-to-night racing, with the
main event flagging off in the
daylight at 3pm and ending
under floodlights at 9pm.
Race goers will be able to
watch all the high-octane action
from the Main Grandstand and
also enjoy an Open Paddock
experience throughout the
entire weekend. Watching
the event from the Main
Grandstand offers spectators a
view over the start and finish
line, the main pit lane and the
main straight. Meanwhile, the
Open Paddock will give fans a
chance to experience what goes
on behind-the-scenes in the
WEC paddock, where they will
likely gest a chance to meet one
or more of the championship’s
star drivers, including Mark
Webber, Brendon Hartley,
Sebastien Buemi, Alexander
Wurz, Kazuki Nakajima and
Anthony Davidson, to name
a few.
Aside from the FIA WEC,
there will be much more
on-track action with plenty of
racing from the GP2 Series,
GP3 Series, the Porsche GT3
Cup Challenge Middle East
and the MRF Challenge.
Tickets for the Six Hours
of Bahrain can be purchased
at the BIC stand in Bahrain
City Centre, online at www.
bahraingp.com or by telephone
by calling the BIC Hotline on
+973-17-450000.
Zainab attends UNESCO conference
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ahrain
Olympic
Committee’s (BOC) AntiDoping specialist Zainab
Anwar recently attended the
Fifth UNESCO Conference
of Parties to UNESCO’s
International
Convention
against Doping in Sport, held
from 29 to 30 October 2015 at
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the Organisation headquarters
in Paris, France. This
convention was adopted in
2005 to strengthen the activity
of the international community
in combating doping and has
since been ratified by 183 state
and today is almost universal.
Monaco, which became a party
in 2006, was one of the first ten
countries to sign this important
instrument.
The Conference of the Parties
is a statutory meeting that
takes place every two years to
supervise the implementation
and monitoring of the
convention in conformity with
its provisions, with this year’s
marked by the celebration of
the 10th anniversary of the
Convention.
Sri Lanka down West Indies
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SPORTS
Pallekele
illakaratne
Dilshan
scored a half century and
Sachithra Senanayake grabbed
four wickets as Sri Lanka
defeated the West Indies by
30 runs in their first Twenty20
international in Pallekele
yesterday.
Sri Lanka made 215-3 after
the West Indies won the
toss and opted to field at the
Pallekele International Cricket
Stadium.
The start of the match was
delayed by over an hour due
to rain, and when play finally
got under way all of Sri Lanka’s
top-order batsmen were in fine
form.
Dilshan hit eight fours on his
way to notching 56 while lefthanded opener Kusal Perera
scored 40 before being caught
by Darren Sammy off burly
bowler Kieron Pollard for the
fall of the first wicket.
Right-handed
Dilshan
walked soon afterwards when
he attempted a reverse sweep
and completely missed the ball
-- Pollard’s second wicket of
the night.
Shehan Jayasuriya was on
36 when he was caught and
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Sri Lanka’s cricketer Sachithra Senanayake (centre) celebrates with teammates
off to the worst possible start would go to the wire.
bowled by Sunil Narine.
But several key wickets fell
At the end of the 20 overs when opener Johnson Charles
Dinesh Chandimal was on 40 was bowled out by Malinga for quickly with Senanayake taking
while Angelo Mathews was a duck. Andre Fletcher tried his Bravo, Sammy and Jason
37 not out, leaving the West best to see that the West Indies Holder to add to his earlier
Indies chasing a difficult target at least had a fighting chance, wicket of Marlon Samuels.
Milinda Siriwardana took
scoring an impressive 57 that
of 216.
two wickets and Malinga
“Thanks to all the batsmen,” included a whopping six sixes.
Dwayne Bravo and Pollard grabbed his second of the night
said Sri Lanka captain Lasith
Malinga. “They realised these raced to 24 and 26 respectively, as the West Indies were bowled
conditions are hard to bowl in hitting two fours and two out for 185 in the final over.
“Well played to Sri Lanka,
and they put up a good total sixes each and for a moment
for us.” The visitors’ chase got it looked as though the match they posted a very big total,
Bahrain Show Jumpers
claim five podiums
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ahraini’s Show Jumpers
started their winter season
claiming five podiums in the
UAE National Show Jumping
competition in Al Ain with
Shaikh Hassan bin Rashid Al
Khalifa, Shaikh Isa bin Salman
Al Khalifa, Khalid Hilal Al
Khatri and Hamad Fakhrawi
taking the event by storm from
one day.
The Bahraini charge started
on the first day when Al Khatri
won the speed class where he
left the field far behind riding
the BDF owned Bashayer in a
time of 62.87 seconds, Shaikh
Isa (84.85) joined him on the
podium in fifth place riding his
own mare Zam Zam.
The dominance of the
Bahraini riders continued on
the final day when Fakhrawi
(46.28) raced his new mare Saba
to a fifth place podium spot
finish in the two-phase final of
the small tour competition.
Shaikh Hassan, the team
captain saved the best for last
as he was placed twice in the
medium tour final riding his
new mare HBR Radio Saint
Clair to third place and finished
fourth on his super star speed
horse HBR Urano to complete
a double podium finish for
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Action from the event
Bahrain in the two phase class.
It was a very fast and highly
contested competition where
Shaikh Hassan finished the
second jump off phase (24.60)
and (24.64) as the Bahraini
number one fought all the way
but Olympic bronze medallist
Khalid Al Eid narrowly out
paced him by (0.48) and so
did Olympian Mohammed Al
Kumaiti by (0.44).
Shaikh Hassan said, “I am
very proud of our achievement
as a whole. All the riders
represented the Kingdom in
the very best way. We were
all great ambassadors to our
country and made the red and
white flag proud. We have
been training hard and this is
a fantastic start to our winter
season. It was a challenging
competition and everyone
stepped up.” Bahrain riders are
preparing for big international
shows in the region and
chasing Longines World
Ranking points and World Cup
Qualifier points.
The National team riders
are based in the UAE for
the winter where they will
be training and competing
throughout the season in the
GCC competitions.
ICC chief
Srinivasan
toppled
Mumbai
ndia’s cricket board toppled
its scandal-tainted former
supremo
Narayanaswami
Srinivasan from the helm of
the game’s world governing
body yesterday as its leadership
pledged a new era of clean
governance.
Srinivasan, once the most
powerful man in world cricket,
will be replaced as chairman
of the International Cricket
Council (ICC) by Shashank
Manohar who is also president
of the Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI).
“The BCCI representative
to the ICC will be Shashank
Manohar,” BCCI secretary
Anurag Thakur told reporters
after the board’s annual general
meeting in Mumbai.
“And by virtue of being the
board’s representative to the
ICC he will take over as the
ICC chairman.”
Srinivasan was appointed
ICC chief in June last year after
being chosen by the BCCI as
India’s representative to the top
role, which rotates every two
years among cricketing nations.
But the cement tycoon’s
reputation was badly dented
by a number of corruption
scandals that have hit the glitzy
and lucrative Indian Premier
League (IPL).
Sri Lanka:
K. Perera c Sammy b Pollard
40
T. Dilshan b Pollard
56
S. Jayasuriya c & b Narine36
D. Chandimal not out 40
A. Mathews not out
37
Extras: (lb2, w3, nb1)
6
Total: (3 wickets; 20 overs)
215
Fall of wickets: 1-91
(Perera), 2-101 (Dilshan),
3-155 (Jayasuriya)
Bowling: Holder 2-0-270 (w2), Taylor 3-0-34-0,
Sammy 2-0-26-0, Narine 4-020-1 (w1), Bishoo 1-0-11-0,
Bravo 4-0-53-0, Pollard 4-042-2 (nb1)
West Indies:
J. Charles b Malinga
0
A. Fletcher b Chameera 57
M. Samuels c Siriwardana b
Senanayake
10
A. Russell b Siriwardana 16
D. Bravo c Perera b
Senanayake
24
200 is always difficult to chase
down,” said West Indies
captain Sammy. “We kept
K. Pollard c Kulasekara b
Siriwardana
26
D. Sammy c Kapugedera b
Senanayake
3
J. Holder c Siriwardana b
Senanayake
2
S. Narine b Jayasuriya 23
J. Taylor c Chandimal b
Malinga
6
D. Bishoo not out
6
Extras: (lb1, w11) 12
Total: (all out; 19.5 overs)
185
(Charles), 2-29 (Samuels) ,
3-77 (Russell) 4-86 (Fletcher),
5-137
(Bravo),
6-139
(Pollard), 7-143 (Sammy),
8-143
(Holder),
9-168
(Taylor), 10-185 (Narine)
Bowling: Malinga 4-0-192, Kulasekara 4-0-37-0
(w3), Senanayake 4-0-46-4,
Chameera 3-0-30-1 (w2),
Siriwardana 4-0-41-2 (w1),
Jayasuriya 0.5-0-11-1 (w1)
losing wickets in clusters and
that slowed us down,” he
added. (AFP)
AJM crush Arabian
Oryxes by 86 runs
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Sourav
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JM Kooheji defeated
Arabian Oryxes by 86 runs
in the latest matches of the
Young Blaster sponsored BCLCBA Golden League, T-20
Tournament at the Busaiteen
Grounds in Muharraq.
Batting first, AJM Kooheji
scored 232 for one in its 20
overs thanks to a fantastic
unbeaten knock by Shoaib (128
of 61 deliveries, 9x6, 12x4) and
fantastic support by Souruv
Sharma (80 in 40, 6x6, 7x4).
In reply, Arabian Oryxes
were bowled out for 146 with
Siraj (31) top scoring and
Shoaib (three for 12) and
Kumaran (two for 16) being
the best of the bowlers.
Stallions also had a
A
handsome win by 130 runs
against Hurricane after scoring
197 for seven in 20 overs with
the runs coming from Moazam
(74), Omer (40) and Nabeel
(25) with Sachin (three for 37)
and Nijaz (two for 44) returning
the best bowling figures.
Hurricane in reply were
then dismissed for just 67 with
Shafeek (35) top scoring as Ijaz
(three for 11) and Moazam
(two for seven) dominated the
bowling.
Brief scores:
Rock Star 167/9 in 20 overs
(Jerin 64, Anu 28, Arif 2/26) bt
Rising Star 75 all out (Jensen
17, Nissaf 3/22) by 92 runs.
Falcon CC 85/1 in 11.3 overs
(Renjith 34) bt GT Abdulaal 83
all out (Dilopher 17, Ghazali
3/18) by 9 wickets.
Al Hekma 103/6 in 12.3 overs
(Fawad 42, Mohammed 2/20)
bt Lions CC 102 all out (Zuzer
28, Fawad 5/24, Ebrahim 3/11)
by 4 wickets.
Zayani Motors 178/8
(Fakhar 39, Arun 32, Ayush
2/27) bt Young Blaster 88/6
(Jaan 64, Tariq 1/9) by 90
runs.
Kooheji Contractors 143/7
in 20 overs (Faisal 43, Samer
21, Fahad 3/25) bt Riffa CC
131/8 (Khalid 38, Rashid 3/25)
by 12 runs.
SPORTS
Djokovic vows more to come
Paris
ovak Djokovic says he
has reached the peak of
his career by taking a “holistic
approach”, leaving nothing to
chance.
The 28-year-old Serb put the
finishing touches to one of the
greatest years in tennis history
on Sunday when he swept aside
old rival Andy Murray 6-2, 6-4
in the final of the Paris Masters.
The tournament was the
final one of the ATP regular
season and the victory etched
his name in the record books.
The first man to win three
Grand Slam titles and six
Masters Series titles in the
same year, the first man to
reach eight out of nine Masters
N
Series finals and the first man
to record 14 straight finals in
the same year, all en route to a
win-loss record of 78-5 -- the
achievements are phenomenal.
Djokovic, who is now firmly
in the mix with Rod Laver,
Roger Federer and Rafael
Nadal for the label of the
greatest player ever, insists that
on sheer talent alone he would
never have hit such dizzy
heights.
“I think there are a few
reasons why I have managed
to reach my peak at this stage
of my career this year,” he said
after his defeat of Murray.
“I think in terms of physical
and mental ability, I have
reached my peak experience
wise. “Of course I did go
through certain periods that
had more doubts and, you
know, I wasn’t as successful.
It all served as a great lesson,
as a way to improve and to
get better. So this season,
everything got together.
“I’m a married man, and I’m
a father, as well. I think I have a
nice balance and serenity in my
private life that reflects on the
professional life, and vice versa.
“I have this belief that the
holistic approach will definitely
get the best out of yourself.
“I’m still determined to
improve, to get better. Nobody
can be perfect, but, you
know, if you are going for the
perfection, you might reach
excellence.
“That’s the kind of mind set
I have. Try to work every single
day with a purpose.”
It was not always so
controlled and driven for the
Serb, who had to leave his
hometown of Belgrade at an
early age to train in Germany
and who had to overcome both
physical and mental obstacles
when he first entered the pro
scene.
There were even charges that
he was a choker and a bit of a
hypochondriac as he struggled
to deal with the physicality
of Nadal and the legend of
Federer.
But all that changed with
his maiden major win in the
2008 Australia Open and then
Novak Djokovic
his wonder run in 2011 when
he won the Australian and US
Opens as well as Wimbledon.
He now has 10 Grand slam
titles, four shy of Nadal’s haul
and seven away from the alltime record of Federer.
But at 28 and in the peak
of his career, overtaking them
both is a very realistic target.
“I have been through stages
in my life where I struggled a
lot physically, especially in the
beginning of the professional
career.
But,
all
those
experiences in the past have
helped me to get stronger, to
learn from those experiences,
to understand myself, my
body,” he said.
“I try to take nothing for
granted. I try to work on it
all the time, because I know
that that is the only way I’m
managing to stay successful, is
to continue progressing.
“I’m not trying to keep the
status quo, because for me then
that’s a regression.
“I just try to progress,
improve all the time, work on
certain things in my life and
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my game, and hopefully get
better in the process, which I
feel I’m doing now.”
Progressing for Djokovic
now means winning the ATP
World Tour Finals in London
for the fourth time in two
weeks’ time.
“I look forward to it,
especially because of the fact
that I have had the season that I
have had, and the way that I’m
feeling confidently. Hopefully
I can finish off the season with
another great win,” he said.
(AFP)
Australia beat New Zealand by 208 runs in first Test
Brisbane
ustralia crushed New
Zealand by 208 runs but
the Kiwis were left to curse
a disputed decision against
skipper Brendon McCullum
on the final day of the first Test
yesterday.
The Australians claimed the
seven remaining wickets during
the morning in Brisbane to go
one-up in the three-Test series
after dismissing the Black Caps
for 295.
New Zealand were chasing
a massive 504-run target after
two innings declarations from
the dominant home side, who
easily maintained their 27-year
unbeaten streak at the Gabba.
Pugnacious
opening
batsman David Warner was
named man of the match
after hitting centuries in both
innings as the Australians
powered away.
While the Kiwis were well
beaten there was controversy
over
the
dismissal
of
McCullum, who was his team’s
shining light with a typically
uninhibited knock.
McCullum was well set
for his first Test century in
Rapidly downhill
A
Doug Bracewell went next
ball, leg before wicket, putting
Mitchell Marsh on a hat-trick
which Tim Southee saw off.
But Southee was soon out to
another dubious caught behind
decision off Josh Hazlewood.
SCOREBOARD
Australia 1st innings 556-4
declared (U. Khawaja 174,
D. Warner 163)
New Zealand 1st innings
317 (K. Williamson 140; M.
Starc 4-57)
Australia 2nd innings 264-4
declared (J. Burns 129, D.
Warner 116; M. Craig 3-78)
New Zealand 2nd innings
(overnight 142-3):
Australia’s vice captain David Warner interacts with his daughter Ivy following his team’s victory
“That’s just the game and
Australia on 80, when he got hopes of staying in the match
a disputed call from English with him. However, McCullum you’ve got to cop it sweet.
“I was a bit frustrated. I felt
umpire Nigel Llong, who gave did not make a fuss about the
him out to a catch off his pad incident at his post-match was playing okay and pretty
media conference. “That’s the determined to ensure we were
by Steve Smith at second slip.
McCullum protested, saying game. Both umpires are two able to keep batting deep into
he had not hit the ball, but of the best in world cricket, the afternoon. But I’ve been
with their two referrals already outstanding umpires who are around long enough to know
exhausted he trudged from the allowed to make the occasional you get some go your way and
some against you at times.”
ground, taking New Zealand’s mistake,” he said.
T. Latham lbw b Starc 29
M. Guptill c Smith b Lyon 23
K. Williamson lbw b Lyon 59
R. Taylor c Smith b
Hazlewood
26
B. McCullum c Smith b
Marsh
80
J. Neesham c Burns b
Johnson
3
B.J. Watling lbw b Lyon 14
M. Craig not out
26
D. Bracewell lbw b Marsh
0
T. Southee c Nevill b
Hazlewood
5
T. Boult c Nevill b Starc 15
Extras (b7, lb5, w2, 1nb) 15
Total (all out; 88.3 overs)
295
(Latham), 2-98 (Guptill),
3-136 (Williamson), 4-165
(Taylor), 5-205 (Neesham),
6-242 (Watling), 7-243
(McCullum), 8-243
(Bracewell), 9-249 (Southee),
10-295 (Boult)
Bowling: Starc 20.3-5-69-2
(1w), Johnson 19-6-58-1
(1w), Hazlewood 18-3-68-2,
Marsh 10-3-25-2 (1nb), Lyon
21-3-63-3
vows
P31 Djokovic
more to come
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24
SPORTS
Sevilla -3, Real Madrid -2
Sevilla players celebrates their victory
Real lose to Sevilla
Madrid
eal Madrid suffered their
first defeat under Rafael
Benitez as Sevilla produced
a remarkable turnaround to
win 3-2 at the Ramon Sanchez
Pizjuan on Sunday evening.
The visitors took the
lead through a spectacular
overhead-kick from former
Sevilla player Sergio Ramos on
22 minutes, but Ciro Immobile
scored his first goal for the
Andalusians to level the scores
10 minutes before half-time.
Sevilla finished the half well
and came out even stronger
after the break, taking the
lead through Ever Banega and
increasing their advantage
thanks to substitute Fernando
Llorente, with the capital club
unable to find a way back
despite a fine stoppage-time
consolation goal from James
Rodriguez on his return after
two months out.
The result ensured Primera
Division leaders Barcelona will
head into the Clasico at the
Bernabeu in a fortnight’s time
three points ahead of their
arch rivals.
Benitez’s first few months
in charge of the Spanish
giants have been marked
by a solid defence that had
conceded only three goals in
all competitions. In the space
of 90 minutes, Emery’s men
put as many goals past them as
they had leaked in their last 15
R
matches. This was a brilliant
performance from Sevilla,
especially after suffering a 3-1
midweek loss to Manchester
City that endangered their
chances of qualifying for the
latter stages of the Champions
League, and they moved into
the top half of La Liga for the
first time this term.
Immobile was given just
the second start of his Sevilla
career due to the absence
despite playing in the 1-0
win over Paris St Germain
in midweek, and Nacho -the match-winner against
the French champions -deputised at left-back for the
injured Marcelo.
The Spain international
had the first proper attempt
of the game as Madrid began
the game in a confident mood,
striking the post on the volley
after 11 minutes.
Sevilla’s Ciro Immobile (right) vies with Real Madrid’s Isco
The visitors capitalised
of injured top scorer Kevin
Gameiro, while Gareth Bale on their strong start midway
returned for Madrid after through the first half, with
three weeks on the sidelines Ramos conjuring up a bicycle
kick from Isco’s corner and
with a calf injury.
Kiko Casilla played a second powering the ball past Sergio
successive league game with Rico. Unfortunately for the
Keylor Navas injured again defender, he landed on his left
Benitez’s first few
months in charge
of the Spanish
giants have been
marked by a solid
defence
shoulder -- which he dislocated
six weeks earlier -- and was
forced off just a few minutes
later, replaced by Raphael
Varane. Rico kept the visitors’
advantage to a minimum by
tipping away a hopeful yet
accurate effort from Bale,
and his outfield teammates
soon got their act together
and began to assert their grip
on the game. Immobile got
his first sniff of goal but was
unable to get his shot away
and Madrid goalkeeper Casilla
began to look nervous.
Sevilla
exploited
his
uncertainty from a corner
10 minutes before the break.
Yevhen Konoplyanka sent the
ball towards the back post,
evading the custodian’s grasp
and it landed at the feet of
Immobile, who arrowed in
from close range but a tight
angle. The Italian removed his
shirt in celebrating his maiden
Sevilla goal, earning himself a
booking.
The striker should have
put his side in front just five
minutes later but side-footed
wide of the near post.
However, Immobile did
play a part in the move which
lead to Sevilla finally taking
the lead on the hour mark,
playing a one-two with the
lively Konoplyanka in the area,
allowing the Ukrainian to pull
the ball back for Banega to
smash home. (ESPN)
Ciro Immobile
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