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ASIA | Anniversary
Deputy PM attends Bandung celebrations
HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al-Mahmoud yesterday participated in celebrations held to mark the 60th anniversary of the Bandung Conference which founded the Non-Aligned Movement and the 10th anniversary of the New African-Asian Strategic Partnership, signed by member states in 2005 in Bandung in West Java, Indonesia. The celebration was held as part of activities of the Afro-Asian Summit 2015. Several heads of state and government from Asian and African nations performed a Bandung Historical Walk, to re-enact a similar walk performed by dozens of leaders from both continents during the 1955 conference.
QATAR | Conviction
Expatriate fined for smuggling ‘grenade’
An Arab expatriate was sentenced to a month’s suspended jail term and a fine of QR1,000 by a Doha Criminal Court for being convicted of smuggling a grenade without gunpowder, local Arabic daily Arrayah reported yesterday. The man had landed with his family at Hamad International Airport after a trip to Europe. Upon a search of his luggage, the customs officers found the “grenade” hidden among children’s toys. They estimated the price of the item at QR50,000 and accused the man of evading the customs officials and referred him to the court. The accused claimed the grenade, which he described as “a toy sold at very small price in a European country”, was given to his son by a friend.
ASIA | Dispute
China rejects robbery claim
Beijing yesterday dismissed an accusation by Manila that the Chinese coastguard robbed Filipino fishermen at gunpoint during a confrontation in the disputed South China Sea, calling the claim “inconsistent with the fact”. The rebuttal came one day after the Philippine fisheries bureau said that fishermen aboard three vessels with clear Chinese coastguard markings boarded two fishing boats in Scarborough Shoal earlier this month and took the crew’s catch. Page 16
ARAB WORLD | Discussions
Qatar team for Djibouti meeting
An Advisory Council delegation, representing Qatar, is taking part in the three-day session of the Arab Inter-parliamentary Union (AIPU) in Djibouti.
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SPORT Saying goodbye is never easy, especially when you are saying farewell to those that have left a positive impression. That was the case earlier this month when Canada hosted Mexico in a friendly at BC Place stadium in Vancouver.
TECHNOLOGY Some 60mn primary-school-age children have no access to formal education
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ARABIA The Yemeni Minister of Tourism, Dr Mohamed Abdul Majid Qubati, yesterday expressed hope that the 48-hour ceasefire in Yemen declared by the Command of Coalition Forces on Saturday will be maintained in order to lift the siege imposed on Taz City and ease the entry of humanitarian aid to the besieged
ARABIA Some 200 teachers from schools across the country attended Qatar Museum’s (QM) first ever Teachers Council at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) yesterday.
ARABIA The Supreme Judiciary Council (SJC) of Qatar and the Indonesian Supreme Court (SCI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on judicial co-operation, it was announced yesterday.
ECONOMY Sri Lanka is keen on importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar as part of government policy to shift to clean energy, Minister of City Planning and Water Supply Rauff Hakeem has said.
