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CIA drone

kills keyQaeda manin Yemen

Doha wins backing for2017 Championships

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FilipinosingerimpressesDohacrowd

US authorities have brandedAwlaki a global terrorist

ReutersSanaa

Anwar al-Awlaki, a US-bornmilitant, was killed in Yemenyesterday in a CIA drone strikedescribed by President Barack Obamaas another signicant milestone in

eforts to de eat Al Qaeda.Awlakis killing deprives the Yemen-

based Al Qaeda in the Arabian Penin-sula (AQAP) o its chie o externaloperatio ns, and an eloquent propa -gandist in English and Arabic who wasimplicated in attacks on the US.

This is urther proo that Al Qaedaand its a liates will have no sa e havenanywhere in the world , Obama said,adding that Awlakis death was a resulto the government o Yemen joininginternational eforts against the mili-tants.

A US o cial sai d Awlaki, bo rn in1971, had planned and directed at-tacks against the US. In addition,Awlaki publicly urged attacks againstUS persons and interests worldwideand called or violence against Arabgovernments he judged to be workingagainst Al Qae da, the o cial said.

Yemens embassy in Washingtonsaid Awlaki had been killed some miles

rom the town o Khashe in the north-ern province o Jaw , adjacent to SaudiArabia, at about 9:55am local time.

We ound his body in pieces, saidAbubakr al-Awlaki, a leader o theAwalik tribe, to which Awlaki belongs.Why kill him in this brutal, ugly way?Killing him will not solve their problemwith Al Qaeda, it will just increase theirstrength and sympathy or (AQAP) inthis region.

Earlier in his career, Awlaki, whowas born in New Mexico, preached atmosques in the US attended by some o the hijackers in the September 11, 2001attacks by Al Qaeda, whose leader, Os-ama bin Laden, was killed in a US raidon his hideout in Pakistan in May.

Awlakis death could be a boon orObama and or his Yemeni counter-part, Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is cling-ing to power despite months o p opular

protests, actional violence and inter-national pressure.

A Yemeni government statementsaid Samir Khan, an American o Pa-kistani origin, and two others werekilled with Awlaki. Khan, rom NorthCarolina, was an editor o AQAPsEnglish-language online magazine In-spire, which o ten published Awlakiswritings.

A Yemeni o cial sai d Awlaki had been located based on in ormation ob-

tained rom a detained AQAP militant.US drone aircra t targeted but missedAwlaki in May. The US has steppedup drone strikes in Yemen to try andkeep Al Qaeda of balance and preventit rom capitalising on the stri e andchaos gripping Yemen, which bordersSaudi Arabia and lies near vital ship-ping routes.

Awlaki orchestrated plots to bomb aDetroit-bound airliner in 2009 and UScargo planes in 201 0, o cials said.

With the attempted Detroit bomb-ing and the aeroplane cargo bomb plotshe has demonstrated his intent andability to cause mass terror, whilst hismurderous ideology was responsible

or inspiring terrorist attacks in the UKand the US, Britis h Foreign SecretaryWilliam Hague said in a statement.

Washington also learned that Awlakisought to use poisons including cya-nide and ricin to attack Westerners andexchanged e-mails with a US militarypsychiatrist later accused o killing 13people at Fort Hood army base in Texasin 2009.

An o cial ami liar with Britis hcounter-terrorism activities said Aw-laki had been in contact with ormerBritish Airways employee Rajib Karim,who was convicted in February on ter-rorism charges, while a woman whostabbed a British member o parlia-ment who voted or the Iraq war wasinspired by Awlakis sermons.

AQAP, which established itsel inYemen a ter Saudi Arabia de eated aviolent Al Qaeda campaign rom 2003-6, has emerged as one o the networksmost ambitious wings, attemptingdaring, i unsuccess ul, attacks on USand Saudi targets.

Bin Ladens Al Qaeda made its rstmark in Yemen with an attack thatkilled 17 US sailors on the warship Colein Aden harbour in 2000.

A tribal sheikh in Jaw said Awlakiand three other people had been killed.We have retrieved their bodies. Therewas another car that had Al Qaedamembers inside it, but they were ableto escape, he said, asking not to benamed.

Awlaki will be di cult to replace ,said Jeremy Binnie, a terrorism andinsurgency analyst at IHS Janes inLondon. Its a blow or AQAPs inter-national operations. Awlaki has he lpedthe group build its international pro-le.

US authorities have branded Aw-laki a global terrorist and last yearauthorised his capture or killing.Page 3

HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al-Thani (left) receiving the Qatar Arabian Trophy from France Galop director-general HubertMonzat as Racing and Equestrian Club chairman HE Sheikh Mohamed bin Faleh al-Thani looks on at the Saint Cloud racecourse in Paris yesterday. The Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club has been promoting purebred Arabian horse races in France

for four years. Throughout the Qatar Prix de l Arc de Triomphe weekend, purebred Arabian horses compete in prestigious racesshowing their class and sporting abilities which can match thoroughbreds. Page 26 PICTURE : Juhaim

New York on alert to revenge attacks

New York City police are on alert topossible revenge attacks ollowing thekilling o Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen, thecitys police commissioner Ray Kellysaid yesterday. We know al-Awlakihad ollowers in the US includingNew York City, and or that reason weremain alert to the possibility thatsomeone might want to avenge hisdeath, Kelly said in a statement. Hewas a power ul recruiter o terrorists inthe US, he said. Kelly also welcomed

the reported death o a second English-speaking Al Qaeda operative, SamirKhan, an American o Pakistani originwho US and Yemeni of cials said t hey believed was killed in the same droneattack. Khan had extensive contactsin New York City and published theEnglish language Inspire Magazine,which instructed lone wolves on howto build bombs at home, and in themost recent issue identi ed GrandCentral Station as a target, he said.

Qatar Arabian Trophy winner

N orwegian javelin thrower An-dreas Thorkildsen will visitDoha next week to show hissupport or the Qatari capitals bid orthe 2017 IAAF World Championships,the Doha 2017 Bid Committee an-nounced yesterday.

Having competed in Doha at theSamsung Diamond League earlier thisyear, Andreas is keen to show his sup-port or the Doha 2017 bid or the IAAFWorld Championships. His visit toDoha coincides with the IAAF Evalu-ation Commissions visit on October 5and 6.

Thorkildsen, who rose to stardomthrough his European, World and Ol-ympic per ormances, said in a state-ment: I had a great experience com-peting in Doha and I can see that theirexperience in and commitment to ath-letics will continue to grow. I athleticswants to set new standards or a WorldChampionships that will take my sportto the next level then Doha is withoutdoubt the right place.

Thorkildsen is the rst male javelinthrower in history to be both Euro-pean champion, World champion andOlympic champion. He was Olympicchampion in 2004 and 2008, Euro-pean champion in 2006 and 2010,World Champion in 2009 as well as athree time silver medallist at th e Worldchampionships in 2005, 2007 and in2011. He set a world junior record in2001. He has a personal best o 91.59mset in 2006.

Abdulla al-Zaini, president o theQatar Association o Athletics Fed-erations and executive director o Doha2017 Bid Committee, commented: Weare honoured to have Andreas sup-port or our bid and glad to have him

here or the evaluation visit. We wantto have a World Championships in 2017that exceeds expectations or every-one, including the athletes.

QAAF, under the aegis o the QatarOlympic Committee, had launchedtheir o cial cand idacy or th e 2017IAAF World Championships on Sep-tember 6.

During the two-day evaluation vis-it, the IAAF Evaluation Commissionwill see the launch o the renownedSchools Olympic Programme. Lastyear, with the support o the Qatar Ol-ympic Committee and the Qatar Asso-ciation o Athletics Federation, 17,492students took part over ve months o the programme. Qatars Schools Ol-ympic Programme has received bothregional and international recognition

or its achievements in expanding ath-letics participation.

Meanwhile, Qatas bid or 2017 IAAFWorld Championships has receivedstrong support rom Jordan, Iraq andKazakhstan.

The Jordan Athletics Federation, in amessage to QAAF, stated: The JordanAthletics Federation ully supports theDoha 2017 bid. Doha has proven itsel to be a strong organiser and will only be stronger in the uture. The 2017Championships will be something toremember.

The Iraqi Athletics Federation, laud-ing Qatars organisational skills, said:The Iraqi Athletics Federation has ex-perienced rst hand how events areorganised in Qatar and there ore ullysupports the bid o Doha or the 2017IAAF World Championships.

The Athletics Association o the Re-public o Kazakhstan pledged its ullsupport to Qatar or the 2017 bid.

Thorkildsen: Doha bound

Anwar al-Awlaki: killed near the town ofKhashef in Yemen yesterday morning.

BUSINESS | Survey

Qatar sa est Menainvestment destination

Qatar is considered the sa estinvestment destination in the Menaregion, according to the latestedition o Euromoneys countryrisk survey. Qatar is ranked 20th inthe Mena region across a range opolitical, economic and structuralrisk criteria. Qatar is rated higherthan Belgium, Japan and Malaysia.Economists also judged the countryto be less risky than either Kuwaitor the UAE. Qatars political riskscore is higher than the averagescore or Latin America. EuromoneyCountry Risk Q3 results Top 10Mena, September 2011: country, ECRranking, ECR score, rank change(Q/Q) in that order: Qatar 20, 75.9, 8,Kuwait 30, 70.9, 2, the UAE 33, 68.9,1, Oman 34, 68. 8, 4, Israel 36, 67.7, -1,Saudi Arabia 39, 66.1, 2, Bahrain 61,55.5, 16, Morocco 71, 51.4, 2, Jordan74, 50.8, -5 and Tunisia 78, 48.2, 1.

EUROPE | Diplomacy

Warsaw summitdescends into chaosA European Union summit designedto strengthen ties with the blocseastern neighbours descendedinto chaos yesterday, when Belaruswalked out o the talks a ter beingchided over human rights andopposition crackdowns. The gesture,which came on the second and finalday o the event, led EU leadersto issue a declaration expressingdeep concern over the Belarusianhandling o political dissidents.Poland had hoped to make thesummit - only the second o its kind- a showcase event with ree tradeand visa deals to enhance ties withthe east, even as the Arab Springrevolutions and the eurozonesdebilitating debt crisis take up mosto the EUs attention. Page 14

Rare u-like virus on the riseAFPWashington

Arare virus has killed three peopleand sickened nearly 100 in Japan,the Philippines, the US and theNetherlands over the past two years, UShealth authorities said yesterday.

The culprit is human enterovirus 68(HEV68), and its respiratory symptomscan be particularly dangerous to chil-

dren, the US Centers or Disease Con-trol and Prevention said in its Morbid-ity and Mortality Weekly Report.

In six separate clusters o the virusthat showed up worldwide, patientscommonly ex perien ced cou gh, di -culty breathing and wheezing.

The highest number o cases wereound in Japan, where local public

health authorities reported more than120 cases last year.

However, the CDC said it could only

conrm clinical data or 11 o those pa-tients, all children, one o whom died.

The Philippines had 21 cases in late2008 and early 2009, causing twodeaths, the CDC said.

Other cases sur aced in the Neth-erlands and the US states o Georgia,Pennsylvania and Arizona, or 95 totalconrmed cases over two years.

The virus was rst discovered in ourchildren who were sick with pneumo-nia in Cali ornia in 1962, but subse-

quent incidences have been rare andsporadic, according to the CDC.

Identication o a large number o patients with HEV68 respiratory dis-ease detected during a single season,such as described in this report, is a re-cent phenomenon, it added.

Whether this increase in recog-nised cases is attributable to improveddiagnostics or whether the clustersthemselves represent an emergence o the pathogen is unknown.

SRI LANKA | Gesture

Government releases

1,800 Tiger fghtersSri Lanka yesterday released 1,800rehabilitated Tamil Tiger fighters,as part o what it says are e orts toreconcile ethnic di erences a tera quarter o a century o war. Thegovernment argues its attempts toreintegrate separatist Tamil Tigers,who were de eated in May 2009,must be given time to take e ectand says it is on guard to blockWestern moves to push orward awar crimes probe. Page 13

EGYPT | Politics

Tahrir protestersdeclare a sit-inProtesters in Cairos TahrirSquare declared a sit-in yesterday

ollowing a rally to reclaim therevolution amid anger over themilitary rulers handling o thetransition. Thousands had flockedto the epicentre o protests thattoppled president Hosni Mubarakin February to demand an end tomilitary trials o civilians, cleansinginstitutions o ormer regimeremnants, amendment o a recentlypublished electoral law and social justice. Page 4

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Teen sensationCharice enthralsDoha audienceBy Peter TownsonStaf Reporter

Fans o teenage singing sensation,Charice Pempengco were treated to avocal masterclass on Thursday as theFilipina pop star took to the stage at Katara toper orm in ront o a crowd o around 5,000people.

The Filipino singer per ormed a wide

variety o di erent songs, impressing thecrowd with renditions o original material, but also reminding her ans o what irstgot her noticed by per orming cover songsas well.

From Adeles Rolling in the Deep toMichael Jackson and Whitney Houstonmedleys, the young star per ormed songs

rom across genres and generations, pro-viding a clear display o her vocal ability

throughout. Charice, a YouTube sensationspotted and championed by Oprah Win-

rey, has already achieved massive amedespite her young years, and she has col-laborated with numerous stars who havehighlighted her remarkable talent.She also

eatured on the musical hit TV show, Glee ,which catapulted her to urther ame andhelped to increase her already signi icant

anbase.Thursdays event was organised byGolden Relations and CEO Bilal Taha was

delighted with the success o the concert.It was amazing to have an internationalsuperstar in Qatar as the irst emale majorartiste in the Katara Hall, he said, addingonce again it shows that the entertain-ment scene in Qatar needs such events asthe demand is very high here.

We were proud to have Charice hereand even more to have such a mixed crowdo di erent nationalities and ages at the

event, he added. Filipina an, Lucy saidthat she was delighted to see Charice inconcert in Qatar.She has the most amaz-ing voice. I have never heard anyone sing aswell as she can, she said, adding as Filipi-nos we are so proud o her and it was amaz-ing to get the chance to see her per orm livehere in Qatar.

I really hope that we can see her againin Qatar in the uture, she said.British an,Robert shared similar sentiments about the

concert, declaring himsel very impressedwith the young singers voice.The concert was exciting, it was good to

see new talent coming to Doha and she hasan amazing talent, he told Gulf Times.

Charice already had a huge ollowing inQatar, but her appearance here is sure tohave won her even more ans, who will behoping to get the chance to see her again inthe uture.

Charice on stage this weekend, wowed her ans with her exceptional vocal talent.

A section o the crowd.

Friday, a day whendiverse faiths prayBy Ayman AdlyStaf Reporter

T he most common scene inDoha on Fridays are aboutpeople going to mosquesor prayers at noon.However, there is another

common scene that clearlydisplays the diversity and tol-erance in Qatar. Expatriates

rom almost all over the worldgo to per orm their prayers inthe morning at the churches inQatar. The mosques o Qatarand the churches on the sameterritory, host Muslims andChristians rom everywhere

or prayers on a Friday. John,a Filipino expatriate, said hestarts his of-duty day by go-ing to church where he meetshis riends. It is o ten crowded but it is always sa e and pleas-ant. I have never missed a Fridaymass, he pointed out.

Marian, a UK resident, ex-pressed her relie at having achurch where she can pray ina ree, secure and pleasant at-mosphere. She said, Doha is acity o love, where people cometo realise their material aspira-tions but can nd a place ortheir souls to revive too.

Mohamed Khan, a Pakistaniwho has been living in Doha

or more than 20 years, said,Doha is rapidly growing into ametropolis. I have seen a lot o changes in the city especiallyin recent years. However, thecity is still a place that accom-modates our spiritual needstoo. There are a lot o mosquesin the city wherever you go, andyou can stop and per orm yourprayers. In Doha, materialismdoes not submerge spirituality.

The world comes to gatheror prayers on Fridays in Doha,

said a Lebanese expatriate, add-ing Muslims rom diferent na-tionalities ock to mosques atnoon and Christians rom vari-ous denominations and coun-

tries go to churches in the earlymorning and sometimes in theevenings. All enjoy peace and

reedom.Due to Qatars economic

boom, it hosts and attracts ex-patriates rom across the world but while the country is a place

or them to realise their dreams,it also provides or their spiritu-als needs, regardless o their re-ligion or denomination.

A Doha-based clergymanadmitted that in Qatar usu-ally nobody asks about your ol-lowing and people experiencea healthy and practical atmos-phere o tolerance and diver-sity.

W Doha charity art fairto raise funds for Somalia

WHotel Doha and Qa-tar Charity will hosta Charity Arts Fair

today, eaturing the creationsand handiwork o some o Qa-tars hottest young talented de-signers.

The Qatar Charity Fair to beheld in the W Dohas Great Room

rom 12pm to 8pm will allowamilies to bring their children

to browse the amazingly crea-tive designer stalls and enjoy thekids corner set up by GympanzeeNursery.

All proceeds raised at the unc-tion will go to unds or Somalia.

On ofer at the stalls duringthe event will be clothes, shoesand accessories rom Modakeyand handmade precious jewel-lery orm Ghada jewels as well as

paintings and sculptures on thestands o Innovation Productions.

Artists Deanne Dewar (akaDD), Alanoud al-Buainain, Halaal-Khali a rom the Museum o Islamic Art, who have donatedtheir pieces or a silent auctionwill also be part o the air.

A bottle cork art will star onToasted Moscato Studios stall.

Well-known Doha pho-tographer Nigel Downes willcontribute by taking photos o visitors.PR and Events man-ager Edgar Vaudeville said: WDoha is delighted to welcomesome o Dohas coolest design-ers to this event, as it strikes achord with Ws passion or de-sign and ashion. W Doha hasalways supported young localtalent and we are truly grate ul

to them or agreeing to bringtheir designs to sell at thisevent i n support o the Somal-ian cause.Qatar Charitys Ali Alkubaisisaid: Qatar Charity as an or-ganisation was established inthe spirit o volunteering inorder to please Allah by help-ing humankind. We continueto rely on volunteering pro-grammes and support whichhelps to keep us strongly con-nected to the Qatari commu-nity. It also enables volun-teers such as these artists to be able to provide a way to di-rectly support those in -needthroughout the world. Wewelcome and are thank ul to bepart o such unique ways o co-operation.

QFI in pact for water conservation

Q atar Foundation Inter-national (QFI) has part-nered with explorer,lmmaker and global water ad-vocate Alexandra CousteausBlue Legacy to acilitate water-related projects on QFIs Cul-tural Exchange trip next month.

Cousteau will speak in Dohaon October 4 to 40 students andteachers rom the US and Qatar,to kick of their 11-day culturalexchange trip where they willexplore the country and par-ticipate in educational activitiesaround the theme o water con-servation and preservation.

Cousteau and Blue Legacys ex-pertise will support the studentsas they build leadership, academicand global citizenship skills by in-teracting with speakers, local andinternational experts and industrypractitioners.

Working together, the Qa-tari and American students willalso develop solution-oriented

projects and produce short lmsto capture and communicate thisexperience.

Blue Legacys CEO, JonathanSmith, will be joining the trip touse his expertise to help the stu-dents develop and produce their

lm projects. Serving as digitalreections on their time in Dohaand as advocacy tools or main-stream audiences around theworld, the short lms will capturethe people, places and systems a -

ected by critical water issues.

Alexandra Cousteau

Richard Green and Matthew Morrison (below) are among theline-up o international culinary artists.

Culinary festival at

Ritz-Carlton DohaT he Ritz-Carlton Doha ishosting the third estivalo senses rom October 12to 14, and October 20 to 22, ea-turing a line-up o internationalculinary artists showcasinggourmet dinners, che s tablesand cooking classes.

The hotels resident che s un-der the guidance o executiveche Richard Green will collabo-rate with executive che MatthewMorrison (The Ritz-Carlton, Ty-sons Corner, US), executive che Xavier Salomon (Ritz-Carlton,Hal Moon Bay, US), deputy che Erlantz Gorostiza (Abama Gol &Spa Resort, Teneri e), and Aus-tralian che Jeremy Steele. Alsoshowcasing exquisite culinary artis resident executive pastry che Jrme Bertoumieux who will beholding a master class in dessertsand two special a ternoon teas. Bertoumieux (le t) and Steele.

Xavier Salomon