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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Tuesday 20 August 2013 13 Shawwal 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5797 Price: QR2 QE index Azarenka crosses 10,000 downs Serena mark again in thriller Business | 17 Sport | 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Mubarak may be Indian rupee freed; US warns on Brotherhood CAIRO: Egypt’s former leader falls to an Hosni Mubarak could soon be freed from jail, giving a new jolt to a nation in turmoil, after a court ruled yesterday that he could no longer be held in cus- all-time low tody on a corruption charge. His lawyer said Mubarak could be bailed within days. Remittances from Qatar feverish At 85, Mubarak may have no political future but his release DOHA: The Indian rupee fell “There is rush among Indians could stir emotions and raise new to an all-time low of Rs17.30 to to transfer money,” said the questions on whether the popular a Qatari riyal in the local for- exchange official, asking not to be uprising that ended his 30-year eign exchange market yester- named since he was not author- rule in February 2011 is leading day after tumbling to Rs63 to a ised to speak to the media. back to a new form of military- dollar. The latest trend is that Indian backed government. After their uptake, exchange businessmen have begun sending After the court ruling, the only houses and banks here were offer- money home, he added. The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with the Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah legal grounds for Mubarak’s con- ing Rs17.23 on average per riyal, A leading Indian banker here bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani and the Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah at the opening tinued detention rest on a second which is pegged to the dollar at confirmed Indians in local trade session of the first annual meeting of heads of Qatari diplomatic, consular and representative missions, at Sheraton corruption case which his lawyer, QR3.64. and industry were indeed cashing Doha Hotel yesterday. Fareed El Deeb, said would be set- The depreciating rupee is trig- in on the trend as a falling rupee tled swiftly. “All we have left is a gering remittance flows to India offered more value for riyals. simple administrative procedure at a feverish pitch, sources in The banker, though, wouldn’t that should take no more than banks and exchange houses said comment when asked if he 48 hours,” he said. “He should be yesterday. thought that would somewhat freed by the end of the week.” Remittances on the Indian sec- affect bank deposit volumes in Emir hails role of Qatar Held in April 2011 as talk of tor have actually been increasing Qatar. The rupee has been the democracy swept from Tunis since the rupee hit lows of Rs16 worst performing Asian currency and Cairo across the Arab world, upwards to the riyal sometime this year. Mubarak appeared in a court- ago. Speculations are rife, backed “In the three months of May, diplomatic missions room cage at a trial in which he by opinions among some local June and July alone it has lost was convicted of complicity in Indian bankers and exchange 16 percent to the dollar,” said the murder of protesters. But operators, that the rupee might Akshay Randeva, from the DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad abroad and the need to remove all obstacles faced in January, the highest court continue to dip until general elec- Qatar Financial Center (QFC) Al Thani yesterday praised efforts of Qatari dip- by them to meet their needs. ordered a retrial which continues. tions in India in mid-2014. Authority. lomats abroad and the role of diplomatic corps in The Emir also wished Qatar’s representatives The US, a major provider of “The rupee-riyal rate was actu- The dip basically began with enhancing relations and cooperation between the every success in their assignments. military and other aid to Egypt, ally Rs17.30 early yesterday but increasing interest rates in the State and world countries in various fields. Dr Al Attiyah, in his address, referred to mod- warned against banning the the currency slightly firmed up US and that started sucking back This came as the Emir patronised the opening ernisation and development taking place in Qatar in Muslim Brotherhood and ques- by evening,” said an official of foreign funds parked in India, he of the first annual meeting of heads of Qatari dip- various fields and highlighted the need to cope with tioned an official account of how an exchange house active on the suggested. lomatic, consular and representative missions, at regional and international developments. 37 Islamist prisoners died on India sector. But Randeva added that alone Sheraton Doha Hotel. He said the prestigious status enjoyed by Qatar Sunday. Meanwhile, 25 policemen Exchange companies and banks was not to blame. A yawning cur- The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E at local, regional and international levels puts us were killed by suspected Islamists said remittances to India had rent account deficit and struc- Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani and all at a difficult test, with heavy responsibility that in Sinai near the border with increased feverishly, especially tural issues are also at play, he the Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohammed requires us to move forward and further improve Israel. State TV showed the coffins, as Indians in business here were added. Al Attiyah were present. performance. draped in Egyptian flags, arrive by joining their salaried compatriots THE PENINSULA Addressing the opening session, the Emir stressed QNA plane in Cairo. REUTERS in wiring money home. Continued on page 4 continued protection and care of Qatar’s citizens Continued on page 3 See also page 5 New AC bus shelter UK faces ire over Snowden-linked Al Qaeda planning attacks on 9-hour detention Europe high-speed trains: Bild LONDON: British authori- ties faced increasing pressure BERLIN: Al Qaeda is planning attacks Bild said authorities had tightened secu- yesterday to explain why they on high-speed trains in Europe and rity on high-speed Intercity-Express routes used anti-terror laws to detain authorities in Germany have stepped up and at stations with “invisible measures”, the partner of a journalist who security on the country’s rail system, a including the deployment of plainclothes worked with US intelligence German newspaper said yesterday. police. German federal police said efforts leaker Edward Snowden. The information about planned attacks were already commensurate with the David Miranda, the Brazilian came from the US National Security Agency “highly dangerous situation both at home partner of Glenn Greenwald, (NSA), which apparently intercepted a call and abroad” but said it had alerted its forces. an American journalist with between senior Al Qaeda members several The Bild report cited unnamed security Guardian newspaper, was held weeks ago, the mass-circulation daily Bild experts as saying attacks could include acts for almost nine hours on Sunday said. But the German Interior Ministry said of sabotage on rail infrastructure or bomb- as he passed through Heathrow it regularly received information about such ings on board trains. German rail operator Airport on his way to Rio de threats and was not planning to increase Deutsche Bahn would not comment on the Janeiro from Berlin. overall security. report, but said the company was always in Greenwald said authori- “It is known that Germany, along with regular contact with security authorities ties had “zero suspicion” that other Western states, is a target for jihadist over possible threats. Miranda was involved in terror- terrorists so we always assess warnings on Earlier this month the US shut around ism and spent hours questioning a case-by-case basis but we already have a 20 embassies and consulates in the Middle him about the Guardian’s report- An AC bus shelter being set up by Mowasalat is ready for opening near the parking area high level of protective measures and we do East and Africa after saying it had picked up ing on the US National Security of the Lulu Hypermarket on D-Ring Road. Work is almost complete on the covered shed, not plan to step these up at the moment,” information through surveillance and other Agency. Full report on page 10 equipped with split AC and lighting. Mowasalat, a few years ago, had set up a similar facility spokesman Jens Teschke said. means about unspecified threats. REUTERS Oil prices hit by near Lusail on an experimental basis but the project was dropped mid-way. KAMMUTTY VP Egypt, Libya woes NEW YORK: Brent crude oil Al Jazeera America goes on air to reach out to 48m households prices were lower in choppy trading yesterday, supported DOHA: Al Jazeera America begins its David Doss and award-winning investi- network may be able to remove several studies in Washington, said that the by unrest in Egypt and the loss telecast today, reaching to nearly 48 mil- gative journalist Edward Pound, among stereotypes many Americans have about channel was set to create a new vision to of Libyan oil exports but pres- lion potential households in the US. others. Al Jazeera for over a decade. address issues that concern the American sured by profit-taking after a The New York City-based TV network Speaking at a press briefing, Ehab Al He said that Al Jazeera’s image was dis- public in a different way.