ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Doha Bank posts QR1.35bn full year profit Business | 17 Wednesday 21 January 2015 • 1 Rabial II 1436 • Volume 19 Number 6317 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir meets French Defence Minister Paris to sue Minister: Sports Fox News for Muslim ‘no-go clubs lack zones’ reports PARIS: The city of Paris said accountability yesterday it plans to sue US chain Fox News for reports that there were “no-go zones” in the French capital that police and ‘Clubs run from behind the curtain’ non-Muslims avoid. The reports in the wake of the DOHA: There is a lack of tournaments that are heavily attacks in Paris two weeks ago have accountability for sports club dependent on foreign players. been widely derided and prompted administrations in the country The government is spending Fox to issue an on-air apology for and the proposed amendments huge amounts on sports and sports suggesting parts of Paris and the in the law governing sports facilities but still Qatar has the English city of Birmingham were clubs are intended to bring them highest diabetes rate; 23 percent run under Sharia’h law. under strict government moni- among children and 15.7 percent “A complaint will be filed in the toring, the Minister of Youth and among adults, while 70 percent of coming days,” despite the apology, Sports H E Salah bin Ghanem the citizens are overweight, said said a source at Paris city hall. bin Nasser Al Ali has said. the minister. Only seven percent of The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met Defence Minister of the French Republic Jean-Yves Le The news channel broadcast a Presenting the government’s the Qatari youth go to the sports Drian and the delegation accompanying him at Emiri Diwan yesterday. They reviewed aspects of cooperation map outlining the so-called no-go vision on sports clubs at the sec- clubs and 54 percent of the youth between the two countries and means of enhancing them. zones, which an expert, Nolan ond meeting of the culture and don’t practice sports, he added. Peterson said felt like Afghanistan media committee of the Advisory He said the ministry wants to or Iraq. Council held earlier, the minister reorganise the sports clubs. The On Saturday a Fox news anchor was vehemently critical of the way Qatari sports clubs are different apologised for “some regretta- sports clubs are currently being from those in other countries, ble errors on air regarding the run. The committee was assigned because they are fully (hun- Rebels seize Yemen palace Muslim population in Europe, par- by the Council to prepare a report dred percent) supported by the ticularly with regard to England on the draft law amending law No government. SANAA: Shia militiamen yesterday to produce a roadmap After a lull overnight, fighting and France. 5 of 1984 on sports clubs. “One of the reasons for amend- seized the presidential palace to end violence. Pitched battles re-erupted yesterday near Hadi’s “Now this applies especially “Majority of the sports clubs in ing the law is that currently there in Yemen’s capital yesterday had erupted on Monday near the residence in western Sanaa when to discussions of so-called no-go Qatar have debts of tens of millions is no proper system to make the in what a minister said was presidential palace and in other the Houthis attempted to set up zones, areas where non-Muslims of riyals and their administra- club administrations accountable a bid to overthrow President parts of Sanaa, before a ceasefire a new checkpoint close by and allegedly are not allowed in and tive system is outdated,” Al Sharq and ensure proper monitoring,” Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi and his was agreed between ministers and were confronted by troops, the police supposedly won’t go,” the quoted the minister as saying. said the minister. US-backed government. a Houthi representative. witnesses said. They reported anchor said. AFP The Advisory Council on He said one of the problems in Witnesses said the heavily At least nine people were killed, heavy clashes inside the complex Monday returned the committee’s the current system is that boards armed gunmen were also clash- including fighters from both sides, in southern Sanaa, one of the few report for further studies. The (of the clubs) do not meet. The ing with troops outside the resi- and 67 wounded, as the militia public buildings to remain outside Council sought a second opinion ministry wants to give more pow- dence of Hadi, who was reportedly seized an army base overlooking the the control of the Houthis since Kuwait shuts on the draft law following differ- ers to the chairman, (instead of inside receiving visitors at the complex and took control of state they overran the capital. ences among experts over a pro- the board) because the clubs are time of the attack. “The Yemeni media. Yemen has been wracked by Tensions have been running newspaper vision giving more powers to the being run from “behind the cur- president is under attack by mili- unrest for months, raising fears of high in Sanaa since the Houthis club chairman, rather than the tains” and the ministry wants to tiamen who want to overthrow a collapse of Hadi’s government, a on Saturday abducted Hadi’s KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has board, said the daily. stop this practice. the regime,” Information Minister crucial ally in Washington’s fight chief of staff, Ahmed Awad bin scrapped the commercial licence The Minister said sports activ- Continued on page 6 Nadia Sakkaf said on Twitter. against Al Qaeda. Mubarak, in an apparent move to of leading newspaper Al-Watan, ities in the clubs are focused on THE PENINSULA The fresh unrest came after Prime Minister Khalid Bahah extract changes to a draft consti- which has been highly critical the Houthi militiamen, who have escaped to his residence, where tution that he is overseeing. of the government, citing its tightened their grip on Sanaa he has lived since taking office in Mubarak is in charge of a failure to comply with legally since overrunning it unopposed in October, after his convoy came “national dialogue” set up after required financial terms. September, surrounded the prime under fire from Houthi fighters. veteran strongman Ali Abdullah Al-Watan, owned by a member Unified mechanism soon minister’s residence at the end of Houthi gunmen took up posi- Saleh was forced from power in of the Al-Sabah ruling family, said a bloody day on Monday. tions outside the residence late February 2012 following a year of on its website, which was still Prior to the attack on the on Monday and were in control of bloody Arab Spring-inspired pro- operating, that it had challenged to monitor encroachments presidency, the government had all three of its entrances, govern- tests. AFP the decision in court. AFP sought to hold “urgent” talks ment spokesman Rajih Badi said. See also page 7 See also page 7 DOHA: The Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning will soon implement a unified mechanism to monitor encroachments of public properties. The heads of the monitoring sections of all municipalities met yesterday seeking consensus on the proposed mechanism, the Qatar News Agency reported yesterday. Oil falls as IMF cuts forecast As per the new system, a legal notice will be served to the vio- Switch on car AC with lators asking them to report at the municipality within 24 hours NEW YORK: Oil fell as much bottom of $45.89. Benchmark after the violation was detected. A notice will be prepared listing as 5 percent yesterday after the Brent crude closed down 85 cents, in detail the type of the violation. A warning will be issued to the International Monetary Fund cut or 1.8 percent, at $47.99 a barrel. violators to remove the encroachments. its 2015 global economic forecast It earlier touched a session low of mobile, from a distance If the error is rectified within the given time, the issue will be and key producer Iran hinted $47.78. Traders said activity in US settled. Otherwise, a decision will be issued by the director of the prices could drop to $25 a barrel crude was heightened somewhat DOHA: Now customers will (IoT) and M2M connectivity municipality to forcefully remove the encroachment. The security without supportive Opec action. by the expiry of the February be able to cool their cars with products, demonstrating the agencies and other departments concerned will be notified to imple- US crude settled down $2.30, futures contract as the front- mobile — at any time and from company’s commitment to pro- ment the decision, said the report. THE PENINSULA or 4.7 percent, at $46.39 a bar- month. REUTERS any distance. viding the next generation of rel, after tumbling to an intraday See also page 18 Ooerdoo yesterday said it has services to Qatar’s expanding partnered with Q3smart com- business and technology sector. pany to offer a technology that Ooredoo is working with a will enable customers to switch range of companies across many on the air conditioning in their sectors — including automotive, cars through their smartphones. hospitality and manufacturing The technology works by companies — to create a range Solar plane set for round-the-world flight sending data over Ooredoo’s 4G+ of new M2M services, to bring network, so that customers can a full range of smart services to ABU DHABI: A plane with the it will begin the journey in late remotely control the air con- life for the people of Qatar.