ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Samuels powers Windies to win Sport | 28 Thursday 9 October 2014 • 15 Dhu’l-Hijja 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6213 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 UN convention on Air strike in Kobane terrorism urged Don’t link the scourge to religion, race or culture: Qatar DOHA: Qatar has called for a that the convention should have comprehensive convention on a specific definition of terrorism international terrorism that and not link it to religion, race should clearly define the phe- or culture. nomenon by not linking it to The convention should also religion, race or culture. confirm the commitment of Addressing a meeting of the the international community to United Nation’s Legal Committee strengthen cooperation to combat (Sixth Committee) on “measures terrorism, she added. to eliminate international terror- Sheikha Alia also stressed that ism” in New York, Ambassador the fight against terrorism is a Sheikha Alia Ahmed bin Saif priority in Qatar’s policy, as it Al Thani, Qatar’s Permanent continued its efforts on national, Representative to the UN, con- regional and international levels demned terrorism in all its forms for implementation of the UN and manifestations, regardless of counter-terrorism strategy, and justifications and perpetrators. strengthening cooperation with Smoke rises after an air strike by an alleged alliance warplane on Islamic State targets in the west of Kobane, She stressed the need to dis- UN agencies to achieve the goal. Syria, yesterdy. Turkey’s military yesterday imposed a curfew in parts of the southeast after at least 18 people tinguish between terrorism and Sheikha Alia said the Executive were killed in pro-Kurdish protests over the government’s failure to act against militants attacking Kobane. legitimate resistance to foreign Director of the counter-terror- occupation, self-defence as well ism Directorate of the UN visited as the right to self-determination Qatar in January this year and met of people under occupation. competent authorities. Doha also She called on the international hosted a workshop in December last community to condemn all atroci- Ambassador Sheikha Alia Ahmed year on integrated strategies in the First US Ebola patient dies ties against civilians for political bin Saif Al Thani, Qatar’s Permanent fight against terrorism with partici- purposes, whether murder or Representative to the UN, pation of UN experts. WASHINGTON: A Liberian insidious disease, Ebola. He fought people in Liberia, Guinea, Sierra intimidation or targeting densely addressing the Legal Committee Meanwhile, US and coalition man who was the first person courageously in this battle,” said Leone, Nigeria and Senegal since populated residential areas and meeting in New York. aircraft targeted Islamic State diagnosed with Ebola outside of a statement from Texas Health the beginning of the year. civilian facilities, such as schools, fighters near the town of KObane West Africa died in a Texas hos- Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. Hours after Duncan died, hospitals and refugees in bombing growing trans-national terrorist yesterday, launching six attacks, pital yesterday, as Washington Duncan is believed to have been the White House announced and other crimes, which also con- organisations” said Sheikha Alia. the US military said. The strikes stepped up airport screening infected with Ebola before he left that stricter airport screen- stitute one of the worst manifesta- She added that eradicating destroyed an armoured person- against the deadly virus. Liberia and boarded a plane to visit ings would be implemented at tions of terrorism in every sense terrorism “requires more genu- nel carrier, artillery and several Thomas Eric Duncan died in family in Texas.The however raised John F Kennedy International of the word. ine cooperation among member vehicles, Central Command said. a Dallas hospital 10 days after he global fears, leading to a spike of in New York, Washington Dulles “The world has witnessed tragic states and hard work to reach The sounds of heavy gunfire was admitted and despite receiving suspected Ebola cases and forcing International, Chicago O’Hare events over the last year rejected a comprehensive convention on and mortar shells were heard an experimental drug to fight off governments to consider stronger International, Hartsfield-Jackson by the conscience of mankind, as international terrorism as the from the Turkish side of the the illness, which causes vomiting, methods of keeping the virus at Atlanta International and a result of the increasing unprec- world is in urgent need of it more border, a reporter said, as fierce diarrhea and often fatal bleeding. bay. The world’s largest outbreak Newark Liberty International in edented acts of terrorism and than ever.” Sheikha Alia stressed street battles raged. QNA/AFP “Mr. Duncan succumbed to an of Ebola has killed more than 3,400 New Jersey. AFP Scholars union Marginal rise in loan default despite stricter lending calls for Palestine BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB according to data released by the was for Kuwait at 5.5 percent in growth (over 78 percent) of banks Report for 2013, domestic credit solidarity march banking regulator, Qatar Central 2008 followed by Bahrain (2.9 in the year. Qatar, to recall, is a in Qatari Riyal was reported at DOHA: The period of easy Bank. percent) and the UAE (2.4 per- country where banks dispense QR431.31bn ($118.44bn) as of end DOHA: The International credit may be over in Qatar after International Monetary Fund cent). Oman had the lowest at 1.2 large credit volumes. Their total of 2013, up 78.4 percent compared Union for Muslim Scholars the 2008 financial crisis but the (IMF) figures for years between percent. lending to individuals for con- to QR241.70bn ($66.37bn) in the (IUMS) headed by Qatar-based number of loan defaulters has 1995 and 2008 show that the GCC World Bank (WB) statistics sumption in 2013 alone stood at previous year (2012). The massive Islamic scholar Dr Yousuf Al increased marginally despite nations were among the countries from 2009 until 2013 also show QR80bn ($22bn). increase in local currency denom- Qaradawi has called on Muslims stricter lending by banks. in the world with very low levels that GCC states are among the The primary factors affecting inated domestic credit was due all over the world to stage dem- Non-performing loans (NPLs) of NPLs. And Qatar had one of countries with lowest NPLs. overall assets quality is the qual- to rise in lending to government onstrations in solidarity with of commercial banks in Qatar in the lowest NPLs in the region at The marginal rise in NPLs by ity of credit portfolios and credit institutions. the Palestinians on October 17. 2013 were 1.9 percent, up mar- 1.7 percent in the period. 0.2 percentage points in Qatar in administration programmes. Continued on page 4 The Union also called on the ginally from 1.7 percent in 2012, The highest NPL in the region 2013 was attributed to large credit According to QCB’s 37th Annual THE PENINSULA Arab and Islamic countries to play their roles to support the Palestinian cause, Al Sharq reported. The Union urged the Show on ice international community to come together to end the crimes being committed by the Israeli occupy- Cyber attacks: Qatar ing forces against the Palestinians. The international community acted fast to form an alliance third most targeted against organisations which it sees as extremist while keeping mum on the Israeli aggression, BY SACHIN KUMAR 1,824 advanced cyber attacks the Union said. that bypassed traditional secu- DOHA: Qatar is the third rity layers (IPS, Firewall, Anti- 90pc of Industrial country after Saudi Arabia Spam, Web Gateway Security, and Turkey in the Middle East Application Whitelisting and Area road project and Africa (Mena) region tar- Sandboxing solutions),” he said. geted most in the cyber attacks. In the GCC region, Saudi Arabia completed Qatar faced close to 2,000 cyber faced the highest number (8,564) of attacks in the first half of 2014, cyber attacks in the first half of the DOHA: Work on the main according to FireEye, a major current year. Turkey and Kuwait Industrial Area road is ex pected player in the area of cyber were the other countries which to be completed in December. security. were targeted by cyber-attacks. About 90 percent of the work “FireEye tracks and protects Broadly the attacks can have is completed including the tun- against advanced cyber attacks either political or financial nel, flyover and the walkways, Al and the data we have collected motives. Sharq reported. shows Qatar is in the top three “The vast majority of attacks The road which links the countries after Saudi Arabia and we see in the region are politically Industrial Area with Salwa Road Turkey being the most targeted motivated and are perpetrated by and other key areas of the city is in the region,” Richard Turner, organisations that are either part expected to reduce traffic conges- Artists perform at Dream on Ice programme at Katara yesterday. The two-hour extravaganza on ice includes vice president EMEA, FireEye of or aligned to particular nations tions. The company executing the elegant skating, acrobatic performances, stilt walkers as well as an animal show featuring dogs, cats and told The Peninsula. or regions,” said Turner. project is currently giving the final seals. KAMMUTTY V P “Between January 1 and Continued on page 4 touches, said the daily. June 30 this year, Qatar saw THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 9 OCTOBER 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Qatar Charity’s Eid Al Qatar Conference Hall inaugurated at Mahmud Kashgari University in Bishkek BISHKEK: Qatar’s countries, and its belief that edu- Dr Ibraev Almaz, praised the Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, cation is the cornerstone of com- important role being played by Adha Festival ends Mohamed bin Arar Al Nuaimi, munity development.