ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Tuesday 15 October 2013 10 Dhul-Hijja 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5853 Price: QR2 The Peninsula wishes all readers www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir greets Gold bars and Arab leaders on Eid Al Adha coins back in DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday exchanged Eid Al Adha greetings with leaders of Arab countries. local market In telephone calls, the Emir greeted the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Prices of yellow metal decline bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, H M King Hamad bin DOHA: Gold bars and coins Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, King of various denominations are Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of available in local market in Jordan, King Mohammed VI of sufficient quantities after the Morocco, Emir of Kuwait H H shortages witnessed during the Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber soaring demand last April. Al Sabah, UAE Vice-President, That was the time when gold Prime Minister and Ruler of rates had suddenly climbed down Dubai H H Sheikh Mohammed after being too high for about two bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Yemen’s years. Gold prices are stable now President Abd-Rabbu Mansour and, in fact, fell further in the past Hadi, Palestinian President two to three weeks. “There is no In this file picture, a man is jubilant Mahmoud Abbas, and Lebanese dearth of gold bars and coins (at having bought two 116-gm gold President Michel Suleiman. least with us) now,” said an offi- bars from a local market. Pilgrims perform noon prayers outside the Namira mosque near Mount Arafat yesterday. The Emir also exchanged cial from Gulf Exchange that also greetings with Saudi Crown deals in bullion. countries. Expatriates buy the Prince, Deputy Prime Minister The official said the demand bars and coins for two reasons— and Defence Minister Prince for the gold biscuits and coins had for investment and to make jewel- Pilgrims urged to heal divisions Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, risen after gold prices came down lery when they are home. Bahrain’s Crown Prince, Deputy recently, but as the prices have The standard 24-carat or pure MUZDALIFAH: Throngs of responding to your call, God). legal permits and had arrested Supreme Commander and First stabilized so has demand. “There gold, bar of 116 grams was selling pilgrims converged yesterday In his annual sermon, top Saudi 38,000 others for performing Haj Deputy Prime Minister Prince isn’t much demand presently.” in the local market for QR17, 600 on Muzdalifah to prepare for cleric Sheikh Abdulaziz Al Sheikh without a permit. Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Market operators said gold jew- yesterday, down QR400-QR500 Eid Al Adha feast after a day of urged Muslims to avoid divisions, Authorities have also seized as and Kuwait’s Crown Prince ellery is more in demand during in the past fortnight. The bars of prayer on Mount Arafat for an chaos and sectarianism. many as 138,000 vehicles for vio- Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al festive seasons like Eid Al Adha smaller denominations were also end to disputes and bloodshed. “Your nation is a trust with lating the Haj rules, and owners Jaber Al Sabah. as people give away gifts to their available, and same was the case The faithful will spend the you. You must safeguard its secu- will be penalised, the prince said. Earlier, the Emir received a near and dear ones. with coins of varying sizes. night in Muzdalifah to collect rity, stability and resources,” the Many pilgrims said they were congratulatory cable from the However, compared to last year Pure gold was selling at around stones which they will use a sym- cleric, who heads Saudi Arabia’s praying for peace in Muslim Speaker of the Advisory Council the craving for jewellery is also QR151 here yesterday, down from bolic ritual of stoning the devil in highest religious body, said in an nations mired in sectarian and H E Mohamed bin Mubarak Al not as high, said a salesman from a high of QR208 some 26 months nearby Mina today, the first day address to the Muslim world. political strife. “I will pray the Kholeifi. a jewellery marker. As for the ago, in August 2011. Gold rates of the feast of sacrifice. “You should know that you are whole day for God to improve The Emir, in a reply, thanked coins and bars, they are mostly began climbing down in the past Most of the pilgrims trav- targeted by your enemy... who the situation for Muslims world- Kholeifi and exchanged greet- bought by expatriate investors six months. Since early this year, elled from Mount Arafat to wants to spread chaos among you wide and for an end to disputes ings with council members. The and their demand peaks when for example, the prices are down Muzdalifah on foot, while oth- ... It’s time to confront this.” The and bloodshed in Arab countries,” Emir asked Allah The Almighty gold prices are down. more than 20 to 25 percent. ers took buses and trains, some cleric recalled the Islamic prohi- 61-year-old Algerian pensioner for the best of health and happi- “We literally have crowds lined Meanwhile, despite high riding on the roofs. Thousands bition of killing and aggression, Saeed Dherari said. ness to them and more welfare, up when gold rates plummet,” said “making” charges jewellers said of security men were deployed to while insisting there is “no salva- “I hope that God will grace all progress and prosperity for the the exchange official. Sales are the demand for gold ornaments organise the traffic flowing into tion or happiness for the Muslim Muslims with security and sta- Qatari people. also brisk when the long summer remained high. Making charges Muzdalifah. nation without adhering to the bility,” said 75-year-old Ahmad The Prime Minister and break begins as expatriates travel have gone up as much as QR30 on Earlier in the day, men, teachings of the religion.” Khader, who hails from the Interior Minister H E Sheikh home on vacations. exported jewellery while for the women and children from across Prince Khaled told the official southern Syrian province of Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Pure and 22-carat gold from local ones they remain at QR10 the Muslim world flooded the SPA news agency that authorities Daraa. “The regime is tyranni- Al Thani also exchanged greetings the GCC states carry a premium to QR15 per gramme. roads to Mount Arafat chanting had turned back 70,000 nationals cal and I pray for God to help the with a number of leaders of Arab particularly in South Asian THE PENINSULA “Labaik Allahum Labaik” (I am and expatriates for not carrying oppressed people,” he said. AFP and Islamic countries. QNA Corniche signals open End of an era as Chemical weapons treaty IHT is rebranded International NYT comes into force in Syria UNITED NATIONS: The UN in Syria to eradicate the country’s PARIS: The International said yesterday that “the race is banned arms. UN spokesman Herald Tribune (IHT) published on” to make sure Syria keeps to Martin Nesirky said Syria was its final edition under its own deadlines to destroy its chemi- providing “good cooperation” but name yesterday, marking the cal weapons as a key treaty took the official backing of the conven- end of an era for the 125-year- effect for Damascus. tion was a key step. newspaper that was a lifeline The Chemical Weapons Nesirky said Syria’s full mem- for American expatriates. Convention came into force for bership of the 1993 Chemical The newspaper, headquartered Syria yesterday. That is a month Weapons Convention is “long in Paris but printed throughout after President Bashar Al Assad, overdue and it is obviously wel- the world, will be rebranded today in a bid to head off a Western mil- come”. “There is a lot of hard as International New York Times. itary strike, was accepted by the work that needs to be done now The New York Times Co took Organisation for the Prohibition with Syria inside that convention, full ownership of the daily in 2003. of Chemical Weapons. various obligations that need to be In a 24-page special report to The traffic signals on the Corniche Road, work on which had been on for a few months, were opened to traffic The OPCW and the UN have lived up to,” Nesirky said. AFP coincide with its final edition, the last night. The first intersection was opened at 11pm. The Corniche Road now has only one roundabout, near about 60 experts already working See also page 7 IHT’s editorial page editor Serge the Doha Sheraton. SHAIVAL DALAL Schmemann said the re-branding was only the latest in a long line of name changes. “Whatever the name, the connection between the paper and its audience has long been clear,” he wrote. Saudi Arabia to join US as shale gas producer Founded on October 4, 1887, by New York Herald publisher DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA: Opec heav- deliver them to consumers,” Saudi Aramco By unlocking its gas reserves, Saudi this decade. Oman is likely to lead the way Gordon Bennett, the newspaper yweight Saudi Arabia is preparing to be Chief Executive Khalid Al Falih said yes- could use the fuel to power its domes- with development of tight gas that could settled on its current name in among the first countries outside North terday at the World Energy Congress here. tic economy and allow more room for oil start commercial production by 2017 and 1967, after the New York Times America to use shale gas for power gen- “Only two years after launching our own sales to world markets.