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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Wal-Mart Nanjing set for slashes profit Youth Olympic forecast Games Business | 14 Sport | 20 Friday 15 August 2014 • 19 Shawwal 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6158 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Push for Qatari ‘brand’ of dates Iraq’s Maliki steps Ministry launches first dates festival, to boost local production, quality aside as Premier, DOHA: Qatar is set to develop ‘its own brand of dates’. The Agriculture and Research backs replacement Department at the Ministry of Environment has embarked on BAGHDAD: Facing enormous action plans to enhance the pro- pressure at home and abroad Kuwait secures duction of dates and boost the to step aside, Nouri Al Maliki quality of garden fresh and dry dropped his bid for a third term border with dates. as prime minister of Iraq yes- As a precursor to the ambi- terday and pledged support for underground tious plans to develop the ‘Qatar his replacement, moderate Shia brand’ of dates, the ministry, for Dr Haider Al Abadi. surveillance the first time, launched a “festival Appearing on state television DOHA: The Kuwaiti Interior of fresh and dry dates” yesterday. flanked by Al Abadi and other ministry has succeeded in The festival at Ezdan Mall runs Shia politicians, Al Maliki spoke securing the northern border until August 16 and will be an of the grave “terrorist” threat with Iraq by using latest tech- annual event. from Islamic State Sunni mili- nological devices which have The date harvest season has tants before giving up on his fight the ability to prevent any infil- just begun and 20 varieties of to stay on. tration by intruders. local dates are on display at the “I announce before you today, The Kuwaiti newspaper, festival, which attracted a large to ease the movement of the polit- Al Shahid, said the ministry number of visitors on the first day. ical process and the formation of had begun to install invisible “As of now, local production is the new government, the with- underground systems to detect covering just 70 percent of total drawal of my candidacy in favour infiltration through border. It demand. The ministry has plans of brother Dr Haider Al Abadi,” has also begun to set up secu- to make the country self-suffi- he said. rity system using sophisticated cient by boosting production. Al Abadi is seen as a far less electricity devices along the “We have lined up a series of Officials touring the first dates festival at Ezdan Mall. The expo runs until August 16. polarising figure who has a chance southern border with a length projects to increase the quality of uniting Iraqis against Sunni of 237km. and quantity of local produc- to their dining tables. It is impor- technologies can boost the pro- horticulture and biotechnology insurgents who have captured The project follows a report tion,” said Yousef Al Khulaifi, tant in this age of people running duction of dates. applications. large parts of the country in the which said security personnel Director, Agricultural Affairs, at after junk foods and risking their Qatar Foundation has launched The strategic plan is to stimu- north and west, including Iraq’s were not able to prevent infil- the ministry. health. The date’s nutritional and a QR15m date palm research to late research for advanced tech- largest dam and five oilfields. tration and after a number of As part of promoting the date medicinal values would be high- improve the genetic traits of local nology and knowledge transfer, Meanwhile, US jets and drones people caught had admitted that palm sector, the ministry has lighted during the campaign,” said verities of dates. The ministry will sustainable and improved date launched more air strikes in they had entered the country planned to launch an awareness Massoud Jarallah Al Marri, Head announce more funds during the production systems, productive northern Iraq to destroy vehi- illegally. THE PENINSULA campaign to highlight the nutri- of the department. next festival to boost production. date varieties and to investigate cles operated by extremist fight- tional values of dates and the need He said the campaign to pro- The Weill Cornell Medical health benefits of date-enriched ers from the Islamic State, the warned of more strikes to protect to include the fruit in the daily mote natural food would be the College in Qatar and the food diets. military said. US personnel in the Kurdish city menu of people. nucleus of future annual ‘dates Biotechnology Centre at the In 2010, Qatar had an estimated The latest operations came of Arbil. He said the siege of the “Our campaign will focus on festival’. Ministry of Environment are 144,000 date producing palm trees after President Barack Obama Sinjar mountain had broken. the need for families bringing The next editions of the festi- working to develop Qatar as an spread across 335,000 hectares. said the air campaign had AGENCIES traditional and natural food back vals will showcase how the new emerging leader in date palm THE PENINSULA achieved its initial objectives but See also page 5 Prosecute coup Police College to receive first leaders over Gaza truce extension holds batch of 130 students tomorrow Rabe’a massacre: GAZA CITY: Millions in Gaza the army to end Palestinian rocket security officials said, adding the and southern Israel yesterday attacks from Gaza once and for all. skies fell silent at around 3am DOHA: The Police College will receive the first batch of 130 Al Qaradawi enjoyed a welcome extension to a In Gaza City’s battered Shejaiya (0000 GMT). candidates tomorrow who will commence training. temporary truce despite a rocky neighbourhood, Mohamed Ibrahim Palestinian Chief Negotiator The students include 120 Qataris and those from other GCC DOHA: Noted Islamic scholar start which saw a flurry of rocket Aateysh was brewing sweet mint Azzam Al Ahmed said the delega- and Arab countries. They will get a bachelor in law and police sci- and President of International fire and air strikes. tea inside his destroyed home with tions had reached “agreement on ence degree after finishing the course. The college is an important Union for Muslim Scholars Egyptian mediators brokered a his family. “The ceasefire is non- many points” concerning the lifting development in implementing the security pillar of Qatar National (IUMS) , Dr Yusef Al Qaradawi, five-day extension to an existing sense. We want stability in the of eight-year blockade on Gaza but Vision 2030. has called for the prosecution of truce to allow for further nego- country,” he said wearily. needed more time to settle remain- Budget for the college project is around QR2.5bn. Admission is those responsible for the ‘mas- tiations on a long-term ceasefire “Not having to come and go ing disputes. limited to students of 2012-13 and 2013-14. The Prime Minister sacre’ of hundreds in Rabe’a Al to fighting that has killed 1,962 every day. One day sleeping there, Israel confirmed it accepted the and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Adawiya in Egypt. Palestinians and 67 people on the then one day coming back. As you Egyptian proposal. “We’re honour- Al Thani has set up a panel to conduct interviews. The “coup leaders” who used Israeli side since July 8. can see my home is completely ing the ceasefire and let’s see what The General Manager of the college, Brigadier Dr Mohamed force to disperse people holding Despite overnight rocket attacks destroyed. Our whole life is now Hamas does,” a senior official said. Abdulla Al Mohanna said that the college is ready to receive the peaceful protest are responsible on Israel and Israeli air strikes on destroyed.” Israeli negotiators and members first batch where students will stay for four years to pursue the for the mass murder. Those who Gaza, the calm held throughout The Israeli army said six of the Palestinian delegation have degree. Students will get allowances, transportation, awards and lost their lives included youth, yesterday even if great uncer- Palestinian rockets struck Israel left Cairo for consultations with other benefits during their stay in the college and will get the women, children and old people, tainty persists on both sides about during the night, including three their bases and are not expected rank of lieutenant after graduation. Last February, the Ministry Al Qaradawi said in a statement the future. after the new truce came into to return before tomorrow night of Interior had set up a supreme council to develop policies of the issued by IUMS yesterday. Around 10,000 Israelis poured effect at midnight. at the earliest. college. Yesterday, the students began their orientation programme. The August 14 massacre was into Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, police Israeli warplanes hit back AGENCIES THE PENINSULA carried out by “coup leaders’ and said, calling on the government and with four air strikes, Palestinian See also page 5 Picture on page 3 their supporters. The leaders will be accountable in front of Allah. This was a premeditated mass killing. The aim of the “coup leaders” Mesaieed stock included in MSCI index Mowasalat taxis was not just to disperse the peo- ple who were demanding free- DUBAI: Shares in Qatar’s Mesaieed Petrochemical surged in heav y for people with dom and dignity, but to eliminate trade yesterday after MSCI said it had added the stock to its MSCI them. The “coup leaders’ must be All-Country World Index. Shares were up 7.1 percent at 0639 GMT, special needs brought to justice, he said.