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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Sunday 17 March 2013 5 Jumada I 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5641 Price: QR2 Airbus wins Qatar play $9.3bn Turkish Thailand Airlines deal today Business | 19 Sport | 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Infectious diseases GCC looks at unit coming up DOHA: The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) is building an infectious diseases unit at forming joint Al Rumailah Hospital. Hamad Medical Corporation is preparing to invite tenders for several development projects, part of which is to build new facilities anti-graft body for Al Rumailah Hospital, includ- ing a three-tower new hospital and diabetes and dental clinics. Proposal discussed in Riyadh The projects aim to provide more specialised services for DOHA: Eyeing increased for- United Nations to set up the UN those suffering from chronic eign investment and transpar- Convention Against Corruption diseases by increasing facilities ency, the oil-rich Gulf countries (UNCAC) in 2003. ACTA is a and recruiting more specialists are taking a closer look at multilateral convention negoti- in a bid to reduce the burden on the possibility of setting up a ated by UN member-countries, Hamad General Hospital (HGH). regional anti-corruption watch- and is the first global legally bind- Work at the site is continuing dog in their fight against cor- ing international anti-corruption round-the-clock and the unit is ruption and wasteful public instrument. It aims at preventing expected to be completed in time. expenditure. corruption, criminalising certain THE PENINSULA A proposal was yesterday dis- conducts, strengthening inter- cussed in Saudi Arabia’s capital national law enforcement and Karzai, Hagel discuss Riyadh to form an independent judicial cooperation, providing GCC-wide ministerial-level anti- effective legal mechanisms for prison transfer corruption body that would have asset recovery, technical assist- as members the heads of anti- ance and information exchange WASHINGTON: US Defence corruption agencies of member- among member-countries. Secretary Chuck Hagel and states. The proposal came up for In response to global efforts in Afghan President Hamid debate at the first GCC meeting of this regard Qatar has adopted Demonstrators wave independence flags of Syria during a protest on the second anniversary of Syria’s conflict, Karzai spoke in a call yesterday the heads of anti-corruption and several important measures to in Paris, yesterday. about efforts to quickly resolve integrity agencies, QNA reported. endorse UNCAC and implement one of the most vexing issues in It was also suggested that it, Al Attiyah said. Qatar has the two countries’ relations, the GCC states which so far do not emerged as a pioneer in the region delayed transfer to Afghan con- have independent anti-corrup- in the fight against corruption. Assad urges BRICS to intervene trol of a key detention centre. tion committees must form such He said regional efforts aimed The Pentagon said the two men panels. at setting up a united anti-cor- “agreed to use the next week to The Riyadh meet was convened ruption body would strengthen BEIRUT: Syria’s President from President Bashar Al Assad Shaaban said during the meet- conduct intensive work with a by Saudi Arabia’s National Anti- Qatar’s efforts to fight the men- Bashar Al Assad yesterday to President Jacob Zuma, who ing with Zuma, which was also view to concluding an agreement,” Corruption Commission to look ace and improve transparency. called on the BRICS nations to will preside over the March 26 attended by South Africa’s for- spokesman George Little said in for ways for such agencies in the He welcomed the move to have intervene to end the conflict in BRICS summit, on the subject of eign minister, “the president was a statement. The transfer of the region to foster closer cooperation cooperation at regional and inter- his country, in a letter deliv- the situation in Syria,” Shaaban very positive and deplored the detention centre at Bagram air and exchange of information. national levels to fight corruption, ered by his adviser Bouthaina said, reached by telephone destruction affecting this beauti- base is a persistent source of ten- H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al protect integrity and improve Shaaban during a trip to South from Beirut. ful country.” sion, with Karzai’s office warning Attiyah, Chairman of Qatar’s transparency. Africa. “In this message, President The BRICS acronym refers in a statement on Wednesday that Administrative Control and The proposal to form a regional Speaking to AFP, Shaaban Bashar Al Assad asks for inter- to the nations of Brazil, Russia, “any more delays could harm the Transparency Authority rep- anti-corruption panel is the said she had delivered the letter vention by the BRICS to stop India, China and South Africa, all bilateral relations.” US command- resented Qatar at this historic GCC’s reiteration of commitment to South African President Jacob the violence in his country developing powers which opposed ers want to ensure that danger- meet. He said that increasing to global anti-crime efforts. The Zuma ahead of the BRICS sum- and encourage the opening of the use of force in Libya. ous prisoners will not be released danger of corruption at local Riyadh meet was a great success, mit in South Africa on March 26. a dialogue, which he wishes to AFP back to the battlefield. AFP and global levels forced the QNA said. THE PENINSULA “Today I passed a message start.” See also page 10 See also page 13 SUNDAY 17 MARCH 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME ExxonMobil supports turbomachinery meet DOHA: ExxonMobil will dem- discussions and short courses that built one of the world’s most onstrate its commitment to are on a par with the high quality impressive turbomachinery asset technological advancement and of the Turbomachinery and Pump bases, which makes Qatar an ideal operational excellence at the Symposia held annually in Houston, place to bring industry participants Middle East Turbomachinery Texas. The symposium exhibit hall together to discuss challenges and Symposium (METS) beginning will feature leading companies with opportunities in this field.” today at the Qatar National exhibits of the latest services and Representatives from Convention Centre. full-sized equipment. ExxonMobil will join Al Sada in Held under the patronage of “Building on the success of the inaugurating the event, lead vari- Minister of Energy and Industry inaugural symposium, this year’s ous technical short courses, and H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al event is set to raise the bar with showcase its own turbomachinery Sada, the symposium is hosted its robust and comprehensive tech- asset base. METS seeks to pro- by Qatar Petroleum and organ- nical programme and an impres- mote professional development, ised by Texas A&M University’s sive exhibition,” said Bart Cahir, technology transfers, interna- Turbomachinery Laboratory. President and General Manager tional peer networking, and infor- The event will feature lectures, of ExxonMobil Qatar. “Qatar mation exchange. tutorials, case studies, group Petroleum and its partners have THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 17 MARCH 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Annual Global Art Forum begins today at Mathaf Forum to explore ‘definitionism’ in art world DOHA: The annual Global Art Forum kicks off today at the Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art. Global Art Forum-7 is pre- sented by the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), and is held in partnership with Mathaf (Qatar Museums Authority). This year, Global Art Forum-7 is directed by Istanbul based writer/editor HG Masters, and commissioned by writer/curator Shumon Basar. Entitled ‘It Means This’, the forum explores the concept of ‘definitionism’: investigating the words, terms, cliches and mis- understandings that prolifer- ate in the art world and beyond. The Forum attempts to (re) define words, phrases and ideas we think we know, and those we need to know, to navigate the 21st century. Each session or element of the forum will focus on a key- word; some are terms used every and Dar Al Ma’mun co-director, The talks begin at 3pm today day, while other terms may be Omar Berrada; curators Lara and tomorrow. Visitors are invited less familiar – including Mena Khaldi (Director, Khalil Sakakini to a special lecture by archi- (Middle East Nervous Anxiety), Cultural Centre, Ramallah) and tect Rem Koolhaas at Virginia Freezone, and Neologism. The Koyo Kouoh (Director, Raw Commonwealth University’s bian- eclectic line-up of contributors Material Company, Dakar); Turi nual art and design conference, are set to pick apart these terms Munthe, founder of ‘citizen jour- Tasmeem Doha 2013 – Hybrid through talks, debates, perform- nalist’ newswire Demotix, and Making, at 7.30pm tonight follow- ances, TV clips, new publications, Doha-based analyst and commen- ing the forum sessions at Mathaf. films, music, and more. tator Tarik Yousef. The forum will close with a site- Participants in Global Art Commissioned artist videos specific performance by composer Forum-7 in Doha include writer- will be on display in the ‘Forum and musician André Vida (pic- editor Charles Arsene-Henry; Forum’ a media repository accom- tured) tomorrow at 6pm. Vida’s artists AlaYounis and Abdullah panying Global Art Forum_7 in work examines the relationship Al Mutairi; writers Elif Batuman Doha and Dubai. In Doha, visi- between written music and the (contributor, New Yorker), tors can enter the unique view- body of the performer who plays Maryam Monalisa Gharavi ing space of a Hummer limousine it, and incorporates visual ele- (Editor-at-Large, The New parked outside Mathaf to experi- ments including video, lighting, Inquiry), Oscar Guardiola-Rivera ence video works by the artists and costume design. (author of What if Latin America Lantian Xie, Abdullah Al Mutairi, This is the first performance Ruled the World?); writer/urbanist Yto Barrada, Tunç Ali Çam, Nada in the Gulf for the Berlin-based Keller Easterling (Professor, Yale Dada, and Dominique Gonzalez- artist.