ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER MSCI lifts Daloul creates weights of Qatar record in Qatar stocks Nanjing Business | 17 Sport | 26 Monday 18 August 2014 • 22 Shawwal 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6161 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Ministry again warns Qatar in top against partitioning of villas and residential units tier of global DOHA: The Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning (Baladiya) has repeat- edly warned people against par- titioning of villas and residential peace index units without permission from concerned authorities. Ali Saleh Al Marri, Head of Only nation from region to get status the Legal Studies Section at the ministry, said Baladiya is strictly DOHA: A global think tank has that Qatar remains largely unaf- monitoring partitioning of villas placed Qatar among the top list fected by the social unrest that has and residential units, the local of most peaceful countries in the gripped parts of the region since Arabic daily Al Arab has reported. world. early 2011…”, the report said. If a violator makes reconcili- After conducting surveys in The most peaceful region con- ation with the ministry, the fine 162 countries, the Institute of tinues to be Europe while the least is QR250 per square metre, but Economics and Peace (IEP) has peaceful region is South Asia. if the case is transferred to the ranked Qatar in the Top-Tier of its Afghanistan has been replaced at court, the fine is from QR250 “Global Peace Index 2014”. Qatar is the bottom of the index by Syria Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters celebrate sitting on the back of a truck as they head to the Mosul dam on the to QR500 per square metre, Al the only country from the region due to a slight improvement in Tigris they recaptured from Islamic State jihadists, near the northern city of Mosul yesterday. Marri said during a meeting with to find a place in Top Tier slot. its peace, combined with further the local media. Based on the state of peace in deterioration of the situation in Internal partitions of buildings each country, the global index Syria. South Sudan experienced need investigation, but entry to has classified the countries into the largest drop in the index this Kurds recapture Mosul dam the premises can only be done six categories — Very high, High, year, falling from 145th to 160th with legal permission. Medium, Low, Very low and Not and ranking as the third least AL QOSH: Iraqi Kurdish fight- Saturday and again yesterday. - and prevent the Iraqi govern- Inspectors, however, can find Included. Twenty-eight countries peaceful country. Major dete- ers backed by US warplanes The US Central Command ment from providing critical serv- some hints from outside buildings have been ranked in the top tier rioration also occurred in Egypt, retook the country’s largest reported that the military had ices to the Iraqi populace,” the even without entering them. of ‘Very high’ category. Ukraine and Central African dam from jihadists yesterday, carried out 14 air strikes yester- White House said in a statement. Indications of partitioning Qatar has been placed 22nd in Republic. The report noted the as Sunni Arab tribesmen and day near the dam, which, located “These operations are limited in include the total number of air this Tier-1 category, with score global economic impact of violence security forces fought the mili- on the Tigris river, provides elec- their nature, duration, and scope conditioners and their location, higher than Poland, Mauritius, is $9.8trn or 11.3 percent of global tants west of Baghdad. tricity and irrigation water for and are being undertaken in coor- the painting of the house and the Singapore, Croatia, Spain and GDP. Compared to estimates for The recapture of Mosul dam farming to much of the region. dination with and at the request number of cars parked in front Taiwan which also fall under the 2012, this represents an increase of marks the biggest prize yet Centcom said the strikes of the government of Iraq.” of it. ‘Very high’ category. $179bn or a 3.8 percent rise in vio- clawed back from Islamic State destroyed 10 IS armed vehicles, Security forces backed by Sunni Another violation is providing Qatar is just below countries lence containment costs globally. (IS) jihadists since they launched seven IS Humvees, two armoured Arab tribal militia made gains accommodation for workers in like Hungary, the Netherlands, Overall, the 2014 Global Peace a major offensive in northern Iraq personnel carriers and one IS against the jihadists in Iraq’s areas intended for families. Slovakia, Portugal and Germany. Index score deteriorated slightly in early June, sweeping Iraqi secu- checkpoint. Anbar province, west of the pro- These rules have been cre- Iceland tops the ‘Very high’ for the sixth year in a row con- rity forces aside. In Washington, the White vincial capital Ramadi, police said. ated for the benefit of all people list with a score of 1.189. Qatar’s tinuing to record a gradual slide “Mosul Dam was liberated House said that President Barack Fighting was also taking place because partitioning and increas- score band is 1.491, not much in global peacefulness since 2008. completely,” Ali Awni, an official Obama had informed Congress near the strategic Euphrates ing the number of occupants in an below Germany’s 1.423. “Qatar has For 2014, five out of the nine geo- from Iraq’s main Kurdish party, he authorised US air strikes in Valley town of Haditha, located accommodation create pressure consistently topped the regional graphical regions experienced an said. A senior Iraqi army officer Iraq to help retake control of the near another important dam, on electricity, water, sewage and rankings in the Global Peace Index improvement in peace and among said while the fighting had ended, Mosul Dam, which it said was police Staff Major General Ahmed other facilities. since 2009, a testament to the abil- those that became less peaceful, some areas around the dam were consistent with his goal of pro- Sadag said. The rallying of more If an owner wants a build- ity of successive leaders to ensure substantial changes in the index still inaccessible due to bombs tecting US citizens in the country. than two dozen Sunni tribes to ing partitioned, he may ask the prolonged domestic stability,” the were only seen in two: sub-Saha- planted by the militants. “The failure of the Mosul Dam the government side on Friday ministry, providing justification GPI noted in its individual country ran Africa and the Middle East The dam breakthrough came could threaten the lives of large marked a potential turning point on why he wants to make the analysis on Qatar. and North Africa (Mena). after US warplanes and drones numbers of civilians, threaten US in the fightback against the jihad- partition. “The refreshing of the politi- THE PENINSULA pummelled the militants fighting personnel and facilities - includ- ists and their allies. AGENCIES THE PENINSULA cal leadership has helped ensure Continued on page 3 against the Kurdish advance on ing the US Embassy in Baghdad See also page 5 Continued on page 3 Traffic chaos Scattered rains Gaza truce talks resume JERUSALEM: Israel warned yesterday that it would refuse any likely today long-term truce deal that failed to satisfy its security needs as Gaza DOHA: Scattered rains are ceasefire talks resumed in Cairo. expected in the south-west- Egyptian-brokered indirect negotiations between Israel and the ern parts of the country today, Palestinians are taking place during a five-day lull in the fighting that according to a forecast by the is due to expire at midnight (2100 GMT) today. The talks began yes- Meteorology Department. terday afternoon at the headquarters of Egyptian intelligence. However, rains will be expe- The aim is to broker a long-term arrangement to halt over a month rienced only in the above-men- of bloody fighting which erupted on July 8 and has so far claimed 1,980 tioned areas for a very short Palestinians lives and 67 on the Israeli side. period of time, said Abdulla Al But as the Israeli team landed in Cairo, Prime Minister Benjamin Mannai, Head of the Forecast Netanyahu said they would not agree to any proposal which did not and Analysis Section. offer a clear answer to Israel’s security needs. “The Israeli delega- Although rains in mid-sum- tion in Cairo is acting with a very clear mandate to stand firmly mer are a rare phenomenon, on Israel’s security needs,” said Netanyahu. “Only if there is a clear such scattered rains limited to answer to Israel’s security needs, only then will we agree to reach an specific places of the country understanding.” occur every year in August due In Ramallah, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated his to a weather condition called commitment to the Egyptian proposal. “Our goal is to stop fighting and ‘Mesoscale.’ we are committed to the Egyptian initiative and nothing else,” he said. “Rains at an isolated place AGENCIES during August are not excep- See also page 4 tional. It has happened during Traffic moves at a snail’s pace as improvement work began on C-Ring Road near Ramada Signal yesterday. the past 10 years. The project is likely to continue for next five months. ABDUL BASIT “But this time rains will not be extended to other places and will not last for long,” said Al Mannai. “Usually rains occur only for Vehicles abandoned in old neighbourhoods for many years a very short period between 1pm and 6pm,” he added.