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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Sunday 10 March 2013 28 Rabial II 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5634 Price: QR2 WEF’s Executive Cook, Compton Opinion Survey hit tons, lead in Qatar England’s recovery Business | 17 Sport | 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Sheikha Moza at CILE conference Released UN Single motor peacekeepers reach Jordan insurance plan AMMAN: The United Nations welcomed the release yesterday of 21 Filipino peacekeepers, who had been seized by Syrian rebels on the Golan Heights, as they for GCC likely crossed to freedom in Jordan after a three-day ordeal. Philippine authorities also expressed relief at the release Draft may get nod at Doha meet of the members of the UN Disengagement Observer Force. DOHA: Plans to have a uni- from one GCC state to another A Jordanian military offi- fied insurance policy for auto- need to buy third-party insur- cial said the peacekeepers were mobiles in the GCC region are ance cover. This is most common greeted by border guards as they in the pipeline and if things in the case of Saudi Arabia which crossed from Syria in the after- go as planned, regional motor attracts a large number of reli- noon and “underwent medical insurance schemes might be gious visitors from the region who examinations.” launched before the year-end. prefer to travel by road. They then boarded an army bus A preliminary draft of the pro- People travelling to Saudi and were given a military escort posed policy has been framed, and Arabia from Qatar by road for pil- to the east Amman headquarters approved by the Gulf Insurance grimage like Umrah, for example, of the armed forces where they Federation at its meeting in must pay up QR100 as third-party were “handed over to the UN rep- Dubai last month. insurance fee. Hamda said there resentative in Jordan, Costanza The draft has been circulated is a strong possibility that after H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser attends the first international conference of the Research Center for Islamic Farina, in the presence of the among major insurers in the necessary changes to the draft Legislation and Ethics (CILE). The conference — ‘Arts and Politics from an Islamic Perspective: Critical Questions’ Philippines ambassador,” the offi- region for suggestions so finish- policy based on the feedback had — was the first such event to be organised by CILE, a member of Qatar Foundation. Sheikha Moza attended cial added in a statement. ing touches could be given to the from regional insurance compa- An AFP correspondent said the the third panel on ‘Politics and Ethics’. The one-day conference brought together scholars of Islamic juris- draft after incorporating the nies the draft would be approved peacekeepers were also greeted prudence, artists and politicians to discuss critical issues relevant to today’s cultural and political spheres. changes. The next meeting of for implementation at the next by Jordanian Foreign Minister the Federation, an association of meeting of the Federation in (AR AL-BAKER ) Nasser Judeh, government regional risk underwriters, is to Doha. The official, however, didn’t spokesman Samih Maaytah and be held in Doha and it is likely specify the timeframe by which Chief of Staff Mashaal Al Zebn. that the draft policy might be he expected the meeting to take The peacekeepers are mem- approved for implementation. place here, but reiterated that the bers of the UNDOF monitoring A key official of the federation unified regional policy was likely the armistice line between Syria told a UAE-based online news- to be implemented before the end Khalfan ‘got 2,500 threats’ and Israel that followed the 1973 paper, Alittihad, that a unified of 2013. Arab-Israeli war. regional motor insurance policy Model motor regulations might DOHA: Dubai police chief Dahi Brotherhood has been trying to again took aim at the Muslim A video footage reportedly could see the light of day before be introduced in the UAE on an Khalfan has said he got at least suggest that his criticism of the Brotherhood and Mursi on Twitter released by rebels who handed the end of the current year. experimental basis before their 2,500 threatening phone calls outfit is actually targetting Egypt. yesterday and said they must over the peacekeepers and posted “The preliminary draft policy implementation in the region. from the Muslim Brotherhood “This is not true. I am not talk- admit their failure in Egypt — a by SITE Monitoring Service has been approved by the federa- Hamda said the proposed uni- after Mohammed Mursi took ing about Egypt. I am talking reference to their rule and the shows the soldiers shaking hands tion at their meeting in Dubai fied policy would not affect in over Egypt’s presidency. about the Muslim Brotherhood. ongoing public protests. with insurgents as they cross a that was held in the middle of anyway motor insurance laws of “I have a list of all the phone They are trying to propagandise He said he urges the members small stream to Jordan. The foot- last month,” Mohamed Mazhar the member-countries, but added numbers from which I have that my criticism of the organisa- of the Muslim Brotherhood to age shows a man describing the Hamda, head of the technical that a mechanism of how accident received the threatening calls. tion is actually aimed at Egypt.” leave Egypt before a ‘catastro- event as a cameraman films the committee of the Federation, told claims would be settled needed to All of them were from Egypt. “The people of Egypt are intelli- phe’ strikes, Al Sharq reported peacekeepers who are seen stand- Alittihad. Once the policy is in be worked out. “We are currently I can publish the numbers,” gent and they know that I am talk- yesterday. “I don’t know why they ing by a truck. “The UN observers place, one would not need to buy busy studying relevant rules and Khalfan was quoted as saying by ing about the Muslim Brotherhood are not admitting their failure,” are now in Jordanian territory. separate motor insurance covers regulations of the member-coun- Arabianbusiness.com. and not about Egypt,” Khalfan, Khalfan said. “Admitting your They were taken to the Jordan if driving within the region. A tries so as to develop an effective Arabianbusiness.com reported known for Brotherhood-bashing, failure would be an act of courage. border and given to Jordanian single policy bought in any GCC mechanism for accidents claims that in a video footage on was quoted as saying. Unruffled It would be a noble gesture from authorities...,” the man is heard state would suffice. settlements,” Hamda was quoted Emirates24/7, a UAE-based news by the threatening phone calls, you,” the Dubai police chief said saying. AFP Currently, motorists driving as saying. THE PENINSULA website, Khalfan said the Muslim the outspoken Dubai police boss on Twitter. THE PENINSULA See also page 7 Nine killed in Ensour reappointed Jordan’s PM Afghanistan AMMAN: Jordan’s parliament voted yesterday for the monarchy’s caretaker prime minister to form a new Cabinet, the first time in the country’s history that the legislature rather than the king has as Hagel visits decided who will be head of government. Abdullah Ensour, a former liberal lawmaker known for fiery criti- KABUL: A suicide bomber on cisms of the government when he was in parliament, was selected as a bicycle killed nine people out- part of a reform programme aimed at defusing political unrest to stave side the defence ministry in off an Arab Spring-style uprising. But he is also committed enough to central Kabul yesterday dur- Abdullah’s plan for cautious reforms to be the king’s choice for prime ing a visit to the Afghan capital minister in October, when the sitting government was dissolved prior by new US Defence Secretary to parliamentary elections. Those elections were boycotted by the Chuck Hagel. country’s largest opposition group. Full report on page 10 The blast occurred near the main entrance gate of the heav- ily-guarded ministry, and Taliban North Korea rejects UN resolution militants immediately claimed the attack was timed to send a SEOUL/BEIJING: North Korea yesterday formally rejected a UN message to Hagel, who arrived in Security Council resolution that demands an end to its nuclear arms Kabul late on Friday. programme, as China called for calm, saying sanctions were not the One Afghan soldier covered “fundamental” way to resolve tensions on the Korean peninsula. in blood at the scene said he had Pyongyang said UN sanctions would only make its nuclear and mis- helped carry five people from the sile programmes stronger, with the foreign ministry hinting at further attack site, where several cars A man tries to extinguish a fire at the headquarters of the Egyptian Soccer Association, set ablaze by people nuclear tests to come. were damaged and a wall was left protesting a court verdict that confirmed death sentences on 21 football fans, in Cairo, Egypt, yesterday. In a statement carried by state media, the ministry said the latest pock-marked. sanctions, which were unanimously imposed on Friday by the Security Hagel, a decorated Vietnam war Council, would only lead the country to reinforce its status “as a nuclear veteran, was at a US facility less weapons state and satellite launcher”. Full report on page 12 than a mile from the attack when Court verdict sparks riots in Egypt the loud explosion followed by gun- fire was heard across Kabul. Indian rape victim gets US award “I wasn’t sure what it was,” he PORT SAID: Egyptian pro- imposed on 21 local soccer fans Security sources said two peo- told reporters afterwards.