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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 17 SPORT | 24 Qatar and Argentina Qatar Stars League to bolster trade title race relations begins today THURSDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2016 • 13 DHUL HIJJA 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6920 2 Riyals thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Swirling celebrations Emir to meet Ministry starts British PM in London today DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim back-to-school bin Hamad Al Thani will meet with the Prime Minister of Brit- ain, Theresa May, in London today, reports QNA. The Emir will discuss with the British Prime campaign Minister relations between the two countries, and a number of issues of mutual interest. back-to-school campaign was intended to make people physically Emir exchanges Nearly 300,000 and mentally prepared for the new children will return academic year. Eid greetings with “There is a need for raising com- to their classes munity awareness to get children on Sunday. easily accustomed to the school Comoros President environment after the long summer holidays,” said Al Mohammadi. DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim Activities at the malls will take bin Hamad Al Thani in a telephone The Peninsula place from 4pm to 10pm on work- call yesterday exchanged greet- ing days and from 2pm to 4pm ings on the occasion of the blessed Flying Superkids performing at Al Khor Mall during Eid Al Adha celebrations yesterday. during weekends. They will pro- Eid Al Adha with President Azali DOHA: As the new academic year vide an opportunity for students Pic: Kammutty VP → More pictures on pages 2, 3 & 16 Assoumani of the Islamic Federal in Qatar is all set to begin on Sun- and parents to interact with teach- Republic of the Comoros. day, the Ministry of Education and ers and officials on issues related Higher Education has launched a to education. back-to-school campaign to help The ministry, in cooperation students and parents better pre- with Q-Post will issue a postal pare for the new session. stamp carrying the campaign logo Qatar urges world to enforce Syria ceaseﬁre The 10-day campaign, titled “Bil to welcome the new academic year Ilm Nabnee Qatar” ( With knowl- at an event in Katara on Septem- edge, we build Qatar) begins today ber 20. QNA & Agencies about the updated version state- concerns. Russia said the Castello Qatar also referred to the enor- with a variety of activities at two Events at the malls will include ment of the High Commissioner for Road — the key supply route into mity of the scale and seriousness of shopping malls in the city — Gulf a stage show titled “Maharatee” (My Human Rights ,” within the context of Aleppo — had come under mortar the violations and crimes commit- Mall in Al Gharafa and Dar el Salam talent) and distribution of leaflets GENEVA: Qatar has urged the the 33rd session of the Human Rights fire, threatening the withdrawal of ted by the Israeli occupation forces Mall in Abu Hamour. The campaign to raise awareness on children’s international community to com- Council item (2), being held from Sep- Syrian troops which had been set to against the Palestinian people for will continue until September 24. health and safety. Children and pel the Syrian regime to respect tember 13 to 30. begin at 0600 GMT today. more than six decades and the neg- Nearly 300,000 children in parents will be taught about the the implementation of the ceasefire Meanwhile, UN chief Ban Ki- The truce that began at sundown ative repercussions on the whole Qatar will return to their classes on negative aspects of private tuitions agreement, to stop all forms of bom- moon yesterday pressed Russia on Monday, agreed after marathon situation in the region. Sunday, with opening of 191 Inde- through a video clip on the minis- bardments and forced displacement, and the United States to do more to US-Russia talks in Geneva last week, It also stressed the importance pendent schools and 245 private try’s Youtube channel. They will also and lift the siege on all cities. ensure the delivery of much-needed is part of the latest bid to end a five- of continuing support of the consti- schools and kindergartens. The new be introduced to the law pertaining This came in Qatar’s speech aid to Syrians as a ceasefire was year conflict that has killed more tutional legitimacy led by Yemeni academic year begins after a long to private tuitions. delivered by Ambassador H E Faisal largely holding. than 300,000 people. President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi summer break that stretched over Any educational services with- bin Abdullah Al Henzab, Qatar’s Per- Besieged civilians were still wait- Ban said he was in talks with and ensure the implementation of two-and-a-half months. out a licence, including tuitions manent Representative to the United ing desperately for relief in Syria’s Russia and the United States to turn the Gulf initiative and its executive Hassan Al Mohammadi, remain banned in Qatar. Nations and other International war-battered second city of Aleppo, up the pressure on all sides to guar- mechanism as well as the outputs of head of Public Relations Depart- Organizations Office at Geneva yes- with 20 UN aid trucks stranded on antee the security of the UN aid the national dialogue, and the UN ment at the ministry said that the → Continued on page 3 terday, during “the general debate the Turkish border over security convoy. Security Council related resolutions. OIC ﬂays Typhoon trail Desert safari operators Sept 11 bill QNA see spurt in bookings JEDDAH: The Organization of By Fazeena Saleem desert. “Drivers were very profes- Islamic Cooperation (OIC) warned The Peninsula sional, it was a safe ride with lots of yesterday of the implications of a excitement,” she added. bill recently passed by the senate Although safety on dunes to allow families of victims of Sep- cannot be fully assured, tour oper- tember 11 attacks to sue overseas DOHA: More people prefer safe ators assign adequately equipped governments for allegedly spon- dune bashing during Eid holidays four-wheel-drive vehicles with soring terrorism. as the jump in demand for desert experienced drivers. Saudi news Agency SPA safari bookings with tour opera- “There had been an increase in reported yesterday that Secre- tors shows. bookings for safaris after the Eid hol- tary-General of the OIC Iyad Many families as well as group idays were announced. The number Madani described the bill as short- of friends have booked half-day or of calls we receive are higher than on sighted. He warned if the bill were night tours in the desert ahead of the previous occasions,” said an official to become a law, it would remove holidays, say tour operators. at Arabian Adventures. the benefits of centuries old laws Dune bashing in four-wheel- “The holidays are quite long so a and international norms that pro- drive vehicles is a popular activity lot of people are choosing to spend mote the comity of nations, and during holidays in Sealine and Khor half-day or a night in the desert. plunge the world, one nation or Al Udeid. We are getting families as well as region at a time, into chaos as each But driving in the desert can be groups of friends choosing to spend nation could pass reciprocal laws Advertisement hoardings lie on top of scooters and cars as super typhoon Meranti hit Pingtung county hazardous, with numerous acci- at least part of their Eid holiday on in retaliation that would weaken in southern Taiwan yesterday. Parts of Taiwan were brought to a standstill as the strongest typhoon of dents reported each year, some of a safari,” he added. the protections that sovereignty them fatal. Also, many desert vis- Answering a question about the year skirted past the island’s southern tip, knocking out power for more than 180,000 households. and presumption against extra- → See also page 6 itors encounter difficulties when safety, he said that all drivers are territoriality legally provides to their vehicles get caught in rap- very experienced and ensure the all people, of all nations. idly-rising tides, or in soft sand on safety of passengers. the dunes. A half-day safari would cover Many motorists land in tricky around four hours in the desert and and dangerous situations as they are cost at least QR700 for four people. not fully aware of the nature of the It would cost QR330 per person for Twinkle...twinkle: Over a billion Milky Way stars mapped desert areas as well as the capabil- a overnight stay in the desert. ities of their vehicles. In a half-day tour, passengers “Last Eid we went to the dunes will be picked up at any agreed AFP pean Space Agency said yesterday. In a webcast press conference at billion-pixel camera, the biggest ever in our vehicle and got stuck in the location in Doha and will be driven Released to eagerly waiting ESA’s Astronomy Centre in Madrid, put into space. sand. We had to get help of some- to Sealine. Following a brief stop astronomers around the world, the scientists unveiled a stunning map of The resolution is sharp enough to one who charged around QR1,500 there, professional drivers will first initial catalogue of 1.15 billion stars is the Milky Way, including stars up to gauge the diameter of a human hair to take the vehicle out. So, this time deflate the tyres. There are differ- PARIS: The Gaia space probe, “both the largest and the most accu- half a million times less bright than at a distance of 1,000 kilometres, we didn’t want to take a risk and ent paths through the dunes, from launched in 2013, has mapped more rate full-sky map ever produced,” those we can see with the naked eye.

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