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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Sunday 5 May 2013 25 Jumada II 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5690 Price: QR2 Expert: Influx of QR3m prizes foreign insurers for football fans creating chaos at Emir Cup Business | 17 Sport | 25 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Heavy rains inundate Lekhwiya win Heir Apparent Cup many low-lying areas Municipalities unprepared for water-logging DOHA: Many low-lying areas submerged in deep water. Some the heavy rains,” said Mayssoun in the city, its suburbs and other residents of areas where infra- Olabi, of public relations, HMC. parts of the country were under structure development work According to Doha knee-deep water after heavy has been going on were badly Municipality, areas in the city rains paralysed life late yes- affected, with residents airing that were most affected were terday afternoon, exposing the their ire against the Public Works Old Airport, Al Hilal and Al hollow claims of the municipal Authority (Ashghal). Mansoura. Many other parts of authorities that they were ever- There were reports of a woman the city faced water-logging. ready to clear flooding caused being injured by a falling tree at “We dispatched 24 vehicles fit- by sudden showers. the Corniche. She was part of a ted with water pumps to drain The meteorology department family that had gone on a picnic out logged water from different has forecast that yesterday’s to enjoy the cloudy weather, but localities, major roads and near unstable weather conditions may had to be rushed for emergency flyovers and roundabouts,” said continue until at least tomorrow medical care by her relatives. Nauf Al Malki, director of the evening — a prospect residents in The emergency department Services Department of Doha the affected areas dread. of Hamad Medical Corporation Municipality. “Clearing logged Many residents said they (HMC), however, denied the water from major thoroughfares had to wade through knee- report and said no such incident was our priority since that was deep water to reach home. Car had been reported. “We have no causing traffic snarls.” parking areas in many places information about the woman or The control room of the and housing complexes were any other injuries caused due to Municipality will be open 24 hours to receive calls for help, she said. In Al Rayyan, water-logging The Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani presenting the Heir Apparent Cup trophy to Lekhwiya More rains today, tomorrow wasn’t much of a problem, a sen- captain Majid Bougherra at Al Sadd Stadium yesterday. Lekhwiya came from behind to beat Al Sadd 3-2 and ior official from the area’s munici- win their first Heir Apparent Cup. See also pages 27 & 28 SHAIVAL DALAL DOHA: The meteorology Many areas of the city, its pality, Muqbil Al Shummari, said. department has forecast unsta- suburbs and other parts of the “We were prepared in advance to ble weather today and tomor- country began witnessing inter- tackle any emergency.” row with chances of scattered mittent rains beginning a little There was water-logging near and sometimes heavy rains at after 1 pm yesterday, with the Al Sadd Stadium and it was being Egyptian mob some places accompanied by mercury taking a slight dip. cleared. Israel targets missiles thunder and strong winds. Day temperatures have been Al Wakra began receiving lynches son of Low pressure prevailing in forecast at up to 36 and 37 rainfall at 1.30 pm and many the upper levels of air over the degrees Celsius today, but winds low-lying localities were left sub- for Hezbollah: Report Islamist leader Gulf yesterday has caused the blowing from the cooler north- merged. “Water pumping work unstable weather conditions, western direction at speeds of will continue the whole night in WASHINGTON: The air approved it in a secret meeting CAIRO: An angry Egyptian Abdullah Al Mannai, head of up to 20 knots may turn the the logged areas,” a senior offi- strike Israel carried out in Syria on Thursday, a source said. mob has lynched the teenage son weather forecast and analy- weather — partly cloudy to cial from the local municipality, targeted a shipment of missiles Israel’s government did not for- of a Muslim Brotherhood leader, sis, told this newspaper last cloudy — pleasant. Mohamed Al Khatir, said. from Iran bound for Hezbollah mally confirm Friday’s air strike, accusing him of killing a man evening. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA in Lebanon, the New York Times which was disclosed to Reuters by over Facebook comments critical Continued on page 6 reported yesterday. an Israeli official. “There was an air of the Islamist movement, secu- The newspaper, citing a US strike. The target was not a chemi- rity sources said yesterday. official, said the Israeli air force cal weapons facility. It was missiles Yussef Rabie Abdessalam, 16, hit a warehouse on Friday at intended for Hezbollah,” the official pulled out a gun and opened fire Damascus International Airport said. A US official told Reuters the indiscriminately, killing a pas- that it believed contained Fateh- target was apparently a building. serby and wounding another 110 surface-to-surface missiles Weapons from Iran pour into after a heated argument with a made in Iran. The Jewish state Syria from Iraq but also increas- man who had openly criticised the has long said it is prepared to use ingly along other routes, including Brotherhood on the Internet. force to prevent advanced Syrian via Turkey and Lebanon, in viola- His action sparked fury in weapons from reaching Lebanon’s tion of a UN arms embargo on Iran, Qattawiya, a village in the Nile militant Shia guerrillas. Israel Western officials said recently. Delta province of Sharqiya, where also fears that Syrian President US President Barack Obama Yussef’s father, Rabie Abdessalam Bashar Al Assad’s reputed chemi- would not comment on whether is an official at the local branch cal weapons arsenal could end up the air strikes had taken place, of the Justice and Freedom in the hands of Hezbollah. but said Israel had the right to Party, the political arm of the Assad and the powerful guerrilla guard against the transfer of Muslim Brotherhood of President group are linked to Iran, Israel’s advanced weapons to Hezbollah. Mohammed Mursi. arch-enemy. Iran has increased “What I have said in the past, An angry mob surrounded military aid to Assad in recent and I continue to believe, is that the Abdessalam house seeking months, offering Syria’s increas- the Israelis justifiably have to revenge, but the family refused to ingly isolated government support guard against the transfer of give Yussef up and hurled stones beyond what it gets from Russia, advanced weaponry to terror- from inside the residence at the Western diplomats have said. ist organisations like Hezbollah,” protesters. Police attempted to It was the second reported Obama said in an interview with evacuate the Abdessalam family Israeli air strike on a target in the Spanish-language network but the mob set fire to the house Syria in four months. It took place Telemundo, during a three-day and in the confusion grabbed An uprooted tree at the Corniche due to heavy rains and strong winds yesterday. More pictures on page 6 after Prime Minister Benjamin Latin America tour. REUTERS Yussef and lynched him. AFP Netanyahu’s security Cabinet See also page 7 Saudi allows some girls’ schools Seven US soldiers Google recognises ‘Palestine’ on homepage to offer sports RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s official die in Afghanistan press agency SPA said yesterday JERUSALEM: Internet giant countries. In this case, we are politics—and on the controversial will soon fade and the Palestinian that private girls’ schools are KABUL: Seven US soldiers were Google has recognised the following the lead of the UN... side,” foreign ministry spokesman people will wake up tomorrow now allowed to hold sports activ- killed in two separate attacks in Palestinians’ upgraded UN sta- and other international organi- Yigal Palmor said. to find little of their lives has ities in the kingdom, “according Afghanistan yesterday, Nato and tus, placing the name “Palestine” sations,” he said. Palestinian President changed, save (that) the pros- to the rules of Shariah”. Western officials said. on its search engine instead of The UN General Assembly on Mahmoud Abbas’s telecommuni- pects of a durable peace have Saudi Arabia still prohibits Five US soldiers were killed “Palestinian Territories,” the November 29 upgraded Palestine cations adviser Sabri Saydam said receded,” said Susan Rice, the sports lessons in government-run in the southern battleground US company said, raising the to the status of non-member Google’s move was “a step in the American ambassador to the girls’ schools, and female sports province of Kandahar when they ire of Israel. observer state by a vote of 138 right direction”. United Nations, on the day of the clubs are banned. The agency were struck by an improvised The domain name www.google. votes in favour, nine against and “We hope Google maps will also vote. said yesterday that the Education bomb, a spokesman for the US ps, Google’s search engine for 41 abstentions. show the fact that Palestinian And in an apparent response Ministry ordered private girls’ forces and provincial authorities the territories, now brings up Palestinian authorities have land has been stolen from Israel’s the following day, Israel schools to provide appropriate said, adding that it took place in a homepage with “Palestine” since begun to use the “State colonisation,” he said. announced plans to build 3,000 places and equipment for sports.