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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Monday 17 February 2014 17 Rabial II 1435 - Volume 18 Number 5978 Price: QR2 Tasweeq, Double delight ADNOC sign for Al Attiyah in contract Dubai Business | 17 Sport | 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 GCC states to Halep wins Qatar Open step up fight against graft Panel to prepare draft agreement DOHA/ KUWAIT: The GCC This mechanism could help in states yesterday agreed to step tracking criminals in the mem- up efforts to jointly fight cor- ber countries as well as the flow of ruption, and decided to form an funds resulting from corruption. It ad hoc committee to prepare a also underlines the importance of draft GCC agreement on com- having a common law to fight cor- bating corruption. ruption and joining international The decision was taken at the efforts in this regard, he added. first meeting of the heads of agen- Abdul Latheef Al Ziyani, the cies responsible for promoting GCC secretary general, also said integrity and fighting corruption that the meeting showed the con- in the GCC states, held in Kuwait cern of the GCC countries about yesterday. the prevalence of corruption, H E Abdullah bin Hamad which has now become a very Al Attiyah, Chairman of the complex issue and has acquired Administrative Control and many new forms. Transparency Authority, rep- The meeting discussed whether resented Qatar in the two-day the GCC as regional body should Simona Halep of Romania holds her trophy beside H E Ali Sherif Al Emadi (left), the Minister of Finance, and Nasser Al Khelaifi, President of Qatar Tennis meeting. ratify the UN Convention against Federation, after defeating Angelique Kerber of Germany in the women’s singles final match of Qatar Open tennis tournament in Doha. See also page 28 An important decision taken Corruption, and asked member at the meeting was to form an ad countries to give their opinion to hoc committee with representa- the general secretariat before the tives from the member states and end of next month. The officials the GCC general secretariat to also decided to form an expert OPINION prepare a draft GCC agreement panel to study decisions and Egypt attack kills 3 S Koreans on combating corruption, Qatar agreements in this regard. News Agency reported yesterday. The meeting called upon mem- CAIRO: A bomb tore through South Koreans, along with the The explosion blew off the front Ministries and The general secretariat was ber countries to enhance interna- a bus carrying South Korean Egyptian driver. of the yellow bus and tore out asked to circulate the draft agree- tional cooperation and exchange of sightseers near an Egyptian The South Korean foreign min- parts of the roof. performance ment to the member states for information, and build their anti- border crossing with Israel yes- istry confirmed the death of two The interior ministry said the their views and suggestions for corruption capabilities. terday, killing three tourists of its nationals, saying they were tourists had set off from Cairo assessments amendments. The participants agreed to and the Egyptian driver, a sen- members of a Christian church and were waiting at the crossing The meeting accepted an invi- develop a unified integrated sys- ior official said. on tour. to enter Israel when the explosion n the tation extended by H E Abdullah tem for exchange of experience It was the first attack on tour- A doctor who had been wait- happened. weekly bin Hamad Al-Attiyah to hold the between the anti-corruption bod- ists since the ouster of Islamist ing for a bus nearby witnessed “Terrorism has no religion. The Cab- second meeting of the GCC panel ies of the GCC countries and give president Mohamed Mursi by the the blast. police and the army are working Iinet in Doha in February next year. their proposals on this issue to the army in July sparked civil unrest “There were body parts and to eliminate it,” Fouda said. session In his opening address, Abdul GCC general secretariat. and a spate of attacks across the corpses. I saw the corpse of a man A spokesman for the Israel held last Rahman Al Nams, chairman The meeting accepted a pro- country that have mainly targeted who appeared to be Korean, with Airports Authority, which is Wednesday, of the anti-corruption body of posal by Oman to organise security forces. a leg missing,” said Ahmed Ali, responsible for border security, a very Kuwait, said that the establish- workshops to discuss the annual The bomb exploded in the front who runs a clinic in a neighbour- said the Taba crossing had been important ment of the GCC panel reflected corruption indices of the GCC part of the bus at the Taba bor- ing resort. closed in the wake of the blast. decision Khalid Al Sayed EDITOR-IN-CHIEF the will of the Gulf countries to countries issued by Transparency der crossing with Israel in south A health ministry spokesman No one immediately claimed was taken jointly fight corruption and cre- International, in collaboration Sinai, the interior ministry said. said 15 were wounded in the responsibility for the attack. – that all ate an integrated mechanism for with the GCC general secretariat. South Sinai governor Khaled attack, and were in stable condi- AFP ministries from now on must this purpose. THE PENINSULA Fouda said three of the dead were tion in hospital. See also page 7 submit quarterly reports to the Cabinet about the imple- mentation and progress of their various projects and plans, and inform it about obstacles to implementation, Syrian foreign minister says Geneva talks ‘did not fail’ if any, and on the remedial actions and best solutions. DAMASCUS: Syria’s Foreign Minister headed back home from Switzerland. by mediator Lakhdar Brahimi, beginning could be solved quickly. And he accused It is an excellent step and Walid Muallem denied yesterday that a The second round of peace talks between with the first item, which is on violence and Britain and France of being involved in a has been widely welcomed as second round of peace talks with the oppo- the Syrian regime and the opposition broke the fight against terrorism,” he said. “conspiracy” against Syria, and said the it will contribute to efficiency sition had failed, insisting that “impor- off on Saturday in Geneva, with no date set “The talks did not fail, we achieved what United States “tried to create a very nega- and transparency at the tant progress” was made in Geneva. for a third round. we have called for constantly, which is an tive atmosphere for the talks in Geneva.” ministries. These perform- “The second round did not fail, contrary “The second round accomplished a very agenda to be discussed in the Geneva meet- The opposition has said that a new round ance reports will give an idea to media analyses that have appeared and important point,” Muallem said, in state- ings to come,” he added. that fails to discuss a transitional govern- about the activities of these the reactions of the foreign ministers for ments carried by the state news agency Muallem said it was “delusional” to imag- ment “would be a waste of time.” ministries and the progress France and Britain,” Muallem said as he SANA. “Syria approved the agenda proposed ine that a problem as complex as Syria AFP of their projects. But there is an important question: will these reports be published in the media so that the public, Alpine skiing too, is informed? The answer people are expecting is: YES. Workers held for altering It is very important that these reports are not kept exclusively with the Cabinet because people need to evalu- expiry dates of hair oil ate and compare the perform- DOHA: The Consumer Protection Department (CPD) at the ance of various ministries. Ministry of Economy and Commerce caught a group of workers of They would like to find out if a private company as they were tampering with the expiry dates we are on track to achieve our of a brand of hair oil that was on sale. The CPD inspectors grew National Vision 2030, espe- suspicious about stickers carrying the expiry dates of the product, cially since some ministries which was on display in a shop. Investigation about the source of the haven’t yet published their product led them to a warehouse, where they the workers applying strategy. There is another stickers on bottles of hair oil with new expiry dates. question: when are we going to evaluate the national devel- Iran, powers aim for final N-deal opment strategy 2011-2016, since we have a new Cabinet VIENNA: Iran and world powers embark Tuesday on the Herculean and new mechanisms for task of transforming their interim nuclear deal into a long-term efficiency? These quarterly accord satisfying all sides and silencing talk of war for good. reports, if properly imple- The scheduled three-day meeting in Vienna between Iran and the mented, can serve as indica- United States, China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany is the first tors of the performance of Canada’s Jan Hudec competes during the Men’s Alpine Skiing Super-G at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center in what is expected to be a series of tricky encounters. ministries and ministers. during the Sochi Winter Olympics yesterday. See also page 10 Continued on page 6 THE PENINSULA & AFP MONDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Emir appoints envoy to Italy Katara announces DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has QR600,000 annual issued the Emiri decision No.12/ of 2014 appointing Abdullah Eid salman Al Sulaiti, as Qatar’s Ambassador to Italy.