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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Sunday 24 February 2013 14 Rabial II 1434 - Volume 17 Number 5620 Price: QR2 IIF event Man Utd race to concludes 15-point lead; in Doha Arsenal win Business | 17 Sport | 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Qatar-Bahrain talks Iran finds Stricter rules new uranium reserves DUBAI: Days before resuming talks over its disputed atomic soon for programme, Iran said yester- day it had found significant new deposits of raw uranium and identified sites for 16 more nuclear power stations. meat import State news agency IRNA quoted a report by the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) SCH acts after horsemeat scandal which said the reserves were dis- covered in northern and southern DOHA: With the horsemeat meat but the horsemeat scan- coastal areas and had trebled the scandal triggering global con- dal has underlined the need for amount outlined in previous esti- cerns, Qatar plans to apply making the rules even stricter,” mates. There was no independent stricter rules for import of meat he added. confirmation. With few uranium and meat products from all over In keeping with the current mines of its own, Western experts the world. requirements, all consignments had previously thought that Iran The Joint Food Monitoring of imported meat should come might be close to exhausting its Committee at the Supreme with a “Halal” certificate and a supply of raw uranium. “We have Council of Health (SCH) is lab test report. discovered new sources of uranium studying a proposal to make a “The new proposal is to make in the country and we will put quality certificate mandatory for an internationally approved qual- them to use in the near future,” imported meat, a senior official ity certificate mandatory for all Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani, head of of the Ministry of Environment imports. Several Western coun- the AEOI, was quoted as saying said yesterday. tries and some Gulf and Arab at Iran’s annual nuclear industry Once the rule comes into force, countries have already imple- conference. The West says Iran’s importers of meat and meat mented this rule,” added Al enrichment of uranium shows products will have to produce a Kuwari. All types of fresh and its intent to develop nuclear certificate from an authorised frozen meat and processed meat The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani and Bahrain’s weapons. REUTERS laboratory in the country of origin will be brought under the new Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa in Doha last evening. The session was See also page 7 to prove that every consignment rule, once it is approved, he added. also attended by businessmen from Qatar and Bahrain. is disease-free and that there is no The official said that stricter adulteration and contamination. rules had become necessary in the The rule will apply to meat context of repeated incidents and imported from all countries, and reports related to heath hazards not only Europe, where the scan- posed by meat and meat products dal is said to have originated. all over the world. The commit- “The Joint Food Monitoring tee that discussed the horsemeat House rents on the rise, say banks Committee at its meeting last scandal also decided to seek infor- week decided to study the pro- mation from the World Health DOHA: Giving credence to over the whole year, there was a has forecast Qatar’s inflation is set coupled with massive launch of posal. Once the study is complete, Organisation (WHO) on the market speculation, two leading return to growth in rents in the to pick up in 2013 and 2014 and housing units in the market, saw it will be sent to higher authori- health implications of the issue. banks — the QNB Group and second half. reach 3.4 percent and 4 percent the rents in Doha falling by 20 ties for approval. We expect it There is no decision to impose the National Bank of Kuwait The increase was largely due to respectively. The rise in inflation to 25 percent. The rents have to be implemented very soon,” a ban on the import of meat from (NBK) — have said that house fresh inflows of expatriate work- will be largely due to a turnaround started picking up. You need to Dr Mohammed Saif Al Kuwari, Europe at the moment, since the rents are on the rise in Qatar. ers to implement the country’s in the rental component of the pay QR6000 to get a mid-seg- deputy chairman of the commit- issue is about mixing horsemeat An analysis of QNB Group said major infrastructure projects,” consumer price index, which has, ment two-bedroom apartment in tee and director of the Laboratory with beef, which is not sure to that after four years of deflation, the report said, adding that this since the middle of 2012, posted Doha today, which was available and Standardisation Department pose any health hazard, it has housing costs were up by 2.8 per- year will see the house rents continuous monthly increases. for around QR4500 until a few at the Ministry of Environment been learnt. Qatar had banned cent in 2012 compared to the further going up, with a modest According to market sources, months ago”, according to a local told this newspaper yesterday. the import of beef from Europe previous year. “Although housing inflation of about 3.7 percent.. sensing market trends, some real estate broker. “There are already rules in following the mad cow outbreak, costs did decline substantially in In an exclusive report on Qatari property owners have resumed There is a huge pressure on place in Qatar to ensure the but the ban was lifted later. the first half of 2012, contribut- economy, released yesterday, the demanding an increase in rents. mid-segment commercial space safety and quality of imported THE PENINSULA ing to an average 3.3 percent fall National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) “The 2008 financial crisis, too in Doha. THE PENINSULA Mursi’s mock trial Citizens invited for Egypt brings forward parliament polls 3-day trial run of CAIRO: Egypt brought forward the start of parliamentary elec- tions to April 22 yesterday to defuse a row with the Christian new Doha airport minority, who said the original schedule would conflict with their Easter celebrations. This should satisfy Coptic Christians, who make up 10 percent of DOHA: The Qatar Civil the population. But the rift between Egypt’s ruling Islamists and the Aviation Authority (QCAA) opposition remained as deep as ever, with one leading liberal politician, and Qatar Airways would con- Mohamed ElBaradei, saying he would boycott the polls. The decision duct a three-day trial run at the by Islamist President Mohammed Mursi to start the four-stage vote Hamad International Airport five days earlier than scheduled was announced by his spokesman on (HIA) ahead of its April launch. Facebook. QCAA sources said the trial Full report on page 7 runs would be held tomorrow, on February 27 and on March 4 UK varsity cancels UAE Arab Spring meet between 7am and 2pm. The QCAA invited Qataris to DUBAI: A top British university has cancelled a conference on the take part in preparing the coun- Arab Spring in the United Arab Emirates, citing curbs imposed by try’s new airport for the official the state, which has placed limits on foreign research groups in the launch. The trial run is being past two years. The UAE has not seen the unrest that has ousted undertaken to make sure that Arab rulers elsewhere, but analysts and diplomats say the US ally is the $15.5bn facility is ready for anxious to prevent instability spreading to its turf. In a statement the April opening. There would be e-mailed to Reuters, the London School of Economics (LSE) said it a mock check-in and ‘passengers’ cancelled its gathering today “in response to restrictions imposed would undergo all the normal pro- on the intellectual content of the event that threatened academic cedures they are expected to go freedom”. through before boarding a plane. Egyptian protesters with masks depicting President Mohammed Mursi (left), head of the Muslim Brotherhood, Full report on page 7 “We want to make sure that eve- Mohamed Badi (centre) and prime minister Hisham Kandel conduct a mock trial during an anti-government rything is in place and the airport demonstration in the canal city of Port Said. See also page 7 Syria opposition demands world action is ready for the April launch. This is an excellent opportunity for cit- DAMASCUS: Syria’s main opposition group said yesterday that it izens to get a feel of the new air- was pulling out of international talks and demanded world action to port ”, sources told The Peninsula. stop the slaughter of Syrians, after missiles slammed into the city Qataris who want to take part of Aleppo killing dozens. in the trial run can send e-mails Birthday Oscar for French actress today? The Syrian National Coalition’s decided to boycott talks with world to: airport-trials@qatarairways. power after announcing plans to form a government to run “liberated com.qa. At least 11 airline compa- HOLLYWOOD: Veteran could also become only the sixth candidate. Riva, who burst onto areas” of Syria, in what analysts said was a bid to boost its credibility nies are expected to operate from French star Emmanuelle Riva actor to win an Oscar for a per- the big screen more than 50 years and win more support from the international community.

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