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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Thursday 6 March 2014 5 Jumadal I 1435 - Volume 18 Number 5995 Price: QR2 Qatar Steel signs Qatar-Bahrain iron ore pellets clash ends deal with VALE in draw Business | 18 Sport | 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Qatar regrets recall of envoys PM visits Ashghal HQ Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain withdraw ambassadors from Doha DOHA: Qatar yesterday “to protect their security and reiterated Qatar’s “continued com- direct security work or through expressed regret and surprise stability”. mitment to the principles on which political influence, and not to sup- over the decision by three GCC The State Cabinet, responding GCC was based and the imple- port hostile media”. countries — Saudi Arabia, the to this unprecedented decision, mentation of its obligations in line The GCC foreign ministers had UAE and Bahrain — to withdraw said in a statement: “The move with GCC states’ agreements on met in Riyadh on Tuesday to try their ambassadors from Doha. taken by the Kingdom of Saudi preserving and maintaining their to persuade Qatar to implement Qatar said it will not retaliate Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain security and stability.” the agreement, it added. by pulling out its envoys in the have nothing to do with their A security agreement signed “But unfortunately, these three countries because it is “keen national interests nor their secu- last year by the GCC focused on efforts did not result in Qatar’s on brotherly ties between people rity and stability, but there is a cooperation in the exchange of agreement to abide by these of Qatar and other GCC states”. difference of opinion and position information and tracking down measures, which prompted the A joint statement by the three on a number of issues outside the of criminals and those who broke three countries to start what they countries yesterday said they are Gulf Cooperation Council.” the law. The joint statement by saw as necessary, to protect their withdrawing their ambassadors The statement added that the three countries said GCC security and stability, by with- because Doha had not imple- “Qatar was and will always be com- members had signed an agree- drawing their ambassadors from mented an agreement among mitted to GCC values, and “this is ment on November 23 not to back Qatar starting from today, March GCC countries not to interfere what prevents Qatar from taking “anyone threatening the security 5 2013,” the statement said. The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser in each other’s internal affairs. a similar procedure of recalling and stability of the GCC whether THE PENINSULA bin Khalifa Al Thani with Ashghal President Eng Nasser bin Ali Al Continued on page 6 They said the move was necessary its ambassadors”. The Cabinet as groups or individuals — via Mawlawi at Ashghal headquarters yesterday. See also page 3 Car blast injures 3 Jazeera trial descends into farce 15 CMC members vote to CAIRO: The second day of the trial of three of the number of cameras he had been shown, Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt descended and struggled to open two of the suitcases in dismiss Secretary-General into farce yesterday as the prosecution pre- which the evidence was contained. sented the entire contents of their raided The case has centred on the three jailed Al DOHA: The Central Municipal Council (CMC) has sacked its hotel rooms as evidence, and one of the trio’s Jazeera journalists, as well as other international Secretary-General, Matar bin Shaeen Al Kuwari, in a closed ses- 17 co-defendants said he did not understand colleagues being tried in absentia. But yester- sion held here yesterday. Fifteen members voted in favour of the what the trial was about. day’s session also shone a rare light on some of dismissal while four members abstained. Jaber Hamad Al Lakhan, Australian ex-BBC correspondent Peter the other defendants, some of whom have noth- the candidate of second number in the last recruitment procedure Greste, Canadian-Egyptian ex-CNN journal- ing to do with Al Jazeera. of secretary general, was asked to take charge. As per the rule, the ist Mohamed Fahmy, and local producer Baher Sohaib Said, a political science student, inter- Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning has been notified Mohamed are among 20 people on trial in Egypt rupted proceedings to say that he had been tor- about the decision, Al Sharq reports. THE PENINSULA on charges of spreading misinformation and aid- tured in custody, denied family visits for over ing terrorists. The case has sparked interna- 40 days, and did not understand why he was Ukraine talks make little progress tional outcry, and been portrayed worldwide as involved in the case. a serious attack on Egyptian press freedom. In the second half of the session, defence law- PARIS/KIEV: High-level diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis But the case took a tragicomic turn, as prosecu- yers cross-examined the secret policemen who in Ukraine made little apparent headway at talks in Paris yester- A Land Cruiser which was damaged in an tors presented box after box of everyday items and had investigated the journalists. One admitted day with Moscow and Washington at odds and Russia’s foreign explosion in front of the primary health cen- broadcast equipment as evidence of the defend- he did not know the difference between Al minister refusing to recognise his Ukrainian counterpart. US tre in Al Muntaza yesterday. Three Qatari ants’ alleged terrorism — many of them as innocu- Jazeera English, for whom the three detained Secretary of State John Kerry said discussions would continue teenagers were injured. Report on page 5 ous as electric cables, a computer keyboard, and a journalists worked, and the channel’s Egyptian and he expected to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov QASSIM RAHMATULLAH bumbag belonging to Peter Greste. offshoot. The trial continues. again in Rome today. REUTERS At one point judge Mohamed Nagy lost count THE GUARDIAN See also page 10 THURSDAY 6 MARCH 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Ministry to launch project to harvest storm water Pilot project to come up near Barwa City in Mesaimeer BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB a pilot project, which is part of the being developed in collaboration ‘Emergency Flood Area (EFA)/ with PWA & KBR with Parsons DOHA: As part of its efforts Recreational’ to be constructed at International as the design consult- to promote sustainable green the south of Al Muntazah Street, ants, according to the statement. infrastructure, the Public Parks close to Barwa City in Mesaimeer. “Qatar experiences an arid cli- Department at the Ministry The park will be divided into mate which requires a very dif- of Municipality and Urban different character areas to add ferent approach to storm water Planning (MMUP) is set to interest, to reflect the different management than a conventional launch a pilot project in Al stages of the water cycle and to one used in other climatic zones. Muntazah to collect, treat and create varied ecosystems, includ- Low annual rainfall, extensive store storm water which will ing ponds. Some of the programme droughts, high intensity storms be used for multiple purposes, elements proposed include green and high evaporation rates including the development and and play areas, cycle and walk- characterise watersheds in arid maintenance of public parks ing paths, boardwalks, decks, and regions and presenting a differ- and green areas. public art, among others. Once ent set of challenges,” said the The initiative is part of a big- complete, the concept will be pro- statement. ger plan, which will be extended moted throughout the country. The statement, which is part across the arid country. The water sources that will feed of the draft document, said that The initiative has been taken is into these ponds include: storm- even though the total rainfall An artist’s impression of the proposed park. in accordance with the recently water run-off collected from the volumes in arid regions are com- developed MMUP’s draft strat- catchment by the drainage sys- paratively small, urban develop- be adapted to meet the demand- bacteria, heavy metals, and other of the solution from a conventional egy document titled ‘Multi-use tem, shallow ground water, and ment has greatly increased peak ing conditions posed by arid pollutants from the urban land- single purpose “grey” infrastruc- of Stormwater Management TSE (Treated Sewage Effluent) as discharge flows during rain events watersheds. scape, degrading the quality of the ture system to a “green” one that Facilities- Guidelines’ to give a required. The area of the reten- which call for an efficient drain- Conventionally, storm water is receiving waters. can cost-effectively reduce/treat new approach to storm water tion/treatment ponds proposed is age system to prevent flooding drained through engineered col- “As we look towards the future, runoff before it enters our commu- management. around 30,000sqm, the total park and damage. Efficient source con- lection systems and discharged our water protection goals along nities’ sewer systems and our water Several projects are currently area being110, 000msqm. trol, better site design and appro- into nearby water bodies. The with the infrastructure needs are resources,” said the statement. in design stage, one of them being The pilot concept design is priate storm water practices can stormwater carries trash, pushing us towards a rethinking THE PENINSULA Qatar Foundation names new executive director for QBRI DOHA: Qatar Foundation position will contribute to the support of our vision of becom- of these conditions. His scien- in me, and for giving me this for Education, Science and advancement of translational bio- ing a leading center for research tific contributions include more unique opportunity to lead QBRI Community Development medical research and the develop- and development excellence and than 100 publications in major and contribute to achieving the (QF) yesterday announced the ment of innovative personalised innovation,” said Alsuwaidi.

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