ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER FRIDAY 17 JULY 2015 • 1 Shawwal 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6494 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Qatar’s Balla wins gold Emir to receive Most Eid events well-wishers to mark Eid today DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh indoors due to Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will receive well-wishers at Al Wajbah Palace on the first day of Eid Al Fitr today, the Emiri Diwan has announced. rising mercury Immediately after the Eid prayers until 6.30am, he will receive sheikhs, ministers, the Special programmes for expats Speaker of the Advisory Council, undersecretaries, members of the DOHA: Qatar celebrates Eid Al council and citizens. Fitr today but the rising tem- Banks pump From 6.30am to 6,45am, the perature would keep the festivi- Emir will receive heads of diplo- ties mostly confined indoors and QR3bn to ATMs matic missions and from 6.45am prompt people to avoid popular to 7am Armed Forces and police attractions such as beaches and DOHA: Local banks have officers as well as directors parks. pumped an additional QR3bn of departments and national The Public Parks Department to ATMs across Qatar to meet institutions. at the Ministry of Municipality any possible shortage of cur- The Emir will also receive and Urban Planning has decided rencies during Eid holidays, Al Qatar’s Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla (left) continued building up for the IAAF World Championship in Beijing by sheikhs and citizens immedi- to avoid hosting entertainment Sharq reports. clocking 1:46.91 to win the men’s 800m gold at Spitzen Leichtathletik meet in Luzern, Switzerland, yesterday. ately after the Asr prayers until events at parks as maximum Banks have announced a five- 4:15pm. QNA temperature is expected to hit day holiday and will resume 46 degrees Celsius today. work on Wednesday. However, parks will be open However, branches of some during the holidays, except for banks will function in morn- Al Bida Park in Doha and Green ing and evening shifts from Qatar hopes for Iran’s positive stance Carpet Garden in Al Rayyan. Saturday. “Some parks have been deco- Enough new notes have also DOHA: The nuclear deal The other view we would like not rated, all basic facilities are avail- been made available in ATMS between Iran and Western pow- to see is this will give Iran more able for visitors, but we are not in denominations from QR50 to ers would have a positive impact means, mainly financial means, to Kerry to brief GCC on N-deal in Doha organising any events because QR500 since they are preferred on Tehran’s approach towards continue doing what it has been WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry will brief of the heat,” a local Arabic daily by many families for Eid gifts. the region, Foreign Minister H doing in Iraq, Syria and Yemen. GCC members on Iran nuclear deal, in a meeting in Doha on quoted Mohamed Al Khori, Banks have also assigned E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al “So, with these two views, in August 3. Director of the department, as specialised teams to meet Attiyah has said. Qatar we would like to see the Meanwhile, during a photo opportunity with Kerry, Saudi Foreign saying. emergency situations like loss Speaking to CNN’s Christiane more positive view, which is Iran Minister Adel Al Jubeir said Iran should use the deal agreed this However, citizens and resi- of ATM and credit cards and Amanpour on Wednesday, he said getting little bit more relaxed, week with six world powers to improve its economy, and not to dents have options to spend the maintenance requests. Qatar is one of the first countries which will reflect on the attitude pursue “adventures” in the Middle East. holidays, with events lined up not THE PENINSULA to support and encourage settling positively towards the region,” he “We hope that ... if the deal is implemented that the Iranians will only for families but also for single the nuclear issue through peace- said. use this deal to improve the economic situation in Iran and improve workers at various venues. at malls and Katara Cultural ful means. “Let me emphasise one very the lot of its people ... and not use it for adventures in the region. Malls, museums and leisure Village, and the Ministry of He said there are two views in clear point here. Our [difference] “If Iran should try to cause mischief in the region, we’re commit- and tourist destinations will host Interior is holding events, espe- the region on the deal. “One says with Iran is not a bilateral one. ted to confront it resolutely,” he said. activities for people of all ages, cially for single workers, at Asian the deal might relax Iran and give Qatar has a traditional relation Al Jubeir’s remarks were the first public comments on the nuclear starting today. Town and Barwa workers recrea- it the confidence that there is no with Iran, so it’s not a bilateral agreement by a senior Saudi official. He stressed the importance of Entry to most events is free. tion complex in Al Khor. conspiracy theory and will make difference, it’s a regional differ- inspections to verify Iran is complying and the “snapback” of sanc- Major events are organised by THE PENINSULA Tehran have better and positive ence. THE PENINSULA tions if it is found to be cheating. REUTERS Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) Continued on page 2 approach towards our region. Continued on page 2 Greece may hold snap elections Exiled ministers ATHENS: Greece may hold snap elections in September or October, the interior minister in Aden to prepare said yesterday, after a revolt by lawmakers from the ruling Syriza party forced the govern- ment to rely on opposition votes for return of govt to pass a vital bailout bill in parliament. ADEN: Senior members of according to medics. “It is very possible that elec- Yemen’s exiled administration By afternoon, Saudi-backed tions take place in September flew into Aden yesterday to militiamen battled their way or October, depending on make preparations for the gov- into the centre of Crater district developments. ernment’s return, an official said, of Aden, the spokesman for anti- “That will be the product of a three months after being pushed Houthi forces in the city said. comprehensive review, not only out by the armed Houthi group. “The Popular Resistance ... by the government, on develop- The visit by ministers and entered the Maidan area in the ments in general,” Nikos Voutsis intelligence officials follows mili- heart of Crater and are in the said, according to the text of an tary setbacks for the Houthis process of clearing the streets of interview with Sto Kokkino radio at the hands of Saudi-backed remaining Houthi elements,” Ali released by his office. Yemeni fighters which may mark Al Ahmedi said, adding dozens “Even if we do go to elections, Police hold their positions at a road block near the location where a gunman was shot, on Amnicola Highway in a turning point in the conflict that had been killed on both sides. we will seek a mandate to adopt Chattanooga, Tennessee, yesterday has killed more than 3,000 people. The Houthis seized Sana’a our programme. Part of it are the The southern port city of Aden in September and pushed into commitments arising from the has been a focus of fighting since Yemen’s south and east in March deal,” he said. the Houthis first laid siege to it in and April in what they say is Meanwhile, Europe moved March when it was home to the a revolution against a corrupt to re-open funding to Greece’s Four Marines, gunman dead government which fled to Saudi government and hardline Sunni stricken economy after parlia- Arabia. militants. ment in Athens approved a new “(Exiled President) Abdrabuh In a statement on Houthi- bailout programme. Mansur Hadi delegated this controlled state media, the group in US military shootings group to return to Aden to work said it was weathering the Aden to prepare the security situation offensive, supported by air strikes Car bomb kills CHATTANOOGA: Four country were treated,” Berke said, Agent Ed Reinhold said. and ensure stability ahead of a by a Saudi-led coalition. Marines were killed yesterday praising the quick response by law The Marine Corps confirmed revival of the institutions of state Houthi forces fired Katyusha driver in Riyadh in twin shootings at US military enforcement to prevent further that all four victims were killed at in Aden,” a local official said after rockets at the Aden oil refinery centres in the southern state of loss of life. a Navy and Marine Corps Reserve the group arrived by helicopter at west of the city, detonating an oil RIYADH: A car bomb exploded Tennessee, opening a probe into Bill Killian, the US fed- Centre. The second shooting, a military air base. tank and causing a huge blaze, last night at a security check- what officials said was a possible eral prosecutor in that part of at the hands of the same man, The delegation included the witnesses and officials said. point in the Saudi capital act of “domestic terrorism.” Tennessee, said the shootings occurred at a recruitment centre ministers of the interior and Arab coalition ships and war- Riyadh, killing the driver and At least two people were were being investigated as an “act several miles away. transport, a former interior min- planes bombed trucks carrying wounding two policemen, the injured in Chattanooga — a of domestic terrorism,” but offi- President Barack Obama ister, the intelligence chief and Houthi reinforcements towards interior ministry said.