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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Wednesday 2 April 2014 2 Jumadal II 1435 - Volume 19 Number 5622 Price: QR2 Ezdan Holding Qatar’s SOP a plans big big hit investments with IOC Business | 21 Sport | 32 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Foundation stone for LR2 laid Emir leaves on Parents want Arab tour today DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will pay a state visit to Sudan today private schools as part of an Arab tour that will also take him to Algeria and Tunisia. During the tour, the Emir will under ministry hold talks with leaders of the three countries on promoting ties and other issues of mutual concern. Resolve complaints, says PM QNA DOHA: Several Qatari parents necessary measures to solve the attending an open session on issues,” said the Prime Minister. education hosted by the Supreme He added that similar meetings Education Council (SEC) on will be held on a regular basis. Palestinian, Monday called for bringing pri- The Minister of Education vate education directly under and Higher Education, Israeli moves the supervision of the minister H E Mohammed Abdul Wahed of education. Ali Al Hammadi, said the Prime threaten talks All private schools in the coun- Minister had ordered seeking peo- JERUSALEM: Israel and the try are currently regulated by the ples’ suggestions and complaints Palestinians announced moves Private Schools Office at the SEC. related to education through an yesterday that could scut- The parents also called on the online survey being conducted on tle peace talks, prompting US government to give more support the SEC’s website. Secretary of State John Kerry to and facilities to private education, “More than 1,300 people par- The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani laid the foundation stone of the Laffan Refinery expansion call off a second visit in as many considering it a key partner in the ticipated in the opinion poll in project (LR2) of Qatargas in a ceremony at Qatar National Convention Center yesterday. The project will cement days aimed at saving them. education process. Some, however, less than a week. This is used as Qatar’s position as the largest condensate producer in the world. Report on page 21 Just hours after Kerry left cautioned against dilution of the a means of dialogue with people Israel, news emerged that Israel cultural identity of students due to on education issues,” said the had reissued tenders for hundreds less emphasis on Arabic language minister. of settler homes in annexed east teaching in schools. A number of issues concern- Jerusalem, just as Washington was The open forum, attended by ing Independent schools, private to push for a settlement freeze. the Prime Minister and Interior schools and universities were Syria death toll over 150,000 See also page 12 Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah raised during the meeting. bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Many participants called for BEIRUT: At least 150,000 peo- The last UN figures, released fighters were killed, including heard views and suggestions from reforms in Independent schools ple have been killed in Syria’s in July 2013, put the death toll regular security forces and Syrian Bayern, Barca parents, teachers, school officials to meet the aspirations of the three-year-old civil war, a third at at least 100,000, but it said pro-government militia, as well as and academics about problems people. They felt that there must of them civilians, the Syrian in January it would stop updat- 364 fighters from the Lebanese held to draws and challenges facing the educa- be a clear strategy for education, Observatory for Human Rights ing the toll as conditions on the Shia militia Hezbollah and 605 LONDON: Bayern Munich and tion sector in Qatar. This was the especially regarding Arabic lan- has said. ground made it impossible to other foreign Shia Muslims. first such session after the Prime guage and religious studies. The UK-based Observatory, make accurate estimates. In addition to the fatalities, the Barcelona were held to 1-1 draws Minister took over as chairman Many teachers and school which monitors violence in Syria The Observatory said it had Observatory said 18,000 people against Manchester United and of the SEC. operators recommended that through a network of activists and registered the deaths of 150,344 were missing after being detained Atletico Madrid, respectively, in Addressing the forum, the no distinction be made between medical or security sources, said people since 18 March 2011, when by security forces, while another their Champions League quar- Prime Minister urged the SEC Independent and private schools. the real toll was likely to be sig- Assad’s security forces first fired 8,000 people had been kidnapped ter-final first legs yesterday. to keep all communication chan- Families should be more con- nificantly higher at about 220,000 on protesters calling for reform. or detained by rebels forces. Nemanja Vidic headed in Wayne nels open to get feedback from the cerned about the quality of deaths. The Observatory said nearly Yesterday itself, more than 50 Rooney’s corner in the 58th public and listen to people’s com- education. Efforts to end the conflict by 38,000 rebels have been killed, people were killed in Damascus minute. Bastian Schweinsteiger plaints and suggestions. Many speakers were critical bringing together representatives including fighters from the and Aleppo provinces, the then scored in the 67th minute. “This meeting is for listening of the SEC, saying it had become of President Bashar Al Assad’s Nusra Front, Al Qaeda’s affiliate Observatory said. Atletico substitute Diego to your complaints, concerns and part of the problem, instead of government and the opposition in Syria, and the Islamic State Thirty-one of the dead fell opened the scoring at the Nou aspirations. I call upon the SEC to solving problems, Al Arab daily have so far failed. The United of Iraq and the Levant (Isis), in Aleppo, mainly as a result of Camp in the 30th minute. leave all communication channels reported yesterday. Nations peace mediator for Syria an Al Qaeda splinter group that helicopter attacks by the regime, Barcelona drew level in the 71st open to everyone who has an opin- THE PENINSULA said last week that talks were includes many foreign fighters. using barrel bombs on rebel areas. minute with Neymar scoring. ion or a complaint, and take the Continued on page 7 unlikely to resume soon. More than 58,000 pro-Assad REUTERS AGENCIES No Qatar re-vote, says Fifa official LONDON: Michel D’Hooghe, satisfy some of its harshest critics. Fifa’s medical officer, has “But, for the British press, insisted there will be no re-vote whatever we do is never enough. on the controversial decision to And the feeling in Fifa is that all award Qatar the 2022 World this British criticism is partly sour Cup finals. grapes.” “There will be absolutely no re- Meanwhile, D’Hooghe remained vote,” D’Hooghe told the London adamant the 2022 World Cup Evening Standard yesterday, a day cannot be played in the heat of a after Japan said it was ready to Qatari summer, a point the tech- step in if Fifa stripped Qatar of nical inspectors who examined the staging the 2022 World Cup. original bid had long flagged up as “Some in the English press a potential problem. want that (a re-vote). But it’s not “In my capacity as chairman of the English press that decide.” the medical committee, I said the D’Hooghe was one of the Fifa same — that in Qatar, we have to Qataris on the first day of their military training at a camp in Al Shamal yesterday. executive committee members avoid the warmest period of the who in 2010 awarded the 2018 year. That essentially means June, World Cup to Russia and the 2022 July and August. I have never edition to Qatar. changed my opinion from the very First batch of nationals begins military training Belgium’s D’Hooghe, asked if beginning.” corruption had played a part in D’Hooghe added he’d met with DOHA: The first batch of have to undergo mandatory mili- Training will start soon after Trainees with hypertension either vote, told the Standard: Garcia, an American lawyer, and Qataris who enrolled for man- tary training for three to four the morning prayers and will con- and diabetics will be given spe- “Absolutely not. I had no feeling said he should proceed with his datory military service started months, according to a law intro- tinue until noon. In the evening, cial attention, and get a special anything was going on then and investigations despite the misgiv- their training at a camp in Al duced recently. the trainees will attend lectures trainer and medical care. I still have no feeling that there ings of some Fifa members. Shamal yesterday. On the first day, the trainees and take part in sports like foot- Colonel Ali Mohamed Al was corruption during this vote.” “It was only after the (executive During the first three days they were briefed about the impor- ball, basketball and swimming. Rumehi, commander of the D’Hooghe, who led the unsuc- committee) meeting that I heard will be informed about rules and tance of punctuality and commit- The lectures will cover topics national service battalion, said cessful joint Belgium/Holland bid that some people were not pre- conditions that must be followed ment. They were given uniforms, such as first aid and the dangers that there was good attendance for 2018, added that many within pared to accept Garcia,” he said.

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