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Page 01 Aug 30.Indd ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Friday 30 August 2013 23 Shawwal 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5807 Price: QR2 Indian rupee HSV Hamburg, bounces off Barcelona record low in final Business | 15 Sport | 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Visa on arrival for babies Es’hail 1 in Earth’s orbit of resident women Qatar’s first satellite launch successful; subscription requests pour in DOHA: Married women residents here with valid residency per- mit (RP) can now avail visa on arrival at the Doha International DOHA: History was made as satellite technology which is Airport for their babies born overseas within three months after Qatar successfully put its first important from all angles, includ- their birth. satellite, Es’hail 1, into the ing investment. However, women travelling with babies who are more than three earth’s orbit minutes after mid- An Ooredoo official, asked if the months’ old will need to apply for residency visa for the newborn night (Qatar time) yesterday. satellite launch would make any in advance. Some 35 minutes earlier, at difference to telecom service costs The Ministry of Interior announced on its Facebook account around 11.30pm, a rocket with a that remain high, said: “It would yesterday that babies entitled to residency visa on arrival can have double payload carrying Es’hail 1, take awhile.” a separate passport or their name can be included in their mother’s blasted off from the Kourou Space Es’hail 1 is expected to begin or father’s passport. Center in French Guiana. providing services by December The visa will be issued for free but the original birth certifi- The launch of Es’hail 1 by the this year as until then experi- cate will be required to be produced at the airport to avail the carrier rocket Ariane 5 was aired ments are to be carried out. facility. by Qatar Television live. Al Kuwari said earlier in media Once the visa of a child expires, no fine will be imposed for two A 47-member Qatari delega- interviews that they were literally months if it is outside of Qatar and three months within Qatar. tion led by the Telecoms and IT inundated with requests for sub- After the grace period, however, a fine of QR10 per day will be Minister, H E Dr Hessa Al Jaber, scription for use of the satellite charged, the ministry said. watched the launch. services. To avail the visa on arrival facility for the newborn at the airport, The news of the successful He said that has encouraged though, both parents must have valid RP, according to the ministry. placement of the telecommuni- A TV grab shows Es’hail 1 lifting off from the Kourou Space Center in French them to think in terms of launch- There were a few comments on the ministry’s Facebook account, cations satellite in the orbit some Guiana. ing Es’hail II, work on which is with people wanting to know if, to avail the facility, a wife should 35 minutes after the blast-off sent expected to begin in 2014. be on her husband’s visa or not. cheers among the Qatari del- Experts told Qatar TV they earth’s orbit as an alternative in People commenting on There was no official response as someone asked if it was manda- egates. Also present was Ali bin estimated Es’hail 1 would case there are technical glitches Aljazeera.com said they were tory for “a baby’s mother to be under the sponsorship of its father Ahmed Al Kuwari, CEO of Qatar have cost anywhere between or problems at the last minute. extremely exulted. or not”. Satellite Company. $662m (QR2.41bn) and $1.05bn Yet another expert said the tel- “The monopoly of Nilesat ends,” Another commentator, however, replied that it was compulsory Es’hail is ‘Al Suhail’, the name (QR3.85bn) from preparation, ecom satellite would help Qatar said a commentator. for the mother to be on the sponsorship of the baby’s father. of a star in Arabic and the term manufacturing and launch. cut costs as sub-sea telecommuni- He was hinting at the recent “Otherwise, the baby’s birth certificate must be endorsed by the is pronounced as Is-suhail or Another expert told the Qatari cations networks are very expen- past when there were disrup- ministries of foreign affairs of both the country of origin of the Es’hail’. TV channel that satellite launches sive compared to telecom services tions in Aljazeera’s telecast and parents and Qatar,” claimed the commentator. Some 25 to 30 Qatari techni- are an expensive and highly risky provided through satellites. accusing fingers were raised at The Ministry of Interior couldn’t, however, be immediately con- cians are believably part of the proposition because a stand-by “It’s a giant leap forward for Nilesat. tacted for clarification. team that would be monitoring satellite is kept ready with the Qatar,” said still another expert. THE PENINSULA Earlier, expat parents of babies born abroad were required to apply and operating the satellite. one that is being sent into the The country now possesses See also page 3 in advance to acquire residency visa for the newborn. THE PENINSULA US sends 2 Gitmo Al Jazeera Mubasher US may act alone on Syria Algerians home WASHINGTON: The US predecessor George W Bush’s go- apportion blame, its findings are Misr banned in Egypt hinted yesterday that it could it-alone approach on foreign pol- moot. WASHINGTON: The US said act alone to punish Syria for a icy, was confronted with a choice Obama sees perils to US yesterday it had transferred chemical weapons attack, fol- over whether to wait for allies or national security in the belief two men from the US deten- DOHA: Egyptian authori- lowing hesitation by its closest launch unilateral action. that Syria shattered interna- tion centre at Guantanamo ties have banned Al Jazeera El Beltagi arrested ally Britain and a deadlock at The White House said while tional norms by using chemical Bay, Cuba, to the government Mubasher Misr in the country. CAIRO: Pol ice a rreste d sen ior the UN, even as UN weapons Obama prized the UN and close weapons, and that US inter- of Algeria as part of its ongoing The ministers of investment, Muslim Brotherhood official inspectors have been ordered to allies, his first duty was to US ests and regional allies could be effort to close the prison. telecommunication and informa- Mohamed El Beltagi yester- leave Syria early amid mounting national security he sees threat- threatened next. Obama aides The Pentagon said Nabil tion issued a statement, saying day, security sources said, as anticipation of US-led strikes. ened by the Syrian attack. “The stress they envisage only “lim- Said Hadjarab and Mutia Sadiq the channel was banned because they pressed on with a crack- As the five permanent mem- president’s chief accountability is ited” punitive action and dismiss Ahmad Sayyab arrived in Algeria it does not have legal permission down that has put most of the bers of the Security Council last to the American people he was comparisons with the US invasion on Wednesday, leaving 164 detain- to work in the country, Al Ahram Islamist group’s top leaders night held a second emergency elected to protect,” said White of Iraq, which the president built ees at Guantanamo, including 84 Online reported yesterday. behind bars. The Secretary- meeting in two days, the UN House spokesman Josh Earnest. his political career on opposing. others cleared for release years The channel had been using General of the Brotherhood’s Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, The comments came as Britain Sources have acknowledged it ago. The two Algerians were unlicensed broadcasting devices, Freedom and Justice Party had asked the 20-strong inspection struggles for a political consen- is possible the US could go ahead detained in Afghanistan more the statement said, accusing it of urged Egyptians to join rallies team to leave Damascus tomor- sus over Prime Minister David with an attack without Britain, than a decade ago and sent to spreading lies and rumours dam- against the military on Friday. row, a day ahead of schedule. Ban Cameron’s plans to join expected possibly with France, where Guantanamo prison - Hadjarab aging national security and unity. He was a prominent speaker also announced that the team US-led action. The political fracas President Francois Hollande — on January 20, 2002, and Sayyab On August 15, the cabinet asked at a pro-Mursi protest camp would report to him immediately in London sparked speculation another proponent of punitive on February 15, 2002. the three ministries to check the at the Rabaa Adawiya mosque on departure, raising the possi- that a timetable for action, which action — is not constrained by a The Pentagon said the deci- channel’s legal status. that was smashed by forces on bility that the UN could issue an observers had believed could see parliamentary system. sion to release the two men fol- Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr’s August 14. AGENCIES interim report on the August 21 air strikes within days, could slip. Meanwhile, Syrian President lowed a comprehensive review by offices in Cairo have been closed chemical attacks that left about But the State Department Bashar Al Assad vowed to defend an interagency task force which since July 3 and is broadcasting covering events in Cairo and still 1,300 people dead. spokeswoman, Marie Harf, said: Syria as the military build-up looked at security issues and from Qatar.
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