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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Wednesday 8 May 2013 28 Jumada II 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5693 Price: QR2 Q-Coat studies Federer, Serena coated steel enter third bars’ resilience round in Madrid Business | 22 Sport | 32 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir visits museum construction site OPINION Iran willing to Gulf citizens have to answer talk to UAE on Heikal’s question n a lec- Iture by Mohammed Hassanein Heikal islands row on ‘The Gulf: The Day after Tomorrow” Tehran ready to help Bahrain at Qatar Khalid Al Sayed National EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DOHA: Mellowing down its at the Summit of the GCC leaders Convention tough stand on the three islands and the Arab League also backs Centre on with which it has a serious dis- the UAE on the issue. Sunday, which was attended pute with the UAE, Iran said “We are open to talks with the by H H Sheikh Hamad bin yesterday it is willing to talk to UAE,” Salehi reiterated. He also Khalifa Al Thani and H H the Emirates on the issue. said Iran was willing to sit with Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Tehran has also made a star- the Bahraini government and the the famous Egyptian journal- tling claim that Bahrain has opposition in Manama, but not ist talked about the Gulf and urged it to help end its stand-off secretly. the international conflicts. with the opposition and bring the “Bahrain’s foreign minister has Heikal raised in his lec- two sides (the government and urged that we come to his coun- ture a number of issues the opposition) to the negotiat- try for the secret rapprochement and questions, which I will ing table. (between the government and not discuss in detail in this But, according to the Iranian opposition) secretly. This is not article because it has been foreign minister, Bahrain wants acceptable to us. We want to do reported by the Arabic local his country to help it resolve that openly and in a transparent The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani on a tour of the construction site of Qatar National Museum media. Some of the issues he issues with the opposition way,” Salehi said. in Doha yesterday. The Emir was briefed on the work and the restoration process of the old Palace. See discussed are about interna- secretly—a proposal not accept- Iran, he added, had been mak- also page 3 tional powers and their ambi- able to Tehran. ing it repeatedly clear that it is tions; however, there is a need “We are not in favour of arriv- not interfering in Bahrain’s inter- to take a serious look at the ing in Manama on a secret mis- nal affairs. local issues. sion to resolve the stand-off “We respect Bahrain’s sover- In his lecture, Heikal said between the government and eignty and its government,” the 1,600 heart attacks in Qatar last year the “Gulf has three big neigh- the opposition. We are willing to Iranian foreign minister said, bouring countries overlook- help but openly,” said Ali Akbar dp.news,com reported yesterday. ing it from all sides, namely Salehi. The Jordanian foreign minister DOHA: With about 1,600 stenting. Surprisingly, of the 533 major risk factors associated with Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran, Salehi said that historically the said that Iran can play a positive heart attacks in Qatar last Qataris who underwent angi- heart attacks in Qatar and glo- and these powers are cur- three islands of Abu Musa, and role in helping resolve the ongo- year, experts at the Hamad ogram last year, 161 (more than bally and the growing fast food rently preoccupied with other the Greater and Smaller Tunb ing crisis in Syria and stop the Medical Corporation (HMC) 30 percent) were women. The culture is said to be a major con- things.” (that are under Iran’s occupation) bloodshed. have advised people to fight the ratio of women among expatriates tributing factor. “Healthy diet and He also said: “The popu- belong to Iran. “We should all be part of the lure of eating out and stick to a (200 out of over 2,600) was rela- regular physical exercise are two lation of the Arab Peninsula “However, we are open to nego- solution,” Jaudat said. He ruled healthy diet. tively low due to the dominance important things to prevent heart is growing at high rates, and tiations with the UAE,” Salehi out any possibility of a US mili- The growing fast food culture of men in the expat population. diseases. We have concerns about Saudi Arabia is expected to said yesterday, addressing a joint tary presence in his country. and changing lifestyles have made “An even more alarming factor the growing fast food culture in become 50 million in 15 to press briefing with his Jordanian About Syria, Salehi said they even women and young people, is the rise in heart diseases among the region and we are advising 20 years, and this will con- counterpart Nasser Jaudat during recognise peaceful opposition who are less likely to develop the youth. Of the total angi- people to reduce the habit of eat- stitute a mass of population his official visit to Amman. in Syria and not those that are heart attacks, vulnerable. ograms performed last year, 2.5 ing out and go for healthy food which will fill the Arabian To recall, the stand of the GCC armed and backed by Al Qaeda. In 2012, more than 10,500 percent were among people aged cooked at home,” said Al Tamimi. Peninsula.” He described that states on the islands is that they About the Iranian nuclear patients were seen at HMC’s below 30 years and some 25 per- Heart attacks are the number as a desirable thing but like belong to the UAE and that Iran issue, the Jordanian foreign min- Heart Hospital and of them, cent were among those aged 30 to one killer in Qatar, while road any ‘filling action’ it will result must abandon its claim and hand ister said his country favoured over 3,000 underwent coronary 40,” Dr Omar Al Tamimi, a senior accidents remain the major cause in ‘replacement’ and cre- the islands back to the UAE, a a peaceful solution to the angiogram to diagnose their ill- consultant at Heart Hospital, told of death among youngsters. ate pressure on the available fellow GCC member state. imbroglio. ness. And more than half of mediapersons yesterday. Diabetes, THE PENINSULA resources. The issue has also been raised THE PENINSULA them required intervention like hypertension and smoking are Continued on page 6 Continued on page 4 Israel not getting Surge in real estate involved in Syria Imran in hospital transactions DOHA: Real estate transac- war, says minister tions in the week that ended on after fall at rally May 2 (from April 28) jumped JERUSALEM: Israel is not more than twice in value as com- getting involved in Syria’s civil LAHORE: Pakistani politician pared to the previous week. The war, Defence Minister Moshe and former cricketer Imran Sympathy wave transactions last week totalled Yaalon said yesterday, while Khan was rushed to hospital an incredible over QR1.44bn insisting the Jewish state would with head injuries yesterday may bring votes and they involved residential as not permit the transfer of arms after falling off a makeshift lift well as commercial properties as to Damascus ally Hezbollah in taking him onto the stage for an DOHA: A sympathy wave well as plots of land, Qatar News neighbouring Lebanon. election rally. is likely to help Imran Khan Agency (QNA) reported yester- Yaalon was speaking just days Television footage showed grab votes after the mishap day. The increased sales volumes after two Israeli air strikes near Khan, leader of the Pakistan yesterday. and value show that the demand Damascus sent regional tensions Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), bleeding A cross-section of overseas for real estate has been growing soaring and as the United Nations from the head as he was carried Pakistanis in Qatar this news- hugely ahead of the launch of a protested about Israel warplanes by aides through the crowd at paper spoke to, while describ- slew of mega projects. Weekly overflying Lebanon. the event in the country’s second ing yesterday’s incident as sad, real estate transactions have The raids struck several mili- largest city, Lahore. said it might trigger a sympa- been averaging a little over tary targets in the early hours of The dramatic development thy wave and lead to a larger QR600m in the past several Friday and Sunday and may have came at the end of a day that voter turnout. months. been carried out by Israeli war- saw 17 people killed and dozens Voter turnout in Pakistan is QNA said the previous week’s planes from Lebanese air space. wounded in bomb attacks in always low, but Imran Khan’s sales data were released by A senior Israeli source said northwest Pakistan, taking the injury in an unfortunate fall is the Real Estate Registration they destroyed Iranian missiles death toll in the bloody campaign sure to prompt people to come Department. QNA en route to Hezbollah. for Saturday’s general election out in hordes and vote for his On Monday, an official in past 100. party, Pakistan Tehreek-e- Damascus warned that “Syria will The poll will mark a demo- Insaf or Movement for Justice, respond to the Israeli aggression cratic milestone in a country as on May 11, said Tahir Aftab, a Today’s edition and will choose the moment to the first time a civilian govern- Khan supporter.

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