ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Wednesday 15 May 2013 5 Rajab 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5700 Price: QR2 QP subsidiary Eljaish held to renamed 1-1 draw by Alwaseeta Saudi’s Al Ahli Business | 17 Sport | 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Heir Apparent receives AFC president Plan for more New facility floors on D-Ring Road rejected DOHA: The Ministry of Municipality and Urban planned to Planning has turned down a proposal by the Central Municipal Council (CMC) to allow more floors for buildings on the D-Ring Road. CMC Chairman Saud Al house strays Hanzab said that he had received a letter from the Minister of Municipality and Urban Planning 57,000 cats caught in seven years HE Sheikh Abdul Rahman bin Khalifa Al Thani in this regard. DOHA: A state-run stray con- making animal protection com- The proposal has been rejected trol and animal protection pulsory in the GCC was ready and on the ground that adding more department has caught some could be enforced sooner rather floors to buildings on this major 57,000 stray cats from the coun- than later. highway could undermine urban try’s streets in the past seven The CMC, meanwhile, urged and transportation plans for the years. the Ministry of Municipality and area and the city, the Minister And since 2010, the number Urban Planning to provide a plot The Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, also Chairman of Qatar Olympic Committee, received told the CMC, Al Sharq reported of stray dogs caught by the of land on lease or a ready facility Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa at the Emiri Diwan yester- yesterday. department at the Ministry of to Qatar Animal Welfare Society, day. The Heir Apparent congratulated him on winning the presidency of the AFC and the membership of the Building highrise structures Environment totals 354, a senior a voluntary organisation set up Executive Office of the International Federation of Football Associations. will require redesigning water official has said. by some animal-loving expatri- supply, electricity and sewage The department was set up to ates in 2004. networks in the area and could initially control the stray cat pop- The society is facing financial affect traffic. ulation due to their uncontrolled problems and is not in a position So it has been decided to main- breeding and hazards they posed to renew its rent contract for the tain the status quo for buildings to people’s safety and the environ- premises, the CMC said in rec- on the highway, said the daily. ment. In 2010, authorities began ommendations forwarded to the 94,000 dead in Syria: NGO catching stray dogs as well, a ministry. The civic and environ- Messi arriving for consultant at the department, Dr ment ministries must coordinate BEIRUT: More than 94,000 the number of casualties among Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Yusuf Radwan, told the Central and find a suitable solution to people have been killed in more the ranks of the Alawite commu- Lavrov told Kerry that Assad had Ooredoo event Municipal Council (CMC). the woes the society is facing, the than two years of conflict in nity was much higher than the “already given him the names Radwan said the strays were CMC said. Syria, the Syrian Observatory observatory’s statistics which of people who will negotiate,” DOHA: Ooredoo global brand caught and dealt with in accord- It also urged the government to for Human Rights said in a were published two days ago”. Kerry said. He and Lavrov have ambassador Lionel Messi is ance with international law, and register the society as a non-profit newly-revised toll yesterday. On Sunday, the Britain-based been working in tandem since set to visit Qatar to launch an avoiding any cruelty to them. non-governmental organisation. The watchdog said it revised watchdog, which relies on a vast announcing in Moscow last week international initiative later He said the government had “The society deserves the gov- the toll — two days after it network of activists and medics plans for a conference to map a this month, the company said in allocated funds in the budget ernment’s support for the good announced a tally of 82,257 dead on the ground, put the death toll path towards a political transi- a statement yesterday. estimates for the fiscal year 2012- work it is doing,” CMC Vice- — after receiving new information since the March 2011 start of the tion and ending the bloody con- “The football star will make a 13 to build a huge facility where Chairman and head of services from regime-controlled Alawite anti-regime uprising at 82,257, flict now in its third year. major announcement at a special strays caught would be housed. committee, Jassem Al Malki, said. areas of the Sunni-majority including 34,473 civilians. Who will attend the confer- ceremony with Ooredoo on May The department has inked a The recommendations are an country. Meanwhile, plans to convene ence, where it will be held and 20, and will take part in activi- deal with the World Society for outcome of a meeting Kelly Allen, “Based on this information, a new peace conference on Syria when, are yet to be determined, ties to promote sport and connect the Protection of Animals for a member of the society, had with the number of martyrs and dead were gathering pace amid a round State Department spokesman with the community,” Ooredoo cooperation to take care of stray CMC members on April 29, it is killed since the beginning of the of intense diplomacy, as US offi- Patrick Ventrell said. said. animals once the facility is ready. learnt. Syrian revolution is more than cials said the regime appeared Kerry warned earlier in a press He will host a football coaching Radwan said the design of the Janet Berry, Chairperson of the 94,000,” it said in a statement. ready to take part. conference in Stockholm that if session for children from Qatar facility was expected to be ready society, told this newspaper yes- The group said it had received US Secretary of State John Assad made another “gross mis- as well as young people from in July this year and the project terday that they were currently new figures from areas, includ- Kerry urged Assad not to squan- calculation” and decided not to Palestine, Indonesia, Iraq, Algeria, would be completed by the sum- taking care of some 250 animals, ing Tartus and Latakia — strong- der the opportunity to come to attend, then it was “clear the Tunisia, Oman, Kuwait and the mer of 2014. “Qatar would thus mostly stray cats and dogs. holds on the Mediterranean the table for negotiations, insist- opposition will be receiving addi- Maldives – all countries in which become a pioneer in the field of She confirmed the society coast of the Alawite minority to ing “enormous plans are being tional support.” Ventrell said “the Ooredoo companies play an active animal welfare in the Middle didn’t have any funding sources. which President Bashar Al Assad laid” for what has been dubbed bottom line is that our assistance role in enhancing opportunities East,” the official told the CMC. The rent contract ends on May belongs. Geneva II. to the Syrian opposition is on an for the youth. He pointed out that a draft law 31. THE PENINSULA The information showed “that In a possible sign of progress, upward trajectory”. AGENCIES THE PENINSULA Naqba marked Qatar moves to Hotter days ahead in Qatar DOHA: Hotter days are ahead, with strong northwesterly winds 101st place in expected to lash the country, causing a further rise in temperature. The heat wave is part of a seasonal phenomenon locally known as Al Bawareh that would affect Qatar between the end of May and mid- FIFA rankings July, reaching its peak during the second half of June, the Meteorology Department said yesterday. ZURICH: Qatar has moved up Temperature rose to 40 degrees Celsius yesterday and is expected one place to 101 in the latest to reach 41 degrees tomorrow. Al Bawareh will be marked by recur- FIFA rankings issued by foot- ring heat waves, each extending from three to 10 days. Strong winds ball governing body. might lead to high seas and an increase in temperature, said the Two months ago, Qatar was department. ranked 102, the position now Dust winds may bring down visibility to as low as 1km or less in open occupied by Oman. places during day time, with chances of some improvement at night. The United Arab Emirates The department has advised people to take extra caution, especially ranks the best in the GCC at 89th in open areas. position. Saudi Arabia is at 109 Temperature in Doha, Al Khor, Ruwais, Dukhan and Abu Samra is while Kuwait is ranked 113 and expected to reach 39 degrees Celsius at noon today and may go up to Bahrain is ranked 117th. 40 degrees in Wakrah and Mesaieed. The world’s top 13 teams maintain the status quo. Spain, Germany and Argentina occupy BlackBerry messaging for free the FIFA’s first three spots. 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