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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Thursday 29 November 2012 15 Muharram 1434 - Volume 17 Number 5533 Price: QR2 Banks in Gulf Qatar Red Bull raise capital to Rally Team set fund expansion for debut Business | 21 Sport | 32 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir meets GCC Secretary-General Palestinian bid Greenpeace for UN status upgrade today RAMALLAH: The Palestinians says not going head to the United Nations yes- terday in a bid to upgrade their status in a move likely to bring them new global recognition but soft on summit also harsh repercussions. President Mahmoud Abbas will personally submit the request seeking to upgrade their rank Group skirts query on protests from an observer entity to that of a non-member observer state BY SATISH KANADY before the UN General Assembly. Arab activists to If the request is approved by DOHA: ‘Wait and watch’ is what the 193 member states of the UN Greenpeace activists tell their march on Saturday General Assembly, it will give the critics on its alleged ‘inaction’ Palestinians access to a range of during the Doha COP18/CMP8 DOHA: Thousands of activists UN agencies and also potentially Summit. The Global NGO, which from across the Arab region and to the International Criminal always hits the headlines for its around the world will march Court. The bid comes 14 months unique protests at key global here on Saturday (December after Abbas first approached the conferences, face criticism in 1) to demand urgent action on UN, seeking full state member- Doha for ‘going soft’ on COP18. climate change issues at the The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani with GCC Secretary-General Dr Abdul Latif bin Rashid ship in a request which stalled at To the surprise of many, in the negotiations taking place at the Al Zayani at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. The Emir was briefed on the topics to be included in the agenda of the Security Council. AFP See also page 12 run up to the Doha Summit, the COP 18 conference. The march the upcoming 33rd session of the GCC Supreme Council, to be held in Manama in December. influential NGO went on record is thought to be the first ever saying it would refrain from all event of its kind in the coun- types of protests during the event. try. It will be under way from Hoda Baraka, Communications 8am to 10am at the Corniche representative of the Arab Park, next to the Sheraton World Project of Greenpeace Roundabout. Activists from Mediterranean told the media it more than 15 Arab countries Mursi to address nation as crisis deepens has no plans to stage any protests will participate. during the Doha summit. THE PENINSULA CAIRO: Egypt yesterday clarify otherwise. “The president large protests by Egyptians who of protesters spent the night “Of course, we still take the plunged deeper into crisis since will address the nation on state accused him of attempting to take after the mass rally. Clashes that opportunity of COP18 very seri- action during the second week of Islamist President Mohammed TV on Thursday evening and will on the powers of a dictator. erupted on streets just off Tahrir, ously, and we are sending a large the Summit, when high-profile Mursi took office, with a top speak about the constitutional “The president and his vice near the US embassy, spilled into delegation of climate policy delegates and state leaders touch court going on strike to protest decree and why it was issued as president began in October to the square, with canisters falling experts and communications down in Doha, Hoda would not his decision to grant himself well as the events that ensued work privately in the evenings into the crowd forcing protest- specialists”, she told this paper commit: “It depends on the situ- sweeping powers. afterwards,” said the source. after work with two legal experts ers to run and sending clouds of in an interview to this paper on ation”. She neither denied nor The Court of Cassation, the A member of the Muslim to draft the decree that would tear gas over the tents housing Greenpeace’s role in the Doha reconfirmed her earlier state- country’s top appeals court, said Brotherhood with knowledge allow him to remove the public the demonstrators. Summit. ment that the Greenpeace would it would “suspend all work” until of how the decree came about prosecutor, among other mat- The outskirts of the square “It’s not right to say that we refrain from protests this time. Mursi rescinds the decree that said that Mursi, his vice presi- ters,” said the source who chose have seen sporadic skirmishes are going soft on Doha. Usually Asked whether she is still keep- gave him unprecedented presi- dent Mahmoud Mekki, and two to remain anonymous. for nine days since a protest was Greenpeace really don’t announce ing to her pre-conference stand dential powers that cannot be other independent legal experts He said that Mursi chose to begun to mark the one-year anni- its actions before it happens”, that Greenpeace would not stage challenged by the judiciary. started working on the decree keep his advisers in the dark to versary of deadly confrontations Hoda told The Peninsula yesterday. any protest during the Doha A presidential source said yes- in October after he failed to avoid any leaking of the decree with police in the same area. In For the time being, our focus Summit, she said: “I stand on terday that Mursi will address remove the then prosecutor gen- to the media or the judiciary. The Mahalla, 132 people were injured is on the internal politics of the what I tell you at this moment”. the nation today. Protesters have eral Abdel Maguid Mahmoud. Muslim Brotherhood was not also while 27 were hurt in Port Said, Parties and within the different THE PENINSULA said Mursi’s decree gives him Mursi’s move triggered an aware of the decree, he said. medical sources said. negotiating blocs. Asked whether Continued on page 8 dictatorial powers but the source outcry from judges who said he Police fired tear gas into Cairo’s AGENCIES we could expect Greenpeace in See also pages 5, 6, 7 & 8 explained Mursi would seek to had exceeded his powers and Tahrir Square, where hundreds See also page 12 Hybrid concept car Qatar plans to float Saudi diplomat shot dead tenders for railway in Yemen’s capital coach manufacture SANA’A: Gunmen shot dead “If this is the case, it would a Saudi diplomat and his be the first time Al Qaeda has DOHA: Qatar has plans to Yemeni bodyguard in Yemen’s used a car to carry out an assas- float tenders for the manufac- capital Sana’a yesterday in an sination,” he said. The official ture and supply of rail coaches attack a local security source said previously militants have and installation of control sys- said appeared to be the work used motorbikes, often without tems for its multi-billion dollar of Al Qaeda. licence plates. Greater Doha Metro project by The killing, the latest attack AQAP, regarded as Al Qaeda’s the second quarter of 2013. on security officials and poli- strongest regional wing, has A press statement issued by ticians in the US-allied state, mounted operations in Saudi Qatar Rail said yesterday a work- underscores the challenges Arabia and tried to launch shop will be held next month for facing Yemen since an upris- attacks against the United prospective bidders—companies ing that began last year States. and contractors—to familiarise toppled President Ali Abdullah Restoring stability in Yemen them with the tendering process Saleh. is an international priority and safety aspects of the control Attackers in a four-wheel because of its strategic position systems. drive vehicle opened fire on a car adjoining not only oil exporter Companies with proven track carrying Whaled Al Enizi, an Saudi Arabia but also major record in the manufacture of rail aide to the Saudi military atta- shipping lanes. coaches and installing control che, near his house in a neigh- President Abd-Rabbu system for mega rail projects can bourhood of Sana’a, a Yemeni Mansour Hadi took over as forward requests to take part in security official said. The diplo- head of state in a Gulf-brokered the workshop at [email protected]. mat and his Yemeni guard died power-transfer deal in February, qa. Work on the first phase of instantly. and later Yemen’s army drove A man looks at a Chevrolet Blazer hybrid concept car at a display of environmentally-friendly vehicles by the the project (making designs No one has claimed respon- Islamist fighters out of south- Gulf Organisation for Research and Development (GORD) during the United Nations Climate Change (COP18) and making construction sites sibility but the security official ern strongholds in a military Conference in Doha yesterday. See also page 6 ready) has begun, according to said authorities were “assuming operation backed by the United the statement. that Al Qaeda was behind it”. States. REUTERS THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2012 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Qatar, Ukraine sign entry visa pact The President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovich, with Minister of State H E Sheikh Hamad bin Nasser bin Jassim Al Thani at the Doha International Airport yesterday. The Ukrainian president left Doha after a two-day visit to Qatar. Qatar’s Ambassador to Ukraine Ahmad Saif Al Ma’hddadi and Ukraine’s non- resident Charge d’affaires in Doha Alexander Khomiach were also present at the airport.