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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Friday 12 April 2013 2 Jumada II 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5667 Price: QR2 QE index dips IPL: Gayle for third week power hits in row Knight Riders Business | 13 Sport | 21 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Deputy Emir meets UK Chief of Defence Staff Qatari scribe Tunisia gets denied entry by Kuwait back $28.8m DOHA: Cairo-based Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) has expressed Ben Ali loot concern over reports that a Qatari jour- Qatar official hands over cheque nalist has been denied entry into Kuwait for criticising the DOHA: Qatar’s Attorney efforts. He expressed gratitude for Kuwaiti government. General yesterday handed over Qatar’s efforts to recover stolen Abdulla Hamad Al Athbah (pic- $28.8m to the Tunisian presi- assets of his country. tured), Managing Editor of Al Arab dent in Tunis in his capacity as Al Marri said in a brief newspaper, said Kuwaiti authori- UN Special Advocate on Stolen address that he would continue The Deputy Emir and Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with British Chief of the Defence ties had blacklisted him because of Asset Recovery. making efforts to recover assets Staff General Sir David Richards at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. Cooperation between Qatar and the UK, his articles and tweets criticising This is the first such retrieval stolen from countries that the Kuwaiti regime and making the especially in military domains, were discussed. of the country’s looted assets have undergone Arab Spring remark that “democracy in Kuwait held abroad by ousted president revolutions. is declining and there is a lack of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and The ceremony was attended by freedom of expression.” his family. Dr Ali bin Fetais Al Qatar’s ambassador to Tunisia, ANHRI has issued a press state- Marri, the attorney general, was Saad bin Nasser Al Humaidi, ment in support of Al Athbah appointed UN Special Advocate QNA said. saying: “In case the information last September. According to Alarabia.net, Accident victims still in hospital regarding adding his name to the Al Marri met Tunisian Tunisia plans to spend its ban list is verified, it would be a BY FAZEENA SALEEM President Mohamed Moncef retrieved wealth on development to have arrived in the country and discharged from the hospital. clear violation of the right to move- Marzouki in the country’s capi- projects and on creating jobs for recently. A team from Marriott The Sri Lankan embassy is ment, which is ensured by inter- tal Tunis yesterday and handed tens of thousands of its unem- DOHA: A number of people International Inc’s Middle East making arrangements to send national treaties on human rights. over a cheque for the amount to ployed youth. injured in Wednesday’s deadly and Africa Continent office in the bodies of the two deceased It is also consistent with the him, Qatar News Agency (QNA) Joblessness remains high in road accident near the traffic Dubai arrived here yesterday. home. They have been identi- policy of banning writers and intel- reported. Tunisia and its government is lights below Ras Abu Aboud flyo- “A team from our hotel was in fied as Abdul Hameed Mohamed lectuals from entering Kuwait for Alarabia.net reported that under popular pressure to recover ver are still receiving treatment Doha as it’s a time we have to be Faizan (33), who was driving one expressing opinions that annoy the the money had been stashed money stashed away in banks at the emergency unit of Hamad with our employees, and we are of the ill-fated minibuses, and authorities. A recent manifestation away in a Lebanese bank in the abroad by Ben Ali and his family. Medical Corporation (HMC). doing what we can to assist our M N Prasanna Ruwan (27), an of this policy was banning female name of Ben Ali’s wife, Laila El According to wire agencies, Most of the injured, whose employees and their families,” employee of Marriott. Saudi writer Badriya Al Bashar Trabelsi. there are legal and political dif- exact number could not be ascer- said a Marriott official, speaking Ruwan, from Anuradhapura from entering Kuwait at the end It is not known how much ficulties in gaining access to tained, are from Sri Lanka, Nepal to this newspaper from Dubai. district in Sri Lanka, was the only of 2012.” ANHRI has demanded Tunisian money has been stashed accounts where the money is and the Philippines, it is learnt. Among the injured, two Sri breadwinner of his family and had that the Kuwaiti authorities issue away in foreign banks by Ben Ali believed held. HMC refused to divulge any Lankans are receiving treatment come to Qatar to work for Marriott an official statement on the inclu- and his family, said Alarabia.net. The agencies reported that an details about those being treated at the emergency unit of HMC, a Doha recently. His mother has sion of Al Athba’s name on the list It is presumed the amount could International Monetary Fund for injuries resulting from the source at the country’s embassy given an affidavit to the foreign of those banned from entering the be several billion dollars. team arrived in Tunis this week to accident, which claimed two lives. here said. ministry in Sri Lanka permitting country, clarify the reasons for Marzouki awarded Al Marri discuss a $1.78bn loan requested The majority of them are Many of those who received his body to be sent home. banning him, and remove his name the First Class Order of the by the government. employees of Doha Marriott Hotel minor injuries, including some THE PENINSULA from the list. THE PENINSULA Republic in recognition of his THE PENINSULA and many of them are reported Sri Lankans, have been treated Continued from page 3 Continued from page 3 Ceiling of ice Dreamliners may Kuwait cabinet okays stiff media bill fly again by KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s cabinet has approved a new media bill cream parlour stipulating a 10-year jail term for religious offences and a fine of more April-end: Al Baker than $1m for criticising the emir. The government has not released the “combined media law” but local newspapers published leaked collapses CHICAGO: Qatar Airways details. To become effective, the new law must be passed by the pro- Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al government parliament and signed by Emir H H Sheikh Sabah Al DOHA: Part of the ceiling of a Baker said he hopes that all five Ahmad Al Sabah. The draft bill proposes a jail term of up to 10 years well-known ice cream parlour of the airline’s Boeing Co 787s for insulting Prophet Muhammed (PBUH), his companions and wives, in Landmark Mall collapsed will be back in service by the end and other prophets. The same penalty applies to those instigating the yesterday. of April, a date sooner than other overthrow of the regime. It also stipulates a fine of between 50,000 No one was injured as the acci- airlines have suggested. dinars ($175,000) and 300,000 dinars ($1.05m) for criticising the Emir dent took place late in the night The ice cream parlour under renovation in Landmark Mall. Baker said he was confident or the crown prince. See also page 4 when the outlet was closed, Al Boeing’s fix for the battery system Sharq reported. that overheated on two planes in Egypt parliament okays new poll law When an employee opened the January would work. He said if it door of the outlet in the morn- were not the right fix, the Federal CAIRO: Egypt’s parliament approved a revised election law yester- ing he was shocked to find debris Aviation Administration would not day setting rules for a parliamentary poll later this year, but oppo- from the broken ceiling on the have approved testing of the fix. sition politicians denounced the new statute and repeated a threat ground. United Continental Holdings to boycott the vote. The Islamist-dominated Upper House will now The Ministry of Interior said Inc’s United Airlines said that it send the text to the Supreme Constitutional Court to check the on its Twitter account that the planned to begin flying Boeing’s legality of the voting procedures for a new Lower House. The court mall will not be closed following 787 Dreamliner five days sooner has 45 days to review the bill. See also page 4 the accident. The incident had than previously expected, a sign occurred while the ice cream of confidence in the jet’s return to Japan carmakers recall 3.4m vehicles shop was being renovated, said service after regulators grounded the ministry. it in January over safety concerns. TOKYO/DETROIT: Four Japanese carmakers, including Toyota THE PENINSULA Full report on page 3 Motor Corp and Nissan Motor Co, are recalling 3.4 million vehicles sold around the world because airbags supplied by Takata Corp are at risk of catching fire or injuring passengers. Toyota said it would recall about 1.73 million vehicles produced between November 2000 and March 2004. Honda said it was recalling around 1.14 million vehicles worldwide. Nissan said it was recalling about 480,000 vehicles globally, while Mazda said it was recalling 45,500 vehi- West Bay towers can resist 4-magnitude quake cles worldwide. The Toyota models covered by the recall include the Corolla, Tundra, Yaris and Camry. Nissan models include the DOHA: Tremors from Towers in West Bay have been Some people think only sky- Qatari Engineers’ Association, Maxima and the Cube.