ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Friday 31 January 2014 30 Rabial I 1435 - Volume 18 Number 5961 Price: QR2 Correction Lekhwiya pushes Qatari prepare for stocks down Muaither test Business | 14 Sport | 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 More outlets Emir attends Military College graduation set up at Al Mazroua yard ‘One-stop shop for fresh products’ DOHA: Stalls selling sea-fresh has gone up and more than 2,100 fish, live chickens from smaller chickens have been sold. local poultry farms are some As for fresh vegetables that of the latest additions to the farm owners from all over the sprawling outdoors fresh vege- country bring to the market for tables and fruits market on the sale, 10 new farms have been outskirts of the city. added, he added. Open throughout the day, three “We now have products com- days a week during the winter ing to us from 56 farms and The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani attended the graduation ceremony of the ninth batch of cadets of Ahmed Bin Mohammed Military months, the market, Al Mazroua, the number of outlets has been College at the College Field Square yesterday. The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, dignitar- is near Umm Salal and is run by increased to 34 from 24,” he ies, ministers, senior army officers and commanders of military colleges of friendly countries were also present. Report on page 2 the Ministry of Environment. added. The initiative was launched last Al Sulaiti said this year the year with the twin aim of promot- market (that opened early last ing locally produced farm-fresh November) has been vastly vegetables, and making them expanded due to increasing available at cheaper rates. demand. Al Jazeera trial: Rights groups slam Egypt Recently, six outlets have been “We have been able to sell some added to the market that are sell- 9,200 boxes of fresh vegetables CAIRO: Global rights groups the summer, and four foreigners have “hounded journalists sus- “It is just deepening the divi- ing fresh fish supplied directly by this year. This shows how much is have condemned Egypt’s deci- — Australian Peter Greste, two pected of direct or indirect links sions in Egypt’s increasingly fishermen. Each outlet has been the demand for farm-fresh prod- sion to try journalists working Britons and a Dutch woman. with the Brotherhood”. polarised society and is bringing allocated to a fisherman. ucts here.” for Al Jazeera television, which If convicted, the foreigners On July 3, the day Mursi was further discredit to the authori- Open spaces have been cre- Demand for fish is feverish, said Cairo accuses of backing the could face up to seven years in deposed, authorities closed Misr ties in the eyes of the interna- ated with fences to sell livestock, the official. Muslim Brotherhood ousted jail and the Egyptians 15. Officials 25 television, operated by the tional public opinion,” it said. including sheep and goat. “There is huge turnout of buy- from power by the military in say the defendants were operating Freedom and Justice Party, the Washington also criticised And the highlight is that the ers for fresh fish. Catches are July. without official accreditation. Brotherhood’s political arm. It Cairo. “The government’s tar- livestock is locally bred which brought directly from the sea by Doha-based Al Jazeera, which Amnesty International also shut three TV stations sup- geting of journalists and others carry a premium and is in high the six fishermen. And the fish is has angered the new authori- Secretary-General Salil Shetty porting Mursi — Al Hafiz, Al Nas on spurious claims is wrong and demand. not only fresh, but also cheaper,” ties for its coverage of a deadly said the decision to prosecute and Rahma. demonstrates an egregious dis- “We have created 20 enclo- he said. crackdown on the Brotherhood “sends the chilling message that Two months later, Al Jazeera regard for the protection of basic sures for livestock retailing in Four poultry farms are bring- and supporters of ousted Islamist only one narrative is acceptable in Mubasher Misr, the Cairo- rights and freedoms,” said US the sprawling outdoors market,” ing their chickens to the market president Mohammed Mursi, says Egypt today — which is sanctioned based affiliate of Al Jazeera, was State Department spokeswoman said Abdul Rahman Hassan Al for sale, and their demand is also the charges are “silly and not by the Egyptian authorities. declared illegal and forbidden to Jen Psaki. Sulaiti, Supervisor of Markets at too high. based on any reality”. “Journalists cannot operate operate. And since Mursi’s ouster, But Egyptian Foreign Ministry the ministry. “What we are doing here is Prosecutors say they have freely in a climate of fear. The foreign journalists have often spokesman Badr Abdelatty dis- Each enclosure has 15 livestock make sure that for people who referred to trial 20 journalists, latest development is a brazen faced mobs of angry Brotherhood missed that criticism. at a time. Besides, there is an area come here to buy vegetables and accusing them of portraying attempt to stifle independent opponents. It is “unacceptable that a state where live, locally bred chickens fruits, it should be a one-stop shop Egypt as being in a state of “civil reporting in Egypt.” Reporters Without Borders or a foreign party interferes in the are sold. for all fresh food products,” said war” and “airing false news”. Global media watchdog said it was “stunned and appalled” affairs of the Egyptian judiciary Al Sulaiti said since the opening Al Sulaiti. They include 16 Egyptians, two Reporters Without Borders said by the move to try Al Jazeera which is transparent and inde- of the chicken corner, the demand THE PENINSULA of whom have been in jail since since Mursi’s fall, the authorities journalists. pendent”, he said. AFP Karwa to launch water bus US, UK hit out Kuwait MP seeks five-year over Syria cap on expatriates’ stay weapons delay DUBAI: A Kuwaiti MP has such as specialist doctors, lawyers, WASHINGTON: The US and called for a five-year limit on judges and advisers. Britain have expressed concern expatriates’ stay in the coun- The bill discourages expats over the Syrian government’s try that is home to over 700,000 from establishing themselves in delay in removing chemical Indians. Kuwait and would not allow less weapon materials due to be A draft bill was proposed by qualified foreigners to stay more destroyed under an interna- independent Shia MP Abdullah Al than five years in the country tional disarmament deal. Tameemi to reduce the country’s and the stay period would not Chuck Hagel, US Defence dependence on foreign workers be extended under any circum- Secretary, said he had asked and cut the number of foreign- stances. Those granted the five- his Russian counterpart, Sergei ers to a maximum of 124,000 from year visa would not be allowed to Shoigu, to pressure Damascus to any country, the Kuwait Times bring their family members on a comply with the deal, and urged reported yesterday. visit visa. the government to intensify efforts The MP’s plan targets low and Two-thirds of Kuwait’s popu- to transport chemical arms to medium qualified workers often lation of about four million are Latakia port for destruction. in lowly paid jobs Kuwaitis have expats. More than 90 percent of The UK Foreign Office said it been reluctant to take up. working citizens are employed in was increasingly concerned about The proposal, however, does the public sector. the delays. “Continuing at this not include skilled professionals AFP pace would mean that the removal The state-run transport company, Karwa, is to launch a sea bus service soon as part of its sea transport process could take years,” a state- services. The bus can also ply on the road. ment said. “The time for excuses is over: we now need action.” See also page 8 Knox, Sollecito guilty Qataris’ travel plans hit by unrest in preferred destinations BY SACHIN KUMAR FLORENCE: A Florence court Sayeed, Sales Manager, Al Qayed Travels sector is the first one to get hit,” said a also high due to extreme cold in the US handed down guilty verdicts for and Tours. travel agent. “Mostly family holiday trips to and Europe,” he said. US student Amanda Knox and DOHA: Political and social unrest in “The number of tourists to Thailand, Thailand, Egypt and Turkey were cancelled Travel agents said the majority of travel- her former Italian boyfriend Thailand, Egypt and Turkey — among Egypt and Turkey goes up during as Qataris did not want to risk safety of lers to Thailand, Turkey and Egypt were Raffaele Sollecito yesterday in the most preferred tourist destinations December-January because other spots in their family members.” Qataris (60 percent) while others were a retrial for the 2007 murder of — has disturbed Qataris’ travelling plans. the West have cold weather. Qataris look at Loss of Thailand, Turkey and Egypt has expats as the spending power of citizens Briton Meredith Kercher. Tour and travel operators have seen tourist destinations with warmer weather emerged as a gain for other countries. is far higher. Outbound travel from Qatar The verdict confirms an origi- many Qataris cancelling bookings to the during winter.” “Most clients who cancelled their is on the rise. nal 2009 conviction, and sentences countries in the past couple of months. According to travel agents, Thailand, trips booked tickets for Malaysia, Dubai According to World Tourism Knox to 28 years and six months “Many clients, who had made plans to Egypt and Turkey are popular among tour- and Maldives,” said Osman.