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Home | 4 Business | 17 Sport | 28 QF building wins Decline in oil and gas FIFA meet award at World prices will lead to representatives Architecture Festival fall in supply: Minister of LOC and SC The Peninsula Newspaper @PeninsulaQatar @peninsula_qatar TUESDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2015 • 27 Muharram 1437 • Volume 20 Number 6610 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir receives Saudi Speaker Emir to take part in Call for dialogue S American-Arab Summit in Riyadh DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani leaves today between producers for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to participate in the 4th Summit of South American-Arab countries which will take place in Riyadh. and consumers QNA Prime Minister opens Asian energy meet Suu Kyi’s party wins in Myanmar By Sachin Kumar in terms of unprecedented abundance in petroleum products and the decline in NAYPYITAW: Myanmar’s ruling DOHA: Under the Patronage of Emir world prices is justified in terms of over- party conceded defeat yesterday in H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, supply and weak demand. a general election as the opposition Prime Minister and Interior Minister He confirmed the directives of the Emir led by democracy figurehead Aung H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khal- towards the Qatari government’s commit- San Suu Kyi appeared on course ifa Al Thani yesterday opened the 6th Asian ment and keenness to accelerate diver- for a landslide victory that could Ministerial Energy Roundtable conference sification of Qatar’s economy and rapid ensure it forms the next govern- at Sheraton Doha. development of non-petroleum activities ment. “We lost,” Union Solidarity The Prime Minister stressed that the in addition to its contribution to the econ- and Development Party’s Htay Oo global energy sector conditions reinforce omy and growth, without prejudice to the said yesterday. Suu Kyi’s party won the need for dialogue between producers financing of these projects. 49 of the first 54 seats declared for and consumers to reach a common under- The Prime Minister said that the gov- the lower house, where 330 seats standing. We are encouraging organisers to ernment takes steps to raise private sec- were contested. continue the march towards opening chan- tor’s contribution rate in state investment See also page 10 nels of communication between all parties and a gradual increase of its role in the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received Speaker of Shura Council of the of energy sector market. development of economic system. He also Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Dr Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Sheikh at the Emiri REUTERS The three-day high-profile roundta- stressed the importance of the meeting Diwan yesterday. They discussed bilateral relations and issues of common concern. ble is being organised by the Ministry of among partners of the same continent to Energy and Industry in coordination with deliberate on regional challenges facing this the International Energy Forum. The event great continent to find common solutions is being attended by ministers and repre- for the benefit of sustainable development. sentatives from 30 largest producers and He added that the fluctuations in glo- Minister opens College of Medicine at QU consumers of energy in the Asian conti- bal markets lack rationale and are merely nent. based on speculation to achieve real time Sheikh Abdullah added that Qatar’s wise gains without creating real added value. By Fazeena Saleem degree (MD). In the pioneering batch recruited 10 academic staff, since stu- leadership believes that the world is one These fluctuations have negative reper- of 83 male and female students are dents will study a co-curriculum in the family and believes in justice and integrity cussions on economic achievements of all DOHA: The new College of Medicine pursuing the MD programme follow- first year at different colleges within in dealing with partners. Qatar is making countries around the world and affected at Qatar University (QU) was officially ing placement tests. Among them 55 the QU. The College of Medicine is the efforts to be an Asian example in commu- standard of living of individuals in Asia, he inaugurated yesterday by Minister of percent are Qataris with 59 students eighth college of QU and was estab- nication with the current humanitarian added. Asia’s population is nearly 60 per cent Public Health H E Abdullah bin K Al overall achieving the required language lished in 2014 by QU Board of Regents concerns, thus easing the burden on gov- of the world’s population, however, their con- Qahtani and Vice-Chair of QU Board and mathematics standards necessary based on a directive from Emir H H ernments in continents of the world. tribution is 27 percent of world GDP. of Regents Sheikh Dr Abdullah bin Ali to join the first year of the MD pro- Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. The Prime Minister added that we are Continued on page 3 Al Thani. gramme, while the rest were accepted Continued on page 2 now living a new reality thanks to eco- It will offer a six-year programme, into the Foundation Programme. nomic, political and technological events THE PENINSULA which leads to a Doctor of Medicine The College of Medicine initially has THE PENINSULA Jordan cop kills US, S African trainers AMMAN: A Jordanian police- tion minister, said in statements “He has no ties with any ter- man shot dead two US instruc- carried by state news agency rorist organisation like Daesh,” tors, a South African and a Petra that the assailant was one source told AFP, using an fellow Jordanian at a police gunned down by colleagues at Arabic acronym for the jihadist academy yesterday before being the centre in Al Muwaqqar, 30km Islamic State group. “The fam- gunned down, officials and the east of Amman. ily is in shock and security forces US embassy said. Government An investigation is underway are questioning them about spokesman Mohammed Momani to determine the motive for the the incident,” said the source, said the shooter also wounded two shooting, he added. who declined to be named. The American instructors, four Jorda- The three foreign instructors English-language Jordan Times nians and a Lebanese citizen in killed were on contract with Jor- quoted a relative of the assailant the attack at the Jordanian Inter- danian police, Momani said. as saying he was a 28-year-old national Police Training Centre Sources close to the family father of two from the northern (JIPTC). identified the shooter as police village of Rimun. Momani, who is also informa- captain Anwar Abu Zeid. AFP Second cyclone kills six on Yemen island ADEN: Cyclone Megh has killed six people on war-ravaged Yemen’s Socotra island, the second rare tropical storm to hit the Arabian Peninsula country in a week, an official said yesterday. The latest deaths since the cyclone made land- fall on Sunday “include two women, while three other people have gone missing and dozens were injured,” said the official who spoke by telephone from Socotra. “Most of the victims died when their homes collapsed,” he said, requesting ano- nymity. The cyclone caused panic and prompted appeals for help for residents on the island, already badly battered by last week’s cyclone Chapala. “The wind, rain, and floods have receded during the past few hours but the cyclone has caused mas- sive destruction to homes,” said the official. The Arabian Sea island is located 350km off the Yem- eni mainland. Fisheries Minister Fahd Kavieen, who is from Socotra himself, urged the United Nations and neighbouring Oman on Sunday to “urgently inter- vene with emergency teams to save residents” on A Nasa satellite image shows tropical cyclone Megh in the island “which is now facing a cyclone stronger the Gulf of Aden. than Chapala”. AFP TUESDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME PM receives Asian energy ministers College of Medicine to meet need for Qatar-trained physicians Continued from page 1 It’s established to addresses the increasing need for Qatar-trained phy- sicians and supports the country’s grow- ing healthcare sector. Minister of Education and Higher Education and Supreme Education Council Secretary-General H E Dr Mohammed Abdul Wahed Ali Al Ham- madi, and Minister of Administrative Development H E Dr Issa Saad Al Jafali Al Nuaimi were also present at the inauguration ceremony. QU President Dr Hassan Al Derham, Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani QU Vice-President for Medical Educa- yesterday met Asian ministers of energy taking part in the sixth Asian Ministerial Energy tion and Dean of College of Medicine Roundtable at Sheraton Doha Resort and Convention Hotel. Talks covered cooperation, Dr Egon Toft, Prof Sheikha Abdulla ways of promoting it and issues of common concern. The Premier wished them success Al Misnad, the fifth president of QU in their meetings. under whose leadership the college was founded, College of Medicine’s Inter- Minister of Public Health H E Abdullah bin Khalid Al Qahtani, accompanied by other national Advisory Board and Johns officials, tour various sections after inaugurating the College of Medicine at Qatar Hopkins Medicine International Vice- University yesterday. BAHER AMIN President of Academic Affairs Prof Charles Wiener were also present. is Qatar’s national university, plays a evaluate their performance and level “Building a global health system con- core role in achieving national strat- of adaptation to the requirements of Ministry, HMC hold diabetes tributes to offering integrated health egies in healthcare and education,” the programme. Dr Al Derham said, services which require well-qualified said Al Qahtani.