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Page 01 Aug 14.Indd ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Wednesday 14 August 2013 7 Shawwal 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5791 Price: QR2 Qatar Exchange Isinbayeva continues wins fairytale bull run gold Business | 17 Sport | 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 PM visits project sites Israel starts freeing Four Qataris Palestinians ahead of peace talks JERUSALEM: Israel began an die in Saudi operation to free 26 Palestinian prisoners yesterday hours before the two sides were to hold new direct peace talks amid a grow- ing row over settlements. The 26 prisoners are the first desert crash batch of some 104 long-term detainees who are to be freed in Victims were dune-bashing stages as part of a US-brokered deal which brought Israel and DOHA: Four Qataris died and part of a larger group of friends or Palestinians back to the negoti- two were left critically injured members of some extended fami- ating table on July 30 for the first when the four-wheel pow- lies. They were part of a convoy time in nearly three years. ered car they were travelling of four-wheel powered cars that But today’s talks are likely to be in turned turtle during what were in the desert at the time. overshadowed by Israel’s advance- seemed to have been dune-bash- Their friends shifted all six to the ment of plans to build thousands ing in a Saudi desert not far hospital after the accident. of new homes for Jewish settlers from the Qatari border areas. Meanwhile, reports of the on lands the Palestinians want The accident took place in the Qataris dying in the car crash for a future state. Two busloads Hurd desert area near the border drew reactions from the Qatari of detainees were seen leaving city of Al Ahsa in eastern Saudi community here on local social Ayalon prison near Tel Aviv late Arabia, Al Sharq reported yester- networking sites. The Prime Minister and Minister of Interior H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani visited the last night, an AFP correspond- day, quoting a report on the online One commentator said he had construction sites of the new Doha International Airport and the new port and was briefed about the work. The ent reported. One bus carrying edition of London-based Al Hayat seen a tweet in which the names Minister of Transportation H E Jassim Saif Al Sulaiti accompanied the Premier during the visits. 15 prisoners set off for the Erez Arabic daily. of the four deceased figured. crossing at the northern entrance Another picture on page 3 The car collided with a hillock It is clear from their last names to the Gaza Strip, while the other in the desert. The daily didn’t say that the four were members of an headed towards the West Bank they were dune-bashing. Neither extended family. Another com- city of Ramallah. Shortly after- Al Sharq nor Al Hayat said when mentator said it was sad that of wards, one of the buses was seen the accident took place. late they had begun hearing sad No death in Mowasalat bus accident entering Israel’s Ofer prison com- However, a Saudi website news about “group” deaths in pound near Ramallah. AFP Mshariq said the mishap took tragic car crashes. DOHA: None of those injured Johnrey Atienza, a pipe fitter. He and is on breathing support. The Earlier report on page 4 place on Sunday. Still another said that one of in the bizarre Mowasalat bus suffered head injuries and some support is likely to be removed The injured and those dead the deceased was his colleague accident at Al Ghanim bus bruises on his body. today as he is improving, sources were shifted to King Fahd and that he was really saddened terminus on Sunday evening “He is recovering fast,” the said. The Bangladeshi embassy, TODAY’S EDITION OF Hospital in Al Ahsa, said the daily. by the news. One commentator has died. ambassador of the Philippines, when contacted, said they had THE PENINSULA A number of Qataris travel advised people to be very care- A number of people were Crescente Relacion, told this no information about this man or INCLUDES A 16-PAGE to neighbouring Saudi Arabia in ful while driving in Saudi Arabia injured in the mishap as the bus newspaper yesterday. any other of its country’s nation- SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT ON their cars, especially during fes- because, he claimed, traffic reg- ploughed into a group of passen- Medical sources said another als having been injured in the bus tive occasions like Eid. ulations in the country are not gers who were waiting to board it. person injured in the bus crash crash and receiving treatment. Some 17 people die in road up to the mark and they are not However, until yesterday is at the trauma centre but he Nepal’s diplomatic mission accidents in Saudi Arabia every enforced quite strictly. at least one Filipino who suf- remains unidentified. here said a Nepali national was day and about 68,000 people get “This is the reason why so fered serious injuries remained “It’s purely our guess that he injured, though not critically, and injured every year, causing finan- many accidents take place in at the Trauma Intensive Care might be a Bangladeshi national,” was admitted to the general ward cial losses of a whopping SAR13bn Saudi Arabia,” he said. “The Unit (TICU) of Hamad Medical a source said. “And he might be in of Hamad Hospital, and might be ($3.45bn), said the report. risks of driving in Saudi Arabia Corporation (HMC). his late 30s or early 40s.” discharged in a day or two. From media reports it appears are very high,” said yet another He has been identified by the He developed serious breath- THE PENINSULA that the Qataris who died were commentator. THE PENINSULA embassy of the Philippines as ing problems due to a chest injury Continued on page 3 WEDNESDAY 14 AUGUST 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Qatar ranks 10th in World Competitiveness scoreboard France, Japan and Finland trail much behind Qatar DOHA: Qatar has maintained its 10th economy, has sought to expand and develop factors, scoring relatively higher than many position among 60 countries, most of investment friendly business environment other developed economies, such as politi- them being developed economies, in ‘The by creating greater space for the private cal stability (64 percent), dynamic econ- World Competitiveness Scoreboard 2013’, sector businesses. The report noted that omy (58 percent) and infrastructure (49 an annual exercise conducted by the Qatar is continuing to attract and retain percent). The other positive factors that Switzerland-based International Institute international talent in the pursuit of a have made Qatar more competitive for for Management Development (IMD) knowledge-based society. doing business than others include easy that publishes ‘World Competitiveness The Year Book says that Qatar has been access to funding and effective legal envi- Yearbook ’ (WCY). able to meet the challenges to improve and ronment with 48 and 38.7 percent scores, The top three in the list are US, develop in various areas led by education respectively. Switzerland and Hong Kong. The US has for capacity building and individual’s skill Some of the other factors in which Qatar regained the number one spot, thanks to a development to improve the situation of has scored fairly good includes education, rebounding financial sector, an abundance labour force in the country. health, employment and local as well as www.swiss-belhotel.com of technological innovation and successful The IMD’s World Competitiveness Center international trade and investments. companies. has been calculating the competitiveness of Last year, Qatar ranked 11th, with Tel The survey conducted during the first nations since 1989. In 1997, the globalisa- an impressive jump of three positions, Fax quarter of 2013, measure how well coun- tion of the world’s economy led it to move among 144 economies in the Global tries manage their economic and human from a split ranking (advanced vs emerging Competitiveness Index (GCI), another resources to increase their prosperity. economies) to an integrated one. Because annual exercise conducted by the Davos- Some of the developed countries such as the robust methodology has been main- based World Economic Forum (WEF). The Tel Finland, Japan and France have stood much tained since then, it is now possible to track energy-rich economy stood just one rank Fax below Qatar in the list occupying 20th, 24th a country’s competitiveness evolution over behind Japan (10th) and ahead of Denmark and 28th positions, respectively. that period of time. (12th), two of the most developed economies Qatar, in its efforts to transform the Among the 15 evaluating indicators, of the world in 2012. hydrocarbon rich country into a diversified Qatar has emerged with five key attractive THE PENINSULA Tel Fax Greetings Tollfree sent to Mali Qatari rock star releases album Fax president-elect DOHA: Naser Mestarihi, a pio- neer in Qatari rock music, has DOHA: The Emir H released his debut full length LP Tel H Sheikh Tamim bin 1987 which is now available on Hamad Al Thani has sent iTunes and Virgin Megastore Fax a cable of greetings to outlets in Qatar. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, This is his second solo effort on the occasion of his following his eponymous criti- Tel winning the presidential cally acclaimed EP released in Fax elections in the Republic 2010 which was the first official of Mali. The Prime rock release out of Qatar. Minister and Minister The album has received criti- of Interior H E Sheikh cal acclaim for attempting to put Tel Abdullah bin Nasser bin Qatari rock music on the map.
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