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Page 01 Nov 24.Indd ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Iran favours output cut at Opec meet Business | 17 Monday 24 November 2014 • 2 Safar 1436 • Volume 19 Number 6259 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir meets Algeria PM GCC foreign Municipality ministers to meet in Doha inspections tomorrow DOHA: The foreign ministers of Gulf Cooperation Council go electronic (GCC) states will hold the 133rd ministerial meeting in Doha tomorrow. Foreign Minister iPads used to record violations H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah will chair the meeting. DOHA: The Ministry of details about the location of the In a statement released yester- Municipality and Urban erring outlet such as the build- day, GCC Secretary General Dr Planning has launched an elec- ing number, street number and Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani tronic system to make inspec- zone, which can easily be accessed said the ministerial meeting will tions at eateries, shopping through the available Geographic prepare for the 35th session of the complexes, markets and other Information System (GIS). Supreme Council of GCC leaders commercial outlets faster and When the record is finalized, to be held in Doha on Deecember more transparent. the inspector needs to sign it, as 9 and 10. Health inspectors in different well the person responsible for The GCC foreign ministers municipalities started using the the violation if he is available at will discuss reports on GCC joint new system from yesterday. In the time of the inspection. The action, strategic dialogues among the initial phase, the electronic inspector will then send copies the GCC and foreign countries system will be used only by health of this record to the violator and The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal at the Emiri and latest regional and interna- inspectors but will be expanded head of the inspection sections Diwan yesterday. Report on page 5 tional developments. to other areas later, the Ministry through email and text messages. They will also hold separate said yesterday. In the second phase, the elec- meetings with Jordanian and The electronic system is tronic system will be expanded to Moroccan foreign ministers to expected to save time, efforts and other areas including general and discuss ways to enhance strate- public money and make the job of technical inspections. The second gic partnership and relations with inspectors easier. Instead of the phase will also include establish- Interviews for family visa these countries, in addition to manual system used until now, ing an electronic link between the another meeting with the Yemeni inspectors will use iPads to record ministries and government bod- foreign minister. violations quickly. They can also ies concerned including security The foreign ministers will also capture photos of the violations and judicial departments, said the through video conference hold a meeting with the Advisory and record witness testimonies Ministry. Board of the GCC Supreme if the situations allow. For implementation of the first DOHA: Expatriates apply- visa applications. phase of the project and it will be Council. QNA The electronic system will also phase, the Ministry has trained ing for family visas can now The service is provided through expanded to other service centres make it easier for the erring outlets health inspectors on theoretical attend the interview with the a live broadcast from a special later, said the ministry. Blast at match kills to know their violations and settle and practical aspects of the sys- Recruitment Committee at the room set up for interviews at Brig Abdullah Salim Al Ali, them, in cases in which a reconcili- tem. The trained inspectors will Ministry of Interior through the Mesaimeer Service Center Director General of General 50 in Afghanistan ation is possible, without the need work in collaboration with GIS video conference from the where the screen is connected to Directorate of Nationality, for paper correspondence. They section and the legal consultant Mesaimeer Service Center. the Recruitment Committee at Borders and Expatriate Affairs KABUL: About 50 people were can also access data related to the of the ministry. The General Directorate the headquarters of the General said that the new service aims killed and 60 others wounded violations that will be recorded and The ministry in collaboration of Nationality, Borders and Directorate. The committee can to save time and effort for the when a suicide blast ripped processed electronically. with the bodies concerned have Expatriate Affairs at the seek all required documents from beneficiaries by allowing them through large crowds gathered The inspectors will create intensified inspections all over the Ministry launched the new serv- the applicant directly, said a min- to attend the interviews through to watch a volleyball game in electronic records with neces- country resulting in detection of a ice yesterday. istry statement yesterday. video conference from the same eastern Afghanistan yesterday, sary information about the viola- number of violations. In a move to Earlier, the applicants had The online service aims to place where they submitted officials said. tion including name of the shop, “name and shame” the erring out- to attend the interviews at the help the public attend the inter- the application. He added that The attack, the deadliest blast in date, place, time, licence number, lets, the ministry has also started headquarters of the general views from the Ministry of the new service is part of the Afghanistan since 2011, struck dur- name and contact address of the announcing the names of shops directorate in Medinat Khalifa. Interior service centres close to Ministry’s plans to build an inte- ing a tournament between three manager/owner. and eateries facing closure on its The recruitment committee is their localities. The service at grated electronic system for all local teams in Paktika province. The record will also include website. THE PENINSULA responsible for approving family Mesaimeer represents the first services. THE PENINSULA Full report on page 13 Qatar in Gulf Cup final Woman’s bid to commit Israel cabinet okays suicide foiled Jewish State law DOHA: The Civil Defence on Saturday rescued a woman who JERUSALEM: A controversial Netanyahu’s fragile coalition — was trying to commit suicide bill that officially defines Israel which say the bill is being pushed by jumping out the window of as the nation-state of the Jewish through with forthcoming pri- a building in Town Centre in people has been approved by maries in the prime minster’s Markhiya. cabinet despite warnings that rightwing Likud party in mind — The Ministry of Interior the move risks undermining the and senior government officials received a call around 8.40pm country’s democratic character. including the attorney general. about a Filipina trying to jump Opponents, including some cab- According to many critics, the off a building. The Civil Defence inet ministers, said the new legis- new wording would weaken the team reached the spot immedi- lation defined reserved “national wording of Israel’s declaration of ately and started the rescue with rights” for Jews only and not for independence, which states that one team climbing to the third its minorities, and rights groups the new state would “be based on floor and the other laying out a condemned it as racist. the principles of liberty, justice sponge mattress on the ground to The bill, which is intended to and freedom expressed by the cushion the woman’s fall. become part of Israel’s basic laws, prophets of Israel [and] affirm The team broke into the flat would recognise Israel’s Jewish complete social and political and rescued the woman who was character, institutionalise Jewish equality for all its citizens, regard- taken into custody. Qatar players celebrate after scoring against Oman during their Gulf Cup semi-final soccer match in law as an inspiration for legisla- less of religion, race or gender”. THE PENINSULA Riyadh yesterday. Qatar beat Oman 3-1 to reach the finals in which they face Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. tion and delist Arabic as a second Among those to voice their See also page 28 official language. opposition was the finance min- Arab Muslims and Christians ister, Yair Lapid, who said he had make up 20pc of Israel’s spoken to the family of Zidan population. Saif, a Druze policeman killed The cabinet passed the bill in last week’s deadly attack on a US police shoot dead boy holding replica gun by a 14-7 majority after reports Jerusalem synagogue. of rancorous exchanges during “What will we tell his family? the meeting, including between That he is a second-class citi- WASHINGTON: Police in the US city of One of the police officers was in his first in the torso.” It added: “Further information the prime minister, Benjamin zen in the state of Israel because Cleveland shot and killed a 12-year-old boy year in the force, it said. reveals that the weapon which the 12-year-old Netanyahu, and his justice min- someone has primaries in the who was in a playground waving around Audio released of a 911 call made to suspect was in possession of is an ‘airsoft’ type ister, Tzipi Livni. Likud?” he asked. what turned out to be a replica gun, officials police details the caller saying the gun was replica gun resembling a semi-automatic pis- The bill, which still requires the Netanyahu argued that the and reports said yesterday. “probably fake.” tol, with the orange safety indicator removed.” Knesset’s approval to become a law was necessary because peo- Officers called to the scene Saturday fired at A Cleveland police statement said: “Upon The victim has not been named.
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