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Page 01 Dec 03.Indd ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Monday 3 December 2012 19 Muharram 1434 - Volume 17 Number 5537 Price: QR2 QR7bn Barwa Proteas set Commercial Australia Avenue on track huge target Business | 19 Sport | 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Sheikha Moza Debate over opens solar test facility Arab-Iran ties BY FAZEENA SALEEM DOHA: H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser inaugurated a $20m solar test facility at the Qatar Science sparks row and Technology Park yesterday to coincide with the COP18/CMP8 climate talks being held here. The facility covers more than Iranian speaker levels charges 35,000 square metres (7 acres) and will produce nearly 400 kilowatts of DOHA: Disputes over sharing politically with the GCC states, power is a collaboration between more than a dozen oil and gas the latter lacked a unified pol- QSTP, GreenGulf and Chevron. fields by Iran and Gulf countries icy vis-à-vis their influential The project will evaluate how is one of the factors damag- neighbour. more than 30 different solar tech- ing relations between Iran and Iran has a well-defined vision nologies perform in Qatar’s climate the GCC states, according to a as regards its regional and inter- conditions, including the first ever speaker at a symposium that is national policies whereas the GCC Concentrating Photovoltaic system debating Arab-Iran relations. countries pursue contradictory installed in Qatar. The joint project Some participants at the sym- policies in their relations with will learn about the performance posium were in for surprise when Tehran, a speaker said. of solar cells in the Qatari envi- the speaker, a former Iranian Saeed Harib said the policies ronment with high temperatures, ambassador to Germany, said: of the GCC states towards Iran local radiation patterns, and study “Tehran accuses Doha of extract- were always reactionary and that H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser inaugurating the first solar test facility at the Qatar Science and Technology Park the impact of dust and moisture on ing way more than its share in explained why Tehran took advan- in Doha yesterday. AISHA AL MUSALLAM/HHOPL performance. THE PENINSULA the joint gas field of South Pars”. tage of developments in the Arab Full story on page 3 Few expected Seyed Hossein world like Arab Spring and the Mousavian to repeat his country’s Syrian crisis to further its interests accusations, of all the places, in and influence in the region. Doha, although none in the audience Dr Abdul Khaliq Abdullah, a stood up to question the allegation. UAE-based political scientist, The two-day symposium, which blasted Iran and said it viewed the opened here yesterday, is organ- GCC states as its enemy because Commuters complain of bus shortage ized by the Forum for Arab and of their closeness to the US. International Relations. He said one of the factors BY RAYNALD C RIVERA states the reduction of frequency shortage of buses because they are early for the next several days to Mousavian said Iran shares a responsible for increasing bit- of bus services by December 1 on not using the passenger buses for cope with this,” said Rodrigo. number of oil and gas fields with terness between Tehran and the DOHA: While COP18 shuttle routes including numbers 10, 12, 19, COP18. There are fewer bus driv- Around 17,000 delegates from countries like Iraq and GCC GCC was that the former was try- buses leave hotels virtually empty 22, 40, 42, 45, 100, 102, 119, 136, 137, ers as many Mowasalat drivers 194 countries are in Doha for the states such as Kuwait, Oman, ing to emerge a champion of Shia for the Qatar National Convention 170, 172, 104A, 109, 49, 56 and 34. are operating hundreds of buses COP18, the biggest conference Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. minorities in the Gulf countries. Center, the Mowasalat Bus “I was really surprised because for the conference,” claimed a the city is hosting. The marathon He quoted a visiting fellow of “Iran underestimates the GCC Terminus at Grand Hamad Street they announced frequency cuts Karwa driver. event runs until Saturday. Princeton University: “Qatar and states, has a superiority complex teems with impatient commut- over the weekend and I didn’t know If not for a colleague who According to media reports, Iran have straws in the same gas and takes its silence on the issue ers as very few buses are in serv- about the changes in the schedule,” passed by, Rodrigo, a regular com- some 430 shuttle buses have been field, but only Qatar is sipping.” of occupation of the three UAE ice due to the biggest conference said an Indian shopkeeper, who was muter of bus number 49, would pressed into service to ferry the It is also interesting to note islands as a sign of their weak- Doha is hosting. waiting for the bus at the terminal have been two hours late for work. delegates to the QNCC and back that the symposium organisers ness,” said Abdullah. Already late for their offices for more than an hour. “The frequency of Bus 49 is to hotels. They are stationed at cleverly avoided mentioning, in According to Mousavian, if the and appointments, commuters Illegal private taxi operators lurk- every 20 minutes but I waited for 32 hotels and they also include 24 their banners at the venue, the misgivings between the two sides who approach Mowasalat staff are ing near the bus terminus are hap- an hour in vain. They should have shuttle buses exclusively plying use of the term ‘Arabian Gulf’. have to go, the GCC states should shown a notice posted on the bul- pily cashing in on the situation as announced it advance,” he said. To between the QNCC, where the cli- They simply said ‘Gulf’ because do away with the western military letin board of the office announc- commuters turn to them in despera- make things worse, timings were mate conference is being held, and Iranians object to the use of the presence in the region and set up ing that they would be ‘reducing tion. Karwa taxis are also doing a not given in the changed schedule the Doha Exhibition Centre where term “Persian Gulf’. a joint security panel with Iran. the frequencies’ on 19 of their 38 brisk business as there is no dearth which left commuters unaware as the Qatar Sustainability Expo is Some speakers said that THE PENINSULA routes. of those in need of an urgent ride. to when to expect the buses. taking place. THE PENINSULA while Tehran knew how to deal Pictures on page 4 The notice dated November 30 “The problem is not the “I think I have to wake up very See also pages 5 & 6 Palestinian joy Egypt’s top court stops Kuwait parties to press scrapping work as crisis worsens of new parliament CAIRO: Egypt’s top court sus- Egyptian judiciary’s blackest day KUWAIT CITY: The opposi- pended its work indefinitely to on record,” describing the scene tion vowed yesterday to press protest “psychological and phys- outside the court complex, with on with protests until a newly ical pressures” after supporters Islamist demonstrators carrying elected parliament is abolished of the Islamist president pre- banners denouncing the tribunal and a disputed law scrapped, a vented judges from entering the and some of its judges. day after Kuwait’s Shia minor- courthouse yesterday to rule Supporters of Mursi, who hails ity emerged as main victors of a on the legitimacy of a disputed from Muslim Brotherhood, claim largely-boycotted vote. constitutional assembly. that the court’s judges are loyal- “We will continue with our The decision by the Supreme ists of ousted president Hosni national and peaceful protests Constitutional Court is the latest Mubarak, who appointed them. under the umbrella of the consti- twist in a worsening crisis pitting Mursi’s backers accuse the judges tution to bring the downfall of the President Mohammed Mursi and of trying to derail Egypt’s tran- new parliament,” Islamist opposi- his allies against the mostly secular sition to democratic rule. The tion leader and former MP Faisal opposition and the powerful judi- court statement said the judges Al Muslim said. “We will use all A huge Palestinian flag made out of balloons is seen as people celebrate the successful bid by President ciary. The standoff began when approached the court but decided peaceful and constitutional tools, Mahmoud Abbas to win UN statehood recognition in Ramallah. Abbas returned from New York to the West Mursi issued decrees on November against entering the building including demonstrations and Bank yesterday, telling cheering crowds: “Yes, now we have a state.” See also page 10 22 that gave him sweeping powers because they feared for their safety. gatherings,” said Muslim. and granted the president immu- The judges also had been The opposition has no repre- nity from the courts. expected to rule to on the legiti- sentative in the 50-seat parliament The Islamist-dominated panel macy of the Islamist-dominated after it opted to boycott Saturday’s drafting the new constitution then upper house of parliament, known polls to protest the government’s raced in a marathon session last as the Shura Council. By suspend- unilateral amendment of Kuwait’s Law ends monopoly of Q-Media week to vote on the charter’s 236 ing its work, the court joined the key electoral law. Under the previ- clauses without the participation country’s highest appeals court ous law, a voter was able to choose DOHA: A new law issued ear- According to the new legis- other sports facilities.
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