www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 34 QPMC signs four Al Eid caps dream deals for supply of run with another aggregates. win in Doha. MONDAY 4 JANUARY 2016 • 24 Rabia I 1437 • Volume 20 • Number 6665 the peninsula newspaper @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Who will hold it, finally? Emir greets Cuban SCJ removes President on Independence Day DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim several court bin Hamad Al Thani sent yester- day a cable of congratulations to Cuban President Raul Castro on his country’s Independence Day, experts reports QNA. Obama to hold can be sought by a court to decide a gun control meet Legal action sought case of highly technical nature. For example, experts with spe- against specialists cialisation in the field of medicine WASHINGTON: US President shown the door for or finance or civil or chemical engi- Barack Obama will take part on neering are roped in and when there Thursday in a town hall-style meet- dereliction of duty is a case in a court involving any of ing to discuss new efforts to stem these specialisations, the court can what he has called an epidemic of seek help from one or several experts gun violence across America. to give its verdict in a fair manner. World number one Novak Djokovic (right) of Serbia is pictured with Grand Slam star Rafael Nadal of Obama will take questions By Mobin Pandit and An extensive list of the experts Spain holding the Qatar ExxonMobil Open trophy during a promotional event in Doha yesterday. The from the audience during the Mohamed Osman is with the committee concerned in two top seeds will feature at the ATP Tour event which starts today. → See also page 29 event, to be aired on CNN at 8pm The Peninsula the Supreme Judicial Council and the (2300 GMT). courts are free to access the list and seek help from any of these experts in deciding a litigation. DOHA: The Supreme Judicial Coun- Qatar News Agency (QNA) cil has removed several court experts reported last week that the Supreme Saudi severs ties with Iran; Qatar condemns attack from their jobs and wants legal action Judicial Council has recently removed against them for alleged dereliction several court experts from the list of duty. and referred them to the Public Pros- AGENCIES Embassy and its consulate in Iran. Iranian authorities bear full respon- The demonstrations highlighted Some of these experts have been ecution for questioning for alleged The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said sibility for the assaults after they failed fury over the killing of Nimr, a Saudi referred to the Public Prosecution so wrongdoing or dereliction of duty. in a statement yesterday that the attack to prevent them in line with the Vienna Shia who spent more than a decade the latter could question them and In some cases, court experts not RIYADH: Foreign Minister Adel Al violates the Vienna 1961 Convention 1961 Convention on Consular Relations. studying theology at Iran’s seminaries. see if any legal action can be taken. doing their job seriously led a court Jubeir announced yesterday that Saudi on Consular Relations. The Ministry The GCC also condemned Iran’s Nimr, 56, was a force behind anti- Legal sources tell this newspaper concerned to make undue delays in Arabia was severing diplomatic ties called on the Iranian government to hostile statements against Saudi Ara- government protests in eastern Saudi that these experts have actually been deciding a litigation. Roped in by a with Iran after demonstrators stormed provide protection to diplomatic mis- bia for executing terrorists and called Arabia in 2011. He was executed Sat- suspected of either ignoring their work court, an expert or several of them are its Tehran embassy to protest against sions and take legal steps against those it an intervention in the internal affairs urday along with 46 Shia activists and or siding with parties to a court litiga- asked by the judge or panel of judges Riyadh’s execution of a Shia cleric. behind the attack. The statement also of the country. Meanwhile, protests in Sunnis who the Saudi Interior Min- tion in violation of rules and code of to file a report on the technicalities Jubeir also said that all Iranian underscored Qatar’s support to Saudi Iran yesterday spread to Bahrain, Paki- istry said were involved in Al Qaeda ethics. The Supreme Judicial Coun- of a court case, based on which the diplomats must leave Saudi Arabia Arabia. The Secretary-General of the stan, Indian Kashmir and Lebanon a killings. Some were beheaded, others cil has a committee within it which judge or judges decide the case. within 48 hours. GCC, Dr Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zay- day after a mob set fire to the Saudi were shot by firing squad. selects and ropes in experts special- Qatar yesterday strongly con- ani, also condemned the attacks. Embassy in Tehran and ransacked it ising in different areas so their help → Continued on page 5 demned the attack on the Saudi Al Zayani said yesterday that before dozens were arrested. → See also page 7 IS threatens Britain in new video AFP not clearly identify which countries at the beginning of December, also they worked with, but one mentions began targeting the jihadists in Syria. the international coalition led by the “Only an imbecile would dare BEIRUT: The Islamic State group United States battling IS in Iraq and to wage war against a land where threatened Britain in an Internet Syria. The video said they passed vid- the law of Allah reigns supreme and video yesterday showing the kill- eos or photos of the living conditions where the people live under the justice ing of five “spies” it said worked with in Raqa to people in Turkey, or mon- and security of Shariah” or Islamic the international coalition fighting itored the movements of IS fighters. law, the fighter says. IS in Iraq and Syria. The following sequence shows the “We will continue to wage jihad... The SITE Intelligence Group said five wearing orange jumpsuits and and one day invade your land, where the video shows five men from Raqa, kneeling before five masked fighters, we will rule by the Shariah.” capital of the self-declared jihad- all in military fatigues and armed with He said those who want to con- ist “caliphate” straddling Syria and pistols. “This is a message to David tinue fighting “under the banner of Iraq, confessing to carrying out acts Cameron,” says one of the gunmen. Cameron” should ask themselves: of espionage. “How strange it is that we find “Do you really think your govern- In it, an English-speaking IS ourselves today hearing an insignif- ment will care about you when you fighter mocks British Prime Minis- icant leader like you challenge the come into our hands, or will they ter David Cameron for challenging might of the Islamic State.” abandon you as they have aban- IS, and calls him an “imbecile”. British warplanes, which were doned these spies and those who The “confessions” of the five do already attacking IS positions in Iraq came before them?” Only patients given access Italy investigates to HGH multi-level parking childbirth deaths AFP The Peninsula getting into the hospital. But when we went in the morning the secu- rity guards at the gate checked the ROME: Italian health authorities DOHA: The usually crowded multi- appointment slip and allowed us to yesterday ordered investigations storey parking facility at Hamad park in the multi-storey facility,” a after five women died in childbirth General Hospital (HGH) was almost visitor told this daily yesterday. in seven days, shocking a nation empty yesterday as many visitors and A visit to the parking lot by The with one of the lowest maternal staff were stopped from parking their Peninsula around 9am yesterday con- mortality rates in the world. The cars there. firmed that there were only a few deaths occurred across the coun- The parking lot was restricted to cars parked there. try between December 25 and 31. only patients with an appointment at A security guard told this daily While all appear to have explica- the outpatient clinics at HGH, it has that since 6am yesterday, only patients ble causes, their concentration over been learnt. and their companions were allowed the holiday period has raised ques- Security guards at the main gate of to park at the facility. Hamad Medi- tions over hospital staffing and also the hospital were seen stopping every cal Corporation (HMC) staff were also over whether older mothers-to-be vehicle and directing visitors with an not allowed to park there. HMC offi- are being sufficiently monitored for OPD appointment to the multi-storey cials were not available for comments. warning signs of potentially fatal parking. “Usually we face much dif- conditions. ficulty in parking the vehicle before → Picture on page 2 → See also page 16 02 MONDAY 4 JANUARY 2016 HOME RAF builds 375 mosques in 23 countries Greeting cables sent to Cuban Donation campaign in President Castro Qatar raised QR24m last year. DOHA: Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of congratu- The Peninsula lations to Cuban President Raul Castro on his coun- try’s Independence Day. Prime Minister and DOHA: Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Interior Minister H E Foundation for Humanitarian Services Sheikh Abdullah bin (RAF) collected QR24m in donations Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani last year to build mosques in several sent a similar cable to countries. Castro. The donation campaign was launched in Qatar and citizens and expatriates made generous contribu- 2007-9 models of tions to the cause.