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Page 01 Aug 23.Indd ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Friday 23 August 2013 16 Shawwal 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5800 Price: QR2 Qatar bourse Australia on rises by 0.44pc top at to 10,109.50 The Oval Business | 15 Sport | 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Mubarak leaves Qatar students prison for army hospital CAIRO: Egypt’s former presi- see no end to dent Hosni Mubarak was flown from jail yesterday to a military hospital in the nearby southern suburb of Maadi, officials said. A blue-and-white helicopter Egypt unrest took him from Cairo’s Tora prison, where scores of his supporters had gathered to hail his release. Back home, worried about their future Judicial authorities had ordered Mubarak’s release from Tora. The DOHA: One group of Qataris continues. “We don’t know if we prime minister’s office has said which is persistently praying seek admission elsewhere the Mubarak will be placed under that calm returns to Egypt number of years we have stud- house arrest. He was sentenced consists of students who were ied in Egypt would be taken into to life in prison last year for fail- enrolled in various colleges and account by those colleges and uni- ing to prevent the killing of dem- universities in the country. versities,” said a commentator. “If onstrators. But a court accepted Nearly all of them are back not, those years would be wasted.” his appeal earlier this year and home after the crisis in Egypt Others said they had depos- ordered a retrial in the case, for began unfolding early last July, ited tuition and other fees for which he has served the maximum and feel immensely frustrated as six months to a year in advance, A man reacts at a site hit by what activists said was an air raid by forces loyal to the regime, in the Duma amount of pretrial detention. He they see little hope of the crisis adding that they didn’t see much neighbourhood of Damascus yesterday. was arrested in April, 2011. coming to an end and the educa- hope of educational institutions This week, two court rulings in tion institutions reopening. reopening in the near future. separate corruption cases removed There are several hundred “Forget that our money is lost. the last legal grounds for his con- young Qataris who were pursuing We are now praying that we don’t UN push for Syria attack probe tinued detention, although he will different educational courses in lose the valuable years of our not be allowed to leave Egypt and various parts of Egypt, including academic pursuit,” rued a com- DAMASCUS: The regime in war-torn Syria their bodies were “pale blue”. “They died of suffoca- his assets remain frozen. the capital city of Cairo. mentator. There are discussions came under intense pressure yesterday to allow tion,” Abu Ahmad said from Moadamiyet Al Sham, a See also page 5 Many of them had taken fresh about what options they have if UN inspectors to probe an alleged chemical town which reportedly bore the brunt of the alleged admission and invariably all of the Egyptian situation doesn’t weapons attack near Damascus which the oppo- chemical attacks. them had paid tuition fees for six improve and educational institu- sition says killed more than 1,300 people. A UN spokesman said: “The secretary-general Tunisia Islamists months to a year in advance. tions there remain shut. Footage distributed by activists showing uncon- now calls for the mission, presently in Damascus, to Several of them were in the “Jordan, Morocco and India are scious children, people foaming around the mouth be granted permission and access to swiftly investi- accept union plan final year of their degree or cer- suitable alternatives to continue and doctors apparently giving them oxygen to help gate the incident which occurred on the morning of TUNIS: Tunisia’s governing tificate courses, and are now look- education,” suggested a commen- them breathe has triggered revulsion around the August 21. “A formal request is being sent by the UN Islamists edged closer to nego- ing for alternatives, according to a tator. But another said the most world. to the government of Syria. He expects to receive a tiations with secular opponents debate on the issue raging on local stable place on earth was Europe The UN formally asked Syria to authorise UN positive response without delay.” Ban would also send yesterday by agreeing in prin- social networking sites. so “we must go there to continue experts to probe the allegations, and Secretary to Damascus at an undisclosed time Angela Kane, ciple to a plan for a transition “We are left in the lurch and our education”. General Ban Ki-moon decided to send a special the UN High Representative for Disarmament towards new elections proposed don’t know what to do except pray To recall, Qatar’s Foreign envoy to Damascus. French President Francois Affairs. There has been no immediate independent by the powerful trade unions. that the crisis in Egypt ends and Ministry transported back home Hollande denounced the “likely” use of chemical confirmation of the attack. But with specialised soft- Tunisia is struggling to our colleges and universities reo- to safety some 209 Qataris, many weapons, while a US official told the Wall Street ware, an analysis of one of the most striking pictures defend its nascent democracy pen,” said a Qatari student in a of them students, who were Journal there were “strong indications” the regime showing the bodies of children revealed the picture against political polarisation comment posted on a social net- stranded in Egypt early last used them. But Damascus denied it unleashed chem- was not manipulated and was taken, as presented, and popular discontent. Islamist working site. month when the crisis began ical weapons, at a time when a UN team is in Syria on August 21. Ennahda party Chairman Rached This and similar comments unfolding. The Qatari embassy to inspect other such attacks. It would be “political Former US Army Chemical Corps officer Dan Ghannouchi said negotiations from suffering students have trig- in Cairo set up a 24-hour control suicide” to go ahead with such an attack, a senior Kaszeta said: “It would be relatively hard to fake” the would resolve the stand-off that gered a discussion and the net- room to help Qataris stranded in Syrian security source said. amount of video footage that has surfaced. The US, has paralysed Tunisian politics for working sites have turned into a the country and on the very first The opposition National Coalition said more than which has warned the use of chemical weapons could almost a month and led to calls platform for exchange of opinions day it received some 380 calls, 1,300 people were killed by poisonous gases in a prompt military intervention, has demanded inspec- for the government to resign. among the students over what media reports earlier suggested. rebel-held town southwest of the capital. An activist tors be given access to collect evidence. AGENCIES Full report on page 5 options they have if the crisis THE PENINSULA said he helped bury dozens of civilians overnight and See also page 3 2 more Qatari LNG Rim Fire in US tankers for Egypt DUBAI: A third shipment of HMC launches safety LNG donated by Qatar to Egypt to help alleviate its energy cri- sis set sail early yesterday, and a fourth was expected to leave lessons for labourers in the evening, Qatar News DOHA: In a belated yet laudable move, public health authorities Agency said. have launched a drive to educate outdoor workers on the dangers of Citing a Foreign Ministry being exposed to heat-related illnesses as well as preventive meas- official, QNA said a fifth and ures. The four-week campaign was launched yesterday by Hamad final shipment was expected to Medical Corporation as heat-related illnesses reported to the emer- be loaded next month. Late on gency unit of HMC have increased considerably. Monday, it had said the second Public health officials said sweltering temperatures accompanied with tanker left Ras Laffan gas export high humidity are expected to continue through much of September. terminal on August 9, a week “Heat-related illnesses can damage the brain and other vital organs after the first cargo. Because and can cause death,” warned the head of the campaign ‘Kulluna’ (‘All Egypt lacks facilities to unload of Us’). During the summer months, numerous cases of dehydration and the LNG, the shipments are heat-related illnesses are reported to the emergency unit of HMC day expected to be handed to foreign and night and a majority of them involve outdoor workers, Dr Khalid firms GDF Suez and BG Group Abdulnoor Saifeldeen told a news briefing at Hamad International which have not received agreed Training Centre. On the sidelines, he said people with severe dehy- Egyptian gas supplies. The sup- dration could suffer from cardiovascular arrest as a secondary illness. plies will help Cairo channel its A firefighter from Ebbetts Pass Fire District uses a drip torch to light a back fire while battling the Rim Fire in THE PENINSULA own gas to the domestic market. Groveland, California, yesterday. The Rim Fire continues and threatens 2,500 homes outside Yosemite National Continued on page 3 REUTERS Park. Over 400 firefighters are battling the blaze that is only 5 percent contained. Seven eateries shut DOHA: Civic authorities have Local companies sour as Ashghal projects go to foreign firms ordered temporary closure of seven eateries in Al Rayyan for DOHA: Qatari business leaders are were given to local companies that they signature projects, Qatari companies have be floated for another $11bn projects.
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