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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Friday 26 October 2012 10 Dhul-Hijja 1433 - Volume 17 Number 5499 Price: QR2 Windows 8, Nadal pulls out Surface tablet of London and unveiled Paris events Business | 15 Sport | 21 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir greets HMC gears up Arab, Islamic leaders on for huge rush Eid Al Adha DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh during holidays Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday exchanged cables of congratulations and felicitations on the advent of Eid Al Adha 1,200 stomach upset cases yesterday with the leaders of the sisterly Arab and Islamic countries. DOHA: The emergency unit calling him,” said Al Nuaimi. The Emir received Eid greet- of Hamad Medical Corporation According to him, more acci- ings from Speaker of the Advisory (HMC) is gearing up to handle dent and stomach upset cases are Council H E Mohamed bin an increasing number of cases reported for emergency medical Mubarak Al Kholeifi. On behalf during Eid Al Adha holidays. care during the Eid holidays. of the Advisory Council members, The unit had a taste of what “That is the reason why we are the Speaker expressed heartfelt lies ahead in terms of patient increasing the number of doctors congratulations and felicitations turnout during the holidays at the emergency department,” asking Almighty Allah for the as some 1,200 cases, mostly of he said. recurrence of such a sublime stomach upsets, were reported Yesterday, in fact the maxi- occasion for the best of health yesterday alone. mum number of cases that were and happiness to the Emir and From 6 in the morning until reported to the emergency unit Pilgrims climb Mount Mercy on the plains of Arafat near the holy city of Makkah yesterday. more welfare and prosperity to 6 in the evening, HMC’s emer- related to stomach upsets, with the faithful people of Qatar under gency department had to attend Al Nuaimi cautioning people to the wise leadership of the Emir to 85 heart attack cases that also avoid overeating and against The Emir sent a reply to the included complaints regarding large intake of sweet and fatty Haj pilgrims prepare for final ritual Advisory Council Speaker in chest pain. food. which the Emir thanked the At least a dozen accident A lot of people indulge in Speaker and wished him and the cases were reported aside from overeating during the Eid holi- MUZDALIFAH: Massive others pushed elderly pilgrims of Islam as well as the Quran, members the best of health, hap- two deaths that occurred due to days and develop several compli- throngs of pilgrims yester- on wheelchairs. Sunnah and Shariah” law. “Our piness and success and more wel- stomach-related ailments. cations like high blood pressure day headed for the town of Cars, buses and the avalanche of Muslim world is facing trag- fare, progress and prosperity to Dr Saad Al Nuaimi, consult- and severe stomach upsets. Muzdalifah to collect stones for humans — men in white “Ihram” edies and bloodshed,” he said, the dear people of Qatar. ant at the unit, said that some Then, there are diabetics who the final ritual of the Haj which shrouds and women covered from calling on people and leaders to The Emir, in telephone calls, 20 to 25 doctors, including con- indulge in overeating and come marks the first day of Eid Al head to foot except for their hands “work on dialogue... end blood- exchanged Eid greetings with a sultants and specialists, are complaining of problems to the Adha, the feast of sacrifice. and faces — all moved together shed, not resort to the use of number of leaders of Arab coun- being deployed on duty at the emergency section of HMC. Men, women and children from as police and ambulance sirens arms,” and not to implement tries. The Emir exchanged greet- emergency unit during the Eid Muslim kept fast yesterday 189 countries flooded roads link- sounded into the early evening. “foreign” agendas. ings with the Custodian of the Two holidays. and despite that the turnout of ing Mount Arafat, where they had At noon prayers in Namira In the crowds, Syrian worship- Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin These doctors will be actively people with complaints at the spent the peak Haj day in prayer mosque at Arafat yesterday, pers were seen carrying a large Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, supported by a well-trained nurs- emergency section was quite and reflection, to Muzdalifah. Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti rebel flag. Libyan Ruqaya Al Emir of Kuwait H H Sheikh Sabah ing staff, he said. The shift of the large the whole day. There, the symbolic “stoning Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Fayturi, 58, said she was praying Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, UAE doctors and nurses will be chang- Community sources said of the devil” which begins early Al Sheikh warned pilgrims for “security and stability in Libya President H H Sheikh Khalifa bin ing every eight hours. that some families begin feast- today is followed by the ritual sac- against using any “national or and all other Arab and Muslim Zayed Al Nahyan, H M Sultan This means that 20 to 25 ing at least a week before Eid rifice of an animal, usually a lamb. extreme slogans” during their countries”. For Mai, a 34-year-old Qaboos bin Said of Oman, H M doctors will be present at the Al Adha and since they eat a While many came by bus or stay in the kingdom. Egyptian, Haj is a “gift” from God King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa emergency unit round-the-clock lot of meat and fatty food and used the Mashair Railway track He also criticised those that she will use to pray for “vic- of Bahrain, Sudan President during the Eid holidays. sweets, they develop complica- linking the three holy sites of who “nowadays call for a civil tory and peace in Egypt and all Omar Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir, “And, if we need the services tions like stomach upsets and Arafat, Muzdalifah, and Mina, democratic state not linked to Muslim countries,” she said. Jalal, Palestinian President Mahmoud of a particular specialist who is are rushed for emergency medi- hundreds of thousands were on Islamic law and which acknowl- a Yemeni, said he was “praying Abbas, Lebanese President not on duty at the time we need cal attention. foot. Some carried small chil- edges many forbidden acts... for the return of peace to Yemen”. Michel Suleiman, Iran’s President him, we would be immediately THE PENINSULA dren on their shoulders while This contradicts the teachings AFP Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, King Mohammad VI of Morocco, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Yemen’s President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika , Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and and Syrian army declares conditional Eid ceasefire President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of the Republic of Somalia. BEIRUT/GENEVA: Syria’s their international commitments Violence has intensified since The Heir Apparent H H Sheikh army command announced a to combat terrorism”. then, with daily death tolls often Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani ceasefire yesterday to mark Qassem Saadeddine, head of the exceeding 200. exchanged cables of congratula- Eid Al Adha holiday but said it military council in Homs province UN aid agencies have geared up tions and felicitations on the advent reserved the right to respond and spokesman for the FSA joint to take advantage of any window of of Eid Al Adha with the leaders to any rebel attack or moves to command, said his fighters were opportunity provided by a ceasefire and Heirs Apparent of brotherly reinforce President Bashar Al committed to the truce. “But we to go to areas that have been dif- Arab and Islamic countries. Assad’s armed foes. not allow the regime to reinforce ficult to reach due to fighting, a UN The Heir Apparent exchanged A Free Syrian Army com- its posts. We demand the release official in Geneva said. Eid greetings with King Abdullah mander gave qualified backing to of the detainees, the regime The UN refugee agency II of Jordan, Prince Salman bin the truce, proposed by UN-Arab should release them by tomorrow UNHCR said that it had prepared Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, morning,” he said. emergency kits for distribution Deputy Supreme Commander of but demanded Assad free detain- Abu Moaz, spokesman for for up to 13,000 families - an esti- the Kingdom of Bahrain, Kuwait’s ees. An Islamist group said it Ansar Al Islam, said the Islamist mated 65,000 people - in previ- Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al was not committed to the truce group doubted Assad’s forces ously inaccessible areas including Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, Crown but may halt operations if the would observe the truce, though Homs and the northeastern city Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy army did. Brahimi proposed the it might suspend operations if of Hassaka. The UN World Food Supreme Commander of the temporary truce to stem, however they did. “We do not care about Programme has identified 90,000 Armed Forces of the United Arab briefly, the bloodshed in a conflict Syrian people crowd outside a bakery in the Salaheddin district of the this truce. We are cautious. If people in 21 hotspots from Aleppo Emirates Gen Sheikh Mohammad which erupted as popular pro- the tanks are still there and the to Homs and Latakia in need food bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and Omani northern city of Aleppo yesterday.