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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Thursday 25 April 2013 15 Jumada II 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5680 Price: QR2 Aamal net Dortmund profit grows by humiliate 17pc in 2012 Real Madrid Business | 21 Sport | 32 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Al Jazeera on Emir attends reception in Washington WASHINGTON: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday attended a decline in Arab reception hosted by members of the Society of Qatar Friends at the Congress (the American- Qatari Caucus) premises. The Emir welcomed the mem- Spring nations bers and mentioned the close ties that bind Qatar and the United States and stressed the continued growth and development of rela- NU-Q releases survey results tions between the two countries. He also lauded the areas of DOHA: Lauded widely for its study covering eight countries cooperation between Qatar and bold and unbiased coverage of including Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, US, especially in the fields of edu- revolutions in the Arab world, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, cation, investment, energy, indus- the popularity of Al Jazeera Tunisia and the United Arab try and military cooperation, Arabic channel is on the wane Emirates. pointing out to new prospects in Arab Spring countries. It surveyed 9,693 respondents for expanding the frameworks of A survey conducted by aged 18 years and above aimed this cooperation to include vari- Northwestern University in Qatar at shedding light on how peo- ous aspects of economic, trade (NU-Q) suggests that the viewers’ ple in the region use media, and and investment activities in the base of the Doha-based network is whether they trust their sources near future. just four percent in neighbouring of information. The reception was attended by Bahrain, nine percent in Tunisia, Of the 919 respondents from the Prime Minister and Foreign from where the Arab Spring Qatar 60 percent agree to the Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin began, and 20 percent in Egypt. statement ‘It is okay for peo- Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani. QNA The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Google, and not any main- ple to express their ideas on the See also page 4 Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani with US House Speaker John Boehner in Washington yesterday. stream media organisation, was Internet even if they are unpopu- the most popular news medium lar’, just one percent below the in Bahrain with a market share average of the total number of of 26 percent. Al Jazeera ranked respondents from eight coun- below even the BBC and Twitter, tries. Saudi Arabia is highest at and ended the last with a four 76 percent. percent share. However, majority in Qatar (57 Cornflakes brand taken off shelves In Egypt, Al Hayat and Al percent), Saudi Arabia (62 per- Kanat Al Oula had a 23 percent cent), Lebanon (64 percent) and DOHA: Qatar’s consumer early yesterday, social network- share each, with CBC ranking Tunisia (52 percent) want tighter rights’ watchdog and public ing sites, including Twitter, were third with a 21 percent market regulation of Internet in their health authorities came in for Rancidity found in product buzzing with comments won- share. Al Jazeera trailed at the countries, survey results show. scathing criticism by a number dering what had suddenly gone fourth slot with a 20 percent mar- Humphrey Taylor, Chairman of citizens yesterday, as it took a DOHA: Apparently swing- a prominent outlet said it was wrong with the popular brand ket share. of The Harris Poll of Harris local Arabic newspaper to break ing into action after public the most popular American of cornflakes, a popular break- In Tunisia, Facebook was the Interactive, to which NU-Q col- the news of a popular interna- criticism on local social net- brand of cornflakes that has fast cereal for children in almost most popular news medium with laborated for the survey, said the tional brand of cornflakes being working sites about a news the largest market share in every home. an incredible 52 percent market result was a “paradox because removed from the shelves across report announcing the ban the country and the rest of the Commentators aired their ire share, with Al Jazeera and Al while the majority of those sur- the country on health grounds. on a popular global cornflakes region. over the role of the CPD in partic- Arabiya ranking last with a nine veyed want online freedom of People, as was evident from brand, the Ministry of Trade The trade ministry said ular, which they said, was caught percent market share each. expression, they at the same their acerbic comments on social announced later yesterday it samples of the banned brand off-guard. “Why not tell the con- As for the web, although users time want tighter Internet regu- networking sites, were furi- had recommended removing conducted here suggest the sumers what is the problem with in Qatar support the freedom lations.” The research shows a ous that the newspaper citing the brand from the shelves. presence of rancidity (disagree- the corn flakes brand that it was to express opinions online, they large majority of adults in Saudi no reasons for the ban of the Qatar News Agency (QNA) able odour or taste of decompos- banned,” read a comment. also believe the Internet should Arabia, Jordan and the United popular breakfast cereal, had which carried the news item ing oil or fat). “Have lizards been crushed be more tightly regulated, reveals Arab Emirates believe their news caught the Consumer Protection did not name the product but Continued on page 8 and mixed with the cornflakes? a recent survey conducted by media are credible (74pc, 67pc and Department (CPD) and public What’s the reason for banning Northwestern University in 63pc, respectively). In Qatar 53 health authorities napping. Ministry of Business and Trade. and giving reasons for the ban the product?” wondered another Qatar. percent also feel local media is Seen by many as an inert body, The CPD should have at least because the matter concerned commentator. The survey on ‘Media Use in the credible. THE PENINSULA there are calls in the commu- issued a press statement late on their health, said a critic. THE PENINSULA Middle East’ was a comprehensive Continued on page 8 nity to revamp the CPD at the Tuesday evening alerting people Soon after the news was broken Continued on page 8 Death trap Book on migrant workers wins Malaria on the rise among Arab Booker expatriates in Qatar: QSA ABU DHABI: Kuwaiti writer DOHA: With 708 cases of from 216 in 2008 to 708 in 2012. A with an average rate of 93.5 per- Saud Al Sanaussi has won the malaria reported last year, inci- total of 673 cases were reported cent of the cases over the period Arab version of the Man Booker dence of the disease is on the in 2011 and all those affected were (2008-2012). Prize for a novel focusing on the rise in Qatar, according to data expatriates. The number of deaths The age group of 20 to 29 years situation of migrant workers in released by the Qatar Statistics caused by malaria does not exceed recorded the most malaria cases the Gulf. Authority (QSA) yesterday. one a year. — 47 percent. “The Bamboo Trunk” explores The cases are very few and The figures were released on In 2010, 3.3 billion people, the difficulties facing Asians in the declining among Qataris while the eve of World Malaria Day almost half of the world popula- oil-rich region through the story they are on the rise among expa- which is being observed today. tion, faced the risk of malaria, of Jose, a young man rejected by triates. Only two cases among Malaria, if not cured, may according to the World Health the family of his Kuwaiti father Qataris were reported last year threaten the life of the patient as Organisation. As a result, every because his mother was a Filipina and the remaining 706 cases were it blocks the process that provides year sees the occurrence of about maid. “This novel is aimed at the found among expatriates. vital organs with blood. 216 million cases of the disease young people of the Gulf,” said The number of people affected The data indicates a rise in which cause nearly 6.5 million Sanaussi, 32. “We do not listen by malaria in the country jumped incidence of this disease in males deaths. THE PENINSULA to others. We do not see them, and we have a hostile attitude towards them,” he told reporters after the result announcement Today’s edition includes late on Tuesday. Dubai ruler to close UK stable There are millions of South Asian workers in the Gulf region, DUBAI/LONDON: Godolphin are to close the including an army of domes- Newmarket stable of trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni tic staff. Sanaussi said he felt a while dope tests are carried out on all racehorses “sense of guilt” towards foreign in his care after 11 tested positive for steroids, workers after he got to know Dubai’s ruler H H Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid many of them while working as Al Maktoum said yesterday. GUIDE a manager at a factory. “There can be no excuse for any deliberate viola- That experience was the spur tion,” Sheikh Mohammed, also Prime Minister of the APRIL 2013 to write the book, he said. United Arab Emirates, said in a statement sent to The International Prize of Arab People rescue workers trapped under the rubble of Rana Plaza, out- Reuters.

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