ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Liverpool claim dramatic win Sport | 28 Monday 20 October 2014 • 26 Dhu’l-Hijja 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6224 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir meets French minister Former PM being Outrage over considered for top UN post: Report DOHA: Qatar’s former prime minister H E Sheikh Hamad insult to sports bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani is being considered as a candi- date to replace Ban Ki-moon as Secretary-General of the star in UAE United Nations, British news- paper The Telegraph reported yesterday. Ban will step down in 2016 Call not to mix politics with sports at the end of his second five- year term as Secretary General. DOHA: Qataris comment- from getting on to the podium and Sheikh Hamad was prime minis- ing on local social networking flagging off the event as planned, ter from 2007 to 2013 and simul- sites have reacted sharply to and was rather asked to leave. taneously foreign minister, a media reports about one of their “Security reasons were cited post he had held from 1992 until sports stars, Nasser Khalifa Al for not allowing him to do that. last year. Atiyah, having not been allowed Clearly, this is mixing politics THE PENINSULA to attend the opening ceremony with sports,” said Al Sharq. “The of Abu Dhabi Rally. Rally organisers were obeying Tensions rise on Politics should not be mixed orders of the powers that be.” with sports, was the gist of the Before the opening ceremony, Korean border comments posted on social net- Al Atiyah addressed a press con- working sites yesterday. ference. Nothing of what he said SEOUL: Troops exchanged Contacted for comment on at the news briefing appeared gunfire yesterday along the bor- the controversy by this daily, in the local media, according to der between North and South Al Atiyah said he wouldn’t since Al Sharq. A sports TV channel Korea, the second outbreak of he was a representative of an in Abu Dhabi had fixed an inter- The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian at the hostilities in the past 10 days. international organisation. view with him that was cancelled. Emiri Diwan yesterday. There were no reports of inju- Vice-President of Federation He was told of the cancellation ries or damage, but the 10 min- Internationale de l’Automobile when he reached the TV station’s utes of shooting highlighted (FIA: International Automobile headquarters. rising tensions between the Federation), Al Atiyah said: “I “Al Atiyah immediately left divided countries. cannot comment on what hap- Abu Dhabi and came back to The shootout began after pened since I am a representative Doha without making any fuss ‘No special numbers for graves’ North Korea sent soldiers close of an international body”. about it,” the daily said. to the border in an attempt, ana- Local Arabic dailies Al Sharq Al Raya, meanwhile, reported DOHA: The Ministry of like a telecom operator auction- some did not and they even made lysts said, to put pressure on the and Al Raya reported that that it was Al Atiyah who brought Municipality and Urban ing unique mobile phone numbers enquiries about how to obtain South to stop leafleting its citi- Al Atiyah was not permitted the Rally back to the Middle East: Planning has denied plans to and the Traffic Department allot- those numbers. zens. The previous conflict came to participate in the opening to Abu Dhabi. There were some allot easy-to-remember num- ting easy-to-remember car reg- The daily said it spoke to a when North Korea opened fire on ceremony of the Rally due to problems earlier and Abu Dhabi bers to graves in Abu Hamour istration numbers, Abu Hamour source in the municipal minis- balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang security reasons. was cancelled as a venue. “What cemetery. cemetery authorities are mull- try which denied there are any leaflets that were floating over the “He went to Abu Dhabi to take happened to Al Atiyah in Abu Local Arabic daily Al Raya ing providing easy-to-remember unique number allotment plans border. South Korean activist part in the opening ceremony and Dhabi was not impromptu. It was reported yesterday that there grave numbers, too. for graves at the cemetery. groups, mostly made up of North he was startled when he was not planned. If not, the Rally organis- was a discussion on the local The daily said it seems some- “Grave numbers are allotted to Korean defectors, said they were allowed that privilege,” Al Sharq ers would have called and asked social media recently about graves one on social networking sites was the kith and kin of the dead after determined to continue sending said. He was not there as a Qatari him not to come to the opening in Abu Hamour cemetery being making fun of the craze of some burial. We have a set numbering the leaflets. South Korea said its official but as a representative of ceremony,” Al Raya said. allotted easy-to-remember num- for unique mobile phone and car process and we wouldn’t change soldiers fired warning shots at the FIA, the daily said. He was THE PENINSULA bers for a fee of QR5,000. registration numbers. that,” the source said. about 10 North Korean soldiers. prevented by the Rally organisers Continued on page 5 Commentators suggested that While many got the humour, THE PENINSULA THE GUARDIAN MONDAY 20 OCTOBER 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Minister attends key ICT Milipol Qatar Exhibition meeting in South Korea BUSAN: The Minister of meeting was attended by around 50 Information and Communications ministers from around the world Technology H E Dr Hessa Sultan to explore ways to achieve the 2014 opens today Al Jaber attended the 2014 Busan four goals identified in the ITU’s ICT ministerial meeting in Busan, Strategic Plan 2016-2019, branded DOHA: Under the patron- security expos which attracted the sector. The UK team is led and knowledge. We welcome South Korea. as ‘Connect 2020’, which will be dis- age of the Emir H H Sheikh major manufacturers of secu- by Richard Paniguian, Head of every opportunity to discuss It was held under the theme ‘The cussed and endorsed at PP-14. Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, rity devices and weapons. UKTI’s Defence and Security challenges and issues faced by Future Role of ICT – Sustainable The four goals are growth, inclu- the 10th Milipol Qatar 2014, He said it came as a result Organisation (UKTI DSO), both our police forces and secu- Development through Inclusive siveness, sustainability, and innova- the international exhibition of efforts, cooperation and supported by Richard Freeman, rity sector. ICTs. tion and partnership. of internal state security sys- coordination between officials Senior Police and Security “I am keen that UK compa- The annual meeting sets the “Qatar takes part in this annual tems, opens today at Doha of interior ministries of Qatar Adviser, UKTI DSO who will nies look for partners in Qatar future direction for the develop- ministerial meeting in its capacity Exhibition Centre. and France. lead trade opportunities for UK and the region so that we can ment of ICT sector and provides a as an ITU member. As this meeting The three-day expo, organ- Meanwhile, innovation and companies. continue to share knowledge, venue to discuss ICT-related issues draws the future ICT framework ised every two years alternately partnership are the main UK Senior representatives from understanding and technology and challenges. It also serves as a worldwide, Qatar this year has an between Paris and Doha, is the themes as British companies College of Policing and National that can strengthen our ties”. venue for sharing future vision agenda rich of proposals and insight, only exhibition in the Middle exhibit capabilities in the law Offender Management Service The UK companies include, based on ICT policy experiences of highlighting the role of ICT as a key East that displays latest prod- enforcement and security sec- will be on the UK pavilion to Redtronic UK, Speedog each country. enabler and accelerator of social, ucts by international companies tors, include cyber security, discuss the UK policing and Technology Ltd, De La Rue, The meeting precedes the 19th economic and environmental sus- in the field of internal security. reflecting the commitment that offender management (prisons BAE Systems, Cobham, ITU Plenipotentiary Conference tainable growth and development in Participating in the fair this UK companies have to support and community sentencing). Prometheus Medical Ltd, (PP-14) to be held in Busan from our home country and around the year are 261 companies from the Qatari security and cyber Stephen Phipson, Director Avigilon, Quinsec, 360 vision October 20 to November 7 where world,” said Dr. Al-Jaber. 36 countries with an estimated sectors. of Industry Engagement at Technology Ltd, A E Taylor, ITU states will decide on the future “We also present Qatar’s future increase of nearly 7 percent in UK companies are looking for the Home Office, will review Airwave Solutions, ATG role of the organisation, determin- ICT vision that promotes sus- the number of companies which enhance opportunities in Qatar ties with Qatar’s Ministry of Access Ltd, e2v Technologies ing ITU’s ability to influence and tainable development by ensuring attended in Milipol Qatar 2012. via industrial partnerships and Interior. Plc, Fire Formed Plc, ISSEE affect the development of informa- delivery of ICT benefits to everyone The exhibition occupies an joint ventures.