ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER ‘Make doping criminal offence’ Sport | 28 Wednesday 5 November 2014 • 12 Muharram 1436 • Volume 19 Number 6240 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir arrives in South Korea Four die as Saudi Alarming rise hunts gunmen who killed eight RIYADH/DUBAI: Saudi secu- rity forces yesterday shot dead in bounced two suspected members of an armed group that killed at least eight people in an overnight attack on Shia Muslims mark- ing an important religious anni- cheque cases versary in Al Ahsa. Two security officers also died and two were wounded in the gun battle in the town of Buraida, Courts hear hundreds of cases daily north of the capital Riyadh, in which the two suspected mili- DOHA: Court cases involving been an alarming rise in instances tants were killed, the official cheques that are dishonoured of cheques bouncing is that peo- Saudi Press Agency said, citing by banks due to insufficient bal- ple are doing business without an Interior Ministry statement. ance in the account of the issuer enough experience and with the Al Ahsa is one of Saudi Arabia’s are on the rise. sole intention of making a quick main centres of minority Shias. Cheques are bouncing in such buck. “As a group of citizens was leav- large numbers due to insufficient The problem occurs not only ing a building ... three masked balance in the accounts of issuers between individuals but also men opened fire at them with that they are losing their value as between individuals and compa- machine guns and pistols,” the a financial guarantee in business nies, the daily said. The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived in Seoul yesterday on a two-day state visit. The Emir ministry was cited as saying by deals. “People just issue a cheque and his delegation were welcomed by First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yong, a number of Korean officials, SPA about the Al Ahsa attack. Bounced cheque cases are com- without thinking and without Qatar’s ambassador to South Korea, Mohamed Abdullah Al Dehaimi, and the South Korean ambassador to REUTERS ing to courts by the hundreds making sure they have enough Qatar, Chung Keejong. each working day of the week, Al balance in their bank account, as Sharq reported. a form of guarantee in a business Last week, the preliminary deal,” said the daily. court alone heard some 200 cases Banks and law-enforcement of bounced cheques on a single agencies have been raising pub- UK-based activist wins $500,000 WISE prize day, the daily said. lic awareness against issuing of And this week, some 300 cases cheques without having a suffi- BY FAZEENA SALEEM innovation, the goal of the WISE More than three million chil- education for girls. We have com- of bounced cheques have been cient bank balance to help check Prize is to raise the status of edu- dren in the poorest areas of these mitted to support further one mil- heard by different courts. rising numbers of court cases. DOHA: A UK-based activist cation in the global agenda. Our countries have benefited from the lion girls in secondary education Many people issue cheques Still, it seems that many people has walked away with the cov- WISE Prize for Education laure- innovative education programme. over the next five years in Africa. without sufficient balance in their are not aware of the importance eted fourth $500,000 ‘WISE ates stand as examples of what The campaign, based in We believe that secondary educa- bank accounts. When a cheque of a cheque and the dangers of Prize — a ‘Nobel’ for Education’ is possible. By celebrating their Cambridge in the UK, provides tion is absolutely fundamental,” is dishonoured by the bank, the issuing a cheque without suf- — for her outstanding campaign achievements, we aim to inspire bursaries to help girls stay in she said. person to whom it had been issued ficient balance in their bank that provides millions of under- millions more social entrepre- school, paying school fees or buy- An international jury with approaches the issuer and asks accounts, according to the daily. privileged girls in sub-Saharan neurs, advocates and education ing textbooks and uniforms. prominent educationists includ- him for the sum involved. Legal circles say that according Africa access to education. innovators who deliver solutions “I want to dedicate this prize ing Dr Monique Canto Sperber, When the issuer refuses to pay to Law No. 11 of 2004, issuing a H H Sheikha Moza bint one child, one village, one town to all those girls in Africa who Julia Gillard, Androulla Vassiliou, the said amount the person goes cheque that is dishonoured by the Nasser presented the award to at a time.” were able to exercise their right Professor Zhou Qifeng, Dr to the Capital Police and files a bank due to insufficient balance in Ann Cotton at the sixth World Ann launched the Campaign to education and to those girls Michèle Pierre-Louis and Dr complaint. The complaint is the issuer’s account is a criminal Innovation Summit for Education for Female Education (Camfed) who even as we sit here, fetch and Sheikh Abdulla bin Ali Al Thani, referred to the Public Prosecution offence. (WISE), which began at Qatar to improve opportunities to chil- carry water and wood and have no Chairman of WISE, picked the if the police are unable to resolve The law prescribes a jail sen- National Convention Centre here dren deprived of education in five idea that the WISE prize is going WISE Prize winner for this year. the matter. The Capital Police has tence ranging from three months yesterday. countries in sub-Saharan Africa. to change their life,” said Ann on This year’s WISE event is being a section dedicated exclusively to to three years or a fine of QR3,000 Announcing the WISE Prize Camfed International, which receiving the award. held under the theme ‘Imagine- bounced cheques. to QR10,000, or both, for the laureate for this year, Sheikha began in 1993, supports girls in “Along with its pride and pres- Create-Learn: Creativity at the The prosecution eventually issuer, depending on the severity Moza said, “By recognising the rural communities in Ghana, tige, it also carries a financial Heart of Education. refers the matter to the courts. of the crime. dedication of true education Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and prize, and that financial prize THE PENINSULA One of the reasons there has THE PENINSULA pioneers and showcasing their Zimbabwe. we are committing to secondary Continued on page 6 Not so Nice Burglar gets Republicans eye Senate 15 years for murder control in midterm vote WASHINGTON: Americans seats in as many as 10 states. DOHA: A criminal court has voted yesterday in key mid- The party of an incumbent sentenced an Asian to 15 years term elections expected to president historically fares badly in jail for stabbing a person to hand control of the Senate to in elections in the middle of his death in a burglary case in which Republicans, an outcome that second term. Every president a steel vault with some cash was would dash Barack Obama’s since Ronald Reagan has left office stolen from a company’s office. hopes for a productive final two with the opposition party control- The court sentenced five accom- years at the White House. ling Congress, and Obama is likely plices of the above convict to five Many key races could go down to be no different. years in prison for the burglary. to the wire, but polls suggest Republicans have successfully A sixth accomplice was sen- Republicans are on course to win capitalised on Obama’s unpopu- tenced to six months in jail for the six Senate seats they would larity to convince voters of a need hiding the knife used in the stab- need to gain control of both cham- for new leadership on Capitol Hill. bing. The knife was later recov- bers of Congress for the first time Democrats hold a 55 to 45 ered from him. since 2006. seat advantage in the Senate, The court ordered that all the Democrats — who were work- where 36 seats are up for grabs. seven convicts be deported after ing feverishly to draw voters to the Republicans control the House of they have served their sentences, polls in a last-gasp effort to stave Representatives. AFP Al Sharq reported. Police patrol a street strewn with debris in the French Riviera city of Nice yesterday after large waves broke off disaster — could lose Senate See also page 11 The convicts first entered a against barriers at the harbour of Nice amid an alert for storms, heavy rain and a risk of flooding. company’s office and tried to make away with a steel vault. However, they had to flee empty-handed after some noise they had made alerted a security guard. They then entered another company’s Qatar to be first Middle East clearing hub for yuan office and stole a steel vault. As they were carrying the vault BEIJING/DUBAI: Qatar will “The signing of the MoU and trading, boosting activity in a gas trade. The yuan is still believed China suggests it is looking ahead away, a group of four men saw become the Middle East’s first the appointment of the renminbi financial centre. to be years away from becoming a to a time when that will change. them. The four men confronted hub for clearing transactions clearing bank will increase the At present, the Gulf’s wealthy fully convertible currency, limit- As the Gulf’s trade and invest- the burglars in a bid to snatch the in the Chinese yuan, in a step strong ties between China and oil and gas exporters rely heav- ing its attraction for use in central ment ties with China boom, the vault from them.