ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Wednesday 23 October 2013 18 Dhul-Hijja 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5861 Price: QR2 QR568.4m profit Lewandowski’s for International late strike Islamic bank sinks Arsenal Business | 21 Sport | 32 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 New airport to open Huge rise in partially next month DOHA: The Hamad International Airport will be partially open by the end of next month, Al Sharq reported yesterday. the cost of The plan for the initial open- ing includes the air cargo serv- ice to and from Doha, the daily said quoting the New Doha International Airport Steering education Committee. THE PENINSULA 9.1 percent increase last year US drone strikes DOHA: The cost of education the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the country has shot up by a basket. are war crimes, huge 9.1 percent in a year until Rent that is clubbed with fuel last September, official figures and energy has the highest share says rights group show. in the CPI basket, at 32.2 percent. The rise is mainly due to goods Food (clubbed with beverages and ISLAMABAD: US officials and services related to education tobacco) has 13.2 percent weight. responsible for the secret CIA having become expensive, said Talking of the rising cost of drone campaign against sus- the Ministry of Development “Entertainment, Recreation and pected terrorists in Pakistan Planning and Statistics. Culture”, the Ministry said in a may have committed war Interestingly, the inflation in statement it was due to a hike in The Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah with foreign ministers of France Laurent Fabius, Saudi crimes and should stand trial, the education sector has sur- the prices of goods and services Arabia’s Prince Saud Al Faisal, Britain’s William Hague, US’ John Kerry, the UAE’s Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed a report by a leading human passed escalating rents that shot related to education. Al Nahyan, and other officials before the ‘London 11’ meeting from the Friends of Syria Core Group yesterday. rights group warns. up only 6.1 percent in the period. About the rising rent, the Amnesty International has Children’s education, thus, Ministry statement said that highlighted the case of a grand- seems to be emerging as the big- resulted mainly due to an increase mother who was killed while she gest spoiler of household budgets in the “rentals of residential Syria opposition pressed on talks was picking vegetables and other of limited-income families. buildings”. incidents which could have bro- Food prices show some reprieve Price increases have been regis- ken international laws designed but they have also inched up, tered in most of the groups, except LONDON: Western nations meeting of 11 nations, said before- refuse to recognise the exiled to protect civilians. albeit by a marginal 0.7 percent, in the case of “Miscellaneous and their Middle Eastern allies hand that it was vital that all opposition favoured by the West. The report is issued in con- year-on-year in September 2013, goods and services” whose prices pressed Syria’s fractured oppo- elements of the Western-backed US Secretary of State John junction with an investigation by Ministry figures released yester- have plummeted 4.5 percent, the sition yesterday to join proposed Syrian opposition join the talks. Kerry met Ahmad Jarba, the Human Rights Watch detailing day suggest. Ministry said. peace talks, although President “If they are not part of a peace head of the umbrella opposition missile attacks in Yemen which Thanks to the price escalation, Asked for comment, finan- Bashar Al Assad has made clear process in Syria then all the Syrian National Coalition, before the group believes could contra- the overall inflation in the coun- cial analyst Abdullah Al Khater he will not step down — which is Syrian people have got left is to the London talks began, but there vene the laws of armed conflict, try was 2.7 percent year-on-year described the rise in educa- their condition for participating. choose between Assad on the one was no word on the outcome. international human rights law in September, the Ministry said. tion costs as “too much and The US and Russia said in May hand and extremists,” he told Kerry said on Monday events and Barack Obama’s own guide- The above three heads of uncontrolled”. they would convene a “Geneva 2” BBC Radio. may have moved in Assad’s lines on drones. expenses (education, rent and House rents are shooting up conference to try to end a conflict However, opposition factions favour since he and Russian The reports are being pub- food) can collectively account for driven by an increasing influx that has killed well over 100,000 are loathe to discuss anything Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov lished while Nawaz Sharif, more than half (56.3 percent) of of foreign workers for the mega people and forced millions from except the immediate departure announced plans for the peace Pakistan’s prime minister, is in a household’s monthly expenses development projects, affecting their homes, but it faces huge of Assad - who said on Monday conference five months ago, but Washington. Sharif has prom- in Qatar. Education is included in almost every aspect of the coun- obstacles and no firm date has he saw no reason why he should that the aim remained to get both ised to tell Obama that the drone the category of ‘Entertainment, try’s life and economy, he said. been set. not run for re-election next year. sides to choose a transitional gov- strikes — which have caused out- Recreation and Culture’ which THE PENINSULA British Foreign Secretary And many of the mostly ernment. REUTERS rage in Pakistan — must end. has a weight of 10.9 percent in Continued on page 7 William Hague, hosting the Islamist rebels fighting in Syria See also page 10 THE GUARDIAN Arabic billboards a curiosity in London Old tyres to be used DOHA: Billboards in Arabic were quite used to having milk announcing the opening of and ‘Chapati’ began mixing tea an eatery at London’s world- with the boiled and sweetened to pave Qatar roads renowned department stores, milk. The Harrods, are a curious From the north the trend DOHA: Qatar hopes to use more load, he said. sight in London these days. spread to some other parts of recycled car tyres to pave its The average life of such roads Well, those who know Arabic India as well. ‘Karak and chap- roads from next year, making is 50 years and they need less look at the billboards not just ati’ were introduced in Qatar the thoroughfares quieter and maintenance, while the roads out of curiosity but with great and the rest of the GCC through more durable. asphalted with bitumen have a excitement and expectation. their close contact with the This is, however, not the first life span of 20 years and require The excitement takes the Indians. time the country will be paving regular maintenance. form of ecstasy, especially in Community elders say ‘Karak its roads with recycled tyres, says The cost of surfacing roads the case of the large number of and Chapati’ were known in a senior environment ministry with recycled tyres is only five citizens of Qatar and other GCC Qatar even before the discovery official. percent more but since these countries who are based in the of oil through their contact with The pioneering trial was first roads are more durable, less noisy metropolis. Indians during the pearling days. carried out in 1997 and then in and need less maintenance, they The billboards announce However, as hordes of Indians 2000, and that is why the cur- work out to be much cheaper in the opening of an eatery at came over to Qatar and the rest rent initiative has been named the long run,” said the official. The Harrods that would offer of the GCC region and opened up ‘Qatar3’. He said the disposal of used ‘Karak and Chapati’. Actually, eateries, ‘Karak’ and ‘Chapati’ Qatar has some 11m tonnes tyres in landfill sites poses sev- the upcoming outlet has been became more popular among the of used car tyres lying as land- eral environmental hazards, one named ‘Karak and Chapati’. locals. fill waste posing threats to the of them being their proneness to ‘Karak’ is the Qatari and They are liked so much by the environment. fire. GCC version of a concoction of Qataris that when the Katara Annually some 1.5m to 2m The other risk is that during tea and milk boiled with ginger Cultural Village was opened, an tonnes of used tyres are gener- rains, water can seep under- and cardamom that has been eatery offering just ‘Karak’ and ated here. ground with unwanted chemicals in vogue mostly in some parts ‘Chapati’ was set up there. This was disclosed by Dr washed out of the tyre waste. of north India, especially Uttar It is a favourite spot for many Mohamed Saif Al Kuwari, assist- Al Kuwari said that during Pradesh. Qataris and nationals from other ant undersecretary for labora- the sizzling summer months, day ‘Chapati’ is the traditional GCC states and Arab countries. tory and standardisation affairs temperatures in the country soar north Indian hand-ground and The billboards on the London at the environment ministry in up to 45 and 48 degrees Celsius. baked round wheat bread. taxis announce in Arabic “From an interview published in local But due to the heat, the In Qatar and the rest of the Katara to Knightsbridge”, talk- Arabic daily Al Raya yesterday.