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Championships MONDAY 11 MAY 2015 • 22 Rajab 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6427 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 OPINION Houthis agree Emir Cup All eyes on Camp David to five-day meeting CC Glead- ers will Yemen truce meet President Barack Ceasefire slated to begin tomorrow Obama at Camp CAIRO/ADEN: Yemen’s domi- The Houthis say their campaign David nant Houthi group accepted a is aimed at defeating Al Qaeda next Dr Khalid Al Jaber five-day humanitarian ceasefire militants based in Yemen and week. proposed by its adversary Saudi accuse Hadi’s forces of support- The Arabia yesterday but said it ing the group. meeting comes in the con- would respond to any violations Arab planes bombed for a sec- text of an Iran nuclear deal of the pause. ond day in a row the vast com- and the assurances of the Saudi Arabia had said on Friday pound in the capital Sana’a which current US administration that the ceasefire could begin is home to ex-president Saleh, to the GCC states. There are tomorrow if the Iranian-allied whose loyalists in the army fight a number of issues on the militia agreed to the pause, which on the Houthis’ side. Action from the Emir Cup quarter-final match between Qatar Sports Club and Al Shahaniya at Lekhwiya Stadium agenda of this meeting. would let in badly needed food and Saleh appeared unscathed. “It yesterday. Qatar SC won 4-1 to enter the semi-finals. See also page 28 Is this summit going to medical supplies. isn’t just me who is being targeted make a difference to this Backed by the United States, a but every citizen ... This aggression region? Can the GCC leaders Saudi-led coalition has been con- is cowardly. Go ahead and come push the US to change its ducting air strikes against the by land, we’ll make a welcome for policy on Iran? Is Washington Houthis and army units loyal to you,” Saleh said. Emir to take ready to listen to Arab con- ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh “We doubt that the Houthis Weight-loss capsule cerns on Iran’s growing influ- since March 26 with the aim would stick to a ceasefire or truce ence in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, of restoring the government of because they have repeatedly bro- part in Camp Gaza Strip and Yemen? President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi. ken political commitments they Many experts feel there is “We will deal positively with have made in the past,” a pro-Hadi can kill, warns SCH David summit a genuine fear in the region any efforts, calls or serious and militiaman in the city said. that the Obama administra- positive measures that would help Anwar Gargash, minister of DOHA: The Supreme Council effects that may lead to death, DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh tion is not bothered about lift the suffering and allow aid, state for foreign affairs for the of Health (SCH) has warned said the statement. Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will the consequences of its poli- supplies and ships to move safely United Arab Emirates, wel- against the use of Burning Fat The product’s specifications do leave today for the United States cies and is silent on Iran’s to Yemen,” the Houthis said in a comed the Houthis’ acceptance of Slimming Capsule, a weight- not show these contents, which to participate, along with other intervention in the region statement carried by state media a ceasefire and said he hoped it loss medicine which, it said, have been included without any leaders of the Gulf Cooperation through its religious militias Saba. would lead to political talks. contains chemicals that can announcement. Council (GCC) member states, and sectarianism. Colonel Sharaf Luqman, “The Houthis acceptance of the cause serious damage to health Some social media advertise- in a Camp David summit with A recent report of the spokesperson for the Houthi- truce offer is important. Their and even lead to death. ments introduce the slimming US President Barack Obama on Washington Institute for the allied army, yesterday said Yemeni realisation that they are part of The SCH said the product was pills as a “magic band” to reduce May 14. MENA region said that the forces had agreed to the truce the diverse Yemeni fabric and not registered in Qatar and was weight and an alternative to The GCC leaders will discuss problems in the region pose but would confront any attacks not a tool for regional influence is banned in the country. weight-loss surgery. with the US president ways of threats to the state system. by Hadi loyalists on battlefronts essential,” he wrote on his Twitter However, it is widely promoted It is a herbal medicine that enhancing ties between the GCC Continued on page 3 which stretch across much of the account. REUTERS in the region through social can reduce hunger and burn fat, member states and the US, and impoverished country. See also page 7 media and caused the death of a claim the advertisements. review regional and international person in a neighbouring coun- The product is promoted in developments and means of try, said a statement issued by some neighbouring countries strengthening peace and stability the Pharmacy and Drug Control through social media. in the region. Savouring victory Department at SCH. The SCH has warned the pub- The summit is scheduled to be The product contains mercury, lic against falling prey to mislead- preceded by an official dinner ban- a toxic chemical, and other sub- ing social media advertisements quet hosted by the US president in stances that are prohibited inter- and using such products. honour of the GCC leaders on May nationally and have serious side THE PENINSULA 13 at the White House. QNA Tallest tower’s flats go on sale this year DUBAI: Residential apart- kilometre high, said JEC chief His company is now collecting ments at Saudi Arabia’s executive Mounib Hammoud, applications from potential buy- Kingdom Tower, which is slated taking the title of the world’s ers. Construction has reached the to become the world’s tallest tallest building from Dubai’s Burj 14th floor. building on completion in 2018, Khalifa, which stands at about Citizens of the six Gulf countries will likely go on sale later this 830 metres. — Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, year, the developer’s chief execu- The Kingdom Tower will have a Oman, Bahrain and the United tive said yesterday. gross floor area of 245,000 square Arab Emirates — are eligible to The tower in Saudi Arabia’s metres and include offices, a 200- buy units in the tower, but other second biggest city Jeddah has room Four Seasons Hotel, 121 potential investors will require the backing of billionaire Prince serviced apartments and 360 resi- government approval, Hammoud Alwaleed bin Talal, whose invest- dential apartments. said. ment firm Kingdom Holding owns The apartments “will be for sale. JEC is investing 8.7 billion riyals about a third of the project’s mas- Maybe we will rent some, pool ($2.3bn) in the Jeddah Economic ter developer Jeddah Economic some for rental or do (investment) City project, which includes British Prime Minister David Cameron (centre) speaks with World War II veterans in London yesterday during Company (JEC). funds on a few — it depends on the Kingdom Tower and Saudi an event to mark the 70th anniversary of the Victory in Europe Day, the end of WW II in Europe. Once completed, the $1.2bn market,” said Hammoud, adding Arabia’s largest shopping mall. Kingdom Tower will be over a that sales should begin this year. REUTERS Indian community concerned over incitement on social media BY MOBIN PANDIT man, being manhandled by a caused ripples in social media. why we have come here?” in the interior ministry meeting. of the interior ministry,” the offi- group of people outside a well- Reacting to the seriousness Some sources in the commu- ICC President Girish Kumar cial reportedly said. DOHA: A video showing an known mall, understandably late of the incident, Qatar’s Interior nity claimed that the assault was and two senior officials of the “We wholeheartedly con- Indian being roughed up by last Friday. Ministry convened a meeting of a case of mistaken identity. Indian embassy attended the demned the incident,” the source, a group of fellow Indians for The man is suspected of hav- representatives of Indian organi- “This was not the man who had meeting along with some 80 to who attended the meeting, told allegedly posting anti-Muslim ing posted comments on Facebook sations yesterday and impressed posted the Facebook comment. 90 representatives of community this newspaper. comments has gone viral on in Malayalam that offended upon them the need to abide by He might have had a resemblance organisations. About the Facebook post, he social media. Muslims. local laws. to the real culprit who, we are The head of public relations at said: “Definitely, the man was not The suspect and his attack- The extent of injuries he suf- Meanwhile, vernacular told, has already left Qatar,” said the interior ministry, expressing in his senses”. ers are both from the southern fered could not be known. Malayalam newspapers pub- a source. concern over the violent incident, Prominent Qatari lawyer Yusuf Indian state of Kerala, which The incident has caused shock lished from here carried extensive All Indian community organi- said that no one will be allowed Al Zaman said that it was the sends the largest number of and concern in the Indian com- reports of the incident yesterday, sations affiliated to the Indian to take the law into their hands.