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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 2 Business | 17 Sport | 28 SCH launches Barwa Bank Argentina reach national health profits rise 4 Copa America awareness percent in first last four after campaign. quarter. tense stalemate. SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 • 11 Ramadan 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6475 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Fire at Aden refinery Greece on brink ictQatar plans after Europe refuses bailout law to protect BRUSSELS: Greece hurtled closer to the possibility of a euro exit yesterday after Europe responded to the government’s call for a referendum by refus- digital privacy ing to extend Athens’s desper- ately needed bailout. The most dramatic day in the five-month crisis saw long lines of Students get lessons in online safety people queueing at cash machines in Greece in fear of capital con- DOHA: The Ministry analyse the information on these trols as Athens looked certain to of Information and sites properly before spreading it default on a huge IMF payment Communications Technology further as many people and groups on Tuesday. (ictQatar) is planning to issue a use these sites to spread their The European Central Bank digital privacy law by the begin- propaganda, she said. is set to meet today amid fears ning of next year. The law will The minister said social net- Greece’s banks will be unable to contain general rules regarding working sites had positive and open tomorrow, while Germany the protection of personal infor- negative aspects. They could be Yemeni fighters of the southern separatist movement and firefighters attempt to extinguish a blaze at an oil said the eurozone would do “eve- mation of Internet users. utilised to spread growth oppor- refinery in the port city of Aden following shelling by Houthi rebels yesterday. The rebels had shelled the nearby rything” to protect contagion Speaking at the green tent of tunities, solve problems and make port to prevent a Qatari ship carrying aid for the devastated city from docking. The ship was forced to turn back. through the single currency. the Friends of the Environment life simpler. About 8,000 compa- Leftist Prime Minister Alexis Center, H E Dr Hessa Al Jaber, nies in Qatar sell their products on Tsipras announced the refer- Minister of Information and social networking site Instagram. endum on bailout proposals by Communications Technology, said Khalid Al Hashmi, CEO, Cyber Greece’s creditors via a televised that it was now difficult to block Security System at ictQatar, said speech in the small hours yester- social networking sites because the ministry was working on Suspects in Kuwait attack held day, saying he had rejected a debt the Internet and social media had details of the digital privacy law. deal because it involved further become an integral part of our He said users usually save their KUWAIT: Kuwait detained the government’s strong stance on Two Iranian nationals were austerity measures that would lives. It was the collective respon- personal information on their the owner of a car that took a the freedom of religion and opin- among those killed, foreign min- cause “humiliation” to the Greek sibility of parents, users and regu- computers assuming it to be safe. bomber to a Shia mosque to ion, noting these were rights pro- istry spokeswoman Marzieh people. lators to spread awareness about Users should remember that com- carry out the country’s worst tected by the constitution. Afkham was quoted as saying by Angry Eurozone finance minis- the constructive use of social net- puters are mostly connected to the ever militant attack, officials The interior ministry, which Iranian state media yesterday. ters accused Greece of “unilater- working sites, she added. Internet, which makes personal said yesterday, as thousands reported the vehicle owner’s Shias are between 15 and 30 ally” breaking off talks and said The popularity of the Internet information vulnerable to privacy calling for national unity turned arrest, said it was now looking for percent of the population of they would not extend Greece’s can be gauged from the fact that breaches. out to bury some of the 27 killed. the driver, who vanished shortly Kuwait, a mostly Sunni country bailout past June 30, the same about 70 percent of the youth in He said that ictQatar, in cooper- Militant group Islamic State after Friday’s blast. where members of both commu- day a €1.5bn payment to the the world aged below 26 years get ation with the Supreme Education claimed responsibility for the sui- A security source said “numer- nities live side by side with little International Monetary Fund news from social media networks, Council, had recently launched a cide bombing against 2,000 wor- ous arrests” had been made in apparent friction. falls due. while over 75 percent of the Arab new educational programme to shippers praying at the Imam Al connection with Friday’s bombing. “We will cut the evil hand that “It was not us who walked away youth below 24 rely on them com- improve cyber safety and security Sadeq mosque on Friday. At the burial site in the interferes with our homeland’s from the talks, it was the Greek pletely. About 50 percent of the awareness among students. Called Officials said the bombing Sulaibikhat district, some waved security,” Interior Minister Sheikh government that walked away,” a Qatari youth between eight and 15 “Haseen”, the Internet safety and was clearly meant to stir enmity Kuwaiti flags while others bore the Mohammed Al Khaled Al Sabah grim-faced Eurogroup president years have smartphones while 27 security awareness programme for between majority Sunnis and large mourning banners, in red, was quoted as saying by state news Jeroen Dijsselbloem said after percent of the youth between nine students tackles up to 13 cyber- minority Shias and harm the black or green, that are typical of agency KUNA. tense talks in Brussels. and 16 years have an account on a safety topics and aims to empower comparatively harmonious ties Shia funerals. Kuwait has stepped up security The Greek parliament was to social networking site. students in education stages from between the sects in Kuwait. One group of mourners said to the highest level at state-run oil vote on whether to go ahead with The minister said users of social grade 1 to grade 12 to stay safe In a statement, the information they had travelled from Qatif in conglomerate Kuwait Petroleum the referendum at midnight, after networking sites, especially the online. ministry said Kuwait would faced Saudi Arabia, where 21 people Corp (KPC) and its affiliates, an address by Tsipras. youth, should verify information Continued on page 4 the situation with “unity and soli- were killed by an Islamic State KUNA also reported. AFP given on these sites. One should THE PENINSULA darity”. It reiterated what it called suicide bombing in May. REUTERS See also page 17 Ramadan souq Car dealers will have to disclose repairs DOHA: To ensure a fair deal car dealers selling them repaired for customers, the Ministry of cars as new ones. Taking note Economy and Commerce yes- of the complaints, the ministry RAMADAN terday made it mandatory for conducted raids on many car TIMING car dealers to disclose all the showrooms and found the dealers repair works a car may have taking customers for a ride. The Today’s Iftar: undergone before finalising the inspectors found repaired cars sale. that were being sold as new. The 06:31pm The showrooms will have to ministry ordered closure of the Tomorrow’s Imsak: get a written statement from the erring car dealers for a month. 03:07am customer saying that he has full Car dealers will face strict knowledge of the repairs carried legal action if they fail to dis- out on the car. close the repairs carried out on The ministry’s announcement cars to buyers, said the ministry. comes after several car dealers The new disclosure norm is likely were shut down temporarily for to bring respite to car buyers in selling repaired cars as brand Qatar, who had to keep their fin- new. Many customers had com- gers crossed about the condition plained to the ministry about of the car. THE PENINSULA Visitors at the Ramadan souq at Katara last night. KAMMUTTY VP Al Wakrah Hospital reduces burden on Hamad General Hospital Ramadan QUIZ DOHA: Hamad Medical units at HMC recorded an the lowest among all the hospi- at HGH outpatient facilities. Hospital located at HGH premises. Answer a Simple Question Corporation’s (HMC) recently increase of 6.9 percent in the tals. This indicates that the AWH Emergency visits at Al Khor The highest increase was at Win a Gold Coin everyday released Annual Report number of visitors during the emergency unit has a taken a Hospital increased by 15.2 per- Cuban Hospital from 125 to 251 See page 15 2014/2015 indicates that the same period, says the report. significant portion of the bur- cent and outpatient visits by 11.3 (100.8 percent), followed by 78.2 establishment of Al Wakrah Over 1.04 million people visited den from the HGH facility. The percent while Cuban Hospital percent at AWH ( from 2050 to Hospital (AWH) has signifi- the emergency units at HMC hos- number of visitors to the HGH in Dukhan recorded an increase 3653) and 7.3 percent at Al Khor cantly reduced the pressure on pitals in 2014, against 855,025 vis- emergency unit increased from of 57.2 percent and 45 percent, Hospital (from 1106 to 1187). HMC’s main facility, Hamad its in 2013.

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