ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 2 Business | 13 Sport | 22 PSG handball EU removes Ashes series team discovers two Iranian oil swings in Qatar of the companies from England’s future. its sanctions list. favour again. SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2015 • 16 Shawwal 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6509 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 QA refutes US Emir meets Malaysian PM in Kuala Lumpur 75pc humidity forecast tonight DOHA: High humidity the country has top 3 carriers’ been experiencing over the past few days is expected to continue today. The Meteorology Department yesterday said humidity level would be as high as 75 per- cent at night and 53 percent in the evening. subsidy claims However, it would increase to 80 percent on Sunday night. Today’s forecast puts the maximum tem- Submits ‘open skies policy’ white paper perature between 43 and 48 degrees Celsius and the minimum between 29 and 31. DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA), that the many of the market In Doha, day temperature is likely to reach in a ‘white paper’ submitted to changes complained of by the 44 degrees and night temperature to 33. the US, has refuted the subsidy Big 3 are not the product of Al Khor would be the coolest today with the allegations against it by the “unfair competition” (or any- day and night mercury levels hovering over 29 ‘Big 3’ US carriers. thing remotely related to sub- and 40 degrees, respectively. The submission comprehen- sidy), but are the by-product of Abu Samra is expected to witness day tem- sively addressed and answered all advances in aircraft technology perature of up to 48 degrees, while the mercury issues raised in the Open Skies and demographic changes. would fall to 29 at night. debate, which has put into ques- With ultra-long range B777 The department has issued no warning for tion the long-standing US policy and B787 aircraft, passengers to today but said the weather would be hazy and of allowing carriers to fly to and the Middle East and India can partly cloudy and misty by night. from the country with minimal now over-fly congested European Wind direction will be southeasterly to government interference. hubs and enjoy convenient one- northwesterly with speeds from five to 15 knots. The Big 3 – American, Delta stop services to their destina- Offshore, it will be northeasterly to south- and United (and their unions) tions instead of making longer easterly with speeds up to 15 knots at times. — have been pressing the US two-and three-stop journeys. Visibility is forecast to be between four and government to depart from QA also demonstrated that Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met at his residence Malaysian Prime Minister 8km and less than 3km at times. its pro-Open Skies stance and although US carrier market Mohammad Najib Tun Abdul Razak in the capital Kuala Lumpur yesterday. They reviewed THE PENINSULA impose unilateral limits on share of the Indian subcontinent cooperation in various fields and regional and international developments. services operated by Gulf air- may have shifted over time, the lines, though the US Open Skies market has grown and US car- policy was designed by the gov- riers are carrying more traffic in ernment to ensure that US car- absolute terms. riers were free to operate their QA also disproved the claim extensive networks without for- that its services harm any US Houthis lose ground in Yemen’s south eign government restrictions on carrier, noting that it does not the level and routings of their compete against any US carrier ADEN: Southern Yemeni fight- president Ali Abdullah Saleh have soldiers were killed and 30 administration in exile flew to services, QA said in a statement on any nonstop route. ers backed by a Saudi-led air carried out similar attacks on wounded in a car bombing at an Aden on July 16 to make prepara- yesterday. In addition to benefiting coalition seized more territory southwest Saudi Arabia during army base by suspected Islamist tions for the government’s return, The biggest US carriers have American travellers, QA has from Houthi militiamen near the four-month-old conflict. militants in southern Hadramout four months after it was pushed made ample use of their behind- supported the US aerospace Aden yesterday, while three Yesterday, southern Yemeni province. out by Houthi forces. country (Sixth Freedom) traffic industry. As of today, the airline Saudi soldiers were killed when fighters and army units loyal to The coalition said it aimed first Asseri said the Houthis ought rights, and fought hard to pre- has 162 aircraft flying to 150 des- the kingdom came under shell- Hadi won full control of Houta to help bring Yemen’s government to implement UN Security serve their access to these rights tinations, of which over 40 per- ing from Yemen, in an apparent town, capital of Lahej province back from exile to Aden and then Council Resolution 2216, which and carry Fifth Freedom (third cent are Boeing jets worth over Houthi attack. north of Aden, in heavy clashes. return it to Sana’a if possible via calls for the Zaydi Shia move- country) traffic. $19bn. The Saudi interior ministry Fourteen Houthis were killed and peace talks with the Houthis. But ment to withdraw from cities Given that these policies were Akbar Al Baker, Chief said the three were killed and 40 captured. if the Iranian-allied Houthis did under their control, return seized created by and for US carriers, Executive, QA Group, said: “QA seven border guards wounded in Southern fighters and pro-Hadi not agree to quit Sana’a, the gov- arms and allow Hadi to return it is ironic that they are now was a relatively unknown airline Dhahran Aljanoub, a governo- army units also drove Houthi ernment would have the right to from exile. The Houthis have describing the use of these traf- when it first launched a service rate in the Saudi border region of fighters from Lowdar town in “get them out” by force, coalition rejected the resolution. UN aid fic rights “unfair” when exercised to the US in 2007. Aseer. It did not say who carried southern Abyan province and spokesman Brigadier General chief Stephen O’Brien said over by Gulf carriers. THE PENINSULA out the shelling, but Houthi rebels captured several Houthi fighters. Ahmed Asseri said. 4,000 people had been killed and In its report, QA demonstrated Continued on page 3 and forces loyal to former Yemeni In a separate incident, nine Senior members of Yemen’s 19,800 wounded in the war. AFP Palestinian baby dies in home attack 11 new public parks planned DUMA: Suspected Jewish settlers torched a Palestinian DOHA: The Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning has home in the occupied West announced plans to develop 11 new public parks across the country. Bank yesterday, killing an The plans include parks Bu Sidra, Al Mearad, As Sayliyah, Mebaireek, 18-month-old boy and seriously Al Manaseer and other areas. According to plans of the Public Parks injuring his parents and elder Department, two new parks will be developed in Bu Sidra, four in Al brother, an act Israeli Prime Mearad, two in As Sayliyah, one in Mebaibreek and two in Al Manaseer. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu The ministry ruled out the possibility of establishing new public described as terrorism. park in the New Industrial Area due to the nature of activities there The house in Duma, a village and said public parks are mainly designated to serve residential areas. near the city of Nablus, had its The ministry was responding to a report by the Arabic daily Al windows smashed and fire bombs Raya. There was a demand in the report to open more public parks in thrown inside shortly before Constituency No. 13, which includes the aforementioned areas. dawn as the family slept, the THE PENINSULA military and witnesses said. Graffiti in Hebrew reading India, Bangladesh in land swap “revenge” was scrawled outside, below a Star of David. DASHIAR CHHARA: India and Bangladesh swapped tiny islands Toddler Ali Saad Dawabsha’s of land, ending one of the world’s most intractable border disputes parents and brother, 4, were that had kept thousands in stateless limbo for since 1947. As the flown by helicopter to an Israeli clock struck one minute past Friday midnight, thousands living hospital where they were said to without schools, clinics or power for a generation erupted in cheers be in serious condition. A second at their new citizenship. house, which was empty, was A total of 162 tiny enclaves — 111 in Bangladesh and 51 in India — also set ablaze. were officially exchanged after both struck a border agreement in June. It was the worst attack The swap means some 50,000 living without a state since 1947 will by Israeli assailants since a now become part of India or Bangladesh that surround their homes. Palestinian teenager was burned In Bangladesh, thousands staged patriotic marches and lit 68 candles to death in Jerusalem a year ago. to mark the end of “68 years of endless pain and indignity”. Officials That followed the kidnapping Palestinians look at the damage to the house where Ali Saad Dawabsha died, yesterday. The feeding bottle from both countries will hoist their national flags over their new terri- and killing of three Israeli teen- used by the 18-month-old is seen among the charred remains as a youngster displays pictures of the toddler. tories this morning. The enclaves date back to ownership arrangements agers by Palestinian militants in centuries ago between local princes.