www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 30 Qatar’s insurance Martial saves premium reaches Manchester $2bn in 2015 United in FA Cup MONDAY 14 MARCH 2016 • 5 Jumada II 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6735 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Sheikha Mayassa: Qatar joins Qatar will hold an amazing drive to protect World Cup By Raynald C Rivera historical sites The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar will deliver an amazing World Cup, H E Sheikha of the Director-General of Unesco; Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khal- Francesco Bandarin, Assistant ifa Al Thani, Chairperson of Qatar Country’s candidate Director General for Culture at Museums, said yesterday. for the post Unesco, diplomats and senior offi- She was speaking at the open- cials of the Ministry. ing panel discussion of ‘The New of Unesco An awareness programme will York Times Art for Tomorrow’ con- Director-General be held under the campaign in ference on “Culture – Towards a warns against collaboration with local partners New Urban Agenda.” including Qatar Museums, Univer- H E Sheikha Al Mayassa was cultural terrorism. sity College London, Qatar Tourism answering a question asked by The Authority, Katara, Sheikh Faisal Bin New York Times columnist Roger Qassim Al Thani Museum, North- Cohen, moderator of the panel, on H E Dr Hamad bin Abdul Aziz Al Kawari, Qatar’s candidate for Unesco Director-General, with diplomats and western University, Musheireb whether she worries about disrup- Development and Doha Architecture Qatari officials during the launch of Unesco’s UNITE4HERITAGE campaign in Qatar at Barzan Towers, Umm tions, controversies and tensions By Sanaullah Ataullah Forum. There will be workshops to Salal Muhammad, yesterday. as the city sees fast-paced urban The Peninsula raise awareness on cultural and her- development. itage sites. Cultural trips for school “I think the decision-making students and lectures on heritage Italian government, for the formation archeological sites. “Bulldozers swept sign of cultural terrorism that is tak- process is a very collaborative protection for families and individ- of a qualified field team consisting of away the ancient Assyrian city of Nim- ing place throughout the Arab region,” one. If we take the example of the DOHA: Qatar has joined an interna- uals at weekends will also be held. experts in cultural heritage and Italian rod, terrorists destroyed rare statues said Al Kawari. stadiums for 2022, it’s a group of tional campaign — Unite4Heritage Addressing the function, Dr police officers specialised in combat- and sculptures in the city of Mosul and In light of these serious devel- people working on the stadium — launched by Unesco in March last Hamad Al Kawari said, “This event, ing illicit trafficking of stolen cultural the two-thousand-year-old Temple of opments, he said, the Unesco has designs and so forth and propos- year to start a global movement “to held in Doha, is a direct response artefacts.” “Bel” in the city of Palmyra, which was initiated a constructive global aware- ing them to government entities protect and safeguard heritage in to the strategy adopted by Unesco “This event is being organised inscribed on the Unesco’s list of World ness campaign aiming at protecting to make final decision. I think all areas threatened by extremists”. member states. It reflects the in order to reinforce the global path Heritage Sites. the world’s diverse cultural heritage. the decision-making is very dem- The announcement was made keen desire of Qatar’s leadership towards the preservation of histor- “They also attacked Timbuktu, “This campaign, aptly titled “Unite ocratic and very collaborative so I yesterday at an event organised by and illustrious citizenry to sup- ical and cultural heritage and the the Pearl of the Desert, demolish- for Heritage” brings us together today think there’s no worry in that area, the Ministry of Culture and Sports port the global effort to preserve recognition of its role in supporting ing shrines, sanctuaries, tombs and with the clear purpose of responding instead we are very excited and the at Barzan Towers, a national herit- human heritage. Furthermore, the cultural identity as well as promot- even age old mosques. Their onslaught to the awakening global consciousness more the press attacks Qatar for age site in Umm Salal Muhammad. Unesco is continuously working ing enhanced social peace and global has also reached Libya where they that believes in humanity’s common hosting the World Cup, the more The event was attended by H E on implementing and broaden- security,” he added. destroyed paintings and pictures in values and the necessity to protect excited we are to host an amaz- Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kawari, ing its “Unite4Heritage” initiative, He said that extremist groups have the Acacus region in the south of the the symbolic wealth of mankind as ing World Cup,” she said. Cultural Advisor to the Emiri Diwan, which has recently led to the sign- adopted a “holy ignorance” approach country, works of art dating back a whole. and Qatar’s candidate for the post ing of a historical agreement with the to invade and destroy magnificent to 10,000 years. These crimes are a → Continued on page 5 → Continued on page 7 32 dead as car Device to detect stomach cancer developed bomb goes By Fazeena Saleem Named ‘Integrated bio-sensors “The device we are developing Dr Cabibihan said the device is of carbon dioxide and ammonia in off in Ankara The Peninsula and automated instrumentation is an endoscope of the size of a cap- important for Qatar and the region both dissolved and gaseous forms. for early stomach cancer detect on sule, which functions with a sensor due to the rising incidence of stomach It is known that the two gases are using flexible capsule endoscope,’ linked to a wire. We integrate it with cancer and smoking, which is a major released during the hydrolysis of urea Reuters the device detects Helicobacter pylori a robotic device that moves it inside risk factor for the disease. by H pylori. The bacteria can inhabit DOHA: A device developed in Qatar (H pylori), which causes stomach can- the stomach,” said Dr Cabibihan, who According to latest World Health in various areas of the stomach, espe- can detect early stages of stomach cer, Dr John-John Cabibihan, Co-Lead is also an Associate Professor at the Organization (WHO) data published cially close to the bottom. ANKARA: A car bomb killed at cancer. Principal Investigator of the project, Mechanical and Industrial Engineer- in May 2014, there were 31 stomach “In addition, there is an elec- least 32 people at a crowded trans- The capsule-size equipment, told this newspaper. ing Department of QU. cancer deaths in Qatar. tronic nose that can detect presence port hub in the Turkish capital of which examines the stomach and is Stomach cancer or gastric cancer The study is supported by Qatar Figures show 12 percent of the of the gases. We are at the end of the Ankara yesterday and wounded being developed by Qatar University affects the stomach lining and bac- national Research Fund’s flagship country’s population above 15 years project, the sensor has been fully at least 75 more, the second such (QU) in partnership with TUFTS Uni- terial infection is the most common funding programme — National Pri- smokes. developed and electronic nose is in attack in the administrative heart versity and University of Washington, cause, accounting for more than 60 orities Research Programme, fourth The capsule endoscope sensor the final stages of experiment,” said of the city in less than a month. could replace an endoscope. percent of cases. cycle 2012-2016. aims at detecting concentrations Dr Cabibihan. The blast, which could be heard several kilometres away, sent burning debris showering down over an area a few hundred metres from the Justice and Inte- PSG win French title Syria govt warned against rior Ministries, a top courthouse, and the former office of the prime minister. derailing tenuous truce Police helicopters hovered overhead as a large cloud of smoke rose over the city centre. “A total of 32 of our citizens AFP describing Walid Muallem’s com- were killed when a car exploded ments as a “provocation” and a “bad at Kizilay’s Guven Park, and close sign” for the attempts to find peace. to 75 of our wounded citizens Kerry warned Syria and its allies were taken to various hospitals GENEVA: The United States and Russia and Iran against “testing for treatment,” the Ankara gov- France warned the Syrian regime boundaries” or lessening their com- ernor’s office said in a statement. yesterday against trying to disrupt pliance with a fragile February 27 One senior security official told the fragile ceasefire as the warring truce brokered by Washington and Reuters initial findings suggested sides prepared for fresh peace talks Moscow that has largely held despite the attack had been carried out by to end the brutal five-year conflict. each side accusing the other of vio- the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) The UN-brokered indirect nego- lations. While analysts say much or an affiliated militant group, but tiations are due to start today in has changed since the last round of there was no immediate claim of Geneva, the latest international push talks collapsed in February, the fate responsibility. to try to end a war that has killed of Assad and the holding of elections The previous car bombing more than 270,000 people and with 18 months remain huge obsta- came just a few blocks away on forced millions from their homes. cles to peace. Feb. 17. It killed 29 people, most of After talks with European allies Muallem said in Damascus Sat- them soldiers, and was claimed in Paris, US Secretary of State John urday: “We will not talk with anyone by a group close to the PKK.