ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Southampton crush Sunderland Sport | 28 Sunday 19 October 2014 • 25 Dhu’l-Hijja 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6223 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Stiffer penalty PM opens Kashta3 exhibition to tackle double parking Vehicles of violators to be taken away DOHA: Think twice before repeating the violation,” he said. Al parking your car behind Kharji said the brief confiscation another parked car blocking its is not equal to impounding. “The way or obstructing traffic flow. same day the person can go and You may face tougher punish- take the car back after paying the ments including a brief confis- fine.” However, the Department cation of your car and end up will open a record for the viola- spending more time for trying tion, when the car is released. to finish something in a hurry. Before releasing the car, the The Traffic Department has police will check if there is any made the rules stricter to pre- pending fines for previous viola- vent double parking and disci- tions. If any, the car will be released pline those motorists who don’t only after all the fines are paid, he take the fines seriously, a senior explained. If the motorist fails to official has disclosed. report within 24 hours to claim the The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani opened Kashta3 exhibition at Simaisma Youth Center “This violation is not some- car, he will have to pay a special fee yesterday. The Prime Minister toured the exhibition and was briefed on exhibits that included equipment and supplies related to sea and land travels thing new but it has increased for parking. “Such actions can curb and camping, as well as heritage handicrafts and folk crafts. recently by motorists who do not wrong behaviours. We have found respect others’ rights. So we have them effective in similar situations been forced to take new actions like overtaking from the right and to curb this annoying behaviour,” parking in areas dedicated for peo- Brig Mohammed Saad Al Kharji, ple with disabilities,” he added. Director of Traffic Department, said Asked if the department had in an interview with police magazine implemented the new rules in Dozens dead in Yemen as Houthis fight Sunnis Al Shurta Maak (Police with You). many cases, another official replied He added that people resort- that “ in moderate numbers”. SANA’A: Yemen’s empowered when a roadside bomb struck a demanding that popular com- The Houthis gained control of ing to such uncivilised behaviour The magazine also narrated Shia rebels attacked the home convoy bringing reinforcements mittees take part in securing the capital Sana’a in September, are causing great inconvenience to stories of some motorists who fell of a rival Islamist politician to a battle with Sunni conserva- the province along with military and earlier this week they over- other motorists who could even miss victims to this haphazard park- south of the capital yesterday, tive tribesmen raging in both forces to fill in the security gap. ran a key Yemeni port city on the important appointments because of ing. A motorist said he had left his setting off clashes that left 12 Yarim and the provincial capital, Fighters allied with the Houthis Red Sea. They have signed a peace this. Al Kharji said that the traf- car in a parking in front his house. people dead, security officials also called Ibb. The Houthis had were meanwhile deployed in the agreement with the embattled fic law has stipulated fines for this Incidentally, he wanted to leave said, adding that the politician advanced on Ibb city on Friday, northern part of Ibb. central government to nominate a violation but it also allowed the home a little early to drop his child was not home at the time. setting of fierce clashes. A brief In a separate incident, officials new Cabinet and end the fighting, department to take other appro- in the school as the latter missed The officials said Shia rebels cease-fire collapsed. said eight people were killed in but have simultaneously pressed priate action to tackle them. the school bus. To his surprise he and allied fighters attacked the Following the unrest, the clashes between Al Qaeda mili- their offensive, pushing into cities “Earlier we used to impose fines found another parked car blocking home of a local politician from the security chief of Ibb resigned tants and the Houthis, who are and towns south of the capital. on the erring vehicles. But some his way. He has no other option but rival Islamist Islah party, killing in response to a demand by the fighting to maintain control of The rebels claim they are people don’t care about fines. They to call the Traffic Department. The two of his relatives in the town of Houthis. Yesterday, the local gov- the city of Radaa, in the central responding to calls by local resi- may have the capability to pay department contacted the other Yarim, an Islamist stronghold in ernor asked the deputy security province of Bayda, also south of dents who want them to drive out the fine and they tend to repeat person and forced him to remove his the Ibb province south of Sana’a. chief to replace him, a local gov- the capital. The Houthis seized corrupt officials. The Houthis are the violation. If we tow away the car. However, the child reached late The ensuing clashes left eight ernment official said. control of the city a day earlier. at loggerheads with the country’s car and detain it for a few hours, in school and was issued a warning. rebel fighters and two bystand- The official said Governor Scores of families fled the fighting powerful Sunni tribes and the they may realise the seriousness THE PENINSULA ers dead. Yahia Al Iryani was meeting with in Radaa, which died down after allied Islamist Islah party. and this could prevent them from See also page 6 Another four rebels were killed rebel representatives, who were midday yesterday. AP Charm Spirit triumphs at Ascot Al Attiyah 40 more trekkers feared barred from Abu Dhabi Rally dead in Nepal storm DOHA: The organisers of KATHMANDU: The death that several British trekkers Abu Dhabi Rally have stopped toll in the Himalayan trekking could have been caught in the Nasser Khalifa Al Attiyah, disaster rose sharply yesterday storm. The Foreign Office con- Vice-President of Fédération with the discovery of at least firmed they had been contacted Internationale de l’Automobile seven more bodies in the snow by concerned families who had (FIA: International Automobile on a pass in Nepal. not heard from their relatives in Federation) from participating Thirty-nine people are known days but said they had received in the opening ceremony of the to have died when an unseasonal no information about any British event for security reasons. Al storm swept high ridges and victims. Officials in Nepal told the Attiyah immediately returned passes on Tuesday, on a popular Guardian they, too, had no reports to Doha on Friday, Al Sharq 320km trekking route around of British casualties. reported. Annapurna, the world’s 10th tall- The storm, caused by a cyclone Traditionally, the President of est peak, catching scores of west- that crossed northern India last FIA, with the vice-president flag ern walkers. weekend, caught hikers as they off the event but the absence of Niranjan Shrestha, spokes- crossed the exposed 5,400m Al Attiyah took the audience and man for the Nepalese army, said Thorong pass, one of the final journalists at the opening of Abu the remains found today were of stages of the famous Annapurna Dhabi Rally by surprise. H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani receiving the trophy as Queen Elizabeth II looks on after Charm Spirit four Canadian and three Indian circuit route and its highest point. According to Hani Shaban, triumphed at Ascot in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, sponsored by QIPCO yesterday. This was his third consecu- trekkers. “Due to heavy snow At least 17 tourists died from an international observer at the tive Group 1 victory. The Queen Elizabeth II Stakes marks the climax of the European season for the top milers, helicopters were unable to land exposure or in avalanches on the Abu Dhabi rally, Al Attiyah was ... We are hoping to recover the pass after the weather deterio- and Charm Spirit’s win marks him as the best 3-year-old European horse over this distance, in the absence informed not to attend the open- bodies early morning tomorrow rated fast, bringing biting cold, of Kingman. Charm Spirit was ridden by Olivier Peslier, who this week signed a contract for Sheikh Abdullah. ing ceremony for security reasons. [Sunday],” he said. heavy snowfall and low visibility. “What security problems can rise Other officials gave the total Foreign victims included hikers at a sports event? This justifica- dead as nine. The overall toll is from Canada, India, Israel and tion cannot be accepted. If there expected to rise as snow melts Poland, but an equal number of is a security lapse how the rally and rescuers push into new local guides and porters perished. is held?,” Shaban said. No links with Al Baghdadi, says Qaradawi areas. More than 40 people are October is peak trekking season Al Attiyah’s appointment with still unaccounted for, mainly in Nepal and usually sees perfect a sports TV channel in Abu Dhabi DOHA: The office of noted The video footage contains an innocent non-Muslims.