ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 2 Business | 14 Sport | 20 QRC to provide Qatar foreign Qatar venue 730,000 meals merchandise is a luxury for for Syria trade balance boxers, says refugees. surplus falls. AIBA president. FRIDAY 10 JULY 2015 • 23 Ramadan 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6487 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Qatar down Cameroon Over 100 million Ennahda chief people follow Al Jazeera Plus defends Tunisia on Facebook DOHA: More than 100 mil- lion people have viewed and followed Al Jazeera Plus (AJ+) on Facebook, said a study by emergency NewsWeb. Over 15 million people liked, commented and shared the video footage posted on Al Jazeera Al Ghannouchi visits Dhreima Plus Facebook Page in one week from June 30 to July 6, Al Sharq DOHA: Rashid Al Ghannouchi, down several mosques and sus- reports, quoting the website. Chief of the Islamist Ennahda pend some associations following Al Jazeera Plus, the dedicated party in Tunisia and a member the attack. online channel of Al Jazeera net- of the ruling coalition, defended “Tunisian people will not allow work, was officially launched last the government’s decision to the oppressive regime to come September. impose a state of emergency in back. NewsWeb has put Al Jazeera the country following recent “These procedures are to fight Plus among the top 10 websites terrorist attacks but hoped the the epidemic of terrorism. There posting videos on Facebook. reasons that led to the tough are a few mosques in Tunisia that Some 20 websites were short- measure would end soon. don’t comply with the law. They listed for the study. Al Ghannouchi recently vis- are being closed down temporarily The hardly one-year-old Al ited Qatar Orphan Foundation to make them adjust their status Qatar’s Abu Backer’s (right) scoring attempt is blocked by two Cameroon players during their four-nation Jazeera Plus has been ranked (Dhreima). In an interview with according to the law, he said. Ramadan Friendship tournament at Al Arabi Stadium in Doha yesterday. Qatar won 3-0 (25-20, 25-17 and along with some popular interna- Al Sharq, he praised Dhreima’s Al Ghannouchi said fighting 25-20). On Wednesday, Qatar lost to Egypt 3-1 (25-23, 22-25, 25-19 and 25-2). BAHER AMIN tional news portals sharing videos efforts and expressed interest to terrorism needs short-, medium- on Facebook. have a partnership agreement and long-term plans. It is also AJ+ is mainly mobile-based with the foundation to support necessary to address its root through an iOS and Android app. orphans in Tunisia. causes at the economic, social, Content is also shared via social Asked about the one-month intellectual, educational and reli- channels YouTube, Facebook, state of emergency declared by gious fronts. Ex-Saudi FM Prince Saud dies Twitter and Instagram. President Beji Caid Essebsi fol- “But to do this, we need THE PENINSULA lowing terrorists attacks in the national unity and a national RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Condolences sent coastal city of Sousse that killed strategy,” he added. Prince Saud Al Faisal (pic- No Serbia prior and wounded dozens of foreign Explaining Ennahda’s deci- tured), formerly the world’s DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim tourists, Al Ghannouchi said, sion to join the coalition led by longest-serving foreign minis- bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable visas for Qataris “Ennahda issued a statement the secularist Nida Tunis party, ter who oversaw four decades of of condolences to the Custodian saying it understands the neces- Al Ghannouchi said, “We are diplomacy for the kingdom, has of the Two Holy Mosques King DOHA: The Consular Affairs sity for a temporary emergency supporting the current govern- died, family members and an Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Department at the Foreign to deal with the exceptional situ- ment because we believe in the official said yesterday. following the death of Prince Saud Ministry said Serbia has ation facing the country, at the principal of power-sharing and Prince Saud, born in 1940, was bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, announced the abolition of visa security and social fronts. reconciliation. one of the highest-profile mem- Minister of State, Member of requirements for holders of “We hope the reasons for the “We are in a democratic tran- bers of the ruling elite before Council of Ministers, Adviser and Qatari passports. state of emergency and related sition. In a stable democratic stepping down in April for Special Envoy of the Custodian A Ministry statement said procedures would end soon. system, a 51 percent majority is health reasons. He oversaw Saudi ministry spokesman confirmed it of the Two Holy Mosques and Qatari passport holders can travel “The government must take enough to rule but in a transi- Arabia’s emergence as a major on Twitter and expressed condo- Supervisor of Foreign Affairs. to Serbia at any time they want full responsibility to investigate tional situation this is not enough diplomatic player, facing regional lences. Prince Saud’s nephew Saud Deputy Emir H H Sheikh without a prior visa. They can the incident, fill the security gap to achieve stability. You will need crises and maintaining a focus on Mohammed Al Abdullah Al Faisal Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani stay for a period not exceeding and bring the criminals to the representation of an electorate relations with the West. also acknowledged the death. “May and Prime Minister and Interior 90 days within six months from court,” he added. ranging between 70 and 80 per- Nawaf Al Faisal, a rela- God accept him in paradise,” he Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin the date of the first entry. QNA Al Ghannouchi also defended cent.” THE PENINSULA tive, announced the death wrote on Twitter. AGENCIES Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani also the government’s decision to close Continued on page 3 on Facebook, while a foreign See also page 9 sent similar cables. QNA Greece submits new bailout plans UN: Four million Syrians have fled civil war BRUSSELS: Greece submitted new bailout reform plans to an Ministry shuts down Salwa impatient eurozone yesterday in a last-ditch effort to save the country’s collapsing economy Road store over violations and fragile place in the single currency. DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce has shut down With the crisis reaching a cli- a store at the wholesale market on Salwa Road for one month for max that could have dire conse- selling counterfeits and expired products. In a statement yesterday, quences for the global economy, the ministry said violations included expired medications that bear the proposals landed in Brussels a famous brand and counterfeit pens and compact discs. Inspectors less than two hours before a mid- also found products, including electric sockets, cosmetics and per- night deadline. fumes that did not conform with standard specifications such as the Eurozone officials will study the country of origin. plans creditors say must include The closure was carried out in implementation of Articles 6 and pension and tax reforms, before a 7 of Law No. 8 of 2008 on consumer protection and Article 2 of its make-or-break summit of all 28 executive regulations. Surprise inspection are held as the ministry is European leaders on Sunday. keen to monitor markets and commercial activities during Ramadan AGENCIES to ensure the quality of stored commodities and on-sale products, and guarantee consumers’ rights, the statement added. QNA West ‘changing positions in Iran talks’ VIENNA: Western powers have been changing positions in A young Syrian refugee toddler sits inside a makeshift shelter at an informal refugee camp in Zahrani, south nuclear talks, a senior Iranian official said late yesterday, adding of the Lebanese capital Beirut yesterday. More than four million Syrians have fled their country’s civil war, high-stakes negotiations in Vienna could “go either way”. the United Nations said, with many despairing that they will ever return to their conflict-wracked homeland. “We see changes in the positions particularly just last night... on a lot of issues,” the official said at the end of a 13th day of talks that have missed two deadlines. “There was an approach that was accept- able... but then all of sudden people came up with views for changing RAMADAN ideas, and this makes it rather difficult,” the official said. “It could go TIMING Humanitarian truce in Yemen either way, this can be a small bridge in negotiations, it can be a major setback,” he said, adding he believed US Secretary of State John Kerry Today’s Iftar: UNITED NATIONS: A regions facing a food crisis. be fully respected and that there is serious. “I believe that a comprehensive agreement is within reach, humanitarian truce takes “It is imperative and urgent will be no violations from any it requires people to abandon unnecessary or illusional objectives and 06:31pm effect in Yemen today to allow that humanitarian aid reach all combatants under their control,” move forward with what is at hand and achievable,” he said, accusing Tomorrow’s Imsak: urgently needed aid to reach vulnerable people of Yemen unim- he added. Western countries of going back on parts of a framework accord agreed 03:13am civilians in the war-torn coun- peded and through an uncondi- More than 21.1 million people — in Lausanne, Switzerland, in April, which current talks aim to finalise. try facing the threat of famine, tional humanitarian pause,” UN over 80 percent of Yemen’s popu- the UN said. spokesman Stephane Dujarric lation — need aid, with 13 million Our two citizens held by Hamas: Israel The pause in fighting will take said yesterday.