ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Wednesday 27 February 2013 17 Rabial II 1434 - Volume 17 Number 5623 Price: QR2 Cb records Lekhwiya begin QR2.01bn ACL campaign net profit with a win Business | 18 Sport | 27 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Clashes in Nablus Emir, Sheikha Kahramaa to Moza arrive in Vienna stop direct VIENNA: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani arrived at Vienna International Airport yesterday to take part in the 5th Forum of bill payments the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations (UNAOC) which is due to kick off in the Austrian No more paper bills from April 1 Capital today. The Emir is accompanied by H H Sheikha BY AZMAT HAROON said, adding that six other big serv- Moza bint Nasser. The Emir ice centres were still fully func- is also accompanied by a high- DOHA: Qatar General Elec- tional. The corporation launched ranking official delegation. tricity and Water Corporation an iPhone application yesterday QNA (Kahramaa) yesterday said it which provides access to a number will stop accepting payment of of services in Arabic and English, Russia tells US to water and electricity bills at its including payment of bills. customer service centres begin- The system of printing paper push Syria rebels ning April 1. bills and delivering them by Customers can now pay bills post was costly and time-con- into peace talks through Kahramaa’s website suming, Al Theyab said. “Some (km.qa), its call centre (991), customers also complained that MOSCOW/ BERLIN: Russia Ooredoo and Qatar National they do not receive the bills by A Palestinian protester throws back a tear gas grenade during clashes near Huwwara checkpoint near Nablus, called on the United States yes- Bank self-service machines, and post. Ultimately, we decided to West Bank, yesterday. At least 25 people were injured during the clashes that followed a rally supporting terday to press the Syrian oppo- other banks. Bills can be paid go green,” he said. Among the prisoners on a hunger strike in Israeli jails. See also page 8 sition to hold direct talks with from outside Qatar as well. main e-services is an electronic Damascus, saying President Kahramaa plans to stop issu- system for tracking the status of Bashar Al Assad’s opponents ing paper bills from the said date. applications. must appoint negotiators. “We, in fact, launched the project “Using Service Tracking, cus- The crisis in Syria made on January 1, but we set a dead- tomers can track building per- up “the bulk of the conversa- line for April 1 — no more paper mits, connections and meter Certificate must for EU meat imports tion” between Russian Foreign bills after that,” Eng. Abdulla Ali installation, applied for via the Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Al Theyab, Manager of Quality customer services registration Secretary of State John Kerry and Continual Improvement number,” Al Theyab said. A new DOHA: A certificate from an certificate mandatory for all meat import of beef from Europe fol- at talks in Berlin yesterday, US Department at Kahramaa, said project has been launched to pro- authorised laboratory is now imported from European coun- lowing an outbreak of mad cow State Department spokeswoman yesterday. vide water and electricity connec- mandatory for all meat and tries. An authorised laboratory in disease, but three countries were Victoria Nuland said. He was speaking at a press tions to new buildings and those meat products imported into the source country should certify exempted from the ban later. After talks she characterised as conference that saw the launch under construction without delay. Qatar from European coun- that the meat/ meat product is Most of the meat and meat “really serious and hard-working”, of a series of electronic services The IT department at Kahramaa tries to ensure that they are not not mixed with other products. products in the local market are Moscow and Washington sounded that aim to make Kahramaa a has also introduced a service adulterated. A senior official of the committee sourced from GCC and Arab a rare note of accord over efforts “paperless corporation”. Last through which customers will be The decision follows a scandal recently disclosed that the panel countries, besides the United to launch talks to end the nearly week, Kahramaa, which serves able to check their bills, building involving leading food compa- was studying a proposal to make States, said the committee. two-year-old conflict, in which some 290,000 customers in Qatar, permits and service connections nies in Europe, after horsemeat a quality certificate mandatory “Investigations are going on 70,000 people have been killed. closed down its service centres at through a ‘SMS Solution’. A cus- was found in some of their beef for meat imported not only from (at) the regional and interna- Lavrov, ahead of the meeting the Post Office and City Center. tomer satisfaction survey con- products. Europe but also other countries. tional levels to identify the com- with Kerry, said he would urge “These centres were only for ducted by Kahramaa has revealed The Joint Food Monitoring The committee said in a state- panies involved in the scandal, Washington to lean on the Syrian bill payment, and since we have that satisfaction levels for the call Committee at the Supreme ment that it had intensified moni- and the issue will be dealt (with) opposition to drop requests for transferred to five other electronic centre’s services were higher than Council of Health (SCH) said toring of meat products imported accordingly once they are final- Assad to go, a demand he char- options for bill payment, we closed those for the services centres. yesterday that a decision had from Europe. ised,” it added. acterised as “unrealistic”. them on February 17,” Al Theyab THE PENINSULA been taken to make a quality Qatar had imposed a ban on THE PENINSULA Full report on page 9 Egypt balloon crash kills 19 Woman injured Big powers offer Mursi’s opponents to in brawl over Iran some sops ALMATY: Major powers boycott elections parking space offered Iran limited sanctions relief in return for a halt to the CAIRO: A n a l l i a n c e o f E g y p t i a n compete with the Islamists — said DOHA: A 30-year-old woman most controversial part of its opposition parties decided yes- there should be no elections for the was severely injured after being atomic work during the first day terday to boycott parliamentary lower house of parliament without assaulted by four women over of nuclear talks yesterday, and elections in protest at an elec- a law guaranteeing fair polls. a car parking dispute in the Al Iran promised to respond with a tion law they say favours the “There can be no elections Dafna area recently. proposal on the same scale. Muslim Brotherhood, increas- without a law that guarantees the The woman received multiple The talks in Kazakhstan were ing the chance that Islamists fairness of the election process injuries on her face, arms and the first in eight months between will sweep the vote. and a government that can imple- other parts of the body, accord- Iran and the five permanent mem- The boycott by liberal and left- ment such a law and be trusted by ing to the Arabic daily Al Sharq. bers of the UN Security Council ist parties opposed to President the people,” said Sameh Ashour, a Last Thursday, the woman plus Germany — the “P5+1”. Mohammed Mursi aims to under- spokesman for the NSF, who also had temporarily parked her car Western officials said the pow- mine the legitimacy of the vote called for “real independence of in front of a restaurant to place ers’ offer would include an eas- and shows the polarisation that the judiciary”. her order when four women in ing of restrictions on trade in has defined Egyptian politics Seeking to convince the opposi- a Land Cruiser appeared on the gold and other precious metals since Hosni Mubarak was toppled tion to take part, Mursi invited scene. if Tehran closes its underground two years ago. them to talks yesterday to address They called out to her to move nuclear facility Fordow. It raises the prospect of an concerns about the vote, but the her car in order to create park- The facility is used for enrich- election fought mostly between alliance declined to attend. “We ing space for their vehicle. Since ing uranium to 20 percent fis- Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood and tell President Mursi: talk with there was limited space, she could sile purity, a short technical step more hardline Islamist groups yourself and your party,” Ashour not move the car. from weapons grade. Western such as the Salafi Nour Party. The said. Mursi went ahead with the At this, the woman driving officials acknowledge an easing vote is to be held in four stages talks anyway. “I hope these elec- the Land Cruiser stepped out of of US and EU sanctions on trade between late April and June. tions will be fully fair,” he told her vehicle and began shouting in gold represents a relatively The National Salvation Front the televised meeting attended at the woman in the car. At first modest step. (NSF) — an array of liberal by Islamists, smaller parties and she used foul language and then Full report on page 8 and leftist parties struggling to independents. REUTERS reportedly pulled the woman out of the car to beat her up. Her three companions joined her in attacking the hapless Today’s edition woman.