ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Monday 18 November 2013 14 Moharram 1435 - Volume 18 Number 5887 Price: QR2 Qatar bourse National index rises by Sports Festival 72.40 points planned Business | 18 Sport | 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir receives President of Congo Emir to attend More services Kuwait summit DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will take part in the Third under health Arab-African Summit due to open in Kuwait tomorrow under the theme ‘Partners in Development and Investment’. insurance QNA QA orders 50 Emergency cover for visitors Boeing 777-9X DOHA: The health insurance insurance policy at the point of DUBAI: Qatar Airways yes- scheme being made mandatory entry, according to the executive terday announced at the 2013 in phases for all will cover basic regulations. Dubai Air Show its signature of healthcare services for expa- Visitors extending their visas a Letter of Intent to order 50 of triates and citizens that will must renew their insurance policy the Boeing 777-9X variant. include general medical serv- to last the extended duration of Chief Executive Officer Akbar ices, emergency services, as their stay or their request for Al Baker told a press conference well as inpatient and outpatient extension will be rejected. at Al Maktoum International services. Expatriates staying here on the The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with the President of Congo, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, at the Airport, the venue of the expo: Also, all pathological and other sponsorship of their husband or Emiri Diwan yesterday. Talks centred on relations and issues of common concern. The leaders also witnessed “Today, I represent Qatar Airways lab tests, X-rays, maternity serv- father/mother and working must the signing of a framework agreement on cooperation between Qatar Petroleum International and Total E&P and its board members in sign- ices and obstetrics, pharmacy be provided health insurance by Congo. The Emir hosted a luncheon banquet in honour of President Nguesso and his delegation. ing a ‘Letter of Intent’ for the services, basic dental care, and their employers. purchase of 50 Boeing 777 — 9X basic eye care will be covered. All employers of foreign work- aircraft, valued at $19b at list Treatment of diseases related ers must pay health insurance prices.” The airline also placed to nerves, speech therapy, and premiums in installments for a firm order for five new Airbus treatment of occupational dis- them and their families. A330-200 Freighter aircraft. eases and of infertility and family For additional health services Qatar appoints global firm Full report on page 17 planning services will be part of (other than the basic services basic medical services, too. covered by the law), workers will 50 die in Russia In the case of Qataris, aside need to share the cost with their from the above services, serv- employers. plane crash ices like home nursing, providing The basic health services will be to probe Amnesty claims durable medical equipment, pre- provided by the National Health MOSCOW: A Boeing 737 death care and organ transplants Insurance Company (NHIC) as DOHA: The London-based to examine issues mentioned in The rights watchdog said Qatar operated by a Russian air- will be provided. part of the mandatory cover, Amnesty International yes- the Amnesty’s report, according should see 2022 FIFA World Cup line crashed yesterday while According to extensive bylaws while the additional services will terday urged Qatar to step up to Qatar News Agency. as an opportunity to “address a attempting to land in the city of issued by the Minister of Health be provided by private insurers measures to protect the rights A source at the ministry told problem which everyone thinks Kazan, killing all 50 on board, to help implement the legislation — but only those companies that of migrant construction work- the QNA: “Qatar attached great should be solved.” “In the Gulf Russia’s emergency situations that was enforced a few months are based and licensed in Qatar. ers but said the country’s lead- importance to promoting and region, Qatar is much more open ministry said. ago making medical insurance But the insurers will be ership was much more open to protecting human rights by act- and accessible on human rights “According to preliminary compulsory for all, visitors will required to apply for registration suggestions on human rights ing to consolidate these rights in issues. In all our meetings one information, all the people on get insurance cover only for to the NHIC subject to conditions. issues. its legislations and laws as well of the refreshing things is that, board the flight — 44 passengers emergency services and accidents. All healthcare facilities willing Releasing a report on Qatar as establishing the appropriate across the board they are very and six crew members — were This rule will apply to GCC to provide the basic services to “The Dark Side of Migration” institutions.” willing to acknowledge that there killed,” a ministry spokeswoman nationals as well who don’t people as part of the insurance yesterday, Amnesty’s Secretary The report, based on inter- is a problem and oriented towards said. require an entry visa to get into scheme must also apply for regis- General Salil Al Shetty said: “It is views with workers, employers finding a solution,” said Shetty. “The Boeing 737 that flew out Qatar. tration with the NHIC, and they simply inexcusable that so many and government officials, docu- He said the Supreme of Moscow’s Domodedovo airport Those applying for entry or will not be allowed to demand workers are being exploited in ments a range of alleged abuses Committee for Qatar 2022 had crashed onto the runway at Kazan visit visas in advance must buy treatment cost from the patient. one of the richest countries in against migrant workers in Qatar, told Amnesty that it would issue airport on landing and burst into health insurance cover first or Details of the treatment and its the world.” including non-payment of wages, conditions related to workers’ flames,” Russia’s Investigative their visa request will not be cost will need to be forwarded to Qatar responded to the com- “harsh and dangerous” working safety to be followed by contrac- Committee, which probes serious entertained. the NHIC which will settle the ments, saying on October 3, the conditions, “shocking standards” tors of the World Cup projects. incidents, said. Those who are eligible to get payment. Foreign Ministry had appointed of accommodation and some cases THE PENINSULA AGENCIES visa on arrival must buy the THE PENINSULA DLA, an international law firm, of “forced labour.” Continued on page 6 See also page 10 Heavy downpour unlikely, says Met official Next nuclear talks will DOHA: The wet and cloudy be ‘difficult’: Tehran weather is likely to continue in Qatar until Friday with the sun TEHRAN: Iran said yesterday the sanctions, which have exacted occasionally playing hide and nuclear talks with world powers a heavy toll on Iran’s economy. seek, the weather bureau said this week will be “difficult,” as Prime Minister Benjamin yesterday. France made four demands for Netanyahu, who welcomed French Occasional thunderstorms, a deal with Tehran and Israel President Francois Hollande to scattered rains and strong winds warned against a “nightmare” Israel yesterday, said he would are forecast at places across the accord. also discuss the matter with US country today. Negotiations between Iran and Secretary of State John Kerry in The bureau has categorically the so-called P5+1 — Britain, Jerusalem on Friday. ruled out any possibility of a France, the US, Russia and “I hope we’ll be able to convince Riyadh-like downpour and flood- China plus Germany — restart in our friends this week and in the ing here. Geneva on Wednesday after the following days to get a much bet- Rains will vary in intensity last round failed to seal a deal. ter deal. It can be achieved,” he from place to place. Top diplomats insisted they said, insisting on the need to put “The northern areas would were closing in on an interim pressure on Iran. “I’m concerned, likely witness more rains than agreement that would see Iran gravely concerned, that this deal other areas, including Doha,” curb or freeze parts of its nuclear will go through and in one stroke a senior official from the programme for some relief from of the pen, it will reduce the sanc- Meteorology Department told crippling sanctions. tions on Iran—sanctions that this newspaper. Senior negotiator Abbas took years to put in place—and The official said people should Araqchi said “the next round of in return for this, Iran gives prac- not lend ears to rumours about nuclear talks will be difficult,” the tically nothing,” Netanyahu said. torrential rains and flooding in official IRNA news agency said. “Iran’s dream deal is the world’s Qatar, being spread through the A flooded street in Doha after rains yesterday. “No agreement will be reached nightmare.” social media. without securing the rights of Hollande laid down four “They are saying the American Kuwait witnessing heavy rains. trapped in their cars. In Doha, the minimum tem- the Iranian nation” on its nuclear demands “to guarantee any Base has made those forecasts About Oman, the official said The eastern parts of the king- perature forecast is 19 degrees programme and uranium enrich- agreement” with Iran — put all as though it were a competent only some parts and not the dom bordering Qatar and Bahrain C, while in Abu Samra, it would ment, he added.