ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Thursday 7 November 2013 4 Moharram 1435 - Volume 18 Number 5876 Price: QR2 Qatargas and French jockey Centrica sign Ladjadj wins £4.4bn deal Sealine Cup Business | 17 Sport | 25 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir attends Qatar Chamber celebrations Gold market New evidence likely to be relocated to shows Arafat Souq Waqif DOHA: The gold market in the Old Al Ghanem area is reported was poisoned to be earmarked for demolition to pave the way for the upcom- ing Doha Metro Rail project, and the shops there are to be Tests find high levels of polonium shifted to Souq Waqif. PARIS: The first forensic tests he first fell ill following a meal, A Metro station is planned to on samples taken from Yasser was almost certainly murdered be built in the area, jewellery shop Arafat’s corpse have shown by poisoning. She told Al Jazeera: operators there said. Officials unexpectedly high levels of “This is the crime of the century.” of the Metro project could not radioactive polonium-210, sug- Speaking to the Guardian, she be immediately contacted for gesting the Palestinian leader said she would press for answers comment. could have been poisoned with on who was responsible. “It’s Some jewellery stores in the the rare and lethal substance. shocking … I remember how The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with the Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh market said they were not happy The Swiss scientists who tested Yasser was shrinking at the hos- Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani and other dignitaries at the Qatar Chamber golden jubilee celebra- with the decision to bulldoze the Arafat’s remains after the exhu- pital, how in his eyes there were tions at Grand Hyatt Hotel yesterday. Report on page 17 market and shift all of them to mation of his body in November a lot of questions. Death is a fate Souq Waqif. 2012 discovered levels of polonium in life, it is everybody’s fate, but Some store owners said they at least 18 times higher than usual when it’s poison it’s terrible. We wondered if there was sufficient in Arafat’s ribs, pelvis and in soil are mourning him again now.” space in Souq Waqif to accommo- that absorbed his bodily fluids. With Zahwa, 18, her daughter date all the jewellery stores in the The Swiss forensic report by Arafat, she said she suspected a gold market. was handed to representatives “conspiracy to get rid of him”, add- Go global, Minister tells local firms THE PENINSULA of Arafat’s widow, Suha Arafat, ing: “My daughter and I have to as well as representatives of the know who did it. We will not stop DOHA: Where are Qatari value.” The aim is to help local Barcelona, Atletico Palestinian Authority on Tuesday. in our quest to find out. I hope the international companies, the companies grow and become A copy of the report was obtained Palestinian Authority goes further government asked yesterday, stronger. Madrid in Champions exclusively by the Al Jazeera TV on it, searching every single aspect wondering why its efforts to As for foreign companies, they network, which shared it with the of it. It is of course a political crime.” bolster the private sector were are allowed to bid only for projects League last 16 Guardian before publication. David Barclay, a UK forensic sci- not helping create big-time glo- whose costs are QR200m and PARIS: Spanish duo Barcelona The Swiss report said that even entist who had studied the report, bal players. above so they don’t compete with and Atletico Madrid reached the taking into account the eight told Al Jazeera: “The report con- “We have always been long- local players in smaller projects. last 16 of the Champions League years since Arafat’s death and tains strong evidence, in my view ing to see strong Qatari com- This is another example of the yesterday with two games the quality of specimens taken conclusive evidence, that there’s at panies that can compete not incentives being offered to Qatari remaining in the group stage. from bone fragments and tissue least 18 times the level of polonium only locally but also region- H E Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Khalifa companies. Barcelona reached the knockout scraped from his body and shroud, in Arafat’s exhumed body than ally and internationally,” said bin Abdulaziz Al Thani Asked about Limited Liability stage for the 10th consecutive sea- the results “moderately support there should be.” He said the report H E Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Companies (LLCs) in which son with a 3-1 win over AC Milan. the proposition that the death represented “a smoking gun”. The Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, infrastructure projects being Qataris have foreigners as part- For Atletico, their 4-0 win over was the consequence of poison- Israeli government, however, dis- the Minister of Municipality and carried out by the Public Works ners (ownership ratio being 51:49 Austria Vienna earned them their ing with polonium-210”. missed the report. “The Swiss find- Urban Planning. Authority (Ashghal) were all open percent), the Minister said they first appearance in the knockout Suha Arafat said the evidence ings are not conclusive,” said Yigal “(But we wonder) why we don’t to participation by Qatari com- could bid for projects valued at stage. Holders Bayern Munich and in the report suggested that her Palmor, a foreign ministry spokes- have international Qatari compa- panies irrespective of their value. QR500m and above. Manchester City had qualified for then healthy 75-year-old husband, man. GUARDIAN NEWS nies,” he said. “There is no ceiling. They can THE PENINSULA the last 16 on Tuesday. who died in 2004 four weeks after See also page 6 The Minister said participate in any tender, of any Continued on page 5 AFP THURSDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Italian team to be the Cabinet hails Emir’s GCC tour largest at boat show Emiri draft decision to establish Police Academy approved DOHA: Italy will be the largest national contingent at the inau- DOHA: The Cabinet praised all issues of our region, our Arab manager and one or more assist- digging groundwater wells; and gural Qatar International Boat Show (QIBS 2013) from November yesterday the tour of the Emir nation and regional and interna- ant manager assigned by the a draft memorandum of under- 12 to 16 at Lusail Marina. H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad tional matters of joint interest.” Minister. standing in the field of electricity Italian companies and shipyards taking part include Ferretti Group Al Thani to GCC states Kuwait, He said the tour also reflected The academy will award bach- and renewable energy between whose brands include Ferretti, Pershing, Itama, Bertram, Riva, Bahrain, Oman and the UAE on deep-rooted fraternal relations elor’s degrees in law and police Qatar and Bangladesh were also Mochi Craft, and CRN; Azimut; Overmarine (Mangusta); Benetti; October 28-31 following a visit between Qatar and the other sciences to graduates. approved. Sanlorenzo; Cranchi; FIPA Group (Maiora, AB Yachts, Cbi Navi, to Saudi Arabia on August 2. GCC states and their keenness The session also endorsed a The Cabinet then reviewed a Intermare); and SeaNet Custom Marine Solutions. The Prime Minister and to consolidate joint Gulf action draft law amending some provi- letter from the Qatar Central The Italian marine industry association, UCINA (Confindustria Interior Minister H E Sheikh in various fields for the benefit of sions of Law No. 26 of 2005 on Bank Governor and Chairman Nautica), will also be present. It is a non-profit organisation for the Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa their peoples. regulating tenders and auctions. of Qatar Financial Markets development and promotion of the boating sector as well as knowledge Al Thani chaired the weekly ses- The Cabinet approved a draft Under the amendments, the Authority on the annual report about the sea and boating tourism. sion at the Emiri Diwan. Emiri decision to establish and Cabinet may exclude certain enti- of QFMA for the fiscal year UCINA is also an advisory member for a roundtable to formulate Following the session, the regulate a Police Academy. ties from the purview of the law. 2012-2013; a draft agreement policies and standards, promote tourism, encourage environmental Deputy Premier and Minister The academy under the The Cabinet also approved a on cooperation between Qatar concerns and promote education of all things maritime in Qatar. of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Interior Ministry will be set up draft law amending GCC unified Tourism Authority and Qatar The classifying organisation RINA, which certifies ships, boats and Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud to qualify officers in the scientific, customs tariff. Airways; and a draft agreement yachts, has also shown interest in being part of the advisory team. said: “Such a tour reflects the legal and police fields. A draft decision of the Minister on cooperation between QTA and Endorsing the QIBS, the Italian Ambassador, Guido De Sanctis, Emir’s keenness to enhance GCC It will have a council headed by of Environment on setting con- Mowasalat and took the appro- said, “We share with Qatar the fact that we are both peninsulas, cooperation and consultations on the Interior Minister, a general ditions for issuing a licence for priate decisions. QNA virtually surrounded by the sea, so we have both developed a good relationship with the sea. “In the 1950s and 60s, Italians came into their own in the design of stylish yachts and we are now world leaders in this aspect of the maritime industry.