ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Sunday 16 June 2013 7 Shaaban 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5732 Price: QR2 International India demolish Islamic wins arch-rivals award Pakistan Business | 17 Sport | 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 School serves Many child liquor at farewell bash DOHA: A leading interna- abuse cases tional school here has drawn fire from a section of parents for including liquor on the menu of a farewell event for students. not reported Some parents said they were shocked to get an invitation from the school that said liquor would Training needed for identification be served at the event organised at a hotel. BY FAZEENA SALEEM reported,” said Dr Khalid Alsaadi Many parents boycotted the Alyafei, consultant at Paediatric event as their demand to take DOHA: Many child abuse cases Emergency of HMC, speaking alcohol off the menu was rejected in Qatar go unreported because to reporters on the sidelines of by the school, which said most healthcare workers do not have a seminar on child abuse at the parents wanted drinks to be the training and experience Four Seasons hotel yesterday. served, a local Arabic daily has to identify cases, according to The seminar was organised as reported. The school told upset experts at the Hamad Medical part of the Kulluna health and parents that it will look into their Corporation (HMC). safety campaign aimed at creat- request for the same event next The HMC received 120 child ing awareness on the issue among year. The name of the school abuse cases last year, but the healthcare workers at HMC. and students’ age was not men- actual number could be much “Depriving children from vac- tioned in the report. The event higher. All the 120 cases were cination, preventing them from Supporters of Hassan Rowhani celebrate after the official announcement of his victory, in Tehran, yesterday. was criticised by parents and referred to the HMC by the Qatar going to school and other form others on local social network- Foundation for Protection of of negligence are also considered ing sites. Many people demanded Women and Children (QFCWP). abuse,” he added. strict action against the school. Most cases involved physical Child abuse cases can be identi- THE PENINSULA or sexual abuse, but incidents of fied mainly by looking at the inju- Rowhani is new Iran president Continued on page 5 psychological abuse are rarely ries. Sometimes doctors or nurses reported. become suspicious, leading to fur- TEHRAN: Moderate cleric a crowd in the centre of the city. republic,” he said. Psychological or emotional ther investigations. Hassan Rowhani was declared In his first statement after Then they will “hear an appro- Egypt breaks abuse refers to behaviour that Of the 54 cases treated at the Iran’s new president yesterday, being declared outright winner priate response,” he added. may result in psychological Paediatric Emergency of HMC ending eight years of conserva- with 50.68 percent of votes cast in Rowhani, a former top nuclear ties with Syria trauma including anxiety and over the past five years, 53 per- tive grip on the top office in a Friday’s vote, Rowhani called on negotiator who has championed chronic depression. cent were girls. And 22 percent victory cheered in the streets world powers to treat Iran with more constructive engagement CAIRO: Egyptian President “We see these (child abuse) of the victims were Qataris. The and cautiously welcomed by respect and recognise its rights, in with world powers, won outright Mohammed Mursi said he cases on a regular basis. victims were between one- and- world powers. an apparent allusion to its contro- against five conservative can- had cut all diplomatic ties Sometimes it’s very difficult to half months and 12 years, said Tens of thousands of jubilant versial nuclear policy. didates with 18.6 million votes, with Damascus yesterday and identify. Last year, 120 cases were Dr Khalid Al Ansari, director of Iranians took to the streets of “This is a victory of intelligence, Interior Minister Mohammad called for a no-fly zone over reported by the QFCWP to the Paediatric Emergency. Tehran, toting pictures of 64-year- of moderation, of progress... over Mostafa Najjar said. Syria, pitching the most popu- Hamad General Hospital, but it An average of 58 percent of old Rowhani and chanting pro- extremism,” Rowhani said. Rowhani’s tally was enough to lous Arab state firmly against does not indicate that all cases victims were physically abused, reform slogans as news of his “A new opportunity has been ensure there would be no run-off President Bashar Al Assad. He have been reported. Some cases 9 percent were neglected, 11 per- victory spread. “I see happiness in created by this great epic, and the against the runner-up, Tehran also warned Assad’s allies in can be minor and that is why they cent sexually abused and 15 per- the city after eight years. I see it on nations who tout democracy and mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the Iranian-backed Lebanese are ignored. Psychological abuse cent were subject to psychological the faces of my people,” said Sahar, open dialogue should speak to the who came a distant second with Shia militia Hezbollah to pull is also neglected. Only sexual abuse. THE PENINSULA a 27-year-old pro-reform univer- Iranian people with respect and 6.07 million votes. AFP back from fighting in Syria. and physical abuse is normally Picture on page 2 sity student as she marched with recognise the rights of the Islamic See also page 7 See also page 6 SUNDAY 16 JUNE 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Qatar scientists make breakthrough in diabetes treatment DOHA: Scientists at Qatar maintain the correct sugar level Therapy-Nucleic Acids, the official including heart disease and kid- declared as a viable therapy. In sugar, the beta cells produce less Biomedical Research Institute, in the body’s circulation. journal of the American Society of ney failure. This discovery has the a healthy person, insulin is pro- insulin. The stem cells engineered in collaboration with research- The Scientific Director of Gene and Cell Therapy. potential to reduce this burden by duced by the pancreas in a con- by the QBRI team behave in the ers at Imperial College London, the Stem Cell and Regenerative “Diabetes is a world-wide harnessing the body’s own stem stant proportion to remove excess same way, secreting more or less have made a potentially signifi- Medicine Center at QBRI, Dr health problem, and it is espe- cells to secrete insulin as needed glucose, or sugar, from the blood,” insulin, depending on glucose lev- cant breakthrough in the treat- Nagy Habib, is the lead inves- cially prevalent in Qatar,” said to maintain proper blood sugar Dr Haoudi explained. els in the blood. ment of diabetes. tigator of the team of scientists Executive Director of QBRI levels in the body. This research “When a person consumes These studies have been sup- The team has discovered a new at QBRI and Imperial College and a co-author of the study, Dr represents the first promising more sugar-rich food, the insulin- ported by QBRI, a member of way to instruct isolated stem cells London that made the discovery. Abdelali Haoudi. steps toward a new treatment, producing cells in the pancreas Qatar Foundation for Education, in a laboratory setting to secrete The findings have just “People with diabetes face but it will need to go through (called beta cells) secrete more Science and Community insulin when it is needed to been published in Molecular serious medical complications, the clinical validation before it is insulin. When a person eats less Development. THE PENINSULA Qatar retains rank Protecting children from abuse in peace index 2013 report shows world is becoming less peaceful DOHA: Qatar has retained its has been largely due to an top rank on the Global Peace increase in military expenditure Index (GPI) for 2013 in the and political and security insta- Middle East and North Africa bility, in addition to a rise in the (Mena) region for the fifth intensity of internal conflicts in time in a row. different countries. At the same time the region Qatar saw an improvement continues to be affected by the in its score on some indica- fallout of the Arab Spring, the tors such as corruption (6.8/10) resulting turmoil, which has had compared to (7.2/10) in 2012 and a profound impact on the global media freedom (32.9/100) com- FROM LEFT: Dr Khalid Abdulnoor, Dr Salah Al Mannai, Dr Ahmed Al Hammadi, Dr Marcellina Mian and peace index this year. pared to (42/100) in 2012. Consultant at the Paediatric Emergency, Dr Khalid Alsaadi Alyafei, during the Child Abuse and Neglect The annual report published The GPI is an attempt to Symposium at the Four Seasons Hotel in Doha yesterday. KAMMUTTY VP by the Sydney-based Institute measure the relative position of for Economics and Peace (IEP), nations’ and regions’ peacefulness. ranks 162 countries by meas- It is the product of Institute for uring their level of safety and Economics and Peace (IEP) and security, extent of domestic or developed in consultation with SCH launches webpage on Coronavirus international conflict and the an international panel of peace degree of militarisation. experts from peace institutes and DOHA: The Supreme Council The webpage is available in both virus responsible for severe acute Some GCC countries also think tanks with data collected of Health (SCH) launched a Arabic and English. The council respiratory syndrome (SARS), dropped from their rankings (UAE), Kuwait and Oman were and collated by the Economist webpage to raise awareness has also allocated a hot line to which was identified in 2003.