ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 2 Business | 14 Sport | 19 Unique Eid Al Qatar’s stock Boxers from 73 Adha shows market to stay countries to vie a huge draw strong in the for top honours among visitors. fourth quarter. at Doha 2015. SATURDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2015 • 12 Dhul-Hijja 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6565 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 FIFA confirms Emir meets Erdogan in Istanbul dates for 2022 Qatar World Cup from Nov 21 until Dec 18 ZURICH: The 2022 World Cup Qatar’s National Day,” tweeted winter. “In principle, we try to in Qatar will start on November the Supreme Committee for play in 28 days. The next step is 21 and conclude on December Delivery & Legacy, Qatar’s deliv- to have different talks, especially 18, FIFA confirmed after its ery and legacy authority for the (on) the international calendar,” executive committee meeting in 2022 FIFA World Cup. Platini had said. Zurich yesterday. In March, FIFA had approved At that time, Telegraph news- World soccer’s governing body staging the final of the 2022 World paper had said the beginning of had announced in March that the Cup to coincide with Qatar’s the World Cup will be around final would be played on December National Day on December 18. November 21 as FIFA had sug- 18 — Qatar’s National Day — and A FIFA task force had recom- gested it would be a week-and-a- the start date confirmed yester- mended that the tournament be half shorter than usual. day means the tournament will switched from summer to win- The decision on the date of the run for 28 days, four days shorter ter and played in November and 2022 final ended a long-running than usual. December. debate on the timing. It will be the shortest since And FIFA’s Communications However, European clubs had the competition switched to a Chief Walter de Gregorio had said complained about the disruption 32-team tournament in 1998. deciding the date of the final was to their cash-rich domestic cham- The 2014 World Cup in Brazil “an important step. Finally, we pionships on account of a winter was held over 32 days and the know and we can move forward. World Cup. Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul yesterday. shortest 32-team tournament 31 “The final will be on December And even the dates for the During a meeting at Huber Palace, the leaders discussed latest regional and international developments, par- days. 18. It is a Sunday and it is also November-December tournament ticularly in Palestine. They stressed the importance of intensifying efforts towards a unified stance to support The Qatar tournament will National Day of Qatar, so it fits were not unanimous. England and and protect the rights of the Palestinian people and urged the international community to put an end to blatant mark the first time that the event perfectly,” he told reporters. other countries had opposed this Israeli violations of Jerusalem and Al Aqsa Mosque. Talks also dealt with developments in Syria and Yemen. is held during Europe’s winter Qatar was awarded the 2022 because of the clash with tra- months, previously the competi- finals in December 2010 on the ditional games played over the tion had been held in June and basis it would take place in the Christmas and New Year period. July. summer in air-conditioned UEFA, Europe’s governing body, The tournament was moved to stadiums. had initially preferred December Emir arrives avoid effects of the desert heat in But within days, Franz 23 for the final, but have since Saudi: Pilgrims at the Gulf at that time of year. Beckenbauer, an executive com- changed its mind. Decisions to award Qatar the mittee member at the time, and European clubs were expected in New York hosting of the tournament and UEFA President Michel Platini to press for some kind of compen- NEW YORK: Emir H H 2018 tournament to Russia were suggested a winter World Cup sation for halting their national fault over deaths Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al taken in 2010. would be possible. league and Champions League Thani yesterday arrived at “It’s confirmed — the 2022 @ FIFA had to change from the games for at least five weeks. MINA: Saudi Arabia yester- because some pilgrims moved John F Kennedy Airport in FIFAWorldCup Qatar will take traditional June-July World Cup But FIFA President Sepp day suggested pilgrims ignor- without following instructions by New York to take part in the place from 21 November until 18 and thus will be the first tourna- Blatter had said compensation ing crowd control rules bore relevant authorities,” the minis- 70th UN General Assembly. December. World Cup Final on ment to be held in the northern was not needed. AGENCIES some blame for a stampede ter said in a statement. He is accompanied by an offi- that killed over 700 people Civil Defence service reported cial delegation. QNA at the Haj pilgrimage in the on Twitter that a fire had Fly boarding annual event’s worst disaster occurred in three storage facili- for 25 years. ties in Makkah’s Al Maaseem The Custodian of the Two neighbourhood, and 10 fire and UN sets goals Hezbollah confirms Holy Mosques King Salman bin rescue units were in attendance. six-month truce Abdulaziz Al Saud has ordered a No further details were immedi- to end poverty review of Haj plans and Health ately available. deal for Syria towns Minister Khalid Al Falih said the Interior Ministry spokesman in 15 years investigation ordered would be Major General Mansour Turki BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Shia conducted rapidly and a final toll was quoted in Saudi media yes- UNITED NATIONS: World movement Hezbollah, an ally of dead and wounded calculated. terday as saying security forces leaders yesterday pledged to of Syrian President Bashar Al At least 863 pilgrims were had immediately responded and end extreme poverty within 15 Assad, confirmed yesterday injured in the disaster, in which begun to rescue those who fell in years, adopting an ambitious set that a six-month truce had been two big groups of pilgrims col- the stampede. of UN goals to be backed up by reached for the rebel-held town lided at a crossroads in Mina, a In New York, Pope Francis trillions of dollars in develop- of Zabadani and two Shia towns few km east of Makkah, on their expressed “my sentiments ment spending. in the northwest. way to performing the “Stoning of closeness” with Muslims. Pope Francis welcomed the Hezbollah chief Hassan of the Devil” ritual at Jamarat. AGENCIES agenda as an “important sign of Nasrallah told the movement’s The stampede “was perhaps See also page 5 hope” in his speech to the UN Al Manar television that the General Assembly and urged deal was reached under United leaders to deliver on their promise Nations auspices, with mediation to transform the world by 2030. of Damascus ally Iran. Billed as the most ambitious anti- It will entail the “evacuation poverty plan, the 17 Sustainable of armed and wounded men from South Sudan army leaves Juba Development Goals and 169 tar- Zabadani (between Damascus JUBA: South Sudan’s army is moving its forces out of the capital, gets were adopted at the start of a and the Lebanese border) to Juba, in accordance with a peace deal signed with rebel forces to summit that capped three years of Idlib province (in the north) in end a conflict that erupted in December 2013, an army commander tough-going negotiations. They will exchange for the evacuation of said. Under the deal signed by President Salva Kiir and rebel leader replace Millennium Development 10,000 civilians from the villages Riek Machar in August, Juba and some centres will be demilitarised. Goals that expire this years. of Fuaa and Kafraya to zones con- Shifting the army out of Juba marks a step towards implementing The agenda also aims to ensure trolled by the regime,” he said. the deal, although both sides have been accused by international media- healthy lives, promote education In July, pro-government tors of violating a permanent ceasefire put in place after the pact was and combat climate change at a forces launched an offensive to signed. Major General Marial Chanuong Yol Mangok, Commander of cost of between $3.5 and $5trn per try to recapture Zabadani. This Kiir’s presidential guard, said redeployment of the army outside Juba year until 2030. AGENCIES prompted a rebel alliance, includ- had started. AFP See also page 13 A fly boarder performs as part of Eid Al Adha celebrations at Aspire ing Sunni extremists of Al Qaeda, Park yesterday. Report on page 2 to besiege Fuaa and Kafraya whose residents are Shias. Rami Abdel Rahman, Director, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the truce was reached Air Ambulance rescues man from drowning; child found dead in car between rebel fighters, including Islamist group Ahrar Al Sham, DOHA: Air Ambulance rescued an Eid Many calls were to rescue what were He returned home and went out again, Al Consultant at the unit, Dr Jalal Al Isai, and pro-regime forces and their Al Adha enthusiast from drowning off claimed to be drowning cases, said Hatim Sharq reports on its website. said aside from stomach upset cases due to Hezbollah allies. Short truces the Sealine beach in the south of the Al Aaji, Supervisor, Ambulance Service. Al Aaji said three people were injured overeating and indigestion, some children agreed previously between the country yesterday.