BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Qatar’s El Jaish defeat INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 3 – 12, 31, 32 COMMENT 28, 29 Qapco close to REGION 13 BUSINESS 1 – 8, 12 – 16 UAE’s 16,238.83 9,917.52 31.02 ARAB WORLD 14 CLASSIFIED 9 – 11 fi nalising ethane -192.25 -85.28 -0.85 INTERNATIONAL 15 – 27 SPORTS 1 – 12 Al Ain 2-1 -1.17% -0.85% -2.67% expansion project Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 THURSDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10009 February 25, 2016 Jumada I 16, 1437 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Caution on ceasefire plan Partnership In brief to promote WORLD | Survey Doha ranks among top 100 safe cities Mercer’s Quality of Living rankings 2016 places Doha among top Qatar as art, 100 cities for personal safety of expatriates in the Middle East and Africa region. The host city of FIFA World Cup 2022 ranks 70th in this segment of the rankings. Only a handful of cities in this region sports hub place in the top 100 for personal safety – with Abu Dhabi ranking Qatar Museums and the Supreme channels, including social media and highest in 23rd place, followed by Committee for Delivery & newsletters. Muscat (29), Dubai (40) and Port Legacy sign a memorandum of The SC recently organised work- Louis (59). Mercer has crowned understanding shops at the Fire Station, the home of the Austrian capital Vienna as the QM’s Artist in Residence Programme. city with the best quality of living atar will be promoted as a lead- The workshops were led by Qatari art- in the world. Dubai (75) continues ing global art, cultural and ist Faraj Daham and Saudi Arabian art- to rank highest for quality of living Qsporting hub, according to a ist Saddiq Wasil. across Africa and the Middle East, memorandum of understanding (MoU) Participants were inspired by the followed by Abu Dhabi (81) and signed between Qatar Museums (QM) proposed stadium designs, along Port Louis (83) in Mauritius. The and the Supreme Committee for Deliv- with the SC’s Al Rayyan Recycled Art South African cities of Durban, ery & Legacy (SC). Project, which will see deconstructed Cape Town, and Johannesburg QM, under the patronage of its materials being used to create instal- rank 85th, 92nd, and 95th chairperson HE Sheikha Al Mayassa lations within the new Al Rayyan Sta- respectively. Civilians walking past the rubble of damaged buildings in the rebel-held historic southern town of Bosra al-Sham, Deraa, Syria. bint Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, is dium and precinct. Attendance at the US President Barack Obama yesterday expressed caution about a plan to stop fighting in Syria, while the main opposition responsible for developing, promoting workshops exceeded expectations, group said it had yet to commit to the deal. Combatants are required to say whether they will agree to the “cessation of and sustaining Qatar’s cultural sector. while the work created was outstand- REGION | Appreciation hostilities” by noon tomorrow, and to halt fighting at midnight on Saturday. The UN hopes the planned halt in the fighting will The SC is tasked with delivering the ing. Yemen hails Qatar’s provide a breathing space for Syrian peace talks to resume. The last round in Geneva broke up earlier this month without infrastructure required for the 2022 QM acting CEO Mansoor bin Eb- progress after the Syrian government launched a Russian-backed off ensive on the city of Aleppo, where more fighting was FIFA World Cup Qatar. rahim al-Mahmoud said: “At Qatar supportive stance reported yesterday. Page 14 The partnership, designed to build Museums, we have always been a great The Yemeni government has and strengthen the collaboration that supporter of the SC’s work and this praised Qatar’s stances in support already exists between the two organi- commitment will strengthen the ca- of Yemen on the political and sations, will principally focus on shar- pabilities of both our organisations. relief fronts as well as its eff orts ing knowledge and expertise. Together we share a similar purpose, to enhance Yemen’s unity, The SC will work with QM on both a which is to show that Qatar is open to security and stability. Speaking consultancy and service delivery basis. the world and we look forward to work- to QNA on the sidelines of the Qatar urges citizens to At the same time, QM will support the ing together more closely in support of humanitarian crisis in Yemen SC in the development and evaluation this aim.” conference, Yemeni government of various projects, as well as delivering The SC’s assistant secretary gen- spokesman Rajeh Badi said his a number of events and workshops. QM eral for Tournament Aff airs, Nasser governments appreciated “the will also be installing a number of art- al-Khater said: “We are proud to be honourable stances” of Qatar on avoid Lebanon travel works in all of the 2022 FIFA World Cup working closely together with Qatar the political, development, relief stadiums as part of the collaboration. Museums, and this MoU further illus- and humanitarian fronts. Page 10 The partnership will provide access trates the extent to which we are com- QNA, AFP avoid unspecifi ed, unsafe areas. diplomatic ties with Tehran. for the SC to QM’s resources, facilities mitted to employing the power of sport Doha Qatar and Kuwait join Saudi Arabia, Syria’s war has exacerbated po- and institutions, and allow for joint and culture to enhance Qatar’s hosting the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain litical rivalries within Lebanon, which promotional activities through various capabilities.” in issuing travel warnings for Leba- has been without a president for al- he Ministry of Foreign Aff airs non. most two years because of fi erce disa- 30mn-year-old rock found under World Cup stadium in Doha has called on all Qatari Riyadh has also halted a $4bn mili- greements between Hezbollah and its Tcitizens not to travel to Leba- tary and police funding programme rivals. Rock samples up to 30mn-year-old have Samples were then taken of the rock, non. for Beirut in response to what it said Meanwhile, the spokesman of been unearthed under one of the Qatar which dated it back to approximately up In a statement yesterday, the min- were “hostile” positions linked to Yemen’s internationally-recognised 2022 World Cup stadiums, the to 30mn years ago. istry urged the citizens who are in Hezbollah. government has accused Hezbollah The Supreme Committee for Delivery & “We discovered that the rocks in question Lebanon to leave for their own safety Riyadh’s ambassador in Lebanon, of training Shia Houthi rebels and or- Legacy (SC) said yesterday. originated under water, forming a layer and contact the Qatari embassy in Ali Awad Assiri, said yesterday that chestrating attacks on Saudi Arabia The “Dukhan rock” was found during known as the middle-Eocene epoch. This Beirut to provide them with the nec- Lebanon must apologise for failing to from Yemen. construction of the 40,000-capacity is an extraordinary find,” he added. essary facilities and assistance. join other Arab nations in condemn- The government has evidence of Qatar Foundation Stadium, which is set to “We decided to conduct further research Earlier yesterday, in a statement ing attacks on Saudi diplomatic mis- “Hezbollah’s involvement in the host matches up to the quarter-final stage into the ‘Dukhan rock’ which has been cited by the offi cial Kuna news agency, sions in Iran last month. Houthi war on the Yemeni people,” in six years’ time. Off icials have called it an identified by a site investigation and the Kuwaiti embassy in Beirut also “This has upset the kingdom and Rajih Badi said in a statement to the “extraordinary find”. geotechnical study.” advised Kuwaitis to postpone any (Lebanon) has to repair the error with offi cial sabanew.net agency. “As we dug down deeper on site, we came Excavation at the site reached 17m in planned travel to Lebanon. wisdom and courage,” Assiri told AFP. Hezbollah militants are present in across interesting and distinct colour depth. The mission said all citizens The attacks on Saudi mis- “the battlefi elds along the border with bandings on the rock formations,” said Some eight stadiums will be used for the should leave “except in extreme cir- sions in Iran, which followed the Saudi Arabia”, said Badi, urging “in- SC’s Competition Venues project manager competition in Qatar, including the Qatar cumstances”, and advised those kingdom’s execution of a terror- ternational legal measures” against Eid al-Qahtani . Foundation Stadium. who stay to exercise caution and ist convict, prompted Riyadh to cut the movement. Traffi c cameras record more than 600 violations ore than 600 violations have getting fi ned,” the MoI said. been registered for off ences The surveillance cameras, installed Msuch as overtaking from the on several roads across Qatar, would right, changing lanes at intersections augment monitoring of a number of and stopping in the yellow box, with traffi c violations and enhance road the help of cameras, the Ministry of In- safety, Gulf Times had reported in Oc- terior (MoI) has said. tober last year. In a post on its Facebook page, the The new cameras have been installed MoI said these off ences could now be as part of the “Talaa” project, which caught by cameras and radars installed aims to activate security surveillance specially for this purpose at intersec- cameras on streets and main roads in tions and signals. the country to monitor violations of all “From now, there is no need for the types, as specifi ed by the traffi c law, an presence of traffi c police or patrols to MoI offi cial had said.