ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Wednesday 20 March 2013 8 Jumada I 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5644 Price: QR2 Shaken Cyprus Hosts Sri Lanka seeks beat hapless Russia help Bangladesh Business | 19 Sport | 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Sheikha Moza with Maldives First Lady Qatar hails election of Hitto as Syria Fish Market interim govt head DOHA: Qatar has welcomed the election of Ghassan Hitto as head of the Syrian interim to operate government. An official source at the Foreign Ministry, in a statement yesterday, hailed the election of the head of the Syrian Interim in two shifts government as an important step towards preparation for the transition, and legitimate political Evening hours from 6 to 11 participation, especially after the issuance of the decision that gave DOHA: The Central Fish and Urban Planning, Syria’s seat in the Arab League to Market will be open in two Ministry of Environment the Syrian opposition. QNA shifts from tomorrow on a and the Consumer Protection trial basis. Department (CPD) of the The evening shift will begin at Ministry of Business and Trade Saudi Arabia 6pm and last until 11pm. has taken the decision to open The market’s evening sales the market in two shifts on an arrests 18 hours are being introduced on experimental basis. a trial basis for a month, while The committee will closely over spying its morning vending timings, monitor the working of the cen- from 7am until noon, will remain tral market in the evening hours RIYADH: The Saudi authori- unchanged. and arrive at a decision after H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser with the First Lady of Maldives, Madam Ilham Hussain, at the Qatar ties have arrested 18 suspected The market’s operations in two a month, Qatar News Agency Foundation headquarters in Doha. They talked about measures to support autistic children in both countries. spies, including an Iranian and shifts a day is apparently aimed at (QNA) reported yesterday. (AISHA AL MUSALLAM) a Lebanese, on charges of espio- helping boost its business since it This is the first time that nage for a foreign country, the has been facing stiff competition the fish market, located in Abu interior ministry said yesterday. from the mushrooming hyper- Hamour, is being opened in two “Sixteen Saudis, an Iranian markets and malls for the past shifts since from its inception it and a Lebanese were arrested several years. has always been open only in the Suspected chemical attack in Syria in coordinated and simultane- Also, since the market’s morn- mornings, QNA added. ous operations in four regions ing hours are from 7am until The news agency said that trial of the kingdom,” including the 12 noon, a lot of people are not auctions of fish stock were held BEIRUT: Syria’s government rebels fired a rocket carry- confirmed a chemical attack capital Riyadh and the holy city able to visit it and they usually in the evening last Sunday and and rebels accused each other ing chemical agents that killed in Syria, but Russia, an ally of of Makkah, the ministry said in prefer to make fish purchases at Monday. of launching a deadly chemical 25 people and wounded doz- Damascus, accused rebels of car- a statement. convenient hours from shopping On Monday, an important attack near the northern city ens. The pro-opposition Syrian rying out such a strike. The suspects, some of whom complexes. development was that more of Aleppo yesterday in what Observatory for Human Rights, Syria’s deputy foreign minister, were arrested in Eastern Province During the trial period of a stocks (21.5 tonnes) were auc- would, if confirmed, be the first which monitors the conflict, said Faisal Meqdad, said his govern- where the kingdom’s Shia minor- month how the evening shift of tioned than in the morning use of such weapons in the two- 16 soldiers were among the dead. ment would send a letter to the ity is concentrated, were working the market benefits consumers, (15 tonnes only). year conflict. The most notorious use of UN Security Council “calling on it for a foreign country which it did vendors, fishermen and trawler Meanwhile, the market has US President Barack Obama, chemical weapons in the Middle to handle its responsibilities and not name, the statement added. owners will be assessed and been undergoing a major facelift who has resisted overt military East in recent history was in clarify a limit to these crimes of Their arrest was made after the based on that, a decision whether and the vending floor is being intervention in Syria, has warned the Iraqi Kurdish city of Halabja terrorism and those that support ministry had “received informa- to make the evening hours a expanded and a new cleaning area President Bashar Al Assad that where an estimated 5,000 peo- it inside Syrian Arab Republic”. tion concerning the involvement permanent feature would be is being built. any use of chemical weapons ple died in a poison gas attack He warned that the violence of Saudis and expats in espionage made. People had long been complain- would be a “red line”. There has, ordered by former Iraqi President that had engulfed Syria was a on behalf of a another country,” An inter-ministerial com- ing that the fish market was in however, been no suggestion of Saddam Hussein 25 years ago. regional threat. said the statement carried by the mittee with members from a mess. rebels possessing such arms. No Western governments REUTERS official SPA news agency. the Ministry of Municipality THE PENINSULA Syria’s state television said or international organisations See also page 10 AFP Rumpus at match Rains, dusty Ooredoo deal Muslim clerics for weather to help spot likely today accident sites better Vatican ties DOHA: The Ministry of DOHA: The International the world, and to contribute to DOHA: Marking the transition Interior (MoI) has signed an Union of Muslim Scholars security, shelter and relief in dis- from winter to summer, Qatar agreement with Ooredoo to help (IUMS) led by noted Qatar- aster areas where criminals and is likely to experience sudden rescue teams instantly identify based Islamic scholar Dr Yousuf tyrants have been terrorizing the changes in weather from today, accident locations. Al Qaradawi said yesterday that masses,” added the statement. with chances of a dust storm, The agreement was signed with the accession of a new Pope The Union stressed the need rains and a dip in temperature. between the National Control at the Vatican, the Union would for a serious dialogue between This seasonal phenomenon Room at MoI and Ooredoo, an like to reopen channels of com- representatives of different reli- which the locals call “Serraya” HMC official told a session of munication with the supreme gions in “today’s turbulent world.” has been attributed to a low pres- the Central Municipal Council, leader of the world’s Catholics. “This dialogue would contribute sure over the Gulf region. according to Al Sharq. “The Union would like to positively towards the values of “Qatar experiences this con- A major challenge being faced announce that its freezing of com- faith, tolerance, cooperation for dition every year usually from by MoI’s rescue teams was locat- munication with the Pope of the the sake of good, and security and mid-March until the beginning ing the accident sites accurately, Vatican has ended. The Union’s peace on all levels,” said the state- of April. This period is marked by with many incidents taking place earlier decision was due to the ment. “Let us all work together sudden and unexpected changes in in relatively less known areas, previous Pope’s stance on Islam. towards an integrative system of weather conditions. Strong winds the daily said. The Ministry had Now, however, we would like to moral values, and stand together and rains could be expected on previously considered assigning open a new page with the new against injustice, corruption, and some days, and the weather will Qataris in every ambulance to Pope,” said a statement issued by violation of human dignity every- return to normal, with chances of help drivers identify the locations. the Union yesterday. where. Let us stand together with a recurrence of such conditions,” However, many Qataris did not “IUMS would like to congrat- the legitimate rights of the people Abdullah Al Mannai, Director of agree to be a part of the project ulate Pope Francis for this dis- of Palestine, Syria, and elsewhere. Forecast and Analysis Department while others said the offered tinguished post, and wish him Let us reject together atheism, at the Meteorology Department salary was not enough, said the success in carrying out a signifi- immorality, abortion, and degra- told this newspaper last evening. daily. cant role in re-establishing the dation of family values,” it added. According to a statement THE PENINSULA values of tolerance and peace in THE PENINSULA issued by the Department yester- day, thunderstorms are expected today and tomorrow. The Department has warned of poor visibility and high seas Deadline soon for replacing old number plates during this period resulting from strong dust laden winds. DOHA: The Department of department has said. given. Many vehicles are yet to The weather would remain The match referee tries to pull away Al Arabi’s Abdulla Marafee (red), Traffic is expected to soon Actually, the decision for get their number plates replaced, cloudy today with chances of who is grappling with Al Gharafa’s Nene during their Qatar Stars Cup announce a final deadline for all automobiles to have new and while the owners of some of scattered rains.