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Total 100 articles, created at 2016-09-12 00:01 1 Hillary Clinton falls ill at the 9/11 memorial ceremony

(3.10/4) Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton left a Sept. 11 memorial service early after feeling "overheated," according to a campaign spokesman, and video of her departure showed her buckling and stumbling as she got into her van. 2016-09-11 23:32 976Bytes www.washingtonpost.com 2 Clinton maintains lead over Trump in latest poll (2.04/4) Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads her Republican opponent Donald Trump by 5 points among likely voters, according to a new Washington Post/ABC News poll. The poll also found the reputations of Clinton and Trump have been bruised by the campaign. 2016-09-11 22:48 1KB www.washingtonpost.com 3 Fire sparked by hot coals damages 6 cars at football stadium

(1.20/4) EAST RUTHERFORD, N. J. (AP) — New Jersey state police say hot coals apparently left in a parking lot by a tailgater sparked a fire at MetLife Stadium that spr... 2016-09-11 20:36 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 4 Pulse shooting: Orlando officials hope to keep victims' center open for years (1.14/4) Center opened in unused local government building shortly after nightclub attack 2016-09-11 19:33 2KB www.theguardian.com 5 Benchmark led to special education services denials

(1.13/4) HOUSTON (AP) — More than a dozen teachers and administrators from across Texas say they delayed or denied special education to disabled students in order to... 2016-09-11 20:17 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 6 Tesla says new Autopilot would likely have prevented fatality

(1.08/4) By Alexandria Sage and David Shepardson SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Tesla Motors Co Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Sunday the automaker... 2016-09-11 20:08 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk

7 NFL player raises fist during national anthem Contact WND (1.05/4) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — Kansas City cornerback Marcus Peters raised a black-gloved fist during the national anthem before the NFL opener against San Diego, backing up his promise to show support for protests started by Colin Kaepernick. It was the only such gesture visible throughout the... 2016-09-11 20:29 1KB www.wnd.com 8 Senator says Clinton seemed 'fine' at 9/11 event Senator Chuck Schumer says Hillary Clinton seemed "fine" just (1.04/4) before she left the 9/11 memorial ceremony and was captured on video appearing to struggle to stay on her feet. 2016-09-11 21:39 1KB www.news24.com 9 French police foil 'attack' by 16-year-old French police have arrested a 16-year-old at his Paris home to abort what they feared was a planned weekend attack, as the

(1.02/4) prime minister warned about 15 000 people in the country could be in the process of being radicalised. 2016-09-11 21:39 2KB www.news24.com 10 How the feds forgot 9/11 Contact WND Fifteen years ago after 9/11, Americans collectively chanted, “We will never forget.” Fifteen years later, the White House’s mantra

(0.15/4) through its actions is: “We will do our best to forget.” After 9/11 and before Obama’s first term in office, the U... 2016-09-11 20:31 3KB www.wnd.com 11 The real Islamophobia? Free speech dying in West Contact WND

(0.03/4) WASHINGTON – A bestseller in Germany, Hamed Abdel-Samad’s “Islamic Fascism” was to be published in France Sept. 16. But the French public will apparently never see the book written by a former Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood member. Two years ago, a French publisher, Piranha... 2016-09-11 20:28 6KB www.wnd.com 12 Duterte brings ‘new normal’ to PH-US ties RELATIONS between the Philippines and the United States have been historically stormy but close, but the arrival of a roughneck in Malacañang who says he is no fan of the Americans has brought a 2016-09-12 00:00 4KB globalnation.inquirer.net 13 Tax reform to fund Mindanao peace projects–DOF ADDITIONAL revenue to be generated under the Duterte administration’s proposed tax reform program will fund projects that will foster peace, according to the Department of Finance 2016-09-12 00:00 3KB business.inquirer.net

14 Sotto just won’t quit on SIM card registration IN A MOVE aimed at aiding the administration’s campaign against crime and terrorism, Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III has filed a bill—for the third time—requiring the registration 2016-09-12 00:00 1KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 15 Gov’t vows to resolve tax row with Japan THE DEPARTMENT of Finance has committed to resolve pending issues on value-added tax (VAT) slapped on Japanese-funded projects, as aid agency Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) committed to 2016-09-12 00:00 3KB business.inquirer.net 16 Fr. Tritz, who gave Pinoy kids a good education, dies at 101 FRENCH-born Jesuit priest, Fr. Pierre T. Tritz, who devoted more than 40 years of his life to the education of poor Filipino children, died on Sept. 10. He was 101. In 1974, after he turned 60, 2016-09-12 00:00 2KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 17 Aiko’s most memorable experience in Barcelona Aiko Melendez is more than ecstatic to be part of Star Cinema’s “Barcelona: A Love Untold,” which opens on Sept. 14. She portrays the aunt of Daniel Padilla who raised him in Spain. After 2016-09-12 00:00 3KB entertainment.inquirer.net 18 Noel Cabangon: Rico Blanco good for Filscap Noel Cabangon, who served as president of the Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (Filscap) for six years, believes that the group will be in good hands, with Rico 2016-09-12 00:00 3KB entertainment.inquirer.net 19 Gifted in the arts? This grant’s for you THE GOVERNMENT-run Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA) is offering special scholarships to Grade 6 pupils who are gifted in the arts, music or theater for the next school year, according to 2016-09-12 00:00 1KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 20 Aguirre: DOJ failed to use P40M to probe killings SOME P40 million that had been earmarked for the Department of Justice task force on extrajudicial killings remained unspent, according to Secretary Vitaliano N. Aguirre II. In an 2016-09-12 00:00 2KB newsinfo.inquirer.net

21 Abu suspected in latest abductions ZAMBOANGA CITY—Malaysian authorities have reported the kidnapping of three fishermen late Saturday off Pom Island, a popular scuba diving spot located in the eastern state of 2016-09-12 00:00 2KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 22 ‘US 9/11 a wake-up call for Pinoys’ THE SEPT. 11, 2001, terror attack on the United States has made Filipinos realize that combatting terrorism should be a shared responsibility of the government and its citizens, Presidential 2016-09-12 00:00 3KB globalnation.inquirer.net 23 ‘Shelve sea dispute to save reefs’ PUERTO PRINCESA CITY—As the Philippine and Chinese governments fight for control over territories in the South China Sea, the sustainability of the waterway’s rich marine resources has become the 2016-09-12 00:00 5KB globalnation.inquirer.net 24 Muslims recall Abraham’s obedience to God COTABATO CITY—Muslim leaders in the country have called on their constituents to shun extremism and draw inspiration from the story of Abraham, whose life and struggles are commemorated today by 2016-09-12 00:00 5KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 25 Lav Diaz wins top prize in Venice Int’l Film Festival LAV DIAZ’S colleagues, like fellow award-winning filmmakers Brillante Ma. Mendoza and Joel Lamangan, and actors Charo Santos and Nonie Buencamino, are rejoicing over Philippine cinema’s latest 2016-09-12 00:00 6KB entertainment.inquirer.net 26 Bill seeks creation of dep’t of fisheries SEN. FRANCIS “Kiko” Pangilinan, chair of the Senate agriculture committee, has filed a bill seeking to create a Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, removing the current Bureau of 2016-09-12 00:00 2KB business.inquirer.net 27 Nurse selling party drugs, 5 others nabbed ANTIDRUG operations led to the arrest of six suspects, including a barangay councilor and a nurse, in Taguig, Pasay and Parañaque cities on Saturday. The Southern Police District identified 2016-09-12 00:00 2KB newsinfo.inquirer.net

28 Obama on 9/11: Let not love, faithfulness forsake you WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Sunday invoked Scripture and praised the resilience and diversity of Americans while attending a Pentagon ceremony honoring the 3,000 lives lost 15 2016-09-11 22:40 2KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 29 DA wants answers on tax senior's ''mystery' deposits DA MP David Maynier vowed to submit a parliamentary question to get more information on a reported probe over alleged ''suspicious'' payments to a SARS officer. 2016-09-11 22:27 2KB www.news24.com 30 Israel's High Court: Forced feeding of hunger-striking detainees is legal ‘Detainee’s right to make himself ill or near-death by refusing to eat is not the same as the autonomy of regular patient.’ 2016-09-11 22:21 3KB www.jpost.com 31 Zuma extends condolences to Tanzania after quake President Jacob Zuma has offered condolences to the government and people of Tanzania, after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck on Sunday morning. 2016-09-11 22:11 1KB www.news24.com 32 Mugabe loves statue of himself, locals not sure The clenched fist, the set upper lip and that oh-so-slightly sunken chest: Zimbabwe's best-known sculptor Dominic Benhura has captured President Robert Mugabe in his trademark pose in a brand new creation. 2016-09-11 22:01 3KB www.news24.com 33 German court drops case against woman, 92, who worked at Auschwitz She was charged with 260,000 counts of accessory to murder, connected to her work at the Nazi concentration camp as the radio operator of the commandant there. 2016-09-11 21:49 1KB www.jpost.com 34 Israeli Doctors: Breastfeeding a casualty of marketing war over baby formulas Although more than 90 percent of women say after giving birth that they want to breastfeed, only about 58 percent do so because of various factors, including pressure from formula companies. 2016-09-11 21:42 3KB www.jpost.com

35 Netanyahu's office denies report of imminent meeting with Erdogan After the accord between Turkey and Israel was signed to return to full normalization, there is no news of a meeting between both countries leaders. 2016-09-11 21:27 2KB www.jpost.com 36 Child shot in DeKalb County A child was shot Sunday at a home on the 3500 block of Larkspur Terrace in DeKalb County, a fire official said. 2016-09-11 21:25 859Bytes www.ajc.com 37 J Street: The US should end tax deductions for pro-settlement groups "This is an organization that supported the Iran nuclear deal that threatens Israel’s existence, and which has supported United Nations Security Council action against Israel. " 2016-09-11 21:24 3KB www.jpost.com 38 Zama zamas rescued, more believed trapped Four informal miners were rescued from a disused mineshaft in Langlaagte, Johannesburg on Sunday afternoon, with more miners thought to be still trapped, police said. 2016-09-11 21:21 1KB www.news24.com 39 Sanral questions legality of Outa's e-toll 'defence umbrella' The South African National Roads Agency has questioned the legality of Outa's recruitment drive for membership of its e-tolls ''defence umbrella'' and its fund-raising activities, in a statement on Sunday. 2016-09-11 21:21 4KB www.news24.com 40 TNT rips Star, solidifies hold of top spot TNT inched closer to clinching the top spot after repulsing Star, 115-105, in the 2016 PBA Governors' Cup Sunday night at Mall of Asia Arena. Larry Fonacier came off the bench and led the 2016-09-11 21:21 2KB sports.inquirer.net 41 Patience key to Rashford's progress, says Ibrahimovic Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic said young striker Marcus Rashford needed time and patience to allow him to develop his game. 2016-09-11 21:14 2KB www.timeslive.co.za 42 9/11 anniversary ceremony begins with silence NEW YORK —The U. S. marked the 15th anniversary of 9/11 on Sunday, with a moment of silence marking the instant when a hijacked plane crashed and revealed that the deadliest terror attack on American 2016-09-11 20:57 3KB newsinfo.inquirer.net

43 Unhelpful messages Netanyahu’s basic argument – that the Palestinian demand to uproot Jewish settlements reveals bigotry and intolerance – has been made by this paper in the past. 2016-09-11 20:47 4KB www.jpost.com 44 Dozens arrested and blades seized at UK Sikh temple British police have arrested 55 people and seized blades at a Sikh temple following a demonstration at the holy site believed to be protesting a mixed marriage. 2016-09-11 20:44 2KB www.news24.com 45 Think about it: I love Israel I cannot say that I am sorry that Lapid is unlikely to emerge as Israel’ next prime minister. 2016-09-11 20:40 5KB www.jpost.com 46 9/11 memorial events in New York City, Washington, Pennsylvania By Ray Sanchez CNN NEW YORK, New York (CNN) — The recitations of the nearly 3,000 names of the dead rose toward a cloudy sky over lower Manhattan Sunday morning like an epic poem chronicling … 2016-09-11 20:36 6KB fox13now.com 47 Body cameras, clocks among ideas in play for tennis's future NEW YORK (AP) — What if they put tiny cameras on players to get more dramatic TV angles? What if serves that dribbled over the net were fair game? What if se... 2016-09-11 20:36 5KB www.dailymail.co.uk 48 Coming full circle on 9/11 Was the Koran behind such evil, or was it hijacked, like the planes- turned-bombs? Were all Muslims to be held accountable for the act of a few radicals, or would they join in the fight to root out their bad seeds? 2016-09-11 20:36 5KB www.jpost.com 49 Police: Man shot after asking if bulletproof vest works TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Police say a Florida man asking if a bulletproof vest "still worked" was fatally shot by his cousin. A Tampa Police report says 23-year-ol... 2016-09-11 20:33 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk

50 Uruguayan championship results and standings Sept 11 (Gracenote) - Results and standings from the Uruguayan championship matches on Sunday Sunday, September 11 Danubio 1 Villa Espanola 0 Defensor Sporti... 2016-09-11 20:33 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 51 Athleisure for every occasion: Lacoste designer Felipe Oliveira Baptista puts a couture spin on sportswear at jungle-themed NYFW show The brand debuted its Spring/Summer 2017 collection on Saturday morning at Spring Studios. 2016-09-11 20:32 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 52 Search suspended for missing cruise ship passenger ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The search is suspended for a missing woman who was on a cruise ship traveling from Seattle to Glacier Bay when she fell overboard. ... 2016-09-11 20:31 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 53 Gisele Bündchen practises with Tom Brady ahead of his comeback to the New England Patriots Tom Brady will be eligible to take the field next month. And his wife of seven years, Gisele Bündchen, has resolved not to allow him to go soft during his four-game suspension. 2016-09-11 20:30 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 54 Syria rebels tell US they back a ceasefire, but voice concerns at deal BEIRUT, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Syrian rebel groups wrote to the United States on Sunday, saying they would "cooperate positively" with a ceasefire but had deep... 2016-09-11 20:29 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 55 Hate America? Millions ready to take your place Contact WND The waiting list for those trying to enter the U. S. legally now stands at 4.4 million, 100,000 more than last year; some have been on the list for more than 15 years. The State Department does not count immigrants already in the... 2016-09-11 20:28 5KB www.wnd.com 56 Martin Shkreli shows up to troll Hillary Clinton about health Martin Shkreli was waiting with reporters outside Chelsea Clinton's home on Sunday and wrote on Twitter that he enjoyed hurling abuse at the Democratic nominee. 2016-09-11 20:28 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 57 Man was caught in surveillance video using 'kidnapped' mom's credit card before she was found mysteriously murdered in the trunk of her own car at a Washington gas station. Is HE the killer? This is the man who used the credit card belonging to abducted Montana mother Rita Maze on the day she disappeared, according to a gas station attendant where her car was last seen. 2016-09-11 20:28 6KB www.dailymail.co.uk 58 Kate Hudson beams as she poses with mother Goldie Hawn during 130 MILE bike ride in Colorado On Sunday the actress shared a photo to Instagram where she was smiling ear to ear as Goldie Hawn bicycled behind her. 2016-09-11 20:28 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 59 Hawaii prepares plan to help coral recover from bleaching Hawaii officials have proposed a series of steps to fight coral bleaching that's threatening the state's reefs, including new marine protected areas, limits on fishing and controlling polluted run-off from land. 2016-09-11 20:27 3KB www.news24.com 60 Controversial Costa scores twice but Chelsea held by Swansea Diego Costa was centre stage and scored twice but could not prevent Chelsea losing their 100 per cent Premier League record in a controversial 2-2 draw at Swansea on Sunday. 2016-09-11 20:27 988Bytes www.timeslive.co.za 61 Mother who cured her postnatal depression with photography takes a stunning picture of her young daughter, three, every day to apologise for shunning her as a newborn Sujata Setia, 35, from Kent, has created a portfolio of beautiful photos of her three-year-old Aayat in effort to capture the precious moment in her daughter's childhood years. 2016-09-11 20:26 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 62 Ad Council PSA campaign 'Love Has No Limits' wins Outstanding Commercial Emmy The Ad Council has won the Outstanding Commercial Grammy for its campaign 'Love Has No Labels'. 2016-09-11 20:18 1KB www.thedrum.com 63 IBC 2016: Quickplay on why AT&T is betting on them for the future of their TV services AT&T acquired Quickplay , the company that focuses on streaming TV over an device in June, to drive home their strategy to... 2016-09-11 20:17 1KB www.thedrum.com 64 Mexicans march for gay marriage, day after opponents rally MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of gay and lesbian rights supporters marched to Mexico City's Metropolitan Cathedral to support same-sex marriage Sunday, one day... 2016-09-11 20:16 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 65 Wife of Texas fire chief is arrested for his murder after he was shot and killed and she gave 'suspicious and conflicting information' to the police Chacey Tyler Poynter (pictured), 29, called around 10:40 pm Friday saying her husband, a veteran Dallas firefighter, had been shot, police said. Robert Poynter was found dead in a vehicle. 2016-09-11 20:13 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 66 Father 'murdered daughter, 6, just hours after social services assured her mom she was safe and doing well in protective custody' Seth Pickering, 36, was arrested after he allegedly took Lila Marie Pickering from a home in Asheville, North Carolina, and killed her, just a short time after a welfare officer said she was doing well. 2016-09-11 20:12 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 67 Seven guerrillas, policeman killed in Kashmir gunfight Three militants and a policeman were killed in a day-long gunfight on Sunday between security forces and guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, while four militants were killed in Kupwara as the army foiled an infiltration bid, the state police said. 2016-09-11 20:12 2KB www.mid-day.com 68 Croatia's conservatives lead in parliamentary vote - preliminary result ZAGREB, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Croatia's conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) were in the lead with 62 seats in the 151- seat parliament in Sunday's parl... 2016-09-11 20:11 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 69 Junk food damages blood cells leaving burger fans more at risk of cancer than their vegetable-eating friends People who do not eat enough antioxidants - which are found in fresh foods - produce red bloods cells that are damaged, scientists at Swansea University found. 2016-09-11 20:11 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 70 Box Office: 'Sully' Flies High to $35.5 Million U. S. Opening By Dave McNary LOS ANGELES, Sept 11 (Variety.com) - Tom Hanks' "Sully" has taken off with a stellar $35.5 million at 3,525 North American locations, marking ... 2016-09-11 20:11 6KB www.dailymail.co.uk 71 Tragic ending for real-life 'Fault in Our Stars' couple who have fought to be together through terminal illness but are now stuck in different states as wife takes her final breaths They're the real-life 'Fault in Our Stars' couple — two ill teenagers who fell in love and embarked on a journey to fight their diseases together. Except now their health struggles keeps them apart. 2016-09-11 20:08 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 72 Limpopo police probe string of slayings Limpopo police are investigating a string of murders that occurred on Saturday night in close succession. 2016-09-11 20:08 1KB www.news24.com 73 Tel Aviv experimental fringe theater company Tmuna hosts festival of plays, music The event aims to present a realistic and accurate picture of contemporary art while still allowing artists to break with conventions and truly go after their vision. 2016-09-11 20:06 4KB www.jpost.com 74 Turkey post-coup purge continues Turkey has removed almost 30 mayors accused of links to Kurdish militants or US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, using emergency powers to replace them with state-appointed trustees in a move that sparked accusations of trampling on democracy. 2016-09-11 20:04 4KB www.news24.com 75 Exeter 13-34 Saracens: Champions send warning to title pretenders CHRIS FOY AT SANDY PARK: Saracens claimed the Aviva Premiership and Champions Cup Double last season, but on this evidence, there will be no let-up; no loss of motivation. 2016-09-11 20:03 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 76 Rookies Leicester, Rostov mixing it with cream of Europe The closest Leicester got to a European trip in recent years was crossing the Welsh border to play Swansea in the Premier League. Now, as the unlikely Englis... 2016-09-11 20:03 5KB www.dailymail.co.uk 77 Shocking moment a migrant being deported to Venice on an easyJet flight is held down after screaming 'Allahu Akbar' 29 times, 'death is coming' 17 times and 'we will die' nine times in two-hour frenzy This is the horrifying moment a migrant being deported on an easyJet flight from Gatwick Airport to Venice was held down in his chair after he screamed 'Allahu Akbar' 29 times. 2016-09-11 20:00 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 78 Turkey replaces 28 mayors, sparking outcry, protests Turkey's government replaced 28 mayors, whom the Interior Ministry accuses of terrorist ties, with trustees, sparking demonstrations and international concern. 2016-09-11 20:00 5KB rss.cnn.com 79 Brothers critical of Turkish government arrested after TV programme Ahmet Altan, a former newspaper editor, and his brother Mehmet, a prominent academic, have been taken into custody for ‘subliminal messages’ 2016-09-11 19:57 4KB www.theguardian.com 80 Catalan separatists rally in Barcelona to support secession Hundreds of thousands of separatist-minded Catalans have rallied in Barcelona to show their support for an independent nation that would break away from Spain. 2016-09-11 19:56 1KB www.independent.ie

81 Jennifer Garner looks leggy in navy dress as she takes her three children to church The 44-year-old actress looked gorgeous in a flattering navy mini dress as she took her three children to an early morning service. 2016-09-11 19:54 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 82 Houston pauses to remember 9/11 victims, responders Larry Catuzzi was planning to board a plane to Chicago when he received word the flight had been cancelled after two planes smashed into the... 2016-09-11 23:39 3KB www.chron.com 83 Clean sweep for America in the triathlon as Team USA takes gold, silver and bronze in the paralympics toughest event The US Paralympic team was today celebrating its athletes domination of the games’ toughest event which is being held for the first tim 2016-09-11 19:47 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 84 Authorities in Ohio city probe series of bomb threats CINCINNATI (AP) — The FBI is helping authorities in the Cincinnati area investigate recent bomb threats at high-profile local venues. FBI spokesman Todd Lind... 2016-09-11 19:47 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 85 Taking the plunge: Daredevils leap off a 88ft platform during the Red Bull cliff diving championships Stunning pictures have been released from the 2016 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. The competition was on its sixth stop in Pembrokeshire, Wales, this weekend. 2016-09-11 19:44 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 86 Ariel Sharon refused to go to bomb shelter on 9/11 Sharon remained calm as he prepared for any eventuality of what could happen to Israel following the attacks in the US. 2016-09-11 19:43 2KB www.jpost.com 87 Son of Johnny 'Mad Dog' Adair found dead THE son of former loyalist leader Johnny "Mad Dog'' Adair has been found dead at a house in Ayrshire. 2016-09-11 19:41 1KB www.independent.ie

88 PRESS DIGEST-New Zealand newspapers - Sept 12 WELLINGTON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Following are some of the lead stories from New Zealand media. Stories may be taken from papers or Internet editions. Reuters... 2016-09-11 19:40 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 89 Afghan forces mount offensive around besieged southern city Afghan forces backed by air strikes mounted a new offensive to flush out Taliban insurgents encircling the capital of southern Uruzgan province, officials sa... 2016-09-11 19:39 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 90 Drake pays loving tribute to girlfriend Rihanna as she joins him on stage They may have been slow to admit to their romance but the rapper couldn't have made it any clearer when RiRi made a surprise appearance at his Summer Sixteen gig at L. A.'s Staples Center on Saturday night. 2016-09-11 19:38 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 91 Bristol 10-32 Northampton: Andy Robinson urges newcomers to get 'streetwise' after Ashton Gate hiding NIK SIMON AT ASHTON GATE: After seven years of waiting, the ‘welcome back’ party quickly fell flat in the West Country, where Northampton dished out an early ‘schooling’ in Premiership rugby. 2016-09-11 19:38 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 92 They sure know how to roar! Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara look elegant at TIFF press conference for their film Lion Both Nicole Kidman, 49, and Rooney Mara, 31, exhibited class during their appearance at the movie's press conference, which took place at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday. 2016-09-11 19:35 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 93 In Syria at sundown tomorrow, the US- Russia deal faces its first test An initiative by the two major powers has a distinctly retro feel: they may find they can no longer snap their fingers and command hostilities to stop 2016-09-11 19:33 4KB www.theguardian.com 94 France arrests 15-year-old boy for planning "imminent" Paris attack - sources PARIS, Sept 11 (Reuters) - A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Paris suspected of preparing imminent "violent action", two judicial sources said, the seco... 2016-09-11 19:33 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk

95 New DVF designer debuts line with back- to-basics approach NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathan Saunders, the newly appointed presumptive heir to DVF, paid homage to the brand's heritage while showcasing his own vision during an... 2016-09-11 19:32 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 96 French PM: Terror threat is 'maximal' The French prime minister issued a stark warning to the country Sunday: France remains a target for terror and there would be new attacks 2016-09-11 19:32 2KB rss.cnn.com 97 Fintech, Big Data, artificial intelligence and future of money Contact WND The echoes of antiquity tell us that Nimrod built the world’s first great city. In postmodern times, trillions of dollars can appear as electrons on a computer screen and be sent halfway around the world, or all the way around the world, with simply the click... 2016-09-11 19:31 13KB www.wnd.com 98 Quintana wins Spanish Vuelta ahead of Froome MADRID (AP) — Movistar rider Nairo Quintana won the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday, adding the title to the 2014 Giro d'Italia on his Grand Tour list of honors. Th... 2016-09-11 19:30 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 99 Egyptian adviser to murdered Italian student's family freed CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has released from detention a rights activist who had worked as a legal consultant to the family of Italian student Giulio Reg... 2016-09-11 19:30 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 100 Endurance swimmer cancels record swim attempt due to winds SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An endurance swimmer ended her attempt on Saturday to become the first woman to accomplish the longest solo, unassisted swim after ... 2016-09-11 19:29 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk Articles

Total 100 articles, created at 2016-09-12 00:01

1 Hillary Clinton falls ill at the 9/11 memorial ceremony (3.10/4) - Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton left a Sept. 11 memorial service early after feeling "overheated," according to a campaign spokesman, and video of her departure showed her buckling and stumbling as she got into her van. ()

Clinton campaign says she left 9/11 event feeling overheated newsinfo.inquirer.net Watch: Hillary Clinton stumbles, leaves 9/11 memorial service... ajc.com

Hillary Clinton's health re-emerges as issue in '16 campaign dailymail.co.uk

Clinton says she's feeling better after falling ill at 9/11 memorial washingtonpost.com 2016-09-11 23:32 The Washington www.washingtonpost.com

2 Clinton maintains lead over Trump in latest poll (2.04/4) - Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads her Republican opponent Donald Trump by 5 points among likely voters, according to a new Washington Post/ABC News poll. The poll also found the reputations of Clinton and Trump have been bruised by the campaign. () Poll: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton deadlocked in four battleground states washingtontimes.com

On Israeli TV, Hillary makes the choice for Trump clearer than ever jpost.com 2016-09-11 22:48 The Washington www.washingtonpost.com

3 Fire sparked by hot coals damages 6 cars at football stadium (1.20/4) EAST RUTHERFORD, N. J. (AP) — New Jersey state police say hot coals apparently left in a parking lot by a tailgater sparked a fire at MetLife Stadium that spread to six vehicles. No injuries were reported in the fire, which broke out shortly before 1 p.m. Sunday. That was kickoff time for the game between the New York Jets and Cincinnati Bengals, and most fans were already in the stadium. Three of the cars had to be towed from the scene. The fire remains under investigation, and it wasn't clear whether anyone would face charges in the incident. Fire sparked by hot coals damages 6 cars at MetLife Stadium washingtontimes.com 2016-09-11 20:36 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

4 Pulse shooting: Orlando officials hope to keep victims' center open for years (1.14/4) Orlando city officials say they want to keep an assistance center for victims of the Pulse nightclub massacre open for several more years. The Orlando Sentinel reports that the city council voted on 29 August to pay the Heart of Florida United Way not-for- profit more than $123,000 to staff the Orlando United Assistance Center through early November. The center sprang into being in an unused local government building shortly after the 12 June shooting, in which 49 people were killed by Omar Mateen , a self-identified sympathiser with the Islamic State militant group who was himself shot dead by police. Survivors can seek grief counselling, rent assistance and other services at the center. A senior adviser to the city on social services, Lori Pampilo Harris, told the newspaper “we’re prepared to be in it for as long as necessary” and said the center would be needed for “no less than three years”. “We think that there is still going to be a lot of need for therapy, mental health counselling, support groups, things like that,” Stephanie Husted, the center’s director, told the paper. The OneOrlando Fund is preparing compensation payouts , to be made later this month, for the families of those killed, the 53 wounded and others affected by the shooting at the LGBT club. Orlando officials want to keep Pulse assistance center open washingtontimes.com 2016-09-11 19:33 Associated Press www.theguardian.com

5 Benchmark led to special education services denials (1.13/4) HOUSTON (AP) — More than a dozen teachers and administrators from across Texas say they delayed or denied special education to disabled students in order to stay below the benchmark state officials set for the number of students who should get such services. A Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/2c7S5hh ) investigation found the Texas Education Agency's enrollment benchmark for special education services of 8.5 percent led to the denial of services by school districts. In the years since Texas' 2004 implementation, the rate of students getting special education dropped from near the national average of 13 percent to the lowest in the country. It fell to 8.5 percent in 2015. TEA officials deny keeping disabled students out of special education, saying it isn't a cap or a target but an "indicator" of school district performance. ___ Information from: Houston Chronicle, http://www.houstonchronicle.com

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6 Tesla says new Autopilot would likely have prevented fatality (1.08/4) By Alexandria Sage and David Shepardson SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Tesla Motors Co Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Sunday the automaker was updating its semi-autonomous driving system Autopilot with new limits on hands-off driving that likely would have prevented a fatality in May. Musk said the update, which will be available within a week or two through an "over-the-air" software update, would rely foremost on radar to give Tesla's electric luxury cars a better sense of what is around them and when to brake. New restrictions of Autopilot 8.0 are a nod to widespread concerns that autopilot lulled users into a false sense of security through its "hands-off" driving. The updated system now will temporarily prevent drivers from using the system if they fail to respond to audible warnings to take back control of the car. "We're making much more effective use of radar," Musk told journalists on a call. "It will be a dramatic improvement in the safety of the system done entirely through software. " Tesla's Autopilot, introduced in October, has been the focus of intense scrutiny since it was revealed in July that a Tesla Model S driver, Joshua Brown, was killed while using the technology in a May 7 collision with a truck in Florida. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has been investigating Tesla's Autopilot system since June because of the fatal accident. The agency said it had been briefed on the changes by Tesla. "NHTSA will review those changes," spokesman Bryan Thomas said of the new version of Autopilot. He declined to offer an update on the Tesla investigation. Musk said it was "very likely" the improved Autopilot would have prevented the death of Brown, whose car sped into the trailer of a truck crossing a highway, but he cautioned that the update "doesn't mean perfect safety. " "Perfect safety is really an impossible goal," Musk said. "It's about improving the probability of safety. There won't ever be zero fatalities, there won't ever be zero injuries. " One of the main challenges of using cameras and radars for a braking system is how to prevent so-called false positives, in which a car might think an overhead highway sign, for example, was an obstacle to be avoided. Using radar and fleet learning, rather than relying primarily on cameras, would solve that problem, Musk said. "Anything metallic or dense, the radar system we're confident will be able to detect that and initiate a braking event," he said. Silicon Valley-based Tesla is known for its innovation in luxury electric vehicles but some critics have said it was hasty in rolling out Autopilot. Tesla stood by Autopilot after the fatality, saying it was not a "hands-free" system intended to replace the driver. Still, the fatality underscored concerns about the safety of systems that take partial control of steering and braking from drivers. The revised system will sound warnings if drivers take their hands off the wheel for more than a minute at speeds above 45 miles per hour (72 kph) when there is no vehicle ahead. The warning will sound after the driver's hands are off the wheel for more than three minutes when the Tesla is following another car at speeds above 45 mph. The dashboard also will flash a pulsing light. If the driver ignores three audible warnings in an hour, the system will temporarily shut off until it is parked, Musk said. (Reporting By Alexandria Sage and David Shepardson; Editing by Bill Trott) Tesla says it's improving Autopilot by boosting radar washingtontimes.com 2016-09-11 20:08 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

7 NFL player raises fist during national anthem Contact WND (1.05/4) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — Kansas City cornerback Marcus Peters raised a black-gloved fist during the national anthem before the NFL opener against San Diego, backing up his promise to show support for protests started by Colin Kaepernick . It was the only such gesture visible throughout the early games Sunday, as the anthems took on more significance because of the 15th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks. The Seattle Seahawks said last week they planned a demonstration of “unity” when their game against Miami kicks off Sunday afternoon. Several teams, including the Chiefs, saw their players link arms during the anthem. Peters, the 2015 Defensive Rookie of the Year, was the last person in the Chiefs’ line and had his arm free to raise it. Peters said he was “100 percent behind” Kaepernick, who chose to sit and take a knee during the anthem in preseason games to call attention to what he termed the oppression of blacks and other minorities. Chiefs player protests during anthem on 9/11 anniversary dailymail.co.uk

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8 Senator says Clinton seemed 'fine' at 9/11 event (1.04/4) New York - Senator Chuck Schumer says Hillary Clinton seemed "fine" just before she left the 9/11 memorial ceremony and was captured on video appearing to struggle to stay on her feet. The New York senator said in a statement on Sunday that he and the Democratic presidential nominee "chatted for quite a while" about their memories of the tragic attacks, when both were senators from New York. He said, "It was pretty hot out there, but she seemed fine to me, and left on her own accord. " Clinton later went to daughter Chelsea's house nearby and emerged telling reporters that she felt much better. A Democratic congressman who stood behind Clinton at the memorial ceremony says he chatted to her beforehand and that "she did not seem out of the ordinary at all" although the conditions were "stiflingly hot". In a telephone interview, Joe Crowley of New York told The Associated Press that at one point, he saw what he thought was a staff member tap Clinton on her shoulder. The person "said something like, 'We're going to move now'," Crowley said. Crowley said that despite the temperate weather outside, heat was an issue for those standing on the cobblestones at the ceremony. He said he was sweating through his shirt. "We were begging for some kind of wind," Crowley added.

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9 French police foil 'attack' by 16-year-old (1.02/4) Paris - French police have arrested a 16-year-old at his Paris home to abort what they feared was a planned weekend attack, as the prime minister warned about 15 000 people in the country could be in the process of being radicalised. A security official said that France's intelligence services "detected a threat" and a judicial official said police moved into action on Saturday fearing a planned attack this weekend. The officials were not authorised to speak publicly about the arrest and asked not to be named. Both said the arrest was not linked to the arrests last week of four women, a 15-year-old daughter of one of the women and a man over aborted attacks, including one near Notre Dame Cathedral. Intelligence agents suspected the boy planned to carry out a knife attack in a public place this weekend, the judicial official said, refusing to name a spot where it was thought the attack might occur. France is in a state of emergency after three attacks this year, including the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice that killed 86 people. That followed two waves of attacks last year, notably the November 13 attacks on restaurants, bars, a concert hall and stadium that left 130 people dead. News of the arrest followed shortly after Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Sunday that "every day attacks are foiled ... [including] as we speak. " Valls said nearly 15 000 people in France are being tracked because they are suspected of being in the process of radicalisation, while 1 350 are under investigation for having links to terrorism. "Today the threat is at a maximum, and we are a target," Valls said on Europe 1 radio. "Every day intelligence services, police foil attacks, dismantle networks, track terrorists. " Valls added that despite the plots uncovered, "There will be new attacks. There will be innocent victims. " The teenage boy had been placed under house arrest this summer due to France's state of emergency, after a search of his home, the judicial official said.

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10 How the feds forgot 9/11 Contact WND (0.15/4) Fifteen years ago after 9/11, Americans collectively chanted, “We will never forget.” Fifteen years later, the White House’s mantra through its actions is: “We will do our best to forget.” After 9/11 and before Obama’s first term in office, the U. S. was steeped in a Middle East war, but there were relatively few terrorist attacks against our citizens outside the war zones and even fewer here at home, especially compared to today. Our troops were courageously fighting a war abroad and largely attracting our enemies to it. Over the past eight years, however, because of the present administration’s actions and inactions, the world has become much more unstable and volatile, and U. S. citizens and interests have become far more endangered, even in our own backyards. Consider the evidence: Panetta explained, “I think when we stepped out of Iraq, in many ways, we created this vacuum in which not a lot of attention was paid to what was happening in Iraq or what was happening in Syria with the extremists who were developing a base of operations. That combination, plus obviously not getting all of the intelligence that we should’ve had on it, I think is what produced the ISIS that we’re confronting today.” The New York Times reported on ISIS attacks around the world, saying, “ISIS activity across the Middle East and North Africa has also surged. The group declared official provinces – or wilayat – in areas of Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen that had networks loyal to ISIS, many of which have adopted the organization’s signature brutality. Is the U. S. really safer or better off than it was eight years ago? Do the above actions and consequences really reflect a nation that “will never forget” 9/11? It’s official: The feds have lost their minds and memories, and this time at the cost of forgetting the heart and lessons of 9/11. They are suffering from a self-inflicted terrorist amnesia. They have returned to a pre-9/11 stick- their-heads-in-the-sand mentality. Even worse, the federal government has officially become an acute enabler of terrorism. The federal government and the citizens of our country need to take to heart the wisdom of George Santayana: “Those who don’t remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” One thing is certain: We need a new president who will reverse course on all the above actions, including restoring and strengthening our position and military in the world. Despite what Washington thinks or does on this 15 th anniversary, we the people will never forget those who perished and the lessons learned on Sept. 11, 2001. God bless and help all the victims and patriots of 9/11, from the families of Flight 93 passengers to those who were in the Pentagon and Twin Towers as well as others who have fought and presently fight the war on terror. Most of all, may the real memory of 9/11 live on in our hearts and minds so that even our posterity will say with patriotic pride, “We will never forget.” Chuck Norris provides real solutions to our county’s problems and a way to reawaken the American dream in his best-seller, “Black Belt Patriotism.”

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11 The real Islamophobia? Free speech dying in West Contact WND (0.03/4) WASHINGTON – A bestseller in Germany, Hamed Abdel-Samad’s “Islamic Fascism” was to be published in France Sept. 16. But the French public will apparently never see the book written by a former Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood member. Two years ago, a French publisher, Piranha, acquired the rights to publish the book in France, even posting the date of release on Amazon. But, at the last minute, the publisher balked, telling Abdel-Samad’s agent publication of the book is now unthinkable in dhimmi France – not only because of security reasons, but because it would help make the case of the “extreme right.” It’s one of the latest cases of what some are referring to as “the real Islamophobia,” the real fear of the potent economic and terror power of Islamic fascism – which, ironically, makes the case Abdel-Samad’s book tried to make. It’s still not too late to rescue the nation. Read Pamea Geller’s classic: “Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance” For criticizing Islam, Abdel-Samad lives under police protection in Germany and, as with the more famous Salman Rushdie, a fatwa hangs over the son of an imam. “After the fatwa come the insults: being censored by a free publishing house,” writes Giulio Meotti, cultural editor for Il Foglio in Italy. “This is what the Soviets did to destroy writers: destroy his books.” The French publisher was not without genuine concerns. Among them was fears that its small staff would not be safe. No other French publishers seem to be ready to take the risk. But might the story of “Islamo-fascism” from the perspective of a born-and-bred member of the Muslim Brotherhood, schooled in the Quran from birth, who rejects a life of terror not have some redeeming value? He is hardly alone. A few years ago, the “gay” atheist Renaud Camus was fined 4,000 euros for a speech he gave saying France would soon no longer be France due to its devotion to multi-culturalism. He subsequently lost his publisher. Another writer, Richard Millet, was fired last March by Gallimard publishing house for his ideas on multiculturalism. Such was not the case in 1989 when Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses” came out in 1989. Viking Penguin, the British and American publisher of the novel, was subjected to daily Islamist harassment. The London office resembled “an armed camp,” with police protection, metal detectors and escorts for visitors. In Viking’s New York offices, dogs sniffed packages and the place was designated a “sensitive location.” Many bookshops were attacked and many even refused to sell the book. “Viking spent about $3 million on security measures in 1989, the fatal year for Western freedom of expression,” writes Meotti. “Nonetheless, Viking never flinched. It was a miracle that the novel finally came out.” He cites other cases of alarming self-censorship: Meanwhile, Western publishers are now also “rejecting works by Israeli authors,” according a report in Time.com, no matter what their political views may be. “It is as if at the time of the Nazis’ book-burnings, Western publishers had not only stood silent, but had also invited a German delegation to Paris and New York,” writes Meotti. Meotti cites the case of Deborah Harris is one of Israel’s leading literary agents. In the past 10 years, she told him, she has discovered that some publishers around the world are rejecting works by Israeli authors, boycotting Israeli literary events and refusing to have their books translated into Hebrew. “Books that I could easily have placed with major publishers 10 years ago are being politely rejected,” she told me. “While it is true that some foreign fiction markets are drying up, the drop off in Israeli literature is off the scales. The older, sympathetic editors will whisper to me that they can’t get people to look at books out of Israel.” Harris represents some of Israel’s most notable authors, including David Grossman and Meir Shalev. She also represented the single most popular book out of Israel in recent years, Yuval Harari’s Sapiens. Sapiens succeeded on a global scale, but it has not a word connecting it to Israeli culture or society. Apart from the author’s name, it could have been written anywhere. Some authors, such as Alice Walker, he says, refuse to allow their books to be translated into Hebrew. “It is dispiriting to find voices who otherwise support the freedom of expression speaking out to deny free expression to one country and one group of people,” writes Meotti. Despite constant existential pressure there is more freedom of expression in Israel than the majority of countries in the U. N. and more self-criticism than almost any other society on earth.” “The Satanic Verses” was a turning point. Christian Bourgois, a French publishing house, refused to publish the book after buying the rights, as did the German publisher, Kiepenheuer, which said it regretted having acquired the rights to the book. Ultimately, not only did Rushdie’s publishers capitulate, other publishers also decided to break ranks and return to do business with Iran. Oxford University Press decided to take part in the Tehran Book Fair, along with two American publishers, McGraw-Hill and John Wiley, despite the request of Rushdie’s publisher, Viking Penguin, to boycott the Iranian event. “Those publishers chose to respond to murderous censorship with surrender, willing to sacrifice freedom of expression on the altar of business as usual: selling books was more important than solidarity with threatened colleagues,” says Meotti. OK, now Hillary's health is a real issue Contact WND wnd.com 2016-09-11 20:28 www.wnd.com

12 Duterte brings ‘new normal’ to PH-US ties RELATIONS between the Philippines and the United States have been historically stormy but close, but the arrival of a roughneck in Malacañang who says he is no fan of the Americans has brought a “new normal” to those ties and Washington is not unlikely to keep Manila at a distance in the next six years. While China’s increasing aggressiveness in the South China Sea keeps US-Philippine security relations “indispensable,” according to Richard Heydarian, a political science professor at De La Salle University, it is clear that under the administration of President Duterte, “the United States can no longer expect the same level of strategic deference and diplomatic support” from the Philippines. “This is the new normal in Philippine-US relations,” Heydarian wrote in a commentary published by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative. Mr. Duterte’s declaration that he is adopting an independent foreign policy for the Philippines, Heydarian said, is a “brazen and audacious policy pronouncement in a profoundly pro-American society, where much of the intelligentsia and security forces feel deep affinity with the United States.” Mr. Duterte, who has made it clear to his supporters and opponents from the get-go that he is no ordinary politician—uncouth, brutally frank and even murderous at times—declared an independent course for the Philippines on Saturday after a spectacular falling out with US President Barack Obama that became the buzz at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in Laos last week. It was Mr. Duterte’s maiden outing as the new leader of the Philippines and he was to meet Obama for talks on the sidelines of the summit, but he busted it by spewing “son of a bitch” in a tirade that he launched after being told as he was about to leave for Laos on Monday that the US leader would raise human rights with him during their meeting. The White House brought down the ax: No US-Philippine meeting. Although Mr. Duterte said he regretted his intemperate language, Obama was aloof when they met before the Asean leaders’ gala dinner on Wednesday night. Mr. Duterte said he told Obama that he never called him a “son of a bitch” and that the US president told him, “My men will talk to you.” In a news conference wrapping up his last visit to Asia as US leader, Obama said he told Mr. Duterte to conduct his war on drugs “the right way.” So Mr. Duterte, who brooks no opposition to his decisions, chose to go his own way. Call it roughneck diplomacy or whatever, but Malacañang insisted on Sunday that Mr. Duterte was able to get a plain-spoken message across to the world. “The most important message is [that] we have our own foreign policy to follow,” Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said on dzRB radio. “It’s also important that the President showed other countries that we support foreign trade and calls for respect for rule of law in the Asean region,” he said. “Perfect” is how Mr. Duterte himself described his first interaction with world leaders, including Obama. Mr. Duterte, however, failed to muster enough support from the 10-member Asean to nudge China into respecting an international tribunal’s ruling against its claims to almost all of the South China Sea. Critics also observed that his acerbic attitude toward the United States and the United Nations was the complete opposite of his friendliness to China, with whom he wanted bilateral talks to resolve the South China Sea dispute despite a ruling for the Philippines by the tribunal. But European Union Ambassador to the Philippines Franz Jessen described as “interesting” the way Mr. Duterte presented his policies and views at the Asean summit. In an open letter posted by the EU Delegation on Facebook, Jessen said the Philippines “is an important member of the international community, and the statements of its President are carefully noted.” He said he was reading Robert A. Fulton’s 2007 book “Moroland.” “I am well aware that it offers just one perspective of a very turbulent and difficult period, but I do believe, as President Duterte does, that we all should seek to learn from history,” he said.

2016-09-12 00:00 Marlon Ramos globalnation.inquirer.net

13 Tax reform to fund Mindanao peace projects– DOF ADDITIONAL revenue to be generated under the Duterte administration’s proposed tax reform program will fund projects that will foster peace, according to the Department of Finance (DOF). Increased taxes on sugar products and other fatty food, luxury cars and gambling, among other things would allow the government to provide subsidies to poor families in war-torn regions like the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said in a statement on Sunday. The comprehensive tax reform package being firmed up by the DOF is targeted to generate P600 billion in revenue by 2019, of which P400 billion would come from new tax reform measures, the statement said. The rest would come from more effective efforts to curb smuggling and corruption in the Bureau of Customs, among other collection agencies. The first tax policy package, targeted for passage next year, would reduce the maximum personal income tax rate to 25 percent (from 32 percent at present) over time, except for the highest income earners, and shift to a simpler modified gross system. Expand VAT base To compensate for foregone revenues from the lower personal income tax estimated at P139 billion, the administration proposes to expand the value- added tax base by limiting exemptions to raw food and other necessities such as education and health; increase the excise tax on petroleum products and index it to inflation; levy a P5 per kilo tax on sugar products (domestic raw sugar, refined sugar as well as imported sugar and sugar substitutes); relax the bank secrecy in fraud cases, and include tax evasion as a predicate crime to money laundering. A second tax reform package eyed for passage also next year would reduce the corporate income tax rate over time to 25 percent (from 30 percent at present) but target improved compliance, while rationalizing the fiscal incentives being given to investors. A third package targeted for passage in 2018 would lower the rate of estate and donor’s taxes, as well as transaction taxes on land (DST, transfer tax and registration fees), while bringing the valuation of properties closer to market prices. A fourth tax policy package, eyed for passage in 2019, would cut the tax on interest income earned on peso deposits and investment to 10 percent (from 20 percent at present). To compensate, the government plans to harmonize capital income tax rates for dollar deposits and investment, dividends, equity, as well as fixed income rates towards 10 percent, while also increasing the tax on stocks traded in the stock market to 1 percent on gross selling price from 0.5 percent at present. Besides the four packages, other new revenue generating measures being eyed by the Duterte administration include a “fatty food tax”; luxury tax on cars, jewelry and yachts; mining taxes; carbon tax; casino and lottery tax; and revisiting the sin taxes on tobacco and alcohol products.

2016-09-12 00:00 Ben O business.inquirer.net

14 Sotto just won’t quit on SIM card registration IN A MOVE aimed at aiding the administration’s campaign against crime and terrorism, Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III has filed a bill—for the third time—requiring the registration of prepaid subscriber identity module (SIM) cards for mobile phones at purchase, citing their use in illegal activities. With Senate Bill No. 7, Sotto proposes to “neutralize cell phone-aided crimes” by requiring all telecommunication firms to undertake ownership registration for each prepaid SIM purchase – a measure that was defeated twice in Congress due to the resistance of telecommunication companies which cited the right of the public to telecommunicate or freely use mobile devices. Sotto said that requiring individuals to present an ID when purchasing a prepaid SIM card would allow for easy tracing in case a mobile phone number was linked to a crime. This is of particular urgency, the senator added, as unregistered mobile phone numbers continued to be used in bombings and other crimes. Sotto filed the same measure the first time in the 12th Congress more than 10 years ago and then again in the last Congress. “The government will be able to trace the SIM cards used in bombings, terrorism, blackmail, kidnapping and other crimes. At least there will be a start point for tracing,” Sotto said via text on Sunday.

2016-09-12 00:00 Tarra Quismundo newsinfo.inquirer.net

15 Gov’t vows to resolve tax row with Japan THE DEPARTMENT of Finance has committed to resolve pending issues on value-added tax (VAT) slapped on Japanese- funded projects, as aid agency Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) committed to support the Duterte administration. In a statement, the DOF said Jica president Shinichi Kitaoka, in a recent courtesy call to Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III, “[gave] its backing to President Duterte’s 10-point socioeconomic agenda focused on inclusive growth and has committed support particularly to initiatives meant to ease traffic congestion in Metro Manila and attain lasting peace in Mindanao.” During the meeting, Dominguez explained to Kitaoka the priority goals of President Duterte under the 10-point socioeconomic agenda, which were to reduce poverty, create a law-abiding and peaceful society for Filipinos, seek lasting peace with armed insurgents and maintain warm and cordial relations with the country’s neighbors in the international community. Dominguez also assured the visiting Jica official that the government “would address issues concerning the VAT on Jica projects funded by official development assistance (ODA). Finance Undersecretary Maria Edita Z. Tan said Dominguez and Kitaoka likewise discussed ways on how Jica and the Philippines could cooperate in executing several pipeline projects not only in the metropolis, including a plan to build a Mega Manila subway, but also in other parts of the country. “Both sides exchanged views to further cooperate and look into the pipeline projects for cooperation with Japan such as on the procurement of 94-meter vessels for the Philippine Coast Guard, the Mega Manila subway, the study of which is expected to be completed in August 2017, and the planned technical assistance to support Davao City’s urban planning,” added Tan, who heads the DOF’s international finance group. “Dominguez expressed his wish for Jica to support the priority goals of President Duterte [that] will help guarantee that the benefits of economic growth reach majority of our countrymen and make the country safe for them,” according to Tan. For the part of Jica, Tan said “Mr. Kitaoka expressed his commitment to support the President’s agenda, particularly on urban transport infrastructure projects to address Metro Manila’s traffic congestion, and the peace process in Mindanao.”

2016-09-12 00:00 Ben O business.inquirer.net

16 Fr. Tritz, who gave Pinoy kids a good education, dies at 101 FRENCH-born Jesuit priest, Fr. Pierre T. Tritz, who devoted more than 40 years of his life to the education of poor Filipino children, died on Sept. 10. He was 101. In 1974, after he turned 60, and alarmed by a study on poor students’ dropout rate, Tritz founded the Educational Research and Development Assistance (Erda) Foundation to help poor but deserving students get a good education. He renounced his French citizenship to become a naturalized Filipino. His mantra was, “You give children an education, you give them hope.’’ Tritz never looked back. From the initial six beneficiaries of its Operasyon Balik Paaralan, Erda has so far helped over 850,000 youngsters, among them, scavengers, orphans, street children and children in conflict with the law. Tritz also set up the Erda Technical-Vocational School in the 1990s to provide youngsters with technical training. Erda works with the Department of Social Welfare and Development, its partners and donors to fulfill its mission. Tritz also established the Foundation for Assistance to Hansenites and the Albert Schweitzer Association Philippines, which espouses the legal rights of child prisoners. Tritz felt happiest in the company of children, according to the Erda staff. Tritz was initially sent on a mission to China from France. But he and the other missionaries were expelled by the communists who had seized China. He went back to France where he received a telegram from his superior assigning him to the Philippines. He arrived in the Philippines in October 1950 at age 36. In Manila, he served as a chaplain in hospitals and taught at the Ateneo de Manila University, Araneta University, University of the East and Far Eastern University. He was born in the village of Heckling-Annexe in Bousonville on Sept. 19, 1914. He joined the French Jesuit Novitiate in Belgium. His remains lie at the High School Multipurpose Hall of Xavier School in Greenhills, San Juan. Daily Masses are at 8 p.m. The funeral Mass will be on Sept. 14 at 8 a.m. at Mary the Queen Parish across from Xavier School. Interment will follow at the Jesuit Cemetery, Sacred Heart Novitiate, Novaliches, Quezon City.

2016-09-12 00:00 TJ Burgonio newsinfo.inquirer.net

17 17 Aiko’s most memorable experience in Barcelona Aiko Melendez is more than ecstatic to be part of Star Cinema’s “Barcelona: A Love Untold,” which opens on Sept. 14. She portrays the aunt of Daniel Padilla who raised him in Spain. After reaping acting awards here and abroad, Aiko’s career is in full bloom. The trailer of “Barcelona” makes you yearn for all the loves you lost and hope to find. More and more amor. Here’s my chat with Aiko: What was your most memorable experience in Spain? I attempted to take the train but it was an epic fail, so walking around and riding the taxi there were something I couldn’t forget. Picture-taking in Barcelona is the best. It’s postcard-pretty everywhere. What’s your fave scene and line in the movie? My breakdown scene. Kath’s (Kathryn Bernardo) line: “Huwag mo akong mahalin dahil mahal kita; mahalin mo ako because that’s what I deserve.” (Don’t love me because I love you. Love me because that’s what I deserve.) How will “Barcelona” make the audience redefine love? It will make them see love [taken to] the next level—a level only each one of us can define. What have you learned from your kids? Andre and Marthena taught me never to underestimate their point of view when I’m having problems, because they’re the ones who will totally accept me no matter what. What was it like working with Kathryn and Daniel? They are both so respectful, yet they make me feel like we are just barkada. Daniel and I would always look for Pokémon characters on the set. Kath and I talked about different things and how she leveled up with her acting in our movie. What will it take for a guy to pin you down? Settling down is not my priority for now. I’m focused on God, my kids and my work. For KathNiel fans In line with the movie, the ABS-CBN Store is celebrating all things associated with Kathryn and Daniel, aka KathNiel. Revisit their past movies with official merchandise from the studio store or at www.abs-cbnstore.com. Ai-Ai, Lani together What happens when you put Ai-Ai delas Alas and Lani Misalucha onstage together? To say that it will be a riot is an understatement. For the first time, the Comedy Concert Queen and Asia’s Nightingale join forces in “Ai Meets Lani: Lani May Ai” on Sept. 17, 8 p.m., at the Kia Theatre. (For tickets, call 9115555.) The musical extravaganza is mounted by my good friend, Pops Fernandez (DSL Productions). She guarantees it will be something else and something more. Ai shares her thoughts: “It’s tough to sing side by side with Lani. Out of respect for her singing prowess, I will give it my all. Even if I will be the one to provide the humor, I will take my singing seriously, but if my powers can’t measure up to Lani’s, then I will let my outfits take over. “Lani sang ‘Ikaw’ at my wedding a few years ago. That marriage lasted only 29 days. So maybe when I get married again, I should ask her to sing ‘Ako,’ instead (laughs). “The highlight of our concert would be our four showdown numbers, which will last 12 minutes each. Buwis-buhay ang performance level!”

2016-09-12 00:00 Dolly Anne entertainment.inquirer.net

18 Noel Cabangon: Rico Blanco good for Filscap Noel Cabangon, who served as president of the Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (Filscap) for six years, believes that the group will be in good hands, with Rico Blanco—someone from a younger generation of musicians—recently assuming leadership. “It’s important for us to have a face that young artists can connect with. We need new blood,” Cabangon, now a part of the organization’s board of trustees, told the Inquirer in a recent interview. “He has fresh ideas and is more attuned to what musicians need in this age.” Copyrighted songs Blanco, the former lead vocalist and chief songwriter of pop-rock band Rivermaya, had been a member of Filscap since 1996, before being elected president last June. As head, Blanco is expected to oversee the society’s functions—primarily to secure licenses for music users that will allow them to use or play in public copyrighted songs. “Many of our budding musicians now grew up listening to Rivermaya; Rico will be a good person to encourage them to join Filscap. Perhaps he could also urge his contemporaries to be part of Filscap’s board, whose members have been serving for a long time already,” Cabangon said. “It would be nice to pass this on to our younger colleagues.” And since Blanco is still active in the local music scene, Cabangon also said he expects the new Filscap president to spearhead projects that would help cultivate Filipino musical artistry. Cabangon is currently preparing for his two-night concert, “Traffic Jam,” on Sept. 16 at the Music Museum and Oct. 21 at the Peta Theater Center (tickets, 8919999). The show, as the title suggests, will try to capture the Filipinos’ music-listening habits while stuck in Manila’s dreadful traffic. “Music is one of few things that make braving heavy traffic more bearable,” pointed out the singer-songwriter, who at times gets struck by creative lightning while stuck on the road. “In the car, we usually listen to different kinds of music as we switch from one station to the next—that’s the concept of the concert.” For the first time, in a big show, Cabangon said his repertoire will be equal parts Filipino and foreign songs. “I’ll sing songs like ‘September’ by Earth, Wind and Fire and ‘La Vie en Rose.’ But, I’ll change the arrangements—I’ll put my own twist,” said Cabangon, who also has a new album out. Produced by Universal Records and the Jesuit Music Ministry, “Sa ’Yo Lamang,” the 10-track record is a collection of inspirational songs, which include original compositions (“Panginoon,” “Inang Pilipinas”). “This is my way of thanking and paying tribute to the Jesuit Communications Foundation, which served as my label before I crossed over to mainstream,” he explained. E-mail [email protected]

2016-09-12 00:00 Allan Policarpio entertainment.inquirer.net

19 Gifted in the arts? This grant’s for you THE GOVERNMENT-run Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA) is offering special scholarships to Grade 6 pupils who are gifted in the arts, music or theater for the next school year, according to the Department of Education (DepEd). In a memorandum, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said the special secondary school for young artists is accepting applications for full special K-12 secondary scholarships for school year 2017-18. An applicant must be a Filipino citizen, a Grade 6 student in a private or public school at the time of application, and not older than 14 upon enrollment in June next year. Requirements include: Fully accomplished PHSA scholarship application form; photocopy of birth certificate issued by the National Statistics Office; Grade 5 or Grade 6 report card; and one-page resume citing the applicant’s accomplishments in his or her chosen field of arts. The screening of applicants will be held at the following regional testing centers: Masbate, Legazpi City, Angeles City, Nueva Ecija, Laoag, Cagayan and Laguna starting this month until November; Tacloban, Bohol, General Santos City and Butuan in October; and Metro Manila in December.

2016-09-12 00:00 Jocelyn R newsinfo.inquirer.net

20 Aguirre: DOJ failed to use P40M to probe killings SOME P40 million that had been earmarked for the Department of Justice task force on extrajudicial killings remained unspent, according to Secretary Vitaliano N. Aguirre II. In an interview with reporters, Aguirre blamed frequent changes in the DOJ leadership for the failure to spend its entire budget. Aguirre said “a lot of money is still left” to spend with four months remaining in the year. “This is due to the frequent switching of secretaries. They could not make uniform policies,” he said. “That is why a lot of money was not spent.” The funds will be remitted to the National Treasury “if we are not able to find items to spend it on.” Aguirre cited in particular the task force created by then Secretary Leila M. de Lima in September 2013 to handle cases of extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and torture. The task force was created pursuant to President Benigno Aquino III’s Administrative Order No. 35, which created an inter-agency “superbody” to ensure effective investigations and successful prosecutions of grave human rights violations. After De Lima left office in October 2015 to campaign for a Senate seat, Aquino appointed two replacements in the last nine months of his administration. Alfredo Benjamin S. Caguioa replaced De Lima, but he was appointed Supreme Court Associate Justice in January 2016. An undersecretary, Emmanuel L. Caparas, took over until the end of the Aquino administration in June.

2016-09-12 00:00 Vince F newsinfo.inquirer.net

21 Abu suspected in latest abductions ZAMBOANGA CITY—Malaysian authorities have reported the kidnapping of three fishermen late Saturday off Pom Pom Island, a popular scuba diving spot located in the eastern state of Sabah. Malaysia’s The Star Online quoted Eastern Sabah Community Command (Esscom) Commander Datuk Wan Abdul Bari Abdul Khalid as confirming that he had received the report about the kidnapping from the owner of the vessel himself. Khalid said the abduction was perpetrated by a “suspected seven-member Filipino armed group and is believed to have taken the victims across the border toward the southern Philippines island chain of Tawi-Tawi province.” The kidnappers fled on a green fast boat towards the southern Philippines. The rest of the crew steered the trawler back to the Semporna jetty. “The boat is Malaysian registered,” Wan Abdul Bari Abdul Khalid, head of Malaysia’s Eastern Sabah Security Command, told Armed Forces of the Philippines, without providing details. Authorities did not directly link the kidnapping to the Abu Sayyaf but Deputy Prime Minister Zahid Hamidi said a “kidnap for ransom” group was responsible. “The kidnap or ransom group operates near the southern Philippines, near Malaysian islands, and although the authorities monitor the waters closely, this group moves under the radar,” he was quoted as saying by the New Straits Times. Zahid said the three people kidnapped were not Malaysian citizens but permanent residents. Filipino military officials at the western Mindanao Command and at Joint Task Group Sulu were silent on the latest kidnapping, which happened during massive military operations against the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu. A military intelligence report however said three Filipino Badjaos were abducted in the Semporna Seas at 10:40 p.m. on Sept. 10. The victims were only identified as Masurin, Sami and Lolong. With an AFP report

2016-09-12 00:00 Julie S newsinfo.inquirer.net

22 ‘US 9/11 a wake-up call for Pinoys’ THE SEPT. 11, 2001, terror attack on the United States has made Filipinos realize that combatting terrorism should be a shared responsibility of the government and its citizens, Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said on Sunday. “This is a reminder that all of us are facing a faceless enemy, the terrorists,” Andanar said in an interview over dzRB state radio. “And we should all be one in battling this. We should all be helping each other.” He said every Filipino should take on the responsibility of helping the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police in putting an end to the activities of the Abu Sayyaf and other local terror groups. Andanar said it was unfortunate that the unimaginable 9/11 incident, which killed nearly 3,000 people 15 years ago, had “opened a Pandora’s box in terrorism.” “As a matter fact, it developed into something even worse. We now see extremists like IS. Even the Abu Sayyaf became stronger [after 9/11],” he said. The Abu Sayyaf has been described as the most notorious local terrorist organization. It has allied itself with the late international terror chief Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida network, the regional terror group Jemaah Islamiyah and recently with the sadistic Islamic State. The group has denied involvement in the Sept. 2 bomb attack in Davao City that killed 14 people and wounded 67 others. President Duterte has vowed to exact revenge on those behind the bombing in his hometown, warning he would eat the terrorists alive. The attack in Davao happened shortly after the President ordered intensified military operations in Sulu province to run after the Abu Sayyaf. Authorities suggested the attack could also be linked to the administration’s ruthless war against illegal drugs. Andanar said the government was not taking lightly warnings of bomb attacks in crowded places which were sent through text and e-mailed by unknown individuals. He urged those who receive threatening messages to immediately call government hotline numbers 911 or 117 and give the information to the proper authorities. “As a responsible citizen practicing your civic responsibility, you should call 911 so that at least [the information] is on record. It’s better to be safe than sorry,” he said. “Our intelligence agencies can trace the sources of these [threatening] text messages and e-mails,” he said. “To our countrymen, I hope you don’t make prank calls to our hotlines because it would only worsen the situation.” He said the President’s declaration of a state of lawlessness would help the military and the police conduct operations against individuals out to sow terror in other parts of the country after the Davao blast.

2016-09-12 00:00 Marlon Ramos globalnation.inquirer.net

23 ‘Shelve sea dispute to save reefs’ PUERTO PRINCESA CITY —As the Philippine and Chinese governments fight for control over territories in the South China Sea, the sustainability of the waterway’s rich marine resources has become the silent casualty in the dispute, according to a marine expert. “A Scarborough [Shoal] peace park right now could be the foot in the door for the entire [South China Sea] situation,” John McManus, a leading marine scientist from the University of Miami, told the Inquirer during a recent visit to Puerto Princesa City, capital of Palawan province. McManus has proposed to China and the Philippines to set aside their territorial dispute over Scarborough Shoal—known to Filipinos as Panatag Shoal—not only to ease the tensions between them but also to preserve what global marine experts claim to be one of the most beautiful and productive coral reefs in the world. McManus is also behind a proposal to create an international peace park in the Spratly Islands following the conduct of marine studies in the late 1990s on reef and fishery conditions in the disputed region. A professor of marine biology and fisheries and director of the National Center for Coral Reef Research at Rosenstiel School of the University of Miami, McManus pioneered a scientific research initiative to map out coral reefs in the world, through a project called Reefbase. McManus, who was in Palawan to promote his peace park proposal through the assistance of the United States, warned that China’s plan to build an artificial island on Panatag Shoal would lead to the irreplaceable loss of an important marine ecosystem. “Scarborough reef is in a critical stage. If China builds [an island] there, it’s going to be a horrible waste. This is probably the most beautiful reef in the world,” McManus said. China, which seized the shoal in 2012 after a two-month standoff with the Philippine Navy and the Philippine Coast Guard, has prevented Filipino fishermen from venturing into Panatag, a traditional fishing ground for local fishermen, especially those from Zambales and Pangasinan provinces. The Chinese government has deployed more naval vessels around the shoal and has been driving away Philippine vessels, insisting Panatag is part of its territory despite an international tribunal’s ruling that the shoal is a fishing ground for all. In its July 12 ruling in an action brought by the Philippines, the UN-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague also said that China’s claims to almost all of the 3.5-million-square-kilometer South China Sea has no legal basis and that it has violated the Philippines’ rights to fish and explore for minerals in waters within its 370-kilometer exclusive economic zone. The Philippine government has raised concern that China may be planning to build another artificial island on Panatag, similar to the seven it has already built in the Spratlys, at least three of which it has topped with airstrips that can handle large military planes. Besides China and the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam also have overlapping claims in the South China Sea. McManus deplored the failure of rival countries to deal with the deterioration of the marine environment in the South China Sea, which he said had led to the threat of extinction of certain fish species due to overfishing and reef destruction. He said the marine damage done by China to fisheries, attributed to its artificial island building, was extensive and “irreplaceable.” “The total area of the damage is about 69 square kilometers in the Spratlys plus Scarborough. Including the damage to the immediate areas outside, we have about 125 sq km of severely damaged reef. People do not realize this but we are in the middle of a massive, massive fisheries collapse in the South China Sea,” he said. McManus pointed to studies showing that in areas in the Visayas, certain fish species had already gone extinct because of the breakdown of the marine ecosystem. “This (extinction) is very hard to achieve in the marine environment because species are known to have wide distribution, but we think there is actually extinction going on in central Philippines,” he said. McManus urged claimant countries to sit down and forge an agreement to reduce commercial fishing in the Spratlys in a coordinated manner. China is dominant in trawl fishing while the Philippines and Vietnam are largely into reef fish catching. Chinese fishing vessels have also been reported to have harvested giant clams in Philippine waters, according to the marine biologist. China earlier announced it would reduce its commercial fishing fleet in the South China Sea by 3 percent, which McManus described as a “token” gesture and an admission by China “that there is a problem.” “The United Nations Convention [on the Law of the Sea] says the [claimant] countries should coordinate, but nothing is happening. Every year, China bans fishing for certain months in the southern part of the South China Sea. That’s not a bad idea if it’s agreed to by the other countries, but it’s not,” he said. “They do not want to recognize China’s assertion so the response of other countries is to fish more. These unilateral declarations make it worse,” he said.

2016-09-12 00:00 Redempto D globalnation.inquirer.net

24 Muslims recall Abraham’s obedience to God COTABATO CITY—Muslim leaders in the country have called on their constituents to shun extremism and draw inspiration from the story of Abraham, whose life and struggles are commemorated today by the world’s close to 2 billion Muslims on the occasion of Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Adha, one of the two Muslim nonworking holidays observed in the Philippines, is the Feast of Sacrifice, which celebrates Abraham’s passing of God’s most difficult test of his faith—asking him to sacrifice his first born. When Abraham proved that he would really submit to the will of God, his son was spared and a ram was sacrificed in his stead. At around 7 a.m. today, Muslim Filipinos pray in congregation and listen to a sermon from an imam. After the special prayer, they gather and visit relatives. For those who are able to do so, a male cow or a goat will be slaughtered in the Islamic way, with prayers and expressions of pure intentions. The meat is ideally divided into three parts: one each for the family, for friends and relatives, and for the less fortunate (as an act of charity). “It is recommended that the special Eid prayer is done in an open space or field,” said Mohammad Nur Kadil, an assistant professor in Islamic religious studies at Ateneo de Zamboanga University. “Eid al-Adha is observed in three days. The first is when the special prayer is done. The last two days can be allotted for slaughtering cows and for more time to celebrate with relatives,” he added. In Lanao del Sur province, Gov. Bai Soraya Alonto Adiong underscored education for the youth and parents as a sustainable tool in efforts at sparing generations of young people from the menace of illegal drugs. Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu said most Muslims abhorred violence, and urged worshippers in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to offer supplication during the Eid al-Adha congregational prayers for the victims of the deadly Davao City bombing on Sept. 2. Assemblyman Ziaur-Rahman Alonto Adiong of the ARMM’s Regional Legislative Assembly said, “Muslims should deeply reflect on the most beautiful story of sacrifice.” He appealed to his fellow Muslims “to continue extending goodwill and friendship to Christians, who also believe in the Abrahamic tradition.” Abul Khayr Alonto, newly appointed head of the Mindanao Development Authority, said Abraham had been looked up to by Muslims as the leader of humankind, because he was addressed in the Koran as the imam, which means “leader.” Bangsamoro Grand Mufti Abu Huraira Udasan said that by performing hajj rituals, Muslims were retelling to their families and the world the great sacrifice and struggle of Nabi Ibrahim (alaihisalaam), as Abraham is addressed in the Koran. Muslims and non-Muslims should bear in mind the lessons of Abraham’s story of faith tested in the greatest sacrifice told in a heavenly edict to take the life of his own child—and to realize that God, after all, holds human life so dear, said Udasan, who studied comparative Abrahamic religions in Jerusalem. Scholars and students of comparative religions have taken significant notes on the supposed harmony of the Christian and Muslim Scriptures in the hajj rituals. For instance, a ritual called sa’e, a seven-round jog to-and-fro the ancient Hills of Safa and Marwa (Kadesh and Bered in the Bible), is a reenactment by Muslims (men, women, young and old) of the struggle of the biblical Hagar, the first woman to receive divine inspiration, when she delivered Ishmael. (Genesis 16: 11-14) Adiong said sa’e exemplified how Muslims held women in high regard because hajj could not be completed without paying tribute to Hagar, “the woman saved from persecution by a heavenly dialogue.” Aside from slaughtering lambs, Muslims performing the pilgrimage reenact rituals or deeds attributed to Abraham, as his story of great leadership and love of family is told in the Bible (Genesis 22:12-19) and also in the Koran (2:124; 15:53 and 37: 101-107). But followers of Abrahamic religions also speak of differences in retelling the patriarch’s story: The Muslims believe that Ishmael was the first born, whom God asked Ibrahim to offer as sacrifice, in accordance with the Hebrew tradition. The Christians believe it was Isaac, who was up for sacrifice by Abraham, and it was with Isaac that God made His covenant. At the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, five Muslim students, who stay at dormitories, share how Eid is observed and celebrated on the campus. Ben Balt, who is from Iligan and president of the Muslim Students Association, said “being away from my family does not make me totally updated about what’s happening at home. I can only see photos of their celebration on social media and I miss how the Eid is celebrated there.” For Noreen Zsarina Tanua, one difference between celebrating Eid al-Adha in UP and back home in Marawi City “is that I feel more free at home because I really know the people around me. I am more comfortable to eat different food.” Alrahje Paute, originally from Cotabato, said it was a different feeling to be accompanied by parents in the special prayer when “I was younger. Now, I feel more independent and mature to have other companions in the prayer.” 2016-09-12 00:00 Nash B newsinfo.inquirer.net

25 Lav Diaz wins top prize in Venice Int’l Film Festival LAV DIAZ’S colleagues, like fellow award-winning filmmakers Brillante Ma. Mendoza and Joel Lamangan, and actors Charo Santos and Nonie Buencamino, are rejoicing over Philippine cinema’s latest triumph. Diaz continues the winning streak abroad of Filipino filmmakers by bagging on Saturday the Golden Lion, the top prize at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival, for “Ang Babaeng Humayo” (The Woman Who Left). Diaz, 57, has described “Humayo” as a testimony to the struggles of the Philippines after centuries of colonial rule. “This is for my country, for the Filipino people, for our struggle, for the struggle of humanity,” he said as he accepted the Golden Lion award at the world’s oldest film festival for his black-and-white movie. “Humayo” is a story about the absurdity of human existence. A wrongly convicted schoolteacher plots retribution against the former boyfriend who framed her, disguising herself in a bid to get close to her prey. Gaining freedom in the late 1990s after 30 years behind bars, Horacia (Santos) discovers her loved ones are either dead or gone, and the former boyfriend, now a wealthy underworld boss, becomes the target of her simmering rage. With Diaz’s latest win, the Philippines has scored major awards from the top three A-list film festivals in the world—Berlin, Cannes and Venice—this year. In February, Diaz brought home the Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize for the eight-hour historical epic, “Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis,” at the Berlinale. In May, Jaclyn Jose was declared best actress for her role in Mendoza’s gritty urban drama, “Ma’ Rosa,” at Cannes. Diaz is no stranger to international awards, particularly at the Venice fest. In 2007, he got the special mention citation in the Orizzonti section for “Death in the Land of Encantos.” The following year, he bagged the Orizzonti award itself for “Melancholia.” Orizzonti is a special section in Venice that highlights “new trends in cinema.” In 2014, Diaz won the Golden Leopard award at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland, for “Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon.” His menagerie is almost complete, having won a Golden Leopard, Silver Bear and Golden Lion in two years’ time. Four hours before the Venice awards ceremony, “Humayo” won best foreign language film at the 6th Smile Awards, also held in Venice. The award seeks to honor Venice competition films that shed light on the struggles of marginalized people. A day before the Venice main competition awards ceremony, Eduardo Roy Jr.’s “Pamilya Ordinaryo” won the BNL Audience Award in the 13th Venice Days tilt. Also on Saturday, Allen Dizon won best actor for his role in Mel Chionglo’s “Iadya Mo Kami” at the 13th Salento International Film Festival in Tricase, Italy. Mendoza, best director for “Kinatay” at Cannes in 2009, said he was very happy for Diaz, describing his victory as “a historic moment for Philippine cinema. We should all celebrate Lav’s achievement because it has raised Filipino movies to another level again.” Lamangan, whose film “The Flor Contemplacion Story” won the Golden Pyramid award at the Cairo International Film Festival in 1995, said Diaz’s triumph was a great honor for the country. “Truly, it’s a shot in the arm for our movie industry. Congratulations to Lav!” Diaz’s latest work was unanimously acclaimed by critics, as well. Dubbed “marathon man” by Screen International for his protracted films, Diaz has shrugged off such criticisms, saying, “My cinema is free.” He has insisted that he takes an organic approach in filmmaking. “If a film is complete at three hours then it would end at three hours.” Diaz, also the cinematographer and editor of “Humayo,” said he would not hesitate to delete a “beautiful shot” if it were superfluous. In “Humayo,” he took a more philosophical route—unlike his earlier works that were overtly polemical and political. Diaz said he was working on a trilogy on reclusion perpetua. “Stories on prison as a metaphor for the curse of living.” Inspired by Leo Tolstoy’s short story “God Sees The Truth, But Waits,” Diaz recalled that writing “Humayo” was a breeze. “The story just flowed naturally.” He asserted: “Existence is so fragile and, in the end, we don’t know anything. The film’s story is simple and complex at the same time. Where’s the logic of living?” Exclaimed producer Ronald Arguelles of Cinema One (which produced “Humayo”): “I am overjoyed that we got to experience all this.” Actor Nonie Buencamino, who is in the cast, said: “I am proud, happy and feel very fortunate to be part of this film.” Santos was similarly ecstatic: “I feel so honored and proud to be part of this special project. What a privilege! God has always been good to me.” She received rave reviews for her performance. Variety’s Guy Lodge even tweeted that she should’ve won best actress over Hollywood star Emma Stone who brought home the trophy for her role in Damien Chazelle’s musical “La La Land.” There were reports that the Venice jury couldn’t give other major awards to the Golden Lion winner. Lodge tweeted: “Stone’s win is a mirage … Santos is the real Oscar frontrunner.” With reports from wires

2016-09-12 00:00 Bayani San entertainment.inquirer.net

26 Bill seeks creation of dep’t of fisheries SEN. FRANCIS “Kiko” Pangilinan, chair of the Senate agriculture committee, has filed a bill seeking to create a Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, removing the current Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources from the Department of Agriculture’s umbrella. In a speech at the recently concluded Smart Agriculture forum, Pangilinan said 17.65 percent of the total agriculture output came from fisheries, one of the largest in the world, and around 1.4 million of the country’s total population depended on aquaculture for a living. Yet, the fisher folks remained the poorest in the agriculture sector, Pangilinan lamented. “Twenty percent of our national territory is land and 80 percent is water. Yet the budget of the Department of Agriculture is the opposite—80 percent goes to land and not even 20 percent is dedicated to aquamarine resources. Obviously, this is not appropriate,” he pointed out. The bill moves to create a government agency that will focus on the development of the country’s marine resources and at the same time aide poverty-stricken rural coastal areas. The poverty incidence in coastal areas is 14 percent. “Elevating the current Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and beefing up its mandate and structure will ensure that the Department of Agriculture will be able to focus on production so that government’s resources will be fairly distributed and prioritized,” he added. The BFAR has yet to issue an official statement on the proposed bill. “As of now, the BFAR is focused on carrying out its mandate in terms of the management and development of the fisheries and aquatic resources of the country,” BFAR chief information officer Nazario Briguera told the Inquirer.

2016-09-12 00:00 Philippine Daily business.inquirer.net

27 Nurse selling party drugs, 5 others nabbed ANTIDRUG operations led to the arrest of six suspects, including a barangay councilor and a nurse, in Taguig, Pasay and Parañaque cities on Saturday. The Southern Police District identified the nurse as Kenneth Santillan, who allegedly supplied party drugs to buyers at high-end bars in Bonifacio Global City-Taguig and in Makati. Santillan was caught selling five ecstasy pills to an undercover agent around 10 p.m. Saturday at the corner of 32nd Street and Lane A in BGC. Also recovered from him were 12 “Hello Kitty” ecstasy pills, 11 sachets of “shabu,” 10 Valium tablets and a bottle of water mixed with shabu. Earlier, around 3 a.m., BGC police also arrested 28-year-old Amos Apostol of Guiguinto, Bulacan, inside the Palace Pool Club. Arresting officers PO1 Bronson Wayan and PO1 James Carbuena, along with club bouncers Orlando Silidio and Michael Evite, recovered a maroon tablet believed be ecstasy from Apostol. In another operation, 35-year-old Djonalyn Rodrigo of Barangay Upper Bicutan was arrested for allegedly smuggling illegal drugs into Taguig City jail. In Pasay, SPD operatives arrested Jordan Garlan, 28, a councilor of Barangay 43, for selling for shabu worth P5,000 at 7:45 p.m. in front of his barangay hall on Tramo Street. The SPD also arrested two more suspects—James Castro and Edward Pendon, both aged 23—inside their unit at St. Anthony Residences along Quirino Avenue, in Barangay Tambo, Parañaque. They allegedly sold nine sachets of shabu in a buy-bust operation. Dexter Cabalza

2016-09-12 00:00 Philippine Daily newsinfo.inquirer.net

28 Obama on 9/11: Let not love, faithfulness forsake you President Barack Obama speaks at a memorial observance ceremony at the Pentagon, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. With the president are Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford, right. AP /Manuel Balce Ceneta WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Sunday invoked Scripture and praised the resilience and diversity of Americans while attending a Pentagon ceremony honoring the 3,000 lives lost 15 years ago in the nation’s worst terror attack. Speaking on a warm, sunny morning at the Defense Department’s headquarters, Obama said extremist groups such as the Islamic State group and al-Qaida know they can never defeat America so they focus on trying to instill fear. “As Americans we do not give into fear,” he said. Obama also quoted from the Book of Proverbs: “Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the table of your heart.” Nearly 3,000 people were killed in New York, Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon on Sept. 11. The American flag is flying at half-staff atop the White House and other federal buildings. Obama has invited governors, interested organizations and individuals to follow suit. A decade after the attacks, al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U. S. forces in a raid in Pakistan that Obama authorized. On Sunday, in what will be Obama’s last 9/11 memorial service as the nation’s president, Obama urged Americans not to let its enemies divide them. U. S. diversity — “our patchwork heritage” — is not a weakness, he said. “It is still and always will be one of our greatest strengths,” he said. The nation must “stay true to ourselves, stay true to what’s best in us — that we do not let others divide us.” Earlier that morning, Obama observed a moment of silence at the White House at 8:46 a.m. EDT. That’s when the first of four hijacked airplanes slammed into the north tower of New York City’s World Trade Center.

2016-09-11 22:40 Associated Press newsinfo.inquirer.net

29 DA wants answers on tax senior's ''mystery' deposits Cape Town - DA MP David Maynier vowed to submit a parliamentary question to get more information on a reported probe over alleged ''suspicious'' payments to a SARS officer, following a report in the Sunday Times. He said the allegations were not new and had been raised with SA Revenue Service commissioner Tom Moyane during a standing committee on finance meeting in Parliament on 23 August this year. ''When questioned about the investigation, Tom Moyane was evasive and simply stated that he would not 'comment on current ongoing investigations'. He added that all follow-up questions were referred to senior revenue service officials who were ''equally evasive'' and said they would not comment on current investigations. ''The burning questions in this case are: whether Tom Moyane acted on the recommendations of the preliminary report and requested an investigation into the allegations surrounding “suspicious and unusual payments”; and if an investigation is being conducted, why Jonas Makwakwa has not suspended, pending the outcome of the investigation, from SARS?'' said Maynier. The Sunday Times reported that he was being investigated for R1.2m in deposits between 2010 and January 2016. Three payments totalling R450,200 to his girlfriend Kelly Ann Elskie, reportedly also a SARS employee, were also being probed. A report compiled by a banking regulator was handed to SARS commissioner Tom Moyane. Investigators reportedly traced the money back to a payment of R17,8 million by the Department of Water and Sanitation in favour of a debt collection company called New Integrated Credit Solutions. Comment was not immediately available from SARS spokesperson Sandile Memela. Maynier said he would submit a parliamentary question to the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, to also ask whether the report was received and whether the recommended investigation was being conducted, and if was, why Makwakwa was not suspended.

2016-09-11 22:27 www.news24.com

30 Israel's High Court: Forced feeding of hunger- striking detainees is legal The High Court of Justice ruled Sunday that Israel’s law permitting the forced feeding of Palestinian hunger strikers is constitutional, rejecting multiple petition that sought to revoke the 2015 legislation, claiming it contradicts medical law, ethics and international law. An endorsement by the three justice panel consisting of Supreme Court vice president Elyakim Rubinstein, Menachem Mazuz and Noam Sohlberg, ends the saga over the law, which was passed following years of fiery debates and two rounds of mass hunger strikes by Palestinian detainees – many of them in administrative detention – and despite vehement opposition from Israel’s medical association, the World Medical Association, the UN, Arab MKs, the Palestinian Authority and several NGOs. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. Responding to all of the laws opponents, the High Court accepted the state’s arguments that even if forced-feeding violates the autonomy of a detainee, their autonomy is being violated to save their life, which is a greater value. Furthermore, the High Court rejected the Israel Medical Association’s claim that the law violated the existing Patient’s Rights Law, noting that a detainee’s right to make himself ill or near-death by refusing to eat is not the same as the autonomy of a regular patient who decides to avoid heroic treatment to survive when he or she is sick from natural causes. Also, whereas the High Court agreed that the World Medical Association, England, Canada and others oppose forced feeding, it stated that France, the US (depending on the state), Australia, Germany and Austria all permit it in some circumstances. Homing in on the security aspects of the issue, the High Court said that if failing to force feed a detainee could lead to more hunger strikes and possibly disorder in the prison Palestinian areas, weighing those considerations into the law was valid. The High Court added that the issue is still developing because the law has not actually been followed or used in the 13 months it has been in force despite a few instances in which doctors were directed to force feed detainees. The Jerusalem Post reported exclusively in March that one barrier to the use of force feeding had been the High Court’s creation of a new response to administrative detention – suspending the administrative detention of a sick detainee. Once the detention is suspended, it is unclear whether the law can apply since, literally, it only applies to detainees. It was unclear Sunday whether the High Court’s ruling resolved that ambiguity. The law, which passed with 46 lawmakers in favor and 40 opposed in the 120-seat Knesset, can only be applied if it is approved by the attorney-general and a president of a district court, and a doctor determines that the hunger strike, if continued, would cause irreparable damage to the prisoner or that his life is in danger. Israel has long been concerned that hunger strikes by Palestinians in its jails could end in death and trigger waves of protests in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Israel’s Medical Association, which considers force-feeding a form of torture and medically risky, urged thousands of Israeli doctors not to abide by the law even after it was passed, and continued to oppose it before the High Court. Lahav Harkov contributed to this story. Think others should know about this? Please share | |

2016-09-11 22:21 YONAH JEREMY www.jpost.com

31 Zuma extends condolences to Tanzania after quake Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma offered condolences to the government and people of Tanzania, after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck on Sunday morning. “I wish to extend our condolences to [His Excellency] President John Magufuli, the Government and the people of Tanzania. ''The people of South Africa share the pain and loss of the loved ones, their homes and property, and our thoughts and prayers go out to all the affected families. We also wish the injured a speedy recovery.” ''The South African government wishes the rescue and recovery teams every success in their efforts.'' News reports say between 13 to 16 people died, and at least 200 were injured in the quake which also shook Uganda and Rwanda. Pictures from the scene show some buildings reduced to rubble.

2016-09-11 22:11 www.news24.com

32 Mugabe loves statue of himself, locals not sure Cape Town - The clenched fist, the set upper lip and that oh-so-slightly sunken chest: Zimbabwe's best-known sculptor Dominic Benhura has captured President Robert Mugabe in his trademark pose in a brand new creation. But many locals aren't impressed. Posing next to the unsmiling giant sculpture at State House in Harare, Mugabe called it ''wonderful'' and said the sight of it had stimulated "a kind of love", according to the official Herald newspaper. Benhura, 48, presented Zimbabwe's longtime leader with the springstone sculpture on Friday, according to the report. The statue stands more than twice as high as the president and has him wearing his familiar grey suit (complete with three black buttons) and a tie. His bespectacled face is set sternly and his right fist held stiffly in the air. The Herald quoted the clearly-flattered Mugabe as saying: "In a sense, to see oneself reproduced this way and that way - replicated, it's something that should be more appreciated than just by saying thank you. " Online, many Zimbabweans had absolutely no intention of saying thank you. Zimbabwe is currently plunged into unprecedented social discontent that Mugabe insists is funded by the West. Despite a ban on demonstrations - prolonged by a court in Harare this week - flash protests are still occurring as opponents of Mugabe try to register their anger with the poverty and corruption that now characterise much of Zimbabwe 36 years into the president's rule. Asked former finance minister Tendai Biti on Twitter: "We don't question artists but what was going on in the mind of this artist as he chiselled this stone for years? " (Actually, Benhura says the statue took him six months to make.) Another Zimbabwean quipped: "He's certainly no Leonardo da Vinci. " According to the Herald, Benhura said he wanted his statue to make a "strong impression". But Jealously Mawarire, a spokesperson for the Zimbabwe People First opposition party wasn't the only one who thought the award-winning sculptor may actually have had a cunning plan. He said in a tweet: "Maybe [Benhura] was thinking, let me immortalise this evil for posterity to learn how not to run a country. " A report from the state broadcasting corporation ZBC in January appears to show the statue was finished and mounted then. But it - and a second sculpture by a group of three artists - were reportedly only officially handed over to Mugabe last week.

2016-09-11 22:01 www.news24.com

33 German court drops case against woman, 92, who worked at Auschwitz A state court in northern Germany said it is dropping a case against a 92-year-old woman who worked as a radio operator at Auschwitz. The woman, identified by the Kiel state court as Helma M., is almost completely blind and deaf and was weakened by an unnamed illness and therefore unfit to stand trial, the court said in a statement issued on Friday, according to news reports. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. She was charged with 260,000 counts of accessory to murder, connected to her work at the Nazi concentration camp as the radio operator of the commandant there. In March, a former Auschwitz medic, 95, was found unfit to stand trial for his role in the murder of more than 3,600 people at the Nazi death camp. A court-appointed physician determined that Hubert Zafke’s health was too poor to go on trial in Neubrandenburg state court. Prosecutors say the medic’s unit in which he served placed the Zyklon-B pesticide crystals into the gas chambers at Auschwitz. Zafke does not deny he served at Auschwitz, but says he did not see or participate in any of the murders. In June, Waffen SS member Reinhold Hanning, 94, was sentenced to five years in prison by the district court in Detmold, in the state of North Rhine- Westphalia, for his role as an accessory in the murder of at least 170,000 people in the Auschwitz. He remains free as he appeals the verdict. Think others should know about this? Please share | |

2016-09-11 21:49 www.jpost.com

34 Israeli Doctors: Breastfeeding a casualty of marketing war over baby formulas The current marketing war between producers of mothers’-milk substitutes threatens to reduce the level of breastfeeding in the country, according to the Association of Public Health Physicians in the Israel Medical Association, which is asking Health Minister Ya’acov Litzman to come out with a public call encouraging breastfeeding. Marketing surrounding the import of a new baby formula from Perrigo Company in the US has prompted competitors to join in, Prof. Nadav Davidovitch, a leading epidemiologist and public health physician at Ben-Gurion University who chairs the public health physicians’ group, wrote in a letter to Litzman. The only reason for the “aggressive media war,” claimed Davidovitch, is competition and economics because, until now, Materna and Similac have had near-monopolies in the market. Shufersal, which recently began distributing the Perrigo product – Baby – advertises the formula as having “Health Ministry approval,” and the others also have approval from the ministry to be imported, manufactured and sold. However, Davidovitch said the attempt to break the economic stranglehold of the product has led to a campaign “that is liable to mislead the public into thinking that the ministry encourages giving babies the Perrigo formula or to encourage women to forgo breastfeeding and give [their babies] formula instead.” The association, therefore, is concerned that the public relations and advertising war will “significantly harm” the rate of breastfeeding, which is has been demonstrated to be more healthful to babies and their mothers than reconstituted milk powders. In fact, health authorities recommend breastfeeding exclusively recommended during the baby’s first six months of life. Israel is a signatory of a World Health Organization agreement to encourage breastfeeding and minimize the promotion of baby formula. However, because of the expense of feeding newborns in public hospitals, a tender was approved years ago that allows companies to provide free formula to the institutions and distribute samples to new mothers in many obstetrics departments. Although more than 90 percent of women say after giving birth that they want to breastfeed, only about 58 percent do so because of various factors, including pressure from formula companies, the association said. Other factors include “technical problems” in hospitals, such as separating babies from mothers in obstetrics wards and the lack of a sufficient number of professional breastfeeding counselors on site. In those hospitals that do have enough counselors, breastfeeding rates are much higher, Davidovitch said. Furthermore, well-baby (tipat halav) centers that examine babies and educate mothers are understaffed and lack computers and other basic supplies, he added. The Health Ministry spokeswoman has not commented on the association’s statement. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. Think others should know about this? Please share | |

2016-09-11 21:42 JUDY SIEGEL www.jpost.com

35 Netanyahu's office denies report of imminent meeting with Erdogan No meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been set up at the end of the month at the UN, a senior source in the Prime Minister's Office said Thursday, following a Channel 1 report to the contrary. The Prime Minister's Office has not released any list of the leaders Netanyahu plans to meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly debate. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. Netanyahu is expected to travel to the UN on September 20, speak to the General Assembly on September 22, and return to Israel on September 25. As of yet no meeting has been set up as well with US President Barack Obama, neither in New York nor in Washington. Channel 1 reported that a Netanyahu-Erdogan meeting, set up through “secret diplomatic channels,” will take place at the UN, and that the meeting was made possible by Erdogan’s recent signing of the reconciliation agreement with Israel that the Turkish parliament ratified late last month. This would be the first meeting between the two leaders. Even though the accord was signed in late June, and ratified by the Turkish parliament last month, an exchange of ambassadors – the final step toward full normalization – has not yet taken place. One diplomatic official said that this is expected to occur once Israel transfers $20 million to a fund set up for the families of the 9 Turks killed on the Mavi Marmara in 2010 when the ship was stopped by IDF commandos as it tried to break the naval blockade of Gaza. The money is to be transferred some 25 days after Erdogan put his final signature on the accord on August 31. Think others should know about this? Please share | |

2016-09-11 21:27 HERB KEINON www.jpost.com

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2016-09-11 21:25 Ellen Eldridge www.ajc.com

37 J Street: The US should end tax deductions for pro-settlement groups J Street called on the US Treasury to halt tax deductions to groups that support Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank, saying that it contradicts American foreign policy. It mentioned specifically right-wing nongovernmental groups, such as Regavim, which monitors illegal Palestinian construction, the Hebron Fund, which works to expand the Jewish community in that city, and The Ir David Foundation (Elad), which supports the construction of new homes for Jews in Arab neighborhoods of east Jerusalem. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. “A sophisticated private network has sprung up in the United States, funded by tax- deductible donations, that has channeled millions of dollars to strengthen the settlements and weaken the Palestinians’ presence in the West Bank,” J Street said in a statement posted on its website. “Clearly, the United States has not effectively put real weight behind its opposition to Israeli settlements. It must do more to maintain the viability of a two-state solution. At the very least, it should not reward with a tax deduction those funding organizations whose activities could well be illegal, and whose goals and activities are in direct opposition to long-standing, bipartisan US policy,” J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami said. According to US Internal Revenue Service requirements, tax deductible status can only be given to those organizations whose activities are not illegal or contrary to “established public policy,” J Street said. Regavim’s international director Josh Hasten said in reponse that his organization’s lawyers had opened an investigation into J-Street to “ascertain who is truly behind J-Street’s subversive anti-Israel positions.” This is an organization that supported the Iran nuclear deal that threatens Israel’s existence, and which has supported United Nations Security Council action against Israel, Hasten said. It helped with the publication of the UN’s Goldstone Report on 2009’s Operation Cast Lead against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and supported the “terrorists” on the 2010 Gaza flotilla ship, the MV Mavi Marmara, Hasten said. “We are proud that this repugnant anti-Israel group is coming after Regavim because it strengthens our image as a bastion of Zionist values,” Hasten said. “We call upon our supporters in Israel and around the world to show these anti- Israel bullies that Zionism is alive and well, by increasing their support for Regavim and ensuring that we continue to flourish,” Hasten said. Think others should know about this? Please share | |

2016-09-11 21:24 TOVAH LAZAROFF www.jpost.com

38 38 Zama zamas rescued, more believed trapped Johannesburg - Four informal miners were rescued from a disused mineshaft in Langlaagte, Johannesburg on Sunday afternoon, with more miners thought to be still trapped, police said. "Today we managed to rescue four people," said Captain Kay Makhubela. "Two were taken to hospital, and two were arrested and detained. " Informal miners, known as "zama zamas" work illegally in abandoned and disused mines, usually in very dangerous conditions, and with rudimentary equipment. The latest ordeal started when a group of miners at the Langlaagte Field Mine, a heritage site, did not surface on Wednesday. On Thursday a group of 16 other miners went down to look for them but only eight surfaced. Somebody went and called the police for help and the rescue started. Rescuers at Langlaagte where four trapped illegal miners were rescued (Supplied) The four who were brought out on Sunday said they felt weak and dizzy and that there was smoke underground that made it very difficult to breathe. Makhubela said the rescue was suspended late on Sunday afternoon because the conditions underground were unsafe. They would reassess and go back in when it was considered safer.

2016-09-11 21:21 www.news24.com

39 Sanral questions legality of Outa's e-toll 'defence umbrella' Cape Town - The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has questioned the legality of Outa's recruitment drive for membership of its e- tolls "defence umbrella" and its fund-raising activities, in a statement on Sunday.. Sanral spokesperson Vusi Mona said they had, "challenged Outa to clarify its standing in relation to insurance laws and its practice of collecting funds from the public". "This comes after SANRAL has questioned the cost of membership of Outa versus paying for e-tolls," the government agency said of the Organisation Against Tax Abuse's campaign. "An extract taken directly from their website... is unambiguous when it comes to the true cost of opposing a system that has been declared lawful by Pretoria High Court, the Supreme Court of Appeal and the Constitutional Court,” said Mona. He said that according to Outa's membership plan, a person who received summonses below R50 000, is required to make a once-off payment of R5 000. For amounts above R50 000, the payment is 10% for magistrate court matters and 5% for high court matters. It costs R50 000 to join for matters over R1 million in the high court. "Shockingly, there is still is a monthly fee payable. The lowest amount is R200 per month. This against the reality that 78% users' monthly toll is more than R100 per month, and that the absolute maximum payable is R236 per month for light vehicles if you are registered. " Outa expected payment in excess of the actual monthly costs to fight the system, said Mona. Crowdfunding Outa spokesperson Wayne Duvenhage told News24 that people are so opposed to e-tolls that they would rather give their money to an organisation trying to get the system removed. "It is not an insurance scheme. There are no fees, there are no guarantees. We put it out there," he said. Outa had been opposed to e-tolls since 2012 and launched the "defence umbrella" last year. "This is what you call crowdfunding for a collective. It is an effort by the public to fight a case. " He said Sanral was trying to push the public into fighting for themselves, and that would not be possible with the government's approach of running up costs through delays, which he called "lawfare through attrition". At present lawyers are thrashing out the finer details of the test case. Whether it would be for one to three people or a larger group and whether photographs of people passing a gantry would be required were some of the questions being asked. Duvenhage said the amounts on the website were suggested amounts. The average donation is R120, and the fund already has millions in its war chest. The Outa website explains that being a member of the fund contributes to fighting maladministration and corruption. On Thursday it also posted a statement explaining that Sanral's lawyers had agreed to stay all legal claims against members of the public who either already are, or will in future become Outa members. This is pending the completion of the test case process that started in June 2016 and could take two years to complete. No contract Sanral refused to stay prosecutions of those not in the test case pending the outcome of the test case. "There is no confusion here and if Vusi Mona denies this, he needs to get the facts from Werksmans who are representing them on this matter. The fact is that Sanral's legal team has agreed with Outa's lawyers to a test case process. " Duvenage said people joined Outa because they wanted to. It is not the first time Duvenage has gone to the public for legal funds to get the tolling system in Gauteng stopped. The fund offers several packages with suggested amounts - from a nuclear family to a company fleet - and is managed by Collective Dynamics, a company which says it optimises clients' annuities and premiums. The explainer notes that monthly membership can be by debit order, and was not a contract. Asked what guarantee members had that he would not run away with their money, he said Outa has a board, and is registered. "I can give you my word. There is no chance of that happening. "

2016-09-11 21:21 www.news24.com

40 TNT rips Star, solidifies hold of top spot TNT inched closer to clinching the top spot after repulsing Star, 115-105, in the 2016 PBA Governors’ Cup Sunday night at Mall of Asia Arena. Larry Fonacier came off the bench and led the KaTropa, who upped their league-leading mark to 9-1, with 23 points on 8-of-11 shooting from the field. “We’re waiting what our placing will be and who will face. In the meantime, we want to keep our momentum going and play at a high level intensity and hopefully bring it to the next round,” said TNT head coach Jong Uichico. Jayson Castro had 21 points while Mychal Ammons added a double-double with 14 point and 17 rebounds for the KaTropa, who clawed their way back from an early 11-point deficit. Even despite playing with nothing to lose, the also-ran Hotshots still couldn’t get out of their funk as they dropped their eighth game in 10 outings. TNT can clinch the No. 1 seed on Wednesday if second-running Barangay Ginebra loses to Phoenix. Fittingly, the KaTropa and the Gin Kings will be the final game of the elimination round set on Sept. 18. “Ginebra will be the test. We might not meet them in the top four, but for sure if you go to the next round, it could be that,” Uichico said. Joel Wright paced the Hotshots with 27 points 17 rebounds and three blocks while veteran locals PJ Simon and Marc Pingris scored 20 and 17 points, respectively. The scores: TROPANG TNT 115 – Fonacier 21, Castro 21, Tautuaa 16, Ammons 14, Rosario 10, Madanly 10, Williams 9, Rosales 7, Reyes 5, De Ocampo 2, Carey 0, Rosser 0. STAR 105 – Wright 27, Simon 20, Pingris 17, Barroca 10, Maliksi 9, Garcia 8, Pascual 6, Reavis 4, Mallari 4, Brondial 0, Melton 0. Quarterscores: 27-27, 50-55, 89-83, 115-105

2016-09-11 21:21 INQUIRER.net sports.inquirer.net

41 Patience key to Rashford's progress, says Ibrahimovic Rashford, 18, injected much-needed pace and energy into United’s attack after coming off the bench in their 2-1 loss to Manchester City on Saturday, almost scoring in the 70th minute only for the goal to be disallowed as it brushed Ibrahimovic who was offside. The veteran Swedish striker said there was no need to put pressure on Rashford. “First of all, he’s 18, he’s still young. He has a lot of time,” Ibrahimovic told the club’s website (www.manutd.com). “I think the way you have to approach a player like that, where everyone is talking about the talent and what he’s able to do and what kind of potential he has, is to remember he still has a lot of time. “It’s not like he needs to take over the world today, the club knows that, the coach knows that and the team knows that.” The teenager burst on to the scene last season, scoring in his Premier League, Europa League and senior international debuts, leading to a call-up for England for the 2016 European Championship in France. Ibrahimovic said too much pressure on Rashford’s shoulders could have an adverse effect on his progress. “There is no need to rush to push him and put him in the heat zone and put a lot of pressure on him because that can have the opposite effect,” he said. “Time by time, he will take over everything. It’s about having patience.” Manchester United travel to Feyenoord in the Europa League on Thursday.

2016-09-11 21:14 Reuters www.timeslive.co.za

42 9/11 anniversary ceremony begins with silence NEW YORK —The U. S. marked the 15th anniversary of 9/11 on Sunday, with a moment of silence marking the instant when a hijacked plane crashed and revealed that the deadliest terror attack on American soil was underway. At ground zero, hundreds of victims’ relatives and dignitaries gathered to hear the reading the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed under an overcast sky that shrouded the 1,776-foot-tall top of One World Trade Center, the centerpiece of the rebuilt site. “It doesn’t get easier. The grief never goes away. You don’t move forward — it always stays with you,” said Tom Acquaviva, of Wayne, New Jersey, who lost his son Paul Acquaviva. President Barack Obama was scheduled to speak at an observance at the Pentagon. Hundreds of people also were expected at a ceremony at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people died when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville on Sept. 11, 2001. It was the deadliest terror attack on American soil. The 15th anniversary arrives in a country caught up in a combustible political campaign, but the nation tries to put partisan politics on hold on the anniversary. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican rival Donald Trump both were at the anniversary ceremony at the World Trade Center. Neither candidate was expected to make public remarks at a ceremony where politicians have been allowed to attend, but not speak, since 2011. Clinton and Trump also followed a custom of halting television ads for the day. While ground zero and the nation around it are forever marked but greatly changed since 9/11, the anniversary ceremony itself has become one of the constants in how America remembers the attacks after 15 years. Organizers planned some additional music and readings Sunday to mark the milestone year. But they were keeping close to what are now traditions: moments of silence and tolling bells, an apolitical atmosphere and the hourslong reading of the names of the dead. “This idea of physical transformation is so real here,” Sept. 11 memorial President Joe Daniels said this week. But on this Sept. 11 itself, “bringing the focus back to why we did all this — which is to honor those that were lost — is something very intentional.” The simple, reverential observance may be the norm now, but city officials fielded about 4,500 suggestions — including a Broadway parade honoring rescue workers and a one-minute blackout of all of Manhattan — while planning the first ceremony in 2002. Financial and other hurdles delayed the redevelopment of the Trade Center site early on, but now the 9/11 museum, three of four currently planned skyscrapers, an architecturally adventuresome transportation hub and shopping concourse and other features stand at the site. A design for a long-stalled, $250 million performing arts center was unveiled Thursday. Around the Trade Center, lower Manhattan now has dozens of new hotels and eateries, 60,000 more residents and ever-more visitors than before 9/11.

2016-09-11 20:57 Associated Press newsinfo.inquirer.net

43 Unhelpful messages A video message from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has elicited outrage from Washington. Netanyahu accused the international community – Washington included – of promoting ethnic cleansing by backing the Palestinian demand that all Jewish settlements be dismantled in areas that become part of a future Palestinian state. While Israel has nearly two million Arabs living inside its borders, the Palestinian leadership “actually demands a Palestinian state with one precondition: no Jews,” Netanyahu said in the video released by his office. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. “There is a phrase for that, it’s called ethnic cleansing,” the prime minister said. He went on to say that the international community’s decision to support the Palestinians’ demand was “even more outrageous” than the demand itself. Netanyahu’s basic argument – that the Palestinian demand to uproot Jewish settlements reveals bigotry and intolerance – has been made by this paper in the past. If the peace process is genuine, a future Palestinian state should be tolerant enough to accommodate and protect a Jewish minority in its midst. That the Palestinian political leadership is unable to contemplate such an arrangement is a worrying sign that any purported peace process would be empty of meaning. Only when settlements cease to be perceived as the key obstacle to peace, will there be hope of a true reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians. However, Netanyahu’s choice of words was unfortunate. The US and other pro-Zionist supporters of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are not advocates of ethnic cleansing. They view the dismantling of Jewish communities as a means of reducing tension between the sides. These settlements should be removed not because Jews’ unalterable ethnic affiliation disqualifies them to live in this geographic area, rather because the legacy of the conflict makes it impossible for the two peoples to live together right now. It is, therefore, better to separate the two peoples in the short term. The US position – shared by a large swath of the international community – should not be confused with support for ethnic cleansing of Jews. The idea that Israelis and Palestinians cannot live with one another and therefore must be separated underlies the reasoning of the two-state solution. Zionist political parties that support such a solution – such as Labor and Meretz, and even Netanyahu according to his famous Bar-Ilan speech in 2009 – believe that peace is worth the heavy price of uprooting Jewish settlements. They also believe that maintaining control over Judea and Samaria with its large Palestinian population for the sake of the settlements undermines Israel’s standing as a democracy. Indeed, it was Menachem Begin, Israel’s first prime minister from the Right, who set the precedent for uprooting settlements and transferring Jewish populations as a precondition for peace with our Arab neighbors. The 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty was made possible after Begin agreed to dismantle Jewish settlements built in Sinai. Begin was not engaging in ethnic cleansing when he agreed to relinquish control over the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt, nor was then-prime minister Ariel Sharon when he dismantled the Jewish communities of the Gaza Strip and northern Samaria in the summer of 2005. These pullouts were the result of a realization that Egyptians and Israelis and Palestinians and Israelis are unable to live together in peace on the same piece of land. In the case of the Palestinians, the pullouts only encouraged more violence and terrorism. Whether the dismantling of settlements is ultimately needed to obtain a peace deal with the Palestinians remains to be seen. First and foremost, Palestinians need to stop their incitement against Israelis and to begin a process of reconciliation that makes it possible for a future Palestinian state to exist side-by-side with the Jewish state. Once that happens, the possible existence of a Jewish minority within that state can be contemplated. At the same time, the US - alongside the Israeli political parties on the Left that support a two-state solution - should not be accused of advocating ethnic cleansing. Making such a charge is unfair and unhelpful diplomacy, particularly when the accused party is Israel’s most important and strongest ally. Think others should know about this? Please share | |

2016-09-11 20:47 JPOST EDITORIAL www.jpost.com

44 Dozens arrested and blades seized at UK Sikh temple London - British police arrested 55 people and seized blades at a Sikh temple on Sunday, following a demonstration at the holy site believed to be protesting a mixed marriage. Armed officers were deployed to the Gurdwara Temple in Leamington Spa, central England, at around 06:45 (05:45 GMT) after a group of men entered the building. A total of 55 people were arrested for aggravated trespass in what police chief David Gardner described as "an escalation of a local dispute". "A significant number of bladed weapons were seized from the scene," he added, stating no-one was injured in the incident. A representative from the Gurdwara Temple was not immediately available to comment on the arrests. Jatinder Singh Birdi, a former treasurer at the temple, told the BBC a marriage between a Sikh and a non-Sikh had been scheduled to be performed. One eyewitness, Perry Phillips, confirmed the dispute was over a "mixed marriage ceremony". "I could see at the entrance to the Gurdwara a lot of people were outside but it was peaceful, there was no shouting or anything. "It seemed like a peaceful protest," he told the Press Association, adding: "There's a big Sikh community in Leamington Spa and a lot of people were turning up. " The Sikh 2 Inspire group said those arrested were carrying a kirpan, a ceremonial Sikh dagger, and criticised the response to the Gurdwara Temple incident. "The media and police have victimised the Sikh appearance and defamed the Sikh community in the UK," the group said on Facebook, calling on their supporters to take their kirpan to their local police station and explain its significance to officers. There are more than 420 000 Sikhs in England and Wales, according to 2011 census data, accounting for 0.8% of the population. Christians make up the largest religious group, accounting for 59.3% of the population, followed by Muslims (4.8%) and Hindus (1.5%).

2016-09-11 20:44 www.news24.com

45 Think about it: I love Israel I love Israel. I love Israel because even though I could live in many other states in the world, this is the only state that for better or worse is mine, and in which I feel truly at home. I love the country’s human diversity, its history, scenery, its flora and fauna. I am proud of the scientific, technological, artistic and sports achievements of its citizens. I get tears in my eyes at the sound of “Hatikvah,” and when I see an El Al plane, with the Israeli flag on its tail, in a foreign airport. And yet, at the sight of our self-appointed foreign minister, MK Yair Lapid, standing on a podium in a square in Stockholm, encouraging the audience of a few hundred to shout “I love Israel,” I flinched with shame and embarrassment, because the scene was pathetic, and Lapid, who sees himself as a serious contender for the premiership, looked and sounded like a complete idiot. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. It is no secret that the Swedes are not exactly lovers of Zion, and given the fact that they elected a Social Democrat/ Green government they have many ideological reasons not to love Israel, both for its policy vis-à-vis the Palestinians and the future of the territories, and because of its swinish variety of economic neo-liberalism. But we Israelis, who elected a right- wing/religious government, are not exactly lovers of the Vikings, with their inclination for pacifism, their developed welfare state, and concern (some would say hypocritical concern) for human rights. So what? Lapid also used his podium in Stockholm to openly criticize Sweden’s foreign minister, Margot Wallström, who is known for her hostility toward Israel. I couldn’t help wondering what would happen if the leader of a Swedish opposition party stood in the middle of a square in Jerusalem and spoke against our foreign minister/ prime minister. We would all yell bloody murder, and if members of “La Familia” (a fanatical group of Beitar Jerusalem soccer team fans) were to get anywhere close to him – God save him. None of this is what diplomacy is about, mister claimant to the premiership! Recent opinion polls show Yesh Atid emerging as Israel’s largest parliamentary group if elections were to be held today – receiving well over double its current 11 Knesset seats. These opinion polls show Labor power crashing, and the Likud losing a fifth of its current seats. If Netanyahu had gotten his way in changing the Basic Law: the Government, so that the leader of the list receiving the most mandates would be the one to form the new government, according to the new opinion polls Lapid would be Israel’s prime minister if elections were to be held today. Netanyahu must be counting his lucky stars that his proposal did not become law. Perhaps he will also rethink his inclination to propose constitutional changes to suit his conjunctural political interests, and start thinking in terms of what is best for Israel’s very problematic political reality in the long term. That, of course, is not very likely, because one of the things Israel needs to deal with the explosive political situation is a prime minister – whether from the Right, Left or Center – intent on reducing the schisms and lowering the flames. Time and again (most recently over the Saturday railway works scandal) Netanyahu proves that he isn’t such a prime minister. Under the current system, even if the election results were to correspond to the recent opinion polls, Lapid would not be selected by the president to form the next government, because there is no chance he would be able to muster a majority to do so. The fact is that the meteoric rise of Yesh Atid has not occurred at the expense of the Likud, but at the expense of the Labor Party and Kulanu. The Likud loses seats to Bayit Yehudi and Yisrael Beytenu, while the haredi parties gain seats because their electoral base keeps growing due to natural causes. According to the opinion polls Israel’s Arab citizens are also no more inclined to flock the polling stations than they were in the elections to the 20th Knesset, for if they were they could increase their representation to 20 or more seats, and thus change the Left/Arab – Right/religious balance. The opinion polls show them staying with their 13. Incidentally, I cannot say that I am sorry that Lapid is unlikely to emerge as Israel’ next prime minister. He is a charming, some would say good looking simpleton, lacking both a formal education and experience, and the fact that he has done so well in the recent opinion polls is merely an indication that the Israeli Center is completely desperate, willing to replace one egomaniac with another for lack of any other visible alternative. In fact, in the current circumstances the only chance of sending Netanyahu packing is if all his past, present and potential victims from within the Likud – including Moshe Kahlon, Gideon Sa’ar, Moshe Ya’alon, Yisrael Katz and Gilad Erdan – were to decide to act in unison to ensure that this happens, either from within or outside the Likud. Yes – I love Israel, and if I must choose among Netanyahu, Lapid and the medley of Netanyahu victims, I will opt for the latter. At the moment the Labor Party is not a realistic option. But if the next elections are held in 2019, who knows what could happen. The writer is a political scientist. Think others should know about this? Please share | |

2016-09-11 20:40 SUSAN HATTIS www.jpost.com

46 9/11 memorial events in New York City, Washington, Pennsylvania By Ray Sanchez CNN NEW YORK, New York (CNN) — The recitations of the nearly 3,000 names of the dead rose toward a cloudy sky over lower Manhattan Sunday morning like an epic poem chronicling one of America’s saddest moments. Bagpipes played and bells tolled in solemn tributes. Fifteen years ago, the United States changed forever when four airliners crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D. C., and a field outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The age of terror had begun. “September 11, 2001, touched every single one of us,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Saturday during a memorial service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral for the city’s fire department. “There is no New Yorker who somehow evaded the pain of that day. We all felt it. We all were affected. Everyone felt it. Everyone suffered.” At the World Trade Center, 2,753 people were killed when the hijacked jetliners were intentionally flown into the towers. Among those who died were 343 firefighters, 23 police officers and 37 officers with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. At Sunday’s memorial service in New York, surviving relatives stepped to the microphones in pairs at the spot where the towers once stood. Some wore ribbons and buttons with photos of their dead loved ones. By late morning, the sun had broken through the clouds on a humid day. Jim Giaccone remembered his older brother, Joseph Micheal, who worked for Cantor Fitzgerald on the 103rd floor of the north tower. The financial services firm lost 658 employees that day. “Fifteen years are like 15 seconds,” Giaccone said. “The hurt is still there. The hole is still there. You live on through your family. We miss every day. And everyone tell someone you love them today.” Jerry D’Amadeo said he was 10 when he lost his father, Vincent Gerard D’Amadeo, who also worked for Cantor Fitzgerald. This summer, the younger D’Amadeo worked with children affected by the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, where 26 children and adults were killed in 2012. “Sometimes the bad things in our lives put us on the path to where we should be going — to help others as many have helped me,” he said. D’Amadeo blew a kiss and looked to the sky. “I love you, Dad,” he said. The 2,977 men and women who died in the attacks that day were remembered this weekend with parades and solemn memorials throughout the country. Special services will be held at the spots where the planes crashed. In lower Manhattan, bells rang to introduce moments of silence six times: at 8:46 a.m., when American Airlines Flight 11 hit the north tower; at 9:03, when United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the south tower; at 9:37, when American Airlines Flight 77 careened into the Pentagon; at 9:59, when the south tower collapsed; at 10:03, when Flight 93 crashed in Pennsylvania; at 10:28, when the north tower tumbled. Houses of worship throughout New York City tolled their bells and families of victims of the 2001 attacks — as well as the 1993 bombing at the World Trade Center — for hours recited the names of those killed. Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump visited Ground Zero. Clinton left the 9/11 commemoration ceremony early after she felt overheated and went to her daughter’s apartment, the Clinton campaign said. In Washington, President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford addressed the families and friends of the 9/11 victims in a ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial. “Fifteen years may seem like a long time but for the families who lost a piece of their heart that day I imagine it can seem like just yesterday,” Obama said. “Perhaps it’s the memory of a last kiss given to a spouse or the last goodbye to a mother or father, a sister or a brother. We wonder how their lives might have unfolded, how their dreams might have taken shape. And I am mindful that no words we offer or deeds we do can ever truly erase the pain of their absence. And yet you, the survivors and families of 9/11, your steadfast love and faithfulness has been an inspiration to me and to our entire country.” Obama said the “3,000 beautiful lives” lost that day will never be forgotten. To the survivors and families of victims, Obama said, “You remind us there’s nothing that Americans can’t overcome.” At the Pentagon, 184 people were killed when hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the building. One of the hijacked planes crashed outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania, apparently forced down short of the terrorists’ intended target after passengers and crew fought back. A service also was held at the Flight 93 National Memorial. After the September 11 commemoration ceremony, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined more than 450 motorcycle riders participating in the 9/11 Memorial Motorcycle Ride at a lunch in New York City. The ride pays tribute to the strength, courage and heroism of the first responders who led recovery efforts during and following the terrorist attacks. On Sunday, the NFL and Major League Baseball were to commemorate 9/11 with appearances by military personnel and first responders and the unfurling of giant flags. The ceremonies come amid a heated debate ignited last month when San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the anthem in protest of racial injustice in America. The NFL was bracing for player demonstrations during the national anthem at Sunday opening-week games after other players vowed to follow Kaepernick’s lead. At the Pentagon, Obama praised an America “drawn from every corner of the world, every color, every religion, every background.” “Our patchwork heritage is not a weakness,” he said. “It is still and always will be one of our greatest strengths. This is the America that was attacked that September morning. This is the America that we must remain true to.” CNN’s Ralph Ellis, Chandrika Narayan and Laura Ly contributed to this report. 2016-09-11 20:36 CNN Wire fox13now.com

47 Body cameras, clocks among ideas in play for tennis's future NEW YORK (AP) — What if they put tiny cameras on players to get more dramatic TV angles? What if serves that dribbled over the net were fair game? What if servers were on a 20- second clock to start points? And how about scrapping the pre-match warmup so matches actually start on time? These are among the possible tennis tweaks and changes a top U. S. Tennis Association official says are being seriously discussed, in some cases actually being experimented with, as the game's leaders brainstorm ways to — someday — make play at the highest pro levels faster and more television-friendly. And she says a changing of the guard underway at the top of the men's and women's games makes it a good time to do it. "We want to innovate, but we have to do it in such a way that we bring the players along," says Stacey Allaster, the USTA's chief executive of professional tennis, cautioning that any such changes should undergo deliberate "incubation" at that game's lower tiers rather than debuting on the game's top level. That's the idea of experimenting with a 20-second serve clock this year at the U. S. Open's junior and college invitational tournaments. While it's not clear yet whether matches have indeed moved along more quickly, it apparently has had an effect: Out of 260 matches so far, 24 serve clock warnings have been issued, and none resulted in a repeat violation that would have resulted in a penalty point. "I love it," says Danielle Collins, a two-time NCAA singles champion at Virginia who won the Open's collegiate title Saturday. "Because in college tennis people stall really badly. It's crazy how long people are taking between points. " That's been a point of contention on the pro tours for years because instead of employing a clock, any warnings or penalty points issued over slow play are left entirely to the umpire's discretion. That tension was on full view during Friday's men's semifinals, when both Stan Wawrinka and Kei Nishikori were warned about slow play, as was Gael Monfils in his match against Novak Djokovic, responding to the umpire by essentially saying, if you want me to speed up, penalize me. Other ideas that have been discussed, according to Allaster: eliminating the service let, which would allow serves that hit the net and fall in to be playable; tighter policing of player bathroom and injury breaks; and reducing or eliminating the pre-match warmup hit, which can delay the scheduled start of matches. The NCAA implemented that idea in its championships this year. "If a fan tunes into ESPN for a 4 o'clock match and it doesn't start until 4:15, we probably would have lost them because they will start to click and they will click onto another sport," Allaster says. "So we have to be quicker in getting to the show. " Allaster, who came to the USTA recently after serving as chief executive of the Women's Tennis Association, said technology is another avenue of change. Allaster noted that shot-spotting technology to determine if balls are in or out, which has been a part of the Open since 2006, had the added benefit of helping fans get more engaged. The same could happen, she says, if tiny cameras are put on players' bodies or hats. "People could see what it's like to return one of these big serves. " Allaster noted that the Open is open to change, noting it remains the only Grand Slam tournament that decides the final set with a tiebreaker, and that its mixed doubles event now features no-ad scoring, meaning that at 40-40, one more point decides the game rather than one side having to win two in a row. Also, all the other Grand Slam events with the exception of Wimbledon have gone to a best-of-three format for men's doubles instead of best of five. But going to no-ad scoring in more events or to best-of-three in men's singles at the Grand Slam level are not ideas that have gotten much serious discussion, Allaster said, even with the unusual case of the top-seeded Djokovic getting three walkovers or retirements because of injuries to opponents. "Could we say it will never happen? I wouldn't say that. Is it on the short-term horizon? I would say that is not something being discussed," Allaster said of the best-of-three idea. "But I would say everything needs to be on the table as it relates to the health and well-being of the athletes. " Rajeev Ram, who lost in the mixed doubles final with partner CoCo Vandeweghe, questioned the wear and tear that best-of-five sets take on men in singles, and whether such long matches are really what plays best on television. "I don't know who has six hours to watch a tennis match, I certainly don't," Ram says. "What these guys can do out there is unbelievable. But to watch five sets of some of these guys playing 40-ball rallies, it's just hard to think that that's going to be, from the business side of tennis, a good product. "

2016-09-11 20:36 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

48 Coming full circle on 9/11 Sunday marked the 15th anniversary of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. On that fateful day, the “land of the free and home of the brave” was brutally violated on its own soil. Americans, previously insulated from war and terrorism within the confines of their country’s borders, were suddenly faced with the realization that their sense of security had been false for quite some time. This shock was not exclusive to citizens of the United States. The entire world watched the unfathomable footage of the collapse of the Twin Towers from television sets at home and in shop windows with amazement. Even those who celebrated the humiliation of the world’s only superpower at the hands of rogue actors were incredulous. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. Indeed, for that moment in time, there was universal global consensus that a seismic shift had occurred in one fell swoop, and that life as we knew it would never be the same again. It was like witnessing a chapter – or prediction – of the Bible. But it was a very different book that became the focus of heated public debate, even before the dust in lower Manhattan had settled. Was the Koran behind such evil, or was it hijacked, like the planes-turned-bombs? Were all Muslims to be held accountable for the act of a few radicals, or would they join in the fight to root out their bad seeds? Israelis were just as horrified as everyone else by the scale and scope of the mass murder. We also understood the significance of the targets of the meticulously planned atrocity – key symbols of American financial and military prowess. But we were not surprised by the event itself. Nor did we concern ourselves with the extent to which the tenets of Islam were to blame. We were in the throes of a suicide-bombing war, which had been launched against us a year earlier by the Palestinian Authority. The only casus belli for what came to be called the second intifada was our utter and repeated capitulation to the demands of arch-terrorist PLO chief Yasser Arafat. The more we groveled, the more empowered became the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, whose aim all along was to annihilate the Jewish state. Yes, we Israelis were spending our days trying to calculate which buses might blow up on our way to school or work; which café, restaurant or discotheque was too risky to frequent; and what packages, backpacks and sidelong glances were suspicious. As heads were literally rolling in seas of Jewish blood on the streets, our concern was not with the Koran, but with our leaders’ ability to put a stop to the carnage perpetrated by enemies in our midst. We did not care whether Islam had been “hijacked.” We just wanted to eradicate the phenomenon – by any means necessary. Those naïve enough to have believed that the way to do this was through diplomacy were provided with a wake-up call courtesy of Palestinians wearing and detonating explosive belts. The rest of us already knew that, in the language of Fatah and Hamas, “peace” is a codename for “death and destruction.” In the 15 that have ensued, much has changed and even more has stayed the same. Most rational people today are unable to escape the conclusion that understanding the “gripes” of Islamic radicals does nothing but feed their bloodlust. Even willfully ignorant Europeans are being forced to remove their blindfolds. Nevertheless, the phenomenon is spreading, not receding. Which brings us back to America. In the past eight years, the administration in Washington – sitting in the very neighborhood of the 9/11 Pentagon bombing – has signaled to Islamists who believe it is their political and religious duty to subjugate, kill or maim all infidel Jews, Christians and Muslims that their path will not be hindered. US President Barack Obama even put this in writing last year, when he signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action – the Iran nuclear deal. With each passing day, new details of the agreement itself and of off-the-record addenda emerge to indicate just how completely and purposefully the White House bowed down to the ayatollahs in Tehran. In so doing, Obama gave the regime the bright green light to continue to serve as the greatest state sponsor of global terrorism – but with deadlier weapons of mass destruction. Americans now can lie awake at night knowing that their tax dollars are paying for the slaughter of innocent people, just like those who went to work on the morning of 9/11 and never returned. What a way to come full circle on a crystal anniversary. The writer is the managing editor of The Algemeiner. Think others should know about this? Please share | |

2016-09-11 20:36 RUTHIE BLUM www.jpost.com

49 Police: Man shot after asking if bulletproof vest works TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Police say a Florida man asking if a bulletproof vest "still worked" was fatally shot by his cousin. A Tampa Police report says 23-year-old Joaquin Mendez put on the vest late Saturday and "wondered aloud whether it still worked. " Police say his cousin, 24- year-old Alexandro Garibaldi, pulled out a gun and responded, "Let's see. " Officers found Mendez outside the house with a gunshot wound in his chest. Mendez died at a hospital. According to the report, Garibaldi initially told officers he found his wounded cousin after hearing a gunshot. However, police say a witness described Garibaldi shooting Mendez. Police say the vest was found inside the house with a gunshot. Garibaldi was held Sunday without bond on a manslaughter charge. Hillsborough County jail records didn't show whether he had an attorney.

2016-09-11 20:33 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

50 Uruguayan championship results and standings Sept 11 (Gracenote) - Results and standings from the Uruguayan championship matches on Sunday Sunday, September 11 Danubio 1 Villa Espanola 0 Defensor Sporting 2 Sud America 0 Juventud 0 River Plate M. 0 Liverpool 2 Nacional M. 1 Saturday, September 10 Boston River 1 Cerro 1 Fenix 3 Racing CM 1 Penarol 0 Wanderers 1 Plaza Colonia 1 Rampla Juniors 1 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Wanderers 3 2 1 0 5 2 7 2 Juventud 3 2 1 0 3 0 7 3 Rampla Juniors 3 2 1 0 5 3 7 4 Liverpool 3 2 1 0 3 1 7 ------5 Danubio 3 2 0 1 4 3 6 6 Boston River 3 1 2 0 7 3 5 7 Defensor Sporting 3 1 1 1 3 2 4 8 Penarol 3 1 1 1 2 1 4 9 Cerro 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 10 Nacional M. 3 1 0 2 5 6 3 11 Fenix 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 12 Sud America 3 1 0 2 1 4 3 13 Plaza Colonia 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 14 River Plate M. 3 0 2 1 2 6 2 15 Racing CM 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 16 Villa Espanola 3 0 0 3 1 4 0 1-4: Copa Sudamericana

2016-09-11 20:33 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

51 Athleisure for every occasion: Lacoste designer Felipe Oliveira Baptista puts a couture spin on sportswear at jungle-themed NYFW show The lines between casual everyday wear and activewear have become increasingly blurred during the last few years - just ask Lululemon. However, at his New York Fashion Week show on Saturday morning, Lacoste designer Felipe Oliveira Baptista took elevated sportswear to a whole new level, taking the brand's signature sporty style and giving it a high-end couture edge. Creating his very own urban jungle inside Spring Studios, where the catwalk was flanked by leafy green palm trees, Baptista debuted a chic Spring/Summer 2017 collection filled with bright spring shades, sporty midi dresses and the odd funky print thrown in for good measure. From hooded sweater dresses and polo shirt-esque focks to the checked romper and terrycloth robes, Baptista pushed the boundaries of traditional sportswear to create a collection of chic, easy-to-wear pieces that would be perfectly at home on tennis court or a red carpet. Stand-out pieces included a strapless yellow midi dress with a flattering silhouette that was made all the more appealing with the addition of a belted waist and a quirky drop-waist hooded sweater-turned-cape dress that was the ideal mix of couture and casual comfort. In the meanswear department, it was a bold pink suit that was the stand-out star of the show and once again proved that the lines between activewear and high-end red carpet collections are becoming more and more blurry.

2016-09-11 20:32 Charlie Lankston www.dailymail.co.uk

52 Search suspended for missing cruise ship passenger ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The search is suspended for a missing woman who was on a cruise ship traveling from Seattle to Glacier Bay when she fell overboard. KTVA-TV reported that an Alaska State Trooper Dispatch said 25-year-old Natalia Molina fell from the Norwegian Pearl ship west of Juneau. According to the Sitka Sentinel, security video shows Molina going overboard. A helicopter and boat crews assisted in the search. Her next of kin have been notified that she is missing. The Coast Guard suspended the search Friday.

2016-09-11 20:31 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

53 Gisele Bündchen practises with Tom Brady ahead of his comeback to the New England Patriots Tom Brady will be eligible to take the field next month against the Cleveland Browns. And his wife of seven years, Gisele Bündchen, is not letting him go soft during his four-game suspension. On Saturday, the model uploaded an Instagram photo of herself playing catch with the American footballer, leaping up in athletic gear that emphasised her enviably svelte figure. Her zaffre capri leggings accented her vertiginous legs as she reached for the ball. With her blonde hair flying in a ponytail, the 36-year-old's grey tank top showed off her bulging cleavage and trim torso. Meanwhile, the dashing 39- year-old faced away from the camera, having just thrown the ball to his wife. His grey T-shirt revealed his musclebound arms, and he matched it with a grey baseball cap turned backwards. Black sweatpants completed his outfit, and Fluffy - the dog the couple adopted this February - sat nearby. The Três de Maio native captioned the photo: 'Don't worry guys. I will keep him ready. #Brady'scamp #IwillwhatIwant.' A string of emojis preceded: 'Não se preocupem. Ele vai estar preparado,' which in Portuguese means: 'Do not worry. He will be ready.' Brady was saddled with the suspension for his alleged complicity in deflating footballs for a 2015 AFC Championship Game against the Indianapolis Colts. The Patriots won, but 'Deflategate' snowballed, and in June, after a protracted legal battle, the quarterback relented and accepted the punishment. Earlier this week, he told Westwood One Sports : 'I'm really just trying to focus on, you know, the things that I can control, and trying to stay in great shape and be prepared for when I get the opportunity to play in October, and also to spend a little bit of time with my family.' Brady and Bündchen married in 2009 and have two children, six- year-old Benjamin and three-year-old Vivian. The athlete also has a nine- year-old son called John Moynahan by a previous relationship with actress Bridget Moynahan.

2016-09-11 20:30 Sameer Suri www.dailymail.co.uk

54 Syria rebels tell US they back a ceasefire, but voice concerns at deal BEIRUT, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Syrian rebel groups wrote to the United States on Sunday, saying they would "cooperate positively" with a ceasefire but had deep concerns about details of the deal as relayed to them, two rebel officials said. The ceasefire was agreed between Russia, which backs Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and the United States, which backs some rebel groups, to come into effect at sundown on Monday, and excludes some jihadist groups. "We in the revolutionary factions reconfirm our fixed position of dealing positively with the idea of a ceasefire," said the text of the letter as confirmed by the rebel officials. But underlining the depth of rebel concern at the details, it cited reservations "linked to our survival and continuation as a revolution". The letter voiced worry that the ceasefire was devoid of guarantees, monitoring mechanisms or sanctions against violations, saying that the absence of such mechanisms had allowed the government to scupper a previous deal. It also expressed concern at what it said were clauses in the agreement indicating that Syrian government jets would not be barred from flying for up to nine days after the ceasefire had taken effect. "As you know this time frame... will give the warplanes of the regime adequate opportunity to cause huge damage in civilian areas and against our military forces," it said. It also said excluding Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, a former al Qaeda affiliate, but not foreign militias backed by Iran, was a double standard and would make the deal less likely to succeed, warning that Russia and the government would use it as a pretext to attack other rebel groups. It noted that while Jabhat Fateh al- Sham, formerly known as the Nusra Front, did not undertake activities outside Syria's frontiers, the "sectarian militias" fighting alongside the government operated across borders. The Syrian government is backed by Shi'ite militias from Iraq, Lebanon and Iran. The letter also said the agreement neglected besieged areas and offered no guarantees against the government forcing local agreements on besieged areas, as happened recently in the town of Daraya near Damascus. Reflecting opposition concern that the agreement was solely focused on Aleppo, the rebel groups said "we insist on the necessity of aid going in to all the besieged areas without exception". (Reporting By Tom Perry and Angus McDowall; Editing by Ralph Boulton/Ruth Pitchford)

2016-09-11 20:29 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

55 Hate America? Millions ready to take your place Contact WND The waiting list for those trying to enter the U. S. legally now stands at 4.4 million, 100,000 more than last year; some have been on the list for more than 15 years. The State Department does not count immigrants already in the U. S. with green-card applications pending. Include those, and the total number of people waiting could be as high as 5.5 million. Even though the spouses and children of U. S citizens are supposed to get priority, their wait times have jumped from as little as two months to up to 18 months, as the administration deals with the surge of illegal immigrants given lawful status by President Obama. Conversely, official U. S. government estimates say 11 million immigrants are living in the country illegally. According to the Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform, approximately 700,000 new illegals enter each year (conservative estimate). Let’s see, while all this is happening, professional football players are refusing to stand for the national anthem, others are protesting “white racism” by demanding “black privilege” (like separate meeting and dorm rooms in universities) and one former U. S. president says Trump’s “Make America Great Again!” campaign theme is simply a call to return to the racist days of yesteryear. Oh, what would we do today without that grand propaganda tool called “racism”? Since the overwhelming majority of young Americans have never seen or experienced true racism, the media can throw anything out and call it “racism,” and they all fall in lockstep with the rhetoric as it becomes fact in their minds. Makes no mistake about it: Ignorance of history, and a frightening departure from life’s realities, poses serious threats to our way of life. Let me clarify something. I am not doing a column on race relations (although the national media has brought much of what is seen today down to that level), but I am talking about a concept that grew out of my experiences as a military veteran (time that was mostly spent overseas, including three tours in the Middle East). It is my considered opinion that a significant part of the problem in our national mindset today is rooted in the fact that, with the possible exception of cruise ships or tourist visits, an overwhelming number of Americans know very little about the “real” world. Consequently, they lack the ability to make unbiased value judgments. They simply react to broadcasts on local and national news outlets, taking at face value everything they see and hear there. They have no tools to weigh the information they receive, such as knowledge of American history, American achievement, the hope that America is to the world or even what it means to their own personal life to have been blessed by being born here. Have you ever wondered what African-Americans want, and why they vote Democratic? Do you know how slavery actually began in America? Ben Kinchlow’s best-selling book “Black Yellowdogs” breaks race and politics down in black and white. Get your copy today! The tragic truth is, many Americans are simply brainwashed by the media and cannot seem to grasp how egregiously unaware and uninformed they really are. Most college students are the products of a liberal, leftist “education” (using the term loosely) via indoctrination by the ’60s hippies who went into education and the media while conservatives went to Wall Street and business. As a result, most of what is seen and accepted as “truth” is nothing more than propaganda designed to produce an anti- American mindset. I hear people constantly criticizing America today, disparaging our form of government and blaming America for the world’s problems. The mainstream media and liberal politicians are continually denigrating our American way of life and railing against big business (the ones who create jobs and salaries). They are contemptuous of our political system (the best ever created for a free people), corrupting our educational process and relentlessly accusing their fellow Americans of one “phobia” after the other. It makes your head spin to witness the disloyalty of so many of our citizenry toward one another and toward this great nation. To all those who have decided that the American way of life is unacceptable and detestable, and presents such a distasteful challenge to their compassionate sensibilities; for those who are making millions of dollars for a few minutes of sports, or movie, entertainment (while disrespecting the same country that has so blessed them); for those who just cannot endure living in, or loving, such a “racist” phobic country as ours – well, I could be wrong, but as I understand it, you are free to leave America anytime. There are millions more in line, ready to take your place. Media wishing to interview Ben Kinchlow, please contact [email protected] .

2016-09-11 20:28 Ben Kinchlow www.wnd.com

56 Martin Shkreli shows up to troll Hillary Clinton about health ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli showed up outside Chelsea Clinton’s Manhattan apartment on Sunday to taunt Hillary Clinton about her health. The Democratic nominee for president abruptly left a 9/11 memorial ceremony on Sunday morning after feeling ‘overheated,’ according to her campaign. A video showed her slumping and being held up by three aides and helped into a van as she left Ground Zero. Scroll down for video After resting at her daughter’s apartment nearby, she emerged and told reporters she felt great. Shkreli was waiting outside and wrote on Twitter that he enjoyed hurling abuse at 68-year-old Clinton. He stood outside, shouting at her to drop out of the election and voicing his support for her rival Donald Trump. ‘I enjoyed screaming “why are you so sick” and “go trump’ at @HillaryClinton,’ he later wrote on Twitter, adding: ‘Get well soon bae!’ Shkreli also posted a video of his antics on YouTube captioned: ‘Me yelling stupid stuff at Hillary.’ In the short clip, he is heard asking her: ‘Do you need Pharma Bro’s help?’ Shkreli found infamy after controversially hiking the cost of a lifesaving HIV drug by 5,000 per cent last year. The 33-year-old former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, sparked outrage and earned the title of the country's most-hated man on the internet when he raised the price of the anti- parasitic infection drug Daraprim to $750 a pill. In December, US authorities arrested him on fraud charges unrelated to Daraprim, saying he ran his investment funds and companies almost like a Ponzi scheme. He pleaded not guilty to the allegations and a trial date was set for June 2017. Shkreli made further headlines in February - and increased public hostility towards him - when he refused to answer questions by a Congressional committee. Instead he laughed, twirled a pencil and yawned, and later called the lawmakers 'imbeciles' on Twitter. On Sunday, Shkreli told his Twitter followers that he was heading to Chelsea Clinton’s New York City home after news reports revealed the former secretary of state’s location. He joined the throng of reporters waiting for Clinton to exit and used Periscope to live stream the scene to his followers. His feed attracted more than a thousand viewers at one stage, but interest waned when Shkreli – who is free on $5million bail - started talking about the federal case against him, according to the New York Post.

2016-09-11 20:28 Khaleda Rahman www.dailymail.co.uk

57 Man was caught in surveillance video using 'kidnapped' mom's credit card before she was found mysteriously murdered in the trunk of her own car at a Washington gas station. Is HE the killer? Dressed in a navy T-shirt and with his face half-hidden under a hat, this is the man who used the credit card belonging to abducted Montana mother Rita Maze on the day she disappeared, according to the attendants at one of the gas stations where her car was last seen. The still is taken from surveillance footage at Love’s gas station in Ritzville, Washington, and was obtained exclusively by Daily Mail Online. It raises questions around the identity of the mysterious figure and whether he was involved in her death. After Maze was taken at around 11:30am on Tuesday morning, her card was used twice – once at an Exxon gas station in Kingston, Idaho, at 4:16pm the same day and again at Love’s at 9:55pm. Just over two hours later, at 12:30am, Maze was found dead in the trunk of her black 2005 Pontiac car which had been abandoned in a parking lot belonging to a trucking company close to the Spokane airport. Staff at Love’s said the man, who is around 6ft 5” tall and ‘dark’, came in alone and spent $24.52 on sodas and ‘enough food for four or five people’. Attendant Tia Mistia told Daily Mail Online that she served the man on the night of the kidnapping but said Maze herself was nowhere to be seen. ‘I served him when he came in here,’ she said. ‘She definitely didn’t come in. I don’t remember exactly what he looked like but he bought a lot.’ Other staff who were working that night said Maze’s car had been seen parked outside a branch of Carl’s Jr attached to the gas station. The abduction and murder of Maze, who was 47 and lived in Great Falls, Montana, remains shrouded in mystery with police saying they had a ‘person of interest’ on Wednesday before back-tracking the following day. Questions have also been raised about whether she was murdered at all. However, her family insist that there is no way she would have taken her own life and have now hit back at cops over the handling of the case. ‘I know she didn’t kill herself,’ her cousin, Leanne Kaufmann, 42, told DailyMail.com. ‘Her life was good, she was happy. ‘How would she have found this parking lot? She hasn’t been to Spokane in 15 years. When her mom moved away, she just didn’t come back. She didn’t commit suicide.’ She added: ‘She had no money worries – her daughter’s wedding was paid for. They paid in cash, upfront, years ago. Maze, who is seen laughing and joking in family photos exclusively obtained by Daily Mail Online, was a devoted mother, says Kaufmann, who was busy planning her retirement with her husband Robert, 58. ‘They truly were the best of friends – his [Robert’s] whole life is gone,’ says Kaufmann. ‘The plans they had made – Rochelle getting married and moving out… Mike, he’s in the military. ‘They were going to sell their house and build a cabin – live for them a little. Rita would never have gone off the deep end.’ On the day she disappeared, Maze was traveling home after visiting her parents in Helena, Montana, 90 miles to the south of her home in Great Falls. She had been taking a break at a lonely rest stop 10 miles from the small town of Wolf Creek when she was allegedly hit over the head and bundled into the trunk of her own car. According to her family, she called her husband at 11:25am to say she was on the way home but then failed to show up – despite the drive taking no more than two hours. By 3:25pm, a frantic Robert had filed a missing person’s report and had repeatedly tried to call his wife but couldn’t get through. Less than an hour later, her card was used in Kingston, Idaho – more than 200 miles from Great Falls. The family, meanwhile, launched a search – driving up and down the road between Helena and Great Falls looking for her car and calling round local hospitals and jails to ask if she was there. ‘At around 10.25pm, she called him [Robert] and said she was in the trunk of her car,’ said Kaufmann. ‘She was totally hysterical. ‘She said a big guy – she compared him to her brother who is 6ft 5” – had hit her over the head and put her in the trunk. ‘While she was talking to Bob [Robert], Rochelle [her daughter] was calling the cops.’ According to Kaufmann, Maze’s phone then cut out but she was able to call her husband back a few seconds later. ‘He [Robert] said she was whispering and trying to be quiet. She was begging him for help and he told her that he had called the police.’ But it was too late and at 12:30am, Maze was found dead by deputies in the trunk of her car close to Spokane. The mother-of-two, who died from a single gunshot wound to her chest, was found after police used cellphone pings to pinpoint her location. Her family were told less than an hour later – Robert and Rochelle by cops at their Montana home and Kaufmann over the phone at 2:30am. The following morning, Sheriff Leo Dutton told a news conference that police had identified ‘a person of interest’ after viewing footage from both gas stations. But the following day, police sources told local media that there was not, in fact, a person of interest and that the case had been turned over to the FBI. Kaufmann, who says she is furious that it took cops so long to find Maze, is now demanding answers. ‘I want the police to admit that there is somebody [involved in Maze’s death],’ she said. ‘I want them to put the blame where it is. I feel like it’s a sick game. ‘If she had had cancer or a heart attack – that’s a reason. But there is no reason for this. She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and we want answers.’ She added: ‘The rest stop she was taken from is very remote so she was probably the only one there. She was everybody’s friend – she probably said hello to him [the alleged killer]. ‘Why did it take the police two hours after she crossed the state line to ping her phone and find her? It doesn’t make sense. ‘I want them to put the blame where it should be and stop putting her family through this. I want answers and I want him found. ‘It won’t bring her back. But it might stop him doing this to you or me.’

2016-09-11 20:28 Ruth Styles www.dailymail.co.uk

58 Kate Hudson beams as she poses with mother Goldie Hawn during 130 MILE bike ride in Colorado 'For my brothers 40th we decided to hike from Aspen into Crested Butte,' said the ex of Matthew Bellamy. 'One of the most beautiful hikes I've done. But as they say, it's the people you share these moments with that make it so meaningful.' The cover girl finished with: 'Happy Birthday Ollie Love you! @theoliverhudson #LoveMyBrothers.' In one of the photos she is posed with two men. And in a third, the Almost Famous star is seen with a blonde woman. Her caption reads: 'No better way to begin @angigreene birthday with a 20 mile birthday ride! 'My outdoor partner in crime! I love you so much Angie girl. You've had quite the year and your strength of spirit inspires me always. 'To the sun and back. Happy birthday. #GirlsWhoPlayTogetherStayTogether.' Kate has stayed close to her parents Goldie and Kurt Russell. And this month she is starring in the film Deepwater Horizon with Russell.

2016-09-11 20:28 Heidi Parker www.dailymail.co.uk

59 Hawaii prepares plan to help coral recover from bleaching Kaneohe - Hawaii officials on Thursday proposed a series of steps to fight coral bleaching that's threatening the state's reefs, including new marine protected areas, limits on fishing and controlling polluted run-off from land. Hawaii's ocean temperatures have been rising as greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have increased, forcing corals to expel algae they rely on for food. Vast stretches of reef have turned white over the past two summers, increasing the risk that the coral will get sick and die. Some already have died. It's a serious concern for the health of the ocean because coral reefs provide habitat for fish and other marine life, scientists say. Bruce Anderson, the state Division of Aquatic Resources administrator, said addressing polluted run-off is difficult, noting it would cost millions of dollars to create artificial wetlands that would help control run-off. Fishermen in the past have also resisted moves to limit their catch. But Anderson said the coral bleaching crisis presents an opportunity. "We are going to have future bleaching events, and the water is going to get warmer. And it's going to happen again and again," he said. "So our challenge is to prevent the impacts of bleaching as much as we can and also to help the reefs recover. " Another idea is to ban lay gill nets that fishermen leave in the water. Anderson said these types of nets are harmful because they kill all the fish caught in them, not just the species targeted by the fisherman. The nets work because the mesh is large enough for a fish's head to go through, but too small for its body to escape. The state will hold public meetings on its proposals before any are adopted. Anderson said the state came up with the proposals after surveying over 80 scientists around the world about what steps are most effective at helping coral reefs. Warmer ocean temperatures bleached coral in Kaneohe Bay off Oahu in 2014. Last year, they bleached corals off the west coast of the Big Island and off Maui. The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii's marine science director said he's excited and encouraged the state is taking on the issue and that it recognises it needs to think strategically about coral bleaching. Eric Conklin called the proposals ambitious and noted the state will need to get feedback and input from the community. He said the proposals face a long road to approval through a public process. "It's really easy to say 'the science tells us these are the best things to do'. It's really tricky to figure out the best way to be guided by that science, but develop up a plan that still meets the needs of the people who rely on the resource," Conklin said. "That's the real challenge in front of us. "

2016-09-11 20:27 www.news24.com

60 Controversial Costa scores twice but Chelsea held by Swansea Retired Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke has put his views on the crisis facing higher education in the country‚ suggesting that the solution should be more nuanced in an unequal society‚ requiring the rich to pay while the poor should be fully funded.

2016-09-11 20:27 Reuters www.timeslive.co.za

61 Mother who cured her postnatal depression with photography takes a stunning picture of her young daughter, three, every day to apologise for shunning her as a newborn A mother has taken moving pictures of her young daughter to apologise for rejecting her during a battle with postnatal depression. Sujata Setia, 35, from Dartford in Kent, has created a portfolio of beautiful photos of her three-year-old Aayat in effort to capture the precious childhood moments in her daughter's life. The mother- of-one shared her passion for the project in a heartfelt message on Facebook where she explained she was trying to make amends. She wrote: ‘I never wanted to have a child. Being a mother did not come naturally to me. When Aayat was born, I went into depression for a very long spell because for me to accept that I owe every single minute of my life to someone else, was just impossible. ‘She is three now. Last week we went for our first family holiday together. Not too far really, just to Devon and Somerset in the UK itself. ‘But it made me realise how deeply I love her and how much of what I am today, I owe to her. She has been a constant source of learning for me. ‘She has made me realise that to be self-centre is easy but to surrender yourself in love for someone is the only way to find true happiness.'

2016-09-11 20:26 Alex Matthews www.dailymail.co.uk

62 Ad Council PSA campaign 'Love Has No Limits' wins Outstanding Commercial Emmy The Ad Council has won the Outstanding Commercial Grammy for its campaign 'Love Has No Labels'. The diversity PSA campaign was created by R/GA and competed against Honda, Snickers, Gatorade and Google for the prize. In February 2015 the first installment rolled out with the aim to further understanding of all regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, and ability. "We are thrilled to be recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences with this award and want to thank our extraordinary brand and media partners who have helped make the campaign such a success,” said Lisa Sherman, president and CEO of the Ad Council. “We are so grateful to everyone who has watched and shared the PSA, and taken our message of love and inclusion to heart.” Recently the campaign continued with WWE star John Cena fronting an ad entitled 'We Are America' and was released on Independence Day.

2016-09-11 20:18 www.thedrum.com

63 IBC 2016: Quickplay on why AT&T is betting on them for the future of their TV services AT&T acquired Quickplay , the company that focuses on streaming TV over an device in June, to drive home their strategy to deliver “video content wherever and whenever viewers want it.” Currently, Quickplay provides AT&T’s U-verse TV Everywhere package and will support DIRECTV Now, DIRECTV Mobile and DIRECTV Preview when it launches later this year. Found Remote spoke with Kavi Maharajh , Vice President of Product Marketing, for Quickplay at IBC 2016. He discussed how AT&T, "truly believed this was the next generation for where they want to take their TV services. " You can access the Found Remote hub here. Sign up to receive The Drum's Found Remote newsletter.

2016-09-11 20:17 www.thedrum.com

64 Mexicans march for gay marriage, day after opponents rally MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of gay and lesbian rights supporters marched to Mexico City's Metropolitan Cathedral to support same-sex marriage Sunday, one day after thousands marched against it. The marchers carried a banner reading "We are families too" and placards reading "I respect your family, respect mine. " Sunday's march came after marches in several Mexican cities Saturday opposing same-sex marriage. White-clad demonstrators Saturday chanted "Children need a father and a mother! " and "Wake up and defend the family. " In May, President Enrique Pena Nieto proposed legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide. It is currently legal only in some places such as Mexico City, the northern state of Coahuila and Quintana Roo state on the Caribbean coast. Pena Nieto's party suffered losses in midterm elections in June and has largely sat on the initiative since then.

2016-09-11 20:16 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

65 Wife of Texas fire chief is arrested for his murder after he was shot and killed and she gave 'suspicious and conflicting information' to the police The wife of a Texas fire chief who was shot dead has been charged with conspiring to commit his murder. Officers from Royse City found Captain Robert Poynter, 47, dead in a vehicle with a single gunshot wound Friday. His wife Chacey Tyler Poynter, 29, called around 10:40 pm saying her husband, an 18-year veteran firefighter, had been shot, police said. She was arrested Saturday after giving suspicious and conflicting information to authorities, according to investigators. Chacey has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder, the Dallas Morning News reported. She is now one of two suspects in the case. Michael Garza, 37, was arrested in the early hours of Sunday and charged with murder. Authorities have not said what the relationships between Garza and the Poynters was. They have not indicated a motive. Robert began serving at the University Park Fire Department in Dallas in 1997, as a firefighter and paramedic. He became a lieutenant in 2002 and a captain in 2012. The University Park Fire Department said in a statement Sunday: 'The members of the University Park Fire Department were deeply saddened to hear of the death of Captain Robert Poynter. 'Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the family at this difficult time.'

2016-09-11 20:13 Clemence Michallon www.dailymail.co.uk

66 Father 'murdered daughter, 6, just hours after social services assured her mom she was safe and doing well in protective custody' A father has been charged with murdering his six-year- old daughter just six hours after child services told the youngster's mother she was safe. Seth Pickering, 36, was arrested after he allegedly took Lila Marie Pickering from a home in Asheville, North Carolina, and killed her. The girl's mother, Ashley Pickering, said a welfare officer had spoken to her the same evening, saying she was 'happy', 'healthy' and in a 'great home'. She told the Citizen-Times : 'I just spoke with her case worker (on Friday) and she said she was happy and healthy and in a great home, and they were going to work on getting her back down here.' A detective then called her at 2am to ask her if she was the wife of Seth Pickering. She said yes, then the officer told her: 'It is with heavy hearts we regret to inform you that your daughter's deceased and Seth's been arrested for first-degree murder.' 'What they said to me just keeps playing in my head like a broken record,' she told the newspaper. 'My husband and I separated because he was abusive, and we were working on getting her back down here, she said. 'She was in protective custody. I don’t know how he got her near her. It’s been one nightmare after another after another. For 15 months, we’ve been fighting this. Seth Pickering was arrested at 7pm on Friday. About an hour earlier, police were preparing to issue an Amber Alert after learning he had taken the child. Capt. John Elkins of the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office said: 'We had a deputy at a home in west Buncombe County after we received a report that the father had taken the child without permission. 'As the deputy was there, we learned of the homicide.' They found him in a car sitting alongside Lila's dead body. Authorities would not elaborate on her cause of death.

2016-09-11 20:12 Dailymail.com www.dailymail.co.uk

67 Seven guerrillas, policeman killed in Kashmir gunfight Jammu/ Srinagar: Three militants and a policeman were killed in a day-long gunfight on Sunday between security forces and guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, while four militants were killed in Kupwara as the army foiled an infiltration bid, the state police said. The police said the militants in Poonch were killed when in the evening, army commandos stormed the under-construction mini secretariat building in Poonch town from where militants were firing. Earlier, a policeman was killed while a sub-inspector and a civilian were injured in the firing exchanges which began in the morning. "Army commandos had launched the final assault against the holed up militants today evening," said a senior police official, adding militants started firing from the under-construction state mini secretariat building near the headquarters of Brigade in Poonch town in the morning after which all escape routes for the militants were sealed. In Kupwara, a gunfight broke out in Nowgam sector of the Line of Control (LoC) as soldiers detected and challenged a group of infiltrating militants. The infiltration bid was foiled and the engagement ended with four killed, said a police officer. In Bandipora, another gunfight started on Sunday morning near the LoC in Gurez sector. Police sources said militants attempted to infiltrate into the Indian side of the LoC from Pakistan, but timely action by the army had forced them to withdraw.

2016-09-11 20:12 By IANS www.mid-day.com

68 Croatia's conservatives lead in parliamentary vote - preliminary result ZAGREB, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Croatia's conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) were in the lead with 62 seats in the 151-seat parliament in Sunday's parliamentary election, preliminary results based on a partial vote count showed. The Social Democratic Party (SDP) came second with 52 seats, the state election commission said after counting 15 percent of the votes. The centre-right Most (the Bridge) party came third with 13 seats. (Reporting by Ivana Sekularac and Igor Ilic, editing by Thomas Escritt)

2016-09-11 20:11 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

69 Junk food damages blood cells leaving burger fans more at risk of cancer than their vegetable-eating friends Burger fans could be more at risk of cancer than vegetarians because junk food damages blood cells. People who do not eat enough antioxidants - which are found in fresh foods - produce red bloods cells that are damaged, scientists at Swansea University found. These cells carry oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues, and remove waste carbon dioxide, making them a vital part of human wellbeing. Examining red blood cells provides a useful indicator about someone's health, The Sunday Times reported. Dr Hasan Haboubi, a gastroenterologist and cancer researcher, said: 'We have found that lifestyle, and especially diet, is intimately linked to the health of our tiniest cells. 'If we have a bad diet it is rapidly reflected in the state of those cells.' Dr Haboubi studied red blood cells, which are created by stem cells in the bone marrow. As stem cells move all around the body they are affected by a lots of lifestyle factors including diet, exercise and exposure to radiation. If these are mutated, faulty blood cells are created. A healthy person should have no more than three to five cells that have mutated per million. People who eat low levels of fruit and vegetables had more than double the mutation rate. The findings were revealed when Dr Haboubi was trying to develop a blood test for cancer.

2016-09-11 20:11 Rory Tingle www.dailymail.co.uk

70 Box Office: 'Sully' Flies High to $35.5 Million U. S. Opening By Dave McNary LOS ANGELES, Sept 11 (Variety.com) - Tom Hanks' "Sully" has taken off with a stellar $35.5 million at 3,525 North American locations, marking a solid start to the fall box office season. Directed by Clint Eastwood, "Sully" handily outperformed recent expectations, which had been in the $25 million range. The action- adventure, which recreates 2009's "Miracle on the Hudson" emergency landing, generated an A CinemaScore in a strong signal that "Sully" should continue to draw well in coming weeks. Sony-Screen Gems drama "When the Bough Breaks" opened respectably in second with $15 million at 2,246 sites. Lionsgate's launch of European animated comedy "The Wild Life" generated only modest interest in fifth place with $3.4 million at 2,493 locations while Relativity's horror film "The Disappointments Room" was nearly invisible with $1.4 million at 1,554 screens for a dismal $901 per- screen average. "Sully" stars Hanks as Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the career pilot who successfully landed a damaged U. S. Airways jet in the Hudson River after it hit a flock of geese following takeoff from LaGuardia Airport. Eastwood directed from a script by Todd Komarnicki, based on the autobiography "Highest Duty" by Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow. "Sully" generated the top gross for a post-Labor Day weekend and the fifth-best September opening ever after "Hotel Transylvania 2," "Hotel Transylvania," "Insidious: Chapter 2" and "Sweet Home Alabama. " The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on Sept. 2 and has received largely laudatory reviews with a current 84 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences were 80 percent over 35 and 56 percent female. Warner distribution exec Jeffrey Goldstein said strong support among older moviegoers means "Sully" will hold well in the coming weeks. "Older audiences tend to support movies like this more over the long haul," he added. Goldstein noted that two recent Hanks movies have generated strong holds -- 2012 hostage drama "Captain Phillips," which opened with $25.7 million on its way to a domestic total of $107 million; and Hanks' most recent film, "Bridge of Spies," which debuted in mid-October with a $15.4 million opening weekend at 2,811 sites and also had a strong hold as it wound up with a $72 million domestic total. Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst with comScore, noted that PostTrak audience survey stats showed that 82 percent of the audience for "Sully" was over 25 years of age with 39 percent listing Hanks as the reason for attending the movie and another 20 percent giving Eastwood being the director. "Both statistics are uncommonly strong," Dergarabedian said. "It's a perfect kick off movie for the Fall movie season of 2016. 'Sully' brings one of the world's most beloved stars and one of its great directors together in a true life drama that delivers the kind of gravitas and depth that defines the so-called 'Oscar season' that usually takes some time to ramp up, but this year gets right to work. " "Sully" generated $4 million from 375 Imax locations for a $10,666 average in what's touted as the first Hollywood film ever shot entirely on Imax cameras. Eastwood had announced in April that he was shooting the film using the digital Imax Alexa 65 cameras. Aaron Eckhart stars as First Officer Jeffrey Skiles and Laura Linney plays Sullenberger's spouse Lorraine. "Sully" has a production budget of about $60 million, so it will need to show holdover strength in the following weekends to make it into profitable territory. Village Roadshow Pictures is a co-producer and co- financer with Warner Bros. "Sully" took in $9.5 million at 3,600 screens in 39 international markets, led by $2.3 million in Australia. It generated the top opening for an Eastwood film in Russia with $925,000 on 882 screens. "When the Bough Breaks," which has modest $10 million production budget, stars Morris Chestnut and Regina Hall as a couple who desperately wants a baby. They hire a surrogate, played by Jaz Sinclair, who develops a psychotic fixation on the husband as the pregnancy progresses. "When the Bough Breaks" generated a B CinemaScore with an audience that was 62 percent female and 61 percent over 25 with Sony distribution president Rory Bruer asserting that those numbers indicate holding power in the coming weeks. Sony's third weekend of horror-thriller "Don't Breathe" finished third with $8.2 million at 3,384 locations to bring its 17-day total to $66.8 million. Bruer noted that the 48 percent decline represented an excellent hold for the genre. Warner's sixth weekend of "Suicide Squad" followed in fourth with $5.7 million at 3,103 sites for a domestic total of $307.4 million. "The Wild Life," which tells the Robinson Crusoe story from the point of view of the island animals, opened somewhat under expectations at $3.4 million. Focus' fourth weekend of "Kubo and the Two Strings" led the rest of the pack in sixth with $3.2 million, followed by Disney's fifth weekend of "Pete's Dragon" with $2.9 million, STX's seventh frame of "Bad Moms" with $2.8 million, Lionsgate's fifth weekend of "Hell or High Water" with $2.6 million and Sony's fifth session of "Sausage Party" with $2.3 million. Lionsgate's second weekend of Spanish-language comedy "No Manches Frida" continued to perform well in 11th with $2.2 million at 465 sites. "The Disappointments Room," starring Kate Beckinsale and Lucas Till, finished in 17th as the first Relativity title to hit the market since the mini-studio emerged from bankruptcy in April. The film, which carries a $16 million price tag and was shot in 2014 by D. J. Caruso, centers on a hidden room in the attic at a rural home. Relativity has indicated that most of its efforts on "The Disappointments Room" are aimed at the home video and VOD market.

2016-09-11 20:11 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

71 Tragic ending for real-life 'Fault in Our Stars' couple who have fought to be together through terminal illness but are now stuck in different states as wife takes her final breaths In December 2014, Katie was discharged from the Pittsburgh hospital after a long stay and returned to Kentucky, but began having trouble breathing three days later. The hospital would not admit her because Medicare would not pay because she had used her lifetime maximum, the couple said. She would not be covered for the expensive out-of-state medical procedure again until she had spent spends 60 consecutive days out of the hospital. She was admitted into University of Kentucky Hospital — but was told the facility also didn't transplants on patients with the kind of infection that Katie had. After months, Katie was finally able to get a new lung. Even as the Pragers dealt with a host of new issues — Katie with cancer, liver failure and heart problems, Dalton with lymphoma and pneumonia — they remained positive. They planned to travel together and perhaps write a book about their love story. But then Katie's health took a turn for the worst: her lung transplant didn't work. With nothing else left to try, Katie and Dalton are rushing to be together, even if only for the very end. 'If we only get to spend a day and a night together, we'll be happy with that,' Katie told CNN. In her final post, Katie thanked her supporters. 'I get to spend the rest of my time surrounded by people and things that make me happy,' she wrote on YouCaring.com. 'Please don't take this as a sign of me giving up. It's the last thing I want people to remember of me. 'God bless you all and thank you for going on this journey with me! Love, Katie.'

2016-09-11 20:08 Pedro Oliveira www.dailymail.co.uk

72 Limpopo police probe string of slayings Johannesburg - Limpopo police are investigating a string of murders that occurred on Saturday night in close succession. Police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe said that shortly before midnight, a man was stabbed to death whilst trying to intervene in a scuffle at ga- Sekgopo Village outside Modjiadjiskloof. "Aubrey Maribatse, 27, was trying to stop people who were fighting when he was subsequently stabbed with a sharp object in the chest and was certified dead on arrival at the clinic," Ngoepe said. In the wake of his death, a mob of community members gathered and began trying to find his killer. "They caught a 29-year-old man and started assaulting him with various objects until the police arrived and rescued him. He was certified dead on arrival at the local clinic," he said. In an apparently unrelated incident, 29-year-old Joseph Mhlongo was stabbed to death at a tavern in Relela Village. A man was arrested for the tavern stabbing and will appear before the Tzaneen Magistrate's court soon. No arrests have been made in connection with the first two slayings.

2016-09-11 20:08 www.news24.com

73 73 Tel Aviv experimental fringe theater company Tmuna hosts festival of plays, music Often, a work of art is a reflection of the conditions in which it was made. The country, political climate, social environment, level of financial support, season and personal lives of the participants all impact the outcome of a creative process. Just as importantly, the conditions in which the work first meets an audience can carry weight on the choices made throughout the process. For many of the artists who will present new works during the 16 days (September 15 to October 1) of the annual Tmuna Festival, the stage, crowd and open energy of Tmuna Theater most certainly allowed for the refreshing freedom to take risks. Curated by Nava Zuckerman and Yair Vardi, the Tmuna Festival is now in its fifth year. The event aims to present a realistic and accurate picture of contemporary art while still allowing artists to break with conventions and truly go after their vision. Over the course of two-plus weeks, the south Tel Aviv theater will host theater, dance and music performances from Israel and abroad. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. The festival will begin with a premiere by choreographic duo Niv Shenfeld and Oren Laor. Entitled You Happy Puppet , this trio addresses the need of the public to be distracted from the harsh reality facing humankind today. “For one hour, we will raise the morale of the public and warm hearts with dances and melodies that are catchy and pleasant in order to distract from the surrounding storm...,” write Shenfeld and Laor of the piece. Unlike many of the duo’s previous works, which featured veteran performers, this creation features three young dancers. This choice was made to highlight the falsely optimistic picture so often presented in dance performances. Further along in the festival’s program, two foreign dance artists will perform at Tmuna. The first is Berlin-based Herman Heisig. He will present Slap/Stick , a solo piece that explores the comedic body. Using gestures and gags from several well-known comedians, Heisig composed a score that delves into the movement and implications of eliciting laughter. Another foreign guest is Marta Ziolek, with her Warsaw-based performance group. Ziolek’s Make Yourself uses pop music, graphic costumes and a ton of attitude to look at style, language and sexuality. In Ziolek’s words, “The plot is set somewhere between a workout gym, a techno party and a corporate church of mindfulness.” Anat Katz and Erez Maayan will present their first new work in over two years during the festival. Created as a commission for the Tmuna Festival, Multi is a quartet for women, Katz included, that looks at the implications of the endless multi-tasking of today’s society. Katz and Maayan embarked upon a long research expedition, tapping into neurological studies and psychological experiments, all of which pointed to the fact that multi-tasking, while common, is in fact impossible. As in their previous works, Katz and Maayan explore this revelation with the aid of text, music, video, movement and props. At the tail end of the festival, choreographers Ido Feder and Daphna Horenczyk will share a stage with two new works. Feder’s Which Dance shows two female soldiers, one bored, one kind-hearted. Their contribution to the cause is questionable, and yet these two insist on taking part. Feder created the work in the spirit of German performer Mary Wigman’s 1921 Witch Dance. Horenczyk’s Calipers brings a single body to the stage. Covered in an oversized hood and seemingly without a face, this being struggles to break out of molds. Horenczyk’s movement is influenced by street dance, pop and rock, mixed with contemporary rhythms and gestures. Choreographed in Israel and in Munich, where Horenczyk lives, Calipers presents the up-and-coming choreographer’s refreshing aesthetic. For tickets and more info, visit http://tmunafestival.com. Think others should know about this? Please share | |

2016-09-11 20:06 Ori J www.jpost.com

74 Turkey post-coup purge continues Istanbul - Turkey on Sunday removed 28 mayors accused of links to Kurdish militants or US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, using emergency powers to replace them with state-appointed trustees in a move that sparked accusations of trampling on democracy. The mayors have been suspended from their posts on suspicion of links to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which is waging a deadly insurgency in the southeast, or Gulen, who is blamed for the July 15 failed coup, an interior ministry statement said. Using special powers under the state of emergency imposed in the wake of the abortive putsch, they have been replaced by state-appointed trustees, similar to administrators appointed to head a company that goes into bankruptcy. Twenty-four of the outgoing mayors are accused of links to the PKK and four of links to Gulen, the ministry said. The reclusive cleric denies charges of masterminding the coup. The move is the most important step yet taken by new Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu since he took over from Efkan Ala in a surprise reshuffle earlier this month. Soylu said the move meant that local municipalities would no longer be controlled by "terrorists or those under instructions from Qandil", referring to the PKK's mountain base in northern Iraq. The decree was issued under the three-month state of emergency imposed after the coup. The incumbents had been elected in 2014 local polls. Observe Turkish law The municipalities affected - mainly in the Kurdish-dominated southeast - include hugely important urban areas known as centres of PKK activity such as Sur and Silvan in the Diyarbakir region and Nusaybin in the Mardin region. The mayors of the cities of Batman and Hakkari in the southeast have also been replaced. The interior ministry said 12 of the mayors suspended were already under arrest. Shortly after the move was announced, the authorities detained the former mayor of Cizre in Sirnak province, Leyla Imret, who in 2014 became one of Turkey's youngest ever mayors, the Dogan news agency said. There were scuffles between protesters and police outside the town hall in Hakkari and also in Suruc in the Sanliurfa region where dozens were killed last year in an IS suicide bombing, Dogan said. Meanwhile, security forces used water cannon to disperse a protest in Diyarbakir, an AFP correspondent said. The US embassy in Ankara expressed concern over the clashes and emphasised the right to individual freedom of expression should be preserved. "We hope that any appointment of trustees will be temporary and that local citizens will soon be permitted to choose new local officials in accordance with Turkish law," it said in a statement. Critics have accused the government of using the state of emergency to impose a draconian crackdown that has eroded freedom of expression in Turkey. Nobel-winning Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, writing in Italy's La Repubblica, expressed fear Turkey was "heading towards a regime of terror" after the detention of a prominent journalist on Saturday. The government argues however that the emergency measures are essential with the country shaken by the coup and battling the PKK insurgency in the southeast. Ignoring voters The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), whose regional politicians were among the chief targets of the move, denounced the removal of the mayors as a "coup". In a statement, it said the move was reminiscent of the military takeover of 1980 and "ignored the will of the voters". It said the mayors in the mainly Kurdish cities had been elected on high turnouts and their dismissal would only amplify tensions in the region. "The Kurdish problem will become even harder to solve... the people will not yield to this mentality," it said, calling on the government to stop "taking advantage" of the failed coup. But Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag denied the authorities had ridden roughshod over democracy, accusing the suspended mayors of funnelling revenues to "terror" groups. "Being elected does not grant a right to commit a crime," he wrote on Twitter.

2016-09-11 20:04 www.news24.com

75 Exeter 13-34 Saracens: Champions send warning to title pretenders This was an ominous statement of intent from the champions. Saracens blasted their leading title rivals from last season into submission at Sandy Park, to show that they will take some shifting from their perch. Mark McCall’s side finished the 2015-16 campaign by claiming the Aviva Premiership and Champions Cup Double, but on this evidence, there will be no let-up; no loss of motivation. Visitors to this part of Devon tend to head home beaten, but Saracens are the only club to have conquered the Chiefs in their territory since January 2015 and they repeated the feat with room to spare. There have only been two rounds of league matches, but already there is a sense of a chasing pack of teams struggling to match the shuddering authority of Saracens’ game. Having thrashed Worcester on the opening weekend, this was a notable result, against the side they beat in the final four months ago. It was achieved without Owen Farrell and England second row George Kruis, who withdrew after a back spasm. Others were missing too. If Saracens are ever at full strength, they will be a truly frightening proposition for all their challengers. Eddie Jones was in attendance and there was plenty for the England coach to savour. Billy Vunipola was a marauding mainstay of this win, not least when he set up a try for Jackson Wray by storming clear down the blindside from an attacking scrum and delivering a deft off-load. Also prominent, especially in defence, was Maro Itoje. The lock was forceful, energetic and handled with great assurance, although he gave away a few penalties. Exeter hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie was another who produced a compelling Test audition, in front of the national coach. There were a few wobbles midway through the game, but he crashed over for a try and generally hurled himself into collisions to telling effect. Yet, the home side were often made to look hesitant and untidy by the fired-up champions. Alex Lozowski, playing at No 10 in the absence of Farrell, burst past Will Chudley and Henry Slade to touch down early on and that try set the wheels in motion. Sean Maitland went over in the left corner in the 18th minute and – after Saracens reached half-time with a 12-6 advantage – the Scotland wing crossed again just before the hour, following a brilliant tap-pass by Lozowski in the build-up. Once Billy Vunipola had sent the outstanding Wray charging away to score on the right, the game was up and after Cowan- Dickie’s strike, Exeter chased a losing bonus but were punished for a loose pass as Ben Spencer swooped and ran clear to the posts. ‘We paid for a slow start when we were quite sloppy,’ said Rob Baxter, Exeter’s head coach. ‘We had little moments of just losing focus. Saracens came here pretty full-on and their international players played well for them.’ They weren’t the only ones. McCall acclaimed scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth for running the show with assurance, while also praising Wray and Lozowski, and the whole collective effort. ‘It was a massive step up from last week in terms of our energy, intensity and physicality,’ he said. ‘There was a brilliant focus before the game. The players knew it was a big game; they knew it was serious.’ Now, the other clubs know that Saracens are deadly serious about defending their title. This juggernaut will be very hard to stop.

2016-09-11 20:03 Chris Foy www.dailymail.co.uk

76 Rookies Leicester, Rostov mixing it with cream of Europe The closest Leicester got to a European trip in recent years was crossing the Welsh border to play Swansea in the Premier League. Now, as the unlikely English champions, they'll be visiting Belgium, Portugal and Denmark — and if all goes well, even more countries — for matches in their first-ever campaign in the Champions League. Leicester is one of two newcomers in Europe's elite club competition this season, along with Rostov following its second- place finish in the Russian league. Both teams were fighting relegation in their respective domestic leagues just two seasons ago, yet now they are mixing it with the cream of the continent. ___ LEICESTER In its 132-year history, Leicester has only had four seasons of European competition — the last coming in 2000 in the now-defunct UEFA Cup after winning the English League Cup. That was Leicester's last piece of major silverware before shocking the sporting world by winning the Premier League last season. The intervening 16-year period was a bumpy ride for the central English club, which bobbed up and down between England's top two divisions — and even spent a season in the third tier in 2008-09 — and also drifted close to financial ruin before being taken over by a Thai consortium in 2010. The team, known as the Foxes, returned to the Premier League in 2014 and two years later they are the champions, completing the ultimate fairytale journey. There's been something of a championship-winning hangover at Leicester, though, and the Champions League campaign, which starts at Club Brugge on Wednesday, will offer some respite after a sobering start to the Premier League title defense. Having lost just three league games last season, Claudio Ranieri's team has lost two of its opening four matches this season and the manner of the defeats will be a concern. An opening-day 2- 1 loss at promoted Hull and Saturday's 4-1 loss at Liverpool highlighted how much the team is missing N'Golo Kante, the France midfielder sold to Chelsea in the offseason. Often it felt like Kante covered the ground of two players last season, offering excellent protection to a defense containing journeymen and even cast-offs. With Kante gone, Leicester's solidity has disappeared and the side looks open. Liverpool could easily have scored more than four goals at Anfield. "We have to clear our minds," Ranieri said, "and understand that in football we have to be strong, determined, aggressive and reactive. " It's not all doom and gloom for Leicester, however. The club ended up being one of English football's biggest spenders in the summer transfer window, breaking its transfer record twice to sign strikers Ahmed Musa, then Islam Slimani. The squad is now much deeper and stronger, while Ranieri managed to limit the major outgoings to just Kante, meaning key players Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez are still on board. In a sense, the pressure is off Leicester this season and it should just enjoy the Champions League campaign, especially considering its benign draw that will see the team also play FC Copenhagen and FC Porto. A couple of wins at its King Power stadium fortress and a place in the knockout stage could beckon. "Once again, I say we are underdogs," said Ranieri, who is embarking on a sixth Champions League campaign with a sixth different club. And that's just how they like it in Leicester. ___ ROSTOV Rostov almost "did a Leicester" last season in Russia, falling just short in its title challenge a year after narrowly escaping relegation. Rostov finished second, two points behind CSKA Moscow, to reach the third qualifying round of the Champions League and then beat famous European clubs Anderlecht and Ajax to make the group stage. The unheralded provincial side is breaking new ground, with its only previous experience of European competition being a brief one — a loss in the Europa League playoffs in 2014. On that occasion, Rostov was excluded, then reinstated, from competition following a legal battle over financial issues, one of many episodes in a turbulent last few years. It was close to financial abyss in 2015 as the country's recession hit Rostov's owners, the regional government. One coach, Igor Gamula, was suspended after saying the club had "enough dark-skinned players" and would not sign another. Then his successor, Kurban Berdyev, led Rostov on its unlikely title challenge only to quit for a better-paid job at Spartak Moscow. Spartak promptly changed its mind on hiring Berdyev and he is back at Rostov, listed as a "vice- president/coach. " One of his former assistants is the head coach, on paper at least, but Berdyev is likely to call the shots when it comes to Champions League tactics. He has experience of upsetting European giants, having beaten Barcelona away while Rubin Kazan coach. Meanwhile, a section of Rostov's Olimp 2 Stadium will be closed for its first home game in the Champions League because of racist behavior by fans during the playoff win over Ajax. The draw hasn't been kind to Rostov, which will face Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid and PSV Eindhoven in Group D.

2016-09-11 20:03 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

77 77 Shocking moment a migrant being deported to Venice on an easyJet flight is held down after screaming 'Allahu Akbar' 29 times, 'death is coming' 17 times and 'we will die' nine times in two-hour frenzy This is the horrifying moment a migrant being deported on an easyJet flight was held down in his chair after he screamed 'Allahu Akbar' 29 times. Stunned holidaymakers on board the flight to Venice, Italy, were forced to sit next to the man who continued to shout 'death is coming' on the plane. Passengers on the plane - which had just left Gatwick Airport - were petrified and feared a terror attack was imminent, while children were left in tears. And a photograph showing the moment the man was held down in his seat has now emerged after it was revealed the Home Office is using budget airlines to deport illegal immigrants. The handcuffed man was being guarded by Home Office officials but that still did not prevent him from shouting and swearing at crew and passengers. An 11-minute audio recording was obtained by The Mail on Sunday and the unnamed migrant can be heard screaming 'we will die' nine times. Meanwhile, he also shouted 'death is coming' 17 times and those on board described his behaviour as being 'crude and threatening'. Lucy and Terence O'Sullivan, from Detling, Kent, were celebrating their honeymoon and were sitting just five rows in front of the man. Scroll down for audio Mrs O'Sullivan, 33, a carer, told the Mail on Sunday: 'It was really scary. I felt threatened. I was tearful. 'The worst-case scenario was that we weren't going to get off that plane alive because we didn't know who the person was, what the circumstances were or anything. 'When we got on board, the seats were moving so he was obviously kicking or thrashing out. I thought someone was having a fit. 'But when we got up close we could see people were restraining him.' Mrs O'Sullivan feared they could be victims of a terror attack and said: 'We didn't know whether he came from a group of terrorists.' Mr O'Sullivan, 34, a site auditor, added: 'It was pretty terrifying. 'I was thinking he's somehow got explosives on to the plane and he doesn't want to go through with it. I absolutely feared for my life.' The newly-married couple were eventually reassured later into the flight by fellow passengers who explained the situation. Passengers were not allowed to use the toilet close to where the migrant, believed to be of African origin, was sat at the back of the plane. On Saturday night, easyJet apologised for the 'distressing' incident and announced it was reviewing the circumstances with the Home Office The company said: 'We acknowledge that on this occasion the situation onboard could have been distressing for other passengers and apologise for that. 'However, the safety of the flight was never compromised. 'We would not have carried the passenger had he displayed threatening behaviour prior to the flight, the captain would have diverted if any threat was made to the safety of the flight or passengers on board, and he was in the care of two officers escorting him on behalf of the Home Office for the duration of the flight.' The man is believed to be a failed asylum seeker who ended up in a UK detention centre before being placed on the plane from London to Venice on August 23.

2016-09-11 20:00 Abe Hawken www.dailymail.co.uk

78 Turkey replaces 28 mayors, sparking outcry, protests The mayors are the latest to find themselves targeted in President Recep Erdogan's post-coup state of emergency, enacted in July. According to the 10-day-old Decree Law No. 674, the government is allowed to replace mayors and city council members who "have been actively engaged in acts of terrorism and openly providing support to terrorism," an Interior Ministry statement said. Four of the mayors are accused of having ties to the Fethullah Gulen Terrorist Organization, which Erdogan has claimed was behind the failed coup attempt, and 24 were allegedly linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, according to Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency . The mayors, who include 24 district mayors, two provincial mayors and two county mayors, most of them from the eastern portion of the country, are being prosecuted on charges of assisting the two groups, the Interior Ministry said. Twelve of the mayors have been arrested, its statement said. "It doesn't undoubtedly comply with the law for those elected by the public vote to abuse the will of nation to commit crimes against the public," the statement said. "The resources created by the taxes honored by our citizens and the political will aroused by their votes cannot be utilized for the benefit of terrorist organizations. " Demonstrations The move sparked demonstrations in Hakkari Province, where security forces forbade the city's co-mayors from entering the municipal building, drawing several protesters to the building, according to Hurriyet, a daily newspaper. Protests also erupted at four municipalities in Batman Province, where police deployed tear gas and water cannons, and in the Suruc district of Sanliurfa Province, the paper reported. All three provinces are in Turkey's southeast, along its border with Syria and Iraq. The People's Democratic Party called the mayoral substitutions a disregard of voters' will and said they represented a violation of international law, Hurriyet reported. The secular main opposition Republican People's Party, which supported Erdogan in the coup attempt but not his subsequent emergency declaration, also registered its displeasure, calling it a "coup" against the Grand National Assembly, the newspaper said. The U. S. Embassy, too, issued a "statement of concern. " While Turkish authorities conduct their investigations, the statement said, "we note the importance of respect for judicial due process and individual rights, including the right of peaceful political expression. " The embassy also expressed hope that the trustees would serve only temporarily and that citizens would soon be able to elect new officials. Ongoing crackdown The mayors represent a small fraction of people fired or arrested since the July 15 coup attempt that killed at least 240 people and 40 coup plotters. A three-month state of emergency granted Erdogan sweeping powers, and a presidential decree stated suspects can be detained for as long as 30 days without charge, and the government can listen in on all conversations they have with their attorneys. Previously, suspects could be held only 24 hours, or four days in special circumstances. More than 81,000 people working for Turkey's institutions and security forces, including judges, teachers, police and journalists, were fired just after the failed coup. More than 9,000 soldiers were arrested in the week following the botched takeover. The government also shut down more than 2,000 institutions linked to the cleric Fethullah Gulen, Edogan's longtime rival who has been in self- imposed exile in Pennsylvania since 1999. Warrants were issued for dozens of journalists , and Amnesty International reported that , in official and unofficial holding centers in Istanbul and Ankara, there were reports of police officers raping military officers, beating soldiers and denying detainees food, water and lawyers. Last week, Turkey suspended more than 11,000 teachers over alleged links to the PKK, which Turkey, the United States and European Union consider a terrorist group, according to Anadolu, which also reported the final tally of teacher suspensions could reach 14,000. Parliament member Sebahat Tuncel, a Kurd, said Erdogan's Justice and Development Party had started "a war against Kurds," and said the government has no evidence the mayors, some of whom were elected by overwhelming majorities, had any ties to terrorism. She expressed fear that more Kurds would lose their jobs amid Erdogan's crackdown. "This is a political coup and ethnic cleansing," she said. "(More than 11,000) Kurdish educators lost their jobs recently. We are hearing that the same thing will happen to our people who are working at the health care industry. "

2016-09-11 20:00 Eliott C rss.cnn.com

79 Brothers critical of Turkish government arrested after TV programme The Turkish police has detained Ahmet Altan, the journalist and author, and his brother Mehmet Altan, a prominent academic, raising international concern over Turkey’s continued arrests of government critics in the wake of the bloody coup attempt in July. The state-run Anadolu press agency reported that the two were detained early on Saturday over allegations of spreading “subliminal messages announcing a military coup” in a TV interview on 14 July, the day before sections of the Turkish military attempted to overthrow the justice and development – or AK – party’s government. Two hundred and sixty people were killed. Ahmet Altan was editor-in-chief of Taraf, a daily newspaper, for five years until 2012. The newspaper, one of over 100 media outlets that have been shut down since the botched coup, was seen as having close links to the network of Fethullah Gülen, a US-based cleric whom Ankara accuses of being behind the bloody coup attempt. The preacher has denied any involvement. The channel – Can Erzincan TV – that aired the interview hosted by Mehmet Altan, a prominent economist and academic at Istanbul University, has since also been shut down by Turkish authorities over alleged links to Gülen. Nazlı Ilıcak, a well-known journalist, had also participated in the programme and was arrested on terrorism charges on 29 July. Veysel Ok, a lawyer, said that he has not been able to speak to either of the two brothers since they were detained on Saturday morning. “Because of the [emergency decree], lawyers can be kept from speaking to their clients for up to five days,” he said. “At this point we don’t know what they have been accused of and we were barred from seeing any of the related documents. I currently only know what has been reported by the [state-run] Anadolu news agency.” In an open letter of support for the Altan brothers and other imprisoned writers and journalists, 54 authors, academics and publishers, including Elena Ferrante, JM Coetzee and Turkish Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, condemned Turkey’s “vendetta […] against its brightest thinkers and writers who may not share [the government’s] point of view”. “In the aftermath of [the coup attempt] it is understandable that the government would have imposed a temporary state of emergency. However, the failed coup should not be a pretext for a McCarthy-style witch hunt nor should that state of emergency be conducted with scant regard for basic rights, rules of evidence or even common sense,” the letter read. “We as writers, academics and defenders of freedom of expression are particularly disturbed to see colleagues we know and respect being imprisoned under emergency regulations.” Turkey has intensified its attack on the media since the coup attempt in July and over 100 journalists have been arrested as part of an investigation of possible coup plotters. Three months into the country’s state of emergency the government has the authority to rule by decree and has ordered the closure of 102 media outlets, including 45 newspapers, 16 TV channels, three news agencies, 23 radio stations, 15 magazines and 29 publishing houses. A total of 2,308 media workers and journalists, some employed by outlets with alleged ties to the Gülenist network, have lost their jobs. Hundreds of government-issued press accreditations have been cancelled and an unknown number of journalists have had their passports revoked, thus banning them from foreign travel. Prominent writers and human rights defenders, including the award-winning novelist Aslı Erdoğan and Necmiye Alpay, a linguist, have also been arrested on terrorism charges.

2016-09-11 19:57 Constanze Letsch www.theguardian.com

80 Catalan separatists rally in Barcelona to support secession Hundreds of thousands of separatist-minded Catalans have rallied in Barcelona to show their support for an independent nation that would break away from Spain. Barcelona police estimated on their Twitter account that about 540,000 people attended the demonstration in support of a legally-binding referendum on secession. Spain argues that an independent Catalonia would be ejected from the European Union and left out from using the euro currency. Catalan National Day has long been used to mobilise the masses in support of secession from Spain, which has said any referendum on the issue would be unconstitutional. The economically powerful Catalonia accounts for 18% of Spain's economic output. AP

2016-09-11 19:56 www.independent.ie

81 Jennifer Garner looks leggy in navy dress as she takes her three children to church Jennifer Garner spruced up for a church outing on Sunday. The 44-year-old actress looked gorgeous in a flattering navy mini dress as she took her three children, Seraphina, Violet and Samuel, to an early morning service in her Brentwood neighbourhood. The 13 Going on 30 star accentuated her stems in some blush suede ankle-tie heels. She appeared to have freshly washed locks which she tied back in a low bun. Completing Jen's look were some large sunglasses and a chic black handbag. Jen made sure her three kids hopped out the back of her SUV safely and they hopped across the sidewalk into church together. Meanwhile Jennifer's estranged husband Ben Affleck jetted back to Europe this week to continue filming Justice League. Last week it was Jennifer's turn to focus on her career as she attended the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado to promote her indie movie Wakefield in which she stars opposite Bryan Cranston. The duo split in June 2015 and since then have been committed in their co-parenting of their three young children. People and UsWeekly have both reported that the two have grown closer as they vacation together in the US and overseas. But sources have cautioned they are just friends. And now she is finding out how to live as a single woman. In March she told Vanity Fair : 'I definitely put a lot of time towards my marriage that I will now have for myself. I don’t know how I will use that.'

2016-09-11 19:54 Dailymail.com www.dailymail.co.uk

82 Houston pauses to remember 9/11 victims, responders Larry Catuzzi was planning to board a plane to Chicago when he received word the flight had been cancelled after two planes smashed into the World Trade Center in New York 15 years ago today. He received a call later that day that his middle daughter, Lauren's, United Airlines Flight 93 was missing and eventually learned of its crash in Pennsylvania that day. On Sunday, thousands of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were remembered during a commemoration at Market Square Park. Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas, Larry's daughter, was one of the only from Houston. "Today we look towards the future while remembering the past," said Mayor Sylvester Turner. In a crowd that included several city officials and the head of the Houston police and fire departments, Turner talked about the importance of remembering victims and their families. He also stressed the remembrance of the work first responders did on Sept. 11. "Fifteen years ago, in an instant, our world changed forever," he told the crowd. "How we board an airplane, how we go to an event, we even have changed where we may choose our travel destinations, and in a larger sense, how we view each other and the rest of the world. " Lauren's plane was one of four hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001. It was the only aircraft not to hit its intended target, crashing in Pennsylvania before reaching Washington, D. C. Although Lauren, 38, was born in Indiana, she attended Stratford High School in Houston before going to the University of Texas at Austin. In her honor, part of the park, called Lauren's Garden, memorializes those lost during the Sept. 11 attacks. The Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas Foundation also serves to preserve her legacy providing funding for projects and activities benefiting women and children's health, education and welfare. As a generation of students old enough for high school but too young to recall Sept. 11, 2001 begins school, the foundation awarded 15 medals to finalists in its 9/11 Essay Contest. The winner, Maritza Cabello of Heights High School, had the opportunity to read her winning essay which was about the injustices faced by Muslims following the September 11 attacks and how it compares to current attitudes towards them. "It was the heroes of flight 93," said U. S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, urging attendees to never forget the spirit of those lost. "Thank you for giving your nation a chance to be able to speak of the wonderment of our people and to count among the heroes that we have, Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas, whose life and spirit is hope," she said as she prepared to present an American flag to Catuzzi's parents. "And in hope, we'll always have life. " Larry Catuzzi said that while the pain of Sept. 11 remains largely the same each year, he's comforted knowing that his daughter is still touching lives despite losing her own 15 years ago. "Her legacy is her spirit and enthusiasm for life that she left with us and this organization," he said. "Our grieving has been helped a great deal by doing stuff in her memory. " 2016-09-11 23:39 By Glynn www.chron.com

83 Clean sweep for America in the triathlon as Team USA takes gold, silver and bronze in the paralympics toughest event The US Paralympic team was today celebrating its athletes domination of the games’ toughest event which is being held for the first time. American women ruled the newly installed Triathlon with Allysa Seely, Hailey Danisewicz and Melissa Stockwell securing all three medals in the Fort Copacabana PT2 competition held at Fort Copacabana. They were soon joined on the medal’s list by Grace Norman, who took gold in the Triathlon PT4 event at the Olympic Stadium, taking the total US gold medal haul to ten. Seely, 27, of Glendale, Arizona, took gold in the maximum endurance challenge and fought off her American teammates who had to settle for silver and bronze. The athlete, whose health impediments include brain and spinal complications and who has had her left leg amputated below the knee, is competing in her first Paralympics. To secure the gold medal, she had to place first in a 22.28km bike ride, a 5km run and a 750m swim and she won gold with a time just less than a minute over Danisewicz, who is from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Stockwell, 36, from Chicago, Illinois, who got bronze, is a motivational speaker and a Iraqi war veteran with the US Army. While in Baghdad she was struck by a roadside bomb and lost her left leg above the knee. She said: ‘I'm so proud to be part of an overall debut of para-triathlon and to finish third and to be on the podium with my two teammates, two of my training partners, two of my very best friends. ‘(It is a) USA sweep on September 11, wearing a USA uniform, this is one of the greatest moments of my life, I'm so thrilled. ‘This bronze medal feels like gold. This is the moment I'm not going to ever forget. Danisewicz, 25, who at the age of14 she had her left leg amputated above the knee due to bone cancer, was a gold medalist at the world championships in London 2013. Seely said: ‘To be able to get my name go down as the first gold medallist for para-triathlon is a huge honour. I wanna take it very seriously and it's incredible. ‘As I crossed the finish line I thought it's been a hard journey with ups and downs and I can't think of a higher note this could have ended on.’ She said the fact that her US team mates and taken the other medals in her event ‘makes it just thrice as sweet.’ She paid tribute to Norman for her gold in the women’s triathlon PT4 event. ‘The American women had an amazing day today, it's been amazing to watch Grace's growth as an athlete over the last few years. ‘I'm honoured to share both triathlon and track with her and we've become very close. So for us to stand up at the top of the medal podium, to put our names in that record book, it's a huge honour to share that with her. Norman at 18 is the youngest of the triathlon medalists and will also compete in the 400m at the Olympic Stadium tomorrow. The teenager from Jamestown, Ohio, was born missing her left leg below the knee as the result of congenital constriction band syndrome. She was fitted with her first prosthetic leg at age one and developed her passion for sport through her parents who were both athletes in running and triathlon. Her sister Bethany is a university athlete. Norman said : ‘I'm extremely honoured to win the gold medal at the first ever triathlon at the Paralympic Games. ‘I'm beyond excited and honoured. All this hard work that I put in throughout the years and finally crossed that line in first, I am beyond words and excitement.’

2016-09-11 19:47 Shekhar Bhatia www.dailymail.co.uk

84 Authorities in Ohio city probe series of bomb threats CINCINNATI (AP) — The FBI is helping authorities in the Cincinnati area investigate recent bomb threats at high- profile local venues. FBI spokesman Todd Lindgren told The Associated Press on Sunday that agents are working with other law enforcement on the threat probe. City spokesman Rocky Merz says an anonymous caller Saturday claimed an explosive device had been planted on one of Cincinnati's streetcars, which officially began operation Friday. Service was halted temporarily while a bomb-sniffing dog was used. No explosives have been found. Merz urges public help for identifying those behind the hoaxes. Police evacuated some 10,000 fans at the end of a prep football game in the northwest Cincinnati suburb of Colerain Township and a game was postponed Friday night in the northeast suburb of Mason. The Cincinnati Zoo was evacuated Thursday.

2016-09-11 19:47 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

85 Taking the plunge: Daredevils leap off a 88ft platform during the Red Bull cliff diving championships Stunning pictures have been released from the 2016 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. The competition was on its sixth stop in Pembrokeshire, Wales, this weekend and the incredible action continued but Great Britain’s Gary Hunt missed out on a win. The windy weather meant that the whole competition had to be completed in one day for the first time in World Series history. Those that had purchased Sunday tickets were refunded but they didn't miss out on Saturday's action where Czech diver Michal Navratil seemed to excel under the compressed Saturday schedule in front of a sold-out crowd of 2,800 fans. Navratil made a stunning return to action following knee surgery with a spectacular win in Wales. It was his first ever victory in eight years competing in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. UK diver Gary Hunt finished just points away putting him in second place, while US cliff diver Andy Jones came third. Speaking about his win Navratil said: ‘I didn't expect that at all. ‘The surgery is still fresh and I haven't trained for one month. I just wanted to get my first competition dive after the injury done and see how it works. ‘I started to do some physical exercise two weeks ago. Our physiotherapist Angy did a great job to stabilize my knee and after the first competition dive I felt really great. ‘So I went full in for the competition, focused on what I had to do. I'm really happy to take my first win and even beat the champion.’ The championships will now return to Mostar in Bosnia & Herzegovina, where 22 of the world's best cliff divers will continue their battle from the magnificent and historic Stari Most bridge as the 2016 season marches towards its exciting climax.

2016-09-11 19:44 Jessica Duncan www.dailymail.co.uk

86 Ariel Sharon refused to go to bomb shelter on 9/11 "This is a crazy country in a crazy world," Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told his senior adviser Erez Halfon on September 10, 2001. "There is no day when our schedule goes as planned. " Halfon, who is now deputy chairman of Nefesh B'Nefesh, promised his boss that the next day would be different, and by 3 p.m. Israel time on September 11 , he told Sharon with pride that everything that day was going according to plan. Less than an hour later, Sharon received a note from his chief of staff Uri Shani informing him that a plane had hit the first tower of the World Trade Center in New York. Sharon stopped a meeting of the security cabinet and went to a side room. Shani was on the phone with New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani's chief of staff Bruce Teitelbaum when a plane hit the World Trade Center's second tower and the phone got disconnected. Moments later, Shin-Bet security service agents rushed in and urged the prime minister to head down to a bomb shelter, because of concerns that a civilian airliner en route to Israel could have been hijacked. Sharon refused to go to the shelter, but he did cancel a visit to Kiryat Malachi, where then mayor Lior Katsav was set to give him honorary citizenship, and instead prepared for any eventuality of what could happen to Israel following the attacks in the US. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. "We got ready for the possibility of attacks on Israel," said Shani, who now advises Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid. "We didn't know the extent of what was happening. There could have been planes taken over on the way to Israel. There was chaos in the US, and we didn't want to be on the way. " Air Force commander Dan Halutz asked Sharon for authorization to shoot down a plane perceived to be on the way to the Azrieli Towers or another sensitive location in Israel. He told Sharon that it was important to receive such authorization in advance because there would not be enough time if it happened. "Sharon refused to give the order," Shani recalled. "He was so calm. He told [Halutz]: If there will be a problem come to me. " Israel was not attacked that day. But Sharon did not succeed in having a day go according to plan "Do you see what I meant? " he told Halfon later on that day. "See how crazy Israel and the world are? " Think others should know about this? Please share | |

2016-09-11 19:43 GIL HOFFMAN www.jpost.com

87 Son of Johnny 'Mad Dog' Adair found dead THE son of former loyalist leader Johnny "Mad Dog'' Adair has been found dead at a house in Ayrshire. Police Scotland said officers were called to reports of a body found in a property in Templehill, Troon, at around 5.15pm on Saturday. The death of Jonathan Adair junior, 32 - who had reportedly been released from prison recently - is currently being treated as unexplained. A force spokesman said a post-mortem will be carried out and a report is to be sent to the procurator fiscal. Adair snr was a leading figure in the Ulster Defence Association during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. He moved to Scotland with his family after being released from prison as part of the Good Friday Agreement and has lived in Ayrshire for a number of years

2016-09-11 19:41 Paul Ward www.independent.ie

88 PRESS DIGEST-New Zealand newspapers - Sept 12 WELLINGTON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Following are some of the lead stories from New Zealand media. Stories may be taken from papers or Internet editions. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. DOMINION POST(www.stuff.co.nz) Rising construction costs force prices up of renting and buying properties: http://bit.ly/2c3Qb30 West Coast main highway closed after landslide: http://bit.ly/2cBvmdb All Blacks dominance shows no signs of slowing anytime soon: http://bit.ly/2cjWJse NEW ZEALAND HERALD (www.nzherald.co.nz) What the average Auckland property price can buy you around the world: http://bit.ly/2cw15iL Avalanche hits tourists mid- rescue on Mt Taranaki: http://bit.ly/2cPobBn

2016-09-11 19:40 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

89 Afghan forces mount offensive around besieged southern city Afghan forces backed by air strikes mounted a new offensive to flush out Taliban insurgents encircling the capital of southern Uruzgan province, officials said Sunday, days after militants stormed into the city. Taliban fighters on Thursday had attempted to overrun Tarin Kot, triggering heavy fighting around government buildings and sending panicked residents fleeing, but they were repelled hours later by Afghan forces bolstered by reinforcements. Government troops launched a fresh offensive late Saturday to further beat them back from the outskirts of the city, which has been besieged for months. "Dozens of Taliban fighters have been killed since military, police and special forces mounted the offensive backed by air strikes," Dost Mohammad Nayab, spokesman for Uruzgan's governor, told AFP. He said 13 policemen were killed and 20 others wounded in recent days of fighting, which highlights the insurgent movement's aggressive push to capture big cities, from Kunduz in the north to Lashkar Gah in the south. Boosting morale for government troops, General Abdul Raziq, the powerful police chief of Kandahar province with a fierce reputation for brutality, has been leading the operation in Uruzgan. US warplanes also offered support, with three air strikes in the vicinity of Tarin Kot on Friday, along with Afghan air support. But many civilians who fled the Taliban onslaught on Thursday remain fearful of returning to Tarin Kot. "We left everything behind, including our house, farm and livestock," said Ezatullah Khpalwak who escaped to Kandahar with 25 family members when the fighting erupted. "The government says it has driven out the Taliban from Tarin Kot, but we fear the militants will make a comeback. " In a sobering admission on Thursday, Uruzgan's police chief Wais Samim had said many of Tarin Kot's outer defences had fallen to the Taliban without a fight, suggesting internal foul play as he vowed action against any insurgent sympathisers. The Taliban had drawn jobless Afghans from outlying districts to join them in attacking Tarin Kot, promising them free rein to loot once they were inside the city, multiple village residents told AFP. "The Taliban announced in mosques: 'the head of the enemy will be ours, the booty will be yours'," Mohibullah, a resident of the volatile Dehrawud district, told AFP. "That's how they attracted dozens of jobless men to fight with them. " Nayab said many homes inside Tarin Kot were looted after the Taliban raided the city on Thursday, with stolen possessions including vehicles of local residents. The deteriorating security highlights the struggle of overstretched Afghan forces to secure remote provinces such as Uruzgan, a top poppy-growing region where Australian, Dutch and American troops fought for years. Elsewhere in the country on Sunday, the prominent police chief of eastern Nangarhar province, an Islamic State group stronghold, was killed by a roadside bomb. General Zorawar Zahid was leading a counter insurgency operation in the troubled Hasarak district when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, underlining the growing insecurity in Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for his killing.

2016-09-11 19:39 Afp www.dailymail.co.uk

90 Drake pays loving tribute to girlfriend Rihanna as she joins him on stage They may have been slow to admit to their romance. But Drake couldn't have made it any clearer when Rihanna made a surprise appearance on stage during his Summer Sixteen concert at L. A.'s Staples Center on Saturday night. The 28-year- old songstress sashayed around him in a floaty white mini-dress, hugging him from behind at one point. Her delighted beau gushed to his girlfriend: 'Oh you're so lovely.' Then the 29-year-old turned to the crowd in the sold-out arena saying: 'LA, LA, I pray, I pray that you find somebody that holds you down like this woman right here. 'You gotta make some noise now for coming out and representing.' The moment was captured by hundreds of fans at the gig who shared their snaps on Instagram. The couple confirmed their long- rumoured romance with a smooch at the MTV awards last month. Drake presented her with the coveted Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and raved about the stunning singer, whose full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty. 'She's someone I've been in love with since I was 22-years-old,' the star admitted in his lengthy and glowing speech. So it was little wonder Rihanna was spotted arriving at Staples Center before her man's gig. The Canadian, whose full name is Aubrey Drake Graham rapper, is a singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was wrapping his three-night stand in Los Angeles before moving on to The T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday evening.

2016-09-11 19:38 Bobbie Whiteman www.dailymail.co.uk

91 Bristol 10-32 Northampton: Andy Robinson urges newcomers to get 'streetwise' after Ashton Gate hiding The message from Andy Robinson was that Bristol must make Ashton Gate more of a fortress and less of a charity shop if they want to survive life in the top flight. After seven years of waiting, the ‘welcome back’ party quickly fell flat in the West Country, where Northampton dished out an early ‘schooling’ in Premiership rugby. George North, Louis Picamoles and Ken Pisi all breached Bristol’s try-line inside half-an-hour, before Mikey Haywood secured the bonus-point try in the closing stages. ‘We were rabbits in the headlights in the first half,’ said Robinson. ‘We can’t make this place a charity where we gift people scores and points. You’ve got to be streetwise.’ With Wasps, Exeter and Saracens coming up, the league’s newcomers have little respite over the coming weeks. Crippled by their penalty count, they allowed Saints to silence the eager 11,322-strong crowded dominate the early battle for territory. ‘Northampton are a very difficult juggernaut to stop once they get their rhythm,’ added Robinson, whose side had just three points to show for their efforts at the break. ‘The Premiership is about building pressure and converting it. We’ve got to learn from this. Some guys will learn and improve, while some others will go by the wayside.’ With Stephen Myler pulling the strings at No 10, Northampton capitalised on turnover ball. Dylan Hartley acted as middleman for North’s opening try, before Picamoles dotted down from a driving lineout and Pisi scored from a cross-field kick. Hartley was substituted at half-time, but Jim Mallinder answered ‘yes’ when asked if the England skipper will be fit to face Saracens, playing down any injury fears. ‘Dylan’s got a little bit of a sore back,’ said the Saints director of rugby. ‘Mikey Haywood didn’t play last week so we thought it would be a good time to swap them over. He’s had a bit of a sore back for a couple of weeks, so he’s just looking after himself.’ Bristol improved in the second- half, but their play was still littered with handling errors. Hooker Ross McMillan drove over from close-range against his former club, but Haywood struck late to ensure the only party was on Northampton’s bus trip home.

2016-09-11 19:38 Nik Simon www.dailymail.co.uk

92 They sure know how to roar! Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara look elegant at TIFF press conference for their film Lion They are the female leads in the new, based-on-a-true- story drama Lion. And both Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara exhibited class during their appearance at the movie's press conference, which took place at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday. Nicole's toned legs were on full display in a long-sleeved, navy number. The 49-year-old star added a pair of striped, T-strap heels decorated with gold-coloured trimming. The strawberry blonde beauty wore her hair straight and parted to one side. Rooney, who plays Dave Patel's love interest Lucy in the film, wore a billowy, wide-sleeve top and black trousers. The 31-year-old pulled her hair back into a tight ponytail, which was braided at the end. Nicole and Rooney were not alone for the event. The duo were joined by additional cast and crew from the film. Dev Patel, 26, stars as Saroo Brierley, a boy who, after being separated from his family and later adopted, goes on a quest to find them. The drama is based on the real life story of Saroo, who published his book, A Long Way Home, in 2012. The film will hit theaters on November 25, 2016.

2016-09-11 19:35 Brittany Valadez www.dailymail.co.uk

93 In Syria at sundown tomorrow, the US-Russia deal faces its first test A fter 40 or more meetings, no two foreign ministers can know each other better than the US secretary of state, John Kerry, and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov. Their latest marathon session in Geneva produced a new and very detailed plan for a truce in Syria and better coordinated operations, as a prelude to peace. The plan has the verbal support of the Damascus government. Could it work? That the announcement was immediately followed by an upsurge in violence is no indicator. The delay between announcement and deadline invites all parties to maximise their advantage. The test is whether fighting indeed eases off by the designated moment: Monday at sundown. The fact that the plan is underwritten by the US and Russia doesn’t guarantee success. Almost 25 years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, a US-Russia deal about a third country has a distinctly retro feel. Syria’s civil conflict may have turned into a wider war, but there are many more players and proxies vying for the spoils than there were in any cold war contest. Washington and Moscow can no longer snap their fingers and command hostilities to stop. Which is not to dismiss the deal. If the US and Russia can agree to cooperate in Syria , despite the coolness of their relations generally, then they both have a substantial investment in making it work. Some aspects of the deal – defining who they will fight and where – may be elementary, but this is progress compared with the absence of coordination before. Also on the plus side are domestic considerations. This US administration has four months to run. President Obama came to office promising to end US involvement in foreign wars; he would surely like to leave the White House without the US, even tangentially, engaged in another war. Pilloried for not using force against President Assad three years ago, would he not seize a chance to show there could be another way? Russia, too, has an interest in ending the bloodshed in Syria. The Russian public is as averse to embroilment in foreign wars as any public anywhere. The Kremlin may be keen to retain a foothold in the Middle East – if only to prevent its post-Soviet reach contracting further – but not, it has made clear, at any cost. Moscow’s priority in Syria has been consistent: it is not to shore up the power of President Assad personally, but to prevent an Iraq or Libya scenario in the event of him being precipitately removed. The collapse of the Syrian state, which would threaten chaos closer to Russia and ease the movement of jihadis to and from its borderlands, is the Russian nightmare. But if Russia’s objective in Syria has remained the same, Moscow’s tone, internationally, has been changing. There is a new preference for diplomacy and the exercise of “soft power”, as this latest move suggests. Still, for all this, the auguries are not good. The last truce – announced seven months ago and designated more modestly as a pause – fizzled out. Russia’s hold over Assad is debatable, as is US influence even over its Nato ally Turkey, let alone the various armed groups operating with western support. A recent meeting of Syrian opposition representatives in London – designed to show moderate politicians in waiting – produced a vision of vapidity and incoherence. Then, even as Kerry and Lavrov talked in Geneva, UK ministers launched broadsides against Russia’s role in Syria that hardly suggested western singleness of purpose. Kerry’s peace-mongering is not without challenge, either. Elements in the Pentagon are apparently willing any deal with Russia to fail. Their hope is for a more hawkish President Clinton in the New Year. It is clear that any outside initiative to reduce the fighting in Syria needs a more united will than currently exists. The Kerry-Lavrov plan offers a start. Let’s hope it is not a false one.

2016-09-11 19:33 Mary Dejevsky www.theguardian.com

94 France arrests 15-year-old boy for planning "imminent" Paris attack - sources PARIS, Sept 11 (Reuters) - A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Paris suspected of preparing imminent "violent action", two judicial sources said, the second alleged plot with links to Islamic State discovered in France this week. Last Sunday, a car loaded with gas cylinders was found near Notre Dame cathedral and jerry cans of diesel, leading to the discovery of a plot to attack a Paris railway station under the direction of Islamic State. Seven people, including four women, were arrested. The boy had been under house arrest since France declared a state emergency after Nov. 13 attacks in Paris in which Islamic State militants killed 130 people, two sources said on condition of anonymity. They did not say why he was under house arrest. His arrest on Saturday came as he was planning an attack in a public place in the French capital, one of the sources said. The second source said the boy had been in contact with suspected French Islamist militant Rashid Kassim and that Kassim also guided one of the women arrested last week in the plot to attack a train station in Paris. French newspaper Le Monde reported that Kassim is in Syria. He has used Telegram, the messaging service, to call for more attacks in France. "Women, sisters, go on, attack. Where are the brothers?... She brandished a knife and she hit a policeman... Where are the men? " Le Monde quoted a message of Kassim on Telegram. One of the women, arrested on Thursday stabbed a police officer during her arrest on Thursday. One of the women, who was arrested with her partner on a motorway on Tuesday , Ornella G., was formally placed under investigation on Saturday in connection with the car found last Sunday near Notre Dame cathedral. The man was freed on Saturday. One of the sources said Kassim, 29, inspired two men who carried out an attack in July in a French church during which they slit the throat of the elderly priest. The attack shocked France, coming less than 12 days after another Islamic State militant drove a truck into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in Nice. (Reporting by Gerard Bon and Sophie Louet, Writing by Maya Nikolaeva; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)

2016-09-11 19:33 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

95 New DVF designer debuts line with back-to- basics approach NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathan Saunders, the newly appointed presumptive heir to DVF, paid homage to the brand's heritage while showcasing his own vision during an intimate presentation Sunday at New York Fashion Week. The Scottish designer took the reigns as DVF's chief creative officer in May, but made it clear he's not necessarily filling Diane von Furstenberg's iconic shoes. "It's just different shoes, you know? It's not like I'm replacing her in any way. It's just a different chapter for the company," Saunders said while insisting von Furstenberg is still very much the cornerstone of the brand. Von Furstenberg, a Fashion Week staple, was not on hand for Saunders' debut presentation at a sparse industrial space in the Manhattan's Meatpacking District. The collection played with bold colors, patterns and mixed textures. Romantic florals paired with playful polka dots, and metallic dresses were adorned with fur wraps. "I wanted the collection to be kind of this melting pot," Saunders explained. "Eclectic mixtures of different prints from different places and times brought together in one collection. I thought that was kind of an exciting way to start. " The signature wrap dress appeared throughout with fresh silhouettes and asymmetrical hemlines, including a structured kimono, a silky romper and a color-blocked scarf dress. Sometimes the wrap was simply implied through cuts and movement on plunging blouses and sequined, layered frocks. "It's more about taking it not so literally and just trying to transfer into a product that feels considered and modern and developed. A lot of the bias-cut dresses still have that same sense of ease, but they are pushing things forward," said Saunders. Von Furstenberg is known for splashy fashion shows featuring celebrity- driven social media buzz. Last season's event included It Girls Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, Karlie Kloss and Irina Shayk. But according to CEO Paolo Riva, priorities have shifted. "I think that the fashion show is trying to cover too many things: speaking to press, inviting celebrities, opinion leaders, bloggers and friends, and now see-now, buy-now. It's too much for one moment and because this is the first collection from Jonathan, this is a moment where we really wanted to have the opportunity to leave the noise out," said Riva. Saunders' back-to-basics approach included one-on-one meetings with journalists, a simple display of clothes on racks with six models perched in the background. "I think at the end of the day the customer is interested in clothes and I'm hoping we're entering into a chapter where all of the nonsense doesn't matter as much as having something that you just feel fabulous in," he said. ___ Follow Nicole Evatt on Twitter at https://twitter.com/NicoleEvatt

2016-09-11 19:32 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

96 French PM: Terror threat is 'maximal' "The threat is maximal," Manuel Valls said in an interview with the Europe 1 radio station. "We have seen it again in the past few days, the past few hours, and even as we speak. Every day intelligence services, police and gendarmerie thwart attacks and dismantle Iraqi- Syrian networks. " Valls said authorities were monitoring around 15,000 people in France who they believe are in the process of radicalization. Earlier, French officials had said 10,000 people were on their "fiche S" list, used to flag radicalized individuals considered a threat to national security. "We have almost 700 jihadists -- French or French residents -- fighting in Iraq and Syria, " Valls said. "Out of these 700 jihadists, I'd like to remind (people) that there are 275 women and several dozens (of) minors," he added. An additional 196 French jihadists died in Iraq and Syria, he said. His comments came after police last week thwarted an ISIS plot to attack the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris . On Saturday, French authorities charged a woman whose name was given as Ornella G, in connection to the plot. She was charged with "terrorist criminal association to commit crimes against people" and "attempted assassinations as an organized gang in connection with a terrorist enterprise," according to the Paris prosecutors' office. Ornella G and three other women were arrested after a car containing five gas cylinders was found abandoned near the cathedral, a major tourist draw in central Paris. Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said Friday the women were part of a cell directed by ISIS from Syria. One of the women had a letter in her purse swearing allegiance to ISIS , Molins said. Another woman had been engaged to be married to two known terrorists. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said earlier this week that the women were radicalized and likely had been planning an "imminent and violent" attack. France has been under a state of emergency since the Paris terror attacks in November , and authorities have struggled to monitor thousands of domestic radicals on their radar.

2016-09-11 19:32 Chandrika Narayan rss.cnn.com

97 Fintech, Big Data, artificial intelligence and future of money Contact WND The echoes of antiquity tell us that Nimrod built the world’s first great city. In postmodern times, trillions of dollars can appear as electrons on a computer screen and be sent halfway around the world, or all the way around the world, with simply the click of a button. Ushering in this new paradigm is “fintech” or “financial technology.” Fintech is already changing the face of global finance. As one might expect, fintech has a lexis all its own. If you’re doing invoicing, help is available to navigate those uncharted waters, such as this great invoicing tool. Gold, silver, opium, cattle, slaves, dowries, concubines, timber, salt and fresh water were all probably commodities that Nimrod would have traded in. Now entire nations and their economies are at the mercy of the transnational capital class. The entrepreneurs and geniuses behind fintech are the new Nimrods. Transnational financiers can raise up or destroy nations without firing a single shot. Back in 1999, becoming a day trader seemed like a viable career or at least a hobby for many Americans. Those were the early days of the Internet, of course. The interconnectedness of the world’s economies began to become readily apparent even to casual observers of global finance. Today, there’s binary trading where you can trade options. This is a fast, fun way to become a trader without the necessity of learning for months or years about the markets. Binary trading is a revolutionary financial innovation. One might recall it was the Knights Templar who invented draft banking. During the Crusades, someone came up with the idea of making a deposit at a bank in let’s say, London, and then withdrawing your money in Jerusalem. This would prevent your gold or silver from being stolen from you while traveling. Recall the breathtaking unraveling of the Asian Financial Meltdown of 1997. Nations like South Korea were shaken to the core when Pin Charapak’s “Finance One” in Thailand took a massive hit from foreign currency raiders. The Korean won took a tremendous nosedive. Everything South Koreans worked so hard to build between the end of the Korean War in 1953 and the Seoul Olympic Games of 1988 suddenly was shaken loose from its moorings. How could such an event have happened seemingly out of thin air and without warning? The Asian Financial Meltdown was a real wake-up call for observers of international economics. I was working in South Korea between 1995 and 1997. During this time, I changed my money every single month into American Express traveler’s checks. Sure, I lost out on very generous interest from flush South Korean banks. I, like so many others, worried about a North Korean invasion. Yet when the 1997 Asian Financial Meltdown hit, I escaped without the loss of a single won. My late mother, Viola, often said, “Make hay while the sun is shining.” She also said, having grown up during the Great Depression and World War II, as well as sending her husband off to fight in the Korean War, “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.” That was almost 20 years ago, and financial technology has undergone a makeover. Wall Street uses Ph. D.s from MIT and NASA to help create “financial formulas” that can beat the system. Micro-trading on Wall Street involves super computing power. These computers are busy trading stocks back and forth every few seconds. There’s no way ordinary mortals can compete with these computers. Like the astronauts in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” we are at the mercy of these computers – and the men and women who program them. Films like “Margin Call” starring Kevin Spacey explain this new way of doing business. Credit default swaps, derivatives and the ATM have been Wall Street’s major innovations over the past generation. As noted, the financial modus operandi is changing rapidly, and is sure to continue to evolve as the millennial generation’s elites working in Silicon Valley, China, Europe and New York come up with major innovations that will shape and change the way we shop, buy, play and pay. One can only wonder if these de facto elites understand the toil and sweat and blood and risk of ordinary Americans and others around the world. Do they know what it is like for a fireman to run into a burning building, a peace officer responding to a riot, a construction worker digging out 7,000 pounds of heavy rock and mud every single day — all alone — for earthquake retrofitting, builders of cell phone towers or soldiers parachuting into the nether reaches of Afghanistan? The answer is a resounding “no.” By and large, the financial elites do not know by experience the very real struggles of everyday people. That said, our collective futures will be greatly shaped and enhanced by the future of digital money and heady Fintech pioneers. For those understandably leery of entrusting their futures to electrons on a computer screen, consider the “Carrington Event.” In 1859, while the looming American Civil War and plans for the transcontinental railroad were on the minds of America’s elite, a “coronal mass ejection,” or CME, from our sun practically wiped out the nation’s telegraph system. If and when another “Carrington Event” strikes the Earth, what would happen to our nation’s ATMs, gasoline pumps and military satellites? Virtually overnight, we could all be sent back to 1859. Folks who are interested in financial technology might note that MIT offers a distance learning course. There’s even an MIT business plan competition promising $20,000 in prize money. You might want to consider such a course for yourself or for your children. The future has surely arrived for Big Data, peer-to-peer lending, micro-lending, crowdfunding and other 21st- century business models. Artificial Intelligence, or AI, and machine learning are also a part of the new dynamic. There were visionaries who foresaw the technological changes that would come to America after World War II. One might cite GPS satellite navigation, radar, frozen foods, the Internet, organ transplants, robotics, nanotechnology, genetic engineering, the cracking of the human genome, transhumanism (H+) and GMO foods as the cornerstones of a very long list. For example, the “communicator” used by Capt. James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock in the original “Star Trek” series arrived years ago via the cell phone. So have that show’s visionary “talking computers” and weapons that merely “stun” you. The “Back to the Future” film series also hit on a number of strikingly prophetic futuristic scenarios. Another film, “Looper,” starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt of “Angels in the Outfield” and “Third Rock from the Sun” fame, depicts a future world where the Chinese national currency has replaced the United States dollar and the Saudi-linked petrodollar as the world’s reserve currency. Will this also become a reality? Just as the globalization of sports beyond the Olympic Games might one day include Major League Baseball teams based in Tokyo, Japan and Havana, Cuba, so too will financial technology realign the world in new, very different, sometimes scary, yet often exciting and transformative ways. As noted, the new Nimrods are the nerds, armed with neutrinos, electrons, subatomic particles and mathematical financial formulas too brilliant to be simply scribbled on cocktail napkins in smoke-filled rooms. Talent for the development and management of fintech – access to capital, government regulation and oversight, as well as demand – will be the key issues this newest area of human-computer endeavor will focus upon. The Jericho option All of this sounds heady and exciting. Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists from London to Sunnyvale are busy creating the broad architecture for a new paradigm of financial services. Will this become a reality? Or will another “Carrington Event” or a “Jericho option” take root and tip over the apple cart at some point in the future? What exactly is the “Jericho option”? Not since they sold the New York Yankees to George Steinbrenner for a relative pittance has CBS made a blunder equal to canceling the TV series “Jericho.” Indeed, “Jericho” became a cultural phenomenon that inspired the imagination and brought tears of joy in more than a few episodes. Almost single-handedly, the writers and producers of “Jericho” restored at least a small measure of confidence in what network TV actually could be – moral, intelligent, family oriented and visionary. What’s truly amazing is that (as hard as this is to believe) CBS (as noted) actually canceled “Jericho” – wanting instead to air more racy programs – only to bring it back after a massive viewer protest. That protest included the sending of 40,000 pounds of nuts to the corporate offices of the network. The nuts related to a line of dialogue on the show quoting a World War II American general who replied with the word “Nuts!” to a Nazi general requesting he and his troops surrender. There can be no doubt the filth on network TV has driven many viewers into the media wilderness. Yet like the United Nations and Hollywood, network TV isn’t a monolithic block. As such, “Jericho” is a show that should be embraced by every thinking American no matter what race, color, culture, politics or religion they might hold dear to their heart. “Jericho” features an army of good-looking characters so flawed, yet so heroic, kind and decent that you can’t help but stand up and cheer for them. It’s “The Day After” meets “The Stand,” with the best elements from “The X- Files,” “The Equalizer,” “M*A*S*H” and “The Sopranos” all thrown in for good measure. “Jericho” is everything we secretly fear yet perhaps yearn for on a subconscious level. More to the point, the show offers the chance to start history again, free from the ball and chains of postmodern life. For the remnant in “Jericho,” it means embracing a sense of community as the great themes of life and history are brought back from theme parks to their rightful place in the day-to-day reality within the story arc. “Jericho” features a plot that goes something like this: Nuclear war/terrorism has destroyed a plethora of cities in the U. S. At least two missiles have been launched in retaliation. America has been broken up into six countries with (count them) six different leaders. There’s no Internet. No Paris Hilton. No professional wrestling. No NFL. No eBay. No more “Saturday Night Live.” The Northeast of the U. S. has become its own country. Salt has become a priceless commodity. The kids aren’t obese because there isn’t much food to go around in the wintertime. In the world of “Jericho,” Blackwater archetype mercenaries roam the land. (Remember post-Katrina?) Fake Marines abound, along with the social distemper of the survivors who have crawled out of the radioactive cities. Everyone is off the grid and on their own. What happens when you have to take care of not only yourself but also your neighbor and even strangers? Mainland China drops in food aid after the nuclear fiasco with flyers reading, “China is your friend. Do not fight (us).” In fact, the only TV news available to the residents of “Jericho” comes from a satellite beaming information from China. “Jericho” itself is a small town in Kansas, aptly named along the biblical story about the walls of a fortified city tumbling down. The people of Jericho are just like you and me. As Don Henley sang in his hit song, “The End of the Innocence,” “Somewhere back there in the dust, that same old town in each of us.” Of course, no mention of “Jericho” would be complete without my favorite character, Robert Hawkins. (He is played adroitly by the talented Lennie James, who in real life was born in South London and raised in various foster homes.) He’s a good man with a nice family that includes his pretty wife, Darcy, and two wonderful children, “Baby Girl” and “Sam.” “There’s no such thing as a good man or a bad man,” Hawkins tells his daughter while standing in the middle of a Jericho cornfield. It is a microcosm of the spiritual battle awaiting the residents of Jericho, and perhaps awaiting the rest of us as well. Hawkins’ love for his children, along with the love the mother of “Jake” shows for everyone in the town, are elements of the rarest of commodities – TV that inspires the viewer to become a better person. Finding out the truth about the “real Hawkins” as a character on the show is almost as interesting as his own search for his true, moral self. It is Hawkins who ultimately makes the show work. And it is no surprise that his secret past comes to dwarf that of the town’s prodigal mercenary bad boy, “Jake” (played by Skeet Ulrich), nor the fact that the two of them become fast friends, fellow soldiers, saviors of the town and patriots of a new nation. If you want to find out who Hawkins really is, and why Jericho was chosen by the federal government as the most vital town in the entire United States to set up a post-apocalyptic rally point – you’ll have to watch the show for yourself to find out. As the words on Hawkins’ EMP-hardened laptop say, “See You Soon.” Perhaps you, the reader, will choose to become yet another fan of the show millions of Americans fought so hard to save. It is a show that somehow, despite the odds, became a part of definitive Americana. Would-be fans can watch all of the episodes online at the show’s website. While we boldly seek out the best possible future, “Jericho” offers pause to prepare for a world where unforeseen events could one day topple our nation’s and the world’s financial architecture.

2016-09-11 19:31 Anthony C www.wnd.com

98 Quintana wins Spanish Vuelta ahead of Froome MADRID (AP) — Movistar rider Nairo Quintana won the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday, adding the title to the 2014 Giro d'Italia on his Grand Tour list of honors. The Colombian climbing expert had cemented his commanding lead over nearest rival Chris Froome in Saturday's decisive mountain stage. Following custom, Froome did not challenge Quintana on the traditional ride into the Spanish capital on the 21st and final stage. Instead, the two top cyclists of the moment spent some time chatting as they pedaled along side by side. Quintana finished the 71st edition of the race 1 minute, 23 seconds in front of second-placed Froome. Quintana completed the grueling three- week course that covered 3,315.5 kilometers (2,060 miles) in 83 hours, 31 minutes, 28 seconds. Esteban Chaves finished in third place and more than four minutes off the pace. He was followed by three-time Vuelta winner Alberto Contador in fourth. Quintana wore the red leader's jersey for the 12th consecutive day as he rode into Madrid flanked by his triumphant Movistar teammates. Quintana raised both arms in victory as he breezed across the line in the pack behind the sprinters competing for the stage. He then exchanged embraces with his teammates before shaking hands with Froome. "I woke up this morning feeling like the winner, but I couldn't raise my arms in celebration until I crossed the finish line," Quintana said. "This is probably the most important (win) for me, considering the scenario and who I was racing against. Froome is a great rival. " Magnus Cort Nielsen of Denmark won the flat 105-kilometer (65-mile) ride starting in Las Rozas before making loops through Madrid's center in 2 hours, 48 minutes, 52 seconds. It was his second stage win of this race. At age 26, Quintana has established himself as one of the premier cyclists in the world and the top rival to three-time Tour de France champion Froome. Quintana has twice finished runner-up to Froome at the Tour, most recently in July when he couldn't mount a serious challenge to Froome and his dominant Sky team. Two months later, Quintana finally got the better of the British cyclist after pulling away to win the Vuelta's mountainous 10th stage finishing at Lagos de Covadonga. He increased his lead to more than 3 ½ minutes by using an early breakaway on the 14th stage, finishing at the Aramon Formigal summit. That gave him the cushion he needed to survive a blistering time trial by Froome on the 19th stage. Froome finished second at the Vuelta for a third time, after also coming close in 2011 and 2014. "Nairo was great this Vuelta. Team Movistar was great this Vuelta... they really rode well and deserve the victory," Froome said. "Of course I was here to fight for the victory, but after the season I have had, the Tour, the Olympic games, the Vuelta, this has been the best season for me. " Quintana was leading the 2014 Vuelta when he was forced to withdraw with a broken shoulder after falls on consecutive days. "I have tried to win the Vuelta so many times and I finally did so today," he said. The large crowd that turned out to celebrate his victory waved Colombian flags. Quintana became the second Colombian to win this race after Luis Herrera in 1987. Quintana said that the elusive Tour remained his top goal. "It's a dream that is still with me and I hope one day I can make it come true," he said. "I will keep working toward it. "

2016-09-11 19:30 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

99 Egyptian adviser to murdered Italian student's family freed CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has released from detention a rights activist who had worked as a legal consultant to the family of Italian student Giulio Regeni who was tortured to death in Cairo this year, defense lawyers said Sunday. Ahmed Abdullah, head of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, an NGO, was arrested in April, ostensibly as part of a government crackdown on protesters campaigning against Egypt's intention to turn over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. The court released Abdullah on bail Saturday, according to the lawyers. Charges against Abdullah, including inciting violence and attempting to overthrow the government, have not been dropped. His release came one day after Egypt's top prosecutor, Nabil Sadek, publicly acknowledged for the first time that Regeni was investigated by police less than three weeks before he disappeared on Jan. 25. His body, bearing marks of severe torture, was found on the side of a highway just west of Cairo on Feb. 3. It was not immediately clear whether Abdullah's release was linked in any way to two days of talks on Regeni's case held in Rome last week between Sadek and Italian officials. Regeni's family said in April it was distraught over Abdullah's arrest. Sadek's revelation was the first time any Egyptian official publicly acknowledged that the 28-year-old doctoral student was a subject of interest to police, who have long been accused of abuse and torture. Egyptian officials, including President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, have consistently denied any police role in the murder of Regeni. However the fact that it took the country's top prosecutor nearly eight months to acknowledge that police had a prior interest in him seems certain to fuel suspicions that Cairo has concealed essential facts of the case. The issue has roiled relations with one of Cairo's closest western allies and its largest trade partner in the EU. El-Sissi promised in an interview with the Italian daily La Repubblica in March that investigators will work "night and day" to identify and prosecute those responsible for Regeni's torture and death. La Repubblica said that during the two-hour interview, el-Sissi never once directly responded to questions about who might have been responsible. Sadek, in a joint statement issued at the end of his talks in Rome, also cast doubt on the Egyptian Interior Ministry's account implying that a criminal gang was responsible for Regeni's death. In March, police announced that five members of a gang had been killed and that some of Regeni's personal belongings were found at the home of the sister of the gang leader. Italian authorities and Regeni's family immediately cast doubt on that story. The joint statement by Sadek and Italian officials said the case would continue to be investigated but added that there are "weak doubts in regards to the connection" between Regeni's death and the alleged gang members. The statement prompted calls by social media activists in Egypt to prosecute all those involved in the death of the alleged gang members, describing their death as cold-blooded murder committed simply to create a cover story. "What is important here now is that there should be a serious political will to hold the Interior Ministry accountable," a front-page article in the independent daily al-Maqal said. "The restructuring of the Interior Ministry has become a necessity, if not for the protection of human lives, then at least out of concern for Egypt's foreign relations. " Prominent rights activist Gamal Eid said Sadek's revelation about the police investigation of Regeni eats into the trust and confidence in Egypt's security agencies. "They had said they did not know him; and why the five men were killed was another lie," Eid said. "Our credibility has been undermined. "

2016-09-11 19:30 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

100 Endurance swimmer cancels record swim attempt due to winds SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An endurance swimmer ended her attempt on Saturday to become the first woman to accomplish the longest solo, unassisted swim after facing high winds during the 93-mile swim from Sacramento to Tiburon on the western edge of San Francisco Bay. The journey was expected to take 48 hours, but Kim Chambers called off her bid after swimming for 24 hours. "The windmills were just spinning and there were kite surfers and wind surfers everywhere," Chambers told the Sacramento Bee (http://bit.ly/2c2jOBR). "So it was just the wind that was gusting and it was unsafe for everyone involved. " Chambers began her plan to swim through the Sacramento River toward the bay Friday to raise money and support for military veterans. Her goal was to step out of the waters on Sunday, Sept. 11. Although she didn't finish the swim, she said was satisfied with what she was able to accomplish. "You never really realize what you're capable of until you try," she said. "It's been about setting a goal and putting your heart and body toward reaching that goal. " Last year, the 39-year-old New Zealand native and San Francisco resident became the first woman to swim 30 miles of shark- infested waters from the Farallon Islands to the Golden Gate Bridge. For both swims, she abided by English Channel rules prohibiting the use of a wetsuit and resting on a boat. A former ballerina, Chambers took up swimming to rehabilitate from an accident in which she nearly lost a leg. She is the sixth person — and third woman — to complete the Ocean's Seven, a collection of marathon swimming challenges, including the Strait of Gibraltar, the Molokai Channel in Hawaii, and the North Channel from northern Ireland to Scotland.

2016-09-11 19:29 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

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