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Iran offers discounts to Chabahar traders

In a bid to attract more business from Afghan Pakistan must take decisive action against militant groups, based in its soil: U.S. Ambassador traders, Iran has dropped its customs duties By Farhad Naibkhel Haqqani Network, Daesh, Al- will leave it to my national as the facilitation of a peace process nuclearized conflict” he added. at Chabahar port by up to 80 percent. Qaeda and all terrorist groups that leadership” to talk about the future that will lead to a stable, peaceful Pakistan and India will play a KABUL: Days after the US pose threat to the Afghan people, steps with Pakistan. Afghanistan. large part of this plan, and in the announcement a new Afghan he asserted. Meanwhile U.S. Ambassador He insisted that the US must coming days and weeks US will The economic attaché at the were providing warehouse strategy, the top US and Gen. Nicholson said that “We in Afghanistan Hugo Llorens said maintain pressure on the Taliban seek help from Afghanistan’s Iranian Embassy in Kabul, facilities and other services. “A NATO commander in the are determined to pursue the goal that “Pakistan is an important to join a peace process with the neighbors to assist in the fight, he Mohammad Reza Karimzada, on series of facilities has already country warned the Taliban of a political settlement, as these partner for achieving our priorities Afghan government to end the war noted. US Ambassador said that Wednesday said Iran is offering an been built at the Chabahar port cannot win on the battle field terrorist groups realized that they in the region, it must take decisive in Afghanistan. under the new strategy, “we will 80 percent discount in export and in order to encourage and it is time for them to join cannot win on the battle field, they action against militant groups, ‘We will remove the incentives integrate all instruments of U.S. tariffs to Afghan traders if they use traders discounts are being the peace and reconciliation will see that their best option is to based in Pakistan that are a threat for the hedging behavior by some power – diplomatic, economic, Chabahar port. offered for warehousing and process, instead of continuing pursue peace.” to Afghanistan.” that leads to support for the military, and intelligence – toward Karimzada said the route from services,” said Karimzada. to kill more incident Afghans. He noted the Taliban have He said that Pakistan has much Taliban, and we will emphasize achieving the ultimate goal of a Afghanistan to Chabahar port was Meanwhile Afghanistan Speaking at a joint press never won against the Afghan to gain from partnering with US in with all regional countries the political settlement that protects a lot shorter than that to Karachi Chamber of Commerce and conference with the U.S. commandos and never will, the region, including on areas where importance of cooperation to U.S. and Afghanistan’s vital port, in Pakistan, and Banda-r- Industry (ACCI) has called for Ambassador in Afghanistan therefore they cannot win, he “we have mutual interest,” such reduce the threat of terrorism and interests.” Abas port, in Iran. He also stated an increase in logistics capacity here, General Nicholson, said noted. that there was good infrastructure at Chabahar – especially for that “The united states, our He elaborated that “we will not and few problems relating to the large cargo ships. “What is so NATO allies and partners are fail in Afghanistan our national transit of goods through Iran and important is that standard with you (Afghanistan)”, security as well as Afghanistan that many businessmen were now airports where large planes can adding “we stand with your national security and the security Taliban attack on Baghlan’s using Chabahar port rather than land, and (a proper harbor (Afghan) security forces against of all our allies and partners depend Karachi port. Karimzada also said where) cargo ships can dock, terrorists and the enemies of upon this.” that Iran is giving Afghan traders a are not yet in place,” said Afghanistan and the enemies of He asked the Taliban to stop Dushi district beaten back 75 percent discount on import ACCI deputy head Tawfiq the entire world.” fighting against their country now, duties when using Chabahar, and Dawari. (ToloNews) “With the announcement stop killing innocent civilians, stop of this policy the Taliban PUL-I-KHUMRI : The Taliban bringing misery and hardship to the coordinated attack on the Dushi cannot win on the battle field Afghan people and lay down their it is time for them to join the district of northern Baghlan arms and join Afghan society, help province has been repulsed in peace process, let me stress our and build a better future for this continuing support to which militants suffered huge 4 killed, 8 injured in county and their own children. casualties, an official said on Afghanistan, our commitment Pointing to Daesh or ISIS-K to the great people of Thursday. Gen. Nicholson said that this terror Maj. Gen. Shaoor Gul Khan, Herat road mishap Afghanistan,” he added. group has been crashed in He stated that there is an deputy defence minister and Nangarhar and “we will pursue commander of security forces in opportunity and hope for the them, where they go.” HERAT CITY : At least four people were killed and eight others future, the Afghan people want current Baghlan battle, said the Responding to a question, Taliban on Wednesday evening wounded in a traffic accident in Adraskan district of western Herat peace and the international General Nicholson said that the province, an official said on Thursday. community is with them in this attacked Dushi district from policy announced by President different sides. He said eight Governor’s spokesman, Jailani Farhad, told Pajhwok Afghan journey, it is assured vision Trump addresses directly in the News two corolla cars crashed in the district late on Wednesday. that the allies can all work Taliban were killed and 15 others fact the United States is going to injured in the overnight clash. As a He said four people including three women and a child were together. engage in a dialogue with Pakistan killed and eight others wounded. The United States has result of Wednesday night attack security forces responded in including a woman and two girls, to eliminate external enablement the Taliban wanted to block the befitting manner and repulsed have been killed and six others The injured has been shifted to hospital and their health condition determined to continue support for the Taliban, the dialogue with is said to be stable, Farhad said. the Afghan security forces in Kabul-Mazar-i-Sharif highway their attack, he added. Mohammad injured in the firefight. Pakistan will be done in private and capture Dushi district, but Ali, a local elder, said four civilians, (Pajhwok) High speed and violation of traffic rules are called the main the fight against the Taliban, the and its already started and so “I reason of the crash. (Pajhwok) FRIDAY .AUGUST 25, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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By Ibrahim Fraihat establishment of a Palestinian Also, just like the previous mediation: neutrality and state at any cost, as he US administration that failed to impartiality. With this kind of Meager health facility White House senior adviser, promised during his 2015 achieve a peace deal, this credentials, success becomes and President Donald Trump's election campaign. administration uses a more elusive for Mr Kushner. son-in-law, Jared Kushner is Though it failed to achieve "facilitation strategy" rather In order for Trump to It is a fact that health service across the country is unsatisfactory, leading a US delegation on a it, the Obama administration than an "interactive strategy" succeed, he has to make it but slowly improving at the same time. The Ministry of Public Middle East tour that includes had a clear position on the two- in mediation. Facilitation lacks incredibly clear that he is Health have to oversee all matters concerning the health of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United state solution and worked hard the necessary power and committed to the two-state Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, towards that goal. This assertiveness to achieve a deal, solution. He needs to firmly Afghanistan’s population, and also take immediate action to Jordan, Palestine, and Israel. administration has failed to take while interactive efforts can reject Israel's settlement provide satisfactory health services. According to Human Alongside Kushner, the a position. Trump's lack of successfully respond to any expansions in the West Bank. th delegation also includes envoy vision has confused the development that may take Toothless mediation is not Development Index, Afghanistan is the 15 least developed of international negotiations, Palestinian side, which still place the mediation process. going to work for this type of country in the world. Our average life expectancy at birth is Jason Greenblatt, and national lacks a strategy to deal with Facilitation can only work conflict. He needs to apply reported at around 60 years. The country’s maternal mortality security adviser, Dina Powell. this administration. Just before when both parties are willing pressure, especially on The goal of this tour is to the arrival of the Kushner and eager to achieve a deal, but settlements, as they have been rate is 396 deaths/100,000 live births and its infant mortality discuss the next steps to delegation, a spokesman for that is definitely not the case the primary reason behind the rate is 66 to 112.8 d deaths in every 1,000 live births, according "restart Israeli-Palestinian Mahmoud Abbas stated that here. One major reason behind failure of previous US peace talks", according to a the Palestinian Authority the failure of the Obama mediation efforts. to Index. It is very annoying to learn that health serves is poor, White House official. While President "wants clarity" on administration to achieve a deal Palestinians should not despite showering of millions of dollars in every sectors, of Kushner might eventually be the American position on the was its refusal to exert any waste their time by expecting able to arrange some meetings two-state solution. This pressure on the intransigent concrete results from this course in health subdivision as well. Much thing should have between Palestinian and Israeli confusion is definitely going Israeli government, which administration. This is not to been done in the past 16 years, but still we see our Afghans are leadership, no peace deal will to reflect itself on the talks that always opted for expanding the suggest that they should going abroad for medical treatment. Despite we have 100 be achieved under this Kushner will be having with the scope of its settlements rather boycott Trump's envoys and administration and Trump "will Palestinian leadership soon. than achieving peace. Trump not talk to them. They should government-run and private or internationally-administered [not] get it done," as he Another obstacle in front administration is likely to repeat work with this delegation as if hospitals nationwide, but still the Afghans don’t get proper previously promised. of this administration's success the same mistake. To be sure, they are really going to make a The most important is the lead mediator Mr just before the Kushner team's peace deal, but they should medical services. It is worth to mention that most advance shortcoming of Trump Kushner himself. He is young arrival in the Middle East, also develop national strategies medical treatments are available, such we have French Medical administration's efforts to and has no experience in the Netanyahu government to end the occupation as if there Institute for Children, Indira Gandhi Children’s Hospital, the achieve peace is that it does world politics as most of his announced that it allocated is no American intervention in not have a clear vision for that career was in real estate $1.5m to build a fence around the first place. The status quo last not the least, Jamhuriat Hospital the most popular hospital peace. He lacks even the most development. Beit El settlement. is in favour of Israel's colonial in Kabul. Besides having these updated hospitals, still people basic understanding of what he The second major reason Another obstacle in front project and every day that really wants to achieve, a two- why Kushner is set to fail is the of this administration's success passes with Israeli occupation are flowing to foreign countries for treatment. But what about state, one-state, or no-state fact that Trump administration is the lead mediator Mr in place is making it a little bit provinces, do we have health facility there as well. Surely we solution. "I'm looking at two- is in disarray - or in Abbas' Kushner himself. He is young harder to build a viable are lacking. There are no state-of-the-art hospitals, so the state and one-state and I like words "his entire administration and has no experience in the Palestinian state in the future. the one that both parties like. is in chaos". Given the frequent world politics as most of his Ibrahim Fraihat is Associate residents are in trouble and more prone to lose lives. The I'm very happy with the one resignations and high turnover career was in real estate Professor of International Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA) on Wednesday said health that both parties like," he once in his administration, it is development. It is not easy to Conflict Resolution at the Doha stated. As 24-years of failed questionable whether Trump jump from construction work to Institute for Graduate Studies facilities across the country were unable to provide required American mediation in this even has time to think about mediating one of the most and Afifiliate Scholar at services despite million of dollars investment by donor over conflict shows there is nothing the Palestinian-Israeli peace complicated conflicts in the Georgetown University in the years. Presenting and analytic report on the stat of public that "both parties" like. process. It is unclear how he world. Even more worrisome is Qatar. He is the author of Benjamin Netanyahu likes only would sustain efforts to Kushner's pro-Israel bias, Unfinished Revolutions (Yale health facility in the country, IWA in a statement said it inspected one thing: keep building Israeli achieve a "peace deal" with which is not a secret to anyone. University Press, 2016). Follow settlements in the occupied this much instability in his own This blatant bias contradicts him on Twitter: @i_fraihat 184 public clinics and hospitals in eight provinces built or West Bank and obstructing the operated with donor money. According to report, despite office. the very basic principles of (AlJazeera) spending hundreds of millions of dollars by the donor community on Afghanistan’s public health sector, these facilities across the country face major deficiencies. Four out of 10 health facilities lack potable water system while one in every five facilities has no electric at all. In spite of other problems, such as no ambulances, but the most important one was that a significant number (99 percent) of the facilities remain operational during day time. It should be 24/7. Anyone can fall sick anytime. The Ministry of Public Health has to come up to the fore with a comprehensive plan to keep these facilities active and provide them all necessary required needs. Subscription Rates Fee Categories Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 3600 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 1800 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $200 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. FRIDAY .AUGUST 25, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Bacanora Eurozone Minerals economic Ltd Sonora recovery: DFS Humming nearing along completion just fine

In this morning’s Bacanora The CEPR Euro Area Business Minerals Ltd COM SHS NPV Cycle Dating Committee (DI) (LON:BCN) progress update published on 7 August the first of on its Sonora soft-rock lithium its bi-annual regular reports on development in Mexico, Bacanora state of the Eurozone business reported that cost estimation work cycle.1 It made three important is nearing completion, reiterating points. First, the Eurozone that opex is likely be below the expansion is continuing, level typical of hard-rock deposits The U.S. power grid could become at a time when the country is using the Obama administration, but admittedly slowly but creating that are the focus of the majority less reliable if too much electricity less electricity. now he thinks it's time for the employment at a rapid pace. of its project-developer peers. The comes from renewable energy and The Energy Department study pendulum to swing back. The Second, although lacklustre, the company also revealed that the natural gas, according to a study points out that coal and nuclear Sierra Club's Mark Kresowik sees Eurozone recovery from the Great definitive feasibility study (DFS) from the Department of Energy. generate power whenever it's something else entirely in the Recession is commensurate with But not everyone is buying it. needed, while solar and wind can Energy Department's report. is now focusing on a sodium- that of the US once the Eurozone Environmentalists suspect the be less predictable. "Coal and nuclear interests are double-dip sovereign debt sulphate roasting route in the Trump administration is just This echoes an argument making a last-ditch attempt to try recession is factored in. Finally, the processing circuit, in preference to trying to prop up an ailing coal traditional utilities and power and preserve their market share, heterogeneity in the pace of the more expensive gypsum-roast industry. generators have made for years. that is being taken up by fast- and ultimately we will all be administration for help. But Scott recovery of individual Eurozone route that had been contemplated Energy Secretary Rick Perry "The most reliable and resilient growing, clean, reliable, affordable member countries is driven by the previously. We believe this should paying the price — whether in Segal of the ERCC says, "Any real called for the study last spring. The grid is the type that will balance resources like wind and solar," he increased electricity costs or by bold policy changes require major heterogeneity in their recessions. help limit cost inflation over the report doesn't say there's a grid traditional base load sources of says. A lacklustre expansion that estimates published in last year’s breathing dirtier air," Kresowik regulatory change or legislation or reliability problem now — only power with renewable power," Kresowik and other renewable says. both." The Department of Energy creates jobs fast prefeasibility study (though some that one could develop if more coal says Scott Segal, director of the energy advocates believe the Nuclear plant operators is now accepting public comments The Eurozone expansion is inflation is in our view inevitable), and nuclear power plants shut Electric Reliability Coordinating Trump administration is laying the already have won subsidies in on its grid report. Early indications continuing, albeit at a lacklustre but it is presumably one of the down. Those plants are having Council (ERCC). groundwork to justify subsidies for some states and coal companies are the agency is about to get an rate, but it is creating employment reasons for the DFS overrunning – trouble competing with cheaper Segal says renewable forms of coal and nuclear power plants. have lobbied the Trump earful. (NPR) at a quite rapid pace. It is now 17 Bacanora is now targeting natural gas and renewable energy electricity got a lot of focus during "It will cost consumers more quarters into the expansion, which completion “by the end of the began with the trough in 2013Q1. year”, versus previous guidance of The previous, pre-crisis 2008Q1 Summer 2017 (and original GDP peak was finally surpassed guidance of Q1 2017). But the after more than seven years on delay does not appear to be holding Oil-rich Alberta shows early 2015Q3. Figure 1 shows Eurozone up financing arrangements – GDP with shaded bars for recessions. discussions are underway with Figure 1 Eurozone GDP from long-term debt providers, signs of economic recovery 1995Q1 to 2017Q1 including in Japan where they are Figure 2 shows post-trough being facilitated by the company’s trajectories of previous Eurozone strategic offtake partner Hanwa Co expansions. The current expansion Ltd. We therefore continue to (in red) is obviously the slowest believe Sonora will be one of the the Eurozone has witnessed. first new lithium operations off the However, the timid recovery speed rank, capitalizing on market from recessions induced by a tightness which continues to push financial crisis is a well-known lithium prices higher. phenomenon (e.g. IMF 2009, Sonora DFS progress update: Chapter 3) which is neither Opex and capex cost estimation specific to the Eurozone, nor to work is nearing completion, with the latest financial crisis. the former expected to come in Figure 2 Eurozone GDP: lower than the levels typical of Recoveries comparison hard rock deposits (owing to lower Note: The figure shows a mining and crushing costs as a soft- comparison of GDP in all the expansion periods dated by the rock ore body) but higher than the Committee in the Eurozone. The lowest-cost brine producers in solid lines are real GDP computed Chile (though Sonora should have as an index, with reference period greater operational flexibility than the quarter of the different troughs. brine operations). The planned On the x-axis, the number of process route is being further quarters after the troughs are optimized, and a sodium-sulphate shown. The first two series (red roasting method (utilising recycled and dark blue lines) refer to sodium sulphate from elsewhere changing Eurozone composition, in the process circuit) has been while the other ones refer to EZ19 developed in preference to the fixed composition. more expensive gypsum roast Data sources: Eurostat, AWM contemplated previously. In other Database and Committee developments, five independent computation. proposals for power supply (gas The provincial economy in oil-rich $55 per barrel, about 14 percent finance ministry said some of the Although Eurozone GDP is and electrical) have been received Alberta is expected to grow faster higher than the level from early impacts from lower crude oil recovering slowly, it is remarkable from local energy and pipeline Germany's got its gold back. protective measure that would than expected, though some Thursday. prices, which are about half what that employment is being created groups (energy costs are a key The country's central bank allow it to quickly exchange metrics paint a mixed picture of Ceci's forecast comes as U.S. they were three years ago, were at a rapid clip that surpasses both the current rate of growth in GDP driver of overall project costs). announced Wednesday it has international currency in an the recovery, data show. and Canadian officials review the persistent. Alberta's government is completed a program to repatriate emergency. Both countries use the The provincial government terms of the 23-year-old North expecting less revenue, higher and the rate of employment Financing discussions creation in previous expansions advancing: Offtake partner Hanwa gold bars worth nearly $31 billion euro. forecast growth in terms of gross American Free Trade Agreement. unemployment and higher total from storage locations in New York Germany gold bar domestic product for 2017 at 3.1 Canada counts on the United expenses. Alberta's economy was (see Figure 3 for the latter continues to facilitate discussions and Paris. Powered by SmartAsset.com comparison). This means that the in Japan with potential long-term percent, up from the budget States as its top trading partner hammered last year by the dual Germany has been bringing In the wake of World War II, forecast of 2.65 percent. With a and is the top oil exporter to its strains from lower crude oil prices steep employment losses from the debt providers, while preliminary gold home to Frankfurt from the Germany gradually rebuilt its double-dip recessions are being discussions have also commenced push for diversification under way, southern neighbor, and three oil and wildfires that swept through two cities since 2013. The final decimated gold reserves. As its non-energy exports were up 7.1 reversed at long last. However, the with other groups for more and gas trade groups in North the heart of the provincial oil 100 tons were moved from Paris economy strengthened, it percent in the first half of the year. America said in a joint policy paper sector. About 1 million barrels of counterpart to the outpacing of traditional project financing earlier this year, the central bank converted the U.S. dollars that "There is good reason to feel that "any changes" to the trilateral oil per day were sidelined by fires GDP growth by employment packages. This should help said. paid for its exports to gold and optimistic about Alberta's trade agreement put energy centered in the Fort McMurray growth is that productivity is so expedite construction financing on In total, 743 tons have been stored the proceeds in foreign recovery and we will continue on markets at risk. The provincial region. (UPI) far sagging during this recovery. completion of the DFS, which is transferred. The project was vaults. the path to balance while Note: The figure shows a now targeted by the end of completed three years ahead of Fears of Soviet invasion kept supporting the needs of everyday comparison of employment in all calendar 2017 (later than prior schedule. the reserves abroad even after the Albertans," provincial Finance the expansion periods dated by the guidance). The central bank previously value of the dollar was decoupled Minister Joe Ceci said in a Committee in the Eurozone. The Investment view: Bacanora said it was bringing the gold home from the price of gold. statement. solid lines are employment (in Minerals Ltd shares are trading at to help build public "trust and Related: Sold! Aston Martin In an annual review from earlier Unemployment levels in persons) computed as an index, just under 0.6x our NAV estimate confidence." Content by Abu draws record $22.6 million this year, the government said the with reference period as the quarter of the different troughs. The of 150p. Our NAV is calculated at Dhabi How Abu Dhabi’s built In recent years, rumors and economy bottomed out in the environment rises to climate and conspiracy theories circulated in middle of 2016. More than 40,000 Airdrie and Coatbridge number of quarters after the a long-term lithium carbonate price troughs are shown on the of $8,000/t, an assumption that is energy challenges Germany about its foreign gold full-time jobs were added to A leading design engineer reserves. Some fringe observers Alberta's economy between July horizontal axis. The first two series looking increasingly conservative considers how the challenge of questioned whether they had been improve on last year (red and dark blue lines) refer to given contract prices have 2016 and March and the building in one of the world’s lost or otherwise compromised. government said the weighted changing Eurozone composition, continued to rise on market harshest environments can provide The issue eventually spilled More people are in work in while the other ones refer to fixed tightness, and by some estimates average of nine monthly indicators innovative solutions for the world’s over into mainstream politics, and showed expansion accelerated Monklands than at this time last EZ19 composition. may now be as high as c$15,000/t. energy problems the German Federal Court of from May 2016 to March. year. Data sources: Eurostat, AWM Regardless, we would expect But it's also a recognition that Auditors asked for an inspection Ceci in February said the A total of 1690 residents of Database and Committee Bacanora’s shares to upwardly re- times have changed: Germans are of foreign gold reserves in 2012. government was forecasting on the Airdrie and Shotts claimed computation. The Eurozone and rate towards our NAV estimate no longer worried about preventing Related: Germany's could ban assumption of crude oil prices of jobseekers allowance last month, US recoveries are commensurate over the next two years as Sonora their gold reserves from falling gas and diesel cars The central $48 per barrel. The latest budget down 70 on 2016’s statistics and a The second, and not widely is further de-risked through under Soviet control -- a real fear bank mounted a defense, saying it forecast for 2017 shows an 47 per cent drop on 2010. appreciated point noted by the completion of the feasibility study, during the Cold War. received annual updates from estimate for the price of West The Coatbridge, Chryston and Committee is that, although the project funding and construction. And the central bank no longer foreign central banks where the Texas Intermediate, the U.S. Bellshill ward had 1665 current Eurozone expansion is (directorstalkinterviews) needs to keep gold in Paris as a gold was being stored. (CNN) benchmark for the price of oil, at unemployed residents. This was a lacklustre, it is commensurate with the US expansion that followed the financial crisis. It is important to remember that the US only had a financial crisis-induced recession, while the Eurozone experienced shortly thereafter a second Chemical industry to adopt nine global conventions ‘double-dip’ recession (see LAHORE: The Pakistan Chemical also be made aware of the best drop of 20 from last year and 46 previous Committee findings) due Manufacturers Association practices available across the world per cent fewer people out of work to the Eurozone sovereign debt (PCMA) is going to adopt nine with regard to implementation of than in 2010. crisis. Hence, the US and Eurozone new international conventions for the given protocols,” he added. The labour market figures also cycles are out of synch, and one ensuring safe production and Earlier, PCMA Secretary revealed the number of jobseekers should take that carriage of chemicals as per global General Iqbal Kidwai welcomed across North Lanarkshire last desynchronisation into account standards set by the United the ministry officials and informed month was 6275, a 46 per cent when comparing the strength of Nations Organisation (UNO). them that members of the PCMA decrease on 2010’s statistics. recoveries. Figure 4 does precisely The conventions will be were aware of the national and The Office for National that by comparing the US and implemented with the help of the international safety standards. Statistics said employment in Eurozone GDP trajectories since Ministry of Climate Change. “All protection standards have Scotland is running at a record high their latest trough (instead of Iftikharul Hassan, Joint Secretary been implemented for safety of the with 2.65 million people in work. calendar dates). The US expansion of the ministry, said that the workers at factories and for safety Scottish Secretary David has been going on for longer (as protocols had been adopted by all of the people during delivery, Mundell said: “It is good news that there is no counterpart to the euro developed nations and by speedy compliance is ensured with Scotland’s employment has sovereign crisis in the US), so only implementing them, Pakistan’s the global standards formulated by reached a record high. the first 18 quarters of the chemical industry would be able the World Federation of Chemical Unemployment is at a near historic expansions can be compared. And to expand its business in the Associations under Responsible low, at 3.9 per cent, which is a trend that comparison shows that the international market. Care Programme,” he said. He I hope to see continue. Eurozone expansion in this cycle He assured the industry of revealed that they were sensitising “I encourage the Scottish has been very close to US one so complete assistance from the stakeholders on ambitious projects Government to continue to use far. Hence, the lacklustre recovery ministry to accomplish the task of eg, the Naphtha Cracker Complex, their economic levers to increase from the financial crisis and the complying with the conventions. which need government support. Scotland’s prosperity.” ensuing slump is not unique to the “Chemical manufacturers will (TRIBUNE) (DAILYRECORD) Eurozone or its economic policies. FRIDAY .AUGUST 25, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Can poor sleep lead to Men : Tak in g Alzheimer’s Vit am in s B6 or dementia? One in three Americans doesn’t get An d B12 Cou ld enough sleep, and 45% of the Fewer people are dying of HIV/ world’s population doesn’t either. AIDS in Africa, with the World The US Centers for Disease Health Organization (WHO) now Control and Prevention calls that listing respiratory tract infections In cr ease You r a “public health problem,” because such as bronchitis or pneumonia disrupted sleep is associated with as the leading cause of death. HIV/ a higher risk of conditions including AIDS was responsible for an Risk Of Lu n g diabetes, stroke and cardiovascular estimated 760,000 deaths in Africa disease. in 2015, which is a decrease from What about Alzheimer’s and the 1 million deaths recorded in other forms of dementia? 2010, Business Insider reported. Can cer It’s well known that people The findings were confirmed with Alzheimer’s suffer sleep by Africa Check, and found People looking for an energy boost Vitamin B12 can be found in issues. Insomnia, nighttime diarrheal diseases took the third may turn to vitamin B6 and B12 meat, fish, eggs and dairy, while wandering and daytime sleepiness spot, with insufficient hygiene, supplements for help, but new B6 is found in fish, potatoes, non- are common for them, as well as unsafe water and poor sanitation research finds that men may be citrus fruits and organ meats. The other cognitive disorders such as as leading causes behind the spread doubling their risk for lung cancer recommended daily intake of Lewy body dementia and frontal of infections. The next leading if they take it over an extended vitamin B6 for a non-breastfeeding, lobe dementia. cause of death is stroke, which saw period of time — and tripling it if non-pregnant adult is 1.3 But could poor sleep earlier in an increase of .5 percent over the they’re smokers. milligrams (there are 1.1 milligrams life actually cause dementia? last five years, according to the A long-term study followed of B6 in one cup of chickpeas), REM sleep and dementia news outlet. 77,000 senior adults for over one while that number is 2.4 A new study in the journal Malaria, which was a longtime decade and tracked their intake of micrograms for vitamin B12 (there Neurology, the journal for the cause of deaths on the continent, vitamin supplements. Men who are 5.4 micrograms of B12 in 3 American Academy of Neurology, dropped off the top five list, and used high doses of the B6 and B12 ounces of trout). finds that people who get less was replaced by heart disease, supplements for 10 years doubled However, energy boosters that REM, or dream-stage sleep, may Business Insider reported, adding their risk of lung cancer, while men contain these two vitamins often be at higher risk for developing that the majority of deaths in 2015 who were already smokers at the have megadoses of B6 and B12, dementia. REM is the fifth stage were largely caused by preventable beginning of the study had a Brasky said. of sleep, when the eyes move, the diseases. (FOXNEWS) threefold to fourfold risk for “If you look at these body heats up, breathing and pulse developing it. The researchers supplement bottles, they’re being quicken and the mind dreams. found no such relationship among sold in pill form at up to 5,000 Researchers followed 321 the women in the study. micrograms per dose, which is people with an average age of 61 More signs While his study didn’t examine much, much higher than the daily for a dozen years, as part of the the biological relationship between recommended amount,” said famous Framingham Heart Study. New ads accuse Big Tobacco emerge that the vitamins and lung cancer, Brasky in a statement about his Sleep cycles were measured for epidemiologist Theodore Brasky research. each person, and their cognitive doesn’t believe that the vitamin B While Brasky’s research didn’t skills were assessed in person at doctors are supplements actually caused the explore why women didn’t appear of targeting soldiers and cancer. Instead, he suspects that to be affected by the link between regular intervals. Over the duration of the study, 32 people developed prescribing megadoses of the vitamins hasten the supplements and lung cancer, dementia. Of those, 24 were the growth of lung cells that have he did point out that men tend to determined to be Alzheimer’s peoplewithmental illness already mutated, often due to get tobacco-induced lung cancer smoking. more often than women because disease. fewer opioids His first piece of advice for they smoke more. Perhaps high The study found that people Truth Initiative, a leading tobacco- control nonprofit, has bought TV men who are concerned? Stop doses of vitamins B6 and B12 who took longer than the typical in Maine smoking. Smoking increases lung encourage more rapid cancer cell 90 minutes to enter REM were ads to run this Sunday during MTV’s Music Awards that accuse A major health insurer in Maine cancer risk fifteen- to thirtyfold, growth in the already-mutated more likely to get dementia. They and it also raises the risk of several cells of smoking men, he wrote in also spent only about 17% of their tobacco companies of purposely has reported a 15 percent decline targeting mentally ill people and in the number of opioid other kinds of cancers. But if a man his study. Alternatively, the male sleep dreaming, compared to 20% is unwilling or unable to quit, easing hormone androgen interacts with in those who did not develop U.S. soldiers. prescriptions written for its The ads focus on this stark but customers during the past year. off the vitamin B supplements is important enzymes involved in the dementia. the next step. metabolization of vitamins B6 and No association with dementia little known fact: Roughly 40 The announcement Wednesday by percent of cigarettes sold in the Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield “Regardless of how much a B12, which could be an explanation was found for any of the other four person smokes, if a man is taking a for the more profound effect stages of sleep. U.S. are smoked by people with follows growing evidence that mental health issues, including overprescription and abuse of high dose of these vitamins, supplements had on men and their “Our findings point to REM they’re the ones who are at the risk of lung cancer. sleep as a predictor of dementia,” depression, anxiety or substance- opioids such as Oxycontin and abuse problems. others have largely fueled the sharp most risk,” said Brasky, a The only reason to take high study author Matthew P. Pase, of researcher at the Ohio State doses of vitamin B is if you are Swinburne University of The ads also note that 38 increase in heroin addiction and percent of military smokers start overdose deaths that averaged University Comprehensive Cancer diagnosed with a deficiency, Technology in Australia, said in a center. “If they’re concerned, they Brasky said. People who are vegan news release. “The next step will after enlisting. more than one per day in Maine Robin Koval, chief executive last year. should cut back to something like or who have celiac disease or be to determine why lower REM a multivitamin or simply just get Crohn’s disease may be advised by sleep predicts a greater risk of of Truth Initiative, accused Anthem compared the tobacco companies of exploiting prescriptions written from June their nutrient from diet like they’re their doctor to take more than a dementia. By clarifying the role of probably already doing.” regular multivitamin. sleep in the onset of dementia, the the mentally ill and military for 30, 2016 to June 30, 2017 to the hope is to eventually identify profit. same period a year earlier for possible ways to intervene so that “As the number of smokers Anthem clients. dementia can be delayed or even drops, the industry is finding it The company credited its prevented.” harder and harder to find those policies, including a requirement Sleep andAlzheimer’s plaques replacement smokers,” Koval said that those at risk of addiction must T h e h ealth iest par t A growing body of research in in an interview. “So the industry fill their prescriptions at only one both mice and humans shows that is targeting people based on their pharmacy or through only one of a n avoca do m ay disturbed sleep leads to higher challenges in life, on who they are. doctor to prevent patients from levels of soluble beta amyloid, the It’s shocking and appalling.” getting multiple prescriptions. protein that folds and forms the The Truth Initiative has Maine also passed a law that get th r own away sticky plaques that kill brain cells produced this advertisement, limits opioid prescriptions. The and bog down information released on Aug. 24, that accuses law, which some experts said is the processing. tobacco companies of specifically help smokers and encourage At the same time, concern has also strictest in the nation, was Depositing amyloid in brain targeting members of the U.S. smoking prevention as part of the increased about smoking among approved in 2016 but did not fully tissue is the first known preclinical military. (Truth Initiative) 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement military service members, because go into effect until January. stage of Alzheimer’s and happens The ads come at a time when Agreement. of the particularly young and The law follows on the heels well before any obvious smoking in America has dropped The latest ads from Truth cite vulnerable age when most enlist. of Maine Department of Health symptoms of dementia begin. to an all-time low. Only 15?percent internal tobacco industry According to a 2012 Surgeon and Human Services Medicaid documents that discuss ways to General’s Report, 99 percent of A few studies in cognitively of adults still smoke nationwide. reforms that reduced opioid And the teen smoking rate is make inroads into the mentally ill smokers start before the age of 26. prescriptions to Medicaid normal people and one in mice have similarly low, at 6 percent. population. They note that A 2011 Defense Department patients. shown a connection between But many groups have been tobacco companies even survey found that almost half of Gordon Smith, executive vice chronic sleep disruption and the left behind by those gains — not distributed free cigarettes to all military service members had president of the Maine Medical development of amyloid plaques. just the mentally ill and military psychiatric facilities at one point, used a nicotine product in the past Association, a group that The research in mice was but rural smokers and others who and tried to sell the idea that they 12 months, and 24 percent on advocates on behalf of physicians particularly interesting because it are low-income, including Native would help steady patients’ nerves. active duty smoked regularly. The before the Legislature, said the showed that mice who slept well Americans and minorities. For years, experts say, U.S. Marine Corps had the highest message is getting out. Smith has reduced their levels of beta Among the mental ill, smoking psychiatrists and therapists often rate at 31 percent, followed by the been traveling around the state for amyloid, effectively clearing the remains high at 33 percent. Among resisted counseling their patients Army at 27 percent and the Air more than a year giving toxin from their brains. people with a high school to quit smoking. Their reasoning Force was lowest with 17 percent. presentations to doctor’s groups A study in Neurology looked equivalency diploma, the smoking was that patients would be “I find it deeply disturbing that discussing the science behind at the relationship between sleep rate stands at more than overburdened by trying to quit somehow we think that asking our limiting opioid prescriptions as quality and levels of various 40?percent, according to the smoking, said Cliff Douglas, brave young men and women to well as the state law. proteins and inflammatory Centers for Disease Control and director of American Cancer put lives on the line for our The U.S. Centers for Disease markers in the cerebrospinal fluid Prevention. Society’s Tobacco Control Center. country, makes it okay for them Control and Prevention says of 101 cognitively healthy adults The avocado has become "meat" or flesh of the avocado, Tobacco companies for the “The real truth is quitting to be targets for Big Tobacco’s there’s no evidence opioids are synonymous with trendy cuisine while the seed is thrown away. with an average age of 63. most part have not responded to actually helps their mental bottom line,” Koval said. The ads effective at treating chronic pain. All participants had known and numerous health benefits. The While certain manufacturers the growing accusations that they condition,” said Koval. “Those that will air Sunday call the tobacco But four of five new heroin users yellow-green flesh inside the fruit extract avocado oil from the seed, risk factors for Alzheimer’s, such are targeting vulnerable who are addicted and quit smoking company’s marketing efforts “un- first abused prescription opioids, as family history or evidence of is packed with essential vitamins they remove the husk surrounding populations. In response to a when in recovery are less likely to American.” Defense Department according to the American Society and nutrients and is a good source it and discard it before processing. the APOE gene, which is recent Washington Post article on relapse. Depression, anxiety, all officials have expressed concern of Addiction Medicine. associated with a greater chance of of healthy fats. For the study, Bandyopadhyay the socioeconomic divide in those issues are helped when that the smoking problem is The opioid epidemic worsened But new research suggests a and his team wanted to see exactly developing the disease. Their sleep smokers, the country’s largest people try to quit.” The change in impacting the U.S. military’s in 2016, with 378 Mainers dying quality was rated on a standard part of the avocado that's normally what that part of the avocado was tobacco company, Altria, said it approach has begun to spark new readiness for battle, and the from drug overdoses, an all-time thrown in the trash may actually made of. They ground about 300 scale that measured amount, uses the same marketing approach partnerships and joint programs tobacco-related cost from health record. Nationally, about 60,000 quality and trouble sleeping, along be the most valuable. dried avocado seed husks into 21 across the country. And the between tobacco-control groups problems and lost days at work people died from drug overdoses According to a study ounces of powder and then further with daytime drowsiness and company pointed to more than and groups like the National among soldiers and veterans has last year, according to the National naps. “Participants in our study presented at a meeting of the processed the powder into three $112?billion that tobacco Alliance for Mental Illness and been estimated to be in the billions. Institute on Drug Abuse, and more American Chemical Society this teaspoons of seed husk oil and were willing to undergo a lumbar companies have handed over to American Psychiatric Association. (WASHINGTONPOST) people are killed by drug overdoses puncture to move research on week, the husks of avocado seeds about an ounce of seed husk wax. than vehicle accidents in the United are "hidden gold mines" packed An analysis showed 116 Alzheimer’s disease forward,” said States. co-author Barbara Bendlin of the with a previously unrecognized compounds in the oil and 16 in the Smith said doctors have been array of chemical compounds. seed husk wax — many of which Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease increasingly receptive to Research Center. “Analyzing this While the husks and seeds are not do not appear to be found in the NEW MILFORD MAN DIES prescribing fewer opioids once edible, researchers say the seeds themselves. fluid allowed us to look at markers they see the scientific research. related to Alzheimer’s disease such compounds they contain could one Some examples of the “I think we are seeing a day be used in medicines to treat a compounds researchers found in as plaques and tangles, as well as precipitous drop in opioid markers of inflammation and nerve host of diseases. the oil include behenyl alcohol, an OF TICK-BORNE ILLNESS prescribing,” Smith said. “It "It could very well be that important ingredient used in anti- cell damage.” confirms what we’re hearing up Tangles and cell damage avocado seed husks, which most viral medications; heptacosane, and down the state.” According to people consider as the waste of which might inhibit the growth of Tangles are created by damaged the American Medical Association, wastes, are actually the gem of tumor cells; and dodecanoic acid, tau, a protein responsible for cell A 55-year-old New Milford man Christopher Stan, a either be asymptomatic or have Maine had a 21.5 percent decline gems because the medicinal which increases high density stability and structure. Recent died earlier this month after spokesman for the state self-limiting illness," said Dr. in opioid prescribing from 2013- compounds within them could lipoprotein (known as HDL, or research points to tau-tangle contracting a tick-borne disease. Department of Public Health, said Randall Nelson, a veterinarian for 16, but the Anthem numbers are eventually be used to treat cancer, "good" cholesterol) and, as a result, accumulation as a possible step Michael Yoder died Aug. 8 of babesiois has been present in DPH. "Most patients who have the first to capture a time period heart disease and other could potentially reduce the risk beyond amyloid plaques in the liver and kidney failure after Connecticut about 20 years and the more serious infections are after the new law went into effect. conditions," researcher Debasish of clogged arteries. development of actual signs of contracting babesiosis from a tick disease is most commonly responsive to antimicrobial Colin Manning, Anthem Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D., said in a In the wax, Bandyopadhyay Alzheimer’s disease. By bite, according to the state medical transmitted by infected deer ticks. medications. Patients most at risk spokesman, said the insurer has statement. and his team identified a comparing the spinal fluid against examiner. The incidence of babesiosis for infections that result in been “pro-active” in reducing He added, "Our results also "plasticizer" compound used to self-reported sleep problems, Yoder's wife, Wendy, told The has been on the rise in hospitalizations or fatal infections opioid prescribing. “We have taken suggest that the seed husks are a promote flexibility in synthetic Bendlin and her colleagues found News-Times of Danbury that her Connecticut. There were 74 cases are the elderly, a number of steps that have gone a potential source of chemicals used products such as shower curtains that the subjects who had sleep husband had a stomach bug for reported in 2011 and 205 by 2014. immunocompromised or have had long way in reducing the number in plastics and other industrial and medical devices, and issues were more likely to show weeks and by the time his illness In 2015, there were 286 cases and their spleen removed." The way of prescribed opioids,” Manning products." compounds used in cosmetics. evidence of tau pathology, brain was diagnosed it was too late. in 2016 there were 238 confirmed to avoid the disease is to guard said. About 244,000 Mainers have Across the globe, nearly 5 Much more research is needed, but cell damage and inflammation, even Babesiosis is a disease caused cases and 68 probable cases. against tick bites, he said. Yoder health insurance through an million tons of avocado are Bandyopadhyay says in the future when other factors like depression, by a parasite that gives people flu- Deaths remain rare. There was one fell into one of the at-risk Anthem plan. About 700,000 produced annually, with he hopes to be able to modify these body mass, cardiovascular disease like symptoms. In severe cases, the fatal infection in 2015 and one in categories for babesiosis. He had Mainers are covered by a private Americans consuming 1.9 billion natural compounds to help create and sleep medications were taken disease can cause anemia that leads 2016, according to DPH. his spleen removed in the 1980s, insurance plan, according to the pounds each year. better medicines with fewer side into account. (WTKR) to organ failure. "Most healthy people will his sister told The News-Times. Kaiser Family Foundation. Guacamole lovers devour the effects. (CBSNEWS) FRIDAY .AUGUST 25, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Snowstorms on Mars and diamond rains on Neptune wo separate discoveries this week show how spectacular the weather can be on other planets in our solar system. First, a paper from Nature Geoscience explains a mechanism that can create snowstorms on Mars. A separate paper from Nature Astronomy discusses how diamonds can rain down on giant icy planets such as Neptune and Uranus. Snowstorms during Martian Traveling through space for long periods means reusing everything, nights For years, scientists thought right down to atoms -- even those in human waste. that the dry Martian atmosphere lacks the moisture needed to You may've heard that astronauts like nutrients or polymers. One release. "Atom economy will dormant state" and start using to generate powerful convection- on the International Space Station strain of engineered yeast creates become really important." produce what they need, when driven snowstorms. Convections recycle their own pee into drinking polyester polymers that could be The researchers presented they need it, is the project's are currents of air or liquid caused water, but space travelers could used in 3D printers to create their work Tuesday at the 254th motivation, Blenner said. by an uneven temperature also one day upcycle their own needed tools or parts for a long National Meeting & Exposition of Given the recent debunking of distribution. They are what makes urine into tools and other useful space mission. the American Chemical Society a purported child slave colony on water boil on a stove, and storms items. "If astronauts are going to (ACS) in Washington. ACS also Mars, it's good to know there's a form above oceans. Researchers from Clemson make journeys that span several produced the above video more reasonable and efficient Mars' atmosphere doesn’t University are exploring ways that years, we'll need to find a way to explaining how researchers used option for manufacturing beyond have convection currents driven by strains of yeast can be used to reuse and recycle everything they yeast and algae to demonstrate Earth. rising warm, moist air like on Earth, convert nitrogen from urine and bring with them," Mark A. Blenner, what could be the atomic recycling I just hope using all that urine TheGalaxyNote8 so scientists previously thought carbon dioxide from astronauts' an assistant professor at Clemson's system of future starships. for tools instead of drinking water that snow could only fall slowly breath (or perhaps the atmosphere College of Engineering, Computing Having "a biological system won't leave future astronauts too on Mars due to gravity. But the of Mars) into useful substances and Applied Sciences, said in a that astronauts can awaken from a parched. (CNT) istheproductivity new paper discovered a different convection mechanism that can create powerful snowfall on Mars. A new discovery on Mars phoneI wishthe could have an impact on future missions. According to a new N ikon’s n ew study published by Nature Geoscience, it's highly probable iPhone8wouldbe that extreme temperature changes D 8 5 0 h a s on Mars trigger snow storms at As I watched Samsung unveil the antiquated. It’s not just that the night on the planet's surface. These Galaxy Note 8 at the Park Avenue Note 8 packs a bigger package storms aren't as violent as blizzards 4 5 .7 Armory in New York City on that’s as easy to hold as a far on Earth but are much more intense Wednesday, I couldn’t help but smaller handset, the size and ratio than previously thought and can think about the upcoming iPhone makes it better to work with two blanket the ground in a thin, white m ega pixels 8. But it wasn’t the similarities apps at once, a feature that isn’t frost. When temperatures plunge that caught my attention—the even available on the iPhone yet. quickly in the atmosphere, but less barely-there bezels, thin frame, Multi-window support is so great quickly on the surface, winds push virtual home button, glass back, on an 18:9 screen that Samsung clouds of ice downward, creating a n d en ou gh dual camera—but rather the stark even lets you create shortcuts on "microbursts." NASA's Phoenix differences between the two. the Note 8 that automatically lander first observed snow on the The Note 8 and iPhone 8 will launch two apps at the same time. surface of Mars in 2008. fea tu r es to both be marketed as do-everything It’s a level of a productivity that Media: WochIt Media phones, the latest culmination of just isn’t possible on the iPhone, "Convection is actually very technology and design that puts and I don’t see the iPhone 8 simple. All you need is warmer air tem pt Ca n on tremendous power in your pocket changing that. below and colder air above," said and lets you seamlessly switch S Pen power Aymeric Spiga, an astrophysicist between work and play. You’ll see The whole reason for the from the French National Center sh oot er s commercials that tout the various Note’s existence is productivity. for Scientific Research in capabilities of the camera, the Year after year it’s reliably been Guyancourt, France. He is the lead design of the screen, and the Samsung’s largest-screened device author of the paper. "So, either you numerous new things your phone and the only one that has a slot for can have warming from below, or can do. the S Pen—Samsung’s stylus— cooling from above." Nikon has a new full-frame DSLR: all intents and purposes, this is despite the high megapixel count, locally to a card at the same time. But only one of those phones right on the bottom of the device. the D850. Announced today, the Nikon’s flagship camera going which usually limits low light There’s an 8K time-lapse video will be a true productivity device, Samsung Note8 Using a computer model that D850 is a monster of a camera in forward. quality. And to wrangle those mega mode, too, which is double the and it won’t be the iPhone 8. Adam Patrick Murray/IDG simulates Mars' atmospheric terms of specs, and it’s one that So what does a 2017 flagship files, Nikon’s included its top-line resolution that’s typically found Display dominance The S Pen is the Note 8’s conditions, Spiga and his colleagues will cost accordingly — the retail camera look like in Nikon’s eyes? Expeed 5 image processor. on DSLRs these days. Earlier this year, Samsung greatest advantage. discovered that the cooling of the price is $3,299 for just the body Well, this camera has just about Nikon’s also following a major But the camera is also introduced the category of the so- Apple fans like to scoff at the air at night around icy clouds on when it goes on sale in September. everything you could want from a trend in digital cameras by not relatively fast on the stills side called “super” phablet with the smartphone stylus like Steve Jobs Mars can generate strong enough The pro-level D5 may still be the full-frame DSLR these days. It’s including a low pass filter on the when you consider the size of the 6.2-inch Galaxy S8+. But it’s not did, but the Apple Pencil for the convection currents to trigger king of Nikon’s current DSLR built around a hefty 45.7- D850, which — combined with the files it’s dealing with. It has the just the size that makes it super. iPad Pro has shown us just how microbursts -- a weather offerings, but at first glance it’s the megapixel CMOS sensor that’s high megapixel count — means the same robust 153-point (99 cross For the first time, Samsung useful it can be. The S Pen’s best phenomenon often described as D850 that will likely be the Nikon back-side illuminated — a first for camera should be able to capture type) autofocus system used in the adopted an 18.5:9 ratio (essentially use is for screen-off memos, which the opposite of tornadoes. The full-frame camera that gets the most any of Nikon’s full-frame cameras. incredible detail. D5, and can shoot 7 frames per 2:1), making the phone easier to let you write, save, and edit notes microbursts can then cause the use by pros, semi-pros, and That should make the D850 handle And yet, Nikon’s not second at full, 45.7-megapixel hold and subtly increasing the without needing to turn on the Martian clouds to rapidly dump amateurs with deep pockets. For low light situations pretty well positioning the D850 as simply a resolution. (If you buy the $399 vertical viewing area (and thus screen, but there are all sorts of their content, creating local great tool for stills and studio battery grip, that max speed cutting down on how much we uses for it. It’s the main thing that snowstorms. This new theory can photographers. In fact, there’s a bumps up to 9 fps.) That’s with a need to scroll). separates the Note 8 from the explain some of the previously pretty good case to be made for 51-image buffer for 14-bit lossless Samsung Note8 Galaxy S8+ (and the rest of the unexpected turbulent events the D850 in almost any shooting RAW files, or 170 images shooting Adam Patrick Murray/IDG premium Android phablets), and observed by NASA's Phoenix scenario judging from its specs. at 12-bit. There’s also a “silent The display on the Note 8 is its inclusion truly puts it in a class lander during Martian nights. More bluntly: it doesn’t carry as shooting” option — something 18.5:9, which lets you comfortably by itself. "It's a very insightful paper many of the tradeoffs for that more commonly seen on mirrorless run two apps side by side. The lack of Pencil support that has a very good explanation resolution that high-resolution cameras, not DSLRs — that lets It’s not unlike how Apple isn’t necessarily holding the for some of the curious DSLRs like Canon’s two-year-old users shoot up to 6 fps at full moved from a 3:2 ratio to a 16:9 iPhone back, but the addition of observations Phoenix had made," 50-megapixel 5DS line asks of its resolution (or up to 30 fps at 8.6- one with the iPhone 5. It wasn’t a it—especially in the form of a said Michael Mischna, a planetary users. It also outclasses (on paper, megapixels). This is done through dramatic change in screen size but miniaturized version that could scientist from the Jet Propulsion at least) Canon’s own “jack of all the camera’s Live View mode, it made a huge difference in the attach to the device—would Laboratory of NASA in Pasadena, trades” full-frame camera, the year- where the mirror stays up out of way we used our apps. The 16:9 greatly increase its productivity California, who was not involved old 5D Mark IV. the way, and so the limitation here ratio sparked a whole new benefits. As it stands, the iPhone in the study. "There were a number That all starts with the D850’s is that the camera’s exposure and generation of apps, changing how is a great business device, but that’s of theories arguing that [Martian video capabilities — it shoots 4K focus will be locked from the first information was presented on the mainly due to its chip and app snowfall] was essentially just UHD footage at 30 or 24 frames frame forward. But in the right screen and making our apps richer support. There’s nothing about the gravitational settling, but the issues On October 5th, 2017, a year and per second, and 1080p video at up setting this could be a big help, and and more powerful. iPhone that specifically caters to with that is it would take many, a day after the October 4th, 2016, XL. Eager buyers in developed to 120 fps. It can record it helps (slightly) make up for one By comparison to the 6.3-inch power users the way the iPad Pro many hours for these ice particles unveiling of the Pixel and Pixel XL, markets like Spain and Japan were uncompressed 4:2:2 8-bit 4K UHD of the biggest current shortcomings Note 8, the rumored 5.8-inch does, and a cool new design and to descend towards the surface. Google will take to the stage again just completely left out. Even if footage to an external recorder over of DSLRs when compared to iPhone 8 will seem small, but the wireless charging aren’t going to This paper explains that you can to announce its Pixel 2 generation the next Pixels are just a gentle the HDMI port while recording mirrorless cameras. (THEVERGE) ratio will make it look downright do (IT. MACWORLD) have this atmospheric instability of devices. This is according to evolution of the first (with that is basically turbulently mixing prolific leaker and spoiler of well- perhaps some of that LG magic the atmosphere." kept secrets Evan Blass, who has dust that kills bezels), the most While a snowstorm on Mars tweeted the date along with important thing Google can do is is still somewhat comparable to the confirmation of the processor spec make them available on a truly weather we experience on Earth, for these new phones: global basis so that keen Android the "weather" on our larger Not only is Google repeating fans can actually get their hands neighbor planets can be quite its original Pixel strategy with the on one. bizarre. A separate paper published date of the launch, it is also in Nature Astronomy provides a apparently taking the same behind-the-scenes look into the approach with the SOC. The 2016 widely hypothesized "diamond Pixels came with a Snapdragon 821 rains" on the icy giants of our solar that was slightly revised from the system -- Neptune and Uranus. 820 chip that everyone else had Diamond on iceBecause of the been using up to that point, and You survived the 2017 total solar standard. The companies are listed is one location collecting the glasses. Marion County Environmental chemical makeup and high pressure the next Pixels will be built around eclipse without going blind thanks here or they'll have an ISO number Services is also collecting them. (wtsp) of Neptune and Uranus' a Snapdragon 836 that’s to your eclipse glasses. Good job. of 2312-2. atmospheres, scientists have long marginally better than the current But now what do you do with If you don't want to hold on speculated about the possibility of 835 flagship part. Word of this those weird paper specs? to them, some organizations are diamonds forming mid- was first reported by Fudzilla a It's likely millions of the encouraging people to recycle their atmosphere, and falling down like month ago. In that report, it was glasses will be tossed somewhere glasses. rain on these planets. Now, for the indicated that the 836 SOC would now that the eclipse is over. That's Earth911 reports eclipse first time in history, scientists at have slightly higher maximum a lot of paper, considering at least gazers should pop out the special SLAC National Accelerator speeds for both CPU and GPU, one company, American Paper lenses and recycle the frames. The Laboratory in Menlo Park, and that it would offer slight Optics, sought to make 100 million lenses may be able to be recycled California, were able to recreate improvements in battery life. The pairs and the Space Science with camera film, so Earth 911 some of the key environmental repetition of “slight” isn’t hugely Institute's National Center for suggests contacting a local camera conditions of these gaseous giants encouraging, but we can just think Interactive Learning dished out shop. here on Earth. They used high- of the Snapdragon 836 as the 835 about 2.1 million glasses alone. You can also donate them. power lasers to create shock waves with all the optimizations But if your glasses are made Astronomers Without Borders that temporarily produce the Qualcomm has been able to make by one of the 12 eclipse glasses urges people to hold on to their amount of pressure expected more since rolling out the chip at the start makers that meet the requirements glasses so they can be reused in than 5,000 miles underneath the of the year. of NASA and American other countries for future eclipses. planets' gaseous surfaces. By re- The one thing nobody will be Astrological Standards, they're The organization is planning a creating these conditions around a hoping Google repeats is the good forever, NASA said. They program to collect the glasses. plastic material made of mostly limited availability of the Pixels. just can't be scratched, punctured The group will be sending the hydrogen and carbon -- the same The US company opted for or torn. glasses down to South America to elements that are abundant in the exclusive distribution in the UK That means, if you're careful, be used for the 2019 total solar atmosphere of Neptune and with carrier EE, despite a very they can be good to go by the next eclipse happening there. Uranus -- the scientists were able prominent marketing campaign, time a total solar eclipse drifts over The glasses should be in good to directly study these diamond and it struggled for many months America on April 8, 2024. It's easy shape with no scratches or tears. rains without leaving Earth. to fulfill demand of the larger Pixel to find out which ones meet this The Hillsboro Public Library FRIDAY .AUGUST 25, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Secret Pakistani model Superstar is essentially a Saheefa Khattak film based on bashed for her music says, Aamir Khan new hairstyle Model Saheefa Jabbar Khattak freedom of whatever she wants for really stood out from the crowd at her and here in the comments Pakistan Sunsilk Fashion Week section, people are saying things (PSFW) 2017 because of her daring which should never be said.” haircut. However, due to this pixie She then decided to oppose all style, people have had quite a lot the people discrediting her through to say about her. It’s definitely not a live Facebook video where she the first time a female public figure can be seen lashing back at the has faced repercussions due to her haters. choices. Style anatomy: Saheefa The model echoed the need to Jabbar Khattak educate the new generation rather The model was emotionally than giving them exposure to social disturbed after reading the media without supervision. “We comments on her recent photo- need to teach them that shoot and took to Facebook to commenting on one’s way of express her grief. dressing, living and eating isn’t our She went on to speak about mission. We are moving towards a people’s “double standards” as on huge downfall and we need to lift one hand everyone seems to ourselves as a nation first, instead promote women empowerment of calling one names online,” she but on the other, they don’t hold added. Pakistan’s first transgender back when it comes to shaming. model makes debut with stunning “We talk about woman rights and photoshoot. (tribune) Poster Boys Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol 'A Gentleman' makers and Shreyas Talpade kick start spill the beans on Suniel promotions for Shetty's badass avatar their film! 'A Gentleman: Sundar Susheel Director Krishna D.K. also Risky' is inching closer to its added, "And he brings presence to release. With only three days left the screen.You don't have to do too Aamir Khan along with rising star to the release, the makers of the much to set up the character. You Meghna Mishra released the first film spill the beans on the song of 'Secret Superstar' titled just start showing him and he 'Main Kaun Hoon' yesterday. antagonist Suniel Shetty's role. automatically starts coming with While at the song launch the The role of Suniel Shetty was a little bit of presence and the actor shares that how music is kept under the wraps and emerged moment you see Colonel he says as a surprise factor in the trailer. 'yeah', that's so real. And I said he's essentially the crux of the film. The trailer gave us glimpses of the the godfather and he said, 'yeah' 'Secret Superstar' is a film that actor, piquing our interest to know you don't have to sell it." revolves around the journey of more about his character. It would be interesting to Zaira Wasim aka Insia who aspires The co-director of 'A witness the evergreen actor Suneil to become a famous singer but Suhana Khan, Sara Ali Khan and Jhanvi Kapoor seem to be in a race against each other to Gentleman: Sundar Susheel Risky' Shetty share screen space with faces opposition from her father. Raj Nidimoru spoke about Suneil Sidharth Malhotra and Jacqueline The film showcases Insia a make it to the top. All three beauties long to be actresses but despite not having made their teenager taking to anonymously Bollywood debuts yet,have definitely already bagged their place in the world of Bollywood. Shetty's inclusion in the film. Raj Fernandez in Raj and D.K.'s action chase her dream of becoming a said, "We really wanted him and I comedy. The trailer of 'A really liked his role. He hadn't done Gentleman: Sundar Susheel Risky' singer. The latest song 'Main Kaun Spotboye reported Shah a film for quite a while, he was has intrigued everyone to the film Hoon' showcases Zaira Wasim aka really excited when he read the for the powerful action and light- Insia introducing herself as a singer Rukh Khan has given his script and said this is the kind of hearted comedy. The songs 'Disco who reveals her emotional state of 17-year-old daughter his script I would like to be a part of." Disco', 'Baat Ban Jaye' and self-discovery via a song. blessings to follow her Spilling Suneil Shetty's 'Chandralekha' have been ruling the Aamir Khan while talking character, Raj Nidimoru said, "He charts as well as the hearts of the about the film shares, "Today is a father’s footsteps to is a colonel, but not an active one audience with the appealing very special day for us as our film fame. In an interview and he is hunting Rishi". chemistry between the two actors. Secret Super star is essentially a with a leading daily,the Explaining further co-director The latest song 'Bandook Meri musical film". Krishna D.K added, "He is like a Laila' has got everyone's heart The actor further went on to Raees actor confirmed that Suhana wants to godfather to Rishi's character." racing with the oozing oomph introduce singer Meghna Mishra Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol and factor. Produced by Fox Star who marks her Bollywood debut Sidharth Malhotra shared his become a star and he’s Shreyas Talpade are all set to tickle experience about working with Studios, 'A Gentleman' is directed with Secret Superstar, Aamir Khan the audience's funny bone with Suniel Shetty, he said, "He's one by directors Raj & D.K and is all said, "We needed a voice and we all for it. “I see that zeal their upcoming comical venture of the nicest guys to work within set to release on August 25th, 2017. thank god we got her. The film was in her. She’s extremely Poster Boys. The actors have the industry. He is really fit for his (SkySports) heavily depended on her. And the good on stage; I’ve seen started promoting the film in full age." best way for me to make you her performances. She’s swing. introduce to her is to make you In fact, they even shot some listen to her voice. I sincerely admittedly a cinema fan hilarious promos and have planned believe that Meghna is one of the and wants to be in the some exciting things to showcase biggest singing stars our industry industry. But my point is to their audience. will see in coming years." To this actor-director Shreyas 'Secret Superstar' is a film simple – you need to Talpade said, `I really enjoyed which brings out the inner complete your education shooting the film with the Deols superstar of a teenage girl who is before doing anything. and I am sure promoting the film dreaming to become a singer and with them will be equally fun. We how she fulfills her dreams by That’s the only thing I plan to do lot of fun things to keeping her identity hidden. have told my children.” connect with the audience and The film's trailer has been reach out to them in every possible receiving much love from all “Otherwise, they are free to be in the film way.` quarters for its unique storyline. industry and do whatever they like. I will After the kind of storm the Produced by Aamir Khan, trailer created, we're sure the Kiran Rao under the banner name be supportive of whatever they want to audience can't wait to see the kind of Aamir Khan Productions, Zee do,”the King of Bollywood added. of antics the three have in store for Studios, and Akash Chawla, Secret However, while Suhana is still finishing them! `I have been getting a lot of Superstar is written and directed positive feedback on the trailer and by Advait Chandan. The film is school, Sara is just days away from the two songs that we have slated to release on 19th October starting the shoot for her debut KriArj released and I am very excited to 2017. (SantaBanta) and Balaji film Kedarnath, opposite show my film to the world,` Talpade added. Well at a time Sushant Singh Rajput. where promotions have become Sara, daughter of Saif Ali Khan and extremely crucial for a film, we're Amrita Singh, told by mum to stay away sure that the makers of Poster Morgan Boys will go all out to connect from boys with the audience. Poster Boys is Freeman to get The budding fashionista has previously produced by Sony Pictures expressed her desire to become an actress Networks Productions, Sunny lifetime Sounds Pvt Ltd, Shreyas Talpade and the Khans are totally on board. The and Deepti Talpade. A light hearted achievement workshops for the film were held at comedy-drama starring Sunny director Abhishek Kapoor’s office and Deol, Bobby Deol and Shreyas award - finally! Talpade. Directed by Shreyas Mukesh Chabbra’s acting academy. Talpade, the film is slated to release Morgan Freeman, the versatile on September 8th, 2017. actor known for playing gods, (SantaBanta) presidents and pimps, will be honoured with the 2017 lifetime achievement award by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) at its annual ceremony in January. Rana Daggubati to debut in India's first This Lyari teenager’s portrait of Morgan Freeman will leave you bilingual fiction digital-series 'Social'! awestruck Freeman, 80, whose prolific The phenomenon of social media content programming line up by career spans 50 years and more obsession has lent itself to many a Viu, a premium video-on-demand than 100 movies, will join the likes stories and now it lends itself to a platform. Known for his diverse of past recipients Lily Tomlin, full-fledged thriller titled 'Social'. roles across independent cinema Debbie Reynolds and Dick Van The upcoming series will mark the and other digital shows, this is Dyke when he gets the honour at a fiction debut of superstar Rana Naveen Kasturia's first bilingual Los Angeles ceremony on Jan. 21. Daggubati. 'Social', which will be series. The actor who is excited to SAG announced the award on launched on Viu, is India's first experiment shooting in two Tuesday. bilingual fiction digital-series and languages at the same time says, “Some actors spend their entire aims to spark organic "My character in Social is a very careers waiting for the perfect role. conversations and inspire a simple, organized and a good Morgan showed us that true dialogue amongst the millennials hearted guy, who I relate to quite a perfection is what a performer on the pros and cons of social bit, except the organized part. He brings to the part,” SAG-AFTRA media. loves his family but isn't a very president Gabrielle Carteris said in Apart from Rana, young social guy, however he has to work a statement. actors Naveen Kasturia and with a group of people to find his “He is innovative, fearless and Canadian actress Priya Banerjee missing sister. What got me to sign completely unbound by will be seen in pivotal roles. this show is that it is an extremely expectations,” she added. 'Social' is a story about four interesting script and Shashi is an The award is given annually diverse individuals who come amazing director to work with. It's to the actor who fosters the finest Sridevi’s daughter Jhanvi too has an upcoming movie project, opposite Shahid Kapoor’s together to solve the mystery of a exciting to work on a digital show ideals of the acting profession. missing girl. The series is being since digital platforms are Twitter asks Piers Morgan to brother Ishaan Khattar which she will be working on very soon. She has been chosen as the directed by Shashi Sudigala (Mona experimenting with content which ‘grow up’ and stop blaming lead female for the remake of the 2016 Marathi film Sairat. The future star has already become Darling fame) and show has been attracts a huge audience." Muslims (TRIBUNE) a paparazzi favourite due to her charming fashion choices. announced as a part of original (SkySports) FRIDAY .AUGUST 25, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES JurgenKloppthinks ChampionsLeague qualificationwill helpLiverpool

make his professional boxing debut should everyone else. I am a against the former five-weight multiple-time, multiple-weight, attract players world champion at the T-Mobile free-fighting world champion. I am Arena this weekend, in a match- a skilled in many areas of combat, up which will be live on Sky Sports a lot more than him, so there Box Office. The two faced each should be respect." other and the press in the Nevada When he was asked what he state capital 48 hours ahead of their saw when he looked into mega-bout and McGregor's belief Mayweather's eyes at the end, he in his own success has only replied: "I just saw him broken if increased after looking into his I'm being honest. They should rival's eyes at the MGM Grand have left me where I was. I was hotel. Speaking to Sky Sports good on my game. They shouldn't News after a subdued press have brought this animal over here. conference, McGregor said: "It was They have made a grave error and nice to finish a little bit more all I can do is capitalise on that. business-like, a bit more "The coverage for this contest professional. All in all, everything and the spotlight that has been put has gone smoothly and it's on combat sport has been business at the end of the day and absolutely inspiring for young on Saturday night we are going to fighters in combat sport. The sky take care of business. is the limit for combat sports now Conor McGregor has said Floyd they prepare for their much- Vegas. "He was respectful to me in and I'm delighted to be part of it." Mayweather is a "broken" man as anticipated showdown in Las UFC star McGregor, 29, will there and so he should be and so (SkySports)

J os B u ttler ta lk s US Open: Will Roger Federer and Jurgen Klopp hinted that in the Champions League, it would Rafael Nadal maintain their dominance Liverpool's transfer business be really interesting because the com m en ta ry , T 2 0 might not be over after admitting club is great, the manager is not of the Grand Slams in 2017? qualifying for the Champions too bad and all that stuff. League will help attract players. "Or even if you try to extend a B la st, ba seba ll oger Federer and new world No 1 Rafael Nadal will headline this The Reds reached the group contract with a player in the squad, year's final Grand Slam of the year in New York and will believe stages with a 6-3 aggregate victory [they might say], 'Yeah, I want to Rthey are well placed to continue their renaissance. The pair have over Hoffenheim. play Champions League' and I a n d A lex H a les dominated the three previous major championships - Federer won in Emre Can's brace, Mohamed always think 'It's your job to do it Melbourne before claiming his 19th Grand Slam at Wimbledon while Salah and Roberto Firmino got the with us together, so don't ask that Nadal secured his 10th title at Roland Garros. Their chances of further goals in Wednesday's 4-2 win at we do a job and you cannot play Buttler to commentate for Sky Sports at tightening their stranglehold over the coveted Grand Slams in 2017 have Anfield in the second leg of the Champions League - do it with us been aided with the withdrawals of high-profile names in Flushing play-off qualifier. together.' Thursday's T20 Blast quarter-final Meadows - Novak Djokovic has been ruled out for the rest of the Salah, Andy Robertson and "That's what this team did, and between Notts and former side Somerset season while defending champion Stan Wawrinka is absent through Dominic Solanke are the only new that's why I am so happy about it. injury. Andy Murray has missed the entirety of the American hard- arrivals signed by Klopp this 14 months' hard work and we did court swing, recovering from a hip injury, and will be low in vital match summer after a frustrating transfer it - nice!" practice having not played since his disappointing five-set defeat to window. The Liverpool boss could not America's Sam Querrey at the All England Club. Federer last won at However, that might all be hide his personal delight at the Flushing Meadows in 2008 when he defeated first-time Grand Slam about to change, judging by prospect of leading Liverpool in finalist Murray while Nadal was last victorious in 2013 when the Spaniard Klopp's reaction to making the Europe's premier competition for proved too strong for Djokovic to claim his 13th Grand Slam title. group stages. the first time. Nadal, who started the year struggling to overcome constant knee injury "It's [Champions League He said: "Yippee! woes and just inside the world's top 10, has regained new vigour and put qualification] a big influence on the "It's all that the club, the team, his name at the top of the rankings while Federer has managed his transfer market, especially if we we worked for in the last 14 season in order to deliver his best performances when it counts. So who do it more often," he said. months. I know you will always can stop their control of the Grand Slams in 2017? We take a look at "I said I think before the game, find a few people who will say three contenders… The Bulgarian will travel to New York full of if you talk to a player, they really 'It's just the Champions League or confidence and buoyed by the knowledge he is beginning to regularly often [mention it]... especially only the Champions League.' fulfil his undoubted talent on the big stage. The 26-year-old defeated players we talk to. We don't have "But we wanted to be part of Nick Kyrgios 6-3 7-5 in the Western & Southern Open final in Cincinnati to talk to players which are not it with all we have. I saw the boys to claim his third ATP World Tour crown of 2017 and most significantly better than our players because it's play a few pieces of outstanding his maiden Masters 1000 title. "I'm just happy and I'm humbled to have difficult to find. football. How it is in a game like that trophy in my hands, and especially to win here, my first Masters "I know a few people think this, especially against an 1000," said Dimitrov. "It's just amazing. I always like this tournament. differently, but we do a lot of work opponent like Hoffenheim, you I have played it quite a few times and always thought this can be maybe and it's not that easy to find 20 also have a few problems. That's one of the first ones, and it is the first one." There is no doubt that the Lancashire did not qualify for the off. "I think Major League Baseball players in this position that are how it is. But I'm really happy career of the world No 9 has taken an upturn in form since he paired up better, 20 players in that position about the deserved qualification NatWest T20 Blast quarter-finals might be back on the phone to him with Murray's former coach Dani Valverdu a year ago. The Venezuelan but Jos Buttler will still be on duty the way he's been smacking them!" that are better. But if you talk to for the group stage." has brought focus and a calmness to the Dimitrov game and it's paying them, they say if you would play (SkySorts) this week - in the Sky Sports Buttler said of Hales, who also hit dividends. (SkySports) Cricket Pod! England's one-day a run-a-ball 218 against Derbyshire wicketkeeper-batsman will join in the County Championship a few Andrew Flintoff, Rob Key, Nasser weeks ago. Hussain and Michael Lumb on "Alex keeps taking his game Luca Brecel commentary for Thursday's clash to a new level. He is playing on between power-packed some good wickets with Lando Norris: McLaren F1 future Nottinghamshire Outlaws and his boundaries that aren't big enough defeats Shaun former side Somerset at Trent to contain him but he is in fantastic Bridge (6pm, Sky Sports Cricket). form and a formidable guy to play Murphy to win "A few other players have been against. depends on Fernando Alonso in the Pod and it looks like fun," "When you're scoring runs you China Taunton-born Buttler told Sky take an air of confidence to the Lando Norris has told the F1 superstar' Speaking on this week's Sports. "It's been entertaining with crease with you and that looks the Championship Report that Fernando Alonso's F1 Report, Lando Norris reflects Freddie and Keysy being great case for Alex at the moment. He next move could have a big impact on his impressive in-season test in mates so it should be a laugh. keeps his game simple and is very Belgium's Luca Brecel fought hard on his own McLaren future. Hungary, where racing director Eric "It should be a really good consistent once he gets going. for a 10-5 comeback victory over The rising British star and Boullier labelled him a 'future game to watch as well. These are "The baseball was a fun day Shaun Murphy to seal his first McLaren junior driver, 18, superstar' two very good sides but Notts will out, although I lost the battle to currently leads the Formula 3 "It really depends on what be tough to beat at home. Alex, something he keeps letting ranking title in the Evergrande China Championship. standings and dazzled on his Fernando does next year," Norris "I've still got lots of friends at me know about! official debut in an F1 car, setting said on this week's F1 Report, Somerset so I always look at how "There are similarities between The 22-year-old, who entered the tournament ranked 27th in the the fastest time on Day Two of which airs on Wednesday night at they're doing. It looks like they just baseball and cricket in the way you Hungary testing in the MCL32 last 8.30pm on Sky Sports F1. snuck through in the South Group motion and swing the bat - with world and a winner against five- month. "McLaren are doing their best to get that quarter-final, edging the advent of T20 you do look to time world champion Ronnie Indeed, McLaren were so to keep him, he's an extremely good Sussex on net run rate. baseball and how those guys O'Sullivan in the quarter-finals, lost impressed by Norris that team driver as he has showed with a not "They missed out on the power hit. "The guys there were the first two frames to Murphy boss Eric Boullier described him perfect package this year." quarters in the previous last three telling me to get my hands up high and then the fourth to fall 3-1 as a "star of the future". With no more in-season tests years after a really strong run, behind my head as the ball is behind but took the match lead in There could be a full-time in 2017, Norris added that he was including three runner-up finishes pretty much going to be in one area, the seventh and never looked back. opening at McLaren, too, as while unsure when he would next to get in a row in 2009, 2010 and 2011, whereas in cricket it could be at Murphy claimed a 107 break Stoffel Vandoorne has been to drive the car. so it's great to see them at this your head or your toes." in the fourth frame - the biggest of confirmed for 2018, doubts remain "I need to speak to Zak stage. Buttler swung the cricket bat over Alonso with the two-time [Brown, executive director] and "Everyone at the club will be just fine in the Blast, scoring five the match - but Brecel battled back into the game as he won four on world champion's contract Eric to see when they can to put hoping to get to Finals Day - it's half-centuries for Lancashire from expiring at the end of the season. me in the car," he said. "But it's the day you look out for when the a variety of batting positions with the bounce to go ahead before the 2005 world champion clinched the And Norris, when asked by not really down to me, it's down fixtures come out. It's the a top total of 80 not out against Sky F1's Marc Priestley if he had to them and whether they rely on showpiece event of the domestic Birmingham Bears. ninth and 12th. held talks with McLaren me." calendar and something you want "Me going in at different times Brecel, who reached the management, admitted that Natalie Pinkham is joined by to be involved in." is a tactic we have had as a side second round of June's Riga Alonso's decision is key to his McLaren test driver Lando Norris preview the Belgian GP boost," Norris explained. "He's Buttler will be hoping to and I have felt in really good form," Masters, edged the 13th 53-52 and future, Speaking on this week's F1 and Sky F1's Marc Priestley to But Norris was proud to have brought up a lot of young drivers commentate on some big hits in he said. went on to take the next two to Report, Lando Norris reflects on preview the Belgian GP been praised by Boullier after his in the past from the junior Nottingham, something he "It's been great that the Blast seal the best-of-19 triumph and his impressive in-season test in Natalie Pinkham is joined by efforts at the in-season test, and is categories to Formula 1, so he's not regularly delivers, having smoked is back in a block - as a player it is move up to 15th in the rankings. Hungary, where racing director Eric McLaren test driver Lando Norris aiming for a full-time F1 seat in going to be talking rubbish." the three fastest one-day so much better to be able to focus (SkySports) Boullier labelled him a 'future and Sky F1's Marc Priestley to the future. "It was a big confidence (SkySports) international hundreds for England. on one form and practice your The 26-year-old hammered a specific T20 skills. I have found 46-ball ton against Pakistan in the that a real help as preparation is UAE in 2015, after cracking a 66- key to how you play. ball century versus New Zealand England like to prepare for at Edgbaston earlier that year and matches with a spot of football, Norwaycross-countryskier ThereseJohaughasdopingbanextended a 61-ball hundred against Sri Lanka with Moeen Ali apparently at Lord's in 2014. notching his 100th goal in training .Norway cross-country skier Europa League,Today, Nottinghamshire's Alex Hales ahead of the team's thumping Test Therese Johaug has had her doping 12:00pm has provided the pyrotechnics in win over Windies at Edgbaston ban extended by five months, In its ruling, the CAS said the Blast this season, though, last week." dashing her hopes of competing in Johaug had used a cream bought thrashing 471 runs in his 13 innings I say 'apparently' because the Winter Olympic Games in by a team doctor in Italy to at a staggering strike rate of 210.26. Buttler is not buying it… South Korea next February. treat acute sunburn on her lips. Buttler's England pal "That's an absolute myth - The ban, which has been The ingredients listed on the bludgeoned 101 from 47 deliveries there's no way he's scored a extended to 18 months, will now packaging included clostebol against Yorkshire and then 95 from hundred goals!" added Buttler. "To expire in April 2018, the Court of acetate. "Having reviewed the just 30 in a match with Durham - be fair to Mo, he's not that bad Arbitration for Sport (CAS) matter in full, the (CAS) panel Hales was eventually caught and when I play alongside him I confirmed. noted that Ms Johaug failed to behind in that latter knock, when a can bring the best out of him. Norway's Olympic conduct a basic check of the six would have seen him equal "I wouldn't say I have assisted Committee originally banned packaging, which not only Chris Gayle's record 30-ball many of his goals, though - there's Johaug for 13 months after she listed a prohibited substance as century in T20 cricket. not too many times when I get the tested positive for clostebol, an an ingredient but also included It seems the baseball training ball that I don't have a shot. anabolic steroid, last September, clear doping cautionary Hales and Buttler experienced in "If you don't shoot, you don't but the International Skiing warning," the CAS said in its Hyde Park in early July has paid score!" (SkySports) Federation called for an extension. ruling. (SkySports) FRIDAY . AUGUST 25 . 2017 -Subula 03 1396 H.S Vol:X Issue No:33 Price: Afs.20

Commission Report: 0.7pc of urges Myanmar to terror victims in end Western Europe Rohingya Of the 34,676 people killed in attacks last year, 238 were in Western Europe while restrictions 19,121 were in MENA, report says. Team led by Kofi Annan warns against using force and ignoring concerns of world's 'single biggest stateless' community. At least 13 still missing after apparent Saudi-coalition attack in Arhab, with women and children among the dead. was no Houthi rebels present in the area or at any military Myanmar must scrap restrictions installation nearby at the time of on movement and citizenship for the attack. its persecuted Muslim Rohingya The UN could not confirm the minority if it wants to avoid assault, but rights officials were fuelling extremism and bring peace investigating the reports, UN to Rakhine state, a commission led Secretary-General Antonio by former UN chief Kofi Annan Guterres' spokesman said in New said on Thursday. York. Rights groups hailed the report Western Europe accounted for less people. More than 300 people "What is clear is that any attack than one percent of the 34,676 were killed in an ISIL attack as a milestone for the Rohingya on civilians is unacceptable. This because the government of Aung people killed in "terror" attacks in targeting members of Iraq's Shia is a message we have often repeated 2016, and only two percent of community in 2016 - the deadliest San Suu Kyi has previously vowed and we will continue to repeat," to abide by its findings. The attacks, according to a new report. attack of the year [File: EPA] Stephane Dujarric said. The Middle East and North ISIL was the deadliest group mistreatment of approximately 1.1 'Man-made catastrophe' million Rohingya has emerged as Africa bore the brunt of last year's in 2016. Its "core" operatives humanitarian chief Stephen violence, according to figures from carried out more than 1,400 Myanmar's most contentious O'Brien described the conflict human rights issue as it makes a the Global Terrorism Database atrocities that killed 11,700 people, transition from decades of military between the Saudi-backed Yemeni maintained by the University of including the attackers. rule. government and the Houthis as a Maryland. Wednesday's report In South Asia, Pakistan was Annan was appointed by state "deplorable, avoidable, completely said Western Europe suffered 269 the worst-affected country, with counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to man-made catastrophe" in a out of a total of 13,488 attacks and more than 1,100 people killed, head a year-long commission briefing to the UN Security 0.7 percent of victims - 238 out of while in sub-Saharan Africa the tasked with healing long-simmering The UN is investigating reports of the target of Wednesday's air raid, airspace, carried out a "double- Council last week. 34,676. attacks were concentrated mainly divisions between the Rohingya a Saudi-led air strike on a hotel near which hit Muntazah al-Shabab li- tap", first striking the hotel, then a The number of air strikes per In contrast, attacks killed in Nigeria and Somalia. and Buddhists in the western the Yemeni capital as the death toll Rihla wa-Nawm - a popular hotel gate leading to the building. month is now three times higher 19,121 people in North Africa and While Western Europe state, which is one of the poorest rose to at least 41 people, including in Arhab district 35km north of the Dozens of people were than last year and monthly reports the Middle East - 55 percent of accounted for only a small in the country. women and children. capital. Almaseera, a television crushed to death, he said, after the of armed clashes are up 50 percent, the total. proportion of the total bloodshed, "Unless current challenges are Hussain Albukhaiti, an activist channel run by the country's roof of the two-storey building he said. Iraq alone suffered nine of the the study noted the spike in the addressed promptly, further based in Sanaa, told Al Jazeera that Houthi rebels, who control Sanaa, collapsed. The conflict in Yemen has 11 deadliest attacks in 2016, each use of vehicles as weapons in radicalisation within both at least 13 people were still confirmed the death toll. Several others, including first escalated dramatically since March claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq crowd-ramming attacks on the communities is a real risk," the missing on Thursday after an air Citing local residents, responders, were then "cut into 2015, when Saudi-led forces and the Levant (ISIL, known as continent. Recent attacks in Spain nine-member commission said in strike a day earlier. Albukhaiti said that the Saudi-led pieces" by the second military launched a military operation ISIS) group, the report said. used cars. its final report, describing the Houthi rebels were apparently coalition, which controls Yemen's strike. Albukhaiti said that there against rebels. (Al Jazeera) Iraq suffered the worst attack "Although this tactic is not Rohingya as "the single biggest of the year, when a suicide bomber unprecedented, there has been a stateless community in the world". detonated an explosives-laden marked increase in the frequency "If the legitimate grievances of truck outside a Baghdad shopping and lethality of these attacks," the local populations are ignored, they India's top centre in Karada, killing at least 382 report said. (Al Jazeera) will become more vulnerable to recruitment by extremists," the court rules Civilians in Raqqa under fire report added. Military response decried Qatar restores ambassador Security deteriorated sharply privacy is a 'from all sides': Amnesty in the state on the border with to Iran amid regional crisis Bangladesh last October after nine fundamental "We are the good guys and the policemen were killed by innocent people on the battlefield Qatar says its ambassador will Saudi Arabia cut ties with the suspected Rohingya militia in right know the difference," US Defence return to Tehran more than 20 Islamic Republic, accusing Iran of attacks on border posts. Secretary Jim Mattis said on months after he was recalled in failing to protect its embassy in In response, the Myanmar India's Supreme Court has ruled Tuesday. But the coalition protest over the ransacking of the capital and consulate in military sent troops fanning out that citizens have a constitutional acknowledged on Wednesday it has Saudi Arabia's missions by Mashahd against protesters who into Rohingya villages in an right to privacy, a landmark verdict escalated its attacks on Raqqa, protesters angry at Riyadh's had ransacked them. offensive beset by allegations of that could derail a controversial with more aircraft available since a execution of a prominent Shia Demonstrators stormed the arson, killings and rape by the biometric identification US-backed operation successfully Muslim cleric. Saudi Embassy in Tehran over the security forces, and which sent programme that the government is pushed ISIL from Mosul in In a statement released on kingdom’s execution of Sheikh 87,000 Rohingya fleeing to pushing on its people. neighbouring Iraq last month. Thursday, the Qatari foreign Nimr al-Nimr, a Shia leader who Bangladesh. The situation in the A nine-judge bench ruled "It's probably logical to ministry said its ambassador would had rallied anti-government state deteriorated again this month unanimously on Thursday that the assume there has been some "return to resume his diplomatic protests in the kingdom's eastern when security forces began a new right to privacy was "protected as increase in civilian casualties. But duties", as Doha wanted to province. "clearance operation" with tension an intrinsic part of Article 21 that I would ask someone to show me strengthen ties in all fields with the Saudi Arabia said the execution shifting to a township, protects life and liberty", in a case hard information," coalition Islamic republic. was justified as part of its "war on Rathetaung, where Buddhist that challenges Prime Minister commander Lieutenant General The information office did not terrorism". Rakhine and Rohingya Narendra Modi's decision to make Civilians fleeing the battle to civilians as human shields, SDF Stephen Townsend said. remove ISIL from the Syrian city and US forces must redouble specify an exact date for the Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, a communities live side-by-side. biometric ID cards, known as The coalition earlier this ambassador's return - or provide research fellow at the James A. "While Myanmar has every Aadhaar, mandatory. of Raqqa face a "deadly labyrinth", efforts to protect civilians, notably month acknowledged the deaths of right to defend its own territory, a Aadhaar, which has recorded with fire coming from "all sides", by avoiding disproportionate or his name - but said Qatari Foreign Baker III Institute for Public 624 civilians in its attacks in Syria Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Policy at Rice University said the highly militarised response is the fingerprints and iris scans of rights group Amnesty indiscriminate strikes and creating and Iraq since 2014. unlikely to bring peace to the area," more than one billion Indians, was International has warned. safe exit routes," she said. Abdulrahman Al Thani discussed decision to install the ambassador But rights groups say the "bilateral relations and means of shows Qatar is prepared "to go in the report said. The commission set up as a voluntary scheme to Amnesty said on Thursday In recent days, the US-led actual figure is much higher, and warned that if human rights were streamline benefit payments to that the US-led coalition campaign coalition intensified its ferocious boosting and developing them" in a different direction". Amnesty criticised the coalition's a telephone call with his Iranian "It could very well be not respected and "the population millions of poor people and cut to drive the Islamic State of Iraq bombing campaign in Raqqa, more investigation methods for failing to remain politically and fraud. and the Levant (ISIL, also known than half of which has been counterpart Javad Zarif. calculated toward reinforcing the include site visits or witness The decision to restore ties point that Qatar will not bow to economically marginalised – But in recent years it has as ISIS) group out of its de-facto captured by the US-led Syrian interviews. "Relying on this northern Rakhine State may become compulsory for a growing capital has killed hundreds of Democratic Forces (SDP) battling limited methodology leads the with Iran comes amid a diplomatic this regional pressure placed upon provide fertile ground for number of services, including civilians, and those remaining there ISIL. Residents told Al Jazeera on coalition to discount a majority of dispute between Qatar and several it," she told the AP news agency. radicalisation, as local communities opening a bank account or paying face greater risk as the fight Tuesday that at least 100 civilians reports as 'non-credible' or Arab countries, including Saudi Qatar, which is dependent on may become increasingly taxes. intensifies in its final stages. were killed over a 48-hour span inconclusive, and to subsequently Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and food imports, imported the vast vulnerable to recruitment by Opponents have argued that "As the battle to wrest Raqqa by US-led air attacks on the city. claim that civilian casualties Bahrain. majority of its food from its Arab extremists". The Rohingya are its use for essential services means from Islamic State intensifies, The UN estimates that up to account for only 0.31 percent of They accuse Doha of meddling Gulf neighbours before they denied citizenship and classified as the right to privacy is increasingly thousands of civilians are trapped 25,000 civilians may remain in the all engagements," the report said. in the internal affairs of other imposed a punishing trade and illegal immigrants from being violated. Activists say in a deadly labyrinth where they city with tens of thousands of 'Living or dying based on luck' countries and financing terrorism - travel blockade. Bangladesh, despite claiming roots Aadhaar links enough data to create are under fire from all sides," others have already fled, risking Amnesty criticised the US-led a charge Qatar has dismissed as Since June 11, Doha has been in the region that go back centuries, a comprehensive profile of a Amnesty Senior Crisis Response ISIL sniper fire and mines. campaign for artillery and aerial "baseless". receiving fresh food supplies from with communities marginalised person's spending habits, their Adviser Donatella Rovera said, The US-led coalition says it 'A different direction' the Iran, which has also allowed and occasionally subjected to bombardment on areas containing friends and acquaintances, the referring to another name used for takes all possible precautions to civilians and asked for an end to Qatar recalled its ambassador Qatar's national carrier to use its communal violence. property they own, and a trove of ISIL. avoid civilian casualties, but rights to Tehran in January last year after airspace. (Al Jazeera) (Al Jazeera) attacks that risk being other information. (Al Jazeera) "Knowing that IS uses groups have said it is not enough. indiscriminate. (Al Jazeera) Philippine Senate probes DACAAR TENDER NOTICE police killing of Delos Santos DACAAR ITB 36 PRF-874 / 1309-11 0001-00 / REF1.15 FSK05.01 / 08.2017 Date: August 24, 2017 A Senate committee in the said the investigation is being run. Kian Lloyd delos Santos is an Philippines is addressing the received well by the public and 11th grader. Police handed him a police killing of a 17-year-old proving to be a tipping point for gun to shoot, then shot him for it Sealed offers are invited from qualified companies for supply of Armoured Toyota Land Cruiser for student - a case that has drawn those who support Duterte's war while he cried. He wanted to be a DACAAR Main Office in Kabul Province - Afghanistan. widespread condemnation at home on drugs. cop. and internationally. 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Your participation in National Police during a nationwide "Which exposes the loopholes because he fired at police officers "war on drugs". in the system, the inconsistency first. According to the police the bid opening session is highly appreciated. The probe is broad and will of police operation and the need report, Delos Santos ran when he examine a recent increase in police for a more coherent approach," she saw officers approaching him. He killings, with a focus on the high- said. then pulled out a gun and opened DACAAR Address: profile death of the teenager. Delos Santos was one of fire at the policemen, who shot DACAAR Logistics Unit Police fatally shot Kian Loyd scores killed over a number of days back. But witnesses told local Delos Santos on August 17 in the as police went on a shooting spree, media that the teenager was DACAAR Main Office (Street No. 12, Paykobe-Naswar, Qala-e-Fathullah, Kabul-Afghanistan). capital Manila amid allegations heeding calls by President Rodrigo unarmed. Duterte in spotlight that he was framed by three Duterte to crackdown on suspects Duterte now faces intense scrutiny Email: [email protected] OR [email protected] officers. and win the "war on drugs". over the crackdown, which until Al Jazeera's Jamela Alindogan, Witnesses said police forced now had been largely popular in reporting from the capital Manila, the teenager to hold a gun, fire and the Philippines. (Al Jazeera)