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16 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12694 Thursday NOVEMBER 10, 2016 Aban 20, 1395 Safar 10, 1438 Tehran not Iran-New desperate for Iran says its policy not Zealand talks with underscore Saudis swayed by Trump victory need to broaden By Ali Kushki TEHRAN economic ties TEHRAN — Iran says it will not seek POLITICS — President Hassan Rouhani told a cabinet session on Wednesday. president-elect Trump had raised the prospect desk dialogue with Saudi Arabia at any cost Rouhani asserted on Wednesday At risk may be the nuclear deal, formally known the U.S. would pull out of the pact. However, that the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president as the JCPOA, in effect since January 16. later he toned down his rhetoric by saying he unless the Arab caliphate stops pressing ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran will have no effect on Iran’s behavior. Outgoing President Barack Obama champi- had never said he would “rip up” the deal but ahead with its current war-mongering deskand New Zealand “The outcome of the U.S. elections has no oned the historic deal with Iran. “police that contract so tough they don’t have a policies in the Middle East. held the 5th meeting of their joint impact on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s policies,” However, in his campaign speeches now chance…” “Unfortunately, Saudi Arabia has 2 politico-economic committee in shut the door to dialogue, and so, it’s Wellington on Wednesday, putting a given that we won’t beg for dialogue an emphasis on the development of with the country,” Deputy Foreign banking relations. Ministry for Arab and African Affairs The meeting was co-chaired by Hossein Jaberi Ansari told the Tehran Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia Times on Wednesday. and Oceania Affairs Ebrahim Rahim- However, Iran is ready to enter into pour and New Zealand’s Deputy For- “serious talks” on regional developments, eign Affairs and Trade Secretary for provided that Riyadh end practicing Australia, Europe, Middle East and Af- faulty policies, Jaberi Ansari highlighted. rica Jeff Langley, IRNA reported. “We announced we were ready to The Iranian deputy foreign minister hold serious talks (with the Saudis) to also held separate meetings with New help resolve regional crises, and this Zealand’s Minister of Trade Todd Mc- will be possible only if Saudi Arabia Clay and banking officials to explore ends wrong policies it is currently pur- ways to expand economic ties. suing in the region.” The trade value between the two Having said that, so far Tehran has countries, which plummeted to $90 not responded negatively to media- million in 2015, currently stands at tory initiatives by $200 million. tthirdhird countriecountries,s According to the released data, he aadded.dded. from July 2015 to the same month 2 in 2016, Iran-New Zealand trade val- ue witnessed an upward trend and reached $174 million. The figure is re- portedly ever-increasing. Rahimpour departed Sydney of Australia for Wellington in New Zea- land on Tuesday. ARTICLE 28 dead as bus By Yuram Abdullah Weiler carrying Iranian Analyst and journalist pilgrims falls into valley Hillary Clinton Reuters election loss comes as great shock TTrumprump winswins U.S.U.S. presidencypresidency In a surprise upset, Republican chal- lenger Donald Trump has emerged victorious over Hillary Rodham Clinton in the U.S. election. The inevitability of a Clinton victory was anticipated iinn stunningstunning upsetupset overover CClintonlinton See page 3 by most pundits beforehand. Yet had she won as expected, the U.S. would have been stuck with a president who SOCIETY TEHRAN— should have faced criminal charges for deskTwenty-eight gross negligence in handling classified people were killed and 19 injured U.S. will emerge much weaker under Trump: senior analyst material. Of course, during her cam- late on Tuesday when a bus By Jalal Heirannia A: Let me first say that this is misogynistic. Secondly, this was paign, Clinton had attempted to evade heading from the city of Yazd to TEHRAN – A senior political ana- truly the biggest surprise in pol- a race vote, a vote for a closed the messy matter as a mere “Repub- the Iraqi holy city of Karbala fell lyst is of the opinion that the U.S. itics for the last decades. A real identity, comparable to the Brexit lican sideshow,” but despite her elite into a valley. will become much weaker under watershed which will determine vote in Britain. The overwhelming connections, she lost. Why? Perhaps Traffic Police Chief Mohammad- Donald Trump. our age for a long time to come. majority of white Americans voted because she came across as too elitist, Hossein Hamidi, said the accident “United States will emerge much I don’t think anyone saw it com- for Donald Trump, over 80%. So too well-heeled, or too manipulative happened around 9 p.m., adding weakened after voting some- ing, but it seems to me that Hillary this was a vote for a “white Amer- for the public to believe her. that 12 of the passengers died on one like Trump into office,” Arshin Clinton was a weak candidate. ica”, and against the minorities, in Take the FBI non-investigation, for the spot, ILNA reported. Adib-Moghaddam, head of the Iran Firstly, I see this as a gender issue. response to the Obama years. I starters. Despite the fact that Hillary The bus skidded off the road center at London’s School of Orien- It is ironic for a society that was am studying these new forms of Clinton had classified information and fell into a deep valley. The tal and African Studies, tells the Teh- involved in the invasion of Mus- psycho-nationalism in my current didate who was working against on her private email servers, this fla- driver appeared to have lost ran Times in an exclusive interview. lim-majority countries in the name book project. Thirdly, it was a vote the establishment. People think grant security breach did not warrant control over the vehicle while Following is the text of the in- of liberating women, that the ma- against the political establishment he can bring about change, much charges, as U.S. Federal Bureau of In- negotiating a turn. terview: jority of Americans voted against in Washington DC. The advisors in the same way as they thought vestigation (FBI) chief James H. Comey What were the main rea- a woman and for someone whose of Trump were clever enough to Obama would adhere to his slo- stated in a July 2016 letter to congress. sons behind Trump’s victory? comments can only be called position him as the outsider can- gan “we can change”. 2 After new evidence arose on a laptop Learn English owned by the estranged husband of Clinton aide Huma Abedin, FBI chief Learn English with us at Trump’s victory has no impact on Iran’s economy: experts Comey announced on October 28 that a further investigation was under- ECONOMY TEHRAN— The chairman as the new U.S. President will have no specific of its interior economic conditions. way, but within a week, Comey caved deskof Iran’s Securities and impact on Iran’s economy. Addressing the same issue, Khansari told in to political pressure and called off See page 12 Exchange Organization (SEO) Shapour As Mohammadi told ILNA, external factors Tasnim news agency that Iran’s economy the inquiry. Mohammadi and the head of Tehran including Trump’s presidency cannot have a will not be impressed by other country’s 13 Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, notable influence on Iran’s positive economic conditions and the Islamic Republic can and Agriculture (TCCIMA) Masoud Khansari growth as well as the country’s capital market be safe from external factors via holding its have said that the election of Donald Trump in the long-run, thanks to the current stability national unity. Tehran Intl. Short Film Festival kicks off ARTTEHRAN — opening ceremony of the event, from different countries, including deskThe 33rd Tehran which is organized every year by Germany, Colombia, Belgium, International Short Film Festival the Iranian Youth Cinema Society India and Switzerland, are (TISFF) opened on Tuesday with (IYCS). attending this year’s festival, which a large number of international The organizers also paid tribute will run until November 14. Dear readers, cineastes at Charsu Cineplex. to the world-renowned Iranian The festival plans to honor Pocket-sized glossary of We are looking forward to seeing The director of the festival, filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami by veteran filmmaker Khosro Sinai, Tehran Times “at special you at the Tehran Times pavilion Alireza Karimi-Saremi, and screening a short film about his actress Maryam Bubani and in the 22nd Press Exhibition, which discount price” during secretary Farid Farkhondekish professional life at the ceremony. several other Iranian cineastes for the Press Exhibition runs from November 5 to 11. delivered short speeches at the Twenty-five foreign guests their lifetime achievements. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 2 NATION NNOVEMBEROVEMBER 10,10, 20162016

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Cooperation with ITER Jahangiri to attend House of mutually beneficial: Kamalvandi Parties’ quarterly “ITER usually signs a non-disclosure By M. A. Saki meeting agreement or NDA with members to make sure they are not going to disclose POLITICS TEHRAN — The upcoming TEHRAN — Behrooz Kamalvandi, deskquarterly session of the House spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organ- classified information,” he said in English. of Parties will be attended by First Vice President ization of Iran (AEOI), said on Wednesday He underlined that AEOI and ITER Es’haq Jahangiri. Iran is planning to shore up cooperation have also discussed how to boost coop- The announcement was made by House chair- with the International Thermonuclear Ex- eration step-by-step. man Ghodrat Ali Heshmatian in an interview with perimental Reactor (ITER) megaproject. Kamalvandi further noted that Iran is ISNA on Wednesday. In an interview with the Tehran Times, going to have incremental contribution Heshmatian said the session will be held in late Kamalvandi said Iran will exchange to the international project. Azar (early December). knowledge with the ITER. This is in commensurate with the He further announced that the Ministry of In- The official's remarks come days af- budget appropriated. terior has decided to authorize provincial houses, ter Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi Elsewhere in his remarks, Kamalvandi which will be put into action “soon”. and ITER Director General Bernard Bigot said Iran is supposed to be an associate signed a confidentiality agreement, an member, not a full member to the ITER. initial step for future collaboration in the “With an associate status, we will Advisor blasts multi-national nuclear fusion project. have access to classified information,” U.S. for backing Describing the expansion of coopera- he said. terrorists in Syria tion with ITER as a “long-time procedure,” Kamalvandi also said Tehran is not he said it is “two-sided.” willing to become a full member, be- He went on to explain, “Iran will co- cause “if you are a full member you have operate to share its know-how, and in to dedicate at least $10m every year as POLITICS TEHRAN — A senior advisor a membership fee and also dedicate na- deskto the Majlis speaker has cen- return, the Islamic Republic will benefit “Iran will cooperate to share its know-how, from technology and information shared, tional budget for buying equipment, in- sured the U.S. government for supporting ter- and in return, the Islamic Republic will struments, installation and so forth.” rorist groups and destabilizing the peace talks as well.” Kamalvandi also said Iran and ITER benefit from technology and information He pointed out that the country is in in Syria. the “right track.” Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the re- have signed a non-disclosure agreement. shared, as well.” marks in a meeting with Danish Deputy For- eign Minister Lone Dencker Wisborg in Tehran on Wednesday, the Young Journalists Club re- Ties with Europe should be based on respect: human rights official ported. POLITICS TEHRAN — Mohammad Javad Larija- lieve in cultural diversity and respect the civil experience and Sweden, noting the Islamic Republic welcomes fur- “The U.S. is neglecting the issue of sustainable deskni, head of the Iranian High Council for of the Islamic Republic which is based on Islamic ration- ther cooperation with Sweden regarding human rights security in the Syria peace talks and using terrorism Human Rights, said on Wednesday that Tehran’s coop- ale, as we respect Sweden’s civil experience based on and judicial matters. as a tactic,” Amir-Abdollahian said. eration with Europe should be based on mutual respect. secular liberal rationale,” Larijani said. For her part, Söder said Sweden enjoys cooperation Larijani made the remarks in a meeting in Tehran with The second principle is “consultation” and “cooper- with various countries regarding human rights. China demanding Swedish Deputy Foreign Minister Annika Soder Annika ation” between Iran and Europe, emphasizing that one The Swedish deputy foreign minister is on an official too much for IR- Söder. side’s will cannot be imposed on the other, the human visit to Tehran. She has so far held meetings with senior During the meeting, Larijani explained the principles rights official said. Iranian officials including Foreign Minister Mohammad 40 redesign: Iran needed for further cooperation in different fields, saying He went on to say that the third principle is keeping Javad Zarif, deputy foreign ministers Majid Takht-e Ra- bilateral talks regarding human rights and judicial mat- away from “double standards” and prejudice. vanchi and Hossein Jaberi Ansari, the parliament speak- ters must be built on three important principles. “We will build cooperation based on these principles.” er’s adviser Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and head of the TEHRAN — The spokesman POLITICS “The first principle is that the Europeans should be- Larijani also called for expansion of ties between Iran Strategic Research Center Ali Akbar Velayati. deskof the Atomic Energy Organi- zation of Iran has said that China has demand- ed too much money if it is to redesign the Arak heavy water reactor (IR-40), Mehr reported on Iran says its policy not swayed by Trump victory Wednesday. However Behrooz Kamalvandi said drafting a 1 But, President Rouhani believes Washington is Shamkhani said the result of the U.S. election shows that contract for the redesign project between Iran and no longer capable of leading the world and forming a the majority of the American people are “frustrated” and China is at the final stages. coalition against Tehran. “distrustful” of the system. Talks with China over the redesign have been “The U.S. situation in the international community Shamkhani also said the U.S. election will not influ- going well, but the only problem is the price, and the public opinion of the world has weakened due ence Iran’s policies. which Tehran is going to resolve through more to wrong policies, and yawning gap with the internation- Iran’s policies, contrary to some other regional coun- talks, he said. al community and Europe will worsen the current situa- tries, have never been influenced by change of gov- tion further,” Rouhani noted. ernments in the other countries, the top security official Zarif urges Trump to stick to nuclear agreement noted. IRGC denies rift Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also Shamkhani said Iran’s policies are reliant on public between Iran and reacted to Trump’s election as the 45th U.S. president, support and capacities. Iraqi Kurdistan noting Trump has to remain committed to the nuclear ‘New U.S. government’s performance matters deal. to Iran’ The U.S. should “fulfil its commitments in the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram said “The U.S. situation in the POLITICS TEHRAN — A spokesman for Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action as a multilat- on Tuesday that the “performance” and “executive international community and deskthe Islamic Revolution Guards eral international agreement,” Zarif told reporters policies” of the new U.S. government matters to Iran. the public opinion of the world Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday dismissed reports of in Romania. Qassemi said “serious review” is required in the U.S. “Every U.S. president has to understand the re- policies in the Middle East. has weakened due to wrong disagreement between Iran and the semi-autono- policies, and yawning gap with mous Kurdistan region of Iraq, saying the Kurdish alities of today's world. The most important thing The policies adopted by the former U.S. govern- friends will never allow any hostile action against is that the future U.S. president sticks to agree- ments and their interferences in the regional coun- the international community and Iran’s national security. ments, to engagements undertaken,” Zarif said in tries’ affairs are the main reasons behind the spread Europe will further worsen the Romania. of violence and extremism in the Islamic countries, the Speaking to the Tasnim on Wednesday, IRGC current situation,” Rouhani says. Public Relations chief General Ramezan Sharif Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali ministry spokesman pointed out. quashed media reports about tense ties between Tehran and Erbil following the recent comments by a senior Iranian military official. Tehran not desperate for talks with Saudis 1 He did not name any specific particularly over Syria where the two back ran and Mashhad, after which Riyadh cut through international mediation. Commander: mediator. opposing sides in the now five-year conflict. diplomatic ties with Tehran. Also, Saudi Arabia has, without giving Saudi Arabia’s policies have bred in- Their long-troubled relationship deteri- Tehran and Riyadh are also at odds tangible evidence, accused Iran of fueling IRGC expanding security in the region and threatened not orated when Saudi Arabia executed a top over a hajj crush in 2015 in Mina where sectarian conflicts in the region. airborne units only Riyadh itself, but the whole region, Saudi Shiite cleric in January, apparently some 464 Iranian nationals lost their lives. This is while Iran has been helping the the Iranian diplomat asserted. incensed by Iran’s deal with the West over The Saudi side has appeared uncoop- governments of Iraq and Syria to battle the Relationship between the two regional its nuclear program. erative, drawing Tehran’s ire over the issue. extremist Islamic State group and other self- POLITICS TEHRAN — The newly-founded powerhouses has been strained at least for Angry with this, an Iranian mob at- Ever since there has been no direct styled terrorist bands, which hold swathes of deskIRGC Airborne Force is setting the past five years over a number of issues, tacked the Saudi diplomatic posts in Teh- or indirect diplomatic contacts, albeit land across the Syrian and Iraqi territories. up new bases in different parts of the country, the commander of the IRGC Ground Force announced on Wednesday. U.S. will emerge much weaker under Trump: senior analyst Stressing that helicopters and drones are very Adib-Moghaddam says politically uncivilised Trump must be considered the most dangerous man in the world today important in contemporary wars, Brigadier Gen- eral Mohammad Pakpour told FNA that the IRGC 1 And lastly, with the election of Trump, Amer- he is recruiting prominent “neo-conservatives” from the foster even closer relations with Europe. Secondly, Iran’s Ground Force has prioritized advancement in these ican hyper-capitalism and politico-economic corruption George W. Bush years. relations with Russia are another factor that may prevent two fields. comes full cycle. In another irony, and in a paradox to What is your prediction of Trump’s approach that the JCPOA will be relinquished. Trump may move “We have made good progress in helicopter and what I said in point three: A citizen who never really paid toward the Middle East? closer to Russia in the short and middle term and Mos- drone manufacturing in the IRGC Ground Force,” income tax in his country, managed to buy himself into A: The election of Donald Trump is a calamity for the cow is likely to temper Washington on the Iran file as it Pakpour underlined. the White House during an opportune political moment. region. I didn’t think Hillary Clinton would have been did during the George W. Bush years. And thirdly, Trump After all, it was certainly not his intelligence or education much of a better option, but I expect Trump to be con- seems particularly concerned with ISIS rather than Iran. that made someone like Trump commander in chief of frontational with Iran, at least initially. In his interviews I expect Saudi Arabia to present itself as a partner in the ‘Iran plans to the most awesome war machine in the world. Because and campaign speeches, he repeatedly indicated that he fight against such terrorist movements and to continue ship heavy water of this politically uncivilised persona and lack of intelli- will challenge the JCPOA. While it is likely that he will be to buy a positive image in the United States. The Saudis out of country gence, Trump must be considered the most dangerous tempered by some of his advisors, we may expect some certainly like macho-politicians such as Trump, so they man in the world today. confrontational rhetoric in the very near future. For Iran, will see his election as an opportunity. But Trump is not within days’ Some claim since Trump is too wealthy he would it is essential to create realities on the ground, especially an aggressive internationalist. The discourse may radi- POLITICS TEHRAN — Iran plans to not be influenced by lobbyists. What is your opinion? with the European Union. I have repeatedly said, that Eu- calise and become more confrontational and imperial, deskship sensitive material out of A: One of the dangers of having a politically unciv- rope is Iran’s vital and most reliable partner in world pol- but I don’t expect Trump to pursue big wars outside of the country within days to bring it back under ilised President such as Donald Trump, is exactly that itics. The European-American relations will be strained America comparable to the so called wars on terror. a soft limit set under its nuclear deal, Reuters he can be easily manipulated by stakeholders/lobbying after Trump, and this is a good opportunity for Iran to What is crucial in all of this is that the United States will quoted an unnamed diplomat as having said on groups. As an apprentice President, he will be the ob- emerge much weakened after voting someone like Trump into Wednesday. ject of several political campaigns, in particular by the “A citizen who never really office. There will be even more domestic turmoil and the coun- A report by the IAEA on Wednesday said that powerful military-industrial complex that is always an try has already lost much of its credibility in foreign affairs that Iran was just above the limit of 130 tons on its important factor in U.S. politics. I expect these elements paid income tax in his country, the Obama administration carefully re-built after the Iraq war heavy water stock set by the deal, and that the of the ruling political class in the United States to have managed to buy himself into disaster of the George W. Bush years. Today, we see a weaker, agency had expressed its concern to Tehran over privileged access to the new White House as opposed the White House during an less powerful America – a big country in a psychotic shock. the issue. to his electorate thinking that he will keep the estab- Iran must position itself to be a part to find a proper therapy to lishment out. Moreover, there are already rumours that opportune political moment.” contain the repercussions for the region and the world. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NNOVEMBEROVEMBER 10,10, 20162016 INTERNATIONAL 3 Trump wins U.S. presidency in stunning upset over Clinton German Def. Min.: Trump knows this was not a vote for him, rather against Washington, against the establishment

By staff & agencies her “Crooked Hillary.” And for more than a a broken contract through the failure of glo- Spain’s foreign ministry said it was confident Mr. Trump the White House.” year, she was hobbled by her use of a personal balized market economics to serve the inter- that the new era of bilateral relations would Obama calls Trump onald Trump was elected the United email server as secretary of state, which flout- ests of domestic workers.” serve to “reinforce and consolidate” Spain’s After all President Obama called Trump DStates 45th president in the stunning ed protocol and became the subject of an FBI France partnership with the U.S. and “deepen the early on Wednesday morning after the bil- culmination of a campaign that defied (Federal Bureau of Investigation) investigation. French president François Hollande said friendship between our countries and peoples”. lionaire's stunning victory in the presidential expectations and conventions at every turn Trump proved resilient against an onslaught Trump’s win “opens up a period of uncertainty”. But Pablo Iglesias, leader of the anti-austerity election, according to NBC News. Trump cam- and galvanized legions of aggrieved Ameri- of negative advertising from Clinton’s cam- The result showed that France must be strong- Podemos party was less welcoming. Above a pic- paign manager Kellyanne Conway told the cans in a loud repudiation of the status quo. paign and her allied super PAC, Priorities USA, er, and Europe more united, he added. ture of the famous black power salute at the 1968 network she did not know what the two men Hillary Clinton’s quest to make history as which portrayed him as racist, misogynist and Germany Olympics and an emoji of a clenched fist, he tweet- said to each other. the first female president was thwarted by the unhinged. Nearly a quarter-billion dollars was The German foreign minister Frank-Wal- ed: “The vaccine against Trump’s fascism is social Trump's victory was a devastating blow to Republican nominee’s breathtaking perfor- spent on ads supporting Clinton, while just ter Steinmeier, said: I believe the biggest justice and human rights, not more establishment. Obama, who campaigned hard to elect Dem- mance at the polls. He was carried to victory $153 million went into spots backing Trump. challenge will be to meet the high expecta- There are people in the U.S. who will resist.” ocratic nominee Hillary Clinton. by voters fed up with the political system and Rarely in modern United States electoral tions that Trump himself has created: to make Sweden Obama campaigned vigorously for his for- mistrustful of Clinton, a former first lady, sena- history had the two parties of Republicans and America great again, also with a view to the Sweden’s former Prime Minister Carl Bildt mer secretary of but his resurgent popularity tor and secretary of state. Democrats offered such a stark choice for voters economy, to create new jobs in the current said 2016 was the year of “double disaster” for did not rub off on his legatee. Obama repeat- Trump, a 70-year-old celebrity businessman at the top of the ballot. Trump and Clinton also economic environment, all that won’t be easy. the west. He tweeted: “At least Richard Nixon edly warned Trump was “uniquely unqualified” who had never before run for office, is poised registered the highest and second-highest per- Above all I hope that we aren’t facing bigger had a solid understanding of world affairs. to serve as president due to his erratic temper- to become the oldest president ever elected sonal negative ratings, respectively, of any two tectonic shifts in international politics. Maneuvered skilfully. But morally corrupt. And ament and comments about women and mi- to a first term. major-party nominees in the history of polling. “During his campaign Donald Trump has collapsed in disgrace.” norities. But the president's warnings ultimately After running a divisive campaign, Trump Initially dismissed by the GOP (Grand Old spoken critically not just about Europe, but Russia weren't enough to help Clinton win. sounded a magnanimous note of reconcilia- Party) elders and the mainstream media as a particularly about Germany. I think we have to Vladimir Putin sent Trump a telegram to Trump had pledged to dismantle Obama’s tion as he claimed victory shortly before 3 a.m. mere showman, Trump vanquished a highly prepare for the fact that American foreign pol- congratulate him. Speaking at a ceremony in achievements, starting with his signature law, on Wednesday. credentialed field of 16 other contenders — icy will be less predictable for us in the future. the Kremlin, the Russian president said: We the Affordable Care Act that became known “Hillary has worked very long and very hard including governors and senators — in the We have to be prepared for the fact [...] that heard the campaign slogans when he was still as Obamacare. He also will be in position to over a long period of time and we owe her nominating contest. America will be more inclined to make unilat- a candidate which were aimed at restoring re- fill the current vacancy on the Supreme Court. a major debt of gratitude for her service to Indeed, the last Republican president, eral decisions in the future.” lations between Russia and the United States. Rattle in stock market our country,” Trump said, minutes after Clin- George W. Bush, and the party’s last nominee, The German defense minister, Ursula Garry Kasparov, former world champion The prospect of an impulsive authoritarian ton called him to concede. “I mean that very Mitt Romney, refused to support Trump. When von der Leyen, said the results were a “huge turned vocal opponent of Putin, tweeted simply: in the Oval Office rattled investors around the sincerely. Now it’s time for America to bind the they voted on Tuesday, Bush and his wife, Lau- shock”. She told broadcaster ARD: “I think “winter is here.” world. On Wall Street, all three major stock in- wounds of division. 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It fell 3.5 per- the ultimate establishment insider. women without permission. spokesman forfor the PalestinianPale president cent against the yen while the euro rose to Trump said that under his administration, Subsequently, more than a dozendozen women Mahmoud Abbas said: “We“ will deal with $1.1233 from $1.1020. “America will no longer settle for anything less than came forward to accuse Trump ooff various inci-inci- any president elected by the American Trump has threatened to rip up trade deals the best.” And he promised foreign countries that dents of sexual assault, all of whichch he denied. people on the principleprinci of achieving like the North American Free Trade Agreement “while we were always put America’s interests first, It set off a national conversation, involving not permanent peace in the Middle East (NAFTA) and greatly restrict immigration to we will deal fairly with everyone,” adding: “We will just women, but their husbands and sons and based onon thethe twotwo statestate solution on June the U.S. and to build a wall along the United seek common ground, not hostility.” brothers. 4 1967 lineslines withwith easteast Jerusalem as its States' southern border and force Mexico to The real estate developer thanked his wife, Having lived much of his adultdult lifelife within capital.” pay for it. Across Europe, major markets all Melania, and his children for their patience, range of a microphone, Trump providedprovided dec-dec- ChinaChina pointed downward. saying: “This was tough. This was tough. This ades of fodder for his critics. And once he rode A spokesperson for China’s for- Russian markets, however, largely resisted the political stuff is nasty and it’s tough.” a Trump Tower escalator to announceounce hhisis cancan-- eign ministry saidsaid BeijingB was look- global tumble, bolstered by hopes Trump may Trump’s promise to “Make America Great didacy in June 2015, he said things,gs, again and ing forwardforward to workingwork with the new ease biting Western sanctions against Moscow. Again” inspired millions of Americans alienated again, that would have been disqualifyingualifying had a administration.administration. The price of gold, which is regarded as a by the forces of globalization and multicultur- more conventional politician said them.them. “We will work wwith the new U.S. buffer by investors in times of uncertainty, rose alism and deeply frustrated with the inability of He characterized Mexicans whwhoo immigratimmigrat-- presipresidentdent to ensurensuree the steady and 3.7 percent. Washington to address their needs. ed illegally as rapists and murderers,erers, mockedmocked ssoundound developmentdevelopmen of bilateral rela- In the energy markets, the international Voters anxious about the economy, a disabled New York Times reporter,orter, insulted ttionsions so as to benefitbene the people in benchmark Brent crude slid $1.07, or 2.4 per- convinced that the system was stacked against Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for his time as a bothboth countries as wellw as around the cent, to $44.96 a barrel in London. U.S. crude them, fearful of terrorism and angry about prisoner of war, suggested that a female de- world,”world,” Lu Kang toldto reporters at a futures lost $1.26, or 2.7 percent, to $43.74 a the rising gap between rich and poor, gravi- bate moderator had been toughh on him be- regular press briefingbriefin in the Chinese barrel in electronic trading on the New York tated toward Trump. In him, they saw a fear- cause she was having her menstrualstrual perioperiod,d, capital.capital. Mercantile Exchange. less champion who would re-create what they and tangled with the Muslim parentsrents of a U.S. Philippines Pollsters suffer huge embarrassment recalled as an America unchallenged in the soldier who was killed in the Iraq War. The Philippine president,p Rodri- Pollsters and election modelers suffered world, unthreatened at home and unfettered Clinton struggled throughout tthehe campaign ggoo Duterte, wwhoho bbranded Obama an industry-shattering embarrassment at the by the elitist forces of “political correctness.” to articulate a simple, pithy reasonn for running. a “son of whore” eearlier this year, hands of Donald Trump on Tuesday night. He vowed: “Every single American will have Her strategists considered 85 possibilitiesssibilities for a offered “warm cocongratulations”n to Trump had long said the polls were bi- the opportunity to realize his or her fullest po- general election campaign slogan bebeforefore settling Trump. Duterte, wwhoho has expressed ased against him. His claims - dismissed and tential. The forgotten men and women of our on “Stronger Together,” accordingg to an emaiemaill outrage aalmostlmost ddailyaily with the Oba- mocked by the experts - turned out to be true. country will be forgotten no longer.” stolen from campaign chairman John Podesta ma aadministrationdministration andand threatened re- Going into Election Day, a strong majority A Trump presidency is certain to produce and published by WikiLeaks. peatedly to end one of Washington’s of pollsters and election modelers forecast significant geopolitical repercussions. He has None of those matched the simplemple power ooff most important Asian allialliances,a hailed the that Hillary Clinton would coast to victory, promised to transform the U.S. foreign policy Trump’s pledge to “Make America Great Again.” success ofof U.S. democratic system and the with many predicting she would sweep the and take it in a more unilateralist direction. World leaders react to Trump'sump's victory American way ooff lilife,fe, accoraccordingd to his com- battlegrounds and win north of 300 electoral He also has promised to build a wall on the Top officials at the European UUnionnion have inin-- munications secretary MartiMartinn Andanar. votes. border with Mexico and deport immigrants vited Donald Trump to Europe forfor an urgent JapanJapan Liberals lashed out at data guru Nate Sil- who are in this country illegally. Trump said he U.S.-EU summit Japan, a key U.S. ally, saisaid it would work ver for giving Trump a 35 percent chance of would “bomb the s---” out of the Islamic State In a joint letter, Donald Tusk,, president ooff closely with Trump to ensurensuree stability in the victory heading into Election Day, claiming in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist the European council and Jean-Claudelaude Juncker, Asia-PaciAsia-Pacificfic regionregion.. he was putting his thumb on the scale for group and says he has a secret plan to an- president of the European commission,ssion, congratcongrat-- Katsuyuki Kawai, an aide tot the Japanese Trump by making the race appear closer nihilate the terrorist organization. He has also ulated Trump and urged him to comeome to Europe Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, ssaida he was plan- than it was. Of the 11 national polls to be expressed admiration for strongmen such as for talks “at your earliest convenience”.nce”. nninging to flyfly to Washington to meetm Trump offi- released in the final week of the race, only Russian President Vladimir Putin, with whom The EU’s Foreign Policy Affairsrs Chief,Chief, Fed-Fed- ccialsials as early as next weekweek.. two - a Los Angeles Times-USC survey and he has promised to forge a closer relationship erica Mogherini, gave a diplomaticmatic reaction OffiOfficialscials in Tokyo denied tthath Abe had de- one from IBD/TIPP - showed Trump with the based on mutual respect. to Trump’s victory, tweeting: “EU-U.S.U-U.S. ties are ccidedided to send Kawai to the U.U.S.S because Japan lead. The L.A. Times survey was criticized as Never one to let go of a grudge, Trump has deeper than any change in politics.”cs.” hhadad failedfailed to prepare fforor a TrTrumpu victory. “experimental” by industry experts for poll- vowed to send Clinton to prison. At his victo- Martin Schulz, the president of the Europe-Europe- MalaysiaMalaysia ing the same pool of people and for the way ry party early on Wednesday, his supporters an parliament, said the vote was “aa protest vote” Prime Minister Najib RazaRazakk – embroiled in it weighted black voters. But for the second chanted, “Lock her up!” similar to Brexit. “It began timidly, but this is like a corruption scandal at home that is being in- consecutive presidential cycle, the L.A. Times Trump, a flashy real estate developer who a wave, a wave of protest that will lead to Trump vvestigatedestigated in the United StaStatest – has sent a and IBD/TIPP surveys were among the most extended his brand with reality television, in the White House,” Schulz told Europeurope 1 radio.radio. vveryery admiring congratulatory message. accurate, making them the gold standard would be the first person to become president Britain “Mr. Trump’s success showshowss that politicians going forward. And the battleground data without having previously held elected office Theresa May congratulated TrumpTrump on his sshouldhould never take voters forfor granted. Opin- was just as biased against Trump. White or served in the United States military. Trump’s victory in a hard-fought campaign,gn, saying BritBrit-- ion polls, and established politicalpo figures, all working class voters - the silent majority vice president will be Michael Pence, 57, the ain and the United States have “an enduring underestimated the strength of his support. that Trump said was being underestimated governor of Indiana and previously a longtime and special relationship based onn the values ooff His appeal to Americans whwhoo have been left by pollsters - swarmed for him on Election member of the House. freedom, democracy and enterprise”.rise”. behind – those who want toto see their gov- Day, particularly in the Rust Belt states, and After nearly a quarter-century in the na- Number 10 policymakers are already view- ernment more ffocusedocused on ttheirh interests and helped him beat the polls. tion’s consciousness, Clinton had become a ing the result through the same prismprism as Brexit. welfare,welfare, and less embembroiledr in foreign Whatever the reason, pollsters will have to walking paradox, a Rorschach test of what de- The head of the No 10 policy board,oard, George interventions that proved to be reassess after a dismal showing in 2016 that fines character and values. Trump nicknamed Freeman, tweeted: “at its heart this is about against U.S. interestsintere – have won produced a result almost no one foresaw. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY NNOVEMBEROVEMBER 110,0, 22016016 Total says Trump’s Wall Street elite stunned at Trump triumph election will not have an From plush penthouse apartments on the Upper East Side to bars in midtown Manhattan, New York’s financial community watched in stunned dismay on Wednesday as Republican Donald Trump clinched the White House. impact on Iran gas deal An early party mood quickly soured as donors and sup- porters of Hillary Clinton realized that the Democratic candi- The election of Donald Trump as the western investment “the worst deal ever date, Wall Street’s preferred choice because she represented President of the United States will not negotiated,” although he has also con- the status quo, had lost. have an impact on the investments of ceded it would be hard to rip up a deal Many were stuck for words. French oil and gas company Total in Iran, enshrined in a U.N. resolution. “Not really much to say,” said Marc Lasry, a billionaire the firm’s head of gas, renewables and “We have always said that we are in- credit investor. power said on Wednesday. terested in returning to Iran on condition Trump’s unpredictable pronouncements and opposition Philippe Sauquet told journalist on that the investments that are proposed to free-trade agreements have made the real estate mo- the sidelines of an energy summit in to us are sufficiently attractive and know- gul unpopular with many financiers, who fear that he could Paris that a heads of agreement signed ing that for us, it was out of the question disrupt global trade and damage geopolitical relationships. by Total earlier this week would not be to do anything that would contravene in- The U.S. dollar sank and stocks plummeted as investors impacted by the Trump’s election. ternational rules,” Sauquet told reporters. fled risky assets. S&P 500 index futures crashed. Trump has called last year’s deal end- “The election that took place in the Trump’s pronouncements on the financial sector have ing a diplomatic standoff between Iran United States does not change anything,” perplexed Wall Street. and six world powers over the country’s Sauquet said. western energy company to sign a major national sanctions earlier this year. On the one hand, he has pledged to dismantle much of nuclear policy and opening the way for Total on Tuesday, became the first deal with Tehran since the lifting of inter- (Source: Reuters) the regulation put in place after the financial crisis, known as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law. On the other hand, he has called for a “21st century” version of the 1933 Glass- Steagall law that required the separation of commercial and Dollar, global stocks, Mexican peso fight back as Trump shock fades investment banking. The U.S. dollar, Mexican peso and world had been “as though the four horsemen The scale of the initial scare was clear of the Senate. Trump has not said what that version would entail other stocks fell on Wednesday as Donald of the apocalypse just rode out of Trump in the Mexican peso, which plunged more “With Brexit we had one bad day but than saying that he would prioritize “helping African-Ameri- Trump swept to victory in the U.S. presi- To w e r ”. than 13 percent against the dollar at one this is different. This is what’s scary about can businesses get the credit they need.” dential election, but fears of a Brexit-style The mood in early European trade was point in the biggest daily move in two putting the most powerful position in the “Sometimes you hear him on the stump criticizing the shock that wiped trillions off global mar- far more measured. decades. world in the hands of a man who many banks,” Peiffer said. “Then his policy paper says he wants kets has failed to materialize so far. “The initial reaction in markets was vi- “A lot of Trump’s negative geopolitical believe is temperamentally unstable,” said to deregulate the bank. The two things don’t jive. But who European shares were down less than olent,” said Saxo Bank head of FX strategy rhetoric was concentrated around Mexico Donald Selkin, chief market strategist at knows what he really thinks. And we won’t know that until he 1 percent and investors were returning to John Hardy. “But if you look at it across and trade with Mexico and tearing up the National Securities in New York. does it.” (Source: Reuters) other markets that had been sent into a markets you are seeing a pretty decent NAFTA agreement, so the peso just be- “His tax cuts could open up a huge in- tailspin as it became clear the Trump was reversal off the spike.” come this natural barometer of the elec- crease in the budget deficit and his trade set for a dramatic victory over heavily- The mild 0.7 percent dip in European tion,” said Deutsche Bank EM FX Strate- sanctions could interrupt world trade. favored Democrat Hillary Clinton. stocks was nowhere near as bad as the 4 gist Gautam Kalani. “What happens now This could put us in a recession.” Trump win casts doubt Investors fear a Trump victory could percent plunge futures markets had indi- though is all up in the air.” Asian stocks, which had closed before cause global economic and trade turmoil cated and the near 9 percent slump they The risk of a global trade war likewise Trump’s victory speech spoke of the need on Fed’s plans to hike and years of policy unpredictability, which initially suffered after the UK Brexit vote. knocked other currencies across Asia, to strengthen the U.S. and keep global interest rates among other things could discourage Mexico’s peso also bounced, roughly 4 with the Australian dollar leading the rout. relations, showed the day’s biggest dents. the Federal Reserve from raising interest percent, off a record low it had hit over- The story had been very different MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential race throws into rates in December as long expected. night - though it was still down an eye- against the safe-haven yen, with the U.S. stocks outside Japan ended down 2.3 question the core assumption in global financial markets that the “I love this country,” Trump said in a watering 8.5 percent as emerging mar- dollar shedding as much as 3.3 percent percent and the Nikkei in Tokyo closing Federal Reserve will raise interest rates soon and follow with fur- victory speech in New York. “America will kets bore the brunt of the impact. to 101.85 yen and around 2 percent on down 5.4 percent. It lost almost 9 percent ther gradual hikes over coming years. no longer settle for anything less than the Trump’s threats to rip up a free trade the euro before the market changed di- after the UK Brexit vote. Financial markets swooned after Trump’s win, with the dollar best ... We have a great economic plan, agreement with Mexico and tax money rection. Sovereign bonds whipsawed, with and stocks sinking and safe-haven sovereign bonds and gold we will double our growth and have the sent home by migrants to pay for build- That U-turn left both were well of yields on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes shooting higher, reflecting fears of a prolonged global uncertainty strongest economy in the world.” ing a wall on the southern U.S. border their highs by 0545 ET, at 103.51 yen and initially flying down as much as 12 basis over the Republican’s policies. Vows by Trump that he would also have made the peso particularly reactive $1.1108 for the euro respectively. points to 1.75 percent - again the largest Market turmoil has stayed the Fed’s hand in the past, includ- forge strong relations with other big na- to events in the race for the White House. Uncertainty drop since the Brexit vote - only to climb ing a Chinese stock market slump in 2015 and the aftermath of tions helped ease concerns of heavy tar- TOP TRUMP A wealthy real-estate developer and back up to 1.90 percent in Europe. Britain’s vote to leave the European Union last June. iffs being slapped on selling to the United U.S. stock futures were pointing to a former reality TV host, Trump rode a In commodity markets, safe-haven Investors have tended to favor Trump’s Democratic rival Hillary States and starkly more aggressive geo- drop of around 2 percent for Wall Street wave of anger toward Washington insid- gold saw big swings as well, climbing 3.5 Clinton as a status quo candidate who would be considered a safe political stance. later, less than half the 5 percent they had ers to win the White House race against percent to $1,320 an ounce as the dollar pair of hands at home and on the world stage. Safe-haven sovereign bonds, the Jap- been suggesting in Asian trade. Clinton, the Democratic candidate whose slid, but then backsliding to around $1,300. Trump has pledged to tear up or renegotiate international anese yen and gold were all giving back As FX markets had reeled in Asia, gold-plated establishment resume in- There was a screeching U-turn from trade agreements, which could set off a wave of protectionism, ground fast having surged in Asian trad- South Korean authorities were thought to cluded stints as a first lady, U.S. senator oil too. U.S. crude bounced over $2 to threatening to stall a tentative global economic recovery. His eco- ing as the election results had come in have intervened to steady their currency, and secretary of state. $45.12 a barrel, while Brent jumped back nomic plans call for massive tax cuts that many economists esti- and, as in the case of the Brexit vote in and dealers wondered if central banks Markets had favored Clinton as a sta- to $45.50 barrel having been as low as mate would sharply boost the U.S. budget deficit. June, proved polls and betting markets globally would step in to calm nerves. tus quo candidate who would be consid- $44.40. “It raises the odds that the Fed will not move in December,” woefully wrong. Japan’s top currency diplomat sig- ered a safe pair of hands at home on the Russian President Vladimir Putin said said Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics, of Trump’s Overnight in Asia as markets had top- naled Tokyo’s readiness to intervene if world stage. Analysts had no such cer- he was ready to fully restore ties with the victory on Tuesday. pled, Sean Callow, a forex strategist at necessary as the surging yen threatened tainty about Trump whose powers could United States following Trump’s victory. Trump’s win also casts doubt over Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s fu- Westpac, had said the market reaction to snuff out its fragile economic recovery. be bolstered by the Republican’s control (Source: Reuters) ture. He has accused the Fed of keeping interest rates low to help Democratic President Barack Obama and indicated he might re- place Yellen after her term ends in January 2018, leading analysts Gold has biggest rally since Brexit as Trump wins White House race to speculate on whether she would resign earlier. Gold jumped nearly 5 percent on U.S. rates futures imply traders see Adding to the uncertainty for the Fed and calling its further Wednesday to its strongest in six only a 36 percent chance of the Fed- rate path into question is the lack of detail in Trump’s economic weeks as investors snapped up safe eral Reserve raising interest rates next plans. havens with Republican Donald Trump month, based on Reuters data, which He has proposed giving states more discretion in spending winning the race for the White House should support further gains in gold. federal money on health insurance for the poor, but offered little over Democrat Hillary Clinton. The Fed, which had shown a strong specifics. Trump has also promised cuts in individual and busi- It marked gold’s biggest single- inclination to increase rates at its pol- ness tax rates, but some economists questioned the assumptions day gain since June 24 when it rose icy meeting next month before Tues- underpinning the plan and a lack of clarity as to how the breaks as much as 8 percent when Britain de- day’s U.S. vote, may opt to wait for would be funded. cided to leave the European Union. It things to settle down first, said Vishnu The Committee for a Responsible Budget said this has made closed up 4.8 percent that day. Varathan, senior economist at Mizuho it difficult to evaluate Trump’s proposals, but estimated they could A Trump win, which many see could Bank. “If the dust settles then the Fed add $5.3 trillion to the federal debt over 10 years. lead to economic and global uncer- may not find it necessary to renege on Trump has said his policies would unleash a wave of business tainty, may also push the U.S. Federal their inclination to hike rates sooner investment, create 25 million jobs and roughly double annual Reserve to hold off from raising inter- than later. But if market uncertainty growth in the U.S. economy. est rates next month, further burnish- doesn’t abate then we are looking at “We have a great economic plan, we will double our growth ing gold’s draw, analysts say. very real prospects that the Fed would and have the strongest economy anywhere in the world,” Trump Trump scored a series of surprising defer that rate hike into 2017,” said told supporters in his acceptance speech. wins in battleground states including Varathan. As voters cast ballots on Election Day, Chicago Fed Presi- Florida and Ohio on Tuesday, opening Spot silver rose as far as $18.996 dent Charles Evans said the Fed would keep an eye on financial a path to the White House for the po- possibility of a shock win by Trump. Sept. 27, and was up 2.4 percent at an ounce, its highest since Oct. 3, and market volatility and whether fiscal policies would change after litical outsider and rattling world mar- Sovereign bonds surged and the Mex- $1,305.85 by 5:47 a.m. ET. was last up 2.39 percent at $18.78. the election. kets counting on a win by Clinton. ican peso went into near freefall. Spot U.S. gold for December delivery Platinum rose nearly 0.2 percent and The Fed will not bow to criticism and will set policy based on The U.S. dollar sank and stocks gold rose as much as 4.9 percent to was last up 2.49 percent at $1,306.20 palladium was off 0.4 percent. its mandate to foster full employment and stable prices, Evans plummeted as investors faced the $1,337.40 an ounce, its strongest since an ounce after rising about 5 percent. (Source: CNBC) said. “We need independence from short term political pres- sure,” he told reporters in New York. The initial impact of Trump’s protectionist policies may not Investor says Trump’s ECB signals vigilance Chinese stock that be all bad. Economist Barry Eichengreen argued earlier this victory will be on policy as Trump sounds like ‘Trump year that while tariffs threaten to fan trade wars and geopo- positive for global win shocks investors Wins Big’ wins big litical tensions, the initial impact would be to boost U.S. wages and inflation, something the Federal Reserve’s easy money financial markets policies have so far struggled to accomplish. Zandi’s team at Moody’s Analytics estimates that fully imple- Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elec- European Central Bank officials responded cau- Donald Trump’s journey to victory in the menting Trump’s trade and immigration proposals could drive tions will positively impact the Russian and global tiously to the election of Donald Trump as U.S. Presi- U.S. presidential election prompted the big- up inflation, eventually triggering aggressive Fed rate hikes and financial markets, Chief Executive Officer of the Rus- dent, suggesting that their accommodative policy gest rally in five months for a Chinese stock a recession, a concern shared by some investors. sian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev said stance won’t change imminently despite turbulence that sounds like “Trump Wins Big” to Manda- “His tax cuts could open up a huge increase in the budget Wednesday. on global markets. rin speakers. deficit and his trade sanctions could interrupt world trade. This “We assume that the victory of Donald Trump The Frankfurt-based ECB is “closely monitoring Wisesoft Co., whose local-language name could put us in a recession,” said Donald Selkin, chief market in the US presidential elections will be positive for the situation as usual, and usually what we do is look “Chuan Da Zhi Sheng” sounds like “Trump strategist at National Securities in New York. the Russian financial market. Global markets will be through volatility of course for the first days,” Execu- Wins Big,” closed 6.4 percent higher with Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker said on October quick to recover, as well as they will give big points tive Board member Peter Praet told reporters at a trading volume six times the three-month 13 the Fed would have to monitor policy changes that could to President Trump’s pragmatic and growth-oriented conference in Brussels on Wednesday. “We have to average. Yunnan Xiyi Industrial Co., or “Aunt happen after the election. With the U.S. unemployment rate approach. The global economic growth cannot be be calm -- calmer than markets, certainly.” Hillary,” tumbled 10 percent. It was the only under 5 percent, a big fiscal boost could fuel higher inflation. sustainable amid geopolitical tensions and face- Early sell-offs in global stocks and rallies in haven stock down by the daily limit among nearly “If there are policies that would have distortive effects down. assets eased Wednesday as investors attempted to 3,000 A shares listed in mainland China. that we would have to respond to, we’ll have to respond,” process Trump’s victory and the potential for an in- Harker said. (Source: Reuters) NEWS IN BRIEF crease in U.S. trade protectionism. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NNOVEMBEROVEMBER 110,0, 22016016 ENERGY 5

Iran aims to produce 1-1.5 mbpd Iran introduces petchem investment opportunities of oil through IPC: Zanganeh to Germans ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran’s embassy in Berlin held ECONOMY TEHRAN — In a television interview deska meeting on Tuesday to introduce invest- deskon Tuesday, Iranian Oil Minister Bi- ment opportunities in the country’s petrochemical sector to jan Namdar Zanganeh said the country has put it on the German companies, Shana reported. agenda to add 1-1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) Managing to the country’s production capacity using finance to Director Marzieh Shahdaie and Tehran Ambassador to Berlin be attracted through new oil contracts (known as IPC). Ali Majedi hosted the Germans in the meeting. Zanganeh noted that reaching the goals of the In the first part of the meeting, some managing directors of Sixth Five-Year National Development Plan (2016- Iranian petrochemical holding companies introduced a num- 2021) requires attracting about $130 billion of foreign ber of major projects proper for making investment and in the investment in upstream sectors all of which cannot be second part the two sides investigated details for cooperation. raised through IPC. On August 23, Shahdaie said that Iran needs $20 billion of The official stressed the importance of increasing investment for completion of unfinished petrochemical pro- production capacity and said “being able to produce jects across the country in 5 years. more means credibility and status for the country both “For the time being, there are 55 unfinished projects across in the region and in the world markets.” the country, 15 of which will be completed and operational by ’Optimistic about upcoming OPEC meeting’ the first half of the next Iranian calendar year of 1396 (will start Iranian minister further mentioned the upcoming on March 21, 2017),” she explained. OPEC meeting on November 30 and the recent con- The official also noted that a 10-year long program with cerns about the meeting’s failure, saying “Although 28 projects has been defined in NPC and considering the re- politics has a very powerful role in the organization sources available these projects will be implemented within the but there is also a willingness toward common inter- next 10 years. ests and that makes me optimistic about the meeting.” “For these projects to go operational, about $35 billion of “It is not a question of freeze any more, the focus The minister denied any rumors about meeting or China’s CNPC and Iran’s Petropars and said that 70 investment is needed,” she added. of the upcoming meeting will be allocating fair shares contact with Egypt’s oil minister and said “Of course percent of this $4.8 billion project is allocated to de- of cut to each member state,” he added. it is possible in the future, we welcome anyone who is velopmental activities which means there is a $3.5 bil- Elsewhere in his remarks Zanganeh expressed sat- willing to talk.” lion opportunity for local contractors to take part in.” isfaction about Iran’s crude exports and said, “The ‘South Pars Phase 11, unique opportunity The oil minister noted that 40 months after sign- country exported 2.44 million bpd of crude in Octo- for local contractors’ ing of the contract, the first recovery takes place and Rosneft sells 20% of huge ber while our daily production reached almost four He further mentioned the recent agreement be- about three years later, the pressure booster platform field to Beijing Gas million bpd.” tween Iran and a consortium including France’s Total, will be installed. Rosneft PJSC agreed to sell 20 percent of its Verkhnechonsk oil and gas field in Siberia for about $1.1 billion to Beijing Gas Iran aims for more foreign oil and gas investment after Total deal Group Co in a deal that may give the Russian producer ac- cess to China’s natural-gas market. Iran is hoping to secure more overseas The three companies are expected to ment. after the contract is signed, with Total tak- “The competences and capabilities of our partner in the investment after a consortium led by invest $4.8 billion in Phase 11. On Tues- For Iranian oil officials, history has re- ing a 50.01 percent stake in the project, key distribution market will generate significant synergies France’s Total on Tuesday signed a $4.8 day the companies signed a provisional peated itself. Total defied U.S. sanctions CNPC on 30 percent and the remainder from our joint operation,” Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor billion deal to develop part of the giant agreement in Tehran with the National in 1997 when it signed a $2 billion con- held by Petropars. Sechin said in a statement on Monday. Sechin and Beijing South Pars gas field — the first major en- Iranian Oil Company, the state-controlled tract with Iran to develop another part of Other European energy companies Gas Chairwoman Li Yalan signed the agreement ?outlined ergy agreement since the country’s land- energy group. South Pars. have expressed an interest in returning back in June? during a meeting in St. Petersburg. mark nuclear accord. The final contract, expected to be This paved the way for companies in- to Iran. The sale will help Rosneft manage the largest debt load in “This is an icebreaker and we shall inked within months, is due to last for 20 cluding Royal Dutch Shell, Italy’s Eni and However, Shell and BP are being cau- Russia’s oil industry. It has accumulated total debts of more see more multibillion-dollar oil and gas years. Norway’s Statoil to follow suit. tious. People familiar with the companies’ than $40 billion, mainly from its $55 billion acquisition of contracts with other companies including The agreement is a big victory for Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, Iran’s oil thinking said there were two main ob- TNK-BP in 2013. Russians and Europeans soon,” Amir-Hos- Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s president, who minister, said at the signing ceremony stacles to investment in Iran, where both This year it also agreed to buy Russian oil producer Bash- sein Zamaninia, Iran’s deputy oil minister has been questioned by critics at home that he was “thankful to Total for always groups have opened offices this year. neft PJSC and Indian refiner Essar Oil Ltd. While the Verkhne- for international affairs told the Financial about the limited economic dividends so being a pioneer and coming back to Iran The first is the continued existence of chonsk deal will bolster the balance sheet, it also helps Russia Times. far from last year’s agreement with major at a difficult time again”. U.S. sanctions against Tehran, which re- boost energy ties with China, after trade between the two “The next agreement might be in a powers to curb Tehran’s nuclear program. He added: “I hope this will allay con- quires any business to be done without countries declined last year. few weeks,” he added, without giving fur- Some international sanctions have cerns of other companies so that they can touching the U.S. banking system. The This deal, with one of China’s largest distributors of natural ther details. been lifted, but the continuation of U.S. enter Iran’s market quickly.” second is that Iran faces competition gas, gives Rosneft a strategic partner in exploiting the unit’s Iran has the world’s second-largest gas measures against Iran has made over- The contract with the Total-led con- from a range of other investment options. reserves of the fuel. Rosneft gains the possibility of accessing reserves and fourth-largest oil reserves, seas companies, including banks, wary of sortium will be consistent with Iran Pe- Industry insiders cited Total’s lack of a China’s local gas market, including end-customers, through according to the U.S. Energy Information working with Tehran. troleum Contract, which serves as a significant presence in the U.S. as a factor gas-supply swaps, according to the statement. Administration, but needs $200 billion of Patrick Pouyanné, chief executive of blueprint for deals with overseas energy that made it easier for the French group (Source: China Daily) investment to revive its antiquated ener- Total, said the company’s Iranian invest- companies. to blaze a trail back into Iran. U.S. majors gy sector over the next five years. ment would be done without bank fi- Phase 11 of South Pars is estimated and European groups with big U.S. op- Total will be joined by China’s CNPC nancing and would be “internationally to hold 21 trillion cubic feet of gas, and erations, including BP and Shell, would be and Iran’s Petropars to develop Phase 11 compliant”. The commercial terms were should produce 2 billion cubic feet a day more cautious because of the continued of South Pars, the world’s largest gas field “attractive”, he added. at peak production. U.S. sanctions, added the insiders. Libya’s largest oil port may that is shared between Iran and Qatar. CNPC could not be reached for com- Production is due to begin 40 months (Source: Financial Times) be ready next week for PICTURE OF THE DAY SHANA/Nazila Haghighati PetroChina shipments Libya’s largest oil export terminal may re-open as early as next week expands LNG in a move that would provide relief for the cash-strapped country holding Africa’s largest crude reserves. receiving capacity Tankers may be able to load at Es Sider port by next week as maintenance work at the terminal is almost complete, a National Oil PetroChina has brought online new storage Corp. official said by phone on Tuesday, asking not to be identified tanks for liquefied natural gas (LNG) at two because he’s not authorized to speak with news media. Es Sider receiving terminals, preparing to meet win- hasn’t exported crude since force majeure, a legal status protecting ter demand for the heating fuel, according a party from liability if it can’t fulfill a contract for reasons beyond its to officials and a company website. control, was declared on loadings almost two years ago. PetroChina started operating a Libya currently produces 660,000 barrels a day of oil, the official 200,000-cubic-meter (7.06-million-cubic- said. This compares with production of about 1.6 million barrels a foot) tank last week in Rudong, eastern Ji- day before the 2011 uprising that ousted longtime leader Moam- angsu Province, as well as regasification fa- mar Al Qaddafi. Output withered after international oil companies cilities and pipelines, according to a report withdrew amid the conflict between rival governments and armed published on the website of China Huanqiu groups over the nation’s oil fields, ports and pipelines. Contracting & Engineering, a unit of China Libya, a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC). Countries, is struggling to boost crude production and exports CNPC is also the parent of PetroChina, since the NOC reached an agreement in September with Khalifa China’s largest oil and gas producer, Kalla- Haftar, the commander of forces controlling important oil ports. As nish Energy learns. a result of the deal, the country was able to ship 781,000 barrels The new Rudong facilities are part of from the port of Ras Lanuf on Sept. 21, the first international cargo a second-phase expansion that brought from that terminal since force majeure was declared in December its handling capacity to 6.5 million tons 2014. (Source: Bloomberg) (316.55 billion cubic feet) a year, up from a 3.5 million tons (170.45 Bcf) a year. Af- ter the expansion, Rudong has 680,000 cubic meters (24.01 million cubic feet) of Located in the port city of Assaluyeh, southwestern Bushehr Province, Iran’s Pars Especial Economic Energy Zone (PSEEZ) was established in 1998 storage. Moscow expects positive for utilization of South Pars oil and gas resources and to encourage commercial activities in the field of oil, gas and petrochemical industries. (Source: kallanishenergy.com) decision on second line of Oil reverses losses after Trump win, trades above $46 Turkish Stream: minister Oil reversed early losses of almost 4 $46.11 a barrel by 0625 ET, after falling Oil prices are less than half of their In an attempt to boost prices, the Or- Russia’s Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev is percent to trade above $46 a barrel on to $44.40, the lowest since Aug. 11. U.S. level of mid-2014, pressured by excess ganization of the Petroleum Exporting optimistic about further decision regarding the implementa- Wednesday, as the market recovered crude gained one cent to $44.99. supplies. Countries agreed in September to cut tion of the Nord Stream and Turkish Stream pipeline projects. from an initial Brexit-like reaction to “There are a lot of unknowns about The election result could compound output, although investor doubts have Talking to reporters after meeting his Italian counterpart Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the what will be the Trump position in the the supply-side headwinds that oil pro- grown that it will be able to implement Carlo Calenda he said: U.S. presidential election. geopolitics of the Middle East,” said Ol- ducers face with demand concerns, said the deal at its next meeting on Nov. 30. “Certainly we discussed it. I won’t tell you details but we The result sparked a flight from risky ivier Jakob, analyst at consultancy Petro- Daniel Yergin, vice-chairman of analysis A report by industry group the Amer- are determined to a positive settlement of this matter in the assets in a move analysts compared matrix. firm IHS Markit and author of The Prize, ican Petroleum Institute showed U.S. near future,” he said adding that it also concerns the second to June’s referendum in which Britons “President Obama from the start of a well-known history of the oil industry. crude inventories rising by 4.4 million line of the Turkish Stream (intended for gas transportation to voted to leave the European Union. But his election worked towards a detente “The outcome of the U.S. election barrels last week, weighing on oil. That European countries from Turkey). the dollar steadied and European stocks with Iran and we can’t be sure that Presi- adds to the challenges for the oil export- would be more than the 1.3-million-bar- “We are determined to remove the existing obstacles on pared losses, with traders citing what dent Trump will continue in the same ers because it likely leads to weaker eco- rel increase analysts expected. the way towards the implementation of large projects, includ- some saw as a conciliatory speech by direction.” nomic growth in an already fragile glob- The U.S. government’s official sup- ing the Turkish Stream,” the Minister said. Trump following his win. Iran on Wednesday said Trump al economy,” he said. “And that means ply report is due for release later on Ulyukayev also stressed that the European Commission Brent crude was up seven cents at should stay committed to the deal. additional pressure on oil demand.” Wednesday. Source: Reuters) should clarify its position on the project. (Source: TASS) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL NNOVEMBEROVEMBER 110,0, 22016016

Turkey was once a free President Trump: society. Now the country is rapidly destroying itself. Get ready for a rough ride By Asli Aydintasbas By Doyle McManus has granted temporary work permits to “dreamers,” young immigrants who lack le- he speed of Turkey’s decline is mind-boggling, even when onald Trump’s unexpected victory gal status. Tyou live through its the day-to-day machinations. Dmeans our next president will be an Trump could suspend immigration by This week started with the Turkish government announc- untested non-politician who made refugees from Syria and impose “extreme ing plans to reintroduce the death penalty at the urging of the a list of campaign promises he can’t pos- vetting” on immigrants from other coun- country’s strongman, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in order to sibly keep; a foreign policy novice whose tries affected by terrorism. garner the support of ultra-nationalists in his bid to expand the vows to scrap trade agreements and re- He could follow through on his cam- powers of his presidency. Later in the week came the arrests of the negotiate alliances have alarmed our old- paign promise to renegotiate the NAFTA editor-in-chief and columnists of Cumhuriyet, Turkey’s oldest paper est friends; a crude braggart who derided trade treaty with Mexico and Canada — and a symbol of its fast-eroding secularism, on trumped-up charg- minorities, women, the disabled and even and, if the talks went poorly, he could carry es of terrorism. And finally, Thursday night brought the detentions prisoners of war. out his threat to leave the trade pact. He’s of Selahattin Demirtas, the charismatic leader of the country’s pro- Trump’s first challenge also floated the idea of withdrawing from Kurdish party, and Figen Yuksekdag, the co-leader of the party. Ten But it’s in the nation’s interest to pray the World Trade Organization, an action other elected Kurdish deputies were also arrested. for his success. Begin with the economy. which could set off an international trade As I write these lines, citizens cannot communicate to organ- Trump’s first challenge is likely to be a slump war and financial panic. ize demonstrations — Twitter is down in Turkey, Facebook is un- in the financial markets; on Election Night, He could attempt to renegotiate U.S. reachable, and social media applications such as WhatsApp remain Dow futures plunged as his victory became participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Al- blocked. The social media crackdown is an entirely unnecessary clear. Can the New York mogul find the liance, reducing our military commitments measure; who would go out and risk arrest when there is an emer- words and actions to persuade investors in Europe if the allies don’t spend more on gency rule and a formal ban on protests? Protests happen in free that he’s not the bad news they think he is? defense. and semi-free societies — or when people have the feeling that Move on — quickly; he’ll have no choice And, since he says the threat of climate they have a chance to make an impact. There was a time when — to foreign policy. Vladimir Putin may be change is a hoax, Trump could keep his mass urban protests shook the country and pushed the govern- celebrating, but that’s little comfort. U.S. al- legislation to advance conservative goals, Obamacare, President Obama’s health in- pledge to withdraw from the Paris climate ment to announce a series of reforms. Today’s Turkey is a shell of lies in Europe are worried; will Trump reaf- including lower taxes and tighter federal surance program — and leave the details agreement and undo regulations that re- itself. No such optimism remains. firm our ties with them, which are vital to budgets. of what should replace it to Congress. He duce U.S. carbon emissions. Becoming a heartbreaking saga combating international terrorism, or allow But Trump is no mainstream Republican. can almost certainly win funding to deport The problem with all of those unilateral The story of Turkey is fast becoming a heartbreaking saga of a them to deteriorate? China has warned that To take just one glaring example: Sen. Mitch more undocumented immigrants and build moves is that they could well cause retalia- budding Muslim democracy tossing out a historic chance at pro- Trump’s promise to impose sanctions on McConnell, Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Ted a wall on the southern border— the cost of tion by other countries — a factor President gress, only to settle for a familiar pattern of Middle East despotism its economy (for “currency manipulation” Cruz have all argued that the only way to which, he says, will be reimbursed by the Trump won’t be able to control. His early by succumbing to a retro personality cult. A decade ago, Turkey’s that experts say Trump is wrong about) will rein in the federal budget is by trimming fu- Mexican government. (Mexico says it will do months will be a test of his ability as a crisis ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was applauded by the prompt swift reprisals; will the president- ture growth in Social Security and Medicare no such thing.) manager. world for the pace of its reforms and advances toward European elect tell Beijing he was only kidding? spending. Trump disagrees, emphatically. Trump’s biggest promises An optimist might argue that Trump Union membership. A decade later, Turkey is barely able to hold Last but not least, consoling the Ameri- Trump’s fiscal campaign promises simply And many of Trump’s biggest promises won’t govern the way he campaigned: that civilized relations with its western allies, experiencing a rapid decline can people. Fewer than half of all voters don’t add up. He’s said he will balance the on trade, immigration, national security and he’ll surround himself with seasoned advis- as rule of law, and has become a thorn in Europe’s side. actually chose Trump; will he reach out to budget and cut taxes, but expand Social foreign policy can be achieved through ex- ers, embrace more traditional positions and In this gradual decline, Demirtas was a breath of fresh air and those who fear or loathe him? Minorities, Security and increase military spending. ecutive action. satisfy himself with half-measures. one of the best things that happened in Turkish politics over the including Latinos and African Americans, That can’t be done. He’s promised steel He has said his first order of business, But Trump’s record offers little reas- past few years. The 43-year-old former human rights lawyer com- decisively rebuffed his purported outreach workers in the Rust Belt and coal miners on Day One, will be to reverse many of surance on that score. When he won his mands only a small coalition of Kurds, leftists and minorities— with in their direction; does he care? in Appalachia that he’ll bring their old jobs President Obama’s executive orders, begin- party’s nomination, old-guard Republicans barely enough votes to pass the 10 percent national threshold. But Trump does have some assets as he ap- back; that’s not likely to happen, either. ning with immigration. For example, Trump predicted he would “pivot” toward the po- Demirtas was effective with his powerful rhetoric on pluralism and proaches a job he has done little to prepare Still, some of his agenda can be would immediately end Obama’s Deferred litical center and look “more presidential” in democracy and able to project a power beyond his party’s base. for. He will likely have majorities in both achieved through legislation. He can repeal Action for Childhood Arrivals program that order to secure an electoral majority. Trump This was a tale of David and Goliath. With his famous “We will not the Senate and House of Representatives, rejected their advice — and he’s likely to let you become an executive president” speech in March last year, giving Republicans control of a one-party Trump could suspend immigration by take Tuesday’s result as evidence that he and HDP’s electoral victory in June 2015 elections, Demirtas denied government for the first time since 2006. In refugees from Syria and impose “extreme was right. Erdogan the type of constitutional change and sweeping authority the hands of a more conventional politician In short: It’s going to be a very rough he wanted. With Demirtas’s detention, there are no more hurdles — a Mitt Romney, a Marco Rubio — this vetting” on immigrants from other ride. to Erdogan’s rise to absolute power. 13 would be a golden opportunity to pass countries affected by terrorism. (Source: The LAT)

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would last longer receiving support By Parnaz Talebi from Lebanese president, putting 9 months of political dead- the neighboring countries, includ- 2lock in Lebanon ended in Oc- Aoun presidency, another ing Lebanon itself, in more trouble. tober 31, 2016, with election They also argue that Lebanon, un- of Michel Aoun as president of the der Aoun, would face the spillover Middle Eastern country. of Syrian war as Hezbollah forces are Lebanon has been suffering a rebalancing step in region directly engaged in the conflict. major vacancy in government since Yet, they fail to realize the other Michel Suleiman, the former pres- side of the story. Aoun’s presidency ident, left the office in 2014 as his is a political victory for Hezbollah, term ended. Since then all efforts to Lebanon’s powerful Shia group, and reach an agreement between differ- the Resistance Front in the region ent political factions had failed leav- including Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Yemen ing the country sans president in a and Syria. Meanwhile, losing Hariri, difficult situation amid all regional Cutting off Saudi Arabia would lose tensions. control over Beirut and this means Election of Aoun, after 45 elector- more trouble for the Israeli regime al sessions in Lebanon’s Parliament, along its borders with both Palestine therefore, marks a turning point in and Lebanon. The election also in- political history of Lebanon indicat- dicates the decline of Saudi Arabia ing somehow a consensus among its influence in Lebanon’s political are- different ethnic and political groups na and also region. Notably, Iran’s after a long period. ties with Saudi Arabia was severed Yet, the situation wouldn’t be easy since January 2016 after an attack for the former General. Aoun has to by a group of people to kingdom’s form a cabinet and this would be embassy in Tehran in reaction to ex- very difficult in a government with tect Lebanon, protect the [political] are working hard under the pretext ecution of Sheikh Nimr, a religious such a diverse political prospect. system, protect the state and pro- Aoun’s presidency is a political victory of fight against terrorism, seeking in figure, by Saudis. Consequently, Ri- According to the Lebanese con- tect the Lebanese people.” Hariri’s for Hezbollah, Lebanon’s powerful Shia fact his overthrown. yadh, in response to Beirut’s failure fessional constitution, in which top announcement was followed by an group, and the Resistance Front in the Aoun, addressing the parliament in condemning the attack, canceled government positions are reserved immediate visit to Beirut by Thamer after the voting, underlined political a three billion dollar aid package for certain religious communities, al-Sabhan, the new Saudi minister region including Iran, Iraq, Palestin e, stability as top priority of his gov- for the Lebanese army, reported- president is elected from Maronite for Persian Gulf affairs, for talks on Yemen and Syria. ernment and said his government ly, and this was somehow the start Christians, speaker of the parliament the “political developments in Leba- would deal with terrorism “preemp- of its disengagement in Lebanon. has to be a Shia Muslim and the non and the region.” Aoun, on the other hand, is an to presidential crisis during a meet- tively and preventively” until it is Accordingly, Saudi Arabia, stuck in prime minister should be from Sunni But far from all national interests, ally of Lebanon’s Hezbollah. It was ing with Aoun. uprooted. “Lebanon is still treading wars in Yemen and Syria, is on the Muslims. Hariri’s endorsement would also in- in February 2006 that Aoun signed Aoun, furthermore, has visited through a minefield, but it has been verge of losing the game. Yemeni Lebanon has two major coalition crease his chance to return to the an agreement with Hezbollah lead- Syria and President Bashar Assad in spared the fires burning across the and Syrian crises, thanks to resistant parties; The March 8 Alliance, which political scenes as the premiere. The er Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah in a 2008, signaling mending ties with region; It remains a priority to pre- spirit of Yemenis and Syrians, have Aoun is now representing, is aligned so-called Hariri-Aoun deal would church in Beirut. The alliance pro- Syrian government after all ten- vent any sparks from reaching Leba- taken much longer that expected by with Hezbollah and backed by Iran. help the former prime minister to vided him great support from Leb- sions the Damascus-Beirut relations non,” he said after presidential oath. invaders. The process, particularly, The rival March 14 Alliance, support- revive his shrinking political repu- anese Shia Muslims, the largest bloc were suffering from before. Aoun Aoun’s close ties with Hezbollah is frustrating Saudi Arabia political- ed by Saudi Arabia, is represented tation among Lebanese Sunnis for of the country, setting the ground supports Syria and Assad, against and Syria and his resolved tone of ly and economically, dwindling its by Saad Hariri, the former prime his long absence in tumult country. for his election as the president. A whom some regional states nota- confronting terrorism have raised power and influence in the region. minister who have the most chance Meanwhile, Hariri’s influence in Sau- week before the elections, Nasrallah bly Saudi Arabia and Turkey (not to concerns in international arena. With regards to developments, to ascend to the position again. di Arabia and within the royal family called upon all Lebanese political mention the other Arab states within Western analysis, as expected, con- fighting terrorism would also enter That would be no surprise to is believed to have dropped since parties to join forces and put an end the US-led international coalition), siders the rise of Aoun to presidency a new phase as Aoun has also an- see Saad Hariri, the leader of Leb- the death of King Abdullah. Endors- as a threat and tries to impose the nounced his determination to deal anon’s March 14 Alliance, serving ing Aoun, Hariri would also make a idea that his term would bring about with extremist groups in the region. as the prime minister in Aoun’s distance from Saudis whose trace further crisis and unrest to the coun- Election of Aoun, is therefore, cabinet. Hariri announced his sup- are evident in all major regional ten- try. They argue that Aoun’s alliance a critical turnover rebalancing the port for Michel Aoun earlier on 20 sions including Syria and Yemen and with Hezbollah means more ten- power in the region, where the Re- October paving the way for Aoun who are losing their influence largely sions, and even war, between Leba- sistance Front would have the upper to fill the position. Hariri described among allies as a result of their de- nese and Israeli forces. War in Syria, hand, notably diminishing Saudis his decision as necessary to “pro- structive policies in the region. according to these interpretations, grip of power in region. Election of Aoun, after 45 electoral Endorsing Aoun, Hariri would also make sessions in Lebanon’s Parliament, a distance from Saudis whose trace are therefore, marks a turning point in evident in all major regional tensions political history of Lebanon indicating including Syria and Yemen and who are somehow a consensus among its different losing their influence largely among allies ethnic and political groups after a long as a result of their destructive policies in period. the region. Riyadh awarded UNHRC seat for bombing region One year on, it still remains blurred who is pleasing the By Mina Ahmadi Saudi Arabia was successfully reelected to UNHRC which raised war. Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners claim to have ccused of treating foreign low-paid workers like many eyebrows and has stunned global rights advocates and regained control of more than 80 percent of the country, Aslaves, treating women worse than animals, med- organizations that barely consider taking out the oppressive but the Houthis remain in control of the key strongholds dling in foreign election, supporting terrorism, of Sanaa, Ibb, and Taiz. Moreover, armed groups such as plaguing by nepotism, bribery and a total lack of democ- regime from their blacklists. al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and the Islamic State racy, Saudi Arabia has recently managed to be reelected are gaining ground and support in the south and south- Meanwhile, Riyadh won the Asian ballot with 152 votes, to represent the region on the UN Human Rights Com- east parts of the country, taking advantage of the security and will represent the region on the UNHRC alongside mission (UNHRC) despite criticism from human rights or- vacuum to consolidate their power. One thing is clear: China, Japan and Iraq for the next three years. ganizations. Yemeni civilians are losing the most. South Africa, Rwanda, Egypt and Tunisia were chosen For the first time since UNHRC’s establishment in 2006, Amnesty International and other organizations have from the African group, Cuba and Brazil from Latin Amer- Russia has lost an election to the UN Human Rights Coun- presented compelling evidence over the past year that ica and the Caribbean, and the US and the UK will repre- cil after being narrowly beaten by Croatia in a vote. Saudi indicates all parties to the Yemen conflict have commit- sent the Western bloc, which comprises Western Europe Arabia was successfully reelected. ted war crimes. But some countries do not want to see and North America. The move has raised many eyebrows and has stunned the evidence that is staring them in the face. Flooding Apparent War Crime: global rights advocates and organizations that bare- the region with arms is akin to adding fuel to the fire. Saudi officials have repeatedly abused their position ly consider taking out the oppressive regime from their And yet, Britain, the United States, and France contin- on the Council to block any investigations into the atroci- blacklists. ue to authorize lucrative arms deals with the Saudi-led ties they are responsible for in Yemen and the wider Mid- Earlier this year, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty In- coalition — apparently without batting an eyelash. dle East. ternational in a joint statement lambasted Riyadh for “an According to Foreign Policy website, since November Following an airstrike on a funeral ceremony of Ali appalling record of violations” in Yemen, where it has con- 2013, the US Defense Department has authorized more al-Rawishan, the father of the Sana’a-based administra- ducted a bombing campaign against Houthi rebels since than $35.7 billion in major arms deals to Saudi Arabia. tion’s interior minister, Jalal al-Rawishan in Yemen on Oct 2015, which has resulted in the deaths of up to 4,000 ci- This includes the announcement of a $1.29 billion US 8, which claimed at least 10 dead and wounded over 600 “A Saudi Arabia-led coalition airstrike on a crowded vilians. The two organizations called for Saudi Arabia, a arms sale to Saudi Arabia in November 2015 that will other people, Human Rights Watch blamed the Saudi-led funeral ceremony in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on October member of the apart from a mandatory year-long break supply Riyadh with 18,440 bombs and 1,500 warheads. coalition of war crimes and also lambasted the US and the 8, 2016, is an apparent war crime,” Human Rights Watch after two terms, to be suspended – to no avail. Meanwhile, during his time in office, British Prime Min- UK for supplying weapons to the Saudis. said, calling the strike “unlawfully disproportionate”, RT Saudi Arabia used its power in the council to block an ister David Cameron has overseen the sale of more than On October 8, at least two air-dropped munitions pen- wrote. outside inquiry into the campaign last month, while lead- $9 billion worth of weaponry to Saudi Arabia, including etrated the roof of a hall containing over 1,000 mourners, Famine in Yemen: ing a successful resolution that placed the responsibility nearly $4 billion since airstrikes on Yemen began. killing at least 110 people and wounding 610 during the According to the UN reports, more than half of Yemen’s of investigating human rights abuses in the hands of its The fact that Saudi Arabia just got re-elected to the funeral ceremony of Ali al-Rawishan, the father of the Sa- 28 million people are already short of food and children allies, the exiled Yemeni government. UN Human Rights Council is just another reason why na’a-based administration’s interior minister, Jalal al-Raw- are particularly badly hit, with hundreds of thousands at As per to the United Nations, the atrocious Saudi-led this important institution is in serious need of reform ishan. risk of starvation. war in Yemen has relocated more than three million peo- Meanwhile UNICEF also has announced that over and democratization, in order for it to better live up to ple. The country is already on the verge of famine. More 370,000 children enduring severe malnutrition that weak- the noble and crucial principles of its founding charter. than 21 million Yemenis — 80% of the population — are ens their immune system in Yemen and 1.5 million are The UN needs reform at all levels. The UNHRC in par- in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. going hungry. Food shortages are a long-term problem, ticular should set basic standards of human rights which Russia Out, Saudi Arabia In: but they have got worse in recent months. Half of chil- countries must adhere to in order to even be considered Russia had ended its three-year term and was running dren under five are stunted because of chronic malnu- for a position on the Council. If this were the case coun- against Hungary and Croatia for the two, available seats trition. tries like Croatia and Saudi Arabia wouldn’t be let near from Eastern Europe, RT wrote. A sea blockade on rebel-held areas enforced by the such an organization. Saudi-coalition supporting the president, Abd Rabbuh Saudi officials have repeatedly Mansur Hadi, stops shipments reaching most ports. The fact that Saudi Arabia abused their position on The sea blockade and daily airstrikes, which have hit just got re-elected to the the Council to block any civilian targets including hospitals, are part of a campaign to push rebels out of the capital. UN Human Rights Council is investigations into the There have been widespread calls for an independent just another reason why this atrocities they are responsible inquiry into the conflict, including from senior British MPs. important institution is in for in Yemen and the wider More than a third of Saudi-led bombing raids are thought serious need of reform and to have hit civilian sites, and human rights groups say vio- Middle East. lations are also being perpetrated by Houthi rebels. democratization I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 ADVERTISEMENTS NNOVEMBEROVEMBER 110,0, 22016016

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Dressed up oats protein, try 1 cup non-fat vanilla bean For a fast bite, grab 2-4 ounces (or a to tell friends there needed to be a cultural Put a twist on the classic kids’ treat by Load up on carbohydrates for a longer Greek yogurt — which often packs more palm-sized amount) of sliced chicken with shift in the approach to the is- blending 1 scoop vanilla whey protein workout with ½ cup cooked steel-cut oats protein and probiotics than regular plain an equal portion size of sweet potatoes. or family about sue. “Mental health is so cen- powder, 1 cup orange juice, and 1 cup ice. topped with 1 tablespoon dried fruit and 1 yogurt — with ½ cup fresh blueberries. (Source: greatist.com) their problem. tral to our experience of being alive that if we’re ever to rise to the challenge of preventing mental health problems, it will be because men feel more Iranian Neurosurgeon created unique method for AVM Radiosurgery able to share when they are vulnerable,” Rowland said. “This is not about being more of a man but being more in Iranian Neurosurgeon used New Brainlab Contouring to fuse the pre-existing diagnostic DSA with volumetric touch with our humanity. Software for Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) Radio- MRI and CT images.” “It takes courage to be open and honest about mental health, surgery in Ireland for the first time in the world. “Therefore our patients avoid the discomfort and but when suicide is the leading cause of death for young men, According to Seyed Mohsen Javadpour, Neurosur- risks associated with invasive catheter cerebral angiog- we all have a responsibility to push for cultural change.” geon and Clinical Senior Lecturer at Beaumont Hospital raphy (such as stroke), receiving an overall highly so- Dave Chawner, 27, a comedian who lived with anorexia in Dublin, “Brainlab Elements SmartBrush Angio software phisticated treatment. We will use SmartBrush Angio for and depression for 10 years before seeking support, backed elevates visualization, treatment efficiency and consist- all patients with cerebral AVMs undergoing stereotactic the findings. ency in cranial procedures.” radiosurgery. “It’s important to talk about gender when we talk about In an interview on the sideline of the 1st Internation- “Iran has a lot of experienced and skillful neurosur- mental health. It is more accepted for men to deal with stress, emotions and situations with anger. Anything else is inter- al Congress of Neurovascular Surgery in Mashhad, he Seyed Mohsen Javadpour (L) geons. Public always think that everything in Europe and stated, “This program is produced by Brainlab Company America is better but I was there and I’m telling you that preted as vulnerability and shut down.” and we did the first clinical use of it.” AVMs,” he explained. “In particular, this software elimi- it is a wrong impression because in these cases Iran and In the past year a number of campaigns have been “With SmartBrush Angio we can deliver highly so- nates the need for additional planning digital subtraction the West exchange their knowledge and experiences” he launched to encourage men to talk about their mental health (Source: The Guardian) phisticated frameless radiosurgical treatment of brain angiography (DSA) for nidus identification as it allows us added. (Source:ISNA) problems.

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Italy returns scores of Chehel Sotoun palace: smuggled artifacts to Iran

HERITAGE TEHRAN — A total of 30 historical arti- deskfacts smuggled into Italy in 2008, including A former home of opulence early-Islamic era earthenware and jewelries, were returned home late on November 6. TOURISM TEHRAN — Chehel desk The artifacts were initially delivered to the Iranian Embassy Sotoun, located in the in Rome before they ended up their journey to the National central Iranian city of Isfahan, is a surviv- Museum of Iran (NMI), CHTN reported on Tuesday. ing 17th-century palace, which used to be “The police forces in Monza seized the looted relics to- part of the royal precinct that stretched gether with several other collections in June 2008 after an between Naqsh-e Jahan (Imam) Sq. and Italian antiquities dealer of Pakistani origins shipped them Chahar Bagh Abbasi St. from Bangkok to Italy,” ISNA quoted NMI Director Jebreil The Safavid-era palace was built as a Nokandeh as saying on Monday. pleasure pavilion and reception hall midst Iran, avidly seeking of a large park, itself an exemplar of the to reclaim the artifacts, Persian Garden which has been inscribed brought the case to a on the UNESCO World Heritage list. European court together The name of the palace, which literally with some compelling ev- means “Forty Columns”, derives from the idence. illusion that the twenty columns of the Documents provided front portico are doubled by the reflect- by Iran had already re- ing pool to the south. ceived confirmations from The palace is entered via an elegant the National Museum terrace that connects a pattern of Persian of Oriental Art in Rome, garden to an interior of elaborate design where the haul of historical and splendor. objects were being kept. Chehel Sotoun boasts eye-catching Ultimately, the court frescos that depict multitudes of hu- ruled that parts of the col- man figures, royal meetings, and battle An undated photo depicts majestic frescos that enriches interior atmosphere of the Chehel Sotoun, a Safavid-era palace located in the central lection should be handed scenes amongst them: the reception of Iranian city of Isfahan. an Uzbek King in 1646 and the infamous over to the Iranian Embas- with its own absorbing history and Chehel Sotun is my number 2 favor after tralia, visited September 2016) Battle of Chaldiran against the Ottoman A file photo, shot at the Asian Art sy, Nokandeh explained. its part in them. Relaxing and recom- masjed-e sheikh lotfollah. “We Were Blown Away” Sultan Selim I. Museum of San Francisco, depicts In a similar move, a mended. (Ray C. from the UK, visited The palace is wonderfully designed, This attraction exceeded our expec- Based on historical records, the build- an early-Islamic era earthenware number of other Iranian October 2016) although the 20 slim columns on the tations! The palace was stunning and ing was initially constructed in the mid- bowl handcrafted in northeastern artifacts smuggled to the “Palace, garden, nice wall paintings” terrace and the rectangular pond in the wall paintings were exquisite. It is 17th century and rebuilt in 1706 following Iranian city of Neyshabur. European country over the Huge and beautiful garden surround- front of them are both elegant, I think definitely a must see if you visit Isfahan. a raging fire. past decade, found their ing this palace. The palace itself is not that the real gem are the exquisite mirror The gardens were also lovely and pro- Here is a select of comments that way back home in July 2015. big. But the highlight are the six big paint- works at the ceilings and the interesting vided a nice relief from the busy city visitors to the palace have posted to Tr- “After years of hard-fought legal battle with the Italian art ings on the inside walls. The colors and and well preserved / restored frescos traffic. A tip – don’t buy the postcards ipAdvisor, one of the most popular travel authorities, the Iranian legal team managed to win back the the details really standout. (Chai T. from inside the main hall. sold within the premises. The same websites in the world: stolen artifacts following a restitution order by an appellate Thailand; visited October 2016) I am not a garden person but I found postcards are sold just at the gates for “Pleasant” court in the northern Italian city of Milan,” Press TV reported. “A highlight in Isfahan” the garden there very pleasant. Well half of the price! (Eileen S. from Malay- A little oasis of peace and quiet Earlier in May, Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicraft Among all the attractions in Isfahan, worth a leisurely stroll. (Pchu from Aus- sia, visited October 2016) Organization publicized a call for assistance, asking Iranians abroad to inform the organization in case of tracing smug- gled artifacts and antiquities of Iranian heritage. Long avoided by tourists, Iran is suddenly a hot destination

TEHRAN (The New York Times) — For all of Iran’s at- hospitality should play a part in that policy, he said dur- GLOBETROTTER tractions — breathtaking scenery and numerous World ing a tourism conference in September, the Iranian news Heritage sites, among other things — there are plenty of media reported. The abandoned downsides to vacationing in the Islamic republic. Alcohol Iranian visa policies were already quite simple, with is forbidden. There is very little night life, at least in pub- Europeans able to obtain one on arrival. After the nu- mansions of billionaires lic. All women, including visiting foreigners, are obliged clear deal was reached, the government extended the to wear a head scarf. tourist visa to three months from two weeks. Ameri- While most of Shekhawati’s havelis have crumbled and re- None of that has changed, but suddenly Iran is a cans and Britons are treated differently, permitted to main abandoned, a small window into the world of these booming destination for Europeans seeking an adven- travel the country only in guided tours where they can painted mansions is being preserved. turous vacation, particularly people from Spain, France be watched. Forgotten in the barren landscapes of Rajasthan’s Thar De- and Scandinavia. Even tourism from the United States is The policy of opening up to foreign tourists is pro- sert, the Shekhawati region was once home to the unabashed picking up, industry insiders say. pelling more visits, said Mr. Ramtin, the tour operator. opulence of India’s billionaires. Today, many of the billionaires’ “I only knew Iran through the image the government “When they come home, they tell others Iran is safe and grand havelis (mansions) are crumbling – the fading frescoes presents in the media,” said Magali Magnim, a 33-year- secure, and more will come. All in all, our image is slowly marking the only vestiges of the area’s vanished glory. old video technician from Lyon, France. She and two European and Iranian tourists visiting the palace of Darius the Great being upgraded.” The rise of merchant success friends were in Isfahan, one of Iran’s most historic cities, in the ancient city of Persepolis in Iran in 2014. (Getty Images) Every breakthrough in tourism is widely celebrated. as part of a three-week tour. “But everything is so differ- Last month, when the Dutch carrier KLM became the ent from what I expected.” latest European airline to fly to Iran, Iranian firefighters What surprised her was that it felt safe. “Here on the Iranian visa policies were sprayed arcs of water over one of its aircraft in greeting. streets, I feel more safe here than in France,” Ms. Magnim already quite simple, with Iranian photojournalists covered it as if they were shoot- said. “I feel everybody I meet can be trusted.” Europeans able to obtain ing a red-carpet event. “KLM returns to Iran,” front pages For many tourists, a trip to Iran was always more than said the next day. just a holiday. It was a journey into the unknown, with a one on arrival. After the Hotel development, in the deep freeze in the dec- frisson of danger added. For decades, news coverage of nuclear deal was reached, the ades of isolation, has kicked in, with three new properties the country was overwhelmingly negative… For outsid- government extended the in Tehran since 2015 and more planned. However, overall tourist visa to three months from two weeks. house, used to receive around 20 million tourists a year Founded by the eponymous Rajput chieftain Rao Shekha before an increase in terrorist attacks, a dispute with in the late 15th Century, Shekhawati prospered immensely at Moscow over a downed fighter plane and a failed coup the turn of the 19th Century. attempt cut into the total. The region reduced taxes to lure merchants and diverted “In our travel agency, we catered to a thousand West- all caravan trade from the nearby commercial centers of Jai- erners last year and will have well over 2,000 Western pur and Bikaner. visitors this year,” said Hossein Ramtin at the Marco Polo Merchants belonging to the Marwari and Bania commu- Iran Touring Company, one of the largest tour operators nity, a renowned ethnic trading group in India, moved into in Iran. Shekhawati from the surrounding towns, and amassed great He noted that many visitors are brought to Iran by wealth through a flourishing trade in opium, cotton and spic- foreign tour operators and other companies — includ- es. Modest merchant homes started giving way to grand The Grand Bazaar in Tehran in July. (Getty Images) ing The New York Times, which offers cultural tours — Visitors aboard a tourist train in Tehran, the Iranian capital, in and that he expected their numbers to rise. “Especially January. (Getty Images) mansions by the end of the 19th Century. ers, Iran has been a dark and scary place. French and Spanish tourists are coming in large num- Where wealth melds with artistic expression What was often lost was the other side of Iran: its tourist services are poor in many parts of the country, bers,” he said. When trade moved from caravan routes to sea routes ancient history, its young and open-minded population, guides complain. Opening the country to tourists is part of Mr. Rou- and railways in the 1820s, Rajasthan’s trade centers were on a its food and culture. After the 2015 nuclear agreement Basically everything in the industry needs improving, hani’s carefully planned outreach to the West, aimed at steady decline. However, the enterprising merchants of Shek- between Iran and six world powers, which led to the lift- said Pegah Ghanaat, a tour guide who works with Span- cementing ties after the nuclear deal. Iran’s culture of hawati followed the money trail and moved to the fledgling ing of most sanctions and a reconnection to the world, ish visitors. “The entire tourism infrastructure needs an port towns of Bombay and Calcutta on the Indian coast, the sharpest edges seem to have been taken off. Long overhaul,” she said. “It’s as simple as that.” sending back enormous amounts of money to their homes suspicious of foreigners, Iranian officials — led by the The number of Western Ms. Magnim, the French tourist, and her friends in Shekhawati and thus heralding an era of uniquely painted avuncular-looking President Hassan Rouhani — are now tourists who are visiting is have found a way around the problem of hotel havelis that acted as lavish displays of wealth. welcoming them. room shortages by using social media as their guide. Many courtyards and elaborate designs The number of Western tourists who are visiting is hard to gauge accurately. Through a website called Couchsurfing, they spend Most Havelis were built in a similar architectural style – hard to gauge accurately. Officials say more than 5.2 mil- Officials say more than 5.2 their nights in the houses of Iranians who want to usually two storied buildings with two to four open courtyards lion tourists visited last year, and more are expected this million tourists visited last meet foreigners. arranged within a rectangular block. Each courtyard and the year. But that counts the millions of Shiite pilgrims who year, and more are expected “When you stay in people’s homes, you get to know corresponding rooms were designated for specific purposes. come to the country annually. the real culture,” Ms. Magnim said. “It turns out many Frescoes adorn every surface In comparison, Turkey, the region’s tourism power- this year. Iranians have the same dreams and ideas we have.” Inspired by the 17th-century ochre frescoes introduced by the Rajput kings of Jaipur in Amer Fort, the merchants com- missioned intricate paintings on every inch of the mansion walls – including exteriors, interiors, ceilings and even the Australian theme park to shut down ride that killed four people spaces under the arches and eaves. A wide range of colors Australia’s Dreamworld theme park will permanently commissioned out of respect for the memories of the of every ride in the park, which has been closed since the Painters were first commissioned from the city of Jaipur, shut a water ride on which four people were killed last victims and their families. tragedy, Thomas said. but after noticing a rising interest in frescoes, members from month, owner Ardent Leisure Group said on Wednesday. “The closure of the ride is the only respectful and ap- “No ride at Dreamworld will operate until the Work- the potter community in Shekhawati started learning the Two men and two women died in October after get- propriate course of action,” Ardent Chief Executive Deb- place Health and Safety Audit has been completed and craft and created a proliferation of distinct styles across differ- ting trapped under an upturned raft on the Thunder Riv- orah Thomas said in a statement. unless it passes the multi-level internal and external re- ent villages. It is not entirely clear if the artists had full reign er Rapids ride at Dreamworld, near the Gold Coast tourist Engineering firm Pitt & Sherry has begun an external view process,” she said. over the designs or if they were given specific instructions in district in Australia’s northeastern state of Queensland. review of all Dreamworld and Whitewater World rides Ardent shares have slumped 21 percent since choosing patterns and mythological scenes. (Source: BBC) Ardent Chief Executive said the ride would be de- and operating systems, separate from an internal review the accident. (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NNOVEMBEROVEMBER 110,0, 22016016 SCIENCE 11

NASA to launch ‘swarms’ of small, Weird ‘gravity’ waves above Antarctica caused by ice vibrations Earth-observing satellites Peculiar atmospheric waves that have puzzled scientists since they were spotted in Antarctica a few years ago, above the NASA plans to launch a suite of tiny, Energy balances massive Ross Ice Shelf, may have a source: Tiny vibrations in next-generation satellites into Earth’s A planned constellation of multiple the ice are traveling miles into the sky to create huge atmos- orbit to study weather patterns and RAVAN (Radiometer Assessment using pheric ripples. climate change. These missions will VerticallyAligned Nanotubes) satellites Stretching between Antarctica and the Ross Sea, the Ross conduct important scientific research would be evenly distributed around plan- Ice Shelf is the world’s larg- while also advancing the technology et Earth to measure energy balances in est body of ice. needed to launch smaller, cheaper the global atmosphere and monitor cli- Since ice thickness is satellites, NASA said. mate change. one factor that determines The space agency hosted a telecon- A planned constellation of multiple the size of the resulting at- ference on Nov. 7 from its headquarters RAVAN (Radiometer Assessment using mospheric ripples, scientists in Washington, D.C., to discuss some of VerticallyAligned Nanotubes) satellites could someday use meas- the new small satellites, or “smallsats,” that would be evenly distributed around plan- urements in the air disrup- will launch in the coming months. et Earth to measure energy balances in tions to monitor the Ross Ellen Stofan, chief scientist at NASA the global atmosphere and monitor cli- Ice Shelf, said lead study Headquarters, explained that small mate change. author Oleg Godin, a pro- satellites can reduce the costs of space- In a separate mission, a swarm of 12 fessor of physics at the Na- based Earth observations. Additionally, CubeSats will study tropical cyclones val Postgraduate School in the satellites can increase access to while also measuring and tracking air Monterey, California. space for private companies as well as pollution. This mission is called TROPICS, The atmospheric waves, universities and students interested in short for Time-Resolved Observations of also sometimes referred pursuing science experiments in Earth’s Precipitation structure and storm Intensity to as gravity waves, were orbit, Stofan said. with a Constellation of Smallsats. found in lidar measurements taken between 2011 and 2015 Small satellites A planned constellation of multiple RAVAN Each satellite will use a radiometer at the research station in McMurdo Sound on Ross Island, “Small satellites have several advan- (Radiometer Assessment using VerticallyAligned instrument to measure temperature and which is one of the anchors of the Ross Ice Shelf. (Lidar is tages,” he said during the teleconfer- water vapor profiles of storms. William similar to radar but uses a pulsing infrared laser in place of ence. “They reduce the risk and cost of Nanotubes) satellites would be evenly distributed Blackwell, the principal investigator for radio waves.) demonstrating precursor technologies around planet Earth to measure energy balances in TROPICS, said during the teleconference The lidar measurements revealed waves that occurred in and infusing them into larger flight pro- that the satellites are about the size of a periods that varied from 3 to 10 hours and at an altitude of jects. They’re used for flight testing and the global atmosphere and monitor climate change. milk carton and weigh about 8 lbs. (3.6 20 to 70 miles (30 to 115 km), according to the research. demonstrating new proof-of-concept to launch Dec. 12 will fly in formation satellites that will monitor the greenhouse kilograms) each. Godin and his co-author, Nikolay Zabotin, a research components. And they enable affordable over the Earth’s most hurricane-prone gas effect and Earth’s changing climate. With 12 individual CubeSats, the TROP- professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, came up with distributive science observation systems latitudes to monitor the weather and The first RAVAN is a three-unit CubeSat, ICS constellation of small satellites will fly the hypothesis that vibrational waves within the Ross Ice Shelf using constellations or swarms of small improve storm-forecasting capabilities. or mini satellite, scheduled to launch later over any part of the tropics about every 30 were causing these strange atmospheric disruptions. satellites to achieve broad coverage.” Another mission, the Radiometer this month, said Bill Swartz, the mission’s minutes. This will allow the mission to mon- (Source: Live Science) For example, eight identical spacecraft Assessment using Vertically Aligned principal investigator. If all goes well, itor the quickly changing features of tropical in NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation Nanotubes (RAVAN) project, aims to RAVAN satellites may someday swarm cyclones as they progress. Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission slated encompass the globe with several orbiting around the entire planet. (Source: space.com) Wind farms could be killing 80,000 After dinosaur extinction, some Gluten may not be to blame bats a year, new study finds insects recovered more quickly for wheat sensitivities, Wind farms are probably killing tens Fossilized leaves from the Lefipán research shows of thousands of bats a year, even Formation in Patagonia, Argentina, that Gluten may not be the culprit when it comes to wheat where risk assessments have been show signs of damage from different sensitivities, according to a new body of research presented carried out to prevent the deaths, a insects. These fossils are all between 60 at the United European Gastroenterology Week 2016. study has found. and 70 million years old. Instead, a team of scientists from Johannes Gutenberg Researchers at the University of The asteroid that smashed into the Earth University in Germany discovered a different protein in Exeter used sniffer dogs to locate the near Chicxulub, Mexico, some 66 million wheat known as amylase-trypsin inhibitors (ATIs), which bodies of stricken bats near turbines to years ago annihilated the dinosaurs and may be what triggers stomach-sickening inflammation and find out the scale of the problem. obliterated about 75 percent of all plant and other symptoms. A survey of 29 wind farms showed animal species on Earth. The devastation For the study, the team stopped focusing on gluten — a that 194 bats a month were killed, affected insects living thousands of miles protein found in wheat, barley and rye — and shifted their although the figure is likely to be higher least 30 million years and during that north and south of the impact zone as well. researchers from Argentina. attention to ATIs because it appears to cause inflammation because many of the dead creatures time have been able to fly happily In western North America, earlier Asteroid impact and worsen other chronic health conditions. would have fallen prey to scavengers. without the risk of colliding with a research found that it took nine million The findings suggest that Although ATIs only make up 4 percent of proteins found in If the figure was extrapolated to spinning object. years for ancient insects to recover from ecosystems in different parts of the wheat, they are responsible for a lot of damage throughout all of Britain’s onshore wind farms it “There are effective ways of the extinction event. But on the other side world repaired themselves at different the body. Not only is the stomach at risk for dangerous could mean that around 80,000 bats preventing bat deaths. Unfortunately of the world, in South America’s Patagonia rates following the asteroid impact. inflammation, but so are the lymph nodes, kidneys, spleen are being killed each year by turbines. we have found that assessments region, new findings suggest that the Like their modern-day counterparts, and brain, as well. The research also showed that the risk conducted when wind farms are being insects bounced back twice as fast. ancient beetles, moths, flies, wasps, ATIs may also contribute to the development of non-celiac of bat death increased by 18 per cent planned are very poor at identifying Scientists don’t know why the two re- grasshoppers and other insects all gluten sensitivity. Those who do not have celiac disease, for each extra meter of blade length. whether a site is likely to be risky.” gions rebounded at different rates, but feasted upon plants in unique ways, which is a serious autoimmune disease that causes damage Some individual turbines were found to The main casualties of wind turbines studies of fossilized leaves with nibbles leaving behind distinct patterns of to the intestines, can still be negatively affected by gluten- kill around five bats a month. were two common species of bats: and bite marks from insects showed ev- damage. Some bit holes through containing foods, such as pastas, breads and baked goods. Peak migration the Common Pipstrelle and Soprano idence of Patagonia’s speedier recovery. leaves while others only munched on According to the Celiac Disease Foundation, one out of Dr. Fiona Matthews, of Exeter Pipistrelle, tiny bats with reddish-brown Fossilized leaves the top or bottom layers. Some chewed every 100 people suffer from celiac disease, but it is unclear University, who led the research, which coats and blackish-brown ears. Additional fossilized leaves with along the veins of the leaf while others how many suffer from general wheat sensitivity. was partly funded by the government, Bodies of the Noctule, one of the insect damage. The fossils suggest that chomped through it. Others used their “We believe that ATIs can promote inflammation of other said operators should be encouraged larger European bat species which insect populations recovered from the strawlike mouthparts to pierce the immune-related chronic conditions outside of the bowel,” to switch turbines off during peak sometimes come out before sunset asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs leaves and suck up juices. said the findings’ presenter Dr. Detlef Schuppan, who is migration and breeding seasons, such to feed on moths, beetles and other faster in Patagonia than they did in Larvae burrowed through the leaves a professor at both Johannes Gutenberg University and as summer nights. large flying insects, were also found parts of North America. and created tunnel marks while eggs Harvard Medical School, in a press release. The scientists think that bats may around turbines. After examining more than 3,600 leave lumps in the leaves. (Source: NewsWeek) turn off their sonar when high up A dead Nathusius’s Pipistrelle, fossilized leaves from Patagonia for After millions of years, the damaged because they don’t expect anything to which has recently been found to be insect damage, researchers have leaves fossilized. Scientists can charac- be blocking their path. They may also migratory, was also found, raising concluded that it took about 4 million terize and classify the leaf damage and be attracted to insects which gather concerns about whether onshore and years for insects in South America to use the patterns to gain insight into the round the blades so an area that off-shore wind farms could pose a recover after the mass extinction event types of insects that were present dur- Record hot year may be the seemed clear in a pre-construction threat to their navigation route. that ended the Cretaceous period. ing a particular time period. Though risk assessment could end up having First author on the Current Biology “We found that plant-feeding insects they cannot identify what specific new normal by 2025 any bats. paper, Dr. Paul Lintott, said that although in Patagonia recovered much faster af- species caused each damage mark, An “open field might not be wind farms do kill bats it is important to ter the asteroid that hit Mexico 66 mil- by looking at the diversity of damage The hottest year on record globally in 2015 could be just very interesting, whereas once new remember the wider benefits of renewa- lion years ago compared to insects in the types occurring over the course of another average year by 2025 if carbon emissions continue to structures are built the bats may ble energy in reducing greenhouse gas western United States,” said Michael Do- millions of years they can infer more rise at their current rate, according to new research published investigate it or feed around it,” said Dr. emissions and the positive impact that novan, a graduate student in geoscienc- generally about how insects thrived at in the Bulletin of American Meteorological Society. Matthews. this will have on global biodiversity. es at Pennsylvania State University and different time periods. And no matter what action we take, human activities “Bats have been around for at (Source: The Telegraph) lead author of the study which included (Source: The NYT) had already locked in a “new normal” for global average temperatures that would occur no later than 2040, according to lead author Dr. Sophie Lewis, from the Australian National Metallic hydrogen is metastable could be used as superlightweight structural material for floating cities University (ANU) hub of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Metallic hydrogen has been created in a diamond anvil of synthesis were readily achieved in the lab. A study Climate System Science (ARCCSS). in a Harvard lab. showed a way to prepare metallic almost-hydrogen for However, while annual global average temperatures were Diamond anvil cells can use only vanishingly small possible practical use. locked in, it was still possible with immediate and strong sample sizes. A typical amount is about 160 cubic mi- PNAS - A little bit of lithium does a lot for hydrogen. action on carbon emissions to prevent record breaking crometers.If metallic hydrogen is metastable then there From detailed assessments of electronic structure, seasons from becoming average - at least at regional levels. are a lot of potential applications. they found that a combination of significantly quantal “If we continue with business-as-usual emissions, extreme Metastable would mean that the phases could retain elements, six of seven atoms being hydrogen, becomes seasons will inevitably become the norm within decades their high-pressure forms for an indefinite period once ex- a stable metal at a pressure approximately 1/4 of that and Australia will be the canary in the coal mine that will ternal forces are removed, much as diamonds formed by required to metalize pure hydrogen itself. The system, experience this change first,” said Dr. Lewis. high temperatures and pressures deep inside Earth remain LiH6 (and other LiHn), may well have extensions beyond “That means the record hot summer of 2013 in Australia diamonds even after they reach the surface, instead of im- the constituent lithium. - when we saw temperatures approaching 50°C in parts of mediately reverting to carbon’s more stable form, graphite. Hypothetical materials Australia, bushfires striking the Blue Mountains in October, Nellis and others have imagined a host of applica- These hypothetical materials demonstrate that non- major impacts to our health and infrastructure and a summer tions for metastable metallic hydrogen, ranging from: traditional stoichiometries can considerably expand the that was so hot it became known as the “angry summer” - Super-lightweight structural materials that would al- under a pressure of 1.5 million bar. This suggests that the view of chemical combination under moderate pressure. could be just another average summer season by 2035. low entire cities floating on the sea to be built. theoretical predictions of room temperature supercon- Similar to ammonia borane, the metastable metal hydrides “But if we reduce emissions drastically to the lowest To rocket fuel that packs nearly four times as much ductivity for metallic hydrogen are correct. offer high capacities and low temperature hydrogen release. pathway recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on propellant power per kilogram as the liquid hydrogen In 2009, hydrogen-rich metallic compounds, such as However, unlike ammonia borane, thermal decomposition Climate Change (RCP2.8), then we will never enter a new used in the most powerful rockets today. LiH2, LiH6 and LiH8 became stable under high pressure. does not result in the formation of gaseous species that can normal state for extreme seasons at a regional level in the Hydrogen sulphide becomes a superconductor at the Many of their properties would be similar to those degrade capacity and poison the fuel cell. 21st Century.” surprisingly high temperature of 203 K (–70 °C), when of the long-sought metallic hydrogen, but conditions (Source: nextbigfuture.com) (Source: EurekAlert) NOVEMBER 10, 2016

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INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES It’s never too late to start running day they are able to obtain. my training and the funds raised over of programme participants and asked ARTICLE I became a member of the New York the weeks. I am grateful for the enor- those I knew who had previously run By Maher Nasser Road Runners organization, bought mous support and encouragement I a marathon for advice on topics such Maher Nasser is Director of the running shoes and ran my first 4-mile received. Every time I almost gave up as the best running shoes to buy, what Outreach Division, Department of race in Central Park in April 2013. Since on going out for a training run because to wear for the race, the best time of Public Information, United Nations. then, I have run around 30 other races, I was too tired, or it was too hot or day to train, the best hydration and s a child growing up in Ramallah, including three half-marathons, one full too cold, I would recall the number of fueling techniques, what to eat the I never enjoyed running or ran marathon, five 10-kilometre races and contributions made on my fundraising night before a marathon, and how to A the rest mostly 4–5 mile events. When page and the heart-warming messag- stay focused and motivated. Of course, much, other than short distances in games with other children, in physical you run a race, you can’t help but be es sent by those who fully supported everyone mentioned “the wall”—the education classes at school or fleeing swept up in the energy and my cause. I would then put on my run- point at which your body and mind Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own zeal of the thousandsousands of ning shoes and do my assigned run want to quit the race and the urge to garden and decorate your own soul. (Luther Burbank) soldiers during demonstrations. In 1986, I went running in Jerusalem with a friend runners aroundd you.you. Rain forfor that daday.y. Had I not connected stopstop becomes overwhelming.over “The who ran 45–50 minutes every day dur- or shine, runnersners of all my run to a fundraising goal and wall” usually hits betbetween the twen- ing his lunch hour. I was exhausted after ages and abilitieslities line received such overwhelming supsup-- 20 minutes and eventually took the bus up and eagerlyly await port, I would not have run 500 or EveryEvery timetime I almost the start gun befobeforere so miles in the 20 weeks leadinleadingg Italian court allows mother back to the Arab Thought Forum, the gavegave upup oonn going non-governmental organization in East taking off at didifferentfferent up to the Marathon, or been able to give child her name Jerusalem for which we both worked at speeds and inn varied toto fifinishnish the Marathon itselitself.f. ComCom-- outout forfor a ttraining the time. That was the beginning and styles. For the mamajorityjority mittingmitting to a ggoaloal that affects the Italy’s constitutional court has ruled against legislation that auto- run becausebeca I end of my running experience in my ear- of runners, thee goal is lives ooff others was key matically gives children of married couples the father’s surname. was too ttired,tii or ly twenties. It was not until 2013, a few to finish and mmaybeaybe achieve toto pushing mymy-- Lawyers argued that preventing families from giving chil- months after I turned 50 that I took up a personal bestt for that dis- selfself toto finfindd iitt waswas tootoo hot or dren their mother’s surname discriminated against women. running again. tance. For me, tthehe races thethe time too cocold,ld, I would The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) had earlier On 1 November 2015, I did something were also incorporat-porat- and enerener-- condemned the legislation - which dates from Roman times recarecallll ttheh e nnumber I never thought I would ever be able to ed into the trainingaining gy to run - and ordered Italy to change it. do: I finished the New York City (NYC) programmes fforor 25–3025–30 milesmiles offib contrcontributionsib Campaigners hailed Tuesday’s ruling and called for parlia- Marathon. It was my first marathon, and half-marathons or a week. mademade ono my ment to endorse it. as I crossed the finish line, I told myself the NYC Marathon.athon. DuringDuring the “The court has declared the unlawfulness of rules pro- fundraisinffundraisingundraisin page that it would be my last. I knew that run- They provided me witwithh 20 weeks ofof mara-mara- viding for the automatic attribution of the paternal surname ananddhd thethe heart- h ning 26.2 miles (42.2 km) would be ex- great motivationon to stick thonthon training, I raised to legitimate children, when the parents wish otherwise,” the hausting, but it was much more taxing on to the trainingg anandd were $29,000.$29,000. Thanks to the warmingwarming messagesm constitutional court said in a statement. the body and mind than I had anticipat- a change fromm solitary runs support and generosity The case involved an Italian-Brazilian couple who wanted to sentsent by tthothoseho who ed, and I vowed never to repeat it. along the East River, in Central of family, friends and give their son both their surnames, as is traditional in many Latin Park or on thee treatreadmill.dmill. RaceRacess colleagues,colleagues, Yasmin, fullyfully supportedsupposuppo my countries. After their request was rejected by Italian authorities, they In 2014, I joined a also provide a means to obtain Nour and Warda ccause.ause. I wowould then took the case to the ECHR, which ruled in their favor in 2014. guaranteed entrytry in the following havehave eacheach re-re- putput on mmyy running It said the law was incompatible with the principle of gen- race called Run 10 year’s Marathon.on. You meet ototherher ceivedceived a schol-schol- shoesshoes andand do my der equality enshrined in Italy’s modern constitution. Feed 10 and opted runners and hearar about their goals arship that will Italy’s lower house has approved a bill aimed at changing to raise funds for the and aspirationss and, in many assignedassigned run for the law, but it has been blocked in the Senate for years. cases, the causeses fforor which they thatthat dday. “The Constitutional Court has taken a decision of great UNRWA emergency are raising funds,ds, such as can- importance for our society,” campaigner and left-wing MP appeal for Gaza to cer research, a neighbourhood ty-firstty-first and twenty-thtwenty-third miles, which Fabrizia Giuliani is quoted as saying by AFP news agency. help feed 10 families charity or the UUnitednited Nation’s isis the distance ofof the longest training (Source: BBC) Children’s Fund (UNICEF). run before a marathomarathon.n When I ran the for a month; I was In 2014, threee colleagues, NYC Marathon, I waswa surprised that able to raise $5,350, having heard aaboutbout my whilewhile everyone spokespoke about “the wall”, enough to feed 5 new interest iinn runnrunning,ing, nobodynobody mentionedmentioned “the“th hedge” at mile LEARN ENGLISH approached mmee about 14, or “the fence” at mmile 18 or worse families for a month. joining a race cacalledlled Run still,still, “the“the ditch”ditch” at mimilele 25, which drags Getting Access to For me, finishing the Marathon was 10 Feed 10, which was you down. When you reach “the ditch”, not an end in itself. When I complet- scheduled for 21 Septem- you really have to forceforc yourself to fin- Restricted Areas ed high school, I received a scholar- ber of that year.ar. The race ish that final mile and that most-hated ship from the United Nations Relief and enabled each runner to 0.2-mile0.2-mile stretch alongalo Central Park Security officer: Excuse me, sir, but this is a restricted area . Works Agency for Palestine Refugees select their ownwn cause fforor cover tuition forfor fourfour West leading to the finish line in Only authorized personnel are permitted . in the Near East (UNRWA). The schol- which to raise ffunds.unds. I opted years of university educaeduca-- thethe Park.Park. Carl: I just want to take a quick look. Is this really where the arship was greatly appreciated in my to raise funds foror the UNRWA tion.tion. Yasmin is studying Eng- ByBy finishinfinishingg the 2015 NYC president will be speaking? family of six children, as by the time I emergency appealpeal fforor Gaza lishlish Language andand Literature aatt Marathon,Marathon, I completed the Security officer: I can neither confirm nor deny that, sir. finished high school, three of my sib- to help feed 100 families for a Birzeit University near RamaRamallahllah anandd “9+1”“9+1” programme—ninep Please step aside. lings were university students. For Pal- month; $1080 wouldwould provide a Nour is studying English Language at racesrac and one vol- Carl: What if I have press credentials ? Could I get in then? estine refugees, providing their children family with basicsic monthly ffoodood An-NajahAn-Najah NationalNational University in NaNab-b- unteeru opportu- Security officer: Only if you’ve been screened by security . with education is the most valuable supplies. Whilee I ddidid not meet lus.lus. WardaWarda is studyingstudying to bbee a teacteach-h- nity—requiredn to Really, sir, I must ask you to leave this area. It is off-limits to you. investment they can make. Families my initial target,et, I was able to erer at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza. The qualifyq for the fol- Carl: Couldn’t I just hang around and watch while people ar- will sacrifice much to ensure that their raise $5,350, enough to threethree young women acachievedhieved gradesgrades lowinglo year’s race. rive? I won’t say a word. children finish school and, if possible, feed 5 familiess for of between 96.6 and 97.6 per cent in So,So, when the email Security officer: No, and if you persist , I’ll have to have you attend university and obtain the high- a month. Withth thethe Tawjihi (secondary school leaving arrivedarrive from New York shown out . est degree they can. Over the years, that experiencee exam) tatakenken bbyy aallll gragraduatingduating highhigh RoadRoad Runners, I did Carl: I’m not causing any trouble. I’m an American citi- the number of scholarships provided in mind, and aass school students in Palestine. A fourth not hesitatehe to register zen and this is a free country! I can stand wherever I want to. by UNRWA to Palestine refugees has I started trainingng scholarshipscholarship could not be ggranted,ranted, as to rrunun ttheh 2016 Marathon. Security officer: Not on private property . Jim, could you declined, and it is contingent on donor for the NYC Mara- UNRWA requires donors to secure As I did in 2015, I will soon please escort this gentleman off the premises ? contributions. As a former beneficiary thon in June 2015, I set up a fundrais- $8,000 to cover tuition for four years of start raising funds for more scholarships Carl: Hey, this is a travesty ! I’m going to file a formal protest of the programme, I decided to do my ing page on a crowdfunding platform study and I remain $3,000 short. in Palestine. I hope to break last year’s re- ! part to help needy students finish the and shared it through Facebook and In preparation for the NYC Mara- cord and enable more deserving young Security officer: You do that. Just do it off the premises. university degree that they dream of by email with family, friends and col- thon, I enrolled in an online training women and men to achieve their aspira- (Source: eslpod.com) and that their families pray night and leagues. I provided regular updates on programme, joined a Facebook group tion to attend university. Words & phrases restricted area: a restricted area can only be seen or used ENGLISH IN USE by a particular group of people because it is secret or dangerous authorized personnel: someone who is formally and prop- ???? 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I'm not Explanation: if you are back on your feet, after you advise other people to do an illness or an accident, you are physically healthy that a shop, restaurant, company etc. uses For example: Dad always told us we should your employee. travesty: used in order to say that something is extremely bad again only watch an hour of television every day, but we all For example: My grandmother had a bad 'flu and is not what it is claimed to be knew he didn't practice what he preached. formal protest: to formally do something to show that you but she's back on her feet again. think that something is wrong and unfair I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 10, 2016 WORLD IN FOCUS 13 Dozens of ISIL terrorists killed in Protests erupt across U.S. after Mosul operations Trump’s presidential victory Protests have erupted in cities across the United States after Dozens of the Islamic State in Iraq and 42,000 displaced since start of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was declared the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorists have Mosul assault: IOM the winner of the nation’s presidential election. reportedly been killed during separate Nearly 42,000 people have fled their Although there were protests elsewhere in the country, the operations in and around Mosul as Ira- homes since last month’s start of the op- West Coast appeared to have the most activity. qi government troops and their allies are eration to recapture Mosul from the ISIL, More than 100 protesters unhappy with Trump’s election tightening the noose around the terror- the International Organization for Migra- staged a march on Wednesday morning in Portland, Oregon. ists controlling the northern city. tion said on Wednesday. The protesters chanted anti-Trump slogans and blocked The Arabic-language al-Sumaria tele- Aid organizations have warned that traffic in the area. Some of the protesters burned the U.S. vision network reported on Wednesday more than a million people could be dis- flag, littering the streets with debris. that Iraqi fighter jets, backed by those of placed in the battle for Mosul, and while Trumps’ election victory also sparked protests early on the United States-led military coalition, it has not yet reached that scale, the Wednesday across the state of California, drawing crowds to have hit ISIL positions in Albu Seif village numbers are growing. city streets and college campuses. south of Mosul, located some 400 kilom- The IOM said on its displacement tracking The demonstrators openly disavowed the president-elect eters north of the capital Baghdad, leav- web page that 41,988 people have been “dis- and a few resorted to vandalism, reflecting their sadness, ing 40 of the terrorists dead. placed as a result of the ongoing Mosul op- anger and bursts of rage. Pro-government fighters from Pop- erations which began on 17 October 2016.” A violent protest also erupted in San Francisco and nearby ular Mobilization Units (PMU/al-Hashd That was an increase of more than Oakland. Demonstrators set fire to an effigy of Trump and al-Sha’abi) also launched an offensive 7,000 from the figure the IOM gave the smashed front windows of buildings across the bay from San against ISIL hideouts in Mawali village, previous day, but it was unclear when the Francisco. Up to 1,500 people gathered at the University of situated about 20 kilometers west of Mo- spike in displacement occurred. California in Los Angeles (UCLA) shortly after Trump delivered sul, killing 22 terrorists. The vast majority of those displaced a victory speech in New York City. Meanwhile, there are reports that are from Nineveh province, of which Students also held a protest on the campuses of the heavy clashes are going on between Iraqi Mosul is the capital, but the IOM has University of California in Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Irvine security forces and ISIL Takfiris in Mosul’s also included people from several other and San Diego.There were earlier protests outside the White eastern district of al-Zahra. After months of preparation, Ira- has set up 82 “rapid response teams” provinces in the Mosul operation figures. House as votes count showed Trump was in the lead. There, A local source, requesting anonymity, qi army soldiers, backed by volunteer to manage potential disease outbreaks, While the worst-case scenario has the protesters said they feel betrayed and scared at the also said ISIL terrorists have moved more fighters and Kurdish Peshmerga forces, chemical exposure and other health con- not materialized so far, Iraqi forces have prospect of Trump’s presidency. than 80 families from the eastern Mosul launched an operation on October 17 to cerns among people fleeing Mosul. yet to push deep into the city, and the In the nation’s capital on the East Coast, a crowd of more neighborhood of Faisaliyah to a western retake the strategic city of Mosul from the The UN agency said internally dis- number of people fleeing the area could than 1,000 people showed up in front of the White House district at gunpoint. ISIL terrorists. placed persons from Mosul could face increase dramatically when that occurs. early on Wednesday morning to oppose a future Trump The source added that the displace- Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has difficulties with water distribution and Both Mosul residents and the United administration. ment came as Iraqi soldiers together with vowed that Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, sanitation as a direct result of their grow- Nations have reported that ISIL has forci- (Source: agencies) their allied PMU and Kurdish Peshmerga will be fully recaptured by year-end. ing numbers, warning that the risk of bly gathered civilians for possible use as forces are making advancements in battles The World Health Organization food- and water-borne diseases such as human shields. against ISIL terrorists in and around Mosul. (WHO) announced on Tuesday that it cholera is high. (Source: agencies) Five students injured in tuition fee protest in DR Hillary Clinton election loss comes as great shock Congo capital 1 “Based on our review, we have not changed our debate in October 2015. Harshly rebuking democratic And now, Clinton has failed to break through it, thanks, conclusions that we expressed in July,” Comey stated in hopeful former Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chaffee’s in part, to her masterful guilt offensive pressuring women Students and police have clashed in the Democratic Republic his letter to congress, recommending that no further ac- focus on the Clinton email server debacle, Sanders de- to vote for her. Feminist Gloria Steinem suggested that of the Congo amid protests over a rise in tuition fees. tion be taken against Clinton. clared, “The American people are sick and tired of hear- young women only support Sanders because “the Reports on Wednesday said five students were shot and Comey’s de-facto acquittal of Clinton two days ing about your damn emails. ... Enough of the emails. boys are with Bernie,” while former secretary of state seriously wounded and 18 others sustained injuries in clashes before the election reeks of covert conniving by Let’s talk about the real issues facing America.” Sanders Madeleine Albright threatened, “There’s a special place with police officers in the capital Kinshasa, where students Potomac plutocrats at the loftiest levels to place their properly concluded his performance by endorsing Clin- in hell for women who don’t help each other.” were protesting against altered exchange rates affecting candidate in a more favorable light. And for a wider ton for the presidency on July 12, much to the disap- Last but not least, this election was more easily their fee payments. margin of safety, the state department has asked the pointment of his supporters. manipulated than previous presidential races since the Witnesses said seven students, including a woman, were court for five years to review 31,000 pages of Clinton Clearly, the military heavyweights wanted Hillary to federal oversight mandated by the 1965 Voting Rights under observation at ISTA’s medical center. emails from her tenure as secretary of state before win. While it is true that Trump had 88 endorsements Act was struck down by a supreme court ruling. This The clashes erupted after police fired tear gas at class- turning them over to the FBI for examination. If Hillary from fairly high-ranking military officers, none were means that the U.S. department of justice only sent one- rooms. Reports said about 100 police officers had surround- had won the election and informed sources had been combat commanders or service branch chiefs. Clinton, third of the observers it had sent to oversee the 2012 ed the university. The operation came after students burned correct in predicting a one-term presidency, the state in sharp contrast, not only managed to collect a election. And foreign observers were not welcomed, two vehicles and attacked some nearby storefronts. department’s review would not be completed before greater number (over 95), but also her support was either. In fact, 14 states prohibited the Warsaw-based Patrick Makonzo, the vice president of ISTA’s student union, she vacated the White House for the winner of the 2020 from among the highest ranking, such as retired Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said the protesters condemned academic authorities’ appli- presidential election. Marine Corps General John Allen, former deputy (OSCE) from observing their voting activities. cation of the increased exchange rate, which he said would Then there was the matter of the candidacy of “dem- commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) But even with OSCE oversight, “black-box” voting in cost the students a real-terms increase of about 16 percent. ocratic socialist” Bernie Sanders. Many viewed him as and Army General Wesley Clark, former supreme allied the U.S. with its fractional votes could have been easily Officials defended the move, with ISTA director general a genuine democratic alternative to Hillary Clinton, commander of NATO. manipulated to give either candidate a believable plu- Kasengedia Mutumbe saying, “In the interests of social harmony but upon closer examination, Sanders appeared to be Additionally, Clinton was endorsed by former depu- rality, in case of loss in a given precinct. Keep in mind at ISTA, we have decided to revise the exchange rate (back).” playing the part of a theatrical foil. For instance, he ty defense secretary James Clad, a Republican, and 50 that the six key states of Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, (Source: Press TV) did not make an issue of the disclosure of the hacked other Republican national security officials who warned Michigan, Iowa and Arizona all used electronic “black DNC emails, in one of which, John Podesta, Clinton’s that Trump would “be the most reckless president in box” voting with no possibility of verification. campaign chair, refers to him unflatteringly as “doofus.” American history.” Endorsement by senior military of- It was apparent that some very powerful political Instead of a head-on confrontation, which any sincere ficers and officials is highly significant, since, as diplo- players were determined to place Hillary Clinton in Turkey was once a free candidate for office should have launched, Sanders matic and military historian Andrew J. Bacevich points the White House. So the defeat of the United States’ society. Now the country is merely brushed the issue aside, remarking cavalierly, out, the American public still perceives that “the military first female presidential hopeful from a major party is a “That’s what happens in campaigns.” is an institution that is above politics, that is untainted great shock. One female columnist insisted that Hillary rapidly destroying itself. Perhaps more insightful for clarifying Sander’s role by politics.” Clinton had to “pull out all the stops to prove she’s far in the Clinton presidential offensive is his comment that Then there is the “gender card.” It was high time for more qualified to be president” than Trump, and she ap- 6 I met with Demirtas for a morning tea a few weeks he was not shocked to learn the DNC favored Clinton. the so-called leader of the free world to have a female peared to have convinced the Wall Street elite that she ago in Istanbul. He was exceptionally jubilant even though “That’s something we knew from day one,” Sanders con- as its president, since Washington regularly criticiz- was their “man,” judging by her favorable coverage in there were rumors of his possible detention. I asked him why. ceded. In April 2016 during a debate in New York, when es other nations over human rights issues, particularly the mainstream media. “We need to be strong. We are strong. We just need to know pressed by moderator Wolf Blitzer on whether Clinton when it comes to women’s rights and gender inequality Nevertheless, Hillary Clinton lost and now, it that. I have come to understand that the world only cares has the qualifications to be president, Sanders respond- issues. How embarrassing for the Washington regime remains to be seen how much of president-elect about us Kurds if they think we are strong.” ed unhesitatingly, “Of course she does.” Neither did as other nations begin to suspect there is a “glass ceil- Donald Trump’s racist and Islamophobic campaign A Turkey fatigue Sanders seriously take her to task over her paid speech- ing” blocking women who aspire to the White House. rhetoric against Muslims and other minorities will be It’s increasingly hard to say how much Turkey’s Western es, reportedly netting $225,000 each, at the Wall Street Incidentally, women in the U.S. were not granted the put in effect. Likewise, Iranians can expect the worst allies care about Turkish democracy anymore. I was in Brus- investment firm Goldman Sachs. right to vote until 1920, and only 31 have served in the from Trump, who has declared his intention to cancel sels a few weeks ago for a series of meetings, and there was Lastly, Sanders came to Clinton’s defense during a august U.S. senate. the JCPOA. a Turkey fatigue. Once seeing Turkey as an aspiring candi- date for membership, Europeans have thrown up their hands about the country. The debate is whether to keep a dead British royals in Bahrain amid Israeli forces kill Palestinian youth accession process as it is or swap it for some type of a trade deal. Had Europeans been more willing to accept Turkey crackdown in West Bank during our years of reform a decade ago, maybe we would Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Israeli forces have shot and killed an- never have gotten here. But who knows? It’s painful to think Camilla have arrived in Bahrain on a other Palestinian north of the occu- about the road not taken. three-nation tour of the Persian Gulf pied West Bank, claiming that he was And this is why the current period in Turkey is so hard on states amid strong criticism of London’s trying to carry out a stabbing attack all of us –writers, journalists, mothers, fathers and just ordi- continued arms sales to the repressive against them. nary citizens. It’s not as though Turkey has never had a taste regime in Manama. The young Palestinian was shot dead of democracy. No, we had something that resembled a free The plane carrying the British royals in the town of Hawarah, south of Nab- and open society. We had institutions with checks and balanc- touched down at Sakhir Air Base in central lus, on Wednesday. es, we had endless hours of television debates, a multi-party Bahrain on Tuesday on the last leg of the In recent months, Israeli forces have system that was not micromanaged by a higher authority, a tour, which had already taken them to shot and killed a large number of Pal- semi-functioning rule of law (despite problems), demonstra- Oman and the United Arab Emirates. estinians across the occupied territories, tions, rallies, hopes, and along the way, possibility of change. They were received by Bahrain’s all on the accusation that they either All that is gone for now. With the detention of Demirtas Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa The military base, which is the first carried out or attempted to carry out “administrative detention” without any and other elected officials, Turkey is propelled back in time Al Khalifah and then taken to a nearby such facility being opened by Britain attacks against Israelis. charges brought against them. and beamed into the darker days of the 1990s – wrought palace to meet with the country’s King in 40 years in the Persian Gulf region, International rights groups have criti- The United Nations says the Israeli with terrorism, internal conflicts, a struggling economy and Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah. will be launched next month, Britain’s cized the regime for its policy of shoot-to- army carried out 178 detention raids hopelessness. In 1994, a bunch of Kurdish deputies were ar- Since 2011, Britain has sold 55 million Express newspaper reported. kill, which they say has led to numerous across the occupied territory from rested from the parliament, ushering in a period of violent dollars worth of arms to Bahrain. The Britain will station around 600 deaths among the alleged assailants. October 4 to 17. escalation and repression. year saw the eruption of peaceful anti- military forces at the Royal Navy Facility In another development, Israeli According to the prisoners’ rights No one I know is happy with the decline in Turkey — not regime protests on the island. and will deploy its warships to patrol the troops arrested some 15 Palestinians, group Addameer, there are currently 7,000 even Erdogan supporters. You don’t want history to repeat London has been under fire by surrounding waters and guard oil and including two members of the Palestinian Palestinians held at Israeli jails and deten- itself and you don’t want to be further dragged into the Mid- international rights organizations for gas shipments in the waters. resistance movement, Hamas, during tion centers, including seven lawmakers. dle Eastern vortex of authoritarianism, militias, and sectarian selling military equipment to Manama, When Britain kicked off the project in raids on a number of houses across the The occupied territories have been and ethnic conflicts. But who will stop the tides and stand which is involved in a harsh and deadly 2014, Defense Secretary Michael Fallon occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem the scene of heightened tensions since up for democracy? Turkish leaders are too selfish to change crackdown on opposition activists. described it as “a permanent expansion al-Quds. August 2015, when Tel Aviv imposed course, the opposition is too weak, the citizens too scared. It was reported late last month that of the Royal Navy’s footprint” in the Israeli forces frequently raid Palestinian restrictions on the entry of Palestinian There is no candidate yet. This is the stuff history is made of. Britain will open a massive permanent Persian Gulf. The project has bypassed houses in the West Bank, detaining worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque Sometimes the only thing you can do is to watch a country military base in Bahrain and deploy the parliament. residents and transferring them to compound in East Jerusalem al-Quds. ruin itself — and that’s the real tragedy of it all. warships to the Persian Gulf. (Source: Press TV) prisons, where they are kept in so-called (Source: Press TV) (Source: The Washington Post) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORT NNOVEMBEROVEMBER 110,0, 22016016

Doping system imposed on Russia is not effective: Brazil respect Lionel Messi, but Zhukov The drugs testing system imposed on Russia following revela- don’t fear the Argentine - Dani Alves tions of widespread doping is inefficient and the country must be part of the decision-making process to battle the problem, Russia›s outgoing Olympic Committee (ROC) chief has said.id.. Dani AlvesAlves andand hishis fellowfellow BrazilBrazil playersplayers have However, Brazil defenderr Alexander Zhukov said in a speech released on Wednes-nees- made it clear thetheyy will not fear ArArgentina’sgentina’s Lionel Marquinhos added a note off day that while doping was a problem in Russia there wass nono Messi when the two sides meet fforor theitheirr high- caution about Messi, saying:g: such thing as a state-backed doping system, which the WorldWorrld profile World Cup qualifier on Thursday. “We have to be perfect. 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WADA also alleged closest ffriendsriends and a All 62,000 seats are expectedected to be taken as that Russian testers had former teammteammatea at the hosts focus on containingnng Messi, rather than helped local athletes at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympicss Barcelona.Barcelona. the ghosts of the 2014 Worldrld Cup debacledebacle.. by changing drugs-tainted samples for clean ones with thee aidaid “There“There is nnoo such “He [Messi] is extremely intelligentintelligent and has a of the secret service to give their competitors an advantage.gee. thing as being sscared great finishing skill, so we haveve to do double mark- The results triggered a ban on all but one Russian track aandnd in ffootball.ootball. 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Tuesday’s training ssession “His greatness comes fromom the fact he doesn’t WADA wanted a blanket ban on Russian athletes in Rio butt tthehhe at the Mineirao stadstadiumiui in believe he is that great, it is wwhathat makes him differ- IOC allowed more than 270 Russians to compete at the Games.mes. FOREIGN TESTERS BBeloelo HHorizonte.orizonte. ent from the rest,” the defendernder said. Winger DouglasDouglas CostaCosts also Alves added that he will wear tthehe No. 4 sshirthirt With RUSADA suspended, foreign testers have been putut in kept a sense of perspective,persp in the game as a tribute too Brazil greatgreat Carlos charge of sample collection and testing in the country. saying: “[Brazil] hhasa to Alberto Torres, who died in October.October. However, Zhukov said this was ineffective, claiming the limit-mit- do wwhathat it hhasas been Argentina, World Cup runners-up two ed number of testers were unable to process enough samples.ples. doindoingg -- reregardlessgard of years ago against Germany, is five points bebe-- «How is WADA planning to solve this when, even right nonow,ow, Argentina.Argentina.”” hind group leader Brazil. It needs points on they say that the UK Anti-Doping Agency, which is entrustedsted Thursday and next week in a didifficultfficult match with all the powers, can hardly manage to analyze 6000 sam-amm- against Colombia. ples, let alone a larger quantity which is required for us?» Brazil leads qualifying wiwithith 21 points, folfol-- Russia and WADA have been at odds throughout the scandalnddal lowed by Uruguay with 20 andand EcuadorEcuador andand with the latter blaming Russian hackers for leaking the detailsls ooff Colombia with 17. Chile andd ArArgentinagentina have therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs), which allow athletes wiwithith 16 points each. medical conditions to take otherwise banned substances. The top four teams qualifyify automatical- The TUE details relating to several high profile athletes,etes, ly for the World Cup. The fifth-placefifth-place team including Britain›s Tour de France cycling champions ChrisChris could advance through a playoff.ayyoff. Froome and Bradley Wiggins and tennis grand slam winnersneers Brazil has won four straightaight matches Serena Williams and Rafa Nadal, were leaked in September.er. since coach Tite took overr after the Zhukov said rules regarding TUEs should change with tootoo five-time World Cup championsmmpions many athletes requesting them. fired Dunga. (Source: Soccernet) «It is pure nonsense when athletes with serious, at timesmes even chronic, illnesses become Olympic champions andd medalists by taking substances which are prohibited for other athletes,» Zhukov said. Rooney rejected summer move to Alexis Sanchez to miss Chile WCQ match «It happens with increasing frequency and becomes com- mon practice. Soon, healthy athletes at competitions will be- Chinese Super League vs. Colombia with calf strain come an exception. Should we really accept this?» Zhukov is leaving the ROC to focus on his other job as first deputy speaker in the lower house of the Russian parliament. (Source: Reuters)

Rosberg one win away from his first title

Win in Brazil on Sunday, win the Formula One title: Nico Ros- berg’s task sounds simple enough but is a lot harder to achieve. The German is one step away from securing his first cham- pionship, which he will do if he wins at Interlagos regardless of where Mercedes team mate, triple champion and title rival Lewis Hamilton finishes. The odds are in Rosberg’s favor -- he has won for the past two seasons from pole position in Sao Paulo whereas the an- Beijing Guoan honorary chairman Luo campaign, only to be swiftly rejected. Chile forward Alexis Sanchez has a against Uruguay will be evaluated.” ti-clockwise circuit has yet to reward Hamilton with a victory. Ning has revealed an approach, and talks The 31-year-old aims to continue light muscle strain and his participation Sanchez played the full 90 minutes And yet the pressure of being within touching distance of a with the Manchester United captain’s playing in England’s top flight for the for La Roja against Uruguay is under on Sunday as Arsenal were held to a 1-1 lifelong dream can play on the mind, and increase the pressure, agent, was made during the summer, only foreseeable future, with Mourinho medical evaluation, the Chile federation draw with Tottenham. while the fickle Sao Paulo weather can wreak havoc with the to be dismissed recently ruling out an Old Trafford exit for said on Tuesday. CNN Chile had earlier reported that best laid plans. Wayne Rooney rejected a move to his skipper, and now Luo Ning of Beijing The 27-year-old left Chile training the attacker left this morning›s training Last year, Hamilton had already won the title and his focus Chinese Super League outfit Beijing Guoan has confirmed a summer move early on Tuesday to undergo medical session with Chile due to pain in his was elsewhere. This time he comes on the back of two succes- Guoan during the summer, the club’s was dismissed. testing for what was feared to be a torn muscle and was sent for tests. sive wins and, like Rosberg, seeking a hat-trick. honorary chairman has revealed. “We indeed made an approach for calf muscle. The former Barcelona and Udinese Another win for the Briton would take the battle down to the Messi, Ronaldo, Suarez? Click here to Rooney at the beginning of the season However, Chile›s medical team player has had an excellent start to the wire at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina and, if Rosberg were to fail to see the countdown of the 50 best players but he’s informed us that he wants to stay confirmed the muscle strain on its season, spearheading the attack with score in Brazil, a potential ‘winner takes all’ scenario. in the world in the 2016 Goal 50 in Manchester United,” Luo Ning told a official website. eight goals and seven assists. “I’ll wait until the end of the year,” said Formula One supremo The Manchester United captain lost his Bejing sports radio show. He will miss his country›s World Cup Chile sit fifth in the CONMEBOL World Bernie Ecclestone when asked whether he felt Rosberg looked starting berth in Jose Mourinho’s first team “Rooney says he’ll keep playing in qualifying match against Colombia in Cup qualifying table, level with Argentina a ‘fairly safe bet’. this season following a string of below-par the Premier League as long as his health Barranquilla on Thursday, but will be on points and goal difference, though Rosberg will not be changing his ‘one race at a time’ approach. performances but returned for the 3-1 allows. We even met with his agent [Paul evaluated before the Nov. 15 match Chile have scored more goals. “There are still two races to go and anything can happen in this win over Swansea City on Sunday in which Stratford].” against Uruguay. They gained two extra points after sport, so I need to focus my energy on the factors that I have in he notched two assists. Rooney is currently on international “The medical staff of Chile›s national FIFA ordered Bolivia to forfeit their my control,” he said. Beijing Guoan approached Rooney duty with England, where he is expected team would like to inform that Alexis World Cup qualifying matches against Hamilton is in unfamiliar territory, with the title outcome out - who reportedly earns in excess of to captain his country in Friday’s World Sanchez has a low grade muscle injury. Chile and Peru for fielding an ineligible of his hands even if he wins in Brazil and Abu Dhabi, but needs £300,000 a week on a contract which runs Cup qualifier against Scotland. He will remain in Santiago, under player. no reminding that it is not over until it’s over. until 2019 - before the start of the new (Source: Goal) treatment and his participation for Chile (Source: Soccernet) Reliability, or lack of, can swing the momentum either way and Mercedes will be doing all they can to ensure both drivers have no mechanical issues. Pacers’ George fined for kicking The memory of his first championship with McLaren in 2008, secured in Brazil with an overtake on the last corner of the last lap just when it seemed local favorite Felipe Massa had clinched ball into stands the title, is always there. Indiana Pacers forward Paul George has been fined occurred late in the third quarter of the Pacers’ home win “It’s an unusual scenario to be in -- fighting for something $15,000 for kicking the ball into the stands that hit over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday. and not knowing for sure that what you do will guarantee you’re a fan in the face, the National Basketball Association George, who won a men’s basketball gold medal with able to make it,” said Hamilton. “One outcome would be painful said on Tuesday. Team USA at the Rio Olympics in August, is averaging and the other would be a great achievement. The three-times NBA All-Star was given a technical a team-leading 20.4 points for a Pacers team that have (Source: Reuters) foul and ejected from the game for the incident, which struggled to a 3-4 start to the NBA’s 2016-17 season. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NNOVEMBEROVEMBER 110,0, 22016016 SPORT 15

Liverpool scout FC Rostov AFC Player of the Year Award 2016 nominees forward Sardar Azmoun announced The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced the names of the three nominees for this year’s AFC Player of the Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp is Year Award in the women’s and men’s categories. considering a move to sign another This year’s annual celebration of the stars of Asian football forward in the January transfer will take place at a glittering gala event in Abu Dhabi, the United window following a long-term injury Arab Emirates, on December 1, 2016. to Danny Ings. Ings’ layoff is set to coincide with Sadio Mane‘s spell at the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal, which could see the winger absent from January 14 to February 5. As a result, according to widespread reports including Tony Barrett the Guard- ian‘s Andy Hunter, Klopp has identified Azmoun as a possible target. Azmoun has scored 15 goals in 20 games for Iran, and joined Rostov from Rubin Kazan under controversial circumstances in the summer after a previous 18-month loan spell with the club, thisisanfield.com reported. The 21-year-old forward, Azmoun The nominees are: has Champions League experience with Women Rostov, scoring against both Anderlecht Caitlin Foord (AUS) and Ajax in the qualification stages and Lisa De Vanna (AUS) most recently against Atletico Madrid in Tan Ruyin (CHN) a 2-1 in the group stage. Men He has, typically, been nicknamed the Omar Abdulrahman (UAE) Iranian Messi, and has been previously Hammadi Ahmed Aldeeaa (IRQ) linked with a move to Everton. Wu Lei (CHN) It is unclear as to how serious Liver- Midfielder for the UAE national team, Al Ain player Omar pool’s interest in Azmoun is, but links Abdulrahman has been the one to watch in the region, having with the young forward suggest Klopp is already won several individual accolades. He led UAE to the third intent on adding another option to his round of the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 Asian Qualifiers and his attacking ranks in January. club Al Ain to this season’s AFC Champions League final. This is despite already having Philippe Borussia Dortmund teenager Chris- But with Pulisic establishing himself as provide a cost-effective alternative Hammadi Ahmed Aldeeaa plays for Air Force Club, win- Coutinho, Roberto Firmino, Daniel tian Pulisic has been mooted as anoth- a key player at the Westfalenstadion in who, at 21, has the scope to devel- ners of this season’s AFC Cup, and the Iraq national team. Sturridge, Divock Origi, Adam Lallana er possible target, following a failed £11 2016/17, Klopp’s attention may be turned op within the German’s demanding He was both the top scorer and Most Valuable Player of the and Sheyi Ojo as options in the wide and million bid for the USMNT international elsewhere. attacking system and, at 6’1?, adds 2016 AFC Cup. central roles in his regular attacking three. in the summer. Opting for Azmoun would likely height to his squad. Wu Lei is the all-time top goal-scorer for his club, Shanghai SIPG, with 114 goals. He also holds the record for being the youngest person to have played in a professional Chinese foot- Karim Ansarifard linked with Italian Iran crowned Asian Nations Cup U-14 ball match aged just 14 years and 287 days. Wu has won the teams: report Chess Team champion Chinese Super League Golden Boot four times, most recently this year. Wu led China PR to third round of the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 Asian Qualifiers. Caitlin Foord holds the record as the youngest ever Australian to play for the Matildas at a FIFA World Cup, having played in Ger- many at the age of 16 years and 230 days. She was subsequent- ly named the first ever Best Young Footballer at the tournament. Foord was part of the Matildas squad at the Olympic Games in Rio. The Matildas’ captain Lisa de Vanna played in the Olympics for the second time this year, having competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics where Australia finished 5th. She has made over 100 appearances for her national side including three FIFA Women’s World Cups and two AFC Asian Women’s Cups. Tan Ruyin has made ten appearances at FIFA tournaments, with her debut at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014. She competed at the Olympic Games in Rio in August and will be remembered for scoring for China PR from 40 yards against South Africa. Panionios striker Karim Ansarifard has with Olympique de Marseille, PAOK Iran won the title of the 1st Asian Nations Host China finished in second place (Source: the-afc) been linked with a move to Serie A and AEK. Cup U-14 Chess Team Championship on with 14 points and Sri Lanka came third teams, Contra.gr reported. Panionios will make decide on his Tuesday. with 13 points. The Iranian striker’s contract will ex- future until next week. The Iranian team won the blitz title The 1st Asian Nations Cup Under-14 pire at the end of the season but the The international striker joined with 15 points after nine rounds. Team Championship is being held in Ji- Greek club is interested in extending Greek Superleague club Panionios Iran consists of Arash Daghli, Mehdi axing City in Zhejiang Province, (west of Van Persie’s doctor: his contract. from Osasuna in 2015. Gholami, Anahita Zahedifar, Borna Der- Shanghai) China from November 5-12. I thought he was a Sunday Ansarifard has been also linked (Source: Tasnim) akhshani. (Source: Tasnim) League player! Iran captures 4th consecutive victory in World Cup Kabbadi 2016 The doctor who treated Robin van Persie’s eye injury says that The Iranian men’s national kabaddi team has triumphed Kabaddi started in Punjab on November 3, and will wrap he thought that the Fenerbahce striker was “an ordinary Sunday over Kenya for the fourth straight win at the preliminary up on November 17. League player”. round of the 6th edition of Dr BR Ambedkar World Cup The Islamic Republic of Iran has been drawn in The 33-year-old striker opened the scoring in Sunday’s 3-1 Kabaddi in India. Group B along with Argentina, Australia, Kenya, Super Lig victory away at Akhisar Belediyespor before he was On Tuesday, the Iranian athletes notched up a Tanzania and the US. forced off at the end of the first half after tearing an eyelid. dominant 65-36 victory over the East African squad Britain, Canada, Sri Leone, Sri Lanka, Sweden, and the Van Persie was treated in in a Group B match held in the town of Begowal in hosts India are pitted against each other in Group A. hospital, after which he post- the northern Indian state of Punjab, Iran’s Kabaddi The Iranian team comprises of Alireza Safari, ed a statement via Twitter to Federation reported on its website. Behnam Javidi, Mostafa Sadeqzadeh, Payman confirm that the injury was not It came a day after the Iranian outfit outplayed Argentina Eskandaria, Hamid Ziraki, Amir Dehqan, Maysam serious and that he expected 72-27 in its previous match in Moonak town. Ghanbari, Behnam Khabbazi, Mohammad Moqaddasi, to return to action swiftly. The Iranian men’s national kabaddi team will clash Saeed Jahandar, Mojtaba Shadkam, Shayan Naddafi, Dr Mehmet Ozen, who ex- with the United States in its last group stage fixture on Nasser Sahraei and Payman Cheraqi. It is led by head amined the former Manches- November 13. coach Morteza Shahidi. ter United star, admits that he The sixth edition of Dr BR Ambedkar World Cup (Source: Presstv) had no idea that he was treat- ing a footballing celebrity, al- though he praised the Dutch- Hector Bellerin agrees six-year Double Olympic rowing champion man for being a good patient. Arsenal contract Stanning retires He told Fanatik: “I am not Hector Bellerin has agreed a lucrative Double Olympic rowing champion interested in football at all. I do new six-year deal at Arsenal to end spec- Heather Stanning has announced her re- not follow it at all. I thought Robin van Persie was an ordinary ulation over his future, sources close to tirement from the sport, with the Briton Sunday league player. the player have told ESPN FC. saying she had nothing left to prove. “When I saw the crowd around the hospital, I figured he was Arsenal were keen to secure Bellerin Stanning’s retirement brings an end someone famous. I treated him like everybody else coming to on a new long-term deal to ward off to her partnership with Helen Glover. The the hospital. He was really cooperative when I examined him, potential interest from the likes of pair have not lost a race since the World very humble and helpful.” Manchester City and Barcelona. Championships in Slovenia in 2011. A picture of Van Persie’s patient barcode went viral in Turkey Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is “I don’t feel I’ve got anything else to after emerging on social media but Ozen says that it was not reported to have identified Bellerin as a prove to myself,” the 31-year-old told Brit- until he was contacted by friends who had seen the image that top target as he looks to bring in a new ish media. he discovered whom he had treated. right-back next summer, while Barcelona “I wanted things to get back to normal “I did not take a selfie with him. I only took his photo to show vice-president Jordi Mestre recently ex- before I made the decision firmly and I want- his eye to the plastic surgeon,” he said. pressed his admiration for the defender. ed to make sure it was the right decision. “I didn’t know he was such a famous person. I learnt it was him Sources close to the player have told Bellerin joined Arsenal from Barcelona Stanning and Glover became Britain’s do next, certainly with work and the army from the news and headlines the day after. My friends called me to ESPN FC that Bellerin will more than dou- as a 16-year-old in 2011 and in the last first female rowers to win back-to-back because I know that’s something I want to congratulate because my name was on his patient barcode.” ble his wages to £95,000 a week to bring two years he has established himself as Olympic golds when they retained the go back to,” Stanning added. Van Persie posted on Twitter on Monday to confirm that his him in line with some of Arsenal’s top Arsenal’s first-choice right-back and has coxless pairs title in Rio this year. “It seemed the right time to make that eye had not sustained any damage, meaning that he could re- earners and the new deal will keep him at broken into the Spanish national team. “It’s about time I made the decision decision.” turn for the crunch game against Galatasaray on November 20. the Emirates until 2022. (Source: Soccernet) and it has helped me focus on what to (Source: Reuters) (Source: Goal) b

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Children’s literature expert Mural by Iranian artist Mehdi Ghadyanloo Turan Mirhadi dies at 89 ARTTEHRAN — Turan Mirhadi, a veteran adorns Greenway Wall in Boston deskchildren’s literature scholar and co-founder of the Children’s Book Council, died on Tuesday after she went ARTTEHRAN — Surrealist artist Mehdi into a coma following a stroke on September 17. She was 89. deskGhadyanloo who is famous for creating Messages of condolence over 100 murals in his native Tehran has completed a poured in from officials and painting on the Rose Kennedy Greenway Wall at Dewey literary figures, including Square Park in Boston. the Minister of Culture and The painting titled “Spaces of Hope” is the fifth work Islamic Guidance, Seyyed to embellish the wall since 2012 when the Rose Kennedy Reza Salehi-Amiri, and Greenway Conservancy decided to commission an artist Tehran’s Book House director every year to grace the 76’x70’ wall, the conservancy has Majid Gholami Jaliseh, announced. Persian media reported on He worked as a farmer before moving to Tehran to Wednesday. study painting at the University of Tehran. “The death of the eternal “When you feel the plants and see the blossoms grow figure in Persian literature, you will look for a way to express it, and for me art was Mirhadi, was a great loss. the closest and the most rewarding answer,” Ghadyanloo She had made great efforts explained in an e-mail sent to the Boston Globe. “Art is as in promoting the culture of free and humble as nature is, and is equally unexpected.” this land for over 60 years. Before Ghadyanloo began his work on the mural, Her works, which are so deep and influential, have all Lucas Cowan, the Greenway Conservancy’s public art turned out to be a precious and lasting experience,” reads curator said, “Mehdi had always been on my radar as part of the message. somebody who I thought would be really interesting to “The establishment of the Farhad School with its new bring in.” modern education, and making efforts in founding Children’s This combination photo shows surrealist artist Mehdi Ghadyanloo and his mural on the Rose Kennedy Greenway Wall at Dewey Square “I think he, in a lot of ways, is able to monumentalize Park in Boston. Book Council and the Encyclopedia of Children and Young and change environments that we basically move and all who see your art share communal feelings such as Adults are among the praiseworthy works by Mirhadi,” the he also showcased a complementary painting at Boston through on a daily basis, and take you from the mundane love, hope and fear,” Ghadyanloo said. “Therefore art that message added. City Hall. In addition, he held a retrospective exhibit of to the extraordinary,” he added. originates from these sources will work in cities anywhere Mirhadi was a graduate of educational psychology at his work at Lesley University’s Lunder Art Center with a Ghadyanloo, 35, painted “Spaces of Hope” from in the world, be it Boston, Tehran, London or anywhere the Sorbonne University and had specifically focused on public lecture. October 7 to November 1. During his stay in Boston, else.” preschool education and tried to promote children’s culture “In the field of public art, your audience is the world, and literature for over 60 years. Turan and her husband Mohsen Khomarlu established Farhad School, a progressive kindergarten and elementary school in Tehran in 1955 and ran the school for 25 years. Iranian, Arab modern art featured in Tehran museum The Children’s Book Council of Iran had announced ARTTEHRAN — “The Sea Suspended”, an country but Arab visual art is less familiar, and this Mirhadi as one of the nominees for the 2017 Astrid Lindgren deskexhibition of a collection of works by exhibit provides the chance to introduce the art of the Memorial Award, a prestigious Swedish honor to promote Iranian and Arab modern artists, opened at the Tehran region,” he added. children’s and youths’ literature in the world. Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) on Tuesday. Karim Sultan, Curator of the exhibit, also speaking at Her funeral procession will begin at the Iranian Artists Forty works by Arab artists loaned by the Barjeel the opening ceremony, expressed thanks to TMCA and Forum on Friday and she will be buried at the family tomb Art Foundation in the United Arab Emirates, in addition Tehran’s Mohsen gallery for organizing the exhibit. in Imamzadeh Abdollah in Rey, a historical town in southern to forty artworks by Iranian artists selected from the “The artworks selected for the show have been Tehran. treasure trove of TMCA have been put on display in the created over the 50-year period from 1940 to 1990. exhibit. What we hope to present is a small but diverse selection The opening ceremony was attended by large of works across a number of themes that are important number of officials and artists including Deputy Culture to artists in the 20th century,” he said. NEWS IN BRIEF Minister for Artistic Affairs Ali Moradkhani, TMCA Munira Al Kazi (Kuwait), Mounirah Mosly (Saudi director Majid Mollanoruzi, and artists Hossein Mahjubi, Arabia), Rachid Koraichi (Algeria), “Ahmed Ben Driss Crazy Body Gholamreza Nami, Farah Osuli and Mohammad Farnud. (Morocco), Tahia Halim (Egypt), Effat Naghi (Egypt)and Officials and guests visit “The Sea Suspended” after the opening ceremony Speaking at the ceremony, Mollanoruzi said that Mohammed Melehi (Morocco) are among the artists of the exhibition of Iranian and Arab modern art at the Tehran Museum of performing at Iranian and Arab artists can make the best use of this whose works are on display. Contemporary Art on November 8, 2016. (Honaronline/Mojtaba Arabzadeh) Mimesis festival exhibit and introduce the culture of the region to the There is a particularly wide variety of works such as complex approach to nationalism in art. world. Seif Wanly’s “Mother and Child”, Inji Efflatoun’s “Deer” The exhibit will be running until December 23 at the “Arab literature and poetry are quite known in the and Hamed Ewais’ “The Guardian of Life”, illustrating a museum located on North Kargar St., near Laleh Park. ARTTEHRAN — The Iranian theater desktroupe Crazy Body led by PICTURE OF THE DAY Honaronline director Yasser Khaseb is performing at the 6th PlayStation Vue to Mimesis – the art festival of mime and gesture, drop all Viacom which is underway in Paris. Seventeen theater troupes from Italy, channels from Nov. 11 Switzerland and France and several other countries are performing at the festival, which SAN MATEO (Reuters) — Corp’s cloud- runs until November 13. based TV service, PlayStation Vue, said on Tuesday it would drop all Viacom Inc Iranian thespians channels, including Comedy Central, to stage “Faustus Spike and MTV, starting Nov. 11. PlayStation Vue will add BBC America, 2016” NBA TV and broadcast stations from CBS and Fox, according to a blog post on Sony’s PlayStation website. ARTTEHRAN — Iranian director Dwayne Benefield, the head of deskFarshad Manzufinia’s troupe will PlayStation Vue, said the decision was part be performing “Faustus 2016” at Molavi Hall in of an ongoing evaluation of the service. Tehran beginning November 13. “We have determined that removing Written by Yusef Fakhrai, the play tells the story the bundle of channels from Viacom is of Faustus who forms a coalition with Medea, Ajax, the best way for us to continue to offer Macbeth and several other characters from the the most compelling value to our fans,” world’s prominent classic plays to rule the world. he said. Sony has existing streaming deals Abdorreza Nasari, Reza Amuzad, Shadi with Walt Disney Co networks, including Asadpur and Daniar Abbasi are the main members ESPN and ABC, as well as the NFL Network of the cast for the play, which will be on stage until and Time Warner Inc’s HBO. December 13. The service can be used by PlayStation 3 and 4 users and can be accessed on Apple Inc’s iPads and iPhones through the PlayStation Vue mobile app. Jackie Chan reflects Viacom is also in talks with Alphabet Inc’s YouTube over distribution of its A visitor snaps pictures of sculptures on display during the Fifth Urban Sculpture Biennial at the Khial Gallery of the Saba Art and Cultural Institute in channel, according to people familiar with on 50-year career and Tehran on November 8, 2016. Eighty-one works are being shown at the biennial, which will run until December 25. honorary Oscar the matter.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — As an action star, Jackie Chan never Will “Fantastic Beasts” conjure up “Harry Potter”s’ global magic? expected to get an Oscar. LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) Set in New York City in 1926, the film opening weekend for the movie in and director David Yates. So he considers receiving an honorary Academy Award — The gates to J.K. Rowling’s wizarding that will be released worldwide on Nov. North America - about half the gross for “Sure, you don’t have the security of from the film academy’s Board of Governors his proudest world are set to re-open with “Fantastic 18 holds big potential. If successful, it the last Potter movie in 2011. having 150 million people having read professional achievement. Beasts and Where to Find Them”, but could dramatically expand the Potter Published in 2001, “Fantastic Beasts” the books. But the advantage of people Chan will accept his Oscar statuette Saturday at the eighth the jury is still out on whether the five- brand of books, toys, costumes and began life as a slim textbook, belonging not knowing the story, not being upset annual Governors Awards. Film editor Anne Coates, casting movie spinoff will conjure up the magic theme parks as Rowling geographically to Harry Potter, listing imaginary when something is left out, is a gift,” director Lynn Stalmaster and documentarian Frederick that turned “Harry Potter” into a global extends a magical world previously creatures and illustrated with basic pen Heyman said. Wiseman are also receiving honorary Academy Awards, entertainment phenomenon. confined to the United Kingdom. and ink drawings. Little is known about the four which recognize lifetime achievement and contributions to With no best-selling books this time “Spin-offs are usually rip-offs, but Warner Bros later approached future films, or how they will link up the film industry. around, “Fantastic Beasts”, featuring in this case, with J.K. Rowling attached, Rowling to turn the book into a movie. to the original Harry Potter stories. “I never imagined that I’d receive such an award,” Chan a story penned by Rowling, will test if I think it’s a great idea,” said Jeff Bock, She came up with a story that centers But Rowling has said they will trace said. “I still remember my very first proudest moment was the young audience that drove eight senior box office analyst at Exhibitor on actor Eddie Redmayne’s Newt the rise of a powerful dark wizard when I received an award for stunt choreography. At that Potter films to gross $7 billion worldwide Relations. Scamander, a “magizoologist” whose named Gellert Grindelwald, who was time, I didn’t know much about directing, I just knew how for Warner Bros, will turn out for a film Ten days ahead of release, with no case full of creatures escapes. famous in the Potter world for dueling to do action and fighting sequences and stunts. Receiving set 70 years before Harry Potter first reviews yet, Bock and other analysts are The new story was welcomed by beloved Hogwarts headmaster Albus this honorary award has raised my feelings to another level.” entered Hogwarts school. predicting a $75 million-$100 million longtime Potter producer David Heyman Dumbledore in 1945.