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ANA soldiers among 17 dead in Baghlan, Nimroz clashes 0PUL-I-KHUMRI/ZARANJ : Two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and 15 insurgents, two of them foreigners, have been killed in clashes in different parts of the country, officials said on Thurs- day. Thirteen rebels were killed in northern Baghlan province fol- lowing an overnight attack on police check-posts in Dand Sha- AT News Report habuddin and Dand Ghori localities, police spokesman Zabihullah Spokesman to the provincial gover- lah showed opposition to the new days clashes were continued be- Shuja said. He added three policemen and 11 more Taliban were KABUL: The Taliban splin- nor Noor Islam Seyal said that after Taliban s supreme commander tween the rival groups in Arghand- wounded in the attack. Among the dead was a Taliban member who ter group s commander Mul- a clash between the Taliban rival Mullah Akhtar Mansoor. He was ab, Daichopan and Khak-e-Afghan collected Ushr and Zakat from locals, a Pakistani and a Tajik. Sep- lah Mansoor Dadullah was groups, Mullah Mansoor Dadullah one of the well-known Taliban iso- districts. In the four-day fighting arately, security forces and the Taliban claimed inflicting heavy killed in a clash with rival group was killed in Khak-e-Afghan district lated commanders. It is pertinent over hundred fighters from both causalities on each other in the Dilaram district of southwestern in southern Zabul province. of Zabul province last night. Dadul- to mention that for the last four sides were killed and injured. Nimroz province. (Pajhwok) NDS arrests 99pc students four Not all Afghan migrants can militants opposed the anti-govt AT News Report rally, says chancellor expect stay in Germany: minister KABUL: The National Di- KABUL : German interior minis- not necessarily have to shelter Afghans in Germany, too. Many ministers agreed that, to deport those rectorate of Security (NDS) ter Thomas de Maizière has said on Thursday claimed the ar- not all refugees from Afghanistan rest of a Daesh and three Tal- could expect to stay in the coun- PROTEST LEADERS PROMOTING iban fighters in northern Ta- try and the applicants would be khar and Kunduz provinces. judged on a case-by-case basis. German officials argue that personal agenda, alleges Mohaqiq In a press statement is- Afghanistan is not universally un- sued here, the spy agency safe, so not all migrants should be KABUL : Deputy Chief Execu- government never committed neg- The deputy CEO also as- said that its operatives suc- granted asylum. tive Officer (CEO) Mohammad ligence in protection of civilians, sailed the individuals behind ceeded in arresting one In trail through the Balkans, Mohaqiq on Thursday denounced he insisted. He told the protest- Thursday sdemonstration Daesh and three Taliban mil- about 64,000 Afghans were regis- the protest in Kabul, alleging the ers representatives the beheading for trying to gain personal itants in separate operations tered entering Greece in October, rally was stage-managed by those of seven civilians in Zabul prov- benefitsin the garb of such in Khwaja Ghar district of according to the United Nations who failed to get jobs in current ince was a terrible and inhuman act, protests. On Wednesday, High Commissioner for Refugees, Takhar province and Chaha- JALALABAD : The chancellor of who wanted to react against the administration. but similar incidents had taken thousands of people marched Nangarhar University on Wednes- fellow students, but we did not second only to Syrians and more During a meeting with repre- place in other parts of the country through the capital streets rdara district of Kunduz. day asked security departments to allow them in order to prevent than double the 27,500 who were sentatives of protesters, he re- as well. against the beheadings. The Daesh fighter was take strict measures against stu- possible violence, he said, adding registered the month before. About called the president had ordereda He recalled, the Daesh fight- The IS gunmen abducted identified as Nasrullah who dents who carried Taliban and that there were 15,000 students in 67,000 Afghans have entered Ger- special offensive in Zabul prov- ers had brutally killed a child in the seven civilians, including is a citizen of Tajikistan. He Daesh flags during a protest rally the university. many seeking asylum this year, ince last year after the kidnapping front of his parents in Nangarhar four women and a child, from was recruited by the multi- in the eastern province. Chairman of teachers associ- almost half of them last month of 31 passengers. Foreign forces province besides putting to death the Jaghori district of Ghaz- alone, officials said. De Maizière national terror group through Babrak Miakhel told a press ation, Ajmal Habib Safi, also asked were also a part of the operation, 14 people, including three wom- ni about a month back. The conference here that 99 percent of the government to take stern ac- has said that the arrival of so many he said. en, in Ghor. The rebels had com- hostages were decapitated in internet and entered into Af- members of Afghanistan s middle the university students had op- tion against those who carried I don t want to admire the mitted similar atrocities in Balkh Arghandab district on No- ghanistan to fight against Af- class was unacceptable. Offi- posed the rally, so it could not rep- Daesh flags. president and score some brown- and Badakhshan provinces as well, vember 8. ghan security forces. resent the campus. Governor Saleem Khan Kun- cials in Germany also note that the country has had troops in Afghan- ie points. I have personally fought he explained. Outraged by the behead- The detained Taliban in- While accusing police of tak- duzi said the issue was under in- against the Taliban for a decade Mohaqiq added some people ings, Kabul residents rallied surgents were identified as ing no steps to control the demon- vestigation and the media would istan for 14 years and has poured more than two billion euros, or and remained in Afghanistan dur- who lost the previous election and from Kota Sangi area to the Abdul Qayom, Nasratullah stration, Miakehl said: If the se- be informed after the investigation ing the jihad, the deputy CEO were unable to get their desired Presidential Palace. The slo- curity organs have evidence against was over. Police spokesman about $2.15 billion, into civilian and Mohammad Sadiq, who projects. German officials had sug- said. As a result of efforts by the positions in government were be- gan-chanting demonstrators, any student, they should bring Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal said National Directorate of Security hind yesterday s massive protest including civil society mem- were involved in different them to justice and we will also they had assigned a police party gested that those efforts fulfill Ger- subversive activities in Cha- many s commitment to care for (NDS), 19 of the abducted indi- in the capital against the behead- bers, carried the victims bod- take steps against the students. to identify the students and bring ies. (Pajhwok) hardara district. There were some students them to justice. (Pajhwok) those in need, meaning it should viduals had been released and the ings. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. FRIDAY . NOVEMBER 13, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

AFGHANISTAN TIMES players in the whole peace pro- Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir cess. Afghan government and Phone No: +93-772364666 its international allies many times asked Pakistan to bring E-mail: [email protected] Taliban on the table with sin- By Sher Jan and residential apartments nature of the relation differs cere efforts. But Pakistan al- Email: [email protected] worth 500 million Chinese Yuan each of its strategic allies. In ways and still supporting the Napoleon once said that, are the content of these agree- the case of Afghanistan it religious proxies in Afghani- www.afghanistantimes.af When China awakes the ments. The vice President of could be seen as the symbol of stan. The Haqqanis and the world will tremble. China is Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi China further vowed that we increased Chinese interest. In Quetta Shura are the two well- one of the strategically most will provide 50 more education- July 2014, China announced the known Pakistani state spon- Advisory editorial board important neighbors of Af- al scholarship for Afghan stu- appointment of a special envoy sored militias, through which ghanistan. The rapid expan- dents. Li also said that this is to Afghanistan, Sun Yuxi, a Pakistan seeking friendly Kab- Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, sion of its economy has made the year of friendly cooperation former ambassador to both Af- ul. It is an historical truth that Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal china a point of reference and between china and Afghanistan ghanistan and India. Islamabad never supported the topic in political and economic and I have come to Kabul to In the current dormant secular and democratic forces Graphic-Designers: discussion throughout the mark the 60th anniversary of the peace process within and in Afghanistan. Even then Pa- Mansoor Faizy and Edriss Akbari world. Many of the political establishment of political rela- around Afghanistan, China kistan is not ready to give more and trade union leaders have tions of Afghanistan and chi- once again appearing for the rights and civil liberties to the Marketing & Advertising: been praising the Chinese mir- na. He further added that china purpose of resuming talks with most deprived Baloch and Pa- Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 acle as the only way to out of want to fulfil the commitments Taliban. The daily Express Tri- shtun. It is also very important the crisis, especially in this part that the leaders of the two bune on its November 7, 2015 for China to understand the Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan of the world. The advanced countries had agreed upon. editorial also highlights the grievances of the Baloch and Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 capitalist world are, on the one While debating the risk of significant role of China in the Pashtun Question. The suc- Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press hand jubilant at the capitalist Afghanistan many Chinese peace process of Afghan gov- cess of 45$ US billion dollars restoration in China whereas at policy-maker broadly agree that ernment with Taliban. The edi- China-Pakistan Economic Cor- the same time they are dis- stability in Afghanistan is an torial added There is much at ridor project is very dependent The constitution says heartened by the Chinese bu- important Chinese interest, but stake, and not only for China. on the Baloch and Pashtun po- reaucracy. The US and EU con- they have differences on the Peace, if it ever comes in Af- litical status in Pakistan. Chi- flicts today with China are not level of the risk. Certainly the ghanistan, will be game a nese officials must understand Article 103: of an ideological nature but The Ministers can participate in the sessions of either House of the National threat posed from the Islamic changer and a possible key, if all these risky fault lines exist- based on market competition, fundamentalism is very similar not to prosperity in the short ing in the way of CPEC. Be- Assembly. Either House of the National Assembly can demand the capital investment and trade to both the nation. Although term then to improved lives for cause in long run there is a pos- participation of the Ministers in its session. antagonism. Yet it was the Chi- the 92 kilometres long border many millions across the region sibility of the disruption of the nese elite that provided cheap is inaccessible and the spill- generally. potential spill over of any these and skilled labour for the prof- over of the threat is very limit- In a fresh move the special fault lines. itable manufacturing ventures ed. However, even then we can- Chinese Envoy on Afghani- The writer is a master de- to the global corporation that not turn a blind eye on this vi- stan, Deng Xijun also visited gree holder in English literature, Editorial gave a little breathing space of cious threat because Central Islamabad and meet with Paki- currently working as a sub-ed- stability and avoided deep re- Asia could also provide alter- stani officials in order to dis- itor with Afghan Tribune, Kab- cession before 2008. The poli- native route for these Islamic cuss the issue of Afghan peace ul. cy clash if any exist that is just extremist to make inroad into talks. Pakistan has been con- He can be reached at upon Keynesian and monetar- Chinese Xingjiang. Which ul- sidered one of the primary key [email protected] ist methods. timately do help and radicalise On the global and region- their brethren of Sunni militant al stage China exerting promi- Uyghur group which always nent role. In Afghanistan too claimed responsibility of at- Egyptian, Russian China could play significant tacks in China. China must role. Afghan authorities must come with more active positive missteps after As the Taliban and other terror groups are creeping into urban and resi- prepare for the emerging great- role in Afghanistan because the er political role of China in the war in Afghanistan is not the dential areas, putting civilians lives at greater risk, casualties are soaring region. Since 2001 China has internal war but it is interna- Sinai plane crash steadily. There has been a security deterioration never seen before. The made a minimal security con- tional war. Now it must be very By Maria Dubovikova asked for Russian and Western government cannot sit idly. It cannot adopt the wait and see policy as things tribution to Afghanistan. But clear that safe and secure Xin- assistance to ensure security for gone messed up never heal on its own. The government will have to clean its aid commitment for Afghan- jiang is only possible through Egypt is launching the Egypt is tourists, because no matter what istan s reconstruction has stable Afghanistan. To counter close campaign to try to attract the cause of the crash, security up the mess, which is not created by it rather the mess being brought here been a very modest US$250 tourists from neighboring coun- should be the top priority for a more effectively the risk, Af- tries, as Russian vacationers country in which more than 11 by world and some regional powers. million. Diplomatically too, chi- ghanistan and China needs leave after the Russian plane percent of income is from tour- Afghan security forces have been tested ferociously in many Taliban- na took a low-key approach to deep diplomatic and economic crash over the Sinai, which has ism. Nothing was done in a time- infested areas and villages. Yet, until the peace negotiations remain stalled, Afghanistan between 2001 and engagement. become a tough test for bilateral ly fashion. Difficult positions 2012. Training and equipping the relations. Despite speculation, However, Egypt s actions are there wouldn t be any ray of rope. Physical elimination of terrorism is China has long been con- misinformation and talkative understandable. It is difficult for Afghan forces is another pos- British authorities, we still have it to acknowledge that the fight near to impossibility. If even it is possible Afghanistan will have to pay an cerned about the spread of the sible area where Chinese coop- little idea about what caused the against the Islamic State of Iraq unbearable price. Islamic extremist agenda and eration could help a lot. Mine crash. From the outset, Egypt has and Syria (ISIS) in the Sinai has been trying to persuade the been mostly a failure, because this The Taliban have penetrated deep into the society. Now they have been activism from Afghanistan clearance or counter-narcotics through Central Asia and training is also the area where world, and Russia in particular, would undermine the reputation working on expanding their network even in urban areas. Therefore, the that the cause was technical is- of the Egyptian army in the eyes across its own borders. Partic- Chinese expert can provide sues. Evidence of the bad state of Egyptians, and thus ruin the government will have to increase its intelligence-based operations. In such ular into its western most un- help to the Afghans. One of the of the aircraft was revealed and image of President Abdel Fattah a case quarantining will be a toughest job. The government feels the rope der-developed territory, Xin- more innovative training sug- widely shared. This is a fact, but al-Sisi. To openly recognize the jiang. This major security con- gestions comes from Hu Shish- it is also true that North Sinai is complete incompetence of the is skipping out of its hands, but unfortunately, political strife still rules cerned for China is one of the still a security nightmare for the police would mean the Muslim eng. Along with co-authors government, and that the police Brotherhood getting thousands of the roost in the power corridor. The government has huge resources, but defining factor to flexed mus- Raffaello Pantucci of the Royal is as highly corrupt and unreli- sympathizers among police offic- strategy is lacking, and progress on peace front is patchy. This is because cles in the Afghan affaires. United Services Institution in able as it was under former Pres- ers. This would increase the pros- the implementation of security programs has been more brawn and less The recent visit of the vice London and Ravi Sawhney of ident Hosni Mubarak. As such, pect of another revolution. which president of the People s Re- New Delhi s Vivekananda In- Egyptian airports are very lucky Egypt cannot afford. Russia re- brain. The government perhaps is waiting for miracles to happen. not to have become the target of acted unexpectedly, banning all air public of China Li Yuanchao to ternational Foundation, Hu terrorists long before this inci- travel to Egypt and thereby mak- Nawaz Sharif s special advisor on Pakistan s foreign policy, Tariq Fa- Kabul is the proof that China proposed that China and India dent. However, instead of inves- ing the situation for Cairo even tami, said that peace in Afghanistan means peace in Pakistan. He said in a cannot remain aloof from Af- could jointly train a mineral- tigating all possible scenarios worse. The ban was to protect meeting with Acting Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan ghanistan. Both Kabul and assets protection force in Af- from the start, Cairo lost time Russia s citizens from becoming Beijing signed three coopera- defending its national pride. hostages of its foreign policy in Laurel Miller, at Islamabad on Tuesday. Fatami informed him regarding ghanistan. When media anger started Syria, but the decision could not tion agreements in the pres- Since 2011, China s diplo- against Egypt after revelations have been not easy because it un- the intra Afghan and Afghan-peace led peace process. Miller hailed Paki- ence of President Ghani and matic engagement on the Af- from tourists about lax airport dermines trust between the Rus- stan s efforts in Afghan peace process. Now one wonders that if Pakistan Vice President Li Yuanchao. ghan issue has strengthened security, the government could sian and Egyptian presidents and have launched a strong campaign, their countries. Moscow should truly means peace in Afghanistan is essential for Pakistan then what is not China will also provide scan- significantly. In June 2012, Af- ning devices for detection of thorough investigations and dis- help Egypt build reliable security letting peace to restore in the war-wracked country. ghanistan and china signed a missals of all those responsible. systems in its airports, help Egyp- explosive at the four entry strategic and cooperative part- Banning all air travel to Egypt tian forces fight terrorists in the Pakistan must tell the world about the problem. For Afghans the part of gates of Kabul. Technical co- nership . China has strategic undermines trust between the Sinai, let Russians travel where operation in the form of voca- partnership with dozens of Russian and Egyptian presidents they want, and not to let any- the problem is Pakistan, however, it is essential that Pakistan must also and their countries It could have thing spoil bilateral ties. tell the world who it thinks is responsible for the chaos? If it is trust tional institute for education other countries as well. But the deficit, yes it is. But again there is a question that who has been feeding this trust deficit? Distrust doesn t come without reason. When it comes to bridging the gaps and overcoming the trust deficit, regional alliance looks to be a promising solution where China can play an effective role because Beijing has been a historical friend of Islamabad and in the re- cent years its relations with Kabul are cementing. Let me come Moreover, Pakistan is going to hold a regional conference on Afghan- istan and there has been perhaps a seismic change of mind because Islam- abad has invited New Delhi to participate in the conference. This is a big- gest shift as until yesterday Pakistan was highly intolerant regarding In- dia s developmental role in Afghanistan and today it is going to invite its arch rival to sit together and discuss security matter of Afghanistan. The war-weary Afghan nation is eagerly waiting for the moment when region- al countries come together, talk peace and security in Afghanistan and in the region and there is an end to the deadliest conflict, which has inflicted unbearable losses on this nation, both in men and material. Subscription Rates Categories Fee Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 3600 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 1800 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $200 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. FRIDAY .NOVEMBER 13, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Draghi stimulus hint underpins stocks, knocks euro LONDON : A signal from Euro- pean Central Bank president Moody's Mario Draghi that further poli- cy easing is coming next month changes drove European markets on Thursday, sparking a brief re- Iran will double gas exports to bound in stocks and pushing the neighbouring ally Iraq from 2017 Pakistan's euro and bond yields lower. In under a contract signed . The deal, an address to the European Par- to send 20 to 35 million cubic me- liament Draghi said inflation tres of gas per day to the southern banking dynamics had somewhat weak- Iraqi city of Basra, follows a first ened and that a "sustained nor- major contract between the coun- system malization" of inflation could tries in 2013 to export gas to the take longer to achieve than Iraqi capital Baghdad. thought. The gas export will begin in a outlook to "At our December mone- year and a half with new pipelines tary policy meeting, we will re- and facilities, Iran s Deputy Oil examine the degree of monetary Minister Hamid Reza Araghi said, 'stable' policy accommodation," Draghi before signing the contract with The international credit rating said. Iraq s deputy energy minister. agency Moody s has upgraded Stocks reversed earlier loss- The contract is for six years, the outlook for Pakistan s bank- es, although high-profile corpo- he added, without mentioning its ing system to stable from nega- rate profit warnings eventually total value. tive, reflecting the improvement weighed on sentiment, while the The pricing will be similar to in the country s economic growth euro sank half a percent below that of the Baghdad contract, prospects, a press release issued $1.07 and the gap between 5- Araghi said. by the agency s investors service Local media had earlier report- said. We expect the strengthen- year U.S. and euro zone bond ed that the Baghdad contract, to ing economy, together with the yields hit its highest since 1999. export 25 million cubic metres of central bank s accommodative "It now seems likely that the gas a day, was worth $3.7 billion monetary policy, to stimulate present stimulus program could (3.4 billion euros) a year. lending growth and support the be extended beyond September Iran sits on the world s sec- banking sector s loan perfor- 2016 and the specter of negative ond largest natural gas reserves and mance over the next 12-18 rates could well be imminent," produces some 600 million cubic months, said Elena Panayiotou, said Brenda Kelly, head analyst metres a day, almost all of which a Moody s Assistant Vice Presi- at London Capital Group. is consumed domestically due to dent and lead analyst for Paki- "As we have come to expect lack of exports means. stani banks. from the head of the ECB, Draghi World Bank paints mixed pic- is leaning towards pro-action ture of economy According to the rather than reaction," she said. Moody s Investors Service, the In see-saw trading the pan- economic growth prospects have European FTSEuroFirst 300 increased due to the govern- (.FTEU3) was down 0.3 percent ment s commitment to economic at 1,489 points, having opened reforms under its International even lower then snapping back Monetary Fund (IMF) program. on Draghi's comments. Pakistan s gross domestic Germany's DAX product (GDP) is expected to ex- (.GDAXI) was also down 0.3 pand by 4.0 per cent in the cur- percent at 10,877 points and rent fiscal year which will be in stark contrast to a sluggish 2.8 France's CAC 40 (.FCHI) and per cent during 2008 to 2013, the Britain's FTSE 100 (.FTSE) agency said. The international were both down 0.5 percent. The credit rating agency further main- talk of the stock market was tained that the positive change is British engine-maker Rolls- Expatriates constitute 85 percent overcome the problems that engi- of Saudi engineering graduates is mainly driven by higher spend- Royce (RR.L), which issued its of manpower in the engineering neering offices face. The meeting very low, said Khalid Al-Othman, ing on infrastructure projects as fourth profit warning in just over sector, according to a statement also called for establishing an En- a member of the National Com- the government aims to ease en- a year. Its shares plunged around issued by the Saudi Ministry of gineering Council with members mittee for Engineering Consulta- ergy shortages and execute 20 percent. U.S. stock futures Labor. There are 200,000 registered from the Ministry of Labor, engi- tion Offices. projects associated with the Chi- pointed to a slightly higher open engineers, said the statement. neers as well as representative The Saudi Council of Engi- na-Pakistan Economic Corridor on Wall Street (ESc1). Minister of Labor Mufrej Al- from the private sector.Engineering neers allows students who cleared (CPEC). Pakistan s bottom 40% Earlier in Asia, stocks Haqbani and Minister of Com- consultation offices are small and 50% of the curriculum to register to feel the heat by 2030 The shrugged off the overnight fall merce and Industry Tawfiq Al- are based on individual licenses and get free membership. It also rating agency notes that the on Wall Street as oil bounced Rabiah along with members of the which make them unable to get the supervises the professional engi- strengthening of the domestic Saudi Council of Engineers have needed financing to grow and re- neering examinations and provides back from its lowest in over two economy will contribute to the months and a bumper Austra- agreed to come up with a strategy cruit the needed manpower. training and rehabilitation pro- improvement in Pakistani banks to handle the challenge of employ- The Saudization quota that the grams. lian employment report sent out asset quality, the rating agency encouraging signals on the re- ing Saudis in the engineering sec- ministry has fixed for this sector It now has branches in differ- said, however, it also noted that tor. The Ministry of Labor an- exceeds that of other sectors. ent regions. The Council is under gion's economy. the level of credit risk will remain MSCI's broadest index of nounced that it will consider Sau- Another challenge in Saudiz- the supervision of the Ministry of high as banks are heavily exposed dis who are still on training to help ing this sector is that the number Commerce and Industry. Asia-Pacific shares outside Ja- to the country s holdings of se- pan was up 0.9 percent, while curities and government-related Japan's Nikkei ended flat on the loans. We expect problem loans will decline to around 12% of day (.N225). The biggest move total loans by the end of 2016 across major Asian markets was compared with 12.4% for the end the Australian dollar, which of June 2015. Banks, however, jumped more than 1 percent to will remain heavily exposed to $0.7150 (AUD=) after figures the low-rated Pakistan sovereign, showed that the country's econ- linking the banks creditworthi- omy created 58,600 jobs last ness to that of the sovereign, said month. In bond markets German Panayiotou. Further, the rating and other European yields fell agency expects in the area of cap- on the back of Draghi's remarks, ital buffers will come under pres- which trumped ECB executive sure due to moderate asset growth board member Benoit Coeure's and lower internal capital gener- more cautious comments earlier ation a result of weaker profit- that the debate on more stimu- Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud has directed Saudi Arabian ability. Consumer sector s profit lus next month was still open. Airlines to continue running flights to Sharm el-Sheikh from Riyadh and grows 58%: report The statement German 10-year yields fell Jeddah, in support of Egyptian tourism. King Salman also stressed full went on to say that the Pakistani 2 basis point to 0.59 percent , confidence in Egyptian security, the army and the government to pro- banks will maintain ample liquid- having initially risen 1 bp. All tect the security and stability of their country under the leadership of ity and continue to benefit from other euro zone yields were 1-4 President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Sisi on Wednesday promised a transpar- large volumes of low-cost and bps lower on the day. ent probe and cautioned against hasty conclusions over what brought stable customer deposits. The Expectations for ECB eas- down the Metrojet Airbus A321 over Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Octo- Pakistani banks deposit-based ing are in sharp contrast to those funding structure remains a cred- ber 31, killing all 224 people on board. ISIS Sinai branch claimed re- for U.S. monetary policy. Most sponsibility, but has not explained how it carried out the attack. Britain it strength. We expect inflows of remittances from migrant work- investors are betting that last suspended flights to Sharm el-Sheikh after saying it feared a bomb Friday's stellar U.S. employ- caused the disaster and voicing concerns over airport security at the Red ers will continue to drive the growth in bank deposits and ment report has set the seal on Sea resort.Russia also halted all fights to Egypt. Egypt's tourism indus- the Federal Reserve raising rates try, vital to its economy, has already suffered from years of political support banks funding bases, said the AVP. at its meeting next month. Illus- instability and attacks claimed by militants. trating that divergence, the gap between U.S. (US5YT=RR) and German five-year yields Treasury Secretary Lew on the 'Magic' of the US Economy (DE5YT=RR) rose to 181 basis points, the highest since 1999. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew out MyRA last week -- the pro- code is broken and needs "If we have learned something gave further justification for the gram was announcement by Pres- to be fixed, Lew said. We about Mr. Draghi it is that he administration s new MyRA pro- ident Obama back in his 2014 State need to close the loopholes does not like to disappoint mar- gram rolled out last week, and ex- of the Union address. that contribute to inequal- kets. He will not want to see a pressed hope that a bipartisan As for the U.S. economy, Lew ity and inefficiency and in- negative reaction after his deci- agreement to fix the nation s bro- called it the bright spot, com- equality and lower rates on sion in December," said KBC ken tax code could be made. pared to other countries, and said the business side. That s strategist Piet Lammens. The In an interview with Yahoo that vast amounts of progress had why companies are mov- euro fell more than half a cent to Finance, Secretary Lew also de- been made over the past seven or ing offshore because our as low as $1.0691 (EUR=), and scribed the U.S. economy as pret- eight years. rates too high. hit a three-month low against ty positive right now and indi- When I talk to other mem- Lew says he sees sterling at 70.41 pence cated that the biggest risk came bers of the G-20, they ask me what common ground between (EURGBP=D4). At 0430 ET from headwinds outside of the is the magic of the U.S. economy? the Republican proposals the single currency had recov- U.S. And I say it is the resiliency of our in Congress and the admin- ered a good chunk of these loss- Responding to those who have people, plus we used all the tools istration, but again politics es. The dollar index (.DXY), criticized the MyRA program as at our disposal during the crisis. makes things difficult. which tracks the currency not providing enough of a return That means fiscal and monetary There is pushback against a basket of six major to investors and saying they tools as well as regulatory and from lobbying groups that peers, edged up 0.1 percent to would receive below inflation re- policy tools. In other parts of the say we need to do individ- turns, Lew said that was off base. world there has been a reluctance uals (tax reform] first. 99.03, moving back towards a These are people who aren t to use all these levers. They re saying that busi- seven-month peak of 99.504 saving and who have a fear of los- Lew argued that one way to ness tax reform would only scaled on Tuesday. The dollar ing their principal. This is for get- make the recovery even stronger benefit the biggest compa- edged up to 123 yen (JPY=) ting started, the Treasury Secre- would be to enact the Obama ad- nies, and would hurt small against its Japanese counterpart, tary said. ministration s infrastructure pro- business owners, but ac- back within sight of this week's The stock market and index posal. tually the businesses they 2-1/2-month high of 123.60. funds -- and the greater risk that When asked why it was so hard are talking about are really U.S. crude futures (CLc1) were comes with investing there -- to pass this legislation since ev- some LLCs, pipeline com- higher in Europe, bouncing back makes more sense once these less eryone s for improving infrastruc- panies and hedge funds. from a 3 percent slide overnight wealthy individuals have accumu- ture, Lew said, sure everyone When asked if he was on worries about higher crude in- lated more assets. The Treasury wants new and better roads, bridg- optimistic about tax re- ventories. They were last up Department points to a 2015 Fed- es, tunnels and airports, it s how form, Lew said in fact he about 0.4 percent at $43.09 a eral Reserve study that notes 31% we pay for them. And so this is- was "realistic," saying he barrel. Brent crude (LCOc1) of all non-retired Americans have sue becomes linked to taxes and knows the difference be- added 0.3 percent to $45.94 no retirement savings or pension tax reform, he said. tween good policy and though was still not far from its whatsoever. The Treasury rolled And speaking of, our tax good politics. lowest levels since August. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. FRIDAY . NOVEMBER 13, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

customer of the Chipotle in the earlier case was upset when he heard about that outbreak. "It just drives me nuts," said Bill Marler, who built his national reputation with the 1993 E. coli outbreak at Seattle Jack in the Box restaurants. "This is the kind of thing that tears apart people's be- lief that government can actually do stuff correctly and good." Government regulations and restaurant and farm inspections prevent some people from getting sick, but critics say more must be done to prevent foodborne illness. Better testing on farms and in warehouses is one hope of Jaydee Hanson, a senior policy analyst at the Center for Food Safety. The Washington, D.C.-based nonprof- it promotes food safety and sus- tainable agriculture. Hanson says good government regulations and inspections help prevent some illnesses, as do re- sponsible farmers, restaurants and grocery stores. Public pressure will help improve the nation's food system and so will lawyers, he added. "I have no doubt in mind that the civil justice system does change behavior," said Ryan Os- terholm, a lawyer for Pirtzer Ols- en in Minneapolis, which has filed lawsuits against Chipotle in the SEATTLE : As Chipotle prepares getting sick from food every year. oughly, and steer clear of unpas- handful are confirmed as food-re- current case and a previous case in to reopen its restaurants in the Many of these illnesses in- teurized milk or juice. lated outbreaks. When those con- Minnesota. Pacific Northwest this week after volve people eating at home, but But it's impossible to avoid all firmed cases pose an ongoing risk Osterholm said such lawsuits an E. coli outbreak that sickened even restaurant-related outbreaks bacteria on food, Cieslak says. For to the public, an announcement is will force the company to answer about 45 people, health experts are fairly common, said Dr. Paul example, if lettuce or berries are made. questions like whether it visited say foodborne illnesses are more Cieslak, medical director for com- contaminated with E. coli, it's very Duchin said that's why the the farms where its produce was common than the public realizes. municable diseases at Oregon's difficult to wash them well enough most recent Chipotle-related out- grown and if it gets outside help Forty three Chipotle restau- state health agency. to get to every nook and cranny break attracted widespread media with food quality and safety. The blood-brain barrier is a natu- the presence of ultrasounds, air rants in Washington state and the "Screw-ups can occur in any where the bacteria are hiding. attention, while a smaller case - five In response to the latest out- ral defense, keeping us safe from bubbles rapidly compress and ex- Portland, Oregon, area have been kitchen, but obviously it's more "When you go to a restaurant, people sick from eating at one Se- break, Chipotle announced sever- bacterial infections but it pre- pand, vibrating in a way that loos- closed since the end of October. dramatic when it occurs in a kitch- let's face it - you're kind of at the attle Chipotle restaurant in July - al new efforts to improve food safe- vents some brain treatments. Now ens junctions between cells. Eleven of those stores were direct- en that serves 5,000 people," said mercy of what's going on in the was not reported. ty, including testing of fresh pro- a Canadian team has found a way In this new procedure, a che- ly connected to the outbreak which Cieslak, who has helped investi- kitchen," he said. The July outbreak had ended duce, raw meat and dairy items to break through. motherapy drug is introduced to a sent more than a dozen people to gate the E. coli outbreak that sick- Most reports of potential by the time the health department before they arrive in its restaurants. For the first time doctors have patient s blood without any ap- the hospital. ened about 40 people in Washing- food-related illnesses pose no on- investigated, and officials found no "We have also retained two of broken through the blood-brain parent means to reach a brain tu- About 48 million cases of ton state and Oregon. going threat, so local health depart- evidence of an ongoing problem the nation's best food-safety sci- barrier in order to treat a brain dis- mor. Then, microscopic bubbles foodborne disease occur in the U.S. There are things people can do ments do not report them to the that people needed to know about, entists to work with us to assess ease non-invasively. Neurosurgeon smaller than red blood cells that annually, sending about 105,000 to ward off foodborne illnesses: public, according to Dr. Jeff Duch- said Duchin, who noted the two practices and find additional areas Todd Mainprize of the Hurvitz can pass seamlessly through the people to the hospital and result- Wash your hands before making in, health officer for Seattle and cases involved different E. coli for improvement," Chipotle Brain Sciences Program at the Sun- circulatory system are produced ing in 2,000 deaths, according to or eating food, avoid undercooked King County Public Health. strains. spokesman Chris Arnold said. "We nybrook Health Sciences Centre in in a patient s bloodstream. Final- data from the Centers for Disease hamburger or raw shellfish, be care- Of the more than 1,000 po- A Seattle attorney who spe- are leaving no stone unturned in Toronto, with the support of oth- ly, pulses of ultrasound targeted Control and Prevention. That's ful about cross-contamination of tential cases each year in the coun- cializes in food-safety cases and terms of finding ways to improve er neuroscientists, pioneered the on blood vessels in the brain inter- about 1 in 7 people in the country raw meat, wash produce thor- ty that includes Seattle, only a whose daughter was a frequent upon our practices." revolutionary new method. act with the microscopic bubbles The blood-brain barrier is a to cause small openings in the natural defense mechanism that blood-brain barrier. This allows the prevents germs and some chemi- chemotherapy drugs to reach the cals already present in the blood- tumor through the barrier s target- Woman creates Disney princess wigs stream from reaching the brain. ed openings. While the barrier normally serves In a press release on Sunny- to keep us safe from bacterial in- brook s website, Dr. Mainprize fections, it presents a particular said, We are encouraged that we out of yarn for children battling cancer difficulty for treatment of many were able to temporarily open this brain diseases, as many drugs ad- barrier in a patient to deliver che- A former cancer nurse who made a ministered into a patient s blood motherapy directly to the brain Disney princess wig out of yarn for are incapable of reaching the pa- tumor. a friend s sick child never imagined tient s brain. To make sure the drugs had her creation would spread nation- Gliomas are a type of brain reached the tumor, less than 24 wide. "We have individual families tumor that are difficult to treat hours after the procedure doctors contacting us wanting wigs for their surgically due to their tendency to removed portions of the tumor own little girls who had just been di- branch out. While portions of glio- and surrounding tissues to test the agnosed, and we have four hospitals mas can be removed, it s virtually differences in chemo concentration right now that have ordered wigs," impossible to remove one in its between regions that did and did Holly Christensen, creator of "The entirety. Doctors seeking to treat not receive treatment. These inva- Magic Yarn Project," told KTVA. the remaining portions of a glioma sive steps are necessary while the Christensen, of Palmer, Alaska, had with chemotherapy are under ex- while the procedure is tested for made a Disney princess wig with tremely strict limitations, as the feasibility, safety, and preliminary yarn for her own children when she majority of chemotherapy drugs efficacy, but if the technique makes heard about her friend s child. "Last cannot cross the blood-brain bar- it out of clinical trials, they will no fall one of my friends from nursing rier. So how was this break- longer be necessary. Still, because school, I found out their daughter was through achieved? It all comes of the invasive nature of demon- diagnosed with cancer," she told the down to a phenomenon called strating the procedure works, the news station. "I knew having been a sonication, wherein sound fre- trials are limited to participants cancer nurse what she was about to quencies too high for humans to already scheduled for traditional go through." Seeing how much her he ar (or ultrasounds ) are used neurosurgery. own children enjoyed the wig, she to fragment cells. Usually sonica- The preliminary success of thought sending one to her friend s tion is performed on samples of this research opens the door for child might help cheer her up. "It's cells in the lab. In the body, ultra- treatment of other brain diseases so precious," Christensen said. "She's sounds are typically inert, which that are normally hindered by the stroking her Rapunzel hair and she's makes them useful for imaging a protection of the blood-brain bar- just like, 'Pretty soon my hair is go- fetus in the womb. rier, including brain tumors, Alzhe- ing to grow back and I'm going to The secret is how ultrasounds imer s disease, and many psychi- have real Rapunzel hair.'" interact with air bubbles. When in atric conditions. Signs Of heart disease seen in Boston children's hospital to tap IBM Watson to tackle obese children as young as 8 rare pediatric diseases Medical researchers say imaging children of normal weight, the re- they warn that heart problems in sure, asthma and depression, the tests on obese children as young searchers report. childhood can often lead to more researchers reported. Obesity is as eight years old have revealed Thickened heart muscle reduc- serious health conditions during seen as a growing concern among In an initial project focused on kid- ogy by reading related medical lit- go on chronic dialysis or wait for a evidence of significant heart dis- es the heart's ability to pump adulthood. "Ultimately we hope the young; it is estimated one in ney disease, Watson will analyze erature and aggregating information kidney transplant only to have ease. Thickening of heart muscles blood, they say, and this reduc- that the effects we see in the hearts three children between the age of the massive volumes of scientific on causative mutations for steroid- their disease frequently recur in the and increased muscle mass in the tion in capacity could put the obese of these children are reversible; two and 19 is overweight or diag- literature and clinical databases on resistant nephrotic syndrome new organ. "One of Watson's tal- left ventricle, both known signs children at "high risk" for cardiac however, it is possible that there nosed as clinically obese This im- the Watson Health Cloud to match (SRNS), a rare genetic form of kid- ents is quickly finding hidden in- of heart disease, could increase the strain and heart disease upon reach- could be permanent damage," Jing plies that obese children even genetic mutations to diseases and ney disease. Then, experts at Bos- sights and connecting patterns in risk of obese children facing early ing adulthood. says. "This should be further mo- younger than 8 years old likely help uncover insights that could ton Children's Hospital intend to massive volumes of data," said death as adults, the researchers While physical symptoms of tivation for parents to help chil- have signs of heart disease too," help clinicians identify treatment feed genomic sequencing data from Deborah DiSanzo, general manag- say. "This was surprising and heart disease were not seen in any dren lead a healthy lifestyle." In Jing says. "This was alarming to options. retrospective patients into Watson er, IBM Watson Health. "Rare dis- alarming to us," says study lead of the obese children in the study addition to signs of heart disease, us. Understanding the long-term Today about 1 in 10 Ameri- to further train the system. The ease diagnosis is a fitting applica- author Linyuan Jing of the Geis- and the researchers pointed out some of the children in the study ramifications of this will be criti- cans suffer from a rare disease, and goal is to create a cognitive system tion for cognitive technology that inger Health System in Danville, that not all the obese children had other conditions linked to obe- cal as we deal with the impact of half of these patients are children, that can help clinicians interpret a can assimilate different types and Penn. showed signs of heart issues sity, including elevated blood pres- the pediatric obesity epidemic." according to the Global Genes child's genome sequencing data, sources of data to help doctors "At such a young age, [chil- Project. There are some 7,000 compare this with medical litera- solve medical mysteries. For the dren have] already developed clear known rare disorders ranging from ture and quickly identify anoma- kids and their families suffering evidence of heart disease," says benign abnormalities to life-threat- lies that may be responsible for without a diagnosis, our goal is to Jing, explaining the findings pre- ening disease. Many affected chil- the unexplained symptoms. "Cop- team with the world's leading ex- sented at a gathering of the Amer- dren pass away before a diagnosis ing with an undiagnosed illness is perts to create a cognitive tool that ican Heart Association in Florida. can be made, leaving families to a tremendous challenge for many will make it easier for doctors to For the study, the researchers grieve without knowing what of the children and families we see," find the needle in the haystack, used magnetic imaging and other might have been done to help them, said Christopher Walsh, MD, uncovering all relevant medical ad- diagnostic tests on 40 children in or how to avoid additional broth- PhD, director of the Division of vances to support effective care Kentucky, half of whom were nor- ers or sisters being affected. At Genetics and Genomics at Boston for the child." mal weight, while the other half Boston Children's, investigators at Children's Hospital. "Watson can The kidney project will be were classified as clinically obese. The Manton Center for Orphan help us ensure we've left no stone done in collaboration with Fried- A significant number of the Disease Research are focused on unturned in our search to diagnose helm Hildebrandt, MD, chief of the obese children, who ranged in age diagnosing children with a wide and cure these rare diseases so we Division of Nephrology at Bos- from 16 down to as young as eight, variety of rare genetic conditions. can uncover all relevant insights ton Children's and Claritas Ge- were found to have early signs of While strides have been made, the from the patient's clinical history, nomics. Following its successful abnormalities of the heart muscles. interpretation of sequencing results DNA data, supporting evidence completion, Boston Children's On average, the obese children had can be a labor-intensive process, and population health data." Even plans to expand the effort into 27 percent more muscle mass in presenting an overload of informa- with a diagnosis, effective treat- undiagnosed neurologic disorders the heart's left ventricle, and their tion whose analysis may not al- ment for rare conditions can be elu- and other disease areas studied by overall heart muscle was 12 per- ways yield a definitive causative sive. For example, SRNS are usu- The Manton Center, improving cent thicker compared with the variant. In the new collaboration, ally unresponsive to immunosup- diagnostic and treatment services Watson will be trained in nephrol- pressive therapy, and often must for patients nationwide. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. FRIDAY .NOVEMBER 13, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

Google on Tuesday said it will the operating system exclusive to Snow Leopard, Lion and Moun- Google likely believed purging switch off Chrome security up- Apple's Macs: OS X Snow Leop- tain Lion out to pasture in Sep- the still-supported Vista was a no- dates in under five months for ard, Lion and Mountain Lion. The tember of 2013, 2014 and 2015, brainer because of its low user about one-in-seven Windows us- trio, also labeled as OS X 10.6, 10.7 respectively. Only Windows Vis- share, a Net Applications estimate ers and around the same portion and 10.8, respectively, were intro- ta continues to receive security that serves as a proxy for the por- of those running Apple's OS X. duced in 2009, 2011 and 2012. updates from Microsoft; it won't tion of the world's desktop and As of April 2016, Google will Last month, Snow Leopard, Lion get the heave-ho until April 2017. notebook personal computers that stop patching known Chrome vul- and Mountain Lion accounted for Even Microsoft's and Apple's run a specific OS. In October, Vis- nerabilities on 2001's Windows XP 14.6% of all OS X editions whose own browsers have been largely ta's user share was just 2% of all and 2007's Windows Vista. To- users went online, according to retired for their outdated OSes. Windows-equipped machines. gether the two operating systems Web analytics company Net Ap- Microsoft no longer patches bugs Mozilla's Firefox browser powered 14.8% of all Windows plications. in Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) on supports all the operating systems PCs last month. "Such older platforms are miss- Windows XP, although it still up- that Chrome will leave in the ditch, The browser won't suddenly ing critical security updates and dates IE9 on Windows Vista. Ap- and so will become -- assuming refuse to work, but fixes for secu- have a greater potential to be in- ple last refreshed its Safari brows- Mozilla doesn't mimic Google be- rity flaws, including those that may fected by viruses and malware," er on Snow Leopard in May 2012, fore April -- the best option for already be in a hacker's toolkit, will said Marc Pawliger, the director on Lion in August 2014, and on most of those left behind by not be offered to Windows XP and of engineering for Chrome, in a Mountain Lion in August 2015. Chrome. Vista customers. Once April ar- brief post on a Google blog. "If Beginning in April, Google will Mozilla is typically the most rives, users running those operat- you are still on one of these un- patch and upgrade the desktop cautious of the top four browser ing systems will not be served any supported platforms, we encour- version of Chrome only on Win- makers in pulling support. It didn't Chrome updates, which often in- age you to move to a newer oper- dows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, retire Firefox on Windows 2000, clude not only bug fixes but also ating system to ensure that you Windows 10, OS X Mavericks, OS for example, until April 2012, more feature and functionality changes. continue to receive the latest X Yosemite and OS X El Capitan. than a dozen years after its debut First look: Microsoft Azure Chrome versions and features." Chrome's desertion of Win- and nearly two years after Mi- Active Directory Domain Servic- With the exception of Win- dows XP was expected -- in fact, crosoft stopped updating the once- es puts it all in the cloud dows Vista, all the operating sys- Google had previously pegged the widely-used OS. It's a cloud-based method for tems facing the Chrome support end of this year as the retirement Chrome has been on a remark- making sure your apps have full guillotine have already been aban- timeline -- but the abandonment able run since the beginning of Active Directory services -- and doned by their maker. Microsoft of Vista and the three OS X edi- 2015, accumulating 8.5 percentage then Google will also axe support retired Windows XP, for instance, tions had not been hinted at earli- points in user share since Jan. 1. for three older editions of OS X, in April 2014, while Apple put er. That represented an increase of more than a third. In October, Chrome's user share stood at CAPE CANAVERALScientists Among 50 reports that New "Whatever they are, they're 31.1%, a record. have discovered what appear to be Horizons scientists will present definitely weird," White said. So while Google's decision to ice-spewing volcanoes on the sur- this week is a startling look at two New Horizons also found sev- end support for the five operating face of Pluto, raising questions mountains on the surface of Pluto, eral deep fractures in Pluto's sur- systems next year may dampen about how the tiny, distant world each measuring more than 100 miles face, the largest of which spans growth as OS laggards move on to, has been so geologically active, (161 km) in diameter and several more than 200 miles (322 km)in say, Firefox, the impact will prob- according to research presented on miles (km) in height. The tops of length. The top of the fracture is ably be minor because of Chrome's Monday. the mountains have depressions about 2.5 miles (4 km)higher than strong position. If the kill switch The findings, released at an similar to volcanoes found on Mars the base - more than twice as high had been thrown now, not slated American Astronomical Society and Earth. as walls of the Grand Canyon. for April, Google's browser would meeting in National Harbor, Mary- "Nothing like this has ever "The fact that there are so face a maximum downturn of 4.5 land, paint a far more complicated been seen in the outer solar sys- many large faults in this part of percentage points if all Chrome picture of Pluto and its moons than tem," said New Horizons scien- Pluto indicates that the crust has users on Windows XP, Vista, and scientists imagined. tist Oliver White, with NASA's experienced a major extension at OS X Snow Leopard, Lion and "The Pluto system is baffling Ames Research Center in Moffett some point in its history," White Mountain Lion, suddenly desert- us," planetary scientist Alan Stern, Field, California. said. ed the browser. That's very unlike- with the Southwest Research In- Rather than spewing molten Scientists suspect the decay of ly: Those users are probably as stitute in Boulder, Colorado, told rock, volcanoes on Pluto would naturally occurring radioactive el- indifferent to using an obsolete reporters during a webcast news have released frozen water, and ements in Pluto's core was the heat browser as they are to running an conference. other ices such as nitrogen, ammo- source for its transformation. outdated OS. Although a decline Stern heads the team working nia or methane. New Horizons is on track for of that magnitude would be an em- on NASA's New Horizons space- White admits the idea of vol- a possible January 2019 pass by barrassing reverse for Google, it craft, which made an unprecedent- canoes on Pluto, which is about another frozen mini world in the would not unseat Chrome from its ed pass by Pluto on July 14. 30 times farther away from the sun Kuiper Belt region of the solar second-place spot in the browser Pictures and measurements than Earth, sounds crazy, "but it's system, which is home to Pluto, standings. taken during the encounter are still the least crazy thing we can thing its moons and thousands of other being transmitted back to Earth. of" to explain the mountains. icy bodies. Microsoft partners with ConsenSys Space to launch Bitcoin-style platform archaeologist Soon, banks and insurance companies that are now using the cloud-based Azure platform of Microsoft will be able to take advantage of a new cloud-based blockchain platform that the company launches. Microsoft has partnered with start-up firm ConsenSys in a move to Sarah Parcak launch a fully programmable blockchain platform that will allow financial industries to use it as a huge, decentralized ledger of each transaction that uses bitcoin. While the technology is still in a nascent phase, more financial industry is getting interested in blockchain, believ- ing that it has the potential to reduce costs and enhance efficiency. "Microsoft and Consen- gets $1M TED Sys are partnering to offer Ethereum Blockchain as a Service (EBaaS) on Microsoft Azure so Enterprise clients and developers can have a single click cloud based blockchain develop- er environment," said Marley Gray, Director at Technology Strategy US Financial Services. "Ethereum is real and has a vibrant community of developers, enthusiasts and businesses Prize for 2016 participating." Although the main attraction of the tech is to use Bitcoin-style of currency, it is also a useful tool in securing and validating any data exchange being made. By using simple templates, companies would be able to create "smart contracts" that are blockchain- based. "Working with our customers that wanted to start playing around with blockchain technology, the major pain point that we kept hearing from them was that it was just too hard to get started, and too expensive," said Gray. He added that "Ethereum provides the flexibility and extensibility many of our customers were looking for." According to Gray, companies that intend to use the technology would be able to create "smart contracts" wherein the terms of such an agreement are automatically executed in 20 minutes even without any prior experience. Moreover, they can also update the value of a contract that uses an Ethereum-based currency every 15 seconds which, in essence, is faster than Bitcoin by as much as 40 times. "We bet the entire farm on the cloud, pretty much," said Gray. So far, there are now four large global financial institutions which had signed up to the service, according to Microsoft. Microsoft seemed to be deviating more of its focus on cloud services as the company sees a slowdown in the demand for its Windows operating system. In a report made last month, the company said that its cloud business saw an eight percent increase for the first quarter. Investors urge Exxon to take moral responsibility for global warming ExxonMobil stockholders are turn- How Exxon responds to reso- sions of harmful greenhouse gas- at publicly traded companies are ity being considered." Those in- So-called space archaeologist and Egyptology specialist Sarah Parcak ing up the heat on management lutions proposed for the compa- es. Exxon has rejected all the reso- purely advisory, Exxon has no le- clude prosecuting Exxon under the of the University of Alabama in Birmingham, won the $1 million TED over the oil giant's history of re- ny's annual meeting next May lutions, including a widely en- gal reason to heed shareholder de- federal Racketeer Influenced and Prize, an annual award given to people who use the organization s sisting action to confront climate could add to scrutiny of the com- dorsed climate policy in corporate mands on climate change. But there Corrupt Organizations Act, known funding to launch a project of high impact. change with a first-ever request pany, as New York State prosecu- America to set company-wide is a growing argument most no- as RICO, Gerrard said. At the 2016 TED Conference in February, Parcak will elaborate asking the company to accept tors probe what Exxon knew about goals to lower its emissions. tably by Pope Francis in his en- The federal statute was origi- further on her prize-winning project, where she uses satellite imagery to moral responsibility for global global warming and what it told The moral-responsibility pro- cyclical on the climate and his nally enacted to fight organized spot and protect archaeological sites in the Middle East and other parts warming. investors and the public. Mean- posal is "a different strategy," said speech to the U.S. Congress that crime but was successfully em- of the world. This has given her the tag of space archaeologist, as she The proposal by the Tri-State while, lawmakers, presidential can- Mary Beth Gallagher, acting direc- dealing with climate change is a ployed against the tobacco indus- works with satellite imagery beamed down from right outside Earth s Coalition for Responsible Invest- didates, climate scientists and en- tor of New Jersey-based Tri-State. moral obligation, said Tim Smith, try in the 1990s. orbit to view these otherwise hard-to-find sites of interest. Parcak also ment calls on Exxon to take urgent vironmentalists increasingly are "Our hope is that it sends a signal senior vice president of Boston- Shareholder Resolutions The makes use of infrared imagery to go beyond what the human eye can climate action on moral grounds by calling for federal investigations of that a company's shareholders care based Walden Asset Management, Tri-State proposal is among the see, and advanced computer algorithms that are able to detect ruins of agreeing to limit temperature rise Exxon under racketeering and se- about how it generates profit, not which promotes environmental, first 2016 Exxon shareholder reso- ancient temples or tombs from piles of rocks. to the globally accepted 2 degrees curities fraud statutes. just that it generates profits." social and corporate responsibili- lutions to be filed addressing cli- So far, Parcak s space archaeology has yielded 17 possibly un- Celsius target. Tri-State represents "There is no doubt there is Exxon spokesman Scott J. Sil- ty on behalf of investors. mate change. Investors have until known pyramids, over a thousand tombs, and over three thousand nearly 40 Roman Catholic share- more interest in Exxon's conduct vestri declined to address ques- "From a moral point of view, Dec. 16 to submit resolutions for ancient settlements from her mapping of Egypt. With her mix of differ- holder organizations with pension than ever before," said Reverend tions about the Tri-State resolu- they could have been part of the annual meetings next year. ent methods, she can theoretically find ancient cities which have sup- funds invested in the oil giant. Michael Crosby, who represents tion, saying the company will re- early warning system," he said. Exxon can challenge the Tri- posedly been missing for several thousand years. "ExxonMobil claims that its the friars and has called on the com- spond next year before the share- "They chose another path. Now State resolution before the SEC to Aerial photography has been used by archaeologists for the past energy production responds to a pany to address climate change for holder meeting. The company last they have the opportunity to keep it off the shareholder meet- few centuries, starting with hot air balloons, then with airplanes, and in 'moral imperative' to meet grow- more than a decade. "Exxon has week denied "allegations that Exx- evolve and become more in line with ing agenda. If the SEC clears the present time, drones. This has enabled them to find the Nazca lines in ing energy demand and eradicate dismissed calls to take responsi- onMobil suppressed climate the consensus on climate change." proposal, the company can urge Peru, as well as other sites whose features can be better seen from poverty, but this does not offset ble action on the climate for so long, change research" after the office of But Exxon may have legal reasons shareholders to vote against it. above. With that in mind, Parcak s work adds a present-day extension the necessity to mitigate climate and now maybe there will be a feel- New York Attorney General Eric not to accept the Tri-State resolu- Managements often argue that to aerial photography tech, though she says this is not an easy task, and change or the moral imperative to ing that what we ve been calling Schneiderman issued a subpoena tion, according to Michael Gerrard, such resolutions would tie execu- is one that requires a deep knowledge of historical events, the geology limit warming to 2°C," according for was right all along." for documents spanning almost a professor of environmental law tives' hands and interfere with of how materials degrade over time, topography of landscapes, seasonal to the resolution. A second pro- The suggested resolutions, four decades. The subpoena fol- at Columbia University. profit-making. A Tri-State resolu- weather conditions, and the culture as a whole. posal by the Province of St. Jo- which still must be cleared by the lows an InsideClimate News in- "It seems the resolution asks tion asking Exxon to adopt clear In a press statement, Parcak said that being named 2016 TED Prize seph of the Capuchin Order of fri- Securities and Exchange Commis- vestigative series showing that Exxon to admit certain things that goals for reducing greenhouse gas recipient is more than just an award for her, but also about her field in ars asks stockholders to vote on sion, are part of a 25-year cam- Exxon knew decades ago of the cli- Exxon may not want to admit," emissions from its products and general. The last four and a half years have been horrific for archaeol- naming someone with climate paign by corporate responsibility mate effects of carbon dioxide from Gerrard said. "I could imagine any operations received the support of ogy, she said. I ve spent a lot of time, as have many of my colleagues, change expertise to the board for advocates to get Exxon and other the burning of fossil fuels. admission of this sort playing into just 9.6 percent of the company's looking at the destruction. I am committed to using this Prize to engage the second year in a row. fossil fuel producers to limit emis- Because shareholder requests some of the new theories of liabil- stock in 2015. the world in finding and protecting these global sites. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. FRIDAY . NOVEMBER 13, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Arab-American woman aspires to be Miss California 2016

Former model Saima Azhar's film which stars radio jockey/TV host oriented action film with a roman- Saima claims. "i've been offered so decision to sign the film. The film, breakthrough has long been ru- Sahir Lodhi, who has also co-writ- tic element. There will be no vul- many films and item numbers. It which goes on the floors this moured, and it looks like she's fi- ten the film's script. Sahir and I garity or raunchy jokes in it," she was very difficult for me to choose month, will be directed by Saqib nally ready to spill the beans on will play the lead roles in the film, said to Images. Ijaz Aslam, the right film for myself. When I Siddiqui and produced by Dr Faisal her debut project. Saima has been while Sana Fukher will play my Shamoon Abbasi and Naveed Raza read Raastey's script, I felt like and its script has been written by cast in upcoming film Rastey, sister-in-law. Rastey is a family- have also been cast in this film, 'This is it!'," she said about her Sahir Lodhi and Shahid Naqvi. No nosy The festive and the fashionable questions for Anushka Sharma, please

An increasing number of women become first Muslim Miss Italy from different racial backgrounds are taking part in beauty pageants ofia also said that she didn t across the US, and the Miss Cali- let that fear stand in the way of fornia pageant is no exception. her dreams, saying, I ve always Sofia Hanan, an Arab-Ameri- wanted to compete in a pageant, can woman, is one of the contes- and I m not willing to live with the tants participating in the pageant. regret of not attempting something Although she was born and raised that I ve always wanted to. I want in California, her father is an Egyp- to show the world that being Arab- tian-born Palestinian. This gives American doesn t constrain you to Her personal life is always under her a unique cultural background living a certain way. public scrutiny, be it her relation- which she is proud of. My dual The contestant declared that ship status or marriage plans, but cultural background means I refuse she would invest a lot of time to actress Anushka Sharma says she to be stifled by stereotypes, she represent California if she won the doesn t like to open up about her stated in an interview with Al Ar- pageant. personal life and nosy questions abiya. Bid to revive Miss Iraq pag- Modelling not a brainless pro- irk her. During a live Twitter chat eant draws ire of hardline clerics, fession session, when one Twitter user asked the actress about one ques- tribal leaders The 23-year-old re- When asked about her idea of tion you are tired answering in in- vealed that initially she was scared beauty , Sofia said it s more than terviews , she said she doesn t like she might receive backlash for her what meets the eye. It is one s to be snooped around. The PK decision from the conservative heart, compassion and their abili- actress posted: Don't like nosy Arab world and chose to keep her ty to project that into the world questions about personal life participation in the contest a se- and onto other people. For me a #6MillionAnushkaholics . Recent- cret. I was at first nervous of what truly beautiful person has the best Fashion Pakistan Week (FPW) is and it has been an enlightening ex- signers and it took a year to ad- not just about a single personality. ly, the actress had to release a state- might come from competing as an intentions and strives to accom- set to return by month end and it s perience for all of us, says dress their concerns and ensure that With younger board members, this ment to clarify that there's no truth Arab-American in a beauty pag- plish goals through positivity and safe to say that with each passing Chaudhri, who along with Saleem the platform works consistently, has been easier to do, notes Sal- to news stories surrounding her eant, as it s something almost ta- outright goodness, she shared. season, the platform is becoming took over the reins of the FPC from Chaudhri says. Now, however, eem. The board members share that "impending marriage" as she is in a boo in the Arab world, she re- Feeling Proud: 10 Pakistanis stronger and more streamlined. Spring/Summer 2013. We have the game has changed as we have although there has been a shift in happy place professionally. It was vealed. who are making it big in Holly- Two years ago, the change of guard learned the ropes of the job and on board many designers from tutelage, Deepak Perwani, Ma- reported that she was planning to However, she decided to brave wood in the administration of Fashion the idea is to keep streamlining the Lahore, who want to show with heen Khan and Shamaeel Ansari get married to India cricketer Virat the odds and slowly started shar- Sofia holds a degree in broad- Pakistan Council (FPC), with San- show so that it becomes tighter us. Coveted names from Karachi have been consistently present for Kohli. The actress, who is busy ing her experience. To her amaze- cast journalism from Suffolk Uni- am Chaudhri assuming the mantle with every passing season, she have also been consistently featur- guidance and support. Deepak is shooting for Ae Dil Hai Mush- ment, the support she received was versity in Boston, and wants to of chairperson and Wardha Saleem adds. The two have also helped ing in our fashion weeks. our spokesperson and all three of kil", also shared that NH 10 was overwhelming. pursue a career in culinary broad- taking charge as CEO, helped so- pave the way for a greater number Bearing in mind the prevailing them have been there as our men- the toughest movie of her career. Originally, I did not want to casting, particularly the tradition- lidify the platform. As FPW prom- of designers to showcase their security cauldron in Karachi, host- tors throughout, says Saleem. It She posted: But it was equally tell anyone outside of my immedi- al Arabic dishes her Palestinian ises to return with a new and im- works. ing an event of great magnitude is a helps now that we have a proper rewarding too because of the ap- ate family and closest friends. But grandmother taught her. proved Winter Festive show, we As is the case with many or- feat on its own. But the council structure and can tighten up the preciation it received from you as I continued on the path and grad- Though she isn t the first talk to the dazzling designer duo ganisations, being led by young has been steadfast in its holistic content. With Winter Festive , guys. It has been a mixed year for ually began sharing my experience Arab-American woman to partici- about how FPC is where it is to- professionals meant gaining the approach to showing the latest FPW will not just focus on bridals Anushka, who faced failure with with my friends, family, and so- pate in the contest, she is proba- day. trust of designers and sponsors Pakistani fashion has to offer. Our but also everything else custom- Bombay Velvet and success with cial media, I received an over- bly the only one with a Palestin- Dil Dhadakne Do . And the ac- whelming amount of support from ian background. We re all young designers would take time. There were a aim has always been for the coun- ers look for in the upcoming sea- tress says she doesn t regret doing who are now running the council lot of trust issues between the de- cil to be solely about fashion and son. all corners of the globe, she said. This article originally appeared any of the films in her career. Moroccan model competes to on Al Arabiya News. Samuel L. Some of my best friends are Kelly Osbourne Jackson not from Pakistan: Sonam Kapoor worried about has occasional drinks winning an Oscar over the world and work, why can t people from the neighbouring country come here and work?, asked Sonam. She gave examples of her fa- ther Anil Kapoor and fellow actress Priyanka Chopra, We ap- preciate it when our industry people work abroad, like Priyanka is working in Los Angeles and my father is working there too. This was something that the British did divide and rule and I think that s what s happening Actor Samuel L. Jackson says he right now. It is scary, awful and I was gutted when he missed out on think it is completely unaccept- the Academy Award after being able, said Sonam. nominated for his 1994 film "Pulp Will stand for Mahira s right Fiction", but said he's not both- to work in India: Shah Rukh Khan ered anymore. "Some people only The actress also broke her si- do movies that are meaningful and lence on growing cases on intoler- that are going to come out during Academy Awards season, but I'm ance in India and said, Intolerance not that person. I've done enough Sonam Kapoor doesn t shy away family to me, so whether he is In- based on anything, whether reli- work now... not to worry about from speaking her mind freely, we dian or Pakistani it does not mat- gion, caste, creed or sexuality, is getting an Academy Award," Jack- all know that. And now the ter, reports Times of India. Some unacceptable. son told GQ magazine, reports Bollywood diva has come out in of my best friends are from Paki- A country like India is known femalefirst.co.uk. "When I got support of her Khoobsurat co-star stan, she added. Never faced any for tolerance. We are dumping in nominated for 'Pulp Fiction', I Fawad Khan following Hindu ex- issues in India: Fawad Khan the garbage what our forefathers Singer-actor Kelly Osbourne, who programme. I have the occasional ing regime that sees her eat pizza kept going to all of these f**king tremist organisation Shiv Sena s Sonam believes when Indian actors fought for. For an artiste, it s the has been in rehabilitation centre drink, but now I can be happy for breakfast and oatmeal for din- award shows and I wasn't winning pledge to not let Fawad and can work anywhere in the world, scariest situation to be in. You can seven times for drug and alcohol without taking drugs," Osbourne ner. "I eat my fattiest meal in the and it's kind of like, 'God damn, Mahira promote their films in why can t Pakistani actors work only grow through art, expression abuse, doesn't see anything wrong told Closer magazine, reports morning. If I'm craving pizza, I'll what is going on?' By the time we Maharashtra. I have worked with in India. I don t think we should and love. And if there are so many with having "occasional" drinks. femalefirst.co.uk. The 31-year-old have it for breakfast, salad for got to the Academy Awards I Fawad Khan and I would love to stop something because of a few stigmas, we will never grow as a "I would never call myself has also battled with her weight in lunch, then oatmeal for dinner," thought to myself, 'Maybe they'll work with him again. Fawad is like people. If it is okay for us to go all country, she added. clean, and I'm not in a treatment the past, and now adopts an eat- she said. get it f**king right this time'. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. FRIDAY . NOVEMBER 13, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

BCCI pro po ses lim ited-o ver series w ith Pakistan in In dia

KARACHI: Former Pakistan cap- their first series wins against a Test before qualifying for the World Afghanistan will play Oman, The Board of Control for Cricket talks with the government and an- delegation, visited India to discuss tain Inzamam-ul-Haq has agreed to playing country. Inzamam said he Twenty20 a year later. They also Hong Kong and Papua New in India (BCCI) on Tuesday pro- other series of discussions are ex- with BCCI president Shashank extend his contract as Afghanistan was happy to extend the contract. qualified for the 2015 World Cup Guinea in various matches in the posed a limited-over series with pected to take place after Diwali. Manohar to take a final decision cricket team's head coach for one "I have agreed to extend the con- and will play their fourth World United Arab Emirates later this Pakistan, comprising five one-day BCCI secretary Anurag whether India was ready to play year, he said on Wednesday. tract by 12 months," Inzamam told Twenty20 in India next year. month. and two Twenty20 internationals, Thakur will be approaching the the series as per the MoU signed The swashbuckling batsman, AFP. "They wanted me to extend Inzamam said Afghanistan's They are also scheduled to but reiterated that the Indian team Union Home Ministry to get con- last year. However, members of In- who played 120 Tests and 388 one- it by three years but I want to judge real coaching will be done only once play limited over matches against would not be travelling to Paki- firmation for the series. We want dian extremist party Shiv Sena day internationals in an illustrious myself as coach so I agreed to one they are not playing matches. Zimbabwe in December this year. stan or UAE for the matches. cricketing ties to happen, we don t party sabotaged the scheduled career, took the job last month for year. If I keep my good perfor- "At the moment the Afghani- Inzamam is the third Pakistani to We are committed to playing want politics to hamper cricket, meeting at Wankhede Stadium, Afghanistan's tour to Zimbabwe mance intact and they (Afghani- stan team is playing matches so I coach Afghanistan after Kabir Pakistan in December. However, a top BCCI official was quoted by Mumbai, when around 40 to 50 only. stan Cricket Board) are satisfied it am mostly planning but once they Khan had two stints and Rashid since it s not possible to play them The Indian Express. individuals stormed the venue of But Afghanistan's extraordi- can be further extended." Also read: are free I will coach them on tech- Latif one. in Pakistan or the UAE, we have We will be going with a few the meeting prior to its start. The nary show, in which they won the Afghanistan's new coach Inzamam nical things," said Inzamam. Most Afghan players learned to look at playing the series in proposals: one, where we can have two countries have not played a five-match one-day series 3-2 fol- aim's to channel team's aggression Inzamam will tour Kabul to the game during their stay in refu- Northern India in December, five ODIs and two T20s. In the full series against each other since lowed by twin wins in as many Afghanistan has had a fairytale rise oversee a coaching academy and gee camps on the Afghan-Pakistan BCCI chief Shashank Manohar told second proposal, we can have 2007, though Pakistan toured In- Twenty20 internationals, in international cricket, graduating discuss various other matters from border when their country was in- The Hindu. To play against Pa- three ODIs and two T20s. All these dia for a short series in December prompted the extension, coming as from division five to two in 2009 Thursday. vaded by Russia in 1979. kistan we need to get government games will be played in those parts 2012. The series is one of six agreed permission. So we need to speak of the country where we feel there between the PCB and BCCI under to the government and abide by will be no disturbance from politi- a Memorandum of Understanding whatever decision the government cal parties. Also read: In a great signed last year when PM takes. While the development but stalled cricket contest, Modi Manmohan Singh-led government Simon Yates: Tour de may provide some relief to the Pa- is the umpire Earlier, the BCCI in gave its go-ahead for the kistan Cricket Board, there has a letter to the Pakistan Cricket series.Later the BCCI said it will been no mention of a full-fledged Board (PCB) on Oct 29 expressed have to get permission from their France in my sights as I Test series between India and Pa- regret over the cancellation of talks new Modi-led government for the kistan as agreed upon between the between Shaharyar Khan and said series. But the current strained two boards in 2014 on the side- Manohar. The BCCI, in its letter, political situation with regular start preparing for 2016 lines of an International Cricket said that they have approached the ceasefire violations from both sides Council (ICC) annual conference Indian government for the approval and cancellation of talks between in Melbourne. of a bilateral series between the two the security advisers of the two According to Indian media, top traditional rivals. Shaharyar Khan, countries in August leaves the se- BCCI officials have already started along with a three-member PCB ries in serious doubt. Adnan Januzaj s agent refutes claim Man Utd midfielder has an attitude problem

After five weeks of off-season, this not exactly going to be the next is my first day back at my training Brownlee brothers, but it's been base in Spain and 2016 effectively nice to sample a different sport for starts here. I flew into Girona on a change. I'm fascinated by it. I've Monday night and I'm spending just read a book called Two Hours: today getting myself settled in The Quest to Run the Impossible again, but then it's down to busi- Marathon by a guy called Ed Cae- ness with my first ride of winter sar and loved it, so now I'm on the training on Wednesday. The last lookout for other running books I time I rode was at Il Lombardia on can get stuck into. I haven't always October 4 and, I won't lie, I haven't been a reader. At races I used to missed it. I've had the old excite- play video games like Football ment back in the past few days, Manager to wind down in the eve- but in general, being a professional nings but trying to win the Cham- cyclist is such an intense lifestyle pions League with Bury would get that it's just been really nice to have me even more worked up, so these a break. Yates is now looking ahead days I opt for a book instead. Much to his third season as a professional more relaxing. Yates expects to Wladimir Klitschko claims David against Wladimir Klitschko but I went away on holiday, put time start his 2016 season at Paris-Nice Haye would have knocked out headbutting a watermelon. Tyson in with the family, saw some in March Yates expects to start his Adnan Januzaj's agent has hit out 3 Bet nowBet £5 get £20 free But De Vriese told La Derniere Heure. Tyson Fury had their twice- Fury prepares for his heavyweight friends and pigged out a little bit. I 2016 season at Paris-Nice in March at claims the Manchester United Januzaj's agent, Dirk De Vriese, "Adnan focuses on his work and scrapped fight gone ahead. world champion against Wladimir saw Chris Froome tweeting about Speaking of races, it looks like I'm winger has a "poor state of mind". has leapt to the defence of his cli- we plan the rest. Do not point the Injuries twice forced Haye to Klitschko but headbutting a wa- having burgers and beers, but it's going to be doing a similar sched- Belgium U21 head coach Enzo ent and denied there was any issue finger. "[Borussia Dortmund] are pull out of a meeting with Fury, termelon. Klitschko and Fury, cakes that I've been gorging on. I ule in 2016 to this year, so my Scifo is said to have questioned with the player's approach. Jan- doing well and is a real machine. who fights for Klitschko's three who has 18 KOs on his unbeaten can't resist. I've also been doing first outing of the season will prob- Januzaj's attitude after he turned uzaj is currently on a season-long The current Dortmund is one of world heavyweight titles on Sky 24-fight record, first crossed paths quite a lot of running. I've never ably be Paris-Nice in March, and down the opportunity to link up loan at Borussia Dortmund, but is the best teams in Europe. Sports Box Office on November five years ago when trainer really done it before, but I went from there I'll build towards my with the squad last week. yet to start a match for the Bundes- "Remember that Adnan did not 28. Haye has been where Fury Emanuel Steward brought the for a walk to a reservoir one day main goal, the Tour de France. Next Scifo was reported to have told liga outfit. Januzaj (right) started have pre-season with them. Dort- now stands, only to lose a one- Mancunian to a training camp. with my twin brother and Orica- year is my third as a professional Belgian newspaper La Derniere the season with Manchester Unit- mund have given him time to adapt sided contest to the Ukrainian in Fury claims he was denied the GreenEdge team-mate, Adam, and, and while I've done well so far, I'm Heure: "A 20-year-old player who ed before joining Borussia Dort- and we must do the same. 2011. Alexander Soderlund to chance to spar the champion, but halfway around, we decided we'd keen to step up to the next level in gives this impression of non-mo- mund on loan Januzaj (right) start- "When Gundogan and Lewan- Score and Norway to Win in 90 Klitschko said: "Emanuel was try- jog it instead. Next thing we knew, 2016 and start winning week-long tivation, it reflects a poor state of ed the season with Manchester dowski arrived, they were there all Mins10/3 But despite a wide ing to protect him from crumbling we were doing it every couple of stage races, such as Paris-Nice or mind." United before joining Borussia the way through the pre-season points win that night and his in- mentally in the ring with a cham- days and I've really got into it. The the Tour of the Basque Country, Alexander Soderlund to Score Dortmund on loan "There is no period and took six months to find sistence he is in for one of his most pion. He was way too raw. "He loop is only about 5.5km, so we're or at least get on to the podium. and Norway to Win in 90 Mins10/ question of a bad state of mind," their rhythm." difficult challenges to date later would have been beaten up badly this month, Klitschko says both and that wouldn't have been good Haye and up-and-coming Anthony for his mental side, but I remem- Joshua would beat Fury. "David ber him as very nice kid back then. Haye would have knocked out Very courteous and respectful." It s afreebee lan ds Ban go r stin g Tyson Fury if that fight had hap- You can watch Klitschko vs Fury pened," he said at his Austrian live on Sky Sports Box Office, on training camp. "I fought David Saturday, November 28. Lorld News from the meeting at Bangor knew he'd come on since his run in Westminster Memorial Handicap Haye and I've sparred Joshua and champion Wladimir Klitschko says where It'safreebee landed some the winner's bumper in Listowel. Chase, in which the Dan Skelton- can tell you David Haye would Tyson Fury's recent controversy hefty bets ahead of a trip to the "He's in the sales in Cheltenham trained What A Good Night knuck- have knocked Tyson Fury out if proves the challenger has 'a brain sales ring on Friday. Leading Irish on Friday and that's where he's led down to beat 11-4 favourite he had taken that fight. Vladimir the size of a walnut.' The IBF, jockey Jonathan Burke made his heading now. We might lose him, Algernon Pazham by a neck. The Klitschko has called Tyson Fury WBO and WBA world heavy- first visit to Bangor a successful but that's the game we're in and 9-1 shot was not wining out of an extraordinary fighter ahead of weight champion (64-3-KO53) one as Its'afreebee landed some hopefully he can go on and do turn, having thrown away almost their heavyweight showdown at defends his titles against Fury (24- hefty bets in the Broncroft Nov- well." He added: "I've had the certain victory when falling at the the end of his month. The Ukrai- 0-KO18) in Dusseldorf on Novem- ices' Hurdle. Trained in County (training) licence three years and final fence at Stratford a fortnight nian says he's pre Vladimir ber 28 - live on Sky Sports Box Kildare by Mark Fahey, that's my third winner in Britain. ago. Skelton said: "He was unlucky Klitschko has called Tyson Fury Office - but is disapproving of the Its'afreebee arrived in Wrexham I've had 10 winners in Ireland but last time but today was another an extraordinary fighter ahead of Mancunian's comments on homo- with some solid bumper form hav- mainly deal in buying and selling day and it was a good prize to win. their heavyweight showdown at sexuality and abortion. It just ing won at Bellewstown in the point-to-pointers." Burke said: "It He had a tough battle with the sec- the end of this month. The Ukrai- shows the true inside of Tyson summer before chasing home the was my first time at Bangor and I ond horse and it was great to see nian says he's pre "It was not easy Fury. It shows he has the brain the talented Fugi Mountain at the really enjoyed it. All the people him come out on top. "My plan (when I fought) David Haye. Haye size of a walnut. Wladimir Listowel Festival in September. there were very helpful and was always to take him to was fast with his hands and foot- Klitschko Speaking at his training Sent off a well-backed 15-8 friendly and the horse was very Newcastle at the end of the month while 6-1 shot John Louis got the unable to land a serious blow on work, it was extremely compli- camp in Austria, the 39-year-old favourite, the five-year-old was impressive. "Mark was pretty for the Rehearsal Chase, but we better of a protracted duel with his Fontwell comeback, but domi- cated to hit him. "Tyson Fury is Ukrainian said: "It makes me sick. positively ridden by Burke and hopeful, but I don't think he ex- might just wait with him now and Dartford Warbler to claim victory nated these rivals by 22 lengths not a power puncher. He does not "It's disgusting. It has nothing kicked clear from the home turn to pected him to be as impressive as wait for the Rowland Meyrick at in the Rea Valley Tractors Sir John under James Davies. Symonds have power behind his punches, is to do with the promotion. It just seal a comprehensive eight-length he was. His jumping was great, Wetherby on Boxing Day." Trainer Hanmer Novices' Limited Handi- said: "That's a really good result it with combinations that his op- shows the true inside of Tyson success over Itshard To No. It was which is always nice coming from Venetia Williams and jockey Liam cap Chase. Foxcub bounced back and it's great for James, who has ponents are TKO'd? "Anthony Fury. It shows he has the brain the a timely success for the winner, bumpers and hopefully he's a nice Treadwell combined to land the to form to win the Spurling Sup- been riding almost exclusively for Joshua is still raw but improved a size of a walnut. "It's unhappy for who is set for an imminent appear- horse for the future." Last, secure first two races of the afternoon. porting The AHT Handicap Hurdle us this season. "The horse was lot so I think he would (beat Fury), me. I understand there are differ- ance in the sales ring. Fahey said: racing tickets: Exclusive racing of- Uhlan Bute (11-4 favourite) for the second year in succession never at the races at Fontwell last yes. He would win that fight too." ent characters in boxing, politics "We're delighted and he did what fers near you The most valuable jumped and galloped his rivals silly for trainer Tom Symonds. The 6-1 time and the ground is the polar Tyson Fury prepares for his and other fields in life but I think we expected him to do. He's im- race of the afternoon was the in the opening Friends of the Ani- chance failed to fire in two subse- opposite today, so maybe that's heavyweight world champion he should have kept it for himself. proved with every run and we £25,000 Anne Duchess of mal Health Trust Handicap Chase, quent starts last season and was helped him. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. FRIDAY . NOVEMBER 13. 2015 -Aqrab 22, 1394 H.S Vol:X Issue No:105 Price: Afs.15

Pakistan halts funding to hundreds of 'ghost schools' About 450 absentee teachers fired in Balochistan, where many had been drawing salaries Iran s president said on Wednes- na on Saturday. The talks will bring from already aban- day that any resolution of the Syr- together around 20 countries and doned schools. ian conflict must focus on the need international bodies to try to agree for strong government in Dam- on a roadmap for peace that would Pakistan authorities have stopped ascus, and not only on the fate of include a ceasefire between As- funding hundreds of educational President Bashar al-Assad. sad s forces and some opposition institutions that existed only on It is not a question of a per- groups. Diplomatic efforts to re- paper and have fired 450 absentee son, it is a question of security and solve the country s more-than- teachers in a mission to close down stability, Iranian President Has- four-year conflict have gathered the so-called ghost schools. san Rowhani said in an interview pace since Russia launched air Baloch officials vowed to with French media, according to strikes in Syria in late September. launch a crackdown on the com- the France 2 television channel - Previous attempts to bring an mon practice in the southwestern though he did not mention Assad end to the conflict, which has killed province of Balochistan late on by name. more than 250,000 and forced mil- Tuesday. Raza Muhammed Khan We must all make efforts to lions from their homes, have stum- Barrech, education adviser to the eradicate terrorism in Syria and bled over the fate of Assad, who chief minister in Balochistan, told ensure that peace and stability re- the opposition and Western gov- Al Jazeera that many teachers who turn, he said in the interview, also ernments insist must go. were drawing salaries without do- broadcast on Europe 1 radio. But regime allies Russia - which ing the job had been fired in the As for who should run the has waged weeks of intense air process."We have been investigat- country, it is all in the hands of strikes against Syrian rebels - and ing and closing down such schools the Syrians. It is for them to de- Iran are resisting Western and Sau- for the past year," he said. "The cide who is their leader, said di pressure to force Assad from only way to completely shut them Rowhani. power. What country has man- down is to not provide funds to Iran is the main regional ally aged to fight terrorism without a those schools." of Syria and provides Assad with strong state to fight terrorism , said "There were about 400 to 500 financial and military aid, includ- Rowhani. We must first of all, in ghost schools in the region that ing military advisers on the ground. Syria, eradicate terrorism. It is the existed only on paper. And about Vienna talks Rowhani s comments first priority... We must create se- 450 teachers who were drawing come ahead of a new round of in- curity to that the people can come salaries. Half of the schools were ternational talks on Syria in Vien- home. abandoned as students never showed up." Barrech said the pro- vincial government is in the pro- cess of implementing article 25-a Obama calls Myanmar of the constitution, which says the state "shall provide free and com- pulsory education to all children president, endorses of the age of five to 16 years in such manner as may be determined by law". He also revealed that the election as Suu Kyi 'ghost students' had been 'enrolled' by education officials in the region eyes majority and teachers in the past to show a maximum number of schools to get U.S. Secretary of State John Ker- YANGON ; U.S. President Barack agreed to Suu Kyi's request to hold monetary benefits. ry told an Israeli gathering at the Obama called Myanmar leader reconciliation talks soon, although Late last year, a website was United Nations on Wednesday that Thein Sein to congratulate him on the parties are still to agree on the launched to identify ghost schools a two-state solution in the Middle Thursday on the staging of a his- details. called the Education Management East was not an impossible toric general election, in which de- Such unambiguous endorse- Information System (EMIS), dream but would require courage. mocracy champion Aung San Suu ments of Suu Kyi's victory could which helps to ensure the pres- Kerry traveled to U.N. head- Kyi trounced the ruling camp. smooth the lengthy post-election ence of teachers in schools and quarters in New York to attend a Suu Kyi's opposition Nation- transition, ahead of the first ses- improve the quality of education commemoration of the 1975 al League for Democracy (NLD) sion of parliament which recon- in the province. Improvements in speech delivered by Israeli ambas- has won more than 80 percent of venes on Monday. education sector According to sador Chaim Herzog denouncing a the seats declared so far in the low- It also sets the stage for coop- Roshan Bharucha, a former sena- U.N. resolution that declared Zi- er house, a result that puts her on eration between democratic activ- tor and a social worker in onism a form of racism. course to form the new cabinet, ists and the army, which had fought Balochistan, plans to improve ed- The Zionist dream embraces and is well ahead in the upper house them during half a century of iron- ucation in the region were under the concept of Israel as a Jewish and regional assemblies. fisted rule before a handover to a way. "Many children drop out of democracy, a beacon of light to all If the full results confirm the semi-civilian government in 2011. schools because of lack of facili- nations, Kerry told the event. trend, Suu Kyi's triumph will "The government will respect ties and checks and balances in the That dream can only be up- sweep out an old guard of former and follow the people's choice and education system. However, this held by two states living side by generals that has run Myanmar decision, and work on transferring seems to be changing," she said. side in security. since Thein Sein in ushered in power peacefully according to the "The 'ghost school' phenome- We all know from years of sweeping democratic and econom- timetable," read a statement post- non is not just here in Balochistan discussion and efforts: this is not ic reforms four years ago. ed on the Facebook page of the but also in many other rural areas an impossible dream. It is achiev- "U.S. President presidential spokesman, adding of Pakistan. This has to be eradi- able. Obama...congratulated the presi- that the president would work with cated because those funds can be His remarks followed Israeli dent and the entire government on "all other people" to ensure stabil- utilised on improving education." Prime Minister Benjamin Netan- having been able to hold a historic ity in the post-election period. Pakistan's education rate is still yahu s visit to Washington this free and fair general election," said The armed forces also con- relatively low. As per the Educa- week that saw little signs of presidential spokesman and Infor- gratulated Suu Kyi. The military tion for All 2015 report, about one- progress in efforts to revive Israe- mation Minister Ye Htut on his continues to wield considerable third of primary school age chil- li-Palestinian peace talks. Facebook page. power in Myanmar's political in- dren are out of school, while 42 Those talks have been coma- "He said America would con- stitutions, under a constitution percent of the population aged 10 tose since Kerry s failed peace tinue cooperating with the Myan- drafted before the end of nearly 50 and above is illiterate. mission in April last year. mar government." years of junta rule. At the national level, about Kerry argued that choosing to Obama has visited Myanmar In addition to holding an un- two-thirds of women aged 15 and recognize a Palestinian state de- twice in the past three years, hop- elected 25 percent bloc of seats in over cannot read and write, and 35 mands courage, demands leader- ing to make its transition to de- parliament, the commander-in- percent of girls remain out of ship and likened that choice to mocracy a foreign policy legacy of chief nominates the heads of three school. "It is estimated that more Herzog s actions at the U.N. 40 his presidency. powerful ministries - interior, de- than 6.7 million children are out of years ago. Thein Sein and the powerful fence and border security. school, and the majority of them Fear and bigotry can be de- army chief Min Aung Hlaing have The interior ministry gives him [62 percent] are girls," the report feated, but those are choices we already endorsed Suu Kyi's victo- control of the Southeast Asian na- says. UNESCO and Pakistan re- now get to make. So now it s our item at the Security Council. demands that both sides prepare to a third Palestinian intifada. ry, congratulating her on Wednes- tion's pervasive bureaucracy, cently launched the Girls' Right to turn. Council members are weighing for new talks. A weeks-long wave of violence day on winning the majority of the which could pose a significant ob- Education programme for Pakistan The call for an Israeli-Pales- a draft resolution, presented by International diplomats des- has claimed the lives of at least 77 seats in the first free election in 25 stacle to the NLD's ability to exe- worth $7m. The programme aims tinian settlement resonated at the New Zealand, that declares the perately want to revive peace people on the Palestinian side - one years. cute policy. It is unclear how Suu to enrol 50,000 more girls in pri- U.N., where reviving the peace two-state solution as the only talks to avoid a slide into more vi- of them an Israeli Arab - along with The two reiterated their com- Kyi and the generals will work to- mary schools in remote areas over process is becoming a top agenda credible pathway to peace and olence that many fear could lead 10 Israelis. mitment to respect the result and gether. the next three years. Kurdish forces launch battle TO RETAKE IRAQ'S SINJAR NEAR SINJAR TOWN: Backed around 7,500 Kurdish special forc- protect them from Islamic State car used by comrades had been The International Monetary Fund by U.S. air strikes, Kurdish forces es, peshmerga and Yazidi fighters militants, who consider them dev- destroyed. Loqman Ibrahim, head urged countries on Wednesday to said they captured several villages descended from the mountain that il worshippers, when the group at- of the eight battalion, made up of expand their welcome for the mas- in an offensive on Thursday to re- shares its name with the town to- tacked Sinjar in August 2014, sys- Yazidis and under peshmerga com- sive arrivals of refugees in recent take the Iraqi town of Sinjar from ward the frontline in a military tematically slaughtering, enslaving mand, said he heard militants urg- years. Islamic State militants who over- convoy. The security council said and raping thousands of them. ing each other to fight to the death In a pointed message ahead of ran it more than a year ago. Kurdish forces had captured a vil- A Syrian affiliate of the Kurd- and that an order was given not to this weekend s summit of Group Islamic State's killing and en- lage to the west of Sinjar and two istan Workers' Party (PKK) came withdraw from the caliphate. Most of 20 major economies in Turkey, slaving of thousands of the north- others on the eastern outskirts. Re- to the rescue, evacuating thousands Yazidis have been displaced to IMF chief Christine Lagarde said ern town's Yazidi residents focused uters could not independently con- of Yazidis stranded on Sinjar moun- camps in the Kurdistan region; sev- that the surge of refugees to his- international attention on the firm this. Kurdish forces and the tain and establishing a permanent eral thousand remain in Islamic toric highs in the last few years - group's violent campaign to impose U.S. military said the number of base there. Near the frontlines on State captivity. The PKK has whether by people fleeing armed its radical ideology and prompted Islamic State fighters in the town Thursday, a Kurdish officer stood trained a Yazidi militia in Sinjar, conflict or economic distress - Washington to launch its air offen- had increased to nearly 600 after behind a wall of sandbags. Sinjar, while tribal groups operate inde- would likely increase in the near sive. Operation Free Sinjar aims reinforcements arrived in the run- about 300 meters (980 feet)away, pendently. Several thousand Yazi- future. to cordon off the town, take con- up to the offensive, which has been could be seen through a gap in a dis have also joined the peshmer- Some countries have been trol of Islamic State supply routes expected for weeks but delayed by rampart. Kurdish officers said an ga. For Yazidi forces taking part, willing to receive large flows of ers met in a summit in Malta to tackle the biggest flow of refugees and and establish a buffer zone to pro- weather and friction between var- Islamic State sniper had taken up the battle is very much about ret- refugees and done their utmost to migrants since World War II, which has opened up divisions in the 28- tect the town from artillery, a state- ious Kurdish and Yazidi forces in a position in the town. Coordinates ribution. Hussein Derbo, the head provide them with food and shel- nation European bloc. Difficulties Demographic forces, globalization, ment from the Kurdish national se- Sinjar. The offensive is being per- were passed along to a joint oper- of a peshmerga battalion made up ter, Lagarde said in a blog post on and environmental degradation mean that migration pressures across curity council said. Sinjar is both a sonally overseen by Kurdistan re- ations room and within five min- of 440 Yazidis, said the men under the IMF website. borders will likely increase in the coming decades. And cross-border symbolic and a strategic prize, sit- gional president Massoud Barza- utes the position was bombed. Is- his command could have migrated Others, especially among the challenges demand cross-border solutions, she said. The IMF manag- ting astride the main highway link- ni, who is also head of the Kurdis- lamic State militants could be heard to Europe but chose to stay and advanced countries, should look at ing director acknowledged the difficulties facing countries to integrate ing the cities of Mosul and Raqqa tan Democratic Party (KDP), communicating in Arabic and fight. "It is our land and our honor. how they might increase their migrants, but said the longer term outcome was beneficial to economies. - Islamic State's bastions in Iraq which other groups in the area ac- Turkmen over intercepted walkie- They (Islamic State) stole our dig- scope for admitting more refugees. Migrants can boost a country s labor force, encourage investment and and Syria. U.S.-led coalition air cuse of seeking to monopolize talkie chatter. "Where are you," nity. We want to get it back," he Lagarde s comment came as boost growth, she said. Preliminary IMF calculations show a modest strikes pounded Islamic State-held power. Many Yazidis lost faith in asked one. "Praise be to God," said told Reuters in a village on the European Union and African lead- positive impact on growth from migrants in EU countries, for example. areas in the town overnight, as the KDP when its forces failed to another. One fighter noted that a northern outskirts of Sinjar town. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF.