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Kabul renames Mojadedi condemns neighbors interferes Salma Dam as Kabul- Ashgabad signed five MoUs on his support to the government Afghan-India economy, energy, science and sports Former Mujahideen leaders formed Jihadi and National Par- and added that JNPHC as one friendship ities High Council (JNPHC) to support the government and of independent council, which Turkmen President says his government wants to launch some mega national security forces will support the government. dam He said they will never let projects in the fields of energy and railway construction Abdul Zuhoor Daesh and Taliban to turn Af- KABUL: The government of ghanistan into the nest of ter- By Akhtar M.Nikzad KABUL: Former Afghan Presi- need of the hour for tackling ter- Afghanistan has renamed the dent Sebghatulla Mojadedi on rorism, Mojadedi added. ror once again. Khalili called name of Salama dam to Afghan- Thursday lashed at a neighboring The JNPHC is comprised of on the Taliban they if they call KABUL: In response to the invi- however he vowed that Ashgabad commitment of Turkmenistan to themselves to be true Afghans India friendship dam follow- tation by the Afghan government, was ready to facilitate peace talks increase the power supply to Af- country for interfering in Afghans eight jihadi parties however its ing a robust investment by In- internal affairs. leader is not appointed yet. then they must support the the President of Turkmenistan, being an impartial country. We are ghanistan has been promising in peace process and protect this dia in reconstruction of the Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, ready to host the peace talks on boosting our production capacity After a long period of hiatus, Mojadedi called on the other dam. Mojadedi, spoke to media in a gath- jihadi and political parties to join country from debacle. Depu- The decision was report- ering of a different of different ji- hands together in order to have a ty of Jamiat-e-Islami of Af- hadi parties that have come togeth- unified stance against terrorism. ghanistan Ahmad Zia Masood edly taken by President Mo- while speaking on the occasion hammad Ashraf Ghani during er to form an alliance Jihadi and The objective of JNPHC is also National Parities High Council (JN- to fight corruption and support the being a member of JNPHC said a meeting of the cabinet of that these jihadi parties have ministers. PHC). He termed interferences of government in restoring security neighbors dangerous and called on as much possible as they can, he joined hands to protect the Salama dam is located in country from falling into cri- western Herat province of Af- ses. He said they will try to ghanistan and it is expected support the country with na- that the dam will incur a cost tional unity, democracy and of around $300 million by the they will not let the country time of its completion. to become divided through the The reservoir filling in Sal- lines of tribal and ethnic affili- ma dam project started late in ations as they are undermin- the different Mujahideen groups said. ing for national unity and the month of July with the clo- cause collapse of the govern- sure of the dam s diversion to remain united to counter the in- He said that JNPHC stands by terferences. the side of Afghan national securi- ments. Sebghatullah Mojade- tunnel gate. di, Muhammad Kareem Kha- According to the Indian Sebghatullah Mojadedi didn t ty forces. specify the country that interferes Mojadedi termed corruption lil, Peer Sayed Ahmad Gilani, Consulate in western Herat however he said that the terrorists one of the biggest challenges the Qutbuden Helal, Sayed Hus- province, the dam reservoir were coming from a neighboring government is facing. He said that sain Anwari , Abdul Hakeem will be 20 kilometer long and 3 country. The terrorists come and the National Unity Government Muneb, Ahmad Zia Masood, kilometer wide. arrived in Kabul on Thursday along our land so that our Afghan broth- and infrastructure. Ghani said that kill our civilians in a larger num- (NUG) has some achievements Qazi Muhammad Ameen, were The storage capacity of with key delegates. The two sides ers can hold peace negotiations in the plan to construct railway line ber, he lamented. These terror- though it has also committed some the jihadi leaders who came the reservoir will be 640 mil- signed five Memorandums of Un- a free and an impartial atmo- between Afghanistan and Turk- ists don t fall from the sky rather mistakes during the last 11 months. together and formed the JN- lion cubic meters of water, the derstanding (MoUs) on areas in- sphere, Berdimuhamedow said. menistan and Tajikistan has al- they come from the neighboring Leader of Hezb-e-Wahdat-e- PHC to support the NUG Indian consulate said. cluding economy, science and edu- Talking on key development ready been completed and the rail- countries, therefore, a joint coun- Islami and Ex Vice President Mo- government through a leader- The Salma dam project cation, and sports. projects, he said that his govern- way line from Turkmenistan to cil of the former Mujahideen is hammad Karim Khalili also voiced ship council. has been built on Harirod river The Ministries of Finance, ment wants to launch some mega Aqina Port in Andkhoi district of with the financial support of Energy and Water of the two coun- projects in the fields of energy and Maimana province will be com- India where at least $300 mil- tries signed the MoUs on power railway construction in Afghani- pleted by February of 2016. lion have been invested. supply export, fight against ter- stan. Regarding the Turkmenistan Kabul and Ashgabat are de- Drugs main source of financing Salma dam is expected to rorism and formation of a joint Afghanistan Pakistan India termined to increase regional co- produce 42 megawatt of elec- commission for the extension of (TAPI) gas pipeline, he remarked operation, establish railway line by tricity and will irrigate around trade and economic ties. In a joint that a major part of the project s Turkmenistan stretching from Af- terror in region: US 80 hectares of agricultural land. press conference with his Afghan work has been completed and he ghanistan to Europe and via Cen- counterpart, the President of Turk- expected the practical work on the tral Asia, Ghani said. WASHINGTON: Acknowledging by, told reporters at his daily news work towards some eradication India has played a crucial that drugs are the main source of conference. programme -- to burn them to role by participating in the re- menistan, talked about how the project would be started by the So far Afghanistan has the larg- two neighboring countries will ex- end of 2015. est trade with Pakistan but Islam- terrorist financing in the region, the Responding to a question, Kir- the ground, while that may building of Afghanistan fol- United States on Wednesday said by said it is not just as simple as have an immediate effect, it lowing the fall of the Taliban pand their bilateral relations in the We want to increase our elec- abad always has created troubles areas of security and peace, econ- tricity export to Afghanistan five for Afghan traders and violated it was also a source of stability an eradication program. You have doesn't necessarily do any- regime in 2001. and income for poor farmers, who to be able to work on supplement- thing for long-term stability Since 2002, the Govern- omy, and counter-narcotics. Both times and make the bilateral eco- trade agreements. the nations are committed to fight nomic ties expanded and durable, Many economic analysts be- were forced to grow the banned ing it for something else, and we and security for Afghan farm- ment of India has committed international terrorism and narcot- he said. lieve that Afghan government must crop for the Taliban. have worked with Afghan author- ers, Kirby said. USD 2 billion dollars to the ics. President Ashraf Ghani ap- seek appropriate ways for expan- We're all well aware that the ities for many years about trying The United States had socio-economic rebuilding of He said that his country is preciated the expanding trade ties sion of its trade with European Taliban has used it to finance it- to find other crops that farmers been and would continue to be the Afghan state and society keenly interested in expanding with this neighboring country and countries as Pakistan has not been self, It's also a source of stability can grow to make a good living, focused on trying to work to- in accordance with the devel- trade and economic bilateral ties. said Turkmenistan has been a good a good option any more. Turkmen- and income for poor farmers, who and there's been some success in wards a more secure, more sta- opment priorities of the Gov- Berdimuhamedow said the UN has friend. He said that trade and eco- istan is a good alternative which are basically forced, many times, that, he argued. ble, more prosperous Afghan- ernment and the people of Af- been playing an effective role in nomic ties between the two coun- will lessen Afghanistan s depen- to grow it for the Taliban, the State This is a tough problem to istan, he said. ghanistan. addressing Afghanistan s issues tries have been expanding and the dence on Pakistan. Department spokesman, John Kir- get at, but to simply, you know, (Pajhwok) 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 . AUGUST 28, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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Palestinian refugees returning to their village after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war upon the proclamation of the Israeli State [AFP] Editorial It is well-known that traumatic them, but it was also a taboo sub- flict - as they are and have been revolutions and counter-revolu- experiences leave lifelong emotion- ject enveloped in silence. elsewhere. tions and anti-revolutions. This is al and psychological scars in their Like a phantom in the dark re- For instance, a century after the case in Egypt. wake. Some scientists even sug- cesses, these historical and contem- the systematic Ottoman mass kill- "The shock and awareness of gest that trauma causes genetic porary traumas are a significant ings of up to 1.5 million civilians the pervasiveness of death and the Disgruntled Taliban and peace talks changes in the victim. psychological factor in the failure brought the Armenian people close cheapness of life raises mas- A contentious new study goes of efforts to resolve the conflict. to extinction, the collective trau- sive existential questions that not The death of Mullah Omar, the figurehead of the Taliban, who led so far as to imply that these genet- As the survivors gradually die ma is a defining feature of the mod- only throws the personal, but also the Taliban movement since 1994 and the sporadic attacks in Kab- ic mutations can be passed down out, their place is being taken by ern Armenian identity. Moreover, the previously existing social or- from one generation to the next, the ghost of traumas past - in oth- Turko-Armenian relations are still der, upside down," explains the ul in recent weeks dashed the hopes for peace talks to ground. making trauma hereditary. er words: memory. poisoned by Turkey's refusal to University of Amsterdam's Vivi- Now every second brain that is concerned with peace, thinks that The researchers focused on 32 This historical trauma is be- acknowledge, let alone apologise enne Matthies-Boon, who is is peace possible given the current circumstances? Is the future of Holocaust survivors and their off- hind what you might call Israel's for, what the majority of non-Turk- studying the effects of trauma on spring, finding evidence of the "epi- power dysmorphia: Despite pos- ish historians regard as a genocide. 18 to 35-year-old Egyptian activ- peace talks promising? The disgruntled brother of the late Mullah genetic inheritance" of stress. sessing the most powerful army Sadly, in the Middle East, col- ists of all political stripes. Omar warned of infighting. Is it the repeat of 1990s episode when "The gene changes in the chil- in the region, many Israelis do gen- lective trauma is not just histori- "Revenge was a big issue for the Mujahideen leaders were busy in infighting? Perhaps yes, but dren could only be attributed to uinely believe they are the weaker cal. The upheavals, wars and con- all sides," she adds ominously. Holocaust exposure in the par- party and the victims. flicts that have spread like wild- "But trauma-induced revenge also not in the same way as it was in 90s. Up to the extent of infighting ents," says Rachel Yehuda, who Magnified with the years fire over the past few years do not leads to more trauma." and switching sides the Taliban will remain at war as their symbol led the study. Meanwhile, Israel's victims, bode well for the future. Matthies-Boon has found that of unity is dead, but as the government, the people and the interna- While some scientists have ap- the Palestinians, have their own In Syria, like Iraq before it, the those who were best able to avoid plauded the research, others have historical trauma to contend with: civil war has distressed the entire (self-) destructive behaviour were tional community are concerned, then this in no way is the replay greeted it with scepticism. that of the Nakba ("Catastrophe"), population and created a lost gen- the ones with an artistic outlet or a of 90s. Now this is up to the government how it exploits the deep- "The very idea of transmitting the Arab defeat in 1948, and the eration of children whose trauma strong faith system. trauma makes little sense," writes creation of the new state of Israel, is likely to shape their entire lives. But, worryingly, Egyptians ening ruptures among the Taliban leaders. There are some moder- Frank Furedi, a sociologist and not to mention the British and Long-term effects include the who have been through such trau- ate Taliban leaders as well, who don t oppose the role of women author. "People either directly ex- Ottoman imperialism which pre- potential for violent behaviour, matic experiences receive little sup- in politics. And there are some Taliban leaders who look at Paki- perience trauma or they don't." ceded it. hooliganism, drug abuse, depres- port, and many are, Matthies- Genetically transmitted Interactive: Gaza: A life under sion and health problems. Severe Boon discovered, reluctant to talk stan with disdain. They consider Pakistan an untrustworthy coun- Even if gene change is heredi- occupation trauma is also fertile ground for about the trauma, which is an es- try which could do anything for its national interests. They still tary, this is largely irrelevant, Fure- As most Palestinians at the extremism because it answers the sential part of coming to terms have a grudge why did Islamabad hand over their ambassador di argues, because people are far time were farmers, the land as- basic human need to "make sense with it. What the long-term conse- more than their genes. sumed romantic proportions. of a very nonsensical situation". quences of millions of traumatised Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef to the United States. He was detained "Identity formation is a cul- "As the women walked back Dormant traumas and griev- people will be for the region is by Pakistani authorities in early 2002 and held until 2005 in the tural accomplishment," he ob- with the oranges, the sound of their ances impossible to gauge. But handled Guantanamo Bay detention camp. The United Nations delisted from serves. sobs reached us," wrote the cele- This nonsensical situation has inadequately, it could take genera- Whether or not severe trauma brated Palestinian writer and ac- even awakened dormant traumas tions to overcome and could also terrorists list in July 2010. Pakistani media reported Tuesday that is genetically transmitted is a fas- tivist Ghassan Kanafani in his clas- and grievances and let the genie of create untold intractable situations Mullah Abdul Manan, the brother of the deceased Taliban supreme cinating scientific question. How- sic 1958 collection of short sto- Syria's "hidden sectarianism" out and conflicts. We desperately need ever, what seems clear is that col- ries, Land of the Sad Oranges. of the bottle. Islamists have the to find ways not only to treat the leader, Mullah Omar, has warned that if the new Taliban leader lective trauma is transmitted cul- "Only then did oranges seem to trauma of Hafez al-Assad's purge millions of individual cases, but Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, and his rivals don t settle their differences turally, and it profoundly affects a me something dear." of the Muslim Brotherhood and also to formulate effective ap- soon there will be infighting. Many analysts in Kabul believe that society's cultural and social DNA. And as that land has shrunk, the 1982 Hama massacre to fuel proaches to tackle collective trau- Nearly seven decades on, the and defeat has pursued defeat, and their rage. ma, with its memory - and emo- peace talks have become quite tiring as the government wouldn t Holocaust still casts a long shad- exile begot further exile, the collec- Alawites, though the bulk of tion-distorting outcomes. The fu- know who to talk, but contrary to those analysts views this paper ow over the Jewish and Israeli col- tive trauma has only been magni- them are poor and are not great ture Middle East should remem- thinks that this is a right opportunity to win some of the disgruntled lective psyche, and its trauma is fied with the years, especially in fans of the regime, have been ma- ber, but it must build a memory scorched deep into Israel's nation- Gaza, where constant and repeat- nipulated by Bashar al-Assad, based on fact and reality to ensure Taliban to its side, allay their concerns as they already don t like al identity - even if its memory is ed war and isolation have left most who exploits their memories of this sorry state doesn't occur again Mullah Mansoor for having close ties with Pakistan s intelligence abused by one side for political of the population shell-shocked persecution in Ottoman times and - not on national, sectarian, and agency, ISI. Though, Mullah Omar s death reports dealt a heavy gain and downplayed by the other and teetering on the edge of psy- the fact that Islamists consider factional myths. While forgetting due to political pain. chological collapse. them "infidels" to lay down the is not a wise game, forgiving past blow to the peace talks as the first seven months of 2015 saw In the early years, the Holo- And like a phantom in the dark lives of up to a third of their young pain for future gain is essential if a unprecedented movement towards peace hopes. A series of unof- caust was a cause of direct and pro- recesses, these historical and con- men. fruitful coexistence and a modicum found trauma and grief for the sur- temporary traumas are a signifi- Trauma is also haunting Arab of trust between the region's di- ficial meetings between the Taliban and the Afghan government vivors of the death camps and cant psychological factor in the countries that are not experiencing verse peoples is ever to be re- resulted in an official meeting in Pakistan on July 7. A second those who came into contact with failure of efforts to resolve the con- civil war but have gone through stored. meeting was scheduled for July 31, however, this is quite perturb- ing and perplexing as why his death reports was leaked in such a time when peace talks were developing and the intelligence offi- cials and some of the key Taliban already knew about Mullah Omar s death for quite some time. The peace developments looked substantial and promising as peace talks appeared close at hand. But to the dismay of Kabul, the entire world learned that Taliban leader Mullah Omar was no more. His death reports scuttled the peace process. Now there is a split in the Taliban. And the govern- ment can benefit from this situation too. It must not waste its time in just wrenching its hands and wait for Pakistan rather it should start contacts with the disgruntled Taliban leaders, should start peace talks with them. If Mullah Omar were alive, such talks would have been considered illegitimate as during his life no Taliban could have dared to sit for peace talks with Kabul, but now yes many will. Now that he is no more who will endorse the talks illegitimate? The government must officially announce that it is going to kick start peace talks with the disgruntled Taliban and see what follows next. 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AUGUST 28, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Dubai property slowdown due to tighter rules, not oil slump Dubai s tighter property rules some experts said well-balanced Cluttons forecasts about aimed at preventing a housing bub- supply and demand for properties 20,000 new residential units will ble are the main cause of a slow- should keep prices stable. be completed and handed over down in the emirate s real estate Rival consultancy Cluttons from now until 2017, while Dubai s sector rather than a sustained drop estimates house prices in Dubai population is expected to increase in oil prices, industry experts said. rose 51 percent during 2013 be- by 400,000 over the same period Dubai has a low reliance on oil fore growth slowed to 3.4 percent from 2.4 million at present. About despite hydrocarbons providing in 2014. This rebound followed a 41,000 units have been announced three-quarters of the United Arab near-50 percent drop in prices this year. Emirates consolidated revenue in from 2008 as the global financial Unit delivery and population 2014, according to credit agency crisis and Dubai s debt troubles expansion seem well matched, Moody s. Abu Dhabi is home to sparked a real estate crash. the bulk of the UAE s energy re- Last year, Dubai doubled prop- which indicates the residential serves. erty registration fees and the UAE market should be pretty stable, Dubai residential property federal government raised the min- added Durrani. sales have declined over the past imum mortgage deposits, dampen- Yet prolonged low oil prices three quarters, but the drop in oil ing demand. could lead to a UAE construction prices is coincidental and the slow- The government was right to slowdown, with the government down is more due to big price in- act to curb speculation. It s just the main real estate facilitator creases in 2013 - the market is ad- that these measures have now co- through infrastructure spending justing to return to affordable lev- incided with a weakening global and state-linked developers that els, said Nicholas Maclean, man- economy, said Faisal Durrani, dominate the market. aging director of consultants CBRE head of research at property con- Oil is likely at unsustainably Middle East. sultants Cluttons. low prices - we should see a re- This is a positive trend and The impact of the new rules bound, which will substantially will help prevent a bigger correc- on house sales has been acute, said increase government revenues in tion in the future. Durrani, predicting further declines the medium term, but the question While housing prices are ex- in prices in the second half of is when will that rebound happen? pected to drift lower this year, 2015. CBRE s Maclean said. Asia stocks take heart from Wall Street rally Schlumberger to buy Asian stocks rose on Thursday as percent over the past week. due to mounting global uncertain- out of its slowdown. Sept. 16-17. a sharp rebound on Wall Street Tokyo's Nikkei ended up 1.1 ties, including China - the very fac- In currencies, the dollar dipped The greenback subsequently Cameron in $14.8b eased fears of a protracted global percent, adding to the previous tors that prompted heavy selling briefly overnight after Dudley's rallied as ebbing risk aversion re- market rout, while the dollar stead- day's 3.2-percent gain, after U.S. in the previous sessions. comments on the chances of a Sep- duced demand for the yen and euro, oil services deal ied as risk appetite returned. stocks racked up their biggest one- Chinese shares had ended low- tember rate hike. which had been bought as safe ha- er in the previous session as a dou- However, he warned about ven plays during the recent equity Sentiment was also support- day gain in four years. Schlumberger Ltd. agreed to buy ond- and third-largest oilfield ser- ble-barrelled blast of central bank overreacting to "short-term" mar- selling. ed by comments from New York Ironically, U.S. stocks rallied Cameron International Corp. in a vices providers Halliburton Co. stimulus failed to convince inves- ket moves, and left the door ajar to The dollar got an additional Fed President William Dudley on on Wednesday on expectations deal valued at $14.8 billion, allow- and Baker Hughes Inc. in a deal tors of Beijing's ability to jolt the raising rates when the U.S. central boost from upbeat U.S. durable Wednesday who said the prospect that the Fed would hold off from ing the world s largest oilfield con- valued at about $35 billion when it world's second-biggest economy bank holds a policy meeting on orders data, which backed the view of a September rate hike "seems hiking interest rates next month tractor to bundle gear and services was announced in November. that the Fed would remain on track less compelling" than it was only more effectively into one package. The Cameron purchase is di- to eventually raise interest rates weeks ago given the threat posed Cameron stockholders will re- versification into oilfield equip- as the U.S. economy continues to to the U.S. economy by recent ceive 0.716 Schlumberger shares ment supply rather than consoli- recover. market turmoil. and a cash payment of $14.44 in dation of a rival service company, Against the Japanese curren- "Certainly Dudley's comments exchange for each Cameron share, so it is unlikely to face an antitrust cy, the greenback fetched 119.92 show that U.S. policymakers have according to a regulatory statement challenge, Marietta said. yen, steady from U.S. levels and serious concerns about events in on Wednesday. The deal valued The companies had been part- recovering from a seven-month low China and the potential ripple out Cameron at $66.36 a share, a 56 ners in a joint venture they created of 116.15 plumbed on Monday effects," Michael Hewson, chief percent premium based on both in 2012 called OneSubsea in a long- The euro was up about 0.3 market analyst at CMC Markets companies closing share prices on term bid to lower the overall cost percent at $1.1349 after losing 1.7 in London, wrote in a note. Tuesday before the deal was an- and improve performance in deep- percent in the previous session. It European shares were seen nounced. water development. By actually scaled a seven-month peak of following Asia higher, with finan- The agreement would help owning its joint venture partner, $1.1715 on Monday. cial spreadbetters expecting Brit- Schlumberger become a one-stop Schlumberger will be able to work The common currency was ain's FTSE 100 to open up 1.9 to shop for crude explorers, adding that plan more effectively, Kib- also hurt by comments from a se- 2.1 percent. Germany's DAX was Cameron s valves, pumps and sgaard said. nior European Central Bank offi- seen opening 2 to 2.8 percent high- blowout preventers to its in-house Track Record cial. Peter Praet said the risk of the er, while France's CAC 40 was engineering expertise. The slump Given Schlumberger s past ECB missing its inflation target has expected to climb 2.5 percent. in oil prices over the past year has history of buying partners, includ- increased due to commodity price Markets around the world forced oil companies to cut back ing its 2010 deal for rival Smith falls and weakness in some over- plunged earlier in the week as a on costly exploration and invest- International Inc., this deal was seas economies. Crude oil rebound- slump in Shanghai shares fuelled ment, fueling competition among expected to eventually happen, ed amid a general thaw in global worries over China's economic service providers for a chunk of Kurt Hallead, an analyst at RBC risk aversion. U.S. crude futures health, but some calm returned af- that shrinking spending. Capital Markets, wrote today in a bounced 2.2 percent to $39.45 a ter Beijing rolled out strong policy This is a sign that Schlum- note to investors. barrel. The contracts had slumped easing steps late on Tuesday. berger sees a market bottom, But this is sooner than we to a 6-1/2-year low on Monday, MSCI's broadest index of Asia- Matt Marietta, a Houston-based had thought, he wrote. dogged by supply glut woes and Pacific shares outside Japan rose analyst at Stephens Inc. who rates The companies must see po- worries of a hard landing by Chi- 1.8 percent, pulling away from a the stock a buy and owns none, tential for gaining from the deal na's economy. Brent added 2.3 three-year low hit earlier in the said today in a telephone interview. since they ve worked so closely percent to $44.11. Copper was up week. Schlumberger didn t have to agree together, Alain Parent, an analyst about 0.9 percent at $4,979.50 Chinese shares, the epicentre to it this week. They could have at Natixis SA said by telephone. tonne, moving further away from of recent financial market tremors, waited for things to worsen. It can They want to go one step further a six-year low of $4,855 hit on were solidly higher for most of the probably bring some confidence after the joint venture. Monday. Gold took back some lost day, though they were off session back to energy investors that we Service companies typically ground after suffering its biggest highs in afternoon trade. The are approaching a bottom. outsource a lot of their fabrication, fall in five weeks overnight as the CSI300 index added 0.7 percent Stock Reaction while Cameron takes a lot of pride dollar rebounded and U.S. stocks and the Shanghai Composite In- Schlumberger fell 3.4 percent in its manufacturing, Dennis Cassi- rallied. Spot gold rose about 0.2 dex was slightly higher, after the to $70.09 in New York, while dy, managing director at financial percent to $1,127 an ounce. indexes had plunged more than 20 Cameron surged 41 percent to consultant AlixPartners LLP, said $59.93. in a phone interview. Amazon Prime The acquisition marks a shift Interesting Transition in the oilfield service and equip- "How those philosophies US customer satisfaction Oman says committed steps up to battle ment industries, which have gen- mesh and how they measure pro- erally stayed at arm s length from ductivity will be an interesting tran- with autos falls to 11-year to currency peg Netflix in Japan one another. sition, Cassidy said. Amazon has announced it will Cameron is the world s largest The deal, which the compa- bring video streaming to Amazon provider of the so-called surface nies hope to close by the first quar- low, survey shows wellheads, a vital set of valves that ter next year, is expected to be ac- despite cheap oil Prime customers in Japan, just days after Netflix announced it was sit atop the well to control the flow cretive to Schlumberger earnings While it is true that all cars are ly inflated satisfaction in the years of oil from the underground reser- per share in the first year after now much better than they were prior . Subaru, Toyota, and BMW partnering with a local telecommu- nications provider in the country. voirs. Schlumberger is looking to closing, while they see a combined 10 to 20 years ago, it is alarming came in third, each averaging 82 create even more efficiency with $900 million in synergy gains in that so many of them have quality points. The global battle between Amazon and Netflix is growing drilling and production by creat- the first two years, Schlumberger problems , said Claes Fornell, Fiat Chrysler agreed to the larg- ing a single operating system that Chief Financial Officer Simon chairman and founder of the sur- est fine in the history of the Na- with the announcement that Ama- zon is set to launch its video marries its well engineering and Ayat told investors and analysts vey. tional Highway Traffic Safety digital mapping of oil pockets with today on a conference call. Fifteen of the 27 brands tracked Administration this year after the streaming service in Japan next month, hot on the heels of the news Cameron s critical gear. Goldman Sachs is acting as fi- by the ACSI lost ground in cus- regulatory agency accused the com- Cameron is a great hardware nancial adviser to Schlumberger, tomer satisfaction compared with pany of flubbing fixes and flouting Netflix will soon launch in the coun- try. company, and we have all these with Baker Botts LLP and Gibson previous year, while just two recall reporting requirements. digital capabilities and the leading Dunn & Crutcher LLP as legal Acura and BMW took positive Luxury vehicles typically have The US-based e-commerce gi- ant announced on Thursday that downhole portfolio, Schlumberg- counsel. For Cameron, Credit Su- steps forward. This could not a higher level of satisfaction, with er Chief Executive Officer Paal isse is acting as financial adviser occur with trendy manufacturing Lexus and Mercedes-Benz taking it would be bringing subscription video streaming to Japan from Sep- Kibsgaard told analysts and inves- and Cravath, Swaine & Moore know-how and has damaging pen- the top spots. KTRH vehicle Pro tors today on a conference call. LLP as legal counsel. alties for driver security, prices and Jerry Reynolds says that s one of tember with free access for Ama- zon Prime members. Established The combination of all these fac- The $14.8 billion deal value is buyer satisfaction . the reasons the most recent Amer- tors is why we re very excited based on Schlumberger s closing General Motors recalled more ican Consumer Satisfaction Index in Japan since 2007, Amazon charges 3,900 yen ($32) for an an- about the transaction. share price on Tuesday and in- vehicles in 2014 than it ever had gives some auto models really bad Improving Efficiency cludes $1.1 billion in debt and $900 before following the discovery of grades. Buick, Cadillac, Honda, nual Prime membership in that country, compared to the US mem- The deal follows the proposed million in non-controlling interest, numerous quality issues, includ- Mazda and Volkswagen were merger between the world s sec- Ayat said on the call. ing an ignition-switch defect that ranked equal ninth on 80 points. bership fee of $99. triggered a cascade of government MINI and Dodge tied at 76 The move into video stream- investigations, fines and recalls. points apiece. ing in Japan comes amid a fiery The overall score of 79 reflects Several Fiat Chrysler name- battle for global domination by Gulf rises on improved a return to normalcy, as ASCI says plates sat at the bottom of the scor- companies in the streaming space, its automotive score peaked with ing list, with Fiat earning a 73, and follows an announcement from global backdrop the 2009 Cash For Clunkers pro- Chrysler falling 9 percent to score Netflix less than a week ago con- Gulf stock markets rose in early percent and DAMAC Properties gram. That is the lowest score for 74 and Jeep down 5 percent to a firming that it would be launching trade on Thursday in response to climbing 2.9 percent. Some vola- the entire industry since 2004 ac- score of 75. The charts that follow in Japan on September 2. gains on Wall Street and by Asian tile stocks favoured by local retail cording to ACSI. show five-year customer satisfac- Prime is a big name in e-com- bourses, and as Brent crude oil investors soared, with Amlak Fi- David VanAmburg, director of tion trends for domestic automak- Oman is committed to maintain- investor confidence, so economists merce in the United States, offer- climbed 2.9 percent to $44.40 a nance jumping 9.6 percent. ACSI said, Higher prices are clear- ers in comparison with global man- ing the peg of its currency against do not think authorities will aban- ing services such as free shipping barrel in Asian trade. The better Abu Dhabi's market rose 1.6 ly hurting auto buyer satisfaction, ufacturers, as well as results for the U.S. dollar despite the drop of don the peg. on Amazon purchases, unlimited global backdrop encouraged inves- percent as Aldar Properties surged but low prices also have artificial- Detroit s Big Three. oil prices, central bank executive Extreme fluctuation music streaming through Prime president Hamood Sangour al- They note that Oman has Music and unlimited movies and tors who were convinced by Tues- 4.6 percent. Zadjali said. maintained the peg, set in 1986 at TV shows through Prime Instant day's strong rebound of Gulf mar- Qatar was up 1.7 percent as We are committed to keeping 0.3849 rial to the dollar, through Video. The service has also slowly kets that stocks had established a Gulf International Services, the the Omani rial pegged to the U.S. past periods of extreme oil price been establishing a foothold in in- floor for at least the short term - most heavily traded stock, added dollar, Zadjali texted to Reuters weakness. ternational markets, rolling out in though not necessarily in the long- 4.6 percent. The drilling rig pro- late on Wednesday in a response On Monday, credit rating agen- Canada and parts of Europe since er run. Dubai's index gained 2.9 per- vider is closely correlated with oil to a question. He did not elabo- cy Fitch cut its long-term issuer its US launch a decade ago. cent, with Emaar Properties up 3.1 prices. rate. default ratings for five Omani Unlike Amazon, Netflix is The plunge of oil prices since banks, saying the government had partnering with a local telecommu- mid-2014 has put heavy pressure become less able to support the nications provider, SoftBank, to on Oman s state budget, causing banking system. offer its on-demand video stream- one-year dollar/rial forwards to rise But Zadjali noted that after the ing as a fully integrated service, as high as 1,000 points this week, downgrade, Fitch had left the out- including billing. Netflix Plans in their highest since 2006, as some looks for the banks stable, and he Japan will range from 650 yen pre- investors hedged against the risk said they did not face significant tax per month ($6) for a basic plan, of an eventual rial devaluation. financial pressures. up to 1,450 yen ($12) for a Premi- Devaluing the rial could aid Omani banks are in an excel- um Plan offering four streams and state finances by increasing the lent position, and well covered fi- 4K viewing. local currency value of oil exports. nancially. They don t need the gov- By comparison, Amazon However, it would also raise the ernment support, and will not be Prime members will get streaming cost of the many imports on which affected with the recent downgrad- as part of their monthly member- Oman depends and could shake ing, he said. ship fee of 325 yen, roughly $3. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. 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Global life expectancy rises, but people live sicker for longer People around the world are living tions and chronic illnesses like longer, but many are also living heart and lung diseases, diabetes sicker lives for longer, according and serious injuries. Those detract to a study of all major diseases and from quality of life and impose A blood test developed by UK re- step ahead of cancer by monitoring the way it is changing and picking treatments that exploit the weakness of the particular tumor," Professor injuries in 188 countries. heavy cost and resources burdens. searchers can help detect cancer Workman stated. General health has improved For most of the 188 countries relapse in patients months before However, more research needs to be done before the test can be made available to the public. Turner said in the report by Telegraph that it will worldwide, thanks to significant studied, changes in healthy life ex- the traces of the disease can be take years but is optimistic as there will be larger clinical trials that will be conducted starting 2016. progress against infectious diseas- pectancy between 1990 and 2013 detected. es such as HIV/AIDS and malaria were "significant and positive", the The simple and efficient blood in the past decade and gains in researchers said. But in many - test made by scientists at the In- fighting maternal and child illness- among them Belize, Botswana and stitute of Cancer Research in Lon- es. Syria - healthy life expectancy in don could potentially save lives in But healthy life expectancy 2013 was not much higher than in breast cancer patients who are at has not increased as much, so peo- 1990. high risk of relapse. ple are living more years with ill- And in some, including South The blood test can reveal small ness and disability, according to the Africa, Paraguay, and Belarus, residual cancer cells through tumor analysis, published in The Lancet healthy life expectancy has DNA in the blood that have not journal. dropped. In Lesotho and Swazi- been completely eradicated by "The world has made great land, people born in 2013 could treatment therapy. The findings progress in health, but now the expect to live some 10 fewer were published in the journal Sci- challenge is to invest in finding healthy years than people born ence Translational Medicine. more effective ways of preventing there 20 years earlier. For the study, 55 patients who or treating the major causes of ill- The study also found stark were at risk of having breast can- ness and disability," said Theo Vos, differences between countries with cer relapse based on their tumor a professor at the Institute of the highest and lowest healthy life sizes were studied by the research- Health Metrics and Evaluation at expectancies, and in the rates and ers. The test analyzed the blood the University of Washington who direction of change. samples of the participants for led the analysis. The study's main Nicaraguans and Cambodians DNA that are shed by cancer cells. findings were that global life ex- have seen dramatic increases since According to BBC, the blood test pectancy at birth for both sexes 1990, of 14.7 and 13.9 years re- trial detected 12 cancers out of the rose by 6.2 years -- from 65.3 in spectively. People in Botswana 15 women with recurring breast 1990 to 71.5 in 2013. Healthy life and Belize, however, saw declines cancer. According to the scientists expectancy at birth rose by 5.4 of two and 1.3 years respectively. the test also predicted the relapse years -- from 56.9 in 1990 to 62.3 In 2013, Lesotho had the eight months before any new tu- in 2013. Healthy life expectancy world's lowest healthy life expect- mor was detected by a scan or by takes into account both mortality ancy, at 42 years. Japan had the the patient herself. and the impact of non-fatal condi- highest, at 73.4 years. According to Dr. Nicholas Turner, lead author of the study, the blood test is "promising" as it could help improve the chances of survival for women as the blood tests can also reveal how the DNA in the cancer relapse in women can change over a period of time. "We have shown how a sim- ple blood test has the potential to accurately predict which patients will relapse from breast cancer, much earlier than we can current- A BOTTLE OF WATER BEFORE EACH ly. We also used blood tests to build a picture of how the cancer was evolving over time, and this MEALTIME MAY SPEED WEIGHT LOSS information could be invaluable to help doctors select the correct Recent study suggests that drinking 16.9 oz or 500 ml before each meal can greatly help people lose weight. drugs to treat the cancer," Dr. Turn- The study, which was published this week in the journal Obesity, revealed that a simple act such as drinking a bottle of water half an hour before er said in the report by Daily Mail. mealtimes led to superior weight loss in obese patients than in those that didn t develop the habit. According to the outlet, the Dr. Helen Parretti, co-author of the study and a researcher at University of Birmingham in England, said that she and her colleagues were new research could also be used in amazed to see such positive outcomes from just drinking a pint of water before each mealtime. A plethora of past studies had shown other benefits detecting other forms of diseases of drinking water including detoxification of body, improved blood flow, increased cognitive functions, nourished cells and tissue, and healthier including bowel, lung and prostate organs. Additionally, a couple of years ago, a study suggested that drinking water before you start to study can greatly increase your brain cancers. performance. But past studies had also suggested that water may help people lose extra weight. In their research, the team surveyed 84 obese Chief executive Paul Workman patients and allotted them to two groups. The first group was asked to drink 500 ml of water half an hour before mealtimes on a daily basis for three from the Institute of Cancer Re- months. The other group was requested to make an effort of imagination and tell their brain that their stomach were actually full before each meal. search said in the report by Dail All volunteers were also counseled on how to improve their weight loss plan and workout levels. Every two weeks, study participants received Mail that it could help change how a phone call from investigators asking them how their weight loss was going. Study authors learned that those drinking water before each mealtime cancer tumors can be treated with lost more weight than the other group. The mean of lost weight was 2.87 pounds or 1.3 kilos. At the end of the trial, those in the first group lost a non-invasive approach or with- 9.48 pounds (4.3 kilos), while those in the placebo group lost only 1.76 pounds (0.8 kilos). Scientists do not have a final explanation for the out biopsies. phenomenon but they do have some hypothesizes. Some of them believe that more water can boost metabolic processes, while others think that "This test could help us stay a water simply makes you feel fuller and eat less. Multiple sclerosis US FDA wants food companies to hand over their pathogens Surgeon could be caused by performance lack of vitamin D Investigations into foodborne ill- during routine plant inspections To increase the odds of a recalling products. "You catch things far earlier" unaffected by ness are being radically transformed and adding those to the database. match, the FDA wants manufac- But eliminating pathogens is with sequencing, said Dr. David Multiple Sclerosis Could Be by whole genome sequencing, One benefit of that, they say, is turers to contribute samples of tough, and convincing companies Lipman, director of the National fatigue from Caused By Lack Of Vitamin which federal officials say is en- being able to quickly connect pa- pathogens found during their own to offer up potentially incriminat- Center for Biotechnology Informa- DThere are more than 2 million abling them to identify the source tients within an outbreak. Anoth- plant inspections. Some contami- ing evidence has been a hard sell, tion. "It can be two cases. If you overnight work: people all over the world suffering of an outbreak far more quickly er is the potential to identify the nation is common in food plants. according to interviews with pub- see a match, Bam! You've got em." Study from multiple sclerosis. MS is and prevent additional cases. lic health officials, food manufac- A MORE PRECISE TOOL known to be the most common Previously, samples from sick turers and experts on recalls. Since the start of Genome- Going without sleep the night be- type of autoimmune disorder that patients were sent to state and fed- "That is not something that Trakr in 2012, 25,000 genomes fore does not affect the perfor- affects the central nervous system. eral labs, where disease detectives we've solved yet," said Ruth from a variety of pathogens have mance of doctors doing elective While the cause for the disease ran tests to see if the infections Timme, an FDA microbiologist been added to the database, and surgery the next morning, accord- is not yet known, there are specu- were caused by the same bug. who has talked to 10-15 compa- several state and federal partners, ing to a new Ontario study that lations that it is a genetic condi- tion. When enough matches emerged, nies over the past year about the including the U.S. Department of runs contrary to research demon- A new study reveals that there typically a dozen or so, epidemi- benefits of sequencing. Agriculture and the U.S. Centers strating that sleep-deprived phy- might be a link between low vita- ologists interviewed sick people, The FDA became convinced of for Disease Control and Preven- sicians pose a hazard to patients. min D levels and MS. While the looking for a common food that the superiority of the new ap- tion, have signed on. The odds of having a surgery- theory is not entirely new, it has was causing the outbreak. proach during a 2014 outbreak of The participants agree that related problem were 22.2 percent not been possible to prove it until But the testing wasn t defini- salmonella affecting peanut butter sequencing offers huge advantages when the doctor had been treating now. tive, and linking one case to anoth- made by nSpired Natural Foods over the 20-year-old genetic fin- patients between midnight and 7 There have been other studies er took time. "While all of this was of Oregon. The FDA had just acti- gerprinting technique used previ- a.m. and 22.4 percent when the that looked at the relationship be- going on, more contaminated prod- vated a network of state, federal ously, known as PFGE. doctor had, presumably, received tween vitamin D and MS but no uct was getting out into the pub- and academic laboratories to do David Acheson, a former offi- sufficient sleep. direct cause has been found. lic," said Dr. Steven Musser, dep- whole genome sequencing, and the cial at both the USDA and the The senior author of the study, The problem with these sorts uty director for scientific opera- agency had also begun sequencing FDA, who now advises compa- Dr. Nancy Baxter of the Universi- of studies is that they are quite tions at the U.S. Food and Drug pathogens it collected from swab- nies on food safety, likens the dif- ty of Toronto, told Reuters Health likely to be confounded because Administration's Center for Food bing surfaces during factory in- ference to a witness in a hit and in a telephone interview that the individuals who use supplements Safety and Applied Nutrition. spections. All of these codes were run accident. While PFGE might new results argue against propos- and are concerned about their Now, the FDA is building a net- uploaded to the database, known identify the vehicle as a brown als calling for doctors to inform health in general often undertake work of state and federal labs as GenomeTrakr. Toyota Corolla, whole genome se- their patients if they are sleep-de- other healthy behaviours. said Dr. equipped to map out the exact When people started getting quencing provides the license num- prived. Brent Richards, who is an associ- DNA sequence of strains of Liste- sick, FDA scientists and partners ber and even the vehicle identifica- But the study didn't directly ate professor at McGill Universi- ria, Salmonella and other foodborne searched GenomeTrakr, looking tion number. measure how much sleep the doc- ty in Montreal and co-author of pathogens found in sick patients. for matches with inspection sam- "They both help identify the tors actually received, said Dr. the study. These sequences are then upload- ples. They found the DNA of bugs culprit," he said, but one identifies Charles Czeisler, chief of the divi- He also added that reverse cau- ed to a public database housed at taken from two sick patients were the specific bug implicated. sion of sleep and circadian disor- sation could also relate Vitamin D the National Institutes of Health. "almost indistinguishable" from The CDC began experiment- ders at Brigham and Women's Hos- to MS, because patients who suf- The technology can not only dif- salmonella the FDA had found at ing with whole genome sequenc- pital in Boston. He was not con- fer from the disease tend to spend ferentiate a pathogen from multi- nSpired Foods, said Dr. Eric ing in the fall of 2013, joining the nected with the research. more time indoors, which lowers ple related species, but can also Brown, director of FDA s Division FDA and USDA in a pilot project According a 2009 study that the level of vitamin D in their body. show slight mutations within the source of an outbreak after just a When it is found in the manufac- of Microbiology. to sequence all reported cases of he and his colleagues published in The team of Canadian re- same strain. few patients fall ill, shortening the turing facility, but not in food prod- The match allowed officials to Listeriosis in patients and upload the Journal of the American Med- searchers looked at the data of At the same time, the FDA has time it takes to get tainted food off ucts, companies generally are re- quickly recall tainted peanut but- those sequences on the Genome- ical Association (JAMA), once the 34,000 people from another study begun sequencing pathogens found store shelves. quired only to clean it up without ter. Only six people got sick. Trakr database. actual amount of sleep is taken into and identified four genetic mark- consideration, the odds of a seri- ers that were associated with low ous mistake nearly triple. vitamin D levels. "Given the increased risk that Afterwards, they looked at Healthy diet before pregnancy good for baby s heart we've seen with just one night of another group of 14,500 people insufficient sleep, patients have the who suffered from multiple scle- Better maternal diet in the year John P. Breinholt, MD, divi- ternal BMI, and study center. 95% CI 0.50 to 0.87). The stron- or >5,000 kcal or had missing data right to know if their doctor has rosis and analyzed the link be- prior to conception was associat- sion director of pediatric cardiolo- Botto told MedPage Today gest associations with diet quality on two or more food items. Of the been awake for one night, two tween these genetic variants and ed with lower risk of serious con- gy at The University of Texas that birth defects are a significant and specific conotruncal and sep- control sample, 18% smoked in nights, or even three consecutive the risk of developing the disease. genital heart defects, according to Health Science Center at Houston/ clinical and public health issue, tal heart defects were observed for: early pregnancy, 38% were over- nights," he told Reuters Health by They discovered that people the results of a large retrospective Children's Memorial Hermann with one in four infant deaths from Tetralogy of Fallot: aOR 0.55 weight or obese, and 76% report- phone. who had at least one of these ge- case-control analysis using data Hospital, said that population birth defects caused by a heart , CI 0.38 to 0.79 ed using folic acid supplements The Baxter study, released netic variants were more inclined from the National Birth Defects studies are always difficult as they anomaly, but that little is known dTGA: aOR 0.58, CI 0.36 to during the periconceptional peri- Wednesday in The New England to develop multiple sclerosis due Prevention Study. require sifting through a lot of fac- about how to prevent them. He 0.93 od. Journal of Medicine, was based on to their vitamin D deficiency. In adjusted analyses, Lorenzo tors that can influence the out- added that the National Birth De- ASD secundum: aOR 0.59, CI Limitations to the study in- data from 147 hospitals in Ontar- Given the fact that there is no D. Botto, MD, of the University come, the authors were meticulous fects Prevention Study had looked 0.43 to 0.81 clude the inability to validate re- io. It looked at nearly 39,000 cas- way to control whether or not a of Utah in Salt Lake City, and col- in their process in demonstrating at diet as a factor for structural Researchers used two dietary ported dietary intakes (as they es performed by 1,448 experienced person inherits the low vitamin D leagues found a reduced risk of all that there appears to be a nutri- malformations, such as spina bifi- indices, the DQI-P, as well as the were self-reported), as well as po- surgeons. genes, the idea that MS is caused conotruncal defects (aOR 0.76, tional component to the develop- da and cleft lip and palate. So, his Mediterranean Diet Score, and tential residual confounding, selec- The researchers tracked 12 by lifestyle factors is thus elimi- 95% CI 0.64 to 0.91), as well as a ment of congenital heart disease. team wanted to test the hypothe- found significant risk reduction for tion, and recall bias. widely-varying types of opera- nated: It s not influenced by life- 37% reduced risk in tetralogy of Breinholt was not involved with sis that diet would also help with these congenital heart defects only Botto also noted that the study tions, from bypass surgery and hip style and also cannot be influenced Fallot (aOR 0.63, CI 0.49 to 0.80) the study. congenital heart anomalies. with the DQI-P (a shortened 58- was observational, but that it took replacement to hysterectomy and by reverse causation because if you associated with the highest quar- "This emphasizes more than "There's been a very reason- item version of the diet question- a more holistic approach to dietary angioplasty, done during a five-year get multiple sclerosis, this will not tile of Diet Quality Index for preg- ever the need to educate women to able focus on prenatal care, but to naire from the Nurse's Health pattern than previous studies, and period. A billing code database told change your genes, said Dr. Rich- nancy (DQI-P). prepare themselves nutritionally maximize primary prevention for Study). hoped that an independent study them whether the doctor had ards. The study is an important The authors also observed diet for childbirth (in addition to dur- heart defects and other structural The study examined data from might replicate its results. He add- worked from midnight to 7 a.m. step forward, given the fact that quality was associated with a ing pregnancy), as well as further malformations, we've got to go even mothers of babies with major non- ed that it might be worth examin- the night before the operation. now experts have reasons to test slightly lower risk of overall sep- identify the dietary factors that can a step further and really focus on syndromic congenital heart defects ing if any specific components of Thirty days after surgery, the whether taking vitamin D supple- tal defects (aOR 0.86, 95% CI prevent these significant birth de- preconception care," Botto said. (n=9,885) and mothers with unaf- the diet had a protective effect. odds of death were 1.1 percent ments can be useful in either pre- 0.75 to 1.00), including atrial sep- fects," he told MedPage Today via When examining the diet ques- fected babies as matched controls Breinholt agreed with the need whether or not the doctor had venting or treating multiple tal defects (aOR 0.77, 95% CI e-mail. tionnaire results by decile, re- (n=9,468) with estimated dates of for additional research, concluding worked during the early morning sclerosis.The results of the study 0.63 to 0.94). They published their Researchers adjusted for ma- searchers observed similar pat- delivery from 1997 to 2009. Par- "more study is definitely warrant- hours before the operation. The were published in the prestigious results in Archives of Disease in ternal energy intake, race/ethnici- terns, including an overall reduced ticipants were excluded if mothers ed in this area, but this is an im- readmission rates were 6.6 percent journal PLOS Medicine on August Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal ty, folic acid supplement use, risk of conotruncal defects (10th reported pregestational diabetes, portant first step that establishes if the surgeon had been up late and 26. Edition. smoking, maternal education, ma- decile versus 1st decile, aOR 0.66, had an average daily intake of <500 a key target." 7.1 percent if he or she had not. 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 . AUGUST 28, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

LG Rolly is a portable keyboard that turns into a stick This view of the Twin Jet Nebula The portable keyboard is a prob- was captured by the Hubble Space lematic gadget to make sense, it Telescope. ESA/Hubble & NASA needs to be big enough for a hu- Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt man to type on, but it should also The Hubble Space Telescope be as small as possible. captured a striking image of the LG has tackled the problem Twin Jet Nebula and its glowing with its Rolly Keyboard an al- butterfly shape. The bright spot most-full-sized keyboard that col- in the center of the image is an old lapses into a stick. Yes, the stick binary star system and the wings still has the keyboard's length (LG are its outer shells of gas that were did not disclose the keyboard's ejected. size), so it's not exactly pocket- The Twin Jet Nebula is a plan- able (though LG claims it is). In etary nebula -- no planets are in- any case, it's definitely more por- volved, but the characteristic shape table than a non-foldable keyboard of the ejected outer gas resembled of that size. a sphere -- but instead of having a The keyboard has four rows large shell of gas, it has two lobes. of keys two less than your reg- Scientists believe the motion of the ular keyboard, with numbers and two stars is responsible for its function keys rows missing. The shape, according to Hubble press numbers, however, can be access- release. ed on the top row using the func- The stars that make up the tion key on the bottom. Twin Jet Nebula, or PN M2-9, Rolly is made of "impact-re- have a similar mass to our Sun. The sistant and durable polycarbonate" smaller star is at an advanced age and ABS plastic, and has two fold- of its evolution and is a white able arms that keep a smartphone dwarf. The larger star -- around 1.0 or a tablet (up to 10 inches in size) to 1.4 smaller masses -- has eject- in an upright position. It's wire- ed its outer layers and is a red gi- less and powered by an AAA bat- ant. It'll end its life as a white dwarf. tery which should last up to three The two blue patches traveling months of average use, according outward from the binary star sys- to LG. tem are fast jets of gas traveling at LG's Rolly Keyboard will hit speeds greater than one kilometers the U.S. market in September, and per hour. Previous Hubble obser- will become available internation- vations of the Twin Jet Nebula re- Sea levels will rise, experts warn, and it s not going to stop ally in the fourth quarter of 2015, vealed intricate structural patterns For the last 23 years, ocean levels continue to rise as warming tem- the western United States, has ac- are sounding the alarm. globally by the end of the century. at a yet-undisclosed price. Let's and red areas that appear to be old- around the world have climbed by peratures cause ice sheets in tually seen ocean levels fall. That's New satellite measurements The question faced by scientists just hope it fares better than So- er gas trapped in the stellar wind. about 3 inches on average, and Greenland and Antarctica to melt. about to change, thanks to a shift from NASA suggest that ocean lev- and policymakers is not whether ny's Rolly music player. The two stars provide a NASA scientists say the sea will But California, and the rest of in weather patterns, and scientists els could rise by 3 feet or more oceans will rise, but how fast and glimpse into what's in store for the by how much. sun. The star at the center of our "People need to be prepared solar system will expand, shed its for sea level rise," said Joshua Wil- outer layers and become a red gi- lis, an oceanographer at NASA's ant. The sun's expansion will like- Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La ly cause problems on Earth, and Ca ada Flintridge. "It's not going the extreme heat will likely evapo- to stop." rate water on the planet's surface. If ocean levels are rising, where The good news is that won't hap- is the additional water coming pen for the next 2.8 billion years. from? Rare nautilus "These nebulae observed by Steve Nerem, a scientist at the Hubble give us a preview of our University of Colorado, Boulder, spotted for first own sun's fate. Some 5 billion said that about one-third of the ris- years from now, after the sun has ing sea level is a result of the ocean time in 30 years become a red giant and burned the expanding as it absorbs heat WASHINGTON: A US biologist Earth to a cinder, it will eject its trapped by greenhouse gases and has spotted a rare species of nau- own beautiful nebula and then fade becomes warmer. Another third tiluses, the small, distant cousins away as a white dwarf star," comes from melting glaciers, and of squid and cuttlefish, after a gap Howard Bond, from the Space the rest comes from the melting of of 30 years. Telescope Science Institute, said enormous ice sheets in Greenland The creature in question is Al- in a statement. and Antarctica. lonautilus scrobiculatus, a species How much ice is actually melt- of nautilus that researchers had ing in Greenland and Antarctica? previously discovered off of Ndro- Paleontologists find During the last decade, Green- va Island in Papua New Guinea in land's ice sheet lost about 303 gi- 1984. adorably chubby gatons of ice on average each year, Nautiluses are an ancient lin- while Antarctica's ice sheet lost eage of animal, often christened a missing lizard link about 118 gigatons annually on "living fossil" because their dis- average. One gigaton is a billion tinctive shells appear in the fossil A new species of lizard from the metric tons. record over an impressive 500 mil- Late Cretaceous era links New Why did California's sea level lion year period. World lizards with those from the fall during the last few decades? This recent sighting of Allo- Old World for the first time. High tide in Malibu in 2013. nautilus indicates that there is still In the lizard kingdom, animals In recent years, the average sea lev- much to learn about these creatures, are classified in five separate el off the California coast has de- said University of Washington groups of specific types of lizards, creased, but that's an aberration professor Peter Ward who had re- such as geckos and skinks. One is that won't last long, scientists say. cently encountered the species in the Iguanian group, which contains 3D-PRINTED MICROFISH CAN (Christina House / For the Los the South Pacific. iguanas and their close relatives, Angeles) "Before this, two humans had totalling some 1,700 species. Waters off the coast of the seen Allonautilus scrobiculatus," These iguanas are, in turn, di- SERVE AS TOXIN SENSORS western U.S. have had lower sur- Ward said. vided into two groups: acrodon- face temperatures, largely because "My colleague Bruce Saunders tan, with the teeth fused to the top 3-D-printed microfish contain seeks inspiration from Mother tions. Among these may be includ- medicines inside the microfish and of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, from Bryn Mawr College found of their jaws, and pleurodont, with functional nanoparticles that en- Nature. ed toxin neutralization. use them for directed drug deliv- or PDO. This pattern of wind, Allonautilus first, and I saw them teeth fused to the side of the jaw. able them to be self-propelled, "We have developed an entire- Polydiacetylene (PDA) nano- ery," said Jinxing Li, the other co- ocean current and temperature vari- a few weeks later," Ward noted in The acrodontan group con- chemically powered and magneti- ly new method to engineer nature- particles were introduced into the first author of the study and a ations can bring warm or cold phas- a statement released by Universi- tains chameleons and bearded drag- cally steered. The microfish are inspired microscopic swimmers microfish. These captured the nanoengineering Ph.D. student in es for several years or even de- ty of Washington. ons, and their distribution is re- also capable of removing and sens- that have complex geometric struc- harmful toxins found in bee ven- Wang's research group. cades. Since 1998, some scientists Illegal fishing and "mining" op- stricted exclusively to the Old ing toxins. CREDIT: J. Warner, UC tures and are smaller than the width om. The nanoparticles also emit- Furthermore, medicines could say, we have experienced a cold erations for nautilus shells have phase that has counteracted the World, which covers Africa, Eu- San Diego Jacobs School of Engi- of a human hair. With this method, ted florescent red light when they be put within the microfish in cap- already decimated some popula- rope and Asia. The latter group, neering. we can easily integrate different binded with the bee venom. effects of climate change and pre- tions, Ward said. sule form. These drugs could then vented sea levels from rising. the pleurodonts, are iguanas, dis- Nanotechnology is a cutting functions inside these tiny robotic The fact that the florescent red be delivered with efficiency and This unchecked practice could edge industry. And 3D printing has swimmers for a broad spectrum of light also acted as a sensor was Will California's sea levels al- threaten a lineage that has been tributed throughout the New deftness. The 3D printing method World, which covers the Americas produced robotic fish that are mi- applications," said the co-first au- good news indeed. This sensing ways be lower than elsewhere? around longer than the dinosaurs and the Caribbean. croscopic. They can release nano- thor Wei Zhu, a nanoengineering capability showed that two birds used in producing the microfish is No, and scientists say a rever- were and survived the two largest The reason you now know particles once they enter the Ph.D. student in Chen's research could be killed with one stone. called microscale continuous opti- sal in the Pacific Decadal Oscilla- mass extinctions in Earth's histo- more about lizard dentistry than bloodstream. These microfish can group at the Jacobs School of En- "The neat thing about this ex- cal printing. tion could cause sea levels to catch ry. you ever thought you needed to is hurry and scurry in a fluid envi- gineering at UC San Diego. periment is that it shows how the And it does not employ dan- up to increases seen elsewhere. Allonautilus scrobiculatus is because the remains of a new 80- ronment. The field of nano-engineering microfish can doubly serve as gerous chemicals. The microfish According to JPL's Willis, current notable for the thick layer of slime million-year-old acrodontan lizard They are chemo-energized by has produced mobile particles. detoxification systems and as tox- design employs shark and manta measurements indicate that a and hair covering its shell. have been found in South Ameri- hydrogen peroxide. And magnets They are smaller than the point of in sensors," said Zhu. ray shapes. These are the simplest switch in the PDO already oc- ca, the land of the pleurodonts. guide them. The microfish are to a pin. And the good thing is these "Another exciting possibility and most efficacious and they get curred. "We can expect accelerated rates of sea level rise along this This creates a link between the two function as smart nano-robots. microfish can serve various func- we could explore is to encapsulate the job done. They will aid in detox programs, coast over the next decade as the GLOBAL types of lizards where previously region recovers from its temporary none had been. remote sensing and medicinal pro- vision. sea level 'deficit,' " he said. WARMING The lizard has been named Yes. Some climatologists think Gueragama sulamericana, and de- This method using microfish of El Ni o as a short-term phe- POSES THREAT scribed in a paper published in the is a much better solution. That is journal Nature Communications. to many problems than other nomenon that lies on top of the TO HUMANS IN "This fossil is an 80-million- schemes. And the microfish em- more long-term temperature fluc- year-old specimen of an acrodon- ploy better means of transport. tuations associated with the Pa- FUTURE These include such instruments as tan in the New World," explained cific Decadal Oscillation. Warmer Scientists and policy experts said study co-author Michael Caldwell, microjet engines, microdrillers and PDOs are more conducive to El microrockets. at the California Climate Change a professor of biological sciences Ni os. Symposium in Sacramento that The research, led by Profes- What are we supposed to do at the University of Alberta in sors Shaochen Chen and Joseph global warming points to an immi- Canada. about rising sea levels? nent threat to humans in future. Wang of the NanoEngineering De- The key word stressed by sci- "It's a missing link in the sense partment at the UC San Diego, was They discussed the matter on of the paleobiogeography and pos- published in the Aug. 12 issue of entists: planning. Tom Wagner, Monday. sibly the origins of the group, so the journal Advanced Materials. cryosphere program manager for According to The Daily it's pretty good evidence to sug- The design of the microfish is NASA, said communities along News, scientists decided to con- gest that back in the lower part of so simple that it almost seems un- coastal zones should factor in the sider the imminent UN Climate the Cretaceous, the southern part believable on first sight. It consists increase in sea levels when consid- Change Conference in Paris by of Pangaea [the prehistoric super- of spheres and cylinders. As for ering major infrastructure projects saying that those against the cli- continent that broke up and the composition, it is evenly such as a water treatment plant or mate change agenda are needed to formed the continents as we know spaced and inorganic. The meth- power plant. Rising sea levels be convinced to join the global warming chorus. them today] was still a kind of sin- odology of mass producing these could mean more erosion or flood- gle continental chunk." microfish is evolving with the According to Elizabeth Had- ing associated with a storm surge, ly, a professor of biology and geo- Pangaea's evolution across the times. he said. Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic Their very existence is proof. logical and environmental sciences What's the likelihood that sea at Stanford University, dialog eras has been traced by the distri- That is of different genres such as levels stay the same or actually bution of plant and animal life over holds more important position 3D printing and robotic nanotech- fall? the millennia. Fossils of particular than advocacy and it is needed to nology. They can be combined Don't count on it. Over the animals dating back to the same with excellent results. The nano- know how communication is re- period, for instance, have been particles were inserted with ease next century, the sea may rise be- quired outside the Ivory Tower. found across multiple continents. into the robotic fish bodies. These tween 1 1/2 and 3 feet or possibly Hadly claimed that the Scien- By the time the Late Cretaceous nanoparticles were made of plati- more, said Eric Rignot, a research tific Consensus Statement that era rolled around in the second half num and were introduced into the scientist at JPL and a professor at says, Earth is rapidly approach- of the Mesozoic, Pangaea's break- tails. UC Irvine. And ice sheets react to ing a tipping point. Human im- up was moving towards its final These nanoparticles caused warming by melting faster and fast- pacts are causing alarming levels of harm to our planet The evi- stages. propulsion in a solution of hydro- er. Any reversal of the inevitable gen peroxide. And magnetic iron ice melt "would take centuries," he dence that humans are damaging The presence of Gueragama their ecological life-support sys- sulamericana in South America in- oxide particles were put in the said. "Some of the measurements heads of the microfish. This fur- tems is overwhelming , should be dicates that the South American collected by NASA are an impor- proceeded in developing countries, iguanas may have evolved from ther aided locomotion. Thus this tant red flag on what's about to is a feat of natural engineering. It and also disbelievers among mili- acrodontan lizards. come." tary officials and religious leaders. 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 . AUGUST 28, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

This time of year, when the wed- ding season is in full blow, the fash- ion industry is also bustling, with the biggest event of the industry I partly lead the coming up soon. Fifth edition L Oréal Paris Bridal Week, hosted by Pakistan Fashion Design Coun- rockstar life I ve made cil (PFDC), will be held in Lahore from September 16 to September 18, stated a press release. fun of: Ali Zafar This year s Bridal Week will feature 22 independent labels as full solo shows and capsule shows by newer bridal designers, who will create their own capsule collection with each, featuring eight ensem- bles. The designers presenting their collections at the four day event are, Ali Xeeshan Theatre Studio, Ammara Khan, Asifa & Nabeel, Elan, Fahad Hussayn, HSY, Kar- ma Red, Misha Lakhani, Nickie Nina, Nomi Ansari, Saira Shakira, Sana Safinaz, Sania Maskatiya, Shamaeel Ansari, Republic by Omar Farooq and The House of Kamiar Rokni. The Rising Talent Show will showcase four rising bridal design- ers including, Maheen Taseer, Zarmisha Dar, Faiza Saqlain, and JEEM by Hamza Bokhari. Sehyr Saigol, the chairperson PFDC, commented, We are par- ticularly happy to debut our New Bridal Designers show this year as we sincerely believe fashion is not just about your stalwarts but very much about injecting fresh, new, exciting design hence our commitment to the Rising Talent Showcase with Bank Alfalah. Eva Mendes These B-Town actresses tasted success and Ryan Gosling to AFTER DULL START TO THEIR CAREER A decade after she stepped into 'Brothers'. Her kitty now includes Now Amy is back on the and pursue her passion for music. get engaged? Bollywood, Radhika Apte is now Rohit Dhawan's 'Dhishoom', Remo scene. She did Shankar's Tamil film She did two other films, 'Ramaiya perceived as the talent to watch Vastavaiya' and 'D Day' (both out for. We turn the spotlight on 2013). Now she has 'Welcome other actresses who began their Back' with John Abraham and Anil career with a hiccup but were later Kapoor lined up for release next catapulted into the big league... month followed by 'Rocky Hand- In 2011, Ekta Kapoor had in- some' again with John. famously quipped, "Who is Ra- Taking the gamble dhika Apte?" on a celebrity chat Shraddha Kapoor made her de- show. Her actor-brother, Tusshar but in a bit role in 'Teen Patti' Kapoor, who also featured in that (2010) followed by 'Luv Ka The episode alongside her, was asked End' (2011). The films were noth- Hollywood actress Eva Mendes to name the sexiest actresses and ing to write home about. has added fuel to rumours of her he said: 'Kareena Kapoor, Priyan- Shraddha Kapoor getting engaged to actor boyfriend ka Chopra, Katrina Kaif...' and then Though under a contract with Ryan Gosling. paused to think. Ekta quipped, Yash Raj Films, which offered her The piece of jewellery she "Radhika Apte?" At that point, Aurangzeb with Arjun Kapoor, wore on her right hand was a giant show host and filmmaker Karan she went on to sign a film with the emerald ring. Johar asked, 'Who is this Radhi- Bhatt camp - 'Aashiqui 2' (2013) She was first spotted wearing ka?' and Ekta added, 'Exactly! Who opposite Aditya Roy Kapoor. She the bling on July 25 when promot- is Radhika Apte?' took a gamble, but it paid off and ing cosmetics giant Estee Lauder s While starting out in filmdom, Radhika Apte did a bit role in how. The film proved to be a rag- new Dimensions Skincare line at a ing hit and grossed over R100 mall in Florida, reports Mahesh Manjrekar's 2005 film 'Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!' starring crore. She followed it up with suc- aceshowbiz.com. cessful films like 'Ek Villain' and The 41-year-old has been Sanjay Dutt, Shahid Kapoor and flashing the speculated engagement Amrita Rao 'Haider' last year and 'ABCD 2' this ring in photographs she shared on Though Ekta might have been year. Shraddha is now considered photo-sharing website Instagram. joking about not knowing among the top young guns of film- Neither Mendes nor Gosling Tusshar's 'Shor In The City' dom. has addressed the engagement ru- (2010) co-star then, she surely can- D'Souza's 'Flying Jat' and the se- 'I' with South star Vikram that re- Just shake it mours. not afford to make that remark quel to the 2014 film 'Bang Bang' leased earlier this year and set the American dancer Lauren Got- The actress representative now. Radhika, who took almost a with Sidharth Malhotra besides box-office coffers ringing. Coming tlieb landed a role in 'ABCD: Any- also has not yet made any com- decade to find a foothold in the endorsements. When Jacqueline up next is Prabhu Dheva's 'Singh body Can Dance' (2013) and went industry, is now a name to reckon arrived in Bollywood, she could Is Bliing' with Akshay Kumar. At ment on the matter. on to be part of the dance reality With Ali Zafar known as the good Ali states that the lyrics of the with in Bollywood. not speak a word in Hindi. But its trailer launch, Amy said, "I am Mendes and Gosling first met show 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'. boy of the Pakistani entertainment song are such that they bring out This year, she earned rave re- now she dubs for her films herself. fortunate to work with Prabhu in the fall of 2011 on the set of Lauren Gottlieb industry, many fans may find it child-like enthusiasm in people. views for her small but significant Second coming Dheva Sir and Akshay Kumar. It their drama film The Place Beyond Just when she was perceived hard to relate to his big and bold They remind me of how I used to role in 'Badlapur' and followed it Amy Jackson, another foreign is unbelievable to be part of such a the Pines. as one of the numerous Western persona as he makes his way back perceive rockstars when I was a up with 'Hunterrr' and a short film, import, went missing from Bolly- team." Despite their headline-making imports in Bollywood, she landed into Coke Studio with Rockstar. kid, he states. The tongue-in- 'Ahalya'. Last week, she was seen wood soon after her debut in 'Ekk After a gap romance, the couple has been act- Swaying from side to side along cheek lyrics also helped him be- in critically appreciated 'Manjhi - Deewana Tha' (2011). The British Shruti Haasan stepped into an item number in 'Detective Byo- ing very private about their per- with the gold chains dangling from come more relaxed and expressive The Mountain Man' and this week, model-actress was at that time in a Bollywood with 'Luck' (2009) and mkesh Bakshy!', a role in 'Welcome sonal life. his Ali Xeeshan jacket, he belts out while performing the song. De- she has 'Kaun Kitney Paani Mein'. relationship with her co-star, 'Dil To Baccha Hai Ji' (2011). How- To Karachi' and an item number in In September 2014, they wel- the hook of the song, touting him- scribing Rockstar as commentary Among her numerous upcoming Prateik. However, when things ever, it did not put the daughter of the upcoming 'Welcome Back'. She comed their first child together, self as the unstoppable superstar on the larger-than-life lifestyle of projects is a Tamil film opposite soured, Amy packed her bags and the legendary Kamal Haasan out is currently judging 'Jhalak Dikhh- daughter Esmeralda Amada. AZ . But where he pokes fun at musicians and the subsequent me- South icon Rajinikanth. headed back to England - though there. la Jaa Reloaded' and rubbing shoul- the lifestyle of the rich and famous dia circus, he said the song, a com- Radhika straddles regional she did an occasional South film Shruti Hasaan ders with Shahid Kapoor, Karan on-screen, he also makes us won- plete U-turn from his previous Justin Bieber Look- films, theatre and short films along and some modelling. She went on to do South films Johar and Ganesh Hegde. der if his off-screen self is some- appearances on the show, amped with Bollywood projects and is what an extension of the badass up the energy on the sets. alike Tobias Sheldon counted among the promising rockstar image he satirises. I ve always believed that ev- youngsters to look out for. found dead at 35 Partly, says Ali laughingly. ery artist is unique and has his own hitlist draws up a list of some I partly lead the rockstar life I ve style. When I performed Dastaan- industry folk who, like Radhika, made fun of. Ali s first out of three e-Ishq, I was in a completely dif- did not find much success in their stints on Coke Studio season 8 has ferent zone of spirituality. On initial phase of their career, but so far received polarised reviews, the contrary, there s an aspect of eventually managed to carved a with some labelling him as being vanity and arrogance in Rockstar, niche for themselves. too full of himself. Shrugging off which required me to get more an- Slow and steady this perception, he explains how imated, he notes. Having also es- Jacqueline Fernandez now it takes a good sense of humour to tablished himself as an actor, Ali finds herself in the A-list category perform a self-deprecating song. realised he would have to up his Tobias "Toby" Sheldon, the 35- after starring with Salman Khan in This is a first for me. I don t think game to remind the audiences of year-old who spent more 'Kick' last year. The Sri Lankan I m arrogant otherwise I wouldn t his skill and showmanship as a $100,000 on plastic surgery to look beauty pageant winner made her have made such a song. singer. like Justin Bieber, was found dead acting debut in Sujoy Ghosh's 'Al- Although people may disagree But he credits his acting stints last week, his rep confirms to PEO- adin' (2009) and was then seen in on whether or not they like the in Bollywood for uplifting his per- PLE. According to TMZ, officials Milap Zaveri's 'Jaane Kahan Se song, there s no gainsaying that it formance on the show. Working found his body on Aug. 21 in a Aayi Hai' (2010). Rumours say it merits applause for being experi- with different choreographers Motel 6 in California's San Fernan- was Vivek Oberoi who introduced mental. Given that he has not only across the border has definitely do Valley. Officers found drugs at her to Sujoy and Jacky would of- explored diverse styles of music helped me improve. Dancing and the scene, but no cause of death ten be spotted with the actor at as an independent artist but also singing at the same time is very has been determined. Sheldon was events. And, ironically, it was VO's as a Bollywood film composer, it difficult and fortunately, I have reported missing on Aug. 18 and nemesis Salman who put her in the was no easy feat for him to come been able to better that side of me. was last seen on the 1700 block of big league. up with something that has never Returning to the show after a North Orange Grove Avenue in Jacqueline Fernandez been done on the Coke Studio plat- gap of more than six years, Ali feels West Hollywood. At the time, A cameo in her ex-boyfriend form before. The result was Rock- nostalgic about how the show has friends told ABC7 that his disap- Sajid Khan's 'Housefull' (2010) star, for which he struck up the grown and progressed over the pearance was unusual, saying that followed by 'Murder 2' (2011), composition with the house band years. He considers himself lucky he hadn't left a note or anything to 'Housefull 2' (2012) and 'Race 2' in the first three to five minutes of to be a part of Coke Studio s indicate he would be gone. Keep (2013) enhanced her on-screen vis- their jamming session. After this, founding team of musicians, who up with Justin Bieber in the pages ibility. She has had three releases I went on with the lyric-writing kickstarted the venture nearly a of PEOPLE Magazine by sub- this year - 'Roy', 'Bangistan' and scribing now. process, he shares. decade ago. 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 . AUGUST 28, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Serena chases calendar Slam, history at US Open World number one Serena Williams feels the pressure of chasing his- tory at the US Open, but she ac- Sooner or later, someone will sur- cepts the intensity as the price for pass Floyd Mayweather as the dominating a generation of wom- world's highest paid athlete. But en's tennis. given that he made at least $250 The 33-year-old American, million for his May 2 victory in who captured her first Grand Slam Las Vegas over Manny Pacquiao, title at the 1999 US Open at age that isn't going to happen any time 17, is a huge favorite as she tries to soon. complete the first calendar-year But UFC women's bantam- Grand Slam since Steffi Graf in weight champion Ronda Rousey 1988 by winning her 22nd career says that while her total compen- major title in the event that starts sation isn't anywhere near May- Monday on the New York hard- weather's, she believes she makes courts. more per second than the boxer "I decided I prefer to have that does. pressure than the pressure of not Rousey was stopped on the winning," Williams said. "Not ev- street by a reporter for TMZ and, eryone can handle that pressure, quickly, the conversation turned to but I'm OK with it. I would rather Mayweather, whom Rousey be in this position than another topped last month for the ESPY one." as "Best Fighter." Still, there's no doubt Williams During the conversation with is looking forward to seeing her TMZ, Rousey said she makes two designs in a New York fashion to three times more per second show a few days after the US than Mayweather. Open. "I don't know if you saw the By then, the Grand Slam bid Floyd thing, where he said, 'When will be over, win or lose. you make $300 million in a night, "I'm ready. I'm so ready. I'm give me a call.' I actually did the ready to get it over with," Will- math and given the numbers in my iams said. "I don't care if I win or last fight, I'm actually the highest- lose or break even. I'm ready to paid UFC fighter, and I'm a wom- start it, get it over with, and be an. And I think I actually make two done and go on to the next event." to three times more than he does Williams seeks her fourth con- per second. So when he learns to secutive US Open title after hav- read and write, he can text me then." ing won this year's French and Mayweather's take for the Australian Opens and Wimbledon Pacquiao fight is believed to be as well as hardcourt events in Mi- between $250 million and $275 ami and Cincinnati, the last US million, but given that Rousey used Open warm-up where she defeat- $300 million, let's do the math us- ed Romania's Simona Halep in the ing that number to see how much final for a 69th career crown. Rousey might have made from her "It gives me confidence to 34-second knockout of Bethe Cor- know that what I've been working reia on Aug. 1 at UFC 190 in Rio on these past few days and weeks de Janeiro. has been going very well," said Dividing $300 million by the Williams. "It also makes me real- 36 minutes Mayweather was in the Aussie Ewan claims landmark Vuelta win, Dumoulin leads ize the feeling of winning. I like ring with Pacquiao works out to that feeling and want to do the hard $8,333,333.33 per minute. Divid- Caleb Ewan celebrated the biggest work." ing that by 60 comes to win of his career on Wednesday, Williams has won six Wimble- $138.888.89 per second. the 21-year-old Australian claim- Tiger 'only So since Rousey said she ing the fifth stage of Spain's Vuelta makes two to three times more per with Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin going to get second than Mayweather, multi- the new overall leader. plying $138.888.89 times two is Ewan, tackling his debut Vuel- $277,777.78. Multiplying it by ta, prevailed in a dash for the line better', says three comes out to $416,666.667 after a 167.5 kilometre ride from per second for Rousey. Rota to Alcala de Guadaira. niece So, if you multiply those fig- His teammate, Johan Esteban ures by 34 the length of time of Chaves, started the day in posses- Tiger Woods is well on the way the Rousey-Correia match Rou- sion of the leader's red jersey but back to becoming a force in the sey is suggesting that she made at by the end of the stage he'd been game again after a torrid 2015, his least $9,444,444.52 (at relegated to second in the general niece Cheyenne Woods told AFP $277,777.78 dollars per second on Wednesday. classification, albeit by only one The LPGA rookie said it had times 34 seconds) and as much as second to Team Giant-Alpecin's been great to see her famous uncle $14,166,666.68 (at $416,666.667 Dumoulin. return to form at the PGA Tour's dollars per second times 34 sec- Dumoulin came in 15th with Wyndham Championships last onds). Chaves in 20th in the stage. week and that "he's only going to I appeared on The Insider on In third, 16sec back, was Team get better from here". Aug. 3 and estimated that Rousey Sky's Irish rider Nicolas Roche. Tiger was the joint leader after made at least $5 million from the Ewan's win was made all the going into the last round of the fi- Correia fight and potentially a bit sweeter as he crossed the line with nal event before the end-of-season more. specialist sprinters John Degen- PGA Tour playoffs, after string- So by any standard, she's do- kolb of Germany - whose big race ing together rounds of 64, 65 and ing well. wins include the Milan-SanRemo 68 -- his best scoring sequence for two years. Dave Sholler, the UFC's vice and Paris-Roubaix - and Slovakia's A final round even-par 70 left president of public relations and Peter Sagan - a four time winner of Two Kenyans suspended for doping at World Championships him four shots behind veteran win- athlete marketing, confirmed that the Tour de France points classifi- ner Davis Love, but it important- Rousey "is the highest compen- cation - in his wake. ly meant a first top-10 finish since sated current UFC champion." Ewan was set up for his break- Kenyan athletes Koki Manunga an investigation. failed to start the semi-final. and Joyce Zakary have been hand- "Appropriate follow-up ac- At Kenya's national champi- 2013. Sholler said he was not able to dis- through success in perfect style by It left Tiger ending his season cuss Rousey's exact purse. other members of his team in the ed provisional bans after failing tion will be taken in Kenya," it said onships last month, Zakary had on a relative high with "plenty of Rousey's disclosed purse from final 50 metres. "This is by far the doping tests at the world champi- in a statement, adding that the two wowed athletics fans when she positives" to reflect on after miss- Aug. 1 was $190,000. She made best day of my career," he smiled. onships, the International Associ- athletes had accepted their provi- broke a 31-year-old national record ing cuts in the last three majors $70,000 to show, $70,000 to win "To beat some of the top ation of Athletics Federations sional suspensions. held by compatriot Rose Waithera and slipping as low as 286th in the and earned a $50,000 Performance sprinters in the world, especially (IAAF) said. Kenya's athletics suffers from since the 1984 Olympics. world. of the Night bonus. But as a cham- riders like Degenkolb or Sagan, on The runners from a nation doping scandal Manunga, 21, finished sixth in "I think we saw this past week- don, US Open and Australian end that things are starting to come pion, she also earned a percentage a climbing finish like that, that famed for its middle and long-dis- "Athletics Kenya will provide her heat in the 400 hurdles last Open titles and three French Open full circle and he's playing great of the pay-per-view sales. The means a lot to me." tance runners were targeted in pre- full support and cooperation to the Sunday and failed to progress to crowns to stand one shy of Steffi golf," Tiger's niece said in a tele- show did in excess of 1 million Ewan, for whom this is a first competition tests at their team IAAF during the results manage- the next round. Graf's Open Era (since 1968) phone interview from the US. buys, though the UFC did not re- shot at one of the Grand Tours, hotel in Beijing on August 20 and ment process." Ahead of the Beijing champi- record of 22 Grand Slam singles "It s exciting to see and he's lease the exact figure. But it was added: "It's an honour to compete 21, the IAAF said in a statement. The IAAF has spent the last onships, Britain's Sunday Times trophies and only three shy of only going to get better from here, the highest-selling pay-per-view against riders like that." The East African nation's month defending itself against ac- newspaper and German broad- Australian Margaret Court's all- I'm sure." this year. All that means is that Sagan was well placed in sec- sports body Athletics Kenya, cusations that it is soft on doping caster ARD/WDR reported they Despite Tiger's 2015 slump, time record of 24. Rousey makes a lot of money. She ond but he was put in his place by which has been criticised by some after data from thousands of blood had been leaked suspicious blood Cheyenne said his focus and de- Not since Graf won the 1989 may make more per second than the promising Aussie who came of its own athletes for not taking samples were leaked to the media. results from more than 800 ath- termination were still burning Australian Open after her 1988 Mayweather, though there is no round the German to take the ho- the issue of doping seriously While critics of the IAAF letes, including 77 Kenyans. calendar Slam has a woman won way of knowing that since we nours. enough, said it had been told about might point to the positive tests In the last three years, 33 Ken- five Slams in a row, as Williams don't know the exact figures in her Dumoulin for his part conced- the failed tests and had launched as further evidence of widespread yans have failed drugs tests but could. contract. But while she may take ed taking the overall lead hadn't doping in the sport, the governing only Rita Jeptoo, winner of the Patrick Mouratoglou, Will- some joy in that, most people been on his mind at the beginning body is likely to see this as proof Boston and Chicago Marathons, iams' coach, likes what he sees in would take Mayweather's side and of the stage. that their targeted testing is effec- can be classed as a top runner. his star pupil, especially her pow- have the real money to spend. "It didn't figure in my plans tive in weeding out drug cheats. Her two-year ban in January erful serve. Either way, don't expect to see for today (Wednesday) but it is an Zakary, 29, ran a Kenyan shocked Kenyans as it showed "She has probably get the best either of them in the soup line any agreeable surprise," said Dumou- record of 50.71 seconds in the heat doping had risen to the top of the serve in the history of the wom- time soon. lin. of the 400 metres in Beijing but sport. en's game," he said. bright and she was sure he would "Even when it's not perfect, get back to his best. "We talk ev- it's still good enough to win. She ery once in a while but he's always has to continue to have faith in her been in great spirits," she said of serve." Man Utd seal Champions League qualification her famous uncle, who has won 14 Williams will be the US Open majors but none since 2008. "He's top seed for a fourth time, having always looking to get better... go- already won titles as top seed in Wayne Rooney ended his long ing through the process of what it 2002, 2013 and last year. goal-drought with a hat-trick as takes to actually achieve what you Second seed Halep could be the Manchester United qualified for want. He knows what that pro- toughest healthy foe in Williams' the Champions League with a 7-1 cess is and what it takes." She add- aggregate win over Club Brugge. ed that having the name Woods has path. been an inspiration and not a bur- Russian third seed Maria The England captain had not den right from the time she first Sharapova, Danish fourth seed scored since a Premier League game picked up a club as a child in the Caroline Wozniacki and 2012 and against Aston Villa in April, a run late 1990s, when Tiger was at the 2013 US Open runner-up Victoria of 10 matches and 878 minutes peak of his powers. "To see Tiger Azarenka of Belarus all have leg without finding the net. have so much success I think real- injuries. Rooney netted his first goal of ly motivated me and showed - 'It's all up to me' - the season after 20 minutes with a what's possible and that I can In the end, Williams' toughest neat finish, running on to a clever achieve that. Especially someone enemy might be herself and her through ball from Memphis De- in my family having been able to mental ability to handle trouble do that." Cheyenne will play in pay. the LPGA Tour's "Asian swing" during matches. He doubled the lead four min- for the first time this year which "If I am playing well then utes after halftime following a flow- begins at the Sime Darby Champi- hopefully no one (else) will win, ing move and grabbed his third just onship in Kuala Lumpur in Octo- but we'll see," Williams said. "It's before the hour in Belgium courte- ber. She is just 25 but admits to all up to me. If I decide to play sy of a cute pass from Juan Mata. occasionally feeling old when she right, it'll be great." Ander Herrera added a fourth looks at the young talent taking Not since Aussie Samantha goal as United, 3-1 up after the both the men's and women's game Stosur beat Williams in the 2011 by storm. Jordan Spieth, 22, has first leg, eased through to the group won two majors this year, while final has Williams lost at the US stage of Europe's premier club com- Open. women's world number two Lydia "No doubt she is going to be petition 7-1 on aggregate. Ko of New Zealand is just 18 and feeling the pressure," Stosur said. "Obviously, I'm delighted to Canada's Brooke Henderson this get the goals but it was a massive month became the only the third "You know she wants to get that player to win an LPGA event be- calendar Slam. She's not immune game for the club," Rooney told BT Sport. fore her 18th birthday, after Ko to the nerves and pressure." and Lexi Thompson. 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Court issues arrest warrants for former Pak s PM Gilani, Amin Fahim An anti-corruption court in Kara- pertaining to corruption amount- chi issued non-bailable warrants on ing to Rs500 million. Responding Thursday for the arrest of Paki- to the court s orders, the former stan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders PM said, I will appear in court As Hungary scrambles to ramp up gee registration center at Roszke, with police firing tear gas at migrants. Yousuf Raza Gilani and Makh- on August 31 instead of Septem- defenses on its border with Serbia, Illegal migrants are becoming increasingly aggressive, we cannot tolerate what happened in Roszke, we cannot accept this aggression, said doom Amin Fahim. ber 10. A few months back, the refugees continued to surge into the Szilard Nemeth, a senior party figure and deputy head of the National Security parliamentary committee. court also issued arrest warrants country in record numbers, police The move is set to be debated at an extraordinary parliamentary session in early September, during which lawmakers are also scheduled to vote for me and I was released without figures confirmed Thursday. on criminalizing illegal border crossing and vandalizing the border barrier. bail, he added, according to Ex- Some 3,241 migrants, includ- press News. The move comes a day after Pakistan Peoples Party ing almost 700 children, arrived in (PPP) co-chairman Asif Zardari s Hungary on Wednesday, the high- close confidante Dr Asim Hussain est ever number, according to a was arrested. Earlier, the federal police statement. government gave formal permis- The majority crossed the bor- sion to the Federal Investigation der near the village of Roszke. Agency (FIA) to arrest former Most of the migrants had begun prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gi- their grueling journey in Syria, Af- Further, the judge ordered au- lani, and former minister for com- ghanistan or Pakistan. thorities to arrest the two PPP merce, Makhdoom Amin Fahim, The cross-border train tracks leaders by September 10 and in connection with the multi-bil- at Roszke are one of the only ar- present them before the court. lion Trade Development Authori- eas still unblocked by Hungary s The order was issued after the ty of Pakistan (TDAP) scandal. Federal Investigation Agency Both the individuals, who are also new razor-wire barrier, which is (FIA) presented a final chargesheet senior leaders of Pakistan Peoples due to close the entire 175-kilo- with 12 new cases registered Party (PPP), had started consul- metre (110-mile) frontier with Ser- against the PPP leaders before the tation with renowned legal experts bia by the end of the month. court. At present, the two leaders to ensure their legal defense in view A four-meter-high razor wire were on bail in 12 similar cases of their possible arrest. fence is also under construction. In a further sign that Budap- est is clamping down on migrants, police chief Karoly Papp an- ISIS takes 5 Syrian nounced more than 2,000 so-called border hunter patrols with dogs, horses, and helicopters would be villages near sent to the frontier from Septem- ber as reinforcements to the al- ready heavy security presence. The ruling Fidesz party said it Turkish border was also considering deploying the The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has seized five villages from army to help stem the influx, after Syrian rebels in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human unrest erupted at a crowded refu- Rights said on Thursday, advancing in an area where Turkey and the United States are planning to open a new front against the group. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told Reuters on Mon- Hezbollah China arrests 12 day that the two NATO allies would soon launch comprehensive air Indian army deployed to over Tianjin operations to flush ISIS fighters from the border region. snubs govt blasts as toll rises talks as crisis riot-hit areas of Gujarat BEIJING: Chinese police have ar- rested 12 people over giant explo- Thousands of Indian army troops munities already benefit from the "Violence has never done good sions that killed at least 145 peo- deepens have been deployed to riot-hit ar- reservation system in Gujarat but for anyone. All issues can be re- ple and devastated a swathe of a eas of Gujarat state following days according to the state government, solved peacefully through talks," The Lebanese group Hezbollah Chinese port city, state media said of unrest that has led to at least the Patels cannot be added to the said Modi, who served as the state's Thursday as prosecutors probe 11 and allied Christian politicians will seven deaths. list. chief minister for more than a de- boycott a cabinet meeting on officials for neglecting their duties. The Indian army could be seen The violence appears to have cade, in a television address deliv- The official Xinhua news agen- Thursday, deepening a political patrolling areas hardest hit by the been triggered by the detention late ered in his native Gujarati. cy said the dozen formally held crisis that has paralysed Prime caste-related violence on Thurs- Tuesday of the 22-year-old leader Media reports said it was the include the chairman and senior Minister Tammam Salam s nation- day, in what is being described by of a mass movement by the Pati- first time the army had to be de- managers of the firm whose chem- al unity government. police as the worst to hit Prime dar or Patel caste demanding pref- ployed in Gujarat since religious ical storage facility exploded in the Media run by Hezbollah and Minister Narendra Modi's home erential treatment for jobs and uni- violence in 2002 left more than northern city of Tianjin two weeks the Free Patriotic Movement of state in more than a decade. versity places. 1,000 people dead, most of them ago, in the country s highest-pro- Christian politician Michel Aoun, The Patels are a relatively Director general of police PP Muslims. On Wednesday, the state file industrial accident in years. the Shiite group s main Christian wealthy and powerful communi- Pande told the AFP news agency government imposed a curfew in Separately, the Supreme Peo- ally, reported that Salam had been ty in the western Indian state of on Wednesday that three people Ahmedabad. Political leaders ap- ple s Procuratorate said on its web- informed of the decision, but did Gujarat. Over the years many have had been killed in the main city of peared to have been taken by sur- site that prosecutors in the city not immediately give a reason for made their mark as gem and textile Ahmedabad, where an estimated prise by the scale of the protest were probing 11 officials for merchants. half-a-million people gathered for movement, which began earlier abuse of power and dereliction it. of duty over the blasts, which also Over the last week, Lebanon The question being asked in a rally on Tuesday. this year but has rapidly gathered India is why does this big and in- The violence later spread to pace in recent weeks. injured hundreds of people. has been rocked with fierce street fluential community need to be other parts of the state and anoth- The Patidars or Patels are one In China, formal arrest nor- protests in the capital Beirut, included in a reservation or quota er two people were killed when of the state's most affluent com- mally comes after some time in which have left dozens injured and system that has since indepen- police opened fire on rioters early munities, and make up around 20 police detention and sees the case the country's fragile government dence been used to guarantee work Wednesday in Banaskantha dis- percent of Gujarat's 63 million handed to prosecutors, with trial reeling. Demonstrators - many and participation of minority com- trict. population. But they say they are and conviction almost guaranteed. unaligned to specific political par- munities? A sixth protester died in Meh- struggling to compete with less The 12 arrested include own- ties started by showing their According to the Patels, most sana district later Wednesday, also privileged castes for jobs. ers of Rui Hai International Logis- grievances at the inability by au- government jobs and school plac- in police firing, the district super- India sets aside a proportion tics who were shown on state tele- Senior Iraqi commanders thorities to resolve the garbage cri- es in Gujarat are reserved for peo- intendent J R Mothalia said. of government jobs and university vision last week, when they were already being held by police, con- sis, which has seen city streets pile ple belonging to various special The police also said that the places for Dalits, known as "un- fessing to using government con- killed in ISIL suicide blast up with trash. categories and as a result, they miss seventh victim was a police con- touchables", and for so-called "oth- nections to obtain safety permits. Two senior Iraqi commanders have fighters and US-led coalition air However, the protests soon out. stable, who was beaten by a mob er backward castes" under mea- The huge explosions left a trail been killed and 10 others injured strikes, are fighting to retake the flared into calls for the government Importantly, this is all unfold- and later succumbed to his injuries sures intended to bring victims of of mangled buildings and burnt out in a suicide car bomb attack north city, 100km west of Baghdad, from which demonstrators accuse of ing in Prime Minister Narendra in hospital. the worst discrimination into the cars in their wake. of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar, the ISIL group. incompetence and corruption to Modi s home state. The Patels are "I appeal to all brothers and mainstream. There are currently 495 troops where fierce fighting with the Is- But progress has been slow resign. In response, PM Salam among some of his most impor- sisters of Gujarat that they should It remains unclear how Hardik from the People s Liberation Army lamic State of Iraq and the Levant and both sides have been suffering hinted at stepping down. tant supporters. not resort to violence," Modi said Patel, the 22-year-old self-styled chemical defence unit and 66 chem- (ISIL) group is continuing, sourc- heavy casualties in the fight for Then on Tuesday, protests More than 100 different com- in a statement. leader of the movement, managed ical defence experts assisting in es have told Al Jazeera. Anbar. Anbar has been rocked by to mobilise such huge numbers. disaster relief operations, Chinese were temporarily called off by "This is a fight for our rights Brigadier Abderahman Muqta- violence since the beginning of You Stink, the grassroots activ- defence ministry spokesman Yang da Abu al-Ris, deputy Anbar Com- 2014, months before ISIL launched ... we will continue with our cam- Yujun said on Thursday. ist movement that organized the paign on the roads and the streets," The toll rose to 145 people mander and Brigadier Safin Abdel- a nationwide offensive that saw it movement. majid, commander of the 10th di- conquer large expanses of the re- he said in a television interview on killed with 28 still missing, accord- Throwing its weight Wednesday. ing to the Tianjin government s vision, were killed in the attack on gion. It is currently the main focus On the same day, Hezbollah official Sina Weibo account, a Chi- Thursday, along with three others. of the Iraqi government's efforts Gujarat's chief minister, Anan- threw its weight behind mass pro- diben Patel, urged members of her nese version of Twitter. The post Brigadier General Yahya Ra- to regain lost ground, with large tests, with its ministers and their also said 474 are in hospital, in- sool told state TV that the mili- military operations under way in own community to maintain the allies walking out of a cabinet meet- peace. She has said that giving into cluding seven in critical condition. tary had intercepted an explosives- several parts of the province and The incident sparked wide- laden vehicle that hit the forces, multiple daily air strikes by jets ing meant to discuss the worsen- the demands of the Patels was not ing garbage crisis. possible because India's Supreme spread outrage over alleged safety "but the resulting explosion led to from the US-led coalition. violations by Rui Hai and possi- [their] martyrdom". Anbar stretches from Iraq's Lebanese activists set fire to Court has mandated that state plastic barriers and trash behind governments can set aside only 50 ble official collusion, and fears of Separately, three people were western borders with Syria, Jor- pollutants contaminating the air killed in a suicide car bomb target- dan and Saudi Arabia all the way the barbed wire separating them percent of jobs and school seats for "backward castes" and that ex- and water of Tianjin, home to ing a police checkpoint in the town east along the Euphrates to the from the police, during a protest about 15 million people. of Bajwa, 15km northwest of outskirts of Baghdad. against the ongoing trash crisis, in isting low caste groups already fill those spots. Thousands of tonnes of haz- Kirkuk. There was no immediate In July, an official said that downtown Beirut. (AP) ardous chemicals were stored at claim of responsibility for either more than 1,500 schools have been In recent years, Lebanon s the site, officials have said, includ- of the assaults damaged or destroyed as a result political scene has been pitted be- ing about 700 tonnes of highly The military and police, of the conflict in Iraq's Anbar prov- tween the Iranian-backed Hezbol- Saudi air defense intercepts Houthi Scud missile poisonous sodium cyanide, a backed by Shia militias, Sunni tribal ince alone. lah and the country s Western- The Saudi air defense on white powder or crystal which can aligned, pro-Saudi camp. Those Wednesday intercepted a give off lethal hydrogen cyanide divisions mirror the larger regional Scud missile fired by Houthi gas. The warehouse was built with- Shiite-Sunni divide, and have long militias and supporters of in 600 metres (650 yards) of some residential buildings, despite a reg- paralyzed the government. deposed President Ali Ab- ulation mandating any hazardous Although Salam's government dullah Saleh toward the material storage facilities must be has elements from both camps, southwestern Saudi city of at least 1,000 metres away. Com- Hezbollah regards the prime min- Jizan, according to Al Ara- munist authorities and state-run ister as an ally of Saudi Arabia. The biya News channel. media have sought to pin blame Shiite group's ally, Christian lead- The Saudi military said for the disaster on local individu- er Michel Aoun, has been assailing in a statement it intercepted als and officials, rather than sys- the prime minister over his han- the missile, averting any temic factors. China s powerful damage, and directed air at- State Council, or cabinet, has dling of Cabinet and security ap- tacks against the source of pointments. vowed to conduct a rigorous in- fire in Yemen. vestigation into the cause and has In a statement Tuesday, Saudi Arabia led an Arab pledged it will publish the find- Hezbollah said the garbage crisis military intervention against ings. But independent Chinese re- reflected the "endemic and accu- the Houthis beginning on porting was quashed in the after- mulated corruption of the past two March 26 to restore the Ye- math according to government cen- decades" and policies that only meni government. sorship notices posted on China serve "personal and political inter- A powerful Cold War- Digital Times, a US-based website. ests at the expense of citizens." It era weapon, the Scud had Websites cannot privately said holding peaceful protests was been launched at Saudi Ara- gather information on the accident, a legitimate right. bia by Houthis twice before and when publishing news cannot A columnist in the daily An- during the five-month war add individual interpretation with- Nahar newspaper accused Hezbol- but was shot down by out authorisation, read one notice American-provided Patriot it cited as sent out by the Cyber- lah of exploiting the You Stink space Administration of China. movement for its own agenda. missiles both times. 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.