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Number 5715 ● Sunday August 27, 2017 ● Shahrivar 5, 1396 ● Zihijjah 5, 1438 ● Price 5,000 Rials ● 12 Pages ● www.irandailyonline.ir Leader: Economy, Iran’s foremost priority Political Desk Iran attracts $6b for 4 eader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khame- new power plants nei said Saturday economic issues are the country’s top prior- Lity, urging Iranian officials to make relentless efforts to solve problems facing people, including unemployment among the youth. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with Presi- dent Hassan Rouhani and his cabinet members in Tehran on the oc- casion of the Government Week. “Economy must be the top priority of all members and sectors of the government,” the Leader said and highlighted the significance of banking, investment, liquidity growth and smuggling in economic issues, Press TV reported. Ayatollah Khamenei recommended that the president and mem- bers of his cabinet should serve the Iranian people and establish Mojallali wins 11 close contacts with them “in order to reach a better understanding of realities about people’s lives.” world canoe bronze He stated that Iranian officials must practice patience in the face of critical remarks and show courage to make decisions and implement them, stressing the importance of devising precise scientific plans. The Leader further stated that the Islamic Revolution must be a source of honor in diplomatic issues, adding, “We must feel dig- nified about conforming to national norms, i.e. the norms stem- ming from the [Islamic] Revolution such as resistance against arrogance, fight against oppression and opposition to the hegem- onic system.” Continued on Page 2 leader.ir Ardabil, new destination 12 Iraq retakes Tal Afar Envoy: India, Iran seeking more for European tourists Exclusive center, citadel from Daesh comprehensive energy partnership

Iraqi forces have driven the Daesh terror lim holiday set to start in Iraq on September By Farzam Vanaki were not in favor of the Afghanistan’s group from central Tal Afar and its historic 2. people and the country, put citadel, they said Saturday, placing them on Most of Tal Afar’s 200,000 residents, the India and Iran have arrived in place by colonial rulers. the verge of fully recapturing one of the last majority of them Shia Turkmens, fled as the at a political understand- The day is very important Shias call for Daesh strongholds in the country. terrorists arrived. ing that they want to take because on this particular The advance, just days into an assault on Pro-government forces faced an obstacle their relationship in the en- day we achieved what we protection after the strategic town, comes six weeks after course of roads blocked with earth embank- ergy sector ahead, evolving had set out to accomplish. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared ments and strategically-parked trucks, as well it from that of a buyer and Another hallmark of the co- victory over the terrorists’ in second city Mo- as sniper fire and mortar shelling. seller to a more comprehen- lonial period was the ‘divide latest mosque attack sul, where the terror group declared its “cali- Troops also said they discovered a network sive partnership, said the and rule’ policy. While India Victims of the latest attack on Shia Muslims in Af- phate” in 2014, AFP reported. of underground tunnels used by the terrorists Indian ambassador to Iran. achieved its independence, it ghanistan directed their anger squarely at the Af- “Units of the Counter-Terrorism Service to launch attacks behind lines of already con- Speaking to Iran Daily a was also partitioned into two ghan government, accusing it of failing to protect liberated the Citadel and Basatin districts and quered territory, or to escape. few days after the 70th an- dominions which became them despite repeated attacks. raised the Iraqi flag on top of the citadel,” op- The International Organization for Migra- niversary of India’s Inde- sovereign entities of India Suicide bombers and gunmen, some dressed in eration commander General Abdulamir Yar- tion said “thousands of civilians” had fled Tal pendence Day [which was and Pakistan. Although very police uniforms, attacked a mosque in Kabul dur- allah said in a statement. Afar since the offensive began. marked on August 15, 2017] painful, this division is now ing prayers on Friday, killing more than 40 peo- in Tehran, Saurabh Kumar IRAN DAILY history and the two coun- ple and wounding more than 100, according to also touched upon other important issues relat- tries have both moved on. India is home to all its mosque leaders, Reuters reported. ing to ties between Tehran and New Delhi in dif- people irrespective of caste, religion and creed. Many of the victims were women trapped on ferent fields as well as topics pertaining to his It is not a country based on any particular reli- the mosque’s second floor. own country. gion. The country has the second largest Mus- The United Nations put the preliminary toll Excerpts of the interview follow: lim population and also the second largest Shia at 20 civilians killed and more than 30 wounded, community. India is home to all religions of the while the Interior Ministry said 28 people died and IRAN DAILY: Would you please elaborate world. 50 were wounded. on the 70th anniversary of India’s Independ- At least 30 victims were buried on Saturday ence Day? What plans are underway by India to pro- on the grounds of the same mosque as hundreds SAURABH KUMAR: The 70th anniversary mote and increase the use and generation of of family members, friends, and other mourners of Indian Independence [marked on August 15, green energy? gathered under bullet-marked buildings. 2017] was an important milestone for the coun- Generating solar energy and other forms of Inside the mosque itself, blood was spat- try, as in five years’ time it would be celebrat- renewables, and promoting their use is being tered everywhere and the walls were burned and ing the 75th anniversary of its independence, given a great deal of emphasis in India. There scarred. and during the five-year period, India plans to are projects currently underway in the country “The government does not care about us,” said accelerate the implementation of a number of to this end and goals/targets have been set in this Akhtar Hussain as he attended the funeral of a rel- important schemes and plans to achieve desired regard. The objective is that, in the next couple ative. “What should we expect from a government targets. These plans have been drawn by the of years, India will replace, to a good degree, that has never tried to protect us?” government to accelerate the country’s develop- fossil fuel with renewable and greener (solar, Daesh-affiliated terrorists claimed responsibil- ment in various sectors, raise people’s prosper- nuclear and wind) energy. In a few years, we ity for the attack, the latest in a number of deadly ity, and move toward the greater use of green would like to see non-fossil fuel-based energy assaults on Afghanistan’s Shia population. AFP energy. These initiatives have been launched constitute 40 percent of our energy basket. Sectarian violence has been relatively rare in The CTS and federal police units had also Once Tal Afar is retaken, Baghdad is ex- by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and include India’s energy consumption per capita and Afghanistan, but since 2015 Daesh terrorists have seized three northern districts and the Al- pected to launch a new offensive on Hawija, Make in India, Skill India, Start Up India, to greenhouse gas emission per capita remain very helped escalate fears by killing scores of Shias at Rabia neighborhood west of the citadel, a 300 kilometers north of Baghdad. name a few. low compared to international averages. How- mosques, public gatherings and elsewhere. day after taking the district of Al-Talia to the Daesh is also present in the vast western In the last 70 years, India has come a long ever, while we are promoting the use of green Friday’s attack was the sixth attack on Shia south. province of Anbar, where it controls several way. Twenty years have elapsed since the coun- energy in the country, of equal importance to mosques so far this year, with Daesh claiming re- Clashes were ongoing on the northern out- zones along the Syrian border with war-rav- try celebrated the 50th anniversary of its inde- us is the provision of energy to all our citizens. sponsibility for half of them, according to the UN. skirts and Iraqi forces were dealing with final aged Syria, including the Al-Qaim area. pendence, and it has made tremendous progress Therefore, we would not want our development “This latest in a series of attacks targeting mem- pockets of terrorists inside the city, Yarallah The terror group has lost much of the terri- in various sectors since then. process to be impeded in any way as we move bers of the Shia community at worship has no pos- said. tory it controlled and thousands of its mem- Of course, the larger significance of the day is towards green energy. sible justification,” Toby Lanzer, acting head of the Government troops and units of the Hashed bers have been killed. to celebrate and cherish our independence. UN mission in Afghanistan, said in a statement. al-Shaabi paramilitary coalition launched The foreign and defense ministers of Would you please comment on energy ties “Such attacks directed against congregations the assault on Sunday after weeks of Iraqi air France visited Baghdad Saturday to affirm Would you please talk about the histori- between India and Iran? and places of worship are serious violations of in- strikes. their country’s support in the fight against cal significance of India’s Independence Such ties are very important. The two coun- ternational law that may amount to war crimes.” Tal Afar sits on a strategic route between Daesh. Day? tries have held elaborate discussions in the past The attacks often take political overtones as Daesh-controlled territories in Syria and Mo- Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and On August 15, 1947, India achieved inde- about this aspect of mutual relations. Both sides members of the Shia minority complain that the sul, 70 kilometers (40 miles) further east. Defense Minister Florence Parly arrived in pendence. Led by Mahatma Gandhi, we had have arrived at a political understanding that government ignores their needs. Progress there has been far more rapid than the Iraqi capital on Friday evening. begun a very unique form of struggle against they want to take the relationship in this sector “This attack could have been avoided,” said in Mosul, Iraq’s second city, which fell to Ira- French forces have carried out air and artil- our colonial rulers which was peaceful. It was ahead, evolving it from that of a buyer and seller Abdul Razaq Sakha, a leader at the mosque. “Our qi forces in July after a grueling nine-month lery strikes in support of Iraqi operations. a very innovative form of resistance, the hall- to a more comprehensive partnership. Consid- government is guilty in this regard.” battle. “As long as our common enemy has not mark of which was civil disobedience, in which erable progress has been made to this end, but After past pleas for more protection, the govern- Officials have said they hope to announce been eradicated, France will continue to take the public at large did not to go along with the there have been some setbacks, too. ment assigned one policeman to help guard the victory in Tal Afar by Eid al-Adha, the Mus- part” in the campaign, Parly said. directives and laws, particularly those which Continued on Page 2 mosque, he said. Aug. 27, 2017 Caspian Sea security Ranking naval officials from Iran and Russia in a meeting in Indonesia ruled out the presence of trans-regional forces in the Caspian Sea, stressing that 2 security of the lake comes within the purview of its littoral states alone. National

Qatar’s ambassador officially Iran urges neighbors to resumes activities in Iran Ali Bin Hamad al-Sulaiti, Qatar’s Ambassador to Tehran, of- ficially resumed his diplomatic duties in Tehran on Saturday. comply with water deals Al-Sulaiti returned to the Iranian capital on Friday after a 20-month hiatus that started in January 2016, Tasnim News ran urged its neighbors to respect Agency reported. the water agreements or unwritten Following in the footsteps of Saudi Arabia, Qatar recalled Iwell-established traditions regard- its ambassador to Tehran in January last year after Riyadh cut ing the issue. ties with the Islamic Republic over protests outside its embas- The president’s chief of staff sy in Tehran and consulate in Mashhad against the kingdom’s Mahmoud Vaezi said on Friday that wa- execution of senior Shia cleric Ayatollah Nimr al-Nimr. ter crisis is serious and according to the Unlike Riyadh, however, Doha had not cut all diplomatic experts, the issue of water may become ties with Iran. a source of future wars between the countries, IRNA reported. Vaezi also said that the priority in Iran is to keep water from being wasted. In recent years, Iran’s western neigh- bor Turkey has built several dams on

Persian Gulf the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which has caused Iran to face water short- ages in areas near Hawizeh and Ham- mar Marshes, large wetlands fed by two branches of the Tigris River. The water shortages have also caused dust pollutions in these areas. In a statement on Wednesday, the Qatari Foreign Ministry In the east, Afghanistan is also refus- announced that the Persian Gulf Arab country was upgrading ing to supply Iran with a share of water its ties with Iran back to the ambassadorial level. from the Hirmand River, which rises in The decision to elevate relations with the Islamic Republic Afghanistan and flows through eastern comes amid a diplomatic rift between Qatar and several Arab parts of Iran. countries, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bah- Back in March, unnamed sources in rain. the Iranian Energy Ministry said the Kajaki dam in Afghanistan The Arab countries allied with Saudi Arabia blame Doha of Afghan government has failed to meet with 26 cubic meters of Hirmand wa- the environmental situation in east and and 500 million people are approaching interfering in the domestic affairs of other states and sponsor- its commitments under the 1973 treaty ter per second or 850 million cubic southeastern Iran. this situation. Another 1.6 billion peo- ing terrorism, an accusation Qatar has rejected as “ground- with Iran. meters per annum. The United Nations reported in 2016 ple, or almost one quarter of the world’s less”. According to the treaty that was Kabul government is currently begin- that “Water scarcity already affects eve- population, face economic water short- The diplomatic crisis, the worst since the 1990 invasion concluded in 1973, Afghanistan is ning the second phase of the develop- ry continent. Around 1.2 billion people, age (where countries lack the necessary of Kuwait by Iraq and the subsequent Persian Gulf War, has committed to share waters of the Hir- ment of the Kajaki dam, the largest dam or almost one-fifth of the world’s popu- infrastructure to take water from rivers seen the Arab nations cut ties with Qatar, which hosts a major mand River with Iran and supply it in Afghanistan, which could aggravate lation, live in areas of physical scarcity, and aquifers)”. US military base and will be the host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Doha has been receiving fresh food supplies from Iran, which has also allowed Qatar’s national carrier to use its air- Envoy: India, Iran seeking more... space. Iran to From Page 1 to Iran. Rouhani remaining Iran’s president helps provide continuity for these projects. Leader: Economy, Iran’s ‘legally pursue’ The two sides are currently holding negotiations on the develop- ment of the Farzad B gas field [in the Persian Gulf]. Two weeks ago, Please comment on the cultural dimensions of the relations be- foremost priority the Indian company [involved in talks with the National Iranian Oil tween India and Iran? Apple for Company] put forward a fresh proposal and some new ideas to the Ira- The most fascinating part of what I do as the Indian ambassador to From Page 1 nian company for developing the field. We are hopeful that progress Iran is discovering the very historical and widespread cultural links will take place in this regard. Traditionally, Iran has been the second between the two countries. Both countries have made efforts to ex- Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran’s foreign diplomacy must be cutting apps largest crude supplier to India. While we continued procuring crude pose each other’s people to cultural groups and performances. A violin open to all in the world and must not be focused on relations with Iran’s new telecommunication minister from our friend, Iran, at the time of sanctions, despite the limitations group came to Iran last week to perform concerts on August 15 and just a few countries. said the country will legally pursue Ap- in terms of payment, Iran’s position slipped. Fortunately, Iran has cur- 16. The Iranian Embassy in India has also done a lot in terms of pro- He urged Iranian officials to act swiftly and wisely in foreign ple for removing Iranian apps from its rently regained its lost place as India’s second largest oil supplier. moting Iranian culture and the Farsi (Persian) language. diplomacy and continue to stand up to enemies. App Store. The most important aspect of the two countries’ cultural ties is that Prior to the Leader’s remarks, President Rouhani presented a The US technology company has Would you please talk about the recent visit by the Indian Minis- they are based on people-to-people relations. The larger the number report about measures carried out by his administration during cited American sanctions after a num- ter of Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gad- of Iranian tourists to India, and vice versa, the easier it would be to his previous term in office and also plans of the new administra- ber of Iranian startups and online de- kari to Iran? expand cultural ties. Such visits have been the main contributing fac- tion. velopers complained that Apple had He was in Tehran to represent the Indian prime minister at Iranian tor to the close cultural contacts between the two sides in the past. It Rouhani said unemployment and economic issues are the most suddenly cut their applications, Press President Hassan Rouhani’s second inauguration on August 5, 2017. is very important for both countries to have an easy visa policy. I per- important problems of the government, vowing to create more TV reported. This day was very critical in India, as voting for the new Indian vice sonally would like to see more Indian tourists coming to Iran. I have than 900,000 job opportunities every year. “Under the US sanctions regula- president was taking place in the country. The Indian minister made a traveled to different Iranian provinces and cities, and know that Iran He also cited fight against poverty and realization of social jus- tions, the App Store cannot host, dis- special effort to visit Iran on that date. The government of India was has very interesting historical sites, a large number of which have tice as among other objectives of his new administration. tribute or do business with apps or very keen to be represented at the ceremony at a high level. Minis- historical links with India. This provides a very good basis for Indian developers connected to certain US ter Gadkari cast his vote early in the morning and then took a special tourists to come and visit Iran. embargoed countries,” Apple said in a flight to Iran. During his stay in Tehran, he had a short conversation message to Iranians. with President Rouhani and met with Iran’s First Vice President Farsi used to be India’s official language. What led to the replace- Sanctions on Iran were lifted last Es’haq Jahangiri. He also held extensive talks with his Iranian coun- ment of Farsi in your country? year following its 2015 nuclear agree- terpart, Abbas Akhoundi, in which all aspects related to developing For several centuries, Farsi was the official language of India. ment with world countries, however, the transit system of Chabahar Port [in southern Iran] and Indian in- During the colonial period, however, a decision was taken to make Mohammad Ali Rajabi US President Donald Trump has vestments in the project were discussed. English the official medium of communication in the country. Farsi, pushed for more sanctions which the nonetheless, still remains very popular in India. A large number of In- Islamic Republic says breach the ac- Please elaborate on the latest developments with regard to India’s dian universities have Farsi departments. We have a very rich collec- cord. financing of Chabahar-Zahedan railroad construction project? tion of Farsi books and manuscripts in India. A very old manuscript of Telecommunication Minister Mo- India and Iran are cooperating to have a rail connection between Kalileh va Dimneh – a collection of fables from ancient India called ‛m coming hammad Javad Azari Jahromi said Ap- Chabahar Port and Zahedan [both located in the southeastern Iranian ‘Panchtantra’ – was brought out when the Indian prime minister vis- Sorry, I ple should respect its Iranian consum- province of Sistan-Baluchestan]. This railroad is very important as it ited Iran in May. Mumbai used to be the center for Farsi publishing. ers who are estimated in the upwards would connect the port to the Iranian railway network. For a port to There is a very rich history of Farsi language in India. back empty-handed of 7 million. have economic viability, rail connectivity is of the utmost importance. “Eleven percent of Iran’s mobile When the Indian prime minister was here in May last year, certain dis- What is your assessment of Iran’s tourism sector and infrastruc- phone market share is owned by Apple. cussions were held between the two sides about this issue and an MoU ture? Giving respect to consumer rights is a was signed. Iran has very good intercity roads and comfortable and pleasant ho- principle today which Apple has not The cost of constructing the railroad is large and we are looking at tels, the number of which can be increased. Development of tourism followed,” Jahromi tweeted on Friday. various options to mobilize resources for this purpose. infrastructure is a process. What is important is that Iran has historical “We will follow up the cutting of the When the minister was in Tehran, the two sides were also provided sites spanning different periods of history – the Elamite period (2700- apps legally,” he added. with an opportunity to take a look at certain areas where they are not 539 BC) to the eras when Achaemenid (550-330 BC) and Sassanid Apple’s market in Iran is related to working as fast as they ought to. During the Indian prime minister’s (224-651 AD) dynasties reigned in the country, and then to the period iPhone holders whose numbers are re- last visit to Iran, a trilateral agreement was signed between India, Iran (1501-1722) in which the Safavid dynasty ruled the state, with all the portedly higher than those of Android and Afghanistan for the use of Chabahar Port as a transit hub. India beautiful Islamic architecture remaining from that era. Very few coun- users. and Afghanistan have ratified this agreement. Nevertheless, despite tries would offer this kind of rich diversity in terms of different histori- While Apple does not have an of- the fact that over a year has elapsed since the signing of the agreement, cal periods. ficial store in Iran, its iPhones have an Iran has not yet ratified the agreement. Chabahar Port’s development omnipresence in the country where us- agreement is the second area where Iran is expected to increase its de- How about the two sides’ political relations? ers obtain the gadgets from places like cision making pace. We have a commercial contract in place in this We have a very good political relationship. It is a very historical Dubai and Hong Kong or relatives who area. There are two kinds of investments involved. One part is India’s one. I think the message during the visit of the Indian prime minister visit the United States. investment in purchasing the equipment to be used at the port. The was that while we have a very good political relationship, we should There are currently thousands of ap- other is the $150-million line of credit the country has extended for translate it into economic projects and give our relationship more eco- plications in Iran developed by startups the project. Quite some time has elapsed and we are still waiting for nomic content. The Indian prime minister’s visit provided a template which also provide services to Iranian the Iranian side to utilize the credit line and announce the projects to to move in this particular direction. users through App Stores outside the be implemented in Chabahar, so that the money can be disbursed. This country. is important because the operationalization of the commercial contract Any concluding remarks? Famous online store Digikala, ride- in this regard is dependent on the disbursement of the line of credit. In the first week of September the Confederation of Indian Industry hailing Snapp, online meals delivery (CII) will dispatch a very high-ranking delegation of chief executive startup Delion Foods and e-commerce Would you please talk about President Rouhani’s reelection and officers to Tehran. During this visit a decision made during Indian marketplace Bamilo are some of the its impact on mutual ties between India and Iran? prime minister’s latest visit to Tehran would be fulfilled, which is that companies which have seen their apps It is for the Iranian people to choose their president. The Indian gov- the CII would open its 11th international office in Tehran. The two removed by Apple. ernment was very happy that President Rouhani was reelected. Cer- countries also plan to hold talks on cooperation in the port and mari- tain initiatives were launched during the Indian prime minister’s visit time sector in the beginning of September. Aug. 27, 2017 “Islamophobic” attack A mob in Spain brutally assaulted a hijab-wearing Muslim woman in the country’s capital of Madrid, in what police described as an 3 “Islamophobic” attack. International

Rohingya flee for Bangladesh as Israeli settler runs over, kills Palestinian girl in West Bank

A Palestinian girl has reportedly lost her life after an Israeli settler ran her over in the north-central part of the occupied fresh violence erupts in Myanmar West Bank. Palestinian medical sources said the eight-year-old victim, bout 1,000 Rohingya Muslims identified as Asil Tariq Abu Aoun, was struck near Hamra fleeing escalating violence in checkpoint in Furush Beit Dajan village, located 10 kilom- AMyanmar had been halted at the eters east of Nablus, on Saturday, Arabic-language Palestine border with Bangladesh, Bangladeshi se- al-Yaum news agency reported. curity officials said on Saturday, as fresh The victim sustained serious injuries in the crash, and later fighting erupted in Myanmar’s north- succumbed to her wounds, according to Press TV. western Rakhine state. There have been scores of “hit and run” incidents targeting About 1,000 Rohingya arrived at the Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, with Naf River separating Myanmar and most of them largely going uninvestigated by Israeli authori- Bangladesh and got stranded there, a ties. Some of such events have resulted in fatalities. Bangladeshi border guard and Moham- mad Ali Hossain, deputy commissioner of Cox’s Bazar district near the Myanmar border, told Reuters. “Many Rohingya people are trying to enter the country, but we have a zero tol- erance policy — no one will be allowed,” said Hossain. Officials said gun shots rang out across Rakhine State on Saturday af- ternoon as clashes continued between armed attackers and Myanmar security forces. davidicke.com This comes following Friday’s deadly On August 10, an Israeli settler ran over four Palestinian clashes — the death toll of which has children in the predominantly Palestinian neighborhood of climbed to 89, including 77 attackers and Silwan on the outskirts of Beit-ul-Muqaddas. 12 members of the security forces, ac- The Wadi Hilweh Information Center later identified the cording to Myanmar’s army. victims as six-year-old Hamza Tayser Abu Sbeih, nine-year- Myanmar’s government brands the 1.1 old Yousif Mazin Raman, nine-year-old Amir Tayser Abu million-strong Rohingya population in Sbeih, and 11-year-old Anas Himoni. the country as illegal immigrants from Raman broke a tooth in the fall, Amir Abu Sbeih sustained Bangladesh. Rohingya Muslims, howev- a deep injury in his knee that required stitches, while the two er, claim roots in the region that go back says.com others sustained bruises. centuries. The government used a militant attack on and arson attacks by the military since the since last year. The center added that a group of Israeli forces simply stood Considered by the UN as the “most border guards as the pretext to enforce the crackdown began. Over 400,000 Rohingya refugees are by and did not take any measures, before locals called an am- persecuted minority group in the world,” blockade. The crackdown has resulted in some already living in overcrowded squalid bulance that transferred the children to Hadassah Medical the Rohingya have been under a military There have been numerous eyewitness 87,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing the camps and makeshift settlements in the Center in Jerusalem al-Quds. siege in Rakhine since October 2016. accounts of summary executions, rapes, Buddhist-majority country to Bangladesh bordering district of Cox’s Bazar. A 37-year-old Palestinian man, identified as Omar Ahmad Issa, was struck in the town of al-Khader, located five kilo- meters west of Bethlehem, on July 7, while riding his motor- cycle near a checkpoint leading to occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds. Hurricane Harvey hits Texas hard Issa was critically injured in the crash and later pronounced dead at the hospital. Hurricane Harvey spawned torna- a Category 1 storm early Saturday, does, flooding, fires and widespread it had already delivered a 1-2 punch power outages across southern Tex- to the Gulf Coast of Texas, making Qatar says five suspects in news as early Saturday. landfall twice, with powerful wind Behind the giant storm, the larg- gusts and the threat of catastrophic agency hacking detained in Turkey est to hit Texas in more than a dec- flooding. ade, production on oil rigs in the Harvey arrived late Friday south Qatar’s attorney general said Turkey has detained five suspects in Gulf of Mexico remained halted, of Corpus Christi as a Category 4 connection with the hacking of Qatar’s state news agency in May. coastal refineries were idle and storm, packing 130 mph winds. It The hacking helped precipitate the diplomatic rift that has thousands of cruise ship customers made a second landfall about three since opened up between Qatar and some of its powerful Arab waited offshore until their vessels hours later, according to the Nation- neighbors, Reuters reported. were able to dock safely, Fox News al Hurricane Center, and by dawn Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates wrote. Saturday the eye of the storm was severed ties with Qatar in June over comments briefly posted on A massive fire destroyed at least moving at about 6 mph. the Qatar News Agency attributed to its ruler in which he alleg- three homes on Bolivar Peninsula Floodwaters were expected to edly praised Iran. late Friday night, according to 12 reach 6 to 12 feet above ground Qatar said Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani did not make News Now. More than 200,000 level along the coast, and as much the statements and that hackers had posted a false story on QNA. homes and businesses were report- as three feet of rain was expected in In comments published by QNA on Saturday, Qatar’s Attor- edly without power. hardest-hit areas. ney General Ali Bin Fetais al-Marri said the suspects were being At least 15,000 people aboard Rockport, a city of about 10,000 interrogated, without specifying their nationalities or any other three Carnival Cruise Line ships people, was especially hard hit. It details. scheduled to return to Galveston saw damage to a senior center, high “Our friends in Turkey answered us a short time ago. Five peo- this weekend were delayed or de- school and other structures. ple were detained and they are being investigated. Qatari pros- toured due to the hurricane. The “Right now we’re still hunkered ecutors are working with Turkish authorities to follow this case,” Port of Galveston was closed on down and can’t go anywhere,’’ said he was quoted as saying by Qatari media. Friday. abcnews.go.com Steve Sims, the volunteer fire chief Marri has said Qatar has evidence that the hack was linked to A statement from the Miami-based Carnival Cruise Petroleum companies evacuated personnel from 86 in Rockport. “We’ve heard rumors of 1,000 different countries that have severed ties with Doha for allegedly support- Line said the Carnival Freedom and Carnival Valor Gulf of Mexico platforms, according to the Oil and things, we can’t confirm anything because we haven’t ing militant groups and advancing the agenda of Iran in the re- were at sea and would remain a safe distance from the Gas Journal. seen anything. We know we’ve got a lot of problems, gion — charges Doha denies. hurricane. By the time Hurricane Harvey was downgraded to but we don’t know what yet.’’ The dispute has defied mediation attempts by the United States and Kuwait. Saudi forces demolish Shia mosque Belgium launches twin investigations in Awamiyah into knife attack Saudi forces reportedly razed a Shia national condemnation and sparked They noted that the only chance Belgian authorities on Saturday this year. mosque in the kingdom’s oil-rich mass protests across the Middle East. for people to leave Awamiyah had launched twin investigations Brussels prosecutors said they Eastern Province as Riyadh presses Saudi authorities call the clamp- been short periods coordinated with into a knife attack they consider had started an investigation into ahead with its heavy-handed clamp- down a “security campaign” against local volunteers and pro-democracy to be an act of terrorism and re- whether the soldier who killed down on members of the religious the gunmen there, and have used the activists. leased more details of the sus- the man had acted correctly. community. measure as a pretext to launch almost Earlier this month, Stephane Du- pect shot dead by soldiers in cen- “It appears that the soldier Local sources, requesting anonym- daily attacks against the town, de- jarric, the spokesman for UN Secre- tral Brussels. twice shot the suspect who had ity, said Saudi troops leveled Ayn stroying residential areas, setting fire tary General Antonio Guterres, said Federal prosecutors said that attacked them with a knife. Imam Hussain Mosque to the ground to buildings, and reportedly threat- that all Riyadh’s actions should be in they had requested an investigat- These shots were fired in the in the town of al-Awamiyah, located ening the residents to either leave or line with its commitments to human ing judge look into the incident context of self-defense and ac- some 390 kilometers northeast of the face potentially deadly swoops. rights. on Friday that they said consti- cording to the rules of engage- capital Riyadh, on Friday, Press TV Earlier this month, foreign jour- This is while multiple human tuted attempted murder, accord- ment,” the prosecution service reported. nalists paid a visit to Awamiyah af- rights groups have voiced concern ing to Reuters. said in a statement. Video footage published on Twitter ter they were permitted entry for the over the situation in Awamiyah, A second investigation would Soldiers routinely patrol the social media network showed dozens first time, and witnessed the substan- and criticized Western countries look at the soldiers’ response. belgium.trendolizer.com streets of the Belgian capital due of concrete blocks and pieces of iron tial level of destruction that Saudi for keeping mum on Saudi Arabia’s The man stabbed the soldiers, one of said the man had been granted asylum to a heightened security alert level after scattered around. forces had wrought on the town. atrocities there. whom shot him twice. in 2009 and gained Belgian citizenship shooting and bomb attacks in Paris in Since May, Saudi regime forces The residents said Saudi authori- Last month, Ottawa expressed The assailant died shortly afterwards in 2015. Investigators also searched the 2015 and Brussels in 2016. have imposed a deadly crackdown on ties had prevented emergency ser- “deep concern” over Saudi Ara- in hospital. Investigators then found a man’s home in the northern city of Bru- In June, troops shot dead a suspected Awamiyah — the hometown of late vices from reaching wounded locals bia’s apparent use of Canadian mili- fake firearm among his possessions. ges, prosecutors said, without giving any suicide bomber at Brussels’ central train prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr since July 26, and failed to pro- tary equipment in their crackdown They said the man, aged 30 and of details of what they had found. station. There were no other casualties. Baqir al-Nimr, whose execution by vide humanitarian assistance to the against the minority Shia citizens in Somali origin, had come to Belgium in They added the man committed an Authorities treated the incident as an at- the Al Saud regime drew firm inter- trapped citizens of the town. the restive Eastern Province. 2004. Migration Minister Theo Francken act of assault and battery in February tempted terrorist attack. Aug. 27, 2017 Oil exports India’s Essar Oil shipped in about 152,000 barrels per day of oil from Iran in 4 July, according to Reuters. Domestic Economy

SPECIAL NEWS Domestic Economy Desk South Pars meets 65% of Official: Iran developing $3.5b rural industrialization plan Iran is planning to invest $3.5 billion in rural areas as part national gas demand: Official of a master plan to create jobs and decentralize industries, said the vice president for rural affairs. he giant South Pars Gas Field in Abolfazl Razavi told Trend News Agency that the funds the Persian Gulf off the southern will be made available in the form of low-interest loans (6 Tport city of Asalouyeh is currently to 8 percent) from the National Development Fund and a supplying 65 percent of the total natural number of banks. gas consumed in the country, announced managing director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) on Saturday. Speaking to Tasnim News Agency, Ali Kardor described the increase in gas production capacity from South Pars Gas Field as one of ‘major achievements’ of the current administration and said that over the past four years, about 300 mil- lion cubic meters have been added to the output capacity of the field. Fortunately, the development of Phase 11 of the South Pars has begun and we ex- pect an output of two billion cubic feet of ISNA gas from this phase in year to March 20, “We intend to invest in rural areas in order to turn them 2021, he said. into hubs of production and employment,” he said. In April, President Hassan Rouhani in- “Over 99 percent of mines in Iran are situated in rural augurated South Pars phases 17, 18, 19, areas. Also, over 93 percent of the wheat is produced in 20 and 21. rural areas. The same is true for a lot of basic products. The gas field, whose development has This is while, most processing factories are located in and been divided into 28 phases, is located in around cities…. So one of the aims of this plan is to move the Persian Gulf straddling the maritime industries to rural areas,” he explained. border between Iran and Qatar. It cov- The vice president noted that there are around 2,600 ers an area of 9,700 square kilometers, counties in Iran, and that the plan envisages one industrial of which 3,700 square kilometers lie in hub for each. Iran’s territorial waters. Interest rate of loans in Iran currently hovers around 20 It is estimated that the Iranian sector of percent, whereas inflation is a little above 10 percent. the field holds 14 trillion cubic meters of Iran has been increasingly attentive to the economic gas and 18 billion barrels of in situ con- wellbeing of rural people for various reasons, ranging densates. SHANA from concern over unbridled migration to urban areas, to security concerns. Turkish official for Iran attracts $6b for new power plants Iran, Azerbaijan need broadening economic Since the implementation of Statistics indicate that Iran ers of diesel and 577 million to sign FTA: Official the Joint Comprehensive Plan generated 118.309 TWh of liters of fuel oil during March of Action (JCPOA), Iran has electricity during March 21- 21-July 28. Economic estimates indicate that Iran needs to sign a free cooperation with Iran attracted $6 billion in foreign trade agreement with Azerbaijan Republic if it wants to investment for the construc- gain an appropriate share in its northern neighbor’s mar- A senior Turkish provincial official called for expanding ties with tion of new power plants, ac- ket. Iran, especially in health and trade sectors. cording to managing direc- Deputy Manager for Economic Evaluation at Tehran Governor General of Rize Province Erdogan Bektas said in a tor of Thermal Power Plants Chamber of Commerce Maryam Khazaei said that by meeting with Iran’s Consul General in Tarabuzan Reza Baghban- Holding Company. signing a free trade agreement with Azerbaijan, Iran can Kondori in Turkey’s Rize Province on Saturday that Iran and Tur- According to IRNA, Mohs- have an appropriate share in Azerbaijan’s market, ifp- key should boost cooperation in economic and medical fields, Fars en Tarztalab further pointed news.ir reported. News Agency reported. out that investment in new She was speaking in a meeting on the capacities for Kondori, who was in Rize Province to introduce Iran’s eco- power plants had been on a Iran’s exports to Azerbaijan which was attended by rep- nomic capacities for mutual cooperation, also discussed economic, downward trend prior to the resentatives of the private sector as well as Iran’s Trade trade, scientific and academic issues with the Turkish official. nuclear deal. Promotion Organization, Export Development Bank and Cooperation between Rize’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan University He hoped that the construc- Iran-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce. and an Iranian university in medical courses was among the areas tion of the projects will be un- In the meeting, Khazaei read out a brief report on the discussed in the meeting. dertaken within the next three economic indexes of Azerbaijan, noting, “The latest ta- years. ble of the World Bank ranks Azerbaijan among countries Recently, former deputy en- with an average upward income. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan ergy minister Houshang Fala-

is categorized as a state with a relatively high annual in- hatian said in the four years IRNA come. The average foreign investment in Azerbaijan was from 2013 to 2017, 54 new $4.3 million per year from 2012 to 2015; however, the power plants came on stream July 28. The volume was less In peak times this sum- number rose to $4.5 million in 2016.” in Iran, adding 8,000 mega- than 110 TWh during the same mer, the country witnessed a She added that Azerbaijan plans to turn into a devel- watts to the country’s power period of last year. consumption of over 53,600 oped country by 2020 with a high level of income. output, which reached 77,000 Iran’s nominal power gener- megawatts. This is while elec- The official said Iran has not yet managed to play a key megawatts. ation capacity stood at 77.104 tricity output stands at 54,000 role in Azerbaijan’s market. “One of the main measures He noted that plans are at GW as of July 28. megawatts. The most recent which can contribute to Iran’s growing role in the region hand to raise the number to The country has consumed peak indicates a rise of 1,000 is signing a free trade agreement with the neighboring 80,000 megawatts by the sum- 26.938 billion cubic meters of megawatts compared to the state,” she added. mer of 2018. gas as well as 572 million lit- figure for last year.

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Ashkan Abbasi Tehrani, the head of the State Risk and Referring to the capabilities of Iranian professors in theology, UK exports to Iran show 200% growth International Cooperation Group at the Export Guarantee Rize governor general called for exchange of students and profes- Fund of Iran briefed the participants on the official ap- sors as well as academic and research collaboration with centers of Exports from the United Kingdom to Iran wit- Italy ($420 million, 26 percent increase) were proach of the fund towards exporters. He said the fund is- higher education in Iran. nessed a growth of 200 percent to stand at $432 the European countries that ranked among the sues insurances for all exporters. “Simply, we insure the Rize Province is located in northeastern Turkey on the Black million during March 21-July 22, 2017. top exporters of goods to Iran, in the period. buyers’ risk,” he noted. Sea coast. Iran purchased 59.5 percent of its goods dur- Touching on other services to be offered by the fund, In a relevant development in late May, the Iranian and Turkish ing the four-month period from five countries he said the fund is committed to financially support the presidents in a phone conversation underlined the need for increas- — China, the United Arab Emirates, South Ko- exporters. “The Fund issues insurances at the request of ing trade exchanges considerably. rea, Turkey and India. exporters. It can also guarantee their credits in the banks. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani lauded the developments made China was the main exporter of goods to Iran So, the exporters along with the foreign banks, compa- in two countries’ relations, and stressed promotion of annual trade during the aforementioned period. China’s ex- nies and governments can rely on the Fund’s letter of exchanges between the two states to the targeted goal of $30 bil- ports constituted 22.1 percent of Iran’s total im- guarantee to press ahead with their project,” he added. lion. ports in terms of value. He said the fund offers various other services and add- He also called for an improvement in banking relations between During the period, Iran imported goods worth ed the details of the services are available on the portal of Iran and Turkey, and said that bilateral and trilateral relations be- $3.495 billion from China, indicating a 19-per- the fund. tween Tehran, Ankara and Moscow can help establish peace and cent increase, year-on-year. He referred to the services offered by the fund to facili- stability in the region. Iran had also imported goods valued at $2.992 tate exports to Azerbaijan, adding that the republic is one Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan congratulated his Iranian billion from the UAE (a 42 percent increase) ac- of the main CIS states which has the largest insurance counterpart on his reelection, adding that Ankara is committed to counting for 18.9 percent of Iran’s total imports coverage. “We have allocated $21 million to short-term strengthen all-out ties with Tehran. IRNA in terms of value. and $120m to long-term insurance coverage in the Azer- There are no obstacles to elevating Iran-Turkey relations and re- The UK was the ninth top exporter of goods South Korea and Turkey exported goods baijan Republic.” alizing the target of $30 billion in trade ties, Erdogan said. to Iran during the period recording a share of 2.7 worth $1.074 billion and $958 million to Iran, He further noted that the insurance covers software, “We showed our commitment to boost ties in the previous Iran- percent in Iran’s overall imports, which amount- respectively. plastic goods, industrial machines, food and clothes. Turkey Supreme Council on Strategic Cooperation,” he added. ed to $15.813 billion, according to the latest fig- South Korean exports to Iran indicated a rise Azerbaijan Republic is categorized by the Export Erdogan pointed to the regional cooperation between Iran and ures released by Iran’s Trade Promotion Organi- of 15 percent, while imports from Turkey regis- Guarantee Fund of Iran as one of the five high-risk coun- Turkey, and said that the two countries’ cooperation in Syria talks zation, Trend News Agency reported. tered a growth of 11 percent. tries in terms of export of goods. The short- and long- in Astana can help establish peace in the region. In addition to the UK, Germany ($864 mil- Iran’s trade balance witnessed a fall by 211 term coverage of the export to the country stands at $90 The Iranian and Turkish presidents also called for holding Iran- lion with 29 percent increase of year-on-year), percent and became negative (-$2.354 million), million and $180 million respectively. Turkey Supreme Council on Strategic Cooperation meeting in the Switzerland ($663 million, 81 percent increase), after experiencing a positive balance in the pre- near future. France ($456 million, 51 percent increase) and vious year. Aug. 27, 2017 Tunisian foreign exchange reserves Tunisia’s foreign currency reserves recovered to 103 days of imports after receiving a €456 million loan from the World Bank, the Central Bank of 5 Tunisia (BCT) announced. TSE & Global Economy EECBCB ppresidentresident : PProtectionismrotectionism pposesoses ‘‘seriousserious risk’risk’ toto globalglobal eeconomyconomy

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uropean Central Bank president said protection- industry in particular seems poised to benefit if Obama- 2008 financial crisis. Some regulations that arose from ism poses a ‘serious risk’ for continued produc- era regulations on banks and Wall Street get dismantled that crisis may need to be adjusted, she noted. Etivity growth and potential growth in the global or diluted. Protectionism is a risk that “is particularly acute in the economy. Draghi, a former Goldman Sachs executive, said light of the structural challenges facing advanced econo- At a gathering of central bankers, economists and oth- “there is never a good time for lax regulation” especially mies”, Draghi said in his speech. ers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Mario Draghi said the because it can create incentives that lead to higher risk- The central banker said fostering a robust global global economy is firming up, according to CNBC. taking. economy was essential to preparing for the challenges He told the audience in a speech that “a turn towards “By contrast, the stronger regulatory regime that we of an aging population and strained public resources. By protectionism would pose a serious risk for continued have now has enabled economies to endure a long pe- 2025, he said, there will be 35 people aged 65 and over productivity growth and potential growth in the global riod of low interest rates without any significant side- for every 100 persons of working age in major developed economy”. effects on financial stability, which has been crucial for economies, compared with 14 in 1950. At the same time, The comments come at a time when US President stabilizing demand and inflation worldwide,” Draghi public debt levels have surged in those countries from Donald Trump is taking a hard look at the US’s trade said. 56 percent of GDP in 2007 to around 87 percent today, agreements around the world, pushing to reduce trade “With monetary policy globally very expansionary, Draghi said. deficits and make conditions more favorable for Ameri- regulators should be wary of rekindling the incentives “Only higher potential growth can provide a lasting can manufacturers. that led to the crisis.” solution,” Draghi said. “So, clearly, to foster a dynamic Trump also came to office promising American busi- Those remarks follow a speech by Federal Reserve global economy we need to resist protectionist urges. But ness leaders he would break down regulations, which he Chair Janet Yellen earlier in the day, when she said the fi- to do so, we also need to identify how best to respond to said have constrained economic growth. The financial nancial system is safer now than it was at the time of the protectionism.” Germany maintains Q2 economic momentum

German growth held steady in the second favorable. quarter of 2017, data released by the Fed- Fuest wrote that the signs still pointed eral Statistical Office (Statistisches Bun- towards future growth as expectations for desamt) confirmed. the coming half year rose to the highest The report was published shortly be- level since 2014. fore the respected Ifo Institute for Eco- Notably, the string of ‘dieselgate’ scan- nomic Research’s business sentiment dals which have struck German carmak- index revealed that the country’s firms ers did not appear to have had a measur- remained very optimistic for their future able effect on the automotive industry’s earnings, Xinhua reported. sentiment. The Federal Statistical Office in Wies- However, retail sector firms, and above baden re-affirmed an earlier forecast for all car dealerships, surveyed by Ifo down- gross domestic product growth of 0.6 graded their view of the contemporary percent in Q2 and corrected its earlier es- business environment significantly. timate for Q1 growth upward to 0.7 per- In contrast, the construction sector con- cent. tinued to go from strength to strength as Growth between April and June was Germany’s housing shortage tightened, driven by a jump in domestic spending reaching new record levels for firms’ as- by traditionally frugal Germans. Private poundpoundsterlinglive.comdsterltliliingliveve.co com sessment of their current situation, as well households increased their consump- as their future expectations. tion significantly by 0.8 percent, com- of 1.7 percent. At the same time, the Munich-based Ifo Speaking in the ‘Financial Times’, pared a 0.6 percent rise in public con- Germany’s controversial current ac- institute closely-watched regular business Carsten Brzeski, chief economist for Ger- sumption. count surplus, the largest in the world in sentiment index fell slightly from 116.0 many and Austria at the bank ING, de- In contrast, the Eurozone’s largest 2016, shrunk as a consequence. US Presi- to 115.9 points for the first time in 2017. scribed the figures released as an ‘almost economy received ‘mixed’ signals for dent Donald Trump and the International Ifo president Prof. Clemens Fuest noted breath-taking’ proof of German economic foreign demand according to the govern- Monetary Fund, amongst others, have in a statement that the decline was largely momentum. ment statisticians. While exports of goods criticized the country’s high savings rate due to a downgrading of assessments of “Today’s Ifo index sends a clear signal and services in Q2 rose by 0.7 compared and export driven growth as a source of the current economic situation and that that the German economy is powering to Q1, imports grew at a much faster rate global imbalances. business sentiment remained highly ahead,” he said. Major Currencies RBS accused of mistreating businesses in leaked report CurrencyTo USD Currency To USD Turkish Lira 0.2903 Chinese Yuan 0.1504 The RBS department set up to help companies in trou- It said just 10 percent returned intact to the main RBS ble mistreated many of its clients, a leaked report for the bank. Euro 1.1924 UAE Dirham 0.2722 Financial Conduct Authority said. As of the end of 2014, 69 percent of firms, were still It found some ‘inappropriate action’ — such as inter- in the successor to GRG, which was supposed to return British Pound 1.2882 Kuwaiti Dinar 3.3143 est charges being raised or unnecessary fees added — them to health. was experienced by 92 percent of viable firms seen by Many of those businesses remained tied into complex Australian Dollar 0.7937 Iraqi Dinar 0.0008 RBS’s Global Restructuring Group, BBC reported. loans with the bank in the form of derivatives linked to GRG operated from 2005 to 2013 and at its peak han- interest rates, from which it is often too expensive to Japanese 100 Yen 0.0091 Saudi Riyal 0.2665 dled 16,000 companies. leave. The banking giant denies systematic abuse of its cus- Others ended up in administration, liquidation or a tomers. trade sale. According to one BBC source, instead of get- GRG would step in when businesses had skipped a ting firms back on their feet, GRG was more like their Major Commodities loan repayment, or seen their sales and profits dip no- ‘undertaker’. tably and was marketed as an expert service that would The 361-page leaked report also said the bank pro- AFP turn around a business. vided only ‘narrow compliance’ to investigators. Crude Oil $47.86 Silver $17.06 But the report, commissioned for the City watchdog, Sources told the BBC investigators would regularly RBS disputes this though. It said it provided inves- the FCA, found struggling companies that were placed ask for details from the bank on certain matters and tigators with “circa 323 gigabytes of data, compris- Gold $1296.50 Platinum $977.00 in the recovery group had a slim chance of emerging RBS would only provide the absolute minimum infor- ing more than 15 million physical pages and 270,000 Copper $3.03 Wheat $433.25 from it. mation. emails”. Aug. 27, 2017 VW engineer jailed A former Volkswagen engineer, James Liang, who helped develop a device that enabled cars to evade US pollution rules has been sentenced to 6 more than three years in prison and ordered to pay $200,000. Cultural Heritage & Environment

Energy habits changing BBabylonianabylonian mysterymystery solved:solved: in Latin American cities The Vaz de Souza’s were so keen on the solar water heater that they made it their mission and business, which prospered with the surge in innovation in their city, Belo Horizonte, recognized as the solar 33,700-year-old,700-year-old ‘Indiana‘Indiana Jones’Jones’ tablettablet energy capital of Brazil. rrevealseveals ssecretsecrets

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In 1998, they founded the Maxtemper company, which has al- ready installed over 40,000 solar water systems in homes, pools, companies and public facilities in the eastern state of Minas Ger- ais, mainly in Belo Horizonte, where similar suppliers have mush- roomed, IPS reported. Sixty-two-year-old Cornelio Ferreira Vaz, co-owner of the com- pany, said, “The success was due to the fact that ‘mineiros’ (people from Minas Gerais) are thrifty, careful with their money.” The savings in electricity pays off the initial investment in a max- imum of two years, and the equipment lasts two decades, he added. His wife and partner, 59-year-old Aildes de Souza, said, “It is appealing because of its economic and ecological benefits, for your pocketbook and for nature.” UNSW FOX NEWS The household system, consisting of a solar collector, water tanks and pipes, costs nearly $1,000 for a family of four or five to provide cientists have revealed the News. it contains a special pattern of said. trigonometric tables let you use about 400 liters of hot water a day, he estimated. secrets of a mysterious The tablet, known as numbers called Pythagorean tri- “The tablet not only contains one known ratio of the sides of a It began to be used in the 1970s, but spread after the blackout crisis S3,700-year-old Babylonian Plimpton 322, was discovered ples.” the world’s oldest trigonometric right-angle triangle to determine which led to power rationing measures between July 2001 and Febru- clay tablet found by the arche- in the early 1900s in what is The tablet’s purpose has long table; it is also the only com- the other two unknown ratios. ary 2002 and drove up its price, in this country of 207 million people. ologist who inspired the fictional now Southern Iraq by arche- baffled experts. It was not clear pletely accurate trigonometric The 15 rows on the tablet de- “Our turnover has multiplied fivefold since then,” said De Souza. ‘Indiana Jones’. ologist, academic, diplomat and why the scribes had performed table, because of the very dif- scribe a sequence of 15 right- Maxtemper secured a contract with the state-owned Energy Compa- Experts at the University of antiquities dealer Edgar Banks, the complex task of generating ferent Babylonian approach to angle triangles, which are stead- ny of Minas Gerais (Cemig) to install 14,000 heaters in new houses New South Wales Sydney in who provided the inspiration for and sorting the numbers on the arithmetic and geometry.” ily decreasing in inclination, built by government social programs. Australia have uncovered the the fictional character ‘Indiana tablet, according to Mansfield. The tablet, which is thought according to the UNSW. At its height, the company had 110 employees. That number purpose of the famous tab- Jones’. “Our research reveals that to have come from the ancient The left-hand edge of the tab- has been reduced to seven due to the economic recession that has let, which they describe as the Dr. Daniel Mansfield of the Plimpton 322 describes the Sumerian city of Larsa sometime let, however, is broken, although plagued Brazil over the three last years, which forced many compa- world’s oldest and most accurate School of Mathematics and shapes of right-angle triangles between 1822 and 1762 BCE, is scientists built on previous re- nies into bankruptcy. trigonometric table. The artifact, Statistics in the UNSW Fac- using a novel kind of trigonom- now in the Rare Book and Manu- search to present new mathe- “We survived because there are still consumers seeking to save they said, may have been used to ulty of Science, in a statement etry based on ratios, not angles script Library at Columbia Uni- matical evidence that there were electricity and money,” said Vaz. by ancient scribes to help in the said, “Plimpton 322 has puzzled and circles. It is a fascinating versity in New York. originally six columns and the The use of solar radiation, not always taken into account in of- construction of palaces, temples mathematicians for more than mathematical work that demon- A useful mathematical tool tablet was meant to be completed ficial reports on energy use, also benefits the entire national power and canals, according to The Fox 70 years, since it was realized strates undoubted genius,” he before the advent of calculators, with 38 rows. grid, by replacing electric shower heaters, which are widely used in Brazil. Aug. 27, 2017 Role of mitochondria Mitochondria, the power plants of human cells, may play a significant 7 role in autism risk, new research suggested. Health

Flame retardants may hinder infertility treatments Researchers have linked higher exposure to a type of flame retardant to a greater likelihood that in-vitro fertilization won’t work. Quoting senior study author Russ Hauser, a professor of reproduc- tive physiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, UPI reported, “Couples undergoing IVF and trying to improve their chances of success by reducing their exposure to environmental European Commission’s Horizon chemicals may want to opt for products that are flame retardant-free.” 2020 — Research and Innovation The study is said to be the first to look at possible connections be- Framework Program. tween pregnancy and exposure to organophosphate flame retardants, The initiative will see a new gen- also known as PFRs. eration of entrepreneurial and innova- These are used in the manufacturing of polyurethane foam products, tive early-stage researchers trained in and are found in upholstered furniture, baby supplies and gym mats. the early diagnosis of brain tumors. Study first author Courtney Carignan, a research fellow at Harvard, Experts said the potential for the said, “These findings suggest that exposure to PFRs may be one of project — called AiPBAND — to many risk factors for lower reproductive success. boost research is significant. Around 14 fellows will be trained by experts in nine academic and three non-academic organizations partici- pating in AiPBAND, with fields rang- ing from neuroscience, engineering, and healthcare to economics. Dr. Xinzhong Li, lecturer in medi- oncology-central.com cal statistics and bioinformatics at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, is Brain tumor battle steps up: leading the project. He said, “This is an exciting bring- ing-together of a wide range of inter- national inter-professional and inter- nyfertilityandivf.com discipline expertise with one aim in mind — to future proof research into “They also add to the body of evidence indicating a need to reduce New hope for future brain tumors by creating a whole new the use of these flame retardants and identify safer alternatives.” generation of researchers. PFRs first appeared in polyurethane foam products as an alternative “We are looking forward to work- to another flame retardant that was believed to be unsafe, the research- ing with our partners on this game- ers said. changing project.” However, evidence has suggested that PFRs disrupt hormones in treatment revealed Brain tumors cause symptoms be- animals and can enter the air and dust indoors. cause they take up space inside the For the new study, the researchers analyzed urine samples from 211 skull when they grow. women who were undergoing in-vitro fertilization at the Massachu- rain tumor survival rates are by brain tumors in Europe every year. Signs can include seizures, severe Experts aren’t aware what causes setts General Hospital Fertility Center between 2005 and 2015. difficult to predict — but The scientists will mostly be focusing headaches, nausea vomiting and the majority of brain tumors. After adjusting their statistics to compensate for other factors, the Baround 15 out of every 100 on gliomas. drowsiness, mental or behavioral However the Cancer Research UK investigators found that women whose urine showed signs of more ex- people diagnosed with a brain tumor Gliomas are the most common type changes or vision or speech prob- said exposure to medical radiation is posure to the flame retardants were 10 percent less likely, on average, will survive for five or more years af- of brain tumor and can be classified lems. the only definite risk factor people to achieve successful fertilization. ter diagnosis. as high grade or low grade Experts have revealed if smelling know about, although it only counts They were also 31 percent less likely to have an embryo implanted, Funding for new research into brain Brain tumors can be cancerous, or burnt toast really is a symptom of a for a small number of tumors. 41 percent less likely to become pregnant and 38 percent less likely to tumors has been announced in a bid non-cancerous, which means they brain tumor. People who have had cancer as a give birth to a live child. to improve early diagnosis and treat- grow more slowly and are less likely A European initiative led by the child are also at an increased risk of The study doesn’t prove that exposure to flame retardants caused a ment, according to express.co.uk. to return after treatment. University of Plymouth designed to developing a brain tumor. lower likelihood of pregnancy and birth. It’s also not clear what role Experts believe the funding — Symptoms of a brain tumor can train the next generation of brain tu- Being overweight or obese also in- flame retardant exposure may play in male fertility. worth almost £3.4 million will help depend on which area of the brain the mor researchers, has received fund- creases the risk of some types of brain Funded by the US National Institute of Env ironmental Health Sci- reduce the number of people affected tumor affects. ing of almost £3.4 million from the cancer. ences, the study was published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.

Cancer concerns have been grow- began banning the use of Wi-Fi in Why teens need to understand ing about the long-term use of Wi- SShouldhould yyouou bbee wworriedorried aaboutbout nurseries after concerns from par- Fi. But should we actually be wor- ents. ried about the risk to our health However, most experts believe care plans for dying parents from internet on the go? WWi-Fii-Fi rradiation?adiation? it isn’t a danger. Wi-Fi is technology that allows Cancer Research UK state on When children lose a parent during adoles- afterwards. computers, smartphones, or other spectrum. their website, “There has been cence, their mental health as young adults may “Instead, it looks at how they feel after sev- devices to connect to the Internet According to the some media speculation that depend on how comfortable they were with the eral years have passed.” within a particular area, express. American Cancer So- Wireless Internet (Wi-Fi) and treatment and support provided at the end of Young people who had little or no trust in co.uk wrote. ciety, this has enough smart meters, which can be used their parents’ lives, a recent study suggested. the care parents received at the end of life were It is a relatively new invention energy to move at- to record energy use in your home To understand the lasting psychological at least twice as likely to report still feeling bit- and was first released to consum- oms in a molecule and transmit it back to your en- impact of the death of a parent during adoles- ter toward health providers for failing to make ers in 1997. around or cause them ergy provider, could cause cancer. cence, researchers surveyed young adults who the correct initial diagnosis, stopping or never These days, it is virtually eve- to vibrate, but not “The radio waves produced by expres s.co.uk had lost a parent to cancer six to nine years ear- starting treatment, or not doing everything rywhere and there have been in- enough to ionize. Wi-Fi and smart meters are very lier, when they were 13 to 16 years old, reu- possible for the parent, the study found. creasing concerns about possible This is in contrast Research on Cancer have stated low power, much lower than those ters.com wrote. The mistrustful young long-term damage to our health. to high-energy radiation — such that mobiles are ‘possible car- given off by mobile phones and Overall, 105 of the adults were also more The technology works by using as X-rays — which have been cinogen’ because there’s currently well within international guide- 593 young adults (18 likely to still want more man-made radio frequency radia- linked to increased risk of cancer. not enough long-term research to lines. percent) said they had lit- information about the tion in a similar way to bluetooth, What’s more, unless you’re say whether it does or not. How- “The evidence to date suggest- tle or no trust in the care parent’s disease, treat- microwaves and television sig- constantly streaming video, Wi- ever, some research does appear ed exposures to the radio waves provided during the final ment decisions and nals. While Wi-Fi might seem like Fi devices only usually transmit to have found a link between Wi- produced by smart meters and Wi- week of the parent’s life. death. unknown territory, there has been information just 0.1 percent of Fi and health issues. Fi do not pose a health risk.” Compared to the par- The study wasn’t extensive research on radio waves the time. In comparison, mobile A 2016 study published in the A study conducted by Public ticipants who were satis- a controlled experi- for decades. phones transmit — next to your journal Endocrine associated high Health England found exposure to fied with the final week ment designed to prove In 2013 a review published in head — at a strength a hundred levels of Wi-Fi and mobile phone radio waves from smart meters is of care, those who were whether or how teens’ the Radiation Safety Journal, re- times more powerful during a call. exposure to hormonal shifts and well below the health regulatory etch.com unhappy were more than experiences during a searchers concluded that Wi-Fi Even then, current research has oxidative stress, which could lead guidelines set by the International twice as likely to suffer dying parents’ final days in- technology does not pose a risk to found no adverse effects from to cancer or brain diseases. Commission on Non-Ionizing Ra- from mental health issues like depression, anx- fluence mental health later in life. health. constant phone use for a decade. There are also concerns about diation Protection. iety and eating disorders, researchers report in Another limitation is the potential for fac- This is because the type of ra- That might change for longer how radio wave radiation might Data collected in their research the Journal of Clinical Oncology. tors not examined in the study to impact men- diation it uses is at the low-en- use, and World Health Organiza- harm children. demonstrated that smart meters Dr. Jennifer Mack, a researcher at Harvard tal health for these young adults, as well as the ergy end of the electromagnetic tion and International Agency for In 2015, nurseries in France are not a danger to health. Medical School and Dana-Farber/Boston Chil- potential for teens with psychological prob- dren’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, lems to be less trustful of medical providers said, “We already knew that children who have than adolescents without mental health issues, lost a parent are at risk for long-term psycho- the researchers note. 34 Philippine poultry workers cleared of H5N6 bird flu logical challenges including depression, risk Dr. Amos Bailey, a palliative care researcher of suicide, and risk of self-injury. at University of Colorado Medicine in Aurora, The Philippine Department of Health (DoH) provinces. Secretary Jean Ubial added her department “However, a link to trust in the medical pro- said, “Still, the results highlight the impor- said that 34 poultry workers who showed signs The DoH said the 34 people were im- is closely working with DA to ensure that viders of the parent was not previously under- tance of providing age-appropriate support of flu-like symptoms tested negative for bird mediately isolated as part of precautionary poultry and poultry by products are safe for stood. and grief counseling to children and teens dur- flu. measures to avert any possible human-to-hu- consumption. She said the DoH epidemiolo- “This is important because it offers a poten- ing a parents’ final weeks or months of life. As of August 24, the health department said man transmission of infection. gist surveillance and response team is active tial path forward to greater resilience and heal- “Resources tailored to young people are of- that there has been no confirmed human case An assessment of suspect cases were done and in place. ing after a parent’s death for young people who ten lacking outside pediatric hospitals. due to influenza A (H5N6), according to news. and specimen were collected for laboratory “Trained diseases surveillance officers and experience this type of profound loss.” “What is at stake for bereaved families is the xinhuanet.com. diagnosis. The DoH added, “Thus, they were health workers have been alerted to investigate Lead study author Kim Beernaert of the potential for lifelong mental health problems Since the Department of Agriculture (DA) also started on the antiviral Oseltamivir while and report suspected human cases within 24 to End-of-Life Research Group at Vrije Universi- that are probably more socially significant for declared the bird flu outbreaks in the coun- awaiting the laboratory results from the Re- 48 hours. ty Brussels and Ghent University noted, “The a teenager (who) will live with this grief for 60 try early this month, the health department search Institute for Tropical Medicine. “The public to be vigilant, follow the gov- current study focuses not on how teens felt or more years as opposed to a widow who may said that it identified 34 suspect cases, 30 “The monitoring and testing will continue.” ernment advisories and be properly informed when their parent was dying, or immediately outlive her husband by three-five years.” from Pampanga and four from Nueva Ecija In response to the health threat, Health by the disease.” Aug. 27, 2017 Monitoring network traffic Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cisco Systems and Barefoot Networks have developed a new way to monitor 8 network traffic that gives more flexibility and efficiency. 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Ancient sea worm sports a crowd of ‘claws’ around mouth Predatory sea worms just aren’t as spiny as they used to be. New approach brings These arrow worms, which make up the phylum Chaetognatha, snatch prey with Wolverine-like claws protruding from around their mouths, according to sciencenews.org. Researchers now report that a newly identified species of ancient arrow worm was especially heavily armed. Dubbed Capinatator praetermissus, the predator had about 50 3D sound to living room curved head spines, more than twice as many as most of its modern relatives. esearchers from University of “Our aim is to take spatial audio out Surrey have developed the Me- of the lab and into people’s homes, and Rdia Device Orchestration, an in- give users the impression of being at novative home audio concept using all the heart of the action while in their liv- available devices in the living room. ing room.” They created the Media Device Or- Advanced home video technology chestration, or MDO, in collaboration such as 3D TV and the growth of vir- with the universities of Salford and tual reality for video games has created Southhampton and BBC Research and a need for audio technology to catch up Development, UPI reported. to match the visual experience. The MDO allows users to have an Jon Francombe, research fellow in immersive audio experience by using spatial audio in the University of Sur- all available devices found in a typical rey’s Institute of Sound Recording, sciencenews.org living room, such as a laptop computer, said, “New spatial audio methods have An ancient arrow worm (illustrated) had about 50 spines protruding smartphone or wireless mini-speaker. often required consumers to buy and from its face to help it capture prey. The new technology works by iso- install specific systems. lating different items within audio con- “We’re trying to make immersive Arranged in two crescents, the spines could snap shut like a Ve- tent and connecting them to separate listening experiences available to any- nus flytrap to catch small invertebrates. speakers in the room. UPI one by intelligently re-purposing con- More than 100 species of chaetognaths are alive today, but evi- Currently, people are able to create Researchers at the University of Surrey have developed a revolutionary approach tent for whatever devices they already dence of their ancient relatives is spotty. a 3D listening experience using spa- to bring 3D sound to the home living room. have available. C. praetermissus lived a little more than 500 million years ago tial audio technology, but it requires a and theme park rides. basic principles that have been around “The feedback we’ve had on our during the Cambrian Period and was identified from 49 specimens complex set up with several speakers Philip Jackson, senior lecturer in for over 130 years. demonstrations to date has been great: found in the fossil-rich Burgess Shale in British Columbia, the sci- located around the room. Machine Audition at the University of “To date, sophisticated multi-chan- MDO produces a listening experience entists report in the Current Biology. This type of set up is difficult for an Surrey, said, “Most consumer audio nel audio techniques have not helped that’s different to normal surround Often, only arrow worms’ clawlike spines appear in the fossil re- average person to do in their own home transmitted into our homes is in the to improve the listening experience for sound but can be equally, if not even cord, without soft tissue. But many of the new finds had such tissue and is often limited to movie theaters form of two-channel stereo which uses the general public. more, immersive.” preserved, which provided clues to body size and shape. C. praetermissus was different enough from other chaetognaths to be labeled not only a new species, but also a new genus. The animal was at the larger end of the scale for arrow worms: Tinnitus, a chronic ringing or variability in the patient popula- function and structure, the new attention network is off and vice patients are not truly at rest, About 10 centimeters from spines to tail. buzzing in the ears, has eluded tion. study found that tinnitus is, in versa. even when resting. This could And while today’s arrow worms have teeth to mash up their meal medical treatment and scientific There are a lot of vari- fact, in the hearers’ heads — in “We found that the precuneus explain why many report being after capturing it, this ancient species appears to have been tooth- understanding. ables — for example, dura- a region of the brain called the in tinnitus patients seems to be tired more often. less. A new study by University of tion, cause, severity, concur- precuneus, to be precise. playing a role in that relation- “Additionally, their attention Study coauthor Derek Briggs, a paleontologist at Yale Univer- Illinois researchers found that rent hearing loss, age, type of The precuneus is connected ship.” may be engaged more with their sity, said, “But arrow worm teeth, which are found closer to the chronic tinnitus is associated sound, which ear and more — to two inversely related net- The researchers found that, tinnitus than necessary, and that mouth, are quite similar to spines. with changes in certain net- which have led to inconsistent works in the brain: The dorsal in patients with chronic tinni- may lessen their attention to “Shorter spines seen on some ancient specimens could have works in the brain, and further- study results. attention network, which is tus, the precuneus is more con- other things. functioned somewhat like teeth and might have been an early evo- more, those changes cause the Husain, who also is affiliated active when something holds nected to the dorsal attention “If you have bothersome tin- lutionary step toward tooth development.” brain to stay more at attention with the neuroscience program a person’s attention; and the network and less connected to nitus, this may be why you have and less at rest, sciencedaily. concentration issues.” com reported. However, patients with re- Scientists make breakthrough The finding provides patients cent-onset tinnitus did not show with validation of their experi- Ringing in ears the differences in precuneus in magnesium batteries ences and hope for future treat- connectivity. ment options. Their scans looked more like A new study by the University of Houston offers promise for Study leader Fatima Husain, keeps brain the control groups, which begs the use of magnesium batteries as a safer alternative to problem- a professor of speech and hear- the question of when and how plagued lithium ion batteries. ing science at the University of changes in brain connectivity High voltage lithium ion batteries are the current standard but Illinois, said, “Tinnitus is invis- begin and whether they can be they are expensive and can develop breaches in their internal struc- ible. It cannot be measured by more at attention, prevented or lessened. ture, known as dendrite growths, causing them to catch on fire, any device we have, the way we Schmidt said, “We don’t which has become an increasing problem, UPI wrote. can measure diabetes or hyper- know what’s going to happen to Magnesium batteries have lower voltage than lithium ion batter- tension. less at rest the recent-onset patients later, ies, about one volt compared to the three or four volts in lithium “So you can have this con- myfaithradio.com so the next step is to do a lon- batteries. stant sound in your head, but gitudinal study to follow people Magnesium, however, is an earth-abundant resource making it nobody else can hear it and they and the Beckman Institute for default mode network, which the default mode network. after developing tinnitus and cheaper, and it does not form dendrites. may not believe you. Advanced Science and Tech- are the ‘background’ functions Additionally, as severity of see if we can spot when these The development of magnesium batteries has been held back by “They may think it’s all in nology at Illinois, said, “We of the brain when the person is the tinnitus increased, so did the types of changes with the pre- the need for a better cathode, the electrode the current flows from your imagination. Medically, have been so swamped by vari- at rest and not thinking of any- observed effects on the neural cuneus start to happen.” and better electrolytes. we can only manage some ability that finding anything that thing in particular. networks. The researchers hope their The study, published in Nature Communications, uncovered symptoms, not cure it, because is consistent, that gives us one Sara Schmidt, a graduate stu- Husain said, “For patients, findings generate new paths for a new design for a magnesium battery cathode, significantly in- we don’t understand what’s objective metric for tinnitus, is dent in the neuroscience pro- this is validating. Here is some- future research, providing one creasing the stor- causing it.” very exciting.” gram and the first author of the thing related to tinnitus which is invariant metric to look for and age capacity and One factor that has compli- Using functional MRI to paper, said, “When the default objective and invariant. guidelines for patient group- changing con- cated tinnitus research is the look for patterns across brain mode network is on, the dorsal “It also implies that tinnitus ings. ventional wisdom that the magnesi- um-chloride bond must be broken Paleontologists discover new species of sauropod dinosaur in Tanzania prior to inserting magnesium into Paleontologists have identified a new species of titano- “Shingopana had siblings in South America, whereas “At that time, southern Africa dinosaurs were more the host. saurian dinosaur. other African titanosaurs were only distant cousins.” closely related to those in South America and were UPI Yan Yao, an as- The research — reported in a paper published in the The team conducted phylogenetic analyses to under- more widespread than we knew.” This is a schematic of the structural evolution of sociate professor Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology — is funded by the stand the evolutionary relationships of these and other Shingopana roamed the Cretaceous landscape along- titanium disulfide at different stages of intercala tion. of electrical and National Science Foundation (NSF), phys.org wrote. titanosaurs. side Rukwatitan bisepultus, another titanosaur the team computer engi- The new species is a member of the gigantic, long- described and named in 2014. neering at the University of Houston, said, “We are combining a necked sauropods. Its fossil remains were recovered O’Connor said, “We’re still only scratching the sur- nanostructured cathode and a new understanding of the magnesium from Cretaceous Period (70-100 million years ago) face of understanding the diversity of organisms and the electrolyte. That’s new.” rocks in southwestern Tanzania. environments in which they lived, on the African conti- The battery stores energy by inserting magnesium monochloride Titanosaur skeletons have been found worldwide, nent during the Late Cretaceous.” into a host such as titanium disulfide. but are best known from South America. Fossils in this During the tectonically active Cretaceous Period, The cathode showed much faster diffusion by retaining the mag- group are rare in Africa. southern Africa lost Madagascar and Antarctica as they nesium-chloride bond when compared to traditional magnesium The new dinosaur is called ‘Shingopana songwensis’, split off to the east and south, followed by the gradual versions. derived from the Swahili term ‘shingopana’ for ‘wide northward ‘unzipping’ of South America. The new battery has the storage capacity of 400 mAh/g com- neck’; the fossils were discovered in the Songwe region Northern Africa maintained a land connection with pared with 100 mAh/g for earlier magnesium batteries. Commer- of the Great Rift Valley in southwestern Tanzania. South America, but southern Africa slowly became cial lithium ion batteries have a cathode capacity of 200 mAh/g. Part of the Shingopana skeleton was excavated in more isolated until the continents completely separated The researchers wrote, “Combined theoretical modeling, spec- 2002 by scientists affiliated with the Rukwa Rift Basin phys.org 95-105 million years ago. Other factors such as terrain troscopic analysis and electrochemical study reveal fast diffusion Project, an international effort led by Ohio University and climate may have further isolated southern Africa. Reconstruction of the new titanosaur and the landscape in kinetics of magnesium monochloride cations without scission of Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine researchers which it lived, in what is now Tanzania. Paper coauthor Eric Roberts of James Cook Univer- magnesium chloride bond. Patrick O’Connor and Nancy Stevens. sity in Australia studied the paleo-environmental con- “The large capacity accompanies excellent rate and cycling per- Additional portions of the skeleton — including neck They found that Shingopana was more closely related text of the new discovery. formances even at room temperature, opening up possibilities for vertebrae, ribs, a humerus and part of the lower jaw — to titanosaurs of South America than to any of the other The bones of Shingopana, he found, were damaged a variety of effective intercalation hosts for multivalent-ion batter- were later recovered. species currently known from Africa or elsewhere. by the borings of ancient insects shortly after death. ies.” Lead paper author Eric Gorscak, a paleontologist at Judy Skog, a program director in the National Sci- Roberts said that the presence of bone-borings pro- Yoo said, “We hope this is a general strategy. the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, said, ence Foundation (NSF) ‘s Division of Earth Sciences, vides a CSI-like opportunity to study the skeleton and “Inserting various polyatomic ions in higher voltage hosts, we “There are anatomical features present only in Shingo- which supported the research, said, “This discovery reconstruct the timing of death and burial, and offers eventually aim to create higher-energy batteries at a lower price, pana and in several South American titanosaurs, but not suggested that the fauna of northern and southern Africa rare evidence of ancient insects and complex food webs especially for electric vehicles.” in other African titanosaurs. were very different in the Cretaceous Period. during the age of the dinosaurs. 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Could breakfast, lunch at schools Palestinian children learn in tent reduce stunted growth?

Stunting a condition in which children are shorter than the rec- ommended height for their age is ― a key indicator of long-term after school demolished malnutrition. It has severe effects on a child’s cognitive growth and development. arly in the morning, dozens of students assem- South Africa continues to have a high prevalence of stunting. bled in columns outside the Jubbet adh-Dibh pri- This is despite the fact that it’s a middle income country, which Emary school. Encouraged by their teachers, they should put it on a par with countries like Brazil, which has a stunt- launched into a rendition of the Palestinian national an- ing prevalence rate of just seven percent. In South Africa nearly a them, Fidai. fifth of children under the age of 14 are stunted, showing persis- It appeared to be a typical Palestinian scene, a morn- tently high levels of food insecurity in households, phys.org wrote. ing ritual repeated outside thousands of school buildings The traditional dominant thinking about stunting suggested across the occupied West Bank before students begin that it’s an issue set in early childhood and that after the age of classes, Aljazeera wrote. two there is limited opportunity to correct it. But when the students of Jubbet adh-Dibh finished But research has started to disrupt this conventional wisdom, singing the anthem, they had no classrooms to go to. suggesting that there are opportunities to ‘catch up’ in middle There was only a single tent filled with wooden chairs childhood ― that is around the age of seven years and later and book-ended by two whiteboards. again in puberty. The brand new school’s six classrooms, built in mid- The research built on this new thinking. It suggested that the August to host 80 students, had been dismantled and physical effects of stunting can be reduced up until the age of 14 removed by the Israeli military the night before the first and that there is an association between lower stunting levels and day of the school year. Two days later, all that remained serving children a combination of a breakfast and lunch meals at were the concrete bases where the classrooms had stood, school. along with a row of latrines. The findings are only preliminary and require further verifica- Ibtissam Shaibat, an Arabic and maths teacher at the tion in different settings. But the study laid the ground for a pos- Bethlehem directorate of education, said, “We welcomed sible solution to consistently high rates of stunting among chil- the new academic semester with a dismantled school. dren in South Africa. “On the first day of school, I arrived at around 7:30 a.m. It was a horrible feeling when I saw that the school was not here.” Regardless, Shaibat and a handful of teachers from the aljazeera.comaljazeera.comcom Bethlehem directorate have been coming to lead classes for the children who show up at the site, until another children have to either walk long distances or take a bus The village is located in Area C of the occupied West solution is found. The newly installed tent serves as a to get to school. Bank, an administrative designation dating back to the makeshift classroom, although due to the lack of space, Fadiya al-Wahsh, head of the women’s foundation in Oslo Accords, which affords Israeli authorities full civil one class takes place outside, under the blazing sun. Jubbet adh-Dibh, decided to enroll her son, Abdelrah- and security control. “Not all of the students are here today,” Shaibat said. man, in the third grade at the new school. While the Palestinian Authority is responsible for pro- “The rest have gone to their previous schools to continue “The whole community wanted this school because it viding education and healthcare services to the Palestin- phys.org their education. Their parents believed that this is not the was closer to the village,” she said. ian population in Area C, Israel has retained control over All children attending 60 percent of the poorest schools in right environment now to attend school here. It’s really “It takes around seven minutes to walk here. To get to land allocation, planning, construction and infrastructure South Africa receive a lunch meal as part of the National School hot, so they prefer to deal again with a hard situation of the school my son attended last year, he had to take a bus in this area, which comprises around 60 percent of the Nutrition Program. The meal consists of a protein, starch and attending a school far away than to stay here without fa- or walk for a kilometer and a half. He has asthma and was occupied West Bank. It is also home to all the Israeli vegetables. cilities.” complaining that it was too far to travel and that the school settlements, which are considered illegal under interna- Schools in South Africa are classified into five quintiles (cate- The Palestinian village of Jubbet adh-Dibh lies in a was really crowded. It was really bad for his health. tional law. gories): Quintile one and two schools are the poorest while quin- dramatic setting beneath Jabal al-Fureidis, a flat-topped “Before this school, a huge number of students crowd- Local and international rights groups have argued that tile five are the wealthiest. The nutrition program targets schools mountain five kilometers southeast of Bethlehem, which ed into the other schools,” Wahsh added. Israeli military authorities have used their control over in quintiles one to three. is home to the Herodium Palace historical site. “Here, there is much more space for students — 10-15 land planning in Area C to restrict Palestinian construc- Children at some quintile one and two schools are also being Around 160 people live there, and while the village students per class — and this will give them a better op- tion and development, by denying applications for build- given breakfast when they arrive at school through partnerships has a kindergarten, the nearest primary schools are locat- portunity to get an education. In the other school, there ing permits while allowing Jewish-only settlements to that the education department enters into with corporates and ed in the surrounding towns and villages, meaning that are 50 students per class.” expand. foundations. The study assessed the effects of children between the ages of six and 14 receiving a combination of breakfast and lunch against those who only received lunch. The researchers looked at 39 schools. Exam results gap between UK state and private schools narrowing At eight of them, children received breakfast and lunch while at the other 31 they only got lunch. The schools were in the Lady The exam results gap between state said. “Are they equipped for the world? Frere district of the Eastern Cape, the country’s poorest province. schools and private schools is narrow- Are they equipped to succeed?” Lady Frere is a largely rural area. ing, figures showed. He said that schools will seek to They measured the children’s height and weight and found that There has been a steady decline in the prove that they can teach children life the stunting rate among children who received lunch was 14 percent. number of children educated in the in- skills such as confidence and resilience. This compared with a rate of 19 percent for the province. The dependent sector winning top grades at “If you are a private school and your lower stunting rate could be explained by the age range of the A-levels since 2010, when the A* mark results difference [to local state schools] children in the study. was introduced, The Telegraph reported. wasn’t that marvelous, universities are While the provincial average is for children from the birth time The proportion of private school admitting children from state schools to the age of 15, the sample does not include pre-school children students achieving A*s and As has de- with lower results, where would you who are more vulnerable to stunting. Stunting rates in Lady Frere creased by 4.1 percentage points over push your marketing effort?” may also be lower than in other parts of the Eastern Cape. the past seven years, from 52 percent to Barnaby Lenon, chair of the ISC, said But more significantly, among the pupils who received two 47.9 percent, according to data released that the decline in A grades at private meals the stunting rates was even lower ― at nine percent. This by the Independent Schools Council schools was driven by new schools join- is despite these children being from arguably poorer households. (ISC). ing the organization which are not aca- Similar results were found in the urban leg of the study. Meanwhile, the proportion of all stu- demically selective. The findings counteracted conventional wisdom about stunt- dents winning top grades has only gone “The proportion of independent ing but they are not without precedent. Research in Brazil, Gua- down by 0.7 percentage points from 27 schools getting A*s is still more than temala, India, the Philippines, and the Gambia showed that there Telegraph.co.uk percent to 26.3 percent over the same twice the national average,” said Lenon, are opportunities for height-for-age catch up after the first 1000 period of time. Lucas Lord Lucas, a hereditary peer, said who is a former headmaster of Harrow days of a child’s life. Lord Ralph Lucas, editor in chief of “This is consistent with a trend we that over the coming years the independ- School. The findings suggested that for the sample of children between the Good Schools Guide, said there is have seen emerging over recent years ent sector is likely to shift its marketing “The reason the proportion has fall- the ages of six and 14, there are opportunities for catch up and ‘no doubt’ that the gap between the state and one which the country should cel- efforts away from what exam results en very slightly is every year we take a that there is an association between providing an additional meal and independent sectors is narrowing, ebrate,” he said. children will achieve, and towards what number of new schools into member- at school and lower stunting rates, although this does not mean when it comes to those scoring the high- “Some state schools have tightened qualities they can build if they come to a ship which get slightly less good exam that the programs cause these effects. est grades at A level. their approach to discipline and many private school. results, and this has a slightly depress- Private schools will seek to prove that are now timetabling longer school days, “I think the over time the emphasis ing effect. The ones that get outstanding they can teach children life skills such both of which would no doubt have pos- will move on from mere A level grades results have been members of the ISC South Korea to inspect all sanitary as confidence and resilience, said Lord itive effects on exam results.” to setting up children for the world,” he for many years.” pads for harmful chemicals

South Korea plans to inspect all sanitary pads currently being re- Women can’t crack glass ceiling when it comes to tech boards tailed for harmful chemicals amid growing concerns about their impact on women’s health. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it will examine 896 Here’s who you won’t find on many tech boards: Wom- Sixty-eight percent of unicorn technology companies sanitary pad products manufactured or imported by 56 compa- en. Concerted efforts to address gender disparities has — those high-flyers with billion dollar-plus valuations nies over the past three years for volatile organic chemical com- done little to crack tech’s ultimate glass ceiling. — have no women on their boards, TheBoardlist found. pounds, or VOCs, Yonhap wrote. Women in the US continue to be severely underrep- And that proportion is growing, a 12-percent increase VOCs, like benzene and formaldehyde, have a high vapor resented on the boards of tech companies, both public from a year ago. pressure at ordinary room temperature and low water solubil- and private, even as the number of women on corporate Yet Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, who started TheBoard- ity. While not all VOCs are hazardous, a few can pose long-term boards overall ticks up slightly, new research showed. list in 2015 to highlight women qualified to be directors health risks. According to usatoday.com, the proportion of women of tech companies, said she spots glimmers of hope as The ministry said it will focus on a few highly dangerous named to the boards of companies in the Russell 3000 index smaller firms begin to add more female directors. chemicals, including benzene, and will try to wrap up its inspec- was 16.2 percent in 2017, according to research firm Equilar. etb2bimg.com Nearly 74 percent of private tech companies have no tion by the end of September at the earliest. For tech companies, that figure was 14.3 percent, the with prestige and a big paycheck for women. women on their board of directors but, said Cassidy, An activist group, the Korean Women’s Environmental Net- latest evidence that the industry continues to lag others. They are also seen as being critically important to that’s a five-point decline from a year ago. work, claimed that six out of 10 users of the controversial Lil- More than 30 percent of public company tech boards helping more women land top spots in tech companies Even though it’s improving, the statistical picture is ian brand sanitary napkins have experienced menstrual disorders have no women at all, compared with 78 percent of Rus- and bring more diversity to the overwhelmingly male generally grim. According to TheBoardlist, 91 percent of including unstable cycles and painful periods due to possible side sell 3,000 companies that have at least one woman on workforces at these companies. Yet women are frequent- tech unicorn board seats and nearly 93 percent of private effects. their boards, Equilar found. ly overlooked as candidates for board positions. tech company board seats are held by men. Since July In March, the group, alongside a team led by Kangwon Na- That figure is improving. As recently as 2013, nearly The next generation of technology companies are 2016, 74 percent of board seats of unicorn tech compa- tional University professor Kim Man-goo, said that 22 kinds of half of those public company tech boards had no women. plagued by the same lack of gender diversity in these cov- nies and 81 percent of private company board seats were harmful materials were detected from 10 different products. Seats on the boards of technology companies come eted posts, according to new figures from TheBoardlist. filled by men. Aug. 27, 2017 Italian proverb 10 A wise man cares not for what he cannot have. Entertainment

Baby whale returns to sea after volunteers use JCBs

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A couple was left stunned after rector for the company, said: honey started to seep through “Claims for this type of dam- their ceiling ― because a hive age in older properties are rela- of hundreds of busy bees had tively common. formed in their attic. “Usually leaking pipework The swarm was discovered is the cause rather than honey. People celebrated as the animal appeared to wave its flipper back to shore, then swam back out to open waters. SHUTTERSTOCK at the Grade II listed 18th “A small drip of water or ver 300 people celebrat- creature swam away, it seemed found washed up on the shores Karolla shows the race against century house in Market Har- any liquid substance can cause ed after a mammoth ef- to be celebrating and thanking of Rasa Beach in Armaçao dos time to save the grounded beast. borough, Leicestershire. ear- huge amounts of damage if left Ofort to save the life of a all who had worked tirelessly to Buzios, a tourist resort around Karolla, who covered the in- lier this month, mirror.co.uk ECCLESIASTICAL / SWNS for a long period of time, so we stranded humpback baby whale save its life. 120 miles outside the Rio capital. cident for local paper Folha de reported. advise all of our clients to regu- that got stuck on a Rio de Janeiro Some said they even thought The stricken animal was first Buzios said: “When the tide was The home- larly check rooms that are not beach, ended successfully with it had waved goodbye with a found by a couple residents then out, the whale became parched owners, who did not wish to be in use, for signs of water or other damage.” the creature being released into raised fin. teams of helpers joined in the ef- and dry and people have been identified, grew concerned after A spokeswoman for Ecclesiastical added: “The the ocean in the late afternoon. Throughout the morning, fort to try to dig it out. taking turns throwing water finding a ‘sticky substance’ in couple noticed a patch and on closer inspection A video showed the whale be- three diggers boosted the efforts The rescue mission was over it to try to keep it alive.” their light fittings. they could see that the substance was sticky and ing refloated in the South Atlan- of the rescue mission as dozens joined by JCB diggers rented by He complained that environ- They later discov- coming through the light fixtures. tic Ocean with scores of people of people used shovels and hoes concerned locals who formed a mental authorities had not of- ered sweet honey pour- “They also noticed a lot of bees around the screaming and shouting for joy, to remove the sand, and throw human chain passing buckets of fered help to save the whale and ing down through the house and at this point sought an expert view. dailymail.co.uk wrote. buckets of water over the animal water to throw over the beached most of the rescue was being ceiling of one of their “The bee’s expert made a hole in the ceiling and Many were crying as the to keep it hydrated. mammal. done by hundreds of locals. bathrooms. discovered the huge hive.” marine mammal was finally The plan was to dig a ditch Buzios local authority waived This situation later changed The pair were able to make Stewart Moss, from Lycetts Insurance Brokers, returned to its rightful home af- deep enough around the marine beach regulations to allow the with the arrival of the fire bri- a claim through Ecclesiasti- added: “This certainly is an interesting claim. ter being beached for nearly 24 puppy in the hope that as the sea diggers onto the sand to help in gade and environmental ex- cal insurers, and eventually “With large properties, attics and rooms can of- hours. flowed in later in the afternoon, the rescue mission. perts. had the hive removed and the ten go unchecked for long periods of time and this At first rescuers thought the the water would refloat the ani- Earlier in the day, biologists Rescuers said the creature, ceiling replaced. gave the bees the opportunity to build quite an im- animal wasn’t going to survive mal. at the scene voiced their hope of which was in shock, had been David Bonehill, claims di- pressive home.” after it managed to move with Ropes were also slung round saving the creature as they said moaning, screaming and cry- great effort and the help of res- the whale to try and lift it into the animal was having trouble ing from pain and fright as they cuers deeper into the sea. the sea and a couple boats tried breathing but was still alive and tried to mount the organized ef- Then suddenly it sprang to to pull the beast out of its sandy trying its best to react by open- fort. PPICTUREICTURE OOFF TTHEHE DDAYAY life and started to swim and to trap. ing its eyes and moving slightly. According to experts, the splash its tail. But none of these efforts But they were concerned not puppy may have got lost from Dozens of those who fought worked until the baby whale to push or physically move the the group it was travelling with to save the mammal were in tried to help itself and got deep- whale as it ‘could cause harm to when crossing the Rio coast the water as they clapped and er into the sea. the animal’s internal organ’. bound for the Antarctica. The cheered at the successful rescue. The humpback puppy, which A video shot during the rescue migration usually takes place at As the giant 32-foot sea weighs around seven tons, was mission by photographer Bebeto this time of year. Lawyer gives up six-figure salary to teach

A high-powered lawyer gave up making six firm on a night when he was preparing a £50 figures a year in the city to help students in million finance deal — saying he felt unful- his hometown lead successful lives. filled. Mouhssin Ismail left international law “I didn’t think, ‘that’s great, I have just firm Norton Rose Fulbright to done another £50 million deal’, I thought, teach, and is now in charge of ‘am I making a contribution to society’?” Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Ismail said his vision for The NCS is to in East London, sunnyskyz.com make sure that the young men and women wrote. that leave have the skills and habits of mind “I left a high paying job in the to be able to become future leaders in their NCS city because I wanted to make a Mouhssin Ismail chosen profession. difference to the people I knew students secured places at Russell “When I speak to pupils at induction I tell and grew up with,” Ismail told The Daily Group universities — including nine who them, one of you can be prime minster of GMBH/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK Mail. “Those whose potential went unful- have received offers from Oxford or Cam- this country one day,” Ismail said. “Most of Athletes’ kites create shapes in the sky as they compete in the Mercedes-Benz Kitesurf World Cup, Fehmarn, filled because of where they grew up.” bridge and one offer from MIT in the US. them laugh, they think it is a joke. I’m not Germany. During his first year, 190 of his 200 Ismail said he decided to leave the law joking.” Themed Crossword ACROSS DOWN 1. Resembling or characteristic of 1. Female fox (5) SSudokuudoku a fox (7) 2. Migratory grasshoppers (7) 4. Grains used for food and animal 3. Wild mountain goat (4) Sudoku was inspired by the table devised by Iranian mathematician fodder (4) 4. Snake or serpent (8) Khwarazmi. Fill 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row 7. The swiftest mammal (7) 5. Large endangered forest animal (5) and each of the nine 3×3 sub-grids that compose the grid, contains all 9. Large African antelope (3) 6. Small donkeys used as pack animals of the digits from 1 to 9. 10. Bird shelter (4) (6) 11. Male goose (6) 8. Short-necked river duck (4) 13. Hound with short legs and long 12. Large long-winged warm-water ears (6) seabirds (8) 14. Young of domestic cattle (6) 13. Large monkey with doglike muzzle 17. Venomous snake of northeastern (6) Australia (6) 15. Deer meat (7) 18. Small biting insect (4) 16. Male red deer (4) 21. Nocturnal bird (3) 17. Claw (5) 22. Deciduous horns of a deer (7) 19. Tailless stout-bodied amphibians 23. Colony insects (4) (5) 24. Cats (7) 20. Marine mammal (4)

Yesterday’s solution Aug. 27, 2017 Stunnig Sterling Raheem Sterling scored a 97th-minute winner and was then sent off for his celebration as Manchester City came from behind to win at Bour- 11 nemouth 2-1. Sports

Yazdani wins Iran’s sole freestyle gold at world championships Mojallali wins world canoe bronze

ALI KAVEH/iawf.ir Hassan Yazdani poses with his gold medal after he finished first in the men’s freestyle 86kg at the 2017 World Wrestling Champion- ships in Paris, France, on August 25, 2017. Sports Desk pics gold medalist had eased past stafa Hoseinkhani (70kg), Pey- ISCA NEWS wrestlers from Kazakhstan, Mol- man Yar-Ahmadi (74kg) and Amir Hassan Yazdani’s gold proved to be davia and Azerbaijan before, de- Mohammadi (97kg), finished their Sports Desk to finish the final event in 38.605 sec- The 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World the consolation for Iran’s freestyle feating his Russian counterpart campaign without any significant onds. Championships started in Račice, the team at the 2017 World Wrestling Vladislav Valiev 4-0 in the semifi- achievements after suffering de- ran’s Adel Mojallali grabbed a pres- Artsem Kozyr (38.161 sec.) from Be- Czech Republic, on August 23 and will Championships in Paris. nals. feats against their opponents. tigious bronze medal at the Canoe larus and the Georgian Zaza Nadiradze finish later today. On Friday, it took 22-year-old Yazdani’s gold turned out to be Earlier in Greco-Roman com- ISprint World Championships in the (38.439 sec.) won the gold and the sil- Canoe sprint competitions are con- Yazdani only 2:25 minutes to out- Iran’s sole medal of the freestyle petitions, Mohammad-Ali Gerayi Czech Republic. ver, respectively. tested in either a Canadian canoe (C), an muscle Slovakian Boris Makojev championships as all four wres- (71kg), Saied Abdevali (75kg) and On Saturday, 24-year-old canoeist Having represented Iran in the 2016 open canoe with a single-blade paddle, 10-0 in in the final bout to dominate tlers representing the country on Hossein Noori (85kg) had bagged from northern Iranian city of Bandar Rio Summer Olympics, Mojallali had or in a kayak (K), a closed canoe with the men’s 86kg of the competitions. the second day of the competi- three bronze medals in the world Torkaman took part in the men’s C-1 won the C-1 200m bronze medal in the a double-bladed paddle. Each canoe or En route to the final, Rio Olym- tions, Meysam Nasiri (65kg), Mo- championships. 200m final A of the competitions and 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South kayak can hold either one, two or four clinched the bronze after he managed Korea. people.

Open and Wimbledon runs. If he Nadal, Federer in same does so on September 10, it would Conte furious at Belgium selection mark Federer’s 20th Grand Slam Antonio Conte warned Roberto Marti- inclusion in the squad – a selection that championship crown. nez he is in danger of making a “great even raised eyebrows in Belgium. half Of US Open draw Second seed Andy Murray, who mistake” after the Belgium manager Certainly Conte’s mood suggested it captured the 2012 title (defeating called up injured Chelsea star Eden Haz- was another unwelcome disruption to World No. 1 Rafael Nadal WAS Richard Gasquet in the third round Djokovic), will be competing for ard. a difficult start to the season as he pre- drawn in the same half of the US and No. 15 seed Tomas Berdych in the first time since a Wimbledon The playmaker fractured his right an- pared for the visit of Everton later today. Open draw as Roger Federer, who, the fourth round. quarterfinal exit to Sam Querrey. kle in June while with the national team The Chelsea manager had planned to alongside Andy Murray, could The Spanish superstar, who Murray, who is 44-11 overall at on international duty and had not played use the international break to get Hazard rise to the top of the Emirates ATP picked up his 15th Grand Slam the final major of the year, faces a competitive game since when news of back to full fitness within the club, start- Rankings after the conclusion of championship trophy at Roland Tennys Sandgren first up, while his selection emerged, The Express re- ing with the U23s game against the Tof- the final Grand Slam champion- Garros in June, has an ATP World No. 16 seed Lucas Pouille or a re- ported. fees at Aldershot. ship of the year. Tour leading 49-9 record on the surgent No. 21 seed David Ferrer Belgium faces Gibraltar and Greece in “Hazard is improving and, in the af- a World Cup qualifier double-header but ternoon today, he’s playing with the Hazard’s inclusion after a single game U23s against Everton,” said Conte said behind closed doors has not gone down at his lunchtime press conference. “But well at Stamford Bridge. he’s not fully fit. “I knew the news just 20 minutes “If Hazard is ready, why doesn’t he ago,” said Antonio Conte. “For sure, I’m play with us? Why is he playing with the a bit surprised about this decision. AFP U23s to continue to try and improve his “Eden Hazard is an important player form? for us. If someone thinks they can ac- we must pay great attention towards not “I see him every day, I see him every celerate the process... I think it’s not the making mistakes.” day and I repeat: in this situation, it’s right way. Conte revealed that Martinez had not very important to give the right time to “It’s a great mistake. At this moment, spoken to him before announcing his players to recover very well.” Klopp refuses to judge Barca over Coutinho

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp will not be drawn into a war of words over the future of Philippe Coutinho as Barce- lona continues to try and force through ROB FOLDY/GETTY IMAGES a move. Two-time former champion season. may be a potential fourth round Coutinho, 25, has not played for Liv- Nadal could meet Grigor Dimi- Third seed Federer, who com- opponent. Eighth seed Jo-Wilfried erpool yet this season after Barca came trov, the recent Western & South- petes in the Big Apple for the first Tsonga, the 2011, 2015-16 quar- in for the Brazil international, with ern Open titlist, or David Goffin in time since 2015 when he lost to terfinalist, who meets Marius Co- ESPN FC sources revealing that three the quarterfinals prior to a semifi- Novak Djokovic in the final, plays pil in the fourth round, could pose bids have already been rebuffed, the lat- nal showdown against Federer, American Frances Tiafoe in the a threat to Murray in the last eight. est being worth a total of £118 million. who is bidding to capture his sixth first round. Nick Kyrgios, the re- Fourth seed Alexander Zverev The player has handed in a transfer re- US Open crown, atpworldtour. cent Cincinnati runner-up and No. starts against a qualifier and may quest, but Klopp insisted he is ready to com reported. 14 seed, or No. 17 seed Sam Quer- face No. 28 seed Kevin Anderson welcome him back into his squad. Nadal and Federer have never rey, enjoying a career-best year, in the third round. Jack Sock, the “To be disappointed about different met at the US Open, and while pose a threat in the fourth round. No. 13 seed, who reached the Last things, you need to have expectations,” Nadal leads 23-14 in their FedEx Sixth seed Dominic Thiem, who 16 in 2016, will be hoping to con- Klopp said. “I don’t have expectations, I ATP Head2Head series, Federer opens against wild card Alex de tinue a strong season that includes don’t think about other clubs to be hon- has won their past four clashes – Minaur, or No. 24 seed and 2009 two ATP World Tour titles. The est. including three hard-court meet- titlist Juan Martin del Potro could American or No. 19 seed Gilles “We all have our own problems. If we ings in 2017 at the Australian be a potential quarterfinal oppo- Muller could face Zverev, a win- think we have to do something, we do it. Open, the BNP Paribas Open and nent for Federer. ner of two ATP World Tour Mas- In this moment I would have preferred the Miami Open. The Swiss superstar, who has ters 1000 crowns in 2017, in the we finished our business six weeks ago. IBTIMES Top seed Nadal, who has a the best winning percentage on fourth round. Fifth seed Marin Let all the rest of the world do what they 46-10 record in New York City, hard courts (23-2, .920) this year Cilic, the 2014 titlist with a 27-7 do. It’s getting more and more different “All the discussions about Phil and Barca is set to spend almost half the including the 2010 and 2013 of any player according to the record in New York City, also fea- and difficult. then in the same moment Adam Lallana €222 million received from Neymar’s crowns, will face Serbian’s Du- FedEx ATP Performance Zone, is tures in Zverev’s quarter of the “I don’t judge what other clubs are gets injured. It was like ‘what?’ I don’t move to Paris Saint-Germain after san Lajovic in the first round and seeking to lift a third major trophy draw and takes on Gilles Simon in doing. I am not sure there was one easy think anyone can expect that we are pre- agreeing terms with Borussia Dortmund could potentially face No. 26 seed this year to add to his Australian the first round. day since we started preseason. Always pared for this. The team have handled it for Ousmane Dembele. something changes. all brilliantly so far.” Aug. 27, 2017 Pablo Neruda: 12 You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming. Art & Culture

License Holder: Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) Iranian, German Managing Director: Sadreddin Mousavi Editor-in-Chief: Kambakhsh Khalaji Editorial Dept. Tel: +98 21 88755761-2 universities ink MoU Editorial Dept. Fax: +98 21 88761869 Subscription Dept. Tel: +98 21 88521954, +98 21 88748800 Iran’s Sharif University of Technology and Germany’s Fach- ICPI Publisher: +98 21 88548892, 5 Advertising Dept. Tel & Email: +98 21 88500617 - [email protected] hochschule des Mittelstands (FHM) University signed a We b s it e : http://www.irandailyonline.ir memorandum of understanding (MOU). Email: [email protected] The deal aims to promote and expand academic interac- Printing House: Iran Cultural & Press Institute tions and cooperation between the two universities, Sharif University reported on Saturday. Add.: Iran Cultural & Press Institute, #208 Khorramshahr Avenue Tehran/Iran Iran Daily has no responsibility whatsoever for the advertisements and promotional material printed in the newspaper.

IRNA The memo was signed in a ceremony attended by a number of Iranian academic officials and the members of the visiting FHM delegation which included the univer- sity’s chancellor and his deputy. Based on the MoU, the two sides agreed to design and hold joint courses in the field of civil engineering in a branch of Sharif University in Kish Island, administer English and German language tests, pave the way for launching a joint research center in the fields of energy and environment, exchange professors and students and hold joint conferences. Swedish filmfest to host AArdabil,rdabil, nnewew ddestinationestination 12 Iranian films Art & Culture Desk fforor EEuropeanuropean ttouristsourists A total of 12 Iranian feature and short films will take part in the 17th Yari Film Festival to be held in Sweden. The organizers of the Swedish filmfest donate the reve- savosh.com nues raised from ticket sales to orphaned Iranian children he northwestern city of Ardabil has become a new destination for Euro- each year, IRNA reported. pean tourists thanks to its spectacular sceneries, said the province’s gov- ‘Melancholia’ targeting The short films to be featured in the event are: ‘Limbo’ Ternor general. directed by Qasideh Golma- Addressing the closing ceremony of a traditional food exhibition in Ardabil, ‘Gold Aphrodite’ in Bulgaria kani, ‘Oxidan’ directed by Ab- Majid Khodabakhsh listed the province’s tourist attractions as Meshginshahr bas Nezam-Doust, ‘Whooping suspension bridge, Shorabil Lake, Heyran cable car and traditional foods, Iranian film ‘Melancholia’ will be Cough’ directed by Reza Tofiq- IRNA reported. screened today in the competition joo, ‘Hasti’ directed by Kamal Khodabakhsh added hundreds of European tourists visited Ardabil in the past section of Varna International Film Parnak, ‘Pale Mirrors’ directed five months. Festival in Bulgaria. by Salem Salavati and ‘Rescue An improved tourism sector can also guarantee the inflow of hard currency to On Friday, the cast and crew of the Me’ directed by Mohsen Nabavi. the province and contribute to the development of local tourism industry, said Iranian flick as well as a large num- The features include ‘Blind the official. ber of stage and screen stars from Spot’ directed by Mehdi Development of domestic tourism sector is among the top priorities of the other countries and prominent for- Golestaneh, ‘We Will Not Get government. The implementation of the projects to this end gained momentum eign guests took part in a red carpet Used To’ directed by Ebrahim following the implementation in January 2016 of the Joint Comprehensive Plan ceremony of the Bulgarian filmfest, Ebrahimian, ‘Yellow’ directed by Mostafa Taqi-Zadeh, of Action signed between Iran and the P5+1 in July 2015. mehrnews.com reported. ‘My Brother, Khosro’ directed by Ehsan Biglari, ‘Sea- Ardabil Province is known for its silk and carpets. Its handwoven carpets have ‘Melancholia’ is vying for the fes- son of Narges’ directed by Negar Azarbaijani and ‘Be- gained worldwide reputation. The province’s ancient carpets are among the best tival’s grand prize titled ‘Gold Aph- ing Born’ directed by Mohsen Abdolvahhab. of their kind in Iran. rodite’. The film narrates the story of The movies will be judged by the fest’s panel of juries The province is also home to one of the UNESCO’s World Heritage sites patients suffering from bipolar disor- whose members are Alireza Mojallal, Reza Baqer, Mina called the Ardabil’s Shrine — the tomb of the Mausoleum of Sheikh Safi al-Din, der who are not aware of their psy- Azarian and Saeed Sharifian. Top films from each section an eminent leader of an Islamic Sufi order established by the Safavid dynasty. chological condition. will be presented statuettes. Meshginshahr suspension bridge which crosses the Khiav Chaei River, in The cast of movie includes Leila The festival will be held in Uppsala and Stockholm on the province, is among Ardabil’s modern tourist attractions. With a height of Otadi, Hamid-Reza Hedayati, Laleh September 23 and 24. 80 meters and a length of 365 meters, it is the Middle East’s largest suspen- Eskandari and Nader Falah. mehrnews.com sion bridge.

HAMID AMLASHI/ISNA The press conference of the 11th National Festival of Youth Music was held at Vahdat Hall in Tehran on August 26. It was attended by Iranian composer radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and tar and setar instrumentalist and improviser, Hossein Alizadeh and a number of other Iranian musicians. The 11th National Festival of Youth Music will be held at Tehran's Roudaki Hall from August 30 to September 18, 2017. Weather 33 34 19 29 12 34 23 37 16 32 18 21 27 17 44 33 28 22 21 12 11 5 Tabriz Kerman Behshahr Kermanshah Karaj Tehran Kiev Medina Barcelona Addis Ababa Melbourne